scholarly journals ANALYSIS OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANT STRUCTURES, EQUIPMENT, AND SYSTEMS FOR SEISMIC LOADS. AN ASSESSMENT OF THE STATE OF THE ART.

1970 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.A. Young
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
The State ◽  
Seismic Loads

scholarly journals Estimation of level of performance functions forests radioactively contaminated territories

2014 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 354-362
Author(s):  
Ivan Martynchuk
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Comprehensive Evaluation ◽  
Estimation Method ◽  
Forest Resources ◽  
The State ◽  
Integral Evaluation ◽  
Ecological Development ◽  
Method Of Evaluation

Forest resources are an integral part of economic, social and ecological development of the state. Making decisions as for the change and improving the system of forestry and the mechanism of management of it should be based on the results of comprehensive evaluation of implementation their functions by forest fund. The research is based on application of integrating estimation method to economic objects. The main functions of forest resources include productive, socio-economic, protective and preserving function. The method of evaluation of lamas their functions is developed, which is based on the method of integral evaluation and regulation of performing indicators implementation of specific functions. System of indicators is selected, which reflect the performance of the forest resources of each determined function. It was ascertained that degree of execution of their functions by forests of the four most radioactively contaminated districts of Zhytomyr oblast as one of the worst-affected by Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster differs significantly. This applies especially to provisional and protection functions.

scholarly journals Relevance of the Court Decision on the Hinkley Point Nuclear Power Plant in Relation to Paks II

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 305
Author(s):  
Dóra Lovas
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
European Commission ◽  
Energy Security ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Nuclear Energy ◽  
State Aid ◽  
The State ◽  
The European Union

<p>The aim of the article is to present the ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in the case of the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant. This investment can also be related to the Paks II nuclear power plant investment, therefore the two investments are compared too. Both projects were examined by the European Commission, which take an important part when the national aid was awarded to Hinkley Point C and Paks II projects, and the decision of the CJEU also had influence on it. The author considers the European Commission’s aid conception positive, because the less developed countries are not forced to use only the renewables, but the environmental and security aspects of nuclear energy are also allowed (e.g. Hinkley Point C and Paks II nuclear power plants). The subsidy was allowed in both cases, but the reasons are different. In these cases, the limits of the EU energy politics can be seen, i.e. the right to select the package and the priority of the energy security and sustainable development. To mention an example for the difference, in Great Britain the energy sector was divided among the participants on the market but in Hungary the nuclear energy remained under state control. In the first option the state wanted to prove that it grants offset for the help to the general market services and in the second option the market investor principle was highlighted in order to show no other market participant act in other way. These points were not accepted, the state aid was provided both cases with permissible reasons because the projects condescend the goals of environmental policy and energy security. The decisions show that as a result of the efforts to protect the environment the dependency on energy increased and it cannot be solved only be encouraging the usage of the renewables. The permissive attitude of the European Commission can be found here and it is influenced by the increased state regulative roles. According to the author, it also appears in the environmentally friendly decisions which refers to the Paris Agreement’s fulfilment and the involvement of environmental requirements into politics. Moreover, the European Union tries to maintain its leader role in economics, which can be reached by the decrease of energy dependency and the exclusive usage of renewable energies is not the appropriate solution. The CJEU judgement is relevant in several respects. The article focuses primarily on the issue of environmental protection, state aid and the relation between the Euratom Treaty and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.</p>

Diagnosis of hermetic zone of containment envelope of nuclear power plant on basis of control of geometry and mechanical properties of containment

2020 ◽  
pp. 195-199
Author(s):  
V.V. Potapov ◽  
V.A. Il’in
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Laser Scanning ◽  
Nuclear Power Plants ◽  
Thickness Measurement ◽  
The State

The features for application of laser scanning of the lining geometry, the thickness measurement of the lining and the measurement of hardness with the subsequent assessment of mechanical properties to monitor the state of the pressurized volume of the containment envelope of nuclear power plants with VVER are considered.

scholarly journals EVACUATING ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, IN ABOUT ELEVEN (11) SECONDS

2021 ◽  
Vol XLIV-M-3-2021 ◽  
pp. 143-147
Author(s):  
J. Riechel
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Orange County ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Evacuation Planning

Abstract. Orange County, California, residents must evacuate when there is a crisis at the San Onofre nuclear power plant in San Clemente, California. They must travel roughly north and east over safe roads. Depending on their location in Orange County (OC), residents will travel to the closest of four (4) waypoints located on the border between OC and neighboring counties. Once a waypoint is reached, evacuees can travel in any direction except back toward OC. The approximate driving distance algorithm is used to suggest a possible waypoint for each address—business or residential. The approximate driving distance algorithm makes this evacuation planning possible, as it takes only around eleven (11) seconds on a state-of-the-art laptop to route 1.1 to 1.2 million addresses to waypoints. Using actual driving distances would take too long and be too expensive, taking approximately fifty-three (53) days on the same platform. The waypoint suggestions are just that: suggestions. In some cases, the approximate driving distance algorithm might not choose the closest waypoint.

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