[en] The research performed during this reporting period has resulted in (1) publication of two papers dealing with the optical model and with ¹⁸⁷Os(n,n') for astrophysics; (2) preparation and submission of two papers describing measurements of ^148149150Sm(n,γ) and ⁶⁰Ni(n,x) cross sections; (3) mesurement of the ¹⁸⁹Os(n,n') cross sections at energies of astrophysical interest; (4) measurement of the ¹⁸⁹Os(n,γ) cross sections over a range of energies pertinent to astrophysical interest; (5) extraction of the tantalum target from an ORELA target assembly and arranging shipment of the radioactive tantalum to Kernforschungszentrum, West Germany, in preparation for a measurement of the ¹⁷⁹Ta(n,γ) cross sections; and (6) acquistion of a smart terminal computer workstation. Preliminary results from our ¹⁸⁹Os measurements are consistent with the cross sections calculated using the same optical model reported by Hershberger et al. for ¹⁸⁷Os. Hence the effect of the first excited state in ¹⁸⁷Os on the use of the Re/Os beta decay as a stellar nucleosynthesis chronometer is very nearly as estimated by Woosley and Fowler. The duration of galactic nucleosynthesis is now estimated from the Re/Os chronmeter as approx. 11.3 byr. and the age of the universe as approx. 17 byr. 19 references