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Earthquake engineering programs at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
Information is presented concerning assessments of current seismic design methods; systematic evaluation program for older operating reactors; seismic vulnerability of fuel reprocessing facilities; and advisability of seismic scram.
Date:
February 28, 1980
Creator:
Tokarz, F.J.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Theoretical analysis of spectral lines of one- and two-electron ions in hot plasmas
We discuss the line shapes for the 1s-2p, 1s-3p and (ls)/sup 2/ - 1s2p, (1s)/sup 2/ - 1s3p absorption lines in hot plasmas. In our model calculations the perturbing ions are considered quasi-static and widths due to collisions with electrons are calculated in the impact approximation. The collective effect of the plasma electrons is accounted for by a self-consistent model or by a simple Debye-Hueckel screening. These models in general predict different line shapes. We present calculations for the HeII, SiXIV and SiXIII ions.
Date:
July 28, 1982
Creator:
Rozsnyai, B.F. & Einwohner, T.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Colorado State University Program for Developing, Testing, Evaluating and Optimizing Solar Heating and Cooling Systems
The objective is to develop and test various integrated solar heating, cooling and domestic hot water systems, and to evaluate their performance. Systems composed of new, as well as previously tested, components are carefully integrated so that effects of new components on system performance can be clearly delineated. The SEAL-DOE program includes six tasks which have received funding for the 1991--92 fifteen-month period. These include: (1) a project employing isothermal operation of air and liquid solar space heating systems; (2) a project to build and test several generic solar water heaters; (3) a project that will evaluate advanced solar domestic hot water components and concepts and integrate them into solar domestic hot water systems; (4) a liquid desiccant cooling system development project; (5) a project that will perform system modeling and analysis work on solid desiccant cooling systems research; and (6) a management task. The objectives and progress in each task are described in this report. 6 figs.
Date:
October 28, 1991
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Radiation effects on structural materials
This report discusses the following topics on the effect radiation has on thermonuclear reactor materials: Atomic Displacements; Microstructure Evolution; Materials Engineering, Mechanics, and Design; Research on Low-Activation Steels; and Research Motivated by Grant Support.
Date:
June 28, 1991
Creator:
Ghoniem, N. M.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Development of improved iron Fischer-Tropsch catalysts
The objective of proposed research is development of catalysts with enhanced slurry phase activity and better selectivity to fuel range products, through a more detailed understanding and systematic studies of the effects of pretreatment procedures and promoters/binders (silica) on catalyst performance.
Date:
October 28, 1991
Creator:
Bukur, D.B.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Cost/risk/benefit analysis report on the decontamination and decommissioning of Z-plant
This study was performed to estimate the cost of decontaminating and decommissioning Z-Plant. All of the buildings in the Z-Plant exclusion area except Building 2736-Z, the plutonium storage vault, are included in the study. The study also excludes all underground facilities within the exclusion area which are not contained within a building and all Z-Plant related facilities outside the perimeter fence. The contamination in Z-Plant is primarily /sup 239/Pu which has a half-life of 24,360 years. Because of the long half-life of /sup 239/Pu, it is not practical to consider the isolation of the facility to await reduction of the contamination level by natural decay. Therefore, this study analyzes the costs, risk and benefit of decontaminating Z-Plant to four different levels of residual contamination. The three principle criteria used in the analysis are cost, the risk of offsite dose to the public, and the occupational exposure to onsite personnel.
Date:
September 28, 1979
Creator:
Melvin, J. P.; Sexton, R. A.; Fort, M. L. & Nunn, S. E.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Liquid Phase Methanol LaPorte Process Development Unit: Modification Operation, and Support Studies
In April 1987, Air Products started the third and final contract with the US Department of Energy to develop the Liquid Phase Methanol (LPMEOH) process. One of the objectives was to identify alternative commercial catalyst(s) for the process. This objective was strategically important as we want to demonstrate that the LPMEOH process is flexible and not catalyst selection limited. Among three commercially available catalysts evaluated in the lab, the catalyst with a designation of F21/0E75-43 was the most promising candidate. The initial judging criteria included not only the intrinsic catalyst activity but also the ability to be used effectively in a slurry reactor. The catalyst was then advanced for a 40-day life test in a laboratory 300 cc autoclave. The life test result also revealed superior stability when compared with that of a standard catalyst. Consequently, the new catalyst was recommended for demonstration in the Process Development Unit (PDU) at LaPorte, Texas. This report details the methodology of testing and selecting the catalyst.
Date:
January 28, 1991
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Liquid Phase Methanol LaPorte Process Development Unit: Modification, Operation, and Support Studies
The LPMEOH process was conceived and patented by Chem Systems Inc. in 1975. Initial research and studies on the process focused on two distinct modes of operation. The first was a liquid fluidized mode with relatively large catalyst pellets suspended in a fluidizing liquid, and the second was an entrained (slurry) mode with fine catalyst particles slurried in an inert liquid. The development of both operating modes progressed in parallel from bench scale reactors, through an intermediate scale lab PDU, and then to the LaPorte PDU in 1984. The slurry mode of operation was ultimately chosen as the operating mode of choice due to its superior performance.
Date:
February 28, 1991
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Heat exchanger restart evaluation
On December 24, 1991, the K-Reactor was in the shutdown mode with full AC process water flow and full cooling water flow. Safety rod testing was being performed as part of the power ascension testing program. The results of cooling water samples indicated tritium concentrations higher than allowable. Further sampling and testing confirmed a Process Water System to Cooling Water System leak in heat exchanger 4A (HX 4A). The heat exchanger was isolated and the plant shutdown. Heat exchanger 4kA was removed from the plant and moved to C-Area prior to performing examinations and diagnostic testing. This included locating and identifying the leaking tube or tubes, eddy current examination of the leaking tube and a number of adjacent tubes, visually inspecting the leaking tube from both the inside as well as the area surrounding the failure mechanism. In addition ten other tubes that either exhibited eddy current indications or would represent a baseline condition were removed from heat exchanger 4A for metallurgical examination. Additional analysis and review of heat exchanger leakage history was performed to determine if there are any patterns which can be used for predictive purposes. Compensatory actions have been taken to improve the sensitivity and response time …
Date:
February 28, 1992
Creator:
Morrison, J. M.; Hirst, C. W. & Lentz, T. F.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Influence of civil defense on strategic countervalue fatalities
Two modeling studies were conducted to simulate the effect of fallout shelters on the outcome of a massive countervalue nuclear exchange between the Soviet Union and the United States. One was to determine the number of nuclear weapons required to mount an effective fallout attack against a country with dispersed population; the other was to determine the number of expected US fatalities resulting from a countervalue attack against US urban population centers. The results of these studies indicate that the number of weapons required to mount such an attack depends on the adequacy of the shelter system and that the evacuation of urban populations can substantially reduce expected fatality levels.
Date:
April 28, 1982
Creator:
Harvey, T. F.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Failure Analysis of Dispersion Fuel Elements Based on Matrix Cracking
A mathematical model has been developed for estimati the burnup at which mechanical failure occurs in dispersion fuel elements. It is postulated that failure at low temperature, < 900 deg F, occurs as a result of brittle fracture of an elastic matrix when the intensity of the stress locally reaches the ultimate strength of the material. The contributions of fission gas pressure and thermal stress are incorporated in the stress analysis. Because of the complexity of the stress distribution and the failure process, it was necessary to make stringent assumptions in order to have a workable model. Within the framework of the postulates, burnups to failure are predicted for several values of certain important parameters and compared with burnups to failure obtained from a plastic yield model for failure developed by previous investigation. The two models give good agreement for the special cases considered. Of the parameters examined, relative density of the fuel particles has the greatest influence on predictions of allowable burnup. The thermal stress and volume fraction of fuel play minor roles. (auth)
Date:
December 28, 1961
Creator:
Beck, S. D.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
DEVELOPMENT OF FREEZE VALVE FOR USE IN THE MSRE
Three types of frozen-seal valves'' were tested for possible use in the MSRE. The seal was melted by direct resistance heat, by induction heat, and by clamp-on Calrod heat. The frozen seal was made in a preformed restriction section of a standard piece of pipe by a cooling-gas jet stream directed at the restriction. All three valves performed satisfactorily through 100 test cycles. The Calrodheated valve was selected for MSRE use on the basis of simplicity of design and of operation. Two of the valves are successfully undergoing further tests on the MSRE Engineering Test Loop. (auth)
Date:
February 28, 1962
Creator:
Richardson, M.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Fusion microsphere targets
It was shown that a microsphere within the structure limitations is hydrodynamically stable. To insure its perfect formation, the initial chemical compositions must have a blowing capability, more important, the resultant liquid compositions must also have sufficient surface tension and low viscosity.
Date:
July 28, 1980
Creator:
Koo, J.C.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Photogenerated carrier-induced reactions on uhv semiconductor surfaces
The objective for this experimental work was to examine the reaction mechanisms, half-collision dynamics, and other optically induced chemical effects, that are operable on a well characterized single-crystal semiconductor surface. Of particular interest were reactions induced by charge transfer from the semiconductor surface including hot carrier and thermalized carrier processes. The primary technique to measure the desorbed fragment translational energies was time-of-flight mass-spectroscopy, used in conjunction with a pulsed tunable laser source. The work was carried out in ultrahigh vacuum, thus other surface spectroscopies such as temperature-programmed desorption, (TPD), (LEED), etc. were used as needed. In the project, the photoreactions of several halogen-containing molecules on GaAs(110) surfaces have been investigated. The studies have made the first observations of several new photochemical processes on uhv prepared surfaces including intermolecular charge transfer; desorption by thermal-carrier-induced reactions (including the measurement of coverage-dependent changes in the translational energies of the desorbed products); interferometric oscillation of photoinduced reactions; and self-quenching of thermal carrier reactions on surfaces.
Date:
May 28, 1992
Creator:
Osgood, R.M. Jr.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Parameter Survey of Molybdenum-Uranium Alloy Fuels for the Sheldon Reactor
A parameter survey was conducted on 19-rod fuel clusters using 3 and 10 wt.% Mo--U alloys. Graphs are included for the core diameter and initial conversion ratio for k/sub eff/= 1.064 as a function of moderator can size, and for the effect of the Mo resonance integral. (D. L.C.)
Date:
March 28, 1958
Creator:
Blaine, R. A.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Study to optimize Cr-Mo steels to resist hydrogen and temper embrittlement. Quarterly report No. 6, November 15, 1979-February 15, 1980
A modified test technique has been developed in this program to overcome difficulties in assessing the hydrogen embrittlement susceptibility of low strength 2 1/4 Cr-1 Mo steels. One steel sample was tempered to a range of strength levels and evaluated using the new technique. The results, showing a lower strength level for which hydrogen embrittlement susceptibility can be assessed in a 446 KPa H/sub 2/S environment, are presented in this report. A review of the restructuring of the program is also given.
Date:
July 28, 1980
Creator:
Shaw, B.J.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
NON-DESTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS OF URANIUM IN GRAPHITE FUEL ELEMENTS BY NEUTRON ACTIVATION
A method is presented for the determination of uranium (as U/sup 238/) in uraniuni-loaded graphite fuel elenients by a non-destructive, direct radioactivity analysis technique. A 200-cbannel pulse-height analyzer, equipped with a 3 in. x 3 in. NaI(Tl) crystal, is used to measure the Np/sup 239/ radioactivity of the neutron-irradiated samples. The amount of U/sup 238/ in the test samples is deterimined quantitatively by comparing the Np/sup 239/ radioactivity induced in each sample with the Np/sup 239/ radioactivity induced into known standards of U/sup 238/ processed under the same conditions as the test samples. The limit of detection for U/sup 238/in samples of normal uranium composition for this method is about 1.0 x l0-4 ug. (auth)
Date:
November 28, 1961
Creator:
Bate, L.C.; Hampton, W.J. & Leddicotte, G.W.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Area recommendation report for the crystalline repository project: An evaluation. [Crystalline Repository Project]
An evaluation is given of DOE's recommendation of the Elk River complex in North Carolina for siting the second repository. Twelve recommendations are made including a strong suggestion that the Cherokee Tribe appeal both through political and legal avenues for inclusion as an affected area primarily due to projected impacts upon economy and public health as a consequence of the potential for reduced tourism.
Date:
March 28, 1986
Creator:
Beck, J E; Lowe, H & Yurkovich, S P
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Investigation of sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate and water systems for saturated solar ponds. Final report
The overall objective of this study was to gather relevant data primarily from the published literature to investigate the technical feasibility of using a Na/sub 2/CO/sub 3/-NaHCO/sub 3/ mixture for a saturated solar pond. This objective was accomplished by a literature search and review of existing chemical information and by performing simple chemistry experiments in the laboratory. Information on density, solubility, phase diagram, equilibrium compositions, reaction rate constant, equilibrium constant, diffusion coefficient, vapor pressure and potentially useful additives is compiled. It is concluded that even though both the saturation density and solubility increase with temperature for trona, it is not chemically stable either at room temperature or higher temperatures (80/sup 0/C). Therefore, as is, trona is not suitable for use in a saturated solar pond. From the literature it has been found that sugar and gum can retard the decomposition of bicarbonate to carbonate in the mixture. Nevertheless, trona is a very attractive solute for an unsaturated solar pond. A laboratory unsaturated pond with a stable density gradient has worked without any problems for about two months at InterTechnology/Solar Corporation.
Date:
March 28, 1980
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Adult Fishway Inspections on the Columbia and Snake Rivers, 1984-1985 Annual Report.
Mainstream projects which have adult fish passage facilities are inspected by project operators, fishway attendants, and state and federal fishery agencies. The overall movement of upstream migrants in 1984 appeared to be satisfactory with few delays. Special efforts were made by fishery agencies and Corps personnel to check on potential problems which appeared to exist at The Dalles and John Day Dams this year. However, adult passage facilities were operating ''in criteria'' and fish may have been delayed by temperature or other factors. Inspections were generally made once a month. Some projects were operating at less than full criteria as seen during inspections by fishery agencies this year. It appears that during periods of low tailwater, certain projects have difficulty maintaining proper head at main fishway entrances. Some main entrance gates bottom-out and water depth over these weirs are not up to desired criteria. Also it was noted that auxiliary water pumps were not being run at a rate to achieve the desired amount of water for attracting fish to the fish ladders and maintaining proper head at main fishway entrances.
Date:
June 28, 1985
Creator:
Basham, Larry R.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Thermal effects and mirror surface figure requirements for a diagnostic beamline at the Advanced Light Source
An imaging beamline based on a Kirkpatrick-Baez mirror configuration has been designed to image the electron beam in the ALS storage ring, to measure its size and shape. The electron beam emittance will be small ({epsilon}h = 3.4 {times} 10{sup {minus}9} m rad) and the quality of the image is extremely sensitive to surface figure distortion of the mirrors. Thermal distortions and surface temperatures have been calculated for radiatively cooled mirrors of various materials in a search for a simple design which avoids water cooling. The choice of mirror material and the thermal and mechanical design is discussed. 6 refs.
Date:
October 28, 1991
Creator:
Warwick, T. (Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (United States)) & Sharma, S. (Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States))
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oil-shale-retorting and combustion system. [DOE patent application]
The present invention is directed to the extraction of energy values from oil shale containing considerable concentrations of calcium carbonate in an efficient manner. The volatiles are separated from the oil shale in a retorting zone of a fluidized bed where the temperature and the concentration of oxygen are maintained at sufficiently low levels so that the volatiles are extracted from the oil shale with minimal combustion of the volatiles and with minimal calcination of the calcium carbonate. These gaseous volatiles and the calcium carbonate flow from the retorting zone into a freeboard combustion zone where the volatiles are burned in the presence of excess air. In this zone the calcination of the calcium carbonate occurs but at the expense of less Btu's than would be required by the calcination reaction in the event both the retorting and combustion steps took place simultaneously. The heat values in the products of combustion are satisfactorily recovered in a suitable heat exchange system.
Date:
August 28, 1981
Creator:
Pitrolo, Augustine A.; Mei, Joseph S. & Shang, Jerry Y.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear reactor control apparatus
Nuclear reactor core safety rod release apparatus comprises a control rod having a detent notch in the form of an annular peripheral recess at its upper end, a control rod support tube for raising and lowering the control rod under normal conditions, latches pivotally mounted on the control support tube with free ends thereof normally disposed in the recess in the control rod, and cam means for pivoting the latches out of the recess in the control rod when a scram condition occurs. One embodiment of the invention comprises an additonal magnetically-operated latch for releasing the control rod under two different conditions, one involving seismic shock.
Date:
August 28, 1981
Creator:
Sridhar, B.N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Prevalence of Mental Illness in the United States: Data Sources and Estimates
This report briefly describes the methodology and results of three large surveys (funded in whole or in part by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) that provide national prevalence estimates of diagnosable mental illness: the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R), the National Comorbidity Survey Replication Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A), and the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). The report then presents prevalence estimates of any mental illness and serious mental illness based on each survey and ends with a brief discussion of how these prevalence estimates might inform policy discussions
Date:
February 28, 2014
Creator:
Bagalman, Erin & Napili, Angela
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library