This report is a bibliography on Israel's presumed nuclear weapon capability from various reputable sources.

This report summarizes for the congress the current status of and the future prospects for the Atlantic alliance and the North Atlantic treaty organization (NATO).

An inexpensive boron-loaded liner of epoxy resin for fissile-material storage containers was developed that can be easily fabricated of readily available, low-cost materials. Computer calculations indicate reactivity will be reduced substantially if this neutron-absorbing liner is added to containers in a typical storage array. These calculations compare favorably with neutron-attenuation experiments with thermal and fission neutron spectra, and tests at the Fire Test Facility indicate the epoxy resin will survive extreme environmental and accident conditions. The fire-resistant and insulating properties of the epoxy-resin liner further augment its ability to protect fissile materials. Boron-loaded epoxy resin is adaptable to many tasks but is particularly useful for providing enhanced criticality safety in the packaging and storage of fissile materials.

Base properties have been determined for A387-74A-Gr. 22-Cl. 2 steel at various temperatures in inert environments. Tests have been completed to monitor the actual stress level as a function of exposure time in tensile samples loaded in pre-compressed rings. Samples were exposed under various stress levels at 900/sup 0/F to determine the amount of creep during the 168 hour exposures. Results of all exposure tests (including samples under load during exposure with and without creep, in inert gas) revealed that no degradation of ambient temperature mechanical properties occurred.

The objective of this program is to evaluate the mechanical properties of liquefaction process plant ''dissolver'' vessel materials in a ''dissolver'' vessel environment including coal slurry and pressurized hydrogen gas at temperatures up to 900/sup 0/F. Specifically, the degradation of notched-bar and smooth bar tensile samples of 2/sup 1///sub 4/ Cr--1 Mo will be monitored as a function of exposure time and stress in the ''dissolver'' vessel environment. This quarter was spent entirely on installing and debugging the newly acquired pressure vessels and their controlling circuitry. The vessels were installed in the Ames Lab explosion-safe, hydrogen-containment building, specially designed for this program. Leak checks of 24 to 72 hours were performed on the vessels at pressures ranging from 1000 to 5000 psig at temperatures of 72/sup 0/F and 800/sup 0/F. Automatic pressure and temperature monitoring controls were tested and calibrated. Pressure vessel furnaces were installed and are being tested. Containment building safety systems including hydrogen detectors, vessel over-pressure alarms, vessel over-temperature alarms, hydrogen check valves, surge valves, power failure emergency backup systems and fire alarms were tested and found satisfactory. Individual pressure vessel containment cell blow out panels and cell ventilation systems were found to be satisfactory.

A separate section is presented for each of the six prospect areas studied. Each section includes a compilation and discussion of environmental baseline data derived from existing sources. The data are arranged as follows: geology and geohydrology, air quality, water resources and flood hazards, ecological systems, and land use. When data specific to the prospect were not available, regional data are reported. (MHR)

Recovery of municipal solid wastes (MSW) can reduce the mass of landfilled wastes by as much as 95% and can tap a vast new energy resource. The yearly collection of MSW is estimated to be 125 million tons nationwide. Three basic technologies for recovering energy from MSW are considered, namely: direct combustion using a waterwall incinerator in which heat from burning refuse is converted to steam by circulating water in steel tubes jacketing the interior of the incinerator; manufacture of a relatively uniform shredded, pulverized, or pelleted refuse-derived fuel for supplemental firing in a utility boiler; and pyrolysis or destructive distillation of MSW to extract a low-Btu fuel gas. While resource and energy recovery systems can be installed independently, the processes described here include both energy and resource-recovery systems as well as necessary pollution-control equipment for gaseous emissions. Three end-use applications of cogeneration systems are characterized, including: fluidized-bed cogeneration systems for use in the pulp and paper industry; diesel system using the digested sewage gas of a sewage treatment plant for electricity generation as well as heating and pumping; and an enhanced oil recovery system. Comparisons are made of system inputs per 10/sup 12/ Btu steam output for Landguard pyrolysis, …

Approximately 80 x 10/sup 12/ Btu/y of thermal energy are contained in molten slags produced by the elemental phosphorus industry, the iron and steel industry, the copper industry, and wet-bottom coal-fired boilers. This study evaluates the technical, economic, and environmental feasibility of recovering this wasted energy; the impact of slag waste-heat recovery on the industries in question; and the steps necessary to commercialize applicable heat recovery technology. The study considered two approaches to recovering thermal energy from phosphorus slag: the float chamber and the contact tower. Based on these approaches, nine energy recovery options for converting the energy in slag into other usable forms of energy were conceptualized and economically evaluated. All nine options are considered tecnically feasible and environmentally sound. The economics of the nine options are based on 33.9 kg/s (269,000 lb/h) of slag throughput and vary with both the energy from produced and the realizable total credits for different energy forms. Slag by-product credit is generally needed to make heat recovery economically attractive. Slag waste-heat recovery offers considerable potential for energy savings in the elemental phosphorus, iron and steel, and copper industries. Additional studies are recommended to determine if sufficient by-product credits can be obtained to justify …

This report is about the Senate Rules And Practices On Committee, Subcommittee And Chairmanship Assignment Limitations as of April 15th, 1978

The analytical model of the condensation process occurring in a jet condenser that was developed during Phase I of the Kilowatt Isotope Power System Program (KIPS) at Sunstrand Corporation is documented. The analytical model is based on one dimensional gas dynamics in the vapor funnel, a kinetic theory approach to the vapor/liquid interface condensing process and an empirical correlation of the intrajet heat transfer coefficient (from the vapor/liquid interface to the bulk liquid in the jet). This model satisfactorily predicts the measured performance of the KIPS jet condenser. The first section of this KIPS jet condenser report presents the KIPS jet condenser development history from the beginning of the program (August 1975) through February 1977, at which time it was apparent that the initial design was underperforming slightly. It was decided that an improved analytical model would be beneficial. The subsequent sections deal with the development of the basic experimental data taken on a variety of single jets in a steam/water jet condensation rig to obtain the intrajet heat transfer coefficients required by the analytical model. Also included is a section describing the experiments conducted on the jet condenser to determine the limit conditions under which jet condenser floodout can …

The following report is the first of two volumes describing the program and results of the airborne gamma and total magnetic field surveys of the Reno quadrangle conducted between October 4-November 10, 1977.

Measurements of daily concentrations of /sup 7/Be, /sup 32/P, and ozone at Whiteface Mountain, New York are reported for June, July, and August of 1977 and 1978. Episodes of high daily ozone are observed to coincide with peak /sup 7/Be and /sup 32/P concentrations. Since these radionuclides and ozone are produced in the stratosphere, their simultaneous increase is taken to indicate the arrival of stratospheric air. However, ozone is also produced at ground level by photochemical reactions. Therefore, only when the ground level production of ozone is small can a comparison of cosmogenic nuclides and ozone quantitatively yield stratospheric ozone component. On June 15, 1977 at least 80% of the 50 ppBv (daily average) ozone observed originated in the stratosphere. Our data indicate substantial stratospheric contributions on numerous other occasions. The /sup 7/Be and /sup 32/P concentration measurements can be used to directly determine the accompanying stratospheric ozone if (1) the /sup 7/Be (and/or /sup 32/P)O/sub 3/ mixing ratios in the upper atmosphere, and (2) mean residence time of O/sub 3/ are known. Since October 1977, the /sup 7/Be concentrations in aerosol samples collected at 10 to 12 km varied from less than or equal to 0.1 to 5.8 pCi/kg …

Results of preliminary study are presented which was performed under subtask 2.7 of the NTS Terminal Waste Storage Program Plan for 1978. Subtask 2.7 examines the feasibility of locating a nuclear waste repository in a granitic stock or pluton in southern Nevada near the Nevada Test Site (NTS). It is assumed for the purposes of this study that such a repository cannot be located at NTS. This assumption may or may not be correct. This preliminary report does not identify a particular site as being a suitable location for a repository. Nor does it absolutely eliminate a particular site from further consideration. It does, however, answer the basic question of probable suitability of some of the sites and present a systematic method for site evaluation. Since the findings of this initial study have been favorable, it will be followed by more exhaustive and detailed studies of the original 30 sites and perhaps others. In future studies some of the evaluation criteria used in the preliminary study may be modified or eliminated, and new criteria may be introduced.

Average record data listings taken during aerial gamma-ray and magnetic surveys of the Baker quadrangle in Idaho and Oregon.

Single record data listings taken during aerial gamma-ray and magnetic surveys of the Baker quadrangle in Idaho and Oregon.

Initial samples of four silicon aluminum oxynitride (Sialons) ceramics have been prepared from commercial Si/sub 3/N/sub 4/, Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/, AlN, and SiO/sub 2/ powders by hot pressing at 1750 C. Si/sub 1/./sub 9/Al/sub 0/./sub 1/N/sub 1/./sub 9/O/sub 1/./sub 1/, Si/sub 1/./sub 8/Al/sub 0/./sub 2/N/sub 1/./sub 8/O/sub 1/./sub 2/, and Si/sub 3/./sub 6/Al/sub 2/./sub 4/N/sub 5/./sub 6/O/sub 2/./sub 4/ Sialons were densified to greater than or equal to 90% theoretical density, but Si/sub 5/./sub 4/Al/sub 0/./sub 6/N/sub 7/./sub 4/O/sub 0/./sub 6/ Sialon could be pressed only to 72% theoretical density. None of these materials are single-phase materials; one group of samples contains an unidentified Sialon phase, while the other group contains significant amounts of free elemental silicon. Chlorine in the Si/sub 3/N/sub 4/ powder and free aluminum in the AlN powder are responsible for these effects. Initial evaluation of these materials in contact with molten silicon at 1450 C indicates that chemical reaction is occurring. Thin string-like precipitates found in the silicon after reaction with Si/sub 3/./sub 6/Al/sub 2/./sub 4/N/sub 5/./sub 6/O/sub 2/./sub 4/ Sialon are considered to be due to the presence of a second phase in the material. Electron probe analysis of silicon in contact with a Si/sub …