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THE MATERIALS REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PYROMETALLURGICAL REPROCESSING OF SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL ARE QUITE DEMANDING. IN FACT, CURRENTLY AVAILABLE MATERIALS LIMIT PYROMETALLURGICAL REPROCESSING. INNOVATIVE CERAMIC COMPOSITES OFFER THE OPPORTUNITY TO OVERCOME CURRENT MATERIALS LIMITATIONS AND PROVIDE NONREACTIVE AND NONWETTABLE CONTAINERS TO MOLTEN AND/OR VAPORIZED METALS AND SALTS FOR PYROMETALLURGICAL REP ...

PHASE I AIMS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF FABRICATING PREFORMS FOR CERAMIC COMPOSITE SHAPES OF INTEREST TO FOSSIL ENERGY BY USING PROPRIETARY THREE-DIMENSIONAL BRAIDING TECHNOLOGY. HIGH PERFORMANCE CERAMIC COMPOSITES, OPERATING IN EXTREME CONDITIONS OF TEMPERATURE AND CORROSIVE ENVIRONMENT, REQUIRE PREFORM ARCHITECTURES THAT CAN PROVIDE TOUGHNESS, STRENGTH, AND A CAPACITY TO ELIMINATE FAILURE ...

A GENERAL USE CRYOREFRIGERATOR WILL BE DEVELOPED DURING PHASE I FOR LIQUEFYING NATURAL GAS TO FUEL PRIVATE AND COMMERCIAL VEHICLES. THE LIQUEFIER IS A NOVEL ARRANGEMENT OF AN AIR-CHARGED STIRLING SYSTEM THAT CAN BE CONFIGURED IN EITHER AN ELECTRICALLY POWERED OR A NATURAL-GAS-POWERED VERSION. THE LIQUEFIER SYSTEM INCORPORATES SEVERAL INNOVATIVE FEATURES TO ACHIEVE A RUGGED, COMPACT ARRANGEMENT WIT ...

BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY (BNCT) USING THE (10)B(N, ALPHA)(7) LI REACTION OFFERS PROMISE AS A METHOD FOR SELECTIVE INTERNAL IRRADIATION OF TUMORS. (10)B-SUBSTITUTED AMINO ACIDS, NUCLEOSIDES, AND ANTIBODIES HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED TO TARGET TUMORS. RECENTLY, EXCITING DATA HAS BEEN GENERATED WITH BORONATED PORPHYRINS AND CAGED DODECABORANE SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS AS BNCT AGENTS. SINCE EFFECTIVE BNCT MA ...

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OCCUPANT PROTECTION IN VEHICULAR SIDE IMPACT CRASHES IS AN IMPORTANT THEME OF THE '90S FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, FOR AUTOMAKERS, AND FOR INDEPENDENT RESEARCHERS. DEVELOPMENT OF OCCUPANT PROTECTION METHODS REQUIRES ACCURATE MEASUREMENT OF CONTACT VELOCITY IN SIDE IMPACT TESTS. MICROWAVE INTERFEROMETRY (MI) IS PROPOSED AS A MEANS TO MEASURE DOOR/OCCUPANT VELOCITIES IN SIDE IMPACT TESTS. ...

KVH INDUSTRIES PROPOSES TO THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATE BOTH CONVENTIONAL AND INNOVATIVE USES FOR THE SELF POWERED VEHICLE DETECTOR (SPVD) AND TO MODIFY THE EXISTING DESIGN, IF REQUIRED, TO MEET THE SPECIFICATIONS OF THE NEW APPLICATIONS. THE OVERALL GOAL OF THE PROPOSED SBIR PHASE IEFFORT CAN BE SUBDIVIDED INTO THREE FUNDAMENTAL OBJECTIVES: RESEARCH INTO THE VARIOUS APPLICATIONS OF SPVD TECHNOLOGY AND ...

AN INCREASING NUMBER OR WHEELCHAIR-BOUND STUDENTS ARE ATTENDING PUBLIC SCHOOLS, A PROCESS KNOWN AS "MANINSTREAMING". CONSEQUENTLY, PROTECTING THESE STUDENTS IN THE EVENT OF A SCHOOL BUS COLLISION IS A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUE. EXISTING RESTRAINT SYSTEMS TEND TO FOCUS ON RESTRAINING THE WHEELCHAIR RATHER THAN THE OCCUPANT. DISCUSSED IN THIS PROPOSAL IS A SYSTEM TO PROTECT A WHEELCHAIR STUDENT INVOL ...