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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; Repeated services on justice court juries.

This report includes tables and excerpts of references to safeguards, physical security, and related matters in the Nuclear Non-proliferation Act of 1978.

The LOFT Reactor Lower Core Support Plate has been analyzed using LOCA plus SSE loading. The LOCA loading was obtained from LTR 1115-39, Ref. 1, which used LOCA pressures from Ref. 5. SSE loading on the Lower Core Support Plate was obtained from LTR 1115-31, Ref. 2. The combination of LOCA plus SSE is considered a faulted loading condition. The analysis showed the lower Core Support Plate to be structurally adequate and that it meets all of the ASME Section III requirements for faulted conditions. A listing of the computer code used in this analysis is contained in Appendix B. 10 figs.

Environmental effects and energy efficiencies for geothermal energy, western strip-mined coal, and eastern underground mined coal applied to space heating, process heat, and electric drive were compared. The measure of an environmental effect is the amount of residual material released to the environment, and the measure of energy efficiency is the second law efficiency of the process involved. The results indicate that geothermal energy efficiencies (second law) are higher than those for coal for all three end uses. The environmental effects for geothermal supply systems are smaller than those for coal in the cases of space heat and process heat and are comparable in the case of electric drive. The optimum allocation of a finite geothermal resource and a finite coal resource between space heat and electric drive has been evaluated from the viewpoint of maximum end use service. The results indicate that, to the extent that locational factors permit, geothermal energy should be used for space heat and coal for electric drive.

The results of a dynamic analysis of the LOFT Reactor Core Barrel for faulted conditions are presented in this report. Loading conditions considered were seismic accelerations resulting from a Safe Shutdown Earthquake (SSE) and pressure loadings from both a hot leg and a cold leg Loss-of-Coolant Accident (LOCA) break. Maximum stresses in the core barrel, resulting from these conditions, are presented with comparisons to Code allowables. Stresses were found to be within allowables for the faulted condition as defined in the ASME Code (1977), Appendix F.

Hot plasma buildup by neutral beam injection into an initially cold solid or gaseous target is found to be conceivable in large mirror machine experiments such as 2XIIB or MFTF. A simple analysis shows that existing neutral beam intensities are sufficient to ablate suitable targets to form a gas or vapor cloud. An approximate rate equation model is used to follow the subsequent processes of ionization, heating, and hot plasma formation. Solutions of these rate equations are obtained by means of the ''GEAR'' techniques for solving ''stiff'' systems of differential equations. These solutions are in rough agreement with the 2XIIB stream plasma buildup experiment. They also predict that buildup on a suitable nitrogen-like target will occur in the MFTF geometry. In 2XIIB the solutions are marginal; buildup may be possible, but is not certain.

Future prospects regarding the numerical solution of the Navier-Stokes equations using the finite element method are discussed. Since the ultimate goal is to solve these equations in three-dimensions, only the primitive variable (u,P) formulation is considered. A novel feature of the two-dimensional solution technique relates to the methodology developed and employed for solving the semi-discretized system of ordinary differential equations, which are outlined in the section describing the development of the two-dimensional code. Following the discussion of numerical results from two-dimensional calculations, three-dimensional flows are discussed, where several potentially viable options are considered. (TFD)

A faulted analysis of the LOFT Reactor Vessel filler blocks has been completed. The faulted loads were the sum of LOCA (Loss of Coolant Accident) plus SSE (Safe Shutdown Earthquake). The analysis showed the filler blocks to be structurally adequate for the faulted loading.

The Spar and Sphere offshore platforms are feasible concepts for the demonstration of a near full size OTEC plant to determine its validity and to gather data for use in the construction, design and operation of commercial OTEC plants. A hull size suitable to support a 100 MWe net output plant was chosen. Either 50, 25 or 12.5 MWe power modules could be used. Selection of 50 MWe modules would permit the testing of equipment recommended for the commercial plant. The use of 25 MWe modules would permit optimal hull volume utilization. The size hull selected for both platforms represents a reasonable increase above the pilot plant, providing design and construction problems similar to those that may be found in a hull size commercial plant. Since the hull size is substantially smaller than the projected commercial plant size, the possiblity of constructing the vessel of steel was presented. However, it is already determined that the full size hull shall be constructed principally of reinforced concrete and thus to fully demonstrate the feasibility of both construction techniques and operation, concrete was chosen for the demonstration plant. The superstructure of the sphere is all steel and for the spar, concrete with a …

The configuration, integration, and evaluation studies performed in the first phase of this contract resulted in a ranking of the most feasible platform candidates for commercial OTEC applications. On the basis of the results obtained from three individual contractors performing the same study, the Department of Energy made selections of two platform hulls for each contractor for conceptual designs. For Phase-II studies, M. Rosenblatt and Son, Inc. (MR and S) project team was given the SPAR and SPHERE platforms to perform not only conceptual designs for, but also cost and time schedules and sensitivity analyses. This is the second volume of a three-volume MR and S report, and it presents the results of conceptual designs for the two platforms, the facilities and equipment required for construction, deployment, and operation of these platforms, and cost estimates and time schedules. All conceptual design work is performed for the baseline site on West Coast of Florida. The cost differentials and other considerations involved with deploying the platforms in the New Orleans and Puerto Rico sites are also presented. As an end product of the complete study, the costs for the SPAR and the SPHERE platforms are reported both in terms of acquisition costs …

This paper examines the purpose and evolution of White House lobbying from 1921 to 1978, and major controversies affiliated with lobbying.