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10-GW COâ‚‚ laser system at the Brookhaven Accelerator Test Facility (open access)

10-GW COâ‚‚ laser system at the Brookhaven Accelerator Test Facility

Design and performance of a high peak-power CO{sub 2} laser system to produce subnanosecond IR pulses for electron acceleration experiment are presented. We discuss theoretical aspects of the picosecond laser pulse propagation in a molecular amplifier and a design approach towards compact Terawatt CO{sub 2} laser systems.
Date: December 31, 1993
Creator: Pogorelsky, I.; Fischer, J. & Fisher, A. S.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
A 12-channel VMEbus-based pulse-height analysis module (open access)

A 12-channel VMEbus-based pulse-height analysis module

The author describes a 12-channel VMEbus-based pulse-height analysis board that was designed for use in a high-rate, multidetector, gamma-ray imaging system. This module was designed to minimize dead-time losses and to allow all key parameters to be software controlled. Gamma-ray detectors are connected directly to this module, eliminating the need for additional electronics.
Date: December 1, 1993
Creator: Arnone, G. J.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
``24/36/48`` Cathode Strip Chamber layout for SSC GEM Detector muon subsystem (open access)

``24/36/48`` Cathode Strip Chamber layout for SSC GEM Detector muon subsystem

The ``48/48/48`` {phi}-segmentation design for the Cathode Strip Chambers in the GEM Detector produces a number of coverage ``gaps`` in {phi} and {theta}. A revised ``24/36/48`` {phi}-segmentation layout provides increased geometric coverage and a significant reduction in the number of chambers in the detector. This will increase physics performance while reducing the labor costs associated with building and installing chambers in the GEM Detector. This paper documents the physical layout of the proposed change to the baseline chamber arrangement.
Date: December 15, 1993
Creator: Belser, F. C.; Clements, J. W. & Horvath, J. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A 50-MeV mm-wave electron linear accelerator system for production of tunable short wavelength synchrotron radiation (open access)

A 50-MeV mm-wave electron linear accelerator system for production of tunable short wavelength synchrotron radiation

The Advanced Photon Source (APS) at Argonne in collaboration with the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Wisconsin at Madison is developing a new millimeter wavelength, 50-MeV electron linear accelerator system for production of coherent tunable wavelength synchrotron radiation. Modern micromachining techniques based on deep etch x-ray lithography, LIGA (Lithografie, Galvanoformung, Abformung), capable of producing high-aspect ratio structures are being considered for the fabrication of the accelerating components.
Date: December 31, 1993
Creator: Nassiri, A.; Kustom, R. L.; Mills, F. E.; Kang, Y. W.; Matthews, P. J.; Grudzien, D. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
A 200 kV fast rise time, low jitter, trigger system with magnetic pulse sharpener (open access)

A 200 kV fast rise time, low jitter, trigger system with magnetic pulse sharpener

The DARHT Facility is being designed at Los Alamos National Laboratory to produce high resolution flash radiographs of hydrodynamic experiments. Two linear induction accelerators (LIA), each in the range of 16 to 20 MeV, will be used to produce intense bremsstrahlung X-ray pulses of short duration (60 ns flat top). Each LIA will produce a 3 kA, high brightness, electron beam using a 4 MeV injector and a series of 250 kV induction cells. Technology demonstration of key accelerator subsystems is under progress at the DARHT Integrated Test Stand (ITS). The eight inductions cells present in the ITS are driven by a Maxwell prototype Induction Cell Pulsed Power Supply (ICPPS) which provides 250 kV, 70ns pulses via four Blumleins. Each Blumlein drives two cells and is triggered using independently controlled trigger units. This turnkey DARHT Trigger System, consisting of four separate trigger units, provides 200 kV trigger pulses with low jitter and fast rise time to each of the four Blumlein coaxial spark gaps. Details of the trigger system design and results obtained during extensive testing at Maxwell are described.
Date: December 31, 1993
Creator: Jaitly, N. C.; Ramrus, A.; Coleman, M. D.; Earley, L. M.; Downing, J. N.; Reisch, H. H. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
303-K Storage Facility Closure Plan. Revision 2 (open access)

303-K Storage Facility Closure Plan. Revision 2

Recyclable scrap uranium with zircaloy-2 and copper silicon alloy, uranium-titanium alloy, beryllium/zircaloy-2 alloy, and zircaloy-2 chips and fines were secured in concrete billets (7.5-gallon containers) in the 303-K Storage Facility, located in the 300 Area. The beryllium/zircaloy-2 alloy and zircaloy-2 chips and fines are designated as mixed waste with the characteristic of ignitability. The concretion process reduced the ignitability of the fines and chips for safe storage and shipment. This process has been discontinued and the 303-K Storage Facility is now undergoing closure as defined in the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) of 1976 and the Washington Administrative Code (WAC) Dangerous Waste Regulations, WAC 173-303-040. This closure plan presents a description of the 303-K Storage Facility, the history of materials and waste managed, and the procedures that will be followed to close the 303-K Storage Facility. The 303-K Storage Facility is located within the 300-FF-3 (source) and 300-FF-5 (groundwater) operable units, as designated in the Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order (Tri-Party Agreement) (Ecology et al. 1992). Contamination in the operable units 300-FF-3 and 300-FF-5 is scheduled to be addressed through the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980 remedial action process. Therefore, all soil …
Date: December 15, 1993
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
500 MHz neutron detector (open access)

500 MHz neutron detector

A {sup 10}B-loaded scintillation detector was built for neutron transmission measurements at the Los Alamos Neutron Scattering Center. The efficiency of the detector is nearly 100% for neutron energies from 0 to 1 keV. The neutron moderation time in the scintillator is about 250 ns and is energy independent. The detector and data processing system are designed to handle an instantaneous rate as high as 500 MHz. The active area of the detector is 40 cm in diameter.
Date: December 1, 1993
Creator: Yen, Yi-Fen; Bowman, J. D. & Matsuda, Y.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
500 MW demonstration of advanced wall-fired combustion techniques for the reduction of nitrogen oxide (NO{sub x}) emissions from coal fired boilers. Second quarterly technical progress report, [April--June 1993] (open access)

500 MW demonstration of advanced wall-fired combustion techniques for the reduction of nitrogen oxide (NO{sub x}) emissions from coal fired boilers. Second quarterly technical progress report, [April--June 1993]

The primary goal of this project is the characterization of the low NO{sub x} combustion equipment through the collection and analysis of long-term emissions data. A target of achieving fifty percent NO{sub x} reduction using combustion modifications has been established for the project. The project provides a stepwise retrofit of an advanced overfire air (AOFA) system followed by low NO{sub x} burners (LNB). During each test phase of the project, diagnostic, performance, long-term and verification testing will be performed. These tests are used to quantify the NO{sub x} reductions of each technology and evaluate the effects of those reductions on other combustion parameters such as particulate characteristics and boiler efficiency. Baseline, AOFA, and LNB without AOFA test segments have been completed. Analysis of the 94 days of LNB long-term data collected show the full-load NO{sub x} emission levels to be approximately 0.65 lb/MBtu with flyash LOI values of approximately 8 percent. Corresponding values for the AOFA configuration are 0.94 lb/MBtu and approximately 10 percent. For comparison, the long-term full-load, baseline NO{sub x} emission level was approximately 1.24 lb/MBtu at 5.2 percent LOI. Comprehensive testing of the LNB plus AOFA configuration began in May 1993 and is scheduled to end during …
Date: December 31, 1993
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
15th Street News (Midwest City, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, December 3, 1993 (open access)

15th Street News (Midwest City, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, December 3, 1993

Newspaper from Rose State College in Midwest City, Oklahoma that includes national, local, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: December 3, 1993
Creator: Saunders, Ricky
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
15th Street News (Midwest City, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, December 10, 1993 (open access)

15th Street News (Midwest City, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, December 10, 1993

Newspaper from Rose State College in Midwest City, Oklahoma that includes national, local, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: December 10, 1993
Creator: Saunders, Ricky
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
1993 Annual performance report for Environmental Oversight and Monitoring at Department of Energy facilities in New Mexico (open access)

1993 Annual performance report for Environmental Oversight and Monitoring at Department of Energy facilities in New Mexico

In October of 1990, the New Mexico Environment Department entered into an agreement with the US Department of Energy (DOE) to create the Department of Energy Oversight and Monitoring Program. This program is designed to create an avenue for the State to ensure DOE facilities are in compliance with applicable environmental regulations, to allow the State oversight and monitoring independent of the DOE, to allow the State valuable input into remediation decision making, and to protect the environment and the public health and safety of New Mexicans concerning DOE facility activities. This agreement, called the Agreement in Principle (AIP), includes all four of New Mexico`s DOE facilities: Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos; Sandia National Laboratories and the Inhalation Toxicology Research Institute on Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque; and the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad.
Date: December 31, 1993
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
1993 Annual Progress Report for Subsidiary Agreement No. 2 (1991--1996) Between AECL and US/DOE for a Radioactive Waste Management Technical Co-Operative Program (open access)

1993 Annual Progress Report for Subsidiary Agreement No. 2 (1991--1996) Between AECL and US/DOE for a Radioactive Waste Management Technical Co-Operative Program

A coordinated research program on radioactive waste disposal is being carried out by the Atomic Energy of Canada Limited and the US Department of Energy. This annual report describes progress in the following eight studies: Fundamental materials investigations; In-situ stress determination; Development of a spent fuel dissolution model; Large block tracer test--Experimental testing of retardation models; Laboratory and field tests of in-situ hydrochemical tools; Cigar Lake--Analogue study, actinide and fission product geochemistry; Performance assessment technology exchange; and Development of multiple-well hydraulic test and field tracer test methods.
Date: December 31, 1993
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
1993 Annual report on scientific programs: A broad research program on the sciences of complexity (open access)

1993 Annual report on scientific programs: A broad research program on the sciences of complexity

This report provides a summary of many of the research projects completed by the Santa Fe Institute (SFI) during 1993. These research efforts continue to focus on two general areas: the study of, and search for, underlying scientific principles governing complex adaptive systems, and the exploration of new theories of computation that incorporate natural mechanisms of adaptation (mutation, genetics, evolution).
Date: December 31, 1993
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
1993 Department of Energy Records Management Conference (open access)

1993 Department of Energy Records Management Conference

This document consists of viewgraphs from the presentations at the conference. Topics included are: DOE records management overview, NIRMA and ARMA resources, NARA records management training, potential quality assurance records, filing systems, organizing and indexing technical records, DOE-HQ initiatives, IRM reviews, status of epidemiologic inventory, disposition of records and personal papers, inactive records storage, establishing administrative records, managing records at Hanford, electronic mail -- legal and records issues, NARA-GAO reports status, consultive selling, automated indexing, decentralized approach to scheduling at a DOE office, developing specific records management programs, storage and retrieval at Savannah River Plant, an optical disk case study, and special interest group reports.
Date: December 31, 1993
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
1993 Effluent and environmental monitoring report for the Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory, Pittsburgh Site (open access)

1993 Effluent and environmental monitoring report for the Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory, Pittsburgh Site

The results of the radiological and non-radiological environmental monitoring programs for 1993 at the Bettis-Pittsburgh Site are presented. The results obtained from the monitoring programs demonstrate that the existing procedures ensured that environmental releases during 1993 were in accordance with applicable Federal and State regulations. Evaluation of the environmental data indicates that the current operations at the Site continue to have no adverse effect on the quality of the environment. A conservative assessment of radiation exposure to the general public as a result of Site operations demonstrated that the dose received by any member of the public was well below the most restrictive dose limits established by the US Environmental Protection Agency and the US Department of Energy.
Date: December 31, 1993
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
1993 International conference on nuclear waste management and environmental remediation, Prague, Czech Republic, September 5--11, 1993. Combined foreign trip report (open access)

1993 International conference on nuclear waste management and environmental remediation, Prague, Czech Republic, September 5--11, 1993. Combined foreign trip report

The purpose of the trip was to attend the 1993 International Conference on Nuclear Waste Management and Environmental Remediation. The principal objective of this conference was to facilitate a truly international exchange of information on the management of nuclear wastes as well as contaminated facilities and sites emanating from nuclear operations. The conference was sponsored by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Czech and Slovak Mechanical Engineering Societies, and the Czech and Slovak Nuclear Societies in cooperation with the Commission of the European Communities, the International Atomic Energy Agency, and the OECD Nuclear Agency. The conference was cosponsored by the American Nuclear Society, the Atomic Energy Society of Japan, the Canadian Nuclear Society, the (former USSR) Nuclear Society, and the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers. This was the fourth in a series of biennial conferences, which started in Hong Kong, in 1987. This report summarizes shared aspects of the trip; however, each traveler`s observations and recommendations are reported separately.
Date: December 1, 1993
Creator: Slate, S. C. & Allen, R. E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
1993 Pacific Northwest Loads and Resources Study. (open access)

1993 Pacific Northwest Loads and Resources Study.

The Loads and Resources Study is presented in three documents: (1) this summary of Federal system and Pacific Northwest region loads and resources; (2) a technical appendix detailing forecasted Pacific Northwest economic trends and loads, and (3) a technical appendix detailing the loads and resources for each major Pacific Northwest generating utility. In this loads and resources study, resource availability is compared with a range of forecasted electricity consumption. The forecasted future electricity demands -- firm loads -- are subtracted from the projected capability of existing and {open_quotes}contracted for{close_quotes} resources to determine whether Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) and the region will be surplus or deficit. If resources are greater than loads in any particular year or month, there is a surplus of energy and/or capacity, which BPA can sell to increase revenues. Conversely, if firm loads exceed available resources, there is a deficit of energy and/or capacity, and additional conservation, contract purchases, or generating resources will be needed to meet load growth. The Pacific Northwest Loads and Resources Study analyzes the Pacific Northwest`s projected loads and available generating resources in two parts: (1) the loads and resources of the Federal system, for which BPA is the marketing agency; and (2) …
Date: December 1, 1993
Creator: United States. Bonneville Power Administration.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
1993 Pacific Northwest Loads and Resources Study, Technical Appendix: Volume 2, Book 1, Energy. (open access)

1993 Pacific Northwest Loads and Resources Study, Technical Appendix: Volume 2, Book 1, Energy.

The 1993 Pacific Northwest Loads and Resources Study establishes the Bonneville Power Administration`s (BPA) planning basis for supplying electricity to BPA customers. The Loads and Resources Study is presented in three documents: (1) this technical appendix detailing loads and resources for each major Pacific and Northwest generating utility, (2) a summary of Federal system and Pacific Northwest region loads and resources, and (3) a technical appendix detailing forecasted Pacific Northwest economic trends and loads. This analysis updates the 1992 Pacific Northwest Loads and Resources Study Technical Appendix published in December 1992. This technical appendix provides utility-specific information that BPA uses in its long-range planning. It incorporates the following for each utility (1) Electrical demand firm loads; (2) Generating resources; and (3) Contracts both inside and outside the region. This document should be used in combination with the 1993 Pacific Northwest Loads and Resources Study, published in December 1993, because much of the information in that document is not duplicated here.
Date: December 1, 1993
Creator: United States. Bonneville Power Administration.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
1993 Pacific Northwest Loads and Resources Study, Technical Appendix: Volume 2, Book 2, Capacity. (open access)

1993 Pacific Northwest Loads and Resources Study, Technical Appendix: Volume 2, Book 2, Capacity.

Monthly totals of utility loads and capacities extrapolated as far as 2009 with a probability estimate of enough water resources for hydro power.
Date: December 1, 1993
Creator: United States. Bonneville Power Administration.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
1993 PVUSA progress report (open access)

1993 PVUSA progress report

Photovoltaics for Utility Scale Applications (PVUSA) is a national public-private partnership that is assessing and demonstrating the viability of utility-scale photovoltaic (PV) electric generation systems and recent developments in module technology. This report updates the progress of the PVUSA project, review the status and performance of all PV installations during 1993, and summarizes key accomplishments and conclusions for the year. The PVUSA project has five objectives designed to narrow the gap between a large utility industry that is unfamiliar with PV, and a small PV industry that is aware of a potentially large utility market but unfamiliar with how to meet its requirements. The objectives are: to evaluate the performance, reliability, and cost of promising PV modules and balance-of-system (BOS) components side-by-side at a single location; to assess PV system operation and maintenance (O and M) in a utility setting; to compare PV technologies in diverse geographic areas; to provide US utilities with hands-on experience in designing, procuring, and operating PV systems; and to document and disseminate knowledge gained from the project.
Date: December 31, 1993
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
1993 Radiation Protection Workshop: Proceedings (open access)

1993 Radiation Protection Workshop: Proceedings

The 1993 DOE Radiation Protection Workshop was conducted from April 13 through 15, 1993 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Over 400 Department of Energy Headquarters and Field personnel and contractors from the DOE radiological protection community attended the Workshop. Forty-nine papers were presented in eleven separate sessions: Radiological Control Manual Implementation, New Approaches to Instrumentation and Calibration, Radiological Training Programs and Initiatives, External Dosimetry, Internal Dosimetry, Radiation Exposure Reporting and Recordkeeping, Air Sampling and Monitoring Issues, Decontamination and Decommissioning of Sites, Contamination Monitoring and Control, ALARA/Radiological Engineering, and Current and Future Health Physics Research. Individual papers are indexed separately on the database.
Date: December 31, 1993
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
3000 vs. 3600 psig NGV on-board storage pressure evaluation (open access)

3000 vs. 3600 psig NGV on-board storage pressure evaluation

The objective of this evaluation is to perform a comprehensive analysis of two on-board storage pressures or natural gas vehicles. The choice of operating pressure is a fairly complicated one, with implications for a variety of refueling station and vehicle cost issues. Furthermore, the benefit of higher storage pressure operation (increased vehicle driving distance) has been poorly understood, both in precision as well as in value. This study will attempt to combine the relevant factors to aid the industry in developing a framework for deciding the merits of higher operating pressure. This study will not attempt to issue a recommendation on whether the additional cost of 3600 psig storage is justifiable, but will establish a model for decision making.
Date: December 31, 1993
Creator: Biederman, R.; Blazek, C.; Freeman, P. & Gauthier, S.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
3M Austin concentrating photovoltaic plant two-year performance report, 1992--1993. Final report (open access)

3M Austin concentrating photovoltaic plant two-year performance report, 1992--1993. Final report

The U.S. Department of Energy, the state of Texas, 3M and the City of Austin Electric Utility jointly funded the installation of a nominal 300 kilowatt concentrating solar photovoltaic system above the parking garage of the new 3M facility in Austin. The plants operating performance for the years 1992-1993 are presented.
Date: December 31, 1993
Creator: Hoffner, J. & Jaster, P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Abandoned Mine Waste Working Group report (open access)

Abandoned Mine Waste Working Group report

The Mine Waste Working Group discussed the nature and possible contributions to the solution of this class of waste problem at length. There was a consensus that the mine waste problem presented some fundamental differences from the other classes of waste addresses by the Develop On-Site Innovative Technologies (DOIT) working groups. Contents of this report are: executive summary; stakeholders address the problems; the mine waste program; current technology development programs; problems and issues that need to be addressed; demonstration projects to test solutions; conclusion-next steps; and appendices.
Date: December 10, 1993
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library