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Generation of radiation by intense plasma and e. m. undulators

Description: This program involves the generation of short wavelength optical radiation by intense plasma and e.m. undulators. In this concept a relativistic electron beam is wiggled by either the oscillating electric field of an intense plasma wave, or by a laser beam causing it to radiate. For both types of undulators the designed parameters are a{sub w} > 0.1, N {approximately} 100 and {lambda}{sub w} = 100 {mu}m for plasma wave or 10.6 {mu}m for laser light. This progress report describes the work to-da… more
Date: January 1, 1988
Creator: Joshi, C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Preliminary assessment of tree mortality near F- and H-area seepage basins

Description: A preliminary assessment was conducted to evaluate factors that may have been responsible for the vegetation damage that has occurred in groundwater seeps downslope from the F- and H-area seepage basins. The factors that were considered included altered hydrology, toxicity from hazardous chemical constituents associated with seepage basin operation, and toxicity from non-hazardous constituents associated with basin operation. It was concluded that the observed damage was not likely to have resu… more
Date: January 28, 1988
Creator: Loehle, C & Gladden, J
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Nuclear plant-aging research on reactor protection systems

Description: This report presents the rsults of a review of the Reactor Trip System (RTS) and the Engineered Safety Feature Actuating System (ESFAS) operating experiences reported in Licensee Event Reports (LER)s, the Nuclear Power Experience data base, Nuclear Plant Reliability Data System, and plant maintenance records. Our purpose is to evaluate the potential significance of aging, including cycling, trips, and testing as contributors to degradation of the RTS and ESFAS. Tables are presented that show th… more
Date: January 1, 1988
Creator: Meyer, L.C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Development and process evaluation of improved Fischer-Tropsch slurry catalysts

Description: The objective of this contract is to develop a consistent technical data base on the use of iron-based catalysts in Fischer-Tropsch (FT) synthesis reactions. This data base will be developed to allow the unambiguous comparison of the performance of these catalysts with each other and with state-of-the-art iron catalyst comparisons. Particular attention will be devoted to generating reproducible kinetic and selectivity data and to developing reproducible improved catalyst compositions.
Date: January 1, 1988
Creator: Withers, H.P. (Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (United States)); Bukur, D.B. & Rosynek, M.P. (Texas A and M Univ., College Station, TX (United States))
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Investigation of leaks in fiberglass-reinforced pressure vessels by direct observation of hollow fibers in glass cloth

Description: A simple method of visual observation of hollow fibers within fiberglass cloth has been developed. This visualization can aid in determining the contribution these fibers make toward leaks observed in fiberglass-reinforced epoxy resin pressure or vacuum vessels. Photographs and frequency data of these hollow fibers are provided. 3 figs.
Date: January 1, 1988
Creator: McAdams, J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Arctic hydrology and meteorology

Description: The behavior of arctic ecosystems is directly related to the ongoing physical processes of heat and mass transfer. Furthermore, this system undergoes very large fluctuations in the surface energy balance. The buffering effect of both snow and the surface organic soils can be seen by looking at the surface and 40 cm soil temperatures. The active layer, that surface zone above the permafrost table, is either continually freezing or thawing. A large percentage of energy into and out of a watershed… more
Date: January 1, 1988
Creator: Kane, D.L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A scoping study of fission product transport from failed fuel during N Reactor postulated accidents

Description: This report presents a scoping study of cesium, iodine, and tellurium behavior during a cold leg manifold break in the N Reactor. More detail about fission product behavior than has previously been available is provided and key parameters that control this behavior are identified. The LACE LA1 test and evidence from the Power Burst Facility Severe Fuel Damage tests are used to test the key model applied to determine aerosol behavior. Recommendations for future analysis are also provided. The pr… more
Date: January 1, 1988
Creator: Hagrman, D.L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Hot dry rock venture risks investigation:

Description: This study assesses a promising resource in central Utah as the potential site of a future commerical hot dry rock (HDR) facility for generating electricity. The results indicate that, if the HDR reservoir productivity equals expectations based on preliminary results from research projects to date, a 50 MWe HDR power facility at Roosevelt Hot Springs could generate power at cost competitive with coal-fired plants. However, it is imperative that the assumed productivity be demonstrated before fu… more
Date: January 1, 1988
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Finite State Tables for general computer programming applications

Description: The Finite State Table is a computer programming technique which offers a faster and more compact alternative to traditional logical control structures such as the IF-THEN-ELSE statement. A basic description of this technique is presented. The application example is the creation of plot output from engineering analysis and design models generated by I-DEAS, a commercial software package used for solid modeling, finite element analysis, design and drafting.
Date: January 1, 1988
Creator: Leininger, M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Magnetic Fusion Energy Plasma Interactive and High Heat Flux Components: Volume 5, Technical assessment of critical issues in the steady state operation of fusion confinement devices

Description: Critical issues for the steady state operation of plasma confinement devices exist in both the physics and technology fields of fusion research. Due to the wide range and number of these issues, this technical assessment has focused on the crucial issues associated with the plasma physics and the plasma interactive components. The document provides information on the problem areas that affect the design and operation of a steady state ETR or ITER type confinement device. It discusses both tokam… more
Date: January 1, 1988
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Lithologic descriptions and temperature profiles of five wells in the southwestern Valles caldera region, New Mexico

Description: The subsurface stratigraphy and temperature profiles of the southern and western Valles caldera region have been well constrained with the use of data from the VC-1, AET-4, WC 23-4, PC-1 and PC-2 wells. Data from these wells indicate that thermal gradients west of the caldera margin are between 110 and 140)degrees)C/km, with a maximum gradient occurring in the bottom of PC-1 equal to 240)degrees)C/km as a result of thermal fluid flow. Gradients within the caldera reach a maximum of 350)degrees)… more
Date: January 1, 1988
Creator: Shevenell, L.; Goff, F.; Miles, D.; Waibel, A. & Swanberg, C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The application of computers to learning in the Command and General Staff College (CGSC): A front end analysis study: CGSC analysis, Task A

Description: The US Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC) is organized in five schools, one of which, Command and General Staff School (CGSS), is not formally established. These schools provide instruction to officers, noncommissioned officers, and civilians through 4 primary courses and approximately 20 shorter courses. The primary courses are CAS/sup 3/ (Combined Arms and Services Staff School) Phase I Nonresident Course, CAS/sup 3/ Phase II Resident Course, CGSOC (Command and General Staff Office… more
Date: January 1, 1988
Creator: Thorn, C.T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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SPARK Version 1. 1 user manual

Description: This manual describes the input required to use Version 1.1 of the SPARK computer code. SPARK 1.1 is a library of FORTRAN main programs and subprograms designed to calculate eddy currents on conducting surfaces where current flow is assumed zero in the direction normal to the surface. Surfaces are modeled with triangular and/or quadrilateral elements. Lorentz forces produced by the interaction of eddy currents with background magnetic fields can be output at element nodes in a form compatible w… more
Date: January 1, 1988
Creator: Weissenburger, D.W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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PHOTON: A user's manual

Description: PHOTON has proven very useful in the development of the X17 superconducting wiggler beamline. Its use has determined the shielding required from the wiggler device to the very end of the beamline in the hutches and angiography section. Doses calculated by this program have been compared with experimental results from conventional bending magnet beamline with great success. In each case the program consistently overestimated the dose by factors ranging from 2 to 10. The reason for this overestim… more
Date: January 1, 1988
Creator: Chapman, D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Inclusive. pi. /sup + -/, K/sup + -/, and p, anti p production in e/sup +/e/sup -/ annihilation at. sqrt. s = 29 GeV

Description: Measurements of ..pi../sup + -/, K/sup + -/ and p, anti p inclusive cross sections and fractions in e/sup +/e/sup -/ annihilation at ..sqrt..s = 29 GeV are presented. The momentum interval covered corresponds to 0.01 < z < 0.90, where z = pp/sub beam/. The analysis is based on approximately 70 pb/sup -1/ of data collected between 1984 and 1986 with the TPC2..gamma.. detector at PEP. Charged particles are identified by a simultaneous measurement of momentum and ionization energy loss (dEdx). The… more
Date: January 1, 1988
Creator: Cowan, G.D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Synthesis gas solubility in Fischer-Tropsch slurry: Final report

Description: The objective is to investigate the phase equilibrium behavior of synthesis gases and products in a Fischer-Tropsch slurry reactor. A semi-flow apparatus has been designed and constructed for this purpose. Measurements have been made for hydrogen, cabon monoxide, methane, ethane, ethylene, and carbon dioxide in a heavy n-paraffin at temperatures from 100 to 300)degree)C and pressures 10 to 50 atm. Three n-paraffin waxes: n-eicosane (n-C/sub 20/), n-octacosane )n-C/sub 28/), and n-hexatriacontan… more
Date: January 1, 1988
Creator: Chao, K.C. & Lin, H.M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Space-charge effects in the Main Ring at 8 GeV

Description: This is a note on the effects of space-charge on particle behavior in the Main Ring. At first, to elucidate various basic points, an idealized model of the Main Ring was studied. Then the TEVLAT program was used, with a sample Main Ring lattice. The TEVLAT program was modified to include space-charge kicks. The idealized model mentioned above consisted of linear dynamics with localized nonlinear elements (thin sextupoles). The incoherent space-charge force was included as a series of kicks appl… more
Date: January 1, 1988
Creator: Mane, S.R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The effects of composition on glass dissolution rates: The application of four models to a data base

Description: Four models have been applied to a data base to relate glass dissolution in distilled water to composition. The data base is used to compare the precisions obtained from the models in fitting actual data. The usefulness of the data base in formulating a model is also demonstrated. Two related models in which the composite or pH-adjusted free energy of hydration of the glass is the correlating parameter are compared with experimental data. In a structural model, the nonbridging oxygen content of… more
Date: January 1, 1988
Creator: Geldart, R.W. & Kindle, C.H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Consultation draft: Site characterization plan overview, Deaf Smith County Site, Texas: Nuclear Waste Policy Act (Section 113)

Description: The Department of Energy (DOE) is preparing a site characterization plan for the candidate site in Deaf Smith County, Texas. The DOE has provided, for information and review, a consultation draft of the plan to the State of Texas and the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The site characterization plan is a lengthy document that describes in considerable detail the program that will be conducted to characterize the geologic, hydrologic, and other conditions relevant to the suitability of the sit… more
Date: January 1, 1988
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Quark core stars, quark stars and strange stars

Description: A recent one flavor quark matter equation of state is generalized to several flavors. It is shown that quarks undergo a first order phase transition. In addition, this equation of state depends on just one parameter in the two flavor case, two parameters in the three flavor case, and these parameters are constrained by phenomenology. This equation of state is then applied to the hadron-quark transition in neutron stars and the determination of quark star stability, the investigation of strange … more
Date: January 1, 1988
Creator: Grassi, F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Development of process evaluation of improved Fischer-Tropsch slurry catalysts

Description: The objective of this contract is to develop a consistent technical data base on the use of iron-based catalysts in Fischer-Tropsch (FT) synthesis reactions. This data base will be developed to allow the unambiguous comparison of the performance of these catalysts with each other and with state-of-the-art iron catalyst compositions. Particular attention will be devoted to generating reproducible kinetic and selectivity data and to developing reproducible improved catalyst compositions.
Date: January 1, 1988
Creator: Withers, H.P. (Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (United States)); Bukur, D.B. & Rosynek, M.P. (Texas A and M Univ., College Station, TX (United States))
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Subthreshold pion production in the reaction /sup 139/La + /sup 139/La. -->. pi. /sup + -/ + X

Description: We have measured charged pion production in the reaction /sup 139/La + /sup 139/La ..-->.. ..pi../sup + -/ + X at three beam energies (246, 183 and 138 MeVnucleon) below the nucleon-nucleon threshold. Associated multiplicity for charged participants was obtained using a 110-element scintillator multiplicity array. Data were taken over the angular range of 21/degree/ to 67/degree/ in the laboratory (equivalent to 30/degree/ to 90/degree/ in the center of mass). Dependence of the spectra upon pio… more
Date: January 1, 1988
Creator: Miller, J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Modeling of Integrated Environmental Control Systems for Coal-Fired Power Plants Quarterly Report: November-December 1987

Description: This is the first quarterly report of DOE/PETC Contract No. DE-AC22-87PC79864, entitled, Modeling of Integrated Environmental Control Systems for Coal-Fired Power Plants.'' Refining, creating, and documenting of computer models concerning coal/flue gas cleaning and desulfurization are discussed. (VC)
Date: January 1, 1988
Creator: Rubin, E. S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Development and process evaluation of improved Fischer-Tropsch slurry catalysts

Description: The objective of this contract is to develop a consistent technical data base on the use of iron-based catalysts in Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) synthesis reactions. This data base will be developed to allow the unambiguous comparison of the performance of these catalysts with each other and with state-of-the-art iron catalyst compositions. Particular attention will be devoted to generating reproducible kinetic and selectivity data and to developing reproducible improved catalyst compositions.
Date: January 1, 1988
Creator: Withers, H.P. (Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (United States)); Bukur, D.B. & Rosynek, M.P. (Texas A and M Univ., College Station, TX (United States))
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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