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Author National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Research Programs of the U.S. Bureau of Mines.

Title Research programs of the U.S. Bureau of Mines : first assessment, 1994 / Committee on Research Programs of the Bureau of Mines, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, National Research Council
Published Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1994

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 116 pages) : illustrations
Contents ""RESEARCH PROGRAMS OF THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES�FIRST ASSESSMENT, 1994""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""1994 COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES""; ""Occupational Health Panel""; ""Panels on Facilities and Research""; ""FUTURE COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES""; ""Contents""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""1 THE BUREAU'S RESEARCH MISSION""; ""HISTORICAL CONTEXT""; ""USERS""; ""EXISTING RESEARCH STRUCTURE""; ""REINVENTION PLANS""; ""Implementation of Program Review""; ""Closures and Consolidations""; ""Management Reorganization""; ""Future of the Mineral Institutes Program""; ""Research Partnerships""
""2 RESEARCH PROGRAMS """"BRIEF SUMMARIES OF ACTIVITIES""; ""Health, Safety and Mining Technology""; ""Minerals and Materials Sciences""; ""Environmental Technology""; ""SELECTION PROCESS""; ""3 RESEARCH CAPABILITIES ""; ""FACILITIES""; ""EQUIPMENT""; ""STAFF""; ""4 FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""RESEARCH GOALS""; ""Finding 1""; ""Discussion""; ""Recommendation 1""; ""RESEARCH STRATEGIES""; ""Finding 2""; ""Discussion""; ""Recommendation 2""; ""PROJECT SELECTION""; ""Finding 3""; ""Discussion""; ""Miniproposal Process""; ""External Funding""; ""Targets of Opportunity""
""Long-Range, High-Risk Research""""Project Review and Management""; ""Recommendation 3""; ""RESEARCH QUALITY""; ""Finding 4""; ""Discussion""; ""Hiring the Most Promising Researchers""; ""Developing Researchers as Professionals""; ""Providing the Opportunity for Interesting, Challenging, and Relevant Work""; ""Recommendation 4""; ""FACILITIES""; ""Finding 5""; ""Discussion""; ""Recommendation 5""; ""DISSEMINATION OF RESULTS""; ""Finding 6""; ""Discussion""; ""Recommendation 6""; ""APPENDIX A REPORT OF THE PANEL ON OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH OF THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES""; ""OVERVIEW""
""BACKGROUND""""OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH PROGRAM""; ""ISSUES""; ""Reducing Worker Exposure to Harmful Dusts, Particulates, and Gases""; ""Measurement of Respirable Dust""; ""Environmental Control Versus Personal Protection""; ""PRESENT RESEARCH""; ""RESPIRABLE MINE DUST""; ""DUST CONTROL IN NONCOAL MINES AND MILLS""; ""DUST MONITORING""; ""DIESEL EMISSIONS""; ""NOISE""; ""INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE""; ""RESEARCH CAPABILITIES""; ""STAFF""; ""FACILITIES""; ""FUNDING""; ""MANAGEMENT OF RESEARCH""; ""PROJECT SELECTION""; ""PROJECT MANAGEMENT""; ""USERS' EVALUATION OF RESEARCH""
""TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER""""ASSESSMENT OF RESEARCH""; ""RESPIRABLE MINE DUST""; ""Engineering Control""; ""Sampling and Measurement""; ""DIESEL EMISSIONS""; ""Engineering Control""; ""Sampling and Measurement""; ""NOISE""; ""INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE""; ""GENERAL FINDINGS""; ""APPENDIX B REPORT OF THE PANEL ON FACILITIES AND RESEARCH AT THE SALT LAKE CITY RESEARCH CENTER ""; ""FACTUAL DATA ON THE SALT LAKE CITY RESEARCH CENTER""; ""ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY""; ""Control of Mine Drainage and Liquid Wastes""; ""Biohydrometallurgical Decontamination of Mining and Milling Wastes""
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Subject United States. Bureau of Mines.
SUBJECT United States. Bureau of Mines fast
Subject Mines and mineral resources -- Research -- United States
Mines and mineral resources -- Environmental aspects -- United States
Mine safety -- Research -- United States
Acid mine drainage -- Research -- United States
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
Acid mine drainage -- Research
Mine safety -- Research
Mines and mineral resources -- Environmental aspects
Mines and mineral resources -- Research
United States
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ISBN 0309586453
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