The Earth Sciences Department at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory comprises nine different disciplinary and programmatic groups that provide research in the geosciences, including nuclear waste management, containment of nuclear weapons tests, seismic treaty verification, stimulation of natural gas production by unconventional ...

A technology assessment of three unconventional power plant siting options: floating nuclear plants, plants using salt-water cooling towers, and underground nuclear plants was undertaken. Floating nuclear plants have some environmental benefits, less land...

The topics of space transport to Mars, and surface transport and surface operations on Mars are discussed in detail and new options for accomplishing these activities are presented. The question of maximizing the return on the investment in a Mars mission is addressed. One way to accomplish this is through reduction of propellant requirements by increasing ...

Activities within GRI's Unconventional Natural Gas Subprogram are discussed. The tactical objectives, goals, accomplishments, research strategies, and contract status are described for these project areas: Tight Gas Sands, Eastern Devonian Gas Shales, Co-...

... nuclear weapons. Each of these weapons is characterized as a "weapon of mass destruction," a phrase coined by the United Nations in 1947. ...

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency, DTRA, is a federal agency charged with safeguarding the nation from weapons of mass destruction, in particular nuclear weapons such as crude devices, and radiological dispersal devices (RDD), also known as dirty bombs. Both of which could be delivered using unconventional means such as by transporting them by a car or ...

Research is described in three areas, high-technology design of unconventional, nonnuclear weapons, a model for analyzing special nuclear materials safeguards decisions, and a nuclear weapons accident exercise (NUWAX-81). (GHT)

A method for reliability evaluation of electric power systems with unconventional energy sources, such as solar power plants and wind turbine generators, is presented. The fluctuating nature of energy produced by such unconventional units has a different effect on the overall system reliability than conventional units. Methods described in the published ...

The various unconventional aspects of the nuclear resonance scattering of gamma rays are analysed and discussed. The conclusions derived from the theoretical considerations are experimentally verified. (Atomindex citation 11:560680)

... Report Date : FEB 1979. ... blast is described as a ubiquitous damage agent associated with many conventional and unconventional (FAE and nuclear ...

... Unconventional nuclear propulsion concepts 7-8 Quark catalyzed fusion 7-8 ... laser heated thrusters quark catalyzed fusion laser electric thrusters ...

In 2006, the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) was established within the Department of Homeland Security to centralize coordination of the federal response to an unconventional nuclear threat. The office was codified through the passage of the SAF...

A regioselective introduction of a methoxycarbonyl methyl group at the C(2) position of unsubstituted pyridine has been accomplished with catalytic amounts of copper(II) triflate in mild reaction conditions. The N-acetyl-1,2-dihydropyridyl acetic acid methyl ester obtained is a valuable building block for the synthesis of new polyfunctionalized piperidine derivatives bearing ...

Psychoanalysis, starting from the unconventional field of parapsychology, has arrived at the today widely shared ideas of relational perspectives (introjection/projection, etc.). Thus, psychoanalytic theory's rather crooked development led to an unexpected, inspiring and lasting accomplishment. PMID:19230326

Automatic power servicing and control was investigated. Suitable approaches for accomplishing power system optimization through fault detection and system reorganization are presented for two typical systems. A three-phase DC-AC Bridge Chopper Inverter wa...

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The UC Davis Center for Digital Security is based on the premise that long-range research requires unconventional approaches. In this report of our activities under this grant, we outline the accomplishments of the main working groups in our Center. This ...

The 1986 status report presents tactical objectives, goals, accomplishments, strategies, and contract status of ongoing projects in GRI's Natural Gas Supply R&D Subprogram that mainly address unconventional supply sources which cannot be economically expl...

Examined Israeli adolescents' responses to impending unconventional warfare by administering Nuclear Threat Index to 269 junior high school students 2 months prior to Persian Gulf War. Younger adolescents and females reported more activity, pessimistic thoughts, and concerns than older adolescents and males, respectively; and "internal" females reported ...

A nuclear attack using unconventional means of delivery within the United States remains a very low probability, very high consequence event that is extremely difficult to defend against. In the absence of effective countermeasures, the probability is lik...

Dramatic reduction in the cost of electricity may potentially be achieved utilizing unconventional nuclear-driven technologies. The cost of electricity has three major contributors; fuel cycle cost, containment cost, and electrical generator (balance of p...

Nuclear and solar energy propulsion systems are discussed. A survey is presented of unconventional propulsion systems including chemical rockets, nuclear and solar thermal rockets, electrical systems, the possibilities of producing electric power in space, the radioisotope rocket, and the photon rocket. (R.E.U.)

The detection of the unconventional delivery of a nuclear weapon or the illicit transport of fissile materials is one of the most crucial, and difficult, challenges facing us today in national security. A wide array of radiation detectors are now being de...

The status of some exotic physical phenomena and unconventional spacecraft concepts that might produce breakthroughs in power and propulsion in the 21st Century are reviewed. The subjects covered include: electric, nuclear fission, nuclear fusion, antimat...

Research is described in three areas, high-technology design of unconventional, nonnuclear weapons, a model for analyzing special nuclear materials safeguards decisions, and a nuclear weapons accident exercise (NUWAX-81). (ERA citation 07:008242)

A teleoperated sampling system for the identification, collection and retrieval of samples following the detonation of an Improvised Nuclear Device (IND) or Radiological Dispersion Devise (RDD) has been developed and tested in numerous field exercises. The system has been developed as part of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency's (DTRA) National Technical ...

... Nuclear Performance Characteristics of the SNRS Core and NR ... Extensive neutron flux measurements have been accomplished that show the ...

... Development Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) data. ... RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS, INTERNATIONAL, TREATIES, NUCLEAR PROPERTIES. ...

One phase of accident management covers the actions taken during the course of an accident by the plant operating and technical staff to prevent or minimize off-site radiation releases, gain control, and return the plant to a safe state. Inherent in accomplishing these goals is obtaining a clear picture of the nature of the accident and plant status. Development of a ...

A technology assessment of three unconventional power plant siting options: floating nuclear plants, plants using salt-water cooling towers, and underground nuclear plants was undertaken. Floating nuclear plants have some environmental benefits, less land-use and reduced thermal impact on the marine environment. ...

The problems associated with a rapidly increasing world population in the midst of fixed land resources are addressed. The unconventional resources of oil, gas, and uranium are compared in terms of abundance to conventional reserves. Nuclear fission energy is evaluated for its capability of solely supporting the world energy demands.

The energy demand for Latin America will be satisfied by the end of the present century mainly through utilization of its conventional hydraulic and fossil resources. Nuclear energy will experience a great development in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico in t...

This booklet describes nuclear science - its past accomplishments and future directions - and gives just a few examples of the importance of nuclear science to other sciences, to technology, and to education.

The research was directed toward gaining additional information concerning the parameters related to thermopile operation, and also to compile information relative to the conversion of nuclear energy to electrical energy. Thermopiles made of metal sheets were annlyzed and tested These types appear to be able to deliver more power per unit weight and volume than those ...

This study was carried out to take into consideration the Nuclear Power option in Uruguay. Though Nuclear Power could be useful since year 2000, this does not mean a Nuclear Power station should be necessarily built. In the accomplishment of the nuclear o...

The installation of natural draft cooling towers in 1000 MWE nuclear, oil, gas, peat or wood plants is discussed. It is estimated that up to 17 MWE could be saved for other uses such as sale by this method. The examples of a coal fired power plant in New Mexico and the Catawba and Seabrook Nuclear Stations are used to derive a cost analysis of the natural ...

Dramatic reduction in the cost of electricity may potentially be achieved utilizing unconventional nuclear-driven technologies. The cost of electricity has three major contributors; fuel cycle cost, containment cost, and electrical generator (balance of plant) cost. A general discussion is given on the characteristics that nuclear ...

We report evidences for bulk nature and unconventional superconductivity in CeIn3 at P=2.65 GPa revealed by the measurements of nuclear-spin-lattice-relaxation time (T1) and ac-susceptibility (ac-?). Both the measurements of ac-? and T1 have pointed to a superconducting transition at T=95 mK, which is very much lower than an onset temperature Tonset=0.15 K ...

We report evidence for unconventional superconductivity in CeIn3 at a pressure P=2.65 GPa above the critical pressure (Pc~2.5 GPa) revealed by measurements of the nuclear-spin-lattice-relaxation time (T1) and ac susceptibility (ac-?). Both measurements of T1 and ac-? have pointed to a superconducting transition at Tc=95 mK, which is much lower than the ...

Solar cells have been fabricated from unconventional sheet silicon in Phase II of this contract. Preparations have been made for measurement of cells under AM1 conditions. This has been accomplished by utilization of existing Pyrex water filters in combin...

Tight gas is one of several forms of unconventional gas promising to be an important source of domestic energy in the future. Cracking the tight sands in Texas, Colorado, and the Appalachian Basin could yield a 10-yr supply of natural gas. Methods of accomplishing this fracturing are described, such as pumping fluids and propping agents into dense sand ...

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... Wave packets containing centripetal barrier information are prepared in close proximity to nuclear well. This is accomplished ...