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Y-12 Plant Groundwater Protection Program: Groundwater and surface water sampling and analysis plan for Calendar Year 1998 (open access)

Y-12 Plant Groundwater Protection Program: Groundwater and surface water sampling and analysis plan for Calendar Year 1998

This plan provides a description of the groundwater and surface water quality monitoring activities planned for calendar year (CY) 1998 at the Department of Energy (DOE) Y-12 Plant. These monitoring activities are managed by the Y-12 Plant Environmental Compliance Organization through the Y-12 Plant Groundwater Protection Program (GWPP). Groundwater and surface water monitoring during CY 1998 will be performed in three hydrogeologic regimes at the Y-12 Plant: the Bear Creek Hydrogeologic Regime (Bear Creek Regime), the Upper East Fork Poplar Creek Hydrogeologic Regime (East Fork Regime), and the Chestnut Ridge Hydrogeologic Regime (Chestnut Ridge Regime). The Bear Creek and East Fork regimes are located within Bear Creek Valley, and the Chestnut Ridge Regime is located south of the Y-12 Plant. Groundwater and surface water monitoring will be performed during CY 1998 to comply with: (1) requirements specified in Resource Conservation and Recover Act (RCRA) post-closure permits regarding RCRA corrective action monitoring and RCRA detection monitoring; (2) Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation regulations governing detection monitoring at nonhazardous solid waste management facilities; and (3) DOE Order 5400.1 surveillance monitoring and exit pathway monitoring. Data from some of the sampling locations in each regime will be used to meet the requirements …
Date: September 1, 1997
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
YBCO/YSZ coated conductors on flexible Ni alloy substrates (open access)

YBCO/YSZ coated conductors on flexible Ni alloy substrates

A coating system for the deposition of in-plane oriented yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) template films on 1 cm wide flexible metal substrates is presented. In static mode, the system is capable of producing high quality template films on 20 cm substrate lengths. In a continuous coating mode, the system is capable of producing good quality template films on 1.1 m substrate lengths. Superconducting YBa{sub 2}Cu{sub 3}O{sub 7-{delta}} (YBCO) films subsequently deposited onto these template films have demonstrated critical currents (I{sub c}) of 200 A (1.5 cm length), 70 A (12 cm length), and 4 A (1 m length).
Date: December 1, 1997
Creator: Arendt, P. N.; Foltyn, S. R.; Groves, J. R. & DePaula, R. F.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Z-Area Saltstone Disposal Facility Groundwater Monitoring Report. 1997 Annual Report (open access)

Z-Area Saltstone Disposal Facility Groundwater Monitoring Report. 1997 Annual Report

Samples from the ZBG wells at the Z-Area Saltstone Disposal Facility are analyzed for constituents required by South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) Industrial Solid Waste Permit {number_sign}025500-1603 (formerly IWP-217). No constituents were reported above SCDHEC-proposed groundwater monitoring standards or final Primary Drinking Water Standards during first or third quareters 1997. No constituents were detected above SRS flagging criteria during first or third quarters 1997.
Date: December 1, 1997
Creator: Roach, J.L. Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
D-Zero results on W boson properties (open access)

D-Zero results on W boson properties

The D0 experiment collected {approx} 15 pb{sup -1} in run 1A (1992- 1993) and {approx} 89 pb{sup -1} in run 1B (1994-1995) of the Fermilab Tevatron Collider using p{anti p} collisions at {radical}s = 1.8 TeV. Results from analyses of events with W and Z bosons are presented for the run 1B data samples. From W {yields} e{nu}, {mu}{nu} and Z {yields} ee, {mu}{mu} decays, the W and Z production cross sections and the W width are determined. Events with W {yields} {tau}{nu} decays are used to determine the ratio of the electroweak gauge coupling constants as a measure of lepton universality. Using W {yields} e{nu} and Z {yields} ee decays, the W boson mass is measured.
Date: October 1, 1997
Creator: Abbott, B.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
D-zero rototrack: first stage of D-zero 2 Tesla solenoid field mapping device (open access)

D-zero rototrack: first stage of D-zero 2 Tesla solenoid field mapping device

A simple and portable field mapping device was developed at Fermilab and successfully used to test the D0 2 Tesla solenoid at Toshiba Works in Japan. A description of the mechanical structure, electric driving and control system, and software of the field mapping device is given. Four Hall probe elements of Group3 Digital Gaussmeters are mounted on the radial extension arm of a carriage, which is mounted on a central rotating beam. The system gives two dimensional motions (axial and rotational) to the Hall probes. To make the system compact and portable, we used a laptop computer with PCMCIA cards. For the control system we used commercially available software LabVIEW and Motion Toolbox, and for the data analysis we used Microsoft Excel.
Date: September 1, 1997
Creator: Yamada, R.; Korienek, J.; Krider, J.; Lindenmeyer, C.; Miksa, D. & Miksa, R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
D-Zero run II data management and access (open access)

D-Zero run II data management and access

During the Run II data taking period at Fermilab, scheduled to begin in 1999, D0 plans to accumulate at least 200 TB of raw and reconstructed data per year. Data access patterns observed in the Run I experience have been examined in an attempt to establish an efficient data access environment. The needs and models for storing and processing the upcoming data are discussed.
Date: March 1, 1997
Creator: Lueking, L.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Zero temperature landscape of the random sine-Gordon model (open access)

Zero temperature landscape of the random sine-Gordon model

We present a preliminary summary of the zero temperature properties of the two-dimensional random sine-Gordon model of surface growth on disordered substrates. We found that the properties of this model can be accurately computed by using lattices of moderate size as the behavior of the model turns out to be independent of the size above certain length ({approx} 128 x 128 lattices). Subsequently, we show that the behavior of the height difference correlation function is of (log r){sup 2} type up to a certain correlation length ({xi} {approx} 20), which rules out predictions of log r behavior for all temperatures obtained by replica-variational techniques. Our results open the way to a better understanding of the complex landscape presented by this system, which has been the subject of very many (contradictory) analysis.
Date: April 1, 1997
Creator: Sanchez, A.; Bishop, A. R. & Cai, D.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Zinc air refuelable battery: alternative zinc fuel morphologies and cell behavior (open access)

Zinc air refuelable battery: alternative zinc fuel morphologies and cell behavior

Multicell zinc/air batteries have been tested previously in the laboratory and as part of the propulsion system of an electric bus; cut zinc wire was used as the anode material. This battery is refueled by a hydraulic transport of 0.5-1 mm zinc particles into hoppers above each cell. We report an investigation concerning alternative zinc fuel morphologies, and energy losses associated with refueling and with overnight or prolonged standby. Three types of fuel pellets were fabricated, tested and compared with results for cut wire: spheres produced in a fluidized bed electrolysis cell; elongated particles produced by gas-atomization; and pellets produced by chopping 1 mm porous plates made of compacted zinc fines. Relative sizes of the particles and cell gap dimensions are critical. All three types transported within the cell 1553 and showed acceptable discharge characteristics, but a fluidized bed approach appears especially attractive for owner/user recovery operations.
Date: January 1, 1997
Creator: Cooper, J.F. & Krueger, R.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Zone refining of plutonium metal (open access)

Zone refining of plutonium metal

The purpose of this study was to investigate zone refining techniques for the purification of plutonium metal. The redistribution of 10 impurity elements from zone melting was examined. Four tantalum boats were loaded with plutonium impurity alloy, placed in a vacuum furnace, heated to 700{degrees}C, and held at temperature for one hour. Ten passes were made with each boat. Metallographic and chemical analyses performed on the plutonium rods showed that, after 10 passes, moderate movement of certain elements were achieved. Molten zone speeds of 1 or 2 inches per hour had no effect on impurity element movement. Likewise, the application of constant or variable power had no effect on impurity movement. The study implies that development of a zone refining process to purify plutonium is feasible. Development of a process will be hampered by two factors: (1) the effect on impurity element redistribution of the oxide layer formed on the exposed surface of the material is not understood, and (2) the tantalum container material is not inert in the presence of plutonium. Cold boat studies are planned, with higher temperature and vacuum levels, to determine the effect on these factors. 5 refs., 1 tab., 5 figs.
Date: May 1, 1997
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library