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Hanford Environmental Dose Reconstruction Project Monthly Report

This monthly report summarizes the technical progress and project status for the Hanford Environmental Dose Reconstruction Project being conducted at Pacific Northwest Laboratory under the direction of a Technical Steering Panel.

Date: November 1, 1989

Creator: Dennis, B.S. (comp.)

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Utility FGD survey, January--December 1988

This report summarizes the status of Flue Gas Desulfurization (FGD) technology as of December 1988. It highlights the status of the electric utility power industry, projected growth of coal-fired power generation, and the current status and future trends in FGD application. Also discussed is the implementation status of other control technologies such as fluidized bed boilers, which utilities may opt for instead of FGD systems. 15 refs., 2 figs., 10 tabs.

Date: September 1, 1991

Creator: Hance, S.L.; McKibben, R.S. & Jones, F.M. (IT Corp., Cincinnati, OH (United States))

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Fusion energy development: Breakeven and beyond: Keynote address

The scientific feasibility, technological inevitability, and economic necessity of fusion as an energy source are discussed.

Date: February 1, 1988

Creator: Furth, H.P.

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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FY 1992 task plans for the Hanford Environmental Dose Reconstruction Project

Phase 1 of the HEDR Project was designed to develop and demonstrate a method for estimating radiation doses people may have received from Hanford Site operations since 1944. The method researchers developed relied on a variety of measured and reconstructed data as input to a modular computer model that generates dose estimates and their uncertainties. As part of Phase 1, researchers used the reconstructed data and computer model to calculate preliminary dose estimates for populations from limit… more

Date: October 1, 1991

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Source-term development for commercial low-level radioactive waste

Generic source terms base don historical data have been developed for commerical low-level radioactive waste (LLRW) from fuel-cycle and non-fuel-cycle facilities. These source terms are used in DOE's Integrated Data Base (IDB) Program to estimate historical and projected volumes, radioactivity, and thermal power (from radioactive decay) of LLRW to the year 2020. Periodically, the source terms are updated as new waste is generated and as information on older waste is reviewed, redefined, and upg… more

Date: January 1, 1986

Creator: Godbee, H. W.; Kibbey, A. H.; Forsberg, C. W.; Storch, S. N. & Clower, T. J.

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Superconductivity: Past, present, and future

This paper provides an overview of superconductor research and development activities, with emphasis on the potential of high-{Tc} materials for future applications. Superconductor applications are grouped under the following categories: electronics/instrumentation, bulk material/castings, research devices, industrial/commercial, electric power, and transportation/propulsion. Near-term applications are typically based on thin film and cast forms of high-{Tc} materials, while large-scale applica… more

Date: January 1, 1992

Creator: Uherka, K.L.

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Analytical review of structure and regulation of hemopoiesis

The development of knowledge on the structure of hemopoiesis and its regulation can be divided into four broad areas: descriptive morphology, kinetics of cell proliferation, regulation of rates of cell proliferation through interaction of molecular regulators and their cell surface receptors, and clinical applications. 60 refs., 6 figs.

Date: January 1, 1987

Creator: Cronkite, E.P.

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Petroleum marketing monthly, October 1991. [Contains glossary]

This report is designed to give information and statistical data about a variety of crude oils and refined petroleum products. The publication provides statistics on crude oil costs and refined petroleum products sales for use by industry, government, private sector analysts, educational institutions, and consumers. Data on crude oil include the domestic first purchase price, the f.o.b. and landed cost of imported crude oil, and the refiner's acquisition cost of crude oil. Sales data for motor … more

Date: October 10, 1991

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Radioactive waste management in the former USSR

Radioactive waste materials--and the methods being used to treat, process, store, transport, and dispose of them--have come under increased scrutiny over last decade, both nationally and internationally. Nuclear waste practices in the former Soviet Union, arguably the world's largest nuclear waste management system, are of obvious interest and may affect practices in other countries. In addition, poor waste management practices are causing increasing technical, political, and economic problems … more

Date: June 1, 1992

Creator: Bradley, D.J.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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A historical review of portable health physics instruments and their use in radiation protection programs at Hanford, 1944 through 1988

This historical review covers portable health physics instruments at Hanford from an applications viewpoint. The review provides information on specific instruments and on the general kinds of facility work environments in which the instruments have been and are being used. It provides a short, modestly technical explanation of the types of nuclear radiations, the way radiation units are quantified, and the types of nuclear radiations, the way radiation units are quantified, and the types of de… more

Date: September 1, 1989

Creator: Howell, W. P.; Kenoyer, J. L.; Kress, M. L.; Swinth, K. L.; Corbit, C. D.; Zuerner, L. V. et al.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Analysis of natural gas supply strategies at Fort Drum

This analysis investigates strategies for Fort Drum to acquire a reliable natural gas supply while reducing its gas supply costs. The purpose of this study is to recommend an optimal supply mix based on the life-cycle costs of each strategy analyzed. In particular, this study is intended to provide initial guidance as to whether or not the building and operating of a propane-air mixing station is a feasible alternative to the current gas acquisition strategy. The analysis proceeded by defining … more

Date: July 1, 1992

Creator: Stucky, D. J.; Shankle, S. A. & Anderson, D. M.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Arctic hydrology and meteorology

The behavior of arctic ecosystems is directly related to the ongoing physical processes of heat and mass transfer. Furthermore, this system undergoes very large fluctuations in the surface energy balance. The buffering effect of both snow and the surface organic soils can be seen by looking at the surface and 40 cm soil temperatures. The active layer, that surface zone above the permafrost table, is either continually freezing or thawing. A large percentage of energy into and out of a watershed… more

Date: January 1, 1988

Creator: Kane, D.L.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Muon-catalyzed fusion theory: Introduction and review

Muon-catalyzed fusion ({mu}CF) has proved to be a fruitful subject for basic physics research as well as a source of cold nuclear fusion. Experiments have demonstrated that over 100 fusions per muon can be catalyzed by formation of the dt{mu} molecule in mixtures of deuterium and tritium. After a brief review of the subject's history, the dt{mu} catalysis cycle and the principal relations used in its analysis are described. Some of the important processes in the {mu}CF cycle are then discussed.… more

Date: January 1, 1989

Creator: Cohen, J.S.

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Hypervelocity launch capabilities to over 10 km/s

Very high pressure and acceleration is necessary to launch flier plates to hypervelocities. In addition, the high pressure loading must be uniform, structured, and shockless, i.e., time-dependent to prevent the flier plate from either fracturing or melting. In this paper, a novel technique is described which allows the use of megabar level loading pressures, and 10{sup 9} g acceleration to launch intact flier plates to velocities of 12.2 km/s. 32 refs., 2 figs.

Date: January 1, 1991

Creator: Chhabildas, L.C.

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Analysis of fuel shares in the residential sector: 1960 to 1995

Historical and future energy use by fuel type in the residential sector of the United States are examined. Of interest is the likely relative demand for fuels as they affect national policy issues such as the potential shortfall of electric generating capacity in the mid to late 1990's and the ability of the residential sector to switch rapdily among fuels in response to fuel shortages, price increases and other factors. Factors affecting the share of a fuel used rather than the aggregate level… more

Date: August 1, 1986

Creator: Reilly, J.M.; Shankle, S.A. & Pomykala, J.S.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Geothermal energy in the western United States and Hawaii: Resources and projected electricity generation supplies. [Contains glossary and address list of geothermal project developers and owners]

Geothermal energy comes from the internal heat of the Earth, and has been continuously exploited for the production of electricity in the United States since 1960. Currently, geothermal power is one of the ready-to-use baseload electricity generating technologies that is competing in the western United States with fossil fuel, nuclear and hydroelectric generation technologies to provide utilities and their customers with a reliable and economic source of electric power. Furthermore, the develop… more

Date: September 1, 1991

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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1991 Pacific Northwest Loads and Resources Study, Technical Appendix: Volume 1.

This publication provides detailed documentation of the load forecast scenarios and assumptions used in preparing BPA's 1991 Pacific Northwest Loads and Resources Study (the Study). This is one of two technical appendices to the Study; the other appendix details the utility-specific loads and resources used in the Study. The load forecasts and assumption were developed jointly by Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) and Northwest Power Planning Council (Council) staff. This forecast is also us… more

Date: March 1, 1992

Creator: United States. Bonneville Power Administration.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Annual review of cultural resource investigations by the Savannah River Archaeological Research Program, fiscal year 1990

The Savannah River Archaeological Research Program (SRARP) of the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of South Carolina, is funded through a direct contract with the United States Department of Energy to provide services required under federal law for the protection and management of archaeological resources on the Savannah River Site (SRS). Because the significance of most archaeological resources is dependent upon research potential, the SRARP is guided by res… more

Date: November 1, 1990

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Early history of neutron scattering at Oak Ridge

Most of the early development of neutron scattering techniques utilizing reactor neutrons occurred at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory during the years immediately following World War II. C.G. Shull, E.O. Wollan, and their associates systematically established neutron diffraction as a quantitative research tool and then applied this technique to important problems in nuclear physics, chemical crystallography, and magnetism. This article briefly summarizes the very important research at ORNL du… more

Date: July 1, 1985

Creator: Wilkinson, M.K.

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Aging assessment of auxiliary feedwater systems

A study of Pressurized Water Reactor Auxiliary Feedwater (AFW) Systems has been conducted by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) under the auspices of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Nuclear Plant Aging Research Program. The study has reviewed historical failure experience and current monitoring practices for the AFW System. This paper provides an overview of the study approach and results. 7 figs.

Date: January 1, 1989

Creator: Casada, D.A. (Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA))

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Cooperation between the US and the USSR in the peaceful uses of atomic energy

The decade of the 1960's saw a marked expansion of cooperation between the United States and the Soviet Union for the peaceful uses of atomic energy. In my opinion, this development constituted one of the most encouraging elements in the international scene. Until 1955 contacts between American and Soviet nuclear scientists were virtually nonexistent, as indeed (after World War II) were US-USSR contacts in other fields except as required in formal intergovernmental relations. Then, in July 1955… more

Date: October 1, 1989

Creator: Seaborg, G. T.

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Hanford production reactor heat releases 1951--1971

The purpose of this report is to document and detail the thermal releases from the Hanford nuclear production reactors during the period 1951 through 1971, and to put these releases in historical perspective with respect to changing Columbia River flows and temperatures. This information can also be used as a foundation for further ecological evaluations. When examining Hanford production reactor thermal releases to the Columbia River all related factors affecting the releases and the character… more

Date: April 1, 1992

Creator: Kannberg, L.D.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Enhanced oil recovery projects data base

A comprehensive enhanced oil recovery (EOR) project data base is maintained and updated at the Bartlesville Project Office of the Department of Energy. This data base provides an information resource that is used to analyze the advancement and application of EOR technology. The data base has extensive information on 1,388 EOR projects in 569 different oil fields from 1949 until the present, and over 90% of that information is contained in tables and graphs of this report. The projects are prese… more

Date: April 1, 1992

Creator: Pautz, J. F.; Sellers, C. A.; Nautiyal, C. & Allison, E.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Annual Outlook for US Electric Power, 1985

This report provides a history and projections of US electric utility markets. It includes summary information on the production of electricity, its distribution to end-use sectors, and on electricity, its distribution to end-use sectors, and on electricity costs and prices. Further, this publication describes the ownership structure of the industry and the operations of utility systems and outlines basic electricity generating technologies. The historical information covers the period from 188… more

Date: August 12, 1985

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department