Data collected as part of the hydrogeochemical and stream sediment reconnaissance for Enid NTMS quadrangle in Oklahoma including laboratory data on well water (pp. 1-14) and stream sediments (pp. 15-24) as well as field data (pp. 25-330).

The United States has become an information society. Government at every level and private industry have been collecting and using more personal information about individuals in the last several years than ever before. The Congress has been aware of this trend, and of the potencia1 for misuse of the information so collected; it has enacted several laws that protect the personal privacy of individuals, and respect the confidentiality of the information maintained about individuals by third parties. In this report, several privacy laws are summarized, and key provisions of each are compared, in order to make individual citizens aware of their rights , responsibilities and remedies under the law.

Policy measures which could be part of a Federal program to encourage energy conservation in renter-occupied housing are discussed. The report summarizes data on the renter-occupied housing stock and energy consumption specific to structure type, functional use, fuel type, and region. Energy conservation opportunities and factors which impede the realization of those opportunities are identified. Incentives and programs are suggested that could reduce energy consumption in rented housing. A number of issues of programmatic significance, considering several concepts which could form the basis for demonstration programs under Section 509 of ECPA, are discussed. The potential costs and benefits of a national program stemming from the demonstration efforts are discussed. (MCW)

Ten-fold increased loadings of cobalt dibensotetraazaannulene (CoTAA) have been obtained which have been shown stable for 44 days in 150/sup 0/C 85% phosphoric acid. Preliminary data on platinum-catalyzed cathodes have been obtained which show that the ECO fuel cell system is suitable for evaluating fuel cell cathode performance.

From abstract: Results of a reconnaissance geochemical survey of the Enid Quadrangle, Oklahoma are reported. Field and laboratory data are presented for 677 groundwater and 516 stream sediment samples. Statistical and areal distributions of uranium and possible uranium-related variables are displayed. A generalized geologic map of the survey area is provided, and pertinent geologic factors which may be of significance in evaluating the potential for uranium mineralization are briefly discussed.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John L. Hill, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Administration of article VII, section 1-d to the Texas Constitution.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John L. Hill, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of the Texas Department of Community Affairs to expend appropriated state funds on public works programs.

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.

The following studies are reported on: calorimetry and thermodynamics of nuclear materials; actinide recovery and purification; optimization of the cation exchange process for recovering americium and plutonium from molten salt extraction residues; decontamination of soil; secondary actinide recovery; evaluation of tributyl phosphate-impregnated sorbent for plutonium-uranium separations; comparison of cation exchange recovery of actinides from the NaCl--KCl--MgCl/sub 2/ and CaCl/sub 2/--KCl--MgCl/sub 2/ systems; combined anion exchange-bidentate organophosphorous extraction process for molten salt extraction residues; recovery of actinides from combustible wastes; actinide recovery and recycle preparation for waste streams; processing Leco crucible residues containing a tin accelerator; dissolution of refractory residues in hydrochloric acid; metal distillation; induction-heated, tilt-pour furnace; plutonium from backlog salts; and plutonium peroxide precipitation process. (LK)

The US Department of Energy is funding an underground coal gasification (UCG) project in steeply dipping coal beds (SDB), at North Knobs, about 8 miles west of Rawlins, Carbon County, Wyoming. The project is being conducted to determine the technical, economic and environmental viability of such a technology. The development of SDB is an interesting target for UCG since such beds contain coals not normally mineable economically by ordinary techniques. Although the underground gasification of SDB has not been attempted in the US, Soviet experience and theoretical work indicate that the gasification of SDB in place offers all the advantages of underground gasification of horizontal coal seams plus some unique characteristics. The steep angle of dip helps to channel the produced gases up dip to offtake holes and permits the ash and rubble to fall away from the reaction zone helping to mitigate the blocking of the reaction zone in swelling coals. The intersection of SDB with the surface makes the seam accessible for drilling and other preparation. The tests at the North Knobs site will consist of three tests, lasting 20, 80 and 80 days, respectively. A total of 9590 tons of coal is expected to be gasified, with …

Estimates on the ability of solar energy to supply US energy needs vary from 0 to 25%. It is generally thought that solar can supply as much as we want it to up to 25% in the Northwest by the year 2000 providing an all-out effort is applied now to develop solar energy. The factors affecting the extent of solar utilization are discussed; they are more institutional (inertia, experience, legal, social) than technological or economical. Because of its climate, unique power system, and amount of sunshine, the Northwest is one of the best places in the US for solar energy utilization. Solar energy used in the Northwest is more likely to meet needs that would otherwise be met by new thermal electric plants than is the case in most places.

This standard establishes the requirements for fabrication, testing, and inspection of control rod assemblies for use in liquid metal fast breeder reactors.

Along the general run of the vacuum chamber synchrotron radiation strikes the wall at a glancing angle of about 5.6/sup 0/. The heat source is well-approximated by a ribbon of uniform power density having a small vertical height and an infinite azimuthal length. The heat transfer problem reduces to one in two-dimensions and it has been considered in a previous note. At the corner of a beam port the angle of incidence becomes 90/sup 0/, so the temperature rises much higher than elsewhere. Since the power density at the corner is not uniform in its azimuthal dependence, but is strongly peaked at the point of normal incidence, two-dimensional heat flow is not a good approximation. The rectangular 3d problem is considered. This is easily solved and yields a good first estimate of the temperature rise at the corner.

A critical review of U.S. and foreign literature on the use of a mixture of refrigerants rather than a single one in a refrigeration unit indicates that energy can be conserved in properly arranged systems. An independent analytical study performed under the current contract using a 50% mixture of R-12 and R-114 in a two-evaporator refrigerator typical of domestic refrigerators showed an energy saving of 12%. The cycle explored was a non-optimized one, so greater energy savings are theoretically possible. The application of refrigerant mixtures to domestic refrigerators would not be a panacea, but would require a redesign of the refrigeration circuit and a resizing of the compressor. There would be a number of problems to be explored and solved before a successful application could be achieved, but the prospects look favorable at this time. One of the most useful next steps would be to continue to expand the knowledge base on refrigerant mixtures that would be made available to the manufacturers of refrigerators.

The Morgantown Energy Technology Center (METC) is developing the technology required to recover the deep thin seam Eastern bituminous coal resource by gasification in-situ. The approach is to prove concepts through field tests and to support field testing-with theoretical modeling. METC is currently fielding Pricetown I, the first of two tests scheduled for the Pricetown, West Virginia, underground coal gasification field test. Pricetown I is a small-scale test designed to provide information concerning the in-situ characteristics of the Pittsburgh coal seam; to gain additional experience in the in-situ combustion and gasification of bituminous coal; and to evaluate the functional applicability of the linked vertical concept to recover the Eastern resources. Mound Facility is participating with METC in the design and the implementation of the instrumentation necessary to monitor the surface and subsurface process and product gas stream; and acquire real-time gas analysis and subsurface thermal data. The principal objective of this effort is to provide an integrated instrumentation system that will permit rapid automatic monitoring of subsurface and surface variables and to ensure data storage, retrieval and reduction for process monitoring and results interpretation. Mound also will support METC with the manpower and technical assistance necessary to operate the field …

The MFTF is a large new mirror facility under construction at Livermore for completion in 1981--82. It represents a scaleup, by a factor of 50 in plasma volume, a factor of 5 or more in ion energy, and a factor of 4 in magnetic field intensity over the Livermore 2XIIB experiment. Its magnet, employing superconducting NbTi windings, is of Yin-Yang form and will weigh 200 tons. MFTF will be driven by neutral beams of two levels of current and energy: 1000 amperes of 20 keV (accelerating potential) pulsed beams for plasma startup; 750 amperes of 80 keV beams of 0.5 second duration for temperature buildup and plasma sustainment. Two operating modes for MFTF are envisaged: The first is operation as a conventional mirror cell with n/sup tau/ approximately equal to 10/sup 12/ cm/sup -3/ sec, W/sub i/ = 50 keV, where the emphasis will be on studying the physics of mirror cells, particularly the issues of improved techniques of stabilization against ion cyclotron modes and of maximization of the electron temperature. The second possible mode is the further study of the Field Reversed Mirror idea, using high current neutral beams to sustain the field-reversed state. Anticipating success in the coming …

Since the earliest days of fusion research it has been hoped that diamagnetic currents flowing in a plasma could be used to help confine the plasma. Recently this hope has been strengthened both by theoretical advances and by experimental results made possible by technological developments. On the theoretical front analytical treatments and computer simulation studies have demonstrated equilibrium solutions existing both in the fluid limit and in the large-orbit limit. Progress has also been made in determining the conditions required for the stability of field-reversed entities. It appears that configurations of the general form of fat doughnuts, possibly elongated to napkin-ring form, represent stable states. Building on previous experimental work, several investigators have been able to create field-reversed states. One method, based on the ASTRON idea of Christofilos, traps an intense relativistic electron beams (REB) to create a field-reversing current ring. Other approaches use either the reversed field theta pinch technique or REB pulses to create field-reversing diamagnetic currents in a long cylindrical plasma. In the former method, millisecond-long field-reversing electron rings have been achieved; in the latter method field-reversed plasma states lasting 30 to 50 microseconds have been achieved. Another approach under investigation is the Field Reversed Mirror (FRM) …

The cavity design for the large ring of the proposed synchrotron light source is being considered. It represents the worst case situation in all respects so that a similar design for the small ring will face no problems. Basic requirements are that the cavity provide a peak gap voltage of up to 500 kV at a frequency of 53.52 MHz. Sufficient tuning range must be provided to allow for the reactive detuning of the beam and also thermal changes. Provisions for phase and amplitude control of two cavities operating together must also be available and attention must be given to possible higher order mode excitation at frequencies which are harmonically related to the operating frequency and also to some degree the 2.23 MHz rotation frequency. There are also space limitations imposed by the chosen magnet lattice and the need for a beam wiggler in the same straight section as the rf cavity. The practical upper limits of cavity diameter and length are about 1.25 m and 1.7 m, respectively.

Inconel 600 was irradiated in HFIR to provide a partial simulation of fusion reactor service. Samples were irradiated at 55 to 700/sup 0/C, to investigate swelling and postirradiation tensile properties as a function of irradiation and test temperatures under conditions of concurrent displacement damage and helium production. Helium contents from 600 to 1800 appm and displacement levels of 4 to 9 dpa were achieved, and the results are used to estimate performance in a fusion reactor environment. Tensile property measurements and fractography on the same samples showed strength values increased for irradiation at 55 to 400/sup 0/C but decreased below unirradiated values for irradiations at 600 and 700/sup 0/C.

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.

Objective is to determine the relationships between the shale characteristics, hydrocarbon gas contents, and well location, for assessing the productive capacity of the Eastern Devonian Gas Shale deposits and guiding research, development, and demonstration projects to enhance the recovery of natural gas from the shale deposits. One well was sampled during this reporting period. Another well from Monongalia County, WV (M-1) was cored in April. 31 samples were obtained for Battelle with additional 55 samples canned for other DOE contractors. Characterization tasks on shale samples from R-146 (Mason County, WV.) and M-1 wells (Monongalia) have been completed. In the preliminary analysis correlations were observed between the hydrocarbon gas contents and can pressure, propane content, well location, oxygen content CO/sub 2/ content, bulk density and carbon contents. Higher pressures are attributed to higher hydrocarbon gas contents. For high gas pressures, propane content is an important indication of hydrocarbon gas content. At low gas pressure, butane contents more accurately predict the hydrocarbon gas contents. High CO/sub 2/ and carbon contents indicate high hydrocarbon gas values, whereas oxygen contents are inversely related to hydrocarbon gas contents. Analysis of the limited wire-line log data shows that correlations between the laboratory and well log data …

Inertial confinement fusion (ICF) target designs are considered which may have very high gains (approximately 1000) and low power requirements (< 100 TW) for input energies of approximately one megajoule. These include targets having very low density shells, ultra thin shells, central ignitors, magnetic insulation, and non-ablative acceleration.

The level of radon and its daughters inside conventional buildings is often higher than the ambient background level. Interest in conserving energy is motivating home-owners and builders to reduce the rate of infiltration of fresh air into homes, and hence to increase the concentration of indoor air contaminants, including radon. It is unlikely, but possible, that the present radiation levels from radon daughters account for much of the lung cancer rate in non-smokers. In any event, it is likely that some increased lung cancer risk would result from increased radon exposures; hence, it is desirable not to allow radon concentrations to rise significantly. There are several ways to circumvent the increased risk without compromising energy conservation considerations.

Smoothing of data by averaging is suggested in order to study the maximum. The maximum of the smoothed data is approximated by that of a Gaussian sample, and thus is more robust against outliers.