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Office of Waste Isolation progress report, January 1978

Description: This document, prepared to report progress on the National Waste Terminal Storage (NWTS) program, consists of project reports on work performed by organizations under subcontract to OWI, by DOE contractors, by OWI consultants, and by other federal agencies participating in the NWTS program. The project reports are made under the headings technical projects, facility projects, planning and analysis, and regulatory affairs. (DLC)
Date: February 28, 1978
Creator: Zerby, C.D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Solar heating and cooling of buildings: Phase I (non-residential). InterTechnology/Solar Corporation cost/benefit analysis report and supporting opinion survey, commercial buildings. National Solar Demonstration Program, executive summary

Description: A parametric study was performed to provide an estimate of the number of non-residential solar demonstration projects that will be required to start a commercial industry in solar equipment manufacturing, marketing, financing, and installation. An opinion survey was conducted among several experts in the field and results are shown. A techno-economic computer simulation of the solar industry was constructed. This simulation predicts the response of the marketplace to the ERDA program. The compu… more
Date: October 28, 1976
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Unique rod lens/video system designed to observe flow conditions in emergency core coolant loops of pressurized water reactors

Description: Techniques and equipment are described which are used for video recordings of the single- and two-phase fluid flow tests conducted with the PKL Spool Piece Measurement System designed by Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and EG and G Inc. The instrumented spool piece provides valuable information on what would happen in pressurized water reactor emergency coolant loops should an accident or rupture result in loss of fluid. The complete closed-circuit television video system, including rod lens, lig… more
Date: December 28, 1979
Creator: Carter, G. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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TAN/LOFT 13. 8 KV, 2. 4 KV, and 480 V relay and circuit breaker coordination study

Description: Present overcurrent relay settings are presented and evaluated for adequacy in terms of the updated short circuit analysis. Recommendations are made for new relay and trip device settings to improve coordination. Switchgear ratings are examined against available short circuit currents, and recommendations are made where applicable. Vital MCC-A and B are examined in detail to provide maximum continuity of service for every fault contingency. A recommendation is made to improve the reliability of… more
Date: October 28, 1977
Creator: Burnett, J.E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Cost/risk/benefit analysis report on the decontamination and decommissioning of Z-plant

Description: This study was performed to estimate the cost of decontaminating and decommissioning Z-Plant. All of the buildings in the Z-Plant exclusion area except Building 2736-Z, the plutonium storage vault, are included in the study. The study also excludes all underground facilities within the exclusion area which are not contained within a building and all Z-Plant related facilities outside the perimeter fence. The contamination in Z-Plant is primarily /sup 239/Pu which has a half-life of 24,360 years… more
Date: September 28, 1979
Creator: Melvin, J. P.; Sexton, R. A.; Fort, M. L. & Nunn, S. E.
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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Office of Waste Isolation. Progress report, November 1977. [National waste terminal storage]

Description: This program is part of the National Waste Terminal Storage program. The Geologic Review Group meeting was held in New Orleans, November 16-17. Start-up of the near-surface heater experiment in the Conasauga Shale formation is under way at Oak Ridge. The first shipment of experimental equipment from Oak Ridge to Avery Island, Louisiana, for the dome salt in-situ test was successfully completed. On November 9-10, a design status review on the spent fuel repository conceptual design was held with… more
Date: December 28, 1977
Creator: Rhines, R. C. & Asher, J. M. (eds.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Economic evaluation of the MIT process for manufacture of ethanol

Description: This report summarizes the results of an economic evaluation of the MIT process for the manufacture of ethanol from cellulosic residues. Conceptual process designs were developed for two cases, Case A which is based on the experimental data obtained to date, and Case B which hypothesizes the suppression of acid byproducts. Manufacturing costs, including profit, were estimated at $12.20/million Btu for Case A and $9.40/million Btu for Case B. These are equivalent to about $1.05 and $0.80/gal eth… more
Date: June 28, 1979
Creator: Jenkins, D. M. & Reddy, T. S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Feasibility of utilizing a fluid energy mill in the grinding of potassium perchlorate

Description: The feasibility of utilizing the fluid energy mill for grinding potassium perchlorate for use in pyrotechnic blends was investigated. It was found that the particle size of the material was significantly reduced by the action of the mill with no significant change in the level of contamination. The grinding parameters selected seemed to have no direct relationship with the physical properties of the final product. The action of the mill induced a significant electrostatic charge on the potassiu… more
Date: September 28, 1977
Creator: Collins, L.W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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First semiannual report: Rocky Flats Small Wind Systems Test Center activities. Volume I. Description of the National Small Wind Systems Test Center

Description: Information is presented concerning the Rocky Flats wind turbine test site; the philosophy of testing at Rocky Flats; test procedure development; atmospheric SWECS testing; SWECS component testing; data collection, handling, and analysis; reporting procedures; and future plans.
Date: September 28, 1978
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Combined thermal storage pond and dry cooling tower waste heat rejection system for solar-thermal steam-electric power plants. Final report

Description: The thermal performance and economics of the combined thermal storage pond and dry cooling tower waste heat rejection system concept for solar-thermal steam-electric plants have been evaluated. Based on the computer simulation of the operation of southwest-sited solar-thermal plants, it has been determined that the combined pond-tower concept has significant cost and performance advantages over conventional dry cooling systems. Use of a thermal storage pond as a component of the dry cooling sys… more
Date: February 28, 1979
Creator: Guyer, E.C.; Bourne, J.G.; Brownell, D.L. & Rose, R.M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Solar photovoltaic/thermal residential systems

Description: The results of a conceptual design study using computer simulations to determine the physical and economic performance of combined photovoltaic/thermal collector heat-pump solar systems for a single-family residence are presented. Economic analyses are based upon projected costs for a 1986 system installation. The results show that PV/T collector systems can be economically competitive for a cold climate residence, that systems employing on-site electrical storage batteries are not economically… more
Date: December 28, 1979
Creator: Russell, M.C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Solid waste disposal

Description: This report is a brief summary of federal programs
Date: January 28, 1970
Creator: Boswell, Elizabeth M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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OTEC support services. Quarterly technical progress report No. 3, 15 November 1978--14 February 1979

Description: Technical engineering and management support services provided for the Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Program of the Ocean Systems Branch, Division of Central Solar Technology are briefly described. The general task areas include (1) survey, analysis, evaluation, and recommendation concerning program performance; (2) program technical monitoring; (3) development and implementation of methodology to identify and evaluate program alternatives; (4) technical assessments; (5) OTEC system integrati… more
Date: February 28, 1979
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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MEQATRON: a high-power high-frequency rf source

Description: MEQATRON is an acronym for a multiple-beam electrostatic-quadrupole-focused array of electron beams. Conventional electron beam devices consist principally of single electron beams. In this paper the single-beam space-charge limitations are discussed, and a relationship for power flux (W/m/sup 2/) is obtained. Several features of the multiple-beam approach become clear at once. Because the multiple-beam approach removes the current limitation on performance, it is possible to design high-curren… more
Date: September 28, 1979
Creator: Maschke, A W
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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