A fluidized-bed incineration facility has been designed for installation at the Rocky Flats Plant. The purpose is to develop and demonstrate the process for the combustion of transuranic waste. The unit capacity will be about 82 kg/hr of combustible waste. The combustion process will utilize in situ neutralization of acid gases generated in the process. The equipment design is based on data generated on a pilot scale unit and represents a scale-up factor of nine. Title II engineering is complete and construction work has begun.

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "At 15 seconds and counting, 4-year-old Corrina Conant gets ready for a lift-off fueled by sunpower plus sturdy little leg muscles."

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

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The Harn homestead barn is of an unusual design."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Eric Groves"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "William Fremont Harn (homestead)"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The Harn homestead barn is of an unusual design."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The nearly hidden country lane not from downtown Oklahoma City winds pleasantly into the past as it bears travelers to the historic homestead of William Fremont Harn."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Eric Groves"

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Artist John Holbird works on a painting of Oklahoma Station in the snow in 1889."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Times can get rough when you are young, alone in the mountains and an artist. Chebon Dacon remembers when he and some friends were hungry enough to offer art for food."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Mrs., Russell Hayes straightens the veil on a wedding dress donated by Mrs. Frank Parsons."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Holbird painted Norman's railroad station which still stands just south of the intersection of the tracks and Main Street."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The Harn homestead barn is of an unusual design."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "William Fremont Harn (homestead)"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

A state-of-the-art battery survey and data verification process were conducted with battery manufacturers and organizations involved in battery technology research and development. This report addresses those major battery technologies which were identified as either being developed or explored as potential candidates for major energy storage applications in electric utilities or transportation as well as for future operations with solar or wind energy systems. Near- and far-term battery systems, current data and opinions, and developments in both US and foreign battery technology for utility load leveling and electric vehicles are discussed. Background information and the scope of the report are given first. Then basic data for each battery type are summarized; a general discussion of other potential battery systems is also included. A comparative summary of battery cost and performance is presented; actual battery capabilities are discussed relative to the general requirements of electric utility load leveling and transportation applications. The current status of the scarce materials and environmental and safety problems related to battery technology is presented. The overall status of the current R and D programs and expected progress toward commercialization are discussed; the roles of competing technologies in two major markets for battery technology are addressed. General observations, …

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John L. Hill, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether deputy county clerks are covered by county civil service.

Heating and cooling systems that use hybrid solar energy collectors (combination photovoltaic-thermal) have the potential for considerable energy savings, particularly when the system includes a heat pump. Economic evaluations show that photovoltaic systems are potentially most economical, but results depend critically on future collector costs as well as energy prices. Results are based on a specially developed computer program that predicted the total auxiliary energy required for five different solar heating/cooling systems. Performance calculations for a modeled residence and small office building were made using meteorological data from four geographic locations. Annual system costs were also calculated.

We report measurements of the absolute and relative abundances, differential energy spectra, and spectral indices for cosmic-ray nuclei from Li to Fe for 2 to 150 GeV/nucleon. These measurements were made using a balloon-borne superconducting magnetic spectrometer with scintillators and optical spark chambers. The abundances of Li, Be, and B for rigidities below 10 GV/c are consistent with an energy-independent mean interstellar pathlength of 4 1/2 {+-} 1/2 g cm{sup -2} for all propagation models. The abundances of all elements above 10 GV/c are consistent with an interstellar pathlength decreasing with rigidity as R{sup -n} with an index n = 0.6{sub -0.3}{sup +0.4}. All differential source spectra can be fitted by power laws in total energy per nucleon with the same spectral index, which is between 2.5 and 2.6 depending on n. If n is near 0.5 (as for simple diffusion), the source index is 2.54 {+-} 0.03. Relative abundances at the sources are thus energy-independent, and have ratios to solar abundances as a function of first ionization potential which indicate a source temperature between 10{sup 4} and 5 x 10{sup 4} K depending on the equilibrium nature of the injection environment.

Photograph of a Texas Lutheran University rafting group at their campsite along the Mexican side of the Rio Grande River. There is miscellaneous camping equipment in use at the campsite and there is plant life growing throughout the surrounding area.

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

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Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.