The European nuclear power industry is being restructured from an industry drawn along national lines to a European-wide industry. This, in part, reflects growth of the European Economic Community, but it also reflects changes in the international nuclear power industry. The objectives of the participants, beyond better integration of the nuclear industry in Western Europe, are to (1) obtain European leadership of the worldwide commercial nuclear power industry, (2) improve medium- and long-term safety of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union (FSU) power reactors, and (3) reduce domestic concerns about nuclear power. The activities to achieve these goals include (1) formation of Nuclear Power International (a joint venture of the German and French nuclear power plant vendors for design and construction of nuclear power plants), (2) formation of a utility group to forge agreement throughout Europe on what the requirements are for the next generation of nuclear power plants, and (3) agreement by regulators in multiple European countries to harmonize regulations. This is to be achieved before the end of the decade. These changes would allow a single design of nuclear power plant to be built anywhere in Europe. The creation of European-wide rules (utility requirements, engineering standards, and …

These notes give an overview of some aspects of the quantum theory of light and its interaction with matter. A description is given of basic emission and absorption processes, as well as the theory of photodetection and optical coherence. Basic research in this area is increasingly relevant to areas of technological importance, including microlaser devices and the noise characteristics of semiconductor lasers.

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 Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents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.

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 Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents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 European nuclear power industry is being restructured from an industry drawn along national lines to a European-wide industry. This, in part, reflects growth of the European Economic Community, but it also reflects changes in the international nuclear power industry. The objectives of the participants, beyond better integration of the nuclear industry in Western Europe, are to (1) obtain European leadership of the worldwide commercial nuclear power industry, (2) improve medium- and long-term safety of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union (FSU) power reactors, and (3) reduce domestic concerns about nuclear power. The activities to achieve these goals include (1) formation of Nuclear Power International (a joint venture of the German and French nuclear power plant vendors for design and construction of nuclear power plants), (2) formation of a utility group to forge agreement throughout Europe on what the requirements are for the next generation of nuclear power plants, and (3) agreement by regulators in multiple European countries to harmonize regulations. This is to be achieved before the end of the decade. These changes would allow a single design of nuclear power plant to be built anywhere in Europe. The creation of European-wide rules (utility requirements, engineering standards, and …

A class of turbulent combustion models known as PDF methods has been developed. These methods have the important virtue that both convection and reaction can be treated without turbulence-modelling assumptions. However, a mixing model is required to account for the effects of molecular diffusion. Currently, the available mixing models are known to have some significant defects. Motivation of the project is to seek a better understanding of molecular diffusion in turbulent reactive flows; and thereby to provide guidance to the development of improved mixing models. Principal approach taken in the research is to use Direct Numerical Simulations (DNS) to study the coupled processes of reaction and molecular mixing in turbulent combustion. Because of inevitable computational limitations, it is impossible to simulate turbulent combustion in the parameter range of practical interest. Instead, our approach is to study very simple turbulent reactive flows that contain qualitatively some of the same phenomena as real flames. Statistical models will be developed that are applicable to practical combustion devices. The DNS studies related to non-premixed combustion are described. An additional topic studied, was mixing from the viewpoint of relative molecular motion.

Letter opinion 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, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the use of a county-paid employee in the private law practice of a county attorney is a use of public funds for a private purpose in violation of article III, section 52 of the Texas Constitution (ID# 16451)

Letter opinion 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, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification;Whether the term "business entity" in Government Code in section 481.0042,includes non-profit businesses(ID# 17502).

This paper gives an update on the continuing work on the Malicious Code Testbed (MCT). The MCT is a semi-automated tool, operating in a simulated, cleanroom environment, that is capable of detecting many types of malicious code, such as viruses, Trojan horses, and time/logic bombs. The MCT allows security analysts to check a program before installation, thereby avoiding any damage a malicious program might inflict.

These notes give an overview of some aspects of the quantum theory of light and its interaction with matter. A description is given of basic emission and absorption processes, as well as the theory of photodetection and optical coherence. Basic research in this area is increasingly relevant to areas of technological importance, including microlaser devices and the noise characteristics of semiconductor lasers.

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Research continued on the conversion of syngas to alcohols. This quarter, under Task 2, catalyst analyses suggest that deactivation due to poisoning by iron and nickel carbonyls was probably responsible for poor methanol production during the first MeOH synthesis verification run in December, 1992. Under Task 3, the promoting effect of rhenium (Re) on rhodium (Rh)/alumina (Al{sub 2}O{sub 3}) higher oxygenate synthesis (HAS) catalysts was studied. All of these catalysts contained a nominal 1 wt % Rh. Some of the Rh/Re/Al{sub 2}O{sub 3} catalysts were more selective for CO conversion to oxygenates than any of the catalysts previously studied. Both the syngas conversion and the oxygenate selectivity increased as the Re content was increased to 12 wt. %. This concentration roughly corresponds to the amount required to cover an alumina surface area of 170 m{sup 2}/g with a monolayer of Re{sub 2}O{sub 7}. The 1 wt %Rh/l2wt % Re/Al{sub 2}O{sub 3} catalyst had a carbon efficiency to oxygenates of 58%. However, the CO conversion was less than 1%. Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (EXAFS) analysis showed that when [Rh{sub 4}(CO){sub 12}] is adsorbed onto Re/Al{sub 2}O{sub 3}, small Rh particles with a coordination number less than three are formed. Major …