Coordination of international standards with implementation of the IECRE conformity assessment system to provide multiple certification offerings for PV power plants

The paper offers a review of the international principles and approaches to the conformity assessment of hotels quality and safety criteria. Given the lack of common approaches in the world practice to the accommodation establishments categorization, in particular, lack of stanard assessment system, it is suggested to build a unified hotels conformity assessment system (categorization) based on the 21 HOTREC principles, Hotelstars Union criteria and the requirements of The Global Hotel Security Standard. This approach will allow consumers obtain valid and transparent information about hotels all over the world. The recommendations provided will contribute to enhancing the quality and safety of hotel services as well as to boosting the flow of foreign tourists.

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Application of Reference Designation for Power Plants to Wind Turbines

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.529.476 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 529 ◽

pp. 476-480

Author(s):

Li Yi ◽

San Yong Liu ◽

Qiang Qiang Yu

Keyword(s):

Power Plant ◽

Wind Power ◽

Wind Turbines ◽

Power Plants ◽

Economic Effect ◽

Technical Committee ◽

International Standards ◽

Identification System ◽

Wind Power Plant

RDS-PP (Reference Designation for Power Plants) is a new identification system for power plants, which basis and structure are based on international standards. With the purposes to meet the designation of new power plants like wind power plant, KKS (Kraftwerk-Kennzeichen system) is developed to RDS-PP. VGB technical committee recommends newly-built power plants adopts RDS-PP directly. Though leading to additional work, adopting new identification system have a long term economic effect.

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Description of Semantic Web Service in Wind Power Plant Based on OWL-S

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.543-547.503 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 543-547 ◽

pp. 503-508

Author(s):

Xin Ying Wang

Keyword(s):

Power Plant ◽

Semantic Web ◽

Web Service ◽

Wind Power ◽

Information Exchange ◽

Power Plants ◽

International Standards ◽

Wind Power Plant ◽

Semantic Web Service ◽

Wind Power Plants

IEC 61400-25 is a series of international standards on communication of wind power plants. The service defined by information exchange models in wind power plants communicates through being mapped to web service. Web service is described by WSDL, but with the limitation of WSDL itself, web service can not realize the semantic description, the automatic discovery and composition of service. So semantic web service is introduced, the service is described by OWL-S to realize the interconnection of wind power plant hardware devices from different manufacturers, to facilitate the sharing and reuse of devices function and to realize the sharing of wind power plant knowledge in semantic level.

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The Climate Vulnerabilities of Global Nuclear Power

Global Environmental Politics ◽

10.1162/glep_a_00527 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 19 (4) ◽

pp. 3-13 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Sarah M. Jordaan ◽

Afreen Siddiqi ◽

William Kakenmaster ◽

Alice C. Hill

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Sea Level Rise ◽

Sea Level ◽

Nuclear Power ◽

Power Plants ◽

Extreme Event ◽

International Standards ◽

Plant Design ◽

Low Carbon ◽

And Sea Level

Nuclear power—a source of low-carbon electricity—is exposed to increasing risks from climate change. Intensifying storms, droughts, extreme precipitation, wildfires, higher temperatures, and sea-level rise threaten supply disruptions and facility damage. Approximately 64 percent of installed capacity commenced operation between thirty and forty-eight years ago, before climate change was considered in plant design or construction. Globally, 516 million people reside within a fifty mile (80 km) radius of at least one operating nuclear power plant, and 20 million reside within a ten mile (16 km) radius, and could face health and safety risks resulting from an extreme event induced by climate change. Roughly 41 percent of nuclear power plants operate near seacoasts, making them vulnerable to increasing storm intensity and sea-level rise. Inland plants face exposure to other climate risks, such as increasingly severe wildfires and warmer water temperatures. No entity has responsibility for conducting risk assessments that adequately evaluate the climate vulnerabilities of nuclear power and the subsequent threats to international energy security, the environment, and human health. A comprehensive risk assessment by international agencies and the development of national and international standards is necessary to mitigate risks for new and existing plants.

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The Regulatory Framework for Safe Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Plants in Korea

Volume 2: Facility Decontamination and Decommissioning; Environmental Remediation; Environmental Management/Public Involvement/Crosscutting Issues/Global Partnering ◽

10.1115/icem2013-96014 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Sangmyeon Ahn ◽

Jungjoon Lee ◽

Chanwoo Jeong ◽

Kyungwoo Choi

Keyword(s):

Nuclear Power ◽

Power Plants ◽

Nuclear Power Plants ◽

Regulatory Framework ◽

International Standards ◽

Current Status ◽

Nuclear Facilities ◽

Safety Requirement ◽

Regulatory Review ◽

Safety Standards

We are having 23 units of nuclear power plants in operation and 5 units of nuclear power plants under construction in Korea as of September 2012. However, we don’t have any experience on shutdown permanently and decommissioning of nuclear power plants. There are only two research reactors being decommissioned since 1997. It is realized that improvement of the regulatory framework for decommissioning of nuclear facilities has been emphasized constantly from the point of view of IAEA’s safety standards. It is also known that IAEA will prepare the safety requirement on decommissioning of facilities; its title is the Safe Decommissioning of Facilities, General Safety Requirement Part 6. According to the result of IAEA’s Integrated Regulatory Review Service (IRRS) mission to Korea in 2011, it was recommended that the regulatory framework should require decommissioning plans for nuclear installations to be constructed and operated and these plans should be updated periodically. In addition, after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan in March of 2011, preparedness for early decommissioning caused by an unexpected severe accident became important issues and concerns. In this respect, it is acknowledged that the regulatory framework for decommissioning of nuclear facilities in Korea need to be improved. First of all, we focus on identifying the current status and relevant issues of regulatory framework for decommissioning of nuclear power plants compared to the IAEA’s safety standards in order to achieve our goal. And then the plan is established for improvement of regulatory framework for decommissioning of nuclear power plants in Korea. It is expected that if the things will go forward as planned, the revised regulatory framework for decommissioning could enhance the safety regime on the decommissioning of nuclear power plants in Korea in light of international standards.

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