...The Benefits Of Powering Our Future With Nuclear Energy February 26, 2015 The Benefits Of Powering Our Future With Nuclear Energy A significant issue that impacts the American economy today is the increasing demand for energy, the availability of fuel, and the rising cost of electricity. There are many Americans who have anti-nuclear views for many different reasons related to safety, security and economics. These Americans oppose the construction of new nuclear plants because they are focused solely on the potential negative aspects of nuclear power generation such as radiation exposure and terrorism. These concerns are legitimate; however, evidence suggests that America should support building more nuclear power plants because nuclear power is a safe, economic and environmentally sound energy source. In exploring the safety aspects of nuclear power generation, we find that one of the most prevalent reasons that people are opposed to nuclear plant construction is their fear of the risks that are associated with radiation exposure. When nuclear power is generated, material is produced that emits radiation. This material can come into contact with people during routine power plant operation. In addition, radiation can be released during nuclear power plant accidents, and transportation of nuclear material. As described by University of Pittsburgh Professor Bernard Cohen, “radiation exposure can damage biological cells and thereby initiate a cancer and cause genetic diseases”...
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...caused serious nuclear accident in Japan. However, it was triggered by unexpected natural disaster, the accident can be avoided if there exist a sound risk management cycle to identify the risks within this project and put a risk management plan in place. What’s more, the influence of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster would be reduced through proper crisis management procedures. There are three major key risk issues findings about the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. The first one is risk identification problems in risk management cycle. The second risk issue is failure in avoiding crisis. The last point discusses communication problems in containing crisis. The damages can be reduced and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster can be avoided if TEPCO management make further research in risk identification process, spend more effort in avoiding crisis rather than only focus on profit generating activities. When the crisis happened properly communicate with government and ensure information transparency help protect the public images of the firm, After in depth research about the case of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster and compare with Three Mile Island nuclear power plant accidents. This report draws lessons from the cases and provides several recommendations for the Fukushima Daiichi and the Japanese government. , 2. Introduction and Aims There are numerous business risks and the kinds of risk vary from business to business, but construction of a risk management...
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...Volha Yarmolina Nancy Riccio, CSRM 2/29/2016 Area Vice President, Public Entity School Security On July 15, 2015 the New Jersey Legislature approved the final report of the School Security Task Force which the purpose of the Task Force was to study and develop recommendations to improve school security and safety and to ensure a safe learning environment for students and school employees. This report and its recommendations will guide all New Jersey Public Schools with improving security, physical and cyber. The Task Force was charged with the identifying physical and cyber vulnerabilities and potential breaches of security in New Jersey’s public schools. Afterwards their research they were to make recommendations to improve school safety and security. The Task Force’s charge was to study a number of issues including, but not limited to, the following: 1. Placing screening systems at school entrances; 2. Stationing police officers in each school building; 3. Improving response times to emergency situations, including lockdowns, active shooter incidents, and bomb threats; 4. Requiring advanced student and visitor identification cards; 5. Using biometric, retina, and other advanced recognition systems for authorized entrance into school buildings; 6. Installing panic...
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...he paper focuses on the impact of employees’ safety culture on organizational performance (improved management/employees safety practices, enhanced productivity, increased profitability and reduced accident/ incident rate) in shell bonny terminal integrated project. It defines employees’ safety culture as a product of individual and group values, attitudes, perceptions, competencies, and patterns of behavior that determine the level of commitment, style and proficiency of an organization’s safety management system. It assumes that inculcation of employees’ safety culture on the workforce at the task level using behavior-based safety culture approach (enforcement and education) has an influence on employees’ safety performance as well as on company performance: enhancement of productivity, profitability and loss control through reduction of accident/incident rate. The paper posits that: if construction companies in Shell Bonny terminal integrated project (BTIP) inculcate safety culture in their workforce through changing employees’ attitude to safety, there will be an improvement in employees’ obedience to safety rules and regulations thus enhancing better safety performance. The better safety performance of employees will lead to few accidents, damages, liabilities, legal costs, medical costs etc. through reduction of safety risks and creation of better opportunities for rehabilitation of employees after injury. The better safety...
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...internal controls in action, and a synopsis of monitoring, which is perhaps the most critical part of a strong internal control system. Five components of internal control The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO) provides a framework in which to analyze a firm’s internal controls. Below are the five interrelated components of this framework: 1. Control environment - The top management is responsible for setting standards, processes, structure and accountability of the organization, resulting in the establishment of the control environment. Components of the control environment consist of but are not limited to value, integrity, and the philosophy of management. 2. Risk assessment - The management’s ability to minimize risk by identifying, evaluating, managing and handling risk by establishing objectives and linking all levels of the organization to that objective. 3. Control activities - Activities that are either...
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...Bargaining power of the customers 5 Intensity of existing rivalry 5 Threats of substitutes 5 Threat of new competitors 6 Strategic recommendations 6 A better management and react to market fast 6 Focus more on deep-water development 6 Build a more effective team with expertise and experience 6 Expand our services to Middle East 7 Conclusion 7 Bibliography 7 Description of the company-Subsea 7 Subsea 7 is one of the world’s leading global company in offshore engineering, construction and commissioning work. It was formed by the joint merger of two big companies, Acergy S.A. and previous Subsea 7,Inc. The company owns a wide range of fleets, including pipelaying vessels, construction vessels, diving and support vessels, which adds up to a total of more than 40 units. These vessels are equipped with the modern advanced ROVs( remote operated vehicles) and best facilities in the market. The strong track records has made Subsea 7 the major player in the energy construction and installation sector in Europe, Africa and Asia. In 2014, Subsea 7 made a record annual gross revenue of 6,870million driven by its excellent project execution, in addition, there is a 8.2 billion in the backlog operation. Today, subsea 7 is a global cooperation with a total workforce of 13,000, 2000 engineers, 39 vessels, 175 ROVS and 26 offices located at every continent. Despite of being the leader in the market, Subsea 7 also has new...
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...Nuclear Energy and its importance in context of India Every single atom in the universe carries an unimaginably powerful battery within its heart, called the nucleus. This form of energy, often called Type-1 fuel, is hundreds of thousands, if not million, times more powerful than the conventional Type-0 fuels, which are basically dead plants and animals existing in the form of coal, petroleum, natural gas and other forms of fossil fuel. I. Terminology - Nuclear fission –splitting of atoms to produce energy in the form of heat. Uranium a naturally occurring radioactive metal - only element in which fission(splitting off nucleus) can take place easily, setting off a chain reaction or a self-sustained splitting of atoms. The atoms of Uranium are the largest and the heaviest known on earth so its nucleus is unstable. Besides uranium, plutonium can undergo fission. Fertile material – composed of atoms which do not undergo induced fission themselves but fissile material can be generated from them by irradiation in a nuclear reactor. E.g. U- 238 gives plutonium 239, TH- 232 gives U-233, and U-234 gives U-235. Criticality – When the chain reaction takes place for the first time in a nuclear electricity reactor, it means the reactor has reached its first criticality. Moderator – used to slowdown neutrons surrounding the fuel core of the reactor,e.g.Light water, heavy water (D2O) Pressurised Heavy Water reactor (PWHR) –fuel used is natural uranium. Heavy water is both coolant and...
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...n.d.). The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, CA was tasked to build the National Ignition Facility (NIF) by the Department of Energy (DOE). The NIF is a facility to produce intense pressures and temperatures that may, for the first time, simulate in a laboratory the thermonuclear conditions created in nuclear explosions. The NIF project was approved in 1995. Construction The stadium-sized facility was to be 500,000 square feet. They excavated over 210,000 cubic yards of soil, poured 73,000 cubic yards of concrete, and had more than 7,000 workers completed NIF project three week ahead of schedule and $2M dollars under budget. There were many challenges to overcome. One was the target bay which serves as the target point for 192 lasers had to be installed 45 feet below ground. Concrete had to be poured for 18 hours to overcome this challenge. Another challenge occurred 6 months after the ground breaking when heavy rains from El Nino flooded the NIF worksite. It took wet weather construction engineers 3 weeks to restore the project. Then a month later, crews unearthed the remains of 16,000 year old remains of a mammoth. Construction was halted for 4 days until specialists worked to remove and preserver the skeleton. Management Issues By August1999, the project was under severe scrutiny. There were forecasts of massive schedule delays and overruns. The management teams had misidentified the project scope and greatly miscalculated their engineering...
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...States is a logical and sustainable move for the chemical giant for a myriad of reasons, which are reviewed below. Despite the recent economic decline and sustained recession in the United States, BASF has identified a booming section of the U.S. energy market in the form of natural gas production. Natural gas produced through hydraulic fracking and horizontal drilling through shale has turned America into the largest producer of natural gas in the world. This increase in production, combined with the recent nuclear disaster in Japan and continued unrest in the Middle East, provides a lower cost energy market that can’t be found in many parts of the world. This low cost energy market is one of the main attractions BASF has for building additional operations in the U.S. With supply of natural gas expected to be sustainable for well over the next 100 years, BASF will increase their profit margins and provide little risk to operational disruption that can occur from nuclear or petroleum energy supplies, or from the added expenses associated with renewable energy sources. To fully capitalize on the low cost energy market, BASF continues to develop more operational and supply chain assets in the U.S., specifically in the Gulf States, providing easy access to shipping ports throughout the Gulf of Mexico in addition to reducing transportation time between U.S....
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...States is a logical and sustainable move for the chemical giant for a myriad of reasons, which are reviewed below. Despite the recent economic decline and sustained recession in the United States, BASF has identified a booming section of the U.S. energy market in the form of natural gas production. Natural gas produced through hydraulic fracking and horizontal drilling through shale has turned America into the largest producer of natural gas in the world. This increase in production, combined with the recent nuclear disaster in Japan and continued unrest in the Middle East, provides a lower cost energy market that can’t be found in many parts of the world. This low cost energy market is one of the main attractions BASF has for building additional operations in the U.S. With supply of natural gas expected to be sustainable for well over the next 100 years, BASF will increase their profit margins and provide little risk to operational disruption that can occur from nuclear or petroleum energy supplies, or from the added expenses associated with renewable energy sources. To fully capitalize on the low cost energy market, BASF continues to develop more operational and supply chain assets in the U.S., specifically in the Gulf States, providing easy access to shipping ports throughout the Gulf of Mexico in addition to reducing transportation time between U.S....
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...awareness of the importance of the preservation of the environment continues to grow in 2016, companies are looking for ways to become environmentally friendly, also known as "going green." Not only can green business practices and processes help protect the environment, they may also help a company improve its bottom line. There are many direct benefits for businesses that embrace social and environmental responsibility. There are tangibles and financials that come from efficiency and cost savings: * Increased revenues and market share * Mutual benefits in contract alignments * Reduced risk, easier financing * Reduced expenses of construction sites In addition, today much of the value of a company lies below the bottom line in intangibles, nonfinancial and brand reputation. Mainstream investors are demanding thoughtful corporate social responsibility structures. Leading research in the field of "Extra-Financial" valuation shows that environmental, social and governance issues are material to long term results -- so must be factored into investment decisions. A sustainability focus for a business can add extra-financial value through: * Meeting the growing demand of green clients; environmentally conscious purchasing * Reputation * Revenue risk if energy, water and material supplies are disrupted * Easier hiring and retention of top talent * Increased employee productivity I want to thank you for this opportunity to propose this “going...
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...FROM RESEARCH TO INDUSTRY Nuclear Energy Division 4 -GENERATION SODIUM-COOLED FAST REACTORS THE ASTRID TECHNOLOGICAL DEMONSTRATOR th DECEMBER 2012 SUSTAINABLE RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT OF JUNE 28, 2006: RESULTS OF RESEARCH CARRIED OUT ON THE SEPARATION AND TRANSMUTATION OF LONG-LIVED RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS, AND ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW GENERATION OF NUCLEAR REACTORS 1 4th GENERATION SODIUM-COOLED FAST REACTORS THE ASTRID TECHNOLOGICAL DEMONSTRATOR 1 2 FOREWORD The objective of the Generation IV International Forum (GIF), in which France is actively involved, is to prepare the future nuclear sector in an international framework by jointly developing the R&D of 4th generation reactors, based on clearly identified objectives: achieve sustainable development of nuclear energy by optimising the use of natural uranium resources and by reaching the highest levels of nuclear safety; minimise the production of the most radioactive waste, in particular long-lived waste; ensure high resistance to nuclear proliferation; develop applications of nuclear energy for other uses than production of electricity. After an analysis phase carried out jointly by the founding partners, the GIF selected six concepts of nuclear reactors and their cycles4 which exhibited the most promising potentials to achieve the abovementioned objectives: SFR: Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor; GFR: Gas-cooled Fast Reactor; LFR: Lead-cooled Fast Reactor; SCWR: Supercritical Water-cooled...
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...when it uses the term 'shall' or 'must' without the qualification of | | |'reasonably practicable'. | |Absorption |The entry of a substance into the body through broken or unbroken skin | |Accident |An undesired event or series of events causing (or with the potential to cause) injury, ill-health or damage. | |Accident Investigation |A systematic investigation of an accident to find out what happened and determine immediate and underlying causes as well as | | |reviewing existing risk assessments, safety procedures and control measures with a view to introducing measures to prevent | | |recurrence. | |Accident Prevention |Measures taken to prevent accidents from happening. Can be either pro-active, i.e. implemented before an accident happens, or| | |re-active, i.e. taken in response to an accident that has already happened. | |Accident Rate |A normalisation of the number of accidents taking into account the number of workers employed and the hours...
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...University of Pennsylvania ScholarlyCommons Master of Science in Organizational Dynamics Theses 1-31-2007 Organizational Dynamics Programs Nucor Corporation: A Study on Evolution Toward Strategic Fit Regina Gordin University of Pennsylvania, regina.gordin@gmail.com Submitted to the Program of Organizational Dynamics In the Graduate Division of the School of Arts and Sciences In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Organizational Dynamics at the University of Pennsylvania. Advisor: Everett Keech This paper is posted at ScholarlyCommons. http://repository.upenn.edu/od_theses_msod/1 For more information, please contact repository@pobox.upenn.edu. NUCOR CORPORATION: A STUDY ON EVOLUTION TOWARD STRATEGIC FIT by Regina Gordin Submitted to the Program of Organizational Dynamics In the Graduate Division of the School of Arts and Sciences In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Organizational Dynamics at the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2006 NUCOR CORPORATION: A STUDY ON EVOLUTION TOWARD STRATEGIC FIT Approved by: ________________________________________________ Program Director ________________________________________________ Advisor ABSTRACT For much of its century long history, Nucor Corporation and its predecessors displayed turbulent financial performance. Several attempts at a strategic realignment proved unsuccessful, and in...
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...University of Pennsylvania ScholarlyCommons Master of Science in Organizational Dynamics Theses 1-31-2007 Organizational Dynamics Programs Nucor Corporation: A Study on Evolution Toward Strategic Fit Regina Gordin University of Pennsylvania, regina.gordin@gmail.com Submitted to the Program of Organizational Dynamics In the Graduate Division of the School of Arts and Sciences In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Organizational Dynamics at the University of Pennsylvania. Advisor: Everett Keech This paper is posted at ScholarlyCommons. http://repository.upenn.edu/od_theses_msod/1 For more information, please contact repository@pobox.upenn.edu. NUCOR CORPORATION: A STUDY ON EVOLUTION TOWARD STRATEGIC FIT by Regina Gordin Submitted to the Program of Organizational Dynamics In the Graduate Division of the School of Arts and Sciences In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Organizational Dynamics at the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2006 NUCOR CORPORATION: A STUDY ON EVOLUTION TOWARD STRATEGIC FIT Approved by: ________________________________________________ Program Director ________________________________________________ Advisor ABSTRACT For much of its century long history, Nucor Corporation and its predecessors displayed turbulent financial performance. Several attempts at a strategic realignment proved unsuccessful, and in...
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