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280 GHz Gyro-BWO design study: Final report

Description: This report summarizes the results of a design study of a 280 GHz Gyro-BWO tunable source. The purpose of this study is to identify and propose viable design alternatives for any significant technological risk associated with building an operational BWO system. The tunable Gyro-BWO system will have three major components: a Gyro-BWO microwave tube, a superconducting magnet, and a power supply/modulator. The design tasks for this study in order of decreasing importance are: design and specificat… more
Date: July 1, 1988
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Accelerator Technology Program: Status report, October 1985--March 1986: Volume 1

Description: This report presents highlights of the major projects in the Accelerator Technology (AT) Division of the Los Alamos National Laboratory. The first section details progress associated with the accelerator test stand. Following sections cover achievements in accelerator theory and simulation, LAMPF II accomplishments, and updates on BEAR, beam dynamics, the rf laboratory, p-bar gravity experiment, University of Illinois racetrack microtron, and NBS microtron. Also included are results from the Pr… more
Date: July 1, 1988
Creator: Jameson, R. A. & Schriber, S. O.
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Accomplishments of Long-Term Research and Development

Description: Technological breakthroughs cannot be penciled on the calendar in advance. The rate of new technological discovery, while highly uncertain, depends on a base of knowledge acquired earlier. In the economic environment of 1980, progress in basic research, which builds the technology base that will underpin future energy development by Government and industry, was being slowed as cost increases due to inflation grew faster than funding increase.
Date: July 1, 1988
Creator: Jordy, George Y.
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Alpha storage regime in high temperature sub-ignited D-T tokamaks

Description: Alpha particle parameters in sub-ignited D-T tokamaks like TFTR can be optimized in a high temperature ''alpha storage regime '' in which the alpha particle thermalization time /tau//sub ..cap alpha../ is long (approx.1.0 sec) and in which the alpha particle source rate S/sub ..cap alpha../ is enhanced due to a beam-target and beam-beam reactions (by a factor of approx.2-3). Near reactor-level alpha instability parameters ..beta../sub ..cap alpha../(0) approx. n/sub ..cap alpha../(0)/n/sub e/(O… more
Date: July 1, 1988
Creator: Zweben, S. J.; Furth, H. P.; Mikkelsen, D. R.; Redi, M. H. & Strachan, J. D.
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Assessment of methanol electro-oxidation for direct methanol-air fuel cells

Description: The Office of Energy Storage and Distribution of the US Department of Energy (DOE) supports the development of a methanol-air fuel cell for transportation application. The approach used at Los Alamos National Laboratory converts the methanol fuel to a hydrogen-rich gas in a reformer, then operates the fuel cell on hydrogen and air. The reformer tends to be bulky (raising vehicle packaging problems), has a long startup period, and is not well suited for the transient operation required in a vehi… more
Date: July 1, 1988
Creator: Fritts, S. D. & Sen, R. K.
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Assessment of shielding analysis methods, codes, and data for spent fuel transport/storage applications. [Radiation dose rates from shielded spent fuels and high-level radioactive waste]

Description: This report provides a preliminary assessment of the computational tools and existing methods used to obtain radiation dose rates from shielded spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste (HLW). Particular emphasis is placed on analysis tools and techniques applicable to facilities/equipment designed for the transport or storage of spent nuclear fuel or HLW. Applications to cask transport, storage, and facility handling are considered. The report reviews the analytic techniques for gene… more
Date: July 1, 1988
Creator: Parks, C. V.; Broadhead, B. L.; Hermann, O. W.; Tang, J. S.; Cramer, S. N.; Gauthey, J. C. et al.
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Barrier Erosion Control Test Plan: Gravel Mulch, Vegetation, and Soil Water Interactions

Description: Soil erosion could reduce the water storage capacity of barriers that have been proposed for the disposal of near-surface waste at the US Department of Energy's Hanford Site. Gravel mixed into the top soil surface may create a self-healing veneer that greatly retards soil loss. However, gravel admixtures may also enhance infiltration of rainwater, suppress plant growth and water extraction, and lead to the leaching of underlying waste. This report describes plans for two experiments that were d… more
Date: July 1, 1988
Creator: Waugh, W.J. & Link, S.O. (Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA))
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Beam Dynamics Activities and Plans at LBL

Description: On-going beam dynamics studies at LBL are performed in connection with the 1-2 GeV Advanced Light Source (ALS), the SSC, Collider Physics (Novel Power Sources) and Heavy Ion Fusion Accelerator Research (HIFAR). Exploratory activities include generic research on (a) high-brightness, low-emittance storage rings and linacs for the TeV-scale future linear colliders, b{bar b} facilities, etc., (b) beam dynamics and optics of incoherent and coherent undulator radiation, (c) Free Electron Laser Studie… more
Date: July 1, 1988
Creator: Chattopadhyay, S.
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Behavior of power-limited transverse stochastic cooling systems

Description: Analysis of stochastic cooling systems is usually done under the assumption that the system performance is not limited by the available electronic gain. In practical systems, it may prove to be the case that cost-induced limitations on the maximum available output power restrict the maximum attainable gain, thereby restricting it to be less than its optimal value. Such is the case in the anti-proton sources at both CERN and Fermilab. The criteria that one would employ in, for example, upgrading… more
Date: July 1, 1988
Creator: Goldberg, D.A. & Lambertson, G.R.
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Ceramic joint interface diagnostics with ultrasonic reflection signal energies

Description: The properties of silicon nitride ceramic joints, prepared by hot isostatic pressing, have been investigated by recording the reflected ultrasonic elastic wave off the joint interface. Experimental and theoretical analysis of the reflected signal energy has shown that properties of the joint interface such as thickness, joining compound composition, inclusions, and voids, can be imaged over the joint plane. A model incorporating plane waves shows that the reflected signal energy is a function o… more
Date: July 1, 1988
Creator: Telschow, K.L. & Walter, J.B.
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Characterization of unsaturated hydraulic conductivity at the Hanford Site

Description: This report details some recent field measurements and compares predicted and measured values of hydraulic conductivities for three locations at the Hanford Site. Measurements from small (6-cm-dia) /open quotes/point/close quotes/ and large (2-m by 2-m) /open quotes/plot/close quotes/ areas utilized inflitration and drainage techniques to obtain in situ data for field-saturated and unsaturated hydraulic conductivity. The Guelph permeameter was used for point sampling, and the unsteady drainage-… more
Date: July 1, 1988
Creator: Rockhold, M. L.; Fayler, M. J. & Gee, G.W.
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Criticality safety analysis for remote handled TRU waste at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

Description: The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is a facility designed to store transuranic (TRU) waste underground in a mined salt bed. All fissile nuclides except U/sup 235/ are considered TRU nuclides. This report presents the results of the nuclear criticality analysis for Remote-Handled (RH) TRU waste stored at the WIPP site. The RH waste material will be contained in steel canisters that are five feet or ten feet long. Each ten foot canister is capable of holding three 55 gallon drums of waste mat… more
Date: July 1, 1988
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Development of an advanced, continuous mild gasification process for the production of co-products. Quarterly technical progress report, April--June 1988

Description: The Department of Energy is investigating a process concept called Mild Gasification in which rapid devolatilization of coal under mild conditions of temperature and pressure would yield three product slates: a low- or medium-BTU gas, a valuable hydrocarbon condensate, and a reactive char. The ongoing objective of this program is to develop a continuous mild gasification process which will produce a product mix that optimizes process economics. In order to provide the incentive for private indu… more
Date: July 1, 1988
Creator: Ness, R. O. Jr.
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Development of mild gasification process

Description: Under a previous contract with Morgantown Energy Technology Center (METC), Department of Energy (DOE) Contract No. AC21-84MC21108, UCC Research Corporation (UCCRC) built and tested a 1500 lb/day Mild Gasification Process Development Unit (MGU). The MGU, as tested under the previous contract, is shown in Figure 1. Testing completed under the previous contract showed that good quality hydrocarbon liquids and good quality char can be produced in the MGU. However, the MGU is not optimized. The prim… more
Date: July 1, 1988
Creator: Chu, C. I. C. & Derting, T. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Development of mild gasification process. Quarterly report, April--June 1988

Description: Under a previous contract with Morgantown Energy Technology Center (METC), Department of Energy (DOE) Contract No. AC21-84MC21108, UCC Research Corporation (UCCRC) built and tested a 1500 lb/day Mild Gasification Process Development Unit (MGU). The MGU, as tested under the previous contract, is shown in Figure 1. Testing completed under the previous contract showed that good quality hydrocarbon liquids and good quality char can be produced in the MGU. However, the MGU is not optimized. The prim… more
Date: July 1, 1988
Creator: Chu, C. I. C. & Derting, T. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The DOE Thermal Regimes Drilling Program through 1987

Description: In response to strong endorsement from the scientific community, in the form of a report by the Continental Scientific Drilling Committee of the National Academy of Sciences (CSDC, 1984), the Office of Basic Energy Sciences of the DOE undertook a program of investigations of young magmatic intrusions and their associated thermal systems. To date, the effort has encompassed the first phases of a program to investigate the roots of active hydrothermal systems and has also investigated the thermal… more
Date: July 1, 1988
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Environmental Research Division technical progress report: January 1986--October 1987

Description: Technical process in the various research activities of Argonne National Laboratory's Environmental Research Division is reported for the period 1986-1987. Textual, graphic, and tabular information is used to briefly summarize (in separate chapters) the work of the Division's Atmospheric Physics, Environmental Effects Research, Fundamental Molecular Physics and Chemistry, and Organic Geochemistry and Environmental Instrumentation Programs. Information on professional qualifications, awards, and… more
Date: July 1, 1988
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Environmental Survey preliminary report, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California

Description: The purpose of this report is to present the preliminary findings made during the Environmental Survey, February 22--29, 1988, at the US Department of Energy (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (LBL) in Berkeley, California. The University of California operates the LBL facility for DOE. The LBL Survey is part of the larger DOE-wide Environmental Survey announced by Secretary John S. Herrington on September 18, 1985. The purpose of this effort is to identify, via no fault'' baseline Surveys, exi… more
Date: July 1, 1988
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Environmental Survey preliminary report, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (X-10), Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Description: This report presents the preliminary findings from the first phase of the Environmental Survey of the US Department of Energy (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), X-10 site, conducted August 17 through September 4, 1987. The Survey is being conducted by an interdisciplinary team of environmental specialists, led and managed by the Office of Environment, Safety and Health's Office of Environmental Audit. Individual team specialists are outside experts supplied by a private contractor. The… more
Date: July 1, 1988
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Environmental Survey preliminary report, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford, California

Description: This report presents the preliminary findings from the first phase of the Survey of the US Department of Energy (DOE) Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) at Stanford, California, conducted February 29 through March 4, 1988. The Survey is being conducted by an interdisciplinary team of environmental specialists, led and managed by the Office of Environment, Safety and Health's Office of Environmental Audit. Individual team components are being supplied by a private contractor. The objectiv… more
Date: July 1, 1988
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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