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Criticality experiments with mixed oxide fuel pin arrays in plutonium-uranium nitrate solution

Description: A series of critical experiments was completed with mixed plutonium-uranium solutions having a Pu/(Pu + U) ratio of approximately 0.22 in a boiler tube-type lattice assembly. These experiments were conducted as part of the Criticality Data Development Program between the United States Department of Energy (USDOE) and the Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation (PNC) of Japan. A complete description of the experiments and data are included in this report. The experiments were perf… more
Date: August 1, 1988
Creator: Lloyd, R.C. (Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States)) & Smolen, G.R. (Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States))
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Enhanced durability and reactivity for zinc ferrite desulfurization sorbent

Description: AMAX Research Development Center (AMAX R D) has been investigating methods for enhancing the reactivity and durability of the zinc ferrite desulfurization sorbent. Zinc ferrite sorbents are intended for use in desulfurization of hot coal gas in integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) or molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC) applications. For the present program, the reactivity of the sorbent may be defined as its sulfur sorption capacity at the breakthrough point and at saturation in a bench-… more
Date: August 19, 1988
Creator: Jha, Mahesh C. & Berggren, Mark H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Dating shallow groundwater using sup 3 H- sup 3 He and sup 85 Kr

Description: Determining the age of groundwater from monitoring wells can greatly aid in understanding a hydrologic system. Groundwater dating techniques have been used to estimate residence times ranging from about 1000 to 50,000 years. While such measurements have been very useful in hydrothermal and geochemical studies and in the development of groundwater supplies, they have been of limited use in contaminant studies associated with shallow groundwater systems since residence times are often much less t… more
Date: August 26, 1988
Creator: Solomon, D.K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Medical Testing and Health Insurance

Description: Tests to identify individuals who are likely to develop serious diseases are being rapidly developed. Some of these tests are directed at diseases for which there are presently no known therapies, thereby raising questions over the social consequences of identifying susceptible persons. This assessment examines existing and developing medical tests and their current and potential uses by health insurers and employers.
Date: August 1988
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Artificial insemination: practice in the United States: summary of a 1987 survey

Description: This background paper presents the results of a study of physician and sperm bank practice of artificial insemination in the United States. It documents the number of women undergoing artificial insemination each year, the annual cost, medical and social screening criteria for women seeking artificial insemination and men who donate semen, the genealogical recordkeeping available to the resulting children, and physician attitudes toward possible changes in artificial insemination practice.
Date: August 1988
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A baseline study of the health status of the residents in Kalapana, Hawaii, January--June 1987

Description: A community health survey was conducted during the first five months of 1987 in Kalapana, Hawaii. Some 676 residents were interviewed during the study, which represents some 82% of all households in the community. The goal was to obtain base-line data on the health status of all community residents and ambient air quality, in order to evaluate any changes in health status of residents after geothermal development in the area.
Date: August 1, 1988
Creator: Johnson, David B. & Arbeit, William, R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[Financial report: Aug 1988 Lesbian/Gay Political Coalition]

Description: Financial report of the LGPC as of August 1988. Includes handwritten notes on back side titled "Lesbian Political Agenda."
Date: August 31, 1988
Creator: Lesbian/Gay Political Coalition
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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TMI-2 lower head creep rupture analysis

Description: The TMI-2 accident resulted in approximately 40% of the reactor's core melting and collecting on the lower head of the reactor pressure vessel. The severity of the accident has raised questions about the margin of safety against rupture of the lower head in this accident since all evidence seems to indicate no major breach of the vessel occurred. Scoping heat transfer analyses of the relocated core debris and lower head have been made based upon assumed core melting scenarios and core material … more
Date: August 1, 1988
Creator: Thinnes, G.L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Use of anomalous small angle x-ray scattering to investigate microstructural features in complex alloys

Description: This report covers the last 5 months of the second year of this grant and the first 8 months of the third year. The research thrust of this grant has been directed into two areas. The principal effort has been spent in an investigation of the use of anomalous small angle x-ray scattering (ASAXS) to observe changes in the microstructure of a relatively complex alloy produced by high temperature deformation or aging. The second effort involves a study of the high temperature behavior of several f… more
Date: August 1, 1988
Creator: Weertman, J.R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory Transuranic Waste Certification Program

Description: The US Department of Energy (DOE) has requested that all DOE facilities handling defense transuranic (TRU) waste develop and implement a program whereby all TRU waste will be contained, stored, and shipped to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in accordance with the requirements set forth in the DOE certification documents WIPP-DOE-069, 114, 120, 137, 157, and 158. The program described in this report describes how Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) intends to comply with these requiremen… more
Date: August 1, 1988
Creator: Smith, J.H.; Bates, L.D.; Box, W.D.; Aaron, W.S. & Setaro, J.A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Groundwater contaminant plume ranking. [UMTRA Project]

Description: Containment plumes at Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project sites were ranked to assist in Subpart B (i.e., restoration requirements of 40 CFR Part 192) compliance strategies for each site, to prioritize aquifer restoration, and to budget future requests and allocations. The rankings roughly estimate hazards to the environment and human health, and thus assist in determining for which sites cleanup, if appropriate, will provide the greatest benefits for funds available. The rank… more
Date: August 1, 1988
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Augmented Fish Health Monitoring, 1987-1988 Annual Report.

Description: Augmented Fish Health Monitoring Contract DE-AI79-87BP35585 was implemented on July 20, 1987. First year highlights included remodeling of the Olympia (WA) Fish Health Center to provide laboratory space for histopathological support services to participating state agencies, acquisition of gas monitoring equipment for hatchery water systems, expanded disease detection work for bacterial kidney disease and erythrocytic inclusion body syndrome in fish stocks at 13 Columbia River Basin National Fis… more
Date: August 1, 1988
Creator: Warren, James W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Hanford site ground-water monitoring data listing, January 1--March 31, 1987

Description: Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) is conducting ground-water monitoring at the Hanford Site, near Richland, Washington. This document contains a data listing of results for monitoring by PNL and Westinghouse Hanford Company (WHC) during January through March 1987. 4 refs.
Date: August 1, 1988
Creator: Bryce, R.W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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1987 Annual Report on Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Progress: Report to Congress in Response to Public Law 99-240

Description: In response to Section 7(b) of the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-240), this report summarizes the progress of states and low-level radioactive waste compacts in 1987 in establishing new low-level waste disposal facilities. It also reports the volume of low-level waste received for disposal in 1987 by commercially operated low-level waste disposal facilities.
Date: August 1, 1988
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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H/sub. cap alpha. / studies on TFTR

Description: H/sub ..cap alpha../ emission is a useful indicator of hydrogen ionization since the energy required to excite hydrogen to the n = 3 level is approximately the same as to ionize the hydrogen atom. Other aspects of recycling, such as plasma scrape-off parameters, wall particle fluxes, and wall retention rates can be inferred from spatial distributions of H/sub ..cap alpha../ emission. There are two H/sub ..cap alpha../ diagnostics on TFTF observing the inner limiter: a relatively calibrated wide… more
Date: August 1, 1988
Creator: Heifetz, D. B.; Ehrhardt, A. B.; Ramsey, A. T.; Dylla, H. F.; Budny, R.; McNeill, D. et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The economic costs of radiation-induced health effects: Estimation and simulation

Description: This effort improves the quantitative information available for use in evaluating actions that alter health risks due to population exposure to ionizing radiation. To project the potential future costs of changes in health effects risks, Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) constructed a probabilistic computer model, Health Effects Costs Model (HECOM), which utilizes the health effect incidence estimates from accident consequences models to calculate the discounted sum of the economic costs assoc… more
Date: August 1988
Creator: Nieves, L. A. & Tawil, J. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Fabrication and characterization of MCC approved testing material: ATM-WV/205 glass

Description: The ATM-WV/205 glass was produced in accordance with PNL's QA Manual for License-Related Programs, MCC technical procedures, and MCC QA Plan that were in effect during the course of this work. The method and procedure to be used in the fabrication and characterization of the ATM-WV/205 glass were specified in two run plans for glass preparation and a characterization plan. The ATM-WV/205 glass meets all specifications. The elemental composition and oxidation state of the glass are within the sp… more
Date: August 1, 1988
Creator: Maupin, G. D.; Bowen, W. M. & Daniel, J. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Bench-scale studies on fluid-bed pyrolysis of wood

Description: The primary objective of this study was to determine the effects of different contact gases and experimental conditions on product yields from fluid-bed wood pyrolysis. The yield of condensible hydrocarbons was of particular interest. The contact gases employed included carbon dioxide (CO/sub 2/), methane (CH/sub 4/), and hydrogen (H/sub 2/). Reaction temperatures ranged from 650/degree/C to 800/degree/C, and gas contact time was between 1 and 2 s. Tests with CO/sub 2/ contact gas used a second… more
Date: August 1, 1988
Creator: Mudge, L.K.; Brown, M.D. & Wilcox, W.A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Survey of degradation modes of candidate materials for high-level radioactive-waste disposal containers

Description: Three copper-based alloys and three iron- to nickel-based austenitic alloys are being considered as possible materials for fabrication of high-level radioactive-waste disposal containers. The waste will include spent fuel assemblies from reactors as well as high-level waste in borosilicate glass and will be sent to the prospective site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, for disposal. The copper-based alloy materials are CDA 102 (oxygen-free copper), CDA 613 (Cu-7Al), and CDA 715 (Cu-30Ni). The austenit… more
Date: August 1, 1988
Creator: Bullen, D. B. & Gdowski, G. E. (Science and Engineering Associates, Inc., Pleasanton, CA (USA))
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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LFCM vitrification technology: Qualterly progress report April--June 1987

Description: This report is compiled by the Nuclear Waste treatment Program and the Hanford Waste Vitrification Program at Pacific Northwest Laboratory to describe the progress in developing, testing, applying and documenting liquid-fed ceramic melter vitrification technology. Progress in the following technical subject areas during the quarter of FY 1987 is discussed: melting process chemistry and glass development; feed preparation and transfer systems, melter systems; and canister filling and handling sy… more
Date: August 1, 1988
Creator: Brouns, R. A.; Allen, C. R. & Powell, J. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Design and modelling of a 5 MeV radio frequency electron gun

Description: The Accelerator Test Facility (ATF) at Brookhaven National Laboratory is a linac-laser complex for research into laser acceleration and for the generation of coherent radiation from electron beams. In order to achieve the design 50 MeV output emittance (..gamma..sigma/sub x/sigma/sub x/') of less than 3 /times/ 10/sup /minus/5/ m rad a high brightness electron gun is required. This paper describes computations and measurements made on a full scale brass model of a 1-1/2 cell, ..pi..-mode, reson… more
Date: August 22, 1988
Creator: Batchelor, K.; Sheehan, J. & Woodle, M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Comparison of Analytical Approaches for Wellbore Heat Transmission in Layered Formations

Description: This report presents an analytical method for determining wellbore heat transmission during liquid or gas flow along the tubing. The mathematical model describes the heat transfer between the flowing fluid in the wellbore and in the surrounding formation as one whole physical system. The transient heat transfer equations in the two regions with coupling at the sandface are solved simultaneously. Non-homogeneous formations are treated which consist of several layers with different physical prope… more
Date: August 1, 1988
Creator: Wu, Yu-Shu
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Recent studies related to head-end fuel processing at the Hanford PUREX plant

Description: This report presents the results of studies addressing several problems in the head-end processing (decladding, metathesis, and core dissolution) of N Reactor fuel elements in the Hanford PUREX plant. These studies were conducted over 2 years: FY 1986 and FY 1987. The studies were divided into three major areas: 1) differences in head-end behavior of fuels having different histories, 2) suppression of /sup 106/Ru volatilization when the ammonia scrubber solution resulting from decladding is dec… more
Date: August 1, 1988
Creator: Swanson, J.L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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