Worldwide measurements of radioxenon background near isotope production facilities, a nuclear power plant and at remote sites: the “EU/JA-II” Project

2012 ◽  
Vol 296 (2) ◽  
pp. 1133-1142 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. R. J. Saey ◽  
A. Ringbom ◽  
T. W. Bowyer ◽  
M. Zähringer ◽  
M. Auer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Isotope Production ◽  
Remote Sites ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Production Facilities

Great Expectations: The Case of the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-31
Author(s):  
Aliaksei I. Patonia
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Excess Capacity ◽  
Security Threat ◽  
Economic Adjustment ◽  
Great Expectations ◽  
Generating Capacity ◽  
Domestic Electricity ◽  
The Eu

Abstract As extreme dependence of Belarus’s economy on Russian hydrocarbons poses a national security threat, the Belarusian Government decided to mitigate this challenge by constructing a nuclear power plant (NPP) that will cover two fifths of the domestic electricity demand and contribute to increased excess electricity generating capacity for export to the EU. This article assesses a combination of diplomacy and domestic adjustments to develop four scenarios representing the most feasible mechanisms to address the challenges associated with this excess capacity. Having evaluated each scenario’s advantages, drawbacks, costs, and probability, it concludes that, in the current political and diplomatic environment, Belarus will have to consume all its NPP’s energy domestically. This, in its turn, will necessitate significant economic adjustment.

Ankara will stick to its Syria policy despite Moscow

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Gas Pipeline ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Political Relations ◽  
The Eu

Significance Confrontations between Russian and Turkish fighter jets along the Turkish-Syrian border -- which triggered strong expressions of support for Turkey from NATO and the EU -- have followed on swiftly after Russia's intervention in Syria's civil war. Russia's intervention threatens to set back Turkey's ambitions of eventually replacing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad with a mainly Sunni Islamist regime, and jeopardise Turkey's very important economic and political relations with Russia. Impacts Erdogan will attempt to pursue an inflexible and uncompromising line towards Russia despite Turkey's need for good relations. There are now strong question marks over such Russo-Turkish projects as the TurkStream gas pipeline and possibly even a nuclear power plant. If (unlikely but not impossible) AKP loses the November elections, a new government would reverse Syria policy and revive Russian relations.

The Temelín nuclear power plant and the European Union in Austriane—Czech relations

2006 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rick Fawn
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Eu

The Czech Republic’s Temelín nuclear power plant provoked the worst relations between it and Austria. This article identifies novel, unexpected roles that the EU played in that dispute: mediator, framework-setting; absenteeism; foil; and belated enforcer. The EU ultimately altered the nature of the dispute and can be seen to have inadvertently defended a non-member state’s interests against those of an existing member.

Great Expectations: The Case of the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-31
Author(s):  
Aliaksei I. Patonia
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Excess Capacity ◽  
Security Threat ◽  
Economic Adjustment ◽  
Great Expectations ◽  
Generating Capacity ◽  
Domestic Electricity ◽  
The Eu

Abstract As extreme dependence of Belarus’s economy on Russian hydrocarbons poses a national security threat, the Belarusian Government decided to mitigate this challenge by constructing a nuclear power plant (NPP) that will cover two fifths of the domestic electricity demand and contribute to increased excess electricity generating capacity for export to the EU. This article assesses a combination of diplomacy and domestic adjustments to develop four scenarios representing the most feasible mechanisms to address the challenges associated with this excess capacity. Having evaluated each scenario’s advantages, drawbacks, costs, and probability, it concludes that, in the current political and diplomatic environment, Belarus will have to consume all its NPP’s energy domestically. This, in its turn, will necessitate significant economic adjustment.

Fuzzy multi-objective decision making approach for nuclear power plant installation

2020 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 6339-6350
Author(s):  
Esra Çakır ◽  
Ziya Ulukan
Keyword(s):  
Linear Programming ◽  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Energy Supply ◽  
Energy Demand ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Total Duration ◽  
Objective Functions ◽  
Multi Objective

Due to the increase in energy demand, many countries suffer from energy poverty because of insufficient and expensive energy supply. Plans to use alternative power like nuclear power for electricity generation are being revived among developing countries. Decisions for installation of power plants need to be based on careful assessment of future energy supply and demand, economic and financial implications and requirements for technology transfer. Since the problem involves many vague parameters, a fuzzy model should be an appropriate approach for dealing with this problem. This study develops a Fuzzy Multi-Objective Linear Programming (FMOLP) model for solving the nuclear power plant installation problem in fuzzy environment. FMOLP approach is recommended for cases where the objective functions are imprecise and can only be stated within a certain threshold level. The proposed model attempts to minimize total duration time, total cost and maximize the total crash time of the installation project. By using FMOLP, the weighted additive technique can also be applied in order to transform the model into Fuzzy Multiple Weighted-Objective Linear Programming (FMWOLP) to control the objective values such that all decision makers target on each criterion can be met. The optimum solution with the achievement level for both of the models (FMOLP and FMWOLP) are compared with each other. FMWOLP results in better performance as the overall degree of satisfaction depends on the weight given to the objective functions. A numerical example demonstrates the feasibility of applying the proposed models to nuclear power plant installation problem.

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