JAZELLE users manual (open access)

JAZELLE users manual

JAZELLE is a data management package, designed to provide facilities for data structure manipulation considerably more powerful than those provided by standard FORTRAN 77. Since JAZELLE is built on top of FORTRAN it cannot hope to provide the level of integration between program design and data structure typical of more modern languages, but by the use of data structure definitions (called TEMPLATES in JAZELLE jargon) and the power of MORTRAN macros, JAZELLE attempts to make the use and manipulation of data structures within programs as unobtrusive as possible.
Date: April 1, 1990
Creator: Johnson, A. S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Test Well Drilling Investigation to Delineate the Downdip Limits of Usable Quality Ground Water in the Edwards Aquifer in the Austin Region, Texas (open access)

Test Well Drilling Investigation to Delineate the Downdip Limits of Usable Quality Ground Water in the Edwards Aquifer in the Austin Region, Texas

Report on the Edwards aquifer in the Austin region, including test well findings, core testing, drilling logs, core analysis, and more.
Date: April 1990
Creator: Flores, Robert
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Applications of gamma-ray spectrometry in the quantitative nondestructive assay of special nuclear materials (open access)

Applications of gamma-ray spectrometry in the quantitative nondestructive assay of special nuclear materials

Nearly all applications of gamma-ray spectrometry in the quanitative assay of special nuclear materials can be grouped into five general categories. They are as follows: (1) Quanitative passive assay, of which transmission-corrected passive assay methods for measuring isotopic masses/concentrations are an important subset; (2) Enrichment measurements on infinitely thick'' samples for absolute determination of isotopic fractions/concentrations; (3) Measurements of isotopic ratios using relative detection efficiency principles resulting in absolute isotopic distributions without recourse to standards; (4) Absorption-edge densitometry measurements of elemental concentrations; and (5) X-ray fluorescence measurements of elemental concentrations. Careful and correct practice of these techniques can yield measurement accuracies in the range of 0.1% to 1.0% in favorable situations with measurement times generally in the range of 15 minutes to 1 hour. We present examples of these general categories with emphasis on those measurements and techniques exhibiting the best accuracy, as well as those which are not routinely practiced in many other applications of gamma-ray spectrometry. 20 refs., 6 fig.
Date: April 16, 1990
Creator: Sampson, Thomas E. & Parker, Jack L.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bevalac user's handbook (open access)

Bevalac user's handbook

This report is a users manual on the Bevalac accelerator facility. This paper discuses: general information; the Bevalac and its operation; major facilities and experimental areas; and experimental equipment.
Date: April 1, 1990
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
GMIN: A computerized chemical equilibrium model using a constrained minimization of the Gibbs free energy (open access)

GMIN: A computerized chemical equilibrium model using a constrained minimization of the Gibbs free energy

This document is a user's manual and technical reference for the computerized chemical equilibrium model GMIN. GMIN calculates the chemical composition of systems composed of pure solid phases, solid-solution phases, gas phases, adsorbed phases, and the aqueous phase. In the aqueous phase model, the excess solution free energy is modeled by using the equations developed by PITZER and his coworkers, which are valid to high ionic strengths. The Davies equation can also be used. Activity coefficients for nonideal soild-solution phases are calculated using parameters of polynomial expansion in mole fraction of the excess free energy of mixing. The free energy of adsorbed phase species is described by the triple-layer site-binding model. The mathematical algorithm incorporated into GMIN is based upon a constrained minimization of the Gibbs free energy. This algorithm is numerically stable and reliably converges to a free energy minimum. The data base for GMIN contains all standard chemical potentials and Pitzer ion-interaction parameters necessary to model the system Na-K-Ca-Mg-H-Cl-SO{sub 4}-CO{sub 2}-B(OH){sub 4}-H{sub 2}0 at 25{degrees}C.
Date: April 1, 1990
Creator: Felmy, A.R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hanford Environmental Dose Reconstruction Project Monthly Report (open access)

Hanford Environmental Dose Reconstruction Project Monthly Report

This monthly report summarizes the technical progress and project status for the Hanford Environmental Dose Reconstruction (HEDR) Project being conducted at Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) under the direction of a Technical Steering Panel (TSP). The project is divided into the following technical tasks. These tasks address each of the primary steps in the path from radioactive releases to dose estimates: source terms, environmental transport, environmental monitoring data, demographics, agriculture, and food habits, and environmental pathways and dose estimates. The source terms task will develop estimates for radioactive emissions from Hanford facilities since 1944. These estimates will be based on historical measurements and production information. 1 fig., 1 tab.
Date: April 1990
Creator: Dennis, B. S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense waste processing facility (DWPF) environmental dosimetry data (open access)

Defense waste processing facility (DWPF) environmental dosimetry data

The original Environmental Impact Statement for the DWPF was issued in 1982. Since that time, estimated releases of radioactivity to the environment have changed because of the DWPF process. In addition, the methodology for calculating offsite doses from routine releases has changed. In anticipation of a potential supplement to the 1982 EIS, current dosimetry methodology has been used to estimate offsite doses from the current as-constructed estimate of radioactivity releases. Offsite doses have also been calculated for the radioactivity release data published in the 1982 EIS using current dosimetry methodology. The two data sets may therefore be used to compare the estimated original and current impacts. This memorandum documents the results of the offsite dose calculations for routine operation of the DWPF. Also included is a brief description of methodology and parameters used in the calculations. 8 refs., 2 figs., 10 tabs.
Date: April 9, 1990
Creator: Marter, W. L. & Bauer, L. R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effects of Various Event Building Techniques on Data Acquisition System Architectures (open access)

Effects of Various Event Building Techniques on Data Acquisition System Architectures

The preliminary specifications for various new detectors throughout the world including those at the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC) already make it clear that existing event building techniques will be inadequate for the high trigger and data rates anticipated for these detectors. In the world of high-energy physics many approaches have been taken to solving the problem of reading out data from a whole detector and presenting a complete event to the physicist, while simultaneously keeping deadtime to a minimum. This paper includes a review of multiprocessor and telecommunications interconnection networks and how these networks relate to event building in general, illustrating advantages of the various approaches. It presents a more detailed study of recent research into new event building techniques which incorporate much greater parallelism to better accommodate high data rates. The future in areas such as front-end electronics architectures, high speed data links, event building and online processor arrays is also examined. Finally, details of a scalable parallel data acquisition system architecture being developed at Fermilab are given. 35 refs., 31 figs., 1 tab.
Date: April 1990
Creator: Barsotti, Ed; Booth, Alexander & Bowden, Mark
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Puna Geothermal Venture Hydrologic Monitoring Program (open access)

Puna Geothermal Venture Hydrologic Monitoring Program

This document provides the basis for the Hydrologic Monitoring Program (HMP) for the Puna Geothermal Venture. The HMP is complementary to two additional environmental compliance monitoring programs also being submitted by Puma Geothermal Venture (PGV) for their proposed activities at the site. The other two programs are the Meteorology and Air Quality Monitoring Program (MAQMP) and the Noise Monitoring Program (NMP), being submitted concurrently.
Date: April 1, 1990
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pacific Northwest Laboratory annual report for 1989 to the Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety, and Health - Part 5: Environment, Safety, Health, and Quality Assurance (open access)

Pacific Northwest Laboratory annual report for 1989 to the Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety, and Health - Part 5: Environment, Safety, Health, and Quality Assurance

Part 5 of the 1989 Annual Report to the US Department of Energy's Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety, and Health presents Pacific Northwest Laboratory's progress on work performed for the Office of Environmental Guidance and Compliance, the Office of Environmental Audit, the Office of National Environmental Policy Act Project Assistance, the Office of Nuclear Safety, the Office of Safety Compliance, and the Office of Policy and Standards. For each project, as identified by the Field Work Proposal, there is an article describing progress made during fiscal year 1989. Authors of these articles represent a broad spectrum of capabilities derived from five of the seven technical centers of the Laboratory, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of the work. 35 refs., 1 fig.
Date: April 1, 1990
Creator: Faust, L. G.; Doctor, P. G. & Selby, J. M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geothermal Energy R&D Program: Annual Progress Report for Fiscal Year 1989 (open access)

Geothermal Energy R&D Program: Annual Progress Report for Fiscal Year 1989

This is an internal DOE Geothermal Program planning and control document. Many of these reports were issued only in draft form.
Date: April 1, 1990
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geothermal Energy R&D Program Annual Progress Report for Fiscal Year 1989 Draft (open access)

Geothermal Energy R&D Program Annual Progress Report for Fiscal Year 1989 Draft

This is an internal DOE Geothermal Program planning and control document. Many of these reports were issued only in draft form. (DJE -2005)
Date: April 1, 1990
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Guide to Savannah River Laboratory Analytical Services Group (open access)

Guide to Savannah River Laboratory Analytical Services Group

The mission of the Analytical Services Group (ASG) is to provide analytical support for Savannah River Laboratory Research and Development Programs using onsite and offsite analytical labs as resources. A second mission is to provide Savannah River Site (SRS) operations with analytical support for nonroutine material characterization or special chemical analyses. The ASG provides backup support for the SRS process control labs as necessary.
Date: April 1990
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Guide to Savannah River Laboratory Analytical Services Group (open access)

Guide to Savannah River Laboratory Analytical Services Group

The mission of the Analytical Services Group (ASG) is to provide analytical support for Savannah River Laboratory Research and Development Programs using onsite and offsite analytical labs as resources. A second mission is to provide Savannah River Site (SRS) operations with analytical support for nonroutine material characterization or special chemical analyses. The ASG provides backup support for the SRS process control labs as necessary.
Date: April 1, 1990
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
D0 Cryo System Control System Autodialer (open access)

D0 Cryo System Control System Autodialer

The DO cryogenic system is controlled by a TI565-PLC based control system. This allows the system to be unmanned when in steady state operation. System experts will need to be contacted when system parameters exceed normal operating points and reach alarm setpoints. The labwide FIRUS system provides one alarm monitor and communication link. An autodialer provides a second and more flexible alarm monitor and communication link. The autodialer monitors contact points in the control system and after receiving indication of an alarm accesses a list of experts which it calls until it receives an acknowledgement. There are several manufacturers and distributors of autodialer systems. This EN explains the search process the DO cryo group used to fmd an autodialer system that fit the cryo system's needs and includes information and specs for the unit we chose.
Date: April 17, 1990
Creator: Urbin, J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical Chemistry Division annual progress report for period ending December 31, 1989 (open access)

Analytical Chemistry Division annual progress report for period ending December 31, 1989

The Analytical Chemistry Division of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is a large and diversified organization. As such, it serves a multitude of functions for a clientele that exists both in and outside of ORNL. These functions fall into the following general categories: Analytical Research, Development and Implementation; Programmatic Research, Development, and Utilization; and Technical Support. The Analytical Chemistry Division is organized into four major sections, each which may carry out any of the three types of work mentioned above. Chapters 1 through 4 of this report highlight progress within the four sections during the period January 1 to December 31, 1989. A brief discussion of the division's role in an especially important environmental program is given in Chapter 5. Information about quality assurance, safety, and training programs is presented in Chapter 6, along with a tabulation of analyses rendered. Publications, oral presentations, professional activities, educational programs, and seminars are cited in Chapters 7 and 8. Approximately 69 articles, 41 proceedings, and 31 reports were published, and 151 oral presentations were given during this reporting period. Some 308,981 determinations were performed.
Date: April 1, 1990
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Briefing paper -- Remedial Action Assessment System (open access)

Briefing paper -- Remedial Action Assessment System

Congress has mandated a more comprehensive management of hazardous wastes with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund'') and the Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act (SARA). This mandate includes restoration of disposal sites contaminated through past disposal practices. This mandate applies to facilities operated for and by the Department of Energy (DOE), just as it does to industrial and other institutions. To help implement the CERCLA/SARA remedial investigation and feasibility study (RI/FS) process in a consistent, timely, and cost-effective manner, a methodology needs to be developed that will allow definition, sorting, and screening of remediation technologies for each operable unit (waste site). This need is stated specifically in Section 2.2.2.1 of the October 1989 Applied Research, Development, Demonstration, Testing, and Evaluation (RDDT E) Plan of the DOE. This Briefing Paper is prepared to respond to this need. 1 fig.
Date: April 1, 1990
Creator: Buelt, J.L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Variation in the annual average radon concentration measured in homes in Mesa County, Colorado (open access)

Variation in the annual average radon concentration measured in homes in Mesa County, Colorado

The purpose of this study is to examine the variability in the annual average indoor radon concentration. The TMC has been collecting annual average radon data for the past 5 years in 33 residential structures in Mesa County, Colorado. This report is an interim report that presents the data collected up to the present. Currently, the plans are to continue this study in the future. 62 refs., 3 figs., 12 tabs.
Date: April 1, 1990
Creator: Rood, A. S.; George, J. L. & Langner, G. H. Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Maintenance approaches and practices in selected foreign nuclear power programs and other US industries: Review and lessons learned (open access)

Maintenance approaches and practices in selected foreign nuclear power programs and other US industries: Review and lessons learned

The Commission published a Notice of Proposed Rule-making on Maintenance of Nuclear Power Plants on November 28, 1988, spelling out NRC's expectations in maintenance. In preparing the proposed rule, the NRC reviewed maintenance practices in other countries and considered maintenance approaches in other industries in this country. As a result of the review of maintenance practices, it was concluded that certain practices in the following areas have been found to contribute significantly to effective maintenance: (1) systems approach; (2) effectiveness monitoring; (3) technician qualifications and motivation; and (4) maintenance organization. 87 refs., 26 figs., 2 tabs.
Date: April 1, 1990
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
KWOC (Key-Word-Out-of-Context) Index of US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Regulatory Guide Series (open access)

KWOC (Key-Word-Out-of-Context) Index of US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Regulatory Guide Series

To meet the objectives of the program funded by the Department of Energy (DOE)-Nuclear Energy (NE) Technology Support Programs, the Performance Assurance Project Office (PAPO) administers a Performance Assurance Information Program that collects, compiles, and distributes program-related information, reports, and publications for the benefit of the DOE-NE program participants. THE KWOC Index of US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Regulatory Guide Series'' is prepared as an aid in searching for specific topics in the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Regulatory Guide Series.
Date: April 1, 1990
Creator: Jennings, S. D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Advanced Neutron Source (ANS) Project progress report (open access)

Advanced Neutron Source (ANS) Project progress report

This report discusses the following topics on the advanced neutron source: quality assurance (QA) program; reactor core development; fuel element specification; corrosion loop tests and analyses; thermal-hydraulic loop tests; reactor control concepts; critical and subcritical experiments; material data, structural tests, and analysis; cold source development; beam tube, guide, and instrument development; hot source development; neutron transport and shielding; I C research and development; facility concepts; design; and safety.
Date: April 1, 1990
Creator: McBee, M. R.; Chance, C. M.; Selby, D. L.; Harrington, R. M. & Peretz, F. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Remedial Action Assessment System (RAAS): Evaluation of selected feasibility studies of CERCLA (Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act) hazardous waste sites (open access)

Remedial Action Assessment System (RAAS): Evaluation of selected feasibility studies of CERCLA (Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act) hazardous waste sites

Congress and the public have mandated much closer scrutiny of the management of chemically hazardous and radioactive mixed wastes. Legislative language, regulatory intent, and prudent technical judgment, call for using scientifically based studies to assess current conditions and to evaluate and select costeffective strategies for mitigating unacceptable situations. The NCP requires that a Remedial Investigation (RI) and a Feasibility Study (FS) be conducted at each site targeted for remedial response action. The goal of the RI is to obtain the site data needed so that the potential impacts on public health or welfare or on the environment can be evaluated and so that the remedial alternatives can be identified and selected. The goal of the FS is to identify and evaluate alternative remedial actions (including a no-action alternative) in terms of their cost, effectiveness, and engineering feasibility. The NCP also requires the analysis of impacts on public health and welfare and on the environment; this analysis is the endangerment assessment (EA). In summary, the RI, EA, and FS processes require assessment of the contamination at a site, of the potential impacts in public health or the environment from that contamination, and of alternative RAs that could address potential impacts to …
Date: April 1, 1990
Creator: Whelan, G. (Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)); Hartz, K.E. & Hilliard, N.D. (Beck (R.W.) and Associates, Seattle, WA (USA))
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Proceedings of the impedance and bunch instability workshop (open access)

Proceedings of the impedance and bunch instability workshop

This report discusses the following topics: impedance and bunch lengthening; single bunch stability in the ESRF; a longitudinal mode-coupling instability model for bunch lengthening; high-frequency behavior of longitudinal coupling impedance; beam-induced energy spreads at beam-pipe transitions; on the calculation of wake functions using MAFIA-T3 code; preliminary measurements of the bunch length and the impedance of LEP; measurements and simulations of collective effects in the CERN SPS; bunch lengthening in the SLC damping rings; and status of impedance measurements for the spring-8 storage ring.
Date: April 1, 1990
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Motion control of the accumulator flying wires (open access)

Motion control of the accumulator flying wires

Flying wire systems for the Fermilab Accumulator are being constructed in order to measure the transverse beam profiles during stacking. Each device passes a 25 micron carbon filament through the beam transversely at a constant velocity of 10 m/s. Collisions between the beam particles and the wire produce secondary particle cascades, which in turn produce photons in a scintillator. A photomultiplier tube is used to measure the light intensity while the wire position is determined by an optical encoder. There are six Accumulator flying wire systems. Four of them are to be used in normal stacking operation: two horizontal and two vertical flying wires are in the AP40 high dispersion section, covering the core orbit and the extraction orbit respectively. The other two horizontal wires are for measuring the momentum distribution of the beam on the central orbit at the Accumulator transition energy. At the AP40 high dispersion region a wire covers the central orbit, the other is in the AP30 low dispersion section. The operation and control of the flying wire system is discussed in this paper. 11 figs.
Date: April 23, 1990
Creator: Wang, X.Q.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library