Ground-water monitoring compliance projects for Hanford Site facilities: Progress report for the period April 1 to June 30, 1988: Volume 2, Appendices (open access)

Ground-water monitoring compliance projects for Hanford Site facilities: Progress report for the period April 1 to June 30, 1988: Volume 2, Appendices

This is Volume 2 of a two-volume set of documents that describes the progress of 10 Hanford Site ground-water monitoring projects for the period April 1 to June 30, 1988. This volume discusses as-built diagrams, drilling logs, and geophysical logs for wells drilled during this period in the 100-N Area (Appendix A) and near the 216-A-36B Crib (Appendix B). Volume 1 discusses the 10 projects. This work was supported by the US Department of Energy under Contract AC06-76RL01830.
Date: September 1, 1988
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Estimating the market penetration of residential cool storage technology using economic cost modeling (open access)

Estimating the market penetration of residential cool storage technology using economic cost modeling

This study estimated the market penetration for residential cool storage technology by using economic cost modeling. Residential cool storage units produce and store chill during off-peak periods of the day to be used during times of peak power needs. The report provides projections of unit sales expected in 5-year intervals for the years 1995, 2000, 2005, and 2010. Such projections help to determine the maximum amount of energy that could be displaced by this technology in the future. 19 refs., 4 figs., 10 tabs.
Date: September 1, 1988
Creator: Weijo, R. O. & Brown, D. R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pioneering the nuclear age (open access)

Pioneering the nuclear age

This paper reviews the historical aspects of nuclear physics. The scientific aspects of the early transuranium elements are discussed and arms control measures are reviewed. 11 refs., 14 figs. (LSP)
Date: September 1, 1988
Creator: Seaborg, G. T.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Fermilab upgrade (open access)

The Fermilab upgrade

This paper discusses the upgrades needed at Fermilab Tevatron facility to meet the future physics needs. Historical aspects are also discussed. 3 figs.
Date: September 25, 1988
Creator: Lederman, L.M.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Status of the SSC superconducting magnet program (open access)

Status of the SSC superconducting magnet program

The work that has been done on the SSC dipole over the past year is summarized in this paper, which is divided into four sections: cable development and production, cryostat design, cold mass design, and model magnet testing. 13 refs., 2 figs., 7 tabs.
Date: September 1, 1988
Creator: Peoples, J.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Raman scattering in crystals (open access)

Raman scattering in crystals

A tutorial presentation is given of Raman scattering in crystals. The physical concepts are emphasized rather than the detailed mathematical formalism. Starting with an introduction to the concepts of phonons and conservation laws, the effects of photon-phonon interactions are presented. This interaction concept is shown for a simple cubic crystal and is extended to a uniaxial crystal. The correlation table method is used for determining the number and symmetry of the Raman active modes. Finally, examples are given to illustrate the relative ease of using this group theoretical method and the predictions are compared with measured Raman spectra. 37 refs., 17 figs., 6 tabs.
Date: September 30, 1988
Creator: Edwards, D.F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Space and time resolved spectroscopy of laser-produced plasmas: A study of density-sensitive x-ray transitions in helium-like and neon-like ions (open access)

Space and time resolved spectroscopy of laser-produced plasmas: A study of density-sensitive x-ray transitions in helium-like and neon-like ions

The determination of level populations and detailed population mechanisms in dense plasmas has become an increasingly important problem in atomic physics. In this work, the density variation of line intensities and level populations in aluminum K-shell and molybdenum and silver L-shell emission spectra have been measured from high-powered, laser-produced plasmas. For each case, the density dependence of the observed line emission is due to the effect of high frequency electron-ion collisions on metastable levels. The density dependent line intensities vary greatly in laser-produced plasmas and can be used to extract detailed information concerning the population kinetics and level populations of the ions. The laser-plasmas had to be fully characterized in order to clearly compare the observed density dependence with atomic theory predictions. This has been achieved through the combined use of new diagnostic instruments and microdot targets which provided simultaneously space, time, and spectrally resolved data. The plasma temperatures were determined from the slope of the hydrogen-like recombination continuum. The time resolved electron density profiles were measured using multiple frame holographic interferometry. Thus, the density dependence of K-shell spectral lines could be clearly examined, independent of assumptions concerning the dynamics of the plasma. In aluminum, the electron density dependence of …
Date: September 1, 1988
Creator: Young, Bruce Kai Fong
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Personnel neutron dosimetry applications of track-size distributions on electrochemically etched CR-39 foils (open access)

Personnel neutron dosimetry applications of track-size distributions on electrochemically etched CR-39 foils

The track-size distribution on electrochemically etched CR-39 foils can be used to obtain some limited information on the incident neutron spectra. Track-size distributions on CR-39 foils can also be used to determine if the tracks were caused by neutrons or if they are merely background tracks (which have a significantly different track-size distribution). Identifying and discarding the high-background foils reduces the number of foils that must be etched. This also lowers the detection limit of the dosimetry system. We have developed an image analyzer program that can more efficiently determine the track density and track-size distribution, as well as read the laser-cut identification numbers on each foil. This new image analyzer makes the routine application of track-size distributions on CR-39 foils feasible. 2 refs., 3 figs.
Date: September 1, 1988
Creator: Hankins, D.E.; Homann, S.G. & Westermark, J.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
RTNS-II (Rotating Target Neutron Source II) operational summary (open access)

RTNS-II (Rotating Target Neutron Source II) operational summary

The Rotating Target Neutron Source II facility (RTNS-II) operated for over nine years. Its purpose was to provide high intensities of 14 MeV neutrons for materials studies in the fusion energy program. For the period from 1982-1987, the facility was supported by both the US (Department of Energy) and Japan (Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science). RTNS-II contains two accelerator-based neutron sources which use the T(d,n)/sup 4/He reaction. In this paper, we will summarize the operational history of RTNS-II. Typical operating parameters are given. In addition, a brief description of the experimental program is presented. The current status and future options for the facility are discussed. 7 refs., 5 tabs.
Date: September 1, 1988
Creator: Heikkinen, D.W.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electric power monthly, June 1988 (open access)

Electric power monthly, June 1988

Total net generation by electric utilities in the United States for the month of June 1988 was 232,183 gigawatthours, 3 percent higher than the amount reported a year ago. Although temperatures (measured by cooling degree days) for June 1988 were 9 percent warmer than normal, they were 3 percent cooler than for June 1987. A large portion of that higher demand for electricity was met by nuclear-powered generation. Net generation from nuclear power during June 1988 (44,079 gigawatthours) was only 1 percent below the record set in January of this year, and 21 percent above that reported in June 1987 (36,560 gigawatthours). The only energy source other than nuclear that reported higher levels of net generation during June 1988 was coal, up 2 percent over the same period last year. Warmer-than-normal temperatures did, however, have an affect on various parts of the country. For example, on Wednesday, June 22, 1988, unseasonably high temperatures forced the Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Maryland Interconnection (PJM) into a system-wide 5-percent voltage reduction for 2 hours. Contributing to that reduction in voltage was the shutdown of the Three Mile Island, Unit 1, for refueling and the closing of the Peach Bottom Units 2 and 3 …
Date: September 15, 1988
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Exclusive processes in QCD and spin-spin correlations (open access)

Exclusive processes in QCD and spin-spin correlations

The unexpected spin behavior observed in hard proton-proton collisions is described in terms of new degrees of freedom associated with the onset of strange and charmed thresholds. The deviation from dimensional scaling laws, the anomalous broadening of angular distributions, and the unusual energy dependence of pp quasielastic scattering in nuclear targets are also consistent with the onset of highly inelastic contributions to elastic pp amplitudes interfering with a perturbative QCD background. The model predicts significant charm production above 12 GeV/c and a relaxation of the spin correlation parameters to their scaling values at higher energies. 13 refs., 3 figs.
Date: September 1, 1988
Creator: de Teramond, G.F.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The rf phase system of the SLC (open access)

The rf phase system of the SLC

The phases of the rf throughout the SLC accelerator complex play an important part not only in the energy and energy spread of the beams at the end of the linac, but also in the production process of both electrons and positrons. Proper machine operation requires that certain phase relationships be maintained between the rf systems of the electron source, the electron and positron damping rings, the linac, and the positron source. This paper presents an overview of the interplay of the various rf phases throughout the SLC accelerator complex as well as describing various hardware and software inter-connections which have been made to facilitate control of the system as a whole. In addition, a description is given of rf phase monitoring required for system control. Operational experience and future plans are also discussed. 6 refs., 4 figs.
Date: September 1, 1988
Creator: Jobe, R. K.; Clendenin, J. E.; Schwarz, H. D.; Seeman, J. T.; Sheppard, J. C. & Stiening, R. F.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transient analysis of multicavity klystrons (open access)

Transient analysis of multicavity klystrons

We describe a model for analytic analysis of transients in multicavity klystron output power and phase. Cavities are modeled as resonant circuits, while bunching of the beam is modeled using linear space-charge wave theory. Our analysis has been implemented in a computer program which we use in designing multicavity klystrons with stable output power and phase. We present as examples transient analysis of a relativistic klystron using a magnetic pulse compression modulator, and of a conventional klystron designed to use phase shifting techniques for RF pulse compression. 4 refs., 4 figs.
Date: September 1, 1988
Creator: Lavine, T. L.; Miller, R. H.; Morton, P. L. & Ruth, R. D.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Progress in Heavy Ion Fusion (open access)

Progress in Heavy Ion Fusion

The progress of the field of Heavy Ion Fusion has been documented in the proceedings of the series of International Symposia that, in recent years, have occurred every second year. The latest of these conferences was hosted by Gesellshaft fuer Schwerionenforshung (GSI) in Darmstadt, West Germany, June 28-30, 1988. For this report, a few highlights from the conference are selected, stressing experimental progress and prospects for future advances. A little extra time is devoted to report on the developments at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (LBL) which is the center for most of the HIFAR program. The Director of the HIFAR program at LBL is Denis Keefe, who presented the HIF report at the last two of the meetings in this series, and in whose place the author is appearing now. 4 refs., 1 fig.
Date: September 1, 1988
Creator: Herrmannsfeldt, W.B.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conceptual design of a bright electron injector based on a laser-driven photocathode rf electron gun (open access)

Conceptual design of a bright electron injector based on a laser-driven photocathode rf electron gun

Conceptual design of a bright electron injector for the 1 GeV high gradient test experiment, envisaged by the LLNL-SLAC-LBL collaboration on the Relativistic Klystron is presented. The design utilizes a high-brightness laser-driven rf photocathode electron gun, similar to the pioneering LANL early studies in concept (different parametrically however), together with achromatic magnetic bunching and transport systems and diagnostics. The design is performed with attention to possible use in an FEL as well. A simple but realistic analytic model including longitudinal and transverse space-charge and rf effects and extensive computer simulation form the basis of the parametric choice for the source. These parameters are used as guides for the design of the picosecond laser system and magnetic bunching section. 4 refs., 5 figs., 2 tabs.
Date: September 1, 1988
Creator: Chattopadhyay, S.; Chen, Y. J.; Hopkins, D.; Kim, K. J.; Kung, A.; Miller, R. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
NK Muon Beam (open access)

NK Muon Beam

The NK Muon Beam will be a modified version of the existing NT beam line. The decision to employ a modified version of the NT beam line was made based on considerations of cost and availability of the beam line. Preliminary studies considered use of other beam lines, e.g., the NW beam line, and even of moving the bubble chamber with its superconducting coils but were rejected for reasons such as cost, personnel limitations, and potential conflicts with other users.
Date: September 28, 1988
Creator: Koizumi, G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hanford Site National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) characterization (open access)

Hanford Site National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) characterization

This document describes the Hanford Site environment (Chapter 4) and contains data in Chapter 5 and 6 which will guide users in the preparation of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)-related documents. Many NEPA compliance documents have been prepared and are being prepared by site contractors for the US Department of Energy, and examination of these documents reveals inconsistencies in the amount of detail presented and the method of presentation. Thus, it seemed necessary to prepare a consistent description of the Hanford environment to be used in preparing Chapter 4 of environmental impact statements and other site-related NEPA documentation. The material in Chapter 5 is a guide to the models used, including critical assumptions incorporated in these models, in previous Hanford NEPA documents. The users will have to select those models appropriate for the proposed action. Chapter 6 is essentially a definitive NEPA Chapter 6, which describes the applicable laws, regulations, and DOE and state orders. In this document, a complete description of the environment is presented in Chapter 4 without excessive tabular data. For these data, sources are provided. Most subjects are divided into a general description of the characteristics of the Hanford Site, followed by site-specific information where it …
Date: September 1, 1988
Creator: Cushing, C.E. (ed.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Beam determination of quadrupole misalignments and beam position monitor biases in the SLC linac (open access)

Beam determination of quadrupole misalignments and beam position monitor biases in the SLC linac

Misalignments of magnetic quadrupoles and biases in beam position monitors (BPMs) in the Stanford Linear Collider (SLC) linac can lead to a situation in which the beam is off-center in the disk-loaded waveguide accelerator structure. The off-center beam produces wakefields which can limit SLC performance by causing unacceptably large emittance growth. We present a general method for determining quadrupole misalignments and BPM biases in the SLC linac by using beam trajectory measurements. The method utilizes both electron and positron beams on opposite rf cycles in the same linac lattice to determine simultaneously magnetic quadrupole misalignments and BPM biases. The two-beam trajectory data may be acquired without interrupting SLC colliding beam operations. 2 refs., 5 figs.
Date: September 1, 1988
Creator: Lavine, T. L.; Seeman, J. T.; Atwood, W. B.; Himel, T. M.; Petersen, A. & Adolphsen, C. E.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Intruder scenarios for site-specific low-level radioactive waste classification (open access)

Intruder scenarios for site-specific low-level radioactive waste classification

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has revised its low-level radioactive waste (LLW) management requirements and guidelines for waste generated at its facilities supporting defense missions. Specifically, draft DOE Order 5820.2A, Chapter 3 describes the purpose, policy, and requirements necessary for the management of defense LLW. The draft DOE policy calls for LLW operations to be managed to protect the health and safety of the public, preserve the environment, and ensure that no remedial action will be necessary after termination of operations. The basic approach used by DOE is to establish overall performance objectives, in terms of groundwater protection and public radiation dose limits, and to require site-specific performance assessments to determine compliance. As a result of these performance assessments, each site will develop waste acceptance criteria that define the allowable quantities and concentrations of specific radioisotopes. Additional limitations on waste disposal design, waste form, and waste treatment will also be developed on a site-specific basis. As a key step in the site-specific performance assessments, an evaluation must be conducted of potential radiation doses to intruders who may inadvertently move onto a closed DOE LLW disposal site after loss of institutional controls. This report (1) describes the types of intruder …
Date: September 1, 1988
Creator: Kennedy, W. E. Jr. & Peloquin, R. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Properties of solar gravity mode signals in total irradiance observations (open access)

Properties of solar gravity mode signals in total irradiance observations

Further evidence has been found that a significant fraction of the gravity mode power density in the total irradiance observations appears in sidebands of classified eigenfrequencies. These sidebands whose amplitudes vary from year to year are interpreted as harmonics of the rotational frequencies of the nonuniform solar surface. These findings are for non axisymmetric modes and corroborate the findings of Kroll, Hill and Chen for axisymmetric modes. It is demonstrated the the generation of the sidebands lifts the usual restriction on the parity of the eigenfunctions for modes detectable in total irradiance observations. 14 refs.
Date: September 1988
Creator: Kroll, Ronald J.; Chen, Jian & Hill, Henry A.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The roles of frequency and aperture in linac accelerator design (open access)

The roles of frequency and aperture in linac accelerator design

Expressions for accelerating structure parameters, including those that determine the peak and average power inputs required to attain a given gradient, are given as functions of aperture to wavelength ratio for a 2..pi../3 mode disk-loaded guide. The value of the wavelength to aperture ratio varies over a large range, corresponding to group velocities that vary from nearly zero to nearly the speed of light. The parameters exhibit proper asymptotic behavior in both limits. These parameters are benchmark values to which parameters for other modes and for other structure shapes can be compared. For example, it will be shown that the increased peak surface field to accelerating field ratio due to increased aperture to wavelength ratio can be reduced by shaping the iris profile. Structure shapes are varied not only to show possible improvement of structure parameters, but also to improve ease of mechanical fabrication and temperature control. 4 refs., 8 figs., 1 tab.
Date: September 1, 1988
Creator: Farkas, Z. D.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
GENII (Generation II): The Hanford Environmental Radiation Dosimetry Software System: Volume 3, Code maintenance manual: Hanford Environmental Dosimetry Upgrade Project (open access)

GENII (Generation II): The Hanford Environmental Radiation Dosimetry Software System: Volume 3, Code maintenance manual: Hanford Environmental Dosimetry Upgrade Project

The Hanford Environmental Dosimetry Upgrade Project was undertaken to incorporate the internal dosimetry models recommended by the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) in updated versions of the environmental pathway analysis models used at Hanford. The resulting second generation of Hanford environmental dosimetry computer codes is compiled in the Hanford Environmental Dosimetry System (Generation II, or GENII). This coupled system of computer codes is intended for analysis of environmental contamination resulting from acute or chronic releases to, or initial contamination of, air, water, or soil, on through the calculation of radiation doses to individuals or populations. GENII is described in three volumes of documentation. This volume is a Code Maintenance Manual for the serious user, including code logic diagrams, global dictionary, worksheets to assist with hand calculations, and listings of the code and its associated data libraries. The first volume describes the theoretical considerations of the system. The second volume is a Users' Manual, providing code structure, users' instructions, required system configurations, and QA-related topics. 7 figs., 5 tabs.
Date: September 1, 1988
Creator: Napier, B. A.; Peloquin, R. A.; Strenge, D. L. & Ramsdell, J. V.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Performance testing of radiobioassay laboratories: In vitro measurements, fecal study report (open access)

Performance testing of radiobioassay laboratories: In vitro measurements, fecal study report

This study evaluated nine radiobioassay laboratories; performances in analyzing fecal samples to determine the samples' levels of radioactivity. A total of 135 artificial fecal samples were sent to nine laboratories. Each laboratory received five samples spiked with 9. 58 pCi of /sup 239/Pu, five samples spiked with 1.13 pCi /sup 239/Pu, and five unspiked blank samples. Four of the laboratories returned data for all samples; four reported they were unable to complete the analyses; one analyzed six samples (three blanks and three of the lower activity samples). Results reported by the laboratories were analyzed by statistical methods specified in the draft standard for relative bias, relative precision, and minimum detectable activity (MDA). The calculated relative biases of all laboratories were well within the criteria of the standard (/minus/0.25 to +0.5). Biases for three laboratories were about 5% and the two others were within +-20%. Relative precision statistics for all participating laboratories were lower than the acceptance criteria of the standard (40%). Relative precision was less than 15% for one laboratory; for two others, it was less than 10%; and for the remaining two, it was less than 5% of the acceptance criteria. For the MDA criterion, four of the five …
Date: September 1, 1988
Creator: MacLellan, J.A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Recent research on the heavy transuranium elements (open access)

Recent research on the heavy transuranium elements

This review is devoted to recent research (performed in the 1980s) on the heavy members of the group, defined as the transcurium elements (with a few references to related work on lighter elements). It covers the discovery of the three heaviest elements, the discovery of new isotopes, investigation of interesting decay properties of some previously known isotopes, investigations of some heavy ion reaction mechanisms in this region, and recent investigations of nuclear and chemical properties. It is not exhaustive in its coverage, is necessarily succinct, and inevitably places emphasis on those aspects with which the author is most familiar. 92 refs., 3 figs.
Date: September 1, 1988
Creator: Seaborg, G. T.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library