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Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration: Opportunities Exist for Improving Management of the Enforcement Program

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration (PWBA) safeguards the economic interests of more than 150 million people in six million employee benefit plans. To enforce the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), PWBA investigates employee benefit plans, conducts public education, and has begun a new voluntary correction program. Through its plan investigations, PWBA detect… more
Date: January 29, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Pressure gradient passivation of carbonaceous material normally susceptible to spontaneous combustion

Description: This invention is a process for the passivation or deactivation with respect to oxygen of a carbonaceous material by the exposure of the carbonaceous material to an oxygenated gas in which the oxygenated gas pressure is increased from a first pressure to a second pressure and then the pressure is changed to a third pressure. Preferably a cyclic process which comprises exposing the carbonaceous material to the gas at low pressure and increasing the pressure to a second higher pressure and then r… more
Date: January 29, 2002
Creator: Ochs, Thomas L.; Sands, William D.; Schroeder, Karl; Summers, Cathy A. & Utz, Bruce R.
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Apparatus and Method for Increasing the Diameter of Metal Alloy Wires Within a Molten Metal Pool

Description: In a dip forming process the core material to be coated is introduced directly into a source block of coating material eliminating the need for a bushing entrance component. The process containment vessel or crucible is heated so that only a portion of the coating material becomes molten, leaving a solid portion of material as the entrance port of, and seal around, the core material. The crucible can contain molten and solid metals and is especially useful when coating core material with reacti… more
Date: January 29, 2002
Creator: Hartman, Alan D.; Argetsinger, Edward R.; Hansen, Jeffrey S.; Paige, Jack I.; King, Paul E. & Turner, Paul C.
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White Paper on Institutional Capability Computing Requirements

Description: This paper documents the need for a rapid, order-of-magnitude increase in the computing infrastructure provided to scientists working in the unclassified domains at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. This proposed increase could be viewed as a step in a broader strategy linking hardware evolution to applications development that would take LLNL unclassified computational science to a position of distinction, if not preeminence, by 2006. We believe that it is possible for LLNL institutional… more
Date: January 29, 2002
Creator: Kissel, Lynn; McCoy, Michael G. & Seager, Mark K.
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Heavy-ion linac development for the U.S. RIA project.

Description: The Nuclear Science Community in the Unites States has unanimously concluded that developments in both nuclear science and its supporting technologies make building a world-leading Rare-Isotope Accelerator (RIA) facility for production of radioactive beams the top priority. The RIA development effort involves several US Laboratories (ANL, JLAB, LBNL, MSU, ORNL). The RIA Facility includes a CW 1.4 GeV driver linac and a 100 MV post-accelerator both based on superconducting (SC) cavities operatin… more
Date: January 29, 2002
Creator: Ostroumov, P. N.
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Design of 57.5 MHz cw RFQ structure for the rare isotope accelerator facility.

Description: The Rare Isotope Accelerator (RIA) facility includes a driver linac for production of 400 kW CW heavy-ion beams. The initial acceleration of heavy-ions delivered from an ECR ion source can be effectively performed by a 57.5 MHz four-meter long RFQ. The principal specifications of the RFQ are: (1) formation of extremely low longitudinal emittance; (2) stable operation over a wide range of voltage for acceleration of various ion species needed for RIA operation; (3) simultaneous acceleration of t… more
Date: January 29, 2002
Creator: Ostroumov, P. N.; Kolomiets, A. A.; Kashinsky, D. A.; Minaev, S. A.; Pershin, V. I.; Yaramishev, S. G. et al.
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Compressional Alfvin Eigenmode Dispersion in Low Aspect Ratio Plasmas

Description: Recent observations of new fast ion beam driven instabilities in MHz frequency range in National Spherical Torus experiments (NSTX) are suggested to be Compressional Alfvin Eigenmodes (CAEs). A new theory of CAEs applicable to low aspect ratio toroidal plasmas is developed based on the ballooning representation for the poloidal dependence of the perturbed quantities. In agreement with observations, the analytical theory predicts that CAEs are discrete modes with frequencies correlated with the … more
Date: January 29, 2002
Creator: Gorelenkov, N. N.; Cheng, C. Z. & Fredrickson, E.
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Modeling of Spherical Torus Plasmas for Liquid Lithium Wall Experiments

Description: Liquid metal walls have the potential to solve first-wall problems for fusion reactors, such as heat load and erosion of dry walls, neutron damage and activation, and tritium inventory and breeding. In the near term, such walls can serve as the basis for schemes to stabilize magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) modes. Furthermore, the low recycling characteristics of lithium walls can be used for particle control. Liquid lithium experiments have already begun in the Current Drive eXperiment-Upgrade (CDX-U… more
Date: January 29, 2002
Creator: Kaita, R.; Jardin, S.; Jones, B.; Kessel, C.; Majeski, R.; Spaleta, J. et al.
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The Vapor Pressure of 1-(2,2,3,3-Tetrafluoropropoxy)-3-(4-sec-butylphenoxy)-2-prop anol

Description: The vapor pressure of the compound 1-(2,2,3,3-tetrafluoropropoxy)-3-(4-sec-butylphenoxy)-2-propanol was measured over the temperature range 62 to 92 C using a Knudsen effusion technique. This compound, known as Cs-7SB, is the modifier component in the caustic-side solvent extraction process solvent. The vapor pressure is related to temperature by the equation ln(p/Pa) = (32.202 {+-} 0.265) - (12154 {+-} 93)/T, where p is the pressure, expressed in pascals; Pa is the reference pressure of 1 pasc… more
Date: January 29, 2002
Creator: Steele, W. V.
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Processes, Techniques, and Successes in Welding the Dry Shielded Canisters of the TMI-2 Reactor Core Debris

Description: The Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) is operated by Bechtel-BWXT Idaho LLC (BBWI), which recently completed a very successful $100 million Three-Mile Island-2 (TMI-2) program for the Department of Energy (DOE). This complex and challenging program used an integrated multidisciplinary team approach that loaded, welded, and transported an unprecedented 25 dry shielded canisters (DSC) in seven months, and did so ahead of schedule. The program moved over 340 canisters… more
Date: January 29, 2002
Creator: Zirker, L.R.; Rankin, R.A. & Ferrell, L.J.
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Unclassified Computing Capability: User Responses to a Multiprogrammatic and Institutional Computing Questionnaire

Description: We are experimenting with a new computing model to be applied to a new computer dedicated to that model. Several LLNL science teams now have computational requirements, evidenced by the mature scientific applications that have been developed over the past five plus years, that far exceed the capability of the institution's computing resources. Thus, there is increased demand for dedicated, powerful parallel computational systems. Computation can, in the coming year, potentially field a capabili… more
Date: January 29, 2002
Creator: McCoy, M & Kissel, L
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Strobe Light Deterrent Efficacy Test and Fish Behavior Determination at Grand Coulee Dam Third Powerplant Forebay

Description: This report describes the work conducted during the first year of a long-term study to assess the efficacy of a prototype strobe light system in eliciting a negative phototactic response in kokanee and rainbow trout. The strobe light system is being evaluated as a means to prevent entrainment (and subsequent loss) of fish at the entrance to the forebay adjacent to the third powerplant at Grand Coulee Dam. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the Colville Confederated Tribes are collaborati… more
Date: January 29, 2002
Creator: Simmons, Mary Ann; Johnson, Robert L.; McKinstry, Craig A.; Anglea, Steven M.; Simmons, Carver S.; Thorsten, Susan L. et al.
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Development of Direct and Optical Polarized Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Methods for Characterization and Engineering of Mesophased Molecular Structures

Description: The development of NMR methods for the characterization of structure and dynamics in mesophase composite systems was originally proposed in this LDRD. Mesophase systems are organic/inorganic hybrid materials whose size and motional properties span the definition of liquids and solids, such as highly viscous gels or colloidal suspensions. They are often composite, ill defined, macromolecular structures that prove difficult to characterize. Mesophase materials are of broad scientific and programm… more
Date: January 29, 2002
Creator: Maxwell, R; Baumann, T & Taylor, B
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Final Report (OO-ERD-056) MEDIOS: Modeling Earth Deformation Using Interferometric Observations from Space

Description: This final report summarizes the accomplishments of the 2-year LDRD-ER project ''MEDIOS: Modeling Earth Deformation using Interferometric Observations from Space'' (00-ERD-056) which began in FY00 and ended in FY01. The structure of this report consists of this summary part plus two separate journal papers, each having their own UCRL number, which document in more detail the major results in two (of three) major categories of this study. The two categories and their corresponding paper titles a… more
Date: January 29, 2002
Creator: Vincent, P.; Walter, B.; Zucca, J.; Larsen, S.; Goldstein, P.; Foxall, W. et al.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Estate and Gift Tax Law: Changes Under the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001

Description: This report emphasizes the three distinct time phases under the economic growth and tax relief reconciliation act of 2001. The second section of the report describes major changes from prior law regarding estate and gift taxes.
Date: January 29, 2002
Creator: Noto, Nonna A.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Measurement of the Variations in Thickness and Refractive Index of NIF Crystals

Description: This report discusses one method of characterizing the variations in the physical thickness and refractive index of NIF doubler, tripler and switch crystals that are relatively thin ({approx}10mm thick). These particular measurements are difficult to perform with standard laser interferometers when the front and back substrate surfaces are near-parallel. A complicated interference pattern is formed from the interference of more than two beams due to the temporal coherence of the laser source. T… more
Date: January 29, 2002
Creator: Sommargren, G E; Phillion, D W; Johnson, M A & Bradsher, L S
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Structure of water adsorbed on a mica surface

Description: Monte Carlo simulations of hydration water on the mica (001) surface under ambient conditions revealed water molecules bound closely to the ditrigonal cavities in the surface, with a lateral distribution of approximately one per cavity, and water molecules interposed between K{sup +} counter ions in a layer situated about 2.5 {angstrom} from a surface O along a direction normal to the (001) plane. The calculated water O density profile was in quantitative agreement with recent X-ray reflectivit… more
Date: January 29, 2002
Creator: Park, Sung-Ho & Sposito, Garrison
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Cold Testing of a Russian Pulsating Mixer Pump at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Description: Russian pulsating mixer pump (PMP) technology was identified in FY 1996 during technical exchanges between the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Tanks Focus Area Retrieval and Closure program, the DOE Environmental Management International Programs, and delegates from Russia as a technology that could be implemented in tank waste retrieval operations in the United States. The PMP is basically a jet mixer powered by a pressure/vacuum supply system. A prototype PMP was provided by the Russian Minin… more
Date: January 29, 2002
Creator: Lewis, BE
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Asymmetries between strange and antistrange particle production inpion-proton interactions

Description: Recent measurements of the asymmetries between Feynman x-distributions of strange and antistrange hadrons in {pi}{sup -}A interactions show a strong effect as a function of x{sub F}. We calculate strange hadron production in the context of the intrinsic model and make predictions for particle/antiparticle asymmetries in these interactions.
Date: January 29, 2002
Creator: Gutierrez, T. D. & Vogt, R.
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Evaluation of Reservoir Wettability and its Effect on Oil Recovery

Description: The objectives of this five-year project were: (1) to achieve improved understanding of the surface and interfacial properties of crude oils and their interactions with mineral surfaces, (2) to apply the results of surface studies to improve predictions of oil production from laboratory measurements, and (3) to use the results of this research to recommend ways to improve oil recovery by waterflooding.
Date: January 29, 2002
Creator: Buckley, Jill S.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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