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• Dissemination of Criminal Justice Information, Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Constitutional Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-Third Congress, Second Session, July 26, August 2, September 26, October 11, 1973; February 26, 28, March 5, 28, and April 3, 1974

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  These are the July 26, August 2, September 26, October 11, 1973; February 26, 28, March 5, 28, and April 3, 1974 hearings on "Dissemination of Criminal Justice Information," held before the House Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Constitutional Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary. From the Opening Statement of Don Edwards: "This morning we begin hearings to amend title 28 of the United States Code to provide for the dissemination and use of criminal arrest records in a manner that insures their security and privacy. Of particular interest to us are the civil rights aspects and problems related to the collection and maintenance of raw arrest records." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Robert T. Andrews, Wason G. Campbell, David O. Cooke, O.J. Hawkins, Clarence M. Kelley, Nancy LeBlanc, Joseph J. Liebling, Anthony K. Mondello, Pierce Myers, Aryeh Neier, Bernard J. O'Donnell, John Pemberton, Arnold R. Rosenfeld, William B. Saxbe, Allen W. Sill, Fletcher D. Thompson, Richard Velde, Paul Wormeli, and Barry Zanoff.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  1975
• Indian Child Welfare Program, Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Indian Affairs of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-Third Congress, Second Session, April 8 and 9, 1974

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  These are the April 8 and 9, 1974 hearings on the "Indian Child Welfare Program," held before the Subcommittee on Indian Affairs of the U.S. Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. From the opening statement of James Abourezk: "We have called these hearings today to begin to define the specific problems that American Indian families face in raising their children and how these problems are affected by Federal action or inaction. Many Americans and the Congress are becoming more aware of the difficulties Indian communities face in a broad range of areas: Health, education, land and water rights, economic development, among others. But there are few who are knowledgeable about the difficulties American Indians face in a matter of vital concern to them; namely the welfare of their children and their families." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Robert Bergman, George Goldstein, Jere Brennan, William Byler, Leon F. Cook, Cheryl DeCoteau, Alex Fournier, Bertram Hirsch, Roger R. Jim, Sr., Mary Ann Lawrence, Richard Lone Dog, Carl Mindell, Alan Gurwitt, Mel Sampson, James H. Shore, Margaret Townsend, Joseph Westermeyer, William Blackwell, Thomas Peacock, Evelyn Blanchard, Raymond Butler, Mike Chosa, Victoria Gokee, Carl Hammerschlag, Betty Jack, Robert E. Lewis, Esther Mays, Ramona Osborne, Ben Rowland, Freda Moore, and Mel Tonasket.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  1975
• Indian Law Enforcement Improvement Act of 1975 (Part 1), Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Indian Affairs of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-Fourth Congress, First Session, December 3 and 4, 1975

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  These are the December 3 and 4, 1975 hearings on the "Indian Law Enforcement Improvement Act of 1975," held before the Subcommittee on Indian Affairs of the U.S. Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. From the opening statement of James Abourezk: "This is an open public hearing to receive the views of witnesses from the Indian community on general jurisdictional issues and problems and S. 2010, the Indian Law Enforcement Improvement Act of 1975. I know of no other problems in the Indian field today that are as complex and difficult to resolve as those found in the area of jurisdictional concern in Indian country. Contributing to this dilemma is the tangle of overlapping or mutually exclusive jurisdictions--Federal, State and tribal--which govern law enforcement in Indian country." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Odric Baker, Ed Cline, Lucy Covington, Joe DeLaCruz, Roger Jim, Lewis LaRose, Max Mazzetti, Mel Tonasket, Joseph Ansera, Benny Atencio, Wendell Chino, Wayne Ducheneaux, Roland Johnson, Ernest Lovato, Frank Tenorio, and Bruce Townsend.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  1975
• Reduction in Force in the BIA, Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Indian Affairs of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-Third Congress, Second Session, August 23, 1974

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  This is the August 23, 1974 hearing on "Reduction in Force in the BIA [Bureau of Indian Affairs]," held before the Subcommittee on Indian Affairs of the U.S. Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. From the opening statement of James Abourezk: "This is an open public hearing before the Subcommittee on Indian Affairs exercising its constitutional oversight function to determine if the Bureau of Indian Affairs is properly carrying out the law. The specific purpose of our inquiry today is to examine the reorganization plan that the Bureau has been in the process of implementing for nearly 2 years and a reduction in force action which apparently finalizes that reorganization. [...] At a hearing in Denver, Colo., last September this committee heard from over 30 witnesses who were tribal leaders and other Indians familiar with the Bureau structure. These witnesses unanimously condemned the reorganization as an attempt by the old-line bureacracy in the BIA to destroy the opportunity tribes had to be heard in the decisionmaking process." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Ray Butler, Peter Dexter, Eva Sieben, Larry Shortman, James Robinson, George Scott, Ruth Chess, Ramona Osborne, Harris D. Sherman and Charles Trimble.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  1975
• Abandonment Disaster Demonstration Relief Act of 1975, Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affairs of the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-Fourth Congress, First Session, August 28 and 29, 1975

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  These are the August 28 and 29, 1975 hearings on "Abandonment Disaster Demonstration Relief Act of 1975," held before the Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affairs of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. From the opening statement of Alan Cranston: "Housing abandonment is still a major menacing housing problem in our urban cities. Housing abandonment is a problem of poor people concentrated in overcrowded, unsafe, and unsanitary housing units, of streets scarred by vandalism and fire, of neighborhoods shunned by businesses and investors, of cities with dying central cores. Housing abandonment is creating housing, crime, health, and tax crises in many of the Nation's cities." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: John Reading, John B. Williams, Fred Cooper, John Sutter, Fran Matarrese, Richard Ilgin, Bard Saladin, Marjorie Evans, James Price, Frederick Craig, Gene Jarnagin, Henry Cohn, Gary Schmidt, Gordon Wile, Doris Davis, Michael Salzman, Joseph Korpsak, Henry B. Dotson, Ralph Fertig, Herman Rappaport, Richard Crissmark, Cary Lowe, Ellen Kastel, Frederick Case, Frank Mittelbach, John Clapp, Jonathan Lehrer-Graiwer, and Valarie Pope.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  1975
• Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Assistance to the Republic of South Vietnam for Fiscal Year 1975, Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Ninety-Fourth Congress, First Session

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  These are the "Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Assistance to the Republic of South Vietnam for Fiscal Year 1975" hearings before the House Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations. From the opening statement of George H. Mahon: "As a result of the action of Congress last year there is now an unfunded authorization for economic aid to South Vietnam in the sum of $170 million, and an unfunded authorization of military aid to South Vietnam in the sum of $300 million. The House Committee on Appropriations and the Congress itself has the responsibility of deciding what, if anything, to do about the funding of these authorizations." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Henry A. Kissinger, Robert McCloskey, Philip C. Habib, Daniel Parker, Frederick E. Weyand, and Erich Von Marbod.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  1975
• Fire Management (Vol.36 No.3)

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  This is the Summer 1975 edition (Volume 36, No.3) of Fire Management, a quarterly periodical devoted to the technique of forest fire control, produced by the U.S. Forest Service.

  United States. Forest Service

  1975
• Fire Management (Vol.36 No.2)

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  This is the Spring 1975 edition (Volume 36, No.2) of Fire Management, a quarterly periodical devoted to the technique of forest fire control, produced by the U.S. Forest Service.

  United States. Forest Service

  1975
• Fire Management (Vol.36 No.4)

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  This is the Fall 1975 edition (Volume 36, No.4) of Fire Management, a quarterly periodical devoted to the technique of forest fire control, produced by the U.S. Forest Service.

  United States. Forest Service

  1975
• Indian Housing, [Part 1], Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Indian Affairs of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-Fourth Congress, First Session, May 1, 1975

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  This is the May 1, 1975 hearing on "Indian Housing," held before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Indian Affairs of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. From the Opening Statement of James Abourezk: "The purpose of the hearing this morning is to receive testimony from those agencies whose responsibility it is to provide Indian people with decent housing. Similarly, the subcommittee has asked representatives of various national tribal organizations as well as several nonprofit groups who are experienced in Indian housing programs to present testimony here today regarding Indian housing in the United States. As I stated in my letter of invitation, I am particularly interested in obtaining for the record: (1) an assessment of the Indian housing need; (2) a discussion of the various agency and private market efforts to meet this need; (3) a determination of the factors which serve to make Indian housing among the worst, if not the worst, in the United States; and (4) an analysis of possible policy alternatives or suggestions for improving the Indian housing delivery system." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: James Abourezk, Joseph Burstein, Gordon Cavanaugh, Ronald Froman, Joseph R. Hanson, Stuart James, Emery A. Johnson, Iliff McKay, Pail Reilly, George Rucker, Morris Thompson, and John Tiger.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  1975
• Executive Order 11822: Designation of Certain Officers to Act as Secretary of the Treasury

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  "By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 3347 of title 5 and section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows: Section 1. During any period when, by reason of absence, disability, or vacancy in office, either the Secretary of the Treasury or his Deputy Secretary is not available to exercise the powers or perform the duties of the office of Secretary, an officer from the Department of the Treasury appointed by the President--by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, in such order as the Secretary of the Treasury may from time to time prescribe--shall act as Secretary until the absence or the disability of the incumbent shall cease, or until a successor is appointed. If no such order of succession is in effect at that time, then such officers shall act as Secretary in the descending order of rank, as established by their offices being listed in sections 5314, 5315 or 5316 of title 5 of the United States Code and, at each level of the Executive Schedule, in the order which they shall have taken the oath as such officers. Sec. 2. Executive Order No. 11680 of August 21, 1972, entitled 'Designation of Certain Officers to Act as Secretary of the Treasury' is hereby revoked."

  United States. Office of the Federal Register

  Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006

  1974-12-10
• National Security Decision Memorandum 281: Ratification of the Geneva Protocol of 1925 on Gas War

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  In National Security Decision Memorandum (NSDM) 281, President Ford "has reviewed the report of December 6 submitted by the director of the arms Control and Disarmament Agency, pursuant to NSDM 279. He has approved the report and authorizes the Director to state before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that: (1) the formulation of U.S. policy toward tear gas and herbicides incorporated in the report is the Presidents position, (2) it is the President's intention to conform U.S. policy accordingly, assuming the Senate consents to ratification on this basis, and (3) the President continues to urge advice and consent to ratification of the Biological Warfare Convention. The President also approves the notification of appropriate allied government of the Administration's position on the Protocol prior to the appearance of the Director before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee."

  United States. White House Office

  1974-12-09
• NSC Under Secretaries Committee: US Nuclear Non-Proliferation Policy

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  "NSSM 202 directed a review of present U.S. policy concerning non-proliferation and the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in light of the Indian nuclear test. A recently updated NSSM [National Security Study Memoranda] 156 study is a companion paper that focuses on the specific options open to us in dealing with India. The policy decisions in NSDM [Naitonal Security Decision Making] 255 concerning consultations regarding multilateral supplier controls over transfers of nuclear materials, technology, and equipment, have been taken into account in this review.

  United States. Department of State

  1974-12-04
• Cost-Effective Housing Systems for Disaster Relief: Cost-Effective Analysis of Pre-Selected Housing Systems; Volume 5

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  "This Task Report presents the approach and results of the cost-effectiveness analysis of 13 temporary housing systems pre-selected in Task I-B-2 (Volume 4) [Cost-Effective Housing Systems for Disaster Relief: Evaluation of Applicable Housing Systems Technology (Volume 4)]. The preceding analysis in Task I identified potentially applicable technology by surveying the entire range of currently available housing systems and screening out of those products that did not meet a set of first-level criteria. Systems passing the test of this broad and mainly qualitative analysis were pre-selected for quantitative analysis in this Task. The 'cost per family assisted' for a given housing system was determined to be the best measure for comparing cost-effectiveness. It is defined as the cumulative average cost incurred by the government over the average useful life of a given housing unit divided by the cumulative number of families who used that unit."

  United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Office of Policy Development and Research

  Abeles Schwartz Associates; Beyer Blinder Belle, Architects & Planners

  1974-12
• Illegal Law Enforcement: Aiding Civil Authorities in Violation of the Posse Comitatus Act

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  "This article will focus on the aid given local law enforcement authorities where such assistance is provided without the approval or knowledge of the President. Among the continuing questions which this article will address are whether commanders below the departmental level have any authority to aid in civil law enforcement; what guidance the military departments have given subordinate commanders; whether commanders are properly exercising whatever authority they possess; and what the potential consequences for abuses of authority are. The Posse Comitatus Act provides ample reason for military commanders to prohibit their subordinates from performing civil law enforcement missions. At the same time the press has been questioning whether commanders diligently comply with the dictates of the Act, the courts have been issuing warnings to the military establishment."

  United States. Department of the Army

  Meeks, Clarence I., III

  1975
• National Security Decision Memorandum 279: Geneva Protocol of 1925 and Riot Control Agents and Chemical Herbicides

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  In National Security Decision Memorandum (NSDM) 279, President Ford "has reviewed the interagency report on the riot control agents and chemical herbicides issues and the Geneva Protocol of 1925 and associated agency views. The President considers it important that the United States ratify the Geneva Protocol. The President is therefore prepared, in reaffirming the current U.S. understanding of the scope of the Protocol, to renounce as a matter of national policy (1) first use of herbicide in war except use, under regulations applicable to either domestic use, for control of vegetation within U.S. bases and installations or around their immediate defensive perimeters, and (2) first use of riot control agents as an offensive weapon of war to facilitate or increase casualties.

  United States. White House Office

  1974-11-02
• Briefing Book: Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974

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  This briefing book describes the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974, which was designed "to reduce losses of life and property through better fire prevention and control, and for other purposes". Contents include: President's Signing Statement; Memorandum, OMB [Office of Management and Budget] to the President (Summarizes issues concerning Act, and forwards Signing Statement reiterating objections to HEW related provisions); Letter Bakke to Ash (Summarizes Act, as well as our concerns about organization and management thereunder, and urges enactment); Congressional Record for October 9, 1974 which Includes HEW [Health, Education, and Welfare] letters detailing their objections, explanation of Conference Committee actions, and record of vote; and sample questions and answers.

  National Fire Academy

  1974-10-29
• National Security Decision Memorandum 276: FY 1975-1976 Nuclear Weapons Stockpile

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  In National Security Decision Memorandum (NSDM) 276, President Ford approves "the proposed nuclear weapons stockpile for FY 1975-1977 submitted by the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Atomic Energy Committee (AEC) on August 27, 1974. Specifically, the President approves: -- A total adjusted stockpile of [censored] nuclear warheads for the end of FY 1975 and [censored] nuclear warheads for the end of FY 1976. -- A total stockpile of [censored] nuclear warheads for the end of FY 1977, and associated planned production of [censored] nuclear warheads and planned retirement of [censored] nuclear warheads during FY 1977.

  United States. White House Office

  1974-10-15
• Safety Analysis Report for Livermore Pool Type Reactor

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  "This Safety Analysis Report [SAR] has been prepared to provide a comprehensive review of those considerations involving the Livermore Pool Type Reactor that could bear on the safety of the general public, personnel working at the Lawrence Livermore [LLL] site, and parsons working within this facility. The report describes the facility, presents the design bases and the limits on its operation, and presents a safety analysis of the structure, systems and components, the reactor core, reactor coolant system, instrumentation and control systems, electrical systems, containment systems, other engineered safety features, auxiliary and emergency systems, and of the system as a whole. Specialists representing a number of different disciplines from LLL were consulted and have contributed to the preparation of this SAR. Special studies, analyses, and operational procedures that bear on this report and were prepared as separate documents are included as appendices. This analysis shows that the design and operation of the facility presents no undue hazard to the general public or employees and will have no adverse effect on the general environment."

  Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  1974-09-19
• Storm Tide Frequency Analysis for the Coast of Georgia

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  From the abstract: "Storm tide height frequency distributions are developed on the Georgia coast for the National Flood Insurance Program by computing storm tides from a full set of climatologically representative hurricanes, using the National Weather Service hydrodynamic storm surge model. Tide levels are shown in coastal profile between annual frequencies of 0.10 to 0.002. This report is intended for use in estimating actuarial risk to buildings from coastal floods and in land use management."

  United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; United States. Department of Commerce; United States. National Weather Service

  Ho, Francis P.

  1974-09
• Cost-Effective Housing Systems for Disaster Relief: Evaluation of Applicable Housing Systems Technology; Volume 4

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  This report examines the entire spectrum of lightweight industrialized housing systems and selected subsystems and evaluates them as temporary accommodations for disaster relief. The purpose of the report is to isolate potentially applicable housing systems and, through a process of pre-selection, identify a limited number of systems that can be rigorously analyzed for cost-effectiveness in Task II. [...] The framework for evaluating housing systems emerged from the cooperation of interested manufacturers and the application of specific criteria proposed by HUD [U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development]. Systems are classified by their usefulness for temporary housing or permanent housing. Although typical systems produced by the manufactured housing industry are not suitable for temporary shelter, they were analyzed for use in a new form of housing assistance: the Fast Delivery Permanent Home. This approach is proposed to offer displace families, as an alternative to temporary housing assistance, the option of effective assistance for moving into and new, permanent home in the shortest possible time.

  United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Office of Policy Development and Research

  Abeles Schwartz Associates; Beyer Blinder Belle, Architects & Planners

  1974-09
• On-Site Assistance: A Guide for Surveying, Developing, and Maintaining Community Disaster Readiness

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  "This revised guidance is issued for all involved in DCPA-sponsored On-Site Assistance (OSA), and provides instructions concerning procedures to be followed in conducting OSA projects for local jurisdictions. It reflects experience since the original publication in May 1972 and contains the substance of subsequent guidance issued by various means. The importance of the use of DCPA Standards for Local Civil Preparedness in OSA is also emphasized. The appended material (in a separate document, MP-63-l) furnishes examples of OSA documents and procedures, such as preliminary hazard analysis format; detailed survey questions; and sample action plans and checklists to aid in the OSA process. The first task in OSA is to ascertain: 'What is the real status of local emergency operational readiness?' This question can be answered by measuring the 'success' communities have had in responding to actual disasters, or by investigating the situation by surveying and evaluating local emergency operational readiness on an individual on-site basis. Once it is fully understood what actual capabilities currently exist, then measures can be taken either to develop operational capabilities where deficiencies exist or to maintain existing capabilities and proficiencies."

  United States. Defense Civil Preparedness Agency

  1974-09
• On-Site Assistance: A Guide for Surveying, Developing, and Maintaining Community Disaster Readiness: Appendices

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  Appendices to the guide that "is intended to provide an explanation of the goals and objectives of the On-Site Assistance (OSA) effort and to present suggested and proven methods and techniques for achieving these goals and objectives. The following chapters are directed toward developing a sound understanding of the OSA concept and attendant community readiness survey methods for determining the current status of operational readiness for a local community. The importance of each step in the process is explained from selection of communities, scheduling OSA activities, through the actual conduct of followup assistance. The types of followup assistance likely to be needed are described and the determination of local exercise requirements is discussed. Possibly one of the most important elements necessary to the success of the OSA effort is the need for adopting the proper attitude toward the task. Although OSA is essentially complementary to the various DCPA local readiness support programs, there are also significant differences. An initially and understandable reaction to OSA by some Federal and State civil preparedness professionals was, 'I've been doing these things all along; there's nothing new here,;' or 'I don't need someone to tell me how to do my job!' However, most of these civil preparedness personnel later indicated, after having participated, that OSA involves a considerably different approach to operational readiness."

  United States. Defense Civil Preparedness Agency

  1974-09
• Executive Order 11800: Delegating Certain Authority Vested in the President by the Aviation Career Incentive Act of 1974

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  "The Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, with respect to members of the uniformed service under their respective jurisdictions, are hereby designated and empowered to exercise, without approval, ratification, or other action by the President, the functions vested in the President by section 301a of title 37 of the United States Code, as added by section 2 (3) of the Aviation Career Incentive Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-29-1; 88 Stat. 177) with respect to entitlement of regular and reserve officers of the uniformed services, including flight surgeons and other medical officers, to aviation career incentive pay for the frequent and regular performance of operational or proficiency flying duty."

  United States. Office of the Federal Register

  Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006

  1974-08-17
• National Security Decision Memorandum 265: The National Security Council System

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  In National Security Decision Memorandum (NSDM) 265, President Ford directs that "the National Security Council System shall assist me in carrying out my responsibilities for the national security affairs and the National Security Council shall continue to be the principle forum for the consideration of policy issues requiring Presidential determination. The operation of the National Security Council System will continue to be under the direction of the Assistant to the President [National Security Affairs]. Communications to me relating to national security matters shall be transmitted through the Assistant to the President (National Security Affairs)."

  United States. White House Office

  1974-08-09
• Study of Climatological Research as it Pertains to Intelligence Problems

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  "The western world's leading climatologists have confirmed recent reports of a detrimental global climatic change. The stability of most nations is based upon a dependable source of food, but this stability will not be possible under the new climatic era. A forecast by the University of Wisconsin projects that the earth's climate is returning to that of the neo-boreal era (1600-850) - an era of drought, famine, and political unrest in the western world. A responsibility of the Intelligence Community is to assess a nation's capability and stability under varying internal or external pressures. The assessments normally include an analysis of the country's social, economic, political, and military sectors. The implied economic and political intelligence issues resulting from climate change range far beyond this traditional concept of intelligence. The analysis of these issues is based upon two key questions: Can the Agency depend on climatology as a science to accurately project the future? What knowledge and understanding is available about world food production and can the consequences of a large climatic change be assessed?"

  United States. Central Intelligence Agency. Office of Research and Development

  1974-08
• Executive Order 11790: Providing for the effectuation of the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974

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  This Executive Order deals with the authority of the Secretary of Energy to delegate authority within the Federal Energy Administration.

  United States. Office of the Federal Register

  Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994

  1974-06-25
• Report on the Review of Security Requirements of the National Reconnaissance Program

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  This report from the National Reconnaissance Office "covers alternative options with regard to degrees of secrecy, declassification, and decompartmentation." "This report responds to tasking by the Director of Central Inte11igence and the Director, National Reconnaissance Office for a review of the need for continuing covert security for the National Reconnaissance Program in today's environment."

  United States. National Reconnaissance Office

  1974-06-24
• J.W. Plummer, Director, National Reconnaissance Office, Memorandum for the Director of Central Intelligence Regarding Security Requirements for the NRO

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  This "memo is itself a cover letter explaining that its attachment is the final report of a working group that has been studying the security requirements of the NRO." For the report, see "Report on the Review of Security Requirements of the National Reconnaissance Program."

  United States. National Reconnaissance Office

  1974-06-19
• NRDS Nuclear Rocket Effluent Program 1959-1970

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  "This report reviews the health implications of radioactive effluent released during nuclear rocket engine tests at the Nuclear Rocket Development Station (NRDS), Jackass Flats, Nevada, prior to 1970. During this period, nuclear rocket engine concepts incorporated an open-cycle hydrogen-cooled, reactor with core operating temperatures of approximately 4,000°F, which cause small quantities of fission products to migrate from the fuel and to be released in the rocket engine exhaust as gases or micrometersized particulates; radioactivity released in this manner is called the 'aerosol effluent.' Core operating conditions caused minor fuel element erosion and corrosion, releasing particles with high radioactivity content (roughly [10 to the 11th power] fissions per particle) and diameters of tens of micrometers; these particles are referred to as the 'particulate effluent.' NRDS adjoins the Nevada Test Site and the Nellis Air Force Range and is located about 80 miles northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada, in an area of low population density and limited agricultural usage. Lathrop Wells (population less than 100), the nearest town, is about 15 miles from the testing locations. Estimates of doses, both potential and actual, resulting from exposure of the off-site population to aerosol effluent from past tests have been 15% or less of the appropriate Federal Radiation Council (FRC) guides and Atomic Energy Commission (AEG) standards."

  United States. Environmental Protection Agency; U.S. Atomic Energy Commission

  Bernhardt, David E.; Evans, R. B. (Robert Berton), 1930-; Grossman, Richard F.

  1974-06