This report discusses factors that have contributed to the lack of new transmission capacity and some of the resulting issues.

A supercritical water heat transfer facility has been built at the University of Wisconsin to study heat transfer in ancircular and square annular flow channel. A series of integral heat transfer measurements has been carried out over a wide range of heat flux, mas velocity and bulk water temperatures at a pressure of 25 MPa. The circular annular test section geometry is a 1.07 cm diameter heater rod within a 4.29 diameter flow channel.

This document provides the guidelines for software development of modules to be included in Shot Data Analysis (SDA) for the National Ignition Facility (NIF). An Analysis Module is a software entity that groups a set of (typically cohesive) functions, procedures and data structures for performing an analysis task relevant to NIF shot operations. Each module must have its own unique identification (module name), clear interface specifications (data inputs and outputs), and internal documentation. It is vitally important to the NIF Program that all shot-related data be processed and analyzed in a consistent way that is reviewed by scientific and engineering experts. SDA is part of a NIF Integrated Product Team (IPT) whose goal is to provide timely and accurate reporting of shot results to NIF campaign experimentalists. Other elements of the IPT include the Campaign Management Tool (CMT) for configuring experiments, a data archive and provisioning system called CMS, a calibration and configuration database (CDMS), and a shot data visualization tool (SDV). We restrict our scope at this time to guidelines for modules written in Interactive Data Language, or IDL1. This document has sections describing example IDL modules and where to find them, how to set up a development environment, …

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This report provides the trends and transatlantic implications of the German foreign and security policy, noting that Under Merkel's leadership, Germany has sought to boost transatlantic cooperation in areas ranging from economic and trade relations, climate change policy, and global counter-terrorism and non-proliferation policy, to peacekeeping, reconstruction and stabilization efforts in Afghanistan, the Middle East, Africa, and the Balkans.

Superconducting Energy Recovery Linacs (ERL) have significant potential uses in various fields, including High Energy Physics and Nuclear Physics. Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) is pursuing some of the potential applications in this area and the technology issues that are associated with these applications. The work addressed in this paper is carried out at BNL towards applications in electron cooling of high-energy hadron beams and electron-nucleon colliders. The common issues for these applications are the generation of high currents of polarized or high-brightness unpolarized electrons, high-charge per bunch and high-current. One must address the associated issue of High-Order Modes generation and damping. Superconducting ERLs have great advantages for these applications as will be outlined in the text.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with George Black. Admiral James Richardson inspired Black to join the Navy. Black enlisted on his 18th birthday. He then trained as a radio operator and in January 1945 boarded the USS Franklin (CV-13). Black was in the mess hall after finishing a long watch when the bombs struck. Hungry and tired, he was suddenly tossed against the wall, landing conveniently on a pile of mattresses. But he was also trapped, the hatch inoperable due to a fire above. He managed somehow to escape in the dark and abandon ship. After being rescued by the USS Hunt (DD-674), Black was temporarily paralyzed from the waist down by hypothermia from the cold water. Upon recovery, he was reassigned to a secret outfit, as a radio direction finder locating enemy transmissions. After the war, Black finished his service aboard a seagoing tug, serving as the communications officer due to a shortage of men. He suffered from PTSD after discharge, which required continued use of medication to manage.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with George Black. Admiral James Richardson inspired Black to join the Navy. Black enlisted on his 18th birthday. He then trained as a radio operator and in January 1945 boarded the USS Franklin (CV-13). Black was in the mess hall after finishing a long watch when the bombs struck. Hungry and tired, he was suddenly tossed against the wall, landing conveniently on a pile of mattresses. But he was also trapped, the hatch inoperable due to a fire above. He managed somehow to escape in the dark and abandon ship. After being rescued by the USS Hunt (DD-674), Black was temporarily paralyzed from the waist down by hypothermia from the cold water. Upon recovery, he was reassigned to a secret outfit, as a radio direction finder locating enemy transmissions. After the war, Black finished his service aboard a seagoing tug, serving as the communications officer due to a shortage of men. He suffered from PTSD after discharge, which required continued use of medication to manage.

Simulations of mode I interlaminar fracture toughness tests of a carbon-reinforced composite material (BMS 8-212) were conducted with LSDYNA. The fracture toughness tests were performed by U.C. Berkeley. The simulations were performed to investigate the validity and practicality of employing decohesive elements to represent interlaminar bond failures that are prevalent in carbon-fiber composite structure penetration events. The simulations employed a decohesive element formulation that was verified on a simple two element model before being employed to perform the full model simulations. Care was required during the simulations to ensure that the explicit time integration of LSDYNA duplicate the near steady-state testing conditions. In general, this study validated the use of employing decohesive elements to represent the interlaminar bond failures seen in carbon-fiber composite structures, but the practicality of employing the elements to represent the bond failures seen in carbon-fiber composite structures during penetration events was not established.

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We present a review of {sup 236}U evaluations and data. We recommend adopting the ENDF/B-VII.0 {sup 236}U evaluation for the next release of the ENDL database.

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Article discussing research on computational s-block thermochemistry with the correlation consistent composite approach, which has been shown to accurately compute gas-phase enthalapies of formation for alkali and alkaline earth metal oxides and hydroxides.

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Photograph of Edgar Mayers leading the student orchestra for an event at UNT. He is standing on a small platform and is using his baton to direct the string section around him.

Photograph of Edgar Mayers, the conductor at the orchestra event, standing on a platform and facing the student performers. They are holding string instruments including violins, violas, and cellos. Mayers' arms are raised and he is holding up his conductor baton.

Photograph of Edgar Mayers, the conductor at the orchestra event, standing on stage with the student performers. They are holding string instruments including violins, violas, and cellos. The front rows of the audience are also visible.

Photograph of students sitting on a stage for an orchestra performance. They are in the string section and many have violins. Edgar Mayer is going to be conducting the event.

Photograph of student performers sitting in the string section of the orchestra. They are holding up their cellos and other students are visible behind them in the brass section.

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Photograph of students gathered in the One O'Clock Lounge in the University Union. They are participating in the 12 O'Clock Takeover organized by the UPC. Some are sitting around a table and others are standing and siting on benches behind them.