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Conceptual Design of an Advanced Engineering Test Reactor

Description: From abstract: This report describes a conceptual design for an Advanced Engineering Test Reactor. The reactor is a large graphite assembly penetrated by parallel Zircaloy tubes through which flow as heavy water solution of uranyl sulfate. Reactor power is 220 megawatts.
Date: March 1, 1957
Creator: Mallon, R. G.; Saldick, J. & Gibbons, R. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Progress Relating to Civilian Applications During January, 1957

Description: A report which investigates the effect of irradiation on the thermal conductivity of uranium. Thermal-conductivity measurements are made on clad uranium specimens prior to irradiation.
Date: February 1, 1957
Creator: Dayton, Russell W. & Tipton, Clyde R., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Progress Relating to Civilian Applications During August, 1957

Description: A report which studies the feasibility of measuring the thermal conductivity and electrical resistivity of irradiated uranium rods clad with Zircaloy 2, with NaK as the heat-transfer medium.
Date: September 1, 1957
Creator: Dayton, Russell W. & Tipton, Clyde R., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Progress Relating to Civilian Applications During May, 1957

Description: A report about equipment being constructed to measure the thermal conductivity and electrical resistivity of irradiated uranium rods clad in Zircaloy 2, with NaK as the heat-transfer medium.
Date: June 1, 1957
Creator: Dayton, Russell W. & Tipton, Clyde R., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Progress Relating to Civilian Applications During July, 1957

Description: A report about equipment which is assembled and tested to determine the feasibility of measuring the thermal conductivity and electrical resistivity of irradiated uranium rods clad with Zircaloy 2 with NaK as the heat-transfer medium.
Date: August 1, 1957
Creator: Dayton, Russell W. & Tipton, Clyde R., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Progress Relating to Civilian Applications During December, 1956

Description: A report about thermal conductivity measurements which are made on uranium, uranium-1.5 w/o zirconium, and zircaloy 2 for a program that aims to determine the feasibility of using clad specimens. Results from the measurements indicate that the difference in thermal conductivity values between uranium and uranium-1.5 w/o zirconium is less than the anticipated 5 percent.
Date: January 1, 1957
Creator: Dayton, Russell W. & Tipton, Clyde R., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Progress Relating to Civilian Applications During February, 1957

Description: A report about the design and construction of equipment for thermal-conductivity measurements of irradiated encapsulated uranium. Metallographic techniques used to confirm solubility limits of uranium in thorium, previously determined by electrical resistivity and X-ray data, have been unsuccessful.
Date: March 1, 1957
Creator: Dayton, Russell W. & Tipton, Clyde R., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Fallout studies and assessment of radiological phenomena. Preliminary report. Project 32. 4 (of) Operation Plumbbob

Description: Data were obtained to evaluate the attenuation of photons, emitted from a fallout field, due to the surface roughness of the terrain. A study was made to determine the effect of the shot tower on the fallout material. Particles for comparison were collected from two detonations of equal scaled height, one tower supported and the other balloon supported. Data on time-dependent phenomena were recorded, as were physical characteristics of the fallout material. The use of small balloons as instrume… more
Date: November 1, 1957
Creator: Egeberg, L.E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Development and Properties of Uranium-Base Alloys Corrosion Resistant in High Temperature Water. Part 4. Radiation Stability of Uranium-Base Alloys

Description: The effects of pile irradiations on the physical properties and corrosion resistance of U-- Mo, U-- Nb; and U--Si alloys are reported. The dimensional stability under irradiation of the gamma phase U-- Mo and U-- Nb alloys is excellent; however, an isotropic volume increase of 4 to 6% per wt.% burnup may limit the ultimate fuel element life. Corrosion resistance of the gamma-phase alloys appesrs to be improved when subjected to s neutron field; this is attributed to an irrsdiation induced stabi… more
Date: May 1, 1957
Creator: Bleiberg, M. L.; Eichenberg, J. D.; Fillnow, R. H. & Jones, L. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Brazing of Zircaloy 3 for Temperature Instrumented Probes

Description: Report describing a study to investigate the strength, ductility and corrosion resistance in 680 degree Fahrenheit water of several alloys for brazing Zircaloy 3 to itself. The conclusions and results of the study are summarized and data from the is presented in tables and summarized in the narrative.
Date: May 1, 1957
Creator: Gerken, J. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Properties of Negtive K Mesons

Description: Report discussing interactions of 420-Mev/c K- mesons incident on a nuclear emulsion stack. Information on the differential scattering, elastic scattering, absorption events, and inelastic scattering of the mesons is provided. Additionally, the ratio of Λ to Σ hyperons produced in the primary interaction is calculated.
Date: September 1, 1957
Creator: Webb, Francis M.; Hoff, Edwin L.; Featherston, Frank Hunter; Chupp, Warren W.; Goldhaber, Gerson & Goldhaber, Sulamith
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Results of Beam Inflection Tests

Description: "An experimental study has been made regarding the passage of a beam of 100-kV ions (H⁺ and H₂⁺) across a magnetic field by means of a crossed electric field." This experiment was designed to answer the following questions: "(1) Is there a limit to the current that will traverse a magnetic field by the action of a crossed electric field? If so, what is the limit? (2) Do difficulties arise in maintaining the electric field? (3) For the source employed, what is the angular divergence and current … more
Date: April 1, 1957
Creator: Linlor, William I., 1915-
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Mechanism of Failure in Corona Discharge

Description: Abstract: "Experimental evidence is given which indicates that electronic bombardment is responsible for damage and failure of insulating material subjected to intense corona attack. The experimental revolts are further supported by some theoretical considerations of the energy-time properties of corona discharges."
Date: September 1, 1957
Creator: Nail, Clelland D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Tests on Models of Nuclear Reactor Elements - Studies of Diffusion

Description: To estimate the distribution of temperature in the proposed nuclear reactor, one must determine a coefficient of eddy diffusivity and devise a suitable method of computing the heat transfer. Measurements of diffusion in a model of a blanket element for the proposed reactor indicated a gross eddy diffusion coefficient of about 0.002 (? .0005) ft{sup 2}/sec. Thus, the apparent eddy diffusion for the test conditions is about 200 times the molecular diffusivity of water and about. twice that of the… more
Date: March 1, 1957
Creator: McNown, J. S.; Yih, C. S.; Yagle, R. A.; O&#x27 & Dell, W. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Tests on Models of Nuclear Reactor Elements - Head Losses in Core Sub-Assemblies

Description: Losses have been determined for flow through models of various proposed core sub-assemblies as part of a study of the elements of a nuclear reactor. Six core sections and two? axial blanket sub-assemblies have been compared on the basis of drop in piezometric. head or pressure drop. The core sub-assemblies are composed of an entrance nozzle, a lower axial blanket section, the core section, an upper axial blanket section, and a short section for the handling lug. The four parts of the sub-assemb… more
Date: July 1, 1957
Creator: McNown, J. S.; Yagle, R. A. & Spengos, A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Effects of Nuclear Weapons

Description: This handbook prepared by the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project of the Department of Defense in coordination with other cognizant government agencies and published by the United States Atomic Energy Commission, is a comprehensive summary of current knowledge on the effects of nuclear weapons. The effects information contained herein is calculated for yields up to 20 megatons and the scaling laws for hypothetically extending the calculations beyond this limit are given. The figure of 20 megat… more
Date: June 1, 1957
Creator: Glasstone, Samuel
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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An Investigation of the Application of the Gas Generator-Free Turbine Cycle to a Nuclear Powered Aircraft

Description: This study has investigated the feasibility of installing a gas generator-free turbine type power plant in the R3Y aircraft, using a circulating fuel reactor as a power source. Two variations of the cycle were considered. The split flow cycle bleeds high temperature, high pressure air from the gas generator directly to the free turbine in the wing. The through flow cycle partially expands the high temperature, high pressure air through the compressor turbine of the gas generator then directs th… more
Date: August 1, 1957
Creator: Alvis, J. H. & Chessman, S. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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KEWB Program Quarterly Progress Report: July-September 1956

Description: From abstract: The response of the reactor to forced oscillations has been investigated with the pile oscillator technique and the data are presently being analyzed.
Date: March 1, 1957
Creator: North American Aviation. Atomics International Division. Kinetic Experiments on Water Boilers Program.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Nuclear Thermodynamics of the Heaviest Elements. II

Description: The masses of the isotopes of the heaviest elements have been calculated from known decay data in the region, extended by means of decay energies calculated from closed decay-energy cycles and estimated from the systematics of alpha and beta decay energies. The absolute values of the masses are based on the mass-spectrometrically determined mass of Pb{sup 208} and a few measured neutron binding energies. The half-life systematics of alpha decay and spontaneous fission are also presented, and so… more
Date: October 1, 1957
Creator: Foreman Jr., Bruce M. & Seaborg, Glenn T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Effect of D20 on Survival of Mice with Ascites Tumor

Description: The effect of deuterium oxide (D{sub 2}O) on the survival of mice inoculated with Ehrlich's mouse ascites tumor has been studied. Mice maintained on 25% and 30% D{sub 2}O drinking water showed an improved survival time of about 6 days whereas 40% D{sub 2}O drinking water had no effect on survival time. The effect is interpreted in terms of inhibition of tumor cell division and systemic toxicity.
Date: July 1, 1957
Creator: Hughes, Ann M.; Tolbert, Bert M.; Lonberg-Holm, Karl & Calvin,Melvin
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Spallation-Fission Competition in Heaviest Elements; TritonProduction

Description: Stacked f o i l s of Au{sup 197}, Th{sup 232}, and U{sup 238} were bombarded, i n a series of experiments, with 48-Mev helium ions, 24-Mev deuterons, and 32-Mev protons. Tritium from each f o i l was collected and then measured by a gas-counting technique. The qualitative r e s u l t s indicate t h a t high-energy t r i t o n s are emitted i n r e l a t i v e l y large abundance from a l l targets and with each of the bombarding p a r t i c l e s . Cross sections f o r t r i t o n production fr… more
Date: March 1, 1957
Creator: Wade, William H.; Gonzalez-Vidal, Jose; Glass, Richard A. & Seaborg, Glenn T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Spallation-Fission Competition in Heaviest Elements; HeliumIon-Induced Reactions in Uranium Isotopes

Description: A radiochemical study of fission and spallation products produced by bombardment of U{sup 233}, U{sup 235}, and U{sup 238} with 18-46 Mev helium ions has been made. As in the case of similar studies using isotopes of plutonium as targets, most of the reaction cross section is taken up by fission. Also, the pronounced increase of the total cross section for ({alpha},xn) reactions with increasing mass number of the target that was observed for plutonium targets is observed for uranium targets.
Date: November 1, 1957
Creator: Vandenbosch, R.; Thomas, T. D.; Vandenbosch, S. E.; Glass, R. A. & Seaborg, G. T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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