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Repair Welding of Fusion Reactor Components

Description: Recent experimental investigations indicate that the repair welding of irradiated materials containing greater than 1 to 2.5 appm helium leads to catastrophic cracking in the heat affected zone of the weld. The high temperatures and cooling tensile stresses which occur during the welding process lead to enhanced helium bubble growth in the heat affected zone region, resulting in catastrophic cracking upon cooling. An investigation is proposed which seeks to determine the effect of stress state … more
Date: May 20, 1992
Creator: Chin, Bryan A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Internal dosimetry technical basis manual

Description: The internal dosimetry program at the Savannah River Site (SRS) consists of radiation protection programs and activities used to detect and evaluate intakes of radioactive material by radiation workers. Examples of such programs are: air monitoring; surface contamination monitoring; personal contamination surveys; radiobioassay; and dose assessment. The objectives of the internal dosimetry program are to demonstrate that the workplace is under control and that workers are not being exposed to r… more
Date: December 20, 1990
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Program RELAX: A code designed to calculate atomic relaxation spectra of x-rays and electrons

Description: The code RELAX is designed to calculate atomic relaxation spectra of X-rays and electrons due to bound-bound transitions. This calculation is based on the atomic transition data contained in the Livermore Evaluated Atomic Data Library (EADL). The results produced by this code for fluorescence yield vs. atomic number (Z) have been published in Tables and Graphs of Atomic Subshell and Relaxation Data Derived from the LLNL Evaluated Atomic Data Library (EADL), z = 1--100{double prime}, UCRL-50400,… more
Date: March 20, 1992
Creator: Cullen, D.E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Knowledges and abilities catalog for nuclear power plant operators: Savannah River Site (SRS) production reactors

Description: The Knowledges and Abilities Catalog for Nuclear Power Plant Operations: Savannah River Site (SRS) Production Reactors, provides the basis for the development of content-valid certification examinations for Senior Reactor Operators (SROs) and Central Control Room Supervisors (SUP). The position of Shift Technical Engineer (STE) has been included in the catalog for completeness. This new SRS reactor operating shift crew position is held by an individual holding a CCR Supervisor Certification who… more
Date: June 20, 1990
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Survey of Magnetic Fields Near BPA 230-kV and 500-kV Transmission Lines.

Description: The purpose of this study was to characterize typical levels and variability of 60Hz magnetic fields at the centerline and edge of right-of-way of Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) 230-kV and 500-kV transmission lines. This was accomplished by taking magnetic field measurements at over 800 spans in Oregon and Washington. The spans were sampled using a stratified random sampling procedure with region (East vs. West), voltage (230-kV vs 500-kV), and circuit configuration as strata. There were… more
Date: May 20, 1991
Creator: Perrin, Nancy; Aggarwal, Rajinder Pal & Bracken, T. Daniel
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Effect of Chemical Additives on the Synthesis of Ethanol

Description: The objective of this research is to elucidate the role of various chemical additives on ethanol synthesis over Rh- and Ni-based catalysts. Chemical additives used for this study will include S, P, Ag, Cu, Mn, and Na which have different electronegativities. The effect of additives on the surface state of the catalysts, heat of adsorption of reactant molecules, reaction intermediates, reaction pathways, reaction kinetics, and product distributions is/will be investigated by a series of experime… more
Date: September 20, 1991
Creator: Chuang, S. S. C. & Balakos, M. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Applications of Micellar Enzymology to Clean Coal Technology

Description: This project is designed to develop methods for pre-combustion coal remediation by implementing recent advances in enzyme biochemistry. The novel approach of this study is incorporation of hydrophilic oxidative enzymes in reverse micelles in an organic solvent. Enzymes from commercial sources or microbial extracts are being investigated for their capacity to remove organic sulfur from coal by oxidation of the sulfur groups, splitting of C-S bonds and loss of sulfur as sulfuric acid Dibenzothiop… more
Date: January 20, 1990
Creator: Walsh, C. T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Effect of Chemical Additives on the Synthesis of Ethanol

Description: The objective of this research is to elucidate the role of various chemical additives on ethanol synthesis over Rh- and Ni-based catalysts. Chemical additives used for this study will include S, P, Ag, Cu, Mn, and Na which have different electronegativities. The effect of additives on the surface state of the catalysts, heat of adsorption of reactant molecules, reaction intermediates, reaction pathways, reaction kinetics, and product distributions is/will be investigated by a series of experime… more
Date: September 20, 1991
Creator: Chuang, S. C. & Balakos, M. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Medicare: Improvements Needed to Enhance Protection of Confidential Health Information

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed four areas related to the Health Care Financing Administration's (HCFA) use of personally identifiable health information, focusing on: (1) HCFA's need for personally identifiable health information to manage the Medicare program and accomplish other purposes; (2) HCFA's policies and practices regarding disclosure of information on Medicare beneficiaries; (3) t… more
Date: July 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Food Safety: Experiences of Four Countries in Consolidating Their Food Safety Systems

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the experiences of foreign countries that are consolidating their food safety responsibilities, focusing on the: (1) reasons for and approaches taken to consolidation, the costs and savings, if any, associated with consolidation, and efforts to assess the effectiveness of the revised food safety systems; and (2) lessons that the United States might learn from t… more
Date: April 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Military Personnel: Actions Needed to Better Define Pilot Requirements and Promote Retention

Description: A chapter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the reasons for the reported military pilot shortages, focusing on: (1) the services' reported and projected estimates of their pilot shortages; (2) the basis for the services' pilot requirements; (3) key factors that account for the reported pilot shortages; and (4) concerns that are causing pilots to consider leaving the military."
Date: August 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Federal Paperwork: General Purpose Statistics and Research Surveys of Businesses

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the federal paperwork burden, focusing on the: (1) paperwork burden associated with federal agencies' general purpose statistics and research (GPS/R) surveys that are directed towards businesses; (2) nature, use, and burden of selected GPS/R surveys; and (3) agencies' efforts to reduce the burden associated with the selected surveys."
Date: September 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Year 2000: Insurance Regulators Have Accelerated Oversight, but Some Gaps Remain

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the readiness of the insurance industry to meet the year 2000 date change, focusing on: (1) an updated assessment, as of September 30, 1999, of state regulatory oversight of the insurance industry's year 2000 preparations; and (2) the status of the industry's year 2000 readiness."
Date: December 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Telecommunications Technology: Federal Funding for Schools and Libraries

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed federally created or facilitated programs for helping schools and libraries with their telecommunications and information technology efforts."
Date: August 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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U.S. Customs Service: Office of Investigations Case Management Problems

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO determined whether the Customs Service's Office of Investigations (OI) follows its case management policies and procedures. GAO visited two Special Agent in Charge (SAC) offices to determine whether: (1) agents were entering statistics in the case management database; (2) first-line supervisors were reviewing investigative case files quarterly; (3) agents completed repo… more
Date: July 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Nuclear Waste: DOE's Hanford Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Project--Cost, Schedule, and Management Issues

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Department of Energy's (DOE) efforts to improve the storage of spent nuclear fuel from its nuclear reactors at DOE's Hanford Site in Washington State, focusing on: (1) its status; (2) what problems might affect achieving cost and schedule estimates; and (3) whether changes have been sufficient to address management weaknesses."
Date: September 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Internal Controls: FMS' Monitoring of Lockbox Bank Operations Needs Improvement

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the Financial Management Service's (FMS) internal controls over cash receipts collected on behalf of the federal government, focusing on testing the effectiveness of FMS' internal controls over lockbox collections."
Date: August 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Defense Transportation: Process Reengineering Could Be Enhanced by Performance Measures

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on defense transportation, focusing on the: (1) progress in reengineering defense transportation financial management processes; (2) challenges associated with implementing these reengineered processes agencywide; and (3) the extent to which the Department of Defense (DOD) is assessing the infrastructure required to support the reengineered processe… more
Date: December 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Telecommunications: Process by Which Mergers of Local Telephone Companies Are Reviewed

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the: (1) standards and processes under which mergers between local telephone companies are evaluated and approved by governmental bodies; and (2) implementation of this process in the Bell Atlantic-NYNEX merger, and the effects of the merger that can be observed."
Date: August 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Military Base Closures: Lack of Data Inhibits Cost-Effectiveness of Analyses of Privatization-in Place Initiatives

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request concerning the privatization in place of select Department of Defense industrial facilities, GAO focused on: (1) determining how contractors are responding to decreasing workloads at these privatized facilities; (2) comparing the cost-effectiveness of the privatization-in-place operations to the former government-run operations; and (3) identifying the impact of privatizatio… more
Date: December 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Managing for Results: Opportunities for Continued Improvements in Agencies' Performance Plans

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the fiscal year (FY) 2000 performance plans of the 24 agencies covered by the Chief Financial Officers Act, focusing on the: (1) extent to which the agencies' plans include the three key elements of informative performance plans: (a) clear pictures of intended performance; (b) specific discussions of strategies and resources; and (c) confidence that performance… more
Date: July 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Legal Services Corporation: More Needs to Be Done to Correct Case Service Reporting Problems

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO determined: (1) what efforts the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) and its grantees have made to correct problems with case service reporting; and (2) whether these efforts are likely to resolve the case reporting problems that occurred in 1997."
Date: September 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Defense Inventory: Management of Repair Parts Common to More Than One Military Service Can Be Improved

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Defense's (DOD) management of identical repairable parts used by more than one DOD component, focusing on: (1) DOD's progress in correcting problems in the management of identical parts; and (2) opportunities to improve management of these parts."
Date: October 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Information Security: Many NASA Missions-Critical Systems Face Serious Risks

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) information security program, focusing on: (1) whether NASA's mission-critical information systems are vulnerable to unauthorized access; (2) whether NASA is effectively managing information systems security; and (3) what NASA is doing to address the risk of unauthorized access to mission… more
Date: May 20, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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