Tank 5 at the Savannah River Site has been used to store high level waste and is currently undergoing waste removal processes in preparation for tank closure. Samples were taken from two locations to determine the contents in support of Documented Safety Analysis (DSA) development for chemical cleaning. These samples were obtained through the use of the Drop Core Sampler and the Snowbank Sampler developed by the Engineered Equipment & Systems (EES) group of the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL).

The Savannah River Site (SRS), a Department of Energy (DOE) facility, has over 30 million gallons of legacy waste from its many years of processing nuclear materials. The majority of waste is stored in 49 buried tanks. Available underground piping is the primary and desired pathway to transfer waste from one tank to another until the waste is delivered to the glass plant, DWPF, or the grout plant, Saltstone. Prior to moving the material, the tank contents need to be evaluated to ensure the correct destination for the waste is chosen. Access ports are available in each tank top in a number of locations and sizes to be used to obtain samples of the waste for analysis. Material consistencies vary for each tank with the majority of waste to be processed being radioactive salts and sludge. The following paper describes the progression of equipment and techniques developed to obtain core samples of salt and solid sludge at SRS.

Article discusses the life and career of Confederate veteran and pioneer of Indian Territory, Captain James E. Reynolds. Rosa Ayleene Nance discusses, his upbringing, eventual marriage, participation in the Civil War, and business pursuits on the frontier.

The research and development supported by the DOE Hydrogen Program focuses on near-term transitional strategies involving fossil fuels, and on the exploration of long-term, high-risk, renewable and sustainable concepts.

Article describes the life and career of tramp reporter turned two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Marquis James. Paul S. Vickery highlights the author's autobiographical book about the Cherokee Strip, which explored his boyhood experiences in Enid, Oklahoma.

Article narrates how an emissary of the Mexican government, Santos Flores, was mistaken for Manuel Flores, a man trying to turn the American Indians of Oklahoma against the young Republic of Texas, within the newspapers. Manuel was believed to be dead due an altercation with Texas Rangers at the time of Santos' arrest and escape.

A separate entry was prepared for each of the 18 papers presented at the conference. (RCK)

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Two spectrometers, one on each extraction line of the SLC, have been installed to momentum analyse each SLC beam pulse and determine the electron and positron beam energies. A method of determining and monitoring the absolute magnetic field strength for these dipoles has been developed. A total error on the magnetic field integral of {delta}{integral}Bdl/{integral}Bdl = 1 {times} 10{sup {minus}4} has been achieved. The field integral can be monitored continuously during SLC beam operation using radiation hardened equipment. The laboratory field mapping techniques and the field monitoring methods are described. 6 refs., 4 figs., 5 tabs.

Article details Raymond Gary's successful gubernatorial campaign and some of the key political figures who opposed him. The elections in1954 were a colorful affair, and the political and personal intrigue that surrounded the candidates is documented here.

Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including Paul Nesbitt, Mrs. Jasper Sipes, Marion Riley Tittle, and Clinton Riley Strong.

This report contains abstracts of papers on the following topics: photons, electron-atom collisions; electron-molecule collisions; electron-ion collisions; collisions involving exotic species; ion- atom collisions, ion-molecule or atom-molecule collisions; atom-atom collisions; ion-ion collisions; collisions involving rydberg atoms; field assisted collisions; collisions involving clusters and collisions involving condensed matter.

A newly-obtained sample of inclusive electron-nucleon scattering data has been analyzed for precision tests of quark-hadron duality. The data are in the nucleon resonance region, and span the range 0.3 < Q{sup 2} < 5.0 (GeV/c){sup 2}. Duality is observed both in limited and extended regions around the prominent resonance enhancements. Higher twist contributions to the F{sub 2} structure function are found to be minimal on average, even in the low Q{sub 2} regime of approximately 0.5 (GeV/c){sup 2}. The proton magnetic form factor, extracted from purely inelastic data assuming duality, is in good agreement with the direct measurements. In all cases, duality appears to be a non-trivial property of the nucleon structure function.

Separate abstracts were prepared for 27 papers in this conference proceedings. Thirteen other papers had been previously abstracted for EDB. (LEW)

A controlled field pilot has been developed in Bozeman, Montana, USA, to study near surface CO2 transport and detection technologies. A slotted horizontal well divided into six zones was installed in the shallow subsurface. The scale and CO2 release rates were chosen to be relevant to developing monitoring strategies for geological carbon storage. The field site was characterized before injection, and CO2 transport and concentrations in saturated soil and the vadose zone were modeled. Controlled releases of CO2 from the horizontal well were performed in the summers of 2007 and 2008, and collaborators from six national labs, three universities, and the U.S. Geological Survey investigated movement of CO2 through the soil, water, plants, and air with a wide range of near surface detection techniques. An overview of these results will be presented.

Approximately 300 kg/day of food-grade CO2 was injected through a perforated pipe placed horizontally 2-2.3 m deep during July 9-August 7, 2008 at the MSU-ZERT field test to evaluate atmospheric and near-surface monitoring and detection techniques applicable to the subsurface storage and potential leakage of CO2. As part of this multidisciplinary research project, 80 samples of water were collected from 10 shallow monitoring wells (1.5 or 3.0 m deep) installed 1-6 m from the injection pipe, at the southwestern end of the slotted section (zone VI), and from two distant monitoring wells. The samples were collected before, during and following CO2 injection. The main objective of study was to investigate changes in the concentrations of major, minor and trace inorganic and organic compounds during and following CO2 injection.

Article explores the pioneering experience through the recollections of those who contributed to the Coulter School Memoirs, which explore life in a small rural community in Logan County, Oklahoma Territory.

The second part of this two-part article examines the government reaction in 1941 that led to the Oklahoma Senate Committee on Elections and Privileges' mandated investigation of alleged Communist activity in Oklahoma colleges and universities.

CIEE`s research has two primary goals. The first is to identify, develop, and demonstrate efficient end-use energy technologies and processes. The second is to improve the data and analytical tools related to the end use of energy. This document consists of papers presented on the topics of residential cooling systems, energy efficiency in commercial buildings, emissions from gas combustion systems, HVAC distribution systems, alternative transportation systems, and emission reduction strategies.

This paper describes a component-level maintenance model to evaluate the impact of maintenance on a component`s performance. The model uses a Markov approach to include both the beneficial and adverse effects of maintenance which considers the degraded state of a component, in addition to its operational state and failed state. The beneficial effect of maintenance relates to its effect in improving the reliability of the component, i.e., maintenance corrects degradations before failures occur. The adverse effects of maintenance includes maintenance downtimes and maintenance-related errors, which traditionally are included in component-level models of a probabilistic risk assessment. The authors present example applications of the model and discuss uses of the results obtained from such an analysis. The model will provide a quantitative basis for making decisions on maintenance to achieve the level of component performance desired.

Modification of the ionosphere by high power radio waves in the megahertz band has been intensively investigated over the past two decades. This research has yielded advances in aeronomy, geophysics, and plasma physics with applications to radio communication and has provided a fruitful interaction of radio theorists and experimentalists. There being almost no linear effects of powerful radio waves on the ionosphere, we concentrate on the nonlinear effects. To put the subject in perspective we trace its history beginning in the early 1930s and highlight the important events up to the late 1960s. We then shift to a phenomenological approach and deal in order with ohmic heating, parametric instabilities, self-focusing and kilometer-scale irregularities, meter-scale irregularities, and a collection of recently discovered effects. We conclude with the observation that stronger international cooperation would benefit this research, and describe a list of promising, difficult challenges.

This paper discusses the successful implementation of simple video technologies at the Savannah River Site (SRS) to perform complex visual inspection, monitoring, and surveillance tasks. Because SRS facilities are similar to those of an industrial plant, the environmental and accessibility considerations for remote viewing are the primary determining factors in the selection of technology. The constraints and challenges associated with remote viewing are discussed, and examples of applications are given.

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This guidebook will be distributed to 200 geologists for the Carolina Geological Society Meeting and the onsite field trip in November.