Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Georgia Collins, hostess Bobby Brown, Patti Riggin and Cathy McCown, from left, prepare for an off court break of quiche, salad and dessert in the Brown home during the 'Let Daddy Babysit' day."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Timothy R. Kutch, son of Gerald F. and Ann Kutch, 1216 Easthills Drive, Moore has earned the rank of Eagle Scout Kutch, 15, is a member of Troop 291 and is a 10th-grader at central Mid-High."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "United Equity Life Insurance Co. has named Linda L. Gray as its in-house legal counsel."

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Bridget Goldson and Sherry Brandt join the festivities.."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Waiting for the other guests to be served at the Dynasty Dinner is Carolyn Howell."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "It's not exactly Golden Pond, but Oklahoma City's Lake ran a close second Friday."

The Seismic Safety Margins Research Program (SSMRP) is developing a complete fully coupled analysis procedure (including methods and computer codes) for estimating the risk of an earthquake-induced radioactive release from a commercial nuclear power plant. The analysis procedure is based upon a state-of-the-art evaluation of the current seismic analysis and design process and explicitly accounts for uncertainties inherent in such a process. In Phase I, the seismic input, the soil-structure interaction, dynamic response of structures and subsystems, and fragility were developed and combined using a probabilistic computational procedure. Demonstration calculations were completed for the Zion nuclear power plant. In Phase II, presently ongoing, additional models, improvements to existing models, and improvements to the probabilistic computational assessment of Zion have been developed. Local site amplification has significant effect on structural response and is a major source of uncertainty. As part of the final Zion analysis in Phase II, an assessment of the local site effect at the Zion site was made using new time histories modified for the Zion soil conditions. In this paper, we briefly describe the approach used to correct the seismic hazard curve and time histories developed in Phase I for local site effects and discuss in some …

An ion-cyclotron range of frequencies (ICRF) heating system has been installed in the Tandem Mirror Experiment-Upgrade (TMX-U) central cell. Our initial objective is to heat low density ions in the near field of the antenna. This heating reduces the collisionality of central cell ions, which decreases the filling rate of the thermal barrier by passing ions from the central cell. From power- and particle-balance calculations, we determined that 60 kW of absorbed power is sufficient to heat plasma densities of up to 2 x 10/sup 12/ cm/sup -3/. These power requirements are consistent with ion heating results from the Phaedrus tandem mirror. Based on this, we have installed a 200-kW oscillator/power amplifier, tunable to as low as 1.5 MHz. It drives a 110/sup 0/, 9 1/2-turn loop antenna that has a commercially built Faraday shield and matching network. The system has been tuned with plasma and is being used for the initial heating studies at the ion-cyclotron frequency ..omega../sub ci/.

These studies indicate that ICRF transition pumping is feasible in the TMX-U experiment using moderate frequencies and power levels. Some degree of latitude must be included in the final design to compensate the rough calculations. The possibility of coupling near 2 ..omega../sub ci/ is attractive but awaits a clearer exposition of the theory and an adequate computer code.

Experiments have begun on the Tandem Mirror Experiment Upgrade (TMX-U) using electron-cyclotron resonant heating (ECRH) to generate the hot electron populations required for thermal barrier operation (Energy E/sub eh/ approx. 50 keV, density n/sub eh/ < 5 x 10/sup 12/, and hot-to-cold fraction n/sub eh/n approx. 0.9). For this operation, rf power produced by 28-GHz gyrotrons is injected with extraordinary mode polarization at both fundamental and second harmonic locations. Our initial experiments, which concentrated on startup of the hot electrons, were carried out at low density (< 1 x 10/sup 12/ cm/sup -3/) where Fokker-Planck calculations predict high heating efficiency when the electron temperature (T/sub e/) is low. Under these conditions, we produced substantial hot electron populations (diamagnetic energy > 400 J, E/sub eh/ in the range of 15 to 50 keV, and n/sub eh//n > 0.5).

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Sherry Stephens serves seafood dinners at the Oyster bar."

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Weekly student newspaper from San Antonio College in San Antonio, Texas that includes campus news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Sulphur Springs, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Littell, left, and Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Godfrey took time to chat before the Executive Women International dinner Monday evening in Park Suite Hotel."