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EURATOM PROGRAM "Improved Zirconium Alloys"

Description: Introduction: "This report is an expanded version of the regular monthly letter report and is prepared in this form with the intention of reviewing work on the subject program for Euratom technical personnel. Work performed during the month of September, which normally constitutes the entire letter report, has been condensed under one heading."
Date: October 5, 1960
Creator: Weinstein, Daniel & Van Thyne, R. J.
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[Aerosol Generator Design] : Letter Report

Description: The following report provides information on an aerosol generator fit to produce fine particles by a vaporization-condensation technique. Included is a diagram of the essential components of the generator.
Date: October 19, 1960
Creator: Rosinski, John & Stockham, John D.
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THE ORIGIN OF LIFE ON EARTH AND ELSEWHERE. II

Description: The synthesis of relatively complex organic molecules by ionizing and radical mechanisms (induced by high energy radiations, ultraviolet and electric discharge) from methane, ammonia, water, and hydrogen is described, both theoretically and experimentally. It is shown that the molecules which tend to be formed under such random conditions are the very ones which today are the common building blocks in the biological reconstruction of organic material. Such molecules are the amino acids, the sim… more
Date: October 19, 1960
Creator: Calvin, Melvin
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The Path of Carbon in Photosynthesis

Description: Biosynthesis begins with photosynthesis. Green plants and other photosynthetic organisms use the energy of absorbed visible light to make organic compounds from inorganic compounds. These organic compounds are the starting point for all other biosynthetic pathways. The products of photosynthesis provide not only the substrate material but also chemical energy for all subsequent biosynthesis. For example, nonphotosynthetic organisms making fats from sugars would first break down the sugars to sm… more
Date: October 1, 1960
Creator: Bassham, J. A. & Calvin, Melvin
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A RESONANCE IN THE Lambda pi SYSTEM

Description: The authors report a study of the reaction K{sup -} + p {yields} {Lambda}{sup 0} + {pi}{sup +} + {pi}{sup -} produced by 1.15 Gev/c K{sup -} mesons and observed in the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory's 15-in. hydrogen bubble chamber. A preliminary report of these results was presented at the 1960 Rochester Conference. The beam was purified by two velocity spectrometers. A hyperon/observed during the run and the preliminary cross sections for various K{sup -} reactions at 1.15 Bev/c have been repo… more
Date: October 24, 1960
Creator: Alston, Margaret; Alvarez, Luis W.; Eberhard, Philippe & Wojcicki, Stanley G.
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Irradiation Processing Department Monthly Report: September 1960

Description: This document details activities of the irradiation processing department during the month of September, 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: October 12, 1960
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Purification of mercury contaminated lithium hydroxide

Description: The object of this investigation was to determine an economical method of preparing pure lithium hydroxide from a mercury-contaminated lithium hydroxide monohydrate salt presently produced as a waste product. Pure lithium hydroxide has application for chemical removal of carbon dioxide from air and general open market sale if the mercury contamination is reduced to approximately one part per billion. Because of the uncertainty of the form of the mercury contaminant, different purification metho… more
Date: October 18, 1960
Creator: Bronfin, B. R.; Jenkins, D. M. & Wright, E. E. Jr.
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Redox Birch recovery scope design. Revision 1

Description: The scope design for Birch recovery at Redox was presented in September 12, 1960. Final plutonium purification and decontamination by anion exchange in a pulsed-bed contactor under development by Hanford Laboratories was proposed. Potential advantages of low cost and improved operability were anticipated from the new contactor; when these were not demonstrated in the development work in time to meet project schedules, it was decided to revert to the Higgins-type contactor for which considerable… more
Date: October 24, 1960
Creator: Hanthorn, H. E.
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Critique - NPR fuel

Description: The current status of the NPR fuel fabrication and testing program has been reviewed; suggestions have been made concerning areas requiring more information. This report is divided into a series of sections, each of which is a complete entity so a specific problem area can be considered apart from the entire NPR Fuel process. The final section incorporating conclusions and recommendations reaffirms the factors of major importance as well as evaluating those areas which are interrelated. Process… more
Date: October 14, 1960
Creator: Bush, B. H.
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Evaluation of Commercial Ceramic Coating for Short Time Protection of Columbium 1% Zirconium

Description: Abstract. Fourteen commercial enamel frits from five different manufacturers were tested to determine their abilities to protect Nb-1% Zr during the forging cycle in the temperature range of 1800 to 2300 deg F. One frit was found to afford good coverage and protection at 2200 deg F at times up to 5 hours of exposure. Adherence was excellent during upset forging of a coated Nb--1% Zr sample heated 45 minutes at 2200 deg F. Another frit afforded good protection and coverage at 1700 deg F. (auth)
Date: October 10, 1960
Creator: McGrath, D. W.
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Boiling Heat Transfer of Liquid Metals: a Literature Search

Description: This partially annotated bibliography contains references on boiling heat transfer of liquid metals. Emphasis is place on boiling heat transfer of liquid sodium, liquid potassium, and liquid rubidium. The period covered is 1950 to date. References are arranged alphabetically by title. Sources used in compiling this bibliography are: Abstracts of Classified Reports, Nuclear Science Abstracts.
Date: October 3, 1960
Creator: Cernak, Elizabeth A.
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Supplement C to PITA-IP-10-I, Irradiation of alloyed dingot uranium fuel elements

Description: The objective of this supplement is to authorize charging of additional dingot uranium and to extend the charging to all old reactors, (B, D, DR, F and H). The original test authorized charging 360 tons of dingot uranium at a rate of approximately 60 tons per month. Charging began in May 1960 and at present the majority of this material has been charged. The present delivery schedule calls for accepting 90 tons of dingot uranium per month from MCW, starting in November 1960. To meet this schedu… more
Date: October 12, 1960
Creator: Shimer, R. D.
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Recommended high-tank temperature for maintenance of high-tank backup support

Description: High tank line cleaning and low flow tests at B, D, F, and H Reactors have been completed and results analyzed and related to high tank backup support. Interim provisions have been completed at the old reactors for bleeding and temperature measurement of high tank cooling water. This letter supplies a recommended guide for maintaining high tank temperature control.
Date: October 11, 1960
Creator: Greager, O. H.
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Numerical results of production test IP-326-I, Low-flow calibration tests at B, D, F, and H Reactors

Description: Recent reviews of the last-ditch water backup system at the old reactors had shown that complete adequacy could not be demonstrated at all of the reactors under all conditions. However, these conclusions were based in part on conservative calculations using basic data with a sizeable amount of possible error. Subsequently, recommendations were made to run several tests which would increase the accuracy of the basic data and thereby allow an increase in the demonstratable level of last-ditch vat… more
Date: October 18, 1960
Creator: Benson, J. L.
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Measurement of fuel element temperature changes as the result of film deposition, production test IP-314-A. Supplement E

Description: Irradiation of a third thermocouple train with a thermocouple element of the same design as used on the previous two trains, but with different heater elements, is authorized to an exposure no greater than 1000 MWD/T. A second decontamination of KER-1 using the same procedures as for the first decontamination is also authorized.
Date: October 24, 1960
Creator: Kratzer, W. K.
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Production test IP-372-K uranium discharging during operation KE reactor

Description: The purpose of this test is threehold; to test the workability of the flapper and/or ball cap -- actuator combination under reactor operating conditions to determine the effect on the K Reactor operating parameters of the rapid discharge of a column of slugs; and to ascertain the radiation levels present at various locations in the 105 Building when a column of irradiated slugs is discharged during operation.
Date: October 26, 1960
Creator: Frantz, C. E. & Carlson, P. A.
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