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Airport Improvement Program

Description: This issue brief discusses the Airport Improvement Program and its complement, the Passenger Facility Charge (PFC). After a brief history of federal support for airport construction and improvement, the report describes AIP funding, its source of revenues, the impact of the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century (FAIR21, P.L. 106-181), funding distribution, the types of projects the program funds, AIP and PFC policy issues, and the allowable use of AIP funds for… more
Date: December 22, 2003
Creator: Kirk, Robert S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Analysis of polarimeter data for the 2001-2002 RHIC run.

Description: The results of several studies of the 200-MeV (LINAC), AGS (E880), and RHIC polarimeter data from the polarized proton run in 2001/2002 are presented. Much of this work occurred during or immediately after the run. Some of these analyses have implications for the understanding of the performance of the polarized ion source, AGS, and RHIC with polarized protons. Some of the conclusions include: (A) A recalibration of the 200-MeV polarimeter gives results consistent with the older calibration, bu… more
Date: December 22, 2003
Creator: Bravar, A.; Bunce, G.; Cadman, R. V.; Huang, H.; Jinnouchi, O.; Krueger, K. et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Cesium Ion Exchange Using Tank 241-AN-104 Supernate

Description: The River Protection Project is to design and build a high level nuclear waste treatment facility. The waste treatment plant is to process millions of gallons of radioactive waste stored in tanks at the Hanford Site. The high level nuclear waste treatment process includes various unit operations, such as ultrafiltration, precipitation, evaporation, ion exchange, and vitrification. Ion exchange is identified as the optimal treatment method for removal of cesium-137 and Tc-99 from the waste. Exte… more
Date: December 22, 2003
Creator: Adu-Wusu, K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Corrective Action Decision Document/Closure Report for Corrective Action Unit 410: Waste Disposal Trenches, Tonopah Test Range, Nevada: Revision No. 0

Description: This Corrective Action Decision Document/Closure Report (CADD/CR) has been prepared for Corrective Action Unit (CAU) 410: Waste Disposal Trenches, Tonopah Test Range, Nevada, in accordance with the Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order. Corrective Action Unit 410 consists of five Corrective Action Sites (CASs): TA-21-003-TANL; 09-21-001-TA09; TA-19-002-TAB2; TA-21-002-TAAL; and 03-19-001. The CADD and CR have been combined into one report because no further action is recommended for this… more
Date: December 22, 2003
Creator: United States. National Nuclear Security Administration. Nevada Site Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Determination of the Effect of Uranium Levels on Sludge Batch 2 Processing

Description: The Defense Waste Processing Facility began processing Sludge Batch 2 in December of 2001. Since the introduction of the first complete process batch from Sludge Batch 2, processing issues have been observed in the Sludge Receipt and Adjustment Tank , Slurry Mix Evaporator, Melter Feed Tank and the melter. Testing was done to determine what effect different levels of uranium would have on the processing of Sludge Batch 2 in the Defense Waste Processing Facility Chemical Processing Cell. Two lev… more
Date: December 22, 2003
Creator: Herman, D.T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Downstream Impacts of Tank 48H In-tank and Out-of-tank Processing Alternatives

Description: This document discusses a number of possible impacts that an in-tank or out-of-tank process may have on downstream processing facilities. The analysis is part of a task to develop processes to destroy tetraphenylborate using Fenton Chemistry (metal catalyst plus hydrogen peroxide). Two processes being evaluated are funded by a grant from DOE's National Energy Technology Center. The first is an in-tank process, where the tetraphenylborate is destroyed by decreasing the pH, increasing the tempera… more
Date: December 22, 2003
Creator: Lambert, D. P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Federal Research and Development: Budgeting and Priority-Setting Issues, 108th Congress

Description: This report provides information about the Budgeting and Priority-Setting Issues, 108th Congress on Federal Research and Development. Federal R & D funding priorities change over time, reflecting presidential and national preferences.
Date: December 22, 2003
Creator: Knezo, Genevieve J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Fundamental and Magnetic-Hardening Studies of Rare-Earth and Nanocomposite Magnets

Description: In this project we study new nanocrystalline and nanocomposite structures that have high potential for permanent-magnet development. These materials, which can be synthesized to have either very high or intermediate coercivities, have many applications in electric power, transportation, and information-storage industries. There is great interest in further development of understanding and application of these materials.
Date: December 22, 2003
Creator: Sellmyer, David J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Islamic Traditions of Wahhabism and Salafiyya

Description: The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and subsequent investigations of these attacks have called attention to Islamic puritanical movements known as Wahhabism and Salafiyya. This report provides a background on Wahhabi Islam and its association to militant fundamentalist groups; it will also summarize recent charges against Wahhabism and responses.
Date: December 22, 2003
Creator: Armanios, Febe
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Budget for Fiscal Year 2003

Description: This report discusses the budget for fiscal year 2003. It debates issues such as budget action, receipts surpluses or deficits, and the economy.
Date: November 22, 2003
Creator: Winters, Philip D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Advanced Oxidation Process

Description: The design of new, high efficiency and cleaner burning engines is strongly coupled with the removal of recalcitrant sulfur species, dibenzothiophene and its derivatives, from fuels. Oxidative desulfurization (ODS) wherein these dibenzothiophene derivatives are oxidized to their corresponding sulfoxides and sulfones is an approach that has gained significant attention. Fe-TAML{reg_sign} activators of hydrogen peroxide (TAML is Tetra-Amido-Macrocyclic-Ligand) convert in a catalytic process dibenz… more
Date: October 22, 2003
Creator: Horwitz, Colin P. & Collins, Terrence J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Airborne Laser (ABL): Issues for Congress

Description: This report examines the airborne laser (ABL) program and budget status. It also examines a variety of related issues, including the questionable maturity of ABL technologies, the number of ABL platforms the United States should acquire, and to what degree the United STates should invest in alternative technologies in the event that the ABL may not prove successful. This report does not provide a detailed technical assessment of the ABL program (see CRS Report RL30185, The Airborne Laser Anti-M… more
Date: October 22, 2003
Creator: Bolkcom, Christopher & Hildreth, Steven A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Brownfields and Superfund Issues in the 108th Congress

Description: This report discusses the Superfund program designed for cleaning up the nation’s worst hazardous waste sites was created by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, or CERCLA (P.L. 96-510, as amended). This report discusses recent development and background issues, superfund issues, revenue issues, comprehensive reauthorization, and legislation regarding superfund program.
Date: October 22, 2003
Creator: Reisch, Mark
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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COLD TEST LOOP INTEGRATED TEST LOOP RESULTS

Description: A testing facility (Cold Test Loop) was constructed and operated to demonstrate the efficacy of the Accelerated Waste Retrieval (AWR) Project's planned sluicing approach to the remediation of Silos 1 and 2 at the Fernald Environmental Management Project near Cincinnati, Ohio. The two silos contain almost 10,000 tons of radium-bearing low-level waste, which consists primarily of solids of raffinates from processing performed on ores from the Democratic Republic of Congo (commonly referred to as … more
Date: October 22, 2003
Creator: Abraham, TJ
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Final Report for DOE Project DE-FC07-99CH11010

Description: Department of Energy award number DE-FC07-99CH11010, Enhanced Utilization of Corn Based Biomaterials, supported a technology development program sponsored by Cargill Dow LLC from September 30, 1999 through June 30, 2003. The work involved fundamental scientific studies on poly lactic acid (PLA), a new environmentally benign plastic material from renewable resources. DOE funds supported academic research at the Colorado School of Mines and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), and ind… more
Date: October 22, 2003
Creator: Randall, Jed & Kean, Robert
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Global Climate Change

Description: This report includes information regarding global climate change and its recent developments, background, science and policy, and international action being taken.
Date: October 22, 2003
Creator: Justus, John R. & Fletcher, Susan R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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PHASE II CALDERON PROCESS TO PRODUCE DIRECT REDUCED IRON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

Description: This project was initially targeted to the making of coke for blast furnaces by using proprietary technology of Calderon in a phased approach, and Phase I was successfully completed. The project was then re-directed to the making of iron units. In 2000, U.S. Steel teamed up with Calderon for a joint effort which will last 42 months to produce directly reduced iron with the potential of converting it into molten iron or steel consistent with the Roadmap recommendations of 1998 prepared by the St… more
Date: October 22, 2003
Creator: Calderon, Albert
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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