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Physics of reactor safety. Quarterly report, July-September 1980. Volume III

Description: This Quarterly progress report summarizes work done during the months of July-September 1980 in Argonne National Laboratory's Applied Physics and Components Technology Divisions for the Division of Reactor Safety Research of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The work in the Applied Physics Division includes reports on reactor safety modeling and assessment by members of the Reactor Safety Appraisals Section. Work on reactor core thermal-hydraulics is performed in ANL's Components Technology… more
Date: November 1, 1980
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Wisconsin State Briefing Book for low-level radioactive waste management

Description: The Wisconsin State Briefing Book is one of a series of state briefing books on low-level radioactive waste management practices. It has been prepared to assist state and federal agency officials in planning for safe low-level radioactive waste disposal. The report contains a profile of low-level radioactive waste generators in Wisconsin. The profile is the result of a survey of NRC licensees in Wisconsin. The briefing book also contains a comprehensive assessment of low-level radioactive waste… more
Date: November 1, 1980
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Patterns of United States mortality for ten selected causes of death

Description: Income, ethnicity, education, and occupation are examples of socio-economic factors associated with the occurrence of disease, whether an investigation focuses on an individual or on an aggregation of individuals. In this study, data aggregated to the county level are used to explore two issues - geographic variation and geographic covariation of ten selected causes of death in the United States. The counties of the United States are characterized by 15 socio-economic variables and age-adjusted… more
Date: November 6, 1980
Creator: Selvin, S.; Sacks, S.T. & Merrill, D.W.
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Local volume-time averaged equations of motion for dispersed, turbulent, multiphase flows

Description: In most flows of liquids and their vapors, the phases are dispersed randomly in both space and time. These dispersed flows can be described only statistically or in terms of averages. Local volume-time averaging is used here to derive a self-consistent set of equations governing momentum and energy transfer in dispersed, turbulent, multiphase flows. The empiricisms required for use with these equations are the subject of current research.
Date: November 1, 1980
Creator: Sha, W.T. & Slattery, J.C.
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COMMIX-SA-1: a Three-Dimensional Thermohydrodynamic Computer Program for Solar Applications

Description: COMMIX-SA-1 is a three-dimensional, transient, single-phase, compressible-flow, component computer program for thermohydrodynamic analysis. It was developed for solar applications in general, and for analysis of thermocline storage tanks in particular. The conservation equations (in cylindrical coordinates) for mass, momentum, and energy are solved as an initial-boundary-value problem. The detailed numerical-solution procedure based on a modified ICE (Implicit Continuous-Fluid Eulerian) techniq… more
Date: November 1980
Creator: Sha, W. T.; Lin, E. I. H.; Schmitt, R. C.; Liu, K. V.; Hull, J. R.; Oras, J. J., Jr. et al.
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LCLSQ: An Implementation of an Algorithm for Linearly Constrained Linear Least-Squares Problems

Description: This report describes the implementation of an algorithm of Stoer and Schittkowski for solving linearly constrained linear least-squares problems. These problems arise in many areas, particularly in data fitting where a model is provided and parameters in the model are selected to be a best least-squares fit to known experimental observations. By adding constraints to the least-squares fit, one can force user-specified properties on the parameters selected. The algorithm used applies a numerica… more
Date: November 1980
Creator: Crane, Roger L.; Garbow, B. S.; Hillstrom, Kenneth E. & Minkoff, Michael
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Advanced Fuel Cell Development Progress Report: April-June 1980

Description: Quarterly report discussing fuel cell research and development work at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL). This report describes efforts directed toward understanding and improving components of molten carbonate fuel cells and have included operation of a 10-cm square cell.
Date: November 1980
Creator: Pierce, R. D.; Arons, R. M.; Dusek, J. T.; Fraioli, A. V.; Kucera, G. H.; Poeppel, R. B. et al.
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Fission-product release from TRIGA-LEU reactor fuels

Description: The release of fission products, both gaseous and volatile metals, from TRIGA fuel is important for the analysis of possible accident conditions related to reactor operation and the design of future TRIGA fuel systems. Because of present national concerns over nuclear proliferation, it has become clear that future reactor fuels will, of necessity, utilize low-enriched uranium (LEU, enrichment <20%). This will require increasing the total uranium loading per unit volume of the higher-loaded TRIG… more
Date: November 1, 1980
Creator: Baldwin, N. L.; Foushee, F. C. & Greenwood, J. S.
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Nonlinear sensitivity and uncertainty analysis in support of the blowdown heat transfer program. [Test 177 at Thermal-Hydraulic Test Facility]

Description: A nonlinear uncertainty analysis methodology based on the use of first and second order sensitivity coefficients is presented. As a practical demonstration, an uncertainty analysis of several responses of interest is performed for Test 177, which is part of a series of tests conducted at the Thermal-Hydraulic Test Facility (THTF) of the ORNL Engineering Technology Division Pressurized Water Reactor-Blowdown Heat Transfer (PWR-BDHT) program. These space- and time-dependent responses are: mass fl… more
Date: November 1, 1980
Creator: Ronen, Y.; Bjerke, M. A.; Cacuci, D. G. & Barhen, J.
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Analysis of how changed federal regulations and economic incentives affect financing of geothermal projects

Description: The effects of various financial incentives on potential developers of geothermal electric energy are studied and the impact of timing of plant construction costs on geothermal electricity costs is assessed. The effect of the geothermal loan guarantee program on decisions by investor-owned utilities to build geothermal electric power plants was examined. The usefulness of additional investment tax credits was studied as a method for encouraging utilities to invest in geothermal energy. The inde… more
Date: November 4, 1980
Creator: Meyers, D.; Wiseman, E. & Bennett, V.
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Geothermal policy project. Quarterly report, June 1-August 31, 1980

Description: Efforts continued to initiate geothermal and water source heat pump study activities in newly selected project states and to carry forward policy development in existing project states. Follow-up contacts were made with several project states, and state meetings and workshops were held in nine project states. Two state-specific documents were prepared during this reporting period, for Nevada and Wyoming.
Date: November 1, 1980
Creator: Connor, T.D.
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Program of thermoelectric generator testing and RTG degradation mechanisms evaluation. Progress report No. 38

Description: The n-type gadolinium selenide legs after 17,500 hours continue to show reasonable agreement with the 3M Co. published thermal conductivity data. Weight loss for both coated and uncoated Si-Ge material produced by G.E. are reported. No significant discrepancies with the results previously obtained on R.C.A. material from the MHW program have been found. Thermal conductivity measurements are also in agreement. The remaining MHW generator on test, Q1-A, has accumulated 26,800 hours and performanc… more
Date: November 1, 1980
Creator: Lockwood, A. & Shields, V.
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Geophysical survey, Paso Robles geothermal area, California, part of the resource assessment of low- and moderate-temperature geothermal resource areas in California

Description: Some general background information concerning the geology and geothermal occurrences in the Southern Coast Ranges is included, as well as the more detailed information dealing with the Paso Robles area proper. Results for two geophysical methods that have been used in the area: the ground magnetic and gravity surveys, are discussed and interpreted.
Date: November 10, 1980
Creator: Chapman, R. H.; Chase, G. W. & Youngs, L. G.
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Elevated-temperature fracture toughness and fatigue testing of steels for geothermal applications. Annual progress report

Description: Conventional drill bit steels exhibit increased wear and decreased toughness when run at elevated temperatures in geothermal wells. Bits are therefore run at lower speeds and lighter loads, resulting in lower penetration rates for geothermal wells than for conventional rock drilling. Carpenter EX-00053, Timken CBS 600, Timken CBS 1000M and Vasco X-2M, steels with improved hot hardness (improved wear resistance), were tested in conjunction with the steels used for cones (AISI 4820 and 9315) and … more
Date: November 1, 1980
Creator: Cutler, R. A.; Goodman, E. C.; Guest, R. V.; Hendrickson, R. R. & Leslie, W. C.
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Monitor for detecting nuclear waste leakage in a subsurface repository

Description: The remote fiber fluorimetric portion of the program is slightly ahead of schedule and proceeding well technically. Proof of principle has been demonstrated over a 0.2 km path length using an organic tracer material. Performance and design calculations have been made for the fiber optic components of the system. Optimized fibers have been ordered and special jigs and optical couplings are presently being fabricated. Progress on the high-sensitivity analyzer using coprecipitation techniques has … more
Date: November 5, 1980
Creator: Klainer, S.; Hirschfeld, T.; Bowman, H.; Milanovich, F.; Perry, D. & Johnson, D.
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1978 Houston-Galveston and Texas Gulf Coast vertical-control surveys

Description: Comparisons between leveling surveys of different epochs are used to determine vertical displacement of permanent bench marks. Displacement of bench marks usually represents the movement of the surrounding area. In this report, the 1978 Houston-Galveston and Texas Gulf Coast releveling surveys are compared to the 1963, 1973, and 1976 releveling results. The changes in elevations of bench marks common to two or more epochs are tabulated and plotted in Appendix A. From these differences, contour … more
Date: November 1, 1980
Creator: Balazs, E. I.
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Resource assessment of low- and moderate-temperature geothermal waters in Calistoga, Napa County, California. Report of the second year, 1979-1980

Description: Phase I studies included updating and completing the USGS GEOTHERM file for California and compiling all data needed for a California Geothermal Resources Map. Phase II studies included a program to assess the geothermal resource at Calistoga, Napa County, California. The Calistoga effort was comprised of a series of studies involving different disciplines, including geologic, hydrologic, geochemical and geophysical studies.
Date: November 10, 1980
Creator: Youngs, L. G.; Bacon, C. F.; Chapman, R. H.; Chase, G. W.; Higgins, C. T.; Majmundar, H. H. et al.
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Report of the Energy Research Advisory Board Geopressured Resources Subpanel of the Geothermal Panel

Description: The main objective of the Geopressured Resources program is to define and assess the potential of the resource and demonstrate its economic viability so private industry will take over development. The Panel recommends that the program continue at about the present pace, but only after a shift in emphasis toward delineating low-salinity prospects for further testing.
Date: November 1, 1980
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Workshop on data-acquisition and -display systems: directions after TMI. [PWR; BWR]

Description: The accident at Three Mile Island Unit-2 raised questions as to the adequacy of data acquisition and display systems in commercial nuclear power plants. A series of recommendations have developed from the various groups that have analyzed the accident in order to improve the oprator&#x27;s overview of the plant safety conditions and to facilitate information transfer to technical support centers in emergency situations. This report is the result of an NSAC-sponsored workshop, where the various … more
Date: November 1, 1980
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Manual for the prediction of blast and fragment loadings on structures

Description: The purpose of this manual is to provide Architect-Engineer (AE) firms guidance for the prediction of air blast, ground shock and fragment loadings on structures as a result of accidental explosions in or near these structures. Information in this manual is the result of an extensive literature survey and data gathering effort, supplemented by some original analytical studies on various aspects of blast phenomena. Many prediction equations and graphs are presented, accompanied by numerous examp… more
Date: November 1, 1980
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