Annual Report: Unconventional Fossil Energy Resource Program (30 September 2013) (open access)

Annual Report: Unconventional Fossil Energy Resource Program (30 September 2013)

Yee Soong, Technical Coordinator, George Guthrie, Focus Area Lead, UFER Annual Report, NETL-TRS-UFER-2013, NETL Technical Report Series, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory, Pittsburgh, PA, 2013, p 14.
Date: March 11, 2014
Creator: Soong, Yee & Guthrie, George
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Complementarity of LSST and WFIRST: Regarding Object Blending (open access)

Complementarity of LSST and WFIRST: Regarding Object Blending

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Date: February 11, 2014
Creator: Dawson, W A & Schneider, M D
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
EMPIRE: A code for nuclear astrophysics (open access)

EMPIRE: A code for nuclear astrophysics

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Date: December 11, 2013
Creator: Palumbo, A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
National K-12 Educator Conference; "Earth Then, Earth Now: Our Changing Climate" (July 23-24, 2008) (open access)

National K-12 Educator Conference; "Earth Then, Earth Now: Our Changing Climate" (July 23-24, 2008)

With the support of the Department of Energy, the National Science Teachers Association and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Imaginary Lines Inc. (dba Sally Ride Science) delivered a highly successful 2-day conference to 165 K-12 educators on climate change. The event took place on July 23rd and 24th, 2008 at the NOAA facility in Silver Spring, MD. The conference celebrated the 25th anniversary of Dr. Sally Ride’s first flight into space in 1983 and examined how our understanding of Earth has changed in those 25 years. One the first day of the conference, participants heard a keynote talk delivered by Dr. Sally Ride, followed by presentations by well-known climate change scientists: Dr. Richard Somerville, Dr. Inez Fung and Dr. Susan Solomon. These sessions were concurrently webcast and made available to educators who were unable to attend the conference. On the second day of the conference, participants attended breakout sessions where they performed climate change activities (e.g. “Neato Albedo!”, “Greenhouse in a Bottle”, “Shell-Shocked”) that they could take back to their classrooms. Additional break-out sessions on using remote sensing images to illustrate climate change effects on Earth’s surface and how to address the climate change debate, were also offered. During …
Date: December 11, 2013
Creator: Flammer, Karen & O'Shaughnessy, Tam
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Characterization of Technetium Speciation in Cast Stone (open access)

Characterization of Technetium Speciation in Cast Stone

This report describes the results from laboratory tests performed at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) EM-31 Support Program (EMSP) subtask, “Production and Long-Term Performance of Low Temperature Waste Forms” to provide additional information on technetium (Tc) speciation characterization in the Cast Stone waste form. To support the use of Cast Stone as an alternative to vitrification for solidifying low-activity waste (LAW) and as the current baseline waste form for secondary waste streams at the Hanford Site, additional understanding of Tc speciation in Cast Stone is needed to predict the long-term Tc leachability from Cast Stone and to meet the regulatory disposal-facility performance requirements for the Integrated Disposal Facility (IDF). Characterizations of the Tc speciation within the Cast Stone after leaching under various conditions provide insights into how the Tc is retained and released. The data generated by the laboratory tests described in this report provide both empirical and more scientific information to increase our understanding of Tc speciation in Cast Stone and its release mechanism under relevant leaching processes for the purpose of filling data gaps and to support the long-term risk and performance assessments of Cast Stone in the IDF at the …
Date: November 11, 2013
Creator: Um, Wooyong; Jung, Hun Bok; Wang, Guohui; Westsik, Joseph H. & Peterson, Reid A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Demonstrating Reliable High Level Waste Slurry Sampling Techniques to Support Hanford Waste Processing - 14194 (open access)

Demonstrating Reliable High Level Waste Slurry Sampling Techniques to Support Hanford Waste Processing - 14194

The Hanford Tank Operations Contractor (TOC) and the Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) contractor are both engaged in demonstrating mixing, sampling, and transfer system capability using simulated Hanford High-Level Waste (HL W) formulations. This work represents one of the remaining technical issues with the high-level waste treatment mission at Hanford. The TOC must demonstrate the ability to adequately mix and sample high-level waste feed to meet the WTP Waste Acceptance Criteria and Data Quality Objectives. The sampling method employed must support both TOC and WTP requirements. To facilitate information transfer between the two facilities the mixing and sampling demonstrations are led by the One System Integrated Project Team. The One System team, Waste Feed Delivery Mixing and Sampling Program, has developed a full scale sampling loop to demonstrate sampler capability. This paper discusses the full scale sampling loops ability to meet precision and accuracy requirements, including lessons learned during testing. Results of the testing showed that the Isolok(R) sampler chosen for implementation provides precise, repeatable results. The Isolok(R) sampler accuracy as tested did not meet test success criteria. Review of test data and the test platform following testing by a sampling expert identified several issues regarding the sampler …
Date: November 11, 2013
Creator: Kelly, Steven E.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development and Deployment of the Extended Reach Sluicing System (ERSS) for Retrieval of Hanford Single Shell Tank Waste - 14206 (DRAFT) (open access)

Development and Deployment of the Extended Reach Sluicing System (ERSS) for Retrieval of Hanford Single Shell Tank Waste - 14206 (DRAFT)

A history of the evolution and the design development of Extended Reach Sluicer System (ERSS) is presented. Several challenges are described that had to be overcome to create a machine that went beyond the capabilities of prior generation sluicers to mobilize waste in Single Shell Tanks for pumping into Double Shell Tank receiver tanks. Off-the-shelf technology and traditional hydraulic fluid power systems were combined with the custom-engineered components to create the additional functionality of the ERSS, while still enabling it to fit within very tight entry envelope into the SST. Problems and challenges inevitably were encountered and overcome in ways that enhance the state of the art of fluid power applications in such constrained environments. Future enhancements to the ERSS design are explored for retrieval of tanks with different dimensions and internal obstacles.
Date: November 11, 2013
Creator: Bauer, Roger E.; Figley, Reed R. & Innes, A. G.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Guiding Principles for Sustainable Existing Buildings: Radiochemical Processing Laboratory (open access)

Guiding Principles for Sustainable Existing Buildings: Radiochemical Processing Laboratory

In 2006, the United States (U.S.) Department of Energy (DOE) signed the Federal Leadership in High Performance and Sustainable Buildings Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), along with 21 other agencies. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is exceeding this requirement and, currently, about 25 percent of its buildings are High Performance and Sustainable Buildings. The pages that follow document the Guiding Principles conformance effort for the Radiochemical Processing Laboratory (RPL) at PNNL. The RPL effort is part of continued progress toward a building inventory that is 100 percent compliant with the Guiding Principles.
Date: November 11, 2013
Creator: Pope, Jason E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hanford Tank Waste to WIPP - Maximizing the Value of our National Repository Asset - 14230 (open access)

Hanford Tank Waste to WIPP - Maximizing the Value of our National Repository Asset - 14230

Preplanning scope for the Hanford tank transuranic (TRU) waste project was authorized in 2013 by the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of River Protection (ORP) after a project standby period of eight years. Significant changes in DOE orders, Hanford contracts, and requirements at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) have occurred during this time period, in addition to newly implemented regulatory permitting, re-evaluated waste management strategies, and new commercial applications. Preplanning has identified the following key approaches for reactivating the project: qualification of tank inventory designations and completion of all environmental regulatory permitting; identifying program options to accelerate retrieval of key leaking tank T-111; planning fully compliant implementation of DOE Order 413.3B, and DOE Standard 1189 for potential on-site treatment; and re-evaluation of commercial retrieval and treatment technologies for better strategic bundling of permanent waste disposal options.
Date: November 11, 2013
Creator: Tedeschi, Allan R. & Wheeler, Martin
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Heavy Photon Search (open access)

Heavy Photon Search

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Date: November 11, 2013
Creator: Jaros, John
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Identification of Intra-Bunch Dynamics using CERN SPS Machine Measurements (open access)

Identification of Intra-Bunch Dynamics using CERN SPS Machine Measurements

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Date: November 11, 2013
Creator: Turgut, Ozhan; Cesaratto, John; Dusatko, John; Fox, John D.; Pollock, Kristin & Rivetta, Claudio
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
On the Origin of X-ray Spectra in Luminous Blazars (open access)

On the Origin of X-ray Spectra in Luminous Blazars

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Date: November 11, 2013
Creator: Sikora, Marek; Janiak, Mateusz; Nalewajko, Krzysztof; Madejski, Greg M. & Moderski, Rafal
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pore Water Extraction Test Near 241-SX Tank Farm at the Hanford Site, Washington, USA - 14168 (open access)

Pore Water Extraction Test Near 241-SX Tank Farm at the Hanford Site, Washington, USA - 14168

A proof-of-principle test is underway near the Hanford Site 241-SX Tank Farm. The test will evaluate a potential remediation technology that will use tank farm-deployable equipment to remove contaminated pore water from vadose zone soils. The test system was designed and built to address the constraints of working within a tank farm. Due to radioactive soil contamination and limitations in drilling near tanks, small-diameter direct push drilling techniques applicable to tank farms are being utilized for well placement. To address space and weight limitations in working around tanks and obstacles within tank farms, the aboveground portions of the test system have been constructed to allow deployment flexibility. The test system utilizes low vacuum over a sealed well screen to establish flow into an extraction well. Extracted pore water is collected in a well sump,and then pumped to the surface using a small-diameter bladder pump.If pore water extraction using this system can be successfully demonstrated, it may be possible to target local contamination in the vadose zone around underground storage tanks. It is anticipated that the results of this proof-of-principle test will support future decision making regarding interim and final actions for soil contamination within the tank farms.
Date: November 11, 2013
Creator: Eberlein, Susan J.; Parker, Danny L.; Tabor, Cynthia L. & Holm, Melissa J.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Risk and Performance Analyses Supporting Closure of WMA C at the Hanford Site in Southeast Washington (open access)

Risk and Performance Analyses Supporting Closure of WMA C at the Hanford Site in Southeast Washington

The Office of River Protection under the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is pursuing closure of the Single-Shell Tank (SST) Waste Management Area 0NMA) C as stipulated by the Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order (HFFACO) under federalrequirements and work tasks will be done under the State-approved closure plans and permits. An initial step in meeting the regulatory requirements is to develop a baseline risk assessment representing current conditions based on available characterization data and information collected at the WMA C location. The baseline risk assessment will be supporting a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA) Field Investigation (RFI)/Corrective Measures Study (CMS) for WMA closure and RCRA corrective action. Complying with the HFFACO conditions also involves developing a long-term closure Performance Assessment (PA) that evaluates human health and environmental impacts resulting from radionuclide inventories in residual wastes remaining in WMA C tanks and ancillary equipment. This PAis being developed to meet the requirements necessary for closure authorization under DOE Order 435.1 and Washington State Hazardous Waste Management Act. To meet the HFFACO conditions, the long-term closure risk analysis will include an evaluation of human health and environmental impacts from hazardous chemical inventories along with other performance Comprehensive …
Date: November 11, 2013
Creator: Eberlein, Susan J.; Bergeron, Marcel P. & Kemp, Christopher J.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Three-point current correlation functions as probes of Effective Conformal Theories (open access)

Three-point current correlation functions as probes of Effective Conformal Theories

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Date: November 11, 2013
Creator: Betre, Kassahun
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
2011 Community Earth System Model (CESM) Tutorial, August 1-5, 2011 (open access)

2011 Community Earth System Model (CESM) Tutorial, August 1-5, 2011

In fiscal year 2011, the Community Earth System Model (CESM) tutorial was taught at NCAR from 1-5 August 2011. This project hosted 79 full participants (1 accepted participant from China couldn't get a visa) selected from 180 applications. The tutorial was advertised through emails to CESM mailing lists. NCAR staff and long-term visitors (who were not eligible to attend) were also invited to 'audit' the climate and practical lectures and to work on the practical sessions on their own. 15 NCAR staff and long-term visitors took advantage of this opportunity. The majority of the students were graduate students, but several post-docs, faculty, and other research scientists also attended. Additionally, many people are using the on-line lessons and practical sessions. As of August 18, 2011, 407 people had registered to access and use the tutorial from 33 countries all over the world, but a majority from US universities. In fiscal year 2011, the Climate and Global Dynamics Division Information Systems Group (CGD/ISG) built and operated a temporary computer laboratory in a meeting room. This project was made possible through funding from the National Science Foundation Directorate of Geosciences, and the Department of Energy Office of Science.
Date: October 11, 2013
Creator: Hurrell, James W.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analysis of Vernier Scans during RHIC Run-13 (open access)

Analysis of Vernier Scans during RHIC Run-13

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Date: October 11, 2013
Creator: Drees, A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Beam-based alignment in RHIC (open access)

Beam-based alignment in RHIC

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Date: October 11, 2013
Creator: Beebe-Wang, J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Carbonate solutions for carbon capture: A summary (open access)

Carbonate solutions for carbon capture: A summary

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Date: October 11, 2013
Creator: Stolaroff, J K
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coherent Radiation Spectroscopy of Few-Femtosecond Electron Bunches Using a Middle-Infrared Prism Spectrometer (open access)

Coherent Radiation Spectroscopy of Few-Femtosecond Electron Bunches Using a Middle-Infrared Prism Spectrometer

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Date: October 11, 2013
Creator: Maxwell, T. J.; Beherens, C.; Ding, Y.; Fisher, A. S.; Frisch, J.; Huang, Z. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Data Reorganization in Memory: A Data Centric Perspective (open access)

Data Reorganization in Memory: A Data Centric Perspective

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Date: October 11, 2013
Creator: Lloyd, G. S.; Pearce, R. & Gokhale, M.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development of a Cavity Beam Position Monitor for CLIC (open access)

Development of a Cavity Beam Position Monitor for CLIC

The Compact Linear Collider (CLIC) project presents many challenges to its subsystems and the beam diagnostics in particular must perform beyond current limitations. The requirements for the CLIC main beam position monitors foresee a spacial resolution of 50 nm while delivering a 50 ns temporal resolution within the bunch train. We discuss the design of the microwave cavity pick-up and associated electronics, bench top tests with the first prototype cavity, as well as some of the machine-specific integration and operational issues.
Date: October 11, 2013
Creator: Cullinan, F. J.; Boogert, S.T.; Joshi, N. Y.; Lyapin, A.; Calvo, E.; Chritin, N. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
First Measurements of the FACET Coherent Terahertz Radiation Source (open access)

First Measurements of the FACET Coherent Terahertz Radiation Source

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Date: October 11, 2013
Creator: Adli, E.; Fisher, A. S.; Hogan, M. J.; Wu, Z. & Loos, H.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Generation of Narrow-Band Coherent Tunable Terahertz Radiation Using a Laser-Modulated Electron Beam (open access)

Generation of Narrow-Band Coherent Tunable Terahertz Radiation Using a Laser-Modulated Electron Beam

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Date: October 11, 2013
Creator: Dunning, M.P.; Hast, C.; Hemsing, E.; Jobe, R.K.; McCormick, D.J.; Nelson, J. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library