Linac quadrupole connections (open access)

Linac quadrupole connections

Linac type QC and QCH quadrupoles are mounted on the accelerator with their power connection side facing the injector. The connections are on the top of the magnet. The correct polarity for magnets is shown. The magnetic centers of all magnets are measured. If the magnetic center is above the geometric center, the distance delta y is positive. If the magnetic center is to the right of the geometric center, the distance delta x is positive.
Date: July 12, 1984
Creator: Stiening, R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effect of collision energy and vibrational excitation on endothermic ion-molecule reactions (open access)

Effect of collision energy and vibrational excitation on endothermic ion-molecule reactions

This thesis is divided into two major parts. In the first part an experimental study of proton and deuteron transfer in H/sub 2//sup +/ + He and HD/sup +/ + He has been carried out as a function of kinetic and vibrational energy. The data gives evidence that at lower kinetic energies, the spectator stripping mechanism indeed plays an important role when H/sub 2//sup +/ or HD/sup +/ is vibrationally excited. The second half of this thesis examines the relative efficiencies between the excitation of C-C stretching vibration and collision energy on the promotion of the H atom transfer reaction of C/sub 2/H/sub 2//sup +/ + H/sub 2/ ..-->.. C/sub 2/H/sub 3//sup +/ + H.
Date: July 1, 1984
Creator: Turner, T.P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Marine plankton as an indicator of low-level radionuclide contamination in the Southern Ocean (open access)

Marine plankton as an indicator of low-level radionuclide contamination in the Southern Ocean

We have initiated an investigation of the utility of marine plankton as bioconcentrating samplers of low-level marine radioactivity in the southern hemisphere. A literature review shows that both freshwater and marine plankton have trace element and radionuclide concentration factors (relative to water) of up to 10/sup 4/. In the years 1956-1958, considerable work was done on the accumulation and distribution of a variety of fission and activation products produced by the nuclear tests in the Marshall Islands. Since then, studies have largely been confined to a few selected radionuclides, and by far most of this work has been done in the northern hemisphere. We participated in Operation Deepfreeze 1981, collecting 32 plankton samples from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Glacier on its Antarctic cruise, while Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories concurrently sampled air, water, rain and fallout. We were able to measure concentrations of the naturally occurring radionuclides /sup 7/Be, /sup 40/K and the U and th series, and we believe that we have detected low levels of /sup 144/Ce and /sup 95/Nb in seven samples ranging as far south as 68/sup 0/. There is a definite association between the radionuclide content of plankton and air filters, suggesting that aerosol resuspension …
Date: July 1, 1984
Creator: Marsh, K.V. & Buddemeier, R.W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dispersion model for airborne particulates inside a building (open access)

Dispersion model for airborne particulates inside a building

An empirical model has been developed for the spread of airborne radioactive particles after they are released inside a building. The model has been useful in performing safety analyses of actinide materials facilities at the Savannah River Plant (SRP), operated for the US Department of Energy by the Du Pont Company. These facilities employ the multiple-air-zone concept; that is, ventilation air flows from rooms or areas of least radioactive material hazard, through zones of increasing hazard, to a treatment system. A composite of the data for dispersion of airborne activity during 12 actual case incidents at SRP forms the basis for this model. These incidents occurred during approximately 90 plant-years of experience at SRP with the chemical and metallurgical processing of purified neptunium and plutonium after their recovery from irradiated uranium. The model gives ratios of the airborne activity concentrations in rooms and corridors near the site of the release. All data are normalized to the data from the air sampler nearest the release point. The model can be applied in predicting airborne activity concentrations from particulate releases elsewhere, if the facility in question has similar features of floor plan, air velocity, and air flow direction. The multiple-air-zone concept has …
Date: July 1, 1984
Creator: Perkins, W.C. & Stoddard, D.H.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Measurements of satellite refrigerator compressor power consumption and efficiency (open access)

Measurements of satellite refrigerator compressor power consumption and efficiency

Each of the thirty compressors installed around the ring and at switchyard is an oil-injected, two-stage, Mycom screw compressor, driven by either a 350 hp or 400 hp motor. The reader is referred to TM1198 by John Satti for a detailed description of these compressors and the associated equipment. Since the power consumed by these compressors is a major operating expense for our accelerator, we were interested in measuring the power consumption and efficiency of our compressors. Two compressors were studied in detail - one having a GE 350 hp motor (F0 No. 2) and one a new GE 400 hp high efficiency motor (F0 No. 1). Data were taken for each compressor with the high stage always fully loaded. These data and values calculated from the data are tabulated.
Date: July 30, 1984
Creator: Hentges, M.; James, A.; Peterson, T. & Urso, M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Titanium-potassium heat pipe corrosion studies (open access)

Titanium-potassium heat pipe corrosion studies

An experimental study of the susceptibility of wickless titanium/potassium heat pipes to corrosive attack has been conducted in vacuo at 800/sup 0/K for 6511h and at 900/sup 0/K for 4797h without failure or degradation. Some movement of carbon, nitrogen and oxygen was observed in the titanium container tube, but no evidence of attack could be detected in metallographic cross sections of samples taken along the length of the heat pipes. The lack of observable attack of titanium by potassium under these conditions refutes previous reports of Ti-K incompatibility.
Date: July 1, 1984
Creator: Lundberg, L.B.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ground-water surveillance at the Hanford Site for CY 1983 (open access)

Ground-water surveillance at the Hanford Site for CY 1983

Operations at the Hanford Site have resulted in the discharge of large volumes of process cooling water and other waste waters to the ground. These effluents contain low level of radioactive and chemical substances. During 1983, 328 monitoring wells were sampled at various times for radioactive and chemical constituents. Three of these constituents, specifically tritium, nitrate, and gross beta activity, were selected for detailed discussion in this report because they are more readily transported in the ground water than some of the other constituents. Transport of these constituents in the ground water has resulted in the formation of plumes that can be mapped by contouring the analytical data obtained from the monitoring wells. This report describes recent changes in the configuration of the tritium, nitrate and gross beta plumes. Changes or trends in contaminant levels in wells located within both the main plumes (originating from the 200 Areas) and the smaller plumes are discussed in this report. Two potential pathways for radionuclide transport from the ground water to the environmental are discussed in this report, and the radiological impacts are examined. In addition to describing the present status of the ground water beneath the Hanford Site, this report contains the …
Date: July 1, 1984
Creator: Prater, L. S.; Rieger, J. T.; Cline, C. S.; Jensen, E. J.; Liikala, T. L. & Oster, K. R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Thermodynamic properties of isobutane-isopentane mixtures from -40 to +600/sup 0/F and up to 1000 psia (open access)

Thermodynamic properties of isobutane-isopentane mixtures from -40 to +600/sup 0/F and up to 1000 psia

The Helmholtz function for pure isobutane from a recent correlation has been converted to a dimensionless form and a pressure-enthalpy chart based on this function has been generated by computer. A Helmholtz function for mixtures of isobutane and isopentane has been formed based upon the dimensionless isobutane Helmholtz function as the reference fluid by means of an extended corresponding-states principle. Scarce literature data for saturation properties of isopentane, and new data for its vapor pressure and for the critical line of the mixture were used. The accuracy of the surface was checked by comparing with literature enthalpy data and with new VLE data for the mixture. Tables of thermodynamic properties have been generated from this Helmholtz function for the 0.1 mole fraction isopentane-in-isobutane mixture in the single-phase region and on the dew- and bubble-point curves, together with properties of the coexisting phase. A pressure-enthalpy chart for this mixture has also been generated.
Date: July 1, 1984
Creator: Gallagher, J.S.; Levelt Sengers, J.M.H.; Morrison, G. & Sengers, J.V.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Modeling of a second-generation solar-driven Rankine air conditioner. Final report (open access)

Modeling of a second-generation solar-driven Rankine air conditioner. Final report

Ten configurations of a second-generation (2G), solar-powered, Rankine-driven air conditioner were simulated and the data presented for use in companion studies. The results of the analysis show that the boiling-in-collector (BIC) configuration generates more power per collector area than the other configurations. The models used to simulate the configuration are presented in this report. The generated data are also presented. Experimental work was done under this study to both improve a novel refrigerant and oil lubrication system for the centrifugal compressor and investigate the aerodynamic unloading characteristics of the centrifugal compressor. The information generated was used to define possible turbo-gearbox configurations for use in the second generation computer simulation.
Date: July 1, 1984
Creator: Denius, M. W. & Batton, W. D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hard quark-quark scattering with exclusive reactions (open access)

Hard quark-quark scattering with exclusive reactions

We have begun a program designed to study hard quark-quark scattering with exclusive reactions, focusing on quasi-elastic two-body reactions with all possible quark flavor exchanges. Examples are ..pi../sup -/p ..-->.. ..pi../sup -/p, rho/sup -/p, ..pi../sup +/..delta../sup -/, K/sup +/..sigma../sup -/, or K..lambda... Of the two-body exclusives, only elastic scattering had been measured at such large t previous to our experiment. By comparing the relative importance of different final states, the energy dependence of the production ratios of these states, the prominence of resonances such as rho/sup -/ over background in this region, and measuring polarizations where accessible, we have collected a large body of data on hard scattering in a completely new domain. Previously, essential all short distance QCD tests have been for inclusive processes. We have taken data with both negative and positive incident beam at 10 GeV/c on a hydrogen target and will present the first results, for ..pi../sup -/p ..-->.. ..pi../sup -/p and rho/sup -/p at THETA/sub cm/ = 90/sup 0/, -t = 9 GeV/sup 2//c/sup 2/. The apparatus consists of a magnetic spectrometer, with Cerenkov particle identification, which selects stable charged particles (protons in this case) at high momentum near 90/sup 0/ in the center-of-mass. A …
Date: July 19, 1984
Creator: Barton, D. S.; Bunce, G. M.; Carroll, A. S.; Makdisi, Y. I.; Baller, B.; Blazey, G. C. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Improved seal for geothermal drill bit. Final technical report (open access)

Improved seal for geothermal drill bit. Final technical report

Each of the two field test bits showed some promise though their performances were less than commercially acceptable. The Ohio test bit ran just over 3000 feet where about 4000 is considered a good run but it was noted that a Varel bit of the same type having a standard O ring seal was completely worn out after 8-1/2 hours (1750 feet drilled). The Texas test bit had good seal-bearing life but was the wrong cutting structure type for the formation being drilled and the penetration rate was low.
Date: July 6, 1984
Creator: Evans, R. F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Time-resolved studies of ultrarapid solidification of highly undercooled molten silicon formed by pulsed laser irradiation (open access)

Time-resolved studies of ultrarapid solidification of highly undercooled molten silicon formed by pulsed laser irradiation

This paper reports new results of nanosecond-resolution time-resolved optical reflectivity measurements, during pulsed excimer (KrF, 248 nm) laser irradiation of Si-implanted amorphous (a) silicon layers, which, together with model calculations and post-irradiation TEM measurements, have allowed us to study both the transformation of a-Si to a highly undercooled liquid (l) phase and the subsequent ultrarapid solidification process.
Date: July 20, 1984
Creator: Lowndes, D. H.; Jellison, G. E., Jr.; Wood, R. F. & Carpenter, R.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Theoretical studies in tandem mirror physics (open access)

Theoretical studies in tandem mirror physics

Recent developments in six areas of tandem-mirror theory are explored. Specifically, FLR terms (including electric-field drift) have been added to our 3-D paraxial MHD equilibrium code. Our low-frequency MHD stability analysis with FLR, which previously included only m/sub theta/ = 1 rigid perturbations, has been extended to incorporate moderate m/sub theta/, rotational drive, finite-beta effects on wall stabilization, and the well-digging effect of energetic electrons by using three computational techniques. In addition, we have examined the microstability of relativistic electrons with a loss-cone distribution, emphasizing the whistler and cyclotron-maser instabilities. We have also studied techniques for controlling radial transport, including the floating of segmented end plates and the tuning of transition-region coils, and have quantified the residual transport in a tandem mirror with axisymmetric throttle coils. Earlier work on the effect of ECRH on potentials in thermal-barrier cells has been extended. The transition between the weak- and strong-heating regimes has been examined using Fokker-Planck and Monte Carlo codes; an analytic model for the potentials relative to the end wall has been developed. Finally, our investigation of drift-frequency pumping of thermal-barrier ions has demonstrated that pumping is optimized when the magnetic fluctuation is perpendicular to both the unperturbed field and the …
Date: July 17, 1984
Creator: Cohen, R. H.; Auerbach, S. P.; Baldwin, D. E.; Byers, J. A.; Chen, Y. J.; Cohen, B. I. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Thermodynamic properties and environmental chemistry of chromium (open access)

Thermodynamic properties and environmental chemistry of chromium

Values of standard entropy, standard enthalpy of formation, and standard free energy of formation for Cr and its solid and aqueous species are tabulated in this report. These values were selected or recalculated after careful evaluation of the best available current thermochemical data. The basis for selection of data centered on conformation with the recent studies of Vasil'ev et al. (1977a,b, 1978, 1980, 1981) for Cr/sup 3 +/ data and O'Hare and Boerio (1975) for CrO/sub 4//sup 2 -/ data. The thermodynamic data presented in this report will be incorporated into the data base of the geochemical computer model, MINTEQ. The distribution of Cr in the environment among its aqueous inorganic species is, according to the thermodynamic data, highly dependent upon pH and Eh and the presence of complexing ligands. The speciation of Cr in natural waters is also controlled by reduction and complexation by organic matter, adsorption and oxidation by Mn-oxide in suspended particulate matter and sediment, and reduction by H/sub 2/S released from anoxic sediments. 89 references, 8 figures, 11 tables.
Date: July 1, 1984
Creator: Schmidt, R. L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Kinetic equation for spin-polarized plasmas (open access)

Kinetic equation for spin-polarized plasmas

The usual kinetic description of a plasma is extended to include variables to describe the spin. The distribution function, over phase-space and the new spin variables, provides a sufficient description of a spin-polarized plasma. The evolution equation for the distribution function is given. The equations derived are used to calculate depolarization due to four processes, inhomogeneous fields, collisions, collisions in inhomogeneous fields, and waves. It is found that depolarization by field inhomogeneity on scales large compared with the gyroradius is totally negligible. The same is true for collisional depolarization. Collisions in inhomogeneous fields yield a depolarization rate of order 10/sup -4/S/sup -1/ for deuterons and a negligible rate for tritons in a typical fusion reactor design. This is still sufficiently small on reactor time scales. However, small amplitude magnetic fluctuations (of order one gauss) resonant with the spin precession frequency can lead to significant depolarization (depolarises triton in ten seconds and deuteron in a hundred seconds.)
Date: July 1, 1984
Creator: Cowley, S.C.; Kulsrud, R.M. & Valeo, E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary benefit-cost analysis of the Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF) power addition (open access)

Preliminary benefit-cost analysis of the Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF) power addition

The primary objective of this report is to conduct a preliminary benefit-cost study for the proposed power addition to FFTF to determine whether the project is cost-effective. If the project is authorized, construction will begin in 1986 and end in 1991. Full power operation is scheduled to begin in 1991 and a project life of 20 years is assumed. The undiscounted cost during the construction period of the FFTF power addition is estimated to be approximately $117 million over the construction period (1984 dollars). An additional $3 million is estimated as the opportunity cost - or value of these resources in their most favorable alternative use - of surplus FFTF equipment and unused CRBR equipment, including materials for steam generator fabrication. The annual operating and maintenance cost of the project is estimated to be about $2.1 million in 1984 dollars. 20 references.
Date: July 1, 1984
Creator: Callaway, J. M.; Lezberg, A. J.; Scott, M. J. & Tawil, J. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Assessment of the impacts of spent fuel disassembly alternatives on the Nuclear Waste Isolation System. [Preparing and packaging spent fuel assemblies for geologic disposal] (open access)

Assessment of the impacts of spent fuel disassembly alternatives on the Nuclear Waste Isolation System. [Preparing and packaging spent fuel assemblies for geologic disposal]

The objective of this report was to evaluate four possible alternative methods of preparing and packaging spent fuel assemblies for geologic disposal against the Reference Process of unmodified spent fuel. The four alternative processes were: (1) End fitting removal, (2) Fission gas venting and resealing, (3) Fuel bundle disassembly and close packing of fuel pins, and (4) Fuel shearing and immobilization. Systems analysis was used to develop a basis of comparison of the alternatives. Conceptual processes and facility layouts were devised for each of the alternatives, based on technology deemed feasible for the purpose. Assessments were made of 15 principal attributes from the technical, operational, safety/risk, and economic considerations related to each of the alternatives, including both the surface packaging and underground repository operations. Specific attributes of the alternative processes were evaluated by assigning a number for each that expressed its merit relative to the corresponding attribute of the Reference Process. Each alternative process was then ranked by summing the numbers for attributes in each of the four assessment areas and collectively. Fuel bundle disassembly and close packing of fuel pins was ranked the preferred method of disposal of spent fuel. 63 references, 46 figures, 46 tables.
Date: July 1, 1984
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
TRISTAN: a handbook (open access)

TRISTAN: a handbook

TRISTAN is an on-line isotope separator located at the Brookhaven National Laboratory High Flux Beam Reactor (HFBR). Its primary purpose is the study of neutron-rich nuclei far from stability. It is intended principally as a USER facility. Construction, maintenance and improvement of the facility constitute one of the activities of the Neutron Nuclear Group at BNL and are carried out with the advice and help of the TRISTAN user community. The other activities of the BNL group include an extensive program of studies with the (n, ..gamma..) reaction, utilizing thermal and resonance energy neutrons, and a related supporting effort in theoretical interpretation of the data from both (n, ..gamma..) and TRISTAN studies. The purpose of this Handbook is to acquaint the community with the capabilities of TRISTAN. We hope it will be of use to frequent users as an update on new developments and to potential new users in giving a feeling for the types of experiments that can be carried out and the ranges of nuclei that can be studied. It is written in an operational sense: that is, technical details are kept to a minimum. The purpose of each section is to provide background information and sufficient description …
Date: July 1, 1984
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Parity nonconservation in proton-proton and proton-water scattering at 1. 5 GeV/c (open access)

Parity nonconservation in proton-proton and proton-water scattering at 1. 5 GeV/c

Experiments searching for parity nonconservation in the scattering of 1.5 GeV/c (800 MeV) polarized protons from an unpolarized water target and a liquid hydrogen target are described. The intensity of the incident proton beam was measured upstream and downstream of the target by a pair of ionization detectors. The beam helicity was reversed at a 30-Hz rate. Auxiliary detectors monitored beam properties that could give rise to false effects. The result for the longitudinal asymmetry from the water is A/sub L/ = (1.7 +- 3.3 +- 1.4) x 10/sup -7/, where the first error is statistical and the second is an estimate of systematic effects. The hydrogen data yield a preliminary result of A/sub L/ = (1.0 +- 1.6) x 10/sup -7/. The systematic errors for p-p are expected to be < 1 x 10/sup -7/.
Date: July 1, 1984
Creator: Mischke, R. E.; Bowman, J. D.; Carlini, R.; MacArthur, D.; Nagle, D. E.; Frauenfelder, H. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oil shales and tar sands: a bibliography. Supplement 2, Parts 1 and 2 (open access)

Oil shales and tar sands: a bibliography. Supplement 2, Parts 1 and 2

This bibliography includes 4715 citations arranged in the broad subject categories: reserves and exploration; site geology and hydrology; drilling, fracturing, and mining; oil production, recovery, and refining; properties and composition; direct uses and by-products; health and safety; marketing and economics; waste research and management; environmental aspects; regulations; and general. There are corporate, author, subject, contract number, and report number indexes.
Date: July 1, 1984
Creator: Grissom, M.C. (ed.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
SLC nomenclature for beamline components (open access)

SLC nomenclature for beamline components

The purpose of this report is to document the SLC nomenclature conventions for beamline components. Included are recent enhancements which should lead to a more consistant usage of the ''unit number'' part of beamline device names. The attached pages are divided into three sections. The first section is a brief summary for the general user. The second section is a more amplified description for those who need more detailed interpretations of device names. The third section contains a few notes for those who must generate device names for new components.
Date: July 12, 1984
Creator: Paterson, J. & Silva, J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Activated barrier for protection of special nuclear materials in vital areas (open access)

Activated barrier for protection of special nuclear materials in vital areas

The Argonne National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratory have recently installed an activated barrier, the Access Denial System (ADS) for the upgrade of safeguards of special nuclear materials. The technology of this system was developed in the late 70's by Sandia National Laboratory-Albuquerque. The installation was the first for the Department of Energy. Subsequently, two additional installations have been completed. The Access Denial System, combined with physical restraints, provide the system delay. The principal advantages of the activated barrier are: (1) it provides an order of magnitude improvement in delay over that of a fixed barrier, (2) it can be added to existing vital areas with a minimum of renovations, (3) existing operations are minimally impacted, and (4) health and safety risks are virtually nonexistent. Hardening of the vital areas using the ADS was accomplished in a cost-effective manner. 3 references, 1 figure, 1 table.
Date: July 15, 1984
Creator: Timm, R. E.; Miranda, J. E.; Reigle, D. L. & Valente, A. D.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Neutron spectra as a function of angle at two meters from the Little Boy assembly (open access)

Neutron spectra as a function of angle at two meters from the Little Boy assembly

Measurements of neutron spectra produced by the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Little Boy replica assembly (Comet) were made with a combined multisphere and liquid scintillator system, that has been widely used at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The combined system was used for measurements at the side (90/sup 0/) and nose (0/sup 0/) of the assembly; additional measurements were made at 45/sup 0/ using only the liquid scintillator. Data were obtained at two meters from the center of the reactive region of the assembly, with good agreement between the multisphere and scintillator results. Comparison with liquid scintillator measurements performed by experimenters from the Canadian Defence Research Establishment, Ottawa (DREO) and calculations from LANL depended on the specific angle, obtaining the best agreement at 90/sup 0/. 32 references, 11 figures, 4 tables.
Date: July 2, 1984
Creator: Griffith, R.V.; Huntzinger, C.J. & Thorngate, J.H.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Accelerator Technology Program. Status report, January-September 1983 (open access)

Accelerator Technology Program. Status report, January-September 1983

This report presents highlights of major projects in the Accelerator Technology Division of the Los Alamos National Laboratory. The first section deals with the Fusion Materials Irradiation Test Facility's 2-MeV accelerator on which tests began in May, as scheduled. Then, activities are reported on beam dynamics, inertial fusion, structure development, the racetrack microtron, the CERN high-energy physics experiment NA-12, and LAMPF II. The Proton Storage Ring is discussed next, with emphasis on the computer control system, diagnostics interfacing, and theoretical support. Other sections summarize progress on a portable radiographic linac, developments on the klystron code, and on permanent magnets. Activities of the Theory and Simulation Group are outlined next, followed by discussion of the oscillator experiment and the energy-recovery experiment in the free electron laser project. The last section reports on the accelerator test stand. An unusual and very satisfying activity for the Division was the hosting of the 1983 Particle Accelerator Conference in Santa Fe, March 21-23, 1983. The conference had the largest attendance ever, with 895 registrants, 61 invited papers, and 521 contributed papers.
Date: July 1, 1984
Creator: Jameson, R.A. (comp.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library