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324 building safety analysis report supplement

Description: Process engineering designs, major equipment and plant facilities to be utilized in commercial nuclear waste preparation and vitrification in the 324 Radiochemical Engineering Building are reviewed with regard to accident potential and consequences. This Safety Analysis Report Supplement compares calculated environmental doses anticipated from the Commercial Nuclear Waste Vitrification Project (CNWVP) routine operations with the average doses from past waste management operations conducted at t… more
Date: June 24, 1977
Creator: Dodd, A. O. & Wittenbrock, N. G.
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1974 conceptual design description of a bedded salt pilot plant in southeast New Mexico

Description: The policy of the United States Atomic Energy Commission is to take custody of all commercial high-level radioactive wastes and maintain control of them in perpetuity. This policy (Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 50, Appendix F) requires that the high-level wastes from nuclear fuels reprocessing plants be solidified within five years after reprocessing and then shipped to a federal repository within ten years after reprocessing. Ultimate disposal sites and/or methods have not yet be… more
Date: June 1, 1977
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Advanced development of fine coal desulfurization and recovery technology. Quarterly technical progress report, January 1, 1977--March 31, 1977

Description: The improvement and technical development of several promising methods for desulfurizing and recovering fine coal was continued. These methods include froth flotation, selective oil agglomeration, pelletization, and a chemical desulfurization process which involves leaching fine coal with a hot dilute solution of sodium carbonate containing dissolved oxygen or air under pressure. Numerous laboratory experiments and measurements were conducted in the areas of froth flotation, selective oil agglo… more
Date: June 1, 1977
Creator: Wheelock, T. D. & Fisher, R. W.
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Advanced fuel cell development. Progress report for January--March 1977.

Description: Advanced fuel cell research and development activities at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) during the period January to March 1977 is described. Efforts have been directed toward understanding and improvement of molten carbonate electrolyte fuel cells operating at temperatures near 650/sup 0/C. A primary focus of the work has been on developing electrolyte structures which have high strength and conductivity, as well as good electrolyte retention, and on developing methods of synthesis for ele… more
Date: June 1, 1977
Creator: Ackerman, J P; Kinoshita, K; Sim, J W; Swaroop, R & Nelson, P A
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Air quality impacts due to construction of LWR waste management facilities

Description: Air quality impacts of construction activities and induced housing growth as a result of construction activities were evaluated for four possible facilities in the LWR fuel cycle: a fuel reprocessing facility, fuel storage facility, fuel fabrication plant, and a nuclear power plant. Since the fuel reprocessing facility would require the largest labor force, the impacts of construction of that facility were evaluated in detail.
Date: June 1, 1977
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Alfven-ion-cyclotron instability in the central cell of TMX

Description: The central cell of TMX may require hot-ion injection. The resulting velocity-space anisotropy together with the length of the central homogeneous region raise the possibility of convective AIC instability. In this report we demonstrate that the Rosenbluth criterion of less than a thousand-fold amplitude amplification per pass can be satisfied by ion distributions which nevertheless have sufficient anisotropy to be confined within the central cell.
Date: June 6, 1977
Creator: Watson, D. C. & Baldwin, D. E.
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Allowable outage analysis for the LOFT CIS and reflood assist bypass valves

Description: To determine the outage time allowable for a typical 1 of 2 redundant valve configuration, a Markov model was created to analyze the various operating states for the valves. Since no performance criteria have been specified, an availability model was constructed with regard to the valve outage.
Date: June 1, 1977
Creator: Trainer, J.E. & Matthews, S.D.
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Alternate materials of construction for geothermal applications. Progress report No. 13, April--June 1977

Description: A program to determine if non-metallic materials such as polymers, concrete polymer composites, and refractory cements can be utilized as materials of construction in geothermal processes is in progress. To date, several high temperature polymer concrete systems have been formulated, laboratory and field tests performed in brine, flashing brine, and steam at temperatures up to 260/sup 0/C, and economic studies started. Laboratory data for exposure times greater than 2 years are available. Resul… more
Date: June 1, 1977
Creator: Steinberg, M. & Kukacka, L. E.
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Analysis of Diablo Canyon site response spectra

Description: The Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, located on the central California coast, is nearing completion. Recent geologic and seismological investigations have indicated that the nearby Hosgri fault may be part of a major fault system. If so, the original Design Basis Earthquake (DBE) may be inadequate for Diablo Canyon. Therefore, several factors that could significantly affect the design response spectra for the site were examined. It was found that, because of the area's geology, significant si… more
Date: June 24, 1977
Creator: Bernreuter, D. L. & Wight, L. H.
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Analysis of the bipole--dipole resistivity method for geothermal exploration

Description: Bipole-dipole (B-D) resistivity mapping has been widely used as a reconnaissance method in geothermal exploration. In this technique, apparent resistivities are plotted at roving dipole receiver locations and the current source (bipole) is left fixed. Interpretation to date has been in terms of simple layered, dike, vertical contact, or sphere models. In the case of more complicated two-dimensional models the interpretation is much more ambiguous and the detection of buried conductors depends v… more
Date: June 1, 1977
Creator: Dey, A.
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Analysis of the National Energy Plan

Description: The plan is treated by end-use sectors, except for utilities and fuel prices which are presented as separate topics. First, the specific strategies and policies contained in the April 20, 1977, White House Fact Sheet and the April 29, 1977, publication entitled, The National Energy Plan (NEP) are itemized. Next, a further explanation of several of the policies is provided based on information in HR 8631, The National Energy Act. Finally, an analysis of some of the implications of the NEP is per… more
Date: June 17, 1977
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Annual report on the characteristics of high-level waste glasses

Description: Processes are being developed to immobilize high-level radioactive wastes in glass for increased safety during handling, storage and final disposal. A concurrent program is the characterization of the waste-containing glasses produced by these processes, particularly in relation to their expected long-term behavior as affected by thermal and radiation-induced alteration of the glass. A compilation of characterization data is presented for low-melting (less than 1100/sup 0/C) borosilicate waste … more
Date: June 1, 1977
Creator: Mendel, J. E.; Ross, W. A.; Roberts, F. P.; Katayama, Y. B.; Westsik, J. H. Jr.; Turcotte, R. P. et al.
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Application of MHF technology to a tight gas sand in the Fort Worth Basin. Final report

Description: This massive hydraulic fracturing treatment was performed on the Ferguson 1A, a marginal Bend Conglomerate gas producer. It commenced on September 14, 1976, and concluded on September 16, 1976. The casing ruptured on September 14, after placing 87,000 gal foam, 67,000 lb 100 mesh sand, 52,000 gal emulsion, and 151,000 lb 10-20 sand. Repair and clean up operations were completed on the 16th and an additional 51,800 gal of foam, 38,000 lb 100 mesh sand, 146,000 gal emulsion, and 250,000 lb 10-20 … more
Date: June 1, 1977
Creator: Crawford, A. & Ellis, W.
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Application of pulsed electron beam vaporization to studies of UO/sub 2/. [LMFBR]

Description: A method for determining the pressure versus internal energy coordinates of the liquid-vapor saturation curve is applied to the study of UO/sub 2/. The experimental details and results of an initial series of tests are described. A comparison of the measurement results to models of the UO/sub 2/ equation of state illustrates the role of the heat capacity in describing the P--E characteristics of the state surface. A discussion of the available heat capacity information suggests that additional … more
Date: June 1, 1977
Creator: Benson, D. A.
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Approach to performance based regulation development

Description: An approach to the development of performance based regulations (PBR's) is described. Initially, a framework is constructed that consists of a function hierarchy and associated measures. The function at the top of the hierarchy is described in terms of societal objectives. Decomposition of this function into subordinate functions and their subsequent decompositions yield the function hierarchy. ''Bottom'' functions describe the roles of system components. When measures are identified for the pe… more
Date: June 1977
Creator: Spogen, L. R. & Cleland, L. L.
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Argonne Code Center: benchmark problem book

Description: This report is a supplement to the original report, published in 1968, as revised. The Benchmark Problem Book is intended to serve as a source book of solutions to mathematically well-defined problems for which either analytical or very accurate approximate solutions are known. This supplement contains problems in eight new areas: two-dimensional (R-z) reactor model; multidimensional (Hex-z) HTGR model; PWR thermal hydraulics--flow between two channels with different heat fluxes; multidimension… more
Date: June 1, 1977
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Assessment of solvent extraction for treatment of coal gasifier wastewater. Progress report. [19 refs]

Description: A preliminary study has been completed for the assessment of solvent extraction for coal gasifier wastewater treatment. This study shows very favorable economics; wastewater contaminants have a market value of about $45.00 per 1000 gallons of water to be treated while treatment costs are about $1.25 to $2.50 per 1000 gallons. Measurements of distribution coefficients between water and various solvents has been completed for m-dihydroxybenzene (resorcinol) and is in progress for o- and p-dihydro… more
Date: June 1, 1977
Creator: Luecke, R. H.
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Assessment of the risk of transporting plutonium dioxide by cargo aircraft

Description: To enable easy comparison, all the plutonium shipping evaluations have used the same bases. In each, the results have been related to a future time--the early 1980s--when plutonium shipments are expected to be more frequent. The characteristics of the nuclear economy used in this analysis are: A total of 18 metric tons (MT) of plutonium is shipped annually, via the mode being evaluated. 100 kg of plutonium are transported per shipment. For air shipment, a truck and air segment are considered. T… more
Date: June 1, 1977
Creator: McSweeney, T. I. & Johnson, J. F.
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Assessment of very high-temperature reactors in process applications. Appendix II. VHTR process heat application studies

Description: A critical review is presented of the technology and economics for coupling a very high-temperature gas-cooled reactor to a variety of process applications. It is concluded that nuclear steam reforming of light hydrocarbons for coal conversion could be a near-term alternative and that direct nuclear coal gasification could be a future consideration. Thermochemical water splitting appears to be more costly and its availability farther in the future than the coal-conversion systems. Nuclear steel… more
Date: June 1, 1977
Creator: Jones, J. E.; Gambill, W. R.; Cooper, R. H.; Fox, E. C.; Fuller, L. C.; Littlefield, C. C. et al.
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Automated equipment management system for Organization 9500. [Maintenance scheduling]

Description: The Automated equipment management system for Organization 9500 is a series of computer programs designed to perform the following functions: schedule several kinds of preventive maintenance on selected items of equipment, including electrical and mechanical tests, and adjustments; maintain an up-to-date repair and maintenance history of the items charged to the organization as required by ERDA regulations; and maintain an up-to-date file of data to supplement the data in the corporate inventor… more
Date: June 1, 1977
Creator: Faw, L. A.
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Automatic gas analysis system for continuous monitoring of oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange in terrestrial ecosystems. [Measurement of CO/sub 2/ production and O/sub 2/ consumption by small terrestrial vertebrates in natural habitat]

Description: An automatic, continuous flow, gas analysis system was designed to monitor metabolic rates of terrestrial vertebrates over relatively long periods of time, such as daily cycles, under field conditions in the absence of the investigator. The gas analysis system described in this report used an infrared absorption analyzer for carbon dioxide and a paramagnetic analyzer for oxygen. The simultaneous measurement of CO/sub 2/ production and O/sub 2/ consumption by an organism permitted the direct cal… more
Date: June 1, 1977
Creator: Randolph, J. C. & Rau, F. M.
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