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Abortion Procedures

Description: This report discusses the Partial-Birth Abortion Act of 1997 (H.R. 1122). The report summarizes the legislation and why President Clinton vetoed it. Moreover, the report includes President Clinton's recommendation to amend the bill for him to pass. The report also suggests that little data has been created on the issue, but that it utilizes what data has been created.
Date: November 17, 1997
Creator: Stith-Coleman, Irene E.
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Abortion Procedures

Description: The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 1997, H.R. 1122 was vetoed by President Clinton on October 10, 1997. This legislation would have made it a federal crime, punishable by fine and/or incarceration, for a physician to perform a partial birth abortion unless it was necessary to save the life of a mother whose life is endangered by a physical disorder, illness, or injury. The partial-birth abortion legislation has stimulated a great deal of controversy. This report provides a brief overview of … more
Date: November 17, 1997
Creator: Stith-Coleman, Irene
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Activated carbon testing for the 200 area effluent treatment facility

Description: This report documents pilot and laboratory scale testing of activated carbon for use in the 200 Area Effluent Treatment Facility peroxide decomposer columns. Recommendations are made concerning column operating conditions and hardware design, the optimum type of carbon for use in the plant, and possible further studies.
Date: January 17, 1997
Creator: Wagner, R. N.
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Advanced Reservoir Characterization and Evaluation of CO2 Gravity Drainage in the Naturally Fractured Spraberry Reservoir

Description: Natural fractures exert a strong influence over oil production in Spraberry Trend Area reservoirs in the Permian Basin of west Texas. The importance of the fracture network has been known since the 1950s, but until recently, there has been very little detailed study of the fractures themselves. In 1996, a horizontal Spraberry well was cored as part of a DOE Class III Field Demonstration Project. Fractures from the horizontal core as well as other fractures encountered in vertical Spraberry core… more
Date: December 17, 1997
Creator: Schechter, David S.
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Assessment of Neptunium, Americium, and Curium in the Savannah River Site Environment

Description: A series of documents has been published in which the impact of various radionuclides released to the environment by Savannah River Site (SRS) operations has been assessed. The quantity released, the disposition of the radionuclides in the environment, and the dose to offsite individuals has been presented for activation products, carbon cesium, iodine, plutonium, selected fission products, strontium, technetium, tritium, uranium, and the noble gases. An assessment of the impact of nonradioacti… more
Date: December 17, 1997
Creator: Carlton, W.H.
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Development of a Novel Activated Carbon Based Adsorbents for control of Mercury Emissions from Coal-Fired Power Plants

Description: The overall objective of this study is to evaluate pertinent design and operational parameters that would enable successful application of activated carbon adsorption for the reduction of mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants. The study will evaluate the most suitable impregnate such as sulfur, chloride and other chelating agents for its ability to enhance the adsorptive capacity of activated carbon for mercury vapor under various process conditions. The main process variables to be ev… more
Date: March 17, 1997
Creator: Vidic, R.D.
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DMS release 2 quality assurance (QA) plan

Description: This document defines the QA activities that will be Pursued during the development of the WRAP I DMS Release 2 software.
Date: January 17, 1997
Creator: Weidert, J.R.
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Engineering report (conceptual design) PFP solution stabilization

Description: This Engineering Report (Conceptual Design) addresses remediation of the plutonium-bearing solutions currently in inventory at the Plutonium Finishing Plant (PFP). The recommendation from the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is that the solutions be treated thermally and stabilized as a solid for long term storage. For solutions which are not discardable, the baseline plan is to utilize a denitration process to stabilize the solutions prior to packaging for storage.
Date: July 17, 1997
Creator: Witt, J. B.
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Evaluation of selected ex-reactor accidents related to the tritium and medical isotope production mission at the FFTF

Description: The Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF) has been proposed as a production facility for tritium and medical isotopes. A range of postulated accidents related to ex-reactor irradiated fuel and target handling were identified and evaluated using new source terms for the higher fuel enrichment and for the tritium and medical isotope targets. In addition, two in-containment sodium spill accidents were re-evaluated to estimate effects of increased fuel enrichment and the presence of the Rapid Retrieval Sy… more
Date: November 17, 1997
Creator: Himes, D. A.
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Exploratory research on novel coal liquefaction concept. Quarterly report, October 1, 1996--December 31, 1996

Description: A goal of this work was to reduce the cost associated with hydrogen ion reagent `A`. Microautoclave tests were previously conducted using `A`/dry coal = 1.0. This quarter test were completed using a ratio of 2.0. Conversion was poor at the low ratio. Additional reagents did not improve the conversion.
Date: February 17, 1997
Creator: Winschel, R. A.; Brandes, S. D. & Derbyshire, F. J.
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Fast-Track Trade Authority Proposals: Which Environmental Issues are Included in the Principal Negotiating Objectives?

Description: This report discusses fast-track negotiating authority, which provides that Congress will consider trade agreements within mandatory deadlines, with limited debate, and without amendment. Environmental provisions are eligible for the fast-track procedure only if they meet at least one of the principal trade negotiating objectives.
Date: October 17, 1997
Creator: Wilson, Arlene
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Final design review summary report for the TN-WHC cask and transportation system

Description: This document represents comments generated from a review of Transnuclear`s Final Design Package distributed on December 10, 1996 and a review of the Final Design Analysis Report meeting held on December 17 & 18, 1996. The Final design describes desicn features and presents final analyses @j performed to fabricate and operate the system while meeting the Cask/Transportation Functions and Requirements, WHC-SD-SNF-FRD-011, Rev. 0 and specification WHC-S-0396, Rev. 1.
Date: January 17, 1997
Creator: Kee, A.T.
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Geothermal Heat Pump Benchmarking Report

Description: A benchmarking study was conducted on behalf of the Department of Energy to determine the critical factors in successful utility geothermal heat pump programs. A Successful program is one that has achieved significant market penetration. Successfully marketing geothermal heat pumps has presented some major challenges to the utility industry. However, select utilities have developed programs that generate significant GHP sales. This benchmarking study concludes that there are three factors criti… more
Date: January 17, 1997
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Glass formulation development and testing for the vitrification of Oak Ridge tank waste

Description: As part of joint project between the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the Savannah River Technology Center (SRTC), radioactive waste from four different ORNL tank farms will be immobilized. This work, which is funded by the DOE Office of Science and Technology, is designed to create a direct comparison between grouting and vitrification technologies. SRTC efforts have been focused on developing and testing glass formulations for the vitrification of the tank wastes. The radioactive wast… more
Date: June 17, 1997
Creator: Andrews, M. K. & Workman, P. J.
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High-frequency acoustic imaging of L Lake Phase 4 [Savannah River Site, South Carolina]

Description: The objective of the seismic reflection and side scan sonar survey is to determine the location, aerial extent, and depth of burial pits situated along the reservoir bottom of L Lake, Savannah River Site, SC. The results will be used in the overall characterization of L Lake by providing continuous profile line coverage of the bottom and subbottom sediment structure along the entire length of the project area. The results are also intended to supplement previous scientific information obtained … more
Date: March 17, 1997
Creator: Dunn, D. L.; Sjostrom, Keith J.; Leist, Rodney L. & Harmon, Thomas S., Jr.
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High performance gamma measurements of equipment retrieved from Hanford high-level nuclear waste tanks

Description: The cleanup of high level defense nuclear waste at the Hanford site presents several progressive challenges. Among these is the removal and disposal of various components from buried active waste tanks to allow new equipment insertion or hazards mitigation. A unique automated retrieval system at the tank provides for retrieval, high pressure washing, inventory measurement, and containment for disposal. Key to the inventory measurement is a three detector HPGe high performance gamma spectroscopy… more
Date: March 17, 1997
Creator: Troyer, G. L.
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