http://www.ntis.gov/rss/RSSNTISCategoryList.aspxNational Technical Reports Libraryen(c) 2008, National Technical Information Service. All rights reserved.5http://www.ntis.gov/images/logoRSS.jpghttp://www.ntis.govThroughout the 1970s and 1980s, the permanent seismic stations of the Soviet Union recorded over 100 peaceful nuclear explosions (PNEs) detonated within the Soviet Union. These records represent a large data set that has not been fully utilized. Digi ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=ADA505345The Weapons Safety Division, Headquarters, Air Force Safety Center (HQAFSC/SEW) and Radiation Health Branch, USAF School of Aerospace Medicine (USAFSAM/OEHH) performed radiological scoping surveys on Boeing Michigan Aeronautical Research Center (BOMA ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=ADA506016This paper describes quantitative comparisons between turbulence measured in the scrape-off layer (SOL) of Alcator C-Mod (S. Scott, A. Bader, M. Bakhtiari et al., Nucl. Fusion 47, S598 (2007)) and three dimensional computations using electromagnetic ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=DE2009963546Predictions of quasi steady state DT plasmas in ITER are generated using the PTRANSP code. The plasma temperatures, densities, boundary shape, and total current (9 - 10 MA) anticipated for ITER steady state plasmas are specified. Current drive by neg ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=DE2009963808This project is part of a research effort to design a hydrogen plant and its interface with a nuclear reactor. This project developed a dynamic modeling, simulation and optimization environment for nuclear hydrogen production systems. A hybrid discre ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=DE2009962650A collective scattering system has measured electron gyro-scale fluctuations in National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX) H-mode plasmas to investigate electron temperature gradient (ETG) turbulence. Observations and results pertaining to fluctuatio ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=DE2009962142This document evaluates the feasibility of in-situ detection of technetium-99 in Hanford Site vadose zone soils (the soils between the surface and groundwater) using laboratory tests. The detector system performs adequately for high technetium concen ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=DE2009964001Using the nonlinear gyrokinetic code package GENE/GIST, we study the turbulent transport in a broad family of stellarator designs, to understand the geometry-dependence of the microturbulence. By using a set of flux tubes on a given flux surface, we ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=DE2009962141Revision 1 of this report provides corrections and clarifications in response to reviewer comments arising during a project review meeting held June 7-8, 2007. ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=DE2009963082The Hanford External Dosimetry Technical Basis Manual PNL-MA-842 documents the design and implementation of the external dosimetry system used at Hanford. The manual describes the dosimeter design, processing protocols, dose calculation methodology, ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=DE2009963844The purpose of this project was to create an interactive game to expose high school students to concepts in laser amplification by demonstrating the National Ignition Facility's main amplifier at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. To succeed, th ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=DE2009964070The following report is a summary of work conducted to evaluate the ability of existing correlative techniques and alternative methods to accurately estimate impeller speed and power requirements for mechanical mixers proposed for use in a mixing and ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=DE2009963956Experiments on the National Spherical Torus Experiment (M. Ono, et al., Nucl. Fusion 40 (2000) 557) have found strong bursts of Toroidal Alfven Eigenmode (TAE) activity correlated with abrupt drops in the neutron rate. A fairly complete data set offe ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=DE2009962923This document presents the NGNP Critical PASSCs and defines their technical maturation path through Technology Development Roadmaps (TDRMs) and their associated Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs). As the critical PASSCs advance through increasing lev ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=DE2009963739The quasi-static micromechanical damage mechanics originally formulated by Ashby and Sammis (PAGEOPH, 1990) has been expanded in three important ways: (1) An energy density function has been derived that allows a self-consistent inclusion of the effe ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=ADA505350This Packaging Review Guide (PRG) provides guidance for Department of Energy (DOE) review and approval of packagings to transport fissile and Type B quantities of radioactive material. It fulfills, in part, the requirements of DOE Order 460.1B for th ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=PB2010102064Modification of a high energy particle distribution by a spectrum of low amplitude modes is investigated using a guiding center code. Only through resonance are modes effective in modifying the distribution. Diagnostics are used to illustrate the mod ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=DE2009963535An understanding of the transport of radionuclides in carbonate minerals is necessary to be able to predict the fate of (and potentially remediate) radionuclides in the environment. In some environments, carbonate minerals such as calciate, aragonite ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=DE2009964090The data used in this report was collected by two separate projects. The Surface Environmental Surveillance Project collected routine samples in 2008 at 41 locations on and around the Hanford Site, and had them analyzed for metals in addition to the ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=DE2009963204In this report, we start by examining previous efforts at linking science and DOE EM research with cleanup activities. Many of these efforts were initiated by creating science and technology roadmaps. A recurring feature of successfully implementing ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=DE2009963597This report covers the locations of seismicity within the Hanford monitoring region of south-central Washington for the second quarter of fiscal year (FY) 2008 and provides the seismic interpretations of those earthquakes. The principal mission of th ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=DE2009961685The monitoring mission requires accurate yield estimation for nuclear explosions. Historically, the focus has been on larger yield events (mh > -4.5) using teleseismic body wave magnitudes and applying test-site-specific corrections for yield estimat ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=ADA505416A review of transuranic radionuclide contamination in sediments and groundwater at the DOEs Hanford Site was conducted. The review focused primarily on plutonium-239/240 and americium-241; however, other transuranic nuclides were discussed as well, i ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=DE2009963202Because the background plasma electrons neutralizing the ion beam current inside the beam are streaming relative to the background plasma electrons outside the beam, the background plasma can support a two-stream surface-mode excitation. Such surface ...http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=DE2009963805