Atoms for Peace Manual: A Compilation of Official Materials on International Cooperation for Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, December 1953-July 1955 |
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... uranium slightly enriched in the isotope - 235 . With rela- tively minor redesign it would operate on natural uranium if heavy water were to be used as a coolant and moderator instead of natural water . Plants of this type could be ...
... uranium slightly enriched in the isotope - 235 . With rela- tively minor redesign it would operate on natural uranium if heavy water were to be used as a coolant and moderator instead of natural water . Plants of this type could be ...
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... uranium 233 from thorium . Turbogenerator and chemical processing plants for the liquid fuel and for the thorium blanket are included . Considerable research and development will be necessary for both reactor projects . In addition to ...
... uranium 233 from thorium . Turbogenerator and chemical processing plants for the liquid fuel and for the thorium blanket are included . Considerable research and development will be necessary for both reactor projects . In addition to ...
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... uranium fuel is necessary to achieve a critical mass with ordinary ( light ) water moderator and coolant . Nuclear experiments are being conducted to determine the amount of uranium fuel needed , its exact enrichment , the shape of the ...
... uranium fuel is necessary to achieve a critical mass with ordinary ( light ) water moderator and coolant . Nuclear experiments are being conducted to determine the amount of uranium fuel needed , its exact enrichment , the shape of the ...
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... uranium , that is , uranium containing 1.5 to 2 percent of the 235 isotope rather than natural uranium which contains only 0.7 percent of this isotope . A pressure of 2,000 pounds per square inch will keep the cooling water from boiling ...
... uranium , that is , uranium containing 1.5 to 2 percent of the 235 isotope rather than natural uranium which contains only 0.7 percent of this isotope . A pressure of 2,000 pounds per square inch will keep the cooling water from boiling ...
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... uranium or a combination of thorium and uranium 233 . With slightly enriched uranium fuel , the full - scale reactor is ex- pected to have a regeneration ratio of about 0.9 , producing plutonium as a byproduct . Charged with uranium 233 ...
... uranium or a combination of thorium and uranium 233 . With slightly enriched uranium fuel , the full - scale reactor is ex- pected to have a regeneration ratio of about 0.9 , producing plutonium as a byproduct . Charged with uranium 233 ...
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Page 94 - President at the time of nomination, one at the end of one year, one at the end of two years, one at the end of three years, one at the end of four years, and one at the end of five years, after the date of the enactment of this title.
Page 200 - SECTION 1. DECLARATION. — Atomic energy is capable of application for peaceful as well as military purposes. It is therefore declared to be the policy of the United States that— "a. the development, use, and control of atomic energy shall be directed so as to make the maximum contribution to the general welfare, subject at all times to the paramount objective of making the maximum contribution to the common defense and security ; and "b.
Page 200 - States that, subject at all times to the paramount objective of assuring the common defense and security, the development and utilization of atomic energy shall, so far as practicable, be directed toward improving the public welfare, increasing the standard of living, strengthening free competition in private enterprise, and promoting world peace.
Page 217 - a. The Commission is directed to exercise its powers in such manner as to insure the continued conduct of research and development activities in the fields specified below, by private or public institutions or persons, and to assist in the acquisition of an ever-expanding fund of theoretical and practical knowledge in such fields.
Page 89 - ... d. a program to encourage widespread participation in the development and utilization of atomic energy for peaceful purposes to the maximum extent consistent with the common defense and security and with the health and safety of the public; e.
Page 129 - ... be set aside. A copy of such petition shall be forthwith served upon the commission...
Page 469 - Restricted Data" means all data concerning ( 1 ) design, manufacture, or utilization of atomic weapons; (2) the production of special nuclear material; or (3) the use of special nuclear material in the production of energy, but shall not include data declassified or removed from the Restricted Data category pursuant to section 142.
Page 233 - In writing not to permit any Individual to have access to Restricted Data until the Civil Service Commission shall have made an Investigation and report to the Commission on the character, associations, and loyalty of such Individual, and the Commission shall have determined that permitting such person to have access to Restricted Data will not endanger the common defense and security.
Page 147 - In case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpena served upon any person pursuant to this paragraph, the district court of the United States for any district in which such person is found or resides or...
Page 146 - Whoever, with intent to injure the United States or with intent to secure an advantage to any foreign nation...