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Show of the burner, housing staff* and facility modifications. Proposals will be reviewed by the GRIlSandia management team and their advisory group. Once a proposal is accepted, the user will work with Sandia and EER to finalize plans for the test and coordinate facility modifications and burner installations. The initial test plan outline, if not included in the proposal, will be put together by the user and the Sandia and EER staff and must be completed four months prior to the start of the test. This test plan will be reviewed by the management team and advisory group and the final test plan will be completed two months prior to the start of testing. All hardware must be at Sandia one month prior to the start of testing. Because of the high demand for use of the facility, we need to maintain a tight schedule. If any of the above deadlines are not met by the user, the test may be postponed until the next available slot. 2.3 Sandia Orientation Upon arrival at Sandia at the beginning of a test, visitors who will be on site during the test will be issued a picture badge that allows them unescorted access to the facility. To get this badge, users must complete a visitor access form at least one month prior to their visit and bring a picture ID on the day they arrive. Foreign visitors must bring their passport and return the visitor access form up to three months prior to their visit, depending on their country of origin. After badging, visitors will be given a tour of the Combustion Research Facility and an laboratory orientation briefing. Visitors will also attend a half day safety briefing and may be required to take some minor medical tests during their first few weeks on site. If laser-based diagnostics are to be used during the test, visitors must view a 15 minute laser safety video and have an eye examination. 2.4 Dissemination of Work I Protection of Proprietary Information Because the construction and operation of BERL is partially paid for by the Department of Energy, all information generated in the facility must eventually become public. This does not mean that proprietary information about a burner need be divulged, only information generated at BERL. The Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) between Sandia and GRI that outlines each parties rights and responsibilities, states that generated information can be protected for up to three years# upon agreement by all parties. The timing and format of the release of information will be negotiated before the test begins, documented in a memorandum of understanding and, depending the test results, can be renegotiated. This letter should also address the nature and extent of the information about the burner to be divulged as part of reports, presentations, publications and lab tours. The user must, at minimum, write a report on the results of the test for GRI and Sandia. GRI and Sandia retain the right to separately publish and/or present any of the information gathered during a test unless established in the memorandum of understanding. * An engineer who is intimately famliar with the design of the burner must be on site during the test series. This facilitates the test in that the engineer can evaluate the data as it is being taken and alter the course of test to provide optimal results. # However, if the user wishes the information be held confidential indefinitely, the user must pay all costs of the operation of the facility. This agreement must be made before any tests begin. -6- |