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Chemical Reactions In Crossed Molecular Beams

Description: Even in its present primitive stage the molecular beam method promises to open up many opportunities for detailed studies of reactive collisions. The early results described here have revealed several features inaccessible to the traditional methods of kinetics. We hope this program of beam studies will ultimately provide the basis for constructing a theory of the molecular mechanics of reactions. By borrowing what are now everyday techniques in nuclear physics (modulation of the beams; mass an… more
Date: July 1961
Creator: Herschbach, Dudley R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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THE CORROSION OF ALUMINUM ALLOYS IN THE OAK RIDGE RESEARCH REACTOR

Description: A corrosion testing program designed to estimate the potential service life of aluminum alloys used in the construction of the Oak Ridge Research Reactor (ORR) cooling systems has been in progress for over two years. The five alloys (1100, 3003, 5052, 5154, and 6061) used to the greatest extent in the reactor exhibited continuously decreasing corrosion rates since the first 500-hr inspection. Samples exposed in the core-cooling loop have shown a decrease in corrosion rate from a 2.6 mpy maximum… more
Date: July 1, 1961
Creator: Neumann, P.D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Corrosion Studies of Ternary Zirconium Alloys in High-Temperature Water and Steam

Description: The alloying of zirconium to improve corrosion resistance has an empirical basis, and satisfactory explanations for the alloying effects are not available. A theory of compensating valencies in the corrosion oxide is proposed, in which cations of lower and higher valence than zirconium (+4) are present in ratios such that electrostatic neutrality is ensured. An example is an alloy containing equimolar amounts of scandium (+3) and niobium (+5). A number of zirconium alloys were prepared in which… more
Date: July 1, 1961
Creator: Misch, R.D. & Van Drunen, C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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CURRENT STATUS OF THE AC IONIZATION CHAMBER

Description: ABS>The design concept of an a-c ionization chamber and its supporting electronics is described. Several designs are possible and the sensors can be tailored to specific requirements when necessary. Mode of operation, signal voltage development, and switching frequency are discussed. High-sensitivity operation is described. Requirements for high-temperature, power-level operation are outlined. (M.C.G.)
Date: July 1, 1961
Creator: Rusch, G.K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A DESCRIPTION OF INTEGRAL PHYSICS DATA FOR FAST REACTOR DESIGN

Description: Integral physics data for fast reactor design are discussed. The measurements needed include those of critical mass, shape factor, detector ratios, neutron spectra, material replacement experiments, reflector savings, neutron lifetime, Rossi- alpha , and similar quantities. Topics covered include Pu- and U/sup 233/-fueled systems, highly enriched U/sup 235/ systems in optimum geometry, uranium cores of various enrichments and dilutions, extreme geometry critical experiments, specific reactor sy… more
Date: July 1, 1961
Creator: Loewenstein, W.B. & Meneghetti, D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Design Criteria for Steel in Nuclear Reactors

Description: S>Criteria for stress analysis and structural design with steel for the critical components of nuclear plants are presented. An effort was made to integrate the effects on the strength of steel of the coexisting phenomena, such as mechanical and thermal loads, stress cycling and fatigue, creep and creep rupture, irradiation, and loss of ductility. Extensive use of the plastic region of steel was made for the accommodation of thermal stresses. The concept of cumulative damage in the plastic regi… more
Date: July 1, 1961
Creator: Fistedis, S.H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Design Study of Portable Thermoelectric Nuclear Systems

Description: Design studies were performed and costs were estimated for an air transportable, 10 Mw(t), pressurized light water thermal circulation reactor, combined with a direct conversion thermoelectric generator and static electrical inversion equipment. This TCR-TE'' concept appears to have potential for ultimate use as a remote unmanned power station. Based on an extrapolation of present reactor technology and on assumed thermoelectric materials properties forecasted to January 1, 1963, a net a-c elec… more
Date: July 1, 1961
Creator: Chajson, L.; DelCampo, A. R. & Kellogg, H.B. et al
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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DEVELOPMENT OF A PROCESS FOR SODIUM BONDING OF EBR-II FUEL AND BLANKET ELEMENTS

Description: Procedures for assembling EBR-II fuel elements with annular sodium bonds between the uranium rods and the stainless steel claddings are outlined. The results of several meltdown and uranium-settling experiments are given. Bonding experiments were performed: furnace bonding, submerged canning, ultrasonic bonding, centrifuging, pressure pulsing, and vibratory bonding. Vibratory bonding was chosen for the production of the first EBR-II core. (D.L.C.)
Date: July 1, 1961
Creator: Sowa, E.S. & Kimont, E.L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Electrical Properties of Glass. A Bibliography

Description: A bibliography on the electrical properties of glass is presented. The 267 references covering the period from 1930 through 1960 are arranged according to subject. An author index is included. (M.C.G.)
Date: July 1, 1961
Creator: Kepple, R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Experimental Beryllium Oxide Reactor. Maritime Gas-Cooled Reactor Program

Description: LIUM OXIDE REACTOR. MARITIME GAS-COOLED The Experimental Beryllium Oxide Reactor, EBOR, will be constructed at the National Reactor Testing Station as the AEC portion of the joint Maritime Administration--AEC Maritime Gas Cooled Reactor Program. The ultimate goal of the Program is the development of nuclear power plants employing a helium cooled and beryllium oxide moderated reactor directly coupled to a closed cycle gas turbine. The objective is to obtain compact nuclear engines suitable for u… more
Date: July 1961
Creator: Moore, W. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Extrusion of Uranium Tubes

Description: Technical report. From Abstract : "Several hundred long, thin-walled uranium tubes were extruded to close dimensional tolerance by a potentially low cost fabrication process in commercial facilities. The principal process steps were; forging uranium ingots, machining the forged ingots into billets, and extruding the billets into tubes. Some 750 tubes (maximum dimensions: 3.5 inches in diameter and 15 feet long) were fabricated by this process. Dimensional control was excellent in that 88% of th… more
Date: July 1961
Creator: Fisher, R. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Fabrication of Fuel Rods by Tandem Rolling

Description: From introduction: "The purpose of this report is to present the details of the exploratory and developmental work on tandem rolling, and the subsequent fabrication of tandem rolled fuel rods for irradiation testing in the Vallecitos Boiling Water Reactor."
Date: July 1961
Creator: Lingafelter, J. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Health and Safety Laboratory Fallout Program Quarterly Summary Report: March 1, 1961 - June 1, 1961

Description: Report that summarizes multiple laboratories' reports on global fallout deposition. Reports include data on Strontium-90 deposition recorded by the Health and Safety Laboratory, data from other laboratories, related interpretive reports, and recent publications related to fallout.
Date: July 1, 1961
Creator: Hardy, Edward P., Jr.; Rivera, Joseph & Frankel, Robert
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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High-Explosive Ditching from Linear Charges

Description: Abstract: "Weights of linear high-explosive charges fired on the Yucca Lake playa of the Nevada Test Site varied from 0.23 to 42.7 pounds per foot. Crater and ditch dimensions and volumes resulting from these shots, fired during the fall of 1959 and spring of 1960, are presented here as a function of charge burst depths. Scaling relationships determined are as expected; i.e., square-root scaling of linear-charge weight per foot for ditch width and depth and a direct linear-charge weight relatio… more
Date: July 1961
Creator: Carlson, R. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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HIGH PERFORMANCE UO$sub 2$ PROGRAM. Quarterly Progress Report No. 1, April-June 1961

Description: The maximum operating characteristics that can be achieved with the use of UO/sub 2/ as a reactor fuel are being investigated. Fuel assemblies are being fabricated for measurement of fission gas pressure in UO/sub 2/-filled fuel rods. A pressurized-water loop in GETR is being designed. A heat transfer burnout study is in progress to establish the upper limit of heat flux for studies of central melting in a fuel rod and fuel-cladding interactions. (M.C.G.)
Date: July 1, 1961
Creator: Weidenbaum, B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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High Performance UO2 Program First Quarterly Progress Report: April-June 1961

Description: A better understanding of the maximum operating characteristics that can be achieved with the use of UO2 as a reactor fuel is the primary purpose of this program for Euratom and the Atomic Energy Commission. During this program work will be undertaken in two areas that have been of concern to the reactor core designer for a long time, viz. fission gas release and central melting in fuel rods.
Date: July 1, 1961
Creator: Weidenbaum, B
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Hydrogeochemical Reconnaissance for Uranium in the Stanley Area, South-Central Idaho

Description: Introduction: The purpose of this project was to: (1) investigate the applicability of hydrogrochemical techniques to uranium exploration in the Stanley area; and (2) make a hydrogeochemical reconnaissance survey of the Basin Creek mining district and surrounding area as a step toward evaluation of the uranium potential.
Date: July 1961
Creator: Illsley, Charles T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Inorganic Electrolytes in Anhydrous Acetonitrile

Description: "The properties of solutions of KI, AgNO/sub 3/, CoCl/sub 2/, and CoBr/ sub 2/ in anhydrous acetonitrile were studied by means of measurements of electric conductance, density, viscosity, and spectrophotometry. The data are examined in the light of theoretical concepts of electrolytes. The properties of acetonitrile as an ionizing solvent are discussed briefly, and a summary of existing information for inorganic salts in this solvent is presented."
Date: July 1961
Creator: Janz, George J. & Marcinkowsky, A E
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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NUMERICAL RESULTS FOR EGCR MODERATOR-ELEMENT STRESS PROBLEMS

Description: A detailed presentation is made of the thermal stresses calculated for the moderater elements in the Experimental Gas-Cooled Reactor. These results are discussed and some conclusions are presented. This report complements a previous report, BMI-1503, which defines the problems and discusses the methods of solution. (auth)
Date: July 1, 1961
Creator: Hulbert, L.E. & Redmond, R.F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Oxidation of Graphite Under High Temperature Reactor Conditions

Description: A kinetic study was conducted to provide information on oxidation of reactor graphites in the temperature range of 450 to 675 deg C and on the effects of reactor environment on oxidation rates. Among the parameters studied were chemical reactivity of the graphite, prior oxidation, a high intensity gamma flux during oxidation, variation of the surface-to-volume ratio of the graphite specimens, neutron bombardment prior to oxidation exposure, and gas flow rates. Rate equations showed apparent act… more
Date: July 1961
Creator: Dahl, R. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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