Single record data listings taken during aerial gamma-ray and magnetic surveys of the Anchorage Quadrangle in Alaska.

The literature has been searched for criticality data for light water moderated systems which contain thorium or /sup 233/U, and data found are compiled herein. They are from critical experiments, extrapolations, and exponential experiments performed with homogeneous solutions and metal spheres of /sup 233/U; with lattices of fuel rods containing highly enriched /sup 235/UO/sub 2/ - ThO/sub 2/ and /sup 233/UO/sub 2/ - ThO/sub 2/; and with arrays of cyclinders of /sup 233/U solutions. The extent of existing criticality data has been compared with that necessary to implement a thorium-based fuel cycle. No experiments have been performed with any solutions containing thorium. Neither do data exist for homogeneous /sup 233/U systems with H/U < 34, except for solid metal systems. Arrays of solution cylinders up to 3 x 3 x 3 have been studied. Data for solutions containing fixed or soluble poisons are very limited. All critical lattices using /sup 233/UO/sub 2/ - ThO/sub 2/ fuels (LWBR program) were zoned radially, and in most cases axially also. Only lattice experiments using /sup 235/UO/sub 2/ - ThO/sub 2/ fuels have been performed using a single fuel rod type. Critical lattices of /sup 235/UO/sub 2/ - ThO/sub 2/ rods poisoned with boron …

A quantum mechanical formulation is used to calculate the velocity of a kink on an otherwise straight dislocation line in ice. Treating the kink as a quasi-particle there exists the probability that it can tunnel through the potential barrier caused by unfavorable positions of the protons on the site just ahead of it. By unfavorable it is meant that the protons are arranged such that point defects occur if the kink proceeds. When an external stress is applied to the system there will be a net drift of the kink which advances the dislocation. The drift velocity thus calculated is in agreement with experimental evidence.

General relativistic gravitational theories are constructed from suitable intransitive continuous groups of transformations. A minimal invariant variety forms the unperturbed universe. The formalism of the group is generalized to have the symmetry of its action on this manifold broken by gauge potentials. The theory is expressed in these potentials, and it is shown how the present symmetry breaking is related to a general metric. The physical interpretation of the formalism is outlined. 14 references.

Six runs, each nominally at one week's duration, M-34 through M-39, were completed; this concludes the PDU experimental program for Project Lignite. The first three runs concluded the series to study the effects of different lignites on plant operability and product yields. Runs M-37 and M-38 were made using two Montana subbituminous coals. It was concluded that coals with the highest ash content, both lignite and subbituminous coals, gave greater overall conversion to gaseous and liquid organic products. The subbituminous coals gave lower gas yields and lower overall conversion while producing similar liquid yields when compared with lignite. Reactor solids build up rapidly during initial operations, then level off and remain constant at 29 pounds per cubic foot of reactor volume as a run proceeds. Reactor solids evidently are composed of clay minerals and large particles of pyridine insoluble organic material when processing either lignites or subbituminous coals; in addition calcium/magnesium carbonate crystals (calcite/dolomite) are present in the case of lignite. Long term, trouble-free operation of the deashing unit was not accomplished. Integration of the unit for several hours of combined operation of the process was achieved, and the product from the deashing unit contained as low as 0.6% ash …

The four coal gasification plants reviewed are the ones proposed by the El Paso Natural Gas Company, the WESCO Gasification Company in New Mexico, the Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, and the ANG Coal Gasification Company in North Dakota. This study was undertaken in order to review the nature and the amounts of the effluent emitted into the environment, to determine the cost of controlling undesirable effluents, to review water treatment facilities and pollution control technologies, to discover the projected capital and operating costs for the plants, and to identify control technology research needs. The fixed capital investment and the direct operating costs for equipment to control emission of potentially harmful effluents, such as H/sub 2/S, SO/sub 2/, hydrocarbons, coal dust, particulates, ashes, sludges, COS, CS/sub 2/, CO, and H/sub 2/ were estimated according to the design information provided by the gasification companies. The reuse water treatment systems were reviewed. The work has revealed that the weakest portions of the designs rest in water reuse and sulfur control technology. In the authors&#x27; judgements, there is a good probability that existing technology can be utilized to meet the zero liquid discharge and existing gaseous emission requirements for the proposed gasification …

Any gasification facility generates three classes of waste: solid, liquid, and gaseous. All three classes were investigated in some depth and are discussed. Liquid wastes are controlled in the sense that there are none. There are no waste water streams from any of the facilities with the exception of ANG&#x27;s deep well which will be used for brine disposal. All of the water is either treated for reuse or evaporated. There is little published data concerning the characteristics of water reuse treatment systems for coal gasification facilities. There is a high probability that the existing technology can be used to meet the zero discharge requirement and provide water for reuse. Gaseous emissions are under tight state standards in New Mexico and federal standards and guidelines in North Dakota. Controlled substances are NO/sub x/, non-methane hydrocarbons (HC), COS, SO/sub 2/, CO, and particulates. Hydrocarbon (HC) and carbon-monoxide emissions guidelines and standards (both federal and state) are somewhat easier to meet than the sulfur standards. Solids wastes and sludges are, at this time, uncontrolled. There is, however, significant research being conducted to establish the probable impact of solid waste disposal and to establish techniques to minimize the potential impact.

This report addresses a comparative study of effluents and their control from four dry ash lurgi gasification plants.

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Single record data listings taken during aerial gamma-ray and magnetic surveys of the Seldovia Quadrangle in Alaska.

Single record data listings taken during aerial gamma-ray and magnetic surveys of the Seward Quadrangle in Alaska.

The principles and history of converting the difference between the chemical potentials of concentrated and dilute salt solutions to useful energy by reverse electrodialysis (RED) are discussed. The potential sources of brines discussed include the brines of oil and natural gas fields, the brines from flooding of salt domes, the brines of salt lakes, seawater, and geothermal brines. Equations for predicting the performance of RED units are presented and discussed. A study of the effects of variables on power output from RED cells is given, and estimates of capital and operating costs of RED power units are detailed. (WHK)

The ORR operated at an average power level of 28.7 MW for 73.4 percent of the time during January, February, and March of 1978. Eight new fuel elements were placed in service. The reactor was shut down on sixteen occasions, one of which was unscheduled. Reactor downtime needed for refueling, maintenance and checks was quite low, with the reactor remaining available for operation 88.9 percent of the time. Maintenance activities, both mechanical and instrument were essentially routine in nature. Special tests or measurements completed during the quarter included: (1) reactivity measurement of the Metals and Ceramics Division's (ORR-MFE-1) experiment in CP-C7; (2) flux mapping for core No. 143-B; and (3) calibration of all six shim rods on February 12, 1978 (Appendix A), and calibration of shim rods Nos. 2 through 6 on February 16, 1978.

Investigation of about 1,600 mines and prospects for perennial discharge resulted in the measurement of temperature, pH, specific conductance, and discharge at 80 sites to provide information for a geothermal data base. Measurements were made in the fall, winter, and late spring or early summer to provide information about seasonal variability. None of the temperatures measured exceeded the mean annual air temperature by 15/sup 0/F, but three areas were noted where discharges were anomalously warm, based upon high temperatures, slight temperature variation, and quantity of discharge. The most promising area, at the Gold Bug mine in the Little Rockies, discharges water averaging 7.3/sup 0/C (12.1/sup 0/F) above the mean annual air temperature. The discharge may represent water heated during circulation within the syenite intrusive body. If the syenite is enriched in uranium and thorium, an abnormal amount of heat would be produced by radioactive decay. Alternatively, the water may move through deep permeable sedimentary strata, such as the Madison Group, and be discharged to the surface through fractures in the pluton.