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H-Area Seepage Basins

Description: During the third quarter of 1990 the wells which make up the H-Area Seepage Basins (H-HWMF) monitoring network were sampled. Laboratory analyses were performed to measure levels of hazardous constituents, indicator parameters, tritium, nonvolatile beta, and gross alpha. A Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer (GCMS) scan was performed on all wells sampled to determine any hazardous organic constituents present in the groundwater. The primary contaminants observed at wells monitoring the H-Area Se… more
Date: December 1, 1990
Creator: Stejskal, G.
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Removal of trichloroethylene contamination from the subsurface: A comparative evaluation of different remediation strategies by means of numerical simulation

Description: Volatile organic compounds such as petroleum hydrocarbons and halogenated hydrocarbon solvents are common contaminants of the subsurface environment. Although immiscible with water, many of these organics have large enough aqueous phase solubilities to significantly degrade the quality of groundwater with which they come in contact. In addition, many of these substances exhibit high vapor pressures, causing them to partition strongly into the gas phase in their surroundings. Because of these pr… more
Date: December 1, 1990
Creator: Adenekan, A.E.; Pruess, K. & Falta, R.W.
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FLOWTRAN-TF code description

Description: FLOWTRAN-TF is a two-component (air-water), two-phase thermal-hydraulics code designed for performing accident analyses of SRS reactor fuel assemblies during the Emergency Cooling System (ECS) phase of a Double Ended Guillotine Break (DEGB) Loss of Coolant Accident (LOCA). This report provides a brief description of the physical models in the version of FLOWTRAN-TF used to compute the Recommended K-Reactor Restart ECS Power Limit. This document is viewed as an interim report and should ultimate… more
Date: December 1, 1990
Creator: Flach, G.P. (ed.)
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Front-end electronics development for the SSC

Description: This is a status report on electronics development undertaken by the Front-End Electronics Collaboration. The overall goal of the collaboration remains the development by 1992 of complete, architecturally compatible, front end electronic systems for calorimeter, wire drift chamber, and silicon strip readout. We report here a few highlights to give a brief overview of the work underway. Performance requirements and capabilities, selected architectures, circuit designs and test results are presen… more
Date: December 1, 1990
Creator: Levi, M.
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Electron positron factories

Description: In this paper, we will first indicate the key issues in designing a B-factory and a {phi}-factory, and illustrate the approaches that are being followed to address them. In general, reaching the B-factory parameter regime offers the most challenges, so we will emphasize it here. Then we will consider an extrapolation of our present understanding of collider performance and assess the maximum luminosity that could be anticipated. To reach extremely high luminosity, it may be necessary to conside… more
Date: December 1, 1990
Creator: Zisman, M. S.; Chattopadhyay, S.; Garren, A. A.; Lambertson, G. (Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (United States)); Bloom, E.; Corbett, W. J. et al.
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Spin-mapping of coal structures with ESE and ENDOR

Description: To ENDOR and ESE we have added another advanced EPR technique. VHF-EPR, as a tool with which to observe coal molecular structure, especially organic sulfur. We have constructed a unique VHF EPR instrument operating at the W-band (96 Ghz), one of only two such instruments in the world, and the only one studying coal. We are employing this instrument, as well as collaborating with scientists at Cornell University, who have a 250 GHz spectrometer, to develop a clearer understanding of the relation… more
Date: December 1, 1990
Creator: Belford, R. L. & Clarkson, R. B.
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Annular Flow Distribution test

Description: This report documents the Babcock and Wilcox (B W) Annular Flow Distribution testing for the Savannah River Laboratory (SRL). The objective of the Annular Flow Distribution Test Program is to characterize the flow distribution between annular coolant channels for the Mark-22 fuel assembly with the bottom fitting insert (BFI) in place. Flow rate measurements for each annular channel were obtained by establishing hydraulic similarity'' between an instrumented fuel assembly with the BFI removed an… more
Date: December 1, 1990
Creator: Kielpinski, A.L. (ed.) (Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC (United States)); Childerson, M.T.; Knoll, K.E.; Manolescu, M.I. & Reed, M.J. (Babcock and Wilcox Co., Alliance, OH (United States). Research Center)
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Stimulating utilities to promote energy efficiency: Process evaluation of Madison Gas and Electric's Competition Pilot Program

Description: This report describes the process evaluation of the design and implementation of the Energy Conservation Competition Pilot (hereafter referred to as the Competition), ordered by the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSCW) with a conceptual framework defined by PSCW staff for the Madison Gas and Electric (MGE) Company. This process evaluation documents the history of the Competition, describing the marketing strategies adopted by MGE and its competitors, customer service and satisfaction, … more
Date: December 1, 1990
Creator: Vine, E.; De Buen, O. & Goldfman, C.
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An introduction to baryon violation in standard electroweak theory

Description: I shall begin with a qualitative overview of the anomaly and B violation at zero and non-zero temperature, demonstrating how these processes may be understood on the back of an envelope. Then I shall discuss a part of the formalism necessary for doing calculations in more detail. Specifically, B violation is related to various solutions to the Euclidean equations of motion; instantons, sphalerons, and calorons (also called periodic instantons). The applicability of the various solutions may be … more
Date: December 1, 1990
Creator: Arnold, P.B.
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Validation and verification summary report for GRIMHX and TRIMHX

Description: As part of the code Certification process, codes used by Reactor Physics to calculate values in Technical Specifications or Safety Analyses must undergo formal Validation and Verification. GRIMHX and TRIMHX are codes used in such a manner. This report summarizes and consolidates the work done to date on the Validation and Verification of these two codes. GRIMHX is a 3-D static reactor code which uses finite difference algorithms to solve the neutron diffusion equation in hex-z geometry. TRIMHX … more
Date: December 1, 1990
Creator: Trumble, E.F.
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A new experimental limit on the electric dipole moment of the electron

Description: We describe a search for the electric dipole moment d{sub e} of the electron, carried out with {sup 205}Tl atoms in the ground state. The experiment makes use of the separated-oscillating-field magnetic-resonance method, laser state selection, fluorescence detection, and two counter-propagating atomic beams. Very careful attention is paid to systematic effects. The result for the atomic electric dipole moment is d{sub a} = (1.6 {plus minus} 5.0) {times} 10{sup {minus}24} e cm. If we assume the … more
Date: December 1, 1990
Creator: Carlberg, C.; Gould, H. (Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA)); Abdullah, K.; Commins, E.D. & Ross, S.B. (Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA) California Univ., Berkeley, CA (USA). Dept. of Physics)
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Geologic mapping of the air intake shaft at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

Description: The air intake shaft (AS) was geologically mapped from the surface to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) facility horizon. The entire shaft section including the Mescalero Caliche, Gatuna Formation, Santa Rosa Formation, Dewey Lake Redbeds, Rustler Formation, and Salado Formation was geologically described. The air intake shaft (AS) at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) site was constructed to provide a pathway for fresh air into the underground repository and maintain the desired press… more
Date: December 1, 1990
Creator: Holt, R.M. & Powers, D.W. (IT Corporation (USA))
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Tunable far infrared laser spectroscopy of Van der Waals molecules in a planar supersonic jet expansion

Description: The gas phase high resolution spectroscopic study of weakly bound clusters can provide the information necessary to develop an intermolecular potential energy surface. This surface can then be used to better understand condensed phases. In this work, a tunable far infrared laser spectrometer is used to study weakly bound dimers produced in the newly developed continuous planar supersonic jet expansion apparatus. The water dimer is an extensively studied hydrogen bonded dimer. It undergoes sever… more
Date: December 1, 1990
Creator: Busarow, K.L.
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Synthesis and reactivity of compounds containing ruthenium-carbon, -nitrogen, and -oxygen bonds

Description: The products and mechanisms of the thermal reactions of several complexes of the general structure (PMe{sub 3}){sub 4}Ru(X)(Y) and (DMPM){sub 2}Ru(X)(Y) where X and Y are hydride, aryl, and benzyl groups, have been investigated. The mechanism of decomposition depends critically on the structure of the complex and the medium in which the thermolysis is carried out. The alkyl hydride complexes are do not react with alkane solvent, but undergo C-H activation processes with aromatic solvents by sev… more
Date: December 1, 1990
Creator: Hartwig, J.F.
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Framework ordering in aluminophosphate molecular sieves studied by sup 27 Al double rotation NMR

Description: Aluminum-27 Double Rotation NMR spectroscopy (DOR) has been used to investigate framework ordering in the aluminophosphate molecular sieves VPI-5, AlPO{sub 4}-5, and AlPO{sub 4}-8. Well resolved peaks in the {sup 27}Al DOR spectra of both hydrated and dehydrated VPI-5 allow isotropic shifts to be correlated with local framework structure. more distorted aluminum environments are reflected by broader lines in {sup 27}Al DOR spectra of AlPO{sub 4}-5 and AlPO{sub 4}-8.
Date: December 1, 1990
Creator: Chmelka, B.F.; Wu, Y.; Jelinek, R.; Davis, M.E. & Pines, A. (Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA) California Univ., Berkeley, CA (USA). Dept. of Chemistry)
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Preliminary evaluation of an electromagnetic concept for simultaneous NO sub x /SO sub 2 removal

Description: Western Research Institute is developing concepts to use radio frequency (RF) energy to remove NO and SO{sub 2} from combustion flue gas. Char produced from the mild gasification of coal can be heated with RF energy to react with sulfur oxides and nitric oxide at low temperatures and pressures using RF energy to form carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, elemental sulfur, and nitrogen.
Date: December 1, 1990
Creator: Grimes, R. W.
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Effects of in-situ oil-shale retorting on water quality near Rock Springs, Wyoming, Volume 1

Description: Experimental in-situ retorting techniques (methods of extracting shale oil without mining) were used from 1969 to 1979 by the Department of Energy's (DOE) Laramie Energy Technology Center (LETC) at a test area near Rock Springs in southwestern Wyoming. The retorting experiments at site 9 have produced elevated concentrations of some contaminants in the ground water. During 1988 and 1989, the US Geological Survey, in cooperation with the US Department of Energy, conducted a site characterization… more
Date: December 1, 1990
Creator: Lindner-Lunsford, J.B.; Eddy, C.A.; Plafcan, M. & Lowham, H.W.
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Geologic characterization of tight gas reservoirs

Description: The objectives of US Geological Survey (USGS) work during FY 89 were to conduct geologic research characterizing tight gas-bearing sandstone reservoirs and their resources in the western United States. Our research has been regional in scope but, in some basins, our investigations have focused on single wells or small areas containing several wells where a large amount of data is available. The investigations, include structure, stratigraphy, petrography, x-ray mineralogy, source-rock evaluatio… more
Date: December 1, 1990
Creator: Law, B.E.
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Review of BPA Funded Sturgeon, Resident Fish and Wildlife Projects, 1989/1990.

Description: The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) held a public meeting on November 6-7, 1990, for the purpose of review, coordination, and consultation of the BPA-funded projects for sturgeon, resident fish, and wildlife in the Columbia River Basin (Basin). The comments received after the meeting were favorable and the participants agreed that the meeting was stimulating and productive. The information exchanged should lead to better coordination with other projects throughout the Basin. The following… more
Date: December 1, 1990
Creator: United States. Bonneville Power Administration.
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Unusual initial and final state effects in quantum chromodynamics

Description: We have constructed fundamental test which can be used to probe discrete symmetries, and their possible violations, in the required new physics'' beyond the standard model. In a recent paper for applications at an e{sup +}e{sup {minus}} collider, we have proposed a simple test for maximal P -- maximal C'' violation in the Z{degree} {yields} {tau}{sub 1}{sup {minus}} {tau}{sub 1}{sup +} coupling. For {tau}{minus plus} {yields} {pi}{minus plus}{nu}, for example, this test is based on an azimuthal… more
Date: December 1, 1990
Creator: Nelson, C.A.
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Hazardous Waste Remedial Actions Program annual progress report, FY 1990

Description: The Hazardous Waste Remedial Actions Programs (HAZWRAP), a unit of Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc., supports the Department of Energy (DOE) Oak Ridge Operations Office in broadly environmental areas, especially those relating to waste management and environmental restoration. HAZWRAP comprises six program areas, which are supported by central administrative and technical organizations. Existing programs deal with airborne hazardous substances, pollution prevention, remedial actions plannin… more
Date: December 1, 1990
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Progress at LAMPF (Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility), January--December 1989

Description: This report contains brief papers on research conducted at the lampf facility in the following areas: nuclear and particle physics; astrophysics; atomic and molecular physics; materials science; nuclear chemistry; radiation effects and radioisotope production.
Date: December 1, 1990
Creator: Poelakker, K. (ed.)
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Screening criteria for microbial for processes

Description: The National Institute for Petroleum and Energy Research (NIPER) has maintained a microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR) field project data base since 1985. One of the major goals of this data base is to continue to document characteristics of reservoirs used for MEOR field projects and to assist the US Department of Energy by revising published screening criteria for MEOR processes. Since the last update of this data base in 1987, the number of MEOR field projects entered has increased from 39… more
Date: December 1, 1990
Creator: Bryant, R.S.
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RCRA (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act) waste minimization progress during CY 1985

Description: During 1985, considerable effort was dedicated to reduction of waste volume and toxicity at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). In fact, significantly reducing'' volumes of waste generated during the period from October 1985 to March 1986 was a criterion used to determine the award fee received by Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc., for this period. Hazardous, radioactive, and mixed wastes were the focus of these efforts. This report will describe the activities associated with hazardous an… more
Date: December 1, 1990
Creator: Kendrick, C.M.
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