Technology & Engineering

Cleaner production as an environmental pollution preventive practice was systematically introduced into China in the 1990s. Since then, China has taken considerable efforts to conduct regulatory,...

This report is intended as a clean energy technology market overview for China, with two primary objectives: (1) to analyze the clean energy markets in China and (2) to identify opportunities for...

Predictions of fire plume and ceiling jet temperature and the response of thermal detectors from NIST's Fire Dynamics Simulator(FDS)were compared to data from a series of full-scale tests conducted...

Probabilistic models are developed for directional wind speeds in hurricane, thunderstorm, and synoptic wind storms. The models, calibrated to data, are used to generate synthetic directional wind...

This report documents the changes that have been made to the previous structure of the HR_DAD software, thereby developing the program HR_DAD_1.1 capable of calculating efficiently the response of...

The Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) promotes the U.S. economy and public welfare by providing technical leadership for the...

The Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) is a suite of specifications that standardize the format and nomenclature by which security software products communicate security content,...

Through a partnership between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Office of Coast Survey (OCS), NOAA's National Marine Sanctuary Program (NMSP), and NOAA's Office of Marine...

On June 29, 1998, at Stock Island, Key West, Florida, a Dion Oil Company (Dion) driver was on top of a straight-truck cargo tank checking the contents of its compartments and preparing to transfer...

On July 15, 2009, about 8:00 a.m., a cargo transfer hose ruptured shortly after transfer of anhydrous ammonia began from a Werner Transportation Services, Inc. cargo tank truck to a storage tank at...

This report describes eight events that NRC identified as AOs during Fiscal Year (FY) 2010. One event involved radiation exposure to an embryo/fetus. The other seven events occurred at NRC-licensed...

This document is a supplemental safety evaluation report (SSER) for the license renewal application for Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 (IP2 and IP3) as filed by Entergy Nuclear...

This document details the Near-term Task Force Review of insights from the Fukushima Dai-Ichi accident.Author: Amy CubbagePublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Jul...

The U.S. Department of Commerce has undertaken this study, "Packaging Machinery: Sustainability and Competitiveness," to determine whether U.S. packaging machinery OEMs can implement sustainable...

On July 14, 2001, at the ATOFINA Chemicals, Inc., plant in Michigan, a pipe attached to a fitting on the unloading line of a railroad tank car fractured and separated, causing the release of methyl...

This paper reports an experimental technique that is developed for instantaneous planar measurement of droplet size and velocity for dilute sprays in general and sprinkler sprays in particular. This...

In 2009, the National Institute of Science and Technology and American Fiber Manufacturers Association held a workshop on fire blocking barrier fabrics for soft furnishings. This manuscript discusses...

The purpose of this report is two-fold: to develop a database of the thermophysical properties of the materials employed in the clay box construction and to utilize these properties in...

This report describes a prototype SSM safety system developed by ISD to support testing and validation of methodologies being developed for the technical specification.Author: William...

In late 2009, the Echo Wash and Valley of Fire bridge decks were constructed in the Lake Mead National Recreation area in Nevada. Within six months after installation, in early 2010, both decks...

CFAST is a zone model capable of predicting the environment in a multi-compartment structure subjected to a fire. It calculates the time evolving distribution of smoke and fire gases and the...

This Recommendation provides cryptographic key management guidance. It consists of three parts. Part 1 provides general guidance and best practices for the management of cryptographic keying material...

A series of new reduced-scale compartment fire experiments were conducted, which included local measurements of temperature and species composition. The measurements are unique to the compartment...

Roughly two thirds of all deaths resulting from enclosure fires can be attributed to the presence of carbon monoxide which is known to be the dominate toxicant in fire deaths. The mechanisms...

The City of Baltimore, Maryland, and parts of five sur- rounding counties obtain their water from Loch Raven and Liberty Reservoirs. A third reservoir, Prettyboy, is used to resupply Loch Raven...

A new Surface-Water Routing (SWR1) Process was written for use with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) MODFLOW-2005 groundwater model. The SWR1 Process is designed to simulate surface-water routing in...

Establishing the time when a digital signature was generated is often a critical consideration. A signed message that includes the (purported) signing time provides no assurance that the private key...

Five different fire service thermal imagers were evaluated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Fire Research Division using performance metrics and testing protocols that...

The safety evaluation report documents the technical review of the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2 license renewal application by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff...

State recreational water-quality standards are based on concentrations of indicator organisms, such as Escherchia coli. As the result of the Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act of...