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SNAP II POWER CONVERSION SYSTEM TOPICAL REPORT NO. 11, ORBITAL FORCE FIELD BOILING AND CONDENSING EXPERIMENT

Description: The characteristics of Rankine space power plants in the zero gravity aspect of the environment of space were lnvestigated. The expected effects of Rankine space power plants are described. Discussions of experimental techniques for studying these phenomena show that this information can be obtained rapidly and economically. Recommendations for a program to supplement SNAP II and slmllar Ranklne space power development efforts in this vital area are made, and consist of: the development and tes… more
Date: January 15, 1960
Creator: Grevstad, P.E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Niobium Phase Diagrams

Description: The following report is the final technical report on a series of reports under contract AT(11-1)-515, titled "Niobium Phase Diagrams", covering the period from April 15, 1957 to April 16, 1960.
Date: May 15, 1960
Creator: Elliott, Rodney P. & Komjathy, Steven
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Magnetic Recorder for Nuclear Pulse Application : Covering the Period from February 6, 1960 to April 5, 1960

Description: Abstract: "The accuracies which can be achieved in analog recording systems are for the most part tape limited. While reasonable variations in tape speed do not directly affect the accuracy, such variations result in improper tape tensioning, which in turn results in poor head-to-tape contact. The quality of the tape transport mechanism should be such that the error introduced by improper head- to tape contact is less than tape errors. Some additional equipment is necessary in setting up a tape… more
Date: April 15, 1960
Creator: Burgwald, G. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Reactor hazards review zirconium retubing of Hanford reactors

Description: This report examines the pertinent features in the hazards analyses of the Hanford Reactors which may be affected by the substitution of zirconium tubes for the present aluminum process tubes. Resized I & E slugs, designed to preserve present pressure drops across the active zones and to minimize corrosion, are used as examples to compare the characteristics of the zirconium tubes reactor with the present.
Date: February 15, 1960
Creator: Nilson, R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Reliability and safety of the electrical power supply complex of the Hanford production reactors

Description: Safety has been and must continue to be the inviolable modulus by which the operation of a nuclear reactor must be judged. A malfunction in any reactor may well result in a release of fission products which may dissipate over a wide geographical area. Such dissipation may place the health, happiness and even the lives of the people in the region in serious jeopardy. As a result, the property damage and liability cost may reach astronomical values in the order of magnitude of billions of dollars… more
Date: September 15, 1960
Creator: Robbins, F. D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Status report: Protection fuel testing program, July 1960

Description: The program`s objective is to develop the technical foundation for use of projection fuel elements through an accelerated testing program. Two types of projection fuel elements are being considered (1) Self-supported fuel elements for use in ribless aluminum or zirconium process tubes; and (2) Bumper fuel elements for use in ribbed process tubes. A further objective of the program is to determine the most desirable method of fabrication and type of support for projection fuel elements. The prog… more
Date: July 15, 1960
Creator: Clinton, M. A. & Peacock, D. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Irradiation Processing Department monthly report, June 1960

Description: This document details activities of the irradiation processing department during the month of June 1960. A general summary is included at the start of the report, after which the report is divided into the following sections: research and engineering operations; production and reactor operations; facilities engineering operation; employee relations operation; and financial operation.
Date: July 15, 1960
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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An Advanced Sodium-Graphite Reactor Nuclear Power Plant

Description: Abstract: This report describes an advanced sodium-cooled, graphite-moderated nuclear power plant which utilizes high-pressure, high-temperature steam to generate electricity at a high thermal efficiency.
Date: March 15, 1960
Creator: Churchill, J. R. & Renard, J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Multichannel Digital Recording System

Description: Abstract: This report is a description of a 200 channel digital recording system used to record high temperature strain gage outputs and associated temperatures.
Date: September 15, 1960
Creator: Truitt, R. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Hanford Laboratories Operation monthly activities report, March 1960

Description: This is the monthly report for the Hanford Laboratories Operation. Metallurgy, reactor fuels, physics and instrumentation, reactor technology, chemistry, separation processes, biology, financial activities, employee relations, laboratories auxiliaries, radiation protection, operation research, inventions, visits, and personnel status are discussed. This report is for March 1960.
Date: April 15, 1960
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Thermal Cycling Tests of Porous Uranium

Description: Abstract: It has been proposed that a fuel element containing porous uranium be used for moderately high temperature applications. In an effort to determine the structural integrity of this type of fuel body, thermal cycling tests have been conducted on porous uranium.
Date: March 15, 1960
Creator: Wilkinson, L. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Zircaloy-4 Tubing for Fuel Sheathing

Description: Scope. This specification covers Zircaloy-4 tubing, both seamless and welded, for reactor fuel rod sheathing where high integrity, and satisfactory corrosion resistance at elevated temperatures are required.
Date: July 15, 1960
Creator: Perryman, E. C. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Studies of Reactor Containment : Monthly Technical Progress Report No. 32

Description: The report covers work performed during the period December 1, 1959 through December 31, 1959. The general objectives of the program of "Studies of Reactor Containment" are to accomplish theoretical and experimental investigations of the loads to which external containment structures for nuclear reactors are subjected in the vent of a violent incident at the reactor core, the evaluation of methods of reducing that loading, and the study of the response of and design criteria for external contai… more
Date: January 15, 1960
Creator: Zaker, T. A. (Thomas Allen)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Reactor Grade Zircaloy-2 Ingot

Description: Scope. This specification covers ingots of zirconium alloy designated as Zircaloy-2, and intended for the production of reactor components.
Date: July 15, 1960
Creator: Perryman, E. C. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Zircaloy-2 Wire Material

Description: Scope. This specification covers Zircaloy-2 wire material for reactor use where high integrity and satisfactory corrosion resistance at elevated temperatures are required.
Date: July 15, 1960
Creator: Perryman, E. C. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Zircaloy-2 Tubing for Fuel Sheathing

Description: Scope. This specification covers Zircaloy-2 tubing, both seamless and welded, for reactor fuel rod sheathing where high integrity, and satisfactory corrosion resistance at elevated temperatures ae required.
Date: July 15, 1960
Creator: Perryman, E. C. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Zircaloy-2 Sheet and Strip Material

Description: Scope. This specification covers Zircalogy-2 sheet and strip material for reactor use where high integrity and satisfactory corrosion resistance at elevated temperatures are quired.
Date: July 15, 1960
Creator: Perryman, E. C. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Steady-State Tests of a Reactor Safety Device

Description: Introduction: This is the fourth report in a series of reports dealing in particular with a reactor safety device of a double diaphragm type.
Date: December 15, 1960
Creator: Springer, T. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Device for Continuous Detection of Hydrogen in Sodium

Description: Abstract: A device to detect the presence of hydrogen in sodium has been developed. Such a device, installed in a sodium heated steam generator, would signal the presence of water in the sodium resulting from a leak in the sodium-water barrier.
Date: December 15, 1960
Creator: Strahl, H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Utilization of Radiactive Isotpoes in Coal Process Research Quarterly Status Report: May-July 1960

Description: "This is the first quarterly report on Task II of the subject Utilization of Radioactive Isotopes in Coal Process Research. There were two separate projects on Tank I; I. methods Development for Tritium Labeling of Coal Product Hydro-carbons, and II. Applications of Radio-Tracer Techniques to the Study of Fluidized Particle Mechanics. The following extended work on Task II concerns only Methods Development of Radio-Tracing With Tritium."
Date: August 15, 1960
Creator: Yavorsky, P. M. & Gorin, E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Significance of operating experience with poison splines at KE Reactor

Description: The demonstrated operating efficiency performance which has resulted from poison spline usage forces an economic decision concerning the self-supported and bumper fuel element programs. As originally conceived the projection fuel elements would preclude the insertion of a spline under the fuel charge; thus it is very important that means be devised either to make poison spline usage compatible with future pile loadings or to demonstrate that some other supplementary control system, which is com… more
Date: July 15, 1960
Creator: Franklin, F. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Reactor, Plant Engineering short-range program in support of reactor operating continuity

Description: Reactor maintenance problems and engineering studies have identified various reactor rear face piping problems at 105-B, D, DR, F, and H. The long-range solutions to these problems are outlined in classified document HW-65269, ``Existing Reactor Rear Face Piping Review.`` These problems, however, must also be considered from the short-range view to minimize their effects on continuity of reactor operation during the interim until the permanent remedy can be accomplished. This is expected to be … more
Date: September 15, 1960
Creator: Hutton, P. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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