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Input and decayed values of radioactive liquid wastes discharged to the ground in the 200 Areas through 1975

Description: Low and intermediate level liquid wastes from chemical separations processing of spent reactor fuel elements have been discharged to the ground in the 200-Areas since 1944. Large volumes of process cooling water, normally free of radioactive contaminants, are discharged to surface ditches or natural surface depressions (ponds). Lesser volumes of liquid waste such as steam condensates, process condensates, scavenged process waste supernatants, and plutonium processing wastes have been, or are be… more
Date: July 8, 1976
Creator: Anderson, J. D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Fuel gas production from animal waste: Phase I. Quarterly progress report (2nd), September 1, 1976--December 1, 1976. Dynatech report No. 1556

Description: During this second quarter, meetings were held with contractors on the ERDA Fuel Gas from Animal Waste Program to discuss project planning and review. Site visits were made to groups involved in anaerobic digestion. An engineering and economic analysis of a process for the anaerobic digestion of animal residue was completed; the results can be used for the design of a pilot plant unit. A comprehensive engineering report of this analysis was completed, and a first draft was submitted to ERDA. Se… more
Date: December 8, 1976
Creator: Ashare, E.; Wentworth, R.L.; Wise, D.L. & Augenstein, D.C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Explosion of cation exchange column in americium recovery service Hanford Plant, August 30, 1976

Description: A cation exchange column in americium recovery service exploded on August 30, 1976 at the Hanford plutonium-finishing plant operated by Atlantic Richfield Hanford Company for the Energy Research and Development Administration at Richland, Washington. The column burst, shattering the glovebox windows. Detectable but small amounts of americium were released from the building in which the explosion occurred. Decontamination efforts and physical repairs to equipment and facilities are estimated to … more
Date: October 8, 1976
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Susanville Geothermal Energy Project. Quarterly Report

Description: This report is intended as an aid in project management and contains only that technical information required for project direction. A scope description is included for each task. Each task has a status statement, identification of key results, problems, recommended solutions, and future activities. A conceptual description of the utility system and a posture of the Project are included. (MHR)
Date: January 8, 1976
Creator: Longyear, A. B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Economic incentives for improved geothermal drilling motors

Description: The ways that reliable high temperature drilling motors could reduce geothermal drilling are reviewed. These are: faster drilling, increased bit footage, improved drilling of fractured rock, improved directional drilling, reduced hole deviation, reduced blowouts, reduced casing wear, reduced keyseating, reduced twist-offs, improved milling operations, improved sidetracking, improved slim hole drilling, reduced mud problems, reduced lost circulation, reduced drillstring corrosion, reduced drills… more
Date: December 8, 1976
Creator: Maurer, W.C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Properties of unirradiated fuel element graphites H-451 and SO818. [Bulk density, tensile properties, thermal expansion, thermal conductivity]

Description: Nuclear graphites H-451, lot 440 (Great Lakes Carbon Corporation (GLCC)), and SO818 (Airco Speer Division, Air Reduction Corporation (AS)) are described, and physical, mechanical, and chemical property data are presented for the graphites in the unirradiated state. A summary of the mean values of the property data and of data on TS-1240 and H-451, lot 426, is tabulated. A direct comparison of H-451, lot 426, chosen for Fort St. Vrain (FSV) fuel reload production, TS-1240, and SO818 may be made … more
Date: October 8, 1976
Creator: Engle, G. B. & Johnson, W. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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EMP protection procedure for electrical/electronic systems

Description: This paper presents a procedure for the protection engineer to follow in assessing a system with respect to its susceptibility to an electromagnetic pulse (EMP), and in determining whether the system requires protection. If the system is determined to be vulnerable to EMP, the procedure also indicates how to decide upon the most suitable protection scheme. The discussion centers on two flow charts, which illustrate the step-by-step procedure which utilizes the necessary ingredients of EMP prote… more
Date: December 8, 1976
Creator: Latorre, V. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Certification of packagings: compliance with DOT specification 7A packaging requirements

Description: A study was conducted to determine which of the packagings currently listed in CFR 49 Section 173.395 a.1-5, meet the Specification 7A requirements (CFR 49 Section 173.350). According to DOT HM-111 the present listing of various authorized DOT specifications in Section 173.394 and Section 173.395 (Type A containers) of ICC Tariff No. 27 would be deleted with complete reliance being placed on the use of DOT 7A, Type A general packaging specification. Each user of a Specification 7A package would… more
Date: October 8, 1976
Creator: Edling, D. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Hawaii technology utilization experiment

Description: A one-year technology-transfer project involving ERDA installations and Hawaii consisted of sending teams from the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory on week-long field trips every two months to test the effectiveness of different methods of transferring technology information from federal sources to civilian clients. The team was questioned primarily on non-energy matters, and the energy questions asked related mostly to individuals or small industries. The team responed to all questions and found … more
Date: December 8, 1976
Creator: Dorn, David W. & Miller, Charles F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Low-Cost Silicon Solar Array project (LSSA). Quarterly report, April 1976--June 1976

Description: Activities and progress of the LSSA Project during April, May, and June 1976 are described. This involved the awarding of additional contracts, an evaluation and clarification of plans and working relationships with contractors, the receipt of initial technical results, and an expansion of activity in the evaluation and improvement of the solar cell modules that are included in the Project's first procurement (46 kilowatts). For the most part, the new manufacturing technology is being developed… more
Date: October 8, 1976
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Age-dependent radiosensitivity of mouse oocytes

Description: It has been shown that there are three distinct phases of radiosensitivity in oocytes of prepubertal mice: a period of rapidly increasing sensitivity between 0 and 4 days of age; a period of consistent, high sensitivity between 5 and 18 days of age; and a period of decreasing sensitivity from 19 to at least 21 days of age. Two distinct phases have been demonstrated for the rate of population decline of the oocytes of primary follicles: an initial period of rapid loss from 0 to 4 days of age; an… more
Date: June 8, 1976
Creator: Koehler, C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Catastrophe theory. Part I. Mathematical aspects

Description: This reasonably self-contained report on Catastrophe Theory begins with the mathematical history of Catastrophe Theory and discusses the relation between Catastrophe Theory and the ''Catastrophe Theorem'' presented in the report. Catastrophe Theory consists of a ''local'' classification theorem for unfoldings of germ singularities, which satisfy certain conditions. The ''classification'' is a list of seven (nonsimilar) irreducible unfoldings (and their respective germs), such that the given unf… more
Date: October 8, 1976
Creator: Zaslawsky, E. G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Natural frequency analysis of the BIPS

Description: A dynamic model was set up to determine the fundamental frequencies of the BIPS. The model consists of a radiator which supports four discrete masses by means of interface structures. Various materials and several different sizes of interface structures were used in the analysis. The fundamental frequencies vary from 38 cps to 227 cps dependent upon the material and the size of interface structure. The built-in strength of all the interface structures are in excess of the 25 g's limit loading c… more
Date: April 8, 1976
Creator: Yang, S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Calibration of thin film EMP sensors by AFWL Coaxial Chamber

Description: Preliminary EMP calibration data on magnetic thin film current sensors has been obtained. The Air Force Weapon Lab's Coaxial Chamber was used as the EMP standard and a current pulse width of 40 ns was used. It was found that the sensitivity of the sensors can be increased by controlling the width of the 90/sup 0/ wall strip and that the current scales for the sensors were linear. The results strongly suggest that the dimensions of the sensors can be varied to meet different measurement requirem… more
Date: July 8, 1976
Creator: Hsieh, E. J.; Vindelov, K. E.; Brown, T. G. & Miller, D. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Postirradiation examination of capsules P13R and P13S

Description: Capsules P13R and P13S were the seventh and eighth in a series of irradiation tests conducted under the ERDA-sponsored HTGR Fuels and Core Development Program. Reference type LHTGR fuel fabricated with a broad spectrum of property and process variables was irradiated to extreme temperature and fluence conditions. Postirradiation examination revealed that the bonded fuel rods exhibited good stability after irradiation to fast neutron fluences of 12.4 x 10/sup 21/ n/cm/sup 2/ (E greater than 0.18… more
Date: October 8, 1976
Creator: Scott, C. B.; Harmon, D. P. & Holzgraf, J. F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Evaluation of one-year results of the full-face respirator quantitative man-test fitting program at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory

Description: In August 1975, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory began to quantitatively fit all employees who are or may be required to wear any type of full-face respirator. After one year, 306 employees have been fitted. A total of 1362 tests were made, using seven makes of full-face respirators. Of the 306 employees fitted, 284 were tested using more than one make of full-face mask. All employees fitted could get a maximum use limit (MUL) of at least 100, 8 percent has a MUL of 100 to 499 on at least one of t… more
Date: December 8, 1976
Creator: Held, B. J.; Cross, J.; Ellis, K. P.; Richards, C. P. & Rodriques, R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Fueled viking generator S/N 106 acceptance vibration test report

Description: The Viking Generator S/N 106 was vibrated to the Teledyne Isotope Flight Acceptance Schedule (Random Only) with no deviation from normal generator functional output. Radiographic analysis and power tests before and after the vibration test indicated no change in the condition of the generator. The work was conducted in the Alpha Fuels Environmental Test Facility at Mound Laboratory.
Date: June 8, 1976
Creator: Anderson, C.; Brewer, C. O. & Abrahamson, S. G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Adhesive bonding of TATB/Kel-F 800

Description: Triaminotrinitrobenzene (TATB) bonded with a copolymer of chlorotrifluoroethylene and vinylidene fluoride (Kel-F 800) was selected as the high explosive for use in the B77 bomb. The plastic-bonded explosive (RX-03-BB, 7.5 percent Kel-F 800) has high strength and is less sensitive to shock initiation than most previously used high explosives. Adhesive bonding of RX-03-BB has proved to be difficult, however, because of the chemical composition of both the TATB and the binder. Studies of the criti… more
Date: November 8, 1976
Creator: Hammon, H. G. & Althouse, L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Particle-in-cell vs straight-line airflow Gaussian calculations of concentration and deposition of airborne emissions out to 70 km for two sites of differing meteorological and topographical character

Description: Two numerical models for the calculation of air concentration and ground deposition of airborne effluent releases are compared. The Particle-in-Cell (PIC) model and the Straight-Line Airflow Gaussian model were used for the simulation. Two sites were selected for comparison: the Hudson River Valley, New York, and the area around the Savannah River Plant, South Carolina. Input for the models was synthesized from meteorological data gathered in previous studies by various investigators. It was fo… more
Date: October 8, 1976
Creator: Lange, R.; Dickerson, M. A.; Peterson, K. R.; Sherman, C. A. & Sullivan, T. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Design optimization of beta- and photovoltaic conversion devices

Description: This report presents the theoretical and experimental results of an LLL Electronics Engineering research program aimed at optimizing the design and electronic-material parameters of beta- and photovoltaic p-n junction conversion devices. To meet this objective, a comprehensive computer code has been developed that can handle a broad range of practical conditions. The physical model upon which the code is based is described first. Then, an example is given of a set of optimization calculations a… more
Date: January 8, 1976
Creator: Wichner, R.; Blum, A.; Fischer-Colbrie, E. & Chau, H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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High temperature electronics status report, 1974--1975. [GaP and SiC semiconductors for operation at 500/sup 0/C]

Description: The objective of the High Temperature Electronics Program is the assembly and/or development of the technologies necessary for the fabrication of measurement and communications electronics operative in a 500/sup 0/C ambient. It is anticipated that the technology will be developed to the level required to demonstrate medium scale integrated circuits. Basic electronic properties, structures, and fabrication technology for gallium phosphide and silicon carbide devices are presented. (TFD)
Date: April 8, 1976
Creator: Blum, A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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