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Restructured Electricity Markets: California Market Design Enabled Exercise of Market Power

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Historically, utility monopolies have generated electricity and sold it to customers at prices set by state regulators. Today, private companies in 24 states compete to sell electricity at market prices determined by supply and demand. California is part of a broader western market in which electricity is routinely bought and sold across state and national boundaries. GAO found evidence that wholesale electric… more
Date: June 21, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Defense Budget: Need to Strengthen Guidance and Oversight of Contingency Operation Costs

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The incremental costs for overseas military contingency operations, which include the enforcement of no-fly zones, humanitarian assistance, and peace enforcement, totaled more than $29 billion since 1991. Most of these costs were incurred in the Balkans and Southwest Asia. The Department of Defense (DOD) defines incremental costs as those above and beyond baseline training, operations, and personnel costs. Alt… more
Date: May 21, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Defense Logistics: Better Fuel Pricing Practices Will Improve Budget Accuracy

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Working Capital Fund was used to buy $70 billion in commodities in fiscal year 2001. This amount is estimated to grow to $75 billion for fiscal year 2003. The department's financial management regulation states that fund activities will operate in a business-like fashion and incorporate full costs in determining the pricing of their products. The National Defense Authori… more
Date: June 21, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Military Housing: Management Improvements Needed As the Pace of Privatization Quickens

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Department of Defense (DOD) estimates that 168,000 military family housing units are inadequate, lack modern amenities, and are in need of major renovation and replacement. According to DOD, completing this work using traditional military construction methods would take more than 20 years and cost $16 billion. To improve housing faster and more economically, Congress authorized the Military Housing Privati… more
Date: June 21, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Flood Insurance: Extent of Noncompliance with Purchase Requirements Is Unknown

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) run National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has combined flood hazard mitigation efforts and insurance to protect homeowners against losses from floods. The program provides an incentive for communities to adopt floodplain management ordinances to mitigate the effect of flooding upon new or existing structures. Virtually all communities in the country with flood-p… more
Date: June 21, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Homeland Security: INS Cannot Locate Many Aliens Because It Lacks Reliable Address Information

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the federal government's need to locate aliens in the United States was considerably heightened. Without reliable alien address information, the government is impeded in its ability to find aliens who represent a national security threat or who could help with the nation's anti-terrorism efforts. Requesters from both the Senate and House asked GAO to revie… more
Date: November 21, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Delaware Basin Monitoring Annual Report

Description: The Delaware Basin Drilling Surveillance Program (DBDSP) is designed to monitor drilling activities in the vicinity of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). This program is based on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requirements. The EPA environmental standards for the management and disposal of transuranic (TRU) radioactive waste are codified in 40 CFR Part 191 (EPA 1993). Subparts B and C of the standard address the disposal of radioactive waste. The standard requires the Department of … more
Date: September 21, 2002
Creator: Washington Regulatory and Environmental Services
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Medicare: Payments for Covered Prescription Drugs

Description: This report provides an overview of the payments for covered prescription drugs for Medicare.
Date: May 21, 2002
Creator: O'Sullivan, Jennifer
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Parallel Multigrid Method for the Finite Element Analysis of Mechanical Contact

Description: A geometrical multigrid method for solving the linearized matrix equations arising from node-on-face three-dimensional finite element contact is described. The development of an efficient implementation of this combination that minimizes both the memory requirements and the computational cost requires careful construction and storage of the portion of the coarse mesh stiffness matrices that are associated with the contact stiffness on the fine mesh. The multigrid contact algorithm is paralleliz… more
Date: March 21, 2002
Creator: Hales, J. D. & Parsons, I. D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Privacy Protection for Online Information

Description: This report focuses on one aspect of online privacy – collection, use, and dissemination of data via the Internet, and discusses related federal privacy laws and selected legislation.
Date: May 21, 2002
Creator: Stevens, Gina Marie
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Final Report West Valley High-Level Waste Tank Lay-Up

Description: This report documents completion of Milestone A.4-1 "Issue Tank Lay-Up Strategies for WVDP Final Report," in Technical Task Plan RL3-WT21A, "Post-Retrieval and Pre-Closure HLW Tank Lay-Up." This task was a collaborative effort among Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., and West Valley Nuclear Services. The primary objective of the overall task was to develop and evaluate conceptual strategies for preclosure lay-up of the two large high-level waste storage tanks … more
Date: June 21, 2002
Creator: Elmore, Monte R. & Henderson, Colin
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Analysis and Measurement of Cross Talk in a Superconducting Cavity.

Description: A superconducting cavity used in a microwave gun requires that the launcher and the pickup probes be on the same side of the cavity, which causes direct coupling between them, or crosstalk. At room temperature, the crosstalk causes serious distortion of the RF response. This note addresses the phenomenon, the simulation results and the analysis, so that one can extract the desired information from the confusing signal.
Date: October 21, 2002
Creator: Zhao, Y.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Process Options Description for Steam Reforming Flowsheet Model of INEEL Tank Farm Waste

Description: Technical information is provided herein that is required for development of a steady-state process simulation of a baseline steam reforming treatment train for Tank Farm waste at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL). This document supercedes INEEL/EXT-2001-173, produced in FY2001 to support simulation of the direct vitrification treatment train which was the previous process baseline. A process block flow diagram for steam reforming is provided, together with a l… more
Date: May 21, 2002
Creator: Taylor, D. D.; Barnes, C. M. & Nichols, T. T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Design and Implementation of a CO2 Flood Utilizing Advanced Reservoir Characterization and Horizontal Injection Wells In a Shallow Shelf Carbonate Approaching Waterflood Depletion, Class II

Description: The principle objective of this project is to demonstrate the economic viability and widespread applicability of an innovative reservoir management and carbon dioxide (CO2) flood project development approach for improving CO2 flood project economics in shallow shelf carbonate (SSC) reservoirs.
Date: February 21, 2002
Creator: Czirr, K.L.; Gaddis, M.P. & Moshell, M.K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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AISI/DOE Technology Roadmap Program Hot Oxygen Injection Into The Blast Furnace

Description: Increased levels of blast furnace coal injection are needed to further lower coke requirements and provide more flexibility in furnace productivity. The direct injection of high temperature oxygen with coal in the blast furnace blowpipe and tuyere offers better coal dispersion at high local oxygen concentrations, optimizing the use of oxygen in the blast furnace. Based on pilot scale tests, coal injection can be increased by 75 pounds per ton of hot metal (lb/thm), yielding net savings of $0.84… more
Date: October 21, 2002
Creator: Riley, Michael F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Remote Operation of the Fermilab/NICADD Photoinjector

Description: The recognition that a new major HEP facility must receive international support and that its execution would benefit from worldwide interaction from design through operation has given rise to the term Global Accelerator Network (GAN). A welcome consequence has been a more permissive attitude toward remote operation of existing facilities.For roughly thirty years, the computer has been the principal operator interface to the beam,and, through the development of the Internet, the operator can be… more
Date: March 21, 2002
Creator: al., Nikolai Barov et
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A Feasibility Study for Recycling Used Automotive Oil Filters In A Blast Furnace

Description: This feasibility study has indicated that of the approximately 120,000 tons of steel available to be recycled from used oil filters (UOF's), a maximum blast furnace charge of 2% of the burden may be anticipated for short term use of a few months. The oil contained in the most readily processed UOF's being properly hot drained and crushed is approximately 12% to 14% by weight. This oil will be pyrolized at a rate of 98% resulting in additional fuel gas of 68% and a condensable hydrocarbon fracti… more
Date: January 21, 2002
Creator: Smailer, Ralph M.; Dressel, Gregory L. & Hill, Jennifer Hsu
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Development of a Silicon Based Electron Beam Transmission Window for Use in a KrF Excimer Laser System

Description: The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), in collaboration with the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), is currently investigating various novel materials (single crystal silicon, <100>, <110> and <111>) for use as electron-beam transmission windows in a KrF excimer laser system. The primary function of the window is to isolate the active medium (excimer gas) from the excitation mechanism (field-emission diodes). Chosen window geometry must accommodate electron energy trans… more
Date: November 21, 2002
Creator: Gentile, C. A.; Fan, H. M.; Hartfield, J. W.; Hawryluk, R. J.; Hegeler, F.; Heitzenroeder, P. J. et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Modeling of Neoclassical Tearing Mode Stability for Generalized Toroidal Geometry

Description: Neoclassical tearing modes (NTMs) can lead to disruption and loss of confinement. Previous analysis of these modes used large aspect ratio, low beta (plasma pressure/magnetic pressure) approximations to determine the effect of NTMs on tokamak plasmas. A more accurate tool is needed to predict the onset of these instabilities. As a follow-up to recent theoretical work, a code has been written which computes the tearing mode island growth rate for arbitrary tokamak geometry. It calls PEST-3 [A. P… more
Date: August 21, 2002
Creator: Rosenberg, A. L.; Gates, D. A.; Pletzer, A.; Menard, J. E.; Kruger, S. E.; Hegna, C. C. et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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WETTABILITY ALTERATION OF POROUS MEDIA TO GAS-WETTING FOR IMPROVING PRODUCTIVITY AND INJECTIVITY IN GAS-LIQUID FLOWS

Description: The authors have performed a number of imbibition tests with the treated and untreated cores in nC{sub 10}, nC{sub 14}, and nC{sub 16} and a natural gas condensate liquid. Imbibition tests for nC{sub 14} and nC{sub 16} were also carried out at elevated temperatures of 100 C and 140 C. An experimental polymer synthesized for the purpose of this project was used in core treatment. Imbibition results are very promising and imply liquid condensate mobility enhancement in the treated core. They also… more
Date: October 21, 2002
Creator: Firoozabadi, Abbas
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Reservoir Characterization of Upper Devonian Gordon Sandstone, Jacksonburg, Stringtown Oil Field, Northwestern West Virginia

Description: This report gives results on use of a minipermeameter on cores to study very finescale trends in permeability, and use of neural networks to predict permeability in logged, uncored wells.
Date: May 21, 2002
Creator: Ameri, S.; Aminian, K.; Avary, K. L.; Bilgesu, H. I.; Hohn, M. E.; McDowell, R. R. et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Advanced High-Temperature Reactor for Production of Electricity and Hydrogen: Molten-Salt-Coolant, Graphite-Coated-Particle-Fuel

Description: The objective of the Advanced High-Temperature Reactor (AHTR) is to provide the very high temperatures necessary to enable low-cost (1) efficient thermochemical production of hydrogen and (2) efficient production of electricity. The proposed AHTR uses coated-particle graphite fuel similar to the fuel used in modular high-temperature gas-cooled reactors (MHTGRs), such as the General Atomics gas turbine-modular helium reactor (GT-MHR). However, unlike the MHTGRs, the AHTR uses a molten salt coola… more
Date: February 21, 2002
Creator: Forsberg, Charles W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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