Recovery of Mo for Accelerator Production of Mo-99 Using (y,n) Reaction on Mo-100 (open access)

Recovery of Mo for Accelerator Production of Mo-99 Using (y,n) Reaction on Mo-100

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Date: February 19, 2014
Creator: Tkac, P.; Vandegrift, G. F.; Nunn, S. D. & Harvey, J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Uranium Anodic Dissolution under Slightly Alkaline Conditions Progress Report Full-Scale Demonstration with DU Foil (open access)

Uranium Anodic Dissolution under Slightly Alkaline Conditions Progress Report Full-Scale Demonstration with DU Foil

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Date: February 18, 2014
Creator: Gelis, A.; Brown, M.A.; Wiedmeyer, S. & Vandegrift, G.F. (Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Beam Transport Testing for the Production Accelerator Arrangement (open access)

Beam Transport Testing for the Production Accelerator Arrangement

This describes the beam transfer system about the electron beam into the target.
Date: February 14, 2014
Creator: Gromov, R. & Chemerisov, S. (Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hanford Site Anuran Monitoring Report for Calendar Year 2013 (open access)

Hanford Site Anuran Monitoring Report for Calendar Year 2013

The U.S. Department of Energy, Richland Operations Office (DOE-RL) conducts ecological monitoring on the Hanford Site to collect and track data needed to ensure compliance with an array of environmental laws, regulations, and policies governing DOE activities. Ecological monitoring data provide baseline information about the plants, animals, and habitat under DOE-RL stewardship at Hanford required for decision-making under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). The Hanford Site Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP, DOE/EIS-0222-F) which is the Environmental Impact Statement for Hanford Site activities, helps ensure that DOE-RL, its contractors, and other entities conducting activities on the Hanford Site are in compliance with NEPA.
Date: February 13, 2014
Creator: Wilde, Justin W.; Johnson, Scott J. & Lindsey, Cole T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hanford Site Black-Tailed Jackrabbit Monitoring Report for Fiscal Year 2013 (open access)

Hanford Site Black-Tailed Jackrabbit Monitoring Report for Fiscal Year 2013

The U.S. Department of Energy, Richland Operations Office (DOE-RL) conducts ecological monitoring on the Hanford Site to collect and track data needed to ensure compliance with an array of environmental laws, regulations, and policies governing DOE activities. Ecological monitoring data provide baseline information about the plants, animals, and habitat under DOE-RL stewardship at Hanford required for decision-making under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). The Hanford Site Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP, DOE/EIS-0222-F) which is the Environmental Impact Statement for Hanford Site activities, helps ensure that DOE-RL, its contractors, and other entities conducting activities on the Hanford Site are in compliance with NEPA.
Date: February 13, 2014
Creator: Lindsey, Cole T.; Nugent, John J.; Wilde, Justin W. & Johnson, Scott J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hanford Site Raptor Nest Monitoring Report for Calendar Year 2013 (open access)

Hanford Site Raptor Nest Monitoring Report for Calendar Year 2013

The U.S. Department of Energy, Richland Operations Office (DOE-RL) conducts ecological monitoring on the Hanford Site to collect and track data needed to ensure compliance with an array of environmental laws, regulations, and policies governing DOE activities. Ecological monitoring data provide baseline information about the plants, animals, and habitat under DOE-RL stewardship at Hanford required for decision-making under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). The Hanford Site Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP, DOE/EIS-0222-F) which is the Environmental Impact Statement for Hanford Site activities, helps ensure that DOE-RL, its contractors, and other entities conducting activities on the Hanford Site are in compliance with NEPA.
Date: February 13, 2014
Creator: Nugent, John J.; Lindsey, Cole T. & Wilde, Justin W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Multi-TeV Linear Collider Based on CLIC Technology : CLIC Conceptual Design Report (open access)

A Multi-TeV Linear Collider Based on CLIC Technology : CLIC Conceptual Design Report

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Date: February 13, 2014
Creator: Aicheler, M; Burrows, P.; Draper, M.; Garvey, T.; Lebrun, P.; Peach, K. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fundamental Studies of Fluid Mechanics: Stability in Porous Media (open access)

Fundamental Studies of Fluid Mechanics: Stability in Porous Media

We summarize our research results in three main areas: coating flows; electrohydrodynamics of drops; and wetting and spreading of drops. Experimental, computational and analytical methods are used to address a variety of issues. Coating flow studies include the effect of roughness, surfactants, and adsorbed particles on the dynamics of dip-coating. Electrohydrodynamic studies include drop deformation in uniform electric fields, shape distortion due to charge convection in sedimenting drops, and driving chaotic advection by either an electric field inclined to the direction of drop motion or time-periodic changes in the direction of the electric field. Heat and mass transport from chaotically mixed droplets exhibit unexpected and remarkable increases in the rates of transport. Finally, we develop an analytical solution to the problem of a static droplet, and use numerical techniques to predict its migration due to surface tension gradients.
Date: February 12, 2014
Creator: Homsy, George M.
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
Hanford Reach Fall Chinook Redd Monitoring Report for Calendar Year 2013 (open access)

Hanford Reach Fall Chinook Redd Monitoring Report for Calendar Year 2013

The U.S. Department of Energy, Richland Operations Office (DOE-RL) conducts ecological monitoring on the Hanford Site to collect and track data needed to ensure compliance with an array of environmental laws, regulations, and policies governing DOE activities. Ecological monitoring data provide baseline information about the plants, animals, and habitat under DOE-RL stewardship at Hanford required for decision-making under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). The Hanford Site Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP, DOE/EIS-0222-F) which is the Environmental Impact Statement for Hanford Site activities, helps ensure that DOE-RL, its contractors, and other entities conducting activities on the Hanford Site are in compliance with NEPA.
Date: February 10, 2014
Creator: Lindsey, Cole T. & Nugent, John J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Multiband Charge-Coupled Device (open access)

Multiband Charge-Coupled Device

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Date: February 10, 2014
Creator: Chang, Chu-En; Segal, Julie D.; Roodman, Aaron J.; Howe, Roger T. & Kenney, Christopher J.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Noise estimation of beam position monitors at RHIC (open access)

Noise estimation of beam position monitors at RHIC

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Date: February 10, 2014
Creator: Shen, X.; Bai, M. & Lee, S. Y.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
User Workshop on High-Power Lasers at the Linac Coherent Light Source (open access)

User Workshop on High-Power Lasers at the Linac Coherent Light Source

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Date: February 7, 2014
Creator: Falcone, Roger; Glenzer, Siegfried & Hans-Riege, Stefan
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Feasibility Study For Use Of Commercial Cask Vendor Dry Transfer Systems To Unload Used Fuel Assemblies In L-Area (open access)

Feasibility Study For Use Of Commercial Cask Vendor Dry Transfer Systems To Unload Used Fuel Assemblies In L-Area

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a commercial dry transfer system (DTS) could be used for loading or unloading used nuclear fuel (UNF) in L-Basin and to determine if a DTS pool adapter could be made for L-Basin Transfer Pit #2 that could accommodate a variety of DTS casks and fuel baskets or canisters up to 24” diameter.[1, 2] This study outlines the technical feasibility of accommodating different vendor dry transfer systems in the L-Basin Transfer Bay with a general work scope. It identifies equipment needing development, facility modifications, and describes the needed analyses and calculations. After reviewing the L-Basin Transfer Bay area layout and information on the only DTS system currently in use for the Nuclear Assurance Corporation Legal Weight Truck cask (NAC LWT), the authors conclude that use of a dry transfer cask is feasible. AREVA was contacted and acknowledged that they currently do not have a design for a dry transfer cask for their new Transnuclear Long Cask (TN-LC) cask. Nonetheless, this study accounted for a potential future DTS from AREVA to handle fuel baskets up to 18” in diameter. Due to the layout of the Transfer Bay, it was determined that a DTS …
Date: February 6, 2014
Creator: Krementz, Dan; Rose, David & Dunsmuir, Mike
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
PRP Review of shots beyond FY14 Q1/Q2 Report (open access)

PRP Review of shots beyond FY14 Q1/Q2 Report

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Date: February 6, 2014
Creator: Rosen, M D
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Artisanal Nuke (open access)

The Artisanal Nuke

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Date: February 5, 2014
Creator: Dixon, M C
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Erosion-Resistant Nanocoatings for Improved Energy Efficiency in Gas Turbines (open access)

Erosion-Resistant Nanocoatings for Improved Energy Efficiency in Gas Turbines

The objective of this Stage Gate IV project was to test and substantiate the viability of an erosion‐resistant nanocoating for application on compressor airfoils for gas turbines in both industrial power generation and commercial aviation applications. To effectively complete this project, the National Energy Technology Laboratory’s Office of Research & Development teamed with MDS Coating Technologies Inc. (MCT), Delta Air Lines ‐ Technical Operations Division (Delta Tech Ops), and Calpine Corporation. The coating targeted for this application was MCT’s Next Generation Coating, version 4 (NGC‐v4 ‐ with the new registered trademark name of BlackGold®). The coating is an erosion and corrosion resistant composite nanostructured coating. This coating is comprised of a proprietary ceramic‐metallic nano‐composite construction which provides enhanced erosion resistance and also retains the aerodynamic geometry of the airfoils. The objective of the commercial aviation portion of the project was to substantiate the coating properties to allow certification from the FAA to apply an erosion‐resistant coating in a commercial aviation engine. The goal of the series of tests was to demonstrate that the durability of the airfoils is not affected negatively with the application of the NGC v4 coating. Tests included erosion, corrosion, vibration and fatigue. The results of the …
Date: February 5, 2014
Creator: Alman, David & Marcio, Duffles
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development of the University of Washington Biofuels and Biobased Chemicals Process Laboratory (open access)

Development of the University of Washington Biofuels and Biobased Chemicals Process Laboratory

The funding from this research grant enabled us to design and build a bioconversion steam explosion reactor and ancillary equipment such as a high pressure boiler and a fermenter to support the bioconversion process research. This equipment has been in constant use since its installation in 2012. Following are research projects that it has supported: • Investigation of novel chip production method in biofuels production • Investigation of biomass refining following steam explosion • Several studies on use of different biomass feedstocks • Investigation of biomass moisture content on pretreatment efficacy. • Development of novel instruments for biorefinery process control Having this equipment was also instrumental in the University of Washington receiving a $40 million grant from the US Department of Agriculture for biofuels development as well as several other smaller grants. The research that is being done with the equipment from this grant will facilitate the establishment of a biofuels industry in the Pacific Northwest and enable the University of Washington to launch a substantial biofuels and bio-based product research program.
Date: February 4, 2014
Creator: Gustafson, Richard
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Laser Ionized Preformed Plasma at SLAC (open access)

Laser Ionized Preformed Plasma at SLAC

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Date: February 4, 2014
Creator: Li, S. Z.; Adli, E.; Clarke, C. I.; Corde, S.; Edstrom, S. A.; Fisher, A. S. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Microorganisms Associated with Hydrocarbon Contaminated Sites and Reservoirs for Microbially Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) (open access)

Microorganisms Associated with Hydrocarbon Contaminated Sites and Reservoirs for Microbially Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR)

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Date: February 4, 2014
Creator: Negri, M. C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Novel QCD Phenomena and New Perspectives for Hadron Physics (open access)

Novel QCD Phenomena and New Perspectives for Hadron Physics

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Date: February 4, 2014
Creator: Brodsky, Stanley J.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Report for closeout of DE-FC02-96SF21260 - United Steelworkers Former Worker Program - Screening Exams 1996-2006 (open access)

Report for closeout of DE-FC02-96SF21260 - United Steelworkers Former Worker Program - Screening Exams 1996-2006

Medical Screening and surveillance of former DOE workers
Date: February 4, 2014
Creator: Krutz, Mary & Corbin, Jonathan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Efficiencies and Optimization of Weak Base Anion Ion-Exchange Resin for Groundwater Hexavalent Chromium Removal at Hanford - 14202 (open access)

Efficiencies and Optimization of Weak Base Anion Ion-Exchange Resin for Groundwater Hexavalent Chromium Removal at Hanford - 14202

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) contractor, CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company, has successfully converted a series of groundwater treatment facilities to use a new treatment resin that is delivering more than $3 million in annual cost savings and efficiency in treating groundwater contamination at the DOE Hanford Site in southeastern Washington State. During the production era, the nuclear reactors at the Hanford Site required a continuous supply of high-quality cooling water during operations. Cooling water consumption ranged from about 151,417 to 378,541 L/min (40,000 to 100,000 gal/min) per reactor, depending on specific operating conditions. Water from the Columbia River was filtered and treated chemically prior to use as cooling water, including the addition of sodium dichromate as a corrosion inhibitor. Hexavalent chromium was the primary component of the sodium dichromate and was introduced into the groundwater at the Hanford Site as a result of planned and unplanned discharges from the reactors starting in 1944. Groundwater contamination by hexavalent chromium and other contaminants related to nuclear reactor operations resulted in the need for groundwater remedial actions within the Hanford Site reactor areas. Beginning in 1995, groundwater treatment methods were evaluated, leading to the use of pumpand- treat facilities with ion …
Date: February 3, 2014
Creator: Nesham, Dean O.; Ivarson, Kristine A.; Hanson, James P.; Miller, Charles W.; Meyers, P. & Jaschke, Naomi M.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Energy Efficiency Feasibility Study and Resulting Plan for the Bay Mills Indian Community (open access)

Energy Efficiency Feasibility Study and Resulting Plan for the Bay Mills Indian Community

In 2011 the Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan, Inc. was awarded an Energy Efficiency Development and Deployment in Indian Country grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Tribal Energy Program. This grant aimed to study select Bay Mills Indian Community community/government buildings to determine what is required to reduce each building’s energy consumption by 30%. The Bay Mills Indian Community (BMIC) buildings with the largest expected energy use were selected for this study and included the Bay Mills Ellen Marshall Health Center building, Bay Mills Indian Community Administration Building, Bay Mills Community College main campus, Bay Mills Charter School and the Waishkey Community Center buildings. These five sites are the largest energy consuming Community buildings and comprised the study area of this project titled “Energy Efficiency Feasibility Study and Resulting Plan for the Bay Mills Indian Community”. The end objective of this study, plan and the Tribe is to reduce the energy consumption at the Community’s most energy intensive buildings that will, in turn, reduce emissions at the source of energy production, reduce energy expenditures, create long lasting energy conscious practices and positively affect the quality of the natural environment. This project’s feasibility study and resulting plan is intended to act …
Date: February 3, 2014
Creator: Kushman, Chris
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library