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MRC PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A SAFETY PERFORMANCE INDICATOR (PI) OF THE ELECTROMAGNETIC (EM) PROTECTION STATUS OF A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT (NPP). WE BELIEVE THAT SUCH A PI IS NEEDED BECAUSE: (1) EM ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION IS ON THE INCREASE,(2) ADDITIONAL EM THREATS MUST BE EVALUATED, AND (3) DISRUPTION OF NPP OPERATIONS BY EM EFFECTS CAN AND MUST BE AVOIDED. PREVIOUS STUDIES HAVE ADDRESSED THE ISSUE OF E ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF OUR PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP NEW MEANS OF PRODUCING SHORT LIVED RADIOISOTOPES FOR POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET). THIS MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUE IS CAPABLE OF DISCERNING AND IMAGING MEDICALLY INTERESTING PHENOMENA, SUCH AS THE ACTIVITY OF VARIOUS PARTS OF THE BRAIN, OXYGEN FLOW IN THE BODY, AND OTHER QUANTITIES WHICH ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE BY ANY OTHER DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQU ...

INDEPENDENTS IN THE MID-CONTINENT AREA INCLUDING OKLAHOMA AND KANSAS, NEED A NEW AND NOVEL WATER SOLUBLE POLYMER FOR INDEPTH MOBILITY CONTROL IN ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY (EOR) PROCESSES AT INTERMEDIATE TEMPERATURES OF 165 TO 200 FAHRENHEIT. PARTIALLY HYDROLYZED POLYACRYLAMIDES AND NATURAL POLYMERS HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN THE PRODUCTS USED IN THIS REGION. AND IN ESSENTIALLY ALL OF THE EARLIER EOR PROJE ...

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A NOVEL CLASS OF TIME AND POSITION SENSITIVE (XYT) PARTICLE DETECTOR AND SUPPORTING ELECTRONICS IS PROPOSED WHICH CAN AFFORD A PRACTICAL MEANS OF COMBINING IMAGING AND TIME-OF-FLIGHT (TOF) ANALYSES IN A VARIETY OF ADVANCED INSTRUMENTS. DETECTOR SYSTEMS FOR PHOTONS, ELECTRONS AND IONS ARE TYPICALLY THE FIRST COMPONENTS IN MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION INSTRUMENTS; FUNDAMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS HERE CAN HAV ...

THE UNCERTAINTY IN MEASURING NEUTRON DOSE EQUIVALENT RATES RESULTS IN UNCERTAINTY IN ASSIGNMENT OF THE PROPER DOSE TO OCCUPATIONAL RECORDS AND CAN RESULT IN IMPROPER IMPLEMENTATION OF CONTROLS TO LIMIT THE EXPOSURE. A NOVEL PORTABLE NEUTRON SPECTROMETER IS PROPOSED WHICH WILL REDUCE THE UNCERTAINTY OF SUCH MEASUREMENTS TO LESS THAN 20%. MANYCOMPONENTS OF THIS DEVICE ARE COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE. SYS ...

BLENDS OF BIOBASED FIBER SOURCES ARE MANUFACTURED AND CHARACTERIZED BY ASPECT RATIO FOR OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE IN A BIOBASED GRAFT POLYMER AS MEASURED BY MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND SURFACE MORPHOLOGY IN COMPRESSION MOLDED TEST SPECIMENS. FROM 18 FORMULATIONS OF BIOBASED GRAFT POLYMER, THREE ARE SELECTED ON THE BASIS OF BEST OVERALL PERFORMANCE AND USED IN A BIOBASED GRAFT POLYMER COMPOSITE STUDY IN CO ...

THE TARGET OF THE PROPOSED PROCESS IS TO CONVERT NATURAL GASFROM SMALLER OR LARGER NATURAL GAS SOURCES (INCLUDING SMALL OUTLYING GAS WELLS OR CO-PRODUCED GAS OUT OF A CRUDE OIL PRODUCING WELL) INTO CRUDE METHANOL AND HYDROCARBONS, AND CENTRALLY CONVERT THESE CRUDE LIQUIDS FURTHER INTO COMPONENTS FOR GASOLINE USE. A LOW-COST PROCESS FOR THESE CONVERSIONS HAS BEEN INVENTED BY DR. VAN DIJK AND MR. FR ...

THE CONCEPT FOR A BULK OPTICALLY-CONTROLLED SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCH (BOSS), WHERE TWO DIFFERENT WAVELENGTH LASERS ARE USED TO GENERATE AND QUENCH PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY WAS RECENTLY INTRODUCED BY SCHOENBACH AND LAKDAWALA AT OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY (ODU). INSTEAD OF SUSTAINING PHOTOCONDUCTANCE BYLASER LIGHT, AS IN CONVENTIONAL PHOTOCONDUCTIVE SWITCHES, ONE LASER IS USED TO DRIVE THE SWITCH INTO A CONDUCTIV ...

THIS COUNTRY IS FACING AN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT PROBLEM IN PROVIDING ELECTRIC ENERGY IN SUFFICIENT QUANTITIES FOR THE NEAR FUTURE. THIS PROBLEM IS COMPOUNDED, ON THE ONE HAND, BY THE VERY HIGH COST OF NUCLEAR POWER, THE EXTREMELY LONG APPROVAL AND CONSTRUCTION TIMES, AND THE SHUTTING DOWN OF SEVERAL PLANTS EVEN BEFORE START UP BECAUSE OF THE CONCERNS OF LOCAL CITIZENS. ON THE OTHER HAND, CONVENTIONA ...