Disclaimers

 
        Security Notice 

         This web site is part of a Federal computer system used to accomplish Federal functions. The
         Department of Energy monitors this web site for security purposes to ensure it remains available to all
         users and to protect information in the system. By accessing this web site, you are expressly
         consenting to these monitoring activities.

         Unauthorized attempts to defeat or circumvent security features, to use the system for other than
         intended purposes, to deny service to authorized users, to access, obtain, alter, damage, or destroy
         information, or otherwise to interfere with the system or its operation is prohibited. Evidence of such acts
         may be disclosed to law enforcement authorities and result in criminal prosecution under the Computer
         Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act of 1996 (Pub. L.
         104-294), (18 U.S.C. 1030), or other applicable criminal laws.

         Disclaimer of Liability 

         Documents available from the web server were prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency
         of the U.S. Government. Neither the U.S. Government nor any agency thereof, or any of their
         employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for
         the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process
         disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Further, Oak Ridge
         National Laboratory is not responsible for the contents of any off-site pages referenced.  

         Disclaimer of Endorsement 

         Reference to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark,
         manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation,
         or favoring by the U.S. Government or any agency thereof. The views and opinions of document authors
         do not necessarily state or reflect those of the U.S. Government or any agency thereof. 

         Copyright Status 

         Documents provided from the web server were sponsored by a contractor of the U.S. Government under
         contract DE-AC05-00OR22725. Accordingly, the U.S. Government retains a nonexclusive, royalty-free
         license to publish or reproduce these documents, or to allow others to do so, for U.S. Government
         purposes. These documents may be freely distributed and used for non-commercial, scientific and
         educational purposes.  

         Unauthorized Access 

         Oak Ridge National Laboratory web users are authorized to access only the documents listed on its
         menus. Users who attempt to gain unauthorized access to other data are subject to criminal and civil
         penalties under federal laws (including but not limited to PL 83-703 and 99-474).
           

         Privacy Notice 

         We collect no personal information about you without your knowledge when you visit this site, although
         you may choose to provide this information to us in specific instances. However, we do collect and store
         certain information automatically: 

    • the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the domain from which you access the Internet (e.g.,           123.456.789.012), whether yours individually or provided as a proxy by your Internet Service      Provider (ISP) 
    • the date and time you access our site 
    • the pages you visit (recorded by the text and graphics files that compose that page) 
    • the Internet address of the web site from which you linked directly to our site. 


         We use the summary statistics to help us make our site more useful to visitors, such as assessing
         what information is of most and least interest to visitors, and for other purposes such as determining the
         site's technical design specifications and identifying system performance or problem areas. This
         information is NOT shared with anyone beyond the support staff for this web site, except when required
         by law enforcement investigation, and is used only as a source of anonymous statistical information. 

 
 

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