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Assessment of research and development (R and D) needs in ammonia safety and environmental control

Description: This report characterizes the ammonia industry operations, reviews current knowledge of ammonia release and subsequent impacts, summarizes the status of release prevention and control methods and identify research and development needs for safety and environmental control. Appendices include: accidental spills and human exposure; adiabatic mixing of liquid nitrogen and air; fire and explosion hazards; and environmental impact rating tables. (PSB)
Date: September 1, 1981
Creator: Brenchley, D.L.; Athey, G.F. & Bomelburg, H.J.
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Study of the interactions of molten sodium nitrate-potassium nitrate 50 mol % mixture with water vapor and carbon dioxide in air. Final report, June 2, 1980-June 30, 1981

Description: The interactions of aerial components such as water, carbon dioxide, and oxygen with the binary 50 mol % mixture of sodium nitrate and potassium nitrate have been studied in the temperature range 300 to 600/sup 0/C using electrochemical methods. In addition, the behavior of nitrite ions in this melt was investigated electrochemically. By judicious choice of techniques, in situ electroanalysis was possible and the necessary relevant data to accomplish this is presented, as well as insight into t… more
Date: September 1, 1981
Creator: White, S. H. & Twardoch, U. M.
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Fast-neutron total and scattering cross sections of /sup 58/Ni

Description: Neutron total cross sections of /sup 58/Ni were measured at 25 keV intervals from 0.9 to 4.5 MeV with 50 to 100 keV resolutions. Attention was given to self-shielding corrections to the observed total cross sections. Differential elastic- and inelastic-scattering cross sections were measured at 50 keV intervals from 1.35 to 4.0 MeV with 50 to 100 keV resolutions. Inelastic excitation of levels at 1.458 +- 0.009, 2.462 +- 0.010, 2.791 +- 0.015, 2.927 +- 0.012 and 3.059 +- 0.025 MeV was observed.… more
Date: September 1, 1981
Creator: Jorgensen, C. B.; Guenther, P. T.; Smith, A. B. & Whalen, J. F.
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Economic assessment of advanced flue gas desulfurization processes. Final report

Description: This report presents the results of a project sponsored by the Morgantown Energy Technology Center (METC). The purpose of the study was to perform an economic and market assessment of advanced flue gas desulfurization (FGD) processes for application to coal-fired electric utility plants. The time period considered in the study is 1981 through 1990, and costs are reported in 1980 dollars. The task was divided into the following four subtasks: (1) determine the factors affecting FGD cost evaluati… more
Date: September 1, 1981
Creator: Bierman, G. R.; May, E. H.; Mirabelli, R. E.; Pow, C. N.; Scardino, C. & Wan, E. I.
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Swedish nuclear waste efforts

Description: After the introduction of a law prohibiting the start-up of any new nuclear power plant until the utility had shown that the waste produced by the plant could be taken care of in an absolutely safe way, the Swedish nuclear utilities in December 1976 embarked on the Nuclear Fuel Safety Project, which in November 1977 presented a first report, Handling of Spent Nuclear Fuel and Final Storage of Vitrified Waste (KBS-I), and in November 1978 a second report, Handling and Final Storage of Unreproces… more
Date: September 1, 1981
Creator: Rydberg, J.
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Design criteria for a self-actuated shutdown system to ensure limitation of core damage. [LMFBR]

Description: Safety-based functional requirements and design criteria for a self-actuated shutdown system (SASS) are derived in accordance with LOA-2 success criteria and reliability goals. The design basis transients have been defined and evaluated for the CDS Phase II design, which is a 2550 MWt mixed oxide heterogeneous core reactor. A partial set of reactor responses for selected transients is provided as a function of SASS characteristics such as reactivity worth, trip points, and insertion times.
Date: September 1, 1981
Creator: Deane, N.A. & Atcheson, D.B.
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BX in-situ oil shale project. Annual status report on environmental monitoring and analysis-SP No. 6, March 1, 1980-February 28, 1981

Description: The objective of the BX In Situ Oil Shale Project is to demonstrate the technical feasibility of using superheated steam as a heat-carrying medium to retort in situ the oil shale in the Green River Formation leached zone and provide a mechanism for the recovery of this shale oil with a minimum impact on the environment. Utilizing primarily the natural porosity in the leached zone, approximately one trillion Btus of heat will be injected into a site over a two-year period to heat to retorting te… more
Date: September 1, 1981
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Improvement of the mechanical reliability of monolithic refractory linings for coal gasification process vessels. Final report

Description: Eighteen heat-up tests were run on nine standard and experimental dual component monolithic refractory concrete linings. These tests were run with a five foot diameter by 14-ft high Pressure Vessel/Test Furnace designed to accommodate a 12-inch thick by 5-ft high refractory lining, heat the hot face to 2000/sup 0/F and expose the lining to air or steam pressures up to 150 psig. Results obtained from standard type linings in the test facility indicated that lining degradation duplicated that obs… more
Date: September 1, 1981
Creator: Potter, R.A. (comp.)
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Economic assessment of advanced flue gas desulfurization processes. Final report. Volume 2. Appendices G, H, and I

Description: This report presents the results of a project sponsored by the Morgantown Energy Technology Center (METC). The purpose of the study was to perform an economic and market assessment of advanced flue gas desulfurization (FGD) processes for application to coal-fired electric utility plants. The time period considered in the study is 1981 through 1990, and costs are reported in 1980 dollars. The task was divided into the following four subtasks: (1) determine the factors affecting FGD cost evaluati… more
Date: September 1, 1981
Creator: Bierman, G. R.; May, E. H.; Mirabelli, R. E.; Pow, C. N.; Scardino, C. & Wan, E. I.
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Summary of potassium/argon dating, 1981. Topical report

Description: The analytical results for the last fiscal year effort in potassium/argon dating in support of US Department of Energy programs are summarized. Nearly 100 new dates have been generated. Recalibration of the argon extraction tables resulted in refinement of values for tracer ratios and depletion constants for our two extraction lines. Tracer ratios are ({sup 36}Ar/{sup 38}Ar){sub T} = 0.0308 and 0.0000449; ({sup 40}Ar/{sup 38}Ar){sub T} = 0.0501 and 0.0014 for extraction tables 1 and 2, respecti… more
Date: September 1, 1981
Creator: Evans, S.H. Jr. & Brown, F.H.
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Geothermal reservoir engineering research at Stanford University. First annual report, October 1, 1980-September 30, 1981

Description: The work on energy extraction experiments concerns the efficiency with which the in-place heat and fluids can be produced. The work on noncondensable gas reservoir engineering covers both the completed and continuing work in these two interrelated research areas: radon emanation from the rock matrix of geothermal reservoirs, and radon and ammonia variations with time and space over geothermal reservoirs. Cooperative research programs with Italy and Mexico are described. The bench-scale experime… more
Date: September 1, 1981
Creator: Brigham, W.E.; Horne, R.N.; Kruger, P.; Miller, F.G. & Ramey, H.J. Jr.
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Fourth update of the Energy Economic Data Base (EEDB) Program. Phase IV, Final report. Volume I

Description: EEDB deals with the development of cost data for nuclear and comparison electric power plants. Its objective is to provide periodic updates of technical and cost (capital, fuel and operating and maintenance) information for use in evaluating and monitoring US civilian nuclear power programs. It contains six nuclear power plant technical models and five comparison coal-fired fossil power plant technical models. (DLC)
Date: September 1, 1981
Creator: Allen, R.E.; Brown, P.E.; Kaminski, R.S.; Smith, M.H. & Ziegler, E.J.
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Experimental method for reactor-noise measurements of effective beta. [LMFBR]

Description: A variance-to-mean noise technique, modified to eliminate systematic errors from drifting of reactor power, has been used to infer integral values of effective beta for uranium and plutonium fueled fast reactor modk-ups. The measurement technique, including corrections for a finite detector-electrometer time response, is described together with preliminary beta measurement results.
Date: September 1, 1981
Creator: Bennett, E.F.
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Fluidized-bed combustion 1000-hour test program. Volume IV. Engineering details and post-test inspections

Description: Volume IV of the report on the 1000 hour programme consists of three appendices giving details of the enginmering/construction aspects of the plant and reports from Stal-Laval Turbin A.B. Appendix N has been entered individually. (LTN)
Date: September 1, 1981
Creator: Roberts, A. G.; Barker, S. N.; Phillips, R. N.; Pillai, K. K.; Raven, P. & Wood, P.
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Evaluation of fuel release rate and mechanism tests under RBCB conditions. [LMFBR]

Description: This task includes theoretical evaluation of fuel/fission product release behavior from failed LMFBR fuel elements as well as an on-going experimental investigation of the mechanism of oxide fuel dispersal into flowing liquid sodium. The primary objectives of this work are to develop a fuel source term that can be used in predictive models for primary heat transfer system contamination and to understand the separate influences of important system variables (such as flow rate, oxygen impurity le… more
Date: September 1, 1981
Creator: Adamson, M.G.
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Groundwater chemistry of a nuclear waste reposoitory in granite bedrock

Description: This report concerns the prediction of the maximum dissolution rate for nuclear waste stored in the ground. That information is essential in judging the safety of a nuclear waste repository. With a limited groundwater flow, the maximum dissolution rate coincides with the maximum solubility. After considering the formation and composition of deep granite bedrock groundwater, the report discusses the maximum solubility in such groundwater of canister materials, matrix materials and waste elements… more
Date: September 1, 1981
Creator: Rydberg, J.
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Flow-induced vibration for light water reactors. Progress report, October 1980-December 1980

Description: Flow-Induced Vibration for Light Water Reactors (FIV for LWRs) is a four-year program designed to improve the FIV performance of light water reactors through the development of design criteria, analytical models for predicting behavior of components, general scaling laws to improve the accuracy of reduced-scale tests, and the identification of high FIV risk areas. The program is managed by the General Electric Nuclear Power Systems Engineering Department and has three major contributors: Genera… more
Date: September 1, 1981
Creator: Torres, M.R.
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COROPT heterogeneous flux model

Description: The PHYSICS module of COROPT calculates the power and flux distributions, power fractions, required fissile enrichment, and fuel mass balances. Sufficiently accurate data are clearly necessary for the results of the thermal hydraulic and fuel pin and assembly performance analysis to be acceptable. The smooth flux and power distribution model developed for the homogeneous core COROPT application has been shown to be accurate for homogeneous cores in the range of interest. However, this model and… more
Date: September 1, 1981
Creator: Bailey, H.S. & Alexander, C.N.
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ATA diagnostic beam dump conceptual design

Description: A diagnostic beam dump, able to withstand 72,000 pulses (10 kA, 50 MeV/pulse) per shift was designed and analyzed. The analysis shows that the conceptual beam dump design consisting of 80 vitreous carbon plate-foam elements is able to withstand the thermal and mechanical stresses generated. X-rays produced by bremsstrahlung are absorbed by a three element copper plate-foam x-ray absorber. Cooling between bursts of electron pulses is provided by pressurized helium.
Date: September 1, 1981
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Failure mechanisms of polycrystalline diamond compact drill bits in geothermal environments

Description: Over the past few years the interest in polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC) drill bits has grown proportionately with their successful use in drilling oil and gas wells in the North Sea and the United States. This keen interest led to a research program at Sandia to develop PDC drill bits suitable for the severe drilling conditions encountered in geothermal fields. Recently, three different PDC drill bits were tested using either air or mud drilling fluids: one in the laboratory with hot air,… more
Date: September 1, 1981
Creator: Hoover, E. R. & Pope, L. E.
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Publications of Los Alamos research 1980

Description: This bibliography is a compilation of unclassified publications of work done at the Los Alamos National Laboratory for 1980. Papers published in 1980 are included regardless of when they were actually written. Publications received too late for inclusion in earlier compilations have also been listed. Declassification of previously classified reports is considered to constitute publication. All classified issuances are omitted-even those papers, themselves unclassified, which were published only… more
Date: September 1, 1981
Creator: Salazar, C. A. & Willis, J. K. (comps.)
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Outline and schedule for the HTGR-SC/C licensing plan

Description: The Licensing Plan is based on licensing a HTGR-SC/C lead plant in the near term. The plan also provides reference safety material and a basis (requirements, criteria, etc.) for licensing commercial follow-on plants. The plan is structured in two parts: program management and project management, and covers three sequences of licensing activities: pre-application, construction permit application, and operating licensing application. Major activities and a schedule of events are outlined in these… more
Date: September 1, 1981
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