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Number 1

Table of Contents
Author List(Forrest J. Remick, Glenn Murphy, Raymond L. Murray, N. J. Palladino, Marvin E. Wyman, Richard T. Schneider, Karlheinz Thom, William E. Wells, Chihiro Kikuchi, James J. Duderstadt, Gordon L. Brownell, Brian W. Murray, Edward S. Kenney, Alan M. Jacobs, Robert C. Axtmann, Robert L. Hirsch, Donald S. Beard, T. Kammash, George H. Miley, Finis H. Southworth, John Killeen, Charles W. Maynard, Clarke Williams, V. P. Guinn, G. E. Miller, F. S. Rowland, James B. Smathers, Robert G. Cochran, Kennard H. Morganstern, Paul Turner, Lawrence K. Akers, John F. Yegge, Harold H. Young, Jerome Kohl, André .J. Gauvenet, Warren F. Witzig, Raymond D. Cooper, F. E. Coffman, J. M. Williams)

Preface: Nuclear Engineering Education: The Past and the Future

Forrest J. Remick

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 1 / September 1975 / Pages 9-10

Nuclear Engineering Education / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A15929

History of Nuclear Engineering Curricula

Glenn Murphy

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 1 / September 1975 / Pages 11-14

Technical Paper / Education / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A15930

Reactor Use in Nuclear Engineering Programs

Raymond L. Murray

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 1 / September 1975 / Pages 15-17

Technical Paper / Education / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A15931

Current Status of Nuclear Engineering Education

N. J. Palladino

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 1 / September 1975 / Pages 18-28

Technical Paper / Education / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A15932

Where Do We Go from Here?

Marvin E. Wyman

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 1 / September 1975 / Pages 29-33

Technical Paper / Education / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A15933

Fissioning Uranium Plasmas and Nuclear-Pumped Lasers

Richard T. Schneider, Karlheinz Thom

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 1 / September 1975 / Pages 34-50

Technical Paper / Education / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A15934

Gaseous and Quantum Electronics in Nuclear Engineering Education

William E. Wells

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 1 / September 1975 / Pages 51-56

Technical Paper / Education / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A15935

Laser and Solid-State Applications in Nuclear Engineering

Chihiro Kikuchi, James J. Duderstadt

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 1 / September 1975 / Pages 57-59

Technical Paper / Education / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A15936

Biomedical Aspects of Nuclear Engineering Education

Gordon L. Brownell, Brian W. Murray

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 1 / September 1975 / Pages 60-66

Technical Paper / Education / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A15937

Radiation Imaging—An Interesting Utilization of Nuclear Engineering Methodology

Edward S. Kenney, Alan M. Jacobs

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 1 / September 1975 / Pages 67-77

Technical Paper / Education / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A15938

Nuclear Chemical Engineering

Robert C. Axtmann

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 1 / September 1975 / Pages 78-83

Technical Paper / Education / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A15939

Fusion Power by Magnetic Confinement: Plans and the Associated Need for Nuclear Engineers

Robert L. Hirsch, Donald S. Beard

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 1 / September 1975 / Pages 84-91

Technical Paper / Education / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A15940

Fusion Physics and Engineering—A Part of the Nuclear Engineering Curriculum

T. Kammash

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 1 / September 1975 / Pages 92-95

Technical Paper / Education / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A15941

Teaching and Research in Fusion Plasmas and Technology at the University of Illinois

George H. Miley, Finis H. Southworth

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 1 / September 1975 / Pages 96-106

Technical Paper / Education / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A15942

Computer Applications in Controlled Fusion Research

John Killeen

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 1 / September 1975 / Pages 107-113

Technical Paper / Education / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A15943

Evaluation of Fusion Research and Instruction at the University of Wisconsin

Charles W. Maynard

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 1 / September 1975 / Pages 114-118

Technical Paper / Education / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A15944

A Historical Sketch of the Discovery, Production, and Application of Radioisotopes

Clarke Williams

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 1 / September 1975 / Pages 119-123

Technical Paper / Education / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A15945

Radiochemistry Teaching and Research at the University of California at Irvine

V. P. Guinn, G. E. Miller, F. S. Rowland

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 1 / September 1975 / Pages 124-130

Technical Paper / Education / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A15946

Instructional Programs in the Application of Radiation and Radioisotopes at Texas A&M University

James B. Smathers, Robert G. Cochran

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 1 / September 1975 / Pages 131-134

Technical Paper / Education / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A15947

Career Opportunities in the Applications of Radiation and Radioisotopes

Kennard H. Morganstern

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 1 / September 1975 / Pages 135-139

Technical Paper / Education / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A15948

Atomic Industrial Forum Public Information Seminars

Paul Turner

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 1 / September 1975 / Pages 140-142

Technical Paper / Education / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A15949

Citizens’ Workshops on Energy and the Environment

Lawrence K. Akers, John F. Yegge

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 1 / September 1975 / Pages 143-147

Technical Paper / Education / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A15950

Summer Workshops for High-School Science Teachers

Harold H. Young, Jerome Kohl

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 1 / September 1975 / Pages 148-153

Technical Paper / Education / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A15951

European Public Information Activities

André J. Gauvenet

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 1 / September 1975 / Pages 154-160

Technical Paper / Education / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A15952

American Nuclear Society Public Information Activities

Warren F. Witzig

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 1 / September 1975 / Pages 161-165

Technical Paper / Education / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A15953

Environmental Aspects of Breeders

Raymond D. Cooper

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 1 / September 1975 / Pages 166-173

Technical Paper / Education / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A15954

Environmental Aspects of Fusion Reactors

F. E. Coffman, J. M. Williams

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 1 / September 1975 / Pages 174-181

Technical Paper / Education / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A15955

Number 2

Table of Contents
Authors(M. A. Gaafer, L. Mango, F. V. Orestano, F. Pistella, V. Marinelli, A. Pellei, P. Vallero, C. Vitanza, W. L. Kruer, Friedbert Kappler, J. R. Beattie, J. H. Pitts, John O. Mingle, George Yadigaroglu, J. T. A. Roberts, B. J. Wrona, D. Fischer, J. A. Buzzell, David E. Lamkin, Richard L. Brehm, J. F. Bates, G. L. Guthrie, F. L. Yaggee, G. M. Dragel)
Nuclear Criticality Safety(G. Ronald Dalton)
Power Plants with Air-Cooled Condensing Systems(J. F. Bregar)
Annual Review of Nuclear Science(Joseph G. Gratton)
Science Policy Making in the United States and the Batavia Accelerator(V. Lawrence Parsegian)
On Limit-Line Curves in Risk Evaluation(David Okrent)
Comments on “Total Energy Investment in Nuclear Power Plants”(Martha W. Gilliland, James B. Freim)
Response to Comments on “Total Energy Investment in Nuclear Power Plants’”(C. T. Rombough)

Assessment of the Reliability of the CNEN’s Calculational Methods for the Neutronic Design of PWRs

M. A. Gaafer, L. Mango, + F. V. Orestano,†, F. Pistella

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 2 / October 1975 / Pages 187-206

Technical Paper / Reactor / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A24286

Use of the “Lagrangian and Eulerian Points of View” in the Transient Critical Heat Flux Calculations for BWR Rod Bundles and Experimental Verifications

V. Marinelli, A. Pellei, P. Vallero, C. Vitanza

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 2 / October 1975 / Pages 207-215

Technical Paper / Reactor / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A24287

Plasma Simulation Using Particle Codes

W. L. Kruer

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 2 / October 1975 / Pages 216-223

Technical Paper / Reactor / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A24288

Measurement and Calculation of Neutron Spectra at a Sodium-Iron Interface

Friedbert Kappler

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 2 / October 1975 / Pages 224-232

Technical Paper / Reactor / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A24289

Rationale of Reactor Site Selection for Public Safety

J. R. Beattie

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 2 / October 1975 / Pages 233-239

Technical Paper / Reactor Siting / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A24290

Flow of Radioactive Fluid Through the Soil Surrounding a Power-Reactor Station After a Core Meltdown Accident

J. H. Pitts

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 2 / October 1975 / Pages 240-247

Technical Paper / Reactor Siting / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A24291

In-Core Fuel Management Via Perturbation Theory

John O. Mingle

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 2 / October 1975 / Pages 248-257

Technical Paper / Fuel Cycle / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A24292

Spent Fuel Transportation on Highways-the Radioactive Dose to the Traffic

George Yadigaroglu

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 2 / October 1975 / Pages 258-266

Technical Paper / Chemical Processing / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A24293

Observations of Irradiated Fuel Behavior Under Simulated Accident Heating Conditions

J. T. A. Roberts, B. J. Wrona, D. Fischer, J. A. Buzzell

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 2 / October 1975 / Pages 267-272

Technical Paper / Fuel / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A24294

Analytical Stress Analysis Solution for a Simplified Model of a Reactor Fuel Element

David E. Lamkin, Richard L. Brehm

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 2 / October 1975 / Pages 273-285

Technical Paper / Fuel / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A24295

A Relationship Between Equivalent Chromium Content and Irradiation-Induced Swelling in Type 316 Stainless Steel

J. F. Bates, G. L. Guthrie

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 2 / October 1975 / Pages 286-291

Technical Paper / Material / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A24296

An Ultrasonic Trepanning Technique for Radial Sampling of Ceramic Fuel Pellets

F. L. Yaggee, G. M. Dragel

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 2 / October 1975 / Pages 292-300

Technical Paper / Instrument / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A24297

Number 3

Table of Contents
Authors(Takashi Kiguchi, Toshio Kawai, C. William Savery, Y. S. Huang, George M. Kowal, Wayne Pfeiffer, W. Pfeiffer, J. R. Brown, A. C. Marshall, C. W. Hunter, R. L. Fish, J. J. Holmes, R. O. Meyer, C. R. Hann, D. D. Lanning, August W. Cronenberg, Michael A. Grolmes, D. D. Sood, P. N. Iyer, R. Prasad, V. N. Vaidya, K. N. Roy, V. Venugopal, Z. Singh, M. V. Ramaniah, J. A. Horak, T. H. Blewitt, R. J. Schlager, D. L. Olson, W. L. Bradley, James E. Ayer, Donald R. Schmitt, A. De Volpi, R. J. Pecina, R. T. Daly, D. J. Travis, R. R. Stewart, E. A. Rhodes, Dick Duffey, J. P. Balogna, Peter F. Wiggins, C. J. Umbarger, L. R. Cowder, John Bartko, J. M. Matuszek, C. J. Paperiello , H. Bunschi, W. Seifritz)
Public Issues of Nuclear Power(James B. Smathers)
Comments on “Estimate of the Hazards to a Nuclear Reactor from the Random Impact of Meteorites”(Myron H. Fliegel, Lewis G. Hulman)
Additional Comments on “Estimate of the Hazards to a Nuclear Reactor from the Random Impact of Meteorites”(Kenneth Alvin Solomon, Robert C. Erdmann, Gerald S. Lellouche, David Okrent)
Comments on Review of Public Issues of Nuclear Power(Herbert S. Isbin)
Response to “Comments on Review of Public Issues of Nuclear Power”(James B. Smathers)
BWR Instrument Tube Vibrations(J. A. Thie)

A Method for Optimum Determination of Adjustable Parameters in the Boiling Water Reactor Core Simulator Using Operating Data on Flux Distribution

Takashi Kiguchi, Toshio Kawai

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 3 / November 1975 / Pages 315-326

Technical Paper / Reactor / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A24307

Subcompartment Analysis of High-Energy Pipe Ruptures

C. William Savery, Y. S. Huang, George M. Kowal

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 3 / November 1975 / Pages 327-336

Technical Paper / Reactor / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A24308

Computer Simulation of Pulsed-Neutron Experiments Performed on the Fort St. Vrain High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor

Wayne Pfeiffer

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 3 / November 1975 / Pages 337-351

Technical Paper / Reactor / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A24309

Analysis and Results of Pulsed-Neutron Experiments Performed on the Fort St. Vrain High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor

W. Pfeiffer, J. R. Brown, A. C. Marshall

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 3 / November 1975 / Pages 352-375

Technical Paper / Reactor / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A24310

Mechanical Properties of Unirradiated Fast Reactor Cladding During Simulated Overpower Transients

C. W. Hunter, R. L. Fish, J. J. Holmes

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 3 / November 1975 / Pages 376-388

Department / Fuel / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A24311

Effects of Fissile Atom Segregation in Light Water Reactor Plutonium Recycle Fuels

R. O. Meyer, C. R. Hann, D. D. Lanning

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 3 / November 1975 / Pages 389-393

Technical Paper / Fuel / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A24312

An Assessment of the Coolant Voiding Dynamics Following the Failure of Preirradiated LMFBR Fuel Pins

August W. Cronenberg, Michael A. Grolmes

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 3 / November 1975 / Pages 394-410

Technical Paper / Fuel / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A24313

Plutonium Trifluoride as a Fuel for Molten Salt Reactors-Solubility Studies

D. D. Sood, P. N. Iyer, R. Prasad, V. N. Vaidya, K. N. Roy, V. Venugopal, Z. Singh, M. V. Ramaniah

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 3 / November 1975 / Pages 411-415

Technical Paper / Material / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A24314

Fast- and Thermal-Neutron Irradiation and Annealing of Cu, Ni, Fe, Ti, and Pd

J. A. Horak, T. H. Blewitt

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 3 / November 1975 / Pages 416-438

Technical Paper / Material / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A24315

Analytical Determination of Nitride Nitrogen in Lithium Coolants

R. J. Schlager, D. L. Olson, W. L. Bradley

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 3 / November 1975 / Pages 439-441

Technical Paper / Material / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A24316

A Gamma-Ray Absorptometer for Nuclear Fuel Evaluation

James E. Ayer, Donald R. Schmitt

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 3 / November 1975 / Pages 442-448

Technical Paper / Instrument / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A24317

Fast-Neutron Hodoscope at Treat: Development and Operation

A. De Volpi, R. J. Pecina, R. T. Daly, D. J. Travis, R. R. Stewart, E. A. Rhodes

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 3 / November 1975 / Pages 449-487

Technical Paper / Instruments / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-1

Analysis of Geothermal Power Plant Water Using Gamma Rays from Capture of Californium-252 Neutrons

Dick Duffey, J. P. Balogna, Peter F. Wiggins

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 3 / November 1975 / Pages 488-499

Technical Paper / Analysis / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A24319

Measurement of Transuranic Solid Wastes at the 10 nCi/g Activity Level

C. J. Umbarger, L. R. Cowder

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 3 / November 1975 / Pages 500-510

Technical Paper / Analysis / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A24320

Thermal-Neutron Flux Distribution in Cubical Cavities from an Isotopic Neutron Source

John Bartko

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 3 / November 1975 / Pages 511-513

Technical Paper / Analysis / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A24321

The Influence of Nonstatistical Variations on Low-Level Measurements of ¹³¹l in Milk

J. M. Matuszek, C. J. Paperiello

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 3 / November 1975 / Pages 514-522

Technical Paper / Analysis / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A24322

A Fast-Response Thermocouple for Temperature Fluctuation Measurements in Sodium Coolants

H. Bunschi, W. Seifritz

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 3 / November 1975 / Pages 523-525

Technical Note / Technique / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A24323

Number 4

Table of Contents
Authors(Gerald R. Luetkehans, John Toman, Bennie G. DiBona, W. R. Woodruff, R. S. Guido, John A. Blume, Sigmund A. Freeman, Kenneth K. Honda, Lloyd A. Lee, E. D. Alcock, J. Toman, C. Sisemore, R. Terhune, R. W. Taylor, D. W. Bowen, P. E. Rossler, John R. Banister, D. M. Ellett, Dean V. Power, John Toman)
Review of Public Issues of Nuclear Power(James B. Smathers)
Preface(Roy G. Pos)

The Rio Blanco Experiment-Its Objectives, Design, and Execution

Gerald R. Luetkehans, John Toman, Bennie G. DiBona

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 4 / December 1975 / Pages 539-558

Technical Paper / Nuclear Explosive / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A24334

Rio Blanco: Nuclear Operations and Chimney Reentry

W. R. Woodruff, R. S. Guido

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 4 / December 1975 / Pages 559-622

Technical Paper / Nuclear Explosive / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A24335

Modification of the Colony Tower for the Rio Blanco Detonation

John A. Blume, Sigmund A. Freeman, Kenneth K. Honda, Lloyd A. Lee

Nuclear Technology / Volume 27 / Number 4 / December 1975 / Pages 623-630

Technical Paper / Nuclear Explosive / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A24336