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The Energy Gap in Nuclear Matter

Description: The magnitude of the energy gap in nuclear matter associated with a highly correlated ground state of the type believed to be important in the theory of superconductivity has been evaluated theoretically. The integral equation of Cooper, Mills, and Sessler is linearized and transformed into a form suitable for numerical solution. The energy gap, calculated by using an appropriate single-particle potential and the Gammel-Thaler two-body potential, is found to be a very strong function of the den… more
Date: January 31, 1960
Creator: Emery, V. J. & Sessler, A. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Effect of the PRTR Fuel Elemental Rupture Test Facility on Plutonium Recycle Program Objectives.

Description: To insure a full evaluation of the effects of in-reactor loops with respect to all phases of the Plutonium Recycle Program, a separate study of each loop has been undertaken. An initial study was carried out which analyzed the effects of in-reactor loops using the design criteria for the gas loop as a basis. As soon as the design criteria for the H2O high pressure loop became available, a more detailed evaluation was completed for that loop. Recent completion of the scope description of the PRT… more
Date: January 29, 1960
Creator: Peterson, R. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Possible Phase Transition in Liquid He3

Description: A possible phase transition in liquid He{sup 3} has been investigated theoretically by generalizing the Bardeen, Cooper, and Schrieffer equations for the transition temperature in the manner suggested by Cooper, Mills, and Sessler. The equations are transformed into a form suitable for numerical solution and an expression is given for the transition temperature at which liquid He{sup 3} will change to highly correlated phase. Following a suggestion of Hottelson, it is shown that the phase trans… more
Date: January 29, 1960
Creator: Emery, V. J. & Sessler, A. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Reactivity in the centi-milli-K unit

Description: Tables present excess reactivity vs pile rising periods, excess reactivity vs pile falling periods, mint-nominal reactivity vs charge length, Pb-Cd nominal reactivity vs charge length, and nominal reactivity of poison splines.
Date: January 29, 1960
Creator: Clark, D. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Statistical Analysis of Small Power Oscillations in the HRT

Description: Small oscillations in power level have been intensively studied in the HRT Run 20. The amplitude distributions of small oscillations have provided the quantitative measurement of "roughness" of reactor power. The analysis of small oscillations may give us some insight into the fuel instability mechanism occurring in the HRT.
Date: January 29, 1960
Creator: Hirota, Jitsuya
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Applications for Lanthanon Oxides and Other Compounds in the Ceramic Industry

Description: Separation processes for production of pure rare earth oxides in useful quantities are discussed. A review of applications of these oxides in the ceramic industry in production of glasses, glazes, porcelain enamels, refractories, abrasives, electronic ceramics, and nuclear ceramics is also presented. 46 references.
Date: January 28, 1960
Creator: Ploetz, G. L.
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Conversion ratio incentive for usig black mint in an E-N load

Description: This report details the proposed E-N, tritium-plutonium producing reactor loading is made up of striped columns of lithium-aluminum (mint) target slugs and enriched uranium (.947 w/o U{sup 235}) slugs. Both target and uranium slugs are of the I & E geometry. The ratio of mint (N) to uranium (E) is determined by the requirement of sufficient k-excess to sustain an operable reactor. The designer of the lattice loading has a choice between natural lithium (7-5 w/o Li{sup 6}) or lithium enriched to… more
Date: January 28, 1960
Creator: Nilson, R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Isotopic Analysis of Boron as Trimethyl Borate

Description: Boron-impregnated polyethylene tape was irradiated in the Engineering Test Reactor Critical Facility to study the effect of boron as a burnable poison in reactor fuel. Isotopic analysis of the boron was performed with a conventional CEC Model 21-103 mass spectrometer. The tape was distilled off and the residual boron was converted to trimethyl borate. The reaction mixture was analyzed without separation. Good precision was obtained with samples containing less than 0.5 mg. boron. Features of th… more
Date: January 28, 1960
Creator: Abernathey, R. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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LEACHING OF TAMALPAIS DEBRIS

Description: From Tamalpais debris crushed to <53 mu , 5.5, 19.6, and 12.5 f the alpha, beta, and gamma activities, respectively, were leached in 72 hr at room temperature by a 100 to 1 weight excess of ground water from the Nevada test site. The extracted alpha-activity material was> 97% Pu/sup 239/ and < 3% Am/sup 241/, and the gamma was 92% Ru/sup106/, 4.7% ZrNb/sup 95/, and 3.1% Cs/137/. The beta activities could not be identified. The ground water leached 10 to 20 times as high a percentage of activity… more
Date: January 28, 1960
Creator: Bond, W. D. & Clark, W. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A New Liquid Explosive, NTN

Description: Abstract. The preparation and properties of a new explosive, liquid over the range -65 degrees F to +165 degrees F, are presented. This explosive, called NTN, is a 5/1/1 mole ration of nitromethane, tetranitromethane, 1 -nitropropane. The sensitivity and stability of NTN meet military requirements.
Date: January 28, 1960
Creator: Von Egidy, Albert.; Finger, Milton.; Hill, Marion.; Ornellas, Donald L.; Ellison, Edward. & Kury, John.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Reactivity Absorbed by Xenon-135 in the SRE

Description: Abstract: The measurement and calculation of the reactivity absorbed by Xe135 as functions of time after shutdown for the SRE are described.
Date: January 28, 1960
Creator: Woodruff, R. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Dependence of Core Power Density on Reactor Parameters in a Gas-Cooled Reactor

Description: The influences of various key parameters on the reactor average core power density of gas cooled reactors are not easily seen from inspection of general analytic equations because of the interdependence of many key variables. A method is presented by which the analytical expression is reduced to a simple, approximate relation expressing the core power density as a function of independent key parameters of limited range.
Date: January 27, 1960
Creator: Ozisik, M. Necati & Korsemeyer, P. B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Protactinium Losses in a BeO-Moderated Reactor

Description: Protactinium losses in a BeO-moderated nuclear reactor are calculated using a series of formulas.
Date: January 27, 1960
Creator: Carlsmith, R. S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Effect of Temperature on Radiator Weight For Space Vehicle Power Plants

Description: This analysis was carried out in an attempt to see what the effect of increasing the over-all system temperature might have on the radiator specific weight if meteoroid protection is considered.
Date: January 26, 1960
Creator: Lafyatis, P. G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Contraction Losses and High Temperature Pressure Drop Determinations for Tube Bundles

Description: In some engineering applications it has become necessary to operate equipment containing small diameter rods or tubes oriented parallel to flow stream. In the case of several nuclear reactors such as the Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor and the S. S. Savannah Maritime Reactor, bundles of small diameter rods are used as the fuel elements. The situation also has application to heat exchangers. A method for accurately predicting the pressure drop characteristics of various bundle configurations woul… more
Date: January 25, 1960
Creator: Gartin, W. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Injection and Trapping of High Current Electron Beams

Description: The following report describes the injection and trapping of high current electron beams in order to construct an electron gun and the first 2 Mev section of the accelerator.
Date: January 25, 1960
Creator: Christofilos, Nicholas C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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MARITIME REACTOR PROJECT ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT FOR PERIOD ENDING NOVEMBER 30, 1959

Description: During the report period, the nature of the ORNL supporting activities gradually changed, reflecting the progress in the conetruction of the N.S. Savannah. Design reviews continued to require considerable attention. The Inspection Engineering Dept. of the Jab. continued to act as an inspection agency for the ALC, witnessing inspections and tests during fabrication of components of the nuclear reactor system. An enviromnental analysis was made of safeguard aspects of operation of the N.S. Savann… more
Date: January 25, 1960
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Measurement of Electron Attachment in Oxygen-Methane and Oxygen-Carbon Dioxide Mixtures

Description: The formation of heavy negative ions by the attachment of low-energy electrons to oxygen molecules was studied for small amounts of oxygen mixed with methane or carbon dioxide. The rate of attachment in both cases was found to depend on the electron energy, the pressure of the oxygen and the non-attaching gas, and on the kind of non-attaching gas. In general, the attachment increases as electron enprgy decreases or as either oxygen or total pressure increases. The value of the attachment coeffi… more
Date: January 25, 1960
Creator: O'Kelly, L. B.; Hurst, G. S. & Bortner, T. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Oxygen Removal with Hydrazine- Interim Report

Description: During normal operation the NPR will function as a closed system and the coolant will be maintained at a high degree of purity. Periodically, however, the system will have to be opened for fuel element discharge and/or decontamination. During these periods the reactor will be operated on single pass cooling. The use of deionized and deoxygenated water as the single pass coolant is not economically feasible due to the large quantities of coolant that will be required. At present it appears that… more
Date: January 25, 1960
Creator: Demmitt, Thomas F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Low Energy Nuclear Physics : Second Annual Report for the Period February 1, 1959 to January 31, 1960

Description: The general expression for the angular correlation between radiations produced in successive cascade transitions is derived by use of Racah algebra. The result is then specialized to the beta - gamma correlation and applied to two cases in which additional properties of the photon are specified, the circular polarization and the plane polarization. The prospect of testing time reversal and determining nuclear matrix element ratios by beta - gamma correlation measurements is explored using the n… more
Date: January 23, 1960
Creator: Jastram, Philip S. (Philip Sheldon), 1920-1992
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Irradiation Processing Department Monthly Record Report: December 1959

Description: This document details activities of the irradiation processing department during the month of December, 1959. 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: January 22, 1960
Creator: Greninger, A. B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Piping changes for increased production at B, D, DR, F, C, and H reactors

Description: This study proposes improvements in the process water piping adjacent to the front and rear faces of these reactors. This report covers the external piping of the reactors from the incoming valve pit to the inlets of the outgoing retention basins.
Date: January 22, 1960
Creator: Bauer, G. H.; Harrison, C. W.; Hill, V. R.; McLenegan, D. W. & Mondt, J. F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Production Test IP-300-A: Irradiation of twenty inch natural uranium tube and tube elements with hot headed inner tubes

Description: The objectives of this production test detailed in this report is to evaluate the behavior during irradiation of tubular fuel elements with hot-headed end closures. With natural uranium twenty-inch tube- and-tube elements will be irradiated to a goal of 2500 MWD/T in the KER loops. The inner tubes will be closed by the hot-heading technique and the outer tubes will have normal welded closures.
Date: January 22, 1960
Creator: Kratzer, W. K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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