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Vol. 17, No. 2, ( 1984)
- State of the Laboratory—1983 In the following updated report based on his January 31, 1984, address to staff, Herman Postma discusses technical achievements related to global environmental concerns, an improved alloy for artificial hip joints, human problems of abandoned mine lands, magnets for fusion, the Breeder Reprocessing Engineering Test, altering an enzyme to improve crop yields, radiation effects on matter, diagnosing heart disease in children, measuring indoor air pollution, protecting high-voltage lines, measuring fission product release from reactor fuel, new applications of lasers, and fusion plasma fueling.
- Making R&D Pay Off: How ORNL Interacts with Industry. Recently the federal government has removed impediments to the transfer of government-sponsored technology to industry. As a result, ORNL has new staff consulting and patent policies and has established a fund to promote technology transfer. Efforts also have been made by the federal government, Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc., and ORNL to stimulate and support the creation of small businesses to help the economy.
- Communicating Health Risks to the Public. The public is worried about low-level effects of environmental agents on health. Its perception of the health risks involved, however, is often different from the actual risks. The scientific establishment, the new media, and culturally ingrained fears and expectations may well be responsible for this discrepancy. That was the consensus of a recent workshop on communicating risks.
- ORNL and the Environment: Views of State and Federal Regulations. In 1983 the State of Tennessee sought for the first time to acquire the right to regulate ORNL's discharges to the environment. Recently the state conducted a compliance evaluation inspection and recommended that ORNL take action to solve its environmental problems. In this second part of a series, the authors discuss steps that ORNL is taking to respond to the inspection report and the legal issues pertaining to environmental management at the Laboratory.
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- Books. William S. Lyon reviews Betrayers of the Truth by William Broad and Nicholas Wade. Books in print edited by ORNL staff members are listed.
- Awards and Appointments
Vol. 17, No. 1, ( 1984)
- How Does ORNL Affect the Environment? ORNL's day-to-day operations for the most part have a beneficial effect on the human environment, although the impacts of its primary product—new scientific and technological information—are speculative. Slightly adverse impacts arise from releases of toxic materials from research activities; however, none of these releases is a threat to human health.
- Building a Better Ion Trap: Atomic Physicists Study Recoil Ions. A new technique developed at ORNL under the leadership of two university professors traps ions of very low energies. This "recoil ion storage" technique permits studies of the transfer of electrons from atoms during collisions with multicharged, low-energy ions and opens the way to future precision spectroscopy experiments on ions.
- The Mathematics of Artificial Intelligence. Mathematicians at ORNL are applying the principles of artificial intelligence to energy-related problems. Their goals include designing an economical, energy-efficient solar house and programming a robot to avoid obstacles so that it can operate in a hazardous environment, such as a nuclear reprocessing plant.
- Predicting Metal-Ion Toxicity: A Collaboration of ORNL Physicists and Biologists. ORNL physicists and biologists are collaborating in a search for fundamental explanations of the toxic effects of metal ions in biological systems. Their goal is to predict the degree of toxicity of metal ions and other chemical pollutants
- Sol-Gel and Gel-Sphere Technology: Powders for Power. Sol-gel technology, developed over a 25-year period at ORNL, has been used to make spherical, beadlike particles for nuclear reactor fuels. Today industry is showing interest in the technology for making ceramics of uniform composition for electronic and other nonnuclear applications. A researcher involved in the development of the prizewinning technology tells its history.
- Editorial. Herman Postma speaks out on ORNL and the environment.
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- Awards and Appointments
- Books. William S. Lyon reviews The Information Society as Post Industrial Society by Yoneji Masuda
- Four-Year Index
Vol. 11, No. 4, ( 1978)
- Editorial: The Future for Technology Transfer
- Technology Transfer: The Commitment and the Barriers
- The Way It's Going to Work
- The Information Center as a Link with Industry
- Take a Number
- Information Meeting Highlights
- Books. A FORTRAN Coloring Book, by Roger E. Kaufman
- Lab Anecdote. Cutie Pies and other Low Grid Currents
- Awards & Appointments
- Index to Short Articles
Vol. 11, No. 3, ( 1978)
- How to Save Energy. ORNL Counts Some Ways
- Is It Raining in Georgia? Gigawatt Energy Centers, Using Tower and Pond Cooling Systems, May Create Inadvertent Weather Effects
- Waste Heat Aquaculture at ORNL. Can It Feed the Multitudes?
- Activation Analysis. A Very Personal Account
Vol. 11, No. 2, ( 1978)
- State of the Laboratory—1977—A Longer-Range View
- How Deep Is the Burn?
- Stopping Biological Time
- Regional Impacts of the Energy Plan
- Take a Number
- Awards and Appointments
- Letters
- Information Meeting Highlights
- Books. Environment and Society: An Introductory Analysis, by Brian Harvey and John D. Hallett
Vol. 11, No. 1, ( 1978)
- A Novel Camera. Small-Angle X-ray Scattering
- A Laboratory in Flux
- One-Atom Detection
- Hard Paths and Soft Paths. A Dialogue
- Comparing the World's Dosimeters
- Fuel from Accelerators. An Alternative to Breeder Reactors?
- Take a Number
- Lab Anecdote. Byington Freight Station
- Books. The Health Hazards of NOT Going Nuclear, by Petr Beckmann
- Information Meeting Highlights
- Awards and Appointments
Vol. 3, No. 5, ( 1970)
Features- Take a Number
- AMW Comments
- Books. The Making of a Counter Culture, by Theodore Roszak
Vol. 3, No. 4, ( 1970)
- Explorations on the Edge of Matter. An account of the accomplishments and hopes of the workers in the forefront of transuranium research
- Uses of Waste Heat. A thoughtful and constructive approach to the problems of thermal pollution
- The NEL Proposal—An Abridgement. A new mission for the natural and social sciences is presented in this concept of a system of National Environmental Laboratories
- The Message in the Moon Rocks. What can the lunar material contribute to man's knowledge of cosmology and the origin of the solar system?
- Books. Technology: Processes of Assessment and Choice, a Report of the National Academy of Sciences by the Panel on Technology Assessment, Harvey Brooks, Chairman, to the Committee on Science and Astronautics, U.S. House of Representatives
- AMW Comments
Vol. 3, No. 3, ( 1970)
- The State of the Laboratory—1969
- Nader on Scientists
- Nuclear Standards: Everybody's Business
- A Glimpse into the Global Village
- Books. The Economy of Cities, by Jane Jacobs.