Progress on a program to develop commercially viable phosphoric acid fuel cell driven on-site integration energy systems is presented. A mass and energy balance was completed for one operating point of a selected power generation sub-system with a power output of 119 kW. Potentially, 87% of the LHV of the input fuel is available as bus bar electricity or useful heat. A 2 kW stack of conventional design and a 0.5 kW DIGAS cooled stack have been constructed and are on test at ERC. Renovation of a space for the Westinghouse stack test facility is underway and procurement of equipment has been initiated. The coupled cell temperature - current density analysis has been modified to include the effects of turbulent coolant flow and extended to permit analysis of up to 10 process plates between cooling plates. The REFORM computer program was verified by comparison with data received from the government project manager. A method for predicting carbon deposition was developed and compared with data from the literature.

Nuclear wastes which are logical candidates for deep geologic disposal include commercial (spent fuel, reprocessing) and defense wastes. It is expected that the 5250 metric tons of spent fuel discharged through the end of 1978 would increase to about 100,000 tons by the end of 2000. The individual characteristics of each waste type (spent fuel, solidified waste, defense wastes) are described in turn. (DLC)

The following topics are covered: thermodynamic instability of brine, injectivity loss during regular production and injection operations, injectivity loss caused by measures other than regular operations, heat mining and associated reservoir problems in reinjection, pressure maintenance through imported make-up water, suggested solutions to injection problems, and suggested solutions to injection problems: remedial and stimulation measures. (MHR)

Maxwell-averaged reaction rates (sigma v-bar) are presented for 24 interactions between /sup 1/H, /sup 2/H, /sup 3/H, /sup 3/He, /sup 4/He, /sup 6/Li, /sup 7/Li, /sup 10/B, and /sup 11/B ions. The reactions rates are calculated by use of the evaluated data of the LLL Evaluated Nuclear Data Library (ENDL). 5 figures, 5 tables.

A comparison of some features of the three tokamaks is given. The ORMAK and ISX-A have ceased operation. The ISX-B has completed a checkout phase with studies of circular, ohmically heated plasmas in which it performed much like ISX-A. Shaped and injection heated plasmas are being studied. Diagnostics for mode structures were the usual Mirnov loops for approx.B/sub theta/ and collimated soft x-ray detectors for the internal fluctuations approx.X. The approx.X measurements on ISX-A, and thus far on ISX-B, used only a single x-ray channel which veiwed vertically across the center of a minor cross section. Multiple channels were used on ORMAK in a fashion which permitted m number determinations at several plasma radii. For detailed studies, analog signals were stored on magnetic tape and later digitized for fast Fourier transform analysis.

Recent experiments on low-level irradiation during development raise questions relevant to ICRP Publication 26. Mice and monkeys were studied; the measured endpoint was the radiation-induced loss of female germ cells. Three issues are examined. The first is the numerical value of Q (quality factor) appropriate for low-energy beta rays. Comparisons of tritium with gamma radiation were made under conditions of chronic, low-level exposure, and the relative biological effectiveness (RBE) was found to approach 3. Its bearing on ICRP's recommendations concerning Q applicable to tritium is discussed. Second, female germ cells in squirrel monkeys before birth were discovered to be extraordinarily radiosensitive, more easily destroyed than those of mice. If this holds for other primates too, it has radiation-protection implications hitherto overlooked. Third, the contrast between massive germ-cell loss from chronic exposure in prenatal squirrel monkeys and reported radioresistance of oocytes to acute exposure in rhesus monkeys, unless due to species difference, suggests that during development protracted irradiation may be especially injurious. This also could have important radiation-protection implications and is under investigation. (ERB)

Work on the design of an on-site fuel cell total energy system for an apartment building is described. A mass and energy balance was completed for one operating point of a selected power generation sub-system with a power output of 119 kW. Potentially, 87 percent of the LHV of the input fuel is available as bus bar electricity or useful heat. A 2 kW stack of conventional design and a 0.5 kW DIGAS cooled stack have been constructed and are on test at ERC. Renovation of a space for the Westinghouse stack test facility is underway and procurement of equipment has been initiated. The coupled cell temperature - current density analysis has been modified to include the effects of turbulent coolant flow and extended to permit analysis of up to 10 process plates between cooling plates. The REFORM computer program was verified by comparison with data received from the government project manager. A method for predicting carbon deposition was developed and compared with data from the literature.

The minimum warm ion density necessary to effectively stablize the DCLC instability in MFTF represents a significant planning requirement. Thus a review of the theoretical predictions for MFTF stabilization is presented here including the recently revised (a/sub i//r/sub p/) scaling determined from tests with 2XIIB. For the assumptions given the total streaming current requirements range from 1500 to 2800 A, for T/sub e/ predicted from .66 to 1 keV and E/sub i/ approx. 50 keV.