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Simulated seismic event release fraction data: Progress report, April 1986-April 1987

Description: The object of this project is to obtain experimental data on the release of airborne particles during seismic events involving plutonium handling facilities. In particular, cans containing plutonium oxide powder may be involved and some of the powder may become airborne. No release fraction data for such scenarios are available and risk assessment calculations for such events lacked specificity describing the physical processes involved. This study has provided initial data based on wind tunnel… more
Date: November 15, 1987
Creator: Langer, G. & Deitesfeld, C. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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LIMB Demonstration Project Extension

Description: The basic goal of the Limestone Injection Mitigation Burner (LIMB) demonstration is to extend LIMB technology development to a full- scale application on a representative wall-fired utility boiler. The successful retrofit of LIMB to an existing boiler is expected to demonstrate that (a) reductions of 50 percent or greater in SO{sub x} and NO{sub x} emissions can be achieved at a fraction of the cost of add-on FGD systems, (b) boiler reliability, operability, and steam production can be maintain… more
Date: November 15, 1989
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Avian Field Guide and Checklist for Kunsan Air Base, Korea.

Description: This report summarizes the results of the avian surveys conducted at Kunsan Air Base (AB). This on-going survey is conducted to comply with requirements of the Environmental Governing Standards (EGS) for the Republic of Korea, the Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan (INRMP) for Kunsan AB, and the 8th Fighter Wing's Bird Aircraft Strike Hazard (BASH) Plan. One hundred sixteen bird species representing 34 families were identified and recorded. Seven species are designated as Cultural Pro… more
Date: November 15, 2005
Creator: Levenson, J. B. & Assessment, Environmental
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Spatially-Dependent Measurements of Surface and Near-Surface Radioactive Material Using In situ Gamma Ray Spectrometry (ISGRS) For Final Status Surveys

Description: In-situ, high-resolution gamma-ray spectrometry (ISGRS) measurements were conducted at the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) field laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The purpose of these tests was to provide analytical data for assessing how “fit for use” this technology is for detecting discrete particles in soil.
Date: November 15, 2006
Creator: J. A. Chapman, A. J. Boerner, E. W. Abelquist
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Spent Fuel Transportation Package Response to the Baltimore Tunnel Fire Scenario

Description: On July 18, 2001, a freight train carrying hazardous (non-nuclear) materials derailed and caught fire while passing through the Howard Street railroad tunnel in downtown Baltimore, Maryland. The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USNRC), one of the agencies responsible for ensuring the safe transportation of radioactive materials in the United States, undertook an investigation of the train derailment and fire to determine the possible regulatory implications of this particular event … more
Date: November 15, 2006
Creator: Adkins, Harold E.; Cuta, Judith M.; Koeppel, Brian J.; Guzman, Anthony D. & Bajwa, Christopher S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Catalysis Highlights for FY2007

Description: To reduce the nation’s dependence on imported oil, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and other federal and private agencies are investing in understanding catalysis. This report focuses on catalysis research conducted by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and its collaborators. Using sophisticated instruments in DOE’s Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, a national scientific user facility, research was conducted to answer key questions related to the nation’s use of automot… more
Date: November 15, 2007
Creator: Garrett, Bruce C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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SELECTION OF PROCESS PARAMETERS FOR SODIUM REMOVAL VIA THE WATER VAPOR NITROGEN PROCESS

Description: This report reviews the water vapor nitrogen (WVN) process for removing sodium from stainless steel equipment, with emphasis on the basis for selecting final operating parameters. the process includes vapor treatment with 5% water at 160 F to 190 F, hot water rinsing, and hot gas drying.
Date: November 15, 1977
Creator: M, CRIPPEN
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Measurement of polyethylene pipe parameters during an ocean deployment. Final report

Description: Data were acquired on the behavior of the polyethylene upwelling pipe for the GRI/DOE Marine Biomass Biological Test Farm during several phases of pipe assembly and ocean towing and deployment. The pipe is nominally 28 in O.D., 1400 feet long with wall thicknesses of 0.9 and 1.75 inches. The entire effort was conducted over a period of six weeks and was implemented on a strictly non-interference basis with the main Biomass Program. Three types of data were acquired during shore and ocean based … more
Date: November 15, 1978
Creator: Hoppmann, R. F. & Ritchie, P. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Interim implementation structure for development of performance criteria and test standards for photovoltaic systems

Description: This document presents an implementation structure for the near-term development of performance criteria and test methods for photovoltaic (PV) materials, components, subsystems, and systems. The approach is designed to be responsive to the Photovoltaic Research, Development and Demonstration Act of 1978 (PL-95-590). The project is organized into four tasks: (1) establishment of performance criteria and the development of test methods; (2) development of laboratory accreditation/product certifi… more
Date: November 15, 1979
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Design and Synthesis of Oriented Guest-Host Nanostructures for Enhanced Membrane Performances

Description: This project has demonstrated a novel nanomaterial design concept and a synthesis method for ''guesthost'' type superionic-conducting nanocomposite membranes. This concept consists of nanophases of oxide electrolyte nanograins (guest) encapsulated inside the nanopore channels of an oxide layer matrix (host), with channels oriented perpendicular to the layer surface. Using ionic conducting YSZ (yttrium stabilized zirconia) as a special case, we have shown that the host-guest design allows orient… more
Date: November 15, 2005
Creator: Hu, M.Z.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Evaluating Zoltan for Static Load Balancing on BlueGene Architectures

Description: The purpose of this TechBase was to evaluate the Zoltan load-balancing library from Sandia National Laboratories as a possible replacement for ParMetis, which had been the load balancer of choice for nearly a decade but does not scale to the full 64,000 processors of BlueGene/L. This evaluation was successful in producing a clear result, but the result was unfortunately negative. Although Zoltan presents a collection load-balancing algorithms, none were able to meet or exceed the combined scala… more
Date: November 15, 2007
Creator: Kumfert, G
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Final Technical Report for Project "Improving the Simulation of Arctic Clouds in CCSM3"

Description: This project has focused on the simulation of Arctic clouds in CCSM3 and how the modeled cloud amount (and climate) can be improved substantially by altering the parameterized low cloud fraction. The new formula, dubbed 'freeezedry', alleviates the bias of excessive low clouds during polar winter by reducing the cloud amount under very dry conditions. During winter, freezedry decreases the low cloud amount over the coldest regions in high latitudes by over 50% locally and more than 30% averaged… more
Date: November 15, 2008
Creator: Vavrus, Stephen J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Dictionary for Transparency

Description: There are many terms that are used in association with the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Transparency Project associated with the Mayak Fissile Materials Storage Facility. This is a collection of proposed definitions of these terms.
Date: November 15, 2001
Creator: Kouzes, Richard T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Determination of the effect of various hydrogen bonding functionalities on the viscosity of coal liquids

Description: The objective of this program was to differentiate and quantitate the effects of various hydrogen bonding functionalities on the viscosity of coal liquids. Emphasis was on separating and measuring the individual effect of phenolic (acidic) and aromatic amino (basic) hydrogen bonding functionalities on the viscosity of coal liquids. The elimination of both acidic and basic hydrogen bondings was attempted by using trifluoroacetyl chloride and butyric acid in derivatization; and the elimination of… more
Date: November 15, 1990
Creator: Wei, Jing-Fong.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Positron ring system using anger-type detectors

Description: The major accomplishments of this year include (1) building and debugging a new set of coincidence electronics for our laboratory setup, (2) performing a series of detector experiments in the dry glove-box aimed at improving the performance of NaI(Tl) position-sensitive detectors, (3) modifying and debugging a Monte Carlo simulation code to test reconstruction algorithms and predict overall performance of a large solid angle PET scanner, (4) significant progress in the 3-D reprojection reconstr… more
Date: November 15, 1991
Creator: Karp, J.S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Deconvolution using a neural network

Description: Viewing one dimensional deconvolution as a matrix inversion problem, we compare a neural network backpropagation matrix inverse with LMS, and pseudo-inverse. This is a largely an exercise in understanding how our neural network code works. 1 ref.
Date: November 15, 1990
Creator: Lehman, S.K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Malignant melanoma at a scientific laboratory

Description: The general consensus of the seven reviewers is that occupational exposures at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have not been established as a causal factor for the observed excess of malignant melanoma. Several observations support the impression that some or all of the observed melanoma excess may be attributable to intense surveillance and enhanced detection of early stage melanoma lesions. Since the incidence of melanomas among Laboratory employees has not diminished, an early harvest… more
Date: November 15, 1985
Creator: Shy, C.M.; Checkoway, H. & Marshall, E.G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Laboratory directed research and development

Description: The purposes of Argonne's Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program are to encourage the development of novel concepts, enhance the Laboratory's R D capabilities, and further the development of its strategic initiatives. Among the aims of the projects supported by the Program are establishment of engineering proof-of-principle''; development of an instrumental prototype, method, or system; or discovery in fundamental science. Several of these project are closely associated wit… more
Date: November 15, 1991
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Photoexcited Charge Pair Escape and Recombination

Description: We report photocurrent transients arising from the pulsed laser excitation of the dipolar first excited singlet sate S{sub 1} of trans 4-dimethyl-amino-4{prime}-nitrostilbene (DMANS) in toluene solution. The currents arise from rotational reorientation of DMANS dipoles with respect to the axis of an applied electric field. The method appears to offer a simple and general approach to the measurement of the change in dipole moment upon electronic excitation of a molecule. In another experiment, d… more
Date: November 15, 1991
Creator: Braun, Charles L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Complete system for portable gamma spectroscopy

Description: The report described a system built around the Computing Gamma Spectrometer (PSA) LEA 74-008. The software primarily supports high-resolution gamma-ray spectroscopy using either a high-purity intrinsic germanium detector (HPGe) or a lithium-drifted germanium detector (Ge(Li)).
Date: November 15, 1978
Creator: Fuess, D.A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Evaluation of the /sup 252/Cf-source-driven neutron noise analysis method for measuring the subcriticality of LWR fuel storage casks

Description: The /sup 252/Cf-source-driven neutron noise analysis method was evaluated to determine if it could be used to measure the subcriticality of storage casks of burnt LWR fuel submerged in fuel storage pools, fully loaded and as they are being loaded. The motivation for this evaluation was that measurements of k/sub eff/ would provide the parameter most directly related to the criticality safety of storage cask configurations of LWR fuel and could allow proper credit for fuel burnup without relianc… more
Date: November 15, 1987
Creator: Mihalczo, J.T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Synthesis and analysis of novel polymers with high permselectivity and permeability in gas separation applications

Description: We have synthesized and completed characterization of permeability and selectivity properties of a group of polysulfones and polyether ketones with the potential for higher use temperatures, as well as members of a series of polyesters derived from spirobiindane bisphenol monomer in conjunction with meta and para substituted diacid chlorides. We have also synthesized and characterized the gas transport and thermal properties of diphenyl substituted polyphenylene oxide. The diphenyl substituted … more
Date: November 15, 1991
Creator: Koros, W. J. & Paul, D. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Demonstration of the Environmental Data Corporation Spectral Fuel Conservation System program plan

Description: The purpose of this program is to demonstrate and quantify the amount of fuel that can be saved if the Spectral Fuel Conservation System (SFCS) developed by the Environmental Data Corporation (EDC) is installed in coal-fired industrial boilers. Of central importance to the program are the selection of an appropriate test site and the preparation and methodical application of a comprehensive test strategy. Consequently, the sections dealing with these topics in the proposal have been considerabl… more
Date: November 15, 1979
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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