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Investigation of cooling coil corrosion in storage tanks for radioactive waste

Description: The high frequency of cooling coil leaks observed in high-heat waste storage tanks soon after sludge removal operations is attributed to pitting, according to laboratory corrosion studies. Experiments show that the most likely series of events leading to coil leakage is (1) excessive dilution of basic nitrite in the supernate, (2) initiation of attack in crevices due to oxygen depletion cells, and (3) acceleration of the attack by sulfate dissolved from the sludge. When sludge was slurried with… more
Date: January 1, 1978
Creator: Ondrejcin, R.S.
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Impacts of the national energy programme on solar economics

Description: The National Energy Plan (NEP) sets as a goal the use of solar energy in two and a half million homes in 1985. A key provision of the NEP (as well as congressional alternatives) provides for the subsidization of solar equipment. The extent to which these subsidies (income tax credits) might offset the impact of continued energy-price control is examined. Regional prices and availability of conventional energy sources (oil, gas, and electricity) were compiled to obtain a current and consistent s… more
Date: January 1, 1978
Creator: Ben-David, S.; Noll, S.; Roach, F. & Schulze, W.
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Measurement program to characterize the wind at a potential WECS site

Description: An onsite meteorological measurement program to characterize the wind at a potential wind turbine installation site is described. The basic informational requirements have been postulated, the analysis described, and an appropriate measurement program has been devised. This phase of siting measurements provides the information for the final installation decision process--which WECS to put at which site.
Date: March 1, 1978
Creator: Verholek, M.G.
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Radioactive waste transportation systems analysis and program plan

Description: The objective of the Transportation/Logistics Study is to ensure the availability of a viable system for transporting the wastes to a federal repository in 1985. In order to accomplish this objective, a systems analysis of waste transportation has been directed by ORNL to determine the problems that must be solved and to develop a program plan that identifies which problems must first be pursued. To facilitate this overall approach and to provide for short- and long-range waste management, logi… more
Date: March 1, 1978
Creator: Shappert, L. B.; Joy, D. S. & Heiskell, M. M.
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Preliminary economic evaluation of a process for the production of fuel grade ethanol by enzymatic hydrolysis of an agricultural waste

Description: This study concerns the preliminary economic feasibility of a process for converting agricultural waste (wheat straw) to fuel grade ethanol through enzymatic hydrolysis. A preliminary design for the process was developed on the basis of research concepts described in the literature. The base case design is for a 25 million gal/yr plant for 95 vol % ethanol from wheat straw. The preliminary design included material and energy balances and major equipment specifications and sizing, which in turn … more
Date: January 1, 1978
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Uranium Hydrogeochemical and Stream Sediment Reconnaissance in southwestern Montana

Description: The Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory conducted a Hydrogeochemical and Stream Sediment Reconnaissance in southwestern Montana from early August to mid-October of 1976. A total of 1240 water and 1933 sediment samples were collected from 1994 locations at a nominal density of one location per 10 km/sup 2/. The water samples were collected from streams, wells, and springs; sediment samples were taken at streams and springs. All samples were analyzed at Los Alamos for total uranium by fluorometry or… more
Date: February 1, 1978
Creator: Broxton, D. E.
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Precipitation kinetics of a continuous precipitator, with application to the precipitation of ammonium polyuranate

Description: A mathematical model describing the kinetics of continuous precipitation was developed which accounts for crystal nucleation, crystal growth, primary coagulation, and secondary coagulation. Population density distributions, average particle sizes, dominant particle sizes, and suspension density fractions of the crystallites, primary agglomerates, and secondary agglomerates leaving the continuous precipitator can be determined. This kinetic model was applied to the continuous precipitation of am… more
Date: April 1, 1978
Creator: Hoyt, R.C.
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Isotope applications in the environmental field

Description: Established uses of enriched isotopes in the environmental field were surveyed to determine future trends in isotope needs. Based on established isotope uses, on the projected increase in the pollution problem, and on the apparent social and economic pressure for pollution abatement, a significant demand for enriched isotopes appears to be developing for the assessment and control of air, water, and soil pollutants. Isotopic techniques will be used in combination with conventional methods of de… more
Date: February 17, 1978
Creator: DeWitt, R.
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NO/sub 2/ levels in diesel exhaust

Description: The safe operation of diesel-powered equipment in underground mines is predicated on there being sufficient ventilation to dilute the exhaust such that none of the toxicants in the dilute mixture exceed allowable levels. In order to determine the ventilation requirement for an engine, it is necessary to measure levels of the various toxicants in the exhaust. Measurements in the past typically either have excluded nitrogen dioxide or have not provided information on nitrogen dioxide specifically… more
Date: January 1, 1978
Creator: Marshall, W.F.
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RLPORINC: the RELAP4/MOD5 interface to ORINC

Description: The Oak Ridge Inverse code, ORINC, calculates the temperature distribution in an electric core pin from internal temperatures and the conditions in the surrounding environment. While the internal temperatures can be obtained from thermocouples in the Thermal Hydraulic Test Facility, the needed environmental conditions cannot be determined as directly from experimental data. However, this information can be determined from a modified version of the Reactor Linearized Analysis Program, RELAP. In … more
Date: January 10, 1978
Creator: Cliff, S.B.
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Analysis of a neutron scattering and gamma-ray production integral and experiment on silicon dioxide for neutron energies from 1 to 15 MeV

Description: Monte Carlo calculations were made to analyze the results of an integral experiment with a sample of SiO/sub 2/ to determine the adequacy of ENDF/B-IV neutron scattering and gamma-ray production cross-section data for silicon and oxygen. The experimental results analyzed included energy-dependent NE-213 detector neutron and gamma-ray count rates at a scattering angle of 90 deg and pulse-height spectra for scattered neutrons and gamma rays. The experiments were carried out with the ORELA 1- to 2… more
Date: January 1, 1978
Creator: Cramer, S. N. & Oblow, E. M.
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Simple measurement of line density

Description: Energy line density, E/sub l/ = ..integral..(F/2)nk(T/sub e/ + T/sub i/)dA, has proved to be one of the easiest (and most critical) measurements made on the Scylla IV-P, 5-m linear theta pinch. A quantitative evaluation of end-stoppering techniques is made available by extracting the line energy containment time, tau/sub E/sub l//, from the time history of E/sub l/. To model E/sub l/(t) properly and, hence, determine the details of energy loss mechanisms (streaming and thermal conduction) requi… more
Date: February 1, 1978
Creator: Armstrong, W.T. & Siemon, R.E.
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Field procedures for the uranium hydrogeochemical and stream sediment reconnaissance as used by the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory

Description: This manual of field procedures is prepared to aid personnel involved in the field sampling of natural waters and waterborne sediment for the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory (LASL) as part of the US Department of Energy (DOE) Hydrogeochemical and Stream Sediment Reconnaissance (HSSR) of the National Uranium Resource Evaluation (NURE) program. It presents the procedural guidelines to be followed by all contractors, contractor employees, and others who collect, treat, or otherwise handle samples… more
Date: April 1, 1978
Creator: Sharp Jr., R. R. & Aamodt, P. L.
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Germanium detector system for the detection of transuranics at low-activity concentrations in soil. [/sup 241/Am, /sup 240/Pu, /sup 239/Pu, /sup 238/U, /sup 232/Th]

Description: A photon spectroscopy system is described which is designed for the detection of plutonium and /sup 241/Am in soil samples with a minimum turnaround time. Quantification is based upon the 60-keV gamma emitted in /sup 241/Am decay and upon the uranium L x-rays (energies from 13 to 22 keV) emitted by plutonium isotopes during alpha decay. The detector is a single-crystal, intrinsic-germanium-planar detector with a surface area of 21 cm/sup 2/. Sensitivity is increased by incorporating a detector … more
Date: January 1, 1978
Creator: West, L.; Umbarger, C.J. & Dempsey, T.
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Process for cleaning and removal of sulfur compounds from low Btu gases. Quarterly summary report, October--December 1977

Description: Problems which occurred in the startup of the remodelled process development unit are described. The extraction section of the plant performed well with sulfur recoveries exceeding the design value of 95%. (LTN)
Date: January 1, 1978
Creator: Moore, R. H.; Ham, D. G.; Mitchell, D. H.; Robertus, R. J. & Stegen, G. E.
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Safety analysis report for packaging (SARP) of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Shipping Cask D-38

Description: An analytical evaluation of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Shipping Cask D-38 (solids shipments) was made to demonstrate its compliance with the regulations governing off-site radioactive material shipping packages. The evaluation encompassed five primary categories: structural integrity, thermal resistance, radiation shielding, nuclear criticality safety, and quality assurance. The results of the evaluation show that the cask complies with the applicable regulations.
Date: April 1, 1978
Creator: Klima, B. B.; Shappert, L. B.; Seagren, R. D. & Box, W. D.
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Preliminary concepts for materials measurement and accounting in critical facilities

Description: Preliminary concepts are presented for improved materials measurement and accounting in large critical facilities. These concepts will be developed as part of a study that will emphasize international safeguarding of critical facilities. The major safeguards problem is the timely verification of in-reactor inventory during periods of reactor operation. This will require a combination of measurement, statistical sampling, and data analysis techniques. Promising techniques include integral measur… more
Date: January 1, 1978
Creator: Cobb, D.D. & Sapir, J.L.
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Semi-annual report on strategic special nuclear material inventory differences

Description: This periodic report of Inventory Differences covers the period October 1, 1976, through March 31, 1977 for Department of Energy (DOE) and DOE contractor facilities possessing significant quantities of Strategic Special Nuclear Material (SSNM). Included in this report are the low enriched uranium inventory differences for DOE's gaseous diffusion plant cascades. (LK)
Date: January 1, 1978
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Assessment of lamellar tearing

Description: Information on lamellar tearing is summarized and related to proposed ASME Code requirements. Lamellar tearing is characterized as a complex phenomenon related to poor short transverse ductility and through-thickness strain. The material, welding, and design variables that affect lamellar tearing are shown to be complex and interrelated. The commonly reported tests for assessing material susceptibility are described, with the controversy over their validity being carefully detailed. Although th… more
Date: March 1, 1978
Creator: McEnerney, J.W.
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Initial results from the first Los Alamos hot dry rock energy system

Description: The pressurized-water loop for extraction of natural heat from dry crustal rock is, as this is written, eight weeks into its initial long-term continuous circulation test. During most of this time, flow-impedance through the man-made fracture system has decreased continuously so that, with a nearly constant pressure difference between injection and recovery wells, flow rate has increased steadily to the maximum capacity of the surface piping--about 16 liters per second. Temperature of water ent… more
Date: January 1, 1978
Creator: Smith, M.C.
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Cost of splitting in Monte Carlo transport

Description: In a simple transport problem designed to estimate transmission through a plane slab of x free paths by Monte Carlo methods, it is shown that m-splitting (m > or = 2) does not pay unless exp(x) > m(m + 3)/(m - 1). In such a case, the minimum total cost in terms of machine time is obtained as a function of m, and the optimal value of m is determined.
Date: March 1, 1978
Creator: Everett, C.J. & Cashwell, E.D.
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Depth distributions of low energy deuterium implantations in (110) tungsten: a theoretical model

Description: The depth distributions of 80 eV D/sup +/ implants in (110) W have recently been measured by field desorption microscopy. Prominent structure, consisting of seven major and several minor peaks, is observed in the measured distributions. This contrasts with conventional implantation theory which predicts two peaks, one for the channeled D/sup +/ and one for the nonchanneled D/sup +/. The observed structure is explained in the present report by a model which ascribes the various peaks to D/sup +/… more
Date: March 1, 1978
Creator: Brice, D.K.
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Summary data for U. S. commercial nuclear power plants in the United States

Description: A compilation of data is presented for all United States commercial nuclear power plants for which a construction permit application was made through the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The data are compiled in four separate tables with cross-referencing indexes: Table 1--General Data; Table 2--Reactor Data; Table 3--Site Data, and Table 4--Circulating-Water System Data. The power plants are listed in numerical order by docket number in all four tables.
Date: March 20, 1978
Creator: Heddleson, F.A.
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