The purpose of the test was to determine the responses of the plant when subjected to load transients exceeding the design magnitudes, and to determine the maximum load changes, positive or negative, that the plant can sustain. The reactor plant responded satisfactorily to all load transients. The only limits exceed were the pressurizer high and low level alarm points. The magnitude of the transients and the time required for the plant to return to equilibrium was dependent upon the size of the the load change. The pressurizer spray was effective in reducing reactor coolant pressure positive surges; however, this resulted in larger negative surges than when the spray valve was closed.

This specification is specifically designed for the procurement of Zircaloy tubing to be used in the of swaged, UO fuel elements, an, and the Pu fuel elements for the Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor. Requisition G-385923 contains the following information pertinent to this specification: 1. Dimensions and dimensional tolerance. 2. Source of zirconium sponge and conditions for us of Zircaloy scrap. 3. Inspection requirements. 4. Shipping instructions.

Instrumentation shall be provided as shown on the attached drawing, SK-1-26835 for Confinement System Control. The Primary objective of the confinement system shall be to provide maximum possible confinement of contamination, consistent with building limitations, in the event of any contamination, consistent with building limitations, in the event of any credible reactor accident resulting from equipment failure or reactor mis operation.

The Chase two-dimensional analyzer is a 64 channel by 64 channel analyzer with a magnetic drum memory and a buffered storage system. The memory capacity is 2 counts per channel. The maximum storage rate is limited by the drum speed and is about 800 counts per second for a featureless spectrum.

An insightful review conducted by Mentor Nancy Walkup on Janet Prejean's math class at North High Mount School. The review captures observations, feedback, and commendations aimed at providing a comprehensive assessment of Ms. Prejean's teaching methods, classroom management, and overall effectiveness in delivering math education.

Annual financial report of the Texas Lottery Commission documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for fiscal year 2018.

This technical report consists of day by day experimental data reported in Engineer's Log book, Electro-Chemistry Department, supporting Report No. EC-11 dated November 15, 1944, by W. L. Grube, Research Laboratories Division, General Motors Corporation.

Abstract: Technical report describing an evaluation of solvents for use in the extraction of uranium from Mallinckrodt type ore feeds.

Technical report evaluating solvents for use in the extraction of uranium from Mallinckrodt type ore feeds. Re-evaluates the Mallinckrodt process in the light of the more recent solvent extraction development that has been carried out at various AEC sites.

The purpose of this report is to describe the information structure of the GEODOC file. GEODOC is a computer based file which contains the descriptive cataloging and indexing information for all documents processed by the National Geothermal Information Resource Group. This file (along with other GRID files) is managed by DBMS, the Berkeley Data Base Management System. Input for the system is prepared using the IRATE Text Editing System with its extended (12 bit) character set, or punched cards.

This report discusses positive developments, challenges, and outlook of HIV/AIDS around the globe.

Weekly report of the Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service on turkey poult numbers in Texas and compared with other states. It includes compiled statistics across six consecutive weeks during two years for turkey eggs set and poults hatched.

November report of the U.S. Congressional Oversight Panel describing their activities and findings regarding the U.S. Treasury's Guarantee Program, including an overview of Guarantees in general, and the effectiveness and impacts of the Treasury's programs.

The testing reported here was performed on K East Basin consolidated sludge samples to generate data needed for the evaluation and design of the systems that will be used to disposition the K Basin sludge to T-Plant for interim storage. The tests were conducted by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory from May through November 1999 under the direction of the Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) Project. The samples used in the work discussed here were collected by the SNF Characterization Project from the KE Basin floor and canisters during March and April 1999. These samples (3 from the floor and 3 from the canisters) were shipped to the storage pool at the Postirradiation Testing Laboratory (327 Building) and later transferred to the PNNL Radiochemical Processing Laboratory (325 Building), where they were recovered for testing and analysis. Testing activities presented in this report include particle size measurement via wet sieving, sludge settling and sludge density measurements, sludge shear strength measurement, and measurement of sludge dissolution enthalpy to ascertain the uranium metal content of the sludge. Section 1.0 provides the summary and conclusions to date. Section 2.0 describes the consolidated sample container system, the sample collection and transfer, inspection, and recovery of the samples …

In this project we studied several fundamental issues arising in the parallel adaptive solution of linear and nonlinear elliptic and parabolic PDEs using multilevel algorithms. We focused our attention on a new approach described in the paper ''A New Paradigm for Parallel Adaptive Mesh Refinement'' by Bank and Hoist. The new approach requires almost no communication to solve an elliptic equation in parallel, and therefore has the potential to scale much more efficiently on massively parallel computers than do more traditional algorithms. The algorithm described in the Bank and Hoist paper has an inherently multilevel structure, in that a sequence of problems on a refinement hierarchy of meshes is solved during the course of the calculation. In particular, the algorithm has three main components: (1) We solve a small problem on a coarse mesh, and use a posteriori error estimates to partition the mesh. (2) Each processor is provided the complete coarse mesh and instructed to solve the entire problem, but with its adaptive refinement largely limited to its own assigned mesh partition. (3) A final mesh is computed using the union of the refined partitions provided by each processor. The mesh is regularized into a global conformal mesh, and …

This report consolidates and integrates all of the particle size analysis data generated during the Hanford K Basin sludge characterization campaigns. The provides the most representative particle size distribution curves for the various K Basin sludge types. Understanding the particle size distribution of the sludge is necessary to design sludge retrieval and processing systems and to address sludge transportation and storage safety issues due to the potential reactivity of sludge.

In [l] Brandt describes a general approach for algebraic coarsening. Given fine-grid equations and a prescribed relaxation method, an approach is presented for defining both the coarse-grid variables and the coarse-grid equations corresponding to these variables. Although, these two tasks are not necessarily related (and, indeed, are often performed independently and with distinct techniques) in the approaches of [1] both revolve around the same underlying observation. To determine whether a given set of coarse-grid variables is appropriate it is suggested that one should employ compatible relaxation. This is a generalization of so-called F-relaxation (e.g., [2]). Suppose that the coarse-grid variables are defined as a subset of the fine-grid variables. Then, F-relaxation simply means relaxing only the F-variables (i.e., fine-grid variables that do not correspond to coarse-grid variables), while leaving the remaining fine-grid variables (C-variables) unchanged. The generalization of compatible relaxation is in allowing the coarse-grid variables to be defined differently, say as linear combinations of fine-grid variables, or even nondeterministically (see examples in [1]). For the present summary it suffices to consider the simple case. The central observation regarding the set of coarse-grid variables is the following [1]: Observation 1--A general measure for the quality of the set of coarse-grid …

This report summarizes the use of a one-dimensional model of a time-dependent compressible flow condition to validate the results from a more sophisticated three-dimensional model. The flow conditions consist of the sudden decompression of a pressurized tube joined to an evacuated sphere, where the tube also has a leak to external atmosphere that is triggered open at a given pressure difference below sea-level pressure. This flow model is used to calculate conditions in a NIF beam tube if an internal vacuum barrier fails, and to calculate how the size and timing of an opening to external atmosphere changes tube pressure. Decompression of a NIF beam tube is a potential safety hazard since the tube could collapse if the tube pressure is reduced below the buckling limit. To prevent this from occurring, each pressurized section includes a rupture panel which is designed to open to external atmosphere at a given pressure difference. The inrush of external atmosphere through the rupture panel fills both the tube and the vacuum drawing on it, and in this way the pressure drop in the tube is quickly limited and reversed. In summary, the results from the 1D model indicate that the 3-D calculations are accurate …

This is a brief overview of the Hobbs Act and relevant court interpretations of its provisions.

This report provides an introduction about how the video relay service works and and overview of the program. It discusses the fundamental restructuring of the program to support innovation and competition.

This report examines instances, as approved by Congress, where circumstances warrant a departure from the general rule of the Posse Comitatus Act, wherein the military is typically prevented from direct involvement in civilian affairs.

An LCAO molecular orbital calculation using the full six-electron hamiltonian has been per formed on Li2 a t a nuclear separation equal to 'the experimental internuclear distance. The molecular wave function consisted of one antisymmetrized product made up of molecular orbitals formed as the best linear combinations of Slater Is, 2s, and 2p atomic orbitals. The orbital exponents for these atomic orbitals were respectively 2. 69, 0.64 and 0. 53 as determined by a variational calculation on the lithium atom. In computing the molecular dissociation energy, the .energy of two separated lithium atoms was taken to be that obtained by this variational calculation. The computed dissociation energy was found to be 0. 33 ev compared with the experimental value of 1. 05 (where a slight correction for zero-point energy has been made). The ratio of the computed molecular ground-state energy to the experimental is 0. 9902 while the difference of these quantities is 4. 00 ev. Certain other molecular constants are calculated and compared with available experimental data.

This report analyzes U.S. and international sanctions against Iran. The report tracks "implementation" of the various U.S. laws and Executive Orders as designations and imposition of sanctions. Some sanctions require the blocking of U.S.-based property of sanctioned entities.

This report provides an historical analysis of the use of the Armed Forces to execute domestic law and of the Posse Comitatus Act, including their apparent theoretical and constitutional underpinnings. The report then outlines the current application of the act as well as its statutory exceptions, and reviews the consequences of its violation.