Energy systems and statistics, July--September 1977
- comp.
This report summarizes the statistical analysis and energy systems assessment activities of Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory (LASL) Group Q-12, Energy Systems and Statistics, during the last quarter of FY 1977, July--September. In the statistical analysis realm, water samples from the Anchorage area of Alaska were analyzed to learn if there were a treatment effect on the uranium results as determined by the fluorometric method. A new data base, OIL3, was created and analyzed for data verification within the lease, production, and revenue program support for the US Geological Survey. Development of Module B10 continued in support of the Geophysical Interpretive Aid System. Q-12 staff initiated interactions with Oak Ridge National Laboratory to schedule and plan the presentation of a short course on Bayesian reliability estimation. In addition, data from 27 impact tests on multihundred-watt radioisotope thermoelectric generators were analyzed to determine relationships between the test design variables and the failure types. The major emphasis of the analysis in the autopsy tissue program was altered during this quarter when Q-12 staff discovered that the time factor was a more important issue than originally believed. Time trends are now being uncovered. Statistical analyses of data relating to waste disposal problems and cervical cancer were also carried out during the quarter, as well as a theoretical study of the secondary structure of single-stranded nucleic acids. On the energy systems side, work forged ahead on such subjects as solar incentives and the National Energy Plan, energy boom towns, and the legal and institutional constraints on energy development, water issues in the West, the visibility issue, energy boom town models, energy storage systems, geothermal energy, and the costs of electronuclear fuel production.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 6668719
- Report Number(s):
- LA-7154-PR
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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