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3-D DETERMINISTIC TRANSPORT METHODS RESEARCH AT LANL UNDER ASCI (open access)

3-D DETERMINISTIC TRANSPORT METHODS RESEARCH AT LANL UNDER ASCI

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Date: January 1, 2000
Creator: Morel, J.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
A 3-D SAR approach to IFSAR processing (open access)

A 3-D SAR approach to IFSAR processing

Interferometric SAR (IFSAR) can be shown to be a special case of 3-D SAR image formation. In fact, traditional IFSAR processing results in the equivalent of merely a super-resolved, under-sampled, 3-D SAR image. However, when approached as a 3-D SAR problem, a number of IFSAR properties and anomalies are easily explained. For example, IFSAR decorrelation with height is merely ordinary migration in 3-D SAR. Consequently, treating IFSAR as a 3-D SAR problem allows insight and development of proper motion compensation techniques and image formation operations to facilitate optimal height estimation. Furthermore, multiple antenna phase centers and baselines are easily incorporated into this formulation, providing essentially a sparse array in the elevation dimension. This paper shows the Polar Format image formation algorithm extended to 3 dimensions, and then proceeds to apply it to the IFSAR collection geometry. This suggests a more optimal reordering of the traditional IFSAR processing steps.
Date: March 1, 2000
Creator: Doerry, Armin W. & Bickel, Doug L.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
3-D SIMULATION FOR ASSESSMENT OF TRANSPARENT WEAPON DISASSEMBLY OPERATIONS (open access)

3-D SIMULATION FOR ASSESSMENT OF TRANSPARENT WEAPON DISASSEMBLY OPERATIONS

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Date: September 1, 2000
Creator: JACKSON, J. W.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
3-D Spectral IP Imaging: Non-Invasive Characterization DE FG02 96ER 14714 (open access)

3-D Spectral IP Imaging: Non-Invasive Characterization DE FG02 96ER 14714

The Earth Resources Laboratory (ERL) performed a broad foundational study of spectral induced polarization (SIP) for site characterization. The project encompassed laboratory studies of microgeometry and chemistry effects on Induced Polarization (IP), an investigation of electromagnetic coupling (emc) noise, and development of 3D modeling and inversion codes. The major finding of the project is that emc noise presents a critical limitation for field implementation of SIP and conventional correction methods are inadequate. The project developed a frequency domain 3D complex resistivity modeling and inversion code Laboratory experiments were conducted to study the effects of solution chemistry and microgeometry on the SIP response of sandstone. Results indicate that changes in chemistry affect the magnitude of the spectral IP response and changes in microgeometry affect the shape of the spectral IP response. The developed physiochemical IP model can be used to invert spectral IP data for an apparent grain size distribution. Laboratory studies over the last twenty years have shown that SIP data must be acquired over several decades of frequency and include frequencies greater than 1kHz. A model of the components of emc noise has been developed and investigation with this model showed that inductive coupling is the most significant component. …
Date: June 1, 2000
Creator: Morgan, F. Dale; Rodi, William & Lesmes, David
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
3-D UNSTRUCTURED HEXAHEDRAL-MESH Sn TRANSPORT METHODS (open access)

3-D UNSTRUCTURED HEXAHEDRAL-MESH Sn TRANSPORT METHODS

This is the final report of a three-year, Laboratory-Directed Research and Development (LDRD) project at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). We have developed a method for solving the neutral-particle transport equation on 3-D unstructured hexahedral meshes using a S{sub n} discretization in angle in conjunction with a discontinuous finite-element discretization in space and a multigroup discretization in energy. Previous methods for solving this equation in 3-D have been limited to rectangular meshes. The unstructured-mesh method that we have developed is far more efficient for solving problems with complex 3-D geometric features than rectangular-mesh methods. In spite of having to make several compromises in our spatial discretization technique and our iterative solution technique, our method has been found to be both accurate and efficient for a broad class of problems.
Date: November 1, 2000
Creator: Morel, J. & McGhee, J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
24 Command Fire Improvement Action Program Plan (open access)

24 Command Fire Improvement Action Program Plan

Fluor Hanford (FH) is responsible for providing support to the Department of Energy Richland Operations Office (RL) in the implementation of the Hanford Emergency Preparedness (EP) program. During fiscal year 2000, a number of program improvements were identified from various sources including a major range fire (24 Command Fire). Evaluations of the emergency preparedness program have confirmed that it currently meets all requirements and that performance of personnel involved is good, however the desire to effect continuous improvement resulted in the development of this improvement program plan. This program plan defines the activities that will be performed in order to achieve the desired performance improvements.
Date: December 1, 2000
Creator: Griffin, G. B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
105-K Basin 1999 Debris Report (open access)

105-K Basin 1999 Debris Report

The purpose of this report is to describe the quantities, character, and management (e.g., segregation and management after removal) of 105-K Basins debris managed in calendar year 1999.
Date: May 1, 2000
Creator: WATSON, D.J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
200 East Vadose Test Site Hanford, Washington: Electrical Resistance Tomography.  Final Report FY 2001 (open access)

200 East Vadose Test Site Hanford, Washington: Electrical Resistance Tomography. Final Report FY 2001

This report covers the electrical resistance tomography (ERT) work performed at the Hanford Reservation, 200 East Area Vadose test (Sisson and Lu) site during the period March 23 through May 5, 2001. The purposes of the ERT work were to: (1) compare and contrast the development of the highly concentrated sodium thio-sulfate plume (FY01 work) with the fresh river water plume observed during FY00; (2) use the resistance images to infer the dynamics of the plume during two or three of the sodium thiosulfate releases and during the water ''chaser'' release; (3) determine the influence of the site's steel casings on the capability to construct reliable ERT images; (4) determine if the steel casings at the site can be used as long electrodes to provide useful images of at least one release; and (5) develop quantitative estimates of the noise in the data and its effect on reconstructed images.
Date: June 1, 2000
Creator: Ramirez, Abelardo L.; Daily, William D. & Binley, Andrew M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
13th TOPICAL CONFERENCE ON HIGH TEMPERATURE PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM (open access)

13th TOPICAL CONFERENCE ON HIGH TEMPERATURE PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

Electron cyclotron emission (ECE) has been employed as a standard electron temperature profile diagnostic on many tokamaks and stellarators, but most magnetically confined plasma devices cannot take advantage of standard ECE diagnostics to measure temperature. They are either overdense, operating at high density relative to the magnetic field (e.g. {omega}{sub pe} >> {Omega}{sub ce} in a spherical torus) or they have insufficient density and temperature to reach the blackbody condition ({tau} > 2). Electron Bernstein waves (EBWs) are electrostatic waves which can propagate in overdense plasmas and have a high optical thickness at the electron cyclotron resonance layers, as a result of their large K{sub i}. This talk reports on measurements of EBW emission on the CDX-U spherical torus, where B{sub 0} {approx} 2 kG, <n{sub e}> {approx} 10{sup 13} cm{sup -3} and T{sub e} {approx} 10 - 200 eV. Results will be presented for both direct detection of EBWs and for mode-converted EBW emission. The EBW emission was absolutely calibrated and compared to the electron temperature profile measured by a multi-point Thomson scattering diagnostic. Depending on the plasma conditions, the mode-converted EBW radiation temperature was found to be {le} T{sub e} and the emission source was determined to be …
Date: July 1, 2000
Creator: BARNES, C.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
15th Street News (Midwest City, Okla.), Vol. 30, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, September 1, 2000 (open access)

15th Street News (Midwest City, Okla.), Vol. 30, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, September 1, 2000

Newspaper from Rose State College in Midwest City, Oklahoma that includes national, local, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: September 1, 2000
Creator: Pace, Joshua
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
15th Street News (Midwest City, Okla.), Vol. 30, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, December 1, 2000 (open access)

15th Street News (Midwest City, Okla.), Vol. 30, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, December 1, 2000

Newspaper from Rose State College in Midwest City, Oklahoma that includes national, local, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: December 1, 2000
Creator: Pace, Joshua
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
1996 Savannah River Site annual epidemiologic surveillance report (open access)

1996 Savannah River Site annual epidemiologic surveillance report

This report provides a summary of epidemiologic surveillance data collected from Savannah River Site from January 1, 1996 through December 31, 1996. The data were collected by a coordinator at Savannah River Site and submitted to the Epidemiologic Surveillance Data Center located at Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, where quality control procedures and preliminary data analyses were carried out. The analyses were interpreted and the final report prepared by the DOE Office of Epidemiologic Studies. The information in this report provides highlights of the data analyses conducted on the 1996 data collected from Savannah River Site. The main sections of the report include: work force characteristics; absences due to injury or illness lasting 5 or more consecutive workdays; workplace illnesses, injuries, and deaths that were reportable to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (''OSHA-recordable'' events); and disabilities and deaths among current workers. The 1996 report includes a new section on time trends that provides comparative information on the health of the work force from 1994 through 1996.
Date: March 1, 2000
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
1997 Savannah River Site annual epidemiologic surveillance report (open access)

1997 Savannah River Site annual epidemiologic surveillance report

This report provides a summary of epidemiologic surveillance data collected from Savannah River Site from January 1, 1997 through December 31, 1997. The data were collected by a coordinator at Savannah River Site and submitted to the Epidemiologic Surveillance Data Center located at Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, where quality control procedures and preliminary data analyses were carried out. The analyses were interpreted and the final report prepared by the DOE Office of Epidemiologic Studies. The information in this report provides highlights of the data analyses conducted on the 1997 data collected from Savannah River Site. The main sections of the report include: work force characteristics; absences due to injury or illness lasting 5 or more consecutive workdays; workplace illnesses, injuries, and deaths that were reportable to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (''OSHA-recordable'' events); and disabilities and deaths among current workers. The 199 7 report includes a section on time trends that provides comparative information on the health of the work force from 1994 through 1997.
Date: June 1, 2000
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
1999 accomplishments report. Clean energy for the 21st century [USDOE Federal Energy Management Program] (open access)

1999 accomplishments report. Clean energy for the 21st century [USDOE Federal Energy Management Program]

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Date: February 1, 2000
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
1999 Accountability Report (open access)

1999 Accountability Report

A report including the United States Agency for International Development's financial statements and the inspector general's opinion on the statements, internal controls, and compliance with law and regulations. It also highlights the effectiveness of the Agency's programs in achieving U.S. foreign policy objectives.
Date: March 1, 2000
Creator: United States. Agency for International Development.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
1999 Annual Report on Waste Generation and Pollution Prevention Progress as Required by DOE Order 5400.1 (open access)

1999 Annual Report on Waste Generation and Pollution Prevention Progress as Required by DOE Order 5400.1

Hanford's missions are to safely clean-up and manage the site's legacy wastes, and to develop and deploy science and technology. Through these missions Hanford will contribute to economic diversification of the region. Hanford's environmental management or clean-up mission is to protect the health and safety of the public, workers, and the environment; control hazardous materials; and utilize the assets (people, infrastructure, and site) for other missions. Hanford's science and technology mission is to develop and deploy science and technology in the service of the nation including stewardship of the Hanford Site. Pollution Prevention is a key to the success of these missions by reducing the amount of waste to be managed and identifying/implementing cost effective waste reduction projects. Hanford's original mission, the production of nuclear materials for the nation's defense programs, lasted more than 40 years, and like most manufacturing operations, Hanford's operations generated large quantities of waste and pollution. However, the by-products from Hanford operations pose unique problems like radiation hazards, vast volumes of contaminated water and soil, and many contaminated structures including reactors, chemical plants and evaporation ponds. The clean-up activity is an immense and challenging undertaking. Including characterization and decommissioning of 149 single shell storage tanks, treating …
Date: March 1, 2000
Creator: SEGALL, P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
1999 Annual Report on Waste Generation and Pollution Prevention Progress as Required by DOE Order 5400.1 (open access)

1999 Annual Report on Waste Generation and Pollution Prevention Progress as Required by DOE Order 5400.1

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Date: December 1, 2000
Creator: Clark, David E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
1999 Annual Site Environmental Report, Tonopah Test Range, Nevada (open access)

1999 Annual Site Environmental Report, Tonopah Test Range, Nevada

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Date: December 1, 2000
Creator: Duncan, D. K.; Forston, W. E.; Sanchez, R. D. & Fink, C. H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
1999 Environmental Monitoring Program Report (open access)

1999 Environmental Monitoring Program Report

This report describes the calendar year 1999 compliance monitoring and environmental surveillance activities of the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory management and operating contractor Environmental Monitoring Program. This report includes results of sampling performed by the Drinking Water, Effluent, Storm Water, Groundwater Monitoring, and Environmental Surveillance Programs. This report compares the 1999 results to program-specific regulatory guidelines and past data to evaluate trends. The primary purposes of the monitoring and surveillance activities are to evaluate environmental conditions, to provide and interpret data, to verify compliance with applicable regulations or standards, and to ensure protection of public health and the environment. Surveillance of environmental media did not identify any previously unknown environmental problems or trends, which would indicate a loss of control or unplanned releases from facility operations. The Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory complied with permits and applicable regulations, with the expectation of nitrogen in two disposal pond effluent streams iron and total coliform bacteria in groundwater downgradient from one disposal well, and coliform bacteria in drinking water systems at two facilities. Maintenance activities were performed on the two drinking water systems and tested prior to putting back into service. The monitoring and surveillance results demonstrate that the …
Date: September 1, 2000
Creator: Street, L. V.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
1999 environmental monitoring report for the Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory, Pittsburgh Site (open access)

1999 environmental monitoring report for the Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory, Pittsburgh Site

The 1999 results for the Bettis-Pittsburgh radiological and nonradiological environmental monitoring programs are presented. The results demonstrate that the existing procedures ensured that releases to the environment during 1999 were in accordance with applicable Federal, State, County, and local regulations. Evaluation of the environmental data indicates that current operations at the Site continue to have no adverse effect on human health and the quality of the environment. A conservative assessment of radiation exposure to the general public as a result of Site operations demonstrates that the dose received by any member of the public was well below the most restrictive dose limits established by the Environmental Protection Agency, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the US Department of Energy. A risk assessment of potentially exposed populations to chemical residues in the environment at the Site demonstrates that these residues do not pose any significant risk to human health or the environment.
Date: December 1, 2000
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
1999 Gordon Research Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry (open access)

1999 Gordon Research Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry

The Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Atmospheric Chemistry was held at Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island, June 13-18, 1999. The conference was well attended with 151 participants. The attendees represented the spectrum of endeavor in this field coming from academia, industry, and government laboratories, both US and foreign scientists, senior researchers, young investigators, and students.
Date: August 1, 2000
Creator: Storm, C.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
1999 INEEL National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants - Radionuclides (open access)

1999 INEEL National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants - Radionuclides

Under Section 61.94 of Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 61, Subpart H, ''National Emission Standards for Emission of Radionuclides Other Than Radon From Department of Energy Facilities,'' each Department of Energy (DOE) facility must submit an annual report documenting compliance. This report addresses the Section 61.94 reporting requirements for operations at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) for calendar year (CY) 1999. The Idaho Operations Office of the DOE is the primary contract concerning compliance with the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPs) at the INEEL. For CY 1999, airborne radionuclide emissions from the INEEL operations were calculated to result in a maximum individual dose to a member of the public of 7.92E-03 mrem (7.92E-08 Sievert). This effective dose equivalent (EDE) is well below the 40 CFR 61, Subpart H, regulatory standard of 10 mrem per year (1.0E-04 Sievert per year).
Date: June 1, 2000
Creator: Tkachyk, J. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
1999 LDRD Laboratory Directed Research and Development (open access)

1999 LDRD Laboratory Directed Research and Development

This is the FY 1999 Progress Report for the Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program at Los Alamos National Laboratory. It gives an overview of the LDRD Program, summarizes work done on individual research projects, relates the projects to major Laboratory program sponsors, and provides an index to the principal investigators. Project summaries are grouped by their LDRD component: Competency Development, Program Development, and Individual Projects. Within each component, they are further grouped into nine technical categories: (1) materials science, (2) chemistry, (3) mathematics and computational science, (4) atomic, molecular, optical, and plasma physics, fluids, and particle beams, (5) engineering science, (6) instrumentation and diagnostics, (7) geoscience, space science, and astrophysics, (8) nuclear and particle physics, and (9) bioscience.
Date: June 1, 2000
Creator: Spencer, Rita & Wheeler, Kyle
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
1999 Site Environmental Report (open access)

1999 Site Environmental Report

Throughout the scientific community, Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) is renowned for its leading-edge research in physics, medicine, chemistry, biology, materials, and the environment. BNL is committed to supporting its world-class scientific research with an internationally recognized environmental protection program. The 1999 Site Environmental Report (SER) summarizes the status of the Laboratory's environmental programs and performance, including the steady progress towards cleaning up the site and fully integrating environmental stewardship into all facets of the Laboratory's mission. BNL is located on 5,265 acres of pine barrens in Suffolk County in the center of Long Island, New York. The Laboratory is situated above a sole source aquifer at the headwaters of the Peconic River; therefore, protecting ground and surface water quality is a special concern. Approximately 3,600 acres of the site are undeveloped and serve as habitat for a wide variety of animals and plants, including one New York State endangered species, the tiger salamander, and two New York State threatened species, the banded sunfish and the stiff goldenrod. Monitoring, preserving, and restoring these ecological resources is a high priority for the Laboratory.
Date: September 1, 2000
Creator: Engel-Cox, J.; Zimmerman, E.; Lee, R.; Williams, J.; Green, T.; Paquette, D. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library