Issue 10 Volume 41 May 16, 2003

position. Therefore, if the problem of crossing the pathway is improved, our navigation system will be a very valuable one
to support activities of the visually impaired.
DTIC
20030036978 Lawrence Livermore National Lab., Livermore, CA
Science & Tecnology Review: Modeling Fires to Fight Them
2002; In English
Report No.(s): DE2002-15002347; No Copyright; Avail: National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
Contents include the following: High-Tech Help for Fighting Wildfires; This Model Can Take the Heat; The Best and the
Brightest Come to Livermore; A View to a Kill, and Biological Research Evolves at Livermore.
NTIS
Fires; Fire Fighting; Research
20030037097 Department of Energy, Washington, DC
Environmental Management Performance Report November 2000
Nov. 09, 2000; 254 pp.; In English
Report No.(s): DE2002-805449; No Copyright; Avail: Department of Energy Information Bridge
The purpose of the Environmental Management Performance Report (EMPR) is to provide the Department of Energy
Richland Operations Office’s (DOE-RL’s) report of Hanford’s Environmental Management (EM). This report is a monthly
publication that summarizes EM Site performance under RL Operations Office.
NTIS
Waste Management; Spent Fuels; Radioactive Wastes
20030037120 Foersvarets Forskningsanstalt, Stockholm (Sweden)
Air Power - Future Capability in Russia
Loefstedt, H.; Mar. 2002; 112 pp.
Report No.(s): PB2003-101261; FOI-R-0439-SE; No Copyright; Avail: CASI; A06, Hardcopy
There is a rapid evolution in guided weapons. Russia has capability and knowledge to follow and implement that
development. There might well be a considerable shift in Russian present capacity to conduct air-to-ground operations if
Russia will acquire such weapons. That shift is possible even if Russia must restrict itself to the use of existing aircraft. A
condition is that the Russian Air Force will develop normal status in maintenance of equipment and personnel training.
Russian air capability will develop into a threat only after a political upheaval. To guard against that, it is necessary to give
political and material support for continued democratic evolution. However an armed air defense will be needed as a last
resort. The data and considerations behind the conclusions are presented in the second part of the report. The way is described
how a great number of performance data are combined to aggregated capability figures. Data from Kosovo and Kuwait-war
are used for air to ground weapons. A new method has been developed for air-to-air equipment. A number of sensitivity
analyses are carried through because of the uncertainty in data and methods.
NTIS
Military Technology; Precision Guided Projectiles; Air To Surface Missiles; Armed Forces (Foreign); Russian Federation
20030037183 Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC
SME Acceptability Determination For DWPF Process Control (U)
Aug. 30, 2002; 74 pp.; In English
Report No.(s): DE2002-805889; WSRC-TR-95-000364-REV-4; No Copyright; Avail: Department of Energy Information
Bridge
This document has supported the technical basis for the Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF) of the Savannah
River Site (SRS) since the DWPF began radioactive operation in 1996. The facility blends High Level Waste (HLW) with glass
frit and vitrifies the resulting mix into a stable, borosilicate wasteform. While doing so, it must satisfy, with appropriate
confidence, several product and process constraints. These include constraints on: the process melt (i.e., melt viscosity and
liquidus temperature) to assure that the material is processable and the quality of the resulting wasteform (i.e., durability of
the glass product).
NTIS
Statistics; Process Control (Industry); Waste Treatment; Borosilicate Glass
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