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300-MHz optical discriminator-counter

Description: The prediction of future CO/sub 2/ content in the atmosphere is not completely credible because the oceanographers and terrestrial ecologists do not agree on the global CO/sub 2/ balance. Very precise measurements of O/sub 2//N/sub 2/ ratio using Raman scattering over a few years' period could provide important information and lead to the explanation of the disparity in the atmospheric CO/sub 2/ balance. An optical discriminator-counter has been developed to count closely spaced optical events … more
Date: July 1, 1981
Creator: Turko, B. & Lo, C.C.
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Advanced Selenide Thermoelectric Development Program. Final Report

Description: The primary objective of this work was to demonstrate that copper silver selenide and TAGS could be segmented. The hot junction temperature was planned to be 725/sup 0/C with the segmentation temperature at 400/sup 0/C, both temperatures were selected to prevent excessive sublimation from the hot ends of the segments, respectively. The program was planned as a cooperative effort between General Atomic company and Teledyne Energy Systems. Accordingly, General Atomic synthesized the CuAgSe that w… more
Date: July 20, 1981
Creator: Seetoo, W. R.
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Analysis of potential used oil recovery from individuals. Final report

Description: To assist the Department of Energy in its investigation of methods for recycling used motor oil, Market Facts conducted a telephone survey of individuals who change their own motor oil. The study examined the amount of oil used, oil change practices, oil disposal methods, and perceptions and attitudes toward used motor oil disposal and oil recycling. The results of this survey are presented in this report. The findings of this study confirm the generally held view that about half the vehicle ho… more
Date: July 1, 1981
Creator: Gottlieb, M.
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Analysis of standard reference materials by absolute INAA

Description: Three standard reference materials, flyash, soil, and ASI 4340 steel, were analyzed by a method of absolute instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA). Two different light water pool-type reactors were used to produce equivalent analytical results even though the epithermal to thermal flux ratio in one reactor was higher than that in the other by a factor of two.
Date: July 1, 1981
Creator: Heft, R.E. & Koszykowski, R.F.
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Analysis of the Risk of Transporting Uranium Ore Concentrates by Truck

Description: This report evaluates the risks involved with shipping uranium ore concentrates by truck in an attempt to provide some perspective on the system safety issues. The basic probabilistic risk evaluation methodology used in this study is similar to that employed by Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) in a series of risk analyses on the transportation of potentially hazardous energy materials. The risk model has been constructed as a series of separate analysis steps to allow the system risk to be re… more
Date: July 1, 1981
Creator: Geffen, C. A.
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Analysis of the separation of protium from blanket tritium-product streams

Description: The case is considered in which the blanket product stream has been purified to the point where only protium, tritium, and a small quantity of deuterium remain. A cryogenic distillation cascade concept developed specifically to handle this enrichment problem is shown. The concept is based on a series of distillation columns and equilibrators capable of producing a protium-rich stream containing less than 1000 appm T and a tritium-rich stream containing less than 2000 appm H. It is envisioned th… more
Date: July 1, 1981
Creator: Misra, B. & Maroni, V.A.
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Analytical techniques to reduce the number of physical standards needed for neutron coincidence counters

Description: A technique for performing calculationally assisted evaluations of shift-register coincidence counter data is discussed. An example of a typical application for some high mass PuO/sub 2/ samples is presented. Methods for applying the technique to general coincidence counter use are described.
Date: July 1, 1981
Creator: Bosler, G.E.
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Analytical theory of interchange and compressional Alfven instabilities in EBT

Description: The local stability of the EBT plasma is analyzed for the long wavelength perturbations in the frequency regime, ..omega.. approx. less than or equal to ..cap omega../sub i/(..cap omega../sub i/ is ion cyclotron frequency). In addition to the low frequency interchange instability, the plasma can be unstable to the compressional Alfven wave. Contrary to the previously obtained quadratic dispersion relation in ..omega.. for the interchange mode, our dispersion relations for both types of instabil… more
Date: July 1, 1981
Creator: Cheng, C. Z. & Tsang, K. T.
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Annual progress report

Description: A single-mode, nonlinear analysis of the 2XIIB experimental results is under development. A Model-I (infinite geometry, no mirror losses or source beams) analysis is nearly complete. Model II (mirror losses, beams, energy drag) is in progress. Nonlinear analysis of the 2..omega../sub p/ instability near the quarter-critical point in an inhomogeneous plasma is continuing.
Date: July 31, 1981
Creator: Simon, A.
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Antiproton Yields for Stochastic Accumulation

Description: Two sets of parameters have been developed to study stochastic accumulation. The question arises of the size of the transverse emittance required to achieve an antiproton yield of 1.2 x 10{sup 8} {bar p}'s/MR cyc1e for 4.5 GeV and 8 GeV {bar p} kinetic energies, given a full momentum acceptance of 4%. The results quoted in the paper are obtained with a Monte Carlo program which uses a fit to the {bar p} production invariant cross section that has been presented previously. An article describing… more
Date: July 15, 1981
Creator: Hojnat, Carlos & Ginneken, A.Van
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Applications of bent cylindrical mirrors to x-ray beamlines

Description: Bent cylindrical mirrors are considered as substitutes for paraboloidal and ellipsoidal mirrors in x-ray beamlines. Analytic and raytracing studies are used to compare their optical performance with the corresponding ideal elements. Particular emphasis is placed on obtaining the practical limitations in the application of bent cylinders to typical beamline configurations.
Date: July 1, 1981
Creator: Heald, S.M.
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Applied nuclear data research and development. Progress report, January 1-March 31, 1981

Description: Activities of the Los Alamos Nuclear Data Group for January 1 through March 31, 1981, are described. Topics include: (1) peripheral effects in R-matrix theory; (2) Coulomb corrections in light nuclei; (3) new R-matrix analysis of reactions in the /sup 7/Li system; (4) variance-covariance analysis of n + Li reactions; (5) calculated charged-particle emission in the mass-90 region; (6) determination of deformed optical model parameters for neutron reactions on /sup 235/U and /sup 239/Pu; (7) calc… more
Date: July 1, 1981
Creator: Baxman, C.I. & Young, P.G. (comps.)
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Approaches to wind-resource verification

Description: Verification of the regional wind energy resource assessments produced by the Pacific Northwest Laboratory addresses the question: Is the magnitude of the resource given in the assessments truly representative of the area of interest. Approaches using qualitative indicators of wind speed (tree deformation, eolian features), old and new data of opportunity not at sites specifically chosen for their exposure to the wind, and data by design from locations specifically selected to be good wind site… more
Date: July 1, 1981
Creator: Barchet, W. R.
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Assessment of precision gamma scanning for inspecting LWR fuel rods. Final report

Description: Reconstruction of the radial two-dimensional distributions of fission products using projections obtained by nondestructive gamma scanning was evaluated. The filtered backprojection algorithm provided the best reconstruction for simulated gamma-ray sources, as well as for actual irradiated fuel material. Both a low-burnup (11.5 GWd/tU) light-water reactor fuel rod and a high-burnup (179.1 GWd/tU) fast breeder reactor fuel rod were examined using this technique.
Date: July 1, 1981
Creator: Phillips, J. R.; Barnes, B. K.; Barnes, M. L.; Hamlin, D. K. & Medina-Ortega, E. G.
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Assessment of radiation effects in defense transuranic waste forms

Description: The actinide concentrations of the defense transuranic (TRU) wastes were analyzed and the potential effects of the radiation on the properties of the wastes after conversion to immobile forms were assessed. The study focused on the contact-handled retrievably-stored wastes. The major components of the current inventory are defense plutonium-contaminated wastes containing various amounts of /sup 241/Am. The wastes stored at Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL) are typical of the wastes i… more
Date: July 1, 1981
Creator: Roberts, F.P.
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Assessment of the computer code COBRA/CFTL

Description: The COBRA/CFTL code has been developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) for thermal-hydraulic analysis of simulated gas-cooled fast breeder reactor (GCFR) core assemblies to be tested in the core flow test loop (CFTL). The COBRA/CFTL code was obtained by modifying the General Atomic code COBRA*GCFR. This report discusses these modifications, compares the two code results for three cases which represent conditions from fully rough turbulent flow to laminar flow. Case 1 represented fully r… more
Date: July 1, 1981
Creator: Baxi, C. B. & Burhop, C. J.
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Assessment of the Geothermal Potential of Southwestern New Mexico. (Final Report: 7/1/78 - 4/30/80)

Description: Results are reported of geologic mapping of geothermal anomalies in the Gila Hot Springs KGRA/Mimbres Hot Springs area, Grant County. They suggest that both hot-spring occurrences are structurally controlled by the intersection of a major Basin and Range fault and the disturbed margin of an ash-flow tuff cauldron. Hydrothermal alteration in both areas is related to mid-Tertiary volcanism, not to modern hot springs. At Gila Hot Springs, the geothermal aquifer is a zone at the contact between the… more
Date: July 1, 1981
Creator: Elston, Wolfgang E.
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Automated Fresnel lens tester system

Description: An automated data collection system controlled by a desktop computer has been developed for testing Fresnel concentrators (lenses) intended for solar energy applications. The system maps the two-dimensional irradiance pattern (image) formed in a plane parallel to the lens, whereas the lens and detector assembly track the sun. A point detector silicon diode (0.5-mm-dia active area) measures the irradiance at each point of an operator-defined rectilinear grid of data positions. Comparison with a … more
Date: July 1, 1981
Creator: Phipps, G.S.
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Ballooning stability in toroidal devices

Description: The marginal stability condition of ballooning instabilities for toroidal confinement devices is derived for low critical stability ..beta.. (..beta.. less than or equal to 10%). The stability condition derived here should be applicable to EBT and multipoles as well as tokamaks and stellarators. For EBT and multipoles a more compact expression for the stability condition is possible and is given here in the appendix.
Date: July 1, 1981
Creator: Yoshikawa, S.
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Balmer alpha emission and hydrogen atom energy in ion-source discharges

Description: The structure of the hydrogen Balmer alpha line emission profiles from three types of neutral beam injector ion source plasmas (filling pressure approx. 10 mTorr, electron density approx. 1 to 2 x 10/sup 12/ cm/sup -3/, electron temperature approx. 2 to 4 eV) is studied with the aid of a simple model for the neutral particle balance and H/sub ..cap alpha../ emission. A large fraction of the H/sub ..cap alpha../ is produced by dissociative excitation of H/sub 2/ and dissociative recombination of… more
Date: July 1, 1981
Creator: McNeill, D.H. & Kim, J.
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Basin View Geothermal Heating District, Klamath Falls, Oregon: conceptual design and economic-feasibility study report

Description: The findings of a feasibility study performed for Basin View Heating District in Klamath Falls, Oregon are reported. The purpose of the study is to determine the physical, economic, and political feasibility of establishing a geothermal heating district to provide space heat to housing units in the Basin View Development of Klamath Falls. Of the several systems considered, all are physically feasible. The project is politically feasible if the owner compiles with governmental requirements. Econ… more
Date: July 1, 1981
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Beam propagation in the frequency-converted subsystems of Nova and Novette

Description: An analysis of beam propagation for the frequency converted Nova/Novette systems is given and self-focusing effects are reviewed. It is shown that the nonlinear growth of beam modulation produced by self-focusing is proportional 1/2 exp B where B is the intensity dependent phase retardation (measured in radians) accumulated by the beam. This exponential growth of beam modulation in the baseline frequency conversion/focusing optical train limits the system performance for short pulse (tau < 2 ns… more
Date: July 7, 1981
Creator: Hunt, J.; Simmons, W.; Speck, R.; Warren, W. & Eimerl, D.
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Bodcau in situ combustion project. Fourth annual report, September 1, 1979-February 28, 1981

Description: Objective is to demonstrate the technical efficiency and economics of a commercial scale in-situ combustion project in a shallow heavy oil reservoir. Five elongated inverted nine-spot patterns were developed for this demonstration on Cities Service Company's Bodcau Fee B lease in the Bellevue Field, Bossier Parish, Louisiana. The five patterns comprising the demonstration project enclose 19 productive acres and consist of thirty-eight producing, five injection and five observation wells. This r… more
Date: July 1, 1981
Creator: Hardin, G.
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Boise Cascade - INEL solar home data report, July 1, 1980-March 31, 1981

Description: The operating data on the Boise Cascade-INEL solar homes located in Boise and Idaho Falls, Idaho, are summarized for the period from July 1, 1980 through March 31, 1981. All three major system functions are discussed: space heating, domestic hot water heating, and space cooling. In addition, the updated data acquisition system, which allows for simultaneous acquisition and analysis of data, and also the new data reduction and analysis capabilities are discussed. The general performance of the h… more
Date: July 1, 1981
Creator: Liebelt, K.H.; Novick, A.H. & Mills, J.I.
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