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Model to predict the radiological consequences of transportation of radioactive material through an urban environment

A model has been developed which predicts the radiological consequences of the transportation of radioactive material in and around urban environments. This discussion of the model includes discussion of the following general topics: health effects from radiation exposure, urban area characterization, computation of dose resulting from normal transportation, computation of dose resulting from vehicular accidents or sabotage, and preliminary results and conclusions.

Date: January 1, 1977

Creator: Taylor, J M; Daniel, S L; DuCharme, A R & Finley, N N

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Near term hybrid passenger vehicle development program. Phase I. Appendices A and B. Final report

In this report vehicle use patterns or missions are defined and studied. The three most promising missions were found to be: all-purpose city driving which has the maximum potential market penetration; commuting which requires mainly a two-passenger car; and family and civic business driving which have minimal range requirements. The mission selection process was based principally on an analysis of the travel patterns found in the Nationwide Transportation Survey and on the Los Angeles and Wash… more

Date: January 1, 1980

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Trends in atmospheric particulate concentrations at a location in the northeast United States. [Rural area near New York City]

Real-time measurements of total particulate concentrations have been made continuously during the past two years to provide aerometric background information for correlation with meteorological parameters. The measurements were made to determine short and long time variations, frequency distributions, episodical information, effects on solar radiation and spectral analysis to show important time histories in a rural area near the New York City metropolitan region. This study provides useful bac… more

Date: January 1, 1977

Creator: Brown, R.M. & Sethu Raman, S.

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Electricity cogeneration in urban areas

Some of the social and regulatory constraints to increased cogeneration of electricity and thermal energy are examined. Environmental regulations, taxation, and potential cost burdens on other utility customers are given particular attention. (MCW)

Date: November 1, 1979

Creator: Johnson, K.E.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Influence of civil defense on strategic countervalue fatalities

Two modeling studies were conducted to simulate the effect of fallout shelters on the outcome of a massive countervalue nuclear exchange between the Soviet Union and the United States. One was to determine the number of nuclear weapons required to mount an effective fallout attack against a country with dispersed population; the other was to determine the number of expected US fatalities resulting from a countervalue attack against US urban population centers. The results of these studies indic… more

Date: April 28, 1982

Creator: Harvey, T. F.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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District heating and cooling: a 28-city assessment

Findings of a project that assessed the potential for construction of district heating and cooling (DHC) systems in 28 US cities are presented. The project sought to determine whether DHC could promote local community and economic development. In the preliminary assessment, 17 of the cities identified up to 23 projects that could be built within three to five years. Most of these projects would rely on nonscarce heat sources such as refuse or geothermal energy, and to improve financial feasibil… more

Date: August 1, 1983

Creator: Meshenberg, M.J.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Solar energy hot water heating and electric utilities. A model validation. Final report

TRNSYS is a residential solar simulation program designed to provide detailed simulations of individual solar systems composed of almost any presently used residential solar technology. The model is described and a validation of the model is presented using a group of domestic solar hot water systems in the metropolitan Philadelphia area. The collection and reduction of the data used is discussed, and the TRNSYS modeling of the systems is presented. The model results are given and a sensitivity… more

Date: October 1, 1981

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Analysis of large urban fires

Fires in urban areas caused by a nuclear burst are analyzed as a first step towards determining their smoke-generation chacteristics, which may have grave implications for global-scale climatic consequences. A chain of events and their component processes which would follow a nuclear attack are described. A numerical code is currently being developed to calculate ultimately the smoke production rate for a given attack scenario. Available models for most of the processes are incorporated into th… more

Date: November 1, 1984

Creator: Kang, S. W.; Reitter, T. A. & Takata, A. N.

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Integrating environmental restoration management within DOE using an alternative identification and evaluation procedure: A methodology and a case history

The process of identifying and evaluating alternative corrective measures is a fundamental integrating part of Environmental Restoration (ER) activities. The process used in the Los Alamos National Laboratory (the Laboratory) ER Program is based on principles and tools from multiattribute decision analysis, a well-developed and proven method for evaluating options in decision situations involving multiple objectives, uncertainty, multiple interested stakeholders in the final decision, and the n… more

Date: January 1, 1992

Creator: Devaurs, M.; Brooks, D.; Kelly, E.; Wagner, S. & Vocke, R.

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Chemical analysis of sediment cores from the East Waterway (Everett, Washington). Final report

Chemical data for two sediment cores from the East Waterway of Everett, Washington, indicate that 20 to 30 cm of contaminated sediments are accumulating per year. The concentrations of several heavy metals (Pb, Hg and Cu), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and petroleum hydrocarbons increase with depth in the sediments suggesting contamination of this waterway has varied by as much as a factor of 10 during the last 5 years. 7 references, 9 figures, 12 tables.

Date: June 1, 1984

Creator: Crecelius, E. A.; Bloom, N. S. & Gurtisen, J. M.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Trenton ICES: demonstration of a grid-connected integrated community energy system. Phase II. Volumes 1 and 2. Preliminary design of ICES system and analysis of community ownership

Preliminary design and evaluation for the system has been carried out. The findings of this study are: (1) it is technically feasible, utilizing commercially available hardware; (2) under utility ownership and operation, it will not be economically competitive with conventional alternatives for heating and cooling buildings (analysis contained in companion report under separate cover); (3) under utility ownership and operation, no restrictions have been identified that would prevent the project… more

Date: March 22, 1978

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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[News Clip: Hazardous trains]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Date: June 6, 1980, 6:00 p.m.

Duration: 1 minute 45 seconds

Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Video

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

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Development of a data base on radon in US homes and applications. Final technical report

This research led to the development of the compilation of data on radon in homes which is included in this document. This research also contributed to the development of two papers analyzing the results. These are a case control study test and tests of the liner no-threshold theory for lung cancer induced by exposure to radon in residential buildings.

Date: December 31, 1991

Creator: Cohen, B. L.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Environmental overview of geothermal development: the Geysers-Calistoga KGRA. Volume 3. Noise

Noise from geothermal resource development at The Geysers-Calistoga Known Geothermal Resource Area (KGRA) will cause community annoyance unless noise-level standards are set and adhered to. Venting of steam is the loudest source of noise and can reach 100 to 125 dBA at 20 to 100 ft; most of the other noise sources fall below 100 dBA and are those usually associated with construction and industrial projects. Enough data exist for assessment and decision making, but it is scattered and must be co… more

Date: August 16, 1978

Creator: Leitner, P.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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US areal wind resource estimates considering environmental and land-use exclusions

In support of the US Department of Energy's National Energy Strategy initiative, estimates of the land area with various levels of wind energy resource have been developed for each state in the contiguous United States. The estimates are based on published wind resource data and account for the exclusion of some land owing to environmental of land-use considerations. These exclusions assume that 100% of the environmentally sensitive land and various percentages of land designated as urban, agri… more

Date: September 1, 1990

Creator: Elliott, D. L.; Wendell, L. L. & Gower, G. L.

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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A beginners guide for video production. [Prepared by the Energy Task Force of the Urban Consortium for Technology Initiatives]

The Seattle-King County Hazardous Waste Management Plan provides the framework for an intensive effort to keep Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) and Small Quantity Generator (SQG) wastes from entering the municipal solid and liquid waste streams. Many innovative programs for managing small sources of hazardous waste have been developed in response to the Plan. With the assistance of Urban Consortium grants, the City of Seattle has researched and developed a series of reports describing the planni… more

Date: November 1, 1991

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Land use impacts of rapid transit: implications of recent experience

This report reviews evidence of land-use impacts of recent major rapid-transit improvements and draws conclusions concerning the extent and nature of such impacts and the conditions under which they have occurred. Transit improvements studied are primarily post-World War II in origin. American and Canadian examples are stressed, although European experience is treated briefly. Virtually all major modern American and Canadian rapid-transit improvements are included, covering conventional rapid r… more

Date: December 1, 1977

Creator: Knight, Robert L. & Trygg, Lisa L.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Regional wind-field study in complex terrain during summer sea-breeze conditions

A regional-scale data base, consisting of wind and temperature data for June and July of 1977, was developed for the greater San Francisco Bay Area and eastward to the Central Valley. Continuous meteorological measurements were made in the area of a windy pass (Patterson Pass) 3 km east of Lawrence Livermore Laboratory. This area was chosen because of its complex terrain and importance as a downwind topographic feature affecting the dispersal of possible accidental atmospheric releases from the… more

Date: March 5, 1979

Creator: Porch, W. M.; Volker, P. A.; Peterson, K. R.; Weichel, R. L. & Sherman, C.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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SIMS three year study on statistics and environmental factors in health. Technical progress report No. 2

Progress is reported on a study of statistical methods for the correlation of environmental factors and health effects, with emphasis on the effects of air pollution. Statistical methods and models for describing the effects of the environment, measured in terms of pollution and weather variables on health, so far measured only in terms of respiratory diseases, are discussed. Plans for conducting a six-city pollution health study are also discussed. A list of publications during 1976 and 1977 i… more

Date: December 1, 1977

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Land use and environmental impacts of decentralized solar energy use

The physical, spatial and land-use impacts of decentralized solar technologies applied at the community level by the year 2000 are examined. The results of the study are intended to provide a basis for evaluating the way in which a shift toward reliance on decentralized energy technologies may eventually alter community form. Six land-use types representative of those found in most US cities are analyzed according to solar penetration levels identified in the maximum solar scenario for the year… more

Date: January 1, 1980

Creator: Twiss, R.H.; Smith, P.L.; Gatzke, A.E. & McCreary, S.T.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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The Woodlands Metro Center energy study. Case studies of project planning and design for energy conservation

Appendix II of The Woodlands Metro Center Energy Study near Houston consists of the following: Metro Center Program, Conventional Plan Building Prototypes and Detail Parcel Analysis, Energy Plan Building Prototypes, and Energy Plan Detail Parcel Analysis.

Date: March 1, 1980

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Energy planning with solar and conservation: individual values and community choice

Conflict among the priorities of individuals, private sector businesses, and government entities makes the transition to a renewable energy-resource base a difficult one. These conflicts are intensified by the overwhelming number of externalities created by the actions of each of these decision making groups. This paper explores the nature of some of these conflicts and externalities and gives an illustrative example of the benefits to be derived from community energy planning. Community energy… more

Date: January 1, 1979

Creator: Noll, S.A.; Roach, F. & Palmiter, L.

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Geothermal resource, engineering and economic feasibility study for the City of Ouray, Colorado. Final report

A geothermal energy feasibility study has been performed for the City of Ouray, Colorado, to determine the potential economic development opportunities to the City. The resource assessment indicates the resource to be associated with the Ouray fault zone, the Leadville limestone formation, the high thermal gradient in the area of the San Juan mountains, and the recharge from precipitation in the adjacent mountains. Four engineering designs of alternative sizes, costs, applications, and years of… more

Date: July 31, 1982

Creator: Meyer, R. T.; Raskin, R. & Zocholl, J. R.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Comparison of geothermal, solar, and conventional space heating costs in the United States

The costs of residential heating throughout the United States using conventional, solar, and geothermal energy were determined under current and projected conditions. These costs are very sensitive to location - being dependent on the local prices of conventional energy supplies, local solar insolation, climate, and the proximity and temperature of potential geothermal resources. Geothermal district heating systems will become economically feasible in most urban centers north of a line extendin… more

Date: January 1, 1980

Creator: Bloomster, C. H.; Price, B. A. & Fassbender, L. L.

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department