Study of plutonium oxide heat generation in a wood moderated container /

The generation of heat due to the radioactive decay of plutonium in the form of plutonium dioxide stored in wooden containers is considered. The results of two experiments in which plutonium dioxide is placed inside wooden blocks and the temperature rise measured at various points is reported. Heat transfer calculations are then performed to show that the data obtained are those which would be expected, i.e., that Fourier's Law adequately describes the situation. The heat build up in a proposed wood moderated shipping container is calculated, using some of the assumptions verified in the described experiments.

The determination of trace residues on metal surfaces /

"U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Contract AT(29-1)-1106."

The spectrographic determination of cesium in plutonium metal /

A spectrographic-photometric procedure has been developed for the determination of cesium in plutonium metal.

Growth of alpha plutonium crystals from melts under extreme pressure /

Large-grained alpha plutonium has been prepared by slow solidification of melts under pressure of about 60 kbars. The technique opens the way to produce single crystals of alpha plutonium, and to obtain basic information previously unattainable.

Rapid determination of aluminum in plutonium peroxide cake /

A carrier distillation spectrochemical method has been successfully adapted to direct reading spectrometry. Direct reading techniques have been developed for the rapid analyses of aluminum in plutonium peroxide to demonstrate the capability of direct reading for process impurity control.

Deuterided lithium wire /

"U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Contract AT(29-1)-1106."

Gasket failures in plutonium reduction furnaces MT-27-64 /

"RFP-435 ; UC-38 Engineering and Equipment ; TID-4500 (34th Ed.)."

Measurements of plutonium nitrate shipping solutions /

"U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Contract AT(29-1)-1106."

Plutonium nitrate shipping packages /

"RFP-437 ; UC-2 General, Miscellaneous, and Progress Reports ; TID-4500 (34th Ed.)."

The optical properties of ten metal cupferrates /

"U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Contract AT(29-1)-1106."

Criticality studies of enriched uranium metal in UO₂(NO₃)₂ solutions /

"Date Distributed: July 28, 1960."

Nuclear safety experiments on plutonium and enriched uranium hydrogen moderated assemblies containing boron /

"Date Distributed: October 13, 1960."

Plexiglas reflected assemblies of plutonium /

This report contains a compilation of critical extrapolations of subcritical neutron multiplication measurements made on assemblies of plutonium metal tamped with Plexiglas.

Comparison of solvents for cleaning metal surfaces /

"U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Contract AT(29-1)-1106."

Coating beryllium with electroless nickel /

"U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Contract AT(29-1)-1106."