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Safety analysis report for packaging: DOT-7A fiberglass-coated plywood box for transuranium solid waste

Description: A DOT Specification 7A, fiberglass-coated plywood box for shipping alpha-emitting transuranic waste has been developed. Nominal size for the box is 4 by 4 by 7 ft; maximum gross weight is 5000 lb. Construction is of /sup 3///sub 4/-in. plywood with internal framing members of 2- by 4-in. lumber. The entire box, including the glued and nailed lid, is covered with a 0.12-in.-thick fiberglass coating. The required four-foot drop tests were passed without the box being damaged. Additional drops fro… more
Date: July 23, 1976
Creator: Adcock, F. E. & Cash, C. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Sodium boiling detection in LMFBRs (Phase I). Semifinal report

Description: Included are sections dealing with the KNK-II sodium boiling experiment, sodium boiling detection instrumentation for large LMFBR plants, and recommendations for EBR-2 experiments. (DG)
Date: July 12, 1976
Creator: Albrecht, R. W. & McCormick, N. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Transport of solid commodities via freight pipeline: demand analysis methodology. Volume IV. First year final report

Description: In order to determine the feasibility of intercity freight pipelines, it was necessary to determine whether sufficient traffic flows currently exist between various origins and destinations to justify consideration of a mode whose operating characteristics became competitive under conditions of high-traffic volume. An intercity origin/destination freight-flow matrix was developed for a large range of commodities from published sources. A high-freight traffic-density corridor between Chicago and… more
Date: July 1, 1976
Creator: Allen, W.B. & Plaut, T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Assessment of materials needs for fusion reactors

Description: This report has the goal of presenting for the CTR designer and material supplier potentially significant problem areas in materials manufacturing and in structural material resources projected for potential application in fusion power reactor construction. The projected material requirements are based on presently available bills-of-materials for conceptual CTR designs used for constructing a hypothetical fusion power generating capacity of 10/sup 6/ MW(e) maturing exponentially over a 20-year… more
Date: July 1, 1976
Creator: Allison, G. S. (comp.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Interaction of intense heavy ion beams with various targets

Description: Recently it has been proposed that heavy ion beams could be accelerated with sufficient power and focus to generate shock heating and create hot plasmas in targets of various materials. This preliminary study addresses two aspects of this process: first, the energy deposition by the primary beam, and second, the problem of energy deposition by secondary nuclear reaction particles. For the purpose of discussion it is assumed that beams of 600 MeV/amu uranium (143 GeV total) are focussed on vario… more
Date: July 22, 1976
Creator: Alonso, C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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New York Bight and Hudson Canyon in October 1974: hydrography, nephelometry, bottom photograpy, currents. VEMA Cruise 32 Leg 1 data

Description: This report presents data collected in the last two weeks of October 1974 from Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory's research vessel VEMA during the first of a series of cruises designed to examine the seasonal variations in the physical oceanography and geochemistry of the New York Bight. The physical oceanography data includes the hydrography, nephelometry, bottom photography, and currents. The aim of the project is to understand the interaction between shelf, slope and oceanic waters and t… more
Date: July 1, 1976
Creator: Amos, A. F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Market forces alone will not provide timely solutions to our problems in transportation

Description: The nation's transportation system faces problems on both sides of the supply-demand equation. Analysis of these problems has resulted in identification of two broad transportation energy conservation program areas: (1) more-efficient and environmentally acceptable heat engine systems are needed; they must be optimized for available fuels and eventually alternate fuels; and (2) alternate propulsion systems such as electric or hybrid vehicles are also required. A difficulty arises in that these … more
Date: July 29, 1976
Creator: Anderson, C. J. & O'Connell, L. G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Ground Water in the San Juan Metropolitan Area, Puerto Rico

Description: From introduction: A post-drought analysis of the sources of water supply for the metropolitan area indicated a need for better knowledge of the ground-water resources. A study was implemented through the cooperative water-resources investigation program between Commonwealth agencies of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Geological Survey.
Date: July 1976
Creator: Anderson, Henry R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Input and decayed values of radioactive liquid wastes discharged to the ground in the 200 Areas through 1975

Description: Low and intermediate level liquid wastes from chemical separations processing of spent reactor fuel elements have been discharged to the ground in the 200-Areas since 1944. Large volumes of process cooling water, normally free of radioactive contaminants, are discharged to surface ditches or natural surface depressions (ponds). Lesser volumes of liquid waste such as steam condensates, process condensates, scavenged process waste supernatants, and plutonium processing wastes have been, or are be… more
Date: July 8, 1976
Creator: Anderson, J. D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Potential industrial market for process heat from nuclear reactors

Description: A specific segment of industrial process heat use has been examined in detail to identify individual plant locations throughout the United states where nuclear generated steam may be a viable alternative. Five major industries have been studied: paper, chemicals, petroleum, rubber, and primary metals. For these industries, representing 75 percent of the total industrial steam consumption, the individual plant locations within the U.S. using steam in large quantities have been located and charac… more
Date: July 1, 1976
Creator: Barnes, R. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Neutron flux measurement at RTNS facility

Description: Procedures and instrumentation for measuring neutron fluences and doses at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory RTNS facility are described, primarily for information to outside users of this facility. The results of an intercomparison of the dosimeters are given, and the accuracy of the fluence determination is discussed.
Date: July 1, 1976
Creator: Barschall, H. H.; Booth, R. & Wong, C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Search for Monopoles Above the 15-Foot Bubble Chamber

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Date: July 27, 1976
Creator: Bartlett, D. F.; Soo, Daniel; Fleischer, Robert L.; Hart, Howard R., Jr.; Mogro-Campero, Antonio & White, M. G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Energy management in residential and small commercial buildings. Annual report, fiscal year 1976

Description: The goal of the present program is to develop the technical basis for efficient energy use in space heating of residential and small commercial buildings. Efficiency measurements performed on conventional residential oil-fired hot water heating equipment, including both steady state and cyclic (part load) efficiency determinations are described. A list of preliminary recommendations for retrofit actions to improve efficiency is provided. A summary of work carried out in the areas of thermal sto… more
Date: July 1, 1976
Creator: Batey, J.; Gazerro, V.; Salzano, F. J. & Berlad, A. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Electron transfer processes in ion collisions with atomic hydrogen. Final report for period February 1, 1975--June 30, 1976

Description: Results of experiments completed with Yale equipment coupled to the Oak Ridge Test Bench and Tandem Accelerator facilities are presented. Electron transfer cross sections have been measured at keV collision energies for B, C, N and O ions colliding with H, H/sub 2/, Ar and He gas targets. The ion charge states studied range from +2 through +5. Also reported are cross sections for Si and Fe ions on H, H/sub 2/ and Ar at energies between 1.5 and 14 MeV, with charge states varying between +5 and +… more
Date: July 1, 1976
Creator: Bayfield, J. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Increased fuel economy in transportation systems by use of energy management. Third year's program. Final report, May 1, 1976--July 1, 1976

Description: A report is given of the results accomplished during the third year of a three-year research program, the overall goal of which has been to conceive and evaluate practical ways to increase automobile fuel economy by energy management within the engine-transmission-vehicle system. The third year was devoted primarily to the detailed design, construction, and preliminary evaluation of a Flywheel Energy Management Powerplant (FEMP) installed in a Pinto. The vehicle has been built to experimentally… more
Date: July 1, 1976
Creator: Beachley, N. H. & Frank, A. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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ARC Saw Test

Description: This report describes a successful test performed to determine the capabilities of a unique metal- cutting tool called the arc saw. The test was sponsored by the Contaminated Equipment Volume Reduction (CEVR) program being conducted for the Energy Research and Development Administraction by the Atlantic Richfield Hanford Company.
Date: July 31, 1976
Creator: Beitel, G. A. & Schlienger, M. P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Evaluating aeroshell materials for the MJS/multi-hundred watt heat source. [Reentry survival from an aborted launch]

Description: In order to evaluate the possibility of improving upon an existing aeroshell design for the Multi-Hundred Watt power source, a trade-off study was conducted on a variety of candidate aeroshell materials. Mariner Jupiter/Saturn mission requirements and aeroshell material criteria were established to form a basis for the evaluation. Material data searches and reentry analyses were made to permit preparation of a quantitative comparison matrix. Depending upon the designer's constraints, either the… more
Date: July 1976
Creator: Bennett, G. L.; Hagan, J. C. & Tantino, D. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Thermodynamics of the conversion of plutonium dioxide to plutonium monocarbide

Description: The present study contains an equilibrium thermodynamic analysis of the Pu--C--O system and a discussion from an equilibrium thermodynamic point of view of the direct carbothermic reduction and two-step carbothermic-hydrogen reduction of PuO/sub 2/ to PuC/sub 1-x/. Included are considerations of the partial pressures of the various species in the Pu--C--O and Pu--C--H systems, the process parameters required for conversion of the oxide to the carbide, and the loss of plutonium due to vapor spec… more
Date: July 1, 1976
Creator: Besmann, T. M. & Lindemer, T. B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Tritium waste control project progress report, October--December 1975. [Tritiated waste decontamination by molecular excitation; catalytic exchange detritiation studies; development of shipping containers for tritiated liquid waste]

Description: In the tritiated liquid waste decontamination by molecular excitation studies, further calculations were performed on the hydrogen atom-water exchange reactions. Assembly and testing of the cell to be used for the measurement of the HTO IR spectrum were completed. As a result of findings from trial loadings using HD as a surrogate for HT in the oxidation system, it is believed that larger quantities of HTO will be required to obtain the desired ir spectrum. This appears to be a result of a sign… more
Date: July 30, 1976
Creator: Bixel, J. C. & Kershner, C. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Development and use of sintered metal filters with fluidized bed and spray calcination of simulated high-level waste

Description: Sintered metal filters have been used for off-gas particulate removal on a pilot-scale fluidized bed calciner and spray calciner. The units calcined simulated commercial HLW at rates equivalent to 1 to 3 MTU/day fuel reprocessed. Filters were cleaned by a periodic pulse of air in a reverse direction through the filters. Filter systems design and recommended operating parameters are described.
Date: July 1, 1976
Creator: Bjorklund, W. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Evaluation of selected chemical processes for production of low-cost silicon. Third quarterly progress report, April 1, 1976--June 30, 1976

Description: Based on the decision to concentrate on the fluidized-bed reduction of silicon tetrachloride as a candidate process for production of low-cost solar-grade silicon, work during the current quarter was directed toward: (1) evaluation of the economic effects of operating at Zn/SiCl/sub 4/ feed ratios other than the stoichiometric 2/1; (2) design, construction, and exploratory operation of the ''miniplant'' designed to ultimately yield over 200 g hr/sup -1/ silicon for runs of 4 to 6 hr duration. I… more
Date: July 6, 1976
Creator: Blocher, J. M. Jr.; Browning, M. F.; Wilson, W. J. & Carmichael, D. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Advanced-fueled fusion reactors suitable for direct energy conversion. Project note: temperature-gradient enhancement of electrical fields in insulators

Description: Direct energy converters for use on controlled fusion reactors utilize electrodes operated at elevated voltages and temperatures. The insulating elements that position these electrodes must support large voltages and under some circumstances large thermal gradients. It is shown that even modest thermal gradients can cause major alterations of the electric-field distribution within the insulating element.
Date: July 9, 1976
Creator: Blum, A. S. & Mancebo, L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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