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Ranking energy-conservation measures to establish research priorities: synopsis of a workshop

Description: A workshop was convened to assist DOE's Technology Assessment Division in evaluating the need to prepare additional environmental- and social-impact assessments of different energy-conservation measures. Attendees participated in a decision-making exercise designed to rank 19 different energy-conservation measures according to their overall potential for achieving important national goals and their ease of implementation. The participants felt that the most-important ranking criteria dealt with… more
Date: May 2, 1979
Creator: Moskowitz, P.D.; Le, T.Q. & Pierce, B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Weak interaction effects in e/sup +/e/sup -/ annihilation with polarised beams

Description: Although the standard gauge model of weak and electromagnetic interactions based on the work of Salam and Weinberg has met with great success, there are experimental facts that will require its extension or its modification to a new gauge model; the discovery of a heavy lepton at SLAC and the absence of parity violation in atoms that is expected from the neutral weak current coupling to electrons are discussed. Three tests are proposed that bear on these questions. First, heavy lepton productio… more
Date: November 2, 1977
Creator: Simard, R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Magnetic fusion energy annual report, July 1975--September 1976

Description: Supporting research activities continued to provide the technical basis for future mirror-confinement experiments. The industrial development of a high-current, high-field, high-current-density Nb/sub 3/Sn conductor was the main goal of the superconducting magnet program. Beam direct conversion was being developed as a means of raising the efficiency of neutral-beam production, and plasma direct conversion was shown to work as predicted. Conceptual designs were completed for various types of po… more
Date: December 2, 1976
Creator: Harrison, M.A.; McGregor, C.K. & Gottlieb, L. (eds.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Kilowatt Isotope Power System: test procedure for the ground demonstration system. 77-KIPS-63

Description: This test procedure provides a detailed description of the verification methods which shall be used during development, performance and endurance testing to be conducted on the Kilowatt Isotope Power System (KIPS) Development Ground Demonstration Systems, P/N's 722487 and 723829 and Ground Demonstration System (GDS), P/N 725100. The objectives of this testing are to demonstrate system performance in a controlled environment; to verify results of performance predictions; to verify results compil… more
Date: December 2, 1977
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Carbon stress gage comparison

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Date: April 2, 1975
Creator: Shay, W. M.; Kuhlman, J. R.; Carter, G. W. & Lee, D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Development of an electric fuel nozzle system for combustors. Progress report, June 1, 1976--February 28, 1977

Description: The investigation that Northern Research and Engineering Corporation is conducting for the U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration involves developing a fuel injection approach which utilizes electrostatic effects to improve the uniformity of the fuel/air mixture in combustion systems. The three phases of the program consist of an initial feasibility study which includes design and cold-flow testing of several nozzles, preliminary combustion testing, and final testing in an actual c… more
Date: March 2, 1977
Creator: Demetri, E.P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Growth of Second Phase Particles in a Copper--Beryllium Alloy. Final Technical Report

Description: Growth of second phase particles from a solid solution of copper-beryllium was studied to determine this alloy's suitability for acoustic emission testing. Optical and Scanning Electron microscopes were used to study the microstructure. Micro and macro hardness tests were also performed. A hardness curve for aging at 550/sup 0/F was determined. Microscopic examination revealed the presence of large inclusions which make this alloy unsuitable for the acoustic tests envisioned.
Date: June 2, 1977
Creator: Bunch, R.; Wells, R. & Mukherjee, A. K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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TAN/LOFT 13. 8 kV, 2. 4 kV and 480 V relay and circuit breaker coordination study. Revision A

Description: The coordination study of 1972 performed by Mr. N.A. Williams of Kaiser Engineers (LTR 13 10-3) is examined and updated based upon 1977 loads. Present overcurrent relay settings are presented and evaluated for adequacy in terms of the updated short circuit analysis. Recommendations are made for new relay and trip device settings to improve coordination. Switchgear ratings are examined against available short circuit currents, and recommendations are made where applicable. Vital MCC-A and B are … more
Date: May 2, 1978
Creator: Burnett, J.E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Multielement spark-gap switch system. Final report

Description: An engineering study was made to formulate a conceptual design for a multielement arc-type electrical switch system for switching 50,000-amp, 100-nsec or less pulses from a 50,000-v source at up to 1000 ppS. The switch is to have a lifetime of at least 5 x 10/sup 8/ pulse MTBF, litter time less than 10 nsec, closure time of less than 20 nsec, and 10 nh or less inductance. An offset midplane triggered spark gap (TSG) with ultraviolet (uv) preionization and forced air was selected as the most sui… more
Date: May 2, 1979
Creator: Watson, H.; Gibson, R. A.; Sun, Y. H. & Wickson, A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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U.S. Policy Toward Asia and the Pacific

Description: This report is a chronology of significant events
Date: November 2, 1970
Creator: Marjorie Ann Brownie
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Quark--parton model with large parton k/sub T/

Description: The quark--parton model is generalized to allow for arbitrarily large parton k/sub T/. Since it is expected that < k/sub T/ > will rise with Q/sup 2/ in (highly virtual) photon mediated processes, this generalization is necessary to restore the applicability of the quark-parton model. By treating k/sub T/ as an essential kinematical variable, the introduction of a new scaling variable z is considered. Together with Bjorken's x variable, a unified kinematical description is given of the four dis… more
Date: February 2, 1978
Creator: Hwa, R.C.; Matsuda, S. & Roberts, R.G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Executive-style briefings on selected repository design issues

Description: This document is a collection of executive-style briefings on selected repository design issues. Most of the briefings discuss differences between the US repository design bases presented in US Working Draft on Repository Physical Descriptions in a Salt Formation, prepared in support of INFCE discussions of May 1978 and the FRG-Netherlands design bases, presented in Design Study of a Radioactive Waste Repository to be Mined in a Medium-Size Salt Dome by Hamstra and Velzeboer, Netherlands Energy… more
Date: June 2, 1978
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Lawrence Livermore Laboratory Geothermal Energy Program. A Status Report on the Development of the Total-Flow Concept

Description: The technology development activities of the Geothermal Energy Program at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory are summarized. Significant progress toward development of the Total-Flow concept was made during FY 1978. The results show that the original goal of 70% engine efficiency for the Total-Flow impulse turbine is achievable, that a Total-Flow system is competitive economically with conventional systems, and that the Total-Flow concept offers the benefit of more efficient utilization of geoth… more
Date: October 2, 1978
Creator: Austin, A. L. & Lundberg, A. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Simple model of a plutonium nitrate concentrator

Description: A simple mathematical model of a plutonium nitrate evaporator/concentrator is described and computer code calculations are tested against results from a more complex model. The computer code is capable of computing transient responses of the system to arbitrary stimuli input by the user in an interactive mode. The model is described in detail including mass and energy conservation equations as well as boundary conditions and other system constraints. A closed form solution which is valid under … more
Date: February 2, 1979
Creator: Rozsa, R.B. & Underwood, S.J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Cost analysis in support of minimum energy standards for clothes washers and dryers

Description: The results of the cost analysis of energy conservation design options for laundry products are presented. The analysis was conducted using two approaches. The first, is directed toward the development of industrial engineering cost estimates of each energy conservation option. This approach results in the estimation of manufacturers costs. The second approach is directed toward determining the market price differential of energy conservation features. The results of this approach are shown. Th… more
Date: February 2, 1979
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Engineering Research Division report on reports calendar year 1978

Description: Each year the Engineering Research Division of the Electronics Engineering Department has issued an internal report listing of all formal publications produced by the division during the calendar year. The report for 1978 is being issued in two sections (the second section has been expanded from the former format due to a change in collection of information implemented during the calendar year 1978). The first section (covering January 1978 through June 1978) lists the titles, report numbers, a… more
Date: November 2, 1979
Creator: Lorton, M.E. (ed.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Capsule calorimeter development report

Description: A capsule calorimeter has been designed, fabricated, and tested that is capable of measuring the rate of thermal energy generation of a capsule source with an accuracy of plus or minus five percent over a range of 300 watts to 1,000 watts of power. Three operating modes were investigated. The rate of temperature rise mode of operation was found to be the superior operating mode based on accuracy, time cycle, and simplicity of operation. This mode of operation is recommended for use in the encap… more
Date: October 2, 1972
Creator: Hall, J.C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Removal of plutonium from high-level caustic waste solutions using bone char: pilot study

Description: Pilot studies have been completed using 275-..mu..m bone char as an adsorbent for the removal of plutonium, in concentrations ranging up to 8 mg/liter, from caustic waste solutions. These waste solutions were adjusted to an approximate pH of 8 before they were passed through columns of the bone char. Overall decontamination factors of about 5 x 10/sup 9/ were obtained. A tentative design of a caustic waste treatment system utilizing cartridge filters and bone char columns was made. Its advantag… more
Date: October 2, 1978
Creator: Blane, D. E. & Herald, W. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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INREM II: a computer implementation of recent models for estimating the dose equivalent to organs of man from an inhaled or ingested radionuclide

Description: This report describes a computer code, INREM II, which calculates the internal radiation dose equivalent to organs of man which results from the intake of a radionuclide by inhalation or ingestion. Deposition and removal of radioactivity from the respiratory tract is represented by the ICRP Task Group Lung Model. A four-segment catenary model of the GI tract is used to estimate movement of radioactive material that is ingested or swallowed after being cleared from the respiratory tract. Retenti… more
Date: February 2, 1978
Creator: Killough, G. G.; Dunning, D. E., Jr. & Pleasant, J. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Heat transfer analysis of the high-level waste canister

Description: This report documents the results of a preliminary, two-month study to determine the design constraints imposed by heat transfer considerations on canisters containing solidified, high-level nuclear waste. The waste is derived from the reprocessing of light water reactor fuel for uranium recycle at 160 days after reactor discharge. The study was conducted for Rockwell Hanford Operations in support of their high-level Waste Canister Envelope study. Candidate solidified waste forms considered in … more
Date: November 2, 1977
Creator: Bell, J. M.; Nienberg, J. W.; Seidman, M. H. & Fink, L. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Computer simulations of a 1/5-scale experiment of a Mark I boiler water reactor pressure-suppression system under hypothetical LOCA conditions

Description: The CHAMP computer code was employed to simulate a plane-geometry cross section of a Mark I boiling water reactor toroidal pressure suppression system air discharge experiment under hypothetical loss-of-coolant accident conditions. The experiments were performed at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory on a /sup 1///sub 5/-scale model of the Peach Bottom Nuclear Power Plant.
Date: May 2, 1978
Creator: Edwards, L.L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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