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![ORNL Review v25n3-4](/sites/default/files/Cover%20v25n3-4.jpg)
Vol. 25, No. 3, ( 1992)
ORNL: The First 50 Years- Foreword
- Preface
- Prologue
- Letter by Vice President Albert Gore, Jr.
- Chapter 1: Wartime Laboratory
- Atoms in Appalachia
- Revolving Door of Success
- ORNL and TVA
- Leslie R. Groves: Manhattan Project's Main Man
- Safety Margins
- The Silver Lining of the Calutrons
- Chapter 2: High-Flux Years
- Samuel Lind: Tennessee's Own
- Radioisotopes and Health
- Alexander Hollaender: A Radiant Biologist
- Karl Z. Morgan: Man on a Mission
- Ernest Wollan: Badge of Solid Distinction
- Promethium Unbound: A New Element
- From Installation Dog to Katy's Kitchen
- Chapter 3: Accelerating Projects
- Dr. Alvin Weinberg: Mr. ORNL
- Democratic Responsibility
- Small Science in a Big Laboratory
- Clarence Larson: The Right Chemistry
- P. R. Bell: Scanning the Future
- Radiation Effects in Materials: Cultivated in Oak Ridge
- The Russells: A Family Affair
- Rickover: Setting the Nuclear Navy's Course
- Chapter 4: Olympian Feats
- VIPs at the ORR
- 1955 Geneva Conference
- Crossing the Swords
- Ellison Taylor: Player-Coach of Chemistry
- Chapter 5: Balancing Act
- Smoking Out the Facts
- In the Nation's Defense
- Neutrons and JFK
- Laboratory's Collective Strength
- Chapter 6: Responding to Social Needs
- Earth Day 1970
- Nuclear Physics Research: Little Things Mean a Lot
- Y Not Swans?
- ORNL and Nuclear Criticality Safety: From Standards to Software
- Structure and Soundness
- The ECCS Hearings
- Environmental Impact Assessments
- Floyd Culler: Directed with His Boots On
- Chapter 7: Energy Technologies
- Director Herman Postma
- Skyjack '72
- Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
- The Carter Visit
- Oak Ridge's Environmental Park
- Chapter 8: Diversity and Sharing
- Ion Implantation of Materials
- Raising the Quality of Roof Research
- Quest for Fail-Safe Reactors
- Neutron Scattering Research: Born in Oak Ridge
- The States of the Laboratory
- Chapter 9: Global Outreach
- Alex Zucker: From Cyclotrons to Central Administration
- Ceramics and Energy: It's a Materials World
- Director Alvin Trivelpiece
- President Zachary Taylor and the Laboratory: Presidential Visit from the Grave
- Industrial-Strength Science
- The Bush Visit: Molding the Future
- Epilogue
- Additional Reading
- ORNL Technologies Licensed Since 1985 to Private Companies by Energy Systems
- ORNL Technologies Used in Cooperative Research and Development Agreements
- R&D 100 Awards to ORNL Researchers
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Vol. 25, No. 2, ( 1992)
Thin Films for Advanced Batteries- State of the Laboratory—1991: Strengthening R&D
- An Eye on Reactor and Computer Control
- Seeking Order in Chaos
- Thin Films for Advanced Batteries
- Waste R&D at ORNL
- New Waste Technologies
- License Renewal for Nuclear Power Plants
- Pick a Number
- Awards and Appointments
- User Facilities: Surface Modification and Characterization Collaborative Research Center
- Educational Activities: ORNL-ORAU partnership in education
- R&D Updates
- Technical Highlights
![ORNL Review v25n1](/sites/default/files/Cover%20v25n1.jpg)
Vol. 25, No. 1, ( 1992)
Probing Life's Building Blocks- Walker Branch Watershed: DOE's Canary in a Cage
- Technology for the Future Battlefield
- New Technologies for DNA Sequencing
- Covering All the Bases: ORNL Probes the Human Genome Jim Pearce
- ORNL as a Supercomputer Research Center
- Paving the Way to Superconcrete
- A New Look at Supercritical Water
- Small Mammals as Environmental Monitors
- Awards and Appointments
- Pick a Number—Joseph Fourier and his heat flux law
- User Facilities-A new mission for Holifield Heavy Ion Research Facility
- Educational Activities—New training opportunities for students and university faculty
- R&D Updates—Bulk Shielding Reactor permanently shut down; C02 claim disputed by ORNL model; studies of Brazil's rain forest; ORNL's corrective action plan approved; report on advantages of demand-side management; cold neutron source for Advanced Neutron Source promising
- Technical Highlights—Fuzzy-logic chip for controlling robot; studies of vegetation regrowth at Mt. St. Helens; global chemical pollution; space conditions simulated at ORNL
- Technology Transfer—CRADA signing at ORNL witnessed by President Bush; new microwave furnace developed; CRADA involving ORNL, UT, and Dow Chemical; Optics MODIL CRADA; licenses for check valve technology and Raman spectral library
![ORNL Review v24n3-4](/sites/default/files/Cover%20v24n3-4.jpg)
Vol. 24, No. 3, ( 1991)
Molecular Marriages for Improved Chemical Separations- Molecular Marriages for Improved Chemical Separations
- Chasing Electrons in Gases and Liquids
- Diamond Films Are (Almost) Forever
- Energy Strategies for a Greenhouse Future
- Sensors for Health and Safety
- New Light on Measuring Temperatures
- Awards and Appointments
- Pick a Number
- Educational Activities Waste minimization problem solved by college students
- R&D Updates—Media attention given to ORNL's search for arsenic in Zachary Taylor's remains
- Technical Highlights—Three ORNL R&D 100 Award winners; new technology to evaluate chemical-protection suits; digital recorder made portable by new chip; nonfusion applications for ORNL's pellet propulsion technology; ecological effects of 1988 fire on Yellowstone National Park studied by ORNL researchers
- Technology Transfer—Eleven CRADAs signed in a year; how ORNL transferred advanced controls technology to the nuclear power industry; a successful consortium
- Index of Review Articles (1984-1991)
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Vol. 24, No. 2, ( 1991)
State of the Laboratory- State of the Laboratory—1990
- Farewell to Herman Postma
- Single Crystals for Welding Research
- Science Alliance: A Vital ORNL-UT Partnership
- Profiles of ORNL-UT Distinguished Scientists
- The Partnership's Early Years
- ORNL-UT Interactions Outside the Science Alliance
- Awards and Appointments
- Pick a Number—Origin of weather prediction models
- User Facilities—Neutron-scattering users and students back at the HFIR
- R&D Updates—New Mathematical Sciences Building at ORNL; fresh lava deposit on ocean floor observed by ORNL divers; Center for Risk Management established
- Technical Highlights--Demonstration of in situ vitrification to seal up ORNL wastes; electricity from a spinach-platinum system; hollow atom mysteries probed
- Technology Transfer—Two CRADAs signed by state of Tennessee and Energy Systems; radiation monitoring and respirator software licensed
![ORNL Review v24n1](/sites/default/files/Cover%20v24n1.jpg)
Vol. 24, No. 1, ( 1991)
Hurdling the Barriers- ORNL's High-Temperature Superconductivity Pilot Center
- Superconductivity Research Successes
- The Superconducting Motor
- Waste Site Remediation: Are We Doing It Right?
- "No Option Would Satisfy Everyone"
- Enzymes for Extracting Energy from Trash
- Awards and Appointments
- Pick a Number—New math columnist for the Review
- Educational Activities—ORNL participants in WATTec's Science in Action program
- R&D Updates—Gordon Bell Prize for scientific computing to ORNL; A-E firm for ANS chosen; the HPRR closed; global change data book published; changes in ORNL's work for the SSC
- Technical Highlights—Female-specific mutagens discovered at ORNL; viewing DNA features with near-atomic resolution using X-ray analysis and crystals made of chicken blood
- Technology Transfer—SERS continuous monitoring technology licensed to GAMMA-METRICS; ORNL involved in first DOE CRADA; new class patent waiver in DOE-Energy Systems contract
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Vol. 21, No. 4, ( 1988)
Waste Management and Remedial Action- A New Way of Doing Business: An Interview with Tom Row
- The DOE Model
- The Energy Systems Approach
- Improving Waste Management Operations
- Waste Management Technology Center
- The Hazardous Waste Technology Program
- PCB-Eating Microbes
- Radioactive Waste Management R&D
- Grouts Solve Disposal Problems
- ORNL's New Environmental Projects
- Remedial Actions for ORNL's Environment
- QA in Waste Management
- Loss of Coolant: ORNL's Role in a Key Reactor Safety Experiment
- Awards and Appointments
- Books. ORNL researcher's book discusses the economics of recycling plastic waste
- R&D Updates. Roof Research Center dedicated; leaking Georgia cesium capsules probed
- Take a Number
- Technical Highlights. Two 1988 R&D 100 Awards for Oak Ridge; new ORELA positron source operating
- Technology Transfer. Triple-effect absorption chiller and diagnostic device licensed
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Vol. 21, No. 3, ( 1988)
Supercomputers in Scientific Research- Supercomputers in Scientific Research
- Energy for Development: ORNL Returns to the Third World
- Designer Steels for Advanced Energy Applications
- New DNA Stain Aids Cell Studies
- Take a Number
- Awards and Appointments
- Books. Chaos, by James Gleick, reviewed by Woody Gove
- R&D Updates. Alvin Trivelpiece: ORNL's new director; two HHIRF devices operating; tritium pellet injector for fusion demonstrated; DOE Superconductivity Pilot Center located at ORNL
- Technical Highlights. Hood River Conservation Project an energy-saving success; decline in tree growth linked to aluminum "freed" from soil by acid rain
- Technology Transfer. Valley-Todeco licensed to make aircraft fasteners from ORNL alloy; metallamics to manufacture nickel aluminide products
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Vol. 21, No. 2, ( 1988)
State of the Laboratory- State of the Laboratory: "Gee Whiz". Ceramics strengthened by microwaves, superconducting films, a computer program featuring a "bug" that learns, a microbe that destroys PCBs in soil, a laser having a tuning range 2000 times greater than its commercial counterpart, an energy-efficient liquid separation system, and chemically produced whiskers that strengthen ceramics are "gee whiz" achievements in 1987. In his final State of the Laboratory address as ORNL director, Herman Postma challenges the staff to set new directions and learn from past mistakes.
- Susan Whatley: From Fast Track to Slow Boat. Impelled by economic necessity and an enthusiasm for learning, Susan Whatley rose from secretary to engineer to manager to professional society president in a short time. Now retired, she and her husband are sailing around the world. Accompanying articles tell about ORNL's mentoring program and progress in affirmative action.
- Imaging the World's Longest Dinosaur. An ORNL acoustic technique for imaging underground features has determined the precise positions of buried bones of the longest dinosaur ever discovered and should help guide and hasten the excavation of this Seismosaurus.
- Awards and Appointments
- Take a Number
- Books. The Making of the Atomic Bomb is reviewed. Recent books authored or edited by ORNL staff members are listed.
- Technical Highlights. HFIR shutdown stops production of californium-252. A robot-like manipulator for NASA is being built at ORNL.
- R&D Updates. The HTML wins an award from Research & Development. Tumulus disposal of low-level wastes has been demonstrated.
- Technology Transfer. An ORNL surveying system has been licensed to Chemrad Corporation. 1987 patentees from ORNL are listed.
![ORNL Review v21n1](/sites/default/files/Cover%20v21n1.jpg)
Vol. 21, No. 1, ( 1988)
Transferring ORNL Technology- Toward a "Technological Commons"
- A New Licensing Approach
- Industrial R&D Consortia
- Local ORNL Spin-off Companies
- Designing Chips by Computer. ORNL is custom designing microchips for specific uses, such as tracking the migration of killer bees, due in the United States by next year.
- Images of the Heart. New developments from ORNL's Nuclear Medicine Group will improve diagnosis and treatment of heart diseases and aid in cancer detection.
- "We Have the Best People Around": Interview with Associate Director Robert Merriman. Bob Merriman discusses his new job, nuclear power, ORNL's environmental problems, robotics, SDI research, and AVLIS for uranium enrichment.
- Microwave Processing of Ceramics: An Interdisciplinary Approach. High-frequency microwaves may be used to strengthen large, already-formed ceramic parts having complex shapes.
- Take a Number
- Awards and Appointments
- Books. Controlling Technology: Ethics and the Responsible Engineer is reviewed.
- R&D Updates. Athens Automation and Control Experiment proves successful; impact statement completed on disposal of chemical weapons; the Advanced Toroidal Facility achieves its first plasma
- Technology Transfer. U.S. steelmaker acquires rights for use of ORNL alloy.