Persiani, Paul J.
Paul J. Persiani Papers
1938-2009
1960-2000
MSS Persiani
8.50 cubic feet, including 43 photographic prints, 1 negative, 3 contact sheets, 101 35mm slides, 13 3"x4" slides, 14 3"x4" glass slides, 60 kilobytes of digital files
9 boxes, including 1 oversize box
Materials in English.
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The Paul J. Persiani Papers document the career of Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) physicist Paul J. Persiani. The collection includes research data related to neutron radiation, reactor development, and fuel analysis; administrative files, photographs, and memorabilia from Persiani's time at ANL; records of his participation in the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START); publications, lectures, and teaching materials generated by Persiani; and reference materials including conference proceedings and scientific publications.
Biographical Note:
Paul J. Persiani was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1921. In 1943, he joined the United States Army Air Corps, where he served as a first lieutenant in the European theatre of World War II. For this service he later was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. Persiani received his bachelor's degree from the Clarkson College of Technology in 1948, and his Ph.D. in physics from St. Louis University in 1956. Persiani came to Argonne National Laboratory in 1949 as a junior mechanical engineer in what later became the Reactor Engineering Division and was among the first researchers using neutron radiation to study material structure. In the 1960s, he worked on the Experimental Breeder Reactor-II project, held the position of chief physicist and designer for the Fast Reactor Core Test Facility (FARET), and created materials for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission's Nuclear Safeguards Program. He later worked in the Reactor Physics Division where he researched fusion reactor technology and assisted in the design of radiation test facilities for the National CTR Materials Technology Program. In the early 1990s, he spent ten months as a technical advisor to the U. S. negotiating team at the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) talks. He authored several sections of the treaty while stationed in Geneva, Switzerland. He retired in 1996 but returned to Argonne shortly after as a term appointee physicist in the Technology Development and Nuclear Engineering Divisions. He died in 2015.
American Nuclear Society
Argonne National Laboratory.
International Atomic Energy Agency
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.)
Strategic Arms Reduction Talks
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Born digital.
Contact sheets.
Film negatives.
Glass transparencies.
Information artifacts.
Photographic prints.
Slides (photographs).
Nuclear arms control.
Nuclear energy--Law and legislation--United States.
Nuclear industry.
Nuclear nonproliferation.
Nuclear physics.
Reactor fuel reprocessing.
Energy Production
International Relations
Laws and Legislation
Nuclear Weapons and Testing
Science
Technology
Artifacts
Electronic Records
Photographs
The Paul J. Persiani Papers were donated to the OSU Libraries Special Collections and Archives Research Center by Marcus Persiani in 2015. An addition of letters written by Persiani to wife during the START treaty negotiations was received in July 2017.
Electronic files received on a 3.5" floppy disk were transferred for digital preservation. The access copy of this disk includes one file title "IAEA972.DOC" and is accessible via the electronic records kiosk located in the OSU Special Collections and Archives Research Center reading room.
This collection is open for research.
Paul J. Persiani Papers (MSS Persiani), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Other materials pertaining to nuclear science and engineering can be found in the Barton C. Hacker Papers (MSS HackerB), Charter Heslep Papers (MSS Heslep), Leonard M. Maki Nuclear Power Collection (MSS Maki), Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Papers (MSS Pauling), John C. Ringle Papers (MSS Ringle), Theodore Rockwell Papers (MSS Rockwell), E. Dale Trout Papers (MSS Trout), Chih H. Wang Papers (MSS Wang), Radiation Center Records (RG 202), Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr. Interviews on Arms Control and Nuclear Disarmament (OH 036), and the History of Atomic Energy Collection (RB Energy).
Electronic files received on a 3.5" floppy disk were transferred for digital preservation. The access copy of this disk includes one file title "IAEA972.DOC" and is accessible via the electronic records kiosk located in the OSU Special Collections and Archives Research Center reading room.
The Paul J. Persiani Papers are arranged into six series: Series 1: Argonne National Laboratory, 1961-2009; Series 2: Teaching and Education, circa 1953-1960; Series 3: Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), 1965-1995; Series 4: Publications and Lectures, 1951-2004; Series 5: Conference Proceedings, 1954-2009; Series 6: Technical Reports and Publications, 1938-2009.
The Paul J. Persiani Papers document Persiani's work as a nuclear physicist at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), his efforts to limit proliferation of nuclear weapons, and his engagement in the international nuclear energy research community. The collection includes correspondence, photographs, and records of his professional activities while at ANL as well as extensive materials and data relating to his work with neutron radiation, reactor technology development, and spent fuel analysis. The collection also includes records of Persiani's work as a doctoral candidate at St. Louis University and role as a lecturer at Northwestern University, the Purdue University Summer Institute, and elsewhere. Of note are materials in Series 3 relating to Persiani's role as an advisor to the U.S. negotiators developing the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) which sought to place limits on the development and stockpiling of nuclear arms by the United States and the USSR. Persiani wrote letters to his wife while stationed in Switzerland in 1990-1991; these letters are rich with details about the progress and complications of the negotiation process.
The Persiani Papers also include an extensive collection of Persiani's publications and lectures, many of which document projects he undertook at ANL, including his efforts as chief physicist and designer of the Fast Reactor Core Test Facility (FARET). Also present are research materials assembled by Persiani, including conference proceedings, scientific papers, technical reports, industry publications, and promotional materials.
Series 1
Argonne National Laboratory
1961-2009
Series 1 is comprised of materials from Persiani's tenure as an employee at Argonne National Laboratory. Persiani began work at Argonne as a mechanical engineer in 1949. He also worked as an assistant to the laboratory director and as a physicist, including as Chief Physicist for the Fast Reactor Core Test Facility (FARET), and directed numerous projects at the laboratory. This series includes resumes, awards, security badges, and mementos (including graphite from the CP-1 Reactor and a simulated sample of calcined liquid radioactive waste), and professional correspondence from his time at ANL. The series also contains 38 photographic prints, 1 photonegative, and three contact sheets featuring scenes of professional events and headshots of Persiani. Also included are project files, project proposals, records on neutron radiation research, operating research reactors, and an extensive collection of experimental data relating to Persiani's work with spent fuel, including data from specific reactors and reactor types in operation locally and internationally.
1.1
Accreditation, Resume, and Security Credentials
1962-1996
1.2
Acknowledgements and Awards
1968-2009
9.1
ANL Pacesetter Award Plaque
1995
9.2
Professional Mementos and Artifacts
1942-1984
1.3
Colleagues and Professional Contacts
circa 1965-2001
1.4
Photographs
circa 1970-2000
1.5
Professional Correspondence
1961-2005
1.6
Professional Correspondence
1961-2005
1.7
Professional Travel
1965-1990
1.8
CTR Technology Program
1973
1.9
Domestic Nuclear Event Attribution (DNEA) Program
2002
1.10
SAMCAT Viewgraphs
1989
1.11
Simple Three-Stream Cascade Test
circa 1990
1.12
Project Proposal: "Dosimetry, Damage Analysis and Technical Assessment of FMIT"
1979
1.13
Project Proposal: "Analysis of Foreign Civilian Reprocessing Programs"
1994
1.14
Project Proposal: "Methodology to Identify Indicators of Proliferation Resistance Characteristics of Advanced Civil Nuclear Fuel Cycles"
circa 2001
1.15
Project Proposal: "The Development of Analytical Techniques for the Measurement of Nuclear Materials and Fission Products in the Dry-Powdered Bulk of Spent Nuclear Fuel"
2002
1.16
Research Reactor Data
circa 2000
1.17
Belgian Reactor 3 (BR3)
circa 2003
1.18
Hanford Site N-Reactor
circa 1980-1988
1.19
Oak Ridge Research Reactor
circa 2000
1.20
Petten High Flux Reactor (PHFR)
circa 1996
1.21
PNC Tokai Plant
circa 1994
1.22
Safari-1 Reactor
circa 2000
1.23
TRIGA Reactors
circa 2000
1.24
WWR-K Reactor
circa 2000
1.25
WWR-TS Reactor
circa 2000
1.26
Spent Fuel Experimental Data
circa 1994-2004
1.27
Spent Fuel Experimental Data
circa 2000
1.28
Spent Fuel Experimental Data
circa 2000
1.29
Spent Fuel Experimental Data
circa 2000
1.30
Spent Fuel Experimental Data
circa 2000-2005
1.31
Spent Fuel Experimental Data Graphs
circa 2000
1.32
Spent Fuel Tables and Graphic Data
circa 1975-2005
1.33
Dataplot Job #2649
1988
1.34
Dataplot Job #5356
1988
2.1
NSCCTR Neutron Source Code Package
circa 1975
2.2
Manuscript Notes
circa 1965-2000
Series 2
Teaching and Education
circa 1953-1960
Series 2 includes project and dissertation materials from Persiani's time as a doctoral candidate at St. Louis University, including his thesis "The Scattering of Low Energy Neutrons by Polycrystalline and Non-Crystalline Substances." The series also contains teaching materials used by Persiani during his staff appointment as Associate Professor at Northwestern University (1959-1963), where he taught reactor design, nuclear and reactor physics, neutron and plasma physics, and general transport theory. The series is also comprised of extensive unlabeled manuscript notes and calculations which likely relate to Persiani's work as a lecturer at Northwestern University, the Purdue University Summer Institute (1960), and the ANL-Associated Midwest Universities (AMU) Program (1966).
2.3
St. Louis University - Research Program on the Neutron Diffraction Study of the Structure of Glasses
1953-1954
2.4
St. Louis University - "Slow Neutron Scattering by Polycrystalline and Non-Crystalline Substances," Paul J. Persiani
circa 1955
2.5
St. Louis University - "The Scattering of Low Energy Neutrons by Polycrystalline and Non-Crystalline Substances," Paul Persiani, Ph.D. Thesis
1956
2.6
Northwestern University - DO-3 Course Lecture Notes
circa 1960
2.7
Northwestern University - DO-3 Course Lecture Notes
circa 1960
2.8
Northwestern University - DO-3 Course Assignments
1960-1962
2.9
Northwestern University - Radiation and Civil Defense Lecture Notes
circa 1960
2.10
Northwestern University - NE 295/395 Course Materials
circa 1960
2.11
Lecture Notes
1960
2.12
Manuscript Notes and Calculations
circa 1960
2.13
Manuscript Notes and Calculations
circa 1960
2.14
Manuscript Notes and Calculations
circa 1960
2.15
Manuscript Notes and Calculations
circa 1960
2.16
Manuscript Notes and Calculations
circa 1960
2.17
Manuscript Notes and Calculations
circa 1960
2.18
Manuscript Notes and Calculations
circa 1960
2.19
Manuscript Notes and Calculations
circa 1960
Series 3
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START)
1990-1991
Series 3 is comprised of a small group of materials related to Persiani's work on the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), which sought to place limits on the development and stockpiling of nuclear arms by the United States and the USSR. Included are lists of the U.S. and USSR delegates, including Persiani who represented the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency as one of twenty advisors to the United States negotiators and policymakers. The administrative file also includes news reports and articles about the START treaty, Persiani's ANL travel report, scanned copies of a sheet with signatures from START treaty participants titled "To Commemorate Treaty Unsignature," and copies of several declassified documents from the mid-1960s relating to nuclear fuel processing. Also present are five photographic prints featuring shots of the treaty negotiations and the delegates, the text of the treaty, and a bound copy of the treaty with supporting text published by the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency in 1991.
This series also contains a series of 21 letters sent by Persiani to his wife from Switzerland, where START negotiations were taking place. Written from October 1990 to July 1991, Persiani discusses strengthening relationships between the Soviets and the U.S. delegates, how the escalating problems in the Middle East are affecting negotiations, and the pressure from both sides to finish the treaty so that it can be signed while Gorbachev is still in power. He describes the shifting roles of U.S. ambassadors, and his concerns about the influence of the Soviet far right on the negotiation process. He expresses concern about the slow process of refining the precise technical language used in the treaty. His commitment to specificity in the developing treaty is a recurring theme in these letters.
2.20
START Treaty Administrative Records
1990
2.21
START Treaty Photographs
1990
8.10
"Treaty Between the United States of American and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms," (oversized)
circa 1991
3.1
START Treaty Arms Control and Disarmament Agreements
1991
8.12
Letters to Family
1990-1991
Series 4
Publications and Lectures
1951-2004
Series 4 is comprised of publications and lectures produced by Persiani between 1951 and 2004. Included are ANL technical publications, papers produced for internal use, and journal articles. The lecture materials are comprised of transcripts, notes, overhead transparencies, and printed PowerPoint slides prepared for ANL, conferences, and other professional events. Many of the materials reflect Persiani's day-to-day work at ANL, including his work on the Fast Reactor Core Test Facility (FARET), his involvement in the analysis of spent fuel and alternative fuel cycles, and his nonproliferation efforts.
Publications
1951-2003
3.2
"An Annular Ionization Chamber," Paul J. Persiani, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL-4702)
1951
3.3
"Irradiation of Prototype CP-4 (EBR-I) Reactor Fuel Slugs in the CP-3' Goat Hole," Paine, Persiani, Murphy, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL-5855)
1958
3.4
"A Study of Liquids by Neutron Scattering," Paul J. Persiani, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL-6523)
1962
3.5
"Some Considerations on the Meltdown Problem for FARET," Persiani, Watanabe, Wolff, Grifoni, and Warman, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL-6935)
1964
3.6
"FARET Core I Fuel Irradiation Program and Reference Design," Persiani, Bump, Kann, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL-7106)
1965
3.7
"Some Comments on the Power-Balance Parameters Q and E as Measures of Performance for Fusion Power Reactors," Persiani, Lipinski, Hatch, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL-7932)
1972
3.8
"Preliminary Considerations on Developing IAEA Technical Safeguards for LMFBR Power Systems," Paul J. Persiani, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL-80-69)
1980
3.9
"Diversion Analysis and Safeguards Measures for Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactors," Paul J. Persiani, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL-81-48)
1981
3.10
"NDA Safeguards Techniques for LMFBR Assemblies," Persiani and Gundy, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL-82-49)
1982
3.11
"A Report on the Development of Intense Neutron Source Facilities for the CTR Technology Program," Paul J. Persiani, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL/CTR-73-01)
1973
3.12
"Accelerator Be-Target Neutron Sources for the CTR Materials Program," Paul J. Persiani, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL/CTR/73-02)
1973
3.13
"Study of the Development of Neutron and Plasma Radiation Test Facilities for the CTR Materials Program," Paul J. Persiani, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL/CTR/74-01)
1974
3.14
"A Technical Critique on Radiation Test Facilities for the CTR Surface and Materials Program," Paul J. Persiani, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL/CTR-75-1)
1975
3.15
"Operation Cerberus: Interim Report of the Subcommittee on Advancing MC&A Measurements and Analyses Technology (SAMCAT), ed. Paul J. Persiani, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL/FCS-87-1)
1986
3.16
"Preliminary CTR Neutron Source Considerations, Technical Memorandum, No. 1," Paul J. Persiani, Argonne National Laboratory (AP/CTR/TM-1)
1972
3.17
"Neutron Source Considerations for the CTR Materials Program, Interim Report No. 1," Paul J. Persiani, Argonne National Laboratory (AP/CTR/TM-2)
1972
3.18
"Total Neutron Scattering in Vitreous Silica," Breen, Delaney, Persiani, Weber, The Physical Review
1957
3.19
"The Coefficients of the Fokker-Planck Equation for a Plasma Using the Debye Potential," (Draft), Paul J. Persiani
circa 1960
3.20
"The Critical Experiments and Preliminary Analysis of Multifueled, Non-Uniform Core Loadings for the FARET Program," Persiani, Hess, Kucera
circa 1965
3.21
"Neutron and Plasma Source Considerations for the CTR Materials Program," Paul J. Persiani, Argonne National Laboratory
circa 1965
3.22
"The Critical Experiment Program in Support of the Fast Fuels Test Facility (FFTF), Persiani, Long, Ulrich, Argonne National Laboratory
1966
3.23
"Neutronic Integral Experiments and Analyses for Blanket Systems in Fusion Power Reactors," Persiani and Till, Argonne National Laboratory
1973
3.24
"A Summary Report on the CTR Radiation Test Facilities for the Surface Materials Program," Paul J. Persiani, Argonne National Laboratory
1974
3.25
"Comments on Fusion-Fission Hybrid Systems and Accelerator - Target Systems for Fissile Isotope Production," Paul J. Persiani, Argonne National Laboratory
1978
3.26
"Thermal Calculations for an Accelerator-based Neutron Generator," Maier and Persiani, Argonne National Laboratory
1979
3.27
"Low Energy (10 MeV; d, Li) Neutron Source and Some Target Design Consideration," Persiani, Boyle, Towne, and Maier, Argonne National Laboratory
circa 1980
3.28
"Energy, Gross National Product, and Employment," Paul J. Persiani, Argonne National Laboratory
circa 1980
3.29
"Energy, Nuclear Energy, and the Breeder," Paul J. Persiani, Argonne National Laboratory
circa 1980
3.30
"Safeguards and Proliferation Considerations: Enrichment Plants," Paul J. Persiani, Office of Environmental Compliance, Department of Energy
1982
3.31
"Non-Proliferation Aspects of Commercial Nuclear Fuel Cycle," Paul J. Persiani, Argonne National Laboratory
circa 1990
3.32
"The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty Process and Non-Proliferation Problems," Paul J. Persiani, Argonne National Laboratory
1992
3.33
"Analysis of Foreign Civilian Reprocessing Programs: Interim Report," Paul J. Persiani, Argonne National Laboratory
1994
3.34
"Forensics Workscope Report: Preliminary Forensics Analyses," Paul J. Persiani, Argonne National Laboratory
2000
3.35
"Forensic Analyses Report," Paul J. Persiani, Argonne National Laboratory
2000
3.36
"Forensic Analyses in Nonproliferation Concerns," Paul J. Persiani, Argonne National Laboratory
circa 2000
3.37
"Comments on Fuel Cycle Concepts and Impacts on Nonproliferation and Safeguard Concerns," Paul J. Persiani, Argonne National Laboratory
circa 2000
3.38
"DUPIC and Civil Plutonium Studies: Preliminary Interim Report Study," Paul J. Persiani, Argonne National Laboratory
circa 2000
3.39
"Aspects of Alternative Fuel Cycle Concepts and Impacts on Nonproliferation and Safeguards Concerns," Paul J. Persiani, Argonne National Laboratory
circa 2000
3.40
"Nonproliferation Analysis of the Reduction of Excess Separated Plutonium and High-Enriched Uranium," Paul J. Persiani, Argonne National Laboratory
circa 2000
3.41
"White Paper on RDD Attribution: Spent Fuel Program," Paul J. Persiani, Argonne National Laboratory
2003
Speeches and Lectures
1960-2004
3.42
"Special Lectures on the Physical Foundation of Reactor Analysis," Paul J. Persiani, AEC-ASEE Purdue University 1960 Summer Institute
1960
3.43
"'FARET' - A Fast Reactor Facility," Smaardyk, Brubaker, Hummel, McCarthy, and Persiani, American Nuclear Society Winter Meeting
1962
3.44
"Fast Reactor Test Facility (FARET) and Initial Experimental Program," Simmons, Persiani, Bump, American Nuclear Society National Topical Meeting on Fast Reactor Technology,"
1965
3.45
"FARET Core I Reference Design," Persiani, Bumpk, Kann, Conference on Safety, Fuels, and Core Design in Large Fast Power Reactors
1965
3.46
"Chemical Binding Effects on the Resonance Line Shapes of uranium-238 in a UO2 Lattice," Adkins, Persiani, Hwang, Kaganove, Conference on Neutron Cross Section Technology
1966
3.47
"Physic Measurements in an Operating Fast Breeder Power Reactor," Persiani, Smith, Okrent, Seminar on Physics Measurements in Operating Power Reactors
1966
3.48
"Neutron Spectra for the 40 MeV Deuteron-Lithium Source System," Persiani, Becker, Donahue, American Nuclear Society Winter Meeting
1977
3.49
"Nuclear Energy and the Quality of Life," Panel Discussion, Bertell, Seren, Persiani, and Travers, Phi Beta Kappa Association of the Chicago Area
1978
3.50
"Uranium and Plutonium Determinations for Evaluation of High Burnup Fuel Performance," Heinrich, Popek, Bowers, Essling, Callis, Persiani, Karlsruhe International Conference on Analytical Chemistry in Nuclear Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
1985
3.51
"Summary Report of the ANL/ICT Implementation, European Safeguards and Research and Development Association (ESARDA), Persiani, and Bucher
1988
3.52
"Implementation of Isotope Correlation Technique for Safeguards," Persiani and Bucher, 11th Symposium on Safeguards and Nuclear Material Management
1989
3.53
"Fuel Reprocessing Data Validation Using the Isotope Correlation Technique," Persiani, Bucher, Pond, Cornella, International Conference on the Physics of Reactors: Operation, Design, and Computation
1990
3.54
"Systems Analysis for Material Control and Accountancy Technology (SAMCAT)," Persiani, Bucher, Rothman, Cha, Institute of Nuclear Material Management 31st Annual Meeting
1990
3.55
"Nonproliferation Aspects of Commercial Nuclear Fuel Cycles," Paul J. Persiani, Institute of Nuclear Materials Management 33rd Annual Meeting
1992
3.56
"Analysis of Foreign Civilian Reprocessing Programs: Interim Report," Paul J. Persiani, Argonne National Laboratory
1994
3.57
"Nonproliferation and Safeguards Aspects of Fuel Cycle Programs in Reduction of Excess Separated Plutonium and High-Enriched Uranium," Paul J. Persiani, 17th ESARDA Symposium
1995
3.58
"Nonproliferation Analysis of the Reduction of Excess Plutonium and High-Enriched Uranium," Paul J. Persiani, 36th Annual Meeting of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management
1995
3.59
"Techniques and Methods in Nuclear Materials Traceability," Paul J. Persiani, 37th Annual Meeting of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management
1996
3.60
"Non-Proliferation and Safeguards Aspects of Alternative Fuel Cycle Concepts," Paul J. Persiani, International Symposium on Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Reactor Strategies: Adjusting to New Realities
1997
A digital version of this document is included in this collection. It is available via the electronic records kiosk located in the OSU Special Collections and Archives Research Center reading room.
3.61
"Nonproliferation Characteristics of Advanced Fuel Cycle Concepts," Paul J. Persiani, International Conference on Emerging Nuclear Energy Systems
1998
3.62
"Material Accountancy Measurement Techniques in Dry-Powdered Processing of Nuclear Spent Fuels," Wolf, Bowers, Persiani, Hong, Kim, 21st Annual Meeting, Symposium on Safeguards and Nuclear Material Management
1999
3.63
Leonard Link Introductory Speech
circa 1960
3.64
Lecture Slides - "Fuel Reprocessing Data Validation Using the Isotope Correlation Technique," Persiani, Bucher, Pond, Cornella, Argonne National Laboratory
circa 1990
3.65
Lecture Slides - "Forensic Analyses in Nonproliferation Programs: Nuclear Smuggling, Illicit Trafficking in Nuclear Materials and Diversion," Paul J. Persiani, Argonne National Laboratory
1994
3.66
Lecture Slides - "Comments on Fuel Cycle Concepts and Impacts on Nonproliferation and Safeguards Concerns," International Conference on Future Nuclear Systems Global '97
1997
3.67
Lecture Slides - "DUPIC and Civil Plutonium Studies," Paul J. Persiani
1999
3.68
Lecture Slides - "Proliferation Concerns in Nuclear Fuel Cycle Activities," Paul J. Persiani
2000
3.69
Lecture Slides - "Isotope Correlation Technique (ICT) for Nuclear Material Control and Accountancy: A Data Validation Methodology, Paul J. Persiani, Argonne National Laboratory
circa 2000
3.70
Lecture Slides - "Forensic and Attribution Analyses," Paul J. Persiani, Argonne National Laboratory
circa 2000
3.71
Lecture Slides - "Nuclear Fuel Cycle Data Validation In Arms Control and Nonproliferation Accords," Paul J. Persiani
circa 2000
3.72
Lecture Slides - "Forensic Analyses in Nonproliferation Programs: Nuclear Smuggling and Illicit Trafficking in Nuclear Materials and Diversion," Paul J. Persiani
circa 2000
3.73
Lecture Slides - "DUPIC Fuel Cycle," Paul J. Persiani, Argonne National Laboratory
circa 2000
3.74
Lecture Slides - "DNEA RDD Program: Forensic and Attribution Analyses," Paul J. Persiani, Argonne National Laboratory
2003-2004
3.75
Lecture Slides
circa 1965
3.76
Lecture Slides
circa 1990
3.77
Lecture Slides
circa 1997-2000
3.78
Lecture Slides
circa 2000
3.79
Lecture Slides (35mm)
circa 1970
3.80
Lecture Slides (3"x4")
circa 1970
3.81
Lecture Slides (3"x4" glass)
circa 1970
Series 5
Conference Proceedings
1954-2009
Series 5 contains materials from dozens of professional conferences including meetings of the American Nuclear Society, the European Safeguards Research and Development Association (ERSDA), and the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management. Also represented are numerous conferences and trainings held by Argonne National Labs during Persiani's tenure there. Included are papers, programs, bound proceedings, and other administrative documentation.
4.1
4th Annual Rochester Conference on High Energy Nuclear Physics, Rochester, New York
1954
4.2
2nd Biennial Gas Dynamics Symposium, Technological Institute, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
1957
4.3
2nd United Nations International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy
1958
4.4
American Nuclear Society Winter Meeting, Chicago, Illinois
1960
4.5
American Nuclear Society Winter Meeting, Chicago, Illinois
1961
4.6
Conference on Breeding, Economics and Safety in Large Fast Power Reactors, Argonne, Illinois
1963
4.7
International Symposium on Neutron Noise, Waves and Pulse Propagation, Gainesville, Florida
1966
4.8
ENEA Seminar on Physics Measurements in Operating Reactors, Rome, Italy
1966
4.9
ENEA Seminar on Physics Measurements in Operating Reactors, Rome, Italy
1966
4.10
ENEA Seminar on Physics Measurements in Operating Reactors, Rome, Italy
1966
4.11
ENEA Seminar on Physics Measurements in Operating Reactors, Rome, Italy
1966
4.12
International Conference on Fast Critical Experiments and Their Analysis, Argonne, Illinois
1966
4.13
6th European Conference on Controlled Fusion and Plasma Physics, Moscow, Russia
1973
4.14
11th Student-Faculty Nuclear Engineering Conference, Argonne National Laboratory
1973
4.15
Tutorial Seminar on the Rasmussen Reactor Safety Study, Argonne, Illinois
1975
4.16
International Conference on Radiation Test Facilities for the CTR Surface and Materials Program, Argonne, Illinois
1975
4.17
International Conference on Radiation Test Facilities for the CTR Surface and Materials Program, Argonne, Illinois
1975
4.18
ANS/ENS International Conference
1976
4.19
International Scientific Forum on an Acceptable Nuclear Energy Future of the World, Coral Gables, Florida
1978
4.20
Seminar on Spent Fuel Storage, Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, Washington, D.C.
1985
4.21
Seminar on Spent Fuel Storage, Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, Washington D.C.
1985
5.1
International Conference on the Physics of Reactors: Operation, Design, and Computation, Marseille, France
1990
5.2
4th International Conference on Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing and Waste Management, London, United Kingdom
1994
5.3
ESARDA 17th Annual Symposium on Safeguards and Nuclear Material Management, Aachen, Germany
1995
5.4
Consultants Meeting on Evaluation of Nuclear Fuel Cycle Concepts Which May Be Resistant to Proliferation, Vienna, Germany
1995
5.5
International Conference on Evaluation of Emerging Nuclear Fuel Cycle Systems, Versailles, France
1995
5.6
Consultancy on Guidance on the Development of Proliferation Resistant Fuel Cycle Concepts, IAEA, Vienna, Austria
1996
5.7
1996 International Meeting on Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors, Seoul, Korea
1996
5.8
ESARDA 19th Annual Symposium on Safeguards and Nuclear Material Management, Montpellier, France
1997
5.9
International Conference on Future Nuclear Systems, Yokohama, Japan
1997
5.10
Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Reactor Strategies: Adjusting to New Realities International Symposium, Vienna, Austria
1997
5.11
International Meeting on Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1998
5.12
ESARDA 21st Annual Symposium on Safeguards and Nuclear Material Management, Seville, Spain
1999
5.13
International Meeting on Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors, Chicago, Illinois
2003
5.14
International Meeting on Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors, Vienna, Austria
2004
5.15
American Nuclear Society Winter Meeting and Nuclear Technology Expo, Washington, DC
2009
Series 6
Technical Reports and Publications
1938-2009
Series 6 is comprised of technical reports, papers, reprints, datasheets, industry publications, and promotional materials compiled by Persiani. Many of the materials are arranged by creating institution and include organizations such as Argonne National Laboratory, General Electric, the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, and Westinghouse. The series also contains numerous technical publications (including several translated from Russian), clippings from popular newsources, and nuclear industry publications.
5.16
American Association for the Advancement of Science
1973
5.17
American Nuclear Society
1964-2009
5.18
Argonne National Laboratory - Annual Reports
1963-1965
5.19
Argonne National Laboratory - Annual Reports
1966-1970
5.20
Argonne National Laboratory - Quarterly Technical Progress Review
1965
5.21
Argonne National Laboratory - Technical Reports (ANL-5846)
1958
5.22
Argonne National Laboratory - Technical Reports (ANL-6025 - ANL-6458)
1959-1962
6.1
Argonne National Laboratory - Technical Reports (ANL-7034 - ANL-81-48)
1965-1981
6.2
Argonne National Laboratory - Technical Reports (ANL/FCS-88-1 - ANL/FCS-89-1)
1988-1989
6.3
Argonne National Laboratory - Papers, Reports, and Reference Materials
circa 1947-2004
6.4
Argonne National Laboratory - Promotional Materials
1963-2005
6.5
California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
1959-1960
6.6
General Dynamics Corporation, General Atomic Division
1959-1964
6.7
General Electric Company
1954-1996
6.8
Institute of Atomic Energy (Beijing)
circa 1982
6.9
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
1957-1962
6.10
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory - Promotional Materials
circa 1969-1974
6.11
Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc.
1989
6.12
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
circa 1956-1960
6.13
Northwestern University - Promotional Materials
1961
6.14
Nuclear Legislative Advisory Service (NLAS)
1978
6.15
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
1951-1970
6.16
Royal McBee Corporation
circa 1957
6.17
UNC Nuclear Industries
1984-1986
6.18
University of California, Ernest O. Lawrence Radiation Laboratory
1959-1960
6.19
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
1943-1951
6.20
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
1951-1959
7.1
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
1956-1957
7.2
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
1961-1968
7.3
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
1974
7.4
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission - Information Booklets
circa 1965-1971
7.5
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Atoms for Peace
1958
7.6
U.S. Department of Commerce National Bureau of Standards
1952-1957
7.7
U.S. Department of War
1941-1944
7.8
Westinghouse Atomic Power Division
circa 1975
7.9
Westinghouse Atomic Power Division - Promotional Materials
1979
7.10
Technical Publications
1938-1949
7.11
Technical Publications
1950
7.12
Technical Publications
1952-1956
7.13
Technical Publications
1957-1959
7.14
Technical Publications
1960-1967
7.15
Technical Publications
1971-1979
7.16
Technical Publications
1981-2005
7.17
Technical Publications
undated
9.3
Technical Publications (oversized)
circa 1957-1977
7.18
Russian Technical Publications (translated to English)
1953
8.1
Russian Technical Publications (translated to English)
1957-1964
8.11
Russian Technical Publications (translated to English; oversized)
1964
8.2
Promotional Materials
circa 1972-1991
8.3
News Clippings and Industry Publications
1960-2004
8.4
Introduction to Some Recent Work in Meson Theory," C.G. Wick, Carnegie Institute of Technology
circa 1965
8.5
"Effects of Chemical Binding on the Doppler Broadened Cross Section of Uranium in a UO22 Lattice: A Thesis," Charles Richard Adkins
1966
8.6
"Effects of Chemical Binding on the Doppler Broadened Cross Section of Uranium in a UO22 Lattice: A Thesis," Charles Richard Adkins
1966
8.7
"The Effect of Fuel Diameter on the Doppler Temperature Coefficient of Reactivity in Fast Reactot Systems," Laurence Bernard Miller, University of Illinois, Ph.D. Thesis
1967
8.8
"Technical Development on Burn-Up Credit for Spent LWR Fules," [translation], Nakahara, Suyama, Suzaki
2002
8.9
"Technical Development on Burn-Up Credit for Spent LWR Fules," [translation], Nakahara, Suyama, Suzaki
2002