National Bureau of Standards Publication 483 Nat. Bur. Stand. (U.S.), Spec. Publ. 483, 127 pages (Aug. 1977) CODEN: XNBSAV U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402 Acknowledgements The editor appreciates the efforts of the following for their contributions to this Index: the American Nuclear Society (ANS) which initiated the idea; Mrs. Annette Rachlin, former Nuclear Coordinator with the American National Standards Institute (ANSI); Ms. Mary Monty, former Assistant Program Administrator, ANSI; Mrs. Mary Crehan Vaca, Assistant Program Administrator-Nuclear, ANSI, for her editorial review of the Index; Mrs. Ethelene Lewis, Library Technician, Standards Information and Analysis Section (SIAS), National Bureau of Standards (NBS), for keypunching the standards data; and Paul Majewski, Computer Specialist (SIAS), for programming assistance. Index of U.S. Nuclear Standards William J. Slattery, Editor This Index contains the permuted titles of more than 1,200 nuclear and nuclear-related standards, specifications, test methods, codes and recommended practices published by 34 U.S. government agencies, technical societies, professional organizations and trade associations. Each title can be found under all the significant key words which it contains. These key words are arranged alphabetically down the center of each page together with their surrounding context. Each entry includes the date of publication or last revision, the standard number, an acronym designating the standards-issuing organization, any cross reference standard number, and price. Key words: Engineering standards, index of; index of nuclear standards; nuclear standards; KWIC index of standards 1. Introduction 1.1. Background In 1974, the American Nuclear Society (ANS) asked NBS to cooperate in the publication of a KeyWord-In-Context (KWIC) Index of U.S., foreign national and international standards. That Index would update the 1974 "Catalog of Nuclear Industry Standards" published by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). After a series of meetings and correspondence between NBS and ANS, and NBS and ANSI, NBS decided it would compile the present index with ANSI as the co-sponsoring organization. An earlier publication, the Compilation of Nuclear Standards, was a project of the Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC) and was prepared under the auspices of ANSI's Nuclear Technical Advisory Board (NTAB). That compilation, which was published by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), consisted of two parts, one on U.S. activities in 1973 and the other on foreign and international activities in 1972. Each part included information on committee activities and projects, and a KWIC Index of the standards themselves. The ORNL compilation was discontinued upon the recommendation of the NTAB Executive Committee and the USAEC Standards Program because a new document was available to replace it. The new document, the "Catalog 2.1. Index Entries of Nuclear Industry Standards," referenced above, was also prepared under the NTAB and published at ANSI. The catalog greatly expanded the information contained in the original compilation and employed subject headings rather than a KWIC index. 1.2. Scope This Index, which includes only U.S. industry and government standards, is designed to serve as an interim reference tool for the nuclear community. The standards are current as of July 31, 1976. NBS plans to format ANSI's Catalog of Nuclear Standards into a more comprehensive Key-Word-Out-ofContext (KWOC) Index. Both NBS and ANSI hope that this present Index will meet the needs for the immediate future of all who are interested in nuclear standards. NBS plans to prepare a separate Index of foreign national and international standards. Please send all comments on this index to the Editor, William J. Slattery, National Bureau of Standards, Room B-162, Technology Building, Washington, D.C. 20234, or Dr. Irving G. Young, Program Administrator-Nuclear, American National Standards Institute, 1430 Broadway, New York, New York 10018. 2. How To Use The KWIC Index 2.2. Reading the KWIC Index The title of each standard can be found under all the significant key words which it contains. These key words are arranged alphabetically down the center of each page together with their surrounding context. Each such permuted title is assigned, only one line per key word entry in the Index; therefore, titles longer than one line have been cut by the computer. This truncation is indicated by a virgule (at the point where the title was cut. All standards in this index should be ordered from the organizations listed in section 3.2., except standards with CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) as part of their designation, for example, USCG 46 CFR 146. This designation means that the standard was prepared by the U.S. Coast Guard, appears in Title 46, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 146, and is available in that Title for the price shown from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. In some cases, it may be possible to obtain such standards directly from the responsible organization. |