We request a $25 million government-guaranteed, interest-free loan to be repaid over a 30-year period for construction and initial operations of a cyclotron-based National Biomedical Tracer Facility (NBTF) in North Central Texas. The NBTF will be co-located with a linear accelerator-based commercial radioisotope production facility, funded by the private sector at approximately $28 million. In addition, research radioisotope production by the NBTF will be coordinated through an association with an existing U.S. nuclear reactor center that will produce research and commercial radioisotopes through neutron reactions. The combined facilities will provide the full range of technology for radioisotope production and research: fast neutrons, thermal neutrons, and particle beams (H{sup -}, H{sup +}, and D{sup +}). The proposed NBTF facility includes an 80 MeV, 1 mA H{sup -} cyclotron that will produce proton-induced (neutron deficient) research isotopes.

The Sodium Storage Facility Conceptual Design Report provides conceptual design for construction of a new facility for storage of the 260,000 gallons of sodium presently in the FFTF plant. The facility will accept the molten sodium transferred from the FFTF sodium systems, and store the sodium in a solid state under an inert cover gas until such time as a Sodium Reaction Facility is available for final disposal of the sodium.

This paper presents a summary of the status of the work on three topics: synthesis and characterization of the Mn doped bismuth vanadates; electrode studies; and oxygen permeation. The authors have made a detailed study of manganese doped bismuth vanadates with the general composition Bi{sub 2}V{sub 1{minus}x}Mn{sub x}O{sub 5.5{minus}{delta}}. The phase diagram of Bi{sub 2}V{sub 1{minus}x}Mn{sub x}O{sub 5.5{minus}{delta}} has been investigated by diffraction and thermal analysis and they have found that the tetragonal phase can be stabilized in the composition range 0.1 {le} x {le} 0.25. The have used ac impedance techniques to study the properties of some electrocatalysts. The objective was to investigate the utility of the technique for obtaining mechanistic information relevant to an electrocatalytic reactor. Initial studies were of oxygen activation on silver electrodes. Finally, they have constructed an apparatus for high temperature permeation measurements and studied one system, the defect perovskite oxide SrCo{sub 0.8}Fe{sub 0.2}O{sub 3{minus}{delta}} (SCFO), in detail. Important conclusions of the work are to confirm the high permeation rates at high temperature (a flux of 10{sup {minus}6} mol/sec cm{sup 2} is equivalent to 1 cm{sup 3}/min cm{sup 2}) and to demonstrate that the surface exchange kinetics were rate limiting for this material.

This Technology Transfer Package provides some detailed information for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and its contractors about seismic base isolation. Intended users of this three-volume package are DOE Design and Safety Engineers as well as DOE Facility Managers who are responsible for reducing the effects of natural phenomena hazards (NPH), specifically earthquakes, on their facilities. The package was developed as part of DOE's efforts to study and implement techniques for protecting lives and property from the effects of natural phenomena and to support the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction. Volume I contains the proceedings of the Workshop on Seismic Base Isolation for Department of Energy Facilities held in Marina Del Rey, California, May 13-15, 1992.

This Technology Transfer Package provides some detailed information for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and its contractors about seismic base isolation. Intended users of this three-volume package are DOE Design and Safety Engineers as well as DOE Facility Managers who are responsible for reducing the effects of natural phenomena hazards (NPH), specifically earthquakes, on their facilities. The package was developed as part of DOE's efforts to study and implement techniques for protecting lives and property from the effects of natural phenomena and to support the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction. Volume II contains the proceedings for the Short Course on Seismic Base Isolation held in Berkeley, California, August 10-14, 1992.

This Technology Transfer Package provides some detailed information for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and its contractors about seismic base isolation. Intended users of this three-volume package are DOE Design and Safety Engineers as well as DOE Facility Managers who are responsible for reducing the effects of natural phenomena hazards (NPH), specifically earthquakes, on their facilities. The package was developed as part of DOE's efforts to study and implement techniques for protecting lives and property from the effects of natural phenomena and to support the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction. Volume III contains supporting materials not included in Volumes I and II.