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Foreign experience on effects of extended dry storage on the integrity of spent nuclear fuel

This report summarizes the results of a survey of foreign experience in dry storage of spent fuel from nuclear power reactors that was carried out for the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM). The report reviews the mechanisms for degradation of spent fuel cladding and fuel materials in dry storage, identifies the status and plans of world-wide experience and applications, and documents the available information on the expected long-term integr… more

Date: April 1, 1992

Creator: Schneider, K.J. & Mitchell, S.J.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Economics of a conceptual 75 MW Hot Dry Rock geothermal electric power station

Man-made, Hot Dry Rock (HDR) geothermal energy reservoirs have been investigated for over ten years. As early as 1977 a research-sized reservoir was created at a depth of 2.9 km near the Valles Caldera, a dormant volcanic complex in New Mexico, by connecting two wells with hydraulic fractures. Thermal power was generated at rates of up to 5 MW(t) and the reservoir was operated for nearly a year with a thermal drawdown less than 10/sup 0/C. A small 60kW(e) electrical generation unit using a bina… more

Date: January 1, 1984

Creator: Murphy, H. D.; Drake, R. H.; Tester, J. W. & Zyvoloski, G. A.

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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A comparison of spent fuel assembly control instruments: The Cadarache PYTHON and the Los Alamos Fork

Devices to monitor spent fuel assemblies while stored under water with nondestructive assay methods, have been developed in France and in the United States. Both devices are designed to verify operator's declared values of exposures and cooling-time but the applications and thus the designs of the systems differ. A study, whose results are presented in this paper, has been conducted to compare the features and the performances of the two instruments. 4 refs., 9 figs.

Date: January 1, 1991

Creator: Bignan, G.; Capsie, J.; Romeyer-Dherbey, J. (CEA Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires de Cadarache, 13 - Saint-Paul-lez-Durance (France). Direction des Reacteurs Nucleaires) & Rinard, P. (Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States))

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Worldwide low-level waste disposal practices

Low-level waste disposal practices will be described for ten or more countries. These practices will be compared with expectations for disposal designs for low-level waste regional compacts in the US.

Date: January 1, 1985

Creator: Towler, O A

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Proceedings of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission fifteenth water reactor safety information meeting: Volume 6, Decontamination and decommissioning, accident management, TMI-2

This six-volume report contains 140 papers out of the 164 that were presented at the Fifteenth Water Reactor Safety Information Meeting held at the National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, Maryland, during the week of October 26-29, 1987. The papers are printed in the order of their presentation in each session and describe progress and results of programs in nuclear safety research conducted in this country and abroad. This report, Volume 6, discusses decontamination and decommissioning, ac… more

Date: February 1, 1988

Creator: Weiss, A. J.

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Decentralized energy studies: compendium of international studies and research

The purpose of the compendium is to provide information about research activities in decentralized energy systems to researchers, government officials, and interested citizens. The compendium lists and briefly describes a number of studies in other industrialized nations that involve decentralized energy systems. A contact person is given for each of the activities listed so that interested readers can obtain more information.

Date: March 1, 1980

Creator: Wallace, C.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Mapping our genes: The genome projects: How big, how fast

For the past 2 years, scientific and technical journals in biology and medicine have extensively covered a debate about whether and how to determine the function and order of human genes on human chromosomes and when to determine the sequence of molecular building blocks that comprise DNA in those chromosomes. In 1987, these issues rose to become part of the public agenda. The debate involves science, technology, and politics. Congress is responsible for /open quotes/writing the rules/close quo… more

Date: April 1, 1988

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Fuel cycles for the 80's

Papers presented at the American Nuclear Society's topical meeting on the fuel cycle are summarized. Present progress and goals in the areas of fuel fabrication, fuel reprocessing, spent fuel storage, accountability, and safeguards are reported. Present governmental policies which affect the fuel cycle are also discussed. Individual presentations are processed for inclusion in the Energy Data Base.(DMC)

Date: January 1, 1980

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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International nuclear fuel cycle fact book. Revision 4

This Fact Book has been compiled in an effort to provide (1) an overview of worldwide nuclear power and fuel cycle programs and (2) current data concerning fuel cycle and waste management facilities, R and D programs, and key personnel in countries other than the United States. Additional information on each country's program is available in the International Source Book: Nuclear Fuel Cycle Research and Development, PNL-2478, Rev. 2. The Fact Book is organized as follows: (1) Overview section -… more

Date: March 1, 1984

Creator: Harmon, K.M.; Lakey, L.T. & Leigh, I.W.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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International program to study subseabed disposal of high-level radioactive wastes

This report provides an overview of the international program to study seabed disposal of nuclear wastes. Its purpose is to inform legislators, other policy makers, and the general public as to the history of the program, technological requirements necessary for feasibility assessment, legal questions involved, international coordination of research, national policies, and research and development activities. Each of these major aspects of the program is presented in a separate section. The obj… more

Date: January 1, 1984

Creator: Carlin, E.M.; Hinga, K.R. & Knauss, J.A.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Summary of national and international radioactive waste management programs (excluding United States)

This report is divided into two parts. Various national fuel cycle and waste management programs are summarized in tabular form in the first part. The second part of the report gives a nation-by-nation overview of fuel cycle and waste management technologies. Brief summaries on the activities of several international organizations are included. (LK)

Date: March 1, 1978

Creator: Harmon, K.M.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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CEREN concept: a case study of the French industrial energy data system

A case study of the French CEREN system is provided. The foundation of the system is outlined, that is, the concepts that ensure the systems comprehensiveness, detail, and manageability. The implementation of the system is emphasized, in particular, the data collection and data processing methodology. Applications of the CEREN energy information system are reviewed for analyzing energy use, cross-industry impacts, and social, and economic impacts of changing energy-use patterns. (MHR)

Date: October 12, 1978

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Grenelle Environnement

The new 'Grenelle II' laws are presented in the French Parliament. The Grenelle II (2010) follows the Grenelle I (2007) and a second public consultation round with representatives of large companies. Detailed plans are presented for building, transport and energy sector. Local authorities are asked to play a more important and facilitating role. The new law package contains six pillars and contains the 'outlines' and 'logistics' of the application on regional and local level: - 1. Improving t… more

Date: October 2010

Creator: France. Ministère de l'écologie, de l'énergie, du développement durable et de la mer

Item Type: Text

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1778-1783. America owes France the most unalterable gratitude : 1917- -- . French Comrade your children shall be as our children.

Black and white drawing of a soldier saluting the grave of another soldier. A weeping boy and a girl kneeling in prayer are at his sides. In the sky to the upper right there is a faint drawing of a row of soldiers standing guard and a commander on horseback.

Date: 1918

Creator: Jonas, Lucien, 1880-1947.

Item Type: Poster

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

3e Emprunt de la Défense Nationale : souscrivez : pour la France qui combat! Pour celle qui chaque jour grandit.

A bearded man in a blue coat and helmet holds a young child in his arms. In front of him, a mother is seated and breastfeeding an infant. The man and child are illustrated in color, while the image of the mother and infant is a black pencil drawing.

Date: 1917

Creator: Leroux, Jules Marie Auguste, 1871-1954.

Item Type: Poster

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Comparative analysis of LMFBR licensing in the United States and other countries - notably France. Executive summary

The safety-related design aspects and licensing experiences of LMFBR projects in other democratic countries have been studied and contrasted to those in the United States in order to understand the importance of different approaches to safety, and also to understand better the system of the United States. The regulatory systems and LMFBR programs of France and the United States are contrasted in detail, and that of West Germany is also studied. The programs of Japan and the United Kingdom recei… more

Date: September 30, 1981

Creator: Golay, M.W. & Castillo, M.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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[News Script: De Gaulle]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Date: April 30, 1969, 10:00 p.m.

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Script

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

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An international comparison of government expenditures for energy conservation research and development:

This study provides a comparison of US and foreign government spending for energy conservation research and development (R and D). The countries included in this analysis are: the United States, United Kingdom, France, Sweden, West Germany, and Japan. The approach of this paper was to compare the research program of each country at a high level of aggregation with the US Department of Energy (DOE) program structure. This paper does not allow for differences in the way each country defines or ac… more

Date: March 1, 1988

Creator: McDonald, S.C.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Pictorial characterization of worldwide electric and hybrid vehicles

The presentation given is intended to fulfill the several objectives of (1) documenting the pictorial review presented during ERDA's March 1, 1977, Conference on the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Demonstration Project; (2) pictorially characterizing the present state of the electric and hybrid vehicle (EHV) art on an international scale; and (3) providing examples of the class of products expected to be available for the implementation of the early phases of Public Law 94-413. It is organize… more

Date: August 16, 1977

Creator: Kirk, R S & Barber, K F

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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International efforts to reduce occupational radiation exposure at nuclear power plants

The efficacy of various national programs on dose reduction is examined with a view to evaluating the most significant factors that help in reducing occupational exposure. Among the most successful of the dose reduction programs at water reactors are those of France, Sweden, and Canada where average annual plant doses are significantly less than the dose at US plants. Important research is also going on in other countries such as the UK, West Germany, Switzerland, and Japan. Some programs are d… more

Date: January 1, 1986

Creator: Khan, T.A. & Baum, J.W.

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Emulsified industrial oils recycling

The industrial lubricant market has been analyzed with emphasis on current and/or developing recycling and re-refining technologies. This task has been performed for the United States and other industrialized countries, specifically France, West Germany, Italy and Japan. Attention has been focused at emulsion-type fluids regardless of the industrial application involved. It was found that emulsion-type fluids in the United States represent a much higher percentage of the total fluids used than … more

Date: April 1, 1982

Creator: Gabris, T.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Survey of waste package designs for disposal of high-level waste/spent fuel in selected foreign countries

This report presents the results of a survey of the waste package strategies for seven western countries with active nuclear power programs that are pursuing disposal of spent nuclear fuel or high-level wastes in deep geologic rock formations. Information, current as of January 1989, is given on the leading waste package concepts for Belgium, Canada, France, Federal Republic of Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. All but two of the countries surveyed (France and the UK) have d… more

Date: September 1, 1989

Creator: Schneider, K.J.; Lakey, L.T. & Silviera, D.J.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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US/French joint research program regarding the behavior of polymer base materials subjected to beta radiation: Volume 2, Phase-2a screening tests: (Final report)

As part of the ongoing joint NRC/CEA cooperative test program to investigate the relative effectiveness of beta and gamma irradiation to produce damage in polymer base materials, ethylene propylene rubber (EPR) specimens, in slab geometry, were exposed to Cobalt-60 gamma rays and accelerator produced electron beams. Specimens were irradiated and evaluated at research facilities in the US (Sandia National Laboratories) and France (Compagnie ORIS Industrie). These tests included several electron … more

Date: September 1, 1987

Creator: Buckalew, W.H.; Wyant, F.J.; Chenion, J.; Carlin, F.; Gaussens, G.; Le Tutour, P. et al.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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A worldwide perspective on actinide burning

Worldwide interest has been evident over the past few years in reexamining the merits of recovering the actinides from spent light-water reactor (LWR) fuel and transmuting them in fast reactors to reduce hazards in geologic repositories. This paper will summarize some of the recent activities in this field. Several countries are embarked on programs of reprocessing and vitrification of present wastes, from which removal of the actinides is largely precluded. The United States is assessing the i… more

Date: January 1, 1991

Creator: Burch, W.D.

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department