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[Hadroproduction of charmed and bottom mesons (Fermilab experiment E-653): Progress report, April 1, 1987--March 31, 1988]

Description: This progress report describes work ongoing at U of Oklahoma aimed at the development and utilization of double-sided solid state detectors. The devices are basically 300 {mu}m thick silicon detectors, operated in a highly depleted mode. A particle passing through deposits approximately 90 keV of energy. This signal is read out from electrodes on one face. The authors are developing devices with readouts on both faces, which should allow better spatial resolution in multistripe detectors. If si… more
Date: December 31, 1988
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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United States Geological Survey (USGS) FM cassette seismic-refraction recording system

Description: In this two chapter report, instrumentation used to collect seismic data is described. This data acquisition system has two parts: (1) portable anolog seismic recorders and related ``hand-held-testers`` (HHT) and (2) portable digitizing units. During the anolog recording process, ground motion is sensed by a 2-Hz vertical-component seismometer. The voltage output from the seismometer is split without amplification and sent to three parallel amplifier circuit boards. Each circuit board amplifier… more
Date: December 31, 1988
Creator: Murphy, J. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Evaluation of the geologic relations and seismotectonic stability of the Yucca Mountain Area, Nevada Nuclear Waste Site Investigation (NNWSI); Volume 2, Final report, October 1988

Description: This document describes activities for the year ending 30 June 1988 by staff members of the Seismological Laboratory in support of the Yucca Mountain site assessment program. Activities during the year centered largely around acquisition of equipment to be used for site assessment and around a review of the draft site characterization plan for Yucca Mountain. Due to modifications in the scheduling and level of funding, this work has not progressed as originally anticipated. The report describes… more
Date: December 31, 1988
Creator: Peppin, W.A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Annual site environmental report for calendar year 1988

Description: The Western Area Power Administration (Western) has established a formal environmental protection, auditing, monitoring, and planning program which has been in effect since 1978. The significant environmental projects and issues Western was involved with in 1988 are discussed in this annual site environmental report. It is written to demonstrate the nature and effectiveness of the environmental protection program. Western is responsible for the operation and maintenance of 16,376 miles of trans… more
Date: December 31, 1988
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Calorimetry exchange program. Annual report, 1988

Description: The goals of the Calorimetry Sample Program are: 1. Discuss measurement differences, 2. Review and improve analytical measurements and methods, 3. Discuss new measurement capabilities, 4. Provide data to DOE on measurement capabilities to evaluate shipper- receiver differences, 5. Provide characterized or standard materials as necessary for exchange participants, 6. Provide a measurement control program for plutonium analysis. A sample of PuO{sub 2} powder is available at each participating sit… more
Date: December 31, 1988
Creator: Lyons, J.E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory activity report for 1987

Description: During 1987, SSRL achieved many significant advances and reached several major milestones utilizing both SPEAR and PEP as synchrotron radiation sources as described in this report. Perhaps the following two are worthy of particular mention: (1) SPEAR reached an all time high of 4,190 delivered user-shifts during calendar year 1987, highlights of the many scientific results are given; (2) during a 12 day run in December of 1987, PEP was operated in a low emittance mode (calculated emittance 6.4 … more
Date: December 31, 1988
Creator: Robinson, S. & Cantwell, K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Adaptive significance of root grafting in trees

Description: Root grafting has long been observed in forest trees but the adaptive significance of this trait has not been fully explained. Various authors have proposed that root grafting between trees contributes to mechanical support by linking adjacent root systems. Keeley proposes that this trait would be of greatest advantage in swamps where soils provide poor mechanical support. He provides as evidence a greenhouse study of Nyssa sylvatica Marsh in which seedlings of swamp provenance formed between-i… more
Date: December 31, 1988
Creator: Loehle, C. & Jones, R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Hydrology of the Melton Valley radioactive-waste burial grounds at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee

Description: Burial grounds 4, 5, and 6 were used sequentially from 1951 to the present for the disposal of solid, low-level radioactive waste by burial in shallow trenches and auger holes. Abundant rainfall, a generally thin unsaturated zone, geologic media of inherently low permeability, and the operational practices employed have contributed to partial saturation of the buried waste, leaching of radionuclides, and transport of dissolved matter from the burial areas. Two primary methods of transport from … more
Date: December 31, 1988
Creator: Webster, D.A. & Bradley, M.W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Methods for environmental monitoring of DOE waste disposal and storage sites. Semiannual progress report, April 1, 1988--September 30, 1988

Description: Perchloroethylene (PCE) is a persistent environmental contaminant whose chemical stability and hydrophobicity have made it difficult to remove from contaminated groundwater. PCE is also toxic and has been implicated as a carcinogen. This study was aimed at assessing methods for biological degradation of PCE. As a part of the study, the authors have characterized possible products of the degradation of PCE, and have determined the effects of detergents and solvents on the water solubility of PCE… more
Date: December 31, 1988
Creator: Hadden, C.T.; Benson, S.B.; Osborne, T.R. & Revis, N.W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Preliminary technique assessment for nondestructive evaluation certification of the NNWSI [Nevada Nuclear Waste Storage Investigations] disposal container closure

Description: Under the direction of the Department of Energy`s (DOE) Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM) program, the Nevada Nuclear Waste Storage Investigations (NNWSI) project is evaluating a candidate repository site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, for permanent disposal of high-level nuclear waste. The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), a participant in the NNWSI project, is developing waste package designs to meet the NRC requirements. One aspect of this waste package is the … more
Date: December 31, 1988
Creator: Day, R.A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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High-precision gravity network to monitor temporal variations in gravity across Yucca Mountain, Nevada

Description: Repeatable high-precision gravity surveys provide a method of monitoring temporal variations in the gravity field. Fluctuations in the gravity field may indicate water table changes, crustal deformation, or precursors to volcanism and earthquakes. This report describes a high-precision gravity loop which has been established across Yucca Mountain, Nevada in support of the Nevada Nuclear Waste Storage Investigations (NNWSI) program. The purpose of this gravity loop is to monitor temporal variati… more
Date: December 31, 1988
Creator: Harris, R. N. & Ponce, D. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Methods for environmental monitoring of DOE waste disposal and storage sites: Proposal for optimizing a biological treatment system for denitrification of Y-12 waste streams. Semiannual progress report, November 1, 1987--March 31, 1988

Description: The denitrification process at Y-12 involves the use of sludge to denitrify aqueous plating waste containing relatively high levels of NO{sub 3}. The process from time to time does not denitrify. The factors associated with the failure of the process remains to be resolved. The authors propose to resolve those factors by taking the following research approaches: (1) isolation and identification of microorganisms originating from sewage sludge which are associated with denitrification; (2) defin… more
Date: December 31, 1988
Creator: Hicks, G. M. & Revis, N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Geologic and Hydrologic Investigations of a Potential Nuclear Waste Disposal Site at Yucca Mountain, Southern Nevada

Description: Yucca Mountain in southern Nye County, Nevada, has been selected by the United States Department of Energy as one of three potential sites for the nation`s first high-level nuclear waste repository. Its deep water table, closed-basin ground-water flow, potentially favorable host rock, and sparse population have made the Yucca Mountain area a viable candidate during the search for a nuclear waste disposal site. Yucca Mountain, however, lies within the southern Great Basin, a region of known cont… more
Date: December 31, 1988
Creator: Carr, Michael D. & Yount, James C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Estimates of the width of the wetting zone along a fracture subjected to an episodic infiltration event in variably saturated, densely welded tuff

Description: A central issue to be addressed within the Nevada Nuclear Waste Storage Investigations (NNWSI) is the role which fractures will play as the variably saturated, fractured rock mass surrounding the waste package responds to heating, cooling, and episodic infiltration events. Understanding the role of fractures during such events will, in part, depend on our ability to make geophysical measurements of perturbations in the moisture distribution in the vicinity of fractures. In this study we first e… more
Date: May 31, 1988
Creator: Buscheck, T. A. & Nitao, J. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Resonant multiphoton ionization spectra of molecules and molecular fragments. Annual technical report, October 1987--September 1988

Description: The objective of the research under this contract is to carry out studies of resonant enhanced multiphoton ionization (REMPI) processes in molecules. In the (n+1)-REMPI process of interest an atom or molecule in a specific initial state absorbs n photons making a transition to an intermediate state from which it is subsequently ionized by absorption of an additional photon. The studies are designed to provide a quantitatively robust analysis and prediction of key spectral features in several on… more
Date: December 31, 1988
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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SP-100 thermoelectric-electromagnetic pump review

Description: This report contains vugraphs of a presentation on thermoelectric-electromagnetic pumps. It contains: engineering drawings; summary of rectangular TEMP results and comparison with GE predictions; and results of optimization study.
Date: December 31, 1988
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A new approach to the analysis of radiopharmaceuticals. Progress report, November 1, 1987--October 1, 1988

Description: This research is designed to investigate analytical techniques that may be used in the study of both the basic chemistry and the radiopharmaceutical chemistry of the transition metal element technetium. The original submission funded in 1987 described possible new uses in this field of high pressure liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry, and resonance Raman spectroscopy. Since then the authors have added the significant capability of MS/MS measurements on isolated technetium complexes, makin… more
Date: December 31, 1988
Creator: Jones, A. G.; Davison, A. & Costello, C. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Direct catalytic conversion of methane and light hydrocarbon gases. Quarterly report No. 7, April 16, 1988--July 15, 1988

Description: The goal of this research is to develop catalysts that directly convert methane and light hydrocarbons to intermediates that later can be converted to either liquid fuels or value-added chemicals, as economics dictate. During this reporting period, much of our effort focused on investigating the stability of the methane reforming catalysts (Task 2) with respect to storage time. Many of these catalysts demonstrated lessened activity when they were reexamined up to 18 months after they ere first … more
Date: August 31, 1988
Creator: Wilson, R. B., Jr.; Chan, Yee Wai & Posin, B.M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Argon Test Cell Coaxial Cable Feed Through Connector Testing

Description: Within each cryostat their will exist three Argon Monitoring Boxes. Located at different elevations these boxes are responsible for measuring the relative 'quality' of the Argon as far as it's ability to transfer electrons without recombination. Each box requires three miniature coaxial cables to provide a signal to the outside world. These cables are shielded in groups of three. Each cryostat requires three of these grouped cables which must pass through some form of feedthrough located in the… more
Date: October 31, 1988
Creator: Krasa, R.T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[Financial report: Aug 1988 Lesbian/Gay Political Coalition]

Description: Financial report of the LGPC as of August 1988. Includes handwritten notes on back side titled "Lesbian Political Agenda."
Date: August 31, 1988
Creator: Lesbian/Gay Political Coalition
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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