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Low-severity catalytic two-stage liquefaction process: Illinois coal conceptual commercial plant design and economics

Description: Hydrocarbon Research, Inc. (HRI) is conducting a program for the United States Department of Energy (DOE) to evaluate a Catalytic Two-Stage Liquefaction (CTSL) Process. This program which runs through 1987, is a continuation of an earlier DOE sponsored program (1983--1985) at HRI to develop a new technology concept for CTSL. The earlier program included bench-scale testing of improved operating conditions for the CTSL Process on Illinois No. 6 bituminous coal and Wyoming sub-bituminous coal, an… more
Date: September 1, 1988
Creator: Abrams, L. M.; Comolli, A. G.; Popper, G. A.; Wang, C. & Wilson, G.
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Methods to improve routine bioassay monitoring for freshly separated, poorly transported plutonium

Description: Several human cases involving inhalation of plutonium oxide at Hanford have shown clearance half-times from the lung that are much longer than the 500-day half-time recommended for class Y plutonium in Publication 30 of the International Commission on Radiological Protection(ICRP). The more tenaciously retained material is referred to as super class Y plutonium. The ability to detect super class Y plutonium by current routine bioassay measurements is shown to be poor. Pacific Northwest Laborato… more
Date: September 1, 1988
Creator: Bihl, D. E.; Lynch, T. P.; Carbaugh, E. H. & Sula, M. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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LAPACK Working Note #5 : Provisional Contents

Description: Report on the proposed computational routines in LAPACK, describing a naming scheme for the routines, enumerates the individual routines, and includes notes on the choice of algorithms and discusses aspects of software design.
Date: September 1988
Creator: Bischof, Chris; Demmel, James; Dongarra, Jack; Du Croz, Jeremy; Greenbaum, Anne; Hammarling, Sven et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Kalina cycle and similar cycles for geothermal power production

Description: This report contains a brief discussion of the mechanics of the Kalina cycle and ideas to extend the concept to other somewhat different cycles. A modified cycle which has a potential heat rejection advantage but little or no performance improvement is discussed. Then, the results of the application of the Kalina cycle and the modified cycle to a geothermal application (360/degree/F resource) are discussed. The results are compared with published results for the Kalina cycle with high temperatu… more
Date: September 1, 1988
Creator: Bliem, C.J.
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Special Applications RTG Technology Program: Thermoelectric module development summary report

Description: The primary objective of the Special Applications thermoelectric module development program is to design, develop and demonstrate the performance of a module which provides a significant thermoelectric conversion efficiency improvement over available technology for low power, relatively high voltage RTGS intended for terrestrial applications. ``Low power`` can be construed as an RTG power output of 10 watts or less, and ``high voltage`` can be considered as a load voltage of 5 volts or greater.… more
Date: September 1, 1988
Creator: Brittain, W. M.
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Nonlinear gyrokinetic Maxwell-Vlasov equations using magnetic coordinates

Description: A gyrokinetic formalism using magnetic coordinates is used to derive self-consistent, nonlinear Maxwell-Vlasov equations that are suitable for particle simulation studies of finite-..beta.. tokamak microturbulence and its associated anomalous transport. The use of magnetic coordinates is an important feature of this work as it introduces the toroidal geometry naturally into our gyrokinetic formalism. The gyrokinetic formalism itself is based on the use of the Action-variational Lie perturbation… more
Date: September 1, 1988
Creator: Brizard, A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Nuclear waste treatment program: Annual report for FY 1987

Description: Two of the US Department of Energy's (DOE) nuclear waste management-related goals are to ensure that waste management is not an obstacle to the further development of light-water reactors and the closure of the nuclear fuel cycle and to fulfill its institutional responsibility for providing safe storage and disposal of existing and future nuclear wastes. As part of its approach to achieving these goals, the Office of Remedial Action and Waste Technology of DOE established what is now called the… more
Date: September 1, 1988
Creator: Brouns, R. A. & Powell, J. A. (comps.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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LFCM vitrification technology: Quarterly progress report, July-September 1987

Description: This report describes the progress in developing, testing, applying and documenting liquid-fed ceramic melter vitrification technology. Progress in the following technical subject areas during the fourth quarter of FY 1987 is discussed: melting process chemistry and glass development, feed preparation and transfer systems, canister filling and handling systems, and process/product modeling and control.
Date: September 1, 1988
Creator: Brouns, R. A.; Allen, C. R.; Powell, J. A.; Bates, S. O.; Bray, L. A.; Budden, M. J. et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Economic impacts study

Description: This is a progress report on the first phase of a project to measure the economic impacts of a rapidly changing U.S. target base. The purpose of the first phase is to designate and test the macroeconomic impact analysis model. Criteria were established for a decision-support model. Additional criteria were defined for an interactive macroeconomic impact analysis model. After a review of several models, the Economic Impact Forecast System model of the U.S. Army Construction Research Laboratory w… more
Date: September 30, 1988
Creator: Brunsen, W.; Worley, W. & Frost, E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Aerated atomization of coal-water slurry fuels

Description: In order to observe the effects of rheology on the atomization of highly viscous non-Newtonian liquids, glycerin-water solutions and cellulose-glycerin-water solutions have been atomized. In this series of tests, nozzle pressure, air-liquid ratio and liquid viscosity were altered, and the effects were observed. 14 figs.
Date: September 30, 1988
Creator: Buckner, H.N.; Sojka, P.E. & Lefebvre, A.H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Interim report cyanide safety studies

Description: Over the past few years several proposals have been prepared to investigate the potential hazard of ferrocyanide-nitrate reactions that may occur in some Hanford waste tanks. In 1988 Westinghouse Hanford Company (WHC) decided to perform some of the suggested experimental work. Based on the proposal submitted in July, 1988, it was agreed to do a portion of the work during FY 1988. This report summarizes the results of that work, provides a preliminary analysis of the results, and includes recomm… more
Date: September 30, 1988
Creator: Burger, L. L. & Scheele, R. D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Interim report cyanide safety studies

Description: Over the past few years several proposals have been prepared to investigate the potential hazard of ferrocyanide-nitrate reactions that may occur in some Hanford waste tanks. In 1988 Westinghouse Hanford Company (WHC) decided to perform some of the suggested experimental work. Based on the proposal submitted in July, 1988, it was agreed to do a portion of the work during FY 1988. This report summarizes the results of that work, provides a preliminary analysis of the results, and includes recomm… more
Date: September 30, 1988
Creator: Burger, L.L. & Scheele, R.D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Maximum credible uranium-235 release from 211-H to the ETF

Description: The Effluent Treatment Facility (ETF) criticality review identifies two potential scenarios for criticality: (1) An instantaneous release of a significant quantity of fissile material from a process upset; and (2) A gradual accumulation of fissile material in process vessels. The potential for an instantaneous release from 211-H will be eliminated by the installation of a nuclear safety blank as recommended in the criticality review. With the nuclear safety blank installed, the only mechanism f… more
Date: September 20, 1988
Creator: Campbell, T. G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Third order TRANSPORT with MAD (Methodical Accelerator Design) input

Description: This paper describes computer-aided design codes for particle accelerators. Among the topics discussed are: input beam description; parameters and algebraic expressions; the physical elements; beam lines; operations; and third-order transfer matrix. (LSP)
Date: September 20, 1988
Creator: Carey, D.C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Savannah River VM--Intellect application support documentation

Description: This document details the underlying support programming and structures that support the INTELLECT and KBMS products at the Savannah River Facility. The target audience for this document includes INTELLECT System Administrators, INTELLECT programmers and developers, and VM Systems Programmers.
Date: September 23, 1988
Creator: Carter, L. S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Savannah River VM--Intellect application support documentation

Description: This document details the underlying support programming and structures that support the INTELLECT and KBMS products at the Savannah River Facility. The target audience for this document includes INTELLECT System Administrators, INTELLECT programmers and developers, and VM Systems Programmers.
Date: September 23, 1988
Creator: Carter, L. S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Survey and Resource Materials on the Use of Oxygen Supplementation in Fish Culture.

Description: Oxygen supplementation is the process by which naturally occurring dissolved oxygen (DO) is supplemented with enriched oxygen to restore or enhance DO levels in water. In aquaculture this is usually done with relatively pure oxygen and the result has significant potential to improve fish health, aid hatchery economic considerations, or both. For example, oxygen supplementation can preclude both hypoxia and gas bubble disease, as well as allow more fish to be reared in the same space or water or… more
Date: September 1988
Creator: Colt, John; Orwicz, Kris & Bouck, Gerald R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Hanford Site National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) characterization

Description: This document describes the Hanford Site environment (Chapter 4) and contains data in Chapter 5 and 6 which will guide users in the preparation of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)-related documents. Many NEPA compliance documents have been prepared and are being prepared by site contractors for the US Department of Energy, and examination of these documents reveals inconsistencies in the amount of detail presented and the method of presentation. Thus, it seemed necessary to prepare a co… more
Date: September 1, 1988
Creator: Cushing, C.E. (ed.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Amplitude and phase detector for radio frequency measurements

Description: A module has been designed that may be used to demodulate amplitude and phase information in radio frequency systems. This design has been used on PLT and is currently in use on TFTR. 8 figs.
Date: September 1, 1988
Creator: Cutsogeorge, G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Critical process parameters for UCO kernel production

Description: UCO kernel fabrication was previously demonstrated at 2 kg per batch. The limiting factors were the size of the sintering furnace and the UCO drop columns. The former UCO drop columns also showed considerable variability in the quality of gelled microspheres. A larger-size sintering furnace and a set of drop columns with an improved design were installed in 1987. The new set of drop columns and sintering furnace, in conjunction with other modular-sized equipment, were designed to produce the re… more
Date: September 20, 1988
Creator: DeVelasco, R.I.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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SUMMAR OF DISCUSSIONS OF USES OF THE ADVANCED LIGHT SOURCE (ALS)FOR EARTH SCIENCES RESEARCH: WORKSHOP REPORT OF THE ALS USERS'ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING, LAWRENCE BERKELEY LABORATORY, BERKELEY,CA,JUNE 2-3, 1988

Description: A workshop to discuss opportunities for research using the Advanced Light Source (ALS) was held as a part of the first annual ALS users meeting at the Berkeley Convention Center, Berkeley, California, June 2--3, 1988. The participants were from university and governmental laboratories, and some of those attending had had experience using synchrotron light sources. Because the Earth Science interests had not been voiced or considered in previous workshops or meetings of the ALS groups, it was th… more
Date: September 1, 1988
Creator: Dillard, J.; Wallenberg, H. & Perry, D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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An experimental survey of the factors that affect leaching from low-level radioactive waste forms

Description: This report represents the results of an experimental survey of the factors that affect leaching from several types of solidified low-level radioactive waste forms. The goal of these investigations was to determine those factors that accelerate leaching without changing its mechanism(s). Typically, although not in every case,the accelerating factors include: increased temperature, increased waste loading (i.e., increased waste to binder ratio), and decreased size (i.e., decreased waste form vol… more
Date: September 1, 1988
Creator: Dougherty, D.R.; Pietrzak, R.F.; Fuhrmann, M. & Colombo, P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Limiting values of radionuclide intake and air concentration and dose conversion factors for inhalation, submersion, and ingestion: Federal guidance report No. 11

Description: Radiation protection programs for workers are based, in the United States, on a hierarchy of limitations stemming from Federal guidance approved by the President. This guidance, which consists of principles, policies, and numerical primary guides, is used by Federal agencies as the basis for developing and implementing their own regulatory standards. The primary guides are usually expressed in terms of limiting doses to workers. The protection of workers against taking radioactive materials int… more
Date: September 1, 1988
Creator: Eckerman, K.F.; Wolbarst, A.B. & Richardson, A.C.B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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