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Generic component failure data base

Description: This report discusses comprehensive component generic failure data base which has been developed for light water reactor probabilistic risk assessments. The Nuclear Computerized Library for Assessing Reactor Reliability (NUCLARR) was used to generate component failure rates. Using this approach, most of the failure rates are based on actual plant data rather then existing estimates.
Date: December 31, 1992
Creator: Eide, S. A. & Calley, M. B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Reactor benchmarks and integral data testing and feedback into ENDF/B-VI

Description: The role of integral data testing and its feedback into the ENDF/B evaluated nuclear data files are reviewed. The use of the CSEWG reactor benchmarks in the data testing process is discussed and selected results based on ENDF/B Version VI data are presented. Finally, recommendations are given to improve the implementation in future integral data testing of ENDF/B.
Date: November 1, 1992
Creator: McKnight, R. D. & Williams, M. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program and interfaces with external data sources

Description: The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program is the Department of Energy`s major field project in support of its global change research program. Its objective is to improve the performance of cloud and radiation models and parameterizations in general circulation models (GCMs) used for climate research. The data produced by ARM will be handled and maintained to satisfy the research needs of the program and to be accessible and usable by the general research and academic communities. In a… more
Date: October 1, 1993
Creator: Stokes, G. M.; Cress, T. S. & Melton, R. B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Data banks for risk assessment at the Savannah River Site

Description: One of the lessons learned from many years of risk assessment experience is that mistakes of the past are soon forgotten if no method is available to retrieve and review these events. Savannah River Site has maintained a computerized data bank system for recording, retrieving and reviewing its incident history. The system is based on a series of compilations developed primarily for risk assessment but has been found to be invaluable for many other uses such as equipment reliability, project jus… more
Date: November 1, 1992
Creator: Durant, W. S.; Townsend, C. S.; Baughman, D. F. & Hang, P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The new Metals and Alloys Indexes -- Search Manual: A phase diagram research tool

Description: A new Metals and Alloys (M&A) Indexes to the Powder Diffraction File (PDF) has been developed. These indexes will be immediately useful to material scientists because the indexes share many features with references such as Hansen, Elliot, Shunk, Pearson, and Villars and Calvert. These indexes, as contained in the Search Manual, may be used independently or in conjunction with the Powder Diffraction File. The book contains four indexes: two contain data for all materials in the M&A PDF, and two … more
Date: December 31, 1993
Creator: Mueller, M. H.; Wallace, P. L.; Huang, T. C. & Dann, J. N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Nuclear Materials Management and Safeguards System (NMMSS). Revision 1

Description: This paper describes the Nuclear Materials Management and Safeguards System (NMMSS) which is sponsored by the Department of Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The system serves national security and program management interests, and international interests in the programs for the peaceful application of nuclear energy and non-proliferation of nuclear weapons. Within the scope of the NMMSS are found all nuclear materials applied and controlled under United States law and related inter… more
Date: December 31, 1991
Creator: Jacobsen, S. E.; Matthews, W. B. III; McKamy, E. D. & Pedigo, R. B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Use a Preliminary Requirements Identification Document (PRID) data base to identify facility documents and components and to establish an operating envelope

Description: A challenge that arises consistently throughout the US Department of Energy (DOE) arena is difficulty in identifying the regulatory requirements for the unique operations of a given facility in a cost-effective and consistent manner. This challenge is further compounded by the hundreds of regulatory documents/statutes that must be assessed, as mandated by specific DOE Orders or facility components. As the missions of selected DOE facilities evolve or change, it is becoming of paramount importan… more
Date: March 1, 1994
Creator: Kinney, M. D. & Woodworth, L. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Automated knowledge acquisition for second generation knowledge base systems: A conceptual analysis and taxonomy

Description: In this paper, we present a conceptual analysis of knowledge-base development methodologies. The purpose of this research is to help overcome the high cost and lack of efficiency in developing knowledge base representations for artificial intelligence applications. To accomplish this purpose, we analyzed the available methodologies and developed a knowledge-base development methodology taxonomy. We review manual, machine-aided, and machine-learning methodologies. A set of developed characterist… more
Date: December 31, 1991
Creator: Williams, K. E. & Kotnour, T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Information systems to enhance technology exchange

Description: A fundamental part of international technology exchange is the compilation and dissemination of information. Worldwide environmental problems and technology development activities form the basis for important opportunities across the world and especially for those in the former Soviet Union. Recently, important agreements have been reached among Russian institutes engaged in environmental work and the US Department of Energy (DOE) and its national laboratories. These agreements will allow a sys… more
Date: March 1, 1994
Creator: Hunter, T.; Harrington, M.; Harlan, C. & Drozhko, E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Using PL/SQL to automatically enhance CASE*Generator 2.0 generated forms

Description: The SQL{trademark} Forms generator in CASE{trademark} Generator can generate forms with many useful capabilities. Generated forms can be further enhanced by the use of the CASE{trademark} Generator forms template. The template can be used to make these capabilities easily included in every form in a system. However, there are times when capabilities need to be added to all of the forms in a system, that cannot be implemented with the generator or template. This is especially true when generated… more
Date: March 1, 1994
Creator: Atkins, K. D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The NUCLARR databank: Human reliability and hardware failure data for the nuclear power industry

Description: Under the sponsorship of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), the Nuclear Computerized Library for Assessing Reactor Reliability (NUCLARR) was developed to provide human reliability and hardware failure data to analysts in the nuclear power industry. This IBM-compatible databank is contained on a set of floppy diskettes which include data files and a menu-driven system for locating, reviewing, sorting, and retrieving the data. NUCLARR contains over 2500 individual data records, drawn fro… more
Date: May 1, 1993
Creator: Reece, W. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The use of modern databases in managing nuclear material inventories

Description: The need for a useful nuclear materials database to assist in the management of nuclear materials within the Department of Energy (DOE) Weapons Complex is becoming significantly more important as the mission of the DOE Complex changes and both international safeguards and storage issues become drivers in determining how these materials are managed. A well designed nuclear material inventory database can provide the Nuclear Materials Manager with an essential cost effective tool for timely analy… more
Date: August 1, 1994
Creator: Behrens, R. G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Determining information management needs for enhanced international safeguards

Description: The Safeguards Information Management System initiative is a program of the Department of Energy`s (DOE) Office of Arms Control and Nonproliferation aimed at supporting the International Atomic Energy Agency`s (IAEA) efforts to strengthen safeguards through the enhancement of information management capabilities. The DOE hopes to provide the IAEA with the ability to correlate and analyze data from existing and new sources of information, including publicly available information, information on i… more
Date: August 1, 1994
Creator: Badalamente, R. V.; DeLand, S. M.; Whiteson, R. & Anzelon, G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Risk assessment for nuclear processes at the Savannah River Site. Revision 1

Description: The Savannah River Site, one of the US Department of Energy`s nuclear materials processing facilities, has for many years conducted risk-based safety analyses for the nuclear processes conducted at the facilities. This approach has allowed comparisons of risks to established criteria for acceptability. When the risk-based program was begun, it was evident that its success would depend upon having a compilation of data that was site specific. The decision was made to create a data bank of undesi… more
Date: December 31, 1992
Creator: Durant, W. S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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An operational waste minimization chargeback system at Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico

Description: Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico, (SNL/NM) has made a commitment to achieve significant reductions in the amount of hazardous wastes generated throughout its operations. The success of the SNL/NM Waste Minimization/Pollution Prevention Program depends primarily on: (1) adequate program funding, and (2) comprehensive collection and dissemination of information pertaining to SNL/NM`s waste. This paper describes the chargeback system that SNL/NM has chosen for funding the implementation of… more
Date: May 1, 1993
Creator: Horak, K.; Peek, D. W.; Stermer, D.; Dailleboust, L. & Reilly, H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Using Open Plan with integrated Xbase applications for effective project management solutions

Description: Open Plan`s open architecture allows the user many advantages that are not available from other project management software. One of these advantages is its ability to interface with various database management systems, thereby allowing the user to develop a project management system tailored to their specific needs. This open architecture offers maximum flexability to the user to personalize reports, screens, data structures, and develop customized management systems. Using Xbase, applications … more
Date: April 1, 1994
Creator: Freier, K. D. & Hirschi, E. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Relational databases for RHIC design and control

Description: The preliminary organization of data via relational databases for the design and control of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) is described.
Date: August 1, 1994
Creator: Trahern, C. G.; Saltmarsh, C. & Satogata, T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Plant procedures, principles of information processing, and incorporation of DOE guidelines: A juggling act

Description: Procedure format and style--the manner in which information is organized and visually presented to the procedure user--strongly influence procedure usability, and therefore influence safety and efficiency. The purpose of this paper is to describe recent and on-going efforts at the Rocky Flats Plant (RFP) to enhance plant procedures by applying established principles of human information processing in procedure development, and to educate plant personnel (especially those involved in procedure d… more
Date: June 1, 1993
Creator: Mecherikoff, M. & Caccamise, D. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Automated call tracking systems

Description: User Services groups are on the front line with user support. We are the first to hear about problems. The speed, accuracy, and intelligence with which we respond determines the user`s perception of our effectiveness and our commitment to quality and service. To keep pace with the complex changes at our sites, we must have tools to help build a knowledge base of solutions, a history base of our users, and a record of every problem encountered. Recently, I completed a survey of twenty sites simi… more
Date: March 1, 1993
Creator: Hardesty, C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Practical utilization of modeling and simulation in laboratory process waste assessments

Description: At Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), facility waste streams tend to be small but highly diverse. Initial characterization of such waste streams is difficult in part due to a lack of tools to assist the waste generators in completing such assessments. A methodology has been developed at LANL to allow process knowledgeable field personnel to develop baseline waste generation assessments and to evaluate potential waste minimization technology. This process waste assessment (PWA) system is an … more
Date: May 1, 1993
Creator: Lyttle, T. W.; Smith, D. M.; Weinrach, J. B. & Burns, M. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Mesoscale meteorological measurements characterizing complex flows

Description: Meteorological measurements are an integral and essential component of any emergency response system for addressing accidental releases from nuclear facilities. An important element of the US Department of Energy`s (DOE`s) Atmospheric Studies in Complex Terrain (ASCOT) program is the refinement and use of state-of-the-art meteorological instrumentation. ASCOT is currently making use of ground-based remote wind sensing instruments such as doppler acoustic sounders (sodars). These instruments are… more
Date: September 1, 1993
Creator: Hubbe, J. M. & Allwine, K. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Chemical tracking at the Rocky Flats Plant

Description: EG&G Rocky Flats, Inc., has developed a chemical tracking system to support compliance with the Emergency Planning and community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) at the Rocky Flats Plant. This system, referred to as the EPCRA Chemical Control system (ECCS), uses bar code technology to uniquely identify and track the receipt, distribution, and use of chemicals. Chemical inventories are conducted using hand-held electronic scanners to update a site wide chemical database on a VAX 6000 computer. Informat… more
Date: April 1, 1994
Creator: Costain, D. B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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AQUIS: A PC-based air inventory and permit manager

Description: The Air Quality Utility Information System (AQUIS) was developed to calculate and track sources, emissions, stacks, permits, and related information. The system runs on IBM-compatible personal computers with dBASE IV and tracks more than 1,200 data items distributed among various source categories. AQUIS is currently operating at nine US Air Force facilities that have up to 1,000 sources. The system provides a flexible reporting capability that permits users who are unfamiliar with database str… more
Date: November 1, 1992
Creator: Smith, A. E.; Huber, C. C.; Tschanz, J. & Ryckman, S. J. Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Nuclear Criticality Technology and Safety Project parameter study database

Description: A computerized, knowledge-screened, comprehensive database of the nuclear criticality safety documentation has been assembled as part of the Nuclear Criticality Technology and Safety (NCTS) Project. The database is focused on nuclear criticality parameter studies. The database has been computerized using dBASE III Plus and can be used on a personal computer or a workstation. More than 1300 documents have been reviewed by nuclear criticality specialists over the last 5 years to produce over 800 … more
Date: March 1, 1993
Creator: Toffer, H.; Erickson, D. G.; Samuel, T. J. & Pearson, J. S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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