Objective is the qualification of a PLBR-size primary loop flexible piping joint to the ASME Band PVC rules. Progress and activities are reported for: Class 1 flexible joint code approval support, engineering and design, material development, component testing, and manufacturing development. (DLC)

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 advantages of high resolution electron diffraction and imaging have been revealed in a wide variety of metallic systems, providing insight into the mechanisms of such phase transformations as ordering, spinodal decomposition, grain boundary precipitation, and the martensitic reaction. Structural discontinuities in interphase interfaces (atomic plane ledges) and grain boundaries (plane matching defects) have been identified with high precision, and compositional variations on an atomic scale have been detected, including solute segregation within approximately 10 A of a grain boundary. In the study of ceramics, primary effort has been directed toward the detection of thin intergranular films with notable success. Atomic dimension microledges have also been revealed in crystallization interfaces, polytype boundaries and transformation fronts, and compositional variations near grain boundaries have recently been recorded in lattice images of a Magnesium Sialon. It therefore appears that the technique holds equal promise for analysis of the fundamental mechanisms of crystallization, phase transformation, diffusion and solute segregation in ceramics as well as metallic alloy systems. The work presented here represents some of the potential of high resolution methods and is an initial step towards complete atomic characterization of materials. The most desirable progression of such research should lead to the attainment of …

Second volume of a report documenting a high-sensitivity airborne radiometric and magnetic survey of the Ashland quadrangle including maps documenting geophysical and geochemical data.

Second volume of a report documenting a high-sensitivity airborne radiometric and magnetic survey of the Iron River quadrangle including maps documenting geophysical and geochemical data.

Second volume of a report documenting a high-sensitivity airborne radiometric and magnetic survey of the Marquette quadrangle including maps documenting geophysical and geochemical data.

Second volume of a report documenting a high-sensitivity airborne radiometric and magnetic survey of the Hancock quadrangle including maps documenting geophysical and geochemical data.

Second volume of a report documenting a high-sensitivity airborne radiometric and magnetic survey of the Ashland quadrangle including magnetic, ancillary and radiometric data.

Second volume of a report documenting a high-sensitivity airborne radiometric and magnetic survey of the Iron River quadrangle including magnetic, ancillary and radiometric data.

Second volume of a report documenting a high-sensitivity airborne radiometric and magnetic survey of the Marquette quadrangle including magnetic, ancillary and radiometric data.

Second volume of a report documenting a high-sensitivity airborne radiometric and magnetic survey of the Hancock quadrangle including magnetic, ancillary and radiometric data.

Pretreatment of {alpha}-bungarotoxin ({alpha}-Bgt) binding sites from rat brain with cholinergic agonists causes transformation of sites to a high-affinity form toward agonist over a time course of minutes, consistent with identity of those sites as central nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR). This agonist-induced alteration in receptor state may be correlated with physiological densensitization. Agonist inhibition of toxin binding to the high-affinity state is non-competitive, suggesting the existence of discrete toxin-binding and agonist-binding sites on the central nAChR. These results thus offer a possible explanation of observed impotency of {alpha}-Bgt toward blocking in vivo cholinergic responses in the central nervous system.

This volume consists of four topical reports: a general discussion of the philosophy of unfolding spectra with continuum and discrete components, a mathematical treatment of the effects of various physical parameters on the uncollided gamma-ray spectrum at aircraft elevations, a discussion of the application of the unfolding code MAZNAI to airborne data, and a discussion of the effects of the nonlinear relationship between energy deposited and pulse height in NaI(T1) detectors.

Recognizing the need to consider several potentially suitable sites for disposal of high-level radioactive wastes, a very preliminary search was made through available data for such sites in the North Pacific and West North Atlantic Oceans. The criteria used were: the site must be between high-productivity belts and outside of 200 mile limit; a minimum of 50 meters of sediment, preferably 100 to 150 meters; the sediment should be red clay with minimum or no biogenic components; the sediment should contain no unconformities; and no strong discontinuous internal reflectors; the area should have no tele-seismicity, be topographically subdued, have minimal bottom currents, have no or low economical potential (Mn nodules, etc.), and be large enough (1 to 2/sup 0/ on a side) to be feasible for disposal. Some of these criteria may need to be relaxed; others may need to be added. Seismic data were the basic information used to cull out potential areas, and there are very few areas that meet the criteria as interpreted seismically. Initial site specific data assessment reported included examination of all available geophysical/geological data in and around the MPG-1 area (approximately 29/sup 0/ to 31/sup 0/N; approximately 156/sup 0/ to 160/sup 0/W); a topographic …

Both train speed and dollar damage have been used in transportation studies as measures of accident severity. Analysis of freight train accident data for the three year period, 1972-74 showed that, in general, as speed increases dollar damage to railroad property also increases. A greater percentage of high speed than low speed accidents result in high dollar damage. Factors, in addition to speed, that can have an important effect on accident severity include the type of accident, the kinds of railcars and other equipment involved, and the geographical environmental of the accident. Threshold levels of accident stresses (e.g., impact and puncture forces and fire temperature and duration) are required to compromise the integrity of shipping containers used for the transport of radioactive materials. Analyses of accident severity using either speed or dollar damage as a basis can provide some insights into the possible risks involved in transport of radioactive materials. however, care must be taken in the strict use of results since there is no direct correlation between either speed or dollar damage and cask failure threshold levels.

The calculation of burnup in mixed-oxide fuel pins irradiated in EBR-II is shown to agree with burnup measured by postirradiation radiochemical analysis. The mean percent deviation is 0.12% with a variance of 2.49%. This gives a high level of confidence that HIST, which uses 91% of the nominal EBR-II power, provides an accurate estimate of burnup.

The problems associated with reinjecting spent geothermal brines are currently under investigation. This effort has included field tests of injection water to evaluate treating equipment effectiveness at the Niland Geothermal Test Loop. Membrane filter tests were conducted on fluids from the settling tanks, from the test loop, from the clarifier and at the injection well head (Magmamax No. 3). From this and other information concerning the injection interval, pressure, temperature and well history, an attempt to predict a well half life was made. The results of these calculations were not in agreement with observed well performance. An attempt with some apparent success has been made to understand the possible source of these discrepancies. The cyclic nature of the injection history dictated by need for descaling the test loop, followed by apparent partial recovery of injection acceptance, has led to a theory that is under investigation concerning effect of reheating the injection fluid containing amorphous particulate silica by the reservoir rock and fluid during well shut-in. Preliminary tests indicate some of this finely divided silica may be redisolving with consequent reduction in reservoir damage, and that two widely spaced injection wells in an alternating mode may provide low-cost, long-life injection capacity …

Environmental monitoring results continue to demonstrate that, except for penetrating radiation, environmental radiological impact due to SLAC operation is not distinguishable from natural environmantal sources. During 1977, the maximum neutron dose near the site boundary was 8.2 mrem. This represents about 8.2% of the annual dose from natural sources at this elevation, and 1.6% of the technical standard of 500 mrem per person annually.

Report of the test results of a pulsed eddy-current apparatus for inspecting the integrity of smooth and ribbed tubing as well as discussion of transducer and preamplifier features, scanning procedures, and theory of operation.

The use of outside diameter ribs on nuclear reactor tubing presents severe problems to nondestructive testing of this tubing. A pulsed eddy-current apparatus for inspecting the integrity of smooth and ribbed tubing has been developed at Argonne National Laboratory. Test results for this apparatus and analysis and circuit block diagrams are presented. In addition, transducer and preamplifier features, scanning procedures, and theory of operation are discussed. To date, this apparatus has provided the best solution to the ribbed tubing problem because of its capability to time-sample data.

A review is given of reliable quantum chromodynamics predictions which either have or soon can be verified by experiment. Included are a discussion of the classic application of quantum chromodynamics perturbation theory and asymptotic freedom to predict scaling violations in deep inelastic leptoproduction experiments, with emphasis on the first direct experimental confirmation of the numerical values of the anomalous dimensions; a review of recent advances in developing and justifying quantum chromodynamics perturbation theory predictions for a number of physical applications not underwritten by the operator product expansion and renormalization group arguments; and mention of attempts to consider the reliability of quantum chromodynamics perturbation theory predictions, given the fact that nonperturbative effects are presumably crucial in quantum chromodynamics. 100 references. (JFP)

This report is the final report on the field investigations in Eaton's Neck Disposal Site, Long Island Sound.

The AREAS area-source computer code, written in FORTRAN IV, is described and listed. This code, which runs in less than 7 seconds on the IBM 360/91 computer, estimates annual-average concentrations of an air pollutant at ground level in each of 400 grid squares in a 20 by 20 area reference grid. AREAS can be used for multiple, dispersed sources located in each of the 400 grid squares by treating them as area sources. Required input includes 20 by 20 arrays of annual-average point-source chi/Q values generated by use of a point-source model or computer code for specific grid sizes relative to the size of the area reference grid. AREAS can be applied to any size area for which a uniform meteorology can be assumed. It has been applied to dispersed emissions of fossil fuel combustion products and automobile emissions in Roane County, Tennessee, and to the atmospheric dispersion of radionuclides emitted from the tailings piles of uranium mills.