Alumni J-TAC, Homecoming 1993 (open access)

Alumni J-TAC, Homecoming 1993

Homecoming edition of the Tarleton State University alumni magazine describing related events and other news about university students, staff, and alumni.
Date: Autumn 1993
Creator: Tarleton State University
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Alumni J-TAC, Summer 1993 (open access)

Alumni J-TAC, Summer 1993

Alumni magazine of Tarleton State University providing information on events at the school and news about university students, staff, and alumni.
Date: Summer 1993
Creator: Tarleton State University
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Alumni J-TAC, Spring 1993 (open access)

Alumni J-TAC, Spring 1993

Alumni magazine of Tarleton State University providing information on events at the school and news about university students, staff, and alumni.
Date: Spring 1993
Creator: Tarleton State University
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Ed. 1 Thursday, February 11, 1993 (open access)

The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Ed. 1 Thursday, February 11, 1993

Weekly student newspaper from Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: February 11, 1993
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Calculated cross sections for production and destruction of some long-lived nuclides of importance in fusion energy applications (open access)

Calculated cross sections for production and destruction of some long-lived nuclides of importance in fusion energy applications

Knowledge of the production and destruction of long-lived species via neutrons, photons, and charged-particles is required in many fusion energy applications, such as reactor first-wall and blanket design, radioactive waste management, etc. Here we describe our calculational results for the production, via the (n,2n) reaction, of the following long-lived species: {sup 150}Eu(t{sub 1/2} = 36 y), {sup 152}Eu(t{sub 1/2} = 13 y), and {sup 192m2}Ir(t{sub 1/2} = 241 y). Some comments on calculations that we`ve made for destruction reactions of these species are also included.
Date: July 8, 1993
Creator: Gardner, M. A. & Gardner, D. G.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Methodology for performing measurements to release material from radiological control (open access)

Methodology for performing measurements to release material from radiological control

This report describes the existing and proposed methodologies for performing measurements of contamination prior to releasing material for uncontrolled use at the Hanford Site. The technical basis for the proposed methodology, a modification to the existing contamination survey protocol, is also described. The modified methodology, which includes a large-area swipe followed by a statistical survey, can be used to survey material that is unlikely to be contaminated for release to controlled and uncontrolled areas. The material evaluation procedure that is used to determine the likelihood of contamination is also described.
Date: September 1, 1993
Creator: Durham, J. S. & Gardner, D. L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Recovery and recycling of limestone in LEC flue gas desulfurization. Final report, third year (open access)

Recovery and recycling of limestone in LEC flue gas desulfurization. Final report, third year

A potentially attractive flue gas desulfurization method called Limestone Emission Control (LEC) is currently being investigated by Prudich at Ohio University. In this process, beds of 1/8 inch limestone gravel particles absorb sulfur dioxide from flue gas. This forms sulfite and sulfate salts which coat limestone, blinding the surface and limiting utilization to 20%. Favorable economics can be generating when the unreacted portion of the limestone is recovered by mechanical grinding. This project is a wet method for grinding and recovering the spent limestone from the LEC process, utilizing an impeller fluidizer, a new type of slurry processor. It consists of a cylindrical vessel with an impeller at one end. The impeller generates sufficient pressure head to serve as a slurry pump. It combines the operation of wet grinding, washing, and transporting the spent and recovered limestone as an aqueous slurry. The objectives of the first two years were to operate fluidizer in a batch mode to carry grinding experiments, and to determine the removal of the sulfur coatings from the limestone when operating the fluidizer in a continuous mode. The main thrusts of the third year were to complete the grinding data and coordinate the data with reactivity determinations …
Date: December 20, 1993
Creator: Gardner, N. C. & Boo, J. Y.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparison of the folded stripline and stacked stripline concepts to the folded waveguide launcher (open access)

Comparison of the folded stripline and stacked stripline concepts to the folded waveguide launcher

Two new concepts are being developed as possible upgrades to the folded waveguide launcher. The folded stripline is a folded waveguide with an additional conductor positioned inside. The term stripline refers to the resemblance of the design to microwave microstrip line. The conductor provides support for TEM mode propagation, which eliminates cutoff and the nonlinear frequency dependence of the waveguide impedance and phase velocity. A natural extension to the folded stripline is the stacked stripline, which comprises several stacked, independent TEM waveguides. Initial measurements indicate that both concepts have better magnetic flux coupling than the folded waveguide.
Date: December 31, 1993
Creator: Gardner, W. L.; Caughman, J. B. O.; Hoffman, D. J. & Probert, P. H.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Indium donor complexes with cation vacancies in CdTe and ZnSe (open access)

Indium donor complexes with cation vacancies in CdTe and ZnSe

Very dilute (10{sub 12} cm{sup {minus}3}) indium donors in CdTe and ZnSe powders and in CdTe single crystals were investigated using {sup 111}In Perturbed angular correlation spectroscopy. Most indium atoms are in uncomplexed sites but can form weakly-bound complexes with native defects in very defective material. The only complex observed in CdTe is an indium-Cd vacancy pair. The CdTe in which these pairs occur is apparently n-type, most Cd vacancies are free and doubly-charged, and the binding energy with indium is 0.15 eV. In ZnSe, indium can pair with a Zn vacancy or with some other presently unidentified defect. These complexes form in ZnSe containing large concentrations of both free Zn vacancies and complexes of Zn vacancies with other defects. In CdTe, the pair formation equilibration time constant is two days at 15C,an implication that Cd vacancies are mobile at room temperature. Lattice relaxation around a Cd vacancy in CdTe was probed by single crystal PAC experiments.
Date: November 1, 1993
Creator: Griffith, J. W.; Lundquist, R.; Platzer, R.; Gardner, J. A.; Karczewski, G. & Furdyna, J. K.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Spherical diffusion of tritium from a point of release in a uniform unsaturated soil. A deterministic model for tritium migration in an arid disposal site (open access)

Spherical diffusion of tritium from a point of release in a uniform unsaturated soil. A deterministic model for tritium migration in an arid disposal site

Tritium (Tr), when released as tritiated water at a point in a uniform and relatively dry soil, redistributes in both the liquid and vapor phases. The flux density of Tr in the liquid will exceed that in the vapor phase provided the water content is greater than approximately 15% of the total soil porosity. Thus Tr redistribution must be modeled recognizing transfer ``in parallel`` in both phases. The authors use the diffusion equation cast in spherical coordinates to analyze this problem in order to provide a basis for design of field experiments, and to offer observations on the long term behavior of such systems. The solution of the diffusion equation permits calculation of the evolution of profiles of Tr concentration, within and external to the sphere of released solution, assuming the initial concentration within this sphere to be uniform. The authors also predict the rate of advance of the maximum of Tr as it advances, and attenuates, in the soil. Calculations for the case of 1 million Curies of Tr diluted in 1 liter of water and released at a depth of 20 meters, and 200 meters above the water table, are demonstrated. If the soil has an initial water …
Date: October 1, 1993
Creator: Smiles, D. E.; Gardner, W. R. & Schulz, R. K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Groundwater flow delineation study at the Massachusetts Military Reservation using the colloidal borescope (open access)

Groundwater flow delineation study at the Massachusetts Military Reservation using the colloidal borescope

Observations of colloidal movement under natural conditions using the colloidal borescope were conducted at several sites in the vicinity of the Massachusetts Military Reservation (MM) located on Cape Cod. The purpose of the study was to assess the reliability of the colloidal borescope and provide additional hydrogeologic data for site-characterization work. Because of the variability observed in groundwater flow at other sites, a well-characterized site was needed to test the borescope. Results of this work indicate that existing hydrologic information specific to the various sites tested at the MM compares favorably with the borehole velocity data collected with the colloidal borescope. Direction measurements at the MM, however, appear to be less reliable than at other sites tested. Most significant among factors potentially affecting direction measurements is the relatively flat hydraulic gradient at the MM, which is an order of magnitude less than at other sites. This is due to the gentle topography and the relatively high permeability of the aquifer. Under these conditions, the geometric alignment of preferential flow paths could dominate flow direction. If the gradient is increased, flow will tend to parallel the hydraulic gradient. This report describes the field site and the colloidal borescope and discusses the …
Date: February 1, 1993
Creator: Kearl, P. M.; Gardner, F. G. & Gunderson, M. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Groundwater flow delineation study at the Massachusetts Military Reservation using the colloidal borescope (open access)

Groundwater flow delineation study at the Massachusetts Military Reservation using the colloidal borescope

Observations of colloidal movement under natural conditions using the colloidal borescope were conducted at several sites in the vicinity of the Massachusetts Military Reservation (MM) located on Cape Cod. The purpose of the study was to assess the reliability of the colloidal borescope and provide additional hydrogeologic data for site-characterization work. Because of the variability observed in groundwater flow at other sites, a well-characterized site was needed to test the borescope. Results of this work indicate that existing hydrologic information specific to the various sites tested at the MM compares favorably with the borehole velocity data collected with the colloidal borescope. Direction measurements at the MM, however, appear to be less reliable than at other sites tested. Most significant among factors potentially affecting direction measurements is the relatively flat hydraulic gradient at the MM, which is an order of magnitude less than at other sites. This is due to the gentle topography and the relatively high permeability of the aquifer. Under these conditions, the geometric alignment of preferential flow paths could dominate flow direction. If the gradient is increased, flow will tend to parallel the hydraulic gradient. This report describes the field site and the colloidal borescope and discusses the …
Date: February 1, 1993
Creator: Kearl, P. M.; Gardner, F. G. & Gunderson, M. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Intercomparison of theoretical calculations of important activation cross sections for fusion reactor technology (open access)

Intercomparison of theoretical calculations of important activation cross sections for fusion reactor technology

Various theoretical calculations of radionuclides in the reactions {sup 94}Mo(n,p){sup 94}Nb, {sup 109}Ag(n,2n){sup 108m}Ag, {sup 151}Eu(n,2n){sup 150m}Eu, {sup 153}Eu(n,2n){sup 152g+m2}Eu, {sup 159}Tb(n,2n){sup 158}Tb, {sup 187}Re(n,2n){sup 186m}Re, {sup 179}Hf(n,2n){sup l78m2}Hf, {sup 193}Ir(n,2n){sup 192m2}Ir are compared. We normalize the theoretical results to the evaluated experimental data at 14.5 MeV, and take their average. This yields averaged theoretical excitation functions for the production of the various radionuclides at neutron energies ranging from threshold to 14.5 MeV. We discuss differences between the various theoretical results, and between theory and data where they exist. Our theoretical results may be used in conjunction with experimental data to produce evaluated radionuclide production cross sections for neutron energies lower than 14.5 MeV.
Date: November 1, 1993
Creator: Chadwick, M. B.; Gardner, M.; Gardner, D.; Grudzevich, O. T.; Ignatyuk, A. V.; Meadows, J. W. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Harmonic analysis of the AGS Booster imperfection (open access)

Harmonic analysis of the AGS Booster imperfection

The harmonic content of magnetic field imperfections in the AGS Booster has been determined through careful measurements of the required field corrections of transverse resonances. An analysis of the required correction yielded amplitude and phase information which points to possible sources of imperfections. Dipole and quadrupole imperfections, which are proportional to the field of bending magnets (B), are mainly driven by any misalignment of the magnets. Quadrupole and sextupole imperfections, which are proportional to dB/dt, are driven by imperfections of the eddy-current correction system. The observations also suggest the presence of a remnant field.
Date: December 31, 1993
Creator: Shoji, Y. & Gardner, C.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
On the high intensity aspects of AGS Booster proton operation (open access)

On the high intensity aspects of AGS Booster proton operation

Observations of high intensity effects on the proton performance of the AGS Booster are presented, including present operational limits and correction methods. The transverse emittances, optimum tune working points, damping of coherent transverse oscillations and correction of stopband resonances through third-order are discussed in addition to the observed tune spread due to space charge forces. The initial longitudinal phase space distribution, capture and acceleration parameters and measurements are also given. Operational tools and strategies relevant to the high intensity setup are mentioned.
Date: January 1, 1993
Creator: Reece, R. K.; Ahrens, L. A.; Bleser, E. J.; Brennan, J. M.; Gardner, C.; Glenn, J. W. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
On the high intensity aspects of AGS Booster proton operation (open access)

On the high intensity aspects of AGS Booster proton operation

Observations of high intensity effects on the proton performance of the AGS Booster are presented, including present operational limits and correction methods. The transverse emittances, optimum tune working points, damping of coherent transverse oscillations and correction of stopband resonances through third-order are discussed in addition to the observed tune spread due to space charge forces. The initial longitudinal phase space distribution, capture and acceleration parameters and measurements are also given. Operational tools and strategies relevant to the high intensity setup are mentioned.
Date: June 1, 1993
Creator: Reece, R. K.; Ahrens, L. A.; Bleser, E. J.; Brennan, J. M.; Gardner, C.; Glenn, J. W. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The reaction of hydroperoxy-propyl radicals with molecular oxygen (open access)

The reaction of hydroperoxy-propyl radicals with molecular oxygen

Addition of hydroperoxy-alkyl radicals to molecular oxygen leads to chain branching in autoignition and engine knock, and in low temperature oxidation of paraffins. Rate constants and product channels for reaction of hydroperoxy-propyl radicals with O{sub 2} are estimated using thermodynamic properties, bimolecular quantum Kassel analysis and transition state theory. Thermochemistry of relevant molecules and radicals is estimated using group additivity and bond dissociation groups for radicals. Results show that rates of the hydroperoxy-propyl radical addition to O{sub 2} are near their high pressure limits at {ge} 1 atm. Main products at 1--15 atm are stabilization, reverse reaction to hydroperoxy-propyl + O{sub 2} and alkyl carbonyl + OH. Reactions of the stabilized adducts, dissociation rates and product channels are estimated using unimolecular quantum Kassel analysis, because stabilization is the most important hydroperoxy-propyl radical + O{sub 2} product channel. Below 700 K, the stabilized peroxy adducts react primarily to hydroperoxy-carbonyl + OH, products which lead to chain branching. Above 700K, the stabilized peroxy adducts react primarily to hydroperoxy-propyl radical + O{sub 2}, initial reactants, which inhibits the overall oxidation. This switchover in channels correlates well observed negative temperature coefficient behavior for propane oxidation. Rate expressions for reaction of each of the three …
Date: December 3, 1993
Creator: Bozzelli, J. W. & Pitz, W. J.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Observation and correction of resonance stopbands in the AGS Booster (open access)

Observation and correction of resonance stopbands in the AGS Booster

At the design intensity of 1.5 {times} 10{sup 13} ppp, the space charge tune shift in the AGS Booster at injection has been estimated to be about 0.35. Therefore, the beam is spread over may lower order resonance lines and the stopbands have to be corrected to minimize the amplitude growth by proper compensation of the driving harmonics resulting from random errors. The observation and correction of second and third order resonance stopbands in the AGS Booster, and the establishment of a favorable operating point at high intensity are discussed.
Date: June 1, 1993
Creator: Gardner, C.; Shoji, Y.; Ahrens, L.; Glenn, J. W.; Lee, Y. Y.; Roser, T. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The origin of elevated water levels in emplacement boreholes, Pahute Mesa, Nevada Test Site: A numerical study (open access)

The origin of elevated water levels in emplacement boreholes, Pahute Mesa, Nevada Test Site: A numerical study

The origin of elevated water levels in emplacement boreholes at Pahute Mesa, Nevada Test Site, is uncertain. If the water is from naturally perched aquifers, then presumed ``above water table`` weapons tests may directly impact the groundwater quality. The purpose of this study is to determine the probable source of the elevated water in boreholes by comparing modeled seepage of infiltrated drilling fluids, and the seepage from a simulated naturally perched aquifer with the observed water level history. In the model, large volumes of water are infiltrated, yet return flow of fluids back into the hole stops within three days after the end of drilling and is insufficient to produce observed standing water. Return flow is limited for two reasons: (1) the volume of the saturated rock next to the borehole is small; (2) pressure head gradient direct unsaturated flow away from the borehole. Simulation of seepage from a naturally perched aquifer readily reproduces the observed water levels.
Date: December 1, 1993
Creator: Gardner, G. G. & Brikowski, T. H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A standardized approach for determining radiological sabotage targets (open access)

A standardized approach for determining radiological sabotage targets

The US Department of Energy has required radiological sabotage vulnerability assessments to be conducted for years. However, the exact methodology to be used in this type of analysis still remains somewhat elusive. Therefore, there is tremendous variation in the methodologies and assumptions used to determine release levels and doses potentially affecting the health and safety of the public. In some cases, there are three orders of magnitude difference in results for dispersal of similar materials under similar meteorological conditions. To address this issue, the authors have developed an approach to standardizing radiological sabotage target analysis that starts by addressing basic assumptions and then directs the user to some recommended computerized analytical tools. Results from different dispersal codes are also compared in this analysis.
Date: July 1, 1993
Creator: Gardner, B. H. & Snell, M. K.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Instructor-Free Training Department (open access)

The Instructor-Free Training Department

Today`s skills will be obsolete in the year 2000. That workforce will require a much higher degree of technical sophistication and adaptability. Enormous demands will be made of DOE contractor training departments even as federal deficit reduction actions increasingly restrict resources and as the emergence of electronic performance support systems appear to diminish the need for training. True training will still be required but they must, and can, train better, faster, and cheaper. These goals are attainable by implementing the implications of performance-based training and by focusing on learning instead of on teaching. (Indeed, ability to learn efficiently and rapidly will be the premier talent in the next century.) Training Departments must dedicate themselves to changing performance, not to teaching classes. The best training department of the future will have no {open_quotes}instructors{close_quotes}. Trainingforce 2000 will look and function much differently.
Date: November 1, 1993
Creator: Gardner, P. R. & Sanford, D. E.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
CORCON-MOD3: An integrated computer model for analysis of molten core-concrete interactions. User`s manual (open access)

CORCON-MOD3: An integrated computer model for analysis of molten core-concrete interactions. User`s manual

The CORCON-Mod3 computer code was developed to mechanistically model the important core-concrete interaction phenomena, including those phenomena relevant to the assessment of containment failure and radionuclide release. The code can be applied to a wide range of severe accident scenarios and reactor plants. The code represents the current state of the art for simulating core debris interactions with concrete. This document comprises the user`s manual and gives a brief description of the models and the assumptions and limitations in the code. Also discussed are the input parameters and the code output. Two sample problems are also given.
Date: October 1, 1993
Creator: Bradley, D. R.; Gardner, D. R.; Brockmann, J. E. & Griffith, R. O.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
MIMD massively parallel methods for engineering and science problems (open access)

MIMD massively parallel methods for engineering and science problems

MIMD massively parallel computers promise unique power and flexibility for engineering and scientific simulations. In this paper we review the development of a number of software methods and algorithms for scientific and engineering problems which are helping to realize that promise. We discuss new domain decomposition, load balancing, data layout and communications methods applicable to simulations in a broad range of technical field including signal processing, multi-dimensional structural and fluid mechanics, materials science, and chemical and biological systems.
Date: August 1, 1993
Creator: Camp, W. J. & Plimpton, S. J.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluated nuclear data files for the naturally-occurring isotopes of cadmium (open access)

Evaluated nuclear data files for the naturally-occurring isotopes of cadmium

Comprehensive neutronic evaluated data files for the naturally-occurring isotopes of cadmium are deduced from experimental data and nuclear models, and presented in the ENDF/B-VI formats. Particular attention is given to those processes relevant to fuel-cycle and fission-product applications. Comparisons are made with prior evaluations of the cadmium isotopes, and discrepancies and consistencies cited. Some of the discrepancies are very large 9.9 as much as 100%), and the differences have the potential for a pronounced impact on applications usage. The present files are comprehensive, including may important processes that are not represented in the contemporary ENDF/B-VI system. Recommendations are made for future measurements where appropriate.
Date: June 1, 1993
Creator: McCabe, J.; Smith, A. B. & Meadows, J. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library