Newspaper article about a luncheon planned by the Temple Railroad and Pioneer Museum to raise money for the restoration of historic downtown Temple. Included with the article is a photo of the Santa Fe depot before World War I.

Electrochemical capacitative behavior of carbon aerogels and commercial carbon fiber cloths was studied in 5M KOH, 3M sulfuric acid, and 0.5M tetrethylammonium tetrafluoroborate/propylene carbonate electrolytes. The resorcinol-formaldehyde based carbon aerogels with a range of denisty (0.2-0.85 g/cc) have open-cell structures with ultrafine pore sizes (5-50 nm), high surface area (400-700 m{sup 2}/g), and a solid matrix composed of interconnected particles or fibers with characteristic diameters of 10 nm. The commercial fiber cloths in the density range 0.2-04g/cc have high surface areas (1000-2500 m{sup 2}/g). The volumetric capacitances of high-density aerogels are shown to be comparable to or exceeding those from activated carbon fibers. Electrochemical behavior of these materials in various electrolytes is compared and related to their physical properties.

An international team was assembled for the purpose of selecting suitable immobilization forms and processing technologies for the Fissile Materials Deposition Program Office. As a reference point, the team used the NAS study but did not limit their recommendations to those of the NAS. As a result, two basic forms were selected and the processing alternatives to provide those two forms were defined. Environmental data have been supplied to support a preliminary environmental impact statement for the disposition program. The immobilization program has also entered the R&D Phase and progress has been made on the formulation of both glass and ceramic forms. Samples of both glass and ceramics containing tens of grams of plutonium have been prepared which indicate that the required concentration range can be obtained. Long-term leach tests to verify performance requirements in the repository are also under way.

This paper examined effects of heat treatment and milling (before or after heat treatment) on the (electrochemical) intercalating ability of needle petroleum coke; natural graphite particles are included for comparison. 1 tab, 4 figs, 7 refs.