Techniques for isolating and solidifying the nuclear wastes in the storage tanks at the Western New York Nuclear Service Center plant have been examined. One technique involves evaporating the water and forming a molten salt containing the precipitated sludge. The salt is allowed to solidify and is stored in canisters until processing into a final waste form is to be done. Other techniques involve calcining the waste material, then agglomerating the calcine with sodium silicate to reduce its dispersibility. This option can also involve a prior separation and decontamination of the supernatant salt. The sludge and all resins containing fission-product activity are then calcined together. The technique of removing the water and solidifying the salt may be the simplest method for removing the waste from the West Valley Plant.

The deformation of a thin elastic plate which is initially wrinkled when the plate is subjected to a constant compressive end thrust is considered. The singularly perturbed bifurcation theory of Reiss and Matkowsky is used. It is found that the initial deformation (imperfection) of the plate leads to solutions which explain the experimentally observed decrease in the buckling load from that predicted by bifurcation theory and the smooth transition to a buckled solution.

Documentation outlining characteristics of field data samples taken in the Carlsbad quadrangle.

Data gathered at stream sediment sites in the Carlsbad quadrangle, including applicable water chemistry measurements (e.g., pH, conductivity, alkalinity) and elemental analyses.

Data gathered at well water sites in the Carlsbad quadrangle, including applicable water chemistry measurements (e.g., pH, conductivity, alkalinity), physical measurements (e.g., temperature, well description, scintillometer readings), and elemental analyses.

Recorded data taken from field samples of filtered spring, stream, and well water, and acidified stream and lake water from the Choteau quadrangle in Montana.

Recorded laboratory analysis for samples of filtered spring, stream, and well water, and acidified stream and lake water from the Choteau quadrangle in Montana.

"The objective of this study is to provide an up-to-date documentation of the costs of nuclear electrical generating plants as they relate to site characteristics, in the following areas and systems: Main condenser cooling systems, Transmission, Site access, Food Protection, Plant site earthwork."

Documentation outlining characteristics of field data samples taken in the Las Cruces quadrangle.

Data gathered at stream sediment sites in the Las Cruces quadrangle, including applicable water chemistry measurements (e.g., pH, conductivity, alkalinity) and elemental analyses.

Data gathered at well water sites in the Las Cruces quadrangle, including applicable water chemistry measurements (e.g., pH, conductivity, alkalinity), physical measurements (e.g., temperature, well description, scintillometer readings), and elemental analyses.

Documentation outlining characteristics of field data samples taken in the Cut Bank quadrangle.

Documentation outlining characteristics of field data samples taken in the Cut Bank quadrangle.

Data gathered at stream sediment sites in the Cut Bank quadrangle, including applicable water chemistry measurements (e.g., pH, conductivity, alkalinity) and elemental analyses.

Data gathered at well water sites in the Cut Bank quadrangle, including applicable water chemistry measurements (e.g., pH, conductivity, alkalinity), physical measurements (e.g., temperature, well description, scintillometer readings), and elemental analyses.

From introduction: The purpose of this report is to describe the general quality and quantity of water in the principal water-supply aquifers in Minnesota.

Report issued by the National Bureau of Standards over calculations for cost-effective insulation in single-family housing. Different calculations are made with regards to location, energy pricing, heating and cooling equipment available, and financial criteria. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.

The research during 1980 in the Division of Biological and Medical Research, Argonne National Laboratory, is summarized. Research related to nuclear energy includes the delineation, in the6 eagle, of the responses to continuous low level Co gamma radiation and the development of cellular indicators of preclinical phases of leukemia; comparison of lifetime effects in mice of low level neutron and Co gamma radiation.

Documentation outlining characteristics of field data samples taken in the Driggs quadrangle.

Data gathered at stream sediment sites in the Driggs quadrangle, including applicable water chemistry measurements (e.g., pH, conductivity, alkalinity) and elemental analyses.

Data gathered at well water sites in the Driggs quadrangle, including applicable water chemistry measurements (e.g., pH, conductivity, alkalinity), physical measurements (e.g., temperature, well description, scintillometer readings), and elemental analyses.

Report issued by the National Bureau of Standards over standard penetration testing. The history, limitations, and testing procedures are presented. This report includes tables, photographs, and illustrations.

The final report regarding the National Logging Program for the National Uranium Resource Evaluation.

Documentation outlining characteristics of field data samples taken in the Forsyth quadrangle.