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Environmental Monitoring at the Savannah River Plant, Annual Report - 1973

Description: This report summarizes results obtained from the environmental monitoring program at the Savannah River Plant during 1973. A brief discussion of plant releases to the environment and radioactivity detected in the environment is presented in the text and tables. The appendix contains tables of results from environmental sample analyses, sensitivities of laboratory analyses, and maps of sampling locations.
Date: July 26, 2001
Creator: Ashley, C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Environmental Monitoring at the Savannah River Plant, Annual Report - 1981

Description: An environmental monitoring program has been in existence at SRP since 1951. The original preoperational surveys have evolved into an extensive environmental monitoring program in which sample types from approximately 500 locations are analyzed for radiological and/or nonradiological parameters. The results of these analyses for 1981 are presented in this report.
Date: July 26, 2001
Creator: Ashley, C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Characterization of the Radiation Shielding Properties of US andRussian EVA Suits

Description: Reported herein are results from the Eril Research, Inc.(ERI) participationin the NASA Johnson Space Center sponsored studycharacterizing the radiation shielding properties of the two types ofspace suit that astronauts are wearing during the EVA on-orbit assemblyof the International Space Station (ISS). Measurements using passivedetectors were carried out to assess the shielding properties of the USEMU Suit and the Russian Orlan-M suit during irradiations of the suitsand a tissue equivalent pha… more
Date: October 26, 2001
Creator: Benton, E. R.; Benton, E. V. & Frank, A. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Discharge Rule in the House: Principal Features and Uses

Description: This report provides information about the Principal Features and Uses on Discharge Rule in the House. The discharge rule allows a measure to come to the floor of considerationeven if the committee of referral does not report it and the leadership does not schedule it.
Date: March 26, 2001
Creator: Beth, Richard S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Discharge Rule in the House: Principal Features and Uses

Description: The “discharge rule” of the House of Representatives allows a measure to come to the floor for consideration, even if the committee of referral does not report it and the leadership does not schedule it. To initiate this action, a majority of House Members must first sign a petition for that purpose. The rule permits either (1) the committee of referral to be discharged from the measure itself; or (2) the Committee on Rules to be discharged from a special rule for considering the measure. Layov… more
Date: March 26, 2001
Creator: Beth, Richard S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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FY00 LDRD Final Report High Power IFE Driver Component Development 00-SI-009

Description: We have begun building the ''Mercury'' laser system as the first in a series of new generation diode-pumped solid-state lasers for target physics research. Mercury will integrate three key technologies: diodes, crystals, and gas cooling, within a unique laser architecture that is scalable to kilojoule and megajoule energy levels for fusion energy applications. The primary near-term performance goals include 10% electrical efficiencies at 10 Hz and 100 J with a 2-10 ns pulse length at 1.047 {mic… more
Date: February 26, 2001
Creator: Bibeau, C.; Schaffers, K.; Tassano, J.; Waide, P. & Bayramian, A.
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CP VIOLATION IN K DECAY FROM LATTICE QCD, RIKEN BNL RESEARCH CENTER, RBRC AND PARTICLE PHYSICS SEMINAR, BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY, UPTON, N.Y., JULY 26, 2001.

Description: The entire history of the discoveries of K{sub L}{sup o} and violations of T and CP began at Brookhaven. It is most appropriate for us to hold today's special seminar on CP Violation in K decay in this laboratory. Forty-five years ago, in the same paper on parity nonconservation, it was also pointed out that there is no proof of T symmetry in the weak interaction, nor of C invariance. That paper was submitted to the Physical Review (then, also located at BNL) on June 22, 1956. A month later, Le… more
Date: July 26, 2001
Creator: Blum, T. & Mawhinney, R.
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Prediction of Gas Injection Performance for Heterogeneous Reservoirs

Description: This report was an integrated study of the physics and chemistry affecting gas injection, from the pore scale to the field scale, and involved theoretical analysis, laboratory experiments and numerical simulation. Specifically, advances were made on streamline-based simulation, analytical solutions to 1D compositional displacements, and modeling and experimental measures of three-phase flow.
Date: March 26, 2001
Creator: Blunt, M.J. & Orr, F.M. Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy of ceramic interfaces. Technical report to the Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences

Description: This document reports advances made on the Penn DOE project focused on using scanning probe measurements at individual interfaces to relate nanometer scale property variation to behavior in ceramic systems. The report body summarizes annual technical accomplishments. (The details are provided in papers referenced in the appendix.) Related collaborative interactions are described, after which the project productivity is reported in terms of human resource development and publications.
Date: March 26, 2001
Creator: Bonnell, Dawn A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Speckle Reduction for LIDAR Using Optical Phase Conjugation

Description: Remote detection of chemicals using LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) utilizing DIAL (Differential Absorption LIDAR) is now a standard detection technique for both military and civilian activities. We have developed a novel nonlinear optical phase conjugation system that can reduce the effects of speckle noise and atmospheric turbulence on DIAL remote detection systems. We have shown numerically and experimentally that it is possible to increase the signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio for LIDAR syste… more
Date: February 26, 2001
Creator: Bowers, M. W.; Kecy, C.; Little, L.; Cooke, J.; Benterou, J.; Boyd, R. et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Natural Convection and Boiling for Cooling SRP Reactors During Loss of Circulation Conditions

Description: This study investigated natural convection and boiling as a means of cooling SRP reactors in the event of a loss of circulation accident. These studies show that single phase natural convection cooling of SRP reactors in shutdown conditions with the present piping geometry is probably not feasible.
Date: June 26, 2001
Creator: Buckner, M. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Final technical report to Department of Energy, Basic Energy Sciences. ''Oxide ceramic alloys and microlaminates'' (1996-1999) and ''Low temperature processing and kinetics of ceramics and ceramic matrix composites with large interfacial areas'' (1999-2000)

Description: We have discovered a novel two-step sintering method that opened up a low temperature processing window within which fully dense nanocrystalline yttrium oxide was obtained with no concurrent grain growth during final-stage sintering. We have developed a new method of processing laminate ceramics using deformation processing in the green state. We have lastly developed a colloidal processing technique to encapsulate biomolecules at ambient, neutral-pH, aqueous conditions.
Date: March 26, 2001
Creator: Chen, I-Wei
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Mass Transfer in 12-CM Centrifugal Contactors

Description: One eight-stage unit (8-pack) of centrifugal contactors was tested in both extraction and stripping modes. Efficiencies approaching 100 percent were obtained in both modes. The contactors were operated successfully at a wide range of combined flow rates, including the HEF conditions. This report discusses the results of that test.
Date: June 26, 2001
Creator: Chesna, J. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Heterogeneous Shallow-Shelf Carbonate Buildups in the Paradox Basin, Utah and Colorado: Targets for Increased Oil Production and Reserves Using Horizontal Drilling Techniques

Description: The project's primary objective was to enhance domestic petroleum production by demonstration and transfer of horizontal drilling technology in the Paradox Basin, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico. If this project can demonstrate technical and economic feasibility, then the technique can be applied to approximately 100 additional small fields in the Paradox Basin alone, and result in increased recovery of 25 to 50 million barrels (4-8 million m3) of oil. This project was designed to chara… more
Date: November 26, 2001
Creator: Chidsey, Thomas C., Jr.; Eby, David E. & Wray, Laural L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The industrial ecology of steel

Description: This study performs an integrated assessment of new technology adoption in the steel industry. New coke, iron, and steel production technologies are discussed, and their economic and environmental characteristics are compared. Based upon detailed plant level data on cost and physical input-output relations by process, this study develops a simple mathematical optimization model of steel process choice. This model is then expanded to a life cycle context, accounting for environmental emissions g… more
Date: March 26, 2001
Creator: Considine, Timothy J.; Jablonowski, Christopher; Considine, Donita M. M. & Rao, Prasad G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Solid State Division Progress Report for Period Ending September 30, 1999

Description: This report covers research progress in the Solid State Division from April 1, 1997, through September 30, 1999. During this period, the division conducted a broad, interdisciplinary materials research program in support of Department of Energy science and technology missions. The report includes brief summaries of research activities in condensed matter theory, neutron scattering, synthesis and characterization of materials, ion beam and laser processing, and the structure of solids and surfac… more
Date: February 26, 2001
Creator: Cooke, J.F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Initial Feasibility Study of a Dedicated Synchrotron Radiation Light source for Ultrafast X-Ray Science

Description: We present an initial feasibility summary of a femtosecond synchrotron radiation x-ray source based on a flat-beam rf gun and a recirculating superconducting linac that provides beam to an array of undulators and bend magnets. Optical pulse durations of < 100 fs are obtained by a combination of electron pulse compression, transverse temporal correlation of the electrons, and x-ray pulse compression. After an introduction and initial scientific motivation, we cover the following aspects of th… more
Date: October 26, 2001
Creator: Corlett, John N.; DeSantis, S.; Hartman, N.; Heimann, P.; LaFever, R.; Li, D. et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Development of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Pulse Sequences and Probes to Study Biomacromolecules

Description: The determination of the three dimensional structures at high resolution of biomolecules, such as proteins and nucleic acids, enables us to understand their function at the molecular level. At the present time, there are only two methods available for determining such structures, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction. Compared to well-established X-ray diffraction techniques, NMR methodology is relatively new and has many areas in which improvement can still be att… more
Date: February 26, 2001
Creator: Cosman, M; Krishnan, V V & Maxwell, R
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Monitored Geologic Repository Project Description Document

Description: The primary objective of the Monitored Geologic Repository Project Description Document (PDD) is to allocate the functions, requirements, and assumptions to the systems at Level 5 of the Civilian Radioactive Waste Management System (CRWMS) architecture identified in Section 4. It provides traceability of the requirements to those contained in Section 3 of the Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project Requirements Document (YMP RD) (YMP 2001a) and other higher-level requirements documents. In… more
Date: June 26, 2001
Creator: Curry, P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Pay Equity Legislation in the 107th Congress

Description: The term "pay equity" originates from the fact that women as a group are paid less than men. In 2000, for example, women with a strong commitment to the work force earned 76 cents for every dollar earned by men. As women's earnings as a percentage of men's earnings have narrowed by just 12 percentage points over the past four decades (from about 60% in the 1960s and 1970s to more than 70% in the 1990s), some members of the public policy community have argued that current anti-discrimination law… more
Date: March 26, 2001
Creator: Dale, Charles V. & Levine, Linda
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Microstructural and conductivity comparison of Ag films grown on amorphous TiO2 and polycrystalline ZnO

Description: 8 nm thick Ag films were sputter deposited onto amorphous TiO{sub 2} underlayers 25 nm thick, and also amorphous TiO{sub 2} (25 nm)/ZnO (5 nm) multiunderlayers. The substrates were back-etched Si with a 50 nm thick LPCVD Si{sub 3}N{sub 4} electron transparent membrane. The ZnO, sputtered onto amorphous TiO{sub 2}, formed a continuous layer with a grain size of 5 nm in diameter, on the order of the film thickness. There are several microstructural differences in the Ag dependent on the underlaye… more
Date: March 26, 2001
Creator: Dannenberg, Rand; Stach, Eric; Glenn, Darin; Sieck, Peter & Hukari, Kyle
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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