Precipitator Retrofit and Repair: A Case Study
Described is a difficult fossil power station retrofit project performed on a tight schedule at a congested site. Installation of a new supplementary precipitator and structural repairs...

Designing for Corrosion Control
This presentation will discuss designing from several aspects: a. Designing of the item to lessen the affects of corrosion. b. Selection of non-corrosive materials in the designing process...

The Changing Legal Structure of Non-Utility Generation in the 1990's
Before actual construction of a small power production or cogeneration facility commences, numerous economic, technical and legal factors have been considered during the planning process....

A Biographical Dictionary of American Civil Engineers
This publication A Biographical Dictionary of American Civil Engineers - Volume II supplements the first volume of this biographical dictionary...

Advanced Composites Materials in Civil Engineering Structures
This proceedings of the Specialty Conference on Advanced Composites Materials in Civil Engineering held in Las Vegas on January 31?February 1, 1991 contains 40 papers from ten technical...

Cold Regions Engineering
This proceedings consists of papers presented at the Cold Regions Engineering Specialty Conference held in West Lebanon, New Hampshire from February 26-28, 1991. The papers cover nine...

Approximate Methods of Structural Analysis: Principles and Pitfalls
In this modern age when the trend in structural engineering and structural engineering education is to make more and more use of computers and standard structural analysis programs, there...

Wind Frame Design for Mid Rise Buildings
A brief discussion of drift limits is followed by design procedures for unbraced moment resisting wind frames and initial selection of optimized member sizes for chevron bracing frames....

OCRWM Transportation Technical Activities for 1998
The Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management is preparing for the transport of spend fuel by 1998 from commercial reactors to a monitored retrievable storage facility. The preparations...

Approach for Implementing Burnup Credit in High-Capacity Truck Casks
General Atomics (GA) will be submitting an application for certification to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for the GA-4 and GA-9 Casks in 1992. To maintain a capacity of...

Multiple Event Considerations for Postclosure Seismic Hazard Evaluations at Yucca Mountain, Nevada
Postclosure waste canister design requirements suggest the values used for seismic design have less than a 10% chance of being exceeded in a 1,000 year postclosure period. Considerably...

Education?Path Towards Solution Regarding Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel
Education, not emotional reaction, is the path to take in the safe disposal of spent nuclear fuel. Education is needed at all levels: elementary schools, secondary schools, two-year colleges,...

BNFL and Education Living with Technology
Following upon a report to a House of Commons Select Committee, the Chairman and Chief Executive gave an undertaking to better inform young people about the Nuclear Industry. This lead...

Effects of Heterogeneity on Actinide Diffusion Rates in Tuffaceous Rock
The pore structure and mineralogy of Topopah Spring Tuff are heterogeneous on scales less than one cm. This heterogeneity creates spatial variation in transport rates for aqueous actinide...

Developing an Education Program for Schools on Radioactive Waste Management
United Kingdom Nirex Limited is responsible for the development of a deep disposal facility for Britain's solid low and intermediate-level radioactive wastes. In line with...

Curriculum and Instruction in Nuclear Waste Disposal
Curriculum and instruction in nuclear waste disposal is part of the larger problem of curriculum and instruction in science. At a time when science and technological literacy is crucial...

Flow and Transport Around a Noncontinuous Horizontal Layer at Yucca Mountain
Computer simulations were used to examine the effect of a noncontinuous horizontal layer on the flow field and contaminant transport of a simplified conceptual model. The domain consisted...

Management Systems Improvement Strategy for the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management
To achieve the goal of permanent disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste, the U. S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste...

Development of Preliminary Nevada Transportation Accident Characteristics
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project Office (YMSCPO) has been given the responsibility for characterization of the potential repository site...

Unintentional Stoppages of Trucks Hauling High-Level Nuclear Waste in Nevada
Any unintentional stoppage of trucks hauling high-level nuclear waste in Nevada could intensify public concerns about the negative impacts of the Yucca Mountain project. This paper provides...

 

 

 

 

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