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Originally this resource, the Periodic Table, was created by Robert Husted at Los Alamos National Laboratory during his time as a Graduate Research Assistant. 

Toward New Explosive Molecules in Dynamic Testing Los Alamos National Laboratory, N. Mex., Mar. 1984. 

Water loss in operating an HDR faciUty may result from either increased storage within the body of the reservoir or diffusion into the rock body beyond the periphery of the reservoir (38). When a reservoir is created, the joints which are opened immediately fill with water. Micropores or microcracks may fill much more slowly, however. Figure 11 shows water consumption during an extended pressurization experiment at the HDR faciUty operated by the Los Alamos National Laboratory at Fenton Hill, New Mexico. As the microcracks within the reservoir become saturated, the water consumption at a set pressure declines. It does not go to zero because diffusion at the reservoir boundary can never be completely elirninated. Of course, if a reservoir joint should intersect a natural open fault, water losses may be high under any conditions. 

J. W. Tester, D. W. Brown, and R. M. Potter, HotDry Rock Geothermal Energy—M New Energy Mgendafor the 21st Century, Los Alamos National Laboratory Report LA-11514-MS, Los Alamos, N.M., 1989. 

T. W. Newton, D. E. Hobart, and P. D. Palmer, The Preparation and Stability of Pure Oxidation States of Neptunium, Plutonium, andMmericium, LAUR-86-967, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Calif., 1986. 

D. D. Wilkey, W. T. Wood, and C. D. Guenther, Eong-Term Plutonium Storage Design Concepts, LA-UR-94-2390, Los Alamos National Laboratory, N.M., 1994. 

Glenn T. Seaborg Institute for Transactinium Science Los Alamos National Laboratory... 

A unique problem arises when reducing the fissile isotope The amount of that can be reduced is limited by its critical mass. In these cases, where the charge must be kept relatively small, calcium becomes the preferred reductant, and iodine is often used as a reaction booster. This method was introduced by Baker in 1946 (54). Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory have recently introduced a laser-initiated modification to this reduction process that offers several advantages (55). A carbon dioxide laser is used to initiate the reaction between UF and calcium metal. This new method does not requite induction heating in a closed bomb, nor does it utilize iodine as a booster. This promising technology has been demonstrated on a 200 g scale. 

G. Luttwak and R.L. Rabie, The Multimaterial Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian Code MMALE and its Application to Some Problems of Penetration and Impact, LA-UR-2311, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 1985. 

Weihofen, W.H., Soviet Equation of State Research in 1970-1975, Los Alamos National Laboratory, University of California Report No. LA-6692, Los Alamos, NM, 37 pp., April 1977. 

Figure 6 High-resolution transmission electron microscopy image of an epitaxial thin film of Y Ba2Cu307 j, grown on LaAI03, shown in cross section. (Courtesy of T. E. MKchell, Los Alamos National Laboratory)...

Sponsor U.S. Army Nuclear and Chemical Agency. Developer Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). Custodian Michael D. Williams, Los Alamos National Laboratory Technology Assessment Division TSA-4, Energy and Environmental Analysis, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, Phone (505) 667-2112, Fax (505) 665-5125, E-mail address mdw lanl.gov... 

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