This test procedure (No. 404) provides a detailed description of the verification methods which shall be used in the development program to be conducted on the Kilowatt Isotope Power System (KIPS) Jet Condenser to fulfill the requirements of the Ground Demonstration Test Plan, Section 6.4.

Wisely managing the profound human and environmental risks of nuclear wastes requires complex moral and ethical judgments. Whereas traditional ethics is limited to interpersonal relations, a new system of ethics--bioethics--concerns man's relation with nature. Environmentalists claim that technology has upset the balance of nature, that nature is sacred and has inviolable rights, and that man must therefore regulate his behavior to conform to earth's limited carrying capacity. They also say that Judeo-Christian monotheism and anthropocentrism have sanctioned the exploitation of nature in the West, whereas Eastern religions teach adaptation to nature. Evidence suggests, however, that the balance of nature is neither absolute nor precarious, but is continually changing. Moreover, technology has brought more good than harm to man, and man's needs should supersede nature's. Other evidence indicates that the earth's resources may be neither limited nor nearly exhausted. Persuasive arguments also demonstrate that man's relation with nature is not traceable to religious assumptions. In assessing the risks/benefits of nuclear-waste management, we should avoid risks that jeopardize the rights of future generations without imposing excessive sacrifices on the present generation.

In the various laser-fusion concepts, an intense electromagnetic wave (the laser) must propagate through an underdense plasma region where it could decay, via the stimulated Raman instability, into a Langmuir plasma wave and a scattered electromagnetic wave. Results are obtained by evaluating the ''Green's function'' response in time and space for the scattered electromagnetic waves assuming they are initiated by a ''delta-function'' source. We consider the case where the temporal growth dominates the plasma wave convection. Then the scattered electromagnetic waves are governed by a single second-order Helmholtz differential equation, in the position variable along the density gradient, with a complex potential having two simple zeros (turning points) and one simple pole.

The analysis and results of an investigation of the application of organic Rankine cycle heat recovery systems to diesel-powered marine vessels are described. The program under which this study was conducted was sponsored jointly by the US Energy Research and Development Administration, the US Navy, and the US Maritime Administration. The overall objective of this study was to investigate diesel bottoming energy recovery systems, currently under development by three US concerns, to determine the potential for application to marine diesel propulsion and auxiliary systems. The study primarily focused on identifying the most promising vessel applications (considering vessel type, size, population density, operational duty cycle, etc.) so the relative economic and fuel conservation merits of energy recovery systems could be determined and assessed. Vessels in the current fleet and the projected 1985 fleet rated at 1000 BHP class and above were investigated.

Continued construction of the realistic phantom for calibration of transuranic isotope lung counters is discussed. Current work includes final shaping of the torso cast, development of a technique for making foamed plastic lungs loaded with transuranic isotopes, casting of tissue-equivalent (T.E.) organs, and acquisition of rib cages for the second and third phantoms.

An investigation was undertaken to extend the limits of detection of uranium in natural waters to the parts-per-trillion (10/sup 12/) level using a laser-induced fluorescence technique. Observations of the time-resolved fluorescence spectrum were made using two techniques--boxcar integration and a pulse counting technique. Neither technique provided greater sensitivity into the parts-per-trillion range. This has been attributed to the long fluorescence lifetime (approximately 55 ..mu..sec) of uranyl ion that results in a low fluorescence pulse density in the measured signal.

The investigation focused on heterogeneous networks in which a variety of dissimilar computers and operating systems were interconnected nationwide. Homogeneous networks, such as MFE net and SACNET, were not considered since they could not be used for general purpose resource sharing. Issues of privacy and security are of concern in any network activity. However, consideration of privacy and security of sensitive data arise to a much lesser degree in unclassified scientific research than in areas involving personal or proprietary information. Therefore, the existing mechanisms at individual sites for protecting sensitive data were relied on, and no new protection mechanisms to prevent infringement of privacy and security were attempted. Further development of ERDA networking will need to incorporate additional mechanisms to prevent infringement of privacy. The investigation itself furnishes an excellent example of computational resource sharing through a heterogeneous network. More than twenty persons, representing seven ERDA computing sites, made extensive use of both ERDA and non-ERDA computers in coordinating, compiling, and formatting the data which constitute the bulk of this report. Volume 3 analyzes the benefits and barriers encountered in actual resource sharing experience, and provides case histories of typical applications.

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.

To determine if in-situ drying is a practical method of removing the nonrecoverable interstitial liquid, a process test is needed. By reducing the tank ventilation rate, the salt cake or sludge will increase in temperature and more moisture can be evaporated. As long as the air flow rate is great enough to replace the moisture laden air with ambient air, the moisture removal rate (MRR) should increase. The maximum MRR will be determined by reducing the flow rate in a stepwise procedure. Tanks 105-BY, 107-BY, and 110-U have been chosen for use in these tests. Temperature increases resulting from the process tests will not exceed the maximum tank temperature limits.

ASTM mechanical property specification verification tests have been conducted on the 2 /sup 1///sub 4/ Cr-1 Mo steel. The base properties have been determined for the steel and calibrations on the thermal expansivity of both the 2 /sup 1///sub 4/ Cr-1 Mo steel and 316 SS for use as loading rings have been completed.

ASTM mechanical property specification verification tests have been conducted on the 2 /sup 1///sub 4/ Cr--1 Mo steel. The base properties have been determined for the steel and calibrations on the thermal expansivity of both the 2 /sup 1///sub 4/ Cr--1 Mo steel and 316 SS for use as loading rings have been completed.

This report describes a quality program plan for the Mound laboratory. Areas include variation engineering, technical manual process control systems, process performance data, product index system, promotional marketing program, quality engineering staff, ultimate use education, and management reporting.