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AEC SYMPOSIUM ON PACKAGING AND REGULATORY STANDARDS FOR SHIPPING RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS, HELD IN GERMANTOWN, MARYLAND , DECEMBER 3-5, 1962

Description: A total of twenty papers and one roundtable discussion were presented. Separate abstracts were prepared for eighteen of the papers. The papers for which no abstracts were prepared are concerned with impact energy sorption by large shipping casks, design of a Pu and enriched U shipping container, and the roundtable discussion on regulatory standards. (J.R.D.)
Date: December 1, 1962
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ANALYSIS OF CHECK VALVE DISC MOTION DURING A FLOW TRANSIENT

Description: An analysis of the dynamics of a check valve disc under the influence of a flow transient is presented. The impact velocities of the disc and the pressure surge resulting from extinguishing a fluid velocity are predicted. This analysis develops the equations of motion of a simple swing disc check valve from Newton's Second Law. Modifications of the analysis necessary for application to other types of valves are described. The developed equations are progiammed for the Philco-2000 digital comput… more
Date: December 1, 1962
Creator: Fuls, G. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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CALCULATIONS FOR ZPR-VII UNIFORM LATTICE CRITICAL EXPERIMENTS WITH THORIA- URANIA FUEL IN HEAVY WATER

Description: Calculations are reported relating to the uniform lattice critical experiments performed in the ZPR-VII critical assembly with both THUD and Babcock and Wilcox thoriaurania fuel and heavy water as moderator. Constants appearing in the criticality equation and material bucklings are computed for lattice pitches used. Reflector savings are calcuiated and used in conjunction with experimental critical dimensions to calcuiate geometric bucklings. Analyses are carried out for various experiments, su… more
Date: December 1, 1962
Creator: Pennington, E.M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A COLLIMATOR STUDY FOR A 5-Gev ELECTRON BEAM

Description: A calculation to determine the effectiveness of collimators in a high- energy electron beam is described. Numerical results for a 5-Bev electron beam incident on a 135.42-cm-thick aluminum collimator with an inside radius of 0.85 cm are reported. (auth)
Date: December 1, 1962
Creator: Zerby, C. D. & Moran, H. S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Computer Program for Calculating the Relative Yields of Isomers Produced in Nuclear Reactions

Description: A three-part Fortran program for IBM 704 computation of the relative cross sections of isomers produced in nuclear reactions is described. The three subprograms compute the partial compound nucleus cross sections and the normalized initial compound nucleus spin distribution, the normalized spin distribution following particle emission, and the normalized spin distribution following gamma emission. The Fortran listing of the program and cards for a sample problem is included. (D.C.W.)
Date: December 1, 1962
Creator: Hafner, W. L. Jr.; Huizenga, J. R. & Vandenbosch, R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Computer Programs Using Zonal Harmonics for Magnetic Properties of Current Systems With Special Reference to the IBM 7090

Description: The magnetic vector and scalar potentials, magnetic field components and their derivatives, and flux linkage for single current systems, and the mutual inductance, forces and torques between two such systems, whose axes are coplanar but not necessarily coincident are discussed. Each system may include a combination of coaxial loops, cylindrical or plane annular current sheets, and cylindrical coils of rectagular section. Working equations are listed, following an outline of theory. A discussion… more
Date: December 1, 1962
Creator: Garrett, M. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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CRITICAL EXPERIMENTS ON THE JUGGERNAUT REACTOR

Description: The experiments are described in sections on approach to critical, control system evaluation, measurements of fuel worth, measurements of reactivity and other coefficients, flux measurements, power measurements, and measurements of fuel plate, control rod, and graphite temperatures. (J.R.D.)
Date: December 1, 1962
Creator: Folkrod, J. R. & Moon, D. P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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THE ENERGY CONVERSION APPARATUS IN PHOTOSYNTHESIS

Description: An analysis of outstanding problems still presenting difficulty with respect to understanding the quantumconversion process in photosynthesis is presented. Considerations of how some of these difficulties may be overcome are included. The dynamic process of energy conversion is considered in terms of photon absorption, electronic energy transfer, trapping in long-lived excited states, primary oxidants and reductants, and the electron transport chain leading to products representing stored chemi… more
Date: December 1, 1962
Creator: Sauer, K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Fabrication of EBR-II, Core I Fuel Elements

Description: Activities in a program to assemble and test jacketed fuel rods and multi-rod fuel rod assemblies for EBR-II are reported. Other work is reported on evaluation of the manufacturing techniques proposed for the EBR-II cycle in a sustained operation and on remotely operable equipment under production conditions. Data on fabrication and assembly of fuel rods and assemblies are included. A total of 10,781 fully inspected fuel rods were fabricated for EBR-II core by processes adaptable to remote oper… more
Date: December 1, 1962
Creator: Carson, N. J.; Grant, N. R.; Hessler, N. F.; Jelinek, H. F.; Olp, R. H. & Shuck, A. B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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THE FACILITY 350 HELIUM-ATMOSPHERE SYSTEM. Final Report, Metallurgy Division Program 1.5.5

Description: The He atmosphere system in Argonne's Facility 350 is described in detail. The system is straightforward, employing drying and carbon towers for the removal of moisture, oxygen, and other impurities. The bulk of the 15,000 ft/ sup 3/ of He atmosphere is continuously recirculated at nearly atmospheric pressure. Purification is accomplished at 140 psig on a portion of the gas that is passed through the drying tower at room temperature and the carbon towers at -- 46 deg C (--50 deg F). The operati… more
Date: December 1, 1962
Creator: Mayfield, R. M.; Tope, W. G. & Shuck, A. B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Helium-Purification Unit for High-Purity Inert-Atmosphere Boxes

Description: A device for purifying and recycling the helium atmosphere of two dry boxes having a combined volume of 50 ft/sup 3/ is described. Trace impurities are removed by passing the helium through a palladium-catalyst container and a molec ular sieve bed and cooling to - 195 deg C before passing through an activated charcoal bed. Flow rates of 10 scfm and purity levels are estimated. Regeneration procedures are given. Construction prints and a schematic diagram of the heliumpurification unit are shown… more
Date: December 1, 1962
Creator: Foster, M. S.; Johnson, C. E. & Crouthamel, C. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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INVESTIGATIONS IN THE SYSTEM URANIA - NEODYMIA

Description: Urania-neodymia compositions were sintered in air and in hydrogen. The compositions were studied by chemical, x ray, and differential thermal analyses. Solid solutions formed readily in air-sintered compositions in the range from 20 to 60 m/o Nd/sub 2/O/sub 3/. Solid solutions formed slowly and incompletely, up to 1650 deg C, in hydrogen-sintered compositions. There was good correlation between the differential thermal analyses and the chemical and x ray analyses. (auth)
Date: December 1, 1962
Creator: Kolar, D.; Handwerk, J. H. & Beals, R. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Magnetic Properties of Insulators : Quarterly Report No. 7 Covering the Period from August 16, 1962 to November 15, 1962

Description: The following quarterly progress report covers the period of August 15 to November 15, 1962. It summarizes three activities of the group. The first part is the optical study of the absorption band associated with the F-center in RbCl. The second part discusses some elementary calculations of the spin-lattice relaxation times, the primary purpose of this step is to indicate the nature of the theoretical problem faced and show the large gap between the value calculated theoretically and measured … more
Date: December 1, 1962
Creator: Markham, Jordan J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A MONTE CARLO CALCULATION OF THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH- ENERGY ELECTRON-PHOTON CASCADE SHOWERS

Description: A description is given of a general-purpose Morte Carlo program for study of the three-dimensional development of high-energy eiectron-photon cascade showers in a homogeneous medium. The results of several study calcuiations are compared with previous analytic work to demonstrate the accuracy of the calculation. Another comparison with an experiment which measured the spatial distribution of the energy deposition in Sn by 185-Mev electron-iritiated showers shows a discrepancy between calculatio… more
Date: December 1, 1962
Creator: Zerby, C. D. & Moran, H. S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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PRODUCTION OF TRITIUM BY CONTAINED NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS IN SALT: I. LABORATORY STUDIES OF ISOTOPIC EXCHANGE OF TRITIUM IN THE HYDROGEN-WATER SYSTEM

Description: The results of all exchange experiments suggest that tritium produced by a contained nuclear explosion wiil be mixed with environmental water. Tritium exchange in the reaction HTO + H/sub 2/ in equilibrium HT + H/sub 2/O was catalyzed at 600 deg C by a number of oxygenated salts that occur in salt formations. Calcium sulfate was the best catalyst, with values as high as 49 and 77% with pure CaSO/sub 4/ and Drierite, respectively. in deep bed tests. Even under diffusion-controlled conditions, wh… more
Date: December 1, 1962
Creator: Bond, W.D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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RADIOGRAPHIC MEASUREMENTS OF SNAP FUEL ELEMENT END GAPS

Description: A nondestructive method was developed for measuring the spacings at the ends of fuel rods in completed SNAP fuel elements. A precisely aligned radiographic technique is employed to form an undistorted image on extra fine grain radiographic film. The end gap is then measured with a 20 x measuring microscope. The radiographic technique, alignment gages, and film reading methods are described for measuring gaps at the blend end and blind end of the fuel elements. The accuracy of measurements at th… more
Date: December 1, 1962
Creator: Barry, R. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Reactor Irradiation of Uranium-Impregnated Graphite at 1500 C to 10% Burnup

Description: Two type-AUC graphite fuel elements loaded by solution impregnation to an average concentration of 0.115 g/cc of 93.13% enriched U converted to UC and UC/sub 2/ were irradiated at temperatures of about 1500 deg C to a 10.2% maximum burnup, corresponding to an irradiation level of 219 kwh/cc or 2.45 x 10/sup 19/ fissions/cc of fuel element. Post-irradiation measurements of the elements showed dimensional changes of -4.3 and -4.8% with the grain, and --0.8 to -2.5% across the grain. Weight losses… more
Date: December 1, 1962
Creator: Peterson, P.J.; Leary, J.A. & Maraman, W.J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Selected radioisotopes` concentrations in integrated reactor effluent water samples

Description: This document contains the results of weekly sampling of various isotope concentrations from effluent water at the 100 area at Hanford from July 1962 to February 1965. Compiled data in microcuries/milliliter are given. Each sampling records the concentrations of iodine-131, phosphorus-32, zinc-65, scandium-46, chromium-51, and cobalt-60. Records prior to October 8, 1962 also contain information on strontium-90, cesium-137, zirconium-95, ruthenium-103, ruthenium-106, and strontium-89. These last… more
Date: December 1, 1962
Creator: Jackson, P. O.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Some fundamental aspects of vaporization

Description: A discussion of the fundamental aspects of vaporization is presented along with a discussion of evaporation within the theories of solids and gases. Suggestions are offered as to where assumptions might be introduced to describe the phenomenon more completely, and tenative definitions concerning factors which can give rise to vaporization coefficients are given. An effort is made to unify these concepts within the phenomenological framework of irreversible thermodynamics. (J.R.D.)
Date: December 1, 1962
Creator: Ackermann, R. J.; Thorn, R. J. & Winslow, G. H.
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STATUS REPORT NO. 3 ON CLINCH RIVER STUDY

Description: Results of chemical and radiochemical analyses of Clinch River water, animal life, and sediments are presented for the period May to October 1961. Surface-water hydrology included establishment and operation of gaging stations and stream-flow studies. (R.J.S.)
Date: December 1, 1962
Creator: Morton, R.J. ed.
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Transient Analysis of Two-Phase Natural-Circulation Systems

Description: The design of high-performance natural-circulation boiling systems requires that the behavior of the systems be characterized under transient conditions. In order to accomplish this, the time- and space-dependent continuity, energy, and momentum equations for a natural-circulation system are written. This publication presents a technique for solving the equations of a natural-circulation system. The solutions are compared with experimental results at various pressures with two geometries in boi… more
Date: December 1, 1962
Creator: Anderson, R. P.; Bryant, L. T.; Carter, J. C. & Marchaterre, J. F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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