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Atmospheric-Pressure Plasma Cleaning of Contaminated Surfaces

Description: The purpose of this project was to demonstrate a practical, environmentally benigh technology for the surface decontamination and decommissioning of radioactive waste. A low temperature, atmospheric pressure plasma has been developed with initial support from the DOE, Environmental Management Sciences Program. This devise selectively etches radioactive metals from surfaces, rendering objects radiation free and suitable for decommissioning. The volatile reaction products are captured on filters,… more
Date: December 15, 2003
Creator: Hicks, Robert F. & Herrmann, Hans W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Borehole Data Package for RCRA Wells 299-E25-93 and 299-E24-22 at Single-Shell Tank Waste Management Area A-AX, Hanford Site, Washington

Description: Two new Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) groundwater monitoring wells were installed at single-shell tank Waste Management Area (WMA) A-AX in fiscal year 2003 to fulfill commitments for well installations proposed in the draft Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order M-24-00. Well 299-E24-22 has been installed upgradient and well 299-E25-93 downgradient of the WMA. Specific objectives for these wells include monitoring the impact, if any, that potential releases from in… more
Date: December 15, 2003
Creator: Williams, B & Narbutovskih, Susan M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Campaign Financing

Description: This is one report in the series of reports that discuss the campaign finance practices and related issues. Concerns over financing federal elections have become a seemingly perennial aspect of our political system, centered on the enduring issues of high campaign costs and reliance on interest groups for needed campaign funds. The report talks about the today’s paramount issues such as perceived loopholes in current law and the longstanding issues: overall costs, funding sources, and competi… more
Date: December 15, 2003
Creator: Cantor, Joseph E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Characterization of DWPF Melter One Glasses

Description: The Defense Waste Processing Facility's first melter operated continuously for more than eight years. In November 2002 it was decided to replace the melter. As part of the decommissioning and replacement of the first DWPF melter, three samples were collected from the melter, one from the melter surface and two from the core sampler. The melter samples were analyzed for chemical composition and crystal content.
Date: December 15, 2003
Creator: Cozzi, A.D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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CHEMICAL FIXATION OF CO2 IN COAL COMBUSTION PRODUCTS AND RECYCLING THROUGH BIOSYSTEMS

Description: This Annual Technical Progress Report presents the principle results in enhanced growth of algae using coal combustion products as a catalyst to increase bicarbonate levels in solution. A co-current reactor is present that increases the gas phase to bicarbonate transfer rate by a factor of five to nine. The bicarbonate concentration at a given pH is approximately double that obtained using a control column of similar construction. Algae growth experiments were performed under laboratory conditi… more
Date: December 15, 2003
Creator: Copeland, C. Henry; Pier, Paul; Whitehead, Samantha; Enlow, Paul; Strickland, Richard & Behel, David
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Conservation Research and Development/ New Ultra-Low Carbon High Strength Steels with Improved Bake Hardenability for Enhanced Stretch Formability and Dent Resistance

Description: Conservation Research and Development/New Ultra-Low Carbon High Strength Steels with Improved Bake Hardenability for Enhanced Stretch Formability and Dent Resistance. The experimental work can be divided into four phases. In each phase, the materials were received or designed, processed and tested, to evaluate the BH increment or response, as a function of compositions and processing conditions. Microstructural characterization by various techniques was performed in order to gain insights into … more
Date: December 15, 2003
Creator: DeArdo, Anthony J. & Garcia, C. Isaac
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A CRS Review of 10 States: Home and Community-Based Services — States Seek to Change the Face of Long-Term Care: Indiana

Description: Many states have devoted significant efforts to respond to the desire for home and community-based care for persons with disabilities and their families. Nevertheless, financing of nursing home care, chiefly by Medicaid, still dominates most states’ spending for long-term care today. To assist Congress in understanding issues that states face in providing long-term care services, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) undertook a study of 10 states in 2002. This report, one in a series of 10 … more
Date: December 15, 2003
Creator: Tilly, Jane; O'Shaughnessy, Carol & Weissert, Rob
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Detection of aerosolized biological agents by immunoassay followed by autonomous PCR confirmation

Description: An Autonomous Pathogen Detection System (APDS) unit is an automated, podium-sized system that monitors the air for all three biological threat agents (bacteria, viruses, and toxins). The system has been developed under the auspices of the U. S. Department of Energy and Department of Homeland Security by the University of California, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) to protect people in critical or high-traffic facilities and at special events. The system performs continuous aerosol… more
Date: December 15, 2003
Creator: Dzenitis, John M.; Hindson, Benjamin J.; McBride, Mary T.; Makarewicz, Anthony J.; Henderer, Bruce D.; Sathyam, Ujwal S. et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Environmentally Benign Stab Detonators

Description: This effort attempts to demonstrate that environmentally acceptable energetic sol-gel coated flash metal multilayer nanocomposites can be used to replace current impact initiated devices (IIDs) which have hazardous and toxic components. Successful completion of this project will result in IIDs that include innocuous compounds, have sufficient output energy for initiation, meet current military specifications, are small, cost competitive, and perform as well as or better than current devices. We… more
Date: December 15, 2003
Creator: Gash, A.; Barbee, T.; Simpson, R.; Satcher, J. & Walton, C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Field Performance of a Slimline Turbomist Evaporator under Southeastern U. S. Climate Conditions

Description: A recent study of evaporation technologies for treating F- and H-area groundwater contaminated with radionuclides and metals (Flach 2002) suggested that spray evaporation might be a viable alternative or supplemental technique for managing tritiated groundwater at the Mixed Waste Management Facility. The particular technology of interest in this study is the Slimline Manufacturing Ltd. Turbo-Mist Evaporator, which uses a powerful blower and high-pressure spray nozzles to propel a fine mist into… more
Date: December 15, 2003
Creator: Sappington, F.C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Grout Placement and Property Evaluation for Closing Hanford High-Level Waste Tanks - Scale-Up Testing

Description: Hanford has 149 single-shell high level waste (HLW) tanks that were constructed between 1943 and 1964. Many of these tanks have leaked or are suspected of leaking HLW into the soil above the ground water. Consequently, a major effort is ongoing to transfer the liquid portion of the waste to the 28 newer, double-shell tanks. Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) was tasked to develop grout formulations for the three-layer closure concept selected by CH2M HILL for closing Tank C-106. These gr… more
Date: December 15, 2003
Creator: LANGTON, CHRISTINE
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Information Security: Status of Federal Public Key Infrastructure Activities at Major Federal Departments and Agencies

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The federal government is increasingly using online applications to provide access to information and services and to conduct internal business operations. In light of this trend, strong security assurances are needed to properly safeguard sensitive, personal, and financial data, in part by ensuring that the identities of those who use such applications are appropriately authenticated. When fully and properly … more
Date: December 15, 2003
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Israel: U.S. Foreign Assistance

Description: This report includes information regarding United States foreign assistance to Israel. Current aid issues, special benefits, and Israel's debt to the United States government are among topics discussed in this report.
Date: December 15, 2003
Creator: Mark, Clyde R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Methods to model-check parallel systems software.

Description: We report on an effort to develop methodologies for formal verification of parts of the Multi-Purpose Daemon (MPD) parallel process management system. MPD is a distributed collection of communicating processes. While the individual components of the collection execute simple algorithms, their interaction leads to unexpected errors that are difficult to uncover by conventional means. Two verification approaches are discussed here: the standard model checking approach using the software model che… more
Date: December 15, 2003
Creator: Matlin, O. S.; McCune, W. & Lusk, E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Natural Strontium, Iodine, Cesium, and Cobalt in Savannah River Site Groundwater: Data Report

Description: The purpose of this investigation was to obtain baseline groundwater concentrations for naturally occurring stable isotopes of Sr, I, Cs, and Co in shallow aquifers at the Savannah River Site. These data are necessary to fully understand migration and remediation of 90Sr, 129I, 137Cs, and 60Co. Fourteen P-wells were selected and sampled based on their close proximity to facilities, available water table and Gordon aquifer wells, and archived core. This report provides the analytical results fro… more
Date: December 15, 2003
Creator: Denham, M.E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Performance Assessment Position Paper: Time for Compliance

Description: This study lays out the historical development of the time frame for a low-level waste disposal facility to demonstrate compliance with the DOE performance objectives and requirements. The study recommends that 1,000 years should be used as the time for compliance for all of the performance objectives and requirements (i.e., for the all-pathways, air pathway, radon emanation, water resource protection and inadvertent intruder analyses) for all low-level waste disposal facility performance asses… more
Date: December 15, 2003
Creator: Wilhite, E.L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Report on the Power and Detector Stability Measurements for the QC Laser Alignment System

Description: This report summarizes the preliminary tests that PNNL has performed to date for the Quantum Cascade (QC) Laser Alignment System that is being developed for the Using Client for a classified application. PNNL is designing, fabricating, assembling, and testing the QC Laser Alignment System and has a subcontract with Maxion Technologies, Inc. for development and production of the QC laser devices to be used in this system. The QC lasers furnished by Maxion will be incorporated into the QC Laser A… more
Date: December 15, 2003
Creator: Myers, Tanya L.; Bonebrake, Christopher A.; Cannon, Bret D.; Suarez, Reynold; Stewart, Timothy L. & Hatchell, Brian K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Restoring Sustainable Forests on Appalachian Mined Lands for Wood Products, Renewable Energy, Carbon Sequestration, and Other Ecosystems Services Quarterly Report

Description: The overall purpose of this project is to evaluate the biological and economic feasibility of restoring high-quality forests on mined land, and to measure carbon sequestration and wood production benefits that would be achieved from forest restoration procedures. In this segment of work, our goal was to review methods for estimating tree survival, growth, yield and value of forests growing on surface mined land in the eastern coalfields of the USA, and to determine the extent to which carbon se… more
Date: December 15, 2003
Creator: Aggett, Jonathan
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Technology Transfer to U.S. Independent Oil and Natural Gas Producers: 2003

Description: The Petroleum Technology Transfer Council (PTTC) continued pursuing its mission of assisting U.S. independent oil and gas producers to make timely, informed technology decisions. Functioning as a cohesive national organization, PTTC has active grassroots programs through its 10 Regional Lead Organizations (RLOs) and 3 Satellite Offices that encompass all of the oil- and natural gas-producing regions in the U.S. Active volunteer leadership from the Board and regional Producer Advisory Groups kee… more
Date: December 15, 2003
Creator: Duttlinger, Donald F. & Cole, E. Lance
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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ACCIDENT ANALYSES & CONTROL OPTIONS IN SUPPORT OF THE SLUDGE WATER SYSTEM SAFETY ANALYSIS

Description: This report documents the accident analyses and nuclear safety control options for use in Revision 7 of HNF-SD-WM-SAR-062, ''K Basins Safety Analysis Report'' and Revision 4 of HNF-SD-SNF-TSR-001, ''Technical Safety Requirements - 100 KE and 100 KW Fuel Storage Basins''. These documents will define the authorization basis for Sludge Water System (SWS) operations. This report follows the guidance of DOE-STD-3009-94, ''Preparation Guide for US. Department of Energy Nonreactor Nuclear Facility Saf… more
Date: November 15, 2003
Creator: Williams, J. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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CROSSCUTTING TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AT THE CENTER FOR ADVANCED SEPARATION TECHNOLOGIES

Description: The U.S. is the largest producer of mining products in the world. In 1999, U.S. mining operations produced $66.7 billion worth of raw materials that contributed a total of $533 billion to the nation's wealth. Despite these contributions, the mining industry has not been well supported with research and development funds as compared to mining industries in other countries. To overcome this problem, the Center for Advanced Separation Technologies (CAST) was established to develop technologies tha… more
Date: November 15, 2003
Creator: Rimmer, Hugh W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Evaluation of Five Sedimentary Rocks Other Than Salt for Geologic Repository Siting Purposes

Description: The US Department of Energy (DOE), in order to increase the diversity of rock types under consideration by the geologic disposal program, initiated the Sedimary ROck Program (SERP), whose immediate objectiv eis to evaluate five types of secimdnary rock - sandstone, chalk, carbonate rocks (limestone and dolostone), anhydrock, and shale - to determine the potential for siting a geologic repository. The evaluation of these five rock types, together with the ongoing salt studies, effectively result… more
Date: November 15, 2003
Creator: Croff, A. G.; Lomenick, T. F.; Lowrie, R. S. & Stow, S. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Animal Agriculture: Selected Issues in the 108th Congress

Description: Various issues important to animal agriculture have generated interest among lawmakers in the first session of the 108th Congress. For example, under the 2002 farm bill (P.L. 107-171) many food stores in 2004 must provide country-of-origin labeling (COOL) on ground and fresh cuts of beef, beef, pork, and lamb. The House-passed USDA appropriation for FY2004 (H.R. 2673) would block funding to implemented COOL for meats. The Senate Committee version (S. 1427) lacks the ban.
Date: October 15, 2003
Creator: Becker, Geoffrey S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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E-Area Performance Assessment Interim Measures Assessment FY2003

Description: Projected impacts on disposal limits of various studies have been estimated. Interim measures to compensate for the impacts are needed for the Engineered Trench and the Intermediate Level Vault. Interim measures are due to projected decreases in the radionuclide disposal limits derived from the groundwater pathway as a result of the Aquifer Source Node study and consideration of potential artificial dilution caused by the large size of the grid elements in the Intermediate Level Vault groundwat… more
Date: October 15, 2003
Creator: Wilhite, E.L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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