From Abstract: "This is a tutorial Monograph describing various aspects of time and frequency (T/F). Included are chapters relating to elemental concepts of precise time and frequency; basic principles of quartz oscillators and atomic frequency standards; historical review, recent progress, and current status of atomic frequency standards; promising areas for developing future primary frequency standards; relevance of frequency standards to other areas of metrology including a unified standard concept; statistics of T/F data analysis coupled with the theory and construction of the NBS atomic time scale; an overview of T/F dissemination techniques; and the standards of T/F in the USA. The Monograph addresses both the specialist in the field as well as those desiring basic information about time and frequency."

From foreword: "This report is a comprehensive overview study of potential alternative methods for long-term management of high-level radioactive waste...Disposal in terrestrial locations."

From foreword: "This report is a comprehensive overview study of potential alternative methods for long-term management of high-level radioactive waste."

This report provides a discussion of the environmental impacts of warfare involving nuclear weapons. The changes in ozone layer, climate, and changes in earth heating (or cooling) caused by nuclear explosions are discussed with possible implications for public health and agricultural activities.

The purpose of this study was threefold: To examine a large body of in-reactor data for UO{sub 2} pellet fuel where internal temperatures have been measured, and to estimate fuel surface temperature, cladding inner temperature, and thus gap conductance under a consistent set of assumptions. To estimate the variance (due to experimental uncertainties) in the inferred gap conductance values. To attempt a correlation of the gap conductance values with design parameters and operating conditions (e.g., with cold diametral gap and local linear power).

The need for improved spatial resolution in nuclear medicine has long been recognized. Notable attempts to achieve this goal are the gas-filled wire chambers and solid-state detectors. (1) However, at energies above 100 keV, gas-filled chambers suffer from poor detection efficiency and a long recoil electron range in the gas. While it is advantageous to pressurize these chambers to 10 or more atmospheres, structural design of the thin window presents a formidable task. High-resolution optimal collimators do not appear to have sufficient strength to be used as a pressure support window. Solid-state detectors, while having the potential of a gamma camera with a superb energy resolution, are presently studied on a very small scale due to technological and cost limitations. Aside from the detector, the parallel-hole collimator presents a real limit to the resolution of the camera. A factor of two improvement in the resolution results in a factor of four loss in the collimator's transmission. A careful analysis of optimal collimators and the application of collimators designed for a specific depth range and resoluation are part of our overall program. Our goal has been the development of a liquid-xenon multiwire gamma camera with 2- to 3-mm spatial resolution, high …

This report is about the Gasohol: The Alcohol Fuels Issue Brief number IB74087

This report discusses the legislative history of the Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Act and provides charts and summaries of Congressional action on the bill.

This report discusses the development, use, and future outlook of electronic payment systems as well as addressing various electronic banking issues and policy.

This report discusses legislative proposals related to payroll/social security taxes and studies the effects of these taxes on the economy.

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