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NON-DESTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS OF URANIUM IN GRAPHITE FUEL ELEMENTS BY NEUTRON ACTIVATION

Description: A method is presented for the determination of uranium (as U/sup 238/) in uraniuni-loaded graphite fuel elenients by a non-destructive, direct radioactivity analysis technique. A 200-cbannel pulse-height analyzer, equipped with a 3 in. x 3 in. NaI(Tl) crystal, is used to measure the Np/sup 239/ radioactivity of the neutron-irradiated samples. The amount of U/sup 238/ in the test samples is deterimined quantitatively by comparing the Np/sup 239/ radioactivity induced in each sample with the Np/s… more
Date: November 28, 1961
Creator: Bate, L.C.; Hampton, W.J. & Leddicotte, G.W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Social Security Reform: Current Issues and Legislation

Description: Report that looks at the Social Security debate, Social Security future projections, and public opinion on Social Security reform. It also looks at past reform measures, from the 109th-112th Congress, none of which received congressional action.
Date: November 28, 2012
Creator: Nuschler, Dawn
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Higher Education: Tuition Continues to Rise, but Patterns Vary by Institution Type, Enrollment, and Educational Expenditures

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Higher education has increasingly become critical to our nation's cultural, social, and economic well-being, with 90 percent of the fastest-growing jobs in the knowledge economy requiring some postsecondary education. While a college graduate can expect to earn, on average, approximately $1 million more over the course of his or her working life than those with a high school diploma, most students and t… more
Date: November 28, 2007
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Contract Management: Not Following Procedures Undermines Best Pricing Under GSA's Schedule

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Department of Defense (DOD) spends millions of dollars each year to acquire information technology (IT) services through the General Services Administration's (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS). However, DOD has not been taking steps critical to ensuring that it gets the best services at the best prices. GAO's review of 22 DOD orders revealed that 17 of them were placed without seeking competitive quotes.… more
Date: November 28, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Aviation Security: Federal Air Marshal Service Could Benefit from Improved Planning and Controls

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The U.S. Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS) has undergone a number of changes in recent years, including a 2003 transfer from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Bureau (ICE), and a 2005 transfer from ICE back to TSA. A key aspect of federal air marshals' operating procedures is the discreet movement through airports as they check in for their… more
Date: November 28, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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European Security: U.S. and European Contributions to Foster Stability and Security in Europe

Description: A chapter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Since the end of the Cold War, the United States and its European allies are using smaller militaries, disbursing more development assistance, and increasing their reliance on multilateral organizations to provide for European security. Despite reductions in force levels and budgets, U.S. and European military forces have been actively engaged in peacekeeping and other security-enhancing activities in the reg… more
Date: November 28, 2001
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Assessment of the injectability of conditioned brine produced by a reaction clarification: gravity filtration system in operation at the Salton Sea geothermal field, Southern California

Description: A Demonstration Reaction Clarifier - Gravity Filtration System with a 1600 GPM throughput capability was in operation at the joint DOE-SDG and E-MAGMA test facility located in the Salton Sea Geothermal Field, southern California, during the summer of 1979. The system, which was designed to condition spent effluent from a 10 MWe-size geothermal power plant, removes supersaturated dissolved species and residual suspended solids from brine prior to subsurface brine disposal via injection wells. Th… more
Date: November 28, 1979
Creator: Owen, L.B.; Raber, E.; Otto, C.; Netherton, R.; Neurath, R. & Allen, L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Offshoring of Services: An Overview of the Issues

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Much attention has focused on the "offshoring" of services to lower-wage locations abroad. Offshoring generally refers to an organization's purchase of goods or services from abroad that were previously produced domestically. Extensive public debate has arisen about both the potential benefits of services offshoring, such as lower consumer prices and higher U.S. productivity, as well as the potential co… more
Date: November 28, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Colombia: Background, U.S. Relations, and Congressional Interest

Description: Report that contains information related to the internal revolutionary and narcotic conflicts of Colombia the past and present relationship between Colombia and the United States.
Date: November 28, 2012
Creator: Beittel, June S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Advanced Coal Wind Hybrid: Economic Analysis

Description: Growing concern over climate change is prompting new thinking about the technologies used to generate electricity. In the future, it is possible that new government policies on greenhouse gas emissions may favor electric generation technology options that release zero or low levels of carbon emissions. The Western U.S. has abundant wind and coal resources. In a world with carbon constraints, the future of coal for new electrical generation is likely to depend on the development and successful a… more
Date: November 28, 2008
Creator: Phadke, Amol; Goldman, Charles; Larson, Doug; Carr, Tom; Rath, Larry; Balash, Peter et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Thomson Scattering at FLASH - Status Report

Description: The basic idea is to implement Thomson scattering with free electron laser (FEL) radiation at near-solid density plasmas as a diagnostic method which allows the determination of plasma temperatures and densities in the warm dense matter (WDM) regime (free electron density of n{sub e} = 10{sup 21}-10{sup 26} cm{sup -3} with temperatures of several eV). The WDM regime [1] at near-solid density (n{sub e} = 10{sup 21}-10{sup 22} cm{sup -3}) is of special interest because, it is where the transition… more
Date: November 28, 2007
Creator: Toleikis, S.; Bornath, T.; Cao, L.; Doppner, T.; Dusterer, S.; Faustlin, R. et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Downhole Fluid Analyzer Development

Description: A novel fiber optic downhole fluid analyzer has been developed for operation in production wells. This device will allow real-time determination of the oil, gas and water fractions of fluids from different zones in a multizone or multilateral completion environment. The device uses near infrared spectroscopy and induced fluorescence measurement to unambiguously determine the oil, water and gas concentrations at all but the highest water cuts. The only downhole components of the system are the f… more
Date: November 28, 2006
Creator: Turner, Bill
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Final report for the project "Improving the understanding of surface-atmosphere radiative interactions by mapping surface reflectance over the ARM CART site" (award DE-FG02-02ER63351)

Description: Surface spectral reflectance (albedo) is a fundamental variable affecting the transfer of solar radiation and the Earth’s climate. It determines the proportion of solar energy absorbed by the surface and reflected back to the atmosphere. The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) identified surface albedo among key factors influencing climate radiative forcing. Accurate knowledge of surface reflective properties is important for advancing weather forecasting and climate change impact stud… more
Date: November 28, 2008
Creator: Trishchenko, Alexander P.; Luo, Yi; Konstantin V. Khlopenkov, William M. Park; Li, Zhanqing & Cribb, Maureen
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Water issues associated with heavy oil production.

Description: Crude oil occurs in many different forms throughout the world. An important characteristic of crude oil that affects the ease with which it can be produced is its density and viscosity. Lighter crude oil typically can be produced more easily and at lower cost than heavier crude oil. Historically, much of the nation's oil supply came from domestic or international light or medium crude oil sources. California's extensive heavy oil production for more than a century is a notable exception. Oil an… more
Date: November 28, 2008
Creator: Veil, J. A.; Quinn, J. J. & Division, Environmental Science
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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INNOVATIVE IN-SITU REMEDIATION OF CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS FOR SIMULTANEOUS CONTROL OF CONTAMINATION AND EROSION

Description: New technologies are needed that neutralize contaminant toxicity and control physical transport mechanisms that mobilize sediment contaminants. The last 12 months of this comprehensive project investigated the use of combinations of sequestering agents to develop in situ active sediment caps that stabilize mixtures of contaminants and act as a barrier to mechanical disturbance under a broad range of environmental conditions. Efforts focused on the selection of effective sequestering agents for … more
Date: November 28, 2007
Creator: Knox, A; Michael Paller, M; Danny D. Reible, D & Ioana G. Petrisor, I
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Master Integrals for Fermionic Contributions to Massless Three-Loop Form Factors

Description: In this letter we continue the calculation of master integrals for massless three-loop form factors by giving analytical results for those diagrams which are relevant for the fermionic contributions proportional to N{sub F}{sup 2}, N{sub F} {center_dot} N, and N{sub F}/N. Working in dimensional regularization, we express one of the diagrams in a closed form which is exact to all orders in {epsilon}, containing {Lambda}-functions and hypergeometric functions of unit argument. In all other cases … more
Date: November 28, 2007
Creator: Heinrich, G.; Huber, T. & Maitre, D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Use of Federal Troops for Disaster Assistance: Legal Issues

Description: This report summarizes the possible constitutional and statutory authorities and constraints relevant to the use of armed forces, including National Guard units in federal service, to provide assistance to states when a natural disaster impedes the operation of state local police.
Date: November 28, 2008
Creator: Elsea, Jennifer K. & Mason, R. Chuck
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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East Mesa geothermal pump test facility (EMPTF). Final report

Description: The design, fabrication and installation of a geothermal pump test facility (EMPFT) at the DOE geothermal site at East Mesa, California which is capable of testing 70 to 750 horsepower downwell pumps in a controlled geothermal environment were completed. The facility consists of a skid-mounted brine control module, a 160 foot below test well section, a hydraulic turbine for power recovery, a gantry-mounted hoist for pump handling and a 3-phase, 480 VAC, 1200 amp power supply to handle pump elec… more
Date: November 28, 1984
Creator: Olander, R.G. & Roberts, G.K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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East Mesa geothermal pump test facility (EMPTF). Final report

Description: Barber-Nichols has completed the design, fabrication and installation of a geothermal pump test facility at the DOE geothermal site at East Mesa, California which is capable of testing 70 to 750 horsepower downwell pumps in a controlled geothermal environment. The facility consists of a skid-mounted brine control module, a 160 foot below ground test well section, a hydraulic turbine for power recovery, a gantry-mounted hoist for pump handling and a 3-phase, 480 VAC, 1200 amp power supply to han… more
Date: November 28, 1984
Creator: Olander, R.G. & Roberts, G.K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Cedar Project---Original goals and progress to date

Description: This work encompasses a broad attack on high speed parallel processing. Hardware, software, applications development, and performance evaluation and visualization as well as research topics are proposed. Our goal is to develop practical parallel processing for the 1990's.
Date: November 28, 1990
Creator: Cybenko, G.; Kuck, D.; Padua, D. & Sameh, A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Direct Overt U.S. Appropriations for and Military Reimbursements to Pakistan, Fiscal Year 2002-Fiscal Year 2018

Description: This report provides a table of data outlining direct overt U.S. aid appropriations and military reimbursements to Pakistan including number for fiscal years 2002-2011 (combined), fiscal years 2012-2016 (individually), an estimate for 2017, and the requested amount for 2018.
Date: November 28, 2017
Creator: Kronstadt, K. Alan & Epstein, Susan
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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