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Battelle Memorial Institute Report BMI-1035(Del.)
No full textThis report of the Battelle Memorial Institute covers information on development regarding various materials
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Battelle Memorial Institute Report BMI-1493
No full textThis report follows a series of tests run to determine the shielding properties of beryllium oxide, conducted at the Battelle Lid-Tank Shielding Facility. Neutron and gamma penetrations through and behind beryllium oxide were measured
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Battelle Memorial Institute Report BMI-731(Del.)
No full textThis progress report of the Battelle Memorial Institute covers information in many categories for February, 1952. These include development of ceramic fuel elements, general ceramics, uranium and its alloys, thorium and its alloys, development of metallic fuel elements and assemblies, metals and alloys for reactor components, miscellaneous metallurgical work, liquid coolants and fuels, reactor engineering studies, and mechanism development
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Battelle Memorial Institute Report BMI-726(Del.)
No full textThis progress report of the Battelle Memorial Institute covers information in many categories. These include development of ceramic fuel elements, general ceramics, uranium and its alloys, thorium and its alloys, development of metallic fuel elements and assemblies, metals and alloys for reactor components, miscellaneous metallurgical work, liquid coolants and fuels, reactor engineering studies, and mechanism development
Laboratory Equipment at Battelle Memorial Institute
No full textThis photograph shows a two-story apparatus housed at Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1930-1939. The device was used for studying problems pertaining to organic synthesis. A bespectacled man wearing a lab coats and writing on a clipboard is standing next to a rounded tank. On the floor above him, a man wearing work clothes is standing next to an assortment of pipes and valves. A brick wall is in the background.
Battelle Memorial Institute was founded in 1923 with an endowment from the estate of Gordon Battelle. Located in Columbus, Ohio, the institute's mission is to develop practical applications for scientific research. Battelle was officially incorporated in 1925 and began its laboratory operations for the first time in 1929. The first laboratory was located next to the campus of The Ohio State University.
Scientists at Battelle were involved in a number of different research projects in the 1930s, with many of their efforts focusing on the iron and steel industries. The institute's contributions increased dramatically during World War II. Battelle became best known for its nuclear research because of its role in the Manhattan Project during the war, the program to build the first atomic bomb. The institute also provided the U.S. military with improved armor for tanks and other military vehicles. Battelle scientists were also involved in research on xerography, used by the Xerox Corporation and other companies in the development of copy machines. This technology became especially prominent during the 1950s and 1960s.
Battelle expanded tremendously in the decades following World War II. The institute established its first overseas laboratories in the 1950s, including laboratories and offices in Frankfurt, Germany, and Geneva, Switzerland. In 1970 it took over operation of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory from the Atomic Energy Commission. Battelle scientists developed fuel for the U.S. Navy's first nuclear-powered submarine, the "Nautilus," in 1949. A Battelle scientist designed the process for recording data on compact discs in the 1970s, while other research projects led to the redesign of coins for the United States Treasury. Retail stores and grocery stores across the United States use the bar code system, known as the Universal Product Code or UPC symbol, which Battelle developed in 1965. Battelle also introduced cruise control in cars in 1970. Institute scientists have also made numerous medical discoveries, including a new means of treating and preventing blood clots in 1972. The institute also has numerous research projects studying energy production and alternative sources of energy, as well as ways to make businesses and products more environmentally friendly.
Today, Battelle Memorial Institute has an important role in many types of research, from commercial to military applications. The laboratory's headquarters are still located in Columbus, but there are major laboratories in Richland, Washington, and Geneva, Switzerland, and numerous smaller facilities in approximately one hundred other locations. In addition, Battelle has partnered with the State University of New York at Stony Brook to operate Brookhaven National Laboratory; with Midwest Research Institute and Bechtel to manage the National Renewable Energy Laboratory; and with the University of Tennessee to run Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Approximately sixteen thousand people are at work on Battelle's research projects. Among its most recent projects are security research for the Department of Homeland Security and other government agencies, research on teen smoking and how to stop it, and ways to clean up oil spills
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Battelle Memorial Institute Report BMI-ACRS-601(Rev.)
Get PDFFrom summary: "This report was prepared for the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards for their review and consideration of the potential hazards concerning the Battelle Memorial Institute Research Reactor.
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Atomic Energy Commission Reports
No full textReport discussing the survey work done at the Battelle Memorial Institute with the objective to successfully build a gas-cooled reactor
Final Codebook (Public Use) and Technical Documentation: Survey Administration for the Summer 2000 Bureau of Transportation Statistics Omnibus Survey
No full textDTTS59-99-D-00489he Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) has a requirement to conduct a national survey about satisfaction with transportation across all transportation modes. The information derived from this survey will be used as a primary source of data on satisfaction with travel and transportation, with a particular emphasis on highway-related travel. This survey also will serve as an information source for the modal administrators, both to support congressional requests, and to provide performance indicators for internal use by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). This study collected data for the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Omnibus Survey during the summer of 2000. Data were collected from households in the U.S. using a random-digit-dialed telephone survey. The final completed sample size is 2,030 cases, and the total number of variables in the data set is 207. The data were collected by Battelle with assistance from Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. (MPR), under contract with the BTS. This codebook provides technical documentation for this BTS Omnibus survey. Its primary goal is to document background information, sampling procedures, data collection, data elements and survey variables, response rates, and final weights. It also provides guidance on the selection of Form A and Form B versions of the questionnaire and the appropriate use of weights (also referred to as Survey A and Survey B)
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Battelle Memorial Institute ReportBMI-1230
No full textAbstract: "The oxidation resistance of thin sheets of iron-28 w/o chromium-2.67 to 10.0 w/o alloys, nominally 0.004, 0.006, 0.008, 0.012, and 0.016 in. thick, was determined by exposure in static air for 100 hr at 2100 and 2300 F. A minimum of 3.67 and 9.37 w/o aluminum was necessary to prevent excessive oxidation of 0.004-in.-thick sheet material at 2100 and 2300 F, respectively. Correspondingly, specimens of lower aluminum content and greater thickness withstood the oxidation attack. Oxidation of iron-chromium-aluminum alloys appeared to be related to the diffusion of aluminum to surfaces of the sheet to form an adherent protective layer of Al2O3.
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Battelle Memorial Institute Report BMI-1314
No full textThe following report presents neutron-flux measurements made with a concentric-cylinder element (Mark II) and includes axial, radial, and peripheral flux distributions
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