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Questions and Answers Regarding Actions to Take When Ending Shelter-in-Place

Description: Shelter-in-place has found increasing acceptance as an effective protective action option for communities participating in the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program. Studies have confirmed that it can provide optimum protection under certain accident conditions. However, emergency managers and planners, as well as the public, continue to be troubled by the need to end sheltering when the plume has passed in order to avoid sustained exposure to the small amount of agent that has pene… more
Date: December 30, 2003
Creator: Shumpert, B.
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Application of nuclear energy to agriculture. Final report

Description: The following research projects in radiation botany were conducted: mutation breeding of beans and cassava; biological response of coffee plants; and radiosensitivity of tropical plants. In the field of entomology experiments were conducted on radiosterilization of the Mediterranean fruit fly, the coffee leaf miner, the torsalo and the meliaceous shootborer. The following research projects in plant physiology were conducted: physiology of cassava plants; effects of temperature on germination of… more
Date: June 30, 1976
Creator: Moh, C. C.
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Identification and Selection of Major Carbon Dioxide Stream Compositions

Description: A critical component in the assessment of long-term risk from geologic sequestration of CO2 is the ability to predict mineralogical and geochemical changes within storage reservoirs due to rock-brine-CO2 reactions. Impurities and/or other constituents selected for co-sequestration can affect both the chemical and physical (e.g. density, viscosity, interfacial tension) behavior of CO2 in the deep subsurface. These impurities and concentrations are a function of both the industrial source(s) of t… more
Date: June 30, 2011
Creator: Last, George V. & Schmick, Mary T.
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Technical Support Document: 50% Energy Savings for Quick-Service Restaurants

Description: Document describing PNNL's project to develop a package of energy efficiency measures that demonstrate the feasibility of achieving a 50% energy savings for quick-service restaurants with a simple payback of 5 years or less.
Date: September 30, 2010
Creator: Zhang, Jian; Schrock, D. W.; Fisher, D. R.; Livchak, A.; Zabrowski, D. A.; Athalye, Rahul A. et al.
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A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF A FOOD IRRADIATION REACTOR

Description: The food irradiation facility described consists of: a fully enriched light-water-cooled and -moderated heterogeneous reactor core surrounded by a blanket of indium sulfate aqueous solution; an indium solution system which includes the reactor blanket and the gamma radiators; primary and auxiliary cooling water systems for removal of reactor heat; radiator cubicles into which the food is conveyed for irradiation; and buildings for housing the reactor, radiators, and operations personnel. (auth)
Date: September 30, 1956
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Recent Acquisitions of U.S. Meat Companies

Description: This report examines issues regarding the recent acquisitions of U.S. meat companies. In July 2007, JBS — a Brazilian company regarded as the world’s largest meat processor — purchased the U.S. beef processor Swift & Co., then the third-largest U.S. beef processing company. In February and March 2008, JBS signed agreements to acquire the fourth- and fifth-largest U.S. beef packers, National Beef Packing Company and the Smithfield Beef Group, respectively. These planned acquisitions have undergo… more
Date: October 30, 2008
Creator: Johnson, Renée
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Carcinogens formed when Meat is Cooked

Description: Diet has been associated with varying cancer rates in human populations for many years, yet the causes of the observed variation in cancer patterns have not been adequately explained (Wynder et al. 1977). Along with the effect of diet on human cancer incidence is the strong evidence that mutations are the initiating events in the cancer process (Vogelstein et al. 1992). Foods, when heated, are a good source of genotoxic carcinogens that very likely are a cause for some of these events(Doll et a… more
Date: May 30, 2003
Creator: Felton, J S; Salmon, C P & Knize, M G
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Plant Line Trial Evaluation of Viable Non-Chromium Passivation Systems for Electrolytin Tinplate, ETP (TRP 9911)

Description: Plant trial evaluations have been completed for two zirconium-based, non-chromium passivation systems previously identified as possible alternatives to cathodic dichromate (CDC) passivation for electrolytic tinplate (ETP). These trials were done on a commercial electrolytic tin plating line at Weirton Steel and extensive evaluations of the materials resulting from these trials have been completed. All this was accomplished as a collaborative effort under the AISI Technology Roadmap Program and … more
Date: June 30, 2003
Creator: Sinsel, John A.
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Food Stamp Benefits for Legal Immigrants in P.L. 105-185

Description: The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA; P.L. 104-193) established significant new restrictions on the eligibility of legal immigrants, or "qualified aliens," for needs-based public assistance.' Previously, legal immigrants were eligible for public assistance on much the same basis as citizens. Food stamp eligibility will be provided for approximately 250,000 legal immigrants under P.L. 105-185, the "Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Ref… more
Date: June 30, 1998
Creator: Vialet, Joyce
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Country-of-Origin Labeling for Foods

Description: Federal law requires most imports, including many food items, to bear labels informing the “ultimate purchaser” of their country of origin. Meats, produce, and several other raw agricultural products generally have been exempt. The omnibus farm law (P.L. 107-171) signed on May 13, 2002, contains a requirement that many retailers provide, starting on September 30, 2004, country-of-origin labeling (COOL) on fresh fruits and vegetables, red meats, seafood, and peanuts. The program is voluntary unt… more
Date: July 30, 2003
Creator: Becker, Geoffrey S.
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