Technology & Engineering

The discussion in this document is intended to provide information on advancements in the field of biological assessments and on use of biological assessments to support state water quality...

The Standard Review Plan (SRP) for Transportation Packages for Spent Nuclear Fuel provides guidance for the review and approval of applications for packages used to transport spent nuclear fuel under...

The NRC contracted with LLNL to compile this supplement to NUREG-1617 to incorporate additional information specific to mixed uranium-plutonium oxide (MOX) fuel. This supplement provides details on...

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is addressing the human performance aspects of changes to operator actions that are credited for safety, especially those involving changes in the...

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is used to predict steam generator inlet plenum mixing during a particular phase of a severe accident in a pressurized-water reactor. Boundary conditions are...

During plant operation, the walls of reactor pressure vessels (RPVs) are exposed to neutron radiation, resulting in localized embrittlement of the vessel steel and weld materials in the core area. If...

This report includes a summary of foreign and domestic Alloy 600 cracking experience, an analysis of the Alloy 600 cracking susceptibility model for vessel head penetration (VHP) nozzles, and...

This standard review plan (SRP) provides guidance to the staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation and Office of Nuclear Material Safety and...

This report documents an assessment of Generic Issue 43, "Contamination of Instrument Air Lines," and Generic Letter 88-14, "Instrument Air Supply System Problems Affecting Safety-Related Equipment."...

This report provides criteria and associated technical bases for evaluating the feasibility and reliability of postfire operator manual actions implemented in nuclear power plants. The U.S. Nuclear...

This document provides guidance on how to treat uncertainties associated with probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) in risk-informed decisionmaking. The objectives of this guidance include fostering an...

The purpose of this NUREG is to establish the feasibility of developing a risk-informed and performance-based regulatory structure for the licensing of future nuclear power plants (NPPs). As such,...

Cracking in pressurized water reactor (PWR) bottom mounted instrumentation (BMI) fabricated from Alloy 600 base material was first identified at the South Texas Project, (STP) Unit 1 plant in the...

During plant operation, the walls of reactor pressure vessels (RPVs) are exposed to neutron radiation, resulting in localized embrittlement of the vessel steel and weld materials in the core area. If...

This manuscript provides a user's guide for the human reliability analysis (HRA) method known as "A Technique for Human Event Analysis" (ATHEANA), which the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)...

This guide was developed by the United States Department of Transportation and Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission to provide direction on the standard format...

The code currently used by NRC's emergency operations center for making dose projections for atmospheric releases during radiological emergencies is RASCAL version 3.0.5 (Radiological Assessment...

Whenever a crime is committed, law enforcement officers are usually the first to arrive on the scene and to interact with victims. Law enforcement officers have more contact with crime victims than...

The technology Assessment Program is sponsored by the Office of Development, Testing, and Dissemination of the National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice.Author: U. S. Department of...

The spread of HIV/AIDS has lent new urgency to the issue of substance abuse because of the high risk for transmission posed through injection drug use and sexual contact with individuals who...

This guideline is written to help drug courts develop effective policies, procedures, and techniques for screening and assessing treatment needs of drug court participants. This document describes...

This Research Report is part of the National Institute of Justice's (NIJ's) Reducing Gun Violence publication series. Each report in the series de- scribes the implementation and effects of an...

This Research Report is part of the National Institute of Justice's (NIJ's) Reducing Gun Violence publication series. Each report in the series describes the imple- mentation and effects of an...

This Research Report is part of the National Institute of Justice's (NIJ's) Reducing Gun Violence publication series. Each report in the series describes the imple- mentation and effects of an...

This guide is the second of two guides available to help your company participate fully in the SmartWay Transport Partnership as a Multi-modal Carrier Partner. The first guide, the Multi-modal...

This is our report on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) emergency order to the Range Resources Gas Drilling Company conducted by the EPA Office of Inspector General (OIG). This...

The mission of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is to protect human health and the environment. As America's steward for the environment since 1970, the EPA has endeavored to ensure...

As part of our oversight of assistance agreement awards made by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the EPA's Office of Inspector General (OIG) examined the costs claimed under...

The independent public accounting (IPA) firm KPMG LLP conducted this audit on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Office of Inspector General (OIG). This is the IPA's report...

Bottomless (or three-sided) culverts use the natural channel bed and are environmentally attractive alternatives to traditional closed culverts. Moreover, they are considered by many highway agencies...