An automated accountability system for special nuclear materials (SNM) is under development at Argonne National Laboratory-West. Phase I of the development effort has established the following basic features of the system: a unique file organization allows rapid updating or retrieval of the status of various SNM, based on "batch numbers," storage location, serial number, or other attributes. Access to the program is controlled by an interactive user interface that can be easily understood by operators who have had no prior background in electronic data processing. Extensive use of structured programming techniques make the software package easy to understand and to modify for specific applications. All routines are written in FORTRAN.

From Introduction: "The Cody NTMS Quadrangle, Wyoming, was evaluated to identify and delineate environments, rock units, and geographic areas that exhibit characteristics favorable for the occurrence of uranium deposits."

A report regarding evaluations done of the Ashland Quadrangle to find favorability for uranium occurrences in the quadrangles geologic environments. "No favorable areas could be identified or delineated on the basis of available data, and it is concluded that geologic environments in the Ashland Quadrangle are unfavorable for uranium."

This report covers the research, development, and management activities of the programs involving high-performance lithium-aluminum/iron sulfide batteries at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) and at contractors' laboratories during the period October 1980 through September 1981. These batteries, which are being developed for electric-vehicle propulsion and stationary energy-storage applications, consist of vertically oriented prismatic cells with one or more inner positive electrodes of FeS or FeS2, facing negative electrodes of lithium-aluminum, and molten LiCl-KC1 electrolyte.