An Evaluation of Railroad Safety (open access)

An Evaluation of Railroad Safety

A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) evaluating the efforts made to improve the safety of the nation's railroads. The report gives "a comprehensive and systematic review of railroad safety" and assists "in current and future legislative deliberations on railroad safety" (p. v").
Date: May 1978
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Renewable Ocean Energy Sources: Part 1 - Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (open access)

Renewable Ocean Energy Sources: Part 1 - Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion

A report in a series by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) considering renewable ocean energy sources as a possible energy supply. This report focuses on ocean thermal energy conversion and analyzes the feasibility of using it and evaluates current research on the topic (p. iii).
Date: May 1978
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of Nuclear War (open access)

The Effects of Nuclear War

An assessment by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) examining "the full range of effects that nuclear war would have on civilians: direct effects from blast and radiation; and indirect effects from economic, social, and political disruption" (Foreward).
Date: May 1979
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Automatic Train Control in Rail Rapid Transit (open access)

Automatic Train Control in Rail Rapid Transit

A report prepared by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) covering the topic of of "the degree of automation which is technically feasible, economically justifiable, or otherwise appropriate for rail rapid transit" (p. viii).
Date: May 1976
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparative Analysis of the 1976 ERDA Plan and Program (open access)

Comparative Analysis of the 1976 ERDA Plan and Program

A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) analyzing the status of ERDA regarding short-term and long-term energy problems. It follows a 1975 analysis that contained a plan for ERDA; this report shows the progress since then and highlights 16 major issues that are of importance.
Date: May 1976
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An analysis of the feasibility of separating exploration from production of oil and gas on the outer continental shelf (open access)

An analysis of the feasibility of separating exploration from production of oil and gas on the outer continental shelf

A report on an analysis done by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) on whether or not it is feasible to separate "exploration from production of oil and gas on the Outer Continental Shelf" (p. iii).
Date: May 1975
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library