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We consider Dirichlet $L$-functions $L(s, \chi)$ where $\chi$ is a non-principal quadratic character to the modulus $q$. We make explicit a result due to Pintz and Stephens by showing that $|L(1, \chi)|\leq \frac{1}{2}\log q$ for all $q\geq 2\cdot 10^{23}$ and $|L(1, \chi)|\leq \frac{9}{20}\log q$ for all $q\geq 5\cdot 10^{50}$., Comment: 17 pages

We prove that, for every modulus $\mathfrak{q}$, every class of the narrow ray class group $H_{\mathfrak{q}}(\mathbf{K})$ of an arbitrary number field $\mathbf{K}$ contains a product of three unramified prime ideals $\mathfrak{p}$ of degree one with $\mathfrak{N}\mathfrak{p}\le (t(\mathbf{K})\mathfrak{N}\mathfrak{q})^3$, where $t(\mathbf{K})$ is an explicit function of $\mathbf{K}$ described in the paper. To achieve this result, we first obtain a sharp explicit Brun-Titchmarsh Theorem for ray classes and then an equally explicit improved Brun-Titchmarsh Theorem for large subgroups of narrow ray class groups. En route, we deduce an explicit upper bound for the least prime ideal in a quadratic subgroup of a narrow ray class group and also for the size of the least ideal that is a product of degree one primes in any given class of $H_\mathfrak{q}(\mathbf{K})$.

We show under the Generalised Riemann Hypothesis that for every $\delta>0$, almost every prime $q$ in $[Q,2Q]$ has the expected of prime primitive roots in the interval $[x,x+x^{\frac{1}2+\delta}]$ provided $Q$ is not more than $x^{\frac{2}{3}-\epsilon}$. We obtain this via a variant of the classical truncated Perron's formula for the partial sums of the coefficients of a Dirichlet series.