531 Matching Results

Results open in a new window/tab.

2000 Census: Headquarters Processing System Status and Risks (open access)

2000 Census: Headquarters Processing System Status and Risks

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The accuracy of the 2000 decennial census depends in part on the proper functioning of 10 interrelated information systems, one of which is the Census Bureau's headquarters (HQ) processing system. The HQ processing system consists of 48 applications, all developed internally by the Bureau, that support various census operations, such as updating address files, creating a file of census responses, and preparing data for tabulation and dissemination. GAO found that the Bureau lacks effective, mature software and system development processes to control development of its HQ processing system applications."
Date: October 17, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Acceleration and Compression of Charged Particle Bunches Using Counter-Propagating Laser Beams (open access)

Acceleration and Compression of Charged Particle Bunches Using Counter-Propagating Laser Beams

The nonlinear interaction between counter-propagating laser beams in a plasma results in the generation of large (enhanced) plasma wakes. The two beams need to be slightly detuned in frequency, and one of them has to be ultra-short (shorter than a plasma period). Thus produced wakes have a phase velocity close to the speed of light and can be used for acceleration and compression of charged bunches. The physical mechanism responsible for the enhanced wake generation is qualitatively described and compared with the conventional laser wakefield mechanism. The authors also demonstrate that, depending on the sign of the frequency difference between the lasers, the enhanced wake can be used as a ``snow-plow'' to accelerate and compress either positively or negatively charged bunches. This ability can be utilized in an electron-positron injector.
Date: October 17, 2000
Creator: Shvets, G.; Fisch, N. J. & Pukhov, A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Acceptance Test Plan for Fourth-Generation Hanford Corrosion Probe Tree Assembly (open access)

Acceptance Test Plan for Fourth-Generation Hanford Corrosion Probe Tree Assembly

This Acceptance Test Procedure (ATP) will document the satisfactory operation of the corrosion probe tree assembly. This ATP will be performed by the manufacturer prior to delivery to the site. The objective of this procedure is to demonstrate and document the acceptance of the corrosion probe tree assembly. The test will consist of a pressure test to verify leak tightness of the probe tree body, a continuity test of the probe tree wiring, a test of the high level detector wiring, and a test of the operation of the Type K thermocouples.
Date: October 17, 2000
Creator: NORMAN, E.C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Additional Cover/Cap Scenario Streamtube Fate and Transport Modeling for the Old Radioactive Waste Burial Ground, Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina (open access)

Additional Cover/Cap Scenario Streamtube Fate and Transport Modeling for the Old Radioactive Waste Burial Ground, Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina

The modeling described in this report is an extension of previous fate and transport modeling for the Old Radioactive Waste Burial Ground (ORWBG) Corrective Measures Study/Feasibility Study (CMS/FS). The purpose of this and the previous modeling is to provide quantitative input to the screening of remedial alternatives for the CMS/FS for this site.
Date: October 17, 2000
Creator: Brewer, K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 101, No. 187, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 17, 2000 (open access)

Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 101, No. 187, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 17, 2000

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 17, 2000
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Anomalous small-angle x-ray scattering studies of phase separation in bulk amorphous. (open access)

Anomalous small-angle x-ray scattering studies of phase separation in bulk amorphous.

None
Date: October 17, 2000
Creator: Hufnagel, T. C.; Gu, X. & Munkholm, A.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appropriations for FY2001: Interior and Related Agencies (open access)

Appropriations for FY2001: Interior and Related Agencies

Appropriations are one part of a complex federal budget process that includes budget resolutions, appropriations (regular, supplemental, and continuing) bills, rescissions, and budget reconciliation bills. This report is a guide to one of the 13 regular appropriations bills that Congress passes each year. It is designed to supplement the information provided by the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations.
Date: October 17, 2000
Creator: Greenwood, Alfred R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Army Aviation: The RAH-66 Comanche Helicopter Issue (open access)

Army Aviation: The RAH-66 Comanche Helicopter Issue

Although it has been a high priority Army program, a number of factors have complicated the RAH-66 Comanche program. Since its inception, the program has been restructured several times–postponing the initial operational capability (IOC) and increasing overall program costs. Presently, there is debate within the Army regarding whether the program should be reduced significantly to make funds available to pursue other modernization priorities.
Date: October 17, 2000
Creator: Bolkcom, Christopher
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
B and D mesons in lattice QCD (open access)

B and D mesons in lattice QCD

Computational and theoretical developments in lattice QCD calculations of B and D mesons are surveyed. Several topical examples are given: new ideas for calculating the HQET parameters {bar {Lambda}} and {lambda}{sub 1}; form factors needed to determine {vert_bar}V{sub cb}{vert_bar} and {vert_bar}V{sub ub}{vert_bar}; bag parameters for the mass differences of the B mesons; and decay constants. Prospects for removing the quenched approximation are discussed.
Date: October 17, 2000
Creator: Kronfeld, Andreas S.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Baseline Design Compliance Matrix for the Rotary Mode Core Sampling System (open access)

Baseline Design Compliance Matrix for the Rotary Mode Core Sampling System

The purpose of the design compliance matrix (DCM) is to provide a single-source document of all design requirements associated with the fifteen subsystems that make up the rotary mode core sampling (RMCS) system. It is intended to be the baseline requirement document for the RMCS system and to be used in governing all future design and design verification activities associated with it. This document is the DCM for the RMCS system used on Hanford single-shell radioactive waste storage tanks. This includes the Exhauster System, Rotary Mode Core Sample Trucks, Universal Sampling System, Diesel Generator System, Distribution Trailer, X-Ray Cart System, Breathing Air Compressor, Nitrogen Supply Trailer, Casks and Cask Truck, Service Trailer, Core Sampling Riser Equipment, Core Sampling Support Trucks, Foot Clamp, Ramps and Platforms and Purged Camera System. Excluded items are tools such as light plants and light stands. Other items such as the breather inlet filter are covered by a different design baseline. In this case, the inlet breather filter is covered by the Tank Farms Design Compliance Matrix.
Date: October 17, 2000
Creator: LECHELT, J.A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 326, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 17, 2000 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 326, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 17, 2000

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 17, 2000
Creator: Cash, Wanda Garner
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 95, No. 83, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 17, 2000 (open access)

The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 95, No. 83, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 17, 2000

Semiweekly newspaper from Boerne, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 17, 2000
Creator: Keasling, Edna & Fierro, Jennifer
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brady Standard-Herald and Heart O' Texas News (Brady, Tex.), Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 17, 2000 (open access)

Brady Standard-Herald and Heart O' Texas News (Brady, Tex.), Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 17, 2000

Semiweekly newspaper from Brady, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 17, 2000
Creator: Stewart, James E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Characterization of Melter Off Gas Condensate from the Duratek LAW Pilot Melter Off Gas System (open access)

Characterization of Melter Off Gas Condensate from the Duratek LAW Pilot Melter Off Gas System

This report focuses on characterization of an off gas condensate sample from the Duratek LAW pilot melter located in Columbia, MD.
Date: October 17, 2000
Creator: Calloway, T.B. Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cold Vacuum Dryer (CVD) Facility Fire Protection System Design Description (SYS 24) (open access)

Cold Vacuum Dryer (CVD) Facility Fire Protection System Design Description (SYS 24)

This system design description (SDD) addresses the Cold Vacuum Drying (CVD) Facility fire protection system (FPS). The primary features of the FPS for the CVD are a fire alarm and detection system, automatic sprinklers, and fire hydrants. The FPS also includes fire extinguishers located throughout the facility and fire hydrants to assist in manual firefighting efforts. In addition, a fire barrier separates the operations support (administrative) area from the process bays and process bay support areas. Administrative controls to limit combustible materials have been established and are a part of the overall fire protection program. The FPS is augmented by assistance from the Hanford Fire Department (HED) and by interface systems including service water, electrical power, drains, instrumentation and controls. This SDD, when used in conjunction with the other elements of the definitive design package, provides a complete picture of the FPS for the CVD Facility.
Date: October 17, 2000
Creator: Singh, G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Compact waveguide-type cavity input couplers for shielding ceramic window and balanced aperture fields. (open access)

Compact waveguide-type cavity input couplers for shielding ceramic window and balanced aperture fields.

None
Date: October 17, 2000
Creator: Kang, Y.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cryogenic Simulations of Tissue Freezing (open access)

Cryogenic Simulations of Tissue Freezing

None
Date: October 17, 2000
Creator: DYKHUIZEN,RONALD C. & SAMBANIS,A.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 107, No. 204, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 17, 2000 (open access)

Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 107, No. 204, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 17, 2000

Daily newspaper from Perry, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 17, 2000
Creator: Brown, Gloria
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Development of probabilistic RESRAD computer codes for NRC decommissioning and license termination applications. (open access)

Development of probabilistic RESRAD computer codes for NRC decommissioning and license termination applications.

In 1999, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) tasked Argonne National Laboratory to modify the existing RESRAD and RESRAD-BUILD codes to perform probabilistic, site-specific dose analysis for use with the NRC's Standard Review Plan for demonstrating compliance with the license termination rule. The RESRAD codes have been developed by Argonne to support the US Department of Energy's (DOEs) cleanup efforts. Through more than a decade of application, the codes already have established a large user base in the nation and a rigorous QA support. The primary objectives of the NRC task are to: (1) extend the codes' capabilities to include probabilistic analysis, and (2) develop parameter distribution functions and perform probabilistic analysis with the codes. The new codes also contain user-friendly features specially designed with graphic-user interface. In October 2000, the revised RESRAD (version 6.0) and RESRAD-BUILD (version 3.0), together with the user's guide and relevant parameter information, have been developed and are made available to the general public via the Internet for use.
Date: October 17, 2000
Creator: Chen, S. Y.; Yu, C.; T., Mo. & Trottier, C.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Drug Control: U.S. Assistance to Colombia Will Take Years to Produce Results (open access)

Drug Control: U.S. Assistance to Colombia Will Take Years to Produce Results

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The United States has been providing assistance to Colombia since the early 1970s to help the Colombian National Police and other law enforcement agencies, the military, and civilian agencies reduce illegal drug production and trafficking. Recognizing that illegal drug activities are a serious problem, the Colombian government announced a counternarcotics plan known as Plan Colombia. This report reviews the U.S. counternarcotics efforts in Colombia. Although U.S.-provided assistance has enhanced Colombian counternarcotics capabilities, its usefulness has sometimes been limited because of long-standing problems in planning and implementation. For example, little progress has been made in launching a plan to have Colombia's National Police assume a larger role in managing the aerial eradication program, which requires costly U.S. contractor assistance. The governments of the United States and Colombia face continuing and new financial and management challenges in implementing Plan Colombia. The costs and activities needed to implement the plan are unknown at this time, and it will take years before any significant reduction in the drug trade is seen. Colombia must resolve problems with its political and economic stability and improve its management of counternarcotics funding in order …
Date: October 17, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effect of Surface Condition and Heat Treatment on Corrosion of Type 316L Stainless Steel in a Mercury Thermal Convection Loop (open access)

Effect of Surface Condition and Heat Treatment on Corrosion of Type 316L Stainless Steel in a Mercury Thermal Convection Loop

Two thermal convection loops (TCLs) fabricated from 316L stainless steel and containing mercury and a variety of 316L coupons representing variable surface conditions and heat treatments have been operated continuously for 2000 h. Surface conditions included surface ground, polished, gold-coated, chemically etched, bombarded with Fe to simulate radiation damage, and oxidized. Heat treatments included solution treated, welded, and sensitized. In addition, a nitrogen doped 316L material, termed 316LN, was also examined in the solution treated condition. Duplicate TCLs were operated in this experiment--both were operated with a 305 C peak temperature, a 65 C temperature gradient, and mercury velocity of 1.2 m/min--but only one included a 36 h soak in Hg at 310 C just prior to operation to encourage wetting. Results indicate that the soak in Hg at 310 C had no lasting effect on wetting or compatibility with Hg. Further, based on examination of post-test wetting and coupon weight loss, only the gold-coated surfaces revealed significant interaction with Hg. In areas wetted significantly by Hg, the extreme surface of the stainless steel (ca 10 {micro}m) was depleted in Ni and Cr compared to the bulk composition.
Date: October 17, 2000
Creator: Pawel, S.J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 17, 2000 (open access)

The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 17, 2000

Daily newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 17, 2000
Creator: Bush, Kent
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Final Report: Illinois Institjute of Technology Antifoam Recommendation to SRTC (open access)

Final Report: Illinois Institjute of Technology Antifoam Recommendation to SRTC

This report is a summary of the basic research necessary to understand the cause of foaming in the Small Tank Tetraphenylborate Process (STTP) and to develop a short list of antifoaming and defoaming agents.
Date: October 17, 2000
Creator: Lambert, D. P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Foreign Assistance: Any Further Aid to Haitian Justice System Should Be Linked to Performance-Related Conditions (open access)

Foreign Assistance: Any Further Aid to Haitian Justice System Should Be Linked to Performance-Related Conditions

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "In 1994, the United States and other countries intervened militarily in Haiti to restore the democratically elected government that had been overthrown by the Haitian military several years earlier. During the last 6 years, the United States provided assistance to help Haiti establish its first civilian-controlled police and improve its judicial system. About $70 million in U.S. assistance helped Haiti recruit, train, organize, and equip a basic police force, including specialized units. However, despite these achievements, the police and judicial sector have displayed several weaknesses. The Haitian government's lack of a clear commitment to addressing the major problems of its police and judicial institutions has been the key factor affecting the success of the U.S. assistance provided to these institutions. The United States is reassessing several aspects of its relationship with Haiti because of concerns about how votes were counted in Haiti's May 2000 elections. The United States and Haiti have been unable to negotiate an agreement for continuing this assistance. At this time, any further aid to the Haitian Justice System should be linked to performance-related conditions."
Date: October 17, 2000
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library