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Novel piece-wise linear system for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines (FOWTs) wet-towing operations

open access: yesApplied Ocean Research
This paper evaluates the dynamic effects of a novel piece-wise linear towing system on the T-Omega Wind Floating Offshore Wind Turbine (FOWT), when connected between a tugboat and the wind turbine to perform wet-towing operations. The novel towing device
Alicia Terrero-Gonzalez   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘CLOSING THE CARBON LOOP’: Climate Policy Discourses and the Material Politics of Municipal Waste‐to‐Biofuel Programs

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Waste‐to‐biofuel (WTB) programs have gained popularity as a municipal circular economy and an emissions reduction strategy. The upgrading of biofuels to renewable natural gas (RNG) has drawn particular interest, as RNG can displace conventional fossil fuels in any existing natural gas end use and be delivered through existing pipeline ...
Taylor Davey
wiley   +1 more source

A BIOECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF DECOMMISSIONING PROGRAMS: APPLICATION TO A LIMITED-ENTRY FRENCH SCALLOP FISHERY

open access: yes
The objective of this paper is to assess the benefits and costs of decommissioning policies aimed at reducing fleet capacity through premiums offered by the public authority to fishermen to scrap their vessels.
Ifremer   +3 more
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Waste and decommissioning

open access: yes, 2006
Publisher ...
Sustainable Development Commission   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

PRECARIZED AGEING‐IN‐PERIFERIA: Low‐Income Older Adults in a Transforming Neighbourhood

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article we investigate how intersecting forms of precarity shape the everyday practices of ageing‐in‐place developed by low‐income older adults in Via Milano, a historically segregated yet rapidly transforming neighbourhood in Brescia, northern Italy. We draw on qualitative and ethnographic research to examine how diverse urban changes—
Marco Alioni, Barbara Badiani
wiley   +1 more source

"Technical analysis of nuclear decommissioning and spent fuel management: the Italian case and collaborations with France and United Kingdom".

open access: yes
reservedL'elaborato si concentra sulle procedure di decommissioning nucleare, con attenzione rivolta sia ai trattamenti di front-end che a quelli di back-end.
NOSÈ, THOMAS
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A Review of the Australian MRI Linac Program: From Pie in the Sky to Research Milestone

open access: yesJournal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Australian Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Linear Accelerator program (MRI linac) was a major research project that aimed to build and test a unique MRI linac prototype for cancer treatment. It aimed to improve radiotherapy anatomical targeting and explore physiological targeting. The purpose of this report is to summarise the development
Michael Bernard Barton   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transforming Decommissioning Planning

open access: yes, 2017
The decommissioning of offshore oil and gas infrastructure is a key aspect in the life cycle of the facility and incurs a significant amount of cost. Decom North Sea was formed in 2010 with funding from the UK Department of
Roger Esson
core   +1 more source

Rendezvous in Space: Tech Diplomacy and the Commercial Space Era—A Study of Rendezvous and Docking Technologies and Space Exploration Co‐Operation Since the Cold War

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT On‐orbit rendezvous and docking constitute one of the most technically challenging activities in the history of space activities. As space endeavours mature to crewed missions, space rendezous and docking technologies (RDT) emerge as an area of technological innovation critical to advances in future crewed space exploration.
Nikita Chiu, Markus Kornprobst
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of Nuclear Facility Decommissioning Projects program [PDF]

open access: yes, 1983
The objective of the Evaluation of Nuclear Facility Decommissioning Projects (ENFDP) program is to provide the NRC licensing staff with data which will allow an assessment of radiation exposure during decommissioning and the implementation of ALARA ...
Baumann, B. L.
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