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Millennium Challenge Account: Implementation of a New U.S. Foreign Aid Initiative (open access)

Millennium Challenge Account: Implementation of a New U.S. Foreign Aid Initiative

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Date: June 30, 2004
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Steinberg Released] captions transcript

[News Clip: Steinberg Released]

Video footage from the NBC 5 television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 5 P.M.
Date: June 30, 2004
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Next Generation Extractants for Cesium Separation from High-Level Waste: From Fundamental Concepts to Site Implementation (open access)

Next Generation Extractants for Cesium Separation from High-Level Waste: From Fundamental Concepts to Site Implementation

General project objectives. This project seeks a fundamental understanding and major improvement in cesium separation from high-level waste by cesium-selective calixcrown extractants. Systems of particular interest involve novel solvent-extraction systems containing specific members of the calix[4]arene-crown-6 family, alcohol solvating agents, and alkylamines. Questions being addressed pertain to cesium binding strength, extraction selectivity, cesium stripping, and extractant solubility. Enhanced properties in this regard will specifically benefit cleanup projects funded by the USDOE Office of Environmental Management to treat and dispose of high-level radioactive wastes currently stored in underground tanks at the Savannah River Site (SRS), the Hanford site, and the Idaho National Environmental and Engineering Laboratory.1 The most direct beneficiary will be the SRS Salt Processing Project, which has recently identified the Caustic-Side Solvent Extraction (CSSX) process employing a calixcrown as its preferred technology for cesium removal from SRS high level tank waste.2 This technology owes its development in part to fundamental results obtained in this program.
Date: June 30, 2004
Creator: Moyer, Bruce A.; Bazelaire, Eve; Bonnesen, Peter V.; Bryan, Jeffrey C.; Delmau, Latitia H.; Engle, Nancy L. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Normal form analysis of linear beam dynamics in a coupled storagering (open access)

Normal form analysis of linear beam dynamics in a coupled storagering

The techniques of normal form analysis, well known in the literature, can be used to provide a straightforward characterization of linear betatron dynamics in a coupled lattice. Here, we consider both the beam distribution and the betatron oscillations in a storage ring. We find that the beta functions for uncoupled motion generalize in a simple way to the coupled case. Defined in the way that we propose, the beta functions remain well behaved (positive and finite) under all circumstances, and have essentially the same physical significance for the beam size and betatron oscillation amplitude as in the uncoupled case. Application of this analysis to the online modeling of the PEP-II rings is also discussed.
Date: June 30, 2004
Creator: Wolski, Andrzej & Woodley, Mark D.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
NOx Control Options and Integration for US Coal Fired Boilers Quarterly Progress Report: April-June 2004 (open access)

NOx Control Options and Integration for US Coal Fired Boilers Quarterly Progress Report: April-June 2004

This is the sixteenth Quarterly Technical Report for DOE Cooperative Agreement No: DEFC26-00NT40753. The goal of the project is to develop cost effective analysis tools and techniques for demonstrating and evaluating low NOx control strategies and their possible impact on boiler performance for boilers firing US coals. The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) is providing co-funding for this program. During an unplanned outage, damage occurred to the electrochemical noise corrosion probes installed at the AEP Gavin plant; testing is expected to resume in August. The KEMCOP corrosion coupons were not affected by the unplanned outage; the coupons were removed and sent for analysis. BYU conducted a series of tests before the ISSR lab was relocated. Ammonia adsorption experiments provided clear evidence of the types of acidic sites present on catalyst surfaces. Data collected this quarter indicate that surface sulfation decreases Lewis acid site concentrations for all catalysts thus far studied, confirming that catalytic activity under commercial coal-based SCR conditions occurs primarily on Br{o}nsted acid sites and would be susceptible to basic impurities such as alkali and alkaline earth oxides, chlorides, and sulfates. SCR activity tests based on MS analysis showed that increasing sulfation generally increases NO reduction activity for both …
Date: June 30, 2004
Creator: Bockelie, Mike; Davis, Kevin; Linjewile, Temi; Senior, Connie; Eddings, Eric; Whitty, Kevin et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Numerical study of the thm effects on the near-field safety of a hypothetical nuclear waste repository - bmt1 of the decovalex iii project. part 1: conceptualization and characterization of the problems and summary of results (open access)

Numerical study of the thm effects on the near-field safety of a hypothetical nuclear waste repository - bmt1 of the decovalex iii project. part 1: conceptualization and characterization of the problems and summary of results

Geological disposal of the spent nuclear fuel uses often the concept of multiple barrier systems. In order to predict the performance of these barriers, mathematical models have been developed, verified and validated against analytical solutions, laboratory tests and field experiments within the international DECOVALEX III project. These models in general consider the full coupling of thermal (T), hydraulic (H) and mechanical (M) processes that would prevail in the geological media around the repository. For Bench Mark Test no. 1 (BMT1) of the DECOVALEX III project, seven multinational research teams studied the implications of coupled THM processes on the safety of a hypothetical nuclear waste repository at the near-field and are presented in three accompany papers in this issue. This paper is the first of the three companion papers, which provides the conceptualization and characterization of the BMT1 as well as some general conclusions based on the findings of the numerical studies. It also shows the process of building confidence in the mathematical models by calibration with a reference T-H-M experiment with realistic rock mass conditions and bentonite properties and measured outputs of thermal, hydraulic and mechanical variables.
Date: June 30, 2004
Creator: Chijimatsu, M.; Nguyen, T. S.; Jing, L.; De Jonge, J.; Kohlmeier, M.; Millard, A. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 87, No. 162, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 30, 2004 (open access)

The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 87, No. 162, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 30, 2004

Student newspaper of the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma that includes national, local, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: June 30, 2004
Creator: Whitmore, Joshua P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Oral History Interview with P. K. Carlton, June 30, 2004

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Interview with U.S. Army Air Forces and U.S. Air Force veteran P. K. Carlton. Carlton speaks about his association with General Curtis LeMay, bomber operations against Japan and Japanese occupied territory, his assignment with the Strategic Air Command Operations staff under LeMay, and the role of the SAC and the B-52 in relations with the Soviets. Additionally, Carlton speaks about LeMay's role in creating a safety program for the SAC and in building SAC's communications system, in the development of radar formation flying as well as in the development of Arctic bombing routes and in the USAF's acceptance of the B-52, LeMay's relationship with the press, his efforts to establish survival schools, his influence on USAF equipment decisions, operational contributions and emphasis on readiness, and his views on the use of airpower in Vietnam.
Date: June 30, 2004
Creator: Hurley, Alfred F. & Carlton, P. K.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Oral History Interview with P. K. Carlton, June 30, 2004, Part 3] transcript

[Oral History Interview with P. K. Carlton, June 30, 2004, Part 3]

Part 3 of an interview with U.S. Army Air Forces and U.S. Air Force veteran General P. K. Carlton. Carlton speaks about his association with General Curtis LeMay, bomber operations against Japan and Japanese occupied territory, his assignment with the Strategic Air Command Operations staff under LeMay, and the role of the SAC and the B-52 in relations with the Soviets. Additionally, Carlton speaks about LeMay's role in creating a safety program for the SAC and in building SAC's communications system, in the development of radar formation flying as well as in the development of Arctic bombing routes and in the USAF's acceptance of the B-52, LeMay's relationship with the press, his efforts to establish survival schools, his influence on USAF equipment decisions, operational contributions and emphasis on readiness, and his views on the use of airpower in Vietnam.
Date: June 30, 2004
Creator: Hurley, Alfred F. & Carlton, P. K.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Oral History Interview with P.K. Carlton, June 30, 2004, Parts 1-2] transcript

[Oral History Interview with P.K. Carlton, June 30, 2004, Parts 1-2]

Parts 1 and 2 of an interview with U.S. Army Air Forces and U.S. Air Force veteran General P. K. Carlton. Carlton speaks about his association with General Curtis LeMay, bomber operations against Japan and Japanese occupied territory, his assignment with the Strategic Air Command Operations staff under LeMay, and the role of the SAC and the B-52 in relations with the Soviets. Additionally, Carlton speaks about LeMay's role in creating a safety program for the SAC and in building SAC's communications system, in the development of radar formation flying as well as in the development of Arctic bombing routes and in the USAF's acceptance of the B-52, LeMay's relationship with the press, his efforts to establish survival schools, his influence on USAF equipment decisions, operational contributions and emphasis on readiness, and his views on the use of airpower in Vietnam.
Date: June 30, 2004
Creator: Hurley, Alfred F. & Carlton, P. K.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Richard Straw, June 30, 2004 transcript

Oral History Interview with Richard Straw, June 30, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Richard Straw. Straw was born in Pulaski County, Indiana 18 August 1914. He was unable to complete high school as he had to help his father on the farm. Drafted into the Army Air Corps in February 1942 he went to Kelly Field, Texas for basic training. Upon completion of basic he was sent to Los Angeles for aircraft mechanic school, which he attended for three and one-half years. He recalls working on engines of the B-17 and B-24 bombers. He was sent to a base in England for a period of time, then to Italy where he worked on P-38s. He disliked working on P-38 engines. He then went to Belgium, remaining there until the surrender of Germany.
Date: June 30, 2004
Creator: Straw, Richard
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Richard Straw, June 30, 2004 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Richard Straw, June 30, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Richard Straw. Straw was born in Pulaski County, Indiana 18 August 1914. He was unable to complete high school as he had to help his father on the farm. Drafted into the Army Air Corps in February 1942 he went to Kelly Field, Texas for basic training. Upon completion of basic he was sent to Los Angeles for aircraft mechanic school, which he attended for three and one-half years. He recalls working on engines of the B-17 and B-24 bombers. He was sent to a base in England for a period of time, then to Italy where he worked on P-38s. He disliked working on P-38 engines. He then went to Belgium, remaining there until the surrender of Germany.
Date: June 30, 2004
Creator: Straw, Richard
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 131, No. 51, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 30, 2004 (open access)

The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 131, No. 51, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 30, 2004

Semiweekly newspaper from Carthage, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 30, 2004
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pawhuska Journal-Capital (Pawhuska, Okla.), Vol. 96, No. 26, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 30, 2004 (open access)

Pawhuska Journal-Capital (Pawhuska, Okla.), Vol. 96, No. 26, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 30, 2004

Weekly newspaper from Pawhuska, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 30, 2004
Creator: Gann, Sherry
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Performance Modeling for 3D Visualization in a Heterogeneous Computing Environment (open access)

Performance Modeling for 3D Visualization in a Heterogeneous Computing Environment

The visualization of large, remotely located data sets necessitates the development of a distributed computing pipeline in order to reduce the data, in stages, to a manageable size. The required baseline infrastructure for launching such a distributed pipeline is becoming available, but few services support even marginally optimal resource selection and partitioning of the data analysis workflow. We explore a methodology for building a model of overall application performance using a composition of the analytic models of individual components that comprise the pipeline. The analytic models are shown to be accurate on a testbed of distributed heterogeneous systems. The prediction methodology will form the foundation of a more robust resource management service for future Grid-based visualization applications.
Date: June 30, 2004
Creator: Bowman, Ian; Shalf, John; Ma, Kwan-Liu & Bethel, Wes
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 111, No. 126, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 30, 2004 (open access)

Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 111, No. 126, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 30, 2004

Daily newspaper from Perry, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 30, 2004
Creator: Brown, Gloria
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Proceedings of the Semiannual Meetings of the Plasma Science Committee (open access)

Proceedings of the Semiannual Meetings of the Plasma Science Committee

Fall 2001: (September 29-30, 2001; Irvine, CA) This meeting focused on presentations and plans for two ad hoc projects sponsored by the committee?the burning plasma study and the partially ionized plasma proposals. Ongoing discussions with CHEDPP chair Ron Davidson were also included. Significant attention was given to FESAC and the Fusion Energy Snowmass meeting planned for Summer 2002. These discussions lead to continued development of the proposal for the burning plasma project. A science talk on plasma processing of materials from an industry perspective provided a backdrop for discussion of the partially ionized plasmas project. Spring 2002: (April 5-6, 2003; Washington, DC) This meeting included updates from the funding agencies (DOE, NSF, ONR, and NASA) and a discussion panel amongst them, a review of the burning plasma study proposal, and a discussion of the HED study?s progress. Future work items such as the plasma physics volume of the decadal physics survey and potential studies on computer modeling and simulation were also discussed. Fall 2002: (September 28-29, 2002; Irvine, CA) This meeting discussed the status of the then-recently started burning plasma study, heard the findings and recommendations of the HED study, and discussed the prospects for fusion in light of the …
Date: June 30, 2004
Creator: Committee, Plasma Science
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
QUANTIFICATION OF FUGITIVE REACTIVE ALKENE EMISSIONS FROM PETROCHEMICAL PLANTS WITH PERFLUOROCARBON TRACERS. (open access)

QUANTIFICATION OF FUGITIVE REACTIVE ALKENE EMISSIONS FROM PETROCHEMICAL PLANTS WITH PERFLUOROCARBON TRACERS.

Recent studies demonstrate the impact of fugitive emissions of reactive alkenes on the atmospheric chemistry of the Houston Texas metropolitan area (1). Petrochemical plants located in and around the Houston area emit atmospheric alkenes, such as ethene, propene and 1,3-butadiene. The magnitude of emissions is a major uncertainty in assessing their effects. Even though the petrochemical industry reports that fugitive emissions of alkenes have been reduced to less than 0.1% of daily production, recent measurement data, obtained during the TexAQS 2000 experiment indicates that emissions are perhaps a factor of ten larger than estimated values. Industry figures for fugitive emissions are based on adding up estimated emission factors for every component in the plant to give a total estimated emission from the entire facility. The dramatic difference between estimated and measured rates indicates either that calculating emission fluxes by summing estimates for individual components is seriously flawed, possibly due to individual components leaking well beyond their estimated tolerances, that not all sources of emissions for a facility are being considered in emissions estimates, or that there are known sources of emissions that are not being reported. This experiment was designed to confirm estimates of reactive alkene emissions derived from analysis …
Date: June 30, 2004
Creator: SENUM,G. I. & DIETZ,R. N.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Recharge Data Package for the 2005 Integrated Disposal Facility Performance Assessment (open access)

Recharge Data Package for the 2005 Integrated Disposal Facility Performance Assessment

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory assisted CH2M Hill Hanford Group, Inc., (CHG) by providing estimates of recharge rates for current conditions and long-term scenarios involving disposal in the Integrated Disposal Facility (IDF). The IDF will be located in the 200 East Area at the Hanford Site and will receive several types of waste including immobilized low-activity waste. The recharge estimates for each scenario were derived from lysimeter and tracer data collected by the IDF PA Project and from modeling studies conducted for the project. Recharge estimates were provided for three specific site features (the surface barrier; possible barrier side slopes; and the surrounding soil) and four specific time periods (pre-Hanford; Hanford operations; surface barrier design life; post-barrier design life). CHG plans to conduct a performance assessment of the latest IDF design and call it the IDF 2005 PA; this recharge data package supports the upcoming IDF 2005 PA.
Date: June 30, 2004
Creator: Fayer, Michael J. & Szecsody, Jim E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A report on the deflagration-to-detonation transition (DDT) in the high explosive LX-04 (open access)

A report on the deflagration-to-detonation transition (DDT) in the high explosive LX-04

The deflagration-to-detonation transition (DDT) was investigated for 1.874 g/cc (98.8 % of theoretical maximum density) LX-04 in moderate confinement (4340 steel tube at R{sub C} 32 with 1.020 inch inside diameter and 0.235 inch thick wall) at both ambient initial temperature (roughly 20 C) and at an initial temperature of 186 C. No transition to detonation was observed in a 295 mm column length for either case.
Date: June 30, 2004
Creator: Hare, David E.; Forbes, J. W.; Garcia, Frank; Granholm, Richard H.; Tarver, C. M.; Vandersall, Kevin S. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Role of Filtration in Maintaining Clean Heat Exchanger Coils (open access)

The Role of Filtration in Maintaining Clean Heat Exchanger Coils

The main purpose of the study was to investigate the role of filtration in maintaining clean heat exchanger coils and overall performance. Combinations of 6 different levels of filtration (MERV 14, 11, 8, 6, 4, and no filter) and 4 different coils (an eight-row lanced-fin coil, HX8L), (an eight-row wavy-fin coil, HX8W), (a four-row lanced-fin coil, HX4L) and (a two-row lanced-fin coil, HX2L) were tested at 4 different air velocities (1.52, 2.03, 2.54,3.05 m/s (300, 400, 500, 600 ft/min)). The fouled conditions were obtained after injection of 600 grams of ASHRAE standard dust upstream of the filter/coil combination. This magnitude of dust is representative of a year of normal operation for an air conditioning system. The air-side pressure drops of the coils and filters and air-side heat transfer coefficients of the coils were determined from the measurements under the clean and fouled conditions. Depending upon the filter and coil test, the coil pressure drops increased in the range of 6%-30% for an air velocity at 2.54 m/s (500 ft/min). The impact was significantly greater for tests performed without a filter. The largest relative effect of fouling on pressure drop occurs for coils with fewer rows and having lanced fins. Coils …
Date: June 30, 2004
Creator: Yang, Li; Braun, James E. & Groll, Eckhard A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Same-Sex Marriages: Legal Issues (open access)

Same-Sex Marriages: Legal Issues

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Date: June 30, 2004
Creator: Smith, Alison M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 89, No. 245, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 30, 2004 (open access)

Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 89, No. 245, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 30, 2004

Daily newspaper from Sapulpa, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 30, 2004
Creator: Broaddus, Matthew B.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Scale-Up and Demonstration of Dly Ash Ozonation Technology (open access)

Scale-Up and Demonstration of Dly Ash Ozonation Technology

This is the first Quarterly report under DOE Cooperative Agreement No.: DE-FC26-03NT41730. Due a number of circumstances, mostly associated with subcontractor agreements, the actual beginning of the project has been delayed from its original award date of March 5, 2003. DOE's Project Manager has been kept informed (verbally) by PPL's Project Manager throughout this period. Because of this delay, this is the first quarterly report and it refers to the time period from the official project authorization date to June 2004. In addition, this report is essentially a review of the project objectives and approach, with a brief update on the recent ''kick-off'' and site visit activities in the Results and Discussion section.
Date: June 30, 2004
Creator: LaBuz, Larry & Afonso, Rui
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library