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ERIA emphasises its role on energy development for Asia
At the keynote session on the first day of SETA 2016 meeting, Mr.Hidetoshi Nishimura, President of the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, or ERIA, has shared with the participants the role of ERIA in promoting the development of energy sector for ASEAN and East Asian countries. He said that ERIA works on research and analysis for producing recommendation on policy and energy ...
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Hygieneering, Inc. Attends Nuclear Power Facility 2011 Annual Safety Day
Hygieneering, Inc. attended the 2011 annual safety day at Midwest nuclear power plant facility. Venders were on hand that supply services and supplies to assist in the day to day operations of the nuclear power plant. Hygieneering provides safety consulting, environmental consulting, testing and training, asbestos project management, emergency response services and more. Hygieneering’s ...
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New York Seeks to Block Nuclear Plant License Renewal
New York state officials took their battle against relicensing of the aging Indian Point nuclear power plant on the Hudson River to another level today. New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, and Westchester County Executive Andrew Spano have submitted documents asking the federal government to deny the relicensing of Indian Point sought by owner-operator Entergy ...
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Nuclear power after Fukushima: Facts and figures
Nuclear power promises clean energy for developing countries. Dave Elliott charts its progress and prospects after the accident at Fukushima. For 60 years, using uranium to generate electricity in nuclear power plants has been promoted as a way to provide cheap, clean energy for a prosperous new world. Nuclear energy now supplies around 13.8 per cent of the world's electricity, with most plants ...
By SciDev.Net
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Nuclear `newcomers`: challenging road to electric power
Countries eyeing nuclear power for electricity generation for the first time face a challenging road before they reach safe and efficient power production. Over three days in July, representatives from 45 countries - nuclear power vendors, regulators, operators and 'newcomers' to the world of nuclear power - reviewed their roles and responsibilities. The main message: lay the foundation for ...
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IAEA safety experts visiting Japan nuclear plant in December
An IAEA-lead team of international experts will visit Japan from 1-5 December 2008 to review the ongoing assessment of the impact of an earthquake on the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant last year. The seven-unit power plant, the world´s largest, has remained shut down since the earthquake on 16 July 2007. The IAEA fact-finding mission will study the ongoing evaluation by Japan´s Nuclear ...
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Successful cooperation between NTi Audio and Siemens Germany
The Augsburg site of Siemens Germany is responsible for the technical safety of the Gundremmingen Nuclear Power Plant, the highest-output nuclear power station in Germany. Within a project lasting two years, the alarm system of the whole site was brought up to the latest technical standards. NTi Audio was selected as the partner for the conceptual design and realization of an automatic daily ...
By NTi Audio AG
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Market Research Report -- In Spite of Nuclear Setbacks, Global Installed Nuclear Capacity to Increase 4% During 2011-2020
MarketResearch.com has announced the addition of the new report "Global Nuclear Power Market," to their collection of market reports. Nuclear power has been used for many years for generating electricity across the world. However, with the recent Fukushima nuclear disaster, the safety of nuclear power has been called into question, with many countries deciding to phase out nuclear power ...
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Turkey-MENA Nuclear Industry Congress 2013 Provides a Vital Platform for MENA Nuclear Sector
Up to now, there are more than 440 nuclear power plants in 31 countries, generating 14% of the world’s electricity. IAEA predicts that this proportion will at least up to 25% in 2030, with 90 new nuclear power plants entering service. Over 60 reactors are under construction in 13countires while about 160 reactors are planed and over 320 are proposed. Among the countries that are under serious ...
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Korea opens world´s first nuclear safety school
The International Nuclear Safety School will train safety experts from around the world. A cooperation agreement between KINS and the IAEA was signed by KINS President Won Ky Shin and IAEA Deputy Director General Tomihiro Taniguchi. An IAEA team has recently travelled to Korea to celebrate the opening of a center designed to advance the international education of nuclear safety experts. The ...
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Constellation Energy Nuclear Group Statement Following East Coast Earthquake
Constellation Energy Nuclear Group, LLC (CENG) today issued the following statement following the East Coast earthquake. CENG’s highest priority is safety; nuclear safety, worker safety, public safety and environmental safety. CENG and its employees are safe. For safety precautions, the Candler building in Baltimore was evacuated. Other buildings were evacuated as a ...
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New nuclear tech `could benefit developing countries`
The world is on the brink of a nuclear power renaissance, and developing countries may also benefit, according to researchers. In a study published in Science this month (12 August) British researchers outlined a vision for flexible and more user-friendly nuclear technologies, as worries over the climate change, energy supply security, and depletion of fossil fuels, are overturning decades of ...
By SciDev.Net
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Fear of Nuclear Power Plant Accidents Have Americans Concerned
In 1979, Americans got a wakeup call to the potential dangers from nuclear power plants in the United States. The Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station in Pennsylvania experienced a core meltdown. The meltdown resulted in the release of 2.5 million curies of radioactive gases and the release of iodine-131. Since that tragic event other nuclear power plants have witnessed even worse ...
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Bulgaria, Lithuania and Slovakia to get more aid to decommission nuclear plants
EU financial aid to help Bulgaria, Lithuania and Slovakia to complete the decommissioning of the Kozloduy, Ignalina and Bohunice nuclear power plants in the next EU budget period (2014-2020) was approved by MEPs on Tuesday. These power plants are "too dated and could not be cost-effectively upgraded to meet the minimum required safety standards" says rapporteur Giles Chichester (ECR, UK). The ...
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Rebalancing the nuclear debate through education
Better physics teaching with a particular emphasis on radioactivity and radiation science could improve public awareness through education of the environmental benefits and relative safety of nuclear power generation, according to leading Brazilian scientist Heldio Villar. He suggests that it might then be possible to have a less emotional debate about the future of the industry that will ...
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Huhne pleads caution on nuclear energy
Huhne pleads for caution on the UK’s nuclear build programme, while Merkel takes the opportunity to move away from nuclear power. Energy Secretary, Chris Huhne, reiterated safety must be a top priority and that it was important that the "full facts" were at the Government’s disposal before making any decisions on the new nuclear programme. He set up the timetable for a review into ...
By Vital Energi
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A new approach to engineering for extreme environments
Composite materials such as fiberglass, which take on a mix of properties of their constituent compounds, have been around for decades. Now, an MIT materials scientist is taking composites to the nanoscale, where entirely new properties, not found in any of the original compounds, can emerge. Michael Demkowicz, an assistant professor in MIT's Department of Materials Science and Engineering, is ...
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KEPCO Engineering & Construction Selects Intergraph® SmartPlant® Enterprise for Nuclear Power Plant Design
KEPCO Engineering & Construction (KEPCO E&C), an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company based in South Korea, has selected Intergraph® SmartPlant® Enterprise solutions for the engineering design of nuclear power plants. KEPCO E&C is a Korean EPC for the power industry, and it has been focused on growing its nuclear power projects globally. The company ...
By Hexagon AB
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Flow or Leak Detection In Nuclear Power Plants With Accurate, Reliable FLT93 FlexSwitch
Ideal for Flood Alarm, Condensate Pot Level, Turbine Water Level, Pump Protection, Reactor Core Coolant, Level Interface Detection & Temperature. Process and plant engineers responsible for nuclear power plants who need various alarms and indicators for use in liquid, air, gas, or for interface service will find the FLT93 Series FlexSwitch® from Fluid Components International (FCI) ...
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How the EU can progress towards an ‘Energy Union’
The European Union has made progress in liberalising energy markets, and its global leadership on climate change is to be commended, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said today as it released its review of EU energy policies. However, the new IEA report said there remains much room for improvement. It noted that much of the integration of Europe’s energy market has been confined to ...
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