Kola Peninsula Radwaste Management in the Framework of the Italian-Russian Cooperation Agreement for Global Partnership

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Massimiliano Nobile ◽  
Dmitry Izmailov ◽  
Antonino Spadoni ◽  
Oleg Uryvskiy
Keyword(s):  
Kola Peninsula ◽  
Initial Time ◽  
Protective Structure ◽  
Time Schedule ◽  
Previous Estimate ◽  
Cooperation Agreement ◽  
Detailed Design ◽  
Global Partnership ◽  
Conceptual Study ◽  
Partnership Program

In 2003 a Cooperation Agreement, envisaging a grant of 360 Meuro in 10 years, was signed between Italy and Russia in the framework of the “so-called” Global Partnership Program. So far, in five years of concrete work, a total of 146 Meuro have been engaged through 33 contracts and 121 Meuro have been already paid. Together with other significant lines of activities the management of waste, presently located at Andreeva Bay site, is surely the most important one, not only for the amount of allocated funds (about the half of available ones) but also for the urgency to solve serious environmental problems linked to the actual unsafe conditions of these waste, both as regards possible incidents or malicious attacks from outside. Volume of Low Level and Intermediate Level (LL/IL) waste at Andreeva Bay site are 17000 tons and 3000 tons, respectively for solid and liquid; moreover is expected, during the next 15 years, the production of additional 33000 tons of liquid and 8000 tons of solid, due to the need of demolishing existing facilities and final closing of the site. As regards radwaste management facilities, the solution defined in OBIN (justification of investment) has been analyzed and critically reviewed. After the completion of a conceptual study, the construction of three facilities (solid and liquid treatment ones and a protective structure for storing on site temporarily conditioned waste) was decided and a contract was assigned in 2010 to Ansaldo Nucleare/AtomStroyExport for the detailed design of the above mentioned facilities, which is expected to be completed in 2012. Some important modifications to the initial time schedule have been taken into account and now the operation of the facilities is expected by 2015, two years before the previous estimate.

Tank Car Top Fittings Protection: Evaluation of Derailment Failure Risks — A Conceptual Study

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Di Bacco ◽  
Christopher Kirney ◽  
Anand Prabhakaran ◽  
Graydon F. Booth ◽  
Florentina M. Gantoi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Impact Velocity ◽  
Conceptual Development ◽  
Ground Surface ◽  
Protective Structure ◽  
Damage And Failure ◽  
Structural Capacity ◽  
Velocity Spectra ◽  
Conceptual Study ◽  
Future Work ◽  
The Impact

Top fittings devices on tank cars are subject to damage and failure under derailment conditions, potentially leading to the release of hazardous lading. This paper describes the conceptual development of an objective methodology for evaluating the risk of fittings protection failure and the potential reduction in that risk when mitigating strategies such as improved fittings protective structure are deployed. The methodology captures several key elements that affect fittings survival, including: the speed of derailment initiation, the impact velocity/force spectrum experienced by the fittings protective structure during the event, the strength/structural capacity of the protective structure, and the rigidity of the ground surface. Detailed finite element modeling efforts were employed to capture derailment dynamics and corresponding impact velocity spectra, as well as the strength of multiple protective designs. Future work, including validation, is planned to extend the concept into a detailed methodology.

scholarly journals What Should be the Time Schedule for a Project?

1988 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 17-22
Author(s):  
Devendra Kumar Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Capital Expenditure ◽  
Initial Time ◽  
Time Schedule ◽  
Optimum Time ◽  
Project Costs

Finalization of time schedule for a project is a crucial decision. It is not entirely a technical matter. Compressing the duration has cost and other implications. Managers can determine what the time schedule should be to achieve significant savings. Gupta feels that it is possible to crash time schedules by up to 15 per cent of the initial time schedule with only marginal increases in project costs. Gupta presents a methodology for analysing the costs in arriving at the optimum time schedule for a project. He illustrates the method with a project involving capital expenditure of Rs 100 million.

Environmental and Radiological Remediation Under Canada’s Global Partnership Program 2004–11

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Washer
Keyword(s):  
International Community ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Chemical Weapon ◽  
Mass Destruction ◽  
Global Security ◽  
Priority Areas ◽  
Global Partnership ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Partnership Program ◽  
International Initiative

Following the “911” attack on the USA in 2001 the international community under Canada’s G8 leadership established a $20 billion Global Partnership initiative in 2002 to collaboratively address threats to global security posed by the proliferation and potential terrorist use of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction (WMMD) and related materials and knowledge. This major international initiative addressed four priority areas: (1) Chemical Weapon Destruction; (2) Nuclear powered submarine eliminations; (3) Nuclear and radiological security; and (4) Employment for former weapon scientists. Additionally the initiative has addressed Biological Non-Proliferation. Canada’s execution of all these program areas has resulted in substantial environmental benefits aside from the eradication and securing of WMMD. This paper reviews the environmental and radiological remediation achievements of the four primary Global Partnership program areas addressed under Canadian funding 2004 through 2011.

Sony-FIFA Partnership Marketing Program: The Value of Sponsorship

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Mark Jeffery ◽  
Saurabh Mishra
Keyword(s):  
Marketing Strategy ◽  
Balanced Scorecard ◽  
Return On Investment ◽  
Senior Executives ◽  
World Cup ◽  
Global Marketing ◽  
Fifa World Cup ◽  
Global Partnership ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Partnership Program

On April 6, 2005, Sony Corporation announced the signing of a global partnership program contract with the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) and the organizer of the FIFA World Cup. The contract, which represented the first global marketing and communications platform for the Sony Group, would run from 2007 to 2014 with a contract value (excluding services and product leases) of 33.0 billion yen (approximately $305 million). This was a very significant marketing investment for Sony, since the cost of event sponsorship with advertising was typically two or three times the cost of the sponsorship rights; hence, Sony was potentially investing a billion dollars or more on FIFA-related marketing campaigns over the next several years. Many Sony senior executives were questioning the return on investment (ROI) of the FIFA sponsorship opportunity.To define key metrics and articulate a methodology for campaign measurement pre- and post-campaign to quantify ROI. To design a new Sony marketing campaign to activate the FIFA sponsorship opportunity, define metrics for measurement, and learn to use a balanced scorecard approach. Since the FIFA sponsorship is a brand campaign, nonfinancial metrics are primarily used. The key to success is to have a clearly defined sponsorship marketing strategy and business objectives.

scholarly journals Metode Penetapan Waktu Salat Menurut Dewan Syariah Wahdah Islamiyah

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-59
Author(s):  
Ronny Mahmuddin ◽  
Abdul Munawir ◽  
Muslimin
Keyword(s):  
Field Studies ◽  
Initial Time ◽  
The Sun ◽  
Time Schedule ◽  
Statistical Research ◽  
Main Method ◽  
Normative Approach ◽  
Correct Method ◽  
Islamic Jurisprudence ◽  
Point Of Reference

This study aimed to identify and recognize the correct method in determining shari prayer times according to Sharia Board of Wahdah Islamiyah. The issues in this study were; First, Islamic jurisprudence and the position of the sun being the main point of reference according to the Sharia in determining the initial time for prayer; Second, the law of employing astronomy in determining the initial time for prayer; Third, the correct method in determining shari prayer times according to Sharia Board of Wahdah Islamiyah. The type used was descriptive qualitative (non-statistical) research, which focused on the study of scripts and texts, employing a normative approach (shari) with field studies in the form of interviews with related figures. The results of the study show that; first, to recognize the Islamic jurisprudence and the position of the sun as the main point of reference in determining the initial time for prayer must be understood based on the propositions in the Koran and sunnah through the interpretation of the scholars who were well-known for their credibility. Second, in determining the prayer time schedule, the main method used is the method of rukyat with the help of astronomy as a means and device, but not as a primary point of reference. In addition, the process of preparing the prayer schedule is necessarily conducted through discussions by experts of Islamic jurisprudence and astronomy, both those affiliated with Wahdah Islamiyah and experts from outside Wahdah Islamiyah who are willing to provide recommendations and suggestions.

Evidence for a Blood Ganglion Barrier in the Superior Cervical Ganglion of the Rat

1982 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 204-204
Author(s):  
D. M. DePace
Keyword(s):  
Blood Vessels ◽  
Superior Cervical Ganglion ◽  
Peripheral Nerves ◽  
Time Schedule ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Cervical Ganglion ◽  
The Central Nervous System ◽  
Cervical Ganglia ◽  
Capillary Circulation ◽  
And Control

The majority of blood vessels in the superior cervical ganglion possess a continuous endothelium with tight junctions. These same features have been associated with the blood brain barrier of the central nervous system and peripheral nerves. These vessels may perform a barrier function between the capillary circulation and the superior cervical ganglion. The permeability of the blood vessels in the superior cervical ganglion of the rat was tested by intravenous injection of horseradish peroxidase (HRP). Three experimental groups of four animals each were given intravenous HRP (Sigma Type II) in a dosage of.08 to.15 mg/gm body weight in.5 ml of.85% saline. The animals were sacrificed at five, ten or 15 minutes following administration of the tracer. Superior cervical ganglia were quickly removed and fixed by immersion in 2.5% glutaraldehyde in Sorenson's.1M phosphate buffer, pH 7.4. Three control animals received,5ml of saline without HRP. These were sacrificed on the same time schedule. Tissues from experimental and control animals were reacted for peroxidase activity and then processed for routine transmission electron microscopy.

About definition of the local entropy rate of production in experiment of pulse electric heating

2020 ◽  
pp. 29-34
Author(s):  
Alexandr V. Kostanovskiy ◽  
Margarita E. Kostanovskaya
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Diffusivity ◽  
Electric Heating ◽  
Thermal Capacity ◽  
Entropy Rate ◽  
Initial Time ◽  
Local Entropy ◽  
Linear Mode ◽  
Electric Capacity ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Pulse Electric

Work is devoted to studying of a linear mode thermodynamic – a mode which is actively investigated now. One of the main concepts of a linear mode – local entropy rate of production. The purpose of given article consists in expansion of a circle of problems for which it is possible to calculate a local entropy rate of production, namely its definition, using the experimental “time-temperature” curves of heating/cooling. “Time-temperature” curves heating or cooling are widely used in non-stationary thermophysical experiments at studying properties of substances and materials: phase transitions of the first and second sort, a thermal capacity, thermal diffusivity. The quantitative substantiation of the formula for calculation of the local entropy rate of production in which it is used thermogram (change of temperature from time) which is received by a method of pulse electric heating is resulted. Initial time dependences of electric capacity and temperature are measured on the sample of niobium in a microsecond range simultaneously. Conformity of two dependences of the local entropy rate of production from time is shown: one is calculated under the known formula in which the brought electric capacity is used; another is calculated, using the thermogram.

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