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WORKSTATION AND EXPERT SYSTEM TECHNOLOGIES HAVE A POTENTIAL OF SUBSTANTIALLY FACILITATING THE DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATIONOF FAULT TREES. INTRODUCING A WORKSTATION PHILOSOPHY WITH AN INTERACTIVE SET OF INTEGRATED SOFTWARE TOOLS ON A LOCAL COMPUTER WILL PROMOTE IMPROVED CONTINUITY IN THE THOUGHT PROCESS DURING A FAULT TREE DEVELOPMENT. THE EXPERT SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY WILL SIMPLIFY THE WAY FAULT TREES AR ...

IN-REACTOR MEASUREMENTS INVOLVING ELECTROCHEMICAL POTENTIAL A NUMBER OF BOILING WATER REACTORS (BWRS) SUGGEST THAT THE WATER CHEMISTRY OF THE PRIMARY COOLANT OF EACH BWR MAY BE UNIQUE WITH RESPECT TO ITS ABILITY TO FACILITATE IGSCC AND/ OR MAY CHANGE WITH REACTOR OPERATING TIME OR AGE. THE WORK PROPOSED IS TO GATHER, REVIEW, ORGANIZE, COMPILE, C COMPUTERIZE, AND ANALYZE IN-REACTOR DATA PERTAINING ...

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THIS PROPOSAL IS DIRECTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PROCEDURE FOR GENERATING LONG STREAMFLOW SEQUENCES. IT IS PROPOSED TO FIRST DEVELOP A LONG SEQUENCE OF HOURLY RAINFALL BY STOCHASTIC METHODS AND TO TRANSFORM THIS RAINFALL SEQUENCE INTO STREAMFLOW WITH A DETERMINISTIC HYDROLOGIC MODEL. PHASE I WILL FOCUS ON THE A STOCHASTIC RAINFALL MODEL CAPABLE OF DEVELOPING RAINFALL SEQUENCES AT MULTIPLE SITES. ...

WITHIN A LABORATORY ENVIRONMENT, EMATS HAVE BEEN USED TO CHARACTERIZE DEFECTS IN BOTH FERRITIC AND AUSTENITIC WELDS . THE USE OF SHEAR-HORIZONTAL (SH) WAVES HAS PROVEN PART DEFECTS. FOR FRACTURE MECHANICS EVALUATION OF WELDED STRU STRUCTURES, IT IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT TO KNOW THE THROUGHEXTENT OF PLANAR DEFECTS. THIS PROPOSAL SEEKS SUPPORT FOR THE EVALUATION OF A NEW APPROACH TO WELD DEFECT CHA ...