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U.S. Postal Service: Physical Security Measures Have Increased at Some Core Facilities, but Security Problems Continue

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Mail and postal facilities are tempting targets for theft and other criminal acts. Approximately 800,000 U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employees process about 700 million pieces of mail daily at almost 38,000 facilities nationwide. Criminals attack letter carriers to get mail containing valuables and burglarize postal facilities to get cash and money orders. These activities at USPS facilities can put at r… more
Date: November 16, 2004
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Military Retirement: Major Legislative Issues

Description: This report includes information regarding the major legislative issues concerning military retirement. TERA, survivor benefit COLAs, and retirement budgeting are among topics discussed in this report.
Date: November 16, 2004
Creator: Goldich, Robert L.
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Form CJ-8, Annual Probation Survey: 2004

Description: Blank probation data survey containing a series of questions related to the probationary population in a particular location, with instructions for filling out the survey.
Date: November 16, 2004
Creator: United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Benzene Generation Testing for Tank 48H Waste Disposition

Description: In support for the Aggregation option, researchers performed a series of tests using actual Tank 48H slurries. The tests were designed to examine potential benzene generation issues if the Tank 48H slurry is disposed to Saltstone. Personnel used the archived Tank 48H sample (HTF-E-03-127, collected September 17, 2003) for the experiments. The tests included a series of three experiments (Tests A, B, and F) performed in duplicate, giving a total of six experiments. Test A used Tank 48H slurry mi… more
Date: November 16, 2004
Creator: PETERS, THOMAS
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Development of a Direct Drive Permanent Magnet Generator for Small Wind Turbines

Description: In this program, TIAX performed the conceptual design and analysis of an innovative, modular, direct-drive permanent magnet generator (PMG) for use in small wind turbines that range in power rating from 25 kW to 100 kW. TIAX adapted an approach that has been successfully demonstrated in high volume consumer products such as direct-drive washing machines and portable generators. An electromagnetic model was created and the modular PMG design was compared to an illustrative non-modular design. Th… more
Date: November 16, 2004
Creator: Chertok, Allan; Hablanian, David; McTaggart, Paul & Bennett, Keith
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Literature Review of the Effects of Tetraphenylborate on Saltstone Grout: Benzene Evolution and TCLP Performance

Description: As part of the program to disposition the tetraphenylborate (TPB) in Tank 48H and return the tank to service, Salt Processing Development requested a review of the literature to assess the state of knowledge pertaining to incorporation of tetraphenylborate slurries in saltstone grout with respect to benzene generation rates and leaching performance. Examination of past studies conducted at Savannah River Site (SRS) on the incorporation of TPB slurries in saltstone provides a basis for developin… more
Date: November 16, 2004
Creator: Hay, Michael S.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Conditions Conducive to Forming Crystalline Uranyl Silicates in High Caustic Nuclear Waste Evaporators

Description: The laboratory conditions used to synthesize the uranyl silicate minerals are almost identical to the evaporator conditions under which high caustic nuclear wastes are processed to reduce total liquid waste volume. The only significant difference lies in the sodium ion concentration in such caustic nuclear wastes, which typically averages around 5.6 M Na+. In this investigation, synthetic uranyl silicate minerals (sodium weeksite, sodium boltwoodite and uranophane) were produced only under low … more
Date: November 16, 2004
Creator: OJI, LAWRENCE
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Loading Capacities for Uranium, Plutonium and Neptunium in High Caustic Nuclear Waste Storage Tanks Containing Selected Sorbents

Description: In this study the loading capacities of selected actinides onto some of the most common sorbent materials which are present in caustic nuclear waste storage tanks have been determined. Some of these transition metal oxides and activated carbons easily absorb or precipitate plutonium, neptunium and even uranium, which if care is not taken may lead to unwanted accumulation of some of these fissile materials in nuclear waste tanks during waste processing. Based on a caustic synthetic salt solution… more
Date: November 16, 2004
Creator: Oji, Lawrence
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Zinc Treatment Effects on Corrosion Behavior of Alloy 600 in High Temperature, Hydrogenated Water

Description: Trace levels of soluble zinc(II) ions (30 ppb) maintained in mildly alkaline, hydrogenated water at 260 C were found to reduce the corrosion rate of Alloy 600 (UNS N06600) by about 40% relative to a non-zinc baseline test [2]. Characterizations of the corrosion oxide layer via SEM/TEM and grazing incidence X-ray diffraction confirmed the presence of a chromite-rich oxide phase and recrystallized nickel. The oxide crystals had an approximate surface density of 3500 {micro}m{sup -2} and an averag… more
Date: November 16, 2004
Creator: Ziemniak, S. E. & Hanson, M. E.
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Features, Events, and Processes in SZ Flow and Transport

Description: This analysis report evaluates and documents the inclusion or exclusion of the saturated zone (SZ) features, events, and processes (FEPs) with respect to modeling used to support the total system performance assessment (TSPA) for license application (LA) of a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. A screening decision, either ''Included'' or ''Excluded'', is given for each FEP along with the technical basis for the decision. This information is required by the U.S. Nuclear Regulato… more
Date: November 16, 2004
Creator: Economy, K.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Federal Student Loans: Terms and Conditions for Borrowers

Description: This report discusses major provisions of the law pertaining to federal student loan borrowers who receive loans through the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) and William D. Ford Direct Loan (DL) programs. The primary emphasis is placed on discussing provisions related to borrower eligibility, loan terms and conditions, borrower repayment relief, and loan default and its consequences for borrowers.
Date: November 16, 2004
Creator: Stoll, Adam
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Joule-Heated Ceramic-Lined Melter to Vitrify Liquid Radioactive Wastes Containing Am241 Generated From MOX Fuel Fabrication in Russia

Description: The governments of the United Stated of America and the Russian Federation (RF) signed an Agreement September 1, 2000 to dispose of weapons plutonium that has been designated as no longer required for defense purposes. The Agreement declares that each country will disposition 34MT of excess weapons grade plutonium from their stockpiles. The preferred disposition technology is the fabrication of mixed oxide (MOx) fuel for use or burning in pressurized water reactors to destroy the plutonium. Imp… more
Date: November 16, 2004
Creator: Smith, E. C.; Bowan II, B. W.; Pegg, I. & Jardine, L. J.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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2001-2002 Wet Season Branchiopod Survey Report, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Site 300, Alameda and San Joaquin Counties, California

Description: Condor County Consulting on behalf of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has performed wet season surveys for listed branchiopods at Site 300, located in eastern Alameda County and western San Joaquin County. LLNL is collecting information for the preparation of an EIS covering ongoing explosives testing and related activities on Site 300. Related activities include maintenance of fire roads and annual control burns of approximately 607 hectares (1500 acres). Control burns typically … more
Date: November 16, 2004
Creator: Weber, W & Woollett, J
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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2002 Small Mammal Inventory at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Site 300

Description: To assist the University of California in obtaining biological assessment information for the ''2004 Environmental Impact Statement for Continued Operation of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)'', Jones & Stokes conducted an inventory of small mammals in six major vegetation communities at Site 300. These communities were annual grassland, native grassland, oak savanna, riparian corridor, coastal scrub, and seep/spring wetlands. The principal objective of this study was to assess the… more
Date: November 16, 2004
Creator: West, E & Woollett, J
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Nucleation and Propagation of Deformation Twin in Polysynthetically Twinned TiAl

Description: Using molecular dynamics simulations, we have studied the deformation of polysynthetically twinned (PST) TiAl at room temperature with a bicrystal model. The simulation cell was pre-strained and thermodynamically relaxed to a criterion that all stress components of the simulation cell have gone to zeros; in this way no dislocations were pre-existed in {gamma}-{alpha}{sub 2} interfaces. A uniaxial compression was then applied along one 1/6<112] direction in the surface. The results show that … more
Date: November 16, 2004
Creator: Zhou, L. G.; Hsiung, L. M. & Huang, H.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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2002-2003 Wet Season Branchiopod Survey Report, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Site 300, Alameda and San Joaquin Counties, California

Description: Condor Country Consulting conducted surveys for listed branchiopods in the 2002-2003 wet season to complete requirements of the Guidelines (USFWS 1996) used to determine the distribution of federally-listed branchiopods within the study area. The first survey was performed during the previous wet season (2001-2002). The 2002-2003 wet season survey, combined with the previous season's survey, is intended to provide LLNL with information that will assist them in determining the effects of the pro… more
Date: November 16, 2004
Creator: Weber, W & Woollett, J
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Mesocarnivore Surveys on Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Site 300, Alameda and San Joaquin Counties, California

Description: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), operated under cooperative agreement between the University of California and the U. S. Department of Energy, administers and operates an approximately 11 mi{sup 2} (28 km{sup 2}) test site in the remote hills at the northern end of the South Coast Ranges of Central California (Figure 1). Known as Site 300, this expanse of rolling hills and canyons supports a diverse array of grassland communities typical of lowland central California. The facility… more
Date: November 16, 2004
Creator: Clark, Howard O., Jr.; Smith, Deborah A.; Cypher, Brian L. & Kelly, Patrick A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Accounting Problems at Fannie Mae

Description: This report summarizes the critiques the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Supervision (OFHEO) made of accounting practices at Fannie Mae. The OFHEO's two main issues are under the domains of: amortization of discounts, premiums, fees involved in the purchase of home mortgages, and the other being accounting for financial derivatives contracts. The report emphasizes that these discrepancies created a false image of the company's earnings and in one case was the cause of the company's executi… more
Date: November 16, 2004
Creator: Jickling, Mark
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Investigating Lossy Image Coding Using the PLHaar Transform

Description: We developed the Piecewise-Linear Haar (PLHaar) transform, an integer wavelet-like transform. PLHaar does not have dynamic range expansion, i.e. it is an n-bit to n-bit transform. To our knowledge PLHaar is the only reversible n-bit to n-bit transform that is suitable for lossy and lossless coding. We are investigating PLHaar's use in lossy image coding. Preliminary results from thresholding transform coefficients show that PLHaar does not produce objectionable artifacts like prior n-bit to n-b… more
Date: November 16, 2004
Creator: Senecal, J G; Lindstrom, P; Duchaineau, M A & Joy, K I
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Report on the Threatened Valley Elderberry Longhorn Beetle and its Elderberry Food Plant at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory--Site 300

Description: This report describes the results of an entomological survey in 2002 to determine the presence of the federally-listed, threatened Valley Elderberry Longhorn Beetle or ''VELB'' (Desmocerus culifornicus dimorphus: Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) and its elderberry food plant (Sumbucus mexicana: Caprifoliaceae) on the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's (LLNL) Experimental Test Site, known as Site 300. In addition, an area located immediately southeast of Site 300, which is owned and managed by th… more
Date: November 16, 2004
Creator: Arnold, R. A. & Woollett, J.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Form CJ-7, Annual Parole Survey: 2004

Description: Blank parole data survey containing a series of questions related to the parole population in a particular location, with instructions for filling out the survey.
Date: November 16, 2004
Creator: United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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