Progress in developing a microwave-vacuum system (MIVAC) for drying grain at a commercial grain handling and storage facility is reported. During this period the dryer was redesigned from 48 kW size to 12 kW, components were fabricated and assembled, and performance testing with corn drying was begun. (LCL)

This report summarizes the third quarter FY-1978 results of concept design studies at General Atomic Company (GA) for an 842-MW(t) VHTR utilizing an intermediate helium heat transfer loop to provide thermal energy for the production of reducing gas (H/sub 2/ + CO) by steam-reforming a light hydrocarbon. Basic carbon sources may be coal, residual, or oil shale. The report summarizes the various plant configurations selected for the study and presents the conceptual plant layout drawings. Results of design studies on the intermediate heat exchanger are also presented. The status of the performance/optimization code development is discussed, and completion of the core auxiliary cooling system study is summarized.

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The objectives of this study are to determine the economic and technical feasibility of using the low to moderate temperature geothermal resource in the Susanville anomaly in a district heating/cooling system for public or private users and in a Park of Commerce developed in conjunction with the resources development. The Susanville resource temperature is known to be a minimum of 150/sup 0/F and is projected to be a maximum of 239/sup 0/F. Because these factors all contribute to major capital outlays, design approaches have been studied which will permit economical utilization of the resource regardless of the outcome of the drilling. The system selected will depend on the result of the drilling program. This study presents a data base on systems for the temperature range from 150 to 239/sup 0/F. The results of the engineering and economic study currently indicate the region and conditions for economic feasibility. Based on a predicted fuel inflation rate of 7% and a municipal bond interest rate of 10%, the development of the Susanville Geo-Heating District is economically feasible over the entire range of anticipated reservoir conditions. Under conditions of high well costs ($130 to $175 thousand dollars per well) and low resources temperature (150 …

Second-moment probabilistic techniques are used to formulate structural resistances and loads and to derive reliability-based safety, load, and strength factors for design. Existing concepts of the second-moment reliability theory have been extended to the practical case of multiple load combinations. This development consistently includes the stochastic character of loads and the unpredictable nature of their combinations. For this purpose, a new technique for the evaluation of load combinations is presented, whereby the moments of the extreme of combined loads is obtained in terms of the moments of individual loads and parameters describing their random fluctuations in time. Reliability-based safety, load, and strength factors are derived in terms of the acceptable level of risk, the coefficients of variation of the loads and resistance, uncertainties associated with errors in modeling and estimation, and a set of parameters describing the stochastic nature of loads and their combinations.

The review is presented in sections on x-ray spectrograph development, sampling of gases in a post shot cavity, oil shale retort heat losses, development of an automated thermocouple, seismic engineering, testing fuel rod casks, and nuclear materials control. A separate abstract was prepared for each section. (JRD)

The solutions were analyzed for acidity and total Pu concentration at ambient temperature while the density was determined at 25, 35, 45, and 60/sup 0/C. From least squares fitting, it was found that the density could be computed to within 1% of the experimental value using the equation D = 1 + 0.0477(H/sup +/) - 4.25 x 10/sup -3/ (H/sup +/)/sup 2/ + 1.477 x 10/sup -3/ (Pu) - (T - 25)/1000. (DLC)

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Major effort was expended in the final assembly of the gain experiment apparatus; this phase had been delayed by some magnet and discharge tube problems which have now been solved. The addition of the discharge circuitry, now underway, is the last step before gain and discharge tests. The metal testing oven is complete and preliminary tests are underway which show encouraging results concerning the compatibility of mercury vapor and Inconel and 316 SS. Some initial modeling was done with the Boltzmann/kinetics code which demonstrates CdHg production efficiency as a function of E/N.

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