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Office of Waste Isolation progress report, December 1977 (open access)

Office of Waste Isolation progress report, December 1977

This document reports progress on the OWI's portion of the National Waste Terminal Storage (NWTS) program. It comprises project reports on work performed by organizations under subcontract to OWI, by DOE contractors, by OWI consultants, and by other federal agencies participating in the NWTS program. They are made under the headings technical projects, facility projects, planning and analysis, and regulatory affairs. (DLC)
Date: January 31, 1976
Creator: Zerby, C.D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development of methods and procedures for high rate low energy expenditure fabrication of solar cells. Quarterly progress report No. 1, September 27--December 31, 1975 (open access)

Development of methods and procedures for high rate low energy expenditure fabrication of solar cells. Quarterly progress report No. 1, September 27--December 31, 1975

The objective of this program is to develop high rate, energy efficient solar cell processing techniques based around ion implantation and elimination of all conventional thermal operations. Cells have been fabricated using an abbreviated series of vacuum process operations performed at room temperature. (auth)
Date: January 1, 1976
Creator: Kirkpatrick, A. R. & Minnucci, J. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Total hadron cross section, new particles, and muon electron events in e/sup +/e/sup -/ annihilation at SPEAR (open access)

Total hadron cross section, new particles, and muon electron events in e/sup +/e/sup -/ annihilation at SPEAR

The review of total hadron electroproduction cross sections, the new states, and the muon--electron events includes large amount of information on hadron structure, nine states with width ranging from 10's of keV to many MeV, the principal decay modes and quantum numbers of some of the states, and limits on charm particle production. 13 references. (JFP)
Date: January 1, 1976
Creator: Richter, B.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Physical properties of halthane series adhesives, part 2 of 2. Period covered: October--December 1976. [Urethanes: tensile adhesion; bulk viscosity; hardness] (open access)

Physical properties of halthane series adhesives, part 2 of 2. Period covered: October--December 1976. [Urethanes: tensile adhesion; bulk viscosity; hardness]

The Halthane series of urethane adhesives have sufficient adhesive strengths and cure times for most assembly processes at Pantex. The efficiency of preparation and handling of the three systems are nearly equal. Physical properties are more consistent between samples for the 87-1. The 73-18 system is ranked in the middle and 73-14 as the least consistent. The 87-1 system is high in viscosity and adhesive bond strength. The low viscosity of 73-18 and 73-14 allows more consistency in bond thickness control. The Halthane 73-18 system in this series of development tests is considered best for processing/assembly capability.
Date: January 1, 1976
Creator: Lichte, H. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Materials and Molecular Research Division annual report, 1976 (open access)

Materials and Molecular Research Division annual report, 1976

Separate abstracts were prepared for the individual sections of this report.
Date: January 1, 1976
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tritium storage development. Progress report No. 12, April--June 1977. [In metal hydride; polymer impregnated tritiated concrete] (open access)

Tritium storage development. Progress report No. 12, April--June 1977. [In metal hydride; polymer impregnated tritiated concrete]

Laboratory work was continued on hydriding of zirconium sponge and rod under varying conditions of temperature (400 to 900/sup 0/C) and pressure (0-1000 torr) to determine optimum conditions for the formation of hydrides with desirable mechanical properties. Titanium sponge and rod were also hydrided for comparison. Zirconium and titanium samples containing tritium were prepared and initial leach data were obtained. Leach rates for zirconium in distilled water ranged from 1.1 x 10/sup -6/ to 4.8 x 10/sup -6/ cm/day under static conditions and from 2.1 x 10/sup -6/ to 1.1 x 10/sup -5/ cm/day under dynamic conditions. The leach rates for titanium sponge and rod under static conditions ranged from 2.2 x 10/sup -7/ to 1.7 x 10/sup -6/ cm/day. Construction of the engineering scale equipment has been completed and testing has been started prior to operation. Lysimeter testing of polymer impregnated tritiated concrete (PITC) specimens has continued. After sixty-two weeks, the average of the four test specimens indicates a a linear rate of release with a slope of 5.23 x 10/sup -2/ cm/yr. beginning after 250 days. A duplicate PITC static leach specimen in distilled water after 386 days indicates a linear rate of release with a slope of …
Date: January 1, 1976
Creator: Colombo, P
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geodynamics Project. US progress report, 1975 (open access)

Geodynamics Project. US progress report, 1975

The recommendations of the US Geodynamics Committee relative to program activities are presented. US Program progress is reviewed in the following areas: fine structure of the crust and upper mantle; continuous seismic reflection profiling of the deep basement: Hardeman County, Texas; Mid-Atlantic Ridge - evolution of oceanic lithosphere; internal processes and properties; crystal growing; chemical differentiation of magmas; geodynamic modelling; magnetic problems; plate boundaries; plate interiors; geodynamic syntheses; and eustatic cycles of sea level changes. (MHR)
Date: January 1, 1976
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
One and two electron integrals over Cartesian Gaussian functions (open access)

One and two electron integrals over Cartesian Gaussian functions

A formalism is developed which allows overlap, kinetic energy, potential energy and electron repulsion integrals over cartesian Gaussian functions to be expressed in a very compact form involving easily computed auxiliary functions. Similar formulas involving the same auxiliary functions are given for the common charge moments, electric-field operators, and spin-interaction operators. Recursion relations are given for the auxiliary functions which make possible the use of Gaussian functions of arbitrarily large angular momentum. An algorithm is described for the computation of electron repulsion integrals.
Date: January 1, 1976
Creator: McMurchie, L. E. & Davidson, E. R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geology and geothermics of the Island of Milos (Greece) (open access)

Geology and geothermics of the Island of Milos (Greece)

Geothermal research which has been conducted on the island of Milos is reviewed and the island's geology is discussed in terms of the geodynamics of the eastern Mediterranean. The rock formations which outcrop at Milos are described in detail, including the crystalline basement, Neogene transgressive conglomerates and limestones, and the Quaternary volcanics and volcano-sedimentary series. The recent disjunctive tectonics and volcano-tectonics affecting Milos and the neighboring islands are reviewed. Thermal manifestations and their attendant mineralizations and hydrothermal alterations are described. The geophysical methods utilized in exploration and for the siting of production wells are described. Exploration work involved the drilling of 55 wells for thermometric determinations and a full scale electrical survey. Preliminary data from two production wells with bottom-hole temperatures in excess of 300/sup 0/C are reported. Fifty-four references are provided.
Date: January 1, 1976
Creator: Fytikas, M. & Marinelli, G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Temperature and shock testing of lithium-organic electrolyte cells. [Li/LiAsF/sub 6/ + LiBF/sub 4/ in methyl formate/V/sub 2/O/sub 5/, Honeywell G2655, performance from -40/sup 0/ to +70/sup 0/C, shock levels up to 17,000 g's] (open access)

Temperature and shock testing of lithium-organic electrolyte cells. [Li/LiAsF/sub 6/ + LiBF/sub 4/ in methyl formate/V/sub 2/O/sub 5/, Honeywell G2655, performance from -40/sup 0/ to +70/sup 0/C, shock levels up to 17,000 g's]

Honeywell G2655 lithium cells were tested over the temperature range -40/sup 0/ to +70/sup 0/C and subjected to shock levels up to 17,000 g's. Output at -40/sup 0/C was approximately 50 percent of that at +25/sup 0/C, while at +70/sup 0/C the output was 150 percent that at +25/sup 0/C. Shock had no noticeable effect on performance. 99 figures, 6 tables. (auth)
Date: January 1, 1976
Creator: Levy, S.C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trends in exploration and exploration equipment for uranium (open access)

Trends in exploration and exploration equipment for uranium

Uranium exploration once again is in a ''boom'' cycle. The energy needs of the OPEC and non-OPEC countries alike have created a demand for uranium which appears certain to increase in future years. In turn, this demand has stimulated a dramatic rise in both the price of uranium and the exploration activity necessary to discover new reserves. One immediate reaction to the sudden increase in uranium exploration activity has been the evaluation of old exploration methods and equipment. This paper briefly reviews some of the traditional equipment and techniques which currently are being refined and updated. Undoubtedly this equipment, complemented with good exploration planning and judgment, will continue to be relied upon for many years and will lead to the discovery of many new deposits. The paper also covers in greater detail some of the newer, less conventional techniques and equipment now being introduced for uranium exploration. These new methods may be expected to keep this country in the forefront among the uranium producers of the world.
Date: January 1, 1976
Creator: Raitz, C.H.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Benefits of stimulating geothermal energy development with tax and research subsidies (open access)

Benefits of stimulating geothermal energy development with tax and research subsidies

A technique is demonstrated for evaluating benefits of subsidies and examples are given for using it to determine the cost-benefit ratio. Examples use two preferential tax treatments as opposed to direct research grants for the high-temperature, low-salinity hydrothermal resources. Results are compared and some conclusions are given. (PCS)
Date: January 1, 1976
Creator: Knutsen, C. A.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Secondary production in shallow marine environments (open access)

Secondary production in shallow marine environments

Recommendations are discussed with regard to population ecology, microbial food webs, marine ecosystems, improved instrumentation, and effects of land and sea on shallow marine systems. The control of secondary production is discussed with regard to present status of knowledge; research needs for studies on dominant secondary producers, food webs that lead to commercial species, and significant features of the trophic structure of shallow water marine communities. Secondary production at the land-water interface is discussed with regard to present status of knowledge; importance of macrophytes to secondary production; export to secondary consumers; utilization of macrophyte primary production; and correlations between secondary production and river discharge. The role of microorganisms in secondary production is also discussed. (HLW)
Date: January 1, 1976
Creator: Pomeroy, L.R. (ed.)
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mid-Plate, Mid-Gyre Seabed Assessment Program for Nuclear Waste Disposal. Final Report (open access)

Mid-Plate, Mid-Gyre Seabed Assessment Program for Nuclear Waste Disposal. Final Report

Status of the following tasks is reported: acoustic experiments for lateral and vertical consistency determinations; design, fabricate, and interface core launch and recovery system for C. S. LONG LINES; field test Giant Piston Core (GPC) on Bermuda Rise with LONG LINES, summer of 1976; GPC cruise to MPG-1 in October 1976; core sample analysis and data synthesis for vertical consistency; and acoustic mapping of MPG-1 for horizontal consistency. (LK)
Date: January 1, 1976
Creator: Hollister, C. D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Division of Biological and Medical Research annual report, 1976 (open access)

Division of Biological and Medical Research annual report, 1976

Separate abstracts were prepared for 14 sections of this report. Abstracts are included of publications during the period.
Date: January 1, 1976
Creator: Rosenthal, M W
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Advanced Fuel Systems Program. ERDA-RRD briefing, October 14, 1976 (open access)

Advanced Fuel Systems Program. ERDA-RRD briefing, October 14, 1976

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Date: January 1, 1976
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
ERDA Geothermal Component Test Facility (GCTF), East Mesa, Imperial Valley, California. Test operations management plan (open access)

ERDA Geothermal Component Test Facility (GCTF), East Mesa, Imperial Valley, California. Test operations management plan

Discussion of the operation of the Geothermal Component Test Facility (GCTF), established for testing heat extraction and energy conversion equipment and materials, is presented under the following section headings: purposes of the facility; operating policies: service, conflicts, safety and environmental, investigator activities, shops and equipment, and test certification; organization: chart; Lawrence Berkely Laboratory: organization, responsibilities, individual responsibilities, and funding; Bureau of Reclamation: organization, responsibilities, and funding; operations contractor: contract, qualifications, and personnel; Test Operations Advisory Board; experiment processing: test acceptance, scheduling and priorities, cost reimbursement, and activities flow chart.
Date: January 1, 1976
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fluidized bed incineration of transuranic contaminated waste (open access)

Fluidized bed incineration of transuranic contaminated waste

A 9 kg/h pilot scale fluidized bed incinerator is now being used for burning various types of radioactive waste at Rocky Flats Plant. General solid combustible waste containing halogenated materials is burned in a fluidized bed of sodium carbonate for in stu neutralization of thermally generated acidic gases. A variety of other production related materials has been burned in the incinerator, including ion exchange resin, tributyl phosphate solutions, and air filters. Successful operation of the pilot plant incinerator has led to the design and construction of a production size unit to burn 82 kg/h of plant-generated waste. Residues from incinerator operations will be processed into glass buttons utilizing a vitrification plant now under development.
Date: January 1, 1976
Creator: Ziegler, D. L. & Johnson, A. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Leak detection system design and operating considerations for the US-CRBRP (open access)

Leak detection system design and operating considerations for the US-CRBRP

Diffusion membrane type hydrogen detectors are provided for monitoring the sodium exiting each evaporator and superheater in the Clinch River Breeder Reactor Plant. These detectors allow detection of small water to sodium leaks and provide the plant operator with an early warning signal. Hydrogen detectors are located at the exit sodium streams of each steam generator module, the vent from the module semi-stagnant region, the cold leg piping, and in an intermediate system sodium expansion tank cover gas region. In addition, an electrochemical oxygen detector is located in the cold leg piping. The leak detection system is capable of detecting the presence of steam/water leaks on the order of 0.45 x 10/sup -5/ kg/sec or larger and of signaling within one to three minutes upon initiation of a leak, during normal operation. Operator action is taken upon receipt of a leak signal to shutdown the affected system, by closing steam/water isolation valves and depressurizing the affected unit.
Date: January 1, 1976
Creator: Kruger, G. B.; Eng, K. Y. & Kelly, W. L.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nucleon knockout by kaons (open access)

Nucleon knockout by kaons

The (K/sup +/, K/sup +/p) reaction is considered as a probe of the deep hole states in nuclei. DWTA calculations are presented for the knockout of a ls/sub 1/2/ proton from /sup 40/Ca. It is concluded that the experiment should be valuable.
Date: January 1, 1976
Creator: Koshel, R. D.; Moffa, P. J. & Redish, E. F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Proceedings of an actinide-sediment reactions working meeting (open access)

Proceedings of an actinide-sediment reactions working meeting

Separate abstracts were prepared for seven sections of this report. Abstracts of two papers appeared previously in ERA.
Date: January 1, 1976
Creator: Ames, L.L. (ed.)
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Application of solar energy to the supply of industrial-process hot water: installation and detail drawings. Appendix B of final design and performance report, CDRL/PA 8 (open access)

Application of solar energy to the supply of industrial-process hot water: installation and detail drawings. Appendix B of final design and performance report, CDRL/PA 8

Thirty-three drawings of the solar process hot water system for the Campbell Soup Co. plant at Sacramento are presented. (MHR)
Date: January 1, 1976
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Accurate machining (open access)

Accurate machining

Very minor test part experience of the all-rotary machine has been obtained. Results at this point appear to verify that the machines (both in the three axis and in the phonograph configuration) are inherently more accurate than machines with slides. Much more work is needed to define the desirable operating parameters and the size capacity of the all rotary machine. A second generation three axis machine is in the design stage which abandons mounting the vertical axes from the top, and instead has three vertical axes at various pin points of link points on a complex tool arm. The part then spins on a fixed axis. This machine is conceived to produce large diameter contoured laser mirrors with great accuracy. Going to a complex set of tool arm linkages greatly reduces the weight and forces on components to be moved during machining, reducing further the very minute deflection in the machining process.
Date: January 1, 1976
Creator: Burnham, M. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Load relaxation studies of zircaloy-4 (open access)

Load relaxation studies of zircaloy-4

The results of the present work have shown (1) the load relaxation data of Zircaloy-4 in the temperature range of 200/sup 0/C to 385/sup 0/C can be represented by the phenomenological model based on Hart's plastic equation of state; (2) the room temperature load relaxation data reflect the effects of deformation twinning; (3) at higher temperatures the load relaxation data suggest the contribution of grain boundary sliding; and (4) the effects of strain aging can be identified based on the load relaxation data.
Date: January 1, 1976
Creator: Huang, F. H.; Sabol, G. P.; McDonald, S. G. & Li, C. Y.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library