Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "District Attorney Andrew M. Coats, left, makes a point in the first video taped and photographed courtroom proceeding since new Supreme Court guidelines on media coverage were set."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Oklahoma Art Center president and fund campaign vice chairman Richard H. Clements, second photo, and Robert S. Kerr Jr. study the drive schedule."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Early arrivals were drive vice-chairman Edward H. Cook (he drove his jeep in from Lake Aluma) and Andrew Coats who catch up on salt and snow news while they wait for the meeting to begin."

The conceptual design of a solar process steam system began with studies and evaluations of various alternative design configurations. From these evaluations a final candidate design configuration was selected which is to be used for further detailed analysis and engineering. An evaluation of various types of distributed collector systems is presented. Cost-effectiveness of various distributed collectors was determined on the basis of total relative cost (including foundation and installation) of the collector per square foot of collector surface for the same thermal output at noon. The considerations used to select the optimum site also are given. System optimization studies are presented, including a discussion of whether a storage facility should be provided. It was found that none is required. Three alternate system configurations are described, optimized, and compared and a final concept is selected in which water is partially boiled in the slat type collectors and steam is separated in a steam drum. A cost-effectiveness criterion based on the unit cost of net annual thermal energy generated was used in the optimization studies and is discussed. The impact of the system on the environment is assessed and a preliminary safety analysis is presented. (LEW)

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Late arrival Bill Jennings, third photo, removes his hooded, fur-lined coat."

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Sgt. Buddy Burns."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "The $1 million slated for use by the health department would expand the child guidance center system to cover the entire state, said Gene Bynum, the program's assistant director."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "This tree seems to be starting the new year with a yawn, possibly indicating 1979 isn't as exciting as it had hoped."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "An unidentified lawmen checks out rifle scope in preparation for what might happen as tactical squad officers huddle."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Carl S. Morgan, Capture of Murder Suspect"

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Her ordeal over, Mrs. Ruth Smith is carried to a waiting ambulance."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Amcare attendants carry a shaken Mrs. Ruth Smith, 77, to a waiting ambulance from her 3615 NW 20 home. She was held hostage 2ÂÂ_ hours."

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

The intent of this study is to determine the extent of delays experienced in planning and constructing transmission lines in the continental United States. The reasons for the delays are identified for each line studied and their effect on the total electrical system is sought. Data was collected for 136 different lines either recently built or currently under study. Statistics were developed for each line in several categories and comparisons of lines delayed were made by company, area served and generation capacity. From the study presented here it was found that: right-of-way acquisition procedures including condemnation and easement negotiation practices delay more projects than local, state and federal regulatory requirements combined; load growth reductions particularly in the east have reduced the impact of regulatory delays; the south, southeast and southwestern areas of the country experience fewer delays in constructing transmission lines than the more populated states, and the cost for corridor delays was responded to for only 17 of the 142 projects surveyed. By far the most costly delay is the expense of condemning land for transmission right-of-way.

Energy-dispersive x-ray fluorescence analysis can be used for quantitative on-line monitoring of the product concentrations in single- or dual-element process streams in a reprocessing plant. The 122-keV gamma ray from /sup 57/Co is used to excite the K x-rays of uranium and/or plutonium in nitric acid solution streams. A collimated HPGe detector is used to measure the excited x-ray intensities. Net solution radioactivity may be measured by eclipsing the exciting radiation, or by measuring it simultaneously with a second detector. The technique is nondestructive and noninvasive, and is easily adapted directly to pipes containing the solution of interest. The dynamic range of the technique extends from below 1 to 500 g/l. Measurement times depend on concentration, but better than 1% counting statistics can be obtained in 100 s for 400 g/l concentrations, and in 1000 s for as little as 10 g/l. Calibration accuracies of 0.3% or better over the entire dynamic range can be achieved easily using carefully prepared standards. Computer-based analysis equipment allows concentration changes in flowing streams to be dynamically monitored. Changes in acid normality of the stream will affect the concentration determined, hence it must also be determined by measuring the intensity of a transmitted /sup …

Gamma-ray spectroscopy measurements have been made on mixed uranium and plutonium oxides in sealed containers to determine the uranium and plutonium enrichment and isotopics. Experimental results obtained using two different methods were in good agreement with the known contents. The first method is applicable to thick samples of freshly reprocessed mixed oxide and determines isotopic abundances from measured absolute gamma-ray intensities. Measurement times depend on plutonium enrichment, but for mixed oxide enriched to 12% in plutonium, the fissionable content can be determined to better than 0.5% in 2 h. The second approach utilizes intensity ratios of selected pairs of gamma-rays to determine plutonium enrichment and uranium and plutonium isotopes. This method requires at least 12 h to determine the plutonium enrichment to an accuracy of 0.5%. However, it cannot be applied until the /sup 238/U daughter activities in the mixed oxide reach equilibrium, which requires at least 5 months after separation. Preliminary conclusions drawn from these two noninvasive and nondestructive measurement techniques, and recommendations for future experiments are discussed.

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.

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

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Normally packed South Robinson was not so busy during rush hour today."

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