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Foreign experience on effects of extended dry storage on the integrity of spent nuclear fuel

Description: This report summarizes the results of a survey of foreign experience in dry storage of spent fuel from nuclear power reactors that was carried out for the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM). The report reviews the mechanisms for degradation of spent fuel cladding and fuel materials in dry storage, identifies the status and plans of world-wide experience and applications, and documents the available information on the expected long-term integr… more
Date: April 1, 1992
Creator: Schneider, K.J. & Mitchell, S.J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT FROM NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTS. Proceedings of a Conference Held in Germantown, Maryland, November 15-17, 1961

Description: Thirty papers are presented reviewing AEC research projects related to fall-out from weapons tests. Reviews of specific related programs by representatives from Canada and the UK are also included. The scope of the conference includes characteristics of fall-out, atmospheric factors affecting deposition, distribution in the environment, and distribution in the food chain and man. Separate abstracts have been prepared for each paper. (C.H.)
Date: February 1, 1962
Creator: Klement, A.W. Jr. ed.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Decentralized energy studies: compendium of international studies and research

Description: The purpose of the compendium is to provide information about research activities in decentralized energy systems to researchers, government officials, and interested citizens. The compendium lists and briefly describes a number of studies in other industrialized nations that involve decentralized energy systems. A contact person is given for each of the activities listed so that interested readers can obtain more information.
Date: March 1, 1980
Creator: Wallace, C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Mapping our genes: The genome projects: How big, how fast

Description: For the past 2 years, scientific and technical journals in biology and medicine have extensively covered a debate about whether and how to determine the function and order of human genes on human chromosomes and when to determine the sequence of molecular building blocks that comprise DNA in those chromosomes. In 1987, these issues rose to become part of the public agenda. The debate involves science, technology, and politics. Congress is responsible for /open quotes/writing the rules/close quo… more
Date: April 1, 1988
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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International nuclear fuel cycle fact book. Revision 4

Description: This Fact Book has been compiled in an effort to provide (1) an overview of worldwide nuclear power and fuel cycle programs and (2) current data concerning fuel cycle and waste management facilities, R and D programs, and key personnel in countries other than the United States. Additional information on each country's program is available in the International Source Book: Nuclear Fuel Cycle Research and Development, PNL-2478, Rev. 2. The Fact Book is organized as follows: (1) Overview section -… more
Date: March 1, 1984
Creator: Harmon, K.M.; Lakey, L.T. & Leigh, I.W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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International program to study subseabed disposal of high-level radioactive wastes

Description: This report provides an overview of the international program to study seabed disposal of nuclear wastes. Its purpose is to inform legislators, other policy makers, and the general public as to the history of the program, technological requirements necessary for feasibility assessment, legal questions involved, international coordination of research, national policies, and research and development activities. Each of these major aspects of the program is presented in a separate section. The obj… more
Date: January 1, 1984
Creator: Carlin, E.M.; Hinga, K.R. & Knauss, J.A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Summary of national and international radioactive waste management programs (excluding United States)

Description: This report is divided into two parts. Various national fuel cycle and waste management programs are summarized in tabular form in the first part. The second part of the report gives a nation-by-nation overview of fuel cycle and waste management technologies. Brief summaries on the activities of several international organizations are included. (LK)
Date: March 1, 1978
Creator: Harmon, K.M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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An international comparison of government expenditures for energy conservation research and development:

Description: This study provides a comparison of US and foreign government spending for energy conservation research and development (R and D). The countries included in this analysis are: the United States, United Kingdom, France, Sweden, West Germany, and Japan. The approach of this paper was to compare the research program of each country at a high level of aggregation with the US Department of Energy (DOE) program structure. This paper does not allow for differences in the way each country defines or ac… more
Date: March 1, 1988
Creator: McDonald, S.C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Fossil Energy Program. Progress report for April 1980

Description: This report - the sixty-ninth of a series - is a compendium of monthly progress reports for the ORNL research and development programs that are in support of the increased utilization of coal and other fossil fuel alternatives to oil and gas as sources of clean energy. The projects reported this month include those for coal conversion development, chemical research and development, materials technology, component and process evaluation studies, technical support to major liquefaction projects, … more
Date: June 1, 1980
Creator: McNeese, L.E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Fission-product yield data from the US/UK joint experiment in the Dounreay Prototype Fast Reactor

Description: The United States and the United Kingdom have been engaged in a joint research program in which samples of fissile and fertile actinides have been incorporated in fuel pins and irradiated in the Dounreay Prototype Fast Reactor in Scotland. The purpose of this portion of the program is to study both the materials behavior and the nuclear physics results - primarily measurements of the fission-product yields in the irradiated samples and secondarily information on the amounts of heavy elements in… more
Date: April 1, 1986
Creator: Dickens, J.K. & Raman, S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Pressurized fluidized-bed combustion part-load behavior. Volume I. Summary report

Description: Tests performed during 1980 to determine the part-load characteristics of a pressurized fluidized-bed combustor for a combined-cycle power plant and to examine its behavior during load changing are discussed. Part-load operation was achieved by varying the bed temperature by amounts between 200 to 300/sup 0/F and the bed depth from between 9 and 10 ft at rates varying between 0.2 ft/min and 0.5 ft/min. The performance at part-load steady-state conditions and during transient conditions is repor… more
Date: September 1, 1981
Creator: Roberts, A. G.; Pillai, K. K.; Raven, P. & Wood, P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Survey of waste package designs for disposal of high-level waste/spent fuel in selected foreign countries

Description: This report presents the results of a survey of the waste package strategies for seven western countries with active nuclear power programs that are pursuing disposal of spent nuclear fuel or high-level wastes in deep geologic rock formations. Information, current as of January 1989, is given on the leading waste package concepts for Belgium, Canada, France, Federal Republic of Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. All but two of the countries surveyed (France and the UK) have d… more
Date: September 1, 1989
Creator: Schneider, K.J.; Lakey, L.T. & Silviera, D.J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Characterization of the self magnetic pinch diode at high voltages for flash radiography.

Description: The Sandia Laboratories Advanced Radiographic Technologies Department, in collaboration with the United Kingdom Atomic Weapons Establishment, has been conducting research into the development of the Self-Magnetic-Pinched diode as an x-ray source suitable for flash radiographic experiments. We have demonstrated that this source is capable of meeting and exceeding the initial requirements of 250 rads (measured at one meter) with a 2.75 mm source spot-size. Recent experiments conducted on the RITS… more
Date: October 1, 2008
Creator: Cordova, Steve Ray; Portillo, Salvador; Oliver, Bryan Velten; Threadgold, James R. (Atomic Weapons Establishment Aldermaston, Reading Berkshire, U.K.); Crotch, Ian (Atomic Weapons Establishment Aldermaston, Reading Berkshire, U.K.) & Ziska, Derek Raymond
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An Assessment of Radiation Damage Models and Methods

Description: The current state of development of the primary models used for investigating and simulating irradiation effects in structural alloys of interest to the U.S. DOE's Generation-IV reactor program are discussed. The underlying theory that supports model development is also described where appropriate. First, the key processes that underlie radiation-induced changes in material properties are summarized, and the types of radiation effects that subsequently arise are described. Future development wo… more
Date: May 1, 2005
Creator: Stoller, Roger E. & Mansur, Louis K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Summary of foreign HTGR programs

Description: This report contains pertinent information on the status, objectives, budgets, major projects and facilities, as well as user, industrial and governmental organizations involved in major foreign gas-cooled thermal reactor programs. This is the second issue of this document (the first was issued in March 1979). The format has been revised to consolidate material according to country. These sections are followed by the foreign HTGR program index which serves as a quick reference to some of the ma… more
Date: June 1, 1980
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Coal liquefaction: A research and development needs assessment: Final report, Volume 2

Description: Volume II of this report on an assessment of research needs for coal liquefaction contains reviews of the five liquefaction technologies---direct, indirect, pyrolysis, coprocessing, and bioconversion. These reviews are not meant to be encyclopedic; several outstanding reviews of liquefaction have appeared in recent years and the reader is referred to these whenever applicable. Instead, these chapters contain reviews of selected topics that serve to support the panel's recommendations or to illu… more
Date: March 1, 1989
Creator: Schindler, H. D.; Burke, F. P.; Chao, K. C.; Davis, B. H.; Gorbaty, M. L.; Klier, K. et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Indicators of energy efficiency: An international comparison

Description: The United States has long been accused of being energy inefficient based on a comparison of energy intensities among the industrialized countries. Energy intensity is commonly measured by computing the ratio of energy use per unit of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This is not a true measure of efficiency, however, because it does not account for differences in the standard of living, differences in population densities, or other factors. After corrections are made to account for these factors, … more
Date: July 1, 1990
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Summary of non-US national and international radioactive waste management programs 1980

Description: Many nations and international agencies are working to develop improved technology and industrial capability for nuclear fuel cycle and waste management operations. The effort in some countries is limited to research in university laboratories on treating low-level waste from reactor plant operations. In other countries, national nuclear research institutes are engaged in major programs in all phases of the fuel cycle and waste management, and there is a national effort to commercialize fuel cy… more
Date: March 1, 1980
Creator: Harmon, K. M.; Kelman, J. A.; Stout, L. A. & Hsieh, K. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Data on energy end-use patterns and energy efficiencies in major CO sub 2 emitting countries

Description: This is a report of the basic data regarding energy end-uses and efficiencies in major CO{sub 2} emitting countries. The task is part of the multi-lab carbon dioxide energy system research program. Fossil energy production and use are the largest anthropogenic source of CO{sub 2} emissions. To gain an insight into the relationship between CO{sub 2} emission and energy use, the global energy consumption patterns and the changing energy efficiencies must be better analyzed and understood. This wo… more
Date: August 1, 1990
Creator: Cheng, Hsing C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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International fuel cycle and waste management technology exchange activities sponsored by the United States Department of Energy: FY 1982 evaluation report

Description: In FY 1982, DOE and DOE contractor personnel attended 40 international symposia and conferences on fuel reprocessing and waste management subjects. The treatment of high-level waste was the topic most often covered in the visits, with geologic disposal and general waste management also being covered in numerous visits. Topics discussed less frequently inlcude TRU/LLW treatment, airborne waste treatment, D and D, spent fuel handling, and transportation. The benefits accuring to the US from techn… more
Date: February 1, 1983
Creator: Lakey, L.T. & Harmon, K.M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Manufacturing sector carbon dioxide emissions in nine OECD countries 1973--87: A Divisia index decomposition to changes in fuel mix, emission coefficients, industry structure, energy intensities, and international structure

Description: In this paper the reduction in energy-related manufacturing carbon dioxide emissions for nine OECD countries in the period 1973 to 1987 is analyzed. Carbon dioxide emissions are estimated from energy use data. The emphasis is on carbon dioxide intensities, defined as emissions divided by value added. The overall manufacturing carbon dioxide intensity for the nine OECD countries was reduced by 42% in the period 1973--1987. Five fuels are specified together with six subsectors of manufacturing. C… more
Date: November 1, 1990
Creator: Torvanger, A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Management of low-level radioactive wastes around the world

Description: This paper reviews the status of various practices used throughout the world for managing low-level radioactive wastes. Most of the information in this review was obtained through the DOE-sponsored International Program Support Office (IPSO) activities at Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) at Richland, Washington. The objective of IPSO is to collect, evaluate, and disseminate information on international waste management and nuclear fuel cycle activities. The center's sources of information var… more
Date: April 1, 1985
Creator: Lakey, L.T.; Harmon, K.M. & Colombo, P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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High-temperature flaw assessment procedure: Interim report

Description: The current program represents a joint effort between the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) in the USA, the Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI) in Japan, and the Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB) in the UK. The goal is to develop an interim high-temperature flaw assessment procedure for high-temperature reactor components. This is to be accomplished through exploratory experimental and analytical studies of high-temperature crack growth. The state-of-… more
Date: August 1, 1989
Creator: Ruggles, M.B.; Takahashi, Y. & Ainsworth, R. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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