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1987 Federal interim storage fee study: A technical and economic analysis

Description: This document is the latest in a series of reports that are published annually by Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) for the US Department of Energy (DOE). This information in the report, which was prepared by E.R. Johnson Associates under subcontract to PNL, will be used by the DOE to establish a payment schedule for interim storage of spent nuclear fuel under the Federal Interim Storage (FIS) Program, which was mandated by the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982. The information in this report w… more
Date: September 1, 1987
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Absorption of carbon dioxide in waste tanks

Description: Air flow rates and carbon dioxide concentrations of air entering and exiting eight H-Area waste tanks were monitored for a period of one year. The average instanteous concentration of carbon dioxide in air is within the range reported offsite, and therefore is not affect by operation of the coal-fired power plant adjacent to the tank farm. Waste solutions in each of the tanks were observed to be continuously absorbing carbon dioxide. The rate of absorption of carbon dioxide decreased linearly w… more
Date: September 3, 1987
Creator: Hobbs, D. T.
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Active sites in char gasification: Final technical report

Description: Among the key variables in the design of gasifiers and combustors is the reactivity of the chars which must be gasified or combusted. Significant loss of unburned char is unacceptable in virtually any process; the provision of sufficient residence time for complete conversion is essential. A very wide range of reactivities are observed, depending upon the nature of the char in a process. The current work focuses on furthering the understanding of gasification reactivities of chars. It has been … more
Date: September 1, 1987
Creator: Wojtowicz, M.; Lilly, W. D.; Perkins, M. T.; Hradil, G.; Calo, J. M. & Suuberg, E. M.
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Advanced development of a pressurized ash agglomerating fluidized-bed coal gasification system: Phase 2, Final report, May 1, 1983-July 31, 1984

Description: KRW Energy Systems Inc. is engaged in the development of a pressurized, fluidized-bed, gasification process at its Waltz Mill Site in Madison, Pennsylvania. The overall objective of the program is to demonstrate the viability of the KRW process for the environmentally acceptable production of low- and medium-Btu fuel gas from a variety of fossilized, carbonaceous feedstocks for electrical power generation, substitute natural gas, chemical feedstocks, and industrial fuels. This report covers Pha… more
Date: September 15, 1987
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Advances in inherently conducting polymers

Description: The discovery of polyacetylene as the prototype material led to extensive research on its synythesis and characterization. The techniques that emerged as the most important and promising ones are those that dealt with molecular orientation and that resulted in conductivities almost as high as that of copper. The study of dozens of other materials followed. Interest in conducting polymers stems from their nonclassical optical and electronic properties as well as their potential technological app… more
Date: September 1, 1987
Creator: Aldissi, M.
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Alleviation of fuselage form drag using vortex flows: Final report

Description: The concept of using vortex generators to reduce the fuselage form drag of transport aircraft combines the outflow from the plane of symmetry which is induced by the rotational component of the vortex flow with the energization of the boundary layer to reduce the momentum thickness and to delay or eliminate flow separation. This idea was first advanced by the author in 1981. Under a DOE grant, the concept was validated in wind tunnel tests of approximately 1:17 scale models of fuselages of Boei… more
Date: September 15, 1987
Creator: Wortman, A.
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ALT-I Pump Limiter Experiments

Description: Results from the ALT-I pump limiter experiments in TEXTOR are presented. ALT-I has demonstrated control of the plasma density in a high recycling tokamak by pumping up to 15% of the core efflux. The closed pump limiter designs with restricted entrance geometries to reduce the backflow of neutral gas to the plasma remove over 50% of the ion flux incident on the collection slot. Up to 80% of the entrance ion flux is removed when the edge electron temperature is less than 10 eV and plasma-neutral … more
Date: September 1, 1987
Creator: Goebel, D. M.; Conn, R. W.; Campbell, G. A.; Leung, W. K.; Dippel, K. H.; Finken, K. H. et al.
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Analysis of exposure due to work on activated components

Description: In this brief note the author summarized analysis of the exposure incurred in various maintenance jobs involving activated accelerator and beam line components at Fermilab. A tabulation was made of parameters associated with each job. Included are rather terse descriptions of the various tasks. The author presented various plots of the quantities in the table. All exposure rates are mR/hr while all exposures accumulated are mR. The exposure rates were generally measured at the Fermilab standard… more
Date: September 1, 1987
Creator: Cossairt, J.D.
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Analysis of nuclear test TRINITY radiological and meteorological data

Description: This report describes the Weather Service Nuclear Support Office (WSNSO) analyses of the radiological and meteorological data collected for the TRINITY nuclear test. Inconsistencies in the radiological data and their resolution are discussed. The methods of normalizing the radiological data to a standard time and estimating fallout-arrival times are presented. The meteorological situations on event day and the following day are described. Comparisons of the WSNSO fallout analyses with analyses … more
Date: September 1, 1987
Creator: Quinn, V.E.
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Analysis of P- and S-wave VSP (vertical seismic profile) data from the Salton Sea Geothermal Field

Description: To understand any geophysical data, geologic information is necessary. This thesis will begin with a summary of the geology of the Salton Trough region and the Salton Sea Geothermal Field (SSGF). The information available from the SSSDP will also be summarized. After the geologic summary, the design of the VSP will be discussed, including acquisition equipment and procedures. The data processing procedures and software used will be discussed as a separate section. Processing procedures will als… more
Date: September 1, 1987
Creator: Daley, T. M.
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Analysis of the orbit errors in the CERN accelerators using model simulation

Description: This paper will describe the use of the PLUS program to find various types of machine and beam errors such as, quadrupole strength, dipole strength, beam position monitors (BPMs), energy profile, and beam launch. We refer to this procedure as the GOLD (Generic Orbit and Lattice Debugger) Method which is a general technique that can be applied to analysis of errors in storage rings and transport lines. One useful feature of the Method is that it analyzes segments of a machine at a time so that t… more
Date: September 1, 1987
Creator: Lee, M.; Kleban, S.; Clearwater, S.; Scandale, W.; Pettersson, T.; Kugler, H. et al.
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Analytical and numerical analysis of finite amplitude Rayleigh-Taylor instability

Description: We summarize the results obtained in the last year. These include a simple model of bubble competition in Rayleigh-Taylor unstable flows which gives results which are in good agreement with experiment. In addition the model has been compared with two dimensional numerical simulations of inviscid Rayleigh-Taylor instability using the cloud-in-cell method. These simulations can now be run into the late time regime and can track the competition of as many as ten bubbles. The improvement in perform… more
Date: September 18, 1987
Creator: Meiron, D.I. & Saffman, P.G.
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Application of Radio Frequency Superconductivity to Recirculating Linacs.

Description: The recirculating linear accelerators discussed in this paper are continuous wave devices used to accelerate electrons. Recirculation through the RF accelerating structures is used because it reduces both capital and operating (electric power) costs. Such accelerators are used, at present, for two purposes: nuclear physics and free electron laser drivers.
Date: September 1, 1987
Creator: Sundelin, Ronald
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Application of state-multipole Heisenberg equations to Raman excitation dynamics

Description: Description of detailed temporal excitation dyanmics for coherent excitation, such as is produced by idealized laser radiation, contrasts with evaluation of rate coefficients by means of generalized Golden Rule procedures; it requires an appropriate time-dependent Schroedinger equation. When the atom undergoing excitation is also affected by incoherent processes, such as collisions, this equation no longer suffices. The Heisenberg equations, or equivalent density-matrix equations, permit treatm… more
Date: September 10, 1987
Creator: Shore, B. W.; Sacks, R. & Dixit, S. N.
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An Approach to Implementing State Space Searches on Heterogeneous Systems of Multiprocessors

Description: We report on experiments run on a set of shared-memory multiprocessors. Our goal was to demonstrate that one could conveniently utilize a set of shared-memory multiprocessors cooperatively working on typical state-space searches. We utilized a technology for writing portable code for multiprocessors, coded three depth-first state-space searches, and ran them on a set of multiprocessors. The final problem used substantial resources (over 65 hours on a single processor) and was successfully distr… more
Date: September 1987
Creator: Glickfeld, Barney & Overbeek, Ross A.
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Argon Dewar Required Relief Flow Capacity

Description: This report calculates the required fire relief valve flow capacity, the required vaporizer failure relief valve flow capacity, and the required loss of vacuum relief valve flow capacity of the liquid argon storage tank in use at the D-Zero site.
Date: September 28, 1987
Creator: Fitzpatrick, J. B.
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Assessing the benefits of OHER (Office of Health and Environmental Research) research: Three case studies

Description: This research was undertaken to estimate the societal benefits and costs of selected past research performed for the Office of Health and Environmental Research (OHER) of the US Department of Energy (DOE). Three case studies of representative OHER and DOE research were performed. One of these, the acid rain case study, includes research conducted elsewhere in DOE. The other two cases were the OHER marine research program and the development of high-purity germanium that is used in radiation det… more
Date: September 1, 1987
Creator: Nesse, R. J.; Callaway, J. M.; Englin, J. E.; Klan, M. S.; Nicholls, A. K. & Serot, D. E.
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Assessment of foreign decommissioning technology with potential application to US decommissioning needs

Description: This study was conducted by the Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) for the US Department of Energy (DOE) to identify and technically assess foreign decommissioning technology developments that may represent significant improvements over decommissioning technology currently available or under development in the United States. Technology need areas for nuclear power reactor decommissioning operations were identified and prioritized using the results of past light water reactor (LWR) decommissioni… more
Date: September 1, 1987
Creator: Allen, R.P.; Konzek, G.J.; Schneider, K.J. & Smith, R.I.
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Assessment of Impact of Advanced Energy Transmission Fluids on District Heating and Cooling Systems : (Phase 1)

Description: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), under sponsorship of the US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Buildings and Community Systems, has embarked upon a comprehensive, long-range program to develop high-performance advanced energy transmission fluids for use in district heating and cooling (DHC) systems. ANL has the lead technical role in this DOE program. These advanced fluids will substantially reduce flow frictional losses and enhance energy transfer. In system enhancement scoping studies co… more
Date: September 1987
Creator: Kasza, Kenneth Edmund & Chen, M. M.
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Assessment of impact of advanced energy transmission fluids on district heating and cooling systems (Phase 1)

Description: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), under sponsorship of the US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Buildings and Community Systems, has embarked upon a comprehensive, long-range program to develop high-performance advanced energy transmission fluids for use in district heating and cooling (DHC) systems. ANL has the lead technical role in this DOE program. These advanced fluids will substantially reduce flow frictional losses and enhance energy transfer. In system enhancement scoping studies co… more
Date: September 1, 1987
Creator: Kasza, K. E. & Chen, M. M.
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Atmospheric and climatic consequences of a major nuclear war: Results of recent research

Description: During the last several years, comprehensive three-dimensional atmospheric circulation models, including detailed parametric formulations of a wide range of climatologically significant processes, have been applied to study the potential consequences of a major nuclear war involving the injection of smoke which could result from the large-scale fires ignited by such an exchange. For plausible smoke injections during the warm season of the year, all model calculations suggest that a significant … more
Date: September 1, 1987
Creator: Golitsyn, G.S. & MacCracken, M.C.
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Axisymmetric analysis of a 1:6-scale reinforced concrete containment building using a distributed cracking model for the concrete

Description: Results of axisymmetric structural analyses of a 1:6 scale model of a reinforced concrete nuclear containment building are presented. Both a finite element shell analysis and a simplified membrane analysis were made to predict the structural response and ultimate pressure capacity of the model. Analytical results indicate that the model will fail at an internal pressure of 187 psig when the stress level in the hoop reinforcement at the midsection of the cylinder exceeds the ultimate strength of… more
Date: September 1, 1987
Creator: Weatherby, J.R.
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Beam dynamics issues for linear colliders

Description: In this paper we discuss various beam dynamics issues for linear colliders. The emphasis is to explore beam dynamics effects which lead to an effective dilution of the emittance of the beam and thus to a loss of luminosity. These considerations lead to various tolerances which are evaluated for a particular parameter set.
Date: September 1, 1987
Creator: Ruth, R. D.
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