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Review of a Protocol for a Study of Reproductive Health Outcomes Among Women Vietnam Veterans

Description: This report discusses the study that has been proposed as a partial response to the mandate of Public Law 99-272; that law also requires approval from the Director of OTA before any such studies are undertaken, which is the reason for this review. This study is one of three that make up the full VA response to the mandate to look into the health of women Vietnam veterans.
Date: December 1991
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Laboratory analysis of hydraulic properties of volcanic tuff samples

Description: Daniel B. Stephens and Associates, Inc. (DBS&A) was requested by LANL to perform laboratory analysis for properties of Tuff samples, as outlined in Subcontract No. 9-XT1-X1785-1. The scope of work included conducting the following tasks Sample preparation; Dry bulk density and calculated porosity; Saturated hydraulic conductivity; Moisture characteristics; Air permeability; and Particle density.
Date: December 4, 1991
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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NORIA-SP: A finite element computer program for analyzing liquid water transport in porous media; Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project

Description: A family of finite element computer programs has been developed at Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) most recently, NORIA-SP. The original NORIA code solves a total of four transport equations simultaneously: liquid water, water vapor, air, and energy. Consequently, use of NORIA is computer-intensive. Since many of the applications for which NORIA is used are isothermal, we decided to ``strip`` the original four-equation version, leaving only the liquid water equation. This single-phase versio… more
Date: December 1, 1991
Creator: Hopkins, P. L.; Eaton, R. R. & Bixler, N. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Seismicity and focal mechanisms for the Southern Great Basin of Nevada and California in 1990

Description: For the calendar year 1990, the Southern Great Basin seismic network (SGBSN) recorded about 1050 earthquakes in the SGB, as compared to 1190 in 1989. Local magnitudes, M{sub L}, ranged from 0.0 for various earthquakes to 3.2 for an earthquake on April 3, 1990 5:47:58 UTC, 37.368{degrees} North, 117.358{degrees} West, Mud Lake, Nevada quadrangle. 95% of those earthquakes have the property, M{sub L} {le} 2.4. Within a 10 km radius of the center of Yucca Mountain, the site of a potential national,… more
Date: December 31, 1991
Creator: Harmsen, S. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Mineralogy, petrology and whole-rock chemistry of selected mechanical test samples of Yucca Mountain tuffs; Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project

Description: Petrologic, bulk chemical and mineralogic data are presented for 19 samples of tuffaceous rocks from core holes UE-25a{number_sign}1, USW G-1, USW GU-3, and USW G-4 at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. The suite of samples contains a wide variety of petrologic types, including zeolitized, glassy, and devitrified tuffs. Data include hand sample and thin section descriptions (with modal analyses for which uncertainties are estimated), and major element analyses with uncertainty estimates. No uncertainties … more
Date: December 1, 1991
Creator: Connolly, J.R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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USDOE Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management quarterly report on program cost and schedule; Fourth Quarter, FY 1991

Description: This report is intended to provide a summary of the cost and schedule performance for the Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Program. Historical and current cost profiles (extracted from the DOE Financial Information System) are presented for each of the major program elements. Also included in this report are the program schedule baseline, the status of near-term program milestones and the status of the Nuclear Waste Fund revenues and disbursements. In particular, cost profile for the Yucca… more
Date: December 31, 1991
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Documentation and verification of the SHAFT code; Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project

Description: The SHAFT code incorporates equations to compute stresses in a shaft liner when the rock through which a shaft passes is subject to known three-dimensional states of stress or strain. The deformation modes considered are hoop deformation, axial deformation, and shear on a plane normal to the shaft axis. Interaction between the liner and the soil and rock is considered, and it is assumed that the liner is in place before loading is applied. This code is intended to be used interactively but crea… more
Date: December 1991
Creator: St. John, C. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Viruses of eukaryotic green algae; Progress report, June 20, 1990--July 1, 1991

Description: Many large polyhedral, dsDNA containing (ca. 330 kb), plaque forming viruses which infect a unicellular, eukaryotic, chlorella-like green alga have been isolated and characterized. The plaque assay, the ability to synchronously infect the host, the short life cycle, and the ability of the viruses to undergo homologous recombination make them excellent model systems for studying many plant cell functions in the manner that bacterial and animal viruses have been used to study bacterial and animal… more
Date: December 31, 1991
Creator: Van Etten, J.L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Over-the-road tests of nuclear materials package response to normal environments

Description: In support of the development of American National Standards Institute standards for the transport of radioactive materials, Sandia has a program to characterize the normal transport environment. This program includes both analytical modeling of package and trailer responses, and over-the-road tests to measure those responses. This paper presents the results of a series of over-the-road tests performed using Chem-Nuclear equipment in the Barnwell, SC, area. The test events included a variety of… more
Date: December 1, 1991
Creator: Gwinn, K.W.; Glass, R.E. & Edwards, K.R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Documentation and verification of STRES3D, Version 4.0; Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project

Description: STRES3D is a thermomechanical analysis code for predicting transient temperatures, stresses and displacements in an infinite and semi-infinite, conducting, homogeneous, elastic medium. The heat generated at the sources can be constant or decay exponentially with time. Superposition is used to integrate the effect of heat sources distributed in space and time to simulate the thermomechanical effect of placement of heat generating nuclear waste canisters in an underground repository. Heat sources… more
Date: December 1991
Creator: Asgian, M. I.; St. John, C. M.; Hardy, M. P. & Goodrich, R. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Macrodosimetry and microdosimetry in radioimmunotherapy. Final report, July 15, 1989 -- July 14, 1992

Description: This report summarizes research in beta-particle dosimetry, quantitative single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), the clinical implementation of these two areas of research in radioimmunotherapy (RIT), and postgraduate training provided since the inception of this grant on July 15, 1989. To improve beta-particle dosimetry, a point source function was developed that is valid for a wide range of beta emitters. Analytical solutions for beta-particle dose rates within out outside slabs o… more
Date: December 1, 1991
Creator: Leichner, P.K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Seismicity and focal mechanisms for the southern Great Basin of Nevada and California: 1987 through 1989

Description: For the calendar year 1987, the southern Great basin seismic network (SGBSN) recorded about 820 earthquakes in the southern Great Basin (SGB). Local magnitudes ranged from 0.2 to 4.2 (December 30, 1987, 22:50:42 UTC at Hot Creek Valley). Five earthquakes epicenters in 1987 within the detection threshold of the seismic network are at Yucca Mountain, the site of a potential national, high-level nuclear waste repository. The maximum magnitude of those five earthquakes is 1.1, and their estimated d… more
Date: December 1991
Creator: Harmsen, S. C. & Bufe, C. G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Characterization of spent fuel approved testing material--ATM-104

Description: The characterization data obtained to date are described for Approved Testing Material 104 (ATM-104), which is spent fuel from Assembly DO47 of the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant (Unit 1), a pressurized-water reactor. This report is one in a series being prepared by the Materials Characterization Center at Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) on spent fuel ATMs. The ATMs are receiving extensive examinations to provide a source of well-characterized spent fuel for testing in the US Department … more
Date: December 1, 1991
Creator: Guenther, R. J.; Blahnik, D. E.; Jenquin, U. P.; Mendel, J. E.; Thomas, L. E. & Thornhill, C. K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Geophysical characterization of mineral and energy resources at Yucca Mountain and vicinity, Nevada

Description: This report was prepared for the Yucca Mountain Project (Department of Energy) as part of the study of the mineral and energy resource potential of the site (Activity 8.3.1.9.2.1.5) under the Human Interference part of the program. Most of the 1991 geophysical scoping activities in the Mineral Resources Study were involved with the acquisition and evaluation of existing data. This report presents an overview of how geophysical data (existing and planned) will aid in the evaluation of the potent… more
Date: December 31, 1991
Creator: Langenheim, V. E.; Oliver, H. W. & Hoover, D. B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Prototype heater test of the environment around a simulated waste package

Description: This paper presents selected results obtained during the 301 day duration of the Prototype Engineered Barrier System Field Test (PEBSFT) performed in G-Tunnel within the Nevada Test Site. The test described is a precursor to the Engineered Barrier Systems Field Tests (EBSFT) planned for the Exploratory Shaft Facility in Yucca Mountain. The EBSFT will consist of in situ tests of the geohydrologic and geochemical environment in the near field (within a few meters) of heaters emplaced in welded tu… more
Date: December 31, 1991
Creator: Ramirez, A. L.; Buscheck, T. A.; Carlson, R.; Daily, W.; Latorre, V. R.; Lee, K. et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Characterization of spent fuel approved testing material---ATM-105

Description: The characterization data obtained to data are described for Approved Testing Material 105 (ATM-105), which is spent fuel from Bundles CZ346 and CZ348 of the Cooper Nuclear Power Plant, a boiling-water reactor. This report is one in a series being prepared by the Materials Characterization Center at Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) on spent fuel ATMs. The ATMs are receiving extensive examinations to provide a source of well-characterized spent fuel for testing in the US Department of Energy O… more
Date: December 1, 1991
Creator: Guenther, R. J.; Blahnik, D. E.; Campbell, T. K.; Jenquin, U. P.; Mendel, J. E.; Thomas, L. E. et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Fingerprinting of ground water by ICP-MS; Progress report, July 1, 1991--December 31, 1991

Description: The purpose of this project is to investigate the use of minor constituents of ground water and vadose zone water such as the rare earths and some lighter elements, to delineate ground water flow paths and recharge zones in the Yucca Mountain area. The major piece of equipment required to perform this task is an inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometer (ICP-MS). This instrument has been purchased and should be delivered in February 1992. During this reporting period, three ICP-MS systems we… more
Date: December 31, 1991
Creator: Stetzenbach, Klaus
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Identification and characterization of conservative organic tracers for use as hydrologic tracers for the Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Study; Progress report, July 1, 1991--December 31, 1991

Description: Studies continued on organic tracers for use as hydrologic tracers as part of the Yucca Mountain Site Characterization project. Tracers studied include benzoic acids, cinnamic acids, and salicylic acids. The main focus of the work performed during the time period from 07/01/91 to 12/31/91 has been the continuation of (1) LC-MS optimization for tracer identification, (2) batch sorption and degradation studies, (3) neoprene tubing evaluation studies, and (4) soil column evaluation of tracer compo… more
Date: December 31, 1991
Creator: Dombrowski, Tonya & Stetzenbach, K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Molten-caustic-leaching system integration project. Quarterly report ending March 29, 1991

Description: The overall strategy for the project Tasks 1 through 6 is to allow for the earliest startup of the Task 6 integrated operations with a minimum of up front costs attributed to plant modifications by deferring those modifications until necessary and by installing those modifications during planned downtime during operations. It is planned to implement only those modifications that are required in order that the plant can be operated in an integrated continuous manner and defer other modifications… more
Date: December 31, 1991
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Prediction of Pseudo relative velocity response spectra at Yucca Mountain for underground nuclear explosions conducted in the Pahute Mesa testing area at the Nevada testing site; Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project

Description: The Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project (YMP), managed by the Office of Geologic Disposal of the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management of the US Department of Energy, is examining the feasibility of siting a repository for commercial, high-level nuclear wastes at Yucca Mountain on and adjacent to the Nevada Test Site (NTS). This work, intended to extend our understanding of the ground motion at Yucca Mountain resulting from testing of nuclear weapons on the NTS, was funded by… more
Date: December 1, 1991
Creator: Phillips, J. S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Ultrasonic determination of the elastic moduli and their pressure dependences in very dense YBa{sub 2}Cu{sub 3}O{sub 7{minus}x}

Description: The effects of hydrostatic pressure and temperature have been measured on the velocities of longitudinal and shear ultrasonic waves propagated in a very dense (96% of theoretical density) ceramic specimen of YBa{sub 2}Cu{sub 3}O{sub 7{minus}x}. In YBa{sub 2}Cu{sub 3}O{sub 7{minus}x} ceramics with such a high density the effects of porosity on the elastic properties should be much reduced. Nevertheless the bulk modulus of this dense material has the same small magnitude ({approximately} 55GPa) a… more
Date: December 1991
Creator: Cankurtaran, M.; Saunders, G. A.; Goretta, K. C. & Poeppel, R. B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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An evaluation of the seismicity of the Nevada Test Site and vicinity; Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project

Description: Two USGS catalogs of earthquakes in the Southern Great Basin were edited to remove man-made seisms. Editing reduced 11,988 entries to 8,161. Known location of underground nuclear explosions provided an opportunity to assess location accuracy showing that accuracy differed according to the source of earthquake data. No evidence was found of explosions triggering earthquakes distant from the working points. Relationships are developed between earthquake magnitude and explosion yield for explosion… more
Date: December 1991
Creator: Vortman, L. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Mineralogy, petrology and whole-rock chemistry data compilation for selected samples of Yucca Mountain tuffs; Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project

Description: Petrologic, bulk chemical, and mineralogic data are presented for 49 samples of tuffaceous rocks from core holes USW G-1 and UE-25a{number_sign}1 at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Included, in descending stratigraphic order, are 11 samples from the Topopah Spring Member of the Paintbrush Tuff, 12 samples from the Tuffaceous Beds of Calico Hills, 3 samples from the Prow Pass Member of the Crater Flat Tuff, 20 samples from the Bullfrog Member of the Crater Flat Tuff and 3 samples from the Tram Member of… more
Date: December 1, 1991
Creator: Connolly, J.R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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PACE-90 water and solute transport calculations for 0.01, 0.1, and 0. 5 mm/yr infiltration into Yucca Mountain; Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project

Description: Numerical results are presented for the Performance Assessment Calculational Exercise (PACE-90). One- and two-dimensional water and solute transport are presented for steady infiltration into Yucca Mountain. Evenly distributed infiltration rates of 0.01, 0.1, and 0.5 mm/yr were considered. The calculations of solute transport show that significant amounts of radionuclides can reach the water table over 100,000 yr at the 0.5 mm/yr rate. For time periods less than 10,000 yr or infiltrations less … more
Date: December 1991
Creator: Dykhuizen, R. C.; Eaton, R. R.; Hopkins, P. L. & Martinez, M. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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