Practices for Protecting and Enhancing Fish and Wildlife on Coal Mined Land in the Uinta-Southwestern Utah Region

This handbook contains information on the best current practices to minimize disturbances and adverse impacts of surface mining on fish and wildlife resources. Current state and federal legislation was reviewed to determine those practices which were most compatible with the best technology currently available, fish and wildlife plans, and reclamation plans for the Uinta-Southwestern region of the U.S. The information presented includes risks, limitations, approximate costs, and maintenance and management requirements of each practice. Plans for the restoration of specific habitats, according to the best current practices, are also included

A Cultural Resource Survey of the Continental Shelf from Cape Hatteras to Key West: Final Report, Volume 2 -- Prehistoric Archaeology

This study is done in order to develop a model for the prediction of the occurrence of prehistoric archaeological sites on the now submerged Outer Continental Shelf of the South Atlantic coast of the United States. This volume is on prehistoric Archaeology

Tabulation of waste isolation computer models : technical report /

"August, 1981.""Distribution Category UC-70."Includes bibliographical references.Mode of access: Internet

Remote temperature inversion sensor /

Prepared for the U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration, Grand Junction Office, Colorado.Work performed under Bendix Field Engineering Corporation, Grand Junction Operations Subcontract No. 76-014-L, and Bendix Contract EY-76-C-13-1664, by Science Applications, Inc., La Jolla, Calif.Includes bibliographical references (page 37).Mode of access: Internet

The roles and functions of a lunar base Nuclear Technology Center

This paper describes the roles and functions of a special Nuclear Technology Center which is developed as an integral part of a permanent lunar base. Numerous contemporary studies clearly point out that nuclear energy technology will play a major role in any successful lunar/Mars initiative program and in the overall establishment of humanity's solar system civilization. The key role of nuclear energy in the providing power has been recognized. A Nuclear Technology Center developed as part of of a permanent lunar base can also help bring about many other nuclear technology applications, such as producing radioisotopes for self-illumination, food preservation, waste sterilization, and medical treatment; providing thermal energy for mining, materials processing and agricultural; and as a source of emergency habitat power. Designing such a center will involve the deployment, operation, servicing and waste product management and disposal of megawatt class reactor power plants. This challenge must be met with a minimum of direct human support at the facility. Furthermore, to support the timely, efficient integration of this Nuclear Technology Center in the evolving lunar base infrastructure, an analog of such a facility will be needed here on Earth. 12 refs., 4 figs., 1 tab

Demonstration and evaluation of "solid-state" photomultiplier tube for uranium exploration instrumentation : final report /

"April 1979."At head of title: National Uranium Resource Evaluation.Prepared for the U.S. Department of Energy Assistant Secretary for Resource Applications, Grand Junction Office, Colorado under Contract No. DE-AC13-76GJO1664 and Bendix Field Engineering Corporation Subcontract No. 78-084-L.Mode of access: Internet

Systems to prevent nuclear material from re-entering the biosphere

Nuclear systems are key to the success of many space missions as we have witness in the Apollo science packages, Viking Mars landers, and Pioneer and Voyager planetary exploration missions. There is always a concern that nuclear materials will re-enter the biosphere from a mission abort. In fact, this has happened for radioisotope and reactor power systems. Until now, the emphasize has been an incorporating on-board means to protect the biosphere. With possible increased use of nuclear power and propulsion systems in space, Project SIREN (Search, Intercept, Retrieve, Expulsion, Nuclear) has determined that external means can be used as a back up to current on-board systems to provide assured prevention of nuclear materials from re-entry once in space. The technology base to implement a SIREN vehicle has been assessed and a data base and mission analysis program prepared (called THOR) to evaluate various missions. The degree of hazard from existing nuclear power systems in space has been assessed and found to be significant