Final Technical Report (open access)

Final Technical Report

The project, �Capital Investment to Fund Equipment Purchases and Facility Modifications to Create a Sustainable Future for EnergyXchange� served to replace landfill gas energy with alternative energy resources, primarily solar and wood waste. This is the final project closeout report.
Date: November 13, 2014
Creator: Gilbert, Chris
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Locally Enhanced Conductivity due to the Tetragonal Domain Structure in LaAlO3/SrTiO3 Heterointerfaces (open access)

Locally Enhanced Conductivity due to the Tetragonal Domain Structure in LaAlO3/SrTiO3 Heterointerfaces

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Date: March 13, 2014
Creator: Kalisky, Beena; Spanton, Eric M.; Noad, Hilary; Kirtley, John R.; Nowack, Katja C.; Bell, Christopher et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pixel Area Variations in Sensors: A Novel Framework for Predicting Pixel Fidelity and Distortion in Flat Field Response (open access)

Pixel Area Variations in Sensors: A Novel Framework for Predicting Pixel Fidelity and Distortion in Flat Field Response

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Date: March 13, 2014
Creator: Rasmussen, Andrew
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hanford Site Anuran Monitoring Report for Calendar Year 2013 (open access)

Hanford Site Anuran Monitoring Report for Calendar Year 2013

The U.S. Department of Energy, Richland Operations Office (DOE-RL) conducts ecological monitoring on the Hanford Site to collect and track data needed to ensure compliance with an array of environmental laws, regulations, and policies governing DOE activities. Ecological monitoring data provide baseline information about the plants, animals, and habitat under DOE-RL stewardship at Hanford required for decision-making under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). The Hanford Site Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP, DOE/EIS-0222-F) which is the Environmental Impact Statement for Hanford Site activities, helps ensure that DOE-RL, its contractors, and other entities conducting activities on the Hanford Site are in compliance with NEPA.
Date: February 13, 2014
Creator: Wilde, Justin W.; Johnson, Scott J. & Lindsey, Cole T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hanford Site Black-Tailed Jackrabbit Monitoring Report for Fiscal Year 2013 (open access)

Hanford Site Black-Tailed Jackrabbit Monitoring Report for Fiscal Year 2013

The U.S. Department of Energy, Richland Operations Office (DOE-RL) conducts ecological monitoring on the Hanford Site to collect and track data needed to ensure compliance with an array of environmental laws, regulations, and policies governing DOE activities. Ecological monitoring data provide baseline information about the plants, animals, and habitat under DOE-RL stewardship at Hanford required for decision-making under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). The Hanford Site Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP, DOE/EIS-0222-F) which is the Environmental Impact Statement for Hanford Site activities, helps ensure that DOE-RL, its contractors, and other entities conducting activities on the Hanford Site are in compliance with NEPA.
Date: February 13, 2014
Creator: Lindsey, Cole T.; Nugent, John J.; Wilde, Justin W. & Johnson, Scott J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hanford Site Raptor Nest Monitoring Report for Calendar Year 2013 (open access)

Hanford Site Raptor Nest Monitoring Report for Calendar Year 2013

The U.S. Department of Energy, Richland Operations Office (DOE-RL) conducts ecological monitoring on the Hanford Site to collect and track data needed to ensure compliance with an array of environmental laws, regulations, and policies governing DOE activities. Ecological monitoring data provide baseline information about the plants, animals, and habitat under DOE-RL stewardship at Hanford required for decision-making under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). The Hanford Site Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP, DOE/EIS-0222-F) which is the Environmental Impact Statement for Hanford Site activities, helps ensure that DOE-RL, its contractors, and other entities conducting activities on the Hanford Site are in compliance with NEPA.
Date: February 13, 2014
Creator: Nugent, John J.; Lindsey, Cole T. & Wilde, Justin W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Multi-TeV Linear Collider Based on CLIC Technology : CLIC Conceptual Design Report (open access)

A Multi-TeV Linear Collider Based on CLIC Technology : CLIC Conceptual Design Report

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Date: February 13, 2014
Creator: Aicheler, M; Burrows, P.; Draper, M.; Garvey, T.; Lebrun, P.; Peach, K. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
ANL Critical Assembly Covariance Matrix Generation - Addendum (open access)

ANL Critical Assembly Covariance Matrix Generation - Addendum

This report addresses the ANL critical assembly covariance matrix generation of Addendum
Date: January 13, 2014
Creator: McKnight, R. D. & Grimm, K. N. (Nuclear Engineering Division)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Covariance Matrix Generation at ANL (open access)

Covariance Matrix Generation at ANL

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Date: January 13, 2014
Creator: McKnight, R. D. & Grimm, K. N. (Nuclear Engineering Division)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
FFAG Designs for Muon Collider Acceleration (open access)

FFAG Designs for Muon Collider Acceleration

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Date: January 13, 2014
Creator: S., Berg J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Final Report: Water-Based Neutron Detector Technology for Material Characterization Well Counters (open access)

Final Report: Water-Based Neutron Detector Technology for Material Characterization Well Counters

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Date: January 13, 2014
Creator: Dazeley, S; Asghari, A; Bernstein, A; Bowden, N & Mozin, V
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Measurement of the B+ --> omega l+ nu branching fraction with semileptonically tagged B mesons (open access)

Measurement of the B+ --> omega l+ nu branching fraction with semileptonically tagged B mesons

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Date: January 13, 2014
Creator: Lees, J. P.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
New Solutions with Accelerated Expansion in String Theory (open access)

New Solutions with Accelerated Expansion in String Theory

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Date: January 13, 2014
Creator: Dodelson, Matthew; Dong, Xi; Silverstein, Eva & Torroba, Gonzalo
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Search for CP Violation in B0B0bar Mixing using Partial Reconstruction of B0-->D*-Xl+ nu and a Kaon Tag (open access)

Search for CP Violation in B0B0bar Mixing using Partial Reconstruction of B0-->D*-Xl+ nu and a Kaon Tag

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Date: January 13, 2014
Creator: Lees, J. P.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Summary Of Cold Crucible Vitrification Tests Results With Savannah River Site High Level Waste Surrogates (open access)

Summary Of Cold Crucible Vitrification Tests Results With Savannah River Site High Level Waste Surrogates

The cold crucible inductive melting (CCIM) technology successfully applied for vitrification of low- and intermediate-level waste (LILW) at SIA Radon, Russia, was tested to be implemented for vitrification of high-level waste (HLW) stored at Savannah River Site, USA. Mixtures of Sludge Batch 2 (SB2) and 4 (SB4) waste surrogates and borosilicate frits as slurries were vitrified in bench- (236 mm inner diameter) and full-scale (418 mm inner diameter) cold crucibles. Various process conditions were tested and major process variables were determined. Melts were poured into 10L canisters and cooled to room temperature in air or in heat-insulated boxes by a regime similar to Canister Centerline Cooling (CCC) used at DWPF. The products with waste loading from ~40 to ~65 wt.% were investigated in details. The products contained 40 to 55 wt.% waste oxides were predominantly amorphous; at higher waste loadings (WL) spinel structure phases and nepheline were present. Normalized release values for Li, B, Na, and Si determined by PCT procedure remain lower than those from EA glass at waste loadings of up to 60 wt.%.
Date: January 13, 2014
Creator: Stefanovsky, Sergey; Marra, James & Lebedev, Vladimir
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analysis of Renewable Energy Potential on U. S. National Forest Lands (open access)

Analysis of Renewable Energy Potential on U. S. National Forest Lands

In 2005, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) completed an assessment of the potential for solar and wind energy development on National Forest System (NFS) public lands managed by the US Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service (USFS). This report provides an update of the analysis in the NREL report, and extends the analysis with additional siting factors for solar and wind energy. It also expands the scope to biomass and geothermal energy resources. Hydropower is acknowledged as another major renewable energy source on NFS lands; however, it was not analyzed in this project primarily because of the substantially different analysis that would be needed to identify suitable locations. Details about each renewable energy production technology included in the study are provided following the report introduction, including how each resource is converted to electrical power, and examples of existing power plants. The analysis approach was to use current and available Geographic Information System (GIS) data to map the distribution of the subject renewable energy resources, major siting factors, and NFS lands. For each major category of renewable energy power production, a set of siting factors were determined, including minimum levels for the renewable energy resources, and details for each of …
Date: December 13, 2013
Creator: Zvolanek, E.; Kuiper, J.; Carr, A. & Hlava, K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Canastota Renewable Energy Facility Project (open access)

Canastota Renewable Energy Facility Project

The project was implemented at the Madison County Landfill located in the Town of Lincoln, Madison County, New York. Madison County has owned and operated the solid waste and recycling facilities at the Buyea Road site since 1974. At the onset of the project, the County owned and operated facilities there to include three separate landfills, a residential solid waste disposal and recycled material drop-off facility, a recycling facility and associated administrative, support and environmental control facilities. This putrescible waste undergoes anaerobic decomposition within the waste mass and generates landfill gas, which is approximately 50% methane. In order to recover this gas, the landfill was equipped with gas collection systems on both the east and west sides of Buyea Road which bring the gas to a central point for destruction. In order to derive a beneficial use from the collected landfill gases, the County decided to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the future use of the generated gas.
Date: December 13, 2013
Creator: Blake, Jillian & Hunt, Allen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Data mining the EXFOR database (open access)

Data mining the EXFOR database

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Date: December 13, 2013
Creator: D., Brown; Brown,D.; Hirdt,J. & Herman,M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Flight and Stability of a Laser Inertial Fusion Energy Target in the Drift Region between Injection and the Reaction Chamber with Computational Fluid Dynamics (open access)

Flight and Stability of a Laser Inertial Fusion Energy Target in the Drift Region between Injection and the Reaction Chamber with Computational Fluid Dynamics

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Date: December 13, 2013
Creator: Mitori, T
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
MuSR Beam Line Design Studies (open access)

MuSR Beam Line Design Studies

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Date: December 13, 2013
Creator: MacKay W. W.; Fischer, W.; Pile, P. & Blaskiewicz, M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Renewable Energy Atlas of the United States (open access)

Renewable Energy Atlas of the United States

The Renewable Energy Atlas (Atlas) of the United States is a compilation of geospatial data focused on renewable energy resources, federal land ownership, and base map reference information. This report explains how to add the Atlas to your computer and install the associated software. The report also includes:  A description of each of the components of the Atlas;  Lists of the Geographic Information System (GIS) database content and sources; and  A brief introduction to the major renewable energy technologies. The Atlas includes the following:  A GIS database organized as a set of Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) ArcGIS Personal GeoDatabases, and  ESRI ArcReader and ArcGIS project files providing an interactive map visualization and analysis interface.
Date: December 13, 2013
Creator: Kuiper, J.; Hlava, K.; Greenwood, H. & Carr, A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
ADMINISTRATIVE AND ENGINEERING CONTROLS FOR THE OPERATION OF VENTILATION SYSTEMS FOR UNDERGROUND RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE TANKS (open access)

ADMINISTRATIVE AND ENGINEERING CONTROLS FOR THE OPERATION OF VENTILATION SYSTEMS FOR UNDERGROUND RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE TANKS

Liquid radioactive wastes from the Savannah River Site are stored in large underground carbon steel tanks. The majority of the waste is confined in double shell tanks, which have a primary shell, where the waste is stored, and a secondary shell, which creates an annular region between the two shells, that provides secondary containment and leak detection capabilities should leakage from the primary shell occur. Each of the DST is equipped with a purge ventilation system for the interior of the primary shell and annulus ventilation system for the secondary containment. Administrative flammability controls require continuous ventilation to remove hydrogen gas and other vapors from the waste tanks while preventing the release of radionuclides to the atmosphere. Should a leak from the primary to the annulus occur, the annulus ventilation would also serve this purpose. The functionality of the annulus ventilation is necessary to preserve the structural integrity of the primary shell and the secondary. An administrative corrosion control program is in place to ensure integrity of the tank. Given the critical functions of the purge and annulus ventilation systems, engineering controls are also necessary to ensure that the systems remain robust. The system consists of components that are constructed …
Date: November 13, 2013
Creator: Wiersma, B. & Hansen, A.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Final Report - Crystal Settling, Redox, and High Temperature Properties of ORP HLW and LAW Glasses, VSL-09R1510-1, Rev. 0, dated 6/18/09 (open access)

Final Report - Crystal Settling, Redox, and High Temperature Properties of ORP HLW and LAW Glasses, VSL-09R1510-1, Rev. 0, dated 6/18/09

The radioactive tank waste treatment programs at the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) have featured joule heated ceramic melter technology for the vitrification of high level waste (HLW). The Hanford Tank Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) employs this same basic technology not only for the vitrification of HLW streams but also for the vitrification of Low Activity Waste (LAW) streams. Because of the much greater throughput rates required of the WTP as compared to the vitrification facilities at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) or the Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF), the WTP employs advanced joule heated melters with forced mixing of the glass pool (bubblers) to improve heat and mass transport and increase melting rates. However, for both HLW and LAW treatment, the ability to increase waste loadings offers the potential to significantly reduce the amount of glass that must be produced and disposed and, therefore, the overall project costs. This report presents the results from a study to investigate several glass property issues related to WTP HLW and LAW vitrification: crystal formation and settling in selected HLW glasses; redox behavior of vanadium and chromium in selected LAW glasses; and key high temperature thermal properties of representative …
Date: November 13, 2013
Creator: Kruger, Albert A.; Wang, C.; Gan, H.; Pegg, I. L.; Chaudhuri, M.; Kot, W. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Final Report - Effects of High Spinel and Chromium Oxide Crystal Contents on Simulated HLW Vitrification in DM100 Melter Tests, VSL-09R1520-1, Rev. 0, dated 6/22/09 (open access)

Final Report - Effects of High Spinel and Chromium Oxide Crystal Contents on Simulated HLW Vitrification in DM100 Melter Tests, VSL-09R1520-1, Rev. 0, dated 6/22/09

The principal objective of the work was to evaluate the effects of spinel and chromium oxide particles on WTP HLW melter operations and potential impacts on melter life. This was accomplished through a combination of crucible-scale tests, settling and rheological tests, and tests on the DM100 melter system. Crucible testing was designed to develop and identify HLW glass compositions with high waste loadings that exhibit formation of crystalline spinel and/or chromium oxide phases up to relatively high crystal contents (i.e., > 1 vol%). Characterization of crystal settling and the effects on melt rheology was performed on the HLW glass formulations. Appropriate candidate HLW glass formulations were selected, based on characterization results, to support subsequent melter tests. In the present work, crucible melts were formulated that exhibit up to about 4.4 vol% crystallization.
Date: November 13, 2013
Creator: Kruger, Albert A.; Matlack, K. S.; Kot, W.; Pegg, I. L.; Chaudhuri, M. & Lutze, W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library