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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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Thermoelectric Materials. Final Report, January 28, 1959-July 28, 1960

Description: BS> A method for the measurement of thermal conductivities of electrically conducting materials at temperatures in excess of 1000 deg C with a high accuracy was devised. The spatial boron concentration gradient in boron- doped graphite to achieve maximum p-type thermoelectric output was established. The production of an n-type silicon carbide-graphite composit was studied. Theoretical studies produced a detailed picture of the effect of doping on the electronic properties of graphite. A method … more
Date: August 15, 1960
Creator: Brechenridge, R. G.
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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Water plant modifications for increased production at B, C, D, DR, F, and H Reactors

Description: The purpose of this report is to define the extent of modifications necessary to increase capacities of the 100-B, C, D, DR, F, and H water plants for reactor flows of 90,000 95,000 105,000 and 115,000 GPM, and to provide supporting data for budget studies for increased production.
Date: April 15, 1960
Creator: Brinkman, L. B. & Corley, J. P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Optimization of K Reactor power levels related to a zirconium tube replacement project

Description: The assumption of tube replacement losses can have a significant effect in the determination of optimum power levels and goal exposures. The tube replacement loss term in the reactor process optimization model is based on calculating the average projected tube replacement losses that will result from operation at given power and temperature conditions. Tube replacement losses associated with external corrosion, Van Stone flange failure, etc. (i.e., basically non-power level-temperature dependen… more
Date: November 15, 1960
Creator: Fuller, N. E. & Graves, S. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Cap-spire pulsing

Description: The cap-spire pulsing technique of preheating the cap-spire portion of the fuel assembly does significantly improve the brazing of the cap-spire assembly. The air pocket at the spire wafer junction is fully removed. The cap side wafer is essentially 100% wetted with brazing alloy. Destructive tests show that a 4 to 1 improvement in most quality measurements is achieved over present cap preheating techniques, without using additional cleaning step of spire etching. The pulsing is accomplished by… more
Date: June 15, 1960
Creator: Burgess, C. A.
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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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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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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In-reactor rupture testing of Zircaloy-2 clad seven-rod cluster fuel elements

Description: Three tests have been run in the ETR in high temperature, high pressure, recirculating water. In one test, previously unirradiated fuel elements were used and in the other two the fuel was irradiated to 2400 MWD/T at HAPO prior to insertion in the ETR. Failure was initiated by shearing off a projection on the surface of one rod of a fuel element, thus opening a 25-mil hole through the cladding. The projection was sheared off by a hydraulically operated chisel controlled from outside the reactor… more
Date: April 15, 1960
Creator: Call, R. L. & Kaulitz, D. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Fuel element study for Reactor Overbore Program

Description: Recent studies have confirmed that large incentives exist for overboring the reactor process channels approximately 500 mils in the C and five old reactors under the proposed Plant Improvement Program. Conservative estimates of the incentives for overboring indicate a payout period of about two years for the proposed work, an increase in plutonium production of 15--18%, derived from increased conversion ratio and a reduction in plant unit cost. Since sufficient progress has been made in the are… more
Date: December 15, 1960
Creator: Stringer, J. T. & Blanton, W. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Gamma activity of irradiated zircalloy samples

Description: Three small samples of zircalloy-2, obtained from a KER tube, were irradiated in the Quickie Facility in F Reactor for one, four, and nine months, respectively. Each sample weighed approximately two grams. One day after discharge from the reactor, the specific activity of each of the samples was essentially the same (about 150 mr/hr/gram at one foot in air). Attenuation measurements taken one day after discharge using lead plates yielded a ten-fold reduction in gamma intensity for each 0.95 inc… more
Date: June 15, 1960
Creator: Bunch, W. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Production test IP-314-A measurement of fuel element temperature change as the result of film deposition

Description: The objective of this production test is to measure deposition on fuel element temperatures during irradiation in high pH water. A Zircaloy-2 jacketed natural uranium solid cylindrical fuel element with thermocouples located at various positions in the element and adjacent coolant channel will be irradiated in the KER Loops to measure the effect of crud film buildup on fuel temperature. Two 1.82 by 1.45 inch enriched 36 inch long tubular elements will be used to provide enough heat to permit op… more
Date: April 15, 1960
Creator: Kratzer, W. K.
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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