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1.5-GeV FFAG Accelerator for the AGS Facility (open access)

1.5-GeV FFAG Accelerator for the AGS Facility

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Date: February 1, 2004
Creator: Ruggiero, A. G.; Blaskiewicz, M.; Courant, E.; Trbojevic, D.; Tsoupas, N. & Zhang, W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
10 kW SOFC POWER SYSTEM COMMERCIALIZATION (open access)

10 kW SOFC POWER SYSTEM COMMERCIALIZATION

The program is organized into three developmental periods. In Phase 1 the team will develop and demonstrate a proof-of-concept prototype design and develop a manufacturing plan to substantiate potential producibility at a target cost level of $800/kW factory manufacturing cost. Phase 2 will further develop the design and reduce the manufacturing cost to a level of $600 kW. Depending on an assessment of the maturity of the technology at the end of Phase 1, Phase 2 may be structured and supplemented to provide a limited production capability. Finally, in Phase 3, a full Value Package Introduction (VPI) Program will be integrated into the SECA program to develop a mass-producible design at a factory cost of $400/kW with full cross-functional support for unrestricted commercial sales. The path to market for new technology products in the Cummins system involves two processes. The first is called Product Preceding Technology, or PPT. The PPT process provides a methodology for exploring potentially attractive technologies and developing them to the point that they can be reliably scheduled into a new product development program with a manageable risk to the product introduction schedule or product quality. Once a technology has passed the PPT gate, it is available …
Date: February 1, 2004
Creator: Norrick, Dan; Palmer, Brad; Vesely, Charles; Barringer, Eric; DeBellis, Cris; Goettler, Rich et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
2003 Data Report: Groundwater Monitoring Program, Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Site, Nevada Test Site (open access)

2003 Data Report: Groundwater Monitoring Program, Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Site, Nevada Test Site

This report is a compilation of the calendar year 2003 groundwater sampling results from the Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Site, Nevada Test Site. Wells Ue5PW-1, Ue5PW-2, and Ue5PW-3 were sampled semi-annually for the required analytes: pH, specific conductance, total organic carbon (TOC), total organic halides (TOX), tritium, and major cations/anions. Results from all samples collected in 2003 were within established criteria. These data indicate that there has been no measurable impact to the uppermost aquifer from the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) regulated unit within the Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Site and confirm that any previous detections of TOC and TOX were false positives. Contamination indicator data are presented in control chart and tabular form with investigation levels indicated. Gross water chemistry data are presented in graphical and tabular form. There were no major changes noted in the monitored groundwater elevations. There continues to be an extremely small gradient to the northeast with an average flow velocity of less than one foot per year. Other information in the report includes a Cumulative Chronology for the Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Site Groundwater Monitoring Program, a brief description of the site hydrogeology, and the current groundwater sampling procedure.
Date: February 2004
Creator: Bechtel Nevada
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
2003 SNL ASCI applications software quality engineering assessment report. (open access)

2003 SNL ASCI applications software quality engineering assessment report.

This document describes the 2003 SNL ASCI Software Quality Engineering (SQE) assessment of twenty ASCI application code teams and the results of that assessment. The purpose of this assessment was to determine code team compliance with the Sandia National Laboratories ASCI Applications Software Quality Engineering Practices, Version 2.0 as part of an overall program assessment.
Date: February 1, 2004
Creator: Schofield, Joseph Richard, Jr.; Ellis, Molly A.; Williamson, Charles M. & Bonano, Lora A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
2003 Wastewater Land Application Site Performance Reports for the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (open access)

2003 Wastewater Land Application Site Performance Reports for the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory

The 2003 Wastewater Land Application Site Performance Reports for the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory describe the conditions for the facilities with State of Idaho Wastewater Land Application Permits. Permit-required monitoring data are summarized, and permit exceedences or environmental impacts relating to the operations of the facilities during the 2003 permit year are discussed.
Date: February 1, 2004
Creator: Meachum, Teresa R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Accurate GPS Time-Linked data Acquisition System (ATLAS II) user's manual. (open access)

Accurate GPS Time-Linked data Acquisition System (ATLAS II) user's manual.

The Accurate Time-Linked data Acquisition System (ATLAS II) is a small, lightweight, time-synchronized, robust data acquisition system that is capable of acquiring simultaneous long-term time-series data from both a wind turbine rotor and ground-based instrumentation. This document is a user's manual for the ATLAS II hardware and software. It describes the hardware and software components of ATLAS II, and explains how to install and execute the software.
Date: February 1, 2004
Creator: Jones, Perry L.; Zayas, Jose R. & Ortiz-Moyet, Juan (PrimeCore Systems Inc., Albuquerque, NM)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce

Home of the Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce, created by Congress to produce recommendations on electronic commerce and tax policy, critical information age issues with global implications.
Date: February 1, 2004
Creator: Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce
Object Type: Website
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aeronautics Star, Special Edition National Engineers Week 2004 (open access)

Aeronautics Star, Special Edition National Engineers Week 2004

Special issue of a bimonthly newsletter published for employees of the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Division containing news and advertising events for National Engineers Week.
Date: February 2004
Creator: Lockheed Martin Astronautics Corporation
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicle Technologies: Information Resources (open access)

Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicle Technologies: Information Resources

A Clean Cities brochure listing and describing Web sites and telephone numbers of resources for people interested in alternative fuels and advanced vehicle technologies.
Date: February 1, 2004
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 105, No. 274, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 1, 2004 (open access)

Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 105, No. 274, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 1, 2004

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 1, 2004
Creator: Andrews, Mike
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Alvin Sun-Advertiser (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 114, No. 9, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 1, 2004 (open access)

Alvin Sun-Advertiser (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 114, No. 9, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 1, 2004

Weekly newspaper from Alvin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 1, 2004
Creator: Schwind, Jim & Looby, Edward
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Analysis and Simulation of the Structure of Nanoparticles That Undergo a Surface-Driven Structural Transformation (open access)

Analysis and Simulation of the Structure of Nanoparticles That Undergo a Surface-Driven Structural Transformation

This report addresses the analysis and simulation of the structure of nanoparticles that undergo a surface-driven structural transformation.
Date: February 1, 2004
Creator: Gilbert, Benjamin; Zhang, Hengzhong; Huang, Feng; Ren, Yang; Haskel, Daniel; Lang, J.C. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program Report for the Fort St. Vrain Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (2003) (open access)

Annual Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program Report for the Fort St. Vrain Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (2003)

This report presents the results of the 2003 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program conducted in accordance with 10 CFR 72.44 for the Fort St. Vrain Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation. A description of the facility and the monitoring program is provided. The results of monitoring the predominant radiation exposure pathway, direct radiation exposure, indicate the facility operation has not contributed to any increase in the estimated maximum potential dose commitment to the general public.
Date: February 1, 2004
Creator: Newkirk, J. R. & F. J. Borst, CHP
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Anomalously high photocurrents in nanostructured electrodes : a new local microchip power source. (open access)

Anomalously high photocurrents in nanostructured electrodes : a new local microchip power source.

An increase in photocurrent has been observed at silicon electrodes coated with nanostructured porous silica films as compared to bare, unmodified silicon. Ultimately, to utilize this effect in devices such as sensors or microchip power supplies, the physical phenomena behind this observation need to be well characterized. To this end, Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) was used to characterize the effect of surfactant-templated mesoporous silica films deposited onto silicon electrodes on the electrical properties of the electrode space-charge region in an aqueous electrolyte solution, as the electrical properties of this space-charge region are responsible for the photobehavior of semiconductor devices. A significant shift in apparent flat-band potential was observed for electrodes modified with the silica film when compared to bare electrodes; the reliability of this data is suspect, however, due to contributions from surface states to the overall capacitance of the system. To assist in the interpretation of this EIS data, a series of measurements at Pt electrodes was performed with the hope of decoupling electrode and film contributions from the EIS spectra. Surprisingly, the frequency-dependent impedance data for Pt electrodes coated with a surfactant-templated film was nearly identical to that observed for bare Pt electrodes, indicating that the mesoporous film …
Date: February 1, 2004
Creator: Hughes, Robert Clark; Dunphy, Darren Robert; Brinker, C. Jeffrey & Brozik, Susan Marie
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Anthocyanidin reductases from Medicago truncatula and Arabidopsis thaliana (open access)

Anthocyanidin reductases from Medicago truncatula and Arabidopsis thaliana

Article on anthocyanidin reductases from Medicago truncatula and Arabidopsis thaliana.
Date: February 1, 2004
Creator: Xie, De-Yu; Sharma, Shashi B. & Dixon, R. A.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Applications of contaminant fate and bioaccumulation models in assessing ecological risks of chemicals: A case study for gasoline hydrocarbons (open access)

Applications of contaminant fate and bioaccumulation models in assessing ecological risks of chemicals: A case study for gasoline hydrocarbons

Mass balance models of chemical fate and transport can be applied in ecological risk assessments for quantitative estimation of concentrations in air, water, soil and sediment. These concentrations can, in turn, be used to estimate organism exposures and ultimately internal tissue concentrations that can be compared to mode-of-action-based critical body residues that correspond to toxic effects. From this comparison, risks to the exposed organism can be evaluated. To illustrate the practical utility of fate models in ecological risk assessments of commercial products, the EQC model and a simple screening level biouptake model including three organisms, (a bird, a mammal and a fish) is applied to gasoline. In this analysis, gasoline is divided into 24 components or ''blocks'' with similar environmental fate properties that are assumed to elicit ecotoxicity via a narcotic mode of action. Results demonstrate that differences in chemical properties and mode of entry into the environment lead to profound differences in the efficiency of transport from emission to target biota. We discuss the implications of these results and insights gained into the regional fate and ecological risks associated with gasoline. This approach is particularly suitable for assessing mixtures of components that have similar modes of action. We conclude …
Date: February 1, 2004
Creator: MacLeod, Matthew; McKone, Thomas E.; Foster, Karen L.; Maddalena, Randy L.; Parkerton, Thomas F. & Mackay, Don
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Applying INEEL Research and Technologies to Improve LLW Disposal (open access)

Applying INEEL Research and Technologies to Improve LLW Disposal

The low-level radioactive waste (LLW) disposal facility at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) is operated in compliance with United States Department of Energy (DOE) Order 435.1, “Radioactive Waste Management.” DOE Order 435.1 includes requirements to conduct a performance assessment and composite analysis (PA/CA) to project the potential doses that may be received by a member of the public as a result of releases that may occur from the facility and other surrounding sources. Although the PA/CA were deemed sufficient to justify issuing the Disposal Authorization for the disposal facility, the DOE Low-Level Waste Disposal Facilities Federal Review Group (LFRG) identified some assumptions that required additional confirmation. Thus, the Disposal Authorization was granted with some conditions that required resolution in order to maintain the capability to operate the LLW disposal facility. This paper summarizes INEEL research and technologies that contributed to successful resolution of all of the conditions imposed on the Disposal Authorization.
Date: February 1, 2004
Creator: Seitz, Roger R.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Archaeological Damage from Offshore Dredging: Recommendations for Pre-Operational Surveys and Mitigation During Dredging to Avoid Adverse Impacts: Technical Summary (open access)

Archaeological Damage from Offshore Dredging: Recommendations for Pre-Operational Surveys and Mitigation During Dredging to Avoid Adverse Impacts: Technical Summary

An investigation of the dredging practices of various countries, the impact of dredging on cultural artifacts/resources, and recommendations for mitigation of adverse impacts on cultural resources when dredging in the Gulf of Mexico.
Date: February 2004
Creator: Michel, Jacqueline; Watts, Gordon P.; Bairn, Rob & Kenny, Tim
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Architectures & requirements for advanced weapon controllers. (open access)

Architectures & requirements for advanced weapon controllers.

This report describes work done in FY2003 under Advanced and Exploratory Studies funding for Advanced Weapons Controllers. The contemporary requirements and envisioned missions for nuclear weapons are changing from the class of missions originally envisioned during development of the current stockpile. Technology available today in electronics, computing, and software provides capabilities not practical or even possible 20 years ago. This exploratory work looks at how Weapon Electrical Systems can be improved to accommodate new missions and new technologies while maintaining or improving existing standards in nuclear safety and reliability.
Date: February 1, 2004
Creator: McMurtrey, Brian J.; Klarer, Paul Richard & Bryan, Jon R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Assess Current and Potential Salmonid Production in Rattlesnake Creek Associated with Restoration Efforts; Underwood Conservation District, Annual Report 2001-2002. (open access)

Assess Current and Potential Salmonid Production in Rattlesnake Creek Associated with Restoration Efforts; Underwood Conservation District, Annual Report 2001-2002.

The White Salmon River Watershed Enhancement Project (WSRWEP) began in 1993 through efforts of the Underwood Conservation District (UCD), local stakeholders and various agencies. Early accomplishments of the project included the formation of a multi-stakeholder watershed management committee (WMC) and technical advisory committee (TAC), completion of several baseline assessments, drafting of a watershed management plan, and beginning implementation of the plan. Since inception, the effort has utilized the support of various government/private grants, and local in-kind contributions to accomplish project goals. The WMC and its partners utilize a four-pronged approach for achieving watershed enhancement: on-ground restoration, extension of technical and financial assistance to cooperators, community and environmental education, and assessment/monitoring to develop strategies and track the success of ongoing work. Project activities are generally targeted to sub-basins and stream reaches within the White Salmon watershed that exhibit important water quality and fish/wildlife habitat problems. Such project prioritization is being conducted with the active input of both the White Salmon WMC and TAC. An important current phase of the WSRWEP targets detailed monitoring and assessment of the Rattlesnake Creek sub-basin, and is the focus of this report. The 'Assessment of Rattlesnake Creek in Relation to Restoration Efforts' project (BPA Project ID …
Date: February 1, 2004
Creator: Stampfli, Steve
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Assess Current and Potential Salmonid Production in Rattlesnake Creek Associated with Restoration Efforts; Underwood Conservation District, Annual Report 2002-2003. (open access)

Assess Current and Potential Salmonid Production in Rattlesnake Creek Associated with Restoration Efforts; Underwood Conservation District, Annual Report 2002-2003.

This project addresses existing habitat conditions, fish population status, and restoration priority sites within the Rattlesnake Creek watershed, a sub-basin of the White Salmon River. Our partners in this project are the United States Geological Service (USGS), and the Yakama Indian Nation (YIN). Underwood Conservation District (UCD) is involved in the project via accomplishment of water quality monitoring, sampling for stable isotopes, and characterization of the watershed geomorphology. These work items are part of an effort to characterize the stream and riparian habitat conditions in Rattlesnake Creek, to help guide habitat and fish restoration work. Water chemistry and temperature information is being collected both on Rattlesnake Creek, and on other tributaries and the main stem of the White Salmon River. Information on the entire system enables us to compare results obtained from Rattlesnake Creek with the rest of the White Salmon system. Water chemistry and temperature data have been collected in a manner that is comparable with data gathered in previous years. The results from data gathered in the 2001-2002 performance period are reported in appendix A at the end of this 2002-2003 report. Additional work being conducted as part of this study includes; an estimate of salmonid population abundance …
Date: February 1, 2004
Creator: White, Jim
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Audit Report on Internal Controls and Financial Processes at the Cosmetology Commission (open access)

An Audit Report on Internal Controls and Financial Processes at the Cosmetology Commission

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the gross fiscal mismanagement at the Cosmetology Commission (Commission) during fiscal years 2002 and 2003, the Commission's improper control over assets, its failure to discharge fiscal obligations in a timely manner, its misuse of state funds, its failure to maintain adequate fiscal records, and the plans for immediate corrective action and implementing a long-term financial remediation plan.
Date: February 2004
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Basic Research Needs for the Hydrogen Economy. Report of the Basic Energy Sciences Workshop on Hydrogen Production, Storage and Use, May 13-15, 2003 (open access)

Basic Research Needs for the Hydrogen Economy. Report of the Basic Energy Sciences Workshop on Hydrogen Production, Storage and Use, May 13-15, 2003

The coupled challenges of a doubling in the world's energy needs by the year 2050 and the increasing demands for ''clean'' energy sources that do not add more carbon dioxide and other pollutants to the environment have resulted in increased attention worldwide to the possibilities of a ''hydrogen economy'' as a long-term solution for a secure energy future.
Date: February 1, 2004
Creator: Dresselhaus, M.; Crabtree, G.; Buchanan, M.; Mallouk, T.; Mets, L.; Taylor, K. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 61, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 1, 2004 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 61, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 1, 2004

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 1, 2004
Creator: Cash, Wanda Garner
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History