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Design Study Report for TARGET: A 1000-Mw(e) High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor

Description: Introduction: The scope of work for the contract stated that General Atomic was to undertake a preliminary design study and related exploratory development program for a 1000-Mw(e), advanced, gas-cooled reactor.
Date: November 1964
Creator: General Dynamics Corporation. General Atomic Division. John Jay Hopkins Laboratory for Pure and Applied Science
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Division of Reactor Development, Research and Development Programs Quarterly Progress Report: April - June 1964

Description: The programs sponsored by the Division of Reactor Development at Hanford include studies on basic properties of fuel materials and fabrication methods, physics, chemical processing of reactor fuels and radioactive waste, material development, irradiation effects on materials, fuel cycle analysis and advanced concepts, instrumentation, and nondestructive testing techniques. The results of these programs are broadly applicable to the Civilian Application Program.
Date: November 1964
Creator: Pacific Northwest Laboratory
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Evaporation of Iron-, Nickel-, and Cobalt-Base Alloys at 760 to 980°C in High Vacuums

Description: Report issued by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory discussing the evaporation of alloys in high vacuums. As stated in the introduction, "the investigation encompasses measurements of the evaporation rates, identification of the evaporating elements, and correlation of these measurements to the alloy composition for specimens in both the polished and oxidized conditions" (p. 2). This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: November 1964
Creator: Bourgette, D. T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Irradiation Testing of Fuel for Core B of the Enrico Fermi Fast Breeder Reactor

Description: Report issued by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory discussing irradiation testing of fast breeder reactors. As stated in the introduction, "it is the purpose of this report to describe the irradiation studies carried out in support of the Core B fuel element development program" (p. 3). This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: November 1964
Creator: Thurber, W. C.; McQuilkin, F. R.; Long, E. L., Jr. & Osborne, M. F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The JPL Thermochemistry and Normal Shock Computer Program

Description: Report describing a developed computer program capable of calculating chemical equilibrium properties associated with traveling, standing, and reflected normal shocks.The bases for determining the chemical equilibrium composition of a system is discussed, along with the normal shock problem, numerical procedure, and nomenclature. The program computer input and output is discussed.
Date: November 1, 1964
Creator: Horton, T. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Molten-Salt Reactor Program Semiannual Progress Report for Period Ending July 31, 1964

Description: Report issued by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory discussing semiannual progress made by the Molten-Salt Reactor Program. Descriptions of design, construction, and experimental progress is presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: November 1964
Creator: Briggs, R. B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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PRTR second generation shim assembly

Description: From introduction: "This document discusses the design, fabrication, assembly, and testing of a second generation shim rod assembly, and testing of a second generation shim rod assembly prototype for use in the Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor."
Date: November 1964
Creator: Rasmussen, D. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Nuclear Cratering Experience at the Pacific Proving Grounds

Description: Observation of the long-term effects of weathering on 10 nuclear craters over periods as long as 12 years.
Date: November 10, 1964
Creator: Circeo, Louis J., Jr. & Nordyke, Milo D.
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Ranger Block III Attitude Control System

Description: Report describing the attitude control system designed to orientate, stabilize, and maneuver the Ranger spacecraft in its mission to obtain the first detailed close-up television pictures of the Moon's surface. (Abstract) The report outlines the spacecraft orientation and stabilization and trajectory corrections.
Date: November 15, 1964
Creator: Turk, Will
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Sound Insulation of Wall, Floor, and Door Constructions

Description: From Abstract: "The data obtained at the National Bureau of Standards on the sound insulating properties of building structures are summarized. A brief description of the sound-measuring techniques is given."
Date: November 30, 1964
Creator: Berendt, Raymond D. & Winzer, George E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Storm Data and Unusual Weather Phenomena, Volume 6, Number 10, October 1964

Description: Monthly report containing a chronological listing, by state, of hurricanes, tornadoes, thunderstorms, hail, floods, drought conditions, lightning, high winds, snow, temperature extremes and other weather phenomena. It also provides information on storm paths, deaths, injuries, and property damage.
Date: November 30, 1964
Creator: United States. Weather Bureau.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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