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The report describes how transport by the wind is modeled in the 2-D atmospheric transport and chemical kinetics codes SPHERNEW and TRACER. The description includes the equations for transport by a specified velocity field, the eddy diffusion approximation for short-term fluctuations in the velocity, other simplifying approximations, the geometric grid, the difference equations, and the coefficient matrix of the grid. The assumption of a constant vertical density distribution was used to derive mass-consistent forms of the difference equations. These forms eliminate the instabilities and unrealistic solutions associated with specified wind fields which are not exactly mass-consistent. An option is allowed for variable weighting between central (second-order) and upstream (first-order) forms of the spatial differencing of the advection terms, to modulate phase and amplitude errors in the advection model.

How fast can an automotive valve be closed after a tritium leak occurs in a system. Tests described found that a valve can be closed within fifteen seconds of leakage. In one practical example considered, this delay would limit loss of tritium from a plumbing leak in a tritium system to 1/sup 1///sub 4/ g. The tests were made in a typical LLL air-flush hood in which a tritium handling system had been installed. Incidental observations suggest that further study be made of a possible leak-actuated recovery system for an entire tritium facility.

A DOT Specification 7A, fiberglass-coated plywood box for shipping alpha-emitting transuranic waste has been developed. Nominal size for the box is 4 by 4 by 7 ft; maximum gross weight is 5000 lb. Construction is of /sup 3///sub 4/-in. plywood with internal framing members of 2- by 4-in. lumber. The entire box, including the glued and nailed lid, is covered with a 0.12-in.-thick fiberglass coating. The required four-foot drop tests were passed without the box being damaged. Additional drops from 12 ft resulted in some cracking in a 2600-lb box and in cracking plus some loss of contents in a test box loaded to 5700 lb. A static load of 25,000 lb caused no deformation or damage. This box costs $3.50/ft/sup 3/, which is approximately half the cost of steel drums with rigid polyethylene liners.