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Approach to decision modeling for an ignition test reactor

Description: A comparison matrix decision model is applied to candidates for a D-T ignition tokamak (TNS), including assessment of semi-quantifiable or judgemental factors as well as quantitative ones. The results show that TNS is mission-sensitive with a choice implied between near-term achievability and reactor technology.
Date: September 30, 1977
Creator: Howland, H.R. & Varljen, T.C.
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Marketing of coal mining equipment. Evaluation of present techniques: suggestions to aid commercialization. Final report

Description: This report is an examination of the equipment preferences and decision-making methodology of the coal industry. The prime purpose is to indicate directions in which equipment research might proceed and also to indicate methods by which investment in new, more productive mining equipment could be encouraged. In addition to this, an investigation of the research and development decisions of major mining equipment manufacturers was conducted. The findings can best be condensed into three categori… more
Date: September 19, 1980
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Interactive planning system for developing decommissioning and decontamination plans at Hanford

Description: The 570-square mile Hanford Project contains facilities with varying degrees of radioactive contamination as a result of plutonium production operations. With the evolution of production requirements and technology, many of these have been retired and will be decommissioned and decontaminated (D and D). Planning for D and D at Hanford requires identification and characterization of contaminated facilities, prioritization of facilities for decommissioning, selection of D and D modes, estimating … more
Date: September 1, 1977
Creator: Litchfield, J. W. & King, J. C.
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Assessment of solar options for small power systems applications. Volume V. SOLSTEP: a computer model for solar plant system simulations

Description: The simulation code, SOLSTEP, was developed at the Pacific Northwest Laboratory to facilitate the evaluation of proposed designs for solar thermal power plants. It allows the user to analyze the thermodynamic and economic performance of a conceptual design for several field size-storage capacity configurations. This feature makes it possible to study the levelized energy cost of a proposed concept over a range of plant capacity factors. The thermodynamic performance is analyzed on a time step b… more
Date: September 1, 1980
Creator: Bird, S.P.
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The Prioritization of Environment, Safety, and Health Activities

Description: Federal facilities, including the national laboratories, must bring existing operations into compliance with environment, safety, and health (ES H) regulations while restoring sites of past operations to conform with today's more rigorous standards. The need for ES H resources is increasing while overall budgets are decreasing, and the resulting staffing and financial constraints often make it impossible to carry out all necessary activities simultaneously. This stimulated interest in formal me… more
Date: September 1, 1991
Creator: Otway, H.; Puckett, J.M. & von Winterfeldt, D.
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Assessment of Solar Options for Small Power Systems Applications. Volume III. Analysis of Concepts

Description: A comparative analysis of solar thermal conversion concepts that are potentially suitable for development as small electric power systems (1 to 10 MWe) is given. Seven generic types of collectors, together with associated subsystems for electric power generation, were considered. The collectors can be classified into three categories: (1) two-axis tracking (with compound-curvature reflecting surfaces; (2) one-axis tracking (with single-curvature reflecting suraces; and (3) nontracking (with low… more
Date: September 1, 1980
Creator: Laity, W. W.; Aase, D. T.; Apley, W. J.; Bird, S. P.; Drost, M. K.; Garrett-Price, B. A. et al.
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Assessment of the effects of thermal power plant site and design alternatives on the cost of electric power

Description: A method for quantitatively determining the effect of new fossil fuel and nuclear electric generating facilities on the cost of power in the service region and local community is proposed. The resulting index of economic impact is intended for use in a methodology for assessing power plant site and design alternatives. The overall assessment methodology incorporates community values with technical assessments of impacts, providing a system for assessing preferred power plant site/design alterna… more
Date: September 1, 1977
Creator: McGinnis, K. A. & King, J. C.
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Development and testing of an integrated signal validation system for nuclear power plants

Description: The approach for signal validation, instrument fault isolation and characterization incorporates some of the methods used in the past, and new techniques developed under this project. The general architecture consists of parallel signal processing modules. Each of the modules performs a specific task. The current architecture consists of seven signal processing modules. There is no direct communication between the modules. Any cross information desired must be requested at the system executive … more
Date: September 1, 1989
Creator: Upadhayaya, B. R.; Kerlin, T. W.; Holbert, K. E.; Glockler, O.; Morgenstern, V. M.; Frei, Z. et al.
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Distributed Technologies in California's Energy Future. Volume I

Description: This interim report contains eight of the eighteen chapters included in the complete report. In Chapter I, pertinent data, facts, and observations are made following an initial summary. Chapter II is an introduction, citing especially the writings of Amory Lovins. The criteria used in defining distributed systems, suggested by Lovins, are that the technologies be renewable, environmentally benign, local, subject to graceful failure, foolproof, flexible, comprehensible, and matched in energy qua… more
Date: September 1, 1977
Creator: Christensen, M.; Craig, P.; McGuire, C. B. & Simmons, M.
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Economic Decision Making Model for Geothermal Sludge Disposal alternatives (EDM-GSD): Version 1. 0

Description: The Economic Decision Making Model for Geothermal Sludge Disposal Alternatives-Version 1.0'' (EDM-GSD 1.0) is a microcomputer-based dynamic model developed to assist in determining the benefits and costs of various geothermal solid waste treatment procedures. It is intended for use by geothermal managers in dealing with geothermal waste and treatment process issues as a means to assist in overcoming the technical and economic barriers to expanded geothermal energy utilization. The model is base… more
Date: September 1, 1987
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Biological services program, fiscal year 1976

Description: Continuing activities are reported on studies seeking to solve ecological problems associated with energy development, other types of land and water developments, and activities of a supporting nature. Specific projects include: coal; power plants; ecological systems and inventory; information transfer; coastal ecosystems and outer Continental Shelf development; and geothermal, oil shale and minerals. (PCS)
Date: September 1, 1977
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Facility effluent monitoring plan determinations for the 400 Area facilities

Description: This Facility Effluent Monitoring Plan determination resulted from an evaluation conducted for the Westinghouse Hanford Company 400 Area facilities on the Hanford Site. The Facility Effluent Monitoring Plan determinations have been prepared in accordance with A Guide for Preparing Hanford Site Facility Effluent Monitoring Plans. Two major Westinghouse Hanford Company facilities in the 400 Area were evaluated: the Fast Flux Test Facility and the Fuels Manufacturing and examination Facility. The … more
Date: September 1, 1991
Creator: Nickels, J.M.
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Small power plant reverse trade mission

Description: This draft report was prepared as required by Task No. 2 of the US Department of Energy, Grant No. FG07-89ID12850 Reverse Trade Mission to Acquaint International Representatives with US Power Plant and Drilling Technology'' (mission). As described in the grant proposal, this report covers the reactions of attendees toward US technology, its possible use in their countries, and an evaluation of the mission by the staff leaders. Note this is the draft report of one of two missions carried out und… more
Date: September 6, 1989
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SSA Disability Decision-Making: Additional Measures Would Enhance Agency's Ability to Determine Whether Racial Bias Exists

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Social Security Administration (SSA) is responsible for administering the Social Security Disability Insurance and the Supplemental Security Insurance programs--the nation's two largest disability programs. SSA is required to administer its disability programs in a fair and unbiased manner. Nevertheless, the proportion of African American applicants allowed benefits has been historically lower than the pro… more
Date: September 9, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Remediation of DOE hazardous waste sites: Planning and integration requirements

Description: The US Department of Energy (DOE) is faced with a immense challenge in effectively implementing a program to mitigate and manage the environmental impacts created by current operations and from past activities at its facilities. The current regulatory framework and public interest in the environmental arena have made operating DOE facilities in an environmentally responsible manner a compelling priority. This paper provides information on the results of a project funded by DOE to obtain a bette… more
Date: September 1, 1989
Creator: Geffen, C. A.; Garrett, B. A.; Cowan, C. E.; Siegel, M. R. & Keller, J. F. (Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA))
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Regional application of fossil energy technologies: an analytical approach. Final report

Description: Energy supply/demand profiles are presented for the 50 states and the nine US census regions using 1974 statistics. These profiles include quantity and type of energy reserves, annual primary resource production, and consumption by end-use sector. Each state's and region's energy balance is presented for fossil fuels, quantitatively designating the state or region as a net importer or exporter of these fuels. Finally, the dependence of each consumption sector on each energy source is tabulated.… more
Date: September 1, 1979
Creator: Rebello, W.; Canete, D.; Phipps, H. & Smith, R.
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Development and testing of an integrated signal validation system for nuclear power plants

Description: Since the incident at Three Mile Island unit 2, computerized plant status display, implementation of human factors in control room design, and plant monitoring based on expert system technology have seen a tremendous growth. One such proposed operator assist device is a plant signal validation system. This system is used to check the consistency of redundant measurements (sensors) of selected process variables, estimate their expect values from plant-wide data, and detect, isolate and character… more
Date: September 1, 1989
Creator: Upadhyaya, B. R.; Kerlin, T. W. & Gaudio, P. J. Jr.
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Hybrid vehicle potential assessment. Volume 2. Mission analysis

Description: Seven vehicle missions were selected and defined for use in assessing hybrid vehicle concepts and are summarized. These missions were selected to provide general coverage of current and future vehicle uses and classes. Their travel pattern definitions are based primarily on analysis of the 1969 National Personal Transportation Study travel data. Performance requirements are based on current highway designs and speed limits and the results of studies of performance requirements for safe and non-… more
Date: September 30, 1979
Creator: Surber, F. T. & Deshpande, G. K.
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Savannah River Laboratory Seepage Basins: Waste site assessment report

Description: This Waste Site Assessment for the SRL Seepage Basins is the second in a series of documents being prepared to support development of an appropriate closure plan for these basins. The closure of these basins will be designed to provide protection to human health and the environment and to meet the provisions of the Consent Decree. A Technical Data Summary for these basins has already been submitted as part of the Consent Decree. This Site Assessment Report includes a waste site characterization… more
Date: September 5, 1989
Creator: Haselow, J. S.; Looney, B. B. & Nichols, R. L.
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Architectural considerations for agent-based national scale policy models : LDRD final report.

Description: The need to anticipate the consequences of policy decisions becomes ever more important as the magnitude of the potential consequences grows. The multiplicity of connections between the components of society and the economy makes intuitive assessments extremely unreliable. Agent-based modeling has the potential to be a powerful tool in modeling policy impacts. The direct mapping between agents and elements of society and the economy simplify the mapping of real world functions into the world of… more
Date: September 1, 2007
Creator: Backus, George A. & Strip, David R.
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Coordinated machine learning and decision support for situation awareness.

Description: For applications such as force protection, an effective decision maker needs to maintain an unambiguous grasp of the environment. Opportunities exist to leverage computational mechanisms for the adaptive fusion of diverse information sources. The current research employs neural networks and Markov chains to process information from sources including sensors, weather data, and law enforcement. Furthermore, the system operator's input is used as a point of reference for the machine learning algor… more
Date: September 1, 2007
Creator: Draelos, Timothy John; Zhang, Peng-Chu.; Wunsch, Donald C. (University of Missouri, Rolla, MO); Seiffertt, John (University of Missouri, Rolla, MO); Conrad, Gregory N. & Brannon, Nathan Gregory
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Improving human effectiveness for extreme-scale problem solving : final report (assessing the effectiveness of electronic brainstorming in an industrial setting).

Description: An experiment was conducted comparing the effectiveness of individual versus group electronic brainstorming in order to address difficult, real world challenges. While industrial reliance on electronic communications has become ubiquitous, empirical and theoretical understanding of the bounds of its effectiveness have been limited. Previous research using short-term, laboratory experiments have engaged small groups of students in answering questions irrelevant to an industrial setting. The curr… more
Date: September 1, 2007
Creator: Dornburg, Courtney C.; Stevens, Susan Marie; Bauer, Travis L.; Davidson, George S.; Forsythe, James Chris & Hendrickson, Stacey M. Langfitt
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Assessing the effectiveness of electronic brainstorming in an industrial setting : experimental design document.

Description: An experiment is proposed which will compare the effectiveness of individual versus group brainstorming in addressing difficult, real world challenges. Previous research into electronic brainstorming has largely been limited to laboratory experiments using small groups of students answering questions irrelevant to an industrial setting. The proposed experiment attempts to extend current findings to real-world employees and organization-relevant challenges. Our employees will brainstorm ideas ov… more
Date: September 1, 2007
Creator: Dornburg, Courtney C.; Stevens, Susan Marie; Davidson, George S. & Forsythe, James Chris
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Yellow sticky, PHP software for an electronic brainstorming experiment.

Description: A web-based brainstorm was conducted in the summer of 2007 within the Sandia Restricted Network. This brainstorming experiment was modeled around the 'yellow sticky' brainstorms that are used in many face-to-face meetings at Sandia National Laboratories. This document discusses the implementation and makes suggestions for future implementations.
Date: September 1, 2007
Creator: Dornburg, Courtney C.; Stevens, Susan Marie; Davidson, George S. & Forsythe, James Chris
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