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Bosnia and Herzegovina: Background on U.S. Policy Concerns

Description: This report provides an introduction and background information on Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Dayton Peace Accords. The report discusses the U.S. deployment to Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the U.S. policy in regard to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Date: March 28, 2001
Creator: Woehrel, Steven
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Development of Reservoir Characterization Techniques and Production Models for Exploiting Naturally Fractured Reservoirs

Description: This report focuses on integrating geoscience and engineering data to develop a consistent characterization of the naturally fractured reservoirs. During this reporting period, effort was focused on relating seismic data to reservoir properties of naturally fractured reservoirs, scaling well log data to generate interwell descriptors of these reservoirs, enhancing and debugging a naturally fractured reservoir simulator, and developing a horizontal wellbore model for use in the simulator.
Date: March 28, 2001
Creator: Wiggins, M.L.; Evans, R.D.; Brown, R.L. & Gupta, A.
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Dynamic Three-Dimensional Process Water Density Model for Ultrasim

Description: A temperature dependent D2O density model has been developed for the 3-D hydraulics module in the near real-time plant analysis code ULTRASIM. By replacing the constant density, ULTRASIM is improved in two ways. First, all 3-D hydraulic analyses performed are more physically realistic now that the temperature dependence of the D2O density is accounted for. Secondly, simple temperature driven process water transients can now be modeled and investigated, including natural circulation tests. This … more
Date: March 28, 2001
Creator: Aviles, B.N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Effect of Nitrite/Nitrate concentrations on Corrosivity of Washed Precipitate

Description: Cyclic polarization scans were performed using A-537 carbon steel in simulated washed precipitate solutions of various nitrite and nitrate concentrations. The results of this study indicate that nitrate is an aggressive anion in washed precipitate. Furthermore, a quantitative linear log-log relationship between the minimum effective nitrite concentration and the nitrate concentration was established for washed precipitate with other ions at their average compositions.
Date: March 28, 2001
Creator: Congdon, J. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Growth of the Private Sector in China and Implications For China’s Accession to the World Trade Organization

Description: This report discusses the growth of the private sector in China, which has occurred to a large extent from the government’s efforts to reform China’s money-losing state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Workers who have been laid off from SOEs have been encouraged to find jobs in the private sector or to start their own businesses.
Date: March 28, 2001
Creator: Morrison, Wayne M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The House's Corrections Calendar

Description: This report discusses the establishment of the “Corrections Day”, a concept credited to Michigan Governor John Englerwhich, which is a procedure for repealing “the dumbest things the federal government is currently doing and just abolish them.”
Date: March 28, 2001
Creator: Oleszek, Walter J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Increased Oil Recovery from Mature Oil Fields Using Gelled Polymer Treatments

Description: Gelled polymer treatments were applied to oil reservoirs to increase oil production and to reduce water production by altering the fluid movement within the reservoir. This report is aimed at reducing barriers to the widespread use of these treatments by developing methods to predict gel behavior during placement in matrix rock and fractures, determining the persistence of permeability reduction after gel placement, and by developing methods to design production well treatments to control water… more
Date: March 28, 2001
Creator: Willhite, G.P.; Green, D.W. & McCool, S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Kinetic and Thermodynamic Implications of some Commonly Used Rate Laws for Glass Dissolution

Description: This report discusses the results of the examination of three rate laws for glass dissolution. These three are: SLDF, LDF/LDF and ZO/LDF. All three models can fit the results of static powder leach tests reasonably well. The existence of a fundamental relationship between the thermodynamics and the kinetics of glass dissolution/leaching has been demonstrated for the three rate models.
Date: March 28, 2001
Creator: Grant, M.W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Modeling of RTF Glove-Box and Stripper System

Description: The glove box-stripper system for the Replacement Tritium Facility (RTF) has been modeled to determine its steady-state performance. To permit comparison, simulations of modified cases were compared with a standard or base case. This paper discusses tests conducted, results obtained and makes recommendations.
Date: March 28, 2001
Creator: Hsu, R. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Optimal Blending Quality

Description: This paper discusses a functional program developed for product blending. The program is installed at a Savannah River Plant production site on their VAX computer. A wide range of blending choices is available. The program can be easily changed or expanded. The technology can be applied at other areas where mixing or blending is done.
Date: March 28, 2001
Creator: Harris, S.P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Proposed Release Guides to Protect Aquatic Biota

Description: At the request of South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) and the Department of Energy (DOE), the Savannah River Laboratory was assigned the task of developing the release guides to protect aquatic biota. A review of aquatic radioecology literature by two leading experts in the field of radioecology concludes that exposure of aquatic biota at one rad per day or less will not produce detectable deleterious effects on aquatic organisms. On the basis of this report, … more
Date: March 28, 2001
Creator: Marter, W.L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Reactor Material Program Fracture Toughness of Type 304 Stainless Steel

Description: This report describes the experimental procedure for Type 304 Stainless Steel fracture toughness measurements and the application of results. Typical toughness values are given based on the completed test program for the Reactor Materials Program (RMP). Test specimen size effects and limitations of the applicability in the fracture mechanics methodology are outlined as well as a brief discussion on irradiation effects.
Date: March 28, 2001
Creator: Awadalla, N. G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Relative Reaction Rates of Sulfamic Acid and Hydroxylamine with Nitric Acid

Description: This report describes a study of comparative reaction rates where the reductant is in excess, as in the 1B bank in the Purex process. The results of this work apply to planned plant tests to partially substitute HAN for the ferrous sulfamate reductant in the Purex 1B bank.
Date: March 28, 2001
Creator: Karraker, D.G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Renewable Energy Power System Modular SIMulators: RPM-Sim User's Guide (Supersedes October 1999 edition)

Description: This version of the RPM-SIM User's Guide supersedes the October 1999 edition. Using the VisSimTM visual environment, researchers developed a modular simulation system to facilitate an application-specific, low-cost study of the system dynamics for wind-diesel hybrid power systems. This manual presents the principal modules of the simulator and, using case studies of a hybrid system, demonstrates some of the benefits that can be gained from understanding the effects of the designer's modificatio… more
Date: March 28, 2001
Creator: Bialasiewicz, J.T.; Muljadi, E.; Nix, G.R. & Drouilhet, S.
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Steam Explosions in Slurry-fed Ceramic Melters

Description: This report assesses the potential and consequences of a steam explosion in Slurry Feed Ceramic Melters (SFCM). The principles that determine if an interaction is realistically probable within a SFCM are established. Also considered are the mitigating effects due to dissolved, non-condensable gas(es) and suspended solids within the slurry feed, radiation, high glass viscosity, and the existence of a cold cap. The report finds that, even if any explosion were to occur, however, it would not be l… more
Date: March 28, 2001
Creator: Carter, J.T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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