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Fuel performance annual report for 1986

Description: This annual report, the ninth in a series, provides a brief description of fuel performance during 1986 in commercial nuclear power plants and an indication of trends. Brief summaries of fuel design changes, fuel surveillance programs, fuel operating experience, fuel problems, high-burnup fuel experience, and items of general significance are provided. References to more detailed information and related U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission evaluations are included. 550 refs., 12 figs., 31 tabs.
Date: March 1, 1988
Creator: Bailey, W.J. & Wu, S.
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MHTGR: New production reactor summary of experience base

Description: Worldwide interest in the Modular High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor (MHTGR) stems from the capability of the system to retain the advanced fuel and thermal performance while providing unparalleled levels of safety. The small power level of the MHTGR and its passive systems give it a margin of safety not attained by other concepts being developed for power generation. This report covers the experience base for the key nuclear system, components, and processes related to the MHTGR-NPR. 9 refs.,… more
Date: March 1, 1988
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Summary of the planning, management, and evaluation process for the Geothermal Program Review VI conference

Description: The purpose of this document is to present an overview of the planning, facilitation, and evaluation process used to conduct the Geothermal Program Review VI (PR VI) conference. This document was also prepared to highlight lessons learned from PR VI and, by utilizing the evaluation summaries and recommendations, be used as a planning tool for PR VII. The conference, entitled Beyond Goals and Objectives,'' was sponsored by the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Geothermal Technology Division (GTD),… more
Date: October 1, 1988
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Application of the Argonne Advanced Acceleration Test Facility to development for conventional accelerators

Description: The Argonne Advanced Acceleration Test Facility is designed as a powerful tool to test ideas for very high gradient acceleration schemes based on direct beam excitation of plasmas, metal structures, dielectrics, etc. The characteristic size in these systems is )approximately) 1 cm, corresponding to frequencies )approximately) 10 GHz. The question addressed here is whether the special features of this facility have application as well to the development of components for the more conventional, l… more
Date: April 7, 1988
Creator: MacLachlan, J.A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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HVAC (heating, ventilation, air conditioning) literature in Japan: A critical review

Description: Japanese businessmen in the heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVACandR) industry consider the monitoring of technical and market developments in the United States to be a normal part of their business. In contrast, efforts by US businessmen to monitor Japanese HVAC and R developments are poorly developed. To begin to redress this imbalance, this report establishes the groundwork for a more effective system for use in monitoring Japanese HVAC and R literature. Discussion… more
Date: February 1, 1988
Creator: Hane, G.J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A cask fleet operations study

Description: This document describes the cask fleet currently available to transport spent nuclear fuels. The report describes the proposed operational procedures for these casks and the vehicles intended to transport them. Included are techniques for loading the cask, lifting it onto the transport vehicle, preparing the invoices, and unloading the cask at the destination. The document concludes with a discussion on the maintenance and repair of the casks. (tem) 29 figs.
Date: March 1, 1988
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Comparative Evaluation of DHDECMP (dihexyl-N,N-diethylcarbamoyl-methylphosphonate) and CMPO (octylphenyl-N,N,-diisobutylcarbamoylmethylphosphine oxide) as Extractants For Recovering Actinides From Nitric Acid Waste Streams

Description: Certain neutral, bifunctional organophosphorous compounds are of special value to the nuclear industry. Dihexyl-N,N-diethylcarbomoylmethylphosphonate (DHDECMP) and octylphenyl-N,N-diisobutylcarbamoylmethylphosphine oxide (CMPO) are highly selective extractants for removing actinide and lanthanide elements from nitric acid. We obtained these two extractants from newly available commercial sources and evaluated them for recovering Am(III), Pu(IV), and U(VI) from nitric acid waste streams of pluto… more
Date: February 1, 1988
Creator: Marsh, S.Fredric & Yarbro, Stephen L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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WASTES: Waste System Transportation and Economic Simulation--Version 2: Technical Reference Manual

Description: The Waste System Transportation and Economic Simulation (WASTES) Technical Reference Manual was written to describe and document the algorithms used within the WASTES model as implemented in Version 2.23. The manual will serve as a reference for users of the WASTES system. The intended audience for this manual are knowledgeable users of WASTES who have an interest in the underlying principles and algorithms used within the WASTES model. Each algorithm is described in nonprogrammers terminology,… more
Date: February 1, 1988
Creator: Sovers, R. A.; Shay, M. R.; Ouderkirk, S. J.; McNair, G. W. & Eagle, B. G.
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Evaluation of Low-Cost Salmon Production Facility, 1987 Annual Report.

Description: Activities of the study include investigating the potential for community involvement; evaluating natural outmigration of smolts; providing cumulative production of quality salmon; aiding in development of optimum density levels in earthen rearing ponds; and augmenting a unique ''known stock'' fishery. The coded-wire tagging program was continued to aid in the accomplishment of the objectives. Monitoring of downstream smolt migration from CEDC release sites continued. Data collected is beginnin… more
Date: February 1, 1988
Creator: Hill, James M. & Olson, Ted
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On bunch lengthening using the fourth harmonic cavity in the NSLS VUV ring

Description: It has been suggested that the phase of the beam excited voltage in the harmonic cavity can be controlled by detuning its resonant frequency from the beam current harmonic. Unfortunately the detuning needed to flatten the acceleration waveform also corresponds to the region of Robinson instability for the harmonic cavity. Therefore, lengthening the bunch may be followed by large amplitude synchrotron oscillation of the bunch center of mass. Bunch lengthening is discussed in this note from sever… more
Date: February 1, 1988
Creator: Wachtel, J.M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Stable isotope research pool inventory

Description: This report contains a listing of electromagnetically separated stable isotopes which are available at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory for distribution for nondestructive research use on a loan basis. This inventory includes all samples of stable isotopes in the Research Materials Collection and does not designate whether a sample is out on loan or is in reprocessing. For some of the high-abundance, naturally occurring isotopes, larger amounts can be made available; for example, Ca-40 and Fe-… more
Date: February 1, 1988
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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.
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Light Weight Radioisotopic Heater Unit (LWRHU) production for the Galileo Mission

Description: The Light Weight Radioisotopic Heater Unit (LWRHU) is a /sup 238/PuO/sub 2)minus/ fueled heat source designed to provide a thermal watt of power for space missions. The LWRHU will be used to maintain the temperature of various components on the spcaecraft at the required level. The heat source consists of a /sup 238/PuO/sub 2/ fuel pellet, a Pt-30Rh capsule, a pyrolytic graphite insulator, and a woven graphite aeroshell assembly. Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) has fabricated 134 heater u… more
Date: April 1, 1988
Creator: Rinehart, G.H.
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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The role of market research in the commercialization of technology

Description: The objectiv eof this report is to provide information on available empirical work that describes criteria used by the residential consumer market in selectign energy and energy-related products. This market is important to the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Building and Community Services (OBCS), which sponsors the developement of many energy-conserving technologies ultimately used by the residential consumer. In this report, the consumer decision-making process is described, and ca… more
Date: March 1, 1988
Creator: Ivey, D.L. & Smith, S.A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Water quality in the vicinity of Fenton Hill, 1985 and 1986: Progress report

Description: Water quality data have been collected since 1974 from established surface and groundwater stations at and in the vicinity of Fenton Hill (Hot Dry Rock Geothermal Demonstration Site) located in the Jemez Mountains. This is part of a continuing program of environmental studies. Data on chemical quality of water were determined for samples collected from 13 surface water and 19 groundwater stations in 1985 and 1986. There were slight variations in the chemical quality of the ground and surface wa… more
Date: March 1, 1988
Creator: Purtymun, W.D.; Ferenbaugh, R.W.; Williams, M.C. & Maes, M.N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Handbook of biomass downdraft gasifier engine systems

Description: This handbook has been prepared by the Solar Energy Research Institute under the US Department of Energy /bold Solar Technical Information Program/. It is intended as a guide to the design, testing, operation, and manufacture of small-scale (less than 200 kW (270 hp)) gasifiers. A great deal of the information will be useful for all levels of biomass gasification. The handbook is meant to be a practical guide to gasifier systems, and a minimum amount of space is devoted to questions of more the… more
Date: March 1, 1988
Creator: Reed, T B & Das, A
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Mechanisms governing fine particulate emissions from coal flames

Description: Efforts in this period focused on refining the plans for engineering analysis and fundamental experiments based on the results of a literature review, and modifying the Malvern laser diffraction particle sizer to operate at particle sizes down to 0.5 microns. The engineering analysis plan is to concentrate on development of new models and adaptation of existing models for fine particulate formation by three categories of mechanisms: particle breakup/ash coalescence; direct passage, fragmentatio… more
Date: April 1, 1988
Creator: Clark, W. D.; Chen, S. L.; Kramlich, J. C.; Newton, G. H.; Ruth, L. A. (Energy and Environmental Research Corp., Irvine, CA (United States)) & Samuelsen, G. S. (California Univ., Irvine, CA (United States))
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FY-87 Packing Fabrication Techniques (Commercial Waste Form) Results

Description: This report covers the investigation of fabrication techniques associated with the development of suitable materials and methods to provide a prefabricated packing for waste packages for the Basalt Waste Isolation Project (BWIP). The principal functions of the packing are to minimize container corrosion during the 300 to 1000 years following repository closure and provide long-term control of the release of radionuclides from the waste package. The investigative work, discussed in this report, … more
Date: April 1, 1988
Creator: Werry, E.V.; Gates, T.E.; Cabbage, K.S. & Eklund, J.D.
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory DIII-D cooperation: 1987 annual report

Description: This report summarizes the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) DIII-D cooperation during FY87. The LLNL participation in DIII-D concentrated on three principal areas: ECH and current-drive physics, divertor and edge physics, and tokamak operations. These topics are dicussed in this report. 27 refs., 11 figs.
Date: February 24, 1988
Creator: Allen, S. L.; Calderon, M. O.; Ellis, R. M.; Evans, J. C.; Ferguson, S. W.; Hill, D. N. et al.
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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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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.
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Separations innovative concepts: Project summary

Description: This project summary includes the results of 10 innovations that were funded under the US Department's Innovative Concept Programs. The concepts address innovations that can substantially reduce the energy used in industrial separations. Each paper describes the proposed concept, and discusses the concept's potential energy savings, market applications, technical feasibility, prior work and state of the art, and future development needs.
Date: May 1, 1988
Creator: Lee, V.E. (ed.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Characterization of simulated low-level waste grout produced in a pilot-scale test

Description: The objectives of a pilot-scale grout test were to determine the homogeneity of the grout produced under conditions similar to those planned for the TGF, to evaluate performance of candidate grout processing equipment for the TGF, and to evaluate properties of grout that was produced during continuous operation over an extended time period and cured in a large monolith. This report addresses the first and third objectives. Tests were conducted on pilot-scale grout slurry, simulated waste soluti… more
Date: February 1, 1988
Creator: Lokken, R. O.; Reimus, M. A.; Martin, P. F. C. & Geldart, S. E.
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