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Potential impacts of artificial intelligence expert systems on geothermal well drilling costs:

Description: The Geothermal research Program of the US Department of Energy (DOE) has as one of its goals to reduce the cost of drilling geothermal wells by 25 percent. To attain this goal, DOE continuously evaluates new technologies to determine their potential in contributing to the Program. One such technology is artifical intelligence (AI), a branch of computer science that, in recent years, has begun to impact the marketplace in a number of fields. Expert systems techniques can (and in some cases, alre… more
Date: November 24, 1987
Creator: Satrape, J.V.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Tritium permeation through characterized films on Type 304L stainless steel

Description: Rocky Flats is looking for an optimum method for surface treating 304L stainless steel to increase its resistance to tritium permeation. Selected surface treatments were applied to 304L samples. One set of samples was shipped to the Rockwell Corporate Science Center for alternate characterization analysis. Another set was sent to Los Alamos National Laboratory for tritium exposure and ion beam spectrographic analysis. The Science Center performed the following analyses: ellipsometry, contact po… more
Date: July 24, 1987
Creator: Kallas, A.J.; Rising, T.L.; Childs, E.L. & Thomas, R.L. (ed.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Hydrodynamics of a vertical hydraulic fracture

Description: We have developed a numerical algorithm, HUBBERT, to simulate the hydrodynamics of a propagating vertical, rectangular fracture in an elastic porous medium. Based on the IFD method, this algorithm assumes fracture geometry to be prescribed. The breakdown and the creation of the incipient fracture is carried out according to the Hubbert-Willis theory. The propagation of the fracture is based on the criterion provided by Griffith, based on energy considerations. The deformation properties of the … more
Date: March 24, 1987
Creator: Narasimhan, T.N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Wave equations for pulse propagation

Description: Theoretical discussions of the propagation of pulses of laser radiation through atomic or molecular vapor rely on a number of traditional approximations for idealizing the radiation and the molecules, and for quantifying their mutual interaction by various equations of propagation (for the radiation) and excitation (for the molecules). In treating short-pulse phenomena it is essential to consider coherent excitation phenomena of the sort that is manifest in Rabi oscillations of atomic or molecu… more
Date: June 24, 1987
Creator: Shore, B. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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CC Cryostat Cooldown Test Warmup

Description: This report discusses the warming up of the stainless steel inner vessel of the CC Cryostat back to room temperature after it has been cooled down by liquid nitrogen. It considers the sufficiency of a standard magnet warm-up 12KW heater in delivering enough heat to warm the Crypstat in a couple of days. The concept of sufficiency will be answered by the following questions, and by an experimental test that was made of the heater in question.
Date: September 24, 1987
Creator: Peterson, T. & Fitzpatrick, J. B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Status report on SWSA 6 geophysical studies

Description: As part of the Solid Waste Storage Area (SWSA) 6 remedial investigation activities, surface seismic refraction surveys will be conducted to characterize the thickness of the soil/saprolite horizon (Boegly et al. 1985). The primary advantage of the seismic method is the ability to detect sudden changes in bedrock topography in regions with insufficient borehole data. The lateral resolution capability offered by the seismic refraction method is highly desirable to properly characterize the thickn… more
Date: June 24, 1987
Creator: Dreier, R. B.; Selfridge, R. J. & Beaudoin, C. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Status report on SWSA 6 geophysical studies

Description: As part of the Solid Waste Storage Area (SWSA) 6 remedial investigation activities, surface seismic refraction surveys will be conducted to characterize the thickness of the soil/saprolite horizon (Boegly et al. 1985). The primary advantage of the seismic method is the ability to detect sudden changes in bedrock topography in regions with insufficient borehole data. The lateral resolution capability offered by the seismic refraction method is highly desirable to properly characterize the thickn… more
Date: June 24, 1987
Creator: Dreier, R. B.; Selfridge, R. J. & Beaudoin, C. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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ZPPR progress report: April 1987-July 1987

Description: This report describes the progress in the Jupiter-III program during the time period of April through July, 1987.
Date: August 24, 1987
Creator: Collins, P.J. & Brumbach, S.B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Safety Analysis Report for Packaging (SARP): Model AL-M1 nuclear packaging (DOE C of C No. USA/9507/BLF)

Description: This Safety Analysis Report for Packaging (SARP) satisfies the request of the US Department of Energy for a formal safety analysis of the shipping container identified as USA/9507/BLF, also called AL-M1, configuration 5. This report makes available to all potential users the technical information and the limits pertinent to the construction and use of the shipping containers. It includes discussions of structural integrity, thermal resistance, radiation shielding and radiological safety, nuclea… more
Date: November 24, 1987
Creator: Coleman, Harold L.; Whitney, Michael A.; Williams, Monte A.; Alexander, Barbara M. & Shapiro, Alvin
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Safety Analysis Report for Packaging (SARP): Models AL-M3 and AL-M6 nuclear packaging (DOE C of C No. USA/5790/BLF and No. USA/5791/BLF)

Description: This revised Safety Analysis Report for Packaging (SARP) satisfies the requirement of the US Department of Energy (DOE) for an updated formal safety analysis of the two insulated drum shipping containers identified as USA/5790/BLF and USA/5791/BLF. The report makes available to all potential users the technical information and limits pertinent to the construction and use of the shipping containers. This SARP includes discussions of structural integrity, thermal resistance, radiation shielding a… more
Date: November 24, 1987
Creator: Coleman, Harold L.; Whitney, Michael A.; Williams, Monte A.; Alexander, Barbara M. & Shapiro, Alvin
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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AIDS: An Overview of Issues

Description: This report discusses the many difficult policy dilemmas associated with the AIDS epidemic, including past Congressional funding to support AIDS research and education efforts, strategies for controlling the spread of the AIDS virus, and methods and resources available for the care and treatment of persons with AIDS.
Date: December 24, 1987
Creator: Smith, Pamela W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Medicare: Physician Payments

Description: This report discusses payments for physicians services under Medicare that are made on the basis of a fee schedule.
Date: June 24, 1987
Creator: O'Sullivan, Jennifer
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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