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Vol. 18, No. 2, ( 1985)
- State of the Laboratory- 1984: Exploring New Areas. In this updated report based on his February 5, 1985, address to the staff. Postma notes that the Laboratory's return on some investments has been remarkable. Seed money projects have brought about $4 in research funds to ORNL for every $1 invested by the internal Exploratory Studies Program. ORNL research also has helped others save money. For example, Laboratory recommendations on energy options have helped Liberia save up to $20 million annually. ORNL studies of the potential thermal shock problem of commercial nuclear reactors saved electric utilities millions of dollars.
- Crickets and Coal Liquefaction Research. Several years ago cricket eggs exposed to a chemical under study in the synthetic fuels program hatched crickets with assorted abnormalities such as an extra eye, antenna, or head. The author tells how ORNL toxicologists and analytical chemists determined that certain trace substances cause these teratogenic effects and how they eventually identified a teratogenic compound in these substances.
- Shedding Light on Molecules and Atoms: Photoelectron Spectroscopy Using Synchrotron Radiation. ORNL researchers using the magic source of synchrotron radiation have helped to usher in a new era of photoelectron spectroscopy called photoelectron dynamics. Recently, use of this method has provided fresh answers to a number of fundamental questions on the electronic structure of small molecules and metal vapors.
- Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development. Technical innovators and entrepreneurs are receiving new respectability as a result of a growing need for technical solutions to revitalize the economy. The time has come for East Tennessee to experience new economic development because both the need and capability for innovation and entrepreneurship are present.
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- News Notes. Electron microscope for fusion studies arrives; Alvin Weinberg honored; 12,000th neutron- facility experiment performed; ORNL Hydrofracture Facility at crossroads; fish and birds studied in Antarctica; ORNL helps steel industry; Technology Transfer Briefs.
- Books. A book on nuclear facilities and earthquakes is reviewed.
- Technical Capsules. DOE to use ORNL earthquake recommendations in nuclear plant seismic standards; ORNL collaborates with Spanish team on design offusion stellarator.
Vol. 18, No. 1, ( 1985)
- Shooting for Fusion Energy Breakeven: Pellet Fueling Research at ORNL. ORNL scientists have developed a gun and a centrifuge accelerator to "shoot" frozen pellets of hydrogen fuel into tokamak fusion plasmas. One ORNL injector helped MIT exceed the Lawson criterion, another achieved steady-state plasma fueling, and an improved version of ORNL technology should help a Princeton tokamak's energy output equal the energy input.
- Sleuthing with Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry. ORNL analytical chemists helped a scientist from DOE's Savannah River Plant determine how the impurities in plutonium fuel degrade the properties of an ORNL-developed cladding alloy used for heat sources aboard spacecraft.
- The Organic Matter Base of Reservoir Food Webs: ORNL Studies the Ecology of Man-Made Lakes. What determines the biological productivity of man-made lakes? ORNL ecologists are using a variety of research approaches to address a fundamental question about large reservoirs as aquatic ecosystems.
- Disease-Causing Microbes: The Energy Connection. Heated waters and cooling towers associated with energy production can be a source of disease-causing microbes, including the Legionella bacteria responsible for the potentially fatal Legionnaires' disease. ORNL and UT researchers have discovered two new species of Legionella in artificially heated water.
- Transportation Energy Conservation: What ORNL Models and Analyses Show The demand for and price of motor fuel have fluctuated considerably in recent years. David L. Greene and ORNL's Transportation Group have followed these fluctuations closely and analyzed consumer responses to fuel price changes and more efficient cars on the market. The group also has studied how to drive to save fuel.
- Books. Technostress: The Human Cost of the Computer Revolution is reviewed.
- News Notes. New Fusion Magnet Arrives; Tritium Light Update; X-ray Beam Line at Brookhaven; Construction Begins on New Materials Lab; Technology Transfer Briefs: New Innovation Center and Patent Policy
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- Technical Capsules. Carbonaceous Particulate Matter; Shape Changes in Nuclei; Diesel-Related Research
- Awards and Appointments
Vol. 15, No. 4, ( 1982)
- Silver Recovery from ORNL Wastes
- UNISOR: The First Decade
- Minerals in the Wilderness: How Important Are They?
- Editorial
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- Books. Polywater; Resources and Development
- Readers Comments
- Information Meeting Highlights Flywheel Evaluation, Coal vs Nuclear Costs, Tokamaks: Results and Plans, ELMO Bumpy Torus: An Update, Mechanisms of Metal Fracture, Laser Annealing and Melting, Superconductivity and Magnetism
- Awards and Appointments
Vol. 15, No. 3, ( 1982)
- Editorial
- Energy Transitions
- Electricity: Faithful Servant at the Flip of a Switch
- Four Decades of ORNL Achievements
- Technology for Health and the Environment
- Research Facilities
- Energy Conservation
- Energy Impacts on the Environment
- Radiation and Health
- Chemicals and Health
- Basic Biology
- Isotopes and Nuclear Medicine
- Basic Physical Research
- Chemical Research
- Coal Technology
- Materials for Energy and Space Exploration
- Magnetic Fusion Energy
- Nuclear Safety
- Nuclear Energy Technology
- Information Services
- Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing and Waste Management
- Acrostic Puzzle
- Electricity Matching Quiz
Vol. 15, No. 2, ( 1982)
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- Reader's Comments
- Books. Sir William Rowan Hamilton, Scientists in Power
- Information Meeting Highlights Fuel Reprocessing Capsules
- Awards and Appointments
Vol. 15, No. 1, ( 1982)
- ORNL's Quick Reponse Team: Analytical Chemists on Call
- Mining and Land Reclamation: ORNL and the Abandoned Coal Mines
- The New Hydrofracture Facility: Disposal of Intermediate Level Nuclear Waste
- Decommissioning Reactors
- Pocket Monitors for Airborne Pollutants
- Books. Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford
- Information Meeting Highlights. Holifield Accelerator in Action; Spin Spectrometer Results: Do Light Nuclei Orbit? Diagnostics for Fusion Plasmas; Metallic Glass Defects; Better Weld Metals for Breeders; Toughening Ceramics; Health Impacts Codes
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- Lab Anecdote
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