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ENERGY INCORPORATED (EI) PROPOSES TO ESTABLISH A PROGRAM TO GATHER PLANT-SPECIFIC DATA FOR THE NUCLEAR PLANT DATA BANK (NPDB). THE REQUIRED INFORMATION INCLUDES GEOMETRIC AND OPERATING DATA FOR THE PRIMARY SYSTEM SECONDARY SYSTEM, BALANCE OF PLANT, AND THE TRIP AND CONTROL SYSTEMS. ALTHOUGH, EVERY COMMERCIAL REACTOR IN THE U.S. HAS UNIQUE DESIGN FEATURES, MANY SHARE A COMMON BASIS BY WHICH THEY CA ...

TECHNIQUES HAVE RECENTLY BEEN DEVELOPED FOR PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS OF THE RISK FROM EARTHQUAKE-INITIATED ACCIDENTS AT NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS. THESE TECHNIQUES ARE NOW BEGINNING TO BE APPLIED AS PARTS OF LARGER PRA STUDIES. HOWEVER, THE RESULTS OF APPLYING THESE SEISMIC PRA TECHNIQUES ARE STILL HIGHLY UNCERTAIN, AND THE INSIGHTS GAINED SO FAR FOR SPECIFIC REACTORS ARE DIFFICULT TO GENERALIZE. THIS ...

THIS PROPOSAL DESCRIBES A PROGRAM FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PRESSURIZED WATER REACTOR (PWR) TRANSIENT ANALYSIS MODEL FOR USE ON A MICROCOMPUTER. THE INTENDED APPLICATION OF THIS PWR MODEL IS FOR ANALYSIS OF PWR SYSTEM RESPONSE, INCLUDING FORCED AND NATURAL CIRCULATION OPERATION. THE PRIMARY USER OF SUCH A MODEL WOULD BE A UTILITY OR NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC) ENGINEER OR PLANT OPERATOR PER ...

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THE WASTE STREAMS PRODUCED IN MANY MINERAL PROCESSING PLANTS ARE OFTEN TREATED ON AN "AD HOC" BASIS, MEETING THE ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS AT A GIVEN TIME. THESE WASTES DO CONTAIN VALUABLE METALS, WHICH ARE NOT RECOVERED DUE TO LACK OF OVERALL PLANNING OR DUE TO NONOPTIMAL PROCESSING. OPTIMIZING EXISTING PROCESSES OR INNOVATIVE PROCESS DESIGN FOR TREATMENT OF THESE WASTES WOULD YIELD VALUES, CONSERVE ...

THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO ASSESS THE STATE-OF-THE ART OF COMPUTERIZED ROBOTS TO DETERMINE WHETHER COST/ BENEFICIAL APPLICATIONS CAN BE MADE IN NUCLEAR PLANT MAINTENANCE AND IF SUCH APPLICATIONS ARE POSSIBLE, TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO SUBSTANTIATE THE COST/BENEFIT ANALYSIS AND TO IDENTIFY THE FACTORS, IF ANY, WHICH WOULD INHIBIT NEAR-TERM ADAPTION OF ROBOT TECHNOLOGY IN NUCLEAR PLANT MAINTENANCE ...

INSTRUMENTS BASED ON THE SEEBECK EFFECT HAVE BEEN USED SUCCESSFULLY IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES TO IDENTIFY ALLOYS THAT HAVE BEEN HARDENED BY HEAT TREATMENT OR COLD WORKING. BECAUSE THE RESULTS OF RADIATION DAMAGE, INCREASED YIELD STRENGTH AND DECREASED TOUGHNESS ARE SIMILAR, AN INVESTIGATION IS PROPOSED TO EXAMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF USING THE SEEBECK EFFECT IN THE ASSESSMENT OF RADIATION DAMA ...

SUCCESSFUL COMMERCIALIZATION OF OIL SHALE WILL INVOLVE LARGESCALE UNDERGROUND MINING OR RETORTING, AND WILL REQUIRE SUPPORT TECHNOLOGY TO EVALUATE THE INTEGRITY OF SUPPORT PILLARS, MINE ROOF ROCK, AND OTHER LARGE STRUCTURES IN OIL SHALE. IN ORDER TO ELIMINATE TIME CONSUMING AND OBTRUSIVE EVALUATION METHODS INVOLVING CONTRACT TYPE DETECTORS (GEOPHONES, ACCELEROMETERS, ETC.), IT IS PROPOSED HERE THA ...