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Automated Image Analysis of Offshore Infrastructure Marine Biofouling [PDF]
, 2018 Supplementary Materials: The following are available online at www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/6/1/2/s1 Acknowledgments: This project was funded by the Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC) project No.: NE/N019865/1.
Ferris, Joseph +6 more
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Forgoing Nuclear: Nuclear Power Plant Closures and Carbon Emissions in the United States
Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines the effect of nuclear power plant decommissioning on electricity generation and carbon emissions in the United States. Using data on nuclear reactor closures in the United States between 1993 and 2022 and data on state‐level carbon emissions and electricity generation from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), this ...
Luke Petach
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Nuclear Decommissioning Profile Switzerland
, 2023 This report provides an overview of the legal framework and regulation for the decommissioning of NPPs in Switzerland, as well as give an indication on current cost estimates and their accuracy. Additionally, it shows the current progress of the decommissioning process.
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Lifecycle‐Based Governance to Build Reliable Ethical AI Systems
Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Artificial intelligence (AI) systems represent a paradigm shift in technological capabilities, offering transformative potential across industries while introducing novel governance and implementation challenges. This paper presents a comprehensive framework for understanding AI systems through three critical dimensions: trustworthiness ...
Maikel Leon
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Assessment of Public Dose due to Gaseous Radioactive Effluent in Decommissioning Nuclear Power Plant [PDF]
Journal of Radiation Protection and ResearchBackground: In order to gain approval of decommissioning of nuclear power plants (NPPs), the operator has to submit a final decommissioning plan (FDP) to the regulatory body. The safety assessment is an essential part to be described in the FDP.
Geon Woo Son +3 more
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Decommissioning Handbook [PDF]
, 1994 The Decommissioning Handbook is a technical guide for the decommissioning of nuclear facilities. The decommissioning of a nuclear facility involves the removal of the radioactive and, for practical reasons, hazardous materials to enable the facility to be released and not represent a further risk to human health and the environment.
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Catch Shares in Action: Danish Pelagic and Demersal Individual Transferable Quota Programs [PDF]
, 2013 The Danish Pelagic and Demersal Individual Transferable Quota Programs (ITQ Programs) include a number of thoughtful design decisions in order to meet the programs' goals, including promoting economic growth in the fisheries sector by balancing the ...
Kent Strauss
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Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Enhancing infrastructure resilience, a key component of transforming and sustainably developing service utilities, requires a transdisciplinary and systems engineering framework. Addressing vulnerabilities in system architecture offers opportunities for resilience improvements, thereby mitigating the environmental, social, and economic impacts
Bob Hasanabadi +2 more
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The rise and fall of the fast breeder reactor technology in the UK: between engineering “dreams” and economic “realities”? [PDF]
, 2011 This report explores the evolution of the fast breeder nuclear reactor programmes in the UK, from the period of great promises and expectations in the 1950s and 1960s towards their progressive abandonment in the 1980s and 1990s.
Lehtonen, Markku, Lieu, Jenny
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Barriers to Steel Decarbonization
steel research international, EarlyView.Main identified barriers to steel decarbonization Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are a leading contributor to global climate change, necessitating urgent mitigation strategies. While various metrics—such as total national emissions, per‐capita output, and historical contributions—define responsibility, determining accountability remains complex ...
Pasquale Cavaliere
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