Publications

Tasks list of the proposed program to determine the mechanism of bonding between Fe and PbTe and PbSnTe.

A memo and table. The latter gave estimates of probabilities of the SNAP 19 impacting cities of the world. The impact probabilities given reentry from a polar orbit were generalized and can be applied to any object reentering from a polar orbit.

For using FB or BTV test vehicles.

Deferment from May 1968 to February 1969 because of contamination of G-tunnel by Door Mist.

About the development of an improved polonium fuel form utilizing the present fuel compound.

Test vehicles and scheduled mission particulars.

Response to a tasks list about solid solubilities of iron in thermoelectric material, diffusion & braze bonding processes, and ultrasonic casting.

Vietnam War era research and development by Sandia to detect enemy troop movements. Document outlines scope of effort and provides no design details. No nuclear or non-nuclear weapon information.

Letter to AEC/ALO pertaining to scope of work on fuel-air munition development for Air Force.

Abstract not provided.

Logistical and personnel support form Sandia for Readiness exercise.

The converter was developed under AEC Contract AT(30-1)-3582 (RCA) and AT(30-1)-3584 (Westinghouse) and related subcontracts.

Request for logistic movement of material from Sandia in support of PADDLEWHEEL Operation. Unclassified by reference to CG for NNTRP.

Logistics and material movement in support of PADDLEWHEEL Operation.

Request for prioritizing and determining the resources needed for testing of present and foreseeable nuclear weapons systems which require atmospheric nuclear testing. Request to devise program to change AEC readiness.

Request for the devices with the understanding of LRL budget problems and list of test shots planned in that 3 month period.

The primary purposes of this trip were to attend a DODGE-M Technical Review Meeting at General Electric and the SNAP 29 Quarterly Review Meeting at AEC Headquarters.

Mainly this is a request for more details about ground support equipment, ground shipping cask, fuel transfer cask, handling tools, thermal analyses, and hard rock impact.

Approximately five years ago, the Safe, Secure Dismantlement program was started between the United States and countries of the Former Soviet Union (FSU). The purpose of the program is to accelerate progress toward reducing the risk of nuclear weapons proliferation, including such threats as theft, diversion, and unauthorized possession of nuclear materials. This would be accomplished by strengthening the material protection, control, and accounting systems within the FSU countries. This paper describes: the process involved, from initial contacting to project completion, for the physical protection upgrades now in place at the LNRC; the intervening activities; and a brief overview of the technical aspects of the upgrades.

The major potential hazard associated with space applications of plutonium dioxide fuel was believed to result from injection of inhalable particulate into the biosphere.

A report emphasizing nuclear safety aspects about fuels: containers; transportation, and

Planned staff assistance, responsibilities, duties, and costs for FY97.

Requirements for continuation of the safety investigations of the high-temperature and reentry behavior of plutonium microspheres and Pu-238 and Pu-239 oxide microspheres from Mound Laboratory for testing in the arc tunnel.

Concerns about the air-deployable gadget attached to a parachute.

Improvements in performance of products with nonmetallic engineered materials are obtained at the cost of increased complexity of product design, manufacture, and maintenance. NDE (nondestructive evaluation) techniques have been developed for verifying design models, identifying manufacturing flaws, and assessing service-related damage. This project involved developing a new NDE method that provides additional information; the sensor measures changes in an imposed electric field to obtain electrical impedance images of a component. Effective sensing volume and orientation of imposed electric field may be varied to optimize field interaction with the internal structure of a part. These interactions are combined into multidimensional impedance images that reflect variations in the mechanical geometry and internal structure of a part. Location of an impedance anomaly may be correlated with the location of a flaw.