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Results of Experiments Made With U.S.B.M. Electrocerium

Description: Data obtained in test of Bureau of Mines electrocerium are presented. The cerium was subjected to spectrochemical analysis, x-ray diffraction analysis, thermal analysis, metallographic tests, and high-pressure experiments.
Date: February 26, 1959
Creator: Miner, William N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Emission Rate of Fission Products from a Hole in the Cladding of a Reactor Fuel Element

Description: It is assumed that when a hole appears in the cladding of a reactor fuel tube the fission products in the space between the fuel and the cladding will diffuse towards the hole. There they are swept away by the flow of steam past the hole. The process of diffusion is assumed to be governed by the ordinary diffusion equation with the boundary condition that the density of the fission products is zero at the surface of the hole. The diffusion equation is solved for the case of steady-state emissio… more
Date: July 26, 1956
Creator: Helstrom, Carl W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Non-Destructive Test for the Identification of Cadmium Plating

Description: A simple non-destructive chemical method for the identification of cadmium plating is presented. The test requires no special techniques or equipment and may be conducted in less than fifteen seconds.
Date: June 26, 1953
Creator: Leslie, W. B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Grüneisen Parameter for an Einstein Solid and Under Finite Strain

Description: The Grüneisen constant, as evaluated from the equation of state, is obtained for an Einstein solid. the presence of a state of finite hydrostatic pressure is taken into account explicitly by means of Murnaghan's theory of finite strain, to obtain the Grüneisen parameter's on the Debye and Einstein models. Results are identical in the two cases with the corresponding values obtained without use of the formal theory of finite strain.
Date: September 26, 1955
Creator: Gilvarry, J. J. (John James), 1917-
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Sizes of U. S. Steam- Electric Plants

Description: At the present time, plants in the 100-500Mv size range are more numerous and carry the greatest portion (over 50%) of the total steam-electric plant load in the U.S. utilities industry. The contribution of plants of over 1,000-Mv capacity is increasing more rapidly than any other size clarification and at present represents about 10% of the total capacity. By 1962 the TVA will have six plants with capacities of over 1,000-Mv. The largest steam-electric plant in the U.S. is the TVA plant at Kin… more
Date: May 26, 1959
Creator: Robertson, R. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Development of a Fluidized Bed Reactor for the Fluorox Process: Unit operations Monthly Status Reports for the Period November, 1958, Through May, 1959

Description: Results of four experiemental runs in the Fluorox fluidized bed reactor system are reported. The engineering feasibility of UF6 production from UF4 by use of dry air of O2, 2UF4 + O2 = UF6 + UO2F2, in an Inconel fluidized bed reactor at 800-850°C was demonstrated in two experimental tests in which greater than 90% of the theoretical amount of UF6 was collected or measured. Two runs made with crude UF4 (produced from unpurified mill concentrate) as the feed material, showed that UF6 could be pro… more
Date: May 26, 1959
Creator: Bresee, J. C.; Scott, C. D. & Horton, R. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Temperature Effects on the Measurement of Aqueous Liquid Level by the Differential Pressure Method and Recommendations for Placement of Taps on the HRT Replacement Heat Exchanger

Description: Increasing temperature in an aqueous liquid system results in a decrease in liquid density and an increase in vapor density. When level is measured by the differential pressure method, temperature increase results in a decrease in the effective span f the instrument and a shift in zero. When the instrument reference leg is uncompensated, both zero and span shifts occur with the effects being most pronounced at the high levels. When the reference leg is compensated, zero shifts are eliminated (i… more
Date: April 26, 1957
Creator: Moore, R. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Source of Fission Products in LITR Cooling Water

Description: A study has been made of the radioactive nuclides present in the cooling water of the Low Intensity Test Reactor. Prominent nuclides which have been identified include Np239 and certain fission products. The experimental evidence points to the probability that there could be adequate U235 contamination on the fuel plates to quantitatively account for the fission products identified in the LITR cooling water. inasmuch as new aluminum does not contain uranium, it must be assumed that the contamin… more
Date: March 26, 1957
Creator: Moeller, D. W. (Dade W.) & Leddicotte, G. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Spectrographic Analysis of Normal Human Tissue from Dallas, Texas

Description: All tissues included in this report were received from Dallas, Texas and were collected, ashed and analyzed according to the methods described in ORNL-CF-57-2-2. The average value of the concentration for each element in a tissue is the average of the concentrations in only those samples of the tissue which contained the element. For example, if, of 25 lives analyzed, only 10 contained lead, the average for lead in liver is the average of those 10 values. For those tissues in which an element d… more
Date: February 26, 1957
Creator: Tipton, I. H.; Cook, M. J.; Steiner, R. L.; Foland, J. M.; McDaniel, K. K. & Fentress, S. D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Amendment No. 1 to Preliminary Hazards Summary Report For The Dresden Nuclear Power Station

Description: Commonwealth Edison Company for the purpose of supplementing the license application for the Dresden Nuclear Power Station submits herewith Amendment No.1 to the portion of the Final Hazards Summary Report entitled Preliminary Hazards Summary Report.
Date: May 26, 1958
Creator: Commonwealth Edison Company
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Calcining-Amenability Testing of Rand Precipitates

Description: Test work on two samples of high-grade Rand uranium precipitate indicated the desirability of calcining it at 400' to 500'C. to cut shipping costs and provide a refinery feed quite amenable to treatment by the nitric acid digestion-TBP process.
Date: November 26, 1951
Creator: Bloecher, F. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Determination of Trivalent Uranium in Fluoride Salt Mixtures by the Modified Hydrogen Evolution Method

Description: The hydrogen evolution method for the determination of uranium trifluoride which was developed by Manning, Miller and Rowan has been used for the determination of trivalent uranium in this laboratory for the past three years. The method has been applied to many different sample types supposedly pure UF3, mixtures of UF3 and UF4 and the large variety of mixtures of fluoride salts that have been investigated as possible nuclear fuels. These mixtures contained alkali metal, beryllium and zirconium… more
Date: February 26, 1956
Creator: White, J. C.; Meyer, A. S., Jr.; Vaughan, W. F.; Ross, W. J. & Manning, D. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Interim Evaluation of the Fluorox Process for UF4 and UF6 Manufacture

Description: The conversion of UNH to UF4 and UF6, utilizing moving-bed techniques, is being studied; sufficient progress has been made that an evaluation of the process is warranted. The procedures under study, the Fluorox Process, have three major advantages: (1) substitution of HF for high-cost fluorine, (2) considerable reduction in HF requirements, and (3) marked reduction in plant-size and mechanical complexity.
Date: May 26, 1955
Creator: Moore, J. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Combination of Hydrogen and Oxygen in Platinum Catalyzed Flow Reactions

Description: An extension of the concepts advanced by Langmuir regarding the nature of the platinum catalyzed oxidation of hydrogen and the application of the resulting theory to the experimental data observed by Ranschoff and Spiewak for an HRE type recombiner indicates that their data are corrected by the dimensionless equation (see report) equally well, with a mean deviation of 3.8 percent. This expression is recommended as a basis for the design of catalytic recombiners. The catalytic combinations is pi… more
Date: October 26, 1954
Creator: Garber, Harold J. & Peebles, Fred N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Experimental Application of Neutron Capture Therapy to Glioblastoma Multiforme

Description: The rapid development of the field of atomic energy during the past few years now permits the exploration of applications to medicine involving new concepts in the treatment of cancer. One such has been the study of neutron capture therapy which is being developed at the Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Date: July 26, 1954
Creator: Farr, Lee, E., M. D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Pilot Plant Fluorination of Uranium Fuel Elements by Bromine Trifluoride

Description: The so-called Fluoride Volatility Processes refer to several proposed non-aqueous methods of processing irradiated fuel elements. In each of these methods, the uranium is fluorinated to uranium hexafluoride and then decontaminated by distillation. One of the methods, involving direct fluorination of the uranium by bromine trifluoride, has been under investigation at BNL since 1950; subsequently a pilot plant was built to study this step of the process. The objectives of the program were to inve… more
Date: July 26, 1956
Creator: Strickland, G.; Horn, F. L. & Johnson, R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Trough-Time Dissolver

Description: Designing a dissolver safe for up to 5 per cent U.235 enriched NPF's and having a one a ton per day capacity is a fundamental problem of Hanford NPF Program. Two basic design concepts have so far evolved, both of which employ a recirculating system in which the fuel elements are placed in the critically safe geometry separated from the bulk of the solution in another vessel. In one concept the fuel elements are charged to a set of geometrically safe cylinders or tubes and solution is circulated… more
Date: June 26, 1959
Creator: McKee, R.W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Scratch Depth Measurement Methods

Description: Judging scratch depth or surface roughness by unaided visual inspection under controlled conditions, while rapid and popular, is not quantitative. Comparison methods improve reproducibility but are generally not applicable to evaluation of depths of single widely spaced scratches. Stylus-type contour recorders yield valuable scratch contour data but may themselves plow through soft materials and fine details. Depth measuring microscopes are particularly applicable to measurement of pinhole dept… more
Date: February 26, 1959
Creator: Brenden, B.B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Chemical Reactivity of Uranium Monocarbide and Uranium Mononitride with Water at 100°C.

Description: The monocarbide and the mononitride of uranium are potentially useful ceramic nuclear fuel materials. This paper reports the results of exploratory investigations of the reactions of uranium monocarbide and uranium mononitride with boiling water. Uranium dioxide, chemically stable in deoxygenated boiling water, was used as a control.
Date: February 26, 1959
Creator: Newkirk, H. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Dripless Transfer Pipette for Radiochemical Operations

Description: Transfer operations of highly radioactive solutions by the normal transfer pipette leads in most instances to a spread of contamination in the shielded facility. In the dripless pipette, the solution is held in the reservoir by the use of the siphon principle.
Date: October 26, 1956
Creator: Wilson, A. S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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An Improved Recording Anemometer System

Description: Recent developments in the field of photoconductive devices made possible the simplification and attendant improvement of the recording anemometer system used with the portable meteorological mast. The purpose of the work was to produce a simple, reliable recording anemometer system compatible with the project's existing instrumentation. Of primary importance was reduction of maintenance without loss of accuracy. This report discusses some of the factors considered in the design of the system, … more
Date: April 26, 1956
Creator: Test, L. D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Comparison of Flame Photometer and Conductivity Meter for the Determination of NaCl from Respirator Testing

Description: periodically the Industrial Hygiene Unit has the occasion to perform efficiency tests on respiratory protective devices and on filter cartridges used with these units. A study of the relative merits of the flame photometer and conductivity meter was made to determine which is more applicable for the determination of NaCl in filter samples.
Date: September 26, 1955
Creator: Baum, J. W. & Gill, W. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Separations Chemistry, Quarterly Progress Report, October-December 1953

Description: "Work has continued on high temperature methods for processing irradiated uranium fuel. Additional results have been obtained with fused halide treatment, solid scavengers and direct Pu distillation. With fussed fluorides about 95 per cent of the Pu was removed from a uranium sample, while treatment of uranium with HC1 gas removed almost all the Pu and many fission products. treatment of molten uranium with uranium oxide removed a substantial fraction of the fission products without removing P… more
Date: March 26, 1954
Creator: Motta, E. E.; Bareis, D. W. & Cubicciotti, D. D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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