1.8.3 Site system engineering FY 1997 program plan (open access)

1.8.3 Site system engineering FY 1997 program plan

The FY 1997 Multi-Year Work Plan (MYWP) technical baseline describes the functions to be accomplished and the technical standards that govern the work. The following information is provided in this FY 1997 MYWP: technical baseline, work breakdown structure, schedule baseline, cost baseline, and execution year.
Date: September 13, 1996
Creator: Grygiel, M. L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
3-D electromagnetic modeling of wakefields in accelerator components (open access)

3-D electromagnetic modeling of wakefields in accelerator components

We discuss the use of 3-D finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) electromagnetic codes for modeling accelerator components. Computational modeling of cylindrically symmetric structures such as induction accelerator cells has been very successful in predicting the wake potential and wake impedances of these structures, but full 3-D modeling of complex structures has been limited due to substantial computer resources required for a full 3-D model. New massively parallel 3-D time domain electromagnetic codes now under development using conforming unstructured meshes allow a substantial increase in the geometric fidelity of the structures being modeled. Development of these new codes are discussed in context of applicability to accelerator problems. Various 3-D structures are tested with an existing cubical cell FDTD code and wake impedances compared with simple analytic models for the structures; results will be used as benchmarks for testing the new time time domain codes. Structures under consideration include a stripline beam position monitor as well as circular and elliptical apertures in circular waveguides. Excellent agreement for monopole and dipole impedances with models were found for these structures below the cutoff frequency of the beam line.
Date: September 18, 1996
Creator: Poole, B.R.; Caporaso, G.J.; Ng, Wang C.; Shang, C.C. & Steich, D.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
94-1 Research and development project lead laboratory support. Status report, January 1--March 31, 1996 (open access)

94-1 Research and development project lead laboratory support. Status report, January 1--March 31, 1996

This document reports status and technical progress for Los Alamos National Laboratories 94-1 Research and Development projects. An introduction to the project structure and an executive summary are included. Projects described include Electrolytic Decontamination, Combustibles, Detox, Sand, Slag, and Crucible, Surveillance, and Core Technology.
Date: September 1, 1996
Creator: Dinehart, M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
204-AR facility rail accident analysis (open access)

204-AR facility rail accident analysis

This is a probabilistic analysis of the rail car accidents at the 204- AR Waste Unloading Facility.
Date: September 20, 1996
Creator: Kelly, J.E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
241-SX sludge profile temperature for March 1 to December 29, 1972 (open access)

241-SX sludge profile temperature for March 1 to December 29, 1972

Data sheets containing 241-SX sludge profile temperatures.
Date: September 24, 1996
Creator: Reich, F.R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
313 building fire alarm system (open access)

313 building fire alarm system

Acceptance for test for RFAR installation for facility fire alarm and suppression system.
Date: September 20, 1996
Creator: Korslund, S.M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
340 and 310 drawing field verification (open access)

340 and 310 drawing field verification

The purpose of the drawing field verification work plan is to provide reliable drawings for the 310 Treated Effluent Disposal Facility (TEDF) and 340 Waste Handling Facility (340 Facility). The initial scope of this work plan is to provide field verified and updated versions of all the 340 Facility essential drawings. This plan can also be used for field verification of any other drawings that the facility management directs to be so updated. Any drawings revised by this work plan will be issued in an AutoCAD format.
Date: September 27, 1996
Creator: Langdon, J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
340 representative sampling verification tank sampling and analysis plan (open access)

340 representative sampling verification tank sampling and analysis plan

This Sampling and Analysis Plan contains requirements for characterizing the 340 vault tank 1. The objective of the sampling and characterization is to determine if the tank is homogeneous when agitated and which sampling method provides the most representative sample. A secondary objective is to collect and characterize solid samples.
Date: September 9, 1996
Creator: Halgren, D.L., Westinghouse Hanford
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
1993 to 1995 environmental surveillance data collected at or near Area G (open access)

1993 to 1995 environmental surveillance data collected at or near Area G

This report summarizes Environmental Surveillance data collected by the Water Quality and Hydrology Group during 1993, 1994, and 1995 at or in the vicinity of TA-54, Area-G of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico. The summary includes radiochemical, metals, general inorganic, and organic analytical results. The tables list measured concentrations (or detection limits for results below detection limits), analytical uncertainties for radiochemical data, sample locations, and sample dates. A map showing sample locations is also included. Preparation of this report was funded by the Solid Waste Management Group (CST-14) in support of the Waste Management Program.
Date: September 1, 1996
Creator: Mullen, K.; Collins, S. & Rogers, D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
1995 Annual Cathodic Protection Survey Report for the Hanford 200 Area (open access)

1995 Annual Cathodic Protection Survey Report for the Hanford 200 Area

Compilation of the CY 1995 Cathodic Protection Surveys performed for the 200 areas (East Tank Farms, West Tank Farms, Evaporator, PFP, Purex, 222-S Labs).
Date: September 24, 1996
Creator: Bowman, T. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
1995 Annual report on waste generation and waste mainization progress as required by DOE order 5400.1, Hanford site (open access)

1995 Annual report on waste generation and waste mainization progress as required by DOE order 5400.1, Hanford site

While waste generation numbers are important, the true measure of success is waste minimized. Many Waste Minimization/Pollution Prevention (WMin/P2) successes at the Hanford Site occur every day without formal recognition as pollution prevention, as they have become part of a culture of best management practices. As an example, the success of the excess and reuse program, both informal and formal, documents the Wmin/P2 culture that exists in the pollution prevention representatives and employees at the facilities.
Date: September 24, 1996
Creator: Betsch, M. D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
1995 Site environmental report, January 1995--December 1995 (open access)

1995 Site environmental report, January 1995--December 1995

This report provides information about environmental programs and compliance with environmental regulations in calendar year 1995 (CY95) at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC). SLAC is a national laboratory operated by Stanford University under contract with the US Department of Energy (DOE) and is devoted to experimental and theoretical research in elementary particle physics, in basic sciences using synchrotron radiation, and in accelerator physics and technology. SLAC`s Environment, Safety, and Health (ES&H) Division consists of five departments and a Program Planning Office (PPO). Their shared goal is to help ensure that SLAC operates in compliance with federal, state, and local regulations, as well as DOE Orders related to environment, safety, and health. The five departments are: (1) Environmental Protection and Restoration (EPR), (2) Operational Health Physics (OHP), (3) Radiation Physics (RP), (4) Safety, Health, and Assurance (SHA), and (5) Waste Management (WM). The EPR Department oversees the majority of SLAC`s environmental programs, including programs for environmental restoration; waste minimization; air quality; storm water and industrial wastewater; polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); and groundwater. The WM Department coordinates disposal of hazardous, radioactive, and mixed waste. The OHP Department, in cooperation with the EPR Department, oversees environmental radiological monitoring and dosimetry at SLAC. The …
Date: September 1, 1996
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
1995 Site environmental report Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico (open access)

1995 Site environmental report Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico

This 1995 report contains data from routine radiological and non-radiological environmental monitoring activities. Summaries of significant environmental compliance programs in progress, such as National Environmental Policy Act documentation, environmental permits, environmental restoration and various waste management programs at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico, are included.
Date: September 1, 1996
Creator: Shyr, L.J.; Duncan, D. & Sanchez, R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
1995 Site Environmental Report Tonopah Test Range, Tonopah, Nevada (open access)

1995 Site Environmental Report Tonopah Test Range, Tonopah, Nevada

This report summarizes the environmental surveillance activities conducted by Sandia National Laboratories. Sandia National Laboratories` responsibility for environmental surveillance results extends to those activities performed by Sandia National Laboratories or under its direction. Results from other organizations environmental surveillance activities are included to provide a measure of completeness. Other environmental compliance programs such as the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, environmental permits, and environmental restoration and waste management programs are also included in this report, prepared for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in compliance with DOE Order 5400.1.
Date: September 1, 1996
Creator: Culp, T. & Forston, W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
1995 state-by-state assessment of low-level radioactive wastes received at commercial disposal sites (open access)

1995 state-by-state assessment of low-level radioactive wastes received at commercial disposal sites

Each year the National Low-Level Waste Management Program publishes a state-by-state assessment report. This report provides both national and state-specific disposal data on low-level radioactive waste commercially disposed in US. Data in this report are categorized according to disposal site, generator category, waste class, volumes, and radionuclide activity. Included are tables showing the distribution of waste by state for 1995 and a comparison of waste volumes and radioactivity by state for 1991 through 1995; also included is a list of all commercial nuclear power reactors in US as of Dec. 31, 1994. This report distinguishes low-level radioactive waste shipped directly for disposal by generators and waste handled by an intermediary.
Date: September 1, 1996
Creator: Fuchs, R.L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
1996 ICF program overview (open access)

1996 ICF program overview

The continuing objective of the Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) Program is the demonstration of thermonuclear fusion ignition and energy gain in the laboratory. The underlying theme of all ICF activities as a science research and development program is the Department of Energy's (DOE's) Defense Programs (DP) science-based Stockpile Stewardship and Management (SSM) Program. The extension of current program research capabilities in the National Ignition Facility (NIF) is necessary for the ICF Program to satisfy its stewardship responsibilities. ICF resources (people and facilities) are increasingly being redirected in support of the performance, schedule, and cost goals of the NIF. One of the more important aspects of ICF research is the national nature of the program. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's (LLNL's) ICF Program falls within DOE's national ICF Program, which includes the Nova and Beamlet laser facilities at LLNL and the OMEGA, Nike, and Trident laser facilities at the University of Rochester (Laboratory for Laser Energetics, UR/LLE), the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), respectively. The Particle Beam Fusion Accelerator (PBFA) and Saturn pulsed-power facilities are at Sandia National Laboratories (SNL). General Atomics, Inc. (GA) develops and provides many of the targets for the above experimental facilities. LLNL's …
Date: September 30, 1996
Creator: Correll, D
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
1996 structural integrity assessments for the Category C Liquid Low-Level Waste Tank Systems at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee (open access)

1996 structural integrity assessments for the Category C Liquid Low-Level Waste Tank Systems at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

This document provides a report of the efforts made to satisfy the Federal Facility Agreement for the structural integrity certification of ten Category C Liquid Low Level Waste (LLLW) tank systems on the Oak Ridge Reservation in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Within this document, each Category C tank system is described including the associated pipeline segments evaluated as a part of those tank systems. A separate structural integrity assessment was conducted for each of the LLLW Tank Systems, four of which are located in Melton Valley, and six of which are located in Bethel Valley. The results of the structural integrity assessments are reported herein. The assessments are based on (1) a review of available tank design drawings, (2) a qualitative assessment of corrosion on the tank and pipelines, and primarily (3) leak testing program results.
Date: September 1, 1996
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
303A,303B,303E,303G, Fire alarm system (open access)

303A,303B,303E,303G, Fire alarm system

Acceptance for test for RFAR installation for fire alarm suppression system.
Date: September 20, 1996
Creator: Korslund, S.M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Accelerated life-time testing and resistance degradation of thin-film decoupling capacitors (open access)

Accelerated life-time testing and resistance degradation of thin-film decoupling capacitors

Resistance degradation in PZT thin-film capacitors has been studied as a function of applied voltage, temperature, and film composition. It is found that the mean-time-to-failure (life-time or t{sub f}) of the capacitors shows a power law dependence on applied voltage of he form t{sub f} {proportional_to} V{sup {minus}n} (n {approximately} 4--5). The capacitor life-time also exhibits a temperature dependence of the form t{sub f} {proportional_to} exp(E{sub a}/kT), with an activation energy of {approximately} 0.8 eV. The steady-state leakage current in these samples appears to be bulk controlled. The voltage, temperature, and polarity dependence of the leakage current collectively suggest a leakage current mechanism most similar to a Frenkel-Poole process. The life-time and leakage current of the Nb-doped PZT films are superior to the undoped PZT films. This result can be explained based on the point-defect chemistry of the PZT system. Finally, the results indicate that the Nb-doped PZT films meet the essential requirements for decoupling capacitor applications.
Date: September 1, 1996
Creator: Al-Shareef, H. & Dimos, D.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Acceleration of Electrons in the Near Field of Lower Hybrid Frequency Grills (open access)

Acceleration of Electrons in the Near Field of Lower Hybrid Frequency Grills

On Tore Supra, during lower hybrid (LH) current drive experiments, localized heat flux deposition is observed on plasma facing components such as the guard limiters of the LH grills or any object which is magnetically connected to the LH launching waveguides : modular low-field side limiters, ion cyclotron heating antennas, inner first wall. Similar observations have been made on the divertor plates and limiters of TdeV. In particular, by alternating the rf powers of the 2 grills of Tore Supra, it was shown that the heat flux on the tiles of the guard limiters is related to the local electric field but not with the convective power. We present here a model of acceleration of electrons in the near field of LH antennas. Results of this model are compared to experimental results.
Date: September 1, 1996
Creator: Goniche, M.; Mailloux, J.; Demers, Y.; Jacquet, P.; Bibet, P.; Froissard, P. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Accelerator-driven transmutation of high-level waste from the defense and commercial sectors (open access)

Accelerator-driven transmutation of high-level waste from the defense and commercial sectors

This is the final report of a three-year, Laboratory-Directed Research and Development (LDRD) project at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). The major goal has been to develop accelerator transmutation of waste (ATW) system designs that will thoroughly and rapidly transmute nuclear waste, including plutonium from dismantled weapons and spent reactor fuel, while generating useful electrical power and without producing a long-lived radioactive waste stream. We have identified and quantified the unique qualities of subcritical nuclear systems and their capabilities in bringing about the complete destruction of plutonium. Although the 1191 subcritical systems involved in our most effective designs radically depart from traditional nuclear reactor concepts, they are based on extrapolations of existing technologies. Overall, care was taken to retain the highly desired features that nuclear technology has developed over the years within a conservative design envelope. We believe that the ATW systems designed in this project will enable almost complete destruction of nuclear waste (conversion to stable species) at a faster rate and without many of the safety concerns associated with the possible reactor approaches.
Date: September 1996
Creator: Bowman, C.; Arthur, E. & Beard, C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Acceptance {ampersand} operability test report for the 324 building retention process sewer diverter station (open access)

Acceptance {ampersand} operability test report for the 324 building retention process sewer diverter station

This test report includes the results of acceptance and operability testing of the 324 building diverter station. The test included steps for flushing, calibrating, and operating the system on backup power.
Date: September 4, 1996
Creator: Olander, A. R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Acceptance and operability test report for the 325 building retention process sewer diverter station (open access)

Acceptance and operability test report for the 325 building retention process sewer diverter station

This test report includes the results of acceptance and operability testing of the 325 building diverter station. The test included steps for flushing, calibrating, and operating the system on backup power.
Date: September 3, 1996
Creator: Olander, A. R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Acceptance and operability test report for the 327 building retention process sewer diverter station (open access)

Acceptance and operability test report for the 327 building retention process sewer diverter station

This test report includes the results of acceptance and operability testing of the 327 building diverter station. The test included steps for flushing, calibrating, and operating the system on backup power.
Date: September 4, 1996
Creator: Olander, A. R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library