David D Rabb (6 results)

Paper Back. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 21pp.; SC staple-bound (no spine); white w/brwn.; clean,tight pgs. Radiation discussion. Publication date: October 31, 1968 - #UCRL-50008-68-4.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 5th or later Edition. Good condition; hardcover; no dust jacket; 5th ed.

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Wraps. Condition: Good. iii, [1], 20 pages. Marked Official Use Only--the limitation is deemed no longer valid. Footnotes. This includes Highlights, Explosives Development, Theoretical and Laboratory Studies, Field Experiments and Exploration, Other Activities, and References. Among the Field Experiments were Project Buggy, Project Cabriolet, Project Gasbuggy, Project Ketch, and Project Travois. Project Plowshare was the overall United States program for the development of techniques to use nuclear explosives for peaceful construction purposes. As part of the program, 31 nuclear warheads were detonated in 27 separate tests. Plowshare was the US portion of what are called Peaceful Nuclear Explosions (PNE); a similar Soviet program was carried out under the name Nuclear Explosions for the National Economy. Successful demonstrations of non-combat uses for nuclear explosives include rock blasting, stimulation of tight gas, chemical element manufacture, unlocking some of the mysteries of the R-process of stellar nucleosynthesis and probing the composition of the Earth's deep crust, creating reflection seismology vibroseis data which has helped geologists and follow-on mining company prospecting. The project's uncharacteristically large and atmospherically vented Sedan nuclear test also led geologists to determine that Barringer crater was formed as a result of a meteor impact and not from a volcanic eruption, as had earlier been assumed. This became the first crater on Earth definitely proven to be from an impact event. Negative impacts from Project Plowshare's tests generated significant public opposition, which eventually led to the program's termination in 1977. These consequences included Tritiated water (projected to increase by CER Geonuclear Corporation to a level of 2% of the then-maximum level for drinking water) and the deposition of fallout from radioactive material being injected into the atmosphere before underground testing was mandated by treaty. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus--Official Use Only Distribution Limited.…

Wraps. Condition: Good. iii, [1], 18 pages. Footnotes. Figure (Buggy Crater). This includes Highlights, Abstracts of Published UCRL Reports, Field Experiments, Other Activities, and References. Among the Field Experiments were Project Bronco, Project Buggy, Project Cabriolet, and Project Gasbuggy. Project Plowshare was the overall United States program for the development of techniques to use nuclear explosives for peaceful construction purposes. As part of the program, 31 nuclear warheads were detonated in 27 separate tests. Plowshare was the US portion of what are called Peaceful Nuclear Explosions (PNE); a similar Soviet program was carried out under the name Nuclear Explosions for the National Economy. Successful demonstrations of non-combat uses for nuclear explosives include rock blasting, stimulation of tight gas, chemical element manufacture, unlocking some of the mysteries of the R-process of stellar nucleosynthesis and probing the composition of the Earth's deep crust, creating reflection seismology vibroseis data which has helped geologists and follow-on mining company prospecting. The project's uncharacteristically large and atmospherically vented Sedan nuclear test also led geologists to determine that Barringer crater was formed as a result of a meteor impact and not from a volcanic eruption, as had earlier been assumed. This became the first crater on Earth definitely proven to be from an impact event. Negative impacts from Project Plowshare's tests generated significant public opposition, which eventually led to the program's termination in 1977. These consequences included Tritiated water (projected to increase by CER Geonuclear Corporation to a level of 2% of the then-maximum level for drinking water) and the deposition of fallout from radioactive material being injected into the atmosphere before underground testing was mandated by treaty. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus--Distribution Limited. …

Comb binding. Condition: Good. No dust jacket issued. Preprint No. 64AU58. UCRL-7350 Rev. 1. September 12, 1963. Printed on one side only. v, 43 pages. Illustrations. Formulae. Tables/Tabular Data. References. Format is primarily 8.5 inches by 11 inches. Cover page and title page is a slightly smaller format that the remaining pages of the report. David D. Rabb was born Aug. 1, 1915, in Denver, Colo. He attended the University of Arizona, graduating in 1939. He served in the Army in World War II and retired as a Lt. Col. in 1977. Rabb worked in mining and metallurgy. In addition to working at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, he worked for the Army Inspector General's Office, Battelle (Columbus); Arizona Bureau of Mines; and the University of Arizona. Abstract: Recent underground nuclear tests in tuff, alluvium, salt, and granite have yielded data essential to the evaluation of mining applications of contained nuclear detonations. The data indicated that for these media the cavity radius is predictable within +/- 20% without regard to the properties of the rock in the immediate shot environment. Properties of the chimney of broken rock resulting from collapse of the cavity, on the other hand, are found to be related to the properties of the rock and its preshot structural weaknesses. Seismic effects and radioactivity distribution are sufficiently documented to serve as a basis for predicting the safety conditions associated with detonations for a variety of yields. Preprint, believed to be one of a number of contemporary multiple copies.…