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DOD's Dual-Use Strategy

Description: In an effort to reduce the costs of its military systems and gain greater access to state-of-the-art technologies, the Department of Defense is pursuing what is being called a "dual-use" strategy. This strategy seeks to make greater use of the commercial sector in developing and manufacturing military goods. This report discusses issues raised over the implementation of this strategy.
Date: July 3, 1997
Creator: Moteff, John D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Structural evaluation of W-211 flexible receiver platforms and tank pit walls

Description: This document is a structural analysis of the Flexible Receiver Platforms and the tank-pit wall during removal of equipment and during a accidental drop of that equipment. The platform and the pit walls must withstand a accidental drop of a mixer and transfer pumps in specific pits in tanks 102-AP and 104-AP. A mixer pump will be removed from riser 11 in pit 2A on tank 241-AP-102. A transfer pump will be removed from riser 13 in pit 2D on tank 241-AP-102 and another transfer pump will be remove… more
Date: November 3, 1997
Creator: Shrivastava, H. P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Amtrak Reauthorization: S. 738

Description: The report discusses the bill that was introduced on May 14,1997, by the chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on surface Transportation and Merchant Marine, and the bill was referred to that committee.
Date: July 3, 1997
Creator: Thompson, Stephen J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Agriculture and Fast Track Trade Legislation

Description: This report considers the issue of new "fast track" in Congress. The report discusses that the new legislation could be used to negotiate new trade deals with countries in Latin America and Asia. Moreover, the report summarizes the agricultural debates on the issue.
Date: December 3, 1997
Creator: Becker, Geoffrey S. & Hanrahan, Charles E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Stabilization of in-tank residual wastes and external-tank soil contamination for the tank focus area, Hanford Tank Initiative: Applications to the AX tank farm

Description: This report investigates five technical areas for stabilization of decommissioned waste tanks and contaminated soils at the Hanford Site AX Farm. The investigations are part of a preliminary evacuation of end-state options for closure of the AX Tanks. The five technical areas investigated are: (1) emplacement of cementations grouts and/or other materials; (2) injection of chemicals into contaminated soils surrounding tanks (soil mixing); (3) emplacement of grout barriers under and around the ta… more
Date: November 3, 1997
Creator: Becker, D. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Pre/post-strike atmospheric assessment system (PAAS)

Description: The Pre/Post-Strike Atmospheric Assessment System was proposed to show the importance of local meteorological conditions in the vicinity of a site suspected of storing or producing toxic agents and demonstrate a technology to measure these conditions, specifically wind fields. The ability to predict the collateral effects resulting from an attack on a facility containing hazardous materials is crucial to conducting effective military operations. Our study approach utilized a combination of fiel… more
Date: February 3, 1997
Creator: Peglow, S. G., LLNL & Molitoris, J. D., LLNL
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Department of Energy FY1998 Research and Development Budget and Issues

Description: This report focuses on the R&D programs. DOE has divided its activities into four major business categories: Resource, Science and Technology, National Security, and Environmental Quality. Each has an R&D component, although the R&D funding is concentrated in the first three. Table 1 (on the next page) shows FY1997 R&D funding, the FY1998 request, and the FY1998 appropriation actions by those categories
Date: December 3, 1997
Creator: Rowberg, Richard E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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CRC DEPLETION CALCULATIONS FOR THE RODDED ASSEMBLIES IN BATCHES 1, 2, 3, AND 1X OF CRYSTAL RIVER UNIT 3

Description: The purpose of this design analysis is to document the SAS2H depletion calculations of certain rodded fuel assemblies from batches 1, 2, 3, and 1X of the Crystal River Unit 3 pressurized water reactor (PWR) that are required for Commercial Reactor Critical (CRC) evaluations to support the development of the disposal criticality methodology. A rodded assembly is one that contains a control rod assembly (CRA) or an axial power shaping rod assembly (APSRA) for some period of time during its irradi… more
Date: September 3, 1997
Creator: Wright, Kenneth D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Develop apparatus and process for second-stage drying. Final technical report, September 26, 1994--September 27, 1996

Description: The final technical report for this project contains detailed technical results for the various tasks performed in the projects. The project scope was to develop an apparatus and process for second-stage drying of softwoods, such as southern yellow pine, for construction lumber. The focus of the project was on increasing the efficiency of high-temperature drying. The project tasks were: (1) computer simulation refinement and extension of the theory to commercial-sized kilns, (2) detailed heat e… more
Date: January 3, 1997
Creator: Taylor, F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Railcar waste transfer system hydrostatic test report

Description: This Acceptance Test Report (ATR) documents for record purposes the field results, acceptance, and approvals of the completed acceptance test per HNF-SD-W417-ATP-001, ''Rail car Waste Transfer System Hydrostatic Test''. The test was completed and approved without any problems or exceptions.
Date: April 3, 1997
Creator: Ellingson, Scott D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Kinetics of Mn-based sorbents for hot coal gas desulfurization. Quarterly report, December 15, 1993--March 15, 1997

Description: Manganese-based sorbents have been investigated for the removal of hydrogen sulfide (the primary sulfur bearing compound) from hot coal gases prior to its use in combined cycle turbines. Four formulations of Mn-based sorbents were tested in an ambient-pressure fixed-bed reactor to determine steady state H{sub 2}S concentrations, breakthrough times and effectiveness of the sorbent when subjected to cyclic sulfidation and regeneration testing. In previous reports, the sulfidation and regeneration… more
Date: March 3, 1997
Creator: Hepworth, M.T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Biosphere Reserves: Fact Sheet

Description: This report details the information related to Biosphere reserves, under the Man and the Biosphere(MAB) program.
Date: October 3, 1997
Creator: Fletcher, Susan R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Indirect Costs at Academic Institutions: Background and Controversy

Description: Federal R&D funding at academic institutions totals over $10 billion annually. About one-third pays for indirect costs or overhead; the rest supports the direct costs of conducting R&D. On May 8, 1996, OMB revised Circular A-21, governing indirect costs policies, to change the designation "indirect costs" to "facilities and administrative costs" (F&A). The Departments of Defense and of Health and Human Services negotiate to determine indirect cost rates with about 96% of U.S. and audit complian… more
Date: January 3, 1997
Creator: Knezo, Genevieve J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Superfund Fact Book

Description: The Superfund program is the principal federal effort for cleaning up inactive hazardous waste sites and protecting public health and the environment from releases of hazardous substances. The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) established the program, and the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) amended it. This report is a compendium of data and other pertinent information about CERCIA and the Superfund program, follow… more
Date: March 3, 1997
Creator: Reisch, Mark & Bearden, David M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Population Assistance Programs: Impending Congressional Action

Description: Congressional debate over U.S. population assistance policy was quite contentious in the 104th Congress. House and Senate differences over abortion restrictions and United Nations population programs were such that the 104th Congress was not able to agree to a final, long-term resolution on what level of abortion restrictions should govern U.S. international family planning assistance. Instead, House, Senate, and White House negotiators eventually reached a settlement that did not directly addr… more
Date: February 3, 1997
Creator: Dumbaugh, Kerry
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Food and Agriculture: Prospective Issues in the 105th Congress

Description: Implementation of major farm and food program changes enacted last year under omnibus farm (P.L.104-127) and welfare (P.L.104-193) measures is likely to draw the attention of the 105th Congress. The size and cost of these programs also could make them a target for reductions in congressional efforts to balance the budget.
Date: January 3, 1997
Creator: Jones, Jean Yavis
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Metrology of 13-nm optics for extreme ultraviolet lithography

Description: This report documents activities carried in support of the design and construction of an ultra-high precision measuring machine intended for the support of Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography development (for semiconductor fabrication). At the outset, this project was aimed at the overall fabrication of such a measuring machine. Shortly after initiation, however, the scope of activities was reduced and effort was concentrated on the key technical advances necessary to support such machine developme… more
Date: February 3, 1997
Creator: Beckwith, J.F.; Patterson, S.R.; Thompson, D.C.; Badami, V. & Smith, S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Development of XRMF techniques for measurement of multi-layer film thicknesses on semiconductors for VLSI and ULSI integrated circuits. Final CRADA report for CRADA number Y-1292-0130

Description: A CRADA with Kevex Instruments was carried out to develop improved XRMF instrumentation for the nondestructive analysis of electronic components during manufacture. Experiments conducted at Y-12 proved the feasibility of a new Kevex x-ray tube design. Tests also show that the current commercial supply of straight glass capillaries is unreliable; however, other vendors of tapered single and multiple glass capillaries were identified. The stability of the Y-12 x-ray microprobe was significantly e… more
Date: February 3, 1997
Creator: Carpenter, D. A.; Golijanin, D. L. & Wherry, D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Tank 241-T-112, cores 185 and 186 analytical results for the final report

Description: This document is the analytical laboratory report for tank 241-T-112 push mode core segments collected between February 26, 1997 and March 19, 1997. The segments were subsampled and analyzed in accordance with the Tank 241-T-112 Push Mode Core Samplings and Analysis Plan (TSAP) and the Safety Screening Data Quality Objective (DQO). The analytical results are included in the data summary table. None of the samples submitted for Differential Scanning Calorimetry and Total Alpha Activity (AT) exce… more
Date: June 3, 1997
Creator: Steen, F. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Residual stresses in weld overlay tubes: A finite element study

Description: Residual stresses and strains in a tube with circumferential weld overlay were analyzed by the finite element (FE) method. The objective of this work was to develop and verify a FE model, to determine the magnitude and distribution of residual stresses in the weld overlay tube, and to evaluate the significance of two contributing factors to residual stress: (1) difference in material properties between tube and weld material, and (2) thermal gradients in the weld. An axisymmetric FE model was d… more
Date: January 3, 1997
Creator: Taljat, B.; Zacharia, T.; Wang, X. L.; Keiser, J. R.; Feng, Z. & Jirinec, M. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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