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- Item25th jubilee souvenir(Australian Atomic Energy Commission, 1978-04-17) Australian Atomic Energy CommissionWhen word leaked out that the date of the AAEC Silver Jubilee was 17th April 1978, certain members of Administration staff decided some form of celebration should be held to mark this auspicious occasion.
- ItemThe A.A.E.C. computer network(Australian Atomic Energy Commission, 1970-11) Richardson, DJThe central computing system at the Australian Atomic Energy Commission's Research Establishment is currently based on an IBM360 model 50 computer. Twelve smaller digital computers and one analogue computer are in use at various points within a half mile radius of the central computer installation. This paper describes plans to link a number of these computers into a network connected to the central computer, and outlines the philosophy behind the setting up of this network.
- ItemThe A.A.E.C. fission product cross section libraries FISPROD.POINTXSL and FISPROD.GROUPXSL(Australian Atomic Energy Commission, 1971-03) Rose, EKThis report is a guide to the contents and layout of the AAEC fission product point cross section library FISPROD.POINTXSL and the group cross section library FISPROD.GROUPXSL, and to the IBM 360/50 FORTRAN IV programs associated with the generation and subsequent updating of these two data libraries.
- ItemAAEC computer network access to ACL-NOVA facilities(Australian Atomic Energy Commission, 1982-03) Sanger, PLA number of terminals supported by the NOVA computer-based DATERCOM systems are given access to ACL-NOVA, the IBM3031 central computer and other resources of the AAEC computer network at Lucas Heights. Some of the other Dataway computers provide their own terminals with the same ACL and non-ACL mode support by communicating with DATERCOM, using a restricted set of Dataway sequences to communicate with DATERCOM for ACL mode support. The extension to DATERCOM provides an even better use of Dataway resources by giving ACL mode support to terminals of Dataway computers that only provide non-ACL mode access to the resources of the computer network.
- ItemAAEC implementation of and modifications to release 21.6 of the IBM360 operating system(Australian Atomic Energy Commission, 1974-02) Hayes, IJThis report describes the implementation of and modifications to the IBM360 operating system for release 21.6. The system generated was Multiprogramming with a Variable number of Tasks (MVT) with the Houston Automatic Spooling Program (HASP) if, version 3.1. The report makes extensive reference to the AAEC report on modifications and additions to the IBM360 operating system for release 19.6.
- ItemAAEC INIS online user manual(Australian Atomic Energy Commission, 1983-05) Rugg, TJ; Wong, SCThe Australian Atomic Energy Commission's INIS database has been opened for online searching. INIS, which stands for International Nuclear Information System, contains over 725 000 references to the world's nuclear literature published since 1972, and is growing at the rate of 75 000 new entries each year. The information retrieval programs used to select the data were designed by the AAEC. This manual describes the organisation of the database and how to search it effectively. All the elements involved in the formulation of a successful search strategy are explained. The available search commands are discussed in detail and examples of their use given.
- ItemAAEC nuclear data card library(Australian Atomic Energy Commission, 1964-03) Doherty, GThis report describes the compilation of the A.A.E.C. nuclear data card library and the conventions relating to the use of the data in neutronics calculations. Details of data processing programmes, library formats, and the extent of the information available for each nuclide are given in the appendices.
- ItemThe AAEC ROTAMAK experiment description and preliminary results at low input power.(Australian Atomic Energy Commission, 1984-12) Durance, G; Hogg, GR; Tendys, JA description is given of the initial experiments on a rotamak device operating with 10 kW input power at a frequency of 1.85 MHz. The experimental apparatus and the diagnostic systems are also described. The matching of the radiofrequency power sources to the drive coils is discussed and details are given of the results from discharges in hydrogen, deuterium helium, and argon. The plasma/magnetic field configuration appears to be stable although under certain conditions fluctuations of the magnetic field structure have been observed.
- ItemAAEC tritium list no. 6, 1983-1984(Australian Atomic Energy Commission, 1985-07) Calf, GE; Stokes, RCDetails are given of the concentration of the environmental radioisotope tritium in montly precipitation samples taken during the period 1983-1984 at eleven stations throughout Australia: Adelaide Alice Springs Brisbane Campbelltown Cape Grim Darwin Longreach Mackay Melbourne Narrabri West and Perth. Results show that the tritium concentration in rainfall is still decreasing at most monitoring stations.
- ItemThe absolute determination of activity by the efficiency extrapolation method(Australian Atomic Energy Commission, 1987-04) Sherlock, SLAs an agent for the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, the Australian Atomic Energy Commission is responsible for the maintenance of the Australian standard of activity. The standard comprises activity measurement procedures involving the operation of 4 pi β-γ coincidence counting equipment. The coincidence method requires the application of correction factors which depend on detection efficiency such as arise for complex decay schemes and internal conversion. These corrections approach unity as the detection efficiency in the β-channel approaches 100 per cent. By performing activity determinations for a range of β detection efficiencies an 'efficiency extrapolation' analysis can be applied which eliminates the need to determine the absolute detection efficiency for each channel.
- ItemAECOPY: a magnetic tape analysis and utility program for the IBM System/360(Australian Atomic Energy Commission, 1969-01) Payne, DAThe program AECOPY can be used to inspect and to copy IBM System/360 magnetic tapes. The number and length of physical records on the tape and the actual records may be printed, and a number of other typical magnetic tape operations may be performed. The type of error handling required may also be specified by the user. Instructions to the program are specified in free format English and 'DD' cards for the tape units are not required. The program runs under the Operating System, but requires a special Input/Output subroutine.
- ItemThe audit of radioactive effluent released into the Woronora River, NSW(Australian Atomic Energy Commission, 1979-04) Isaacs, SRThe radioactive effluent released from the AAEC Research Establishment at Lucas Heights into the estuary of the Woronora River, NSW, has been audited internally since 1961. This report describes the duties of the Effluent Audit Officer and the apparatus and analytical methods used.
- ItemThe Australian high temperature gas-cooled reactor research project(Australian Atomic Energy Commission, 1964-07) Alder, KF; Roberts, WHA brief history is given of activities at the Lucas Heights Research Establishment, and the reasons that led up to the selection of beryllium oxide for investigation as a promising moderator material in high temperature gas—cooled reactor systems. The choice of a pebble—bed core for an initial design study of an actual reactor is discussed; the results to date and an outline of the future programme are presented.
- ItemCalibration and operation of the AAEC working standard of measurement for the activity of radionuclides, Part 1 - the measurement system(Australian Atomic Energy Commission, 1986-05) Urquhart, DFA pressurised 4 pi gamma ionisation chamber is used by the AAEC as a working standard of measurement for the activity of radionuclides. The instrument has a high degree of stability and the uncertainty in its activity measurements is only marginally greater than that of the primary standards used in its calibration. This report details the method of calibration for a set of known standardised isotopes and extends the usage of the ion chamber to other isotopes by an interpolation technique. Particular attention is paid to eliminating changes in calibration due to instrumental variations with time. The measurement system is straightforward in operation giving best results for gamma emitting isotopes with energies above 200 keV and minimum activity of the order of 1 MBq.
- ItemCalibration and operation of the AAEC working standard of measurement for the activity of radionuclides, Part 2 - ion chamber analysis(Australian Atomic Energy Commission, 1986-05) Wyllie, HAAs a secondary method for the determination of radioactivity the ion chamber is both convenient and precise. The equations used in the calibration of the equipment and in the calculation of unknown activities are fully derived and it is shown that the experimental procedure outlined is the optimum for both precision and convenience.
- ItemThe case for a national medical cyclotron(Australian Atomic Energy Commission, 1984-03) Smith, R; Hardy, CJ; Boyd, REIt is proposed that a National Medical Cyclotron and associated radioisotope processing facilities be established to provide Australia and the South East Asian and Pacific Regions with the full range of radioisotopes and radiopharmaceuticals vital to the diagnosis and treatment of a wide variety of medical conditions. Specifically a national medical cyclotron would be used to produce those cyclotron-produced radioisotopes which cannot be imported because of their short half-lives (e.g. carbon-11, nitrogen-13, oxygen-15, fluorine-18, iodine-123, rubidium-81, mercury-195m), and also those of long half-life which are imported at substantial cost (about $0.75 million in 1983) on a rather unreliable basis (e.g. gallium-67, thallium-201, indium-111). These cyclotron-produced radioisotopes (with the exception of iodine-123 to replace iodine-131) are complementary to the range of reactor-produced radioisotopes available from the Australian reactor HIFAR. Where feasible in terms of radioisotope lifetime, the products from the cyclotron would be distributed Australia-wide, and also to the immediate geographical region, using the Australia AEC distribution service already available for reactor-produced products. To take full advantage of the potential medical benefits, the cyclotron would be located in NSW at a major teaching hospital, provisionally the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, but it would be owned and operated by the Australian Atomic Energy Commission. Installation could be completed in 1987/88 at a cost of about $10 million. Funding of $200,000 is sought in 1984/85 for the preparation of detailed plans and specifications.
- ItemThe case for a national medical cyclotron facility(Australian Atomic Energy Commission, 1984-12) Smith, RSince cyclotrons and the associated equipment are complex and costly, it is unrealistic to expect that the Federal Government will fund more than one facility at the present time. Thus it appears obvious that this facility should be designed and used to achieve maximum national benefit. In this context the AAEC proposition is to install a dual-purpose cyclotron.
- ItemComputer network access to the PYRAMID 90X computer at Lucas Heights(Australian Atomic Energy Commission, 1985-06) Sanger, PLA new system, INTERNET, has been developed for the MicroEclipse Computer. It provides computer network terminal access to the PYRAMID 90X computer, and hence to the Berkeley and AT&T UNIX facilities. INTERNET takes over the support for auto-answer modems, and includes a version of ACL-NOVA in the MicroEclipse computer.
- ItemComputer to computer communication at the research establishment(Australian Atomic Energy Commission, 1972-01) Richardson, DJThe central computing system at the Australian Atomic Energy Commission's Research Establishment is currently based on an IBM360 model 50 computer. Twelve smaller digital computers and one analogue computer are in use at various points within a half mile radius of the central computer installation. This paper describes plans to link a number of these computers into a network connected to the central computer, and outlines the philosophy behind the setting up of this network.
- ItemComputer to computer communication at the research establishment(Australian Atomic Energy Commission, 1972-12) Richardson, DJThe central computing system at the Australian Atomic Energy Commission's Research Establishment is currently based on an IBM360 model 50 computer. Twelve smaller digital computers and one analogue computer are in use at various points within a half mile radius of the central computer installation.