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Decontamination of Cells 6 and 7, Building 3019, Following Plutonium- Release Incident

Description: As a result of the evaporation explosion in the Radiochemical Processing Pilot Plant on Nov. 20, 1959, two cells were contaminated with plutonium to a transferable level of 10/sup 8/ d/m/100 sq cm. The area involved measures 40 by 20 by 27 ft high with a total surface area, including equipment, of 10,000 sq ft. The cells were decontaminated by a factor of 1000 in five months by removing loose equipment, debris, and shielding blocks and flushing with 430,600 liters of various decontaminating rea… more
Date: September 11, 1961
Creator: Parrott, J.R.
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Aquatic Species Program Review: Proceedings of Principal Investigators Meeting

Description: The purpose of the Aquatic Species Program is to improve the productivity, conversion to fuels, and cost efficiency of aquatic plant culture technologies. The emphasis of the program is on developing a mass culture technology for cultivating oil-yielding microalgae in the American southwest. A technical and economic analysis indicated that such a concept would be feasible if (1) lipid yields from microalgae are improved, (2) there is sufficient saline water for large-scale development, and (3) … more
Date: June 1, 1985
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Alternative Feedstocks Program Technical and Economic Assessment: Thermal/Chemical and Bioprocessing Components

Description: This resource document on biomass to chemicals opportunities describes the development of a technical and market rationale for incorporating renewable feedstocks into the chemical industry in both a qualitative and quantitative sense. The term "renewable feedstock?s" can be defined to include a huge number of materials such as agricultural crops rich in starch, lignocellulosic materials (biomass), or biomass material recovered from a variety of processing wastes.
Date: July 1, 1993
Creator: Bozell, J. J. & Landucci, R.
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Gridley Ethanol Demonstration Project Utilizing Gasification Technology: Feedstock Supply Plan; March 15, 2004

Description: The report describes a Feedstock Supply Plan for the proposed Gridley Ethanol Demonstration Project to be located in the City of Gridley Industrial Park in Gridley, California. This report also includes information on the establishment of the required infrastructure required for collecting approximately 113,000 Bone Dry Tons (BDT) annually for the proposed facility. Using the Pearson Technology from Aberdeen, Mississippi, and the related engineering assumptions for required feedstock, it is est… more
Date: July 1, 2004
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Rohm and Haas: Company Uses Knoxville Plant Assessment Results to Develop Best Practices Guidelines and Benchmark for Its Other Sites (Revised)

Description: Rohm and Haas conducted a plant-wide energy assessment at its Knoxville, Tennessee, chemicals manufacturing facility. The assessment identified potential annual energy savings of nearly 47,000 MMBtu in steam and fuel and 11,000 MWh in electricity. Annual cost savings were estimated at almost$1.5 million. After the assessment was replicated in California and Kentucky plants, the companys additional estimated cost savings were$500,000 annually. Additional annual energy savings were about 23,000 M… more
Date: July 1, 2003
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W. R. Grace: Plant Uses Six Sigma Methodology and Traditional Heat Balance Analysis to Identify Energy Conservation Opportunities at Curtis Bay Works (Revised)

Description: The plant-wide energy assessment at W. R. Grace's Curtis Bay Works helped identify four projects with combined potential savings of $840,000 per year. A separate, unique project that would partner W. R. Grace with the City of Baltimore to recover and use landfill gas (methane) to cogenerate steam and electricity was also identified during the assessment. If implemented, the project would recover gas from the landfill to replace 40% of the electricity and 65% of the fuel currently required to pr… more
Date: December 1, 2003
Creator: United States. Department of Energy. Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Office of Industrial Technologies.
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Formosa Plastics Corporation: Plant-Wide Assessment of Texas Plant Identifies Opportunities for Improving Process Efficiency and Reducing Energy Costs

Description: At Formosa Plastics Corporation's plant in Point Comfort, Texas, a plant-wide assessment team analyzed process energy requirements, reviewed new technologies for applicability, and found ways to improve the plant's energy efficiency. The assessment team identified the energy requirements of each process and compared actual energy consumption with theoretical process requirements. The team estimated that total annual energy savings would be about 115,000 MBtu for natural gas and nearly 14 millio… more
Date: January 1, 2005
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Rohm and Haas: Chemical Plant Uses Pinch Analysis to Quantify Energy and Cost Savings Opportunities at Deer Park, Texas

Description: An assessment team conducted a pinch analysis on major production processes at a Rohm and Haas chemical plant. Several potential projects were identified, which could yield annual savings totaling 2.2 million MMBtu and almost$7.7 million.
Date: August 1, 2004
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Kinetic and Modeling Investigation on Dilute Sulfuric Acid and Hot Water Fractionation of Selected Biomass Plan

Description: Subcontractor developed a processing model to evaluate and optimize an NREL-developed biomass pretreatment technology. The technology, taking advantage of the biphasic nature of hemicellulose in pretreatment, is a two-stage, reverse-flow, shrinking-bed system. The contract simulation found that this system could increase sugar yield by about 5%, with bed shrinkage of 27% and sugar yield of 95% at optimum conditions.
Date: September 1, 2004
Creator: Lee, Y. Y.; Chen, R. B.; Wu, Z. & Hayes, J.
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Addendum to the Calcined Waste Storage at the Idaho Nuclear Technology Center

Description: This report is an addendum to the report Calcined Waste Storage at the Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center, INEEL/EXT-98-00455 Rev. 1, June 2003. The original report provided a summary description of the Calcined Solids Storage Facilities (CSSFs). It also contained dozens of pages of detailed data tables documenting the volume and composition (chemical content and radionuclide activity) of the calcine stored in the CSSFs and the liquid waste from which the calcine was derived. This … more
Date: May 1, 2004
Creator: Staiger, M. D.; Swenson, Michael & Thomas, T. R.
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Out-of-Pile Properties of Mixed Uranium-Plutonium Carbides. Final Report

Description: Fabrication studies to produce high density solid solutions of 80% UC-- 20% PuC, with reproducible structure, composition, and density, were completed. Solid solution (U,Pu)C powder was produced by the oxide-carbon reaction, and the powders were consolidated by cold pressing and sintering. The studies were a continuation of work performed on Contract AT(30-1)-2899 with the USAEC. Two types of material were produced: 1. (U/sub 0.8/Pu/sub 0.2/)C/sub 0.95/, single,phase monocarbide pellets with av… more
Date: December 1, 1963
Creator: Stahl, D.; Strasser, A.; Taylor, K. & Anderson, J.
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Handling Pyrophoric Reagents

Description: Pyrophoric reagents are extremely hazardous. Special handling techniques are required to prevent contact with air and the resulting fire. This document provides several methods for working with pyrophoric reagents outside of an inert atmosphere.
Date: August 14, 2009
Creator: Alnajjar, Mikhail S. & Haynie, Todd O.
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Research and Development in the Field of Thorium Chemistry and Metallurgy. Monthly Progress Report for May 16 Thru June 15, 1955

Description: An internally heated chlorinator using a bed of graphite as a resistor element in contact with molten salt was shown to be feasible. An extended run was completed in an electrolytic cell demonstrating the feasibility of continuous operation. Other studies are reported on chlorination of thorium oxycarbonate and physical metallurgy evaluations of the Th produced. (T.R.R.)
Date: July 1, 1955
Creator: Wyatt, J.L.
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Development of Silicon-Modified 48 Wt. % U-Al Alloys for Aluminum Plate-Type Fuel Elements

Description: The casting procedures, mechanical working characteristics, composite fuel plate fabrication, and fuel element assembly methods for a nominal 48 wt.% U- 3 wt.% Si -AP alloy are examined. It was found that localized clad thinning, resulting from dogboning'' of the fuel alloy, is essentially eliminated in composite Plates when this alloy is used in combination with 5154 Al frames and 1100 Al covers. However, fuel component dimensions are difficult to maintain within commonly accepted tolersnces i… more
Date: March 23, 1959
Creator: Thurber, W. C. & Beaver, R. J.
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