Russian naval shipbuilding set to gather pace at last

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Natural Gas ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Blue Water ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Defence Spending ◽  
Vladimir Putin

Subject Russian naval shipbuilding. Significance An accident on a secret deep-water submarine on June 1 embarrassed Russia's defence establishment. Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu rushed to assure President Vladimir Putin that the damage was repairable and the vessel's nuclear power plant was unharmed. Despite the negative optics, the accident was something of a one-off with no direct bearing on naval shipbuilding, which is forging ahead after years of delays. Impacts Defence spending is planned to stay around 24 billion dollars annually over the next three years. Rising food and liquified natural gas exports and trade shifts towards Asia and the Middle East mean Russia's maritime interests will rise. The modest size of most warships mean Russia is a long way from true global 'blue water' naval capacity.

Community relations dealing with a not in my back yard (NIMBY) context

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 424-452 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wonjun Chung ◽  
Jinbong Choi ◽  
Chang Wan Woo ◽  
Soobum Lee ◽  
Christina E. Saindon
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Social Exchange ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Social Exchange Theory ◽  
Interactive Effect ◽  
Community Relations ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Community Activities

Purpose This paper investigates whether building a nuclear power plant in a community would inherently bring local conflict phenomena such as “not in my back yard (NIMBY)”, focusing especially on the interactive effect between different types of local publics and their exposure to either a supportive or opposing message about a hypothetical local governmental plan to build a nuclear power plant on community participation intentions. Design/methodology/approach Applying the two theoretical frameworks (situational theory of publics and social exchange theory) to NIMBY, this study used a quantitative approach by using 471 participants in a 4 (publics: active, aware, aroused or inactive) × 2 (advocacy message type: supportive or opposing message) experimental design. Findings The results showed that regardless of message types, active publics were more likely to participate in community activities than any other public, but this group strongly opposed the harmful facility, while inactive publics continued to be inactive. However, aware and aroused publics were significantly influenced by messages. Originality/value The rationale and findings of this research are original, as they have not been published previously, and are not being simultaneously submitted elsewhere. This research should contribute to the broad body of knowledge and practices in community-based conflict issues in terms of risk management. It is believed that the discussion and implications of the findings should raise interesting areas for further research.

Russia will drop nuclear plans unless Turks buy in

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Air Force ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Nuclear Plant ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Bilateral Relations

Subject The Akkuyu nuclear plant that Turkey is building with Russia's Rosatom. Significance Since the Turkish air force downed a Russian warplane last November, bilateral relations have plunged to an all-time low. Rumours persist that Moscow has frozen funding for the Akkuyu nuclear power plant (NPP) and is unwilling to complete the project unless it can share the risk. Impacts Continued development would be an added incentive for Ankara and Moscow to repair relations. Abandoning the project would further strain relations between Ankara and Moscow. Turkey may look for other developers to complete the NPP while prioritising other forms of power generation.

scholarly journals Thermo-economic Assessment of the Possible Desalination Processes for the Second Block of Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant

2019 ◽  
Vol 140 ◽  
pp. 03001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khashayar Sadeghi ◽  
Seyed Hadi Ghazaie ◽  
Ekaterina Sokolova ◽  
Evgeniy Fedorovich ◽  
Amirsaeed Shirani
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Alternative Energy ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Energy Resource ◽  
Economic Assessment ◽  
Seawater Desalination ◽  
Energy Agency ◽  
Eastern Hemisphere

Nowadays, the problem of supplying fresh water to scarcer regions of the world is still acute. The seawater desalination has been touted as the main solution of closing the water gap in the Middle East and North Africa. However, seawater desalination is expensive and energy-intensive and influences the environment, extremely. Using nuclear power is a viable alternative energy resource to decrease the set of problems of consuming fossil fuels in the desalination plants. Iran, which is located in the arid belt of the eastern hemisphere, as a member state of IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) has announced his interest in the implementation of dual-purpose nuclear desalination in the existing nuclear power plant of the country. The Bushehr nuclear power plant is the first commercial nuclear reactor in the Middle East and can be used as a multi-purpose atomic complex to meet the demand for energy and supply of water to arid regions in the south of the country. This paper performs a thermo-economic assessment study for different desalination strategies in the second block of Bushehr NPP.

A new positioning method for remotely operated vehicle of the nuclear power plant

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-186
Author(s):  
Mingjie Dong ◽  
Jianfeng Li ◽  
Wusheng Chou
Keyword(s):  
Kalman Filter ◽  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Measurement Unit ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Remotely Operated Vehicle ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Positioning Method

Purpose The purpose of this study is to develop a new positioning method for remotely operated vehicle (ROV) in the nuclear power plant. The ROV of the nuclear power plant is developed to inspect the reactor cavity pools, the component pools and spent-fuel storage pools. To enhance the operational safety, the ability of localizing the ROV is indispensable. Design/methodology/approach Therefore, the positioning method is proposed based on the MEMS inertial measurement unit and mechanical scanning sonar in this paper. Firstly, the ROV model and on board sensors are introduced in detail. Then the sensor-based Kalman filter is deduced for attitude estimation. After that, the positioning method is proposed that divided into static positioning and dynamic positioning. The improved iterative closest point-Kalman filter is deduced to estimate the global position by the whole circle scanning sonar data in static, and the relative positioning method is proposed by the small scale scanning sonar data in dynamic. Findings The performance of the proposed method is verified by comparing with the visual positioning system. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed method is proved by the experiment in the reactor simulation pool of the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant. Originality/value The research content of this manuscript is aimed at the specific application needs of nuclear power plants and has high theoretical significance and application value.

Assessment of major causes: nuclear power plant disasters since 1950

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 521-543 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sayanti Mukhopadhyay ◽  
Jessica Halligan ◽  
Makarand Hastak
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Nuclear Industry ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Past ◽  
Nuclear Disaster ◽  
Nuclear Operators ◽  
Common Causes

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the major causes of the nuclear power plant (NPP) disasters since 1950, elucidates the commonalities between them and recommends strategies to minimize the risk of NPP disasters. Design/methodology/approach This paper analyzes facts from five case studies: Chernobyl disaster, USSR 1986; Fukushima Daiichi disaster, Japan 2011; Three Mile Island incident, USA 1979; Chalk River Accident, Canada 1952; and SL-1 Accident, USA 1961. A qualitative approach is adopted to compare and contrast the major reasons that led to the accidents, and consequent social and technological impacts of the disasters on environment, society, economy and nuclear industry are analyzed. Findings Although each of the nuclear accidents is unique in terms of its occurrence and impacts, this research study found some common causes behind the accidents. Faulty system design, equipment failure, inadequate safety and warning systems, violation of safety regulations, lack of training of the nuclear operators and ignorance from the operators and regulators side were found to be the major common causes behind the accidents. Originality/value This paper recommends some of the nuclear disaster risk reduction strategies in terms of “lessons learned from the past accidents”. The findings of the research paper would serve as an information tool for the nuclear professionals for informed decision-making and planning for proper preventive measures well in advance so that the mistakes which led to the occurrence of accidents in the past are not repeated in the future.

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.

UK-China trade will boom, but US ties come first

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Content Type ◽  
China Trade ◽  
Scottish Independence ◽  
Energy Companies ◽  
The Impact

Significance He is expected to announce a deal in which Chinese energy companies will take a one-third stake in the United Kingdom's planned 25-billion-pound (38.6-billion-dollar) Hinkley C nuclear power plant. Impacts Beijing would see Scottish independence as weakness but not be worried by it; the impact of 'Brexit' would be more serious. The United Kingdom's imperialist history is well-known in China and can be exploited, but is not a serious liability. Hong Kong democracy activists will press for UK support, citing London's commitment to 'monitor' Hong Kong; London will be circumspect.

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