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Geography, Geology, and Water Resources of the National Reactor Testing Station, Idaho : Part 2, Geography and Geology

Description: Geologic factors in the physical environment of the National Reactor Testing Station control the amount and availability of the water supply, the methods and efficiency of obtaining water, and the behavior of waste materials that are disposed on the ground or beneath the land surface.
Date: 1956
Creator: Nace, R. L.; Deutsch, Morris & Voegeli, P. T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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1024 Channel Time-of-Flight Analyzer for MTR Fast Chopper - Operating Manual

Description: Report on the principle of measuring the time-of-flight of neutrons, magnetic-core storage of detector pulses, how pulses are stored, current generator, storage cycle generator, and cathode ray oscillograph.
Date: March 11, 1959
Creator: Petree, F. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Geography, Geology, and Water Resources of the National Reactor Testing Station, Idaho, Part 3: Hydrology and Water Resources

Description: This report describes the hydrology and evaluates the water resources of the ERTS, sets these in their regional perspective, and forecasts conditions and effects during future years.
Date: 1959
Creator: Nace, Raymond L.; Deutsch, Morris; Voegeli, Paul T.; Steward, J. W.; Walton, William Clarence; Fowler, K. H. et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Preliminary Hazards Summary Report for the ML-1 Nuclear Power Plant

Description: From abstract: "Neutronic characteristics, the control and instrumentation system, equipment description and plant safety considerations of the ML-1 (mobile, low power) nuclear power plant. The site is described with reference to geology, climate, and population density."
Date: September 30, 1959
Creator: Linenberger, G. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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In-Pile Loop Tests of GCRE Elements (I-IT and I-I'T)

Description: Report documenting two in-pile loop experiments conducted at the Battelle Research Reactor-Gas Cooled Reactor (BRR-GCR). These experiments test heat transfer calculations and the behavior of the fuel element under severe thermal-cycling conditions.
Date: July 2, 1959
Creator: Nakazato, S.; Williams, P. M. & Wilson, W. D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Geography, Geology, and Water Resources of the National Reactor Testing Station, Idaho: Part 1 Purpose, History, and Scope of Investigations

Description: Central subject is the ground-water geology and hydrology of the National Reactor Testing Station, with special reference to problems of water supply, water use, and waste disposal, and to the relation of these to water supply and use on the Snake River Plain.
Date: 1956
Creator: Nace, Raymond L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Neutron Absorption Alignment Chart

Description: From introduction: "Neutron absorption alignment chart for the measurement of neutron flux density."
Date: July 30, 1957
Creator: Nisle, Robert G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Determination of Burnout Limits of Polyphenyl Coolants : Summary Report

Description: Report documenting an investigation undertaken "to establish the burnout limits of a polyphenyl mixture (...), diphenyl, Santowax R, and monoisopropyl-biphanyl for various pressures, fluid velocities, and fluid temperatures" (p. 7).
Date: February 14, 1958
Creator: Core, T. C. & Sato, K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Heat Transfer in an Annulus with Asymmetric Heating

Description: Report concerning the "determination of the validity of using tube flow correlations for calculating pressure drop and heat transfer characteristics in thin annuli," the "validity of using Stein's heat flux asymmetry correction for parallel planes to calculate the heat transfer in asymmetrically heated thin annuli," and the "investigation of the effects of eccentricity on pressure drop, heat transfer, and temperature distribution in concentric ring fuel elements" (p. 5).
Date: February 1959
Creator: Lisin, Alexander Vladimir; Mackewicz, W. V. & Reynolds, William C., 1933-2004
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Savannah River Project Site Report: 30,000 KW Prototype Partically Enriched Uranium Gas Cooled, Graphite Moderated Nuclear Power Plant for United States Atomic Energy Commission Idaho Operations Office

Description: Report describing a modified prototype of a nuclear reactor that uses partially uranium-enriched fuel and is cooled by helium. The construction site, site safety aspects, and design and construction costs are included.
Date: March 1959
Creator: ACF Industries Incorporated. Nuclear Products - ERCO Division.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Appendix to Preliminary Design 30,000 KW Prototype Partially Enriched Uranium, Gas Cooled, Graphite Moderated Nuclear Power Plant (Prototype for an Optimum Plant) for United States Atomic Energy Commission Idaho Operations Office Contract No. AT(10-1)-925

Description: Report containing outlines of operating procedures, costs, construction, safety analysis, studies, and design specifications of a 30,000 kilowatt prototype partially enriched uranium nuclear power plant.
Date: March 1959
Creator: Kaiser Engineers
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Army Gas-Cooled Reactor Systems Program Monthly Progress Report: April 1959

Description: Abstract: This monthly progress report covers the activities of the Army Gas-Cooled Reactor System Program for April 1959. The program includes a water-moderated heterogeneous reactor (Gas-Cooled Reactor Experiment I), a graphite-moderated homogeneous reactor (Gas-Cooled Reactor Experiment II), a mobile gas-cooled reactor (ML-1), and the coordination of the Gas Turbine Test Facility. [It reports] the progress of each project, the associated tests and data evaluation, the applicable design crit… more
Date: May 25, 1959
Creator: Aerojet-General Corporation
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Preliminary Design 30,000 KW Prototype Partially Enriched Uranium, Gas Cooled, Graphite Moderated Nuclear Power Plant (Prototype of an Optimum Plant) for United States Atomic Energy Commission, Idaho Operations Office contract no. AT(10-1)-925

Description: Report containing the preliminary design for a nuclear reactor plant and its facilities. Includes a description of systems, safety procedures, costs, and a glossary.
Date: March 1959
Creator: Kaiser Engineers
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Feasibility Study, Optimum Natural Uranium, Gas Cooled, Graphite Moderated Nuclear Power Plant for United States Atomic Energy Commission, Idaho Operations Office

Description: Report containing "a discussion of the feasibility design and cost estimates for a gas cooled, natural uranium, graphite moderated power plant optimized for minimum power cost" (p. 3).
Date: April 1, 1958
Creator: ACF Industries Incorporated. Nuclear Products - ERCO Division.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Preliminary Design 55,000 KW Prototype Natural Uranium, Gas Cooled, Graphite Moderated Nuclear Power Plant (Prototype for an Optimum Plant) for United States Atomic Energy Commission, Idaho Operations Office

Description: Report describing the preliminary design of a 55,000 kW prototype of a natural uranium nuclear power plant for the United States Atomic Energy Commission. Testing of the design and potential requirements for operating the plant are included.
Date: April 1, 1958
Creator: Kaiser Engineers
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Feasibility Study, 44,000 KW Prototype Partially Enriched Uranium, Gas Cooled, Graphite Moderated Nuclear Power Plant (Prototype for an Optium Power Plant) for United States Atomic Energy Commission, Idaho Operations Office

Description: Report that "contains a discussion of the feasibility study and cost estimates for a gas cooled, partial enriched uranium, graphite moderated power plant" (p. 3).
Date: April 1, 1958
Creator: Kaiser Engineers
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Standard Practices for Design of MTR and ETR Safety Circuits

Description: Report containing notes for designing safety circuits for the Materials Testing Reactor (MTR) and Engineering Test Reactor (ETR).
Date: September 15, 1957
Creator: Jones, L. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Supplement to Standard Practices for Design of MTR and ETR Safety Circuits

Description: Report that offers updated information from the Materials Testing Reactor (MTR) and Engineering Test Reactor (ETR) "experiment safety circuit manual by providing ETR power reduction curves and other information on ETR not yet available at the time the manual was issued, September 15, 1957" (p. 1).
Date: November 21, 1958
Creator: Jones, L. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Distribution of Uranium at Low Acid : Low Uranium Concentrations into 4-1/2 Percent TBP-AMSCO

Description: Report wherein acid free uranyl nitrate hexahydrate was distributed into 4-1/2 percent TBP-Amsco 125-90W and combined with various concentrations of acid in order to study the distribution of uranium and hydrolysis effects.
Date: August 23, 1956
Creator: Andelin, Robert L.; Anderson, Edward L. & McVey, W. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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