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Calculated Radiation Properties of Spent Plutonium Fuels
M. J. Bell
Nuclear Technology | Volume 18 | Number 1 | April 1973 | Pages 5-14
Technical Paper | Fuel | doi.org/10.13182/NT73-A16102
The Analytically Determined Response of Silicon Detectors to a Polyenergetic Neutron Beam
Mojtaba Taherzadeh
Nuclear Technology | Volume 18 | Number 1 | April 1973 | Pages 15-24
Technical Paper | Instrument | doi.org/10.13182/NT73-A16103
Determination of Neutron Flux and Neutron Fluence from the Signal Current of a Self-Powered Rhodium Detector
W. W. Hudritsch
Nuclear Technology | Volume 18 | Number 1 | April 1973 | Pages 25-28
Technical Paper | Instrument | doi.org/10.13182/NT73-A16104
A Radioactive Fluid Bed Reactor System for the Beta-Initiated Side Chain Chlorination of Toluene
Brian F. Ives, Harry T. Cullinan, Jr., John Y. Yang
Nuclear Technology | Volume 18 | Number 1 | April 1973 | Pages 29-45
Technical Paper | Radiation | doi.org/10.13182/NT73-A16105
Decoloration of Textile Dye Waste Solutions by Combined Irradiation and Chemical Oxidation
T. F. Craft, G. G. Eichholz
Nuclear Technology | Volume 18 | Number 1 | April 1973 | Pages 46-54
Technical Paper | Radiation | doi.org/10.13182/NT73-A16106
A Study of Criticality Parameters Affecting the Handling and Storage of Fissile Metal
S. J. Altschuler, C. L. Schuske
Nuclear Technology | Volume 18 | Number 1 | April 1973 | Pages 55-62
Technical Note | Chemical Processing | doi.org/10.13182/NT73-A16107
Radiation Blistering in Niobium
J. M. Donhowe, D. L. Klarstrom, M. L. Sundquist, W. J. Weber
Nuclear Technology | Volume 18 | Number 1 | April 1973 | Pages 63-66
Technical Note | Material | doi.org/10.13182/NT73-A16108
Dimensioning Reactor Fuel Specimens from Thermal-Neutron Radiographs
D. C. Cutforth
Nuclear Technology | Volume 18 | Number 1 | April 1973 | Pages 67-70
Technical Note | Technique | doi.org/10.13182/NT73-A16109
The Value of Plutonium Recycle in Thermal Reactors
D. E. Deonigi
Nuclear Technology | Volume 18 | Number 2 | May 1973 | Pages 80-86
Technical Paper | A Review of Plutonium Utilization in Thermal Reactors / Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT73-A31279
Plutonium Fuel Technology, Part I: Plutonium Fuel Fabrication
D. W. Brite
Nuclear Technology | Volume 18 | Number 2 | May 1973 | Pages 87-96
Technical Paper | A Review of Plutonium Utilization in Thermal Reactors / Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT73-A31280
Plutonium Fuel Technology, Part II: Radiation Exposure from Plutonium in LWR Fuel Manufacture
R. C. Smith, L. G. Faust, L. W. Brackenbush
Nuclear Technology | Volume 18 | Number 2 | May 1973 | Pages 97-108
Technical Paper | A Review of Plutonium Utilization in Thermal Reactors / Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT73-A31281
Plutonium Fuel Technology, Part III: Nuclear Criticality Safety Considerations in LWR (Pu,U)O2 Fuel Fabrication
C. L. Brown, L. C. Davenport, D. R Oden
Nuclear Technology | Volume 18 | Number 2 | May 1973 | Pages 109-114
Technical Paper | A Review of Plutonium Utilization in Thermal Reactors / Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT73-A31282
The Neutronics of Plutonium Recycling
V. O. Uotinen, B. R. Leonard, Jr., and, R. C. Liikala
Nuclear Technology | Volume 18 | Number 2 | May 1973 | Pages 115-140
Technical Paper | A Review of Plutonium Utilization in Thermal Reactors / Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT73-A31283
UO2-PUO2—A Demonstrated Fuel for Plutonium Utilization in Thermal Reactors
M. D. Freshley
Nuclear Technology | Volume 18 | Number 2 | May 1973 | Pages 141-170
Technical Paper | A Review of Plutonium Utilization in Thermal Reactors / Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT73-A31284
Decontamination of Plutonia-Contaminated Thermal Reactor Systems
J. R. Divine
Nuclear Technology | Volume 18 | Number 2 | May 1973 | Pages 171-176
Technical Paper | A Review of Plutonium Utilization in Thermal Reactors / Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT73-A31285
The Conversion of Uranium Hexafluoride to Uranium Dioxide
Sven G. Brandberg
Nuclear Technology | Volume 18 | Number 2 | May 1973 | Pages 177-184
Technical Paper | A Review of Plutonium Utilization in Thermal Reactors / Fuel Cycle | doi.org/10.13182/NT73-A31286
Thermal Effects of Underground Nuclear Explosions
R. W. Taylor
Nuclear Technology | Volume 18 | Number 2 | May 1973 | Pages 185-193
Technical Paper | A Review of Plutonium Utilization in Thermal Reactors / Nuclear Explosive | doi.org/10.13182/NT73-A31287
EBR-II Feedback Transfer Function Comparison for Rod-Drop and Rod-Oscillator Experiments
H. A. Larson, I. A. Engen
Nuclear Technology | Volume 18 | Number 2 | May 1973 | Pages 194-197
Technical Note | A Review of Plutonium Utilization in Thermal Reactors / Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT73-A31288
A New Solvent Extraction Process for Preparing PuO2 Sols
M. H. Lloyd, O. K. Tallent
Nuclear Technology | Volume 18 | Number 3 | June 1973 | Pages 205-215
Technical Paper | Chemical Processing | doi.org/10.13182/NT73-A31295
Enriched Uranium Metal-Solution Systems Separated by Neutron Poisons
Grover Tuck, Harold E. Clark, Donald L. Alvarez
Nuclear Technology | Volume 18 | Number 3 | June 1973 | Pages 216-224
Technical Paper | Chemical Processing | doi.org/10.13182/NT73-A31296
Criticality of Plutonium Nitrate Solutions in Slab Geometry
R. C. Lloyd, E. D. Clayton, L. E. Hansen, S. R. Bierman
Nuclear Technology | Volume 18 | Number 3 | June 1973 | Pages 225-230
Technical Paper | Chemical Processing | doi.org/10.13182/NT73-A31297
Factors Affecting the Swelling of Nuclear Fuels at High Temperatures
W. Chubb, V. W. Storhok, D. L. Keller
Nuclear Technology | Volume 18 | Number 3 | June 1973 | Pages 231-256
Technical Paper | Fuel | doi.org/10.13182/NT73-A31298
A Monetary Correction Model of Economic Analyses Applied to Nuclear Power Costs
Stephen A. McGuire, José G. Martín
Nuclear Technology | Volume 18 | Number 3 | June 1973 | Pages 257-266
Technical Paper | Economic | doi.org/10.13182/NT73-A31299
The Leakage of Water into Sodium in Steam Generators and Test Rigs
David A. Greene
Nuclear Technology | Volume 18 | Number 3 | June 1973 | Pages 267-276
Technical Paper | Material | doi.org/10.13182/NT73-A31300
Preparation of High-Level Alpha-Particle Sources for the Surveyor Alpha Scattering Experiment
James H. Patterson, Harry E. Griffin, E. Philip Horwitz, Carol A. A. Bloomquist
Nuclear Technology | Volume 18 | Number 3 | June 1973 | Pages 277-285
Technical Paper | Radioisotope | doi.org/10.13182/NT73-A31301
Ejecta from a Row-Charge Cratering Explosion
L. J. Vortman, J. W. Long
Nuclear Technology | Volume 18 | Number 3 | June 1973 | Pages 286-304
Technical Paper | Nuclear Explosive | doi.org/10.13182/NT73-A31302
A Storage Vessel for Fissile Solutions
C. L. Schuske, S. J. Altschuler
Nuclear Technology | Volume 18 | Number 3 | June 1973 | Pages 305-311
Technical Note | Chemical Processing | doi.org/10.13182/NT73-A31303
