Massoud T. Simnad Papers

Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
Copyright 2011
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
spcoll@ucsd.edu


Descriptive Summary

Languages: English
Contributing Institution: Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
Title: Massoud T. Simnad Papers
Identifier/Call Number: MSS 0577
Physical Description: 8 Linear feet (20 archive boxes and 2 oversize folders)
Date (inclusive): 1960-2002
Abstract: Papers of Massoud T. Simnad (1921-2002), an engineer in nuclear energy and UCSD adjunct professor of materials science and engineering. The collection documents Simnad's work in the field of nuclear reactor technologies and superconductivity and contains files related to his research, consulting, journal articles, grant proposals, and conference papers.

Acquisition Information

Acquired 2002.

Preferred Citation

Massoud T. Simnad Papers, MSS 577. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.

Biography

Massoud T. Simnad was born in Iran in 1921 and grew up in Istanbul. At the age of 15, he left Istanbul for London where he studied mining engineering at London University's Imperial College of Science and Technology. He earned his B.S. in 1942 and his Ph.D in 1946 at Cambridge University specializing in materials science. After graduation he accepted a guest fellowship at the Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh. From 1949, Simnad lived in the U.S. and served as an educator, technical adviser, and consultant to various academic institutions and scientific corporations. For over thirty years, he worked as senior technical advisor on materials and fuels for nuclear energy and fusion research programs at General Atomics and as an adjunct professor of materials science and engineering at UCSD.
During his career, Simnad wrote three books, published more than 135 scientific articles, and was issued more than 15 patents, including two involving nuclear fuel. He also lectured worldwide and was an authority on the application of materials in the aerospace industry. Simnad was very instrumental in setting up nuclear reactors for General Atomics and in converting nuclear reactors from military to civilian use.
Simnad supported international initiatives leading to scientific exchange in developing civilian applications of nuclear reactors. In April 1977, he helped to organize the first international conference on the transfer of nuclear energy in Shiraz, Iran. In 1994, Simnad was instrumental in arranging a meeting in Vienna for the Federation of American Scientists with the Atomic Energy Commission of Iran. Later in 1999, he participated in a scientific delegation sent by the U.S. for the Congress of Non-Renewable Energy Sources in Tehran, which happened the first time since the Islamic Revolution of 1979.
Simnad was honored in 1993 with the Outstanding Achievement Award by the Materials Science and Technology Division of the American Nuclear Society for his contributions to materials science and technology for nuclear energy. In 1995, he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering, which is one of the highest honors in his specialty.
Massoud Simnad died in 2002.

Scope and Content of Collection

The papers of Massoud Simnad (1921-2002), an internationally recognized expert in nuclear energy and UCSD adjunct professor, document his work in nuclear reactor technologies and superconductivity. Files related to his research and consulting work comprise materials pertaining to committee work, correspondence, grant proposals, writings, and subject files. Also included are biographical materials that contain his curriculum vitae and resume, list of publications and patents, photographs, and awards.
The papers are arranged in seven series: 1) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS, 2) COMMITTEES, 3) CORRESPONDENCE, 4) CONSULTING MATERIALS, 5) GRANT PROPOSALS, 6) WRITINGS, and 7) SUBJECT FILES.
SERIES 1: BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS
The BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS series comprises materials documenting Simnad's recognition with American Nuclear Society Outstanding Achievement Award (1993) and American Nuclear Society Sidney Leadership Award (2002), Simnad's election to the National Academy of Engineering (1995), and his participation in conferences. Also included are his curriculum vitae, resume, supplemental biographical forms, and list of patents. The materials are arranged in alphabetical order by folder title.
SERIES 2: COMMITTEES
The COMMITTEES series documents his involvement in advisory committee work on nuclear reactor technologies and UCSD's Materials Science Program. The series contains program descriptions, agendas, memos, notes, minutes, and correspondence. The materials are arranged in alphabetical order by name of the committee.
SERIES 3: CORRESPONDENCE
The CORRESPONDENCE series documents Simnad's communications with his colleagues in the field of nuclear reactor technologies and superconductivity, as well as his teaching at UCSD. The series is arranged in two subseries: A) General, and B) Alphabetical. The General correspondence subseries follows chronological order. The Alphabetical correspondence subseries is arranged in alphabetical order by name of the correspondent and then in chronological order on folder level.
SERIES 4: CONSULTING MATERIALS
The CONSULTING MATERIALS series documents Simnad's consulting work and comprises correspondence, reports, and reference materials. The series is arranged in alphabetical order by company name for which Simnad provided his services.
SERIES 5: GRANT PROPOSALS
The GRANT PROPOSALS series documents Simand's research which was supported by grant funding. The series is arranged in alphabetical order by title of the grant proposal. Files contain drafts of grant proposals and correspondence.
SERIES 6: WRITINGS
The WRITINGS series comprises reprints of his published chapters in books, articles, and conference presentations as well as notes on various topics. The series is arranged in two subseries: A) Books, Articles, and Conference Presentations and B) Notes.
SERIES 7: SUBJECT FILES
The SUBJECT FILES series contains correspondence, reports, papers, notes, and reference materials primarily related to various aspects of nuclear reactor technologies. The files are arranged in four subseries: A) General, B) Fusion related materials, C) ITER related materials, and D) TRIGA related materials.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Superconductivity
Nuclear energy
Nuclear fusion
Nuclear reactors -- Technology
Simnad, Massoud T. -- Archives
National Academy of Engineering
American Nuclear Society
University of California, San Diego. Materials Science Program

 

BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS

Box 1, Folder 1, Oversize FB42008

American Nuclear Society Outstanding Achievement Award 1993

Box 1, Folder 2

American Nuclear Society - San Diego Section - Sidney Langer Leadership Award - Award plaque September 18, 2002

Box 1, Folder 3

Biographical information

Box 1, Folder 4

Conference participation - Programs 1991 - 1993

Box 1, Folder 5

Family photographs

Box 1, Folder 6

List of patents

Box 1, Folder 7

National Academy of Engineering - Simnad's election 1995

General note

Contains a copy of UCSD Engineering, Spring 1995, with a short note celebrating Simnad's election to the National Academy of Engineering.
 

COMMITTEES

Box 1, Folder 8

Advisory Meeting on Partitioning and Transmutation of Actinides and Selected Fission Products from HLW 1991

Box 1, Folder 9

Air Force - Advanced Fuel Evaluation Panel 1992 - 1993

Box 1, Folder 10

Get-Away Special Experiments of San Diego - Steering Meeting 1989

Box 1, Folder 11

National Center for Electron Microscopy - Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory - HVEM Steering Committee Meetings 1979 - 1984

Box 1, Folder 12

UCSD - Materials Science Program - Committee 1986 - 1988

 

CORRESPONDENCE

 

General

Box 1, Folder 13

1973-1990

Box 1, Folder 14

1991-1994

Box 2, Folder 1

1995-2001

Box 2, Folder 2

Undated

 

Alphabetical

Box 2, Folder 3

American Nuclear Society 1980 - 1995

Box 2, Folder 4

Congress of the United States 1980

Box 2, Folder 5

Electrochemical Society 1991 - 1993

Box 2, Folder 6

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 1992 - 1994

Box 2, Folder 7

Los Alamos National Laboratory 1981

Box 2, Folder 8

Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1980 - 1994

Box 2, Folder 9

NASA 1973 - 1986

Box 2, Folder 10

Nuclear Technology 1992 - 2001

Box 2, Folder 11

Office of Naval Research 1986

Box 2, Folder 12

Rhodes, Richard 1997

Box 2, Folder 13

San Diego Gas and Electric Company 1993

 

UCSD

Box 2, Folder 14

1982 - 1990

Box 2, Folder 15

1991 - 1993

Box 2, Folder 16

1994

Box 2, Folder 17

1995 - 2001

Box 3, Folder 1

Undated

Box 3, Folder 2

University of Virginia 1981

Box 3, Folder 3

Whittaker March 1982

 

CONSULTING MATERIALS

 

General Atomics

Box 3, Folder 4

Correspondence - Various subjects 1960 - 1994

Box 3, Folder 5

Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Coated Particle Fuels for AGGRs in a Once-Through Fuel Cycle 2001

Box 3, Folder 6

Strength and Deformation of Cladding and Structures 1976

Box 3, Folder 7

Guidant Corporation 1996 - 1998

Box 3, Folder 8

Leading Edge Engineering 1994 - 1995

Box 3, Folder 9

Omitron 1992 - 1993

Box 3, Folder 10

Omitron/Neo Cardia 1993 - 1995

Box 3, Folder 11-12

TSI Research - SBIR Project on Fusion Reactor Blankets for Radioisotope Production and Actinide Transmutation 1991 - 1994

Box 4, Folder 1

VariSource 1995

Box 4, Folder 2

XERAD 1993

 

GRANT PROPOSALS

Box 4, Folder 3

Advanced NaS Pulse Power Battery System 1986

Box 4, Folder 4

ARO Proposal April 1986

Box 4, Folder 5

Basic Research Relating to Oxidation, Vapor Nucleation and Surface Diffusion of Metals and Alloys March 1955

Box 4, Folder 6

Corrosion-Fatigue Equipment Grant 1987 - 1989

 

Ductile High-Temperature Superconducting Alloys

Box 4, Folder 7

Correspondence 1987 - 1994

Box 4, Folder 8

Proposals 1993 - 1994

Box 4, Folder 9

Correspondence with C. Seaman, M.B. Maple, and E. Early 1987 - 1993

Box 4, Folder 10

Internal and Layered Oxidation, Ductility, and Hydrogen Embrittlement 1994 - 1995

Box 4, Folder 11

Materials for Fusion Reactors: SiC-Fiber/Vanadium-Matrix Composites 1994

Box 4, Folder 12

NASA - Microgravity Fundamental Science 1991 - 1992

Box 4, Folder 13

NASA Proposal on University Space Engineering Research Centers 1987

Box 4, Folder 14

Preparation of Alloy Precursors in Space for High Tc Superconductors 1995

Box 4, Folder 15

Radioisotopes Production and Actinide Waste Transmutation in Small Fusion Reactors 1992

Box 4, Folder 16

Research Relating to Irradiation Effects on Surface Reactions of Metals 1957

Box 4, Folder 17

SBIA/DoE Proposal with Quantum Magnetics 1993

Box 4, Folder 18

Studies of Corrosion-Fatigue and Effects of Acid Rain on the Fatigue Properties of Metals and Alloys 1984

Box 5, Folder 1

Studies of the Kinetics and Mechanism of Reduction of Single and Metal Alloy Oxides 1985 - 1986

Box 5, Folder 2

Studies of Structural Degradation Associated with the Interfaces in Fiber-Resin Composites Exposed to Seawater 1988

Box 5, Folder 3

Superconducting Thin Films Fabrication Technique 1990

Box 5, Folder 4

Surface Analysis Instrumentation for Catalysis, Semiconductor, and Metallurgical Kinetics Research

Box 5, Folder 5

Tailored Oxidation for Optimal Properties and Hydrogen Embrittlement 1995

Box 5, Folder 6

University of California, Multicampus Proposal to Establish a U.S. Army Center of Excellence on Advanced... 1986 - 1996

Box 5, Folder 7

UCSD - Proposal for a Materials Research Group in Composite Materials Interface Science

Box 5, Folder 8

UCSD - Superconducting Materials Research 1989

Box 5, Folder 9

U.S. Army Research Office Workshop on Dynamic Formation and Fracture, Leesburg, Virginia 1986

 

WRITINGS

 

Books, Articles, and Conference Presentations

Box 5, Folder 10

List of publications

Box 5, Folder 11

Alloy Precursors: A Novel Processing Technique 1991

Box 5, Folder 12

Analysis of the Factors Contributing to the One Trillion Dollars Wasted on Nuclear Power 1989

Box 5, Folder 13

Analytical Electron Microscopy of a Ag-Y-Ba-Cu Superconductor Precursor Material 1993

Box 5, Folder 14

Clean Energy for Europe in Transition: Summary of the Third MIEC Conference Paris, France 1992

Box 5, Folder 15

Coal Gasification: Direct Applications and Syntheses of Chemicals and Fuels 1987

Box 5, Folder 16

Contributions to Fuel Rod Process Development Studies for the Fort St. Vrain HTGR 1972

Box 5, Folder 17

Drop-Fusion Method for Producing Spherical Fuel Particles for HTGR and UHTREX Fuel Elements 1970

Box 5, Folder 18

Early History of High-Temperature Helium Gas-Cooled Nuclear Power Reactors 1991

Box 5, Folder 19

Effect of Stress and Deformation on Electrod Potential, Polarization Rate of Corrosion

Box 5, Folder 20

Fabrication of High-Tc Superconducting Oxides by Oxidation of Ductile Alloy Precursors 1989

Box 5, Folder 21

Final Qualifications Testing Results for TRIGA Low-Enriched Uranium Fuel 1987

Box 5, Folder 22

Fission Reactor Fuels and Materials

Box 5, Folder 23

Gas Turbine-Modular Helium Reactor, a Green Power Generation Technology in Concert with Goals... 1995

Box 6, Folder 1

Has the Nuclear Power Industry Risen and Fallen or Will It Rise Again? 1996

Box 6, Folder 2

Inorganic Reactors and Methods 1997

Box 6, Folder 3

Low-Activation Fusion Blanket with SiC Structure and Pb-Li Breeder 1993

Box 6, Folder 4

Materials for Nuclear Fission Power Reactor Technology 1976

Box 6, Folder 5

Materials for Nuclear Process Heat Applications 1974

Box 6, Folder 6

Materials for Passively Safe Reactors 1993

Box 6, Folder 7

Materials in the Radiation Environment of Fusion Reactors 1993

Box 6, Folder 8

Mechano Nuclear Theory of "Cold Fusion" in Palladium Cathodes: Phenomenology of Excess Energy Generation ... 1989

Box 6, Folder 9

Modular HTGR: Its Possible Role In the Use of Safe and Benign Nuclear Power 1991

Box 6, Folder 10

Nuclear Reactor Materials and Fuels 1992

Box 6, Folder 11

Overview of Fast Breeder Reactors 1988

Box 6, Folder 12

Past Experience, Current Status, and Potential of TRISO-type High Temperature Fuel for Space Exploration... 1992

Box 6, Folder 13

Perspective on Research Reactors and Their Fuel Elements 1981

Box 6, Folder 14

Preparation and Properties of High-Tc Superconducting Oxide-Silver Composites by Oxidation of a Ductile... 1988

Box 6, Folder 15

Preparation of BiSrCaCuO-Ag Composite Thin Films on Ag Substrates by Cathodic Arc Deposition of an Alloy... 1994

Box 6, Folder 16

Properties of Alloy Precursors and the Resulting Superconducting YBaCuO-8-Ag Composites

Box 6, Folder 17

Public Education and Acceptance of Nuclear Power 1977

Box 6, Folder 18

Radiation Effects on Corrosion 1964

Box 7, Folder 1

Review of Fuel Element Developments for Water Cooled Nuclear Power Reactors 1989

Box 7, Folder 2

Review of HTGR Graphite Development Experience in Gas-Cooled Nuclear Reactor Applications 1991

Box 7, Folder 3

Versatility of HTGR TRISO Fuel Technology 1992

Box 7, Folder 4

Visit to the Kurchatov Institute 1989

 

Notes

Box 7, Folder 5

Composite Talk - Includes transparencies 1985

Box 7, Folder 6

Discussions on Cold Fusion with Dr. Akito Takahasti at Texas A & M University 1992

General note

April 20. Contains typescript.
Box 7, Folder 7

Energy Talk

General note

Contains hand-written notes.
Box 7, Folder 8

Energy for Developing World - International Trends

General note

Contains notes and transparencies.
Box 7, Folder 9

Fusion Materials Meeting - General Atomics 1995

General note

Contains hand-written notes and printed slides.
Box 7, Folder 10

Hf - Oxidation

General note

Contains notes and correspondence with W.W. Smeltzer.
Box 7, Folder 11

Nickel and zinc

General note

Contains hand-written notes.
Box 7, Folder 12

Notebook 1976

Box 7, Folder 13

Nuclear Fuel Cycle - University of Oklahoma, undated

General note

Contains hand-written notes.
Box 7, Folder 14

Preliminary List of Research and Development Topics

General note

Contains typescript and notes.
Box 7, Folder 15

Power Plants

General note

Contains notes and transparencies.
Box 7, Folder 16

Proposal Topics

General note

Contains notes.
Box 7, Folder 17

Speakers for Seminars in M&M Engineering 1994

General note

Contains notes.
Box 7, Folder 18

Studies of the Mechanics and Kinetics of Oxidation and Hydrating of Vanadium Alloys and Fe-Cr-Ni Alloys

General note

Contains notes of the talk.
Box 7, Folder 19

Superconducting Materials for Energy Applications

General note

Contains hand-written notes.
Box 7, Folder 20

Superconductor data

General note

Contains typescript.
Box 7, Folder 21

Superconductor data

General note

Contains notes and negatives.
Box 7, Folder 22

Trip Report to Como, Italy and Zürich 1991

General note

Contains typescript and a photocopy of a newspaper report about the attended conference (in Italian).
Box 7, Folder 23

Undated various hand-written notes

 

SUBJECT FILES

 

General

Box 8, Folder 1

American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Advances in Composite Materials Technology - Seminar 1985

General note

May 11. Contains related seminar materials.
Box 8, Folder 2

Blanket for a Fusion Reactor 1992

General note

Meeting notes and presentation outlines.
Box 8, Folder 3

Capper Pass & Son 1992

General note

Contains a letter, articles, and a pamphlet.
Box 8, Folder 4

Chernobyl

General note

Contains photocopies of articles and reports discussing Chernobyl's tragedy.
Box 8, Folder 5

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology - U.S. House of Representatives - Subcommittee on Energy 1993

General note

May 5. Hearing on Fusion Energy. Contains meeting materials.
Box 8, Folder 6

Composition of "UCO" Fuel Kernels for MHTGRs 1992

General note

Contains correspondence,
Box 8, Folder 7

Congressional Support of GT-MHR Programs 1993 - 1995

General note

Contains correspondence, memos, and photocopies of newspaper clippings.
Box 8, Folder 8

Corrosion of Reactor Materials

General note

Contains notes and reference materials.
Box 8, Folder 9

Department of Defense Basic Research Program 1982 - 1987

General note

Contains correspondence, notes and brochures.
Box 9, Folder 1

ENERGY - THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUE - FBRs and Fusion of Energy 1996 - 1998

General note

Contains correspondence with enclosures.
Box 9, Folder 2

ENERGY - THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUE - FBRs and Fusion of Energy 1996 - 1998

General note

Contains typescripts of articles submitted for publication.
Box 9, Folder 3

EPRI Workshop on High Temperature Superconductivity Research 1991

General note

Contains workshop materials.
Box 9, Folder 4

Fuel Cells

General note

Contains notes and reference materials.
Box 9, Folder 5

Gas-Cooled Nuclear Reactor Structural Materials

General note

Contains reports.
Box 10, Folder 1

Gas Turbine-Modular Helium Reactor (GT-MHR)

General note

Contains papers.
Box 10, Folder 2

Gas Turbine-Modular Helium Reactor (GT-MHR)

General note

Contains conceptual design description report.
Box 10, Folder 3

Gas Turbine-Modular Helium Reactor (GT-MHR)

General note

Contains technical and economical study report and technical description.
Box 10, Folder 4

Gas Turbine-Modular Helium Reactor (GT-MHR)

General note

Contains correspondence, reference articles, and visuals.
Box 10, Folder 5

General Atomics - F.H. Lofftus - Progress report 1964

General note

Contains progress report from the investigation of the feasibility of fabricating impervious metal and metal oxide tubes by spray-coat techniques.
Box 10, Folder 6

General Atomics - History

General note

Contains history related materials.
Box 10, Folder 7

Graphite

General note

Contains reports, correspondence, and reference articles.
Box 10, Folder 8

Graphite Rod, Resistance Heated 3000 C - Experiment data and photographs

Box 10, Folder 9

Hard Ceramic Insulation Properties Data - SEGA corporation 1990 - 1991

General note

Contains notes, project requirements, report, and reference articles.
Box 11, Folder 1

International Working Group on Gas Cooled Reactors - Status of National Gas Cooled Programmes - Papers

General note

Contains photocopies and typescripts of papers adressing gas cooled reactors programs and issues in different countries.
Box 11, Folder 2

Investigation of Failed Nitinol Brachytherapy Wire 1993

General note

Contains technical report.
Box 11, Folder 3

Iran Conference on Transfer of Nuclear Technology Persepolis 1977

General note

April 10-14. Contains conference materials.
Box 11, Folder 4

Materials Science Ph.D. Program 1987

General note

Contains a letter, proposal, and notes.
Box 11, Folder 5

Modular High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor (MHTGCR)

General note

Contains reference articles and visuals.
Box 12, Folder 1

Modular High Temperature Helium Gas-Cooled Reactor - Fuel

General note

Contains internal correspondence, reports, and articles.
Box 12, Folder 2

Modular High Temperature Helium Gas-Cooled Reactor - Fuel

General note

Contains internal correspondence, reports, and articles.
Box 12, Folder 3

Modular High Temperature Helium Gas-Cooled Reactor - Fuel Compacts - Testing

General note

Contains internal correspondence, reports, data, and reference materials.
Box 12, Folder 4

Modular High Temperature Helium Gas-Cooled Reactor - Fuel Particles

General note

Contains internal correspondence, photocopies of Simnad's notes, reports, and reference materials.
Box 12, Folder 5

Modular High Temperature Helium Gas-Cooled Reactor - International Workshop Proceedings 1991

General note

Contains a letter and proceedings.
Box 12, Folder 6

Modular High Temperature Helium Gas-Cooled Reactor - Plutonium Burner Issues 1992 - 1993

General note

Contains internal correspondence and reference materials.
Box 13, Folder 1

Molecular Science Research Center

General note

Contains brochure and a letter.
Box 13, Folder 2

NASA's High Temperature Engine Materials Technology Program (HITEMP)

General note

Contains pamphlet and presentation slides.
Box 13, Folder 3

National Science Foundation Design and Manufacturing Grantees Conference 1995

General note

January 4-6. Contains conference materials.
Box 13, Folder 4

Nuclear Energy in Space

General note

Contains reference materials.
Box 13, Folder 5

Nuclear Engineering and Design

General note

Contains reference materials.
Box 13, Folder 6

Nuclear Power Plant

General note

Contains reference materials.
Box 13, Folder 7

Nuclear Power Plant

General note

Contains assessment report.
Box 14, Folder 1

Plutonium Disposition Study - U.S. Department of Energy 1993

General note

Contains typescripts of technical review committee report.
Box 14, Folder 2

Polimer Fibers

General note

Contains photocopies of reference materials.
Box 14, Folder 3

Reactor Technology

General note

Contains articles, correspondence, and reports.
Box 14, Folder 4

Reactor Technology - Fuel

General note

Contains reports, memorandum, and internal correspondence.
Box 14, Folder 5

Reactor Technology - Fuel

General note

Contains internal correspondence, reference articles, and reports.
Box 15, Folder 1

Removal of Tritium and Hydrogen from Helium Coolant in HTGR's

General note

Contains notes and reference materials.
Box 15, Folder 2

Rickover, H.G., Vice Admiral - Papers

General note

Contains photocopies of his papers.
Box 15, Folder 3

Russian HTGR Fuel Papers and Reports from the Trip to Russia 1991 - 1993

General note

Contains typescripts.
Box 15, Folder 4

San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS)

General note

Contains reference materials.
Box 15, Folder 5

Seminars in Mechanical and Materials Engineering 1993

General note

Contains correspondence and seminar flyers.
Box 15, Folder 6

Space Nuclear Power Systems

General note

Contains reports and reference articles.
Box 15, Folder 7

Stress Corrosion

General note

Contains reports and reference articles.
Box 16, Folder 1

Stress Corrosion

General note

Contains reports and reference articles.
Box 16, Folder 2

Touche Ross & Co

General note

Contains correspondence, notes, and pamphlets.
Box 16, Folder 3

Three Mill Island Reactor Vessel - Open Ferum

General note

Contains paper abstracts.
Box 16, Folder 4

Transmutation of Nuclear Waste in Small Driven Fusion Reactors - Meeting 1993

General note

December 16-17. Contains presentation slides and abstracts.
Box 16, Folder 5

TSI Research - Trip report 1991

General note

Contains report from a visit to joint research center of the commission of the European communities, ISPRA establishment, Italy.
Box 16, Folder 6

Tuskegee University/New Mexico - DoE Minority Alliance Program

General note

Contains program description.
Box 16, Folder 7

UCSD Er(2)O(3)/Graphite Compatibility Experiments 1993 - 1994

General note

Contains reports, correspondence, and data.
Box 16, Folder 8

UCSD - Materials Science Program

General note

Contains memos and internal correspondence.
Box 16, Folder 9

University Research Initiative (URI)

General note

Contains notes and a photocopy of description of URI.
Box 16, Folder 10

Zabroski, Edwin L. 1996 - 1997

General note

Contains his paper "Changing Goals and Options for Fast Reactor Designs in the USA" and correspondence.
 

Fusion related materials

Box 16, Folder 11

Fusion Energy Advisory Committee

General note

Contains correspondence and meeting materials.
Box 16, Folder 12

Fusion Reactor Blanket 1992

General note

Contains correspondence and reference articles.
Box 17, Folder 1

Lectures - Fusion

General note

Contains notes and transparencies.
Box 17, Folder 2

Lectures - Fusion Materials - UCSD 1993

General note

June. Contains notes and transparencies.
Box 17, Folder 3

Lectures - Fusion Power Production with Tokamaks - By Charlie Baker 1996

General note

Contains lecture slides.
Box 17, Folder 4

Lectures - Plasma-Sputtered Mo Impurity Transport In Pisces-B Mod - By Robert Boivin 1995

General note

November 3. Contains lecture slides.
Box 17, Folder 5

Lectures - Plasma-Walls Interactions in Magnetic Fusion Reactors - By Yoshi Hirooka 1998

General note

Contains lecture slides.
Box 17, Folder 6

Pamphlets - Fusion

General note

Contains pamphlets.
 

ITER related materials

Box 17, Folder 7

ITER Think Tank

General note

Contains agenda.
Box 17, Folder 8

Pamphlets

Box 17, Folder 9

Perspectives on Nuclear Fusion - By P.H. Rebut 1993

General note

Contains typescripts.
Box 17, Folder 10

Proposal to Site ITER Phase II in the U.S. 1990

General note

February 26. Contains typescript.
Box 17, Folder 11

Report 1991

General note

November 29. Excerpts from the report of ITER assessment.
Box 17, Folder 12

U.S. ITER NEWS 1993 - 1996

 

TRIGA related materials

Box 17, Folder 13

Conclusions Reached from Hot Cell Examination of TRIGA-Flip Fuel 1986 - 1987

General note

Contains notes, typescripts, photographs, transparencies, and photocopies.
Box 17, Folder 14

Conference - 7th Biennial U.S. TRIGA Users Conference

General note

Contains papers and abstracts.
Box 18, Folder 1

Conference - 12th European TRIGA Users Conference 1992

General note

Contains papers and abstracts.
Box 18, Folder 2

Conference - 14th U.S. TRIGA Users Conference 1994

General note

April 5-8. Contains conference proceedings.
Box 18, Folder 3

Conference - 14th U.S. TRIGA Users Conference 1994

General note

April 5-8. Contains final program and summary papers.
Box 18, Folder 4

Correspondence 1957 - 1998

General note

Contains letters to Simnad, internal correspondence, memos, and reports concerned with TRIGA.
Box 18, Folder 5

Fuel Cluster Rod Illustrations

Box 18, Folder 6

Fuel Cycle Coast

General note

Contains hand-written notes, reference materials, and correspondence regarding fuel cycle coast estimates.
Box 18, Folder 7

Fuel Pins - Data from Romania 1992 - 1993

General note

Contains correspondence with enclosures.
Box 19, Folder 1

Fuel Pins - Data from Romania 1992

General note

Contains notes from trip to Romania and reference articles.
Box 19, Folder 2

Interpretation of Damage to the Flip Fuel during Operation of the NSCR at Texas A & M University

General note

Report by Simnad and G.B. West. Contains typescript with photographs.
Box 19, Folder 3

Manual - Critical Facility Handbook 1957

General note

July 15.
Box 19, Folder 4

Newspaper articles 1958

Box 19, Folder 5

Notes - History of Military Reactors

General note

Contains notes and transparencies.
Box 19, Folder 6

Pamphlets

Box 19, Folder 7

Photograph - Failed Rod

General note

Contains notes and photographs.
Box 19, Folder 8

Photograph - Fractured Area

General note

Contains notes and photographs.
Box 19, Folder 9

Photograph - Fuel

Box 19, Folder 10, Oversize FB42009

Photograph - TRIGA Reactor

General note

Undated.
Box 19, Folder 11

Plutonium Dihydride

Box 19, Folder 12

Proposal for the Study of a Nuclear Power Plant for Unattended Operation 1966

General note

April 8. Contains photocopy.
Box 19, Folder 13

Reactor Power

General note

Contains internal memo.
Box 19, Folder 14

Report - Calculation of Upper Bound Temperatures in TRIGA Fuel Elements during a Flash 1960

General note

December 8. By D.W. Ver Plank and G.B. West.
Box 19, Folder 15

Report - Characteristics of Large Reactivity Insertions in a High Performance U-ZrH Core 1965

General note

April 12. By C.O. Coffer, J.B. Dee, J.R. Shoptaugh, Jr., G.B. West, and W.L. Whittemore.
Box 19, Folder 16

Report - Dosimetry Measurements in the TRIGA Mark F Reactor for General Atomic/Bethesda

General note

Photocopy of the report.
Box 19, Folder 17

Report - Flash Operation of the Research Reactor 1957

General note

January 4. By A.W. McReynolds.
Box 19, Folder 18

Report - Flip Tests: An Experimental Program to Determine Operating Characteristics of a New TRIGA Fuel 1970

General note

August 11. By J.R. Shoptaugh and J.H. Flint.
Box 19, Folder 19

Report - Hazards Report for Torrey Pines TRIGA Reactor 1959

General note

May 27.
Box 19, Folder 20

Report - Korean TRIGA Cladding, Failure Analysis

General note

Contains memo with summary of the investigation.
Box 20, Folder 1

Report - Pulse Heating Test of TRIGA Fuel

Box 20, Folder 2

Report - Results of In-Core Tests on TRIGA-Leu Fuel Elements in the Mark F Reactor 1979

General note

October 17. By W.L. Wittemore.
Box 20, Folder 3

Report - Temperature Rise of High Uranium Phase Regions during TRIGA Pulses 1960

General note

January 26. By E. Creutz.
Box 20, Folder 4

Report - Typical Experiments for TRIGA 1958

General note

February 24.
Box 20, Folder 5

Report - Uses of TRIGA Research Reactors for Engineering Research, Testing, and Training 1970

General note

July. By G.T. Schnurer, A.T. McMain, and P.U. Fischer.
Box 20, Folder 6

Romanian TRIGA Project 1992

General note

Contains correspondence.
Box 20, Folder 7

Summary of Technical Offering 1986

Box 20, Folder 8

Zirconium Hydrite (ZrH) Equil - Pressure Experiments

Box 20, Folder 9

Zirconium Hydrite (ZrH) - Reference materials