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Transfer factors to predict the environmental transport of radionuclides through terrestrial foodchains to man were derived from the literature for radionuclides associated with the nuclear fuel cycle. We present updated transfer coefficients to predict the concentration of a radionuclide in cow's milk and other animal products and concentration factors (CF) to predict the concentration in a food or feed crop from that in soil. Where possible we note the variation of the transfer factor with physical and chemical form of the radionuclide and environmental factors, and characterize the distribution and uncertainty in the estimate. The updated transfer factors are compared with those listed in regulatory guides. The new estimates lead to recommended changes (both increases and decreases) in the listed transfer coefficients for milk and meat and to the suggested practice of adopting multiple soil-to-plant CF's that vary with the type of crop and soil in the place of a single generic CF to predict the concentration of a radionuclide in a crop from that in soil. The updated transfer factors will be useful to assess the dose from radionuclides released from nuclear facilities and evaluating compliance with regulations governing the release of radionuclides.

Among the various energy options opened to man, fusion appears particularly attractive since fuel is plentiful, cheap, and universally available, the reaction is self quenching, produces in itself no radioactive wastes and radiation hazards are minimum. However, creating on earth conditions emulating the sun is not as easy task. Two significantly different approaches to obtaining the necessary conditions are being actively pursued and both have shown encouraging progress in the past few years. Magnetic confinement will be discussed in the next paper. Inertial confinement fusion is progressing towards scientific breakeven in the 1980's. High yield targets have been successfully imploded proving the feasibility of thermonuclear burn. High densities have recently been achieved using glass lasers as drivers. Power plants using fusion sources are being studied and could become operational in the early 2000's.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John L. Hill, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Authority of a telephone company to lay buried telephone lines within county road right-of-way without the approval of the commissioners court.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John L. Hill, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether Commissioners Court may authorize payments to survivors of a deceased employee.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Crawford Martin, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the Comptroller of Public Accounts is authorized and/or required to pay court costs incurred by the State while prosecuting cases in Travis County courts even though the Governor, exercising his legislative function, has vetoed the court cost appropriation of the Attorney General’s Office for the current year.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John L. Hill, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Effect of holding state political convention on date of a religious observance.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John L. Hill, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Validity of regulations issued by the State Entomologist to eradicate contagious diseases of honeybees.

The microwave ammonia monitor is a self contained (the vacuum pump is external) microwave rotational spectrometer that selectively detects and monitors ammonia vapor in air. A solid-state oscillator is used as the microwave source and a microwave cavity made from waveguide provides a chamber for the sample analysis. The air sample is continuously flowed through the waveguide cavity so that changes in the trace concentration of ammonia in air can be determined. The principle of operation of the microwave ammonia monitor is based on the absorption of microwave radiation by a vibration-rotation quantum transition of the ammonia molecule. Ammonia absorbs microwave radiation in a very narrow frequency range with its peak at 23,870.18 MHz. The microwave source is electronically controlled to oscillate only at this frequency and to provide a very stable output power. Thus, even a very small amount of microwave power that is absorbed by the ammonia gas is detectable and no other gas in the air sample is known to absorb any microwave radiation within the frequency output band of the oscillator. The specifications, operation, and maintenance procedures are described. Also a parts list and engineering drawings are included. (WHK)

Highlights of technical progress during May 1977 are presented for thirteen separate program activities which comprise the ORNL research program for the Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research's Division of Reactor Safety Research.

Single-particle inclusive cross sections of precisely identified fragments are studied together with associated multiplicities of fast charged particles. Neon and argon projectiles are made to bombard uranium, calcium, and aluminium. It is found that all the observed fragment spectra are structureless and more or less exponentially decaying throughout the range of studied fragment masses. A catalogue of experimentally found qualitative features is given and the applicability of simple statistical thermodynamic models is examined by tracing down in the spectra kinematical effects in the framework of a source of a temperature and a velocity, leading to a nuclear fireball model. The production of complex particles is also discussed. A simple mass dependence in the cross section of the fragments is observed. The possibilities of a struck projectile and the explosion of a compound nucleus are considered. 7 references. (JFP)

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A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.

The purpose of this test plan is to provide an overall outline of all testing to be accomplished on the GDS. Included in this test plan are administrative requirements, instrumentation accuracies, instrumentation, equipment definitions, system test setup, and facility installation. The test program will enable collection of sufficient data to establish material, component, and system design integrity. The data will also be used to establish and evaluate component and system performance and reliability characteristics, verification of proper system component integration prior to initiation of Phase II, and flight system (FS) development.

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This report provides a comparison of benefits for veterans of the Vietnam War and benefits for veterans of prior wars arranged by those that are similar and those that are different.

This report is a chronological history of the individual income tax.

This report discuses the rules and procedures governing a Presidential impeachment trial and the formats of past impeachment trials.

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