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182 Development of Scintillators and Waveshifters for Detection of Ionizing Radiation--Ludlum Measurements, Inc., PO Box 810, Sweetwater, TX 79556-0810; (915) 235-5494 Mr. Charles R. Hurlbut, Principal Investigator Mr. Donald G. Ludlum, Business Official DOE Grant No. DE-FG03-97ER82419 Amount: $75,000 High-energy particle accelerators at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and Brookhaven N ...

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 ...

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29 Enzyme Facilitated Transport Membranes--Sapient Catalytechs, Inc., P.O. Box 580284, , Houston, TX 77258-0284; (281) 333-5093 Dr. Russell L. Smith, Principal Investigator Dr. Michael C. Trachtenberg, Business Official DOE Grant No. DE-FG03-97ER82472 Amount: $74,990 There is a great need for improvements in efficient methods to reduce the cost of removing carbon dioxide from flue gas and nat ...

THE USE OF METAL-CONTAINING POLYMERS AS PRECURSORS TO HIGH CRITICAL TEMPERATURE (T(C)) SUPERCONDUCTING FILAMENTS WILL BE EXPLORED THROUGH A PROPRIETARY LOW-TEMPERATURE SOLUTION SYNTHESIS. CAREFUL EVALUATION OF THE PERTINENT CHEMICAL LITERATURE WILL BE DONE TO OPTIMIZE THE STARTING MATERIAL COMBINATION AND TO HELP DETERMINE ADEQUATE EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS THAT WILL YIELD A HOMOGENEOUS, POLYMERIC P ...

THIS PROJECT CONSISTS OF DEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCIALIZATION OF A SYSTEM FOR FAST, SAFE, AUTOMATIC DRILLING OF A HIGH QUALITY (I.E., SMOOTH BORE, MINIMUM DOGLEG, LOW TORQUE AND DRAG, MINIMUM FORMATION DAMAGE) BOREHOLE ALONG A PREPLANNED PROFILE TO A PREPLANNED AND/OR REAL-TIME DOWNHOLE SELECTED TARGET. IN ADDITION TO A POINT IN SPACE, THE TARGET INCLUDES MULTIPLE POINTS ALONG A PATH, SUCH AS WITHIN ...

16 Fiber Optic for the Detection of Co-Contaminant Compounds--F&S, Inc., P.O. Box 11704, Blacksburg, VA 24062-1704; (540) 953-4274 Mr. Mark E. Jones, Principal Investigator Ms. Garnett S. Linkous, Business Official DOE Grant No. DE-FG02-97ER82371 Amount: $74,994 Innovative technologies to advance the measurement of biological and physicochemical properties of natural systems are necessary in ...

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40828 November 13, 1996 TomoSeis, Inc. While seismic data are used to determine the presence and extent of underground oil and gas reservoirs, their interpretation is very difficult. For example, it is crucial to know whether features observed in the recorded data are associated with the earth or with the data acquisition system. Issues of particular in ...

ROBOTIC MACHINES THAT DUPLICATE THE MANIPULATIVE SKILLS OF AHUMAN OPERATOR ARE CRITICALLY NEEDED IN COMMERCIAL NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS TO REDUCE OPERATOR EXPOSURE IN HIGH-RADIATION AREAS. ROBOTIC SYSTEMS WITH FORCE REFLECTION (FORCE INFORMATION REFLECTED THROUGH A CONTROL JOYSTICK) AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL VISUAL FEEDBACK CAN IMPROVE TASK PERFORMANCE AND REDUCE FATIGUE. THIS RESEARCH PROJECT WILL USE A ...