Gilbert Zigler Papers, 1962-2014

Four cassette tapes and note of explanation for Three Mile Island reactor vessel noise

Items pertaining to Zigler's work at Three Mile Island before and after the 1979 accident. Includes name badges, SAI Inc. newsletter, correspondence, and 30th anniversary DVD set.

Collected materials pertaining to Three Mile Island and Zigler's work as a safety consultant for the TMI-II incident. Includes hand-written notes, charts, graphs, and data collected during the days following the accident. Also includes memoranda, correspondence, Babcock & Wilcox reports, and other summaries or analyses of the TMI-II incident.

News clippings and materials related to TMI and the 1979 accident. Some appear to be collected in Brazil by Zigler's mother. Includes originals of correspondence found elsewhere in the collection.

Newspapers and clipped articles from the Harrisburg Patriot and Time

Newspapers and clipped articles predominately from the Oak Ridger

Newspapers and clipped articles predominately from the Oak Ridger

Newspapers and clipped articles predominately from the Oak Ridger

Scrapbook containing clipped newspaper articles predominately from the Oak Ridger and Knoxville News-Sentinel.

Mounted commemorative Three Mile Island photo

Two booklets, including "Handbook 68: Maximum Permissible Body Burdens and Maximum Permissible Concentrations of Radionuclides in Air and in Water for Occupational Exposure," and "Handbook 84: Radiation Quantities and Units."

One of a series on "Understanding the Atom" published by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission / Division of Technical Information.

Paper produced as part of the AFROTC Military Honors Program.

Produced under the heading "Air Force Weapons Laboratory Air Force Systems Command, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico."

An Air Force Systems Command Manual, number AFSCM 122-1.

Produced under the heading "Air Force Weapons Laboratory Air Force Systems Command, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico." Includes related meeting minutes.

Produced under the heading "Air Force Weapons Laboratory Air Force Systems Command, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico."

Safety evaluation for Transit, a Navy navigation satellite.

NASA Contractor Report 134906.

Teledyne Energy Systems, Final Report.

Presented at "Energy for the Marketplace," the 18th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference.

Agenda and necessary materials for system design review.

Prepared for Babcock & Wilcox, Nuclear Power Division.

Published in Space Power, Vol. 8, No. 3. Includes accompanying note from author.

Prepared at Science and Engineering Associates, Inc. Includes note about the address of SEA.

NASA Conference Publication 10079.

Pioneer Capsule, SNAP-19, and Heat Source Assembly.

Paper with data attached.

Sandia Laboratories, "Pioneer RTG," 15 minutes, print no. 6; 16 mm color

A general description from the Technology for Energy Corporation, and a training syllabus and improvements report from Science Applications, Inc.

Recent Related Papers and Publications collected by Zigler.

Recent Related Papers and Publications.

Three documents, including the Diagnostic Trip Report for Comision Federal de Electricidad Laguna Verde Nuclear Station Unit 2, Standard Training Course, and Technical Training Course.

Expert Training Course. Annotated.

Seven documents covering neutron noise and loose parts monitoring and signaling.

Six documents with note detailing time and location of meeting.

PhD dissertation advised by C. W. Mayo.

Sponsored by the Duke Power Company and Siemens Power Corporation.

Two documents, including "CE Internals Vibration Monitoring System" and Rochester Instrument Systems' "An Explanation of Vibration in Rotating Machinery."

Four documents, including "Instrument and Accelerometer Brochure," and operating instruction manuals.

Catalogs collected in binder furnished by Unholtz-Dickie.

Two documents, quotations for three prototype silicon surface barrier preamplifiers and one interfacing amplifier.

Including "Noise and vibration monitoring and diagnostics for operating nuclear power reactors," "Incore Neutron Noise Analysis," and "Experience in diagnostic and surveillance methods development."

Two documents, including "Failure Modes and effects Analysis of the NNI/ICS Electrical Power Supplies at the Davis-Besse Unit 1 Nuclear Power Station" and "Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) of the Alternate Power Systems (APS)."

Proposal packet for Reactor Dynamic Signal Monitoring and Diagnostic System.

Four documents, including "Cable Condition Monitoring Research Activities at Sandia National Laboratories," "Figures of Merit for Measuring Aging Management Program Effectiveness," "Catawba Replacement Steam Generator Pre-Installation Metal Impact Response Testing, Final Report," "ASME OM Code Case on Component Importance Ranking."

Produced by Wilcoxon Research, contains 10 collected articles.

Five documents, including "Optimizing Aging Management Alternatives for Reactor Relicensing," "Figures of Merit for Measuring Aging Management Program Effectiveness," "PRA-Based Methodology for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Aging Management Programs," "1991 Plant License Renewal Embedded Topical Meeting Call for Papers," "Effectiveness of Neutron Noise and Loose Parts Monitoring Methods in Aging Management for Reactor Relicensing."

Three documents, including two reports prepared for Babcock & Wilcox titled, "Multiplexed FM Recording and Reproducing Equipment" and "FM Multiplexing Based Subsystems," and an information booklet.

Short Course given at the Nuclear Industry Check Valve Group Conference at St. Petersburg Beach, Florida.

Three volumes of the Final Report.

Bound collection of articles.

Zigler's annotated copy of a manuscript completed for Division of Engineering Technology, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Bound information for Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Meeting of the Subcommittee on Thermal Hydraulics and loose agenda.

Including a paper titled "Core Debris Analysis," memoranda, and correspondence.

Two documents, including a software tutorial and training session PowerPoint.

American Society of Mechanical Engineers manual.

Collected correspondence and articles regarding industrial uses of mineral wool.

Three documents, including "Failed Coating Debris Characterization," "EDF CIPN: Summary of experimental studies on the behavior of 725 QN heat insulator and CRUAS 1/2/3 type paint debris," and "Hydraulic Properties of Calcium Silicate Insulation Test Report: Vertical Loop"

Three reports, including "Draft I.E.C. Standard for Monitoring PWR Internal Structures," "Assessment of the percentage of heat insulator and paint debris carried over to the EAS and RIS sumps after LOCA for the CRUAS plant," and questionnaire.

Two documents, including "Test Report of the Full Scale head Loss Test of a Top Hat Array" and "Assessment of the Post-LOCA ECCS Performance of South Ukraine Unit 1."

Manuscript prepared by Science and Engineering Associates, Inc. for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Annotated.

Two drafts, including the draft report for comment and final report with Zigler's annotations.

Prepared by ITS Corporation.

Four volumes, including "Parametric Evaluations for Pressurized Water Reactor Recirculation Sump Performance," "Summary and Analysis of U.S. Pressurized Water Reactor Industry Survey Responses to GL 97-04," "Development of Debris Generation Quantities in Support of the Parametric Evaluation," "Development of Debris Transport Fractions in Support of the Parametric Evaluation."

Manuscript completed for Division of Engineering Technology, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Manuscript completed for Division of Engineering Technology, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Manuscript completed for Division of Engineering Technology, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Manuscript completed for Division of Engineering Technology, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Report prepared by Westinghouse Electric Company.

Volume 1, "Pressurized Water Reactor Sump Performance Evaluation Methodology."

Volume 2, "Safety Evaluation by the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Related to NRC Generic Letter 2004-02, Revision 0, December 6, 2004."

Published as part of Progress in Nuclear Energy 1, no. 2-4 (1977).

Published as part of Progress in Nuclear Energy 15 (1985).

A summary of the fifth Symposium on Reactor Noise (SMORN V), Munich, Federal Republic of Germany, 12th-16th October 1987.

A Symposium on Nuclear Reactor Surveillance and Diagnostics: Volume I.

A Symposium on Nuclear Reactor Surveillance and Diagnostics: Volume II. Annotated.

Includes Zigler's paper.

Volume I with Zigler's notes.

Volume II with Zigler's notes.

Copy of Zigler's paper and overhead slides.

1981 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science.

Includes photos, and catalogs from Technology for Energy Corporation, BBN Instruments Company, Siemens, and Endevco.

Essay prepared by F. S. Patton, Director of Engineering, Union Carbide Corporation, Nuclear Division.

Final Report prepared for U.S. Department of Transportation with summary and errata sheets.

Four rulers, including vibration computers, a reliability rule, and a time kode slide rule.

Items include stickers, 11 photos of Zigler at unknown work sites, and a signed menu from SMORN IV.

Super 8 film footage (3-4 minutes) transferred to digital formt in 2007 by Bob Davie and accompanying explanatory text; 28.4 Mbytes (2 files).

Clippings and other printed materials concerning Gil Zigler.

Victoreen Tattler with quality assurance data sheet.

Papers and clippings from the Oak Ridger and Knoxville News-Sentinel.

Sound recordings from the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor at the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab.

Nine certificates from professional organizations, including The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor, and SMORN.

Six certificates from participating in weapons tests, including Pre-Direct Course, Diamond Beech, Mission Ghost, Misty Rain, and Minor Scale.