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The United States of America as Represented by the Department of Energy

Charles Leroy Williams

Douglas William Akers

Lyle Gene Roybal

Eddy Arnold Williams

Hopi Salomon

Gary M Vezzoso

A loading and transport device for all terrain vehicles. The loading and transport device loads two ATVs into a pickup bed by the use of a folding track that folds into an A frame shape by use of a jack. The ATVs are attached to the frame, and are transported in a generally vertical position. Loading involves unfolding the ATV racks, one of which reaches the ground. A winch is used to pull ATVs from the ground onto the ATV racks, and to lower them to the ground again.

ATV transport device

An apparatus and method relating to screening radioactive waste are disclosed for ensuring that at least one calculated parameter for the measurement data of a sample falls within a range between an upper limit and a lower limit prior to the sample being packaged for disposal. The apparatus includes a radiation detector configured for detecting radioactivity and radionuclide content of the of the sample of radioactive waste and generating measurement data in response thereto, and a collimator including at least one aperture to direct a field of view of the radiation detector. The method includes measuring a radioactive content of a sample, and calculating one or more parameters from the radioactive content of the sample.

Apparatus and method for radioactive waste screening

A steam system is disclosed having a steam boiler (14) designed to produce an adjustable supply of boiler steam and a steam accumulator (12) designed to supply all of the steam to steam load (66) as opposed to functioning as an auxiliary source to boiler (14). Steam accumulator (12) is a pressure vessel designed to function as a wet steam accumulator and sized to provide large quantities of steam in short bursts for a predetermined period of time to a sustained cyclic steam load (66) for a period of time sufficient to compensate for the time delays necessary to adjust the boiler steam produciton rate to equal changes in the average of the cyclic demand load. Accumulator (12) is formed of a pressurized vessel having a plurality of tubes (54) therein which are designed to have a sufficient heat transfer surface to transfer the majority of energy from boiler steam to the heated accumulator water (67) through conduction of heat through the tube heat transfer surfaces so that the majority of the boiler steam is actually condensed prior to being discharged into the heated accumulator water (67).

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Pocatello, ID, United States of America

Charles Leroy Williams