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ETR Nuclear Instrumentation : Final Report

Description: Report regarding the primary nuclear instrumentation at the Engineering Test Reactor (ETR) and early difficulties.
Date: February 3, 1960
Creator: Hanson, D. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Proposal for an Advanced Engineering Test Reactor : ETR II

Description: Report containing "the results of a study which was directed at providing additional experimental loop irradiation space for the AEC-DRD testing program. It was a premise that the experiments allocated to this reactor were those that could not be accommodated in the MTR, ETR or in existing commercial test reactors" (p. 5).
Date: March 17, 1960
Creator: deBoisblanc, D. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Transportability Studies : ML-1 Nuclear Power Plant

Description: Report that discusses programs to determine the transportability of the ML-1 nuclear power plant via railroad, tractor-trailer, and aircraft.
Date: April 1960
Creator: Blakley, J. W.; Alcorn, J. S.; Del Valle, L. G.; Healy, P. W.; Moran, D. H. & Scott, W. S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The ML-1 Design Report

Description: From abstract: "This report describes the design of the mobile nuclear power plant which is to be the prototype of a mobile, low-powered nuclear power plant intended to furnish electrical power in remote locations."
Date: May 16, 1960
Creator: Linenberger, G. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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In-Pile Tests of GCRE-IB Prototype Fuel Elements: Interim Report, 1958-1959

Description: Interim report for the Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program, discussing various tests in a project to "develop and evaluate a ceramic-core, pin-type fuel element" (p. 1).
Date: December 1960
Creator: Watanabe, H. T.; Janne, J. E. & Wilson, W. D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Research and Development Studies on Waste Storage Process

Description: Report documenting "the determination of the thermal stability of various fission product oxides and nitrates, and an investigation of the gas phase decomposition of ruthenium tetroxide" (p. 4).
Date: May 19, 1961
Creator: Ortner, M. H.; Anderson, C. J. & Campbell, P. F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Engineering Test Reactor Critical Facility Control System Manual

Description: This report consists of the description, drawings, connections, and schematics of the various control elements that make up the control system of the Engineering Test Reactor Critical Facility (ETRC).
Date: June 23, 1961
Creator: Meichle, F. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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MUFT Revision : A Fast Neutron Spectrum Code for the IBM-650

Description: Report documenting the MUFT-R program, which is "designed to solve the fast neutron transport problem for general mixtures of elements and obtain sets of average fast neutron diffusion constants for specified portions of the fast energy spectrum" (p. iii). Includes detailed derivations of utilized equations.
Date: 1962
Creator: Grimesey, Robert A.; Mullen, Frank Edward & Gannon, L. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Critical Path Scheduling of ETR and MTR Reactor Shutdowns

Description: Report describing a method for planning shutdown projects and scheduling the manpower to shut down Materials Testing Reactors (MTR) and Engineering Test Reactors (ETR).
Date: January 10, 1962
Creator: Jacobs, R. T. & Myers, L. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Special Power Excursion Reactor Test III Pressurizer Vessel Failure

Description: Report documenting results of a study of the cause of failure at the SPERT III reactor facility.
Date: January 29, 1962
Creator: Heffner, R. E.; Wilson, T. R.; Halls, D. P.; Hickman, W. W. & Hoopingarner, K. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Annual Progress Report on Fuel Element Development for Fiscal Year 1961

Description: Report that reviews the yearly progress made in Reactor Fuel and Materials Development Program at the Engineering Test Reactor (ETR) and Materials testing reactor (MTR).
Date: March 9, 1962
Creator: Gibson, G. W. & Shupe, O. K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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EOCR Control Rod and Driver Fuel Hydraulic Tests

Description: Report discussing the results of experiments on an EOCR prototype control rod, control rod drive, and driver fuel assembly that were extensively tested in 500 deg F Santowax and 132 deg F water. These tests not only established the operating characteristics of these assemblies but also revealed a number of deficiencies in the various components. It includes descriptions of the control rod, control rod drive, and driver fuel assembly together with descriptions of their method of operation.
Date: October 19, 1962
Creator: Harrison, L. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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High-Temperature Irradiation of UO₂-BeO Bodies

Description: From introduction: "Irradiation experiment performed to simulate burnup data under close to reactor temperatures."
Date: January 1963
Creator: Titus, G. W. & Saling, J. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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