SRTC and a panel of experts from off-site previously determined that composting was the most attractive alternative for reducing the volume and weight of biomass that was slightly radioactive. The SRTC proposed scope of work for Subtask 2 of TTP{number_sign} SR17SS53 and TTP{number_sign} SR18SS41 involves bench scale studies to assess the rates and efficiencies of various composting schemes for volume and weight reduction of leaf and stalk biomass (SB). Ultimately, the data will be used to design a composting process for biomass proposed by MSE for phytoremediation studies at SRS. This could drastically reduce costs for transporting and disposing of contaminated biomass resulting from a future major phytoremediation effort for soil clean-up at the site. The composting studies at SRTC includes collaboration with personnel from the University of Georgia, who will conduct chemical analyses of the plant material after harvest, pre-treatment, and composting for specific time periods. Parameters to be measured will include: lignin, hemicellulose, cellulose, carbon and nitrogen. The overall objective of this project is to identify or develop: (1) an inexpensive source of inoculum (consisting of nutrients and/or microorganisms) capable of significantly enhancing biomass degradation, (2) an optimum range of operating parameters for the composting process, and (3) …

The purpose of this paper is to describe the current state of avalanche transistor based Pockels cell driver development at LLNL and to provide the reader with a set of useful design guidelines. A general description of the units is followed by a short section on the circuit design of avalanche transistor pulsers. A more detailed design guide is given. Techniques for delivering either {1/4} or {1/2} wave voltages to a Pockels cell are covered. Recently these units have been modified for use at repetition rates up to 10kHz. Operating at high repetition rates represents problems for both the driver and the Pockels Cell. Design solutions for the pulser are presented as well as discussion of Pockels cell acoustic resonance.

The goals of work done this quarter were (1) to analyze the preliminary seismic inversion model for the Grayburg A, B, and C sequences and the upper San Andres formation; (2) modify the inversion model to improve its accuracy and to include the deeper Holt Formation; and (3) test various rock property quantities against the improved model and other seismic attributes using refined analysis boundaries. A satisfactory inversion model and porosity analysis remains to be accomplished, but much has been learned about the modeling and analysis processes. Qualitative comparison of sonic logs with the inversion model traces in profile view shows great similarity and success is being made toward good quantitative results. Progress on these goals is described. Additional studies were carried out on the following: Witcher No. 12 core and completion, water analyses, reservoir simulation, reservoir engineering, and water quality for injection.

The proposed proof of concept has been accomplished. We have synthesized an ultrathin (7 {angstrom}) covalent molecular grid of the proposed type, composed of 2.5 nm x 2.5 run squares with 1.5 nm x 1. 5 nm square openings, we have demonstrated that it is sturdy (boiling with alcoholic HCl and surface-to-surface transfer), and we have obtained its spectral and STM characterization. The synthesis was based on the originally proposed two-dimensional linear cross-coupling of oriented molecular connectors mounted on pedestals that were constrained to a two-dimensional liquid mercury surface, but the molecules actually used in the successful experiment were different from those intended originally. In this first attempt, only small sheets of the grid were made (up to 0.15 {mu} x 0.15 {mu}), and they did not have long-range order. Both of these problems were undoubtedly caused by the use of an irreversible coupling reaction in the polymerization process, and by the use of a coupler that was not strictly linear and thus permitted easy formation of defects (pentagons instead of squares, etc.). Neither of these limitations are inherent, and we have already submitted research proposals in which we outline how we propose to do the polymerization in a reversible …

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