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1985 consumer segmentation: Assessment of the market for conservation in the Northwest: Phase 2

Description: This report presents information on consumer attitudes toward conservation, past and intended conservation behaviors, and utility-sponsored conservation program participation levels. The information was collected by means of random telephone surveys of households in Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and Western Montana. Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) conducted analyses of the survey results for the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) to obtain a better understanding of consumer attitudes and beh… more
Date: May 1987
Creator: Bailey, B. M.; Hattrup, M. P.; Nordi, R. T.; Shankle, S. A. & Ivey, D. L.
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1985 Libby Reservoir Angler Census: May 13-October 31, 1987 [i.e. 1985] : Interim Report.

Description: An intensive creel and economic survey was conducted on Libby Reservoir from May 13 through October 31, 1985. This research was part of a larger effort to quantify the existing reservoir fishery and the effects of dam operation on this fishery. Census techniques incorporated direct interviews and electronic car counters installed at all established boat ramp access sites. A total of 4243 angling party interviews, 2379 car counter interviews and 719 economic surveys were conducted on Libby Reser… more
Date: May 1, 1987
Creator: Chisholm, Ian & Hamlin, Paul
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1985 primary heating fuel use and switching: Assessment of the market for conservation in the Northwest: Phase 2

Description: This report presents information on the types of primary heating fuels used in residences in the Pacific Northwest region and how the heating fuels affect the level of investment in energy conservation measures (ECMs) by occupants of the residences. The types of heating fuel switching that occurred during the past two years (1983-1985) is also presented. The information was collected from random telephone surveys of households in Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and western Montana. The Pacific North… more
Date: May 1, 1987
Creator: Hattrup, M. P.; Nordi, R. T. & Ivey, D. L.
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1987 DOE review: First collider run operation

Description: This review covers the operations of the first run of the 1.8 TeV superconducting super collider. The papers enclosed cover: PBAR source status, fixed target operation, Tevatron cryogenic reliability and capacity upgrade, Tevatron Energy upgrade progress and plans, status of the D0 low beta insertion, 1.8 K and 4.7 K refrigeration for low-..beta.. quadrupoles, progress and plans for the LINAC and booster, near term and long term and long term performance improvements.
Date: May 1, 1987
Creator: Childress, S.; Crawford, J.; Dugan, G.; Edwards, H.; Finley, D. A.; Fowler, W. B. et al.
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The ACP (Advanced Computer Program) Branch bus and real-time applications of the ACP multiprocessor system

Description: The ACP Branchbus, a high speed differential bus for data movement in multiprocessing and data acquisition environments, is described. This bus was designed as the central bus in the ACP multiprocessing system. In its full implementation with 16 branches and a bus switch, it will handle data rates of 160 MByte/sec and allow reliable data transmission over inter rack distances. We also summarize applications of the ACP system in experimental data acquisition, triggering and monitoring, with spec… more
Date: May 8, 1987
Creator: Hance, R.; Areti, H.; Atac, R.; Biel, J.; Cook, A.; Fischler, M. et al.
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Alarm points for fixed oxygen monitors

Description: Oxygen concentration monitors were installed in a vault where numerous pipes carried inert cryogens and gases to the Mirror Fusion Test Facility (MFTF-B) experimental vessel at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). The problems associated with oxygen-monitoring systems and the reasons why such monitors were installed were reviewed. As a result of this review, the MFTF-B monitors were set to sound an evacuation alarm when the oxygen concentration fell below 18%. We chose the 18% alarm c… more
Date: May 1, 1987
Creator: Miller, G.C.
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Alaska Geothermal Bibliography

Description: The Alaska geothermal bibliography lists all publications, through 1986, that discuss any facet of geothermal energy in Alaska. In addition, selected publications about geology, geophysics, hydrology, volcanology, etc., which discuss areas where geothermal resources are located are included, though the geothermal resource itself may not be mentioned. The bibliography contains 748 entries.
Date: May 1, 1987
Creator: Liss, S. A.; Motyka, R. J. & Nye, C. J.
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Analysis of medium-BTU gasification condensates, June 1985-June 1986

Description: This report provides the final results of chemical and physical analysis of condensates from biomass gasification systems which are part of the US Department of Energy Biomass Thermochemical Conversion Program. The work described in detail in this report involves extensive analysis of condensates from four medium-BTU gasifiers. The analyses include elemental analysis, ash, moisture, heating value, density, specific chemical analysis, ash, moisture, heating value, density, specific chemical anal… more
Date: May 1, 1987
Creator: Elliott, D. C.
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Analysis of residual organic materials in aqueous radioactive streams from the Purex process

Description: New solid phase extraction methods have been developed to allow determination of residual normal paraffin hydrocarbon (NPH) and tri-n-butyl phosphate (TBP) in aqueous radioactive streams from the Purex process. The techniques concentrate organic materials and separate them from radioactive species for analysis by gas chromatography. TBP and NPH have good radiolytic and chemical stability and have low aqueous solubility. However, they can contaminate aqueous streams and cause processing difficul… more
Date: May 1, 1987
Creator: Shook, H.E. Jr.
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Annual site environmental report for calendar year 1986

Description: The Western Area Power Administration has established an effective formal environmental protection, auditing, and monitoring program which has been in effect since 1978. This annual site environmental report discusses the significant environmental projects and issues Western was involved with in 1986, and it is written to demonstrate the nature and effectiveness of the environmental protection program. Western has numerous facilities located in 15 states. This report was written to address all … more
Date: May 1, 1987
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Assessment of industry needs for oil shale research and development

Description: Thirty-one industry people were contacted to provide input on oil shale in three subject areas. The first area of discussion dealt with industry's view of the shape of the future oil shale industry; the technology, the costs, the participants, the resources used, etc. It assessed the types and scale of the technologies that will form the industry, and how the US resource will be used. The second subject examined oil shale R D needs and priorities and potential new areas of research. The third a… more
Date: May 1, 1987
Creator: Hackworth, J. H.
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Assessment of industry needs for oil shale research and development. Final report

Description: Thirty-one industry people were contacted to provide input on oil shale in three subject areas. The first area of discussion dealt with industry`s view of the shape of the future oil shale industry; the technology, the costs, the participants, the resources used, etc. It assessed the types and scale of the technologies that will form the industry, and how the US resource will be used. The second subject examined oil shale R&D needs and priorities and potential new areas of research. The third a… more
Date: May 1, 1987
Creator: Hackworth, J. H.
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Assessment of radioisotope heaters for remote terrestrial applications

Description: This paper examines the feasibility of using radioisotope byproducts for special heating applications at remote sites in Alaska and other cold regions. The investigation included assessment of candidate radioisotope materials for heater applications, identification of the most promising cold region applications, evaluation of key technical issues and implementation constraints, and development of conceptual heater designs for candidate applications. Strontium-90 (Sr-90) was selected as the most… more
Date: May 1, 1987
Creator: Uherka, K.L.
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Blown-up orbifolds

Description: A method to repair - ''blow-up'' - the singularities of the Abelian (2,2) orbifolds to obtain the corresponding (2,2) Calabi-Yau manifolds is presented. This approach makes use of the fact that with each orbifold singularity there are associated massless scalar fields - blowing-up modes - whose potential is flat to all orders in the string perturbation theory. The zero vacuum expectation values (VEV's) of the blowing-up modes correspond to the orbifold limit, while nonzero VEV's yield the corre… more
Date: May 1, 1987
Creator: Cvetic, M.
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CAPSIZE: A personal computer program and cross-section library for determining the shielding requirements, size, and capacity of shipping casks subject to various proposed objectives

Description: A new interactive program called CAPSIZE has been written for the IBM-PC to rapidly determine the likely impact that proposed design objectives might have on the size and capacity of spent fuel shipping casks designed to meet those objectives. Given the burnup of the spent fuel, its cooling time, the thickness of the internal basket walls, the desired external dose rate, and the nominal weight limit of the loaded cask, the CAPSIZE program will determine the maximum number of PWR fuel assemblies… more
Date: May 1, 1987
Creator: Bucholz, J. A.
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Cesium chloride compatibility testing program: Annual report for fiscal year 1986

Description: A program was started to evaluate the compatibility of Waste Encapsulation and Storage Facility (WESF)-produced cesium chloride (CsCl) with 316L stainless steel (SS) under thermal conditions that may be encountered in a geologic repository. Objective is compatibility testing of six standard WESF capsules at a max metal/CsCl interface temperature of approx.450/sup 0/C. Test capsule No. C-1351 was removed from its insulated container after being held at temperature for 28,268 h (3.2 y). The avera… more
Date: May 1, 1987
Creator: Bryan, G. H.
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Challenges of nuclear fusion

Description: After 30 years of research and development in many countries, the magnetic confinement fusion experiments finally seem to be getting close to the original first goal: the point of ''scientific break-even.'' Plans are being made for a generation of experiments and tests with actual controlled thermonuclear fusion conditions. Therefore, engineers and material scientists are hard at work to develop the required technology. In this paper the principal elements of a generic fusion reactor are descri… more
Date: May 1, 1987
Creator: Kunkel, W.B.
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Characteristics of solid-target charge-exchange analyzers for energetic ion diagnostics on tokamaks

Description: Compact electrostatic charge-exchange analyzers have been constructed for installation in areas of high magnetic fields and restricted access near tokamak fusion devices. The analyzers employed carbon stripping foils, and have been calibrated for proton energies between 1 and 70 keV. They have been successfully used to study charge-exchange losses in auxiliary-heated tokamak plasmas.
Date: May 1, 1987
Creator: Beiersdorfer, P.; Roquemore, A.L. & Kaita, R.
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Charpy impact test results for low-activation ferritic alloys

Description: The objective of this work is to evaluate the shift of the ductile to brittle transition temperature (DBTT) and the reduction of the upper shelf energy (USE) due to neutron irradiation of low activation ferritic alloys. Six low activation ferritic alloys have been tested following irradiation at 365/sup 0/C to 10 dpa and compared with control specimens in order to assess the effect of irradiation on Charpy impact properties.
Date: May 1, 1987
Creator: Cannon, N. S.; Hu, W. L. & Gelles, D. S.
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Chemical sensors

Description: The revolution in analytical chemistry promised by recent developments in the field of chemical sensors has potential for significant positive impact on both research and production activities conducted by and for the Department of Energy. Analyses which were, in the past, performed only with a roomful of expensive equipment can now be performed with miniature solid-state electronic devices or small optical probes. Progress in the development of chemical sensors has been rapid, and the field is… more
Date: May 1, 1987
Creator: Hubbard, C. W. & Gordon, R. L.
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Chemical treatment of plutonium with hydrogen peroxide before nitrate anion exchange processing. [Reduction to (IV)]

Description: The major aqueous process used to recover and purify plutonium at the Los Alamos Plutonium Facility is anion exchange in nitric acid. This process is highly selective for plutonium; however, all plutonium must be as Pu(IV) to form the strongly sorbed anionic nitrato complex. The previous ''full-reduction treatment'' used at Los Alamos to obtain Pu(IV) results in a three- to fourfold increase in the feed solution volume and the introduction of kilogram quantities of extraneous salts immediately … more
Date: May 1, 1987
Creator: Marsh, S. F. & Gallegos, T. D.
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A computer program to determine the specific power of prismatic-core reactors

Description: A computer program has been developed to determine the maximum specific power for prismatic-core reactors as a function of maximum allowable fuel temperature, core pressure drop, and coolant velocity. The prismatic-core reactors consist of hexagonally shaped fuel elements grouped together to form a cylindrically shaped core. A gas coolant flows axially through circular channels within the elements, and the fuel is dispersed within the solid element material either as a composite or in the form … more
Date: May 1, 1987
Creator: Dobranich, D.
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