Monthly newsletter of the Alamo Area Council of Governments describing news and events of relevance to the agencies.

Newsletter issued by the Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas discussing news, events, and other relevant information related to technical and vocational education for adults in Texas.

The purpose of this survey and study was to: review the available literature; contact developers, lending institutions, and other interested parties to determine their perceived need for Federal guarantees of financial obligations for AAPS research, development, demonstrations, and commercial availability; analyze the results; formulate conclusions; and make recommendations. A secondary purpose of the effort was to establish a dialogue with members of the automotive industry and the financial community which would facilitate development and rapid implementation of AAPS energy conservation programs. Results of the survey and study are presented. A background review of the complexities of advanced automotive propulsion systems and of financial incentives is presented in Section 2. Section 3 sets forth the methodology employed in developing the material for the report and reviews the information gathered through literature review, and individual and group discussions. The conclusions drawn from this information are summarized in Section 4, leading to the recommendations made in Section 5. Additionally, comprehensive appendices are provided for ready reference and ease in understanding the report.

An analysis of how political, social, and economic forces shaped the development of nuclear power in the US, USSR, Great Britain, France, Canada, and West Germany is presented.

This is the second volume presenting aerial gamma ray and magnetic survey data from the Denver quadrangle. This report contains data profiles, anomaly maps, flight path recovery map, and sample data.

This is the second volume presenting aerial gamma ray and magnetic survey data from the Pueblo quadrangle. This report contains data profiles, anomaly maps, flight path recovery map, and sample data.

Progress is reported in studies to determine the effect of acute, toxic exposures of ozone to alfalfa, potato, and soybean plants. The objective has been to correlate the foliar response with alterations in quality of the edible portion of the plant viz. the leaf, tuber and seed of alfalfa, potato and soybean, respectively. In 1977 we (1) modified our fumigation facilities, (2) developed protocol for studies with alfalfa and potato, and (3) conducted studies on flavonoid status of alfalfa and a series of parameters of potato tubers. In 1978 we (1) conducted more indepth studies with alfalfa, (2) repeated the potato study, (3) began to develop protocol for measuring additional parameters of alfalfa and potato quality, and (4) developed protocol for cultivating and exposing soybean plants.

Single record and averaged record data listings for the Las Vegas quadrangle in California, Nevada, and Arizona taken during a reconnaissance survey.

Single record and averaged record data listings for the Williams quadrangle in Arizona taken during a reconnaissance survey.

Single record and averaged record data listings for the Prescott quadrangle in Arizona taken during a reconnaissance survey.

Single record and averaged record data listings for the Kingman quadrangle in Arizona, California, and Nevada, taken during a reconnaissance survey.

The following report is the second volume in a series of reports documenting airborne gamma-ray spectrometer and magnetometer survey results. The data on this report focuses on the Kingman quadrangle.

The following report is the second volume in a series of reports documenting airborne gamma-ray spectrometer and magnetometer survey results. The data on this report focuses on the Las Vegas quadrangle.

The following report is the second volume in a series of reports documenting airborne gamma-ray spectrometer and magnetometer survey results. The data on this report focuses on the Prescott quadrangle in Arizona.

This is a airborne reconnaissance report of the Williams Quadrangle in Arizona.

This is an airborne reconnaissance report on several quadrangles in Arizona, California, and Nevada.

Four open cycle OTEC concepts are described. These are: (1) single, vertical-axis turbine; (2) multiple, horizontal-axis turbines; (3) foam lift/hydraulic turbine; and (4) mist lift/hydraulic turbine. A preliminary assessment of achievable performance is made in addition to a description of the subsystem performance objectives which would support the achievement of the full potential inherent in these concepts. The results and conclusions of the paper include a description of the research objectives, achievement of which make open cycle OTEC a viable alternative as a nationl energy source.

A quantitative description of nuclear backscattering and reaction processes is made. Various formulas pertinent to nuclear microanalysis are assembled in a manner useful for experimental application. Convolution integrals relating profiles of atoms in a metal substrate to the nuclear reaction spectra obtained in the laboratory are described and computed. Energy straggling and multiple scattering are explicitly included and shown to be important. Examples of the application of the method to simple backscattering, oxide films, and implanted gas are discussed. 7 figures, 1 table.

Samples of perforated Type 310 stainless steel plates that were used as the air distributor grids for the Rivesville, West Virginia, and Alexandria, Virginia, atmospheric fluidized-bed combustors together with unexposed plate material were examined to determine the cause of cracking of the Rivesville plate. Intergranular cracks in the Rivesville plate are associated with massive sigma phase precipitates on grain boundaries. Both plates buckled during service, probably because of thermal stresses, but the greatest measured strain occurred in the Alexandria plate. Some operating history differences might explain why the Alexandria plate buckled but did not fail. Either designing new air distributors to reduce thermal expansion strains or to allow free expansion or selecting a material that can deform under the service conditions without cracking might improve future plant operations.

This study considers the major urbanized areas of nine US cities to arrive at rough estimates of costs required to retrofit them with district energy systems (DES). Only those costs associated with heating and hot water are addressed here. Demand estimates and energy-supply analyses are made, and component capital costs are estimated to arrive at annualized system costs. Finally, a comparison of alternative energy-delivery options is made, and estimates of scarce-fuel savings are derived. 49 references, 20 figures, 14 tables.

This paper extends the procedure to analyse the heterogeneous FBR spectra with depletion.

A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) analyzing "the laws governing Federal land management systems, the laws specifically applicable to Alaskan lands, and the major environmental and land-planning laws that affect access across Federal land management systems" (p. iii).

This paper reports a first effort to examine the surface of the UCLA tokamaks, Microtor and Macrotor, by analyzing samples that have been exposed to plasma discharge and cleaning for long periods. The samples were sent to the Surface Science Section at the Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL). There, Auger electron spectrometry and sputter profile techniques were used to examine the samples, which had been handled in atmospheric conditions after being removed from the tokamak.

A computer model was developed which predicts the axial temperature profile and heat flux at the outer surface of the test section of the Sodium Boiling Test Facility constructed by the Engineering Technology Division at ORNL. The model was in agreement with observed temperature profiles at furnace power levels representative of single phase, dual phase, and dry-out operations. A parametric study demonstrated the effect of sodium flow rate and surface emissivities on the predicted temperature profile. It was concluded that axial conduction in the Hastelloy tube and sodium must be incorporated into the model to improve accuracy.