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Cigarette Taxes to Fund Health Care Reform: An Economic Analysis

Description: A cigarette excise tax increase of 75 cents per pack has been proposed to finance part of the President's universal health care program. The tax enjoys considerable public support, would raise about $11 billion per year, and would be relatively simple to administer because it would increase an existing manufacturer's excise tax. This report discusses these rationales, as well as other effects of and concerns about the tax, organized into topics of market failure as a justification for the tax (… more
Date: March 8, 1994
Creator: Gravelle, Jane G. & Zimmerman, Dennis
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Using and programming the SUPERCODE

Description: SUPERCODE is a systems code used in designing tokamak devices and reactors. This report is divided into 4 chapters. Chapter one covers installing the code and directory organization. The execution of the code, command line editing and history, the shell language, classes, and shell input and output are discussed in chapter two. Chapter three covers the writing modules. In chapter four, the Consts module, Sys module, and Plot module are covered. At the end of the report, the need and use of SUPE… more
Date: June 8, 1994
Creator: Haney, S. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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IX Disposition Project - project management plan

Description: This report presents plans for resolving saving and disposal concerns for ion exchange modules, cartridge filters and columns. This plan also documents the project baselines for schedules, cost, and technical information.
Date: December 8, 1994
Creator: Choi, I. G.
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Rollover Analysis of Rotary Mode Core Sampler Truck No. 2

Description: This document provides estimate of limiting speed and rollover analysis of rotary mode core sampler truck No. 2 (RMCST No. 2).
Date: November 8, 1994
Creator: Ziada, H. H.
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Safety Assessment of Discharge Chute Isolation Barrier Preparation and Installation Activities. Revision 3

Description: This revision adds a section addressing impacts of dropping surfacing tool and rack cutter on the basin floor, and corrects typographical errors. The safety assessment is made for the activities for the preparation and installation of the discharge chute isolation barriers. The safety assessment includes a hazard assessment and comparisons of potential accidents/events to those addressed by the current safety basis documentation. No significant hazards were identified. An evaluation against the… more
Date: November 8, 1994
Creator: Meichle, R. H.
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Performance analysis of bullet trajectory estimation: Approach, simulation, and experiments

Description: This paper describes an approach to estimate a bullet`s trajectory from a time sequence of angles-only observations from a high-speed camera, and analyzes its performance. The technique is based on fitting a ballistic model of a bullet in flight along with unknown source location parameters to a time series of angular observations. The theory is developed to precisely reconstruct, from firing range geometry, the actual bullet trajectory as it appeared on the focal plane array and in real space.… more
Date: November 8, 1994
Creator: Ng, L. C. & Karr, T. J.
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A physical optics model for scattering by irregular terrain at HF

Description: Physical optics models were developed for scattering of HF radiation by irregular terrain when an antenna is located on or near the scattering surface. The primary interest was in skywave radiation patterns for communication links using the ionosphere. Second-order reflections were included in the solution through an image approximation, and the UTD result for an impedance half-plane was used to reduce reflections due to truncating the current distribution on the surface. Arbitrary 2-D or 3-D t… more
Date: March 8, 1994
Creator: Burke, G. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Model documentation: Electricity Market Module, Electricity Fuel Dispatch Submodule

Description: This report documents the objectives, analytical approach and development of the National Energy Modeling System Electricity Fuel Dispatch Submodule (EFD), a submodule of the Electricity Market Module (EMM). The report catalogues and describes the model assumptions, computational methodology, parameter estimation techniques, model source code, and forecast results generated through the synthesis and scenario development based on these components.
Date: April 8, 1994
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Real-time radiography of Titan IV Solid Rocket Motor Upgrade (SRMU) static firing test QM-2

Description: Real-time radiography was successfully applied to the Titan-IV Solid Rocket Motor Upgrade (SRMU) static firing test QM-2 conducted February 22, 1993 at Phillips Laboratory, Edwards AFB, CA. The real-time video data obtained in this test gave the first incontrovertible evidence that the molten slag pool is low (less than 5 to 6 inches in depth referenced to the bottom of the aft dome cavity) before T + 55 seconds, builds fairly linearly from this point in time reaching a quasi-equilibrium depth … more
Date: March 8, 1994
Creator: Dolan, K. W.; Curnow, G. M.; Perkins, D. E.; Schneberk, D. J.; Costerus, B. W.; La Chapell, M. J. et al.
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Boundary conditions for fluid equations with flux sources and sinks

Description: I use a piece-wise linear approximation to the directed flux expressions for a flowing Maxwellian fluid to write down boundary conditions for the fluid description of a multicomponent plasma. These boundary conditions are sufficiently robust to treat particle reflection, surface reactions leading to secondary production, diffusion, and field-induced drift of charged species.
Date: June 8, 1994
Creator: Riley, M. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Geophysical survey for proposed borehole 199-K-106A, 100-K Area

Description: The objective of the survey was to locate subsurface obstructions that may affect the drilling of proposed borehole, 199-K-106A, about 50 ft east of the 1,714 KW Building, 100-K Area. Based upon the results of the survey, possible drill sites within the zone, with the least likelihood of encountering identified obstructions, were identified. The ground-penetrating radar (GPR) system used for this work utilized a 300-megahertz antenna to transmit the electromagnetic (EM) energy into the ground. … more
Date: July 8, 1994
Creator: Mitchell, T. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Assessment of uranium, plutonium, and Np-237 content of high level liquid waste on E-Area vault package limits

Description: The purpose of this report is to assess the waste tank inventory of uranium, plutonium and Np-237 to determine potential impacts on waste certification for the E-Area vaults (EAV). Procedure WAC 3.10, Rev. 1, of the 1S Manual imposes administrative control limits for radioactive material in waste packages sent to the EAV. Waste tank supernate contains trace amounts of U, Pu, and Np. Thus any material contaminated with supernate and placed in a B-25 waste package may contain one or more of these… more
Date: June 8, 1994
Creator: Clemmons, J. S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Costs and indices for domestic oil and gas field equipment and production operations 1990 through 1993

Description: This report presents estimated costs and indice for domestic oil and gas field equipment and production operations for 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1993. The costs of all equipment and serives were those in effect during June of each year. The sums (aggregates) of the costs for representative leases by region, depth, and production rate were averaged and indexed. This provides a general measure of the increased or decreased costs from year to year for lease equipment and operations. These general meas… more
Date: July 8, 1994
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Geophysical investigation of the ``Thimble,`` 100-H Area

Description: This report summarizes the results of the geophysical investigations conducted as part of the characterization of the buried ``Thimble`` site. The site is located just south of the 116-H-2 Crib and is in the 100-HR-2 Operable Unit. Available documentation has it located between, and at the convergence of, two railroad spurs that run north-south. A concrete monument is believed to mark the site. The burial ground is suspected of containing a vertical safety rod thimble that is reportedly 40 ft l… more
Date: July 8, 1994
Creator: Bergstrom, K. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Riser configuration, Tank 241-A-105, light duty utility arm

Description: The light-duty utility arm (LDUA) is a seven-joint stainless steel robotic arm with a payload capacity of 75 lb. The robotic arm is deployed vertically with a maximum vertical reach of 63 ft. and a maximum horizontal reach of 13.5 ft. The functional requirements of the LDUA system are mapping and characterization of waste in Hanford single-shell tanks (SST) before and during waste retrieval. The LDUA system consists of a mobile deployment system (MDS), a vertical positioning mast (VPM), a tank … more
Date: September 8, 1994
Creator: Boucher, T. D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Radiation transport between concentric spheres

Description: This is a note originally distributed in 1983. I am re-releasing it now, with a couple of words changed, so that it can be used for test problems, distributed more openly, and so forth. One could argue that it should be published, but I do not have time to reshape it into something I would regard as suitable for journal publication. A different derivation of the same result is being published in an appendix in D.W. Phillion and S.M. Pollaine, ``Dynamical Compensation of Irradiation Nonuniformit… more
Date: August 8, 1994
Creator: Haan, S. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Y-12 development organization technical progress report period ending February 1, 1994. Part 7, Lithium and uranium chemical processing

Description: Microwave energy was used successfully to consolidate small lots of uranium powder. Factors varied were max power, hold time, heating rate, gas pressure, batch composition, crucible material, insulation configuration. Results indicate that that the microwave consolidation process was rugged against all 7 factors for their respective parameters.
Date: March 8, 1994
Creator: Smith, W. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Confinement improvement with rf poloidal current drive in the reversed-field pinch

Description: External control of the current profile in a reversed-field pinch (RFP), by means such as rf poloidal current drive, may have beneficial effects well beyond the direct reduction of Ohmic input power due to auxiliary heating. Reduction of magnetic turbulence associated with the dynamo, which drives poloidal current in a conventional RFP, may allow operation at lower density and higher electron temperature, for which rf current drive becomes efficient and the RFP operates in a more favorable regi… more
Date: March 8, 1994
Creator: Hokin, S.; Sarff, J.; Sovinec, C. & Uchimoto, E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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DOE 1994 review of nuclear physics

Description: Understanding the physics of nuclei at the limits of deformation. Superdeformed nuclei (i.e., nuclei with a major-to-minor axis ratio of {approximately}2:1) provide a unique laboratory for nuclear structure studies at the limits of observable deformation. Islands of superdeformation are predicted and found throughout the table of isotopes. We have focused our attention on the A = 190 region, since neutron deficient Hg and Pb nuclei were predicted to support a stable superdeformed minimum at zer… more
Date: February 8, 1994
Creator: Becker, J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Development of a cost effective environment compliance technology for stripper brine wells. [Annual] report, January 1, 1993--December 31, 1993

Description: The specific objective of the research is to demonstrate that the characteristics of wastewater from stripper oil wells and marginal gas wells are sufficiently similar to be treated under a standardized treatment methodology, that the environmental impacts of the discharge of treated brines from both stripper oil and marginal gas wells can be adequately regulated, and that the inclusion of marginal gas wells in the same category as stripper oil wells is appropriate, especially for wells operati… more
Date: March 8, 1994
Creator: Adewumi, M. A.; Watson, R. W.; Tian, S.; Heckman, S.; Safargar, S. & Drielinger, I.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Research in accelerator physics (theory). Final technical report, 15 May 1993--14 May 1994

Description: The most significant event during this period for the accelerator community is of course the termination of the SSC project. The collaboration with the SSC Laboratory came to an end with the decision to discontinue the effort at Waxahachie. The collaboration with Argonne National Laboratory was also completed. With the close of the SSC, the new association with the LHC group at CERN will become more important than ever. Jicong Shi worked three months at CERN in the area of nonlinear beam dynami… more
Date: June 8, 1994
Creator: Ohnuma, Shoroku
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Small geothermal electric systems for remote powering

Description: This report describes conditions and costs at which quite small (100 to 1,000 kilowatt) geothermal systems could be used for off-grid powering at remote locations. This is a first step in a larger process of determining locations and conditions at which markets for such systems could be developed. The results suggest that small geothermal systems offer substantial economic and environmental advantages for powering off-grid towns and villages. Geothermal power is most likely to be economic if th… more
Date: August 8, 1994
Creator: Entingh, Daniel J.; Easwaran, Eyob. & McLarty, Lynn
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The effect of actinide thin films on the electronic structure and reactivity of various elements

Description: This report summarizes the experimental work carried out at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory on the electronic structure and reactivity of uranium thin films on Pd, Pt, Si, graphite, Cu, and Au substrates from 1990 to 1993. The U-Pd system was studied in the most detail because it was the first to be chosen right after the completion of the experimental equipment. We first studied and characterized clean U overlayers and the possible surface reactions between this metal and the substr… more
Date: December 8, 1994
Creator: Gouder, T. & Colmenares, C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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