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It was demonstrated that the modified version of the Martin flowsheet can produce SrF/sub 2/ of acceptable quality using a simulated feed of the same composition as the anticipated packaging plant feed. By careful control of operating conditions, strontium losses in the process can be reduced to an acceptable level. Using a nonrepresentative radioactive feed (which contained impurities not present in the simulated feed) high strontium losses were encountered in the feed purification step, although the purification obtained was excellent. The other steps in the process presented no difficulties. Additional tests of the feed purification step will be necessary when a representative feed is available to ensure that strontium losses can be reduced to an acceptable level. The proposed flowsheet differs from the Martin flowsheet in that a feed purification step is used in the proposed process. All the remaining steps in the process are essentially identical and the data and recommendations reported in the Martin publications appear applicable to the proposed process. Based on the results of this study (and including data published by the Martin Company), a detailed flowsheet with recommended operating conditions is given.

A variety of position-sensitive single-wire proportional counters with lengths up to 90 cm have been built and tested in the focal plane of the Enge split-pole spectrographs at the Argonne tandem accelerator and cyclotron. This report, which describes the counters, the associated electronics, and the data-handling procedures, is intended as an operating manual for general use of the system. Under ideal experimental conditions, the spatial resolution of the counters is about 1 to 1.5 mm (FWHM), dependent on the energy loss of the incident particle in the counter. The spatial response of the counters is linear to within 0.5% of the active length. Furthermore, the system contains a conventional proportional counter, behind the position counter, designed to provide particle identification based on the energy lost in the counter. Pulses from the two counters are normally analyzed in coincidence to provide excellent particle discrimination. Examples of typical experimental results are also presented.

Report on water wells and groundwater chemical analysis in Sterling County, Texas.

Using the large aperture spectrometer of proposal 144 and the electron beam with the tagging system removed we propose to study deep inelastic electron scattering at incident electron energies between 50 and 150 GeV, for values of q{sup 2} between 1 and 20 Gev{sup 2}/c and {nu} between 10 and 130 GeV. The spectrometer will detect not only the scattered electron but also most of the secondary particles.

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A tabulation is presented of 52,000 experimental resonance parameters, together with appropriate indexes and bibliographic citations. These materials were contained in the LLL Experimental Neutron Cross Section Library as of May 1, 1972. Techniques used to obtain a selected set of resolved and unresolved resonance parameters from the compilation are described. (auth)

Report on water wells and groundwater chemical analysis in Sutton County, Texas.

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This report is a selected bibliography of works about congressional staff.

This report outlines the United State's relationship with the Soviet Union throughout the 1960's.

This report addresses state regulation of private health insurance.

The objective of this test series was to demonstrate the feasibility of using liquid nitrogen as a fire-extinguishing agent for certain types of metal fires. It was intended to provide data and experience appropriate to the design of a second series which will test the applicability of this technique to plutonium fires and which will develop more detailed operating information and permit more precise measurement of test parameters-oxygen depletion rates and equilibrium concentrations, temperature effects, and nitrogen pressures, flow rates, spray methods and patterns, etc. The test series was directed specifically toward extinguishment of metal fires occurring in well-confined areas and was not intended to be representative of any larger classification. Fires of several types were tested, e.g., magnesium, mixed magnesium and zirconium, sodium and cerium. (TFD)

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