TY - BOOK AU - National Research Council A2 - Glenn E. Schweitzer A2 - Frank L. Parker A2 - Kelly Robbins TI - Cleaning Up Sites Contaminated with Radioactive Materials: International Workshop Proceedings SN - DO - 10.17226/12505 PY - 2009 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/12505/cleaning-up-sites-contaminated-with-radioactive-materials-international-workshop-proceedings PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Environment and Environmental Studies AB - This publication features papers presented at the Workshop on Cleaning Up Sites Contaminated with Radioactive Materials, held in Moscow in June 2007. This activity was organized by the National Academies in cooperation with the Russian Academy of Sciences and with funding provided by the Russell Family Foundation. The workshop was designed to promote exchanges of information on specific contaminated sites in Russia and elsewhere and to stimulate greater attention to the severity of the problems and the urgent need to clean up sites of concern to the local and international communities. ER - TY - BOOK AU - National Research Council TI - The Impacts of Natural Disasters: A Framework for Loss Estimation SN - DO - 10.17226/6425 PY - 1999 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/6425/the-impacts-of-natural-disasters-a-framework-for-loss-estimation PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Earth Sciences KW - Behavioral and Social Sciences AB - We in the United States have almost come to accept natural disasters as part of our nation's social fabric. News of property damage, economic and social disruption, and injuries follow earthquakes, fires, floods and hurricanes. Surprisingly, however, the total losses that follow these natural disasters are not consistently calculated. We have no formal system in either the public or private sector for compiling this information. The National Academies recommends what types of data should be assembled and tracked. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Institute of Medicine AU - National Academy of Sciences AU - National Academy of Engineering TI - Observations on the President's Fiscal Year 2000 Federal Science and Technology Budget SN - DO - 10.17226/6490 PY - 1999 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/6490/observations-on-the-presidents-fiscal-year-2000-federal-science-and-technology-budget PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Policy for Science and Technology KW - Education ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine A2 - Rebecca S. McDaniel A2 - Jan Olek A2 - Ali Behnood A2 - Bryan Magee A2 - Rachel Pollock TI - Pavement Patching Practices DO - 10.17226/22328 PY - 2014 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/22328/pavement-patching-practices PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 463: Pavement Patching Practices summarizes current practices for patching small-scale surface defects in concrete and asphalt pavements. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board TI - Multimodal Transportation Planning Data: Compendium of Data Collection Practices and Sources DO - 10.17226/6341 PY - 1997 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/6341/multimodal-transportation-planning-data-compendium-of-data-collection-practices-and PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine TI - Evaluation and Repair Procedures for Precast/Prestressed Concrete Girders with Longitudinal Cracking in the Web DO - 10.17226/14380 PY - 2010 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/14380/evaluation-and-repair-procedures-for-precastprestressed-concrete-girders-with-longitudinal-cracking-in-the-web PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 654: Evaluation and Repair Procedures for Precast/Prestressed Concrete Girders with Longitudinal Cracking in the Web explores the acceptance, repair, or rejection of precast/prestressed concrete girders with longitudinal web cracking. The report also examines suggested revisions to the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials’ Load Resistance Factor Design Bridge Design Specifications and measures to develop improved crack control reinforcement details for use in new girders.Appendices A through G for NCHRP Report 654 are available online.• Appendix A—Literature Review• Appendix B—National Survey• Appendix C—Structural Investigation and Full-Scale Girder Testing• Appendix D—Sealant Specifications• Appendix E—ASTM Specifications• Appendix F—Field Inspection of Bridges• Appendix G—Design Examples of End Zone Reinforcement ER - TY - BOOK AU - National Research Council TI - Predicting Outcomes of Investments in Maintenance and Repair of Federal Facilities SN - DO - 10.17226/13280 PY - 2012 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/13280/predicting-outcomes-of-investments-in-maintenance-and-repair-of-federal-facilities PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Engineering and Technology AB - The deteriorating condition of federal facilities poses economic, safety, operational, and environmental risks to the federal government, to the achievement of the missions of federal agencies, and to the achievement of public policy goals. Primary factors underlying this deterioration are the age of federal facilities--about half are at least 50 years old--and decades of inadequate investment for their maintenance and repair. These issues are not new and there are no quick fixes. However, the current operating environment provides both the impetus and the opportunity to place investments in federal facilities' maintenance and repair on a new, more sustainable course for the 21st Century. Despite the magnitude of investments, funding for the maintenance and repair of federal facilities has been inadequate for many years, and myriad projects have been deferred. Predicting Outcomes of Investments in Maintenance and Repair of Federal Facilities identifies processes and practices for transforming the current portfolio of federal facilities into one that is more economically, physically, and environmentally sustainable. This report addresses ways to predict or quantify the outcomes that can be expected from a given level of maintenance and repair investments in federal facilities or facilities' systems, and what strategies, measures, and data should be in place to determine the actual outcomes of facilities maintenance and repair investments. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Institute of Medicine AU - National Academy of Sciences AU - National Academy of Engineering TI - Observations on the President's Fiscal Year 1999 Federal Science and Technology Budget SN - DO - 10.17226/6138 PY - 1998 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/6138/observations-on-the-presidents-fiscal-year-1999-federal-science-and-technology-budget PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Policy for Science and Technology KW - Education AB - In this report, the Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (COSEPUP) provides its observations on the federal science and technology (FS&T) portion of the president's fiscal year (FY) 1999 submission. The FS&T budget (see box) reflects the federal investment in the creation of new knowledge and technologies and excludes such activities as the testing and evaluating of new weapons systems. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine A2 - Lois S. Kramer A2 - John P. Daniel A2 - Mike Moore A2 - Michael Moroney A2 - Gary Shafer TI - Airport Operator Options for Delivery of FBO Services DO - 10.17226/25039 PY - 2018 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25039/airport-operator-options-for-delivery-of-fbo-services PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Synthesis 86: Airport Operator Options for Delivery of FBO Services explores the local considerations that go into deciding how fixed base operator (FBO) airports provide fueling, flight continuation services, maintenance, and concierge services. This synthesis also explores the tools that airports use to evaluate which options work best for airports. Broadly speaking, an airport sponsor can deliver FBO services with traditional third-party leases or by engaging a contract manager, or the airport can self-operate the FBO. Decisions about which model is appropriate hinge on an evaluation of an airport’s unique local economic conditions, the details about the area’s general aviation market, and the level of interest private FBOs express about operating at a particular airport. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine TI - Data for Decisions: Requirements for National Transportation Policy Making -- Special Report 234 DO - 10.17226/11407 PY - 1992 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11407/data-for-decisions-requirements-for-national-transportation-policy-making-special PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - TRB Special Report 234 - Data for Decisions: Requirements for National Transportation Policy Making examines data requirements necessary to support strategic transportation policy making and the institutional changes necessary to make those data available on a permanent basis. The report calls for the establishment of a statistical agency within USDOT (this recommendation became helped create the Bureau of Transportation Statistics), the development of performance indicators, and regular reporting to the Secretary and Congress on important trends in system performance. ER - TY - BOOK AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine TI - An Assessment of the Need for Native Seeds and the Capacity for Their Supply: Interim Report SN - DO - 10.17226/25859 PY - 2020 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25859/an-assessment-of-the-need-for-native-seeds-and-the-capacity-for-their-supply PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Agriculture KW - Surveys and Statistics AB - Across the United States, millions of acres of land have been so disturbed by human activities or severe climate events that significant portions of their native plant communities have been lost and their ecosystems have been seriously compromised. Restoring impaired ecosystems requires a supply of diverse native plant seeds that are well suited to the climates, soils, and other living species of the system. Native seeds are also in demand for applications in urban land management, roadside maintenance, conservation agriculture, and other restorative activities that take into account the connection between native plant communities and the increasingly urgent need for resilient landscapes. Given the varied climatic and environmental niches of the more than 17,000 native plant species of the United States, supplying the desired seed types and species mixes for this wide range of activities is a challenge. As the first phase of a nationwide analysis of the full scope of needs for native plant seeds, this interim report describes the participants in the native plant seed supply chain, makes preliminary observations, and proposes an information-gathering plan for the second phase of the assessment. ER - TY - BOOK AU - National Research Council TI - Human Resource Practices for Implementing Advanced Manufacturing Technology SN - DO - 10.17226/794 PY - 1986 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/794/human-resource-practices-for-implementing-advanced-manufacturing-technology PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Engineering and Technology KW - Industry and Labor ER - TY - BOOK AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine A2 - Pradeep K. Khosla A2 - Paul Beaton TI - An Assessment of ARPA-E: Summary DO - 10.17226/24811 PY - 2017 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/24811/an-assessment-of-arpa-e-summary PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Policy for Science and Technology AB - In 2005, the National Research Council report Rising Above the Gathering Storm recommended a new way for the federal government to spur technological breakthroughs in the energy sector. It recommended the creation of a new agency, the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, or ARPA-E, as an adaptation of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) model—widely considered a successful experiment that has funded out-of-the-box, transformative research and engineering that made possible the Internet, GPS, and stealth aircraft. This new agency was envisioned as a means of tackling the nation’s energy challenges in a way that could translate basic research into technological breakthroughs while also addressing economic, environmental, and security issues. Congress authorized ARPA-E in the 2007 America COMPETES Act and requested an early assessment following 6 years of operation to examine the agency’s progress toward achieving its statutory mission and goals. This publication summarizes the results of that assessment. ER - TY - BOOK AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine TI - Climate Communications Initiative Strategic Plan DO - 10.17226/25368 PY - 2019 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25368/climate-communications-initiative-strategic-plan PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Environment and Environmental Studies KW - Policy for Science and Technology ER - TY - BOOK AU - National Research Council TI - Successes and Difficulties of Small Innovative Firms in Russian Nuclear Cities: Proceedings of a Russian-American Workshop SN - DO - 10.17226/10392 PY - 2002 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10392/successes-and-difficulties-of-small-innovative-firms-in-russian-nuclear-cities PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Biology and Life Sciences AB - This workshop report focuses on successes and failures of small innovative firms in five science cities in Russia. The workshop was organized by the NRC with the cooperation of Minatom. ER - TY - BOOK AU - National Research Council TI - Interim Report of the Committee on Changes in New Source Review Programs for Stationary Sources of Air Pollutants SN - DO - 10.17226/11208 PY - 2005 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11208/interim-report-of-the-committee-on-changes-in-new-source-review-programs-for-stationary-sources-of-air-pollutants PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Environment and Environmental Studies ER - TY - BOOK TI - Deferred Maintenance Reporting for Federal Facilities: Meeting the Requirements of Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board Standard Number 6, as Amended SN - DO - 10.17226/10095 PY - 2001 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10095/deferred-maintenance-reporting-for-federal-facilities-meeting-the-requirements-of PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Engineering and Technology AB - In 1996 the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB) 1 enacted Standard Number 6, Accounting for Property, Plant, and Equipment (PP&E), the first government-wide initiative requiring federal agencies to report dollar amounts of deferred maintenance annually. The FASAB has identified four overall objectives in federal financial reporting: budgetary integrity, operating performance, stewardship, and systems and control. FASAB Standard Number 6, as amended, focuses on operating performance and stewardship. The FFC Standing Committee on Operations and Maintenance has prepared this report to identify potential issues that should be considered in any future amendments to the standard and to suggest approaches for resolving them. The committee's intent is to assist the CFO Council, federal agencies, the FASAB, and others as they consider how best to meet the objectives of federal financial reporting for facilities. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine TI - Airport Air Quality Management 101 DO - 10.17226/25180 PY - 2018 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25180/airport-air-quality-management-101 PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Research Report 185: Airport Air Quality Management 101 introduces airport employees who are not environmental specialists to airport air quality issues. Airport air quality management is highly complex and technical, with many different stakeholders, including the local community and local, state, and federal regulators.Larger airports have dedicated environmental experts; however, at most airports, environmental management is carried out by employees who are engaged in other aspects of airport operations or provide oversight of external environmental consultants who are executing the work.This report is accompanied by ACRP WebResource 4: Airport Air Quality Resource Library. ER - TY - BOOK AU - National Research Council TI - Revitalizing Nuclear Safety Research DO - 10.17226/18442 PY - 1986 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/18442/revitalizing-nuclear-safety-research PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Environment and Environmental Studies KW - Math, Chemistry, and Physics KW - Energy and Energy Conservation ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine A2 - Justin Fox A2 - Paula Hirsch A2 - Om Kanike TI - Capacity Modeling Guidebook for Shared-Use Passenger and Freight Rail Operations DO - 10.17226/22245 PY - 2014 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/22245/capacity-modeling-guidebook-for-shared-use-passenger-and-freight-rail-operations PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 773: Capacity Modeling Guidebook for Shared-Use Passenger and Freight Rail Operations provides state departments of transportation with technical guidance to aid in their understanding of the methods host railroads use to calibrate and apply capacity models. The guidebook examines the modeling processes and results that are used to define, measure, simulate, and evaluate railroad capacity. These models may help determine if adequate capacity exists to support new or increased passenger rail service or if infrastructure improvements may be necessary. ER -