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Confinement of airborne radioactivity. Final progress report, January-December 1978

Description: A new test method has been developed at the Savannah River Laboratory for evaluating the iodine retention capabilities of carbon used in the airborne-activity confinement system. Methyl iodide tagged with I-131 is injected into a test gas stream continuously for 5 hours with test conditions of 80/sup 0/C temperature, 95% relative humidity, and 55 feet per minute linear flow velocity. Results show that the CH/sub 3/I retention efficiency is independent of the inlet CH/sub 3/I concentration over … more
Date: February 1, 1980
Creator: A.G., Evans
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Basic research needed for the development of geothermal energy

Description: Basic research needed to facilitate development of geothermal energy is identified. An attempt has been made to make the report representative of the ideas of productive workers in the field. The present state of knowledge of geothermal energy is presented and then specific recommendations for further research, with status and priorities, are listed. Discussion is limited to a small number of applicable concepts, namely: origin of geothermal flux; transport of geothermal energy; geothermal rese… more
Date: October 1, 1980
Creator: Aamodt, R. L. & Riecker, R. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Carbon dioxide problem: DOE program and a general assessment

Description: From the view of a potential national or international policy on CO/sub 2/, progress towards these goals is reported along with suggestions for additions to and implementation of the present work. After the introduction, conclusions and recommendations are presented. The third and fourth sections contain discussions of the present research programs on the carbon cycle and on climate modeling. The fifth section considers physical effects of CO/sub 2/-induced climate change that may be of social … more
Date: October 1, 1980
Creator: Abarbanel, H.; Chamberlain, J.; Foley, H.; MacDonald, G.; Nierenberg, W. & Ruderman, M.
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Regional-seasonal weather forecasting

Description: In the interest of allocating heating fuels optimally, the state-of-the-art for seasonal weather forecasting is reviewed. A model using an enormous data base of past weather data is contemplated to improve seasonal forecasts, but present skills do not make that practicable. 90 references. (PSB)
Date: August 1, 1980
Creator: Abarbanel, H.; Foley, H.; MacDonald, G.; Rothaus, O.; Rudermann, M. & Vesecky, J.
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Water supply and demand in an energy supply model

Description: This report describes a tool for water and energy-related policy analysis, the development of a water supply and demand sector in a linear programming model of energy supply in the United States. The model allows adjustments in the input mix and plant siting in response to water scarcity. Thus, on the demand side energy conversion facilities can substitute more costly dry cooling systems for conventional evaporative systems. On the supply side groundwater and water purchased from irrigators are… more
Date: December 1, 1980
Creator: Abbey, D & Loose, V
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Water-related planning and design at energy firms

Description: Water related planning and design at energy firms are examined. By identifying production alternatives and specifying the cost of these alternatives under a variety of conditions, one gains insight into the future pattern of water use in the energy industry and the response of industry to water-related regulation. In Part II, the three principal decisions of industry that affect water allocation are reviewed: where to build plants, where to get water, and how much water to use. The cost of wate… more
Date: November 1, 1980
Creator: Abbey, D & Lucero, F
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Improved methods for measuring radioactive tracer accumulation and excretion by microarthropods, with applications for a mite species, Tyrophagus longior (Acarina, Acaridae)

Description: Radioisotope retention measurements of /sup 85/Sr and /sup 51/Cr in Tyrophagus longior (Gervais) (Acari: Acaridae) were fit to 2 and 1 component models. Biological half-life for the rapid component of both radioisotopes was about 10 hours, with assimilation of /sup 85/Sr being 62%. The identification of /sup 51/Cr turnover as gut clearance must remain tentative. An inexpensive disposable culture chamber for measuring radioisotope retention in microarthropods is described along with details of m… more
Date: August 1, 1980
Creator: Abbott, David T. & Crossley, D. A., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Future credible precipitation occurrences in Los Alamos, New Mexico

Description: I have studied many factors thought to have influenced past climatic change. Because they might recur, they are possible suspects for future climatic alterations. Most of these factors are totally unpredictable; therefore, they cast a shadow on the validity of derived climatic predictions. Changes in atmospheric conditions and in continental surfaces, variations in solar radiation, and in the earth's orbit around the sun are among the influential mechanisms investigated. Even when models are se… more
Date: September 1, 1980
Creator: Abeele, W.V.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Plated-through hole testing. Final repot

Description: An improved microresistance testing method to measure the thickness of copper plating in plated-through holes of double-sided printed wiring boards is presented. A new probe design, combined with a microprocessor controller, makes it possible for a direct reading tester to provide variables data. Tester design and software programs for the system are included. Results of correlation studies, comparing the improved resistance method to cross-sectional measurements are presented. Limitations on t… more
Date: May 1, 1980
Creator: Abel, W.B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Honda motor company's CVCC engine

Description: Honda Motor Company of Japan in a four-year period from 1968 to 1872 designed, tested, and mass-produced a stratified charge engine, the CVCC, which in comparison to conventional engines of similar output at the time was lower in CO, HC and NO/sub x/ emissions and higher in fuel economy. Honda developed the CVCC engine without government assistance or outside help. Honda's success came at a time when steadily increasing fuel costs and the various provisions of the Clean Air Act had forced US au… more
Date: July 1, 1980
Creator: Abernathy, W.J. & Ronan, L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Stressmeter Placement at Spent Fuel Test in Climax Granite

Description: Vibrating wire stressmeters were installed in the Spent Fuel Facility at the Nevada Test Site. These stressmeters will measure the changes in in situ stress during the five-year spent fuel test. Before installation, laboratory tests were conducted to study reproducibility of placement and to develop a program hopefully to reduce corrosion of the stressmeters while in place at the Spent Fuel Facility. These laboratory tests are discussed along with the installation of the stressmeters at the Spe… more
Date: May 20, 1980
Creator: Abey, A. E. & Washington, H. R.
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Engineering Report on the Drilling in the Lemhi Pass Area of Montana

Description: "This report presents engineering details, statistics, individual borehole histories, and geophysical logs of the four holes drilled in the Lemhi Pass, Montana/Idaho area." (from Introduction)
Date: May 1980
Creator: Abramiuk, I. N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Summary geologic report on the Missoula/Bitterroot Drilling Project, Missoula/Bitterroot Basins, Montana

Description: The objective of the drilling project was to obtain information to assess the favorability of the Tertiary sedimentary units in the Missoula and Bitterroot Valleys for uranium potential. The group of Montana Tertiary basins, including the Missoula and Bitterroot Basins, has been assigned a speculative uranium potential of 46,557 tons of U/sub 3/O/sub 8/ at $100/lb by the 1980 National Uranium Resource Evaluation report. The seven drill holes, two in the Missoula Valley and five in the Bitterroo… more
Date: August 1, 1980
Creator: Abramiuk, I.N. (comp.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Water Reactor Safety Research Division. Quarterly progress report, April 1-June 30, 1980

Description: The Water Reactor Safety Research Programs quarterly report describes current activities and technical progress in the programs at Brookhaven National Laboratory sponsored by the USNRC Division of Reactor Safety Research. The projects reported each quarter are the following: LWR Thermal Hydraulic Development, Advanced Code Evlauation, TRAC Code Assessment, and Stress Corrosion Cracking of PWR Steam Generator Tubing.
Date: August 1, 1980
Creator: Abuaf, N.; Levine, M. M.; Saha, P. & van Rooyen, D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Gas-cooled fast breeder reactor steady-state irradiation testing program

Description: The requirements for the gas-cooled fast breeder reactor irradiation program are specified, and an irradiation program plan which satisfies these requirements is presented. The irradiation program plan consists of three parts and includes a schedule and a preliminary cost estimate: (1) a steady-state irradiation program, (2) irradiations in support of the design basis transient test program, and (3) irradiations in support of the GRIST-2 safety test program. Data from the liquid metal fast bree… more
Date: August 1, 1980
Creator: Acharya, R.T.; Campana, R.J. & Langer, S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Hot dry rock reservoir characterization and modeling. Progress report, October 1, 1978-September 30, 1979. Final report

Description: Resuls of analytical and experimental studies on hydraulic fracturing and on the characterization and modeling of hot dry rock geothermal energy reservoirs are presented. The first four Chapters are concerned with problems of thermal cracking and heat transfer, with fluid flow through large cracks, and with the stable and unstable growth of water-filled cracks under internal pressure and thermal loading. Experiments are reported, which present visually observable hydraulic fractures in transpar… more
Date: February 1, 1980
Creator: Achenbach, J. D.; Bazant, Z. P.; Dundurs, J.; Keer, L.M.; Nemat-Nasser, S.; Mura, T. et al.
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Prayer and Religion in the Public Schools: What Is, and Is Not, Permitted

Description: Few areas of constitutional law have proven to be as controversial and as subject to misinterpretation as that concerning the constitutionality of government-sponsored religious activities in public schools. In the last three decades the Supreme Court in five decisions and the State arid lower Federal courts in dozens of related decisions have attempted to articulate the 1 / meaning of the religion clauses of the First ~mendment- for a variety of such activities, including State-sponsored praye… more
Date: September 4, 1980
Creator: Ackerman, David M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Recent regulatory experience of low-Btu coal gasification. Volume III. Supporting case studies

Description: The MITRE Corporation conducted a five-month study for the Office of Resource Applications in the Department of Energy on the regulatory requirements of low-Btu coal gasification. During this study, MITRE interviewed representatives of five current low-Btu coal gasification projects and regulatory agencies in five states. From these interviews, MITRE has sought the experience of current low-Btu coal gasification users in order to recommend actions to improve the regulatory process. This report … more
Date: February 1, 1980
Creator: Ackerman, E.; Hart, D.; Lethi, M.; Park, W. & Rifkin, S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Review of Potential Host Rocks for Radioactive Waste Disposal in the Southeast United States, Southern Piedmont Subregion

Description: From abstract: "A literature study was conducted on the geology of the Southern Piedmont province of the states of Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. The purpose was to identify geologic areas potentially suitable for containment of a repository for the long-term isolation of solidified radioactive waste."
Date: October 1980
Creator: Acres American Incorporated
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Uranium- and thorium-bearing pegmatites of the United States

Description: This report is part of the National Uranium Resource Evaluation (NURE) Program designed to identify criteria favorable for the occurrence of the world's significant uranium deposits. This project deals specifically with uranium- and thorium-bearing pegmatites in the United States and, in particular, their distribution and origin. From an extensive literature survey and field examination of 44 pegmatite localities in the United States and Canada, the authors have compiled an index to about 300 u… more
Date: April 1, 1980
Creator: Adams, J. W.; Arengi, J. T. & Parrish, I. S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Sandia National Laboratories 8. 8 metre (29-foot) and 10. 7-metre (35-foot) centrifuge facilities

Description: This report outlines the capabilities and limitations of the two centrifuges and gives other details which must be considered in preparing test specifications and designing fixtures, gives the theory and terminology of centrifuge testing, and describes the layout, operating principles, support functions, and reference material for each facility.
Date: May 1, 1980
Creator: Adams, P.H.; Ault, R.L. & Fulton, D.L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Nuclear Physics Laboratory 1980 annual report

Description: Research progress is reported in the following areas: astrophysics and cosmology, fundamental symmetries, nuclear structure and reactions, radiative capture, medium energy physics, heavy ion reactions, research by outside users, accelerators and ion sources, instrumentation and experimental techniques, and computers and computing. Publications are listed. (WHK)
Date: September 1, 1980
Creator: Adelberger, E.G. (ed.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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