45-Day safety screen results for tank 241-C-105, push mode, cores 72 and 76 (open access)

45-Day safety screen results for tank 241-C-105, push mode, cores 72 and 76

This document is a report of the analytical results for samples collected between March 14 and March 22, 1995 from the radioactive wastes in Tank 241-C-105 at the Hanford Reservation. Core samples were collected from the solid wastes in the tank and underwent safety screening analyses including differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetric analysis, and total alpha analysis.
Date: May 3, 1995
Creator: Sasaki, L.M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
100 Areas: (For technical progress letter No. 95), April 23--29 (open access)

100 Areas: (For technical progress letter No. 95), April 23--29

Reported are: physics (B Pile, D Pile, F Pile, general physics); and water, corrosion and engineering (process water control and pressure drop studies, corrosion, graphite expansion).
Date: May 3, 1946
Creator: Jordan, W. E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The 2002 Farm Bill: Overview and Status (open access)

The 2002 Farm Bill: Overview and Status

The Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform, or FAIR, Act of 1996 (commonly known as the "farm bill"), which was due to expire in 2002, is expected to be extended for another six years when President Bush signs the bill into law. This report discusses the provisions of the new "farm bill," including the federal spending involved.
Date: May 3, 2002
Creator: Becker, Geoffrey S. & Womach, Jasper
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
2010 Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference: Key Issues and Implications (open access)

2010 Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference: Key Issues and Implications

The report includes a short summary of the provisions and goals of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and a brief history of past review conferences. It also discusses the key issues that the participants are likely to address during the 2010 conference.
Date: May 3, 2010
Creator: Kerr, Paul K.; Nikitin, Mary Beth; Woolf, Amy F. & Medalia, Jonathan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
78th Texas Legislature, Fourth Called Session, Senate Concurrent Resolution 1 (open access)

78th Texas Legislature, Fourth Called Session, Senate Concurrent Resolution 1

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas Senate and House of Representatives relating to granting permission to adjourn from April 20 to April 27, 2004.
Date: May 3, 2004
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 101, Chapter 7 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 101, Chapter 7

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to efficiently administering and electronically monitoring certain veterans' and dependents' tuition exemptions at institutions of higher education.
Date: May 3, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 148, Chapter 8 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 148, Chapter 8

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the exception from required public disclosure of a photograph of a peace officer.
Date: May 3, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 217, Chapter 9 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 217, Chapter 9

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to reporting the outcome of alcohol and drug tests of holders of commercial driver's licenses.
Date: May 3, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 235, Chapter 10 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 235, Chapter 10

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the qualifications of bailiffs and grand jury bailiffs for certain courts.
Date: May 3, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 239, Chapter 11 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 239, Chapter 11

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to an exemption from the fee for a birth or death record requested by a child fatality review team or the child fatality review team committee.
Date: May 3, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 245, Chapter 12 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 245, Chapter 12

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to local government authorization of charitable solicitation by a pedestrian.
Date: May 3, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 280, Chapter 13 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 280, Chapter 13

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to automotive wrecking and salvage yards.
Date: May 3, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 348, Chapter 14 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 348, Chapter 14

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the availability of judges and magistrates for proceedings related to chemically dependent persons.
Date: May 3, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 523, Chapter 15 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 523, Chapter 15

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the regional emergency medical dispatch resource center pilot program.
Date: May 3, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 524, Chapter 16 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 524, Chapter 16

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the creation of a county court at law in Cass County.
Date: May 3, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 581, Chapter 17 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 581, Chapter 17

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the powers and duties of the Veterans' Land Board.
Date: May 3, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 734, Chapter 18 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 734, Chapter 18

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to municipal regulation of the discharge of firearms and certain other weapons.
Date: May 3, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Accounting Profession: Oversight, Auditor Independence, and Financial Reporting Issues (open access)

Accounting Profession: Oversight, Auditor Independence, and Financial Reporting Issues

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The accounting system's self-regulatory system for auditors, which largely depends on voluntary contributions from the accounting industry, is plagued by fragmentation, lack of coordination, poor communication, and conflicts of interest. In GAO's view, the current self-regulatory system is broken, and oversight by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has fallen short in protecting the public interest. Because of the important role played by independent auditors, GAO believes that direct government intervention is needed to create a new body to oversee the auditing of public companies by the accounting profession. Concerns about the timeliness, relevancy, and transparency of the financial reporting model could be addressed by closer cooperation between SEC and the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), adequate and independent funding for FASB operations, and periodic reporting to Congress on FASB matters."
Date: May 3, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Adjustable Fire Guard and Screen. (open access)

Adjustable Fire Guard and Screen.

Patent for a new and improved fireplace screen. This design "is to provide a simple and efficient device which may be suspended in front of open fireplaces or grates for the purpose of preventing the frequent and sometimes fatal accidents which are directly due to the absence of reliable safe-guards. The invention consists of a series of shields or plates of suitable size and material, which are so connected that when not in use they may be easily drawn upward in succession side by side and compactly placed in an appropriate receptacle attached to the front of a mantel or to a wall above a fireplace" (lines 16-29).
Date: May 3, 1892
Creator: Gibson, Nathaniel B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Advanced nuclear system for the 21st century (open access)

Advanced nuclear system for the 21st century

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Date: May 3, 2002
Creator: Chang, Y. I.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aerosol can puncture device operational test plan (open access)

Aerosol can puncture device operational test plan

Puncturing of aerosol cans is performed in the Waste Receiving and Processing Facility Module 1 (WRAP 1) process as a requirement of the waste disposal acceptance criteria for both transuranic (TRU) waste and low-level waste (LLW). These cans have contained such things as paints, lubricating oils, paint removers, insecticides, and cleaning supplies which were used in radioactive facilities. Due to Westinghouse Hanford Company (WHC) Fire Protection concerns of the baseline system`s fire/explosion proof characteristics, a study was undertaken to compare the baseline system`s design to commercially available puncturing devices. While the study found no areas which might indicate a risk of fire or explosion, WHC Fire Protection determined that the puncturing system must have a demonstrated record of safe operation. This could be obtained either by testing the baseline design by an independent laboratory, or by substituting a commercially available device. As a result of these efforts, the commercially available Aerosolv can puncturing device was chosen to replace the baseline design. Two concerns were raised with the system. Premature blinding of the coalescing/carbon filter, due to its proximity to the puncture and draining operation; and overpressurization of the collection bottle due to its small volume and by blinding of the …
Date: May 3, 1994
Creator: Leist, K. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Afghanistan: Post-Taliban Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy (open access)

Afghanistan: Post-Taliban Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy

This report discusses the current political state of Afghanistan, focusing particularly on the influence of the Taliban and other militant groups and on the leadership of Afghan President Hamid Karzai. This report also discusses the U.S.-Afghanistan relationship, in both the short and long term, and U.S. efforts under the Obama Administration to provide military, reconstructive, and stabilization aid.
Date: May 3, 2012
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Afghanistan: Post-Taliban Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy (open access)

Afghanistan: Post-Taliban Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy

This report covers concerns and issues relating to governance, elections, election fraud/nepotism, human rights, and Afghan culture in Afghanistan. It discusses the pros and cons of U.S.A. intervention in the shaping of these endeavors.
Date: May 3, 2012
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Agricultural Trade Issues in the 107th Congress (open access)

Agricultural Trade Issues in the 107th Congress

The 107th Congress is considering trade issues with implications for the U.S. agricultural sector. Trade in agricultural commodities and food products affects farm income and rural employment, and it also generates economic activity beyond the farm gate. With agricultural export sales the equivalent of one-quarter of farm income, some policymakers view U.S. efforts to develop market opportunities overseas as vital to the sector’s financial health. Decisions taken by the Bush Administration, and actions taken by Congress, thus will affect the outlook for agricultural trade.
Date: May 3, 2002
Creator: Hanrahan, Charles E.; Becker, Geoffrey S. & Jurenas, Remy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library