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Analysis of LOFT pressurizer spray and surge nozzles to include a 450/sup 0/F step transient

Description: This report presents the analysis of the LOFT pressurizer spray and surge nozzles to include a 450/sup 0/F step thermal transient. Previous analysis performed under subcontract by Basic Technology Incorporated was utilized where applicable. The SAASIII finite element computer program was used to determine stress distributions in the nozzles due to the step transient. Computer results were then incorporated in the necessary additional calculations to ascertain that stress limitations were not ex… more
Date: January 18, 1978
Creator: Nitzel, M.E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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NOVA integrated alignment/diagnostic sensors

Description: Under Contract 3772003 to the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Aerojet ElectroSystems Company has investigated a number of alignment system design topics for the NOVA and SHIVA upgrade lasers. Prior reports dealt with the Main Beam Alignment System, and with Multipass Amplifier Alignment Concepts. This report, which completes the contract, examines ways in which the Return Beam Diagnostic (RBD) package and Incident Beam Diagnostic (IBD) packages may be reconfigured to a more integrated package. I… more
Date: January 18, 1978
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Remote Working Level Monitor. Final report

Description: The Remote Working Level Monitor (RWLM) is an instrument used to remotely monitor the RN-daughter concentrations and the Working Level (WL). It is an ac powered, microprocessor based instrument which multiplexes two independent detector units to a single central processor unit (CPU). The CPU controls the actuation of the detector units and processes and outputs the data received from these remote detector units. The remote detector units are fully automated and require no manual operation once … more
Date: November 18, 1977
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Review of experiments

Description: A study was made to examine the effects which raising the ISA from 200 x 200 GeV to 400 x 400 GeV would have on the ''canonical'' experiments. These were ''canonical'' in the sense that they span the full range of foreseeable physics and have served as topics in previous Summer Studies and Workshops which resulted in quite explicit hardware designs and experimental goals. The study results indicate that all of the ''canonical'' experiments survive. Some are actually improved, some are unaffecte… more
Date: August 18, 1977
Creator: Chang, C.; Yodh, G.; Cutts, D.; Lanou, R.; Engels, E.; Kramer, M. et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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District Heating and Cooling Systems for Communities Through Power Plant Retrofit and Distribution Network, City of Piqua, Ohio: Volume 1 [Executive Summary]

Description: The goal of the Piqua, Ohio District Heating and Cooling Demonstration Project is to demonstrate the feasibility and efficiency of using cogenerated thermal energy from the City's Municipal Power Plant to provide residential, commercial and industrial space heating and cooling and satisfy other community energy needs as appropriate. Progress in four tasks within this project is reported. These tasks include: development of team work plan resource allocation; identification of thermal energ… more
Date: September 18, 1979
Creator: Piqua (Ohio)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Uranium production in thorium/denatured uranium fueled PWRs

Description: Uranium-232 buildup in a thorium/denatured uranium fueled pressurized water reactor, PWR(Th), was studied using a modified version of the spectrum-dependent zero dimensional depletion code, LEOPARD. The generic Combustion Engineering System 80 reactor design was selected as the reactor model for the calculations. Reactors fueled with either enriched natural uranium and self-generated recycled uranium or uranium from a thorium breeder and self-generated recycled uranium were considered. For enri… more
Date: October 18, 1977
Creator: Arthur, W.B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Fast optical shutters for Nova, a high power fusion laser

Description: Preliminary design and performance test results for fast optical shutters intended for use in the Nova high power fusion laser system are briefly described. Both an opening shutter to protect the pellet target from amplified spontaneous emission (ASE), and a closing shutter to protect the laser from light reflected back from the target are discussed. Faraday rotators, synchronized by a 400 Hz oscillator, provide an opening shutter mechanism with an opening time of approximately 10 ..mu..s. A pl… more
Date: October 18, 1977
Creator: Bradley, L. P.; Gagnon, W. L. & Carder, B. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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25 megajoule energy storage and delivery system for the Shiva laser

Description: A 25 megajoule, 20 kV capacitive energy storage and delivery system has been built and tested for Shiva--a 20 arm, 10 kJ, 20 TW neodymium glass fusion research laser. This system supplies over 3.5 megamperes to xenon flashlamps for optical pumping of the laser amplifier. About 15% of the energy is used to establish magnetic fields within Faraday rotator glass. A digital based control and diagnostics scheme is employed through the entire pulse power system. This scheme utilizes a distributed dig… more
Date: October 18, 1977
Creator: Gagnon, W.L.; Rupert, P. R.; Berkbigler, L.; Carder, B. M.; Gritton, D. G.; Holloway, R. W. et al.
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Brillouin scatter in laser-produced plasmas

Description: The absorption of intense laser light is found to be reduced when targets are irradiated by 1.06 ..mu..m light with long pulse widths (150-400 psec) and large focal spots (100-250 ..mu..m). Estimates of Brillouin scatter which account for the finite heat capacity of the underdense plasma predict this reduction. Spectra of the back reflected light show red shifts indicative of Brillouin scattering.
Date: July 18, 1977
Creator: Phillion, D.W.; Kruer, W.L. & Rupert, V.C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Report of Working Group on Accelerator Problems

Description: There are many experimental elementary particle objectives which are uniquely achievable with polarized proton beams. These objectives require both higher beam energies and intensities than are presently available. The polarized ion source working group concluded that it looks quite practical to produce polarized H sources with output currents of several mA. The significance of this is best demonstrated by the fact that the ZGS operates at its space charge limit using a 6 mA H/sup -/ impolarize… more
Date: October 18, 1977
Creator: Cho, Y.; Montague, B. W.; Kubischta, W.; Turrin, A.; Courant, E. D. & Ratner, L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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District Heating and Cooling Systems for Communities Through Power Plant Retrofit and Distribution Network, City of Piqua, Ohio: Volume 2 [Full Report]

Description: The feasibility analysis and evaluation of the Piqua, Ohio District Heating and Cooling Demonstration program is being conducted by the Piqua Municipal Power Co., the Piqua Law Dept., the Public Works Dept., a firm of economic analysts, and the Georgia Tech Engineering Dept. This volume contains information on the organization and composition of the demonstration team; characterization of the Piqua community; and the technical, environmental, institutional; financial, and economic assessments o… more
Date: September 18, 1979
Creator: Piqua (Ohio)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Design and test of a 40-kV, 80-A, 10-msec, neutral-beam power supply series

Description: To meet neutral-beam source requirements, a combination series switch/regulator system has been developed that can provide up to 40-kV at 80A output for 10-ms from the continuously decaying voltage of a charged capacitor bank. The system uses 100% feedback control of a series hard tube regulator. This feedback regulator is able to maintain a 40-kV output level for 100% load variations while the source voltage for the capacitor bank is drained from an initial 55-kV down to as low as 43-kV during… more
Date: October 18, 1977
Creator: North, G.G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Performance evaluation of in-service, elevated temperature industrial insulation

Description: A purchaser of industrial insulation is concerned with many factors which bear on the type of insulation selected. One of the most important factors, undoubtedly, is the thermal conductivity. The thermal conductivity is a measure of the ability of an insulation to conduct heat. The lower this value the better the insulation appears to the buyer. In the past it was generally assumed that the conductivity during the life of the insulation could be taken as a fixed property so long as external inf… more
Date: December 18, 1978
Creator: Martin, D. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Goals study for technical development and economic evaluation of the compound parabolic concentrator concept for solar energy collector applications

Description: The Argonne National Laboratories, contracted with Arthur D. Little, Inc. (ADL), to perform a 6 week goal study for the purpose of evaluating the technical applicability and the economic viability of the compound parabolic concentrator (CPC) concept for all solar energy applications except large central power plants. During this period, we studied the use of CPC units in a large number of residential, industrial, and commercial applications. The predicted performance of CPC augmented solar coll… more
Date: July 18, 1975
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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ORINC: a one-dimensional implicit approach to the inverse heat conduction problem. [PWR]

Description: The report develops an implicit solution technique to determine both the transient surface temperature and the transient surface heat flux of electrically heated rods given the power input and an ''indicated'' internal temperature during a simulated loss-of-coolant accident. A digital computer program ORINC (ORNL Inverse Code) is developed which solves a one-dimensional, transient, lumped parameter, implicit formulation of the conduction equation at each bundle thermocouple position in the Ther… more
Date: October 18, 1977
Creator: Ott, L. J. & Hedrick, R. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Structure of solid surfaces and of adsorbates by low-energy electron diffraction

Description: LEED theory has developed to the point where the diffraction beam intensities can be computed using the locations of the surface atoms as the only adjustable parameters. The position of atoms in many clean monatomic solid surfaces and the surface structures of ordered monolayers of adsorbed atoms have been determined this way. Surface crystallography studies are now extended to small hydrocarbon molecules that are adsorbed on metal surfaces. These studies are reviewed. (GHT)
Date: October 18, 1977
Creator: Somorjai, G.A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Effects of flow on density profiles in laser irradiated plasmas

Description: When the plasma outflow velocity relative to the critical surface is supersonic, compressional density profiles can form in the critical region. These compressions involve dissipative processes like those in collisionless shocks; associated plasma instabilities and reflected ions may inhibit energy transport and enhance laser light absorption.
Date: October 18, 1977
Creator: Max, C.E. & McKee, C.F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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