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Proposed TRUPACT-2 criteria for gas generation

Description: For the purpose of providing recommended design assumptions for TRUPACT-2, gas generation within the TRU waste containers and the potential effects resulting from the absence of continuous venting of the TRUPACT-2 are considered in this report. The recommended assumptions are based on the best current state of knowledge to conservatively represent the potential gas generation loads for the TRUPACT-2.
Date: November 1, 1986
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Mathematics and Computer Science Division Five-Year Plan, 1986 - 1991

Description: This report sets forth the plans for the Mathematics and Computer Science Division during the next five years. These plans build on the Division's strong research programs in applied analysis, computational mathematics, software methodology, and advanced computing. The report addresses five major issues: research programs, research environment, dissemination of research techniques, initiatives, and resource projections.
Date: November 1986
Creator: Argonne National Laboratory. Mathematics and Computer Science Division.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Prediction of Tube Bundle Instabilities : Case Studies

Description: The concurrent acquisition of flow-induced vibration (FIV) test data for several configurations of an industrial-size shell-and-tube heat exchanger made possible this evaluation of the HXVA method for six cases. Recommendations to improve the prediction capability were made, with priority on the excitation mechanism for dense fluid flows with non-uniform velocity distributions.
Date: November 1986
Creator: Mulcahy, T. M.; Halle, Henry & Wambsganss, M. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Infrared and Raman investigation of rare-earth phosphate glasses for potential use as radioactive waste forms

Description: This project was designed to investigate the properties of the rare-earth phosphate glasses CeO{sub 2}-P{sub 2}O{sub 5} and Pr{sub 2}O{sub 3}-P{sub 2}O{sub 5} for potential use as radioactive waste glasses. The research involved determination of the glass-forming region, loading capacity, and optimum processing parameters of the glasses. Structural studies of the unloaded host glasses and glasses loaded with simulated waste elements were to be done using Raman, infrared and infrared reflection … more
Date: November 10, 1986
Creator: Morgan, S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Extending the range of low energy electron diffraction (LEED) surface structure determination: Co-adsorbed molecules, incommensurate overlayers and alloy surface order studied by new video and electron counting LEED techniques

Description: LEED multiple scattering theory is briefly summarized, and aspects of electron scattering with particular significance to experimental measurements such as electron beam coherence, instrument response and phonon scattering are analyzed. Diffuse LEED experiments are discussed. New techniques that enhance the power of LEED are described, including a real-time video image digitizer applied to LEED intensity measurements, along with computer programs to generate I-V curves. The first electron count… more
Date: November 1, 1986
Creator: Ogletree, D.F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The attitudes of science policy, environmental, and utility leaders on US energy issues and fusion

Description: One example of basic and applied research at LLNL that has produced major, highly visible scientific and engineering advances has been the research related to controlled fusion energy. Continuing experimentation at LLNL and elsewhere is likely to demonstrate that fusion is a viable, inexhaustible alternative source of energy. Having conducted major fusion energy experiments for over 30 years at LLNL, it scientists and engineers recognized the enormous challenges that lay ahead in this important… more
Date: November 1, 1986
Creator: Miller, J. D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Energy transfer processes in solar energy conversion

Description: By combining picosecond optical experiments and detailed statistical mechanics theory we continue to increase our understanding of the complex interplay of structure and dynamics in important energy transfer situations. A number of different types of problems will be focused on experimentally and theoretically. They are excitation transport among chromophores attached to finite size polymer coils; excitation transport among chromophores in monolayers, bilayers, and finite and infinite stacks of… more
Date: November 1, 1986
Creator: Fayer, M.D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Laser Program annual report, 1985

Description: This volume presents the unclassified activities and accomplishments of the Inertial Confinement Fusion and Advanced Laser Development elements of the Laser Program at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for the calendar year 1985. This report has been organized into major sections that correspond to our principal technical activities. Section 1 provides an overview. Section 2 comprises work in target theory, design, and code development. Target development and fabrication and the relate… more
Date: November 1, 1986
Creator: Rufer, M.L. & Murphy, P.W. (eds.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Expert Systems and Emergency Management: An Annotated Bibliography

Description: Abstract: This report is the result of an in-depth review of the recent technical literature on expert systems,. The material contained in this report provided a basis for assessing the potential for using expert systems in emergency management operations. In choosing the material for inclusion in this report, special emphasis was placed on those aspects of expert systems which addressed the types of problems encountered in emergency management operations. The report is designed for use as a re… more
Date: November 1986
Creator: Gass, Saul I.; Bhasker, Suneel & Chapman, Robert E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Theory and Application of Expert Systems in Emergency Management Operations

Description: Abstract: The First Symposium on The Theory and Application of Expert Systems in Emergency Management, held at the Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. (April 24 and 25, 1985) was funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and organized by the National Bureau of Standards' Operations Research Division. The purpose of the symposium was to bring together researchers in expert systems, artificial intelligence, and emergency operations in a forum to review the concepts of expert systems … more
Date: November 1986
Creator: Gass, Saul I. & Chapman, Robert E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Materials Information for Science & Technology (MIST): Project Overview

Description: Abstract: This report documents the initial phases of the MIST database, which is a demonstration project jointly supported by the Department of Energy and the National Bureau of Standards. The purpose of the Materials Information for Science and Technology (MIST) is to demonstrate the power and utility of computer access to materials property data. The initial goals include: to exercise the concept of a computer network of materials databases and to build a demonstration of such a system in a … more
Date: November 1986
Creator: Grattidge, Walter; Westbrook, Jack; McCarthy, John; Northrup, Clyde, Jr. & Rumble, John R., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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OMNITAB 80: An Interpretive System for Statistical and Numerical Data Analysis

Description: Abstract: OMNITAB 80 is a highly integrated general purpose programming language and statistical software computing system. The system enables the user to use a digital computer to perform statistical and numerical data analysis without having any prior knowledge of computers or programming languages. The system responds to simple instructions to obtain accurate results since reliable, varied and sophisticated algorithms for data analysis and manipulation are referenced. It may be used either i… more
Date: November 1986
Creator: Peavy, Sally T.; Bremer, Shirley G.; Varner, Ruth N. & Hogben, David
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Using the NOABL flow model and mathematical optimization as a micrositing tool

Description: This report describes the use of an improved mass-consistent model that is intended for diagnosing wind fields in complex terrain. The model was developed by merging an existing mass-consistent model, the NOABL model, with an optimization procedure. The optimization allows objective calculation of important model input parameters that previously had been supplied through guesswork; in this manner, the accuracy of the calculated winds has been greatly increased. The report covers such topics as … more
Date: November 1, 1986
Creator: Wegley, H. L. & Barnard, J. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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ANEMOS: A computer code to estimate air concentrations and ground deposition rates for atmospheric nuclides emitted from multiple operating sources

Description: This code estimates concentrations in air and ground deposition rates for Atmospheric Nuclides Emitted from Multiple Operating Sources. ANEMOS is one component of an integrated Computerized Radiological Risk Investigation System (CRRIS) developed for the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for use in performing radiological assessments and in developing radiation standards. The concentrations and deposition rates calculated by ANEMOS are used in subsequent portions of the CRRIS for estimat… more
Date: November 1, 1986
Creator: Miller, C. W.; Sjoreen, A. L.; Begovich, C. L. & Hermann, O. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Report of the US Department of Energy's team analyses of the Chernobyl-4 Atomic Energy Station accident sequence

Description: In an effort to better understand the Chernobyl-4 accident of April 26, 1986, the US Department of Energy (DOE) formed a team of experts from the National Laboratories including Argonne National Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Pacific Northwest Laboratory. The DOE Team provided the analytical support to the US delegation for the August meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and to subsequent international meetings. The DOE Team h… more
Date: November 1, 1986
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Equipment qualification issues research and resolution: Status report

Description: Since its inception in 1975, the Qualification Testing Evaluation (QTE) Program has produced numerous results pertinent to equipment qualification issues. Many have been incorporated into Regulatory Guides, Rules, and industry practices and standards. This report summarizes the numerous reports and findings to date. Thirty separate issues are discussed encompassing three generic areas: accident simulation methods, aging simulation methods, and special topics related to equipment qualification. … more
Date: November 1, 1986
Creator: Bonzon, L. L.; Wyant, F. J.; Bustard, L. D. & Gillen, K. T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Radiological source terms resulting from sabotage to transportation casks: Final report

Description: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) promulgated a rule, 10 CFR 73.37, which established requirements for safeguarding shipments of spent fuel to reduce the risk from acts of sabotage of highly radioactive materials. After the rule became effective, experimental programs conducted by Battelle for the NRC and by Sandia for the DOE showed the consequences of an attack using explosives on a shipment of PWR spent fuel were significantly less than had been indicated by earlier analytical studies.… more
Date: November 1, 1986
Creator: Miller, N. E.; Fentiman, A. W.; Kuhlman, M. R.; Ebersole, H. N.; Trott, B. D. & Orban, J. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Geotechnical support and topical studies for nuclear waste geologic repositories: Annual report, Fiscal Year 1986

Description: The multidisciplinary project was initiated in fiscal year 1986. It comprises two major interrelated parts: (1) Technical Assistance. This part of the project includes: (a) review of the progress of major projects in the DOE Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Program and advise the Engineering and Geotechnology Division on significant technical issues facing each project; (b) analyze geotechnical data, reports, tests, surveys and plans for the different projects; (c) review and com… more
Date: November 1, 1986
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Theoretical study of intermolecular energy transfer involving electronically excited molecules: He(/sup 1/S) + H/sub 2/(B /sup 1/. sigma. /sub u//sup +/). [Solution for coupled channel equations]

Description: To further understanding of gas phase collision dynamics involving electronically-excited molecules, a fully quantum mechanical study of He + H/sub 2/(B /sup 1/..sigma../sub u//sup +/) was undertaken. Iterative natural orbital configuration interaction (CI) calculations were performed to obtain the interaction potential between He and H/sub 2/(B /sup 1/..sigma../sub u//sup +/). The potential energy surface (PES) is highly anisotropic and has a van der Waals well of about 0.03 eV for C/sub 2v/ a… more
Date: November 1, 1986
Creator: Grimes, R.M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Scrape-off profiles and effects of limiter pumping in Tore Supra

Description: A one dimensional plasma scrape-off model was used to simulate Tore Supra discharges which are limited by various combinations of the pumped and inner limiters. Scrape-off profiles of the electron density and temperature, ion temperature, and neutral density are given. For each case, various fractions of the ion flux to the neutralizers were assumed to be pumped. Modifications of the scrap-off profiles caused by pumping are predicted. Pumping efficiencies are calculated including the effects of… more
Date: November 1, 1986
Creator: Budny, R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Review of existing residential energy efficiency certification and rating programs

Description: This report was prepared for the Office of Buildings and Community Systems, US Department of Energy (DOE). The principal objective of the report is to present information on existing Home Energy Rating Systems (HERS) and their features. Much of the information in this report updates a 1982 report (PNL-4359), also prepared by the Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) for DOE. Secondary objectives of the report are to qualitatively examine the benefits and costs of HERS programs, review survey resul… more
Date: November 1, 1986
Creator: Hendrickson, P.L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A note on the relationship between the emittance, the beta function and the energy in a linear collider

Description: Scaling laws for linear colliders are considered for the case of laterally round Gaussian beams and for the case that mutual pinching of the beams can be ignored. Based on these assumptions, the relationship is found between the interaction area, beta function, beam emittance, and energy for a linear collider in order to show the need for substantial improvements in the feasible values of accelerator parameters to reach a center of mass energy of 0.7 TeV. Pinch is then taken into account. (LEW)
Date: November 1, 1986
Creator: Rees, J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Wildlife Protection, Mitigation, and Enhancement Plan, Palisades Project: Final Report.

Description: Under direction of the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act of 1980 and the subsequent Northwest Power Planning Council's Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program, projects have been developed in Idaho and Wyoming to mitigate the losses of wildlife habitat and annual production due to the development and operation of the Palisades Project. A modified Habitat Evaluation Procedure (HEP) was used to assess the benefits of the preferred mitigation plan to wildlife. T… more
Date: November 1, 1986
Creator: Meuleman, G. Allyn
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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