Energy Policy Act transportation rate study : availability of data and studies.

"DOE/EIA-0571."

Report on Arkansas 400 KV Cockcroft-Walton accelerator and nuclear chemistry research /

"Reprinted from Annual Progress Report, AEC Contract AT(40-1)--277, March 1, 1958."

IBM-7090 programs to compile and modify a nuclear data tape /

"May 31, 1961."

A bibliography of current materials dealing with atomic power and related atomic energy subjects for non-specialists and lay persons,

Mode of access: Internet.

The Federal role and activities in energy research and development, 1946-1980 : an historical summary /

Report prepared by History Associates, Inc. under subcontract no. 19X22268 for Oak Ridge National Laboratory for the U.S. Dept. of Energy.

Nuclear safety--three years after Three Mile Island : joint hearing before certain subcomittees of the Committees on Government Operations and Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, second session, March 12, 1982.

Mode of access: Internet.

Nuclear exports, international safety and environmental issues : hearings before the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, December 18, 1979, and May 7, 1980.

Mode of access: Internet.

Proposed United States-Australia agreement for nuclear cooperation : hearing before the Subcommittees on International Security and Scientific Affairs and on International Economic Policy and Trade of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, first session, October 11, 1979.

Mode of access: Internet.

Fiscal year 1982 Department of Energy authorization : hearings before the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, first session.

"No. 36"--Volume IV.

Atomic energy in war and peace,

Mode of access: Internet.

Scientific and technical aspects of the control of atomic energy; the full text of the First report of the Scientific and Technical Committee of the Atomic Energy Commission, the background of the report, a glossary of scientific terms and biographical notes.

Mode of access: Internet.

[Hearings, reports and prints of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy].

Mode of access: Internet.

WASOP, a qualitative methodology for waste minimization: systems thinking, HAZOP principles and nuclear waste

Purpose – The international nuclear community continues to face the challenge of managing both the legacy waste and the new wastes that emerge from ongoing energy production. The UK is in the early stages of proposing a new convention for its nuclear industry, that is: waste minimisation through closely managing the radioactive source which creates the waste. This paper proposes a new technique (called waste and source material operability study (WASOP)) to qualitatively analyse a complex, waste-producing system to minimise avoidable waste and thus increase the protection to the public and the environment. Design/methodology/approach – WASOP critically considers the systemic impact of up and downstream facilities on the minimisation of nuclear waste in a facility. Based on the principles of HAZOP, the technique structures managers' thinking on the impact of mal-operations in interlinking facilities in order to identify preventative actions to reduce the impact on waste production of those mal-operations.' Findings – WASOP was tested with a small group of experienced nuclear regulators and was found to support their qualitative examination of waste minimisation and help them to work towards developing a plan of action. Originality/value – Given the newness of this convention, the wider methodology in which WASOP sits is still in development. However, this paper communicates the latest thinking from nuclear regulators on decision-making methodology for supporting waste minimisation and is hoped to form part of future regulatory guidance. WASOP is believed to have widespread potential application to the minimisation of many other forms of waste, including that from other energy sectors and household/general waste.

Capacity Investment in Renewable and Conventional Energy Sources

This dissertation studies capacity investments in energy sources, with a focus on renewable technologies, such as solar and wind energy. We develop analytical models to provide insights for policymakers and use real data from the state of Texas to corroborate our findings.

We first take a strategic perspective and focus on electricity pricing policies. Specifically, we investigate the capacity investments of a utility firm in renewable and conventional energy sources under flat and peak pricing policies. We consider generation patterns and intermittency of solar and wind energy in relation to the electricity demand throughout a day. We find that flat pricing leads to a higher investment level for solar energy and it can still lead to more investments in wind energy if considerable amount of wind energy is generated throughout the day.

In the second essay, we complement the first one by focusing on the problem of matching supply with demand in every operating period (e.g., every five minutes) from the perspective of a utility firm. We study the interaction between renewable and conventional sources with different levels of operational flexibility, i.e., the possibility

of quickly ramping energy output up or down. We show that operational flexibility determines these interactions: renewable and inflexible sources (e.g., nuclear energy) are substitutes, whereas renewable and flexible sources (e.g., natural gas) are complements.

In the final essay, rather than the capacity investments of the utility firms, we focus on the capacity investments of households in rooftop solar panels. We investigate whether or not these investments may cause a utility death spiral effect, which is a vicious circle of increased solar adoption and higher electricity prices. We observe that the current rate-of-return regulation may lead to a death spiral for utility firms. We show that one way to reverse the spiral effect is to allow the utility firms to maximize their profits by determining electricity prices.

The role of nuclear physics in supernovae and the evolution of neutron stars, Neutrino Opacities, Equation of State, Transport Coefficients, and Dark Matter Production

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2016-08