APPENDIX D
PUBLIC RESOURCES FOR DOCUMENTS ON
ATMOSPHERIC NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING
Documents pertinent to the continental and oceanic series of atmospheric
nuclear tests can be located at the National Technical Information Service
(NTIS) and at the Department of Energy Coordination and Information Center
(CIC), introduced in section 3.1.2.
This appendix provides detail on both of
these resources.
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NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICE.
The National Technical Information Service, an agency of the Department
of Commerce, is the central source for the public sale of Government-sponsored
research reports and analyses.
The NTIS Bibliographic Data Base consists of
documents from a number of Government agencies but primarily from the DOE,
DOD, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
The agency
supplies its customers with about 23,000 information products daily and
approximately 4 million documents and microforms annually.
The NTIS information collection comprises over 1 million titles, all of
which can be purchased under the provisions of Title 15 U.S. Code 1151-7.
This law established NTIS as a clearinghouse for scientific, technical, and
engineering information and directed the agency to recover its costs through
the sale of information and services.
Documents available for purchase at NTIS include the 41-volume history of
atmospheric nuclear weapons testing developed by DNA as part of the NTPR
program.
Appendix E lists these volumes according to title, DNA number, date
of publication, number of pages, NTIS price code, and NTIS order number.
Other NTIS materials relevant to the nuclear testing program are the over
1,000 documents declassified by DNA in partial fulfillment of NTPR tasking.
The agency address is:
National Technical Information Service, 5285 Port
Royal Road, Springfield, Virginia
22161.
The telephone number (703) 487-4650
should be used when the caller has the NTIS order number and the price code.
The caller should dial (703) 487-4780 when he or she does not have this
information for a document.
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