Science

Decommissioning plans for the International Space Station (ISS)

Background The International Space Station (ISS) is a space station, or a habitable artificial satellite, in low Earth orbit. Its…

April 8, 2017

Rising to the Urgent Challenge Strategic Plan for Responding to Accelerating Climate Change, September 2010

Background As a Service and Department we must act decisively, recognizing that climate change threatens to exacerbate other existing pressures…

March 9, 2017

The Department of Energy / Office of Scientific and Technical Information “Cold Fusion” Collection

The Department of Energy / Office of Scientific and Technical Information "Cold Fusion" Collection In 2015, the OSTI received a collection…

January 12, 2017

Project Orion – Nuclear Propulsion Concept

Background Project Orion was a study of a spacecraft intended to be directly propelled by a series of explosions of…

December 22, 2016

Possible Determination of an Extraordinary Nuclear Occurrence at Three Mile Island Unit 2, April 2, 1979

Background The following documents is a COMMISSIONER ACTION memo, labeled SECY-79-235 from Harold R. Denton, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation,…

November 22, 2016

Atmospheric Effects of Chemical Rocket Propulsion, October 1991

Background The AIAA convened a workshop to identify and quantify the key environmental issues that relate to the effects on the atmosphere…

October 12, 2016

Space – A Collection of Soviet Papers from the Early 1960s

Background Space - A Collection of Articles [109 Pages, 12.1MB] The following foreign intelligence papers were received from the Defense…

September 28, 2016

DEA Intelligence Brief: Green Acres is the Place to Be – Drug Traffickers and “Ganjapreneurs” Are Exploiting Colorado’s Medical Marijuana Industry, April 24, 2012

Executive Summary Drug traffickers and out-of-state opportunists are exploiting Colorado's medical marijuana laws. Recent revisions to state law have done little to prevent…

September 1, 2016

DEA Bulletin BUL-089-14 – Cannabis Toxicity Death, March 2014

Event In late October 2013, a 31-year-old British national woman reportedly died as a result of cannabis toxicity. Although a recent…

August 31, 2016

Final Governing Standards for Environment Protection Reports; DOD Instruction 4715.5

Background DOD Instruction 4715.5 establishes policy and assigned responsibilities for managing environmental compliance to protect human health and safety outside…

August 17, 2016