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Veterans' Benefits: Independent Review Could Improve Credibility of Radiation Exposure Estimates

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Defense's (DOD) use of "radiation dose reconstruction" as a tool for determining veterans' eligibility for benefits, focusing on: (1) studies that assessed the validity of dose reconstruction for estimating veterans' radiation exposure and discussing the issue with experts in the field and other knowledgeable individuals; (2) what activities a… more
Date: January 28, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Nuclear Weapons: Challenges Remain for Successful Implementation of DOE's Tritium Supply Decision

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Department of Energy's (DOE) decision to select a commercial reactor for the production of tritium and to designate an accelerator to function as a backup, focusing on: (1) whether the cost estimates used by the Secretary of Energy during the process of selecting between the tritium production technology options were comparable and adequately… more
Date: January 28, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Superfund: Analysis of Costs at Five Superfund Sites

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO analyzed the costs of operating five Superfund cleanup sites, focusing on: (1) what portion of the total funds the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) spent on each site was used to pay contractors for remedial actions as opposed to other activities and how the contractors spent these funds; and (2) whether the actual cost for remedial actions differed from the estima… more
Date: January 28, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Waste Package Neutron Absorber, Thermal Shunt, and Fill Gas Selection Report

Description: Materials for neutron absorber, thermal shunt, and fill gas for use in the waste package were selected using a qualitative approach. For each component, selection criteria were identified; candidate materials were selected; and candidates were evaluated against these criteria. The neutron absorber materials evaluated were essentially boron-containing stainless steels. Two candidates were evaluated for the thermal shunt material. The fill gas candidates were common gases such as helium, argon, n… more
Date: January 28, 2000
Creator: Pasupathi, V.
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Commercial Grade Item (CGI) Dedication for Leak Detection Relays

Description: This Test Plan provides a test method to dedicate the leak detection relays used on the new Pumping Instrumentation and Control (PIC) skids. The new skids are fabricated on-site. The leak detection system is a safety class system per the Authorization Basis.
Date: January 28, 2000
Creator: Johns, B. R. & Koch, M. R.
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Evaluation of Alternative Control for Prevention and or Mitigation of HEPA Filter Failure Accidents at Tank Farm Facilities

Description: This study evaluates the adequacy and benefit of use of HEPA filter differential pressure limiting setpoints to initiate exhauster shut down as an alternative safety control for postulated accidents that might result in filtration failure and subsequent unfiltered release from Tank Farm primary tank ventilators.
Date: January 28, 2000
Creator: Gustavson, R. D.
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S. 625, The Bankruptcy Reform Act, in the Senate: Selected Amendments

Description: From Summary: "This report surveys selected amendments to the bill which were passed prior to adjournment. On November 4, 1999, before adjournment of the first session of the 106th Congress, S. 625, 106th Cong., 1st Sess. (1999), the Bankruptcy Reform Act, was brought to the floor of the Senate for consideration. More than 300 germane and nongermane amendments were offered."
Date: January 28, 2000
Creator: Jeweler, Robin
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Qualification of the Lasentec M600P Particle Size Analyzer and the Red Valve Model 1151 Pressure Sensor

Description: The Lasentec M600 in-line particle size analyzer was installed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in August 1998 to support retrieval of the Gunite and Associated Tanks (GAAT). Before installation at ORNL, the sensor underwent validation testing at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) Instrument Validation facility. Mechanically, the instrument worked well during validation testing and met all expectations. Operationally, much was learned about optimum ways to display and inter… more
Date: January 28, 2000
Creator: Bontha, J. R.; Colton, N. G.; Daymo, E. A.; Hylton, T. D.; Bayne, C. K. & May, T. H.
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Experimental study of ion heating and acceleration during magnetic reconnection

Description: This dissertation reports an experimental study of ion heating and acceleration during magnetic reconnection, which is the annihilation and topological rearrangement of magnetic flux in a conductive plasma. Reconnection is invoked often to explain particle heating and acceleration in both laboratory and naturally occurring plasmas. However, a simultaneous account of reconnection and its associated energy conversion has been elusive due to the extreme inaccessibility of reconnection events, e.g.… more
Date: January 28, 2000
Creator: Hsu, S.C.
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Maine coast winds

Description: The Maine Coast Winds Project was proposed for four possible turbine locations. Significant progress has been made at the prime location, with a lease-power purchase contract for ten years for the installation of turbine equipment having been obtained. Most of the site planning and permitting have been completed. It is expect that the turbine will be installed in early May. The other three locations are less suitable for the project, and new locations are being considered.
Date: January 28, 2000
Creator: Avery, Richard
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BIOMASS REBURNING - MODELING/ENGINEERING STUDIES

Description: This project is designed to develop engineering and modeling tools for a family of NO{sub x} control technologies utilizing biomass as a reburning fuel. During the ninth reporting period (September 27--December 31, 1999), EER prepared a paper Kinetic Model of Biomass Reburning and submitted it for publication and presentation at the 28th Symposium (International) on Combustion, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, July 30--August 4, 2000. Antares Group Inc, under contract to Niagara Mohawk Power … more
Date: January 28, 2000
Creator: Zamansky, Vladimir; Lindsey, Chris & Lissianski, Vitali
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Dynamics of intermediate-length alkane films absorbed on graphite

Description: The dynamics of flexible chain molecules near a solid interface is of fundamental interest in polymer science. This paper makes a preliminary report on a quasielastic neutron scattering study of the dynamics of monolayer films of C{sub 24}H{sub 66} adsorbed on graphite. Quasielastic scattering was observed at temperatures as low as {approximately}180 K, well below the monolayer melting temperature of 340 K. Preliminary analysis of the data indicates that at 230 K the entire molecule executes a … more
Date: January 28, 2000
Creator: Herwig, K. W.; Fuhrmann, D.; Criswell, L.; Taub, H.; Hansen, F. Y.; Dimeo, R. et al.
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Polarization selecting Optical Element using a Porro Prism Incorporating a thin film Polarizer in a single element

Description: A Porro prism and a light polarizer are combined in a single optical element termed a Hendrix Prism. The design provides retro-reflection of incoming light of a predetermined polarization in a direction anti-parallel to the direction of light incidence, while reflecting undesired light, i.e., that having a polarization orthogonal to the predetermined polarization, from the surface of the light polarizer. The undesired light is reflected in a direction that does not interfere with the intended o… more
Date: January 28, 2000
Creator: Hendrix, James lee
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
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Saturated flow in a single fracture: Evaluation of the Reynolds equation in measured aperture fields

Description: Fracture transmissivity and detailed aperture fields are measured in analog fractures specially designed to evaluate the utility of the Reynolds equation. The authors employ a light transmission technique with well-defined accuracy ({approximately}1% error) to measure aperture fields at high spatial resolution ({approximately}0.015 cm). A Hele-Shaw cell is used to confirm the approach by demonstrating agreement between experimental transmissivity, simulated transmissivity on the measured apertu… more
Date: January 28, 2000
Creator: Nicholl, M. J.; Rajaram, H.; Glass Jr., Robert J. & Detwiler, R.
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Analysis of several hazardous conditions for large transfer and back-dilution sequences in Tank 241-SY-101

Description: The first transfer of 89 kgal of waste and back-dilution of 61 kgal of water in Hanford Tank 241-SY-101 was accomplished December 18--20, 1999. Limits were placed on the transfer and back-dilution volumes because of concerns about potential gas release, crust sinking, and degradation of mixer pump performance. Additional transfers and back-dilutions are being planned that will bring the total to 500 kgal, which should dissolve a large fraction of the solids in the tank and dilute it well beyond… more
Date: January 28, 2000
Creator: Stewart, CW; Mahoney, LA & Barton, WB
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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General Corrosion and Localized Corrosion of Waste Package Outer Barrier

Description: Alloy 22 is an extremely Corrosion Resistant Material, with a very stable passive film. Based upon exposures in the LTCTF, the GC rates of Alloy 22 are typically below the level of detection, with four outliers having reported rates up to 0.75 #mu#m per year. In any event, over the 10,000 year life of the repository, GC of the Alloy 22 (assumed to be 2 cm thick) should not be life limiting. Because measured corrosion potentials are far below threshold potentials, localized breakdown of the pass… more
Date: January 28, 2000
Creator: Farmer, J.C. & McCright, R.D.
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A modified invasion percolation model for low-capillary number immiscible displacements in horizontal rough-walled fractures: Influence of local in-plane

Description: The authors develop and evaluate a modified invasion percolation (MIP) model for quasi-static immiscible displacement in horizontal fractures. The effects of contact angle, local aperture field geometry, and local in-plane interracial curvature between phases are included in the calculation of invasion pressure for individual sites in a discretized aperture field. This pressure controls the choice of which site is invaded during the displacement process and hence the growth of phase saturation … more
Date: January 28, 2000
Creator: Glass, Robert J., Jr.; Nicholl, Michael J. & Yarrington, Lane
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Design Review Report for S and SX Farm Leak Detectors

Description: The design for S and SX Farm Leak Detector ECN (649594) provides leak detection for valve pits S-A and S-B the Over Ground Transfer (OGT) conduit installation for the leak detection in COB No.10 between No.10 and PICS at 241-5-106 The Design Review was held 11/20/98 All comments received on RCR forms during the meeting are recorded on the meeting minutes were resolved and incorporated to the satisfaction reviewers.
Date: January 28, 2000
Creator: Lamphere, J. E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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