Tanks 103-SY; 101-AW; 103-, 104-, and 105-AN are on the Flammable Gas Watch List. Recently, standard hydrogen monitoring system (SHMS) cabinets have been installed in the vent header of each of these tanks. Grab samples have been taken once per week, and a gas chromatograph was installed on tank 104-AN as a field test. The data that have been collected since gas monitoring began on these tanks are summarized in this document.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is preparing to request the US Environmental Protection Agency to certify compliance with the radioactive waste disposal standards found in 40 CFR Part 191 for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). The DOE will also need to demonstrate compliance with a number of other State and Federal standards and, in particular, the Land Disposal Restrictions of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), 40 CFR Part 268. Demonstrating compliance with these regulations requires an assessment of the long-term performance of the WIPP disposal system. Re-evaluation and extension of past scenario development for the WIPP forms an integral part of the ongoing performance assessment (PA) process.

This test studied the ability of a blend of nuclear-grade, noble-metal catalysts to catalyze a hydrogen/nitrous oxide reaction in an effort to mitigate a potential hydrogen (H{sub 2}) gas buildup in the Hanford Site Grout Disposal Facility. For gases having H{sub 2} and a stoichiometric excess of either nitrous oxide or oxygen, the catalyst blend can effectively catalyze the H{sub 2} oxidation reaction at a rate exceeding 380 {mu}moles of H{sub 2} per hour per gram of catalyst ({mu}mol/h/g) and leave the gas with less than a 0.15 residual H{sub 2} Concentration. This holds true in gases with up to 2.25% water vapor and 0.1% methane. This should also hold true for gases with up to 0.1% carbon monoxide (CO) but only until the catalyst is exposed to enough CO to block the catalytic sites and stop the reaction. Gases with ammonia up to 1% may be slightly inhibited but can have reaction rates greater than 250 {mu}mol/h/g with less than a 0.20% residual H{sub 2} concentration. The mechanism for CO poisoning of the catalyst is the chemisorption of CO to the active catalyst sites. The CO sorption capacity (SC) of the catalyst is the total amount of CO that …

Test procedures for the gas/liquid sampler. Characterization of the Spent Nuclear Fuel, SNF, sealed in canisters at KW-Basin is needed to determine the state of storing SNF wet. Samples of the liquid and the gas in the closed canisters will be taken to gain characterization information. Sampling equipment has been designed to retrieve gas and liquid from the closed canisters in KW basin. This plan is written to outline the test requirements for this developmental sampling equipment.

This is a data package supporting the Hydrogen Recombiner Catalyst Performance and Carbon Monoxide Sorption Capacity Test Report, WHC-SD-WM-TRP-211, Rev 0. This report contains 10 appendices which consist of the following: Mass spectrometer analysis reports: HRC samples 93-001 through 93-157; Gas spectrometry analysis reports: HRC samples 93-141 through 93-658; Mass spectrometer procedure PNL-MA-299 ALO-284; Alternate analytical method for ammonia and water vapor; Sample log sheets; Job Safety analysis; Certificate of mixture analysis for feed gases; Flow controller calibration check; Westinghouse Standards Laboratory report on Bois flow calibrator; and Sorption capacity test data, tables, and graphs.

MAXIGASP and POPGASP are environmental dosimetry codes that are based on the NRC dispersion module, XOQDOQ, and the NRC dosimetry module, GASPAR. XOQDOQ and GASPAR have been verified previously. The four remaining modules of MAXIGASP and POPGASP control input/output functions and data transfer. The results of MAXIGASP and POPGASP have been verified by comparison of hand calculated doses with program input.

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This document provides the initial functions and requirements for leakage detection and monitoring applicable to past and potential future leakage from the Hanford Site`s 149 single-shell high-level waste tanks. This mission is a part of the overall mission of the Westinghouse Hanford Company Tank Waste Remediation System division to remediate the tank waste in a safe and acceptable manner. Systems engineering principles are being applied to this effort. This document reflects the an initial step in the systems engineering approach to decompose the mission into primary functions and requirements. The document is considered approximately 30% complete relative to the effort required to produce a final version that can be used to support demonstration and/or procurement of technologies. The functions and requirements in this document apply to detection and monitoring of below ground leaks from SST containment boundaries and the resulting soil contamination. Leakage detection and monitoring is invoked in the TWRS Program in three fourth level functions: (1) Store Waste, (2) Retrieve Waste, and (3) Disposition Excess Facilities (as identified in DOE/RL-92-60 Rev. 1, Tank Waste Remediation System Functions and Requirements).

Two auger samples from tank 241-C-202 (C-202) were received at the 222-S Laboratories and underwent safety screening analysis, consisting of differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and total alpha activity. Two samples were submitted for energetics determination by DSC. Within the triplicate analyses of each sample, one of the results for energetics exceeded the notification limit. The sample and duplicate analyses for both augers exceeded the notification limit for TGA. As required by the Tank Characterization Plan, the appropriate notifications were made within 24 hours of official confirmation that the limits were violated.

A four-bounce two-element projection system designed to achieve 0.14 {mu}m resolution over a 1.2 {times} 5 mm{sup 2} ring field has been fabricated. The radiation transport properties of both the individual multilayer-coated optics and the assembled system has been measured. The individual mirror measurements demonstrated that the coatings were within 0.03 nm of d-spacing specifications; however, the mirrors exhibited significant scatter which reduced reflectance below the design specification of 60%. The peak radiation transport efficiency of the assembled projector was 7% at 13.2 nm. To the best of the authors` knowledge, this represented the first measurement of the radiation transport efficiency of a multi-element optical system for EUV lithography. Experiments performed at LLNL`s front-end test bed facility were consistent with the measured transport efficiency.

Traditional numerical discretizations of conservative systems generically yield an artificial secular drift of any nonlinear invariants. In this work we present an explicit nontraditional algorithm that exactly conserves invariants. We illustrate the general method by applying it to the Three-Wave truncation of the Euler equations, the Volterra-Lotka predator-prey model, and the Kepler problem. We discuss our method in the context of symplectic (phase space conserving) integration methods as well as nonsymplectic conservative methods. We comment on the application of our method to general conservative systems.

Any potential lithography must demonstrate an industrially-compatable reticle pattern repair process before the lithographic process can be seriously considered for production. Repair of clear defects on ELTV reticles (i.e., regions on the mask which are reflective and should be non-reflective) requires the deposition of a thin layer of absorbing material. This process has been demonstrated in commercially available tools which were originally developed to repair proximity-print x-ray lithography masks. However, the repair of opaque defects (i.e., the recovery of reflectivity from regions on the reticle covered with an absorber) is more difficult. Opaque defect repair requires the removal of the absorber layer without damaging the underlying multilayer, a process which could degrade the mirror reflectivity. While opaque defect repair processes have been demonstrated in a research environment these processes may not be commercially suitable. We are developing reticle repair processes that will be consistent with a commercially available repair tool. In this paper, we report on our first results.

The 13 containers from K Basins hold one cartridge filter each. The filters removed solids from the K Basins water before the water went to air-cooled chillers. The filters are about 75.7 cm (30 inches) in diameter and 86 cm (34 inches) tall (based on an outline on drawing H-1-34709 (Reference 1)). This is a volume of 388 liters. Drawing H-1-34709 (Reference 1) shows the configuration of the concreted 122 cm (48 inch) diameter culvert cut to 124 cm (49 inches) long and shows the imbedded steel. The culvert is 0.35 cm (0.138 inches) thick and has a volume of 1450 liters. There are four 127 cm (50 inch) long 2 inch by 3/4 inch steel bars and reinforcing steel in the container. The culvert and four bars weigh 169.6 kg. The cylindrical culvert is oriented vertically with an 11 gauge bottom plate welded on and then filled to 15 cm (6 inches) with grout. The cartridge filter, bagged in 20 mill plastic (Reference 2), is then placed in the center of the culvert and the culvert is filled with concrete. Four of the 13 culverts were then put vertically into 152 cm (5 foot) diameter culverts about 61 cm …

We have demonstrated the operation of a high average power, all solid state laser and target system for EUV lithography. The laser operates at 1.06 {mu}m with a pulse repetition rate of 200 Hz. Each pulse contains up to 400 mJ of energy and is less than 10 ns in duration. The ELTV conversion efficiency measured with the laser is independent of the laser repetition rate. Operating at 200 Hz, the laser has been used for lithography using a 3 bounce Kohler illuminator.

This report describes development of an electronic system designed to reduce vibration generated by a cryocooler. The diminished vibration makes it practical to use the active cooler to extract heat from a portable gamma ray detector instrument. The system was developed for a Sunpower cryocooler with an integrated counterbalance mass. The overall momentum cancellation approach is also applicable to other similar cryocoolers. The cancellation system is an assembly of several components tailored to accomplish the required vibration reduction with minimum power consumption and volume. It is designed to be powered by a 18--32 Volt battery. Up to ten harmonics of the 58.65 Hz drive frequency are controlled. In addition to the vibration cancellation, the electronic system produces the drive signal for the cryocooler and regulates the cooler temperature. The system employs a sinusoidal drive to reduce the amount of higher harmonic vibration. A digital signal processor (DSP) is used to perform the high speed vibration control. The Texas Instruments TMS320C31 processor is housed on a third-party board. A second board has analog-to-digital (A/D) and digital-to-analog (D/A) converters. The DSP was programmed in C. The physical system consists of two sets of electronics. The first is housed in a case that …

This report traces key developments in US energy companies` financial performance for the first quarter of 1995. Financial data (only available for publicly-traded US companies) are included in two broad groups -- fossil fuel production and rate-regulated utilities. All financial data are taken from public sources such as corporate reports and press releases, energy trade publications, and The Wall Street Journal`s Earnings Digest. Return on equity is calculated from data available from Standard and Poor`s Compustat data service. Since several major petroleum companies disclose their income by lines of business and geographic area, these data are also presented in this report. Although the disaggregated income concept varies by company and is not strictly comparable to corporate income, relative movements in income by lines of business and geographic area are summarized as useful indicators of short-term changes in the underlying profitability of these operations.

We present initial performance studies for Beamlet, a single-beam prototype for megajoule-class neodymium-glass laser fusion drivers using a multipass main amplifier, adaptive optics, and efficient, high-fluence conversion to the third harmonic. The Beamlet final amplifier uses Brewsters-angle glass slabs with a square 39 {times} 39 cm{sup 2} aperture and a full-aperture plasma-electrode Pockels cell switch. The laser has been tested at the fundamental wavelength over a range of pulselengths from 1-10 ns up to energies of 5.8 kJ at 10 ns and 17.3 kJ at 10 ns at a beam area of 35 {times} 35 cm{sup 2}. A 39-actuator deformable mirror system corrects the beam to a Strehl ratio of 0.4.

This report summarizes the Work Plans for activities associated with Environmental Restoration of the perched aquifer and contaminated soils at the Pantex Plant. The Higher Education Consortium/Pantex Research Laboratory is participating in the Consortium Grant to evaluate subsurface remediation alternatives for the perched aquifer at the Pantex Plant. Research activities will develop site characterization data and evaluate remediation alternatives for the perched aquifer and the overlying vadose zone. The work plans cover research activities for the remainder of FY95, and proposed activities for FY96 and thereafter. A separate document will present more detailed plans for FY96 activities and budget requirements.

This test procedure verifies the adequacy of the improved in situ vapor sampling system designed for sampling of vapors in underground radioactive waste storage tanks.

The results of a search for W boson pair production in p{bar p} collisions at {radical}s = 1.8 TeV with subsequent decay to dilepton (e{mu}, ee, and {mu}{mu}) channels are presented. One event is observed with an expected background of 0.56 {plus_minus} 0.13 events with an integrated luminosity of approximately 14 pb{sup {minus}1}. Assuming equal strengths for the WWZ and WW{gamma} gauge boson coupling parameters {kappa} and {lambda}, limits on the CP-conserving anomalous coupling constants are {minus}2.6 < {delta}{kappa} < 2.8 and {minus}2.1 {lambda} < 2.1 at the 95% confidence level.

The cost of fabricating state-of-the-art integrated circuits (ICs) has been increasing and it will likely be economic rather than technical factors that ultimately limit the progress of ICs toward smaller devices. It is estimated that lithography currently accounts for approximately one-third the total cost of fabricating modem ICs({sup 1}). It is expected that this factor will be fairly stable for the forseeable future, and as a result, any lithographic process must be cost-effective before it can be considered for production. Additionally, the capital equipment cost for a new fabrication facility is growing at an exponential rate (2); it will soon require a multibillion dollar investment in capital equipment alone to build a manufacturing facility. In this regard, it is vital that any advanced lithography candidate justify itself on the basis of cost effectiveness. EUV lithography is no exception and close attention to issues of wafer fabrication costs have been a hallmark of its early history. To date, two prior cost analyses have been conducted for EUV lithography (formerly called {open_quotes}Soft X-ray Projection Lithography{close_quotes}). The analysis by Ceglio, et. al., provided a preliminary system design, set performance specifications and identified critical technical issues for cost control. A follow-on analysis by Early, …

The Coal and Electric Data and Renewables Division; Office of Coal, Nuclear, Electric and Alternate Fuels, Energy Information Administration (EIA), Department of Energy prepares the EPM. This publication provides monthly statistics at the State, Census division, and US levels for net generation, fossil fuel consumption and stocks, quantity and quality of fossil fuels, cost of fossil fuels, electricity sales, revenue, and average revenue per kilowatthour of electricity sold. Data on net generation, fuel consumption, fuel stocks, quantity and cost of fossil fuels are also displayed for the North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC) regions. The EIA publishes statistics in the EPM on net generation by energy source; consumption, stocks, quantity, quality, and cost of fossil fuels; and capability of new generating units by company and plant. 68 tabs.

Laser-produced plasmas are source candidates for EUV lithography. The radiation angular distribution for several target materials is investigated and source debris is characterized.

The Hydrogen Mitigation Mixing Pump (HMMP) in Tank 241-SY-101 will need to be removed at some point. At that time, the HMMP will be placed in a shipping container and transferred to a designated onsite location depending on waste classification. This report shows how the radioactive material content of shipping container will be determined. Once the radioactive material loading is known, the waste classification of the container may be determined in accordance with established procedures.