Nuclear data newsletter. No. 16

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1992-01-01

This issue of the Nuclear Data Newsletter dated November 1991, gives information on the following topics: Data indexes and bibliographies nuclear data computer codes, new data libraries, selected new publication on nuclear data, numeric data bases all related to the activity of the Nuclear Data Section (NDS) of the IAEA

ITER EDA newsletter. V. 8, no. 3

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1999-03-01

This newsletter contains reports on: 'The ITER management advisory committee (MAC) meeting in Cadarache' and on 'ITER technical advisory committee meeting at Garching'. It contains photos of the participants of both meetings

Adding Value to Customers and Developing Brands through Electronic Newsletters

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Alexandra ZBUCHEA

2013-12-01

Full Text Available Online communication is highly efficient for contemporary business, in most market sectors. In this context, companies use several online instruments in order to achieve a wide array of objectives. Among these, online newsletters (e-newsletters are widely used, since they offer a lot of benefits for companies. Since they are flexible in terms of format and content, they are suitable to address a wide variety of publics. Therefore, e-newsletters could be not just informative (as they are widely seen, but also could add-value to customers and support branding processes and relationship development. The present paper investigated various benefits of e-newsletters in this context and highlights some rules to ensure an effective added-value e-newsletter. The research made on the e-newsletters of 5 of the leading publishing-houses in Romania shows that, at least in this market sector, this instrument is not used at its full potential. It is considered in most cases a way to stimulate sales, either directly by announcing sales, or indirectly by announcing new books releases. In some cases news on events and on the activity of the publishing-houses are presenting, leading to image development.

Nuclear Power Newsletter, Vol. 9, No. 1, January 2012

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2012-01-01

This is the first issue of the Nuclear Power Newsletter in 2012. The 55th IAEA General Conference was successfully held in September 2011 with various events, including the exhibition of the Department of Nuclear Energy and the three side events on nuclear power issues, i.e. highlights of INPRO, developments in the introduction of nuclear power, and the Nuclear Industry Cooperation Forum. Other major activities during the past few months included the preparation of detailed actions, in the short, mid, and long term, for the IAEA Action Plan on Nuclear Safety, the International Workshop on Public Information and Understanding to Introduce New Nuclear Power Plants held in the Republic of Korea in October, an Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review (INIR) mission to Bangladesh in November and the 18th INPRO Steering Committee Meeting in November. A good number of publications were issued recently and a listing of them is found in this newsletter. The first retreat on administrative matters was held on 5 August with all general service staff of the NENP Division and Heads of the Sections/Groups. We are now planning the 4th Divisional Retreat during the first quarter of 2012. A great opportunity for networking and getting to know new colleagues was the first 'Divisional Sports Day' on 10 September on the outskirts of Vienna. In this issue, three staff members are introducing their home towns - Ballycastle, Northern Ireland (Brian Molloy), Phoenix, Arizona (Ness Kilic), and Multan, Pakistan (Kamran Qureshi). The Nuclear Power Newsletters will now be published only three times per year, in January, May and September. The January and May issues will be published electronically only on the IAEA's websites, while the September issue will also be available in printed form for the participants of the General Conference.

Public Participation Plan

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1993-07-01

The purpose of this Public Participation Plan is to describe the US Department of Energy's (DOE) plan for involving the public in the decision-making process for the Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project. The plan describes how the DOE will meet the public participation requirements of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act (UMTRCA) of 1978, as amended, and of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969. It includes the UMTRA Project Office plans for complying with DOE Order 5440.1D and for implementing the DOE's Public Participation Policy for Environmental Restoration and Waste Management (1992) and Public Participation Guidance for Environmental Restoration and Waste Management (1993)

Food irradiation newsletter. V.18, no.1

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1994-04-01

This newsletter contains a report on the 10th Annual Meeting of the International Consultative Group on Food Irradiations, summaries of the Second Research Co-ordination Meetings(RCMs) and Final RCM of the Asian Regional Co-operative Project on Food Irradiation with Emphasis on Process Control and Applications(RPFI-Pase III), the resolutions and considerations of food irradiation by the IAEA Board and summaries of the Regional Project for Research, Developing and Training on the Application of Nuclear Techniques to Food Preservation in the Near East. Reviews and order information for new publications and a listing of future meetings and workshops are located in the back of this newsletter

ITER ITA newsletter. No. 21, April 2005

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2005-05-01

This issue of ITER ITA (ITER transitional Arrangements) newsletter contains concise information about Russian federation Participant Team's activity in the area of preparation for ITER construction and information about International Fusion materials irradiation Facility(IRMIF) project and prospects for implementation

ITER EDA newsletter. V. 7, no. 12

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1998-12-01

This edition of the ITER EDA Newsletter is dedicated to celebrate the achievements of the ITER activities at the San Diego Joint Work Site. Articles by E. Velikhov, A. Davies and R. Aymar mark the final days of American participation in the ITER program

Solar Energy Technologies Program Newsletter - July 2009

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

None

2009-07-01

This quarterly newsletter is intended for participants and stakeholders in the DOE Solar Program. The content includes features on technology development, market transformation, and policy analysis for solar. Highlights include solar industry updates, DOE funding opportunity announcements and awards, and national laboratory technology developments.

IDRA Newsletter. Volume 44, No. 1

Science.gov (United States)

Goodman, Christie L., Ed.

2017-01-01

Each edition of the IDRA Newsletter strives to provide many different perspectives on the issues in education topics discussed and to define its significance in the state and national dialogue. This issue focuses on the Promise of Public Schooling and includes: (1) America Does Not Have to Stay Stuck at Losing One in Four High Schoolers (María…

ISAM newsletter. No. 6

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Batandjieva, Borislava

2001-12-01

This issue of the ISAM newsletter informs on the ISAM Co-ordinating Group Meeting held in September 2000 at the IAEA Headquarters in Vienna and provides a brief overview of the final report on Safety Assessment Methodologies for Near Surface Waste Disposal Facilities. The newsletter announces the new IAEA co-ordinated research project - Application of Safety Assessment Methodologies for Near Surface Disposal Facilities (ASAM). The newsletter also briefs on the related IAEA activities

Nuclear Data Newsletter. No. 17

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1992-09-01

This issue of the Nuclear Data Newsletter dated September 1992, gives information on the following topics: Data indexes and bibliographies, IAEA Nuclear Data Information System-on-line access, nuclear data processing computer codes, new data libraries, multigroup nuclear data, selected new publication on nuclear data, the network of nuclear data service centers which are all related to the activity of the Nuclear Data Section (NDS) of the IAEA

SSDL newsletter No. 52, July 2006

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2006-08-01

This issue of the SSDL Newsletter contains the report of the 12th SSDL Scientific Committee (SSC) Meeting held at the IAEA Headquarters from 7-10 March 2006. The SSC conducts biennial reviews and evaluations of the Dosimetry and Medical Radiation Physics activities. Following each meeting, the report of the SSC is addressed to the Directors General of the IAEA and WHO and circulated subsequently to Member States through this Newsletter. The report is pending acceptance by the IAEA and WHO. The second article is a brief note on the polarity of electrometers. The IAEA has received many queries from SSDLs on the definitions used by manufacturers of ionization chambers concerning the sign of the polarity of the chamberelectrometer connecting systems. The lack of clarity has also induced mistakes in some dosimetry comparison exercises where inconsistent polarities were used by some participants. It is hoped that this note will help clarify the issue. The readers were informed in the SSDL Newsletter No. 51 on the extension of the calibration facilities at Seibersdorf. It is a pleasure to announce that less than one year later, the construction of the new wing was completed. The inauguration ceremony was held on June 1 2006

ITER ITA newsletter No. 33, August-September-October 2006

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2006-11-01

This issue of ITER ITA (ITER transitional arrangements) newsletter contains concise information about ITER related events such as public debate on ITER in Provence and fiftieth annual General Conference of the IAEA. Eight ITER related statements were made during Conference

Nuclear Information Newsletter. No. 17, October 2015. 45th INIS Anniversary Newsletter

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2015-10-01

This year marks the 45th anniversary since the creation of INIS. INIS has come a long way since the IAEA Board of Governors approved the International Nuclear Information System in 1969. Officially, INIS started operations in January 1970, but it wasn’t until May 1970 that its first product, the INIS Atomindex, was issued. This date is considered the ‘birth’ of INIS. This special issue of the Nuclear Information Newsletter is devoted to the first forty-five years of INIS. INIS was designed as an international cooperative venture, requiring the active participation of its members, who, over the years, compiled a remarkable collection consisting of more than 3.8 million bibliographic records, making it one of the world's largest collections of published information on the peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology. This spirit of international cooperation is reflected in this issue of the Newsletter. Articles written by many INIS Members, as well as former and current INIS Secretariat staff, bring to light some of the known, and hidden, moments in the history of INIS. Put together, these articles shed light on some of those treasured moments that made INIS what it is today

IEC Newsletter, No. 50, Fourth Quarter, 2014

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2014-12-01

The IEC Newsletter is prepared by the Incident and Emergency Centre (IEC), Department of Nuclear Safety and Security of the IAEA. The Incident and Emergency Centre (… IEC) is the global focal point for emergency preparedness and response for nuclear and radiological safety or security related incidents, emergencies, threats or events of media interest. The IEC is also the world’s centre for coordination of international assistance in emergency. The following topics are presented in this newsletter: Three Workshops at the Fukushima RANET Capacity Building Centre; Belgium joins RANET; IEC Response to Recent Events; Recent Exercises; Israel conducts National Response Exercise at Soreq; IACRNE: 24th Regular Meeting; Safety Requirements on Emergency Preparedness and Response; NIRS 2014 Workshop on Radiation Emergency Medicine; Member State Preparedness; New Publications and Translations and Forthcoming Events

FEPSAC newsletter (May 2017)

OpenAIRE

Sanchez, Xavier; Fritsch, Julian

2017-01-01

Welcome to this issue of the FEPSAC Newsletter – Fédération Européenne de Psychologie des Sport et des Activités Corporelles (European Federation of Sport Psychology).\\ud \\ud BASES-FEPSAC conference 2017\\ud FEPSAC co-organises with the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) a two-day conference in Nottingham, UK (28–29 November 2017). The event will offer participants the opportunity to share their research and receive valuable feedback from the rest of the delegates as we...

ISAM newsletter. No. 3

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Torres, Carlos

1998-11-01

This issue of the ISAM newsletter informs on the past and forthcoming ISAM Co-ordinating Group meetings and highlights working group and safety case activities. The document briefs on the particular safety cases: Vault safety case; Radon-type facility safety case; and Borehole safety case. The document highlights also the ISAM Virtual Workspace which provides the opportunity through the World Wide Web for ISAM participants to share information and to work together on the Safety Cases and Working Group Activities. A list of ISAM documents is provided

Computer Program Newsletter No. 7

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Magnuson, W.G. Jr.

1982-09-01

This issue of the Computer Program Newsletter updates an earlier newsletter (Number 2, September 1979) and focuses on electrical network analysis computer programs. In particular, five network analysis programs (SCEPTRE, SPICE2, NET2, CALAHAN, and EMTP) will be described. The objective of this newsletter will be to provide a very brief description of the input syntax and semantics for each program, highlight their strong and weak points, illustrate how the programs are run at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory using the Octopus computer network, and present examples of input for each of the programs to illustrate some of the features of each program. In a sense, this newsletter can be used as a quick reference guide to the programs

ITER ITA newsletter. No. 22, May 2005

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2005-06-01

This issue of ITER ITA (ITER transitional Arrangements) newsletter contains concise information about Japanese Participant Team's recent activities in the ITER Transitional Arrangements(ITA) phase and ITER related meeting the Fourth IAEA Technical Meeting (IAEA-TM) on Negative Ion Based Neutral Beam Injectors which was held in Padova, Italy from 9-11 May 2005

International Neutron Radiography Newsletter

DEFF Research Database (Denmark)

Domanus, Joseph Czeslaw

1986-01-01

At the First World Conference on Neutron Radiography i t was decided to continue the "Neutron Radiography Newsletter", published previously by J.P. Barton, as the "International Neutron Radiography Newsletter" (INRNL), with J.C. Doraanus as editor. The British Journal of Non-Destructive Testing...

Practice tip. Producing newsletters - criteria for success.

Science.gov (United States)

Eckermann, Sarah Louise; McIntyre, Ellen; Magarey, Anne

2007-01-01

Newsletters, while informal when compared to peer reviewed journals and organisational reports, are a popular communication tool used to provide and share information, for and about people with a common interest or need. Newsletters are an effective way to build networks and improve communication. As the editors of several newsletters in primary health care, the authors have developed criteria that aim to increase the success of a newsletter.

CERN Diversity Newsletter - November 2015

CERN Document Server

Kaltenhauser, Kristin; CERN. Geneva. HR Department

2015-01-01

Quarterly CERN Diversity Newsletter, informing on recent and ongoing diversity activities, and interesting reads, videos and other links related to diversity. Subscribe here: https://diversity.web.cern.ch/2015/07/subscribe-diversity-newsletter

CERN Diversity Newsletter - April 2017

CERN Document Server

AUTHOR|(CDS)2069427; Koutava, Ioanna; CERN. Geneva. HR Department

2017-01-01

The CERN Diversity Newsletter, informing on recent and ongoing diversity activities, and interesting reads, videos and other links related to diversity. Subscribe here: https://diversity.web.cern.ch/2015/07/subscribe-diversity-newsletter

CERN Diversity Newsletter - March 2016

CERN Document Server

Kaltenhauser, Kristin; CERN. Geneva. HR Department

2016-01-01

Quarterly CERN Diversity Newsletter, informing on recent and ongoing diversity activities, and interesting reads, videos and other links related to diversity. Subscribe here: https://diversity.web.cern.ch/2015/07/subscribe-diversity-newsletter

CERN Diversity Newsletter - September 2016

CERN Document Server

Guinot, Genevieve

2016-01-01

Quarterly CERN Diversity Newsletter, informing on recent and ongoing diversity activities, and interesting reads, videos and other links related to diversity. Subscribe here: https://diversity.web.cern.ch/2015/07/subscribe-diversity-newsletter

Wind Program Newsletter: October 2014 Edition (Newsletter)

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

2014-10-01

The U.S. Department of Energy's Wind Program Newsletter, supported by the EERE Wind and Water Power Technologies office, highlights the Wind Program's key activities, events, and funding opportunities.

Animal production and health newsletter. No. 19

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1994-01-01

This newsletter includes brief reviews of three Research Coordination Meeting held in September 1993 to November 1993. It also announces a new Coordinated Research Programme entitled ''Improved Diagnosis and Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease in South East Asia Using ELISA-Based Technologies''. Applications for participation in this Programme should be sent to the IAEA and should arrive by 31 May 1994

CERN Diversity Newsletter - July 2015

CERN Document Server

Kaltenhauser, Kristin; CERN. Geneva. HR Department

2015-01-01

The first official edition of the CERN Diversity Newsletter, informing on recent and ongoing diversity activities, and interesting reads, videos and other links related to diversity. Subscribe here: https://diversity.web.cern.ch/2015/07/subscribe-diversity-newsletter

Public Participation GIS

DEFF Research Database (Denmark)

Hansen, Henning Sten

2004-01-01

The protection and enhancement of the environment is the main aim of most environmental planning, and the use of geographic information as well as public participation can improve the quality of both the processes and the decisions. The current paper describes the role of web-based geographic...... information in environmental planning and gives an overview over the various approaches to public participation. The current advances in Web-based GIS in many countries contain great possibilities for supporting good governance based on information and knowledge on the one hand and active involvement...... of the citizens on the other hand. One important precondition for success in this field is a well-informed population with access to the Internet. The overall purpose of this paper is to give en overview of how to utilise geographic information and public participation as natural components in environmental...

Public Participation in the Energy-Related Public Policy Making

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Bozicevic Vrhovcak, M.; Rodik, D.; Zmijarevic, Z.; Jaksic, D.

2011-01-01

This paper provides an overview of possibilities for public participation in proposing legal acts and other energy related documents in the Republic of Croatia and gives author assessment of the Croatian public participation level in the processes carried out. The ways how public has participated in the making of a few officially accepted documents have been analysed and potential benefits of inclusion of a wider circle of interested public have been stated. A comparison of the degree of public involvement in the decision making processes in Croatia and the European Union has been made, with specific emphasis on the adoption of the Third package of energy laws. Several national and EU funded projects aiming at enhancing the Croatian public participation in public decision making processes have been presented and their results given. Finally, possibilities for the improvement of the public participation in the Croatian energy policy making processes are proposed. (author)

Fuel Cycle and Waste Newsletter, Vol. 8, No. 3, September 2012

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2012-09-01

This Newsletter consists of topics on: - The Disposal of Spent Fuel Is in the Foreseeable Future; - Fuelling the Safe and Secure Use of Nuclear Technologies; - Action Plan Status; Mexican TRIGA Mark III Is Now Fuelled with LEU; - Getting a Research Reactor Up and Running; - Decommissioning Research Reactors; - Preserving of Records, Knowledge and Memory across Generations; - Where Do We Stand with EPPUNE?; - Recovering Irradiators in Costa Rica; - Global Uranium Supply Ensured for Long Term, New 'Red Book' Shows; - Recent Publications; - Introduction of Authors; - Upcoming Meetings 2012; - Division of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology - Web Links and Organizational Structure; - Sneak Preview of the Next Newsletter.

Spent fuel management newsletter. No. 2

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1993-04-01

This issue of the newsletter consists of two parts. The first part describes the IAEA Secretariat activities - work and programme of the Nuclear Materials and Fuel Cycle Technology Section of the Division of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Management, recent and planned meetings and publications, Technical Co-operation projects, Co-ordinated Research programmes. The second part contains country reports - national programmes on spent fuel management: current and planned storage and reprocessing capacities, spent fuel arisings, safety, transportation, storage and treatment of spent fuel

Spent fuel management newsletter. No. 2

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1993-04-01

This issue of the newsletter consists of two parts. The first part describes the IAEA Secretariat activities - work and programme of the Nuclear Materials and Fuel Cycle Technology Section of the Division of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Management, recent and planned meetings and publications, Technical Co-operation projects, Co-ordinated Research programmes. The second part contains country reports - national programmes on spent fuel management: current and planned storage and reprocessing capacities, spent fuel arisings, safety, transportation, storage and treatment of spent fuel.

Plant breeding and genetics newsletter. No. 4

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1999-12-01

The Newsletter reports development of new Coordinated Research Projects (CRPs) and on efficient implementation of Technical Coperaton Projects related to regional activities. Following the organization of the CRP on 'Molecular characterization of mutated genes controlling important traits for seed crop improvement' the CRP on 'Mutational analysis of root characters in annual food plants related to plant performance' was also established with the participation of 21 institutes. It also presents recent training activities and meetings undertaken

Soils newsletter. V. 2, no. 1

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1979-04-01

This newsletter disseminates information arising out of international cooperative efforts in the use of nuclear techniques for research into soil fertility, fertilizer usage, plant nutrition, soil moisture and irrigation. Reports of the coordinated research programmes are also highlighted in this newsletter.

Soils newsletter. V. 6, no. 2

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1983-12-01

This newsletter disseminates information arising out of international cooperative efforts in the use of nuclear techniques for research into soil fertility, fertilizer usage, plant nutrition, soil moisture and irrigation. Reports of the coordinated research programmes are also highlighted in this newsletter.

Soils newsletter. V. 5, no. 2

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1982-12-01

This newsletter disseminates information arising out of international cooperative efforts in the use of nuclear techniques for research into soil fertility, fertilizer usage, plant nutrition, soil moisture and irrigation. Reports of the coordinated research programmes are also highlighted in this newsletter.

Soils newsletter. V. 3, no. 2

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1980-10-01

This newsletter disseminates information arising out of international cooperative efforts in the use of nuclear techniques for research into soil fertility, fertilizer usage, plant nutrition, soil moisture and irrigation. Reports of the coordinated research programmes are also highlighted in this newsletter.

Soils newsletter. V. 4, no. 2

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1981-10-01

This newsletter disseminates information arising out of international cooperative efforts in the use of nuclear techniques for research into soil fertility, fertilizer usage, plant nutrition, soil moisture and irrigation. Reports of the coordinated research programmes are also highlighted in this newsletter.

Soils newsletter. V. 5, no. 1

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1982-04-01

This newsletter disseminates information arising out of international cooperative efforts in the use of nuclear techniques for research into soil fertility, fertilizer usage, plant nutrition, soil moisture and irrigation. Reports of the coordinated research programmes are also highlighted in this newsletter.

Soils newsletter. V. 1, no. 1

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1978-04-01

This newsletter disseminates information arising out of international cooperative efforts in the use of nuclear techniques for research into soil fertility, fertilizer usage, plant nutrition, soil moisture and irrigation. Reports of the coordinated research programmes are also highlighted in this newsletter.

Soils newsletter. V. 4, no. 1

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1981-04-01

This newsletter disseminates information arising out of international cooperative efforts in the use of nuclear techniques for research into soil fertility, fertilizer usage, plant nutrition, soil moisture and irrigation. Reports of the coordinated research programmes are also highlighted in this newsletter.

Soils newsletter. V. 3, no. 1

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1980-04-01

This newsletter disseminates information arising out of international cooperative efforts in the use of nuclear techniques for research into soil fertility, fertilizer usage, plant nutrition, soil moisture and irrigation. Reports of the coordinated research programmes are also highlighted in this newsletter.

Soils newsletter. V. 6, no. 1

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1983-07-01

This newsletter disseminates information arising out of international cooperative efforts in the use of nuclear techniques for research into soil fertility, fertilizer usage, plant nutrition, soil moisture and irrigation. Reports of the coordinated research programmes are also highlighted in this newsletter.

Soils newsletter. V. 2, no. 2

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1979-10-01

This newsletter disseminates information arising out of international cooperative efforts in the use of nuclear techniques for research into soil fertility, fertilizer usage, plant nutrition, soil moisture and irrigation. Reports of the coordinated research programmes are also highlighted in this newsletter.

Soils newsletter. V. 6, no. 2

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1983-12-01

This newsletter disseminates information arising out of international cooperative efforts in the use of nuclear techniques for research into soil fertility, fertilizer usage, plant nutrition, soil moisture and irrigation. Reports of the coordinated research programmes are also highlighted in this newsletter

Soils newsletter. V. 11, no. 1

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1988-07-01

This newsletter disseminates information arising out of international cooperative efforts in the use of nuclear techniques for research into soil fertility, fertilizer usage, plant nutrition, soil moisture and irrigation. Reports of the coordinated research programmes are also highlighted in this newsletter.

Soils newsletter. V. 8, no. 1

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1985-01-01

This newsletter disseminates information arising out of international cooperative efforts in the use of nuclear techniques for research into soil fertility, fertilizer usage, plant nutrition, soil moisture and irrigation. Reports of the coordinated research programmes are also highlighted in this newsletter.

Soils newsletter. V. 1, no. 2

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1978-10-01

This newsletter disseminates information arising out of international cooperative efforts in the use of nuclear techniques for research into soil fertility, fertilizer usage, plant nutrition, soil moisture and irrigation. Reports of the coordinated research programmes are also highlighted in this newsletter.

Soils newsletter. V. 8, no. 1

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1985-01-01

This newsletter disseminates information arising out of international cooperative efforts in the use of nuclear techniques for research into soil fertility, fertilizer usage, plant nutrition, soil moisture and irrigation. Reports of the coordinated research programmes are also highlighted in this newsletter

Soils newsletter. V. 2, no. 1

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1979-04-01

This newsletter disseminates information arising out of international cooperative efforts in the use of nuclear techniques for research into soil fertility, fertilizer usage, plant nutrition, soil moisture and irrigation. Reports of the coordinated research programmes are also highlighted in this newsletter

Soils newsletter. V. 7, no. 1

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1984-07-01

This newsletter disseminates information arising out of international cooperative efforts in the use of nuclear techniques for research into soil fertility, fertilizer usage, plant nutrition, soil moisture and irrigation. Reports of the coordinated research programmes are also highlighted in this newsletter.

Soils newsletter. V. 1, no. 2

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1978-10-01

This newsletter disseminates information arising out of international cooperative efforts in the use of nuclear techniques for research into soil fertility, fertilizer usage, plant nutrition, soil moisture and irrigation. Reports of the coordinated research programmes are also highlighted in this newsletter

Soils newsletter. V. 11, no. 1

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1988-07-01

This newsletter disseminates information arising out of international cooperative efforts in the use of nuclear techniques for research into soil fertility, fertilizer usage, plant nutrition, soil moisture and irrigation. Reports of the coordinated research programmes are also highlighted in this newsletter

Soils newsletter. V. 4, no. 2

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1981-10-01

This newsletter disseminates information arising out of international cooperative efforts in the use of nuclear techniques for research into soil fertility, fertilizer usage, plant nutrition, soil moisture and irrigation. Reports of the coordinated research programmes are also highlighted in this newsletter

Soils newsletter. V. 10, no. 2

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1987-12-01

This newsletter disseminates information arising out of international cooperative efforts in the use of nuclear techniques for research into soil fertility, fertilizer usage, plant nutrition, soil moisture and irrigation. Reports of the coordinated research programmes are also highlighted in this newsletter.

Soils newsletter. V. 2, no. 2

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1979-10-01

This newsletter disseminates information arising out of international cooperative efforts in the use of nuclear techniques for research into soil fertility, fertilizer usage, plant nutrition, soil moisture and irrigation. Reports of the coordinated research programmes are also highlighted in this newsletter

Soils newsletter. V. 1, no. 1

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1978-04-01

This newsletter disseminates information arising out of international cooperative efforts in the use of nuclear techniques for research into soil fertility, fertilizer usage, plant nutrition, soil moisture and irrigation. Reports of the coordinated research programmes are also highlighted in this newsletter

Soils newsletter. V. 3, no. 1

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1980-04-01

This newsletter disseminates information arising out of international cooperative efforts in the use of nuclear techniques for research into soil fertility, fertilizer usage, plant nutrition, soil moisture and irrigation. Reports of the coordinated research programmes are also highlighted in this newsletter

Soils newsletter. V. 6, no. 1

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1983-07-01

This newsletter disseminates information arising out of international cooperative efforts in the use of nuclear techniques for research into soil fertility, fertilizer usage, plant nutrition, soil moisture and irrigation. Reports of the coordinated research programmes are also highlighted in this newsletter

Soils newsletter. V. 7, no. 1

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1984-07-01

This newsletter disseminates information arising out of international cooperative efforts in the use of nuclear techniques for research into soil fertility, fertilizer usage, plant nutrition, soil moisture and irrigation. Reports of the coordinated research programmes are also highlighted in this newsletter

Soils newsletter. V. 5, no. 2

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1982-12-01

This newsletter disseminates information arising out of international cooperative efforts in the use of nuclear techniques for research into soil fertility, fertilizer usage, plant nutrition, soil moisture and irrigation. Reports of the coordinated research programmes are also highlighted in this newsletter

Soils newsletter. V. 4, no. 1

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1981-04-01

This newsletter disseminates information arising out of international cooperative efforts in the use of nuclear techniques for research into soil fertility, fertilizer usage, plant nutrition, soil moisture and irrigation. Reports of the coordinated research programmes are also highlighted in this newsletter

Soils newsletter. V. 3, no. 2

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1980-10-01

This newsletter disseminates information arising out of international cooperative efforts in the use of nuclear techniques for research into soil fertility, fertilizer usage, plant nutrition, soil moisture and irrigation. Reports of the coordinated research programmes are also highlighted in this newsletter

Soils newsletter. V. 5, no. 1

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1982-04-01

This newsletter disseminates information arising out of international cooperative efforts in the use of nuclear techniques for research into soil fertility, fertilizer usage, plant nutrition, soil moisture and irrigation. Reports of the coordinated research programmes are also highlighted in this newsletter

Soils newsletter. V. 10, no. 2

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1987-12-01

This newsletter disseminates information arising out of international cooperative efforts in the use of nuclear techniques for research into soil fertility, fertilizer usage, plant nutrition, soil moisture and irrigation. Reports of the coordinated research programmes are also highlighted in this newsletter

Soils newsletter. V. 23, no. 1

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2000-06-01

This newsletter disseminates information arising out of international cooperative efforts in the use of nuclear techniques for research into soil fertility, fertilizer usage, plant nutrition, soil moisture and irrigation. Reports of the coordinated research programmes are also highlighted in this newsletter

Arms Control, Disarmament, and Peace Newsletters.

Science.gov (United States)

Atkins, Stephen

1986-01-01

Considers the research value of four types of newsletters on arms control, disarmament, and peace: direct-action, informational, scholarly, and single-issue. An annotated list of 58 newsletters includes those considered most significant of their type and recommended for library collections. (EM)

ITER CTA newsletter. No. 10

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2002-07-01

This ITER CTA newsletter issue comprises the ITER backgrounder, which was approved as an official document by the participants in the Negotiations on the ITER Implementation agreement at their fourth meeting, held in Cadarache from 4-6 June 2002, and information about two ITER meetings: one is the third meeting of the ITER parties' designated Safety Representatives, which took place in Cadarache, France from 6-7 June 2002, and the other is the second meeting of the International Tokamak Physics Activity (ITPA) topical group on diagnostics, which was held at General Atomics, San Diego, USA, from 4-8 March 2002

BIOMASS newsletter. No. 7

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Torres, Carlos

1999-06-01

The International Atomic Energy Agency Programme on Biosphere Modelling and Assessment (BIOMASS) Newsletter has been launched with general objectives of providing an international focal point in the area of biosphere assessment modelling, developing methods for analysis of radionuclide transfer in the biosphere for use in radiological assessment, improving modelling methods, and developing international consensus on biosphere modelling philosophies, approaches and parameter values. The main themes included in the Newsletter include radioactive waste disposal (reference biosphere), environmental releases and biosphere processes

BIOMASS newsletter. No. 8

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Torres, Carlos

2000-01-01

The International Atomic Energy Agency Programme on Biosphere Modelling and Assessment (BIOMASS) Newsletter has been launched with general objectives of providing an international focal point in the area of biosphere assessment modelling, developing methods for analysis of radionuclide transfer in the biosphere for use in radiological assessment, improving modelling methods, and developing international consensus on biosphere modelling philosophies, approaches and parameter values. The main themes included in the Newsletter include radioactive waste disposal (reference biosphere), environmental releases and biosphere processes

BIOMASS newsletter. No. 2

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Torres, Carlos

1996-12-01

The International Atomic Energy Agency Programme on Biosphere Modelling and Assessment (BIOMASS) Newsletter has been launched with general objectives of providing an international focal point in the area of biosphere assessment modelling, developing methods for analysis of radionuclide transfer in the biosphere for use in radiological assessment, improving modelling methods, and developing international consensus on biosphere modelling philosophies, approaches and parameter values. The main themes included in the Newsletter include radioactive waste disposal (reference biosphere), environmental releases and biosphere processes

BIOMASS newsletter. No. 6

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Torres, Carlos

1999-01-01

The International Atomic Energy Agency Programme on Biosphere Modelling and Assessment (BIOMASS) Newsletter has been launched with general objectives of providing an international focal point in the area of biosphere assessment modelling, developing methods for analysis of radionuclide transfer in the biosphere for use in radiological assessment, improving modelling methods, and developing international consensus on biosphere modelling philosophies, approaches and parameter values. The main themes included in the Newsletter include radioactive waste disposal (reference biosphere), environmental releases and biosphere processes

BIOMASS newsletter. No. 5

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Torres, Carlos

1998-07-01

The International Atomic Energy Agency Programme on Biosphere Modelling and Assessment (BIOMASS) Newsletter has been launched with general objectives of providing an international focal point in the area of biosphere assessment modelling, developing methods for analysis of radionuclide transfer in the biosphere for use in radiological assessment, improving modelling methods, and developing international consensus on biosphere modelling philosophies, approaches and parameter values. The main themes included in the Newsletter include radioactive waste disposal (reference biosphere), environmental releases and biosphere processes

BIOMASS newsletter. No. 3

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Torres, Carlos

1997-07-01

The International Atomic Energy Agency Programme on Biosphere Modelling and Assessment (BIOMASS) Newsletter has been launched with general objectives of providing an international focal point in the area of biosphere assessment modelling, developing methods for analysis of radionuclide transfer in the biosphere for use in radiological assessment, improving modelling methods, and developing international consensus on biosphere modelling philosophies, approaches and parameter values. The main themes included in the Newsletter include radioactive waste disposal (reference biosphere), environmental releases and biosphere processes

BIOMASS newsletter. No. 4

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Torres, Carlos

1998-01-01

The International Atomic Energy Agency Programme on Biosphere Modelling and Assessment (BIOMASS) Newsletter has been launched with general objectives of providing an international focal point in the area of biosphere assessment modelling, developing methods for analysis of radionuclide transfer in the biosphere for use in radiological assessment, improving modelling methods, and developing international consensus on biosphere modelling philosophies, approaches and parameter values. The main themes included in the Newsletter include radioactive waste disposal (reference biosphere), environmental releases and biosphere processes

Soils Newsletter. V. 9, no. 1

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1986-12-01

This Newsletter describes the opening of the Soils and Plant Breeding Laboratory at the IAEA Seibersdorf Laboratory and describes the research taking place in the new unit. The Research Co-ordination Meetings on the improvement of yield and nitrogen fixation of the common bean in Latin America (December 1985, CENA, Piracicaba, Brazil), the management of legumes in pastures (March 1986, IAEA, Vienna) and isotopic studies of nitrogen fixation and nitrogen cycling by blue-green algae and Azolla (May 1986, International Rice Research Institute, The Philippines) are summarized, and recent publications are briefly described. Tabs

XRF newsletter. No. 1

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2000-12-01

This periodical XRF Newsletter is to inform the XRF laboratories in IAEA Member States on recent developments in the field of XRF spectrometry and to exchange views on fundamental and applied aspects of sampling, sample preparation, instrumentation, quantitation, quality control, etc. It presents the XRF activities and the main XRF results obtained at the IAEA's model XRF Laboratory in Seibersdorf and in XRF laboratories in the Member States. This Newsletter will include input from the Member States and will help the XRF laboratories to improve their analytical performance, extend the applicability range of XRF techniques and initiate co-operation. It will be distributed to current and potential end-users of the analytical services of XRF laboratories and will further promote the utilisation of this technique in environmental pollution monitoring, mineral exploration, archaeometry and industry. The first issue of the Newsletter provides the XRF laboratories with a description of the facilities, the activities and selected results obtained at the IAEA XRF Laboratory in Seibersdorf, Austria

Public participation in nuclear waste management

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Schilling, A.H.; Nealey, S.M.

1979-04-01

The recent report of the Interagency Review Group (IRG) on Nuclear Waste Management formalized what has become increasingly clear in recent years: public participation in nuclear waste management decisions is a fact of life and will be more emphasized in the future than in the past. The purpose of this paper is to discuss, and stimulate discussion, of major issues which must be considered before attempting to design and implement a program to encourage public participation in this complex and sensitive area. Public participation is a term with many possible meanings. The term is used here to stand for a very wide range of activities including: providing information about programs and intended actions, seeking advice or permission from state or local officials, conducting public meetings to announce plans and receive reactions, conducting hearings, establishing consultative panels of outside experts or special interest group members, and even conducting surveys of public opinion and concern. This paper is not a proposal or a set of specific recommendations, but a stimulus to thought and discussion. It was prepared with DOE's role in waste management in mind, and benefits from the authors' opportunity to observe the public participation process in this topic area to data. The paper is organized into four sections that take account of (1) past participation efforts, (2) why public participation is necessary and what might be gained by it, (3) considerations in designing a participation program, and (4) major principles involved in conducting a public participation program, including a brief review of participation procedures

Deliberative public participation and hexachlorobenzene stockpiles.

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Carson, Lyn

2009-04-01

This paper is concerned with the quality of citizen involvement in relation to the governance of industrial risks. Specifically, it explores the hexachlorobenzene (HCB) case relative to best practice public participation, which is consistent with deliberative democratic theory. The case could be judged a public participation failure given that the community committee in combination with the corporate sponsor was unable to agree on a mutually acceptable technological pathway. This stalemate might have been attributable in part to the time spent on the task of review. A diligent participation working party could have created a much more effective public participation plan, grounded in the core values of professional public participation practice.

Strategic and operational information watch newsletter nr 1

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2016-12-01

This newsletter proposes an overview of events related to security and defence issues in relationship with impacts of climate change. A first part reports a strategic watch which addresses the following topics: the environment taken into account by the International Criminal Court, impacts of climate change on tensions about rural estate in Africa, resolution of the European Parliament on the European Union of Defence, environmental and energy strategy of the Danish Ministry of Defence, COP22 in Marrakech, and so on. The second part reports an operational information watch addresses the threat on the US DoD environmental agenda by the new Trump administration, the adaptation of US forces to climate changes, the threat of climate change on US DoD infrastructures, a US base self-sufficient in energy, NATO actions for energy efficiency, thermal regulation improvement for soldiers, impact of El Nino on the propagation of the Zika virus, launching of the Lancet countdown. The newsletter finally indicates some brief news, events and recent publications

Food and environmental protection newsletter. Vol. 10, No. 2, July 2007

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2007-07-01

This issue of the newsletter reports on the participation of the FAO in the IAEA sponsored Interagency Committee on Response to Nuclear Accidents (IACRNA), whose purpose is to coordinate the arrangements of the relevant of intergovernmental organization for preparing for, and responding to nuclear and radiological emergencies

Educating the medical community through a teratology newsletter.

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Guttmacher, A E; Allen, E F

1993-01-01

To educate a geographically and professionally diverse group of health care providers about teratology in an economic and efficient manner, we developed a locally written and distributed teratology newsletter. Response to the newsletter, from readers as well as from our staff and funding agencies, suggests that such a newsletter can be a valuable tool in educating medical communities about teratology.

Educating the medical community through a teratology newsletter.

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Guttmacher, A E; Allen, E F

1993-01-01

To educate a geographically and professionally diverse group of health care providers about teratology in an economic and efficient manner, we developed a locally written and distributed teratology newsletter. Response to the newsletter, from readers as well as from our staff and funding agencies, suggests that such a newsletter can be a valuable tool in educating medical communities about teratology. PMID:8434594

Web sites survey for electronic public participation

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Park, Moon Su; Lee, Young Wook; Kang, Chang Sun

2004-01-01

Public acceptance has been a key factor in nuclear industry as well as other fields. There are many ways to get public acceptance. Public participation in making a policy must be a good tool for this purpose. Moreover, the participation by means of internet may be an excellent way to increase voluntary participation. In this paper, the level of electronic public participation is defined and how easy and deep for lay public to participate electronically is assessed for some organization's web sites

OAS :: Newsletters

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36 CFR 801.8 - Public participation.

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2010-07-01

... 36 Parks, Forests, and Public Property 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Public participation. 801.8 Section 801.8 Parks, Forests, and Public Property ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION HISTORIC PRESERVATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT ACTION GRANT PROGRAM § 801.8 Public participation. (a) The...

24 CFR 50.23 - Public participation.

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2010-04-01

... bilingual if the affected public includes a significant portion of non-English speaking persons and will... 24 Housing and Urban Development 1 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Public participation. 50.23 Section... Procedures § 50.23 Public participation. HUD shall inform the affected public about NEPA-related hearings...

Freedom of Speech Newsletter, September, 1975.

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Allen, Winfred G., Jr., Ed.

The Freedom of Speech Newsletter is the communication medium for the Freedom of Speech Interest Group of the Western Speech Communication Association. The newsletter contains such features as a statement of concern by the National Ad Hoc Committee Against Censorship; Reticence and Free Speech, an article by James F. Vickrey discussing the subtle…

Animal Production and Health Newsletter. No. 17

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1993-01-01

This newsletter contains brief reports of Research Coordination Meetings held between September and December 1992 and summaries of the status of other Coordinated Research Programmes (CRPs). Two new CRPs are announced, both to be based in the Africa region. One is to focus on food supplementation strategies to improve the productivity of dairy cattle on smallholder farms, and the other will concentrate on the use of immunoassay methods to improve the diagnosis of trypanosomiasis. Applications for participation in these CRPs are included

ITER CTA newsletter. No. 12, September 2002

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2002-11-01

This ITER CTA newsletter issue comprises information about two ITER meetings: The meeting of the ITER CTA Project Board (PB), which took place in Toronto, Canada on 16 September 2002 on the occasion of the fifth Negotiations Meeting (N-5) and the second meeting of the International Tokamak Physics Activity (ITPA) coordinating committee, consisting of representatives from the ITPA participants and the topical physics group chairs and co-chairs, which was held at GA Technologies, San Diego, USA on 1-2 March 2002

Plasma Physics Network Newsletter. No. 3

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1991-02-01

This issue of the Newsletter contains a report on the First South-North International Workshop on Fusion Theory, Tipaza, Algeria, 17-20 September, 1990; a report in the issuance of the ''Buenos Aires Memorandum'' generated during the IV Latin American Workshop on Plasma Physics, Argentina, July 1990, and containing a proposal that the IFRC establish a ''Steering Committee on North-South Collaboration in Controlled Nuclear Fusion and Plasma Physics Research''; the announcement that the 14th International Conference on Plasma Physics and Controlled Nuclear Fusion will be held in Wuerzburg, Germany, September 30 - October 7, 1992; a list of IAEA technical committee meetings for 1991; an item on ITER news; an article ''Long-Term Physics R and D Planning (for ITER)'' by F. Engelmann; in the planned sequence of ''Reports on National Fusion Programmes'' contributions on the Chinese and Yugoslav programmes; finally, the titles and contacts for two other newsletters of potential interest, i.e., the AAAPT (Asian African Association for Plasma Training) Newsletter, and the IPG (International Physics Group-a sub-unit of the American Physical Society) Newsletter

Promoting Nutrition and Wellness Statewide through an Electronic Newsletter

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Bahl, Morgan; Francis, Sarah L.

2016-01-01

The "Words on Wellness" (WOW) newsletter was designed as an electronic newsletter intended to provide research-based nutrition and wellness information to Iowans. An evaluation was conducted to assess to what extent the newsletter is being used by its readership and whether readers are making lifestyle changes as a result. Those who…

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 46. Index issue no. 21-44

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Maluszynski, M [ed.

2003-05-01

This is the third issue of Mutation Breeding Newsletter Index. To simplify the use of all three Indexes we retained, as much as possible, the previous structure and key words (mutant varieties, other mutants mentioned, varieties treated, other varieties mentioned, mutagens used, breeding objectives, and country). However, it should be considered that Latin names of species, their taxonomic relationships and common names have been left as published in Mutation Breeding Newsletters (MBNLs), following author's classification. Synonym species names, as well as names of the same variety but with different spelling or with typing error are presented in brackets. It should be noted that over this period of time the transcription rules from other alphabets to English have been changed a few times, especially in relation to Chinese and Russian languages, which leads to duplications or misunderstandings in preparation of successive issues of MBNL. The Index will also be available through our web site http://www.iaea.org/programmes/nafa/d2/index.html (click on Publications/Newsletters). We hope that now, in the era of the renaissance of applications of mutation techniques, this Index will become a very useful tool for plant breeders, geneticists and molecular biologists searching for information on mutated lines, mutagens and applied doses.

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 46. Index issue no. 21-44

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Maluszynski, M.

2003-05-01

This is the third issue of Mutation Breeding Newsletter Index. To simplify the use of all three Indexes we retained, as much as possible, the previous structure and key words (mutant varieties, other mutants mentioned, varieties treated, other varieties mentioned, mutagens used, breeding objectives, and country). However, it should be considered that Latin names of species, their taxonomic relationships and common names have been left as published in Mutation Breeding Newsletters (MBNLs), following author's classification. Synonym species names, as well as names of the same variety but with different spelling or with typing error are presented in brackets. It should be noted that over this period of time the transcription rules from other alphabets to English have been changed a few times, especially in relation to Chinese and Russian languages, which leads to duplications or misunderstandings in preparation of successive issues of MBNL. The Index will also be available through our web site http://www.iaea.org/programmes/nafa/d2/index.html (click on Publications/Newsletters). We hope that now, in the era of the renaissance of applications of mutation techniques, this Index will become a very useful tool for plant breeders, geneticists and molecular biologists searching for information on mutated lines, mutagens and applied doses

Insect and Pest Control Newsletter, No. 78, January 2012

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2012-01-01

The IPC Newsletter is prepared twice per year by the Insect Pest Control Subprogramme, Joint FAO/IAEA Programme of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture. Contents: To Our Readers; Staff; Forthcoming Events; Past Events; Technical Cooperation Projects; Coordinated Research Projects and Research Coordination Meetings; Developments at the Insect Pest Control Laboratory; Reports; Announcements; In Memoriam; Other News; Relevant Published Articles; Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals; Priced and Unpriced Publications

Insect and Pest Control Newsletter, No. 78, January 2012

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2012-01-15

The IPC Newsletter is prepared twice per year by the Insect Pest Control Subprogramme, Joint FAO/IAEA Programme of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture. Contents: To Our Readers; Staff; Forthcoming Events; Past Events; Technical Cooperation Projects; Coordinated Research Projects and Research Coordination Meetings; Developments at the Insect Pest Control Laboratory; Reports; Announcements; In Memoriam; Other News; Relevant Published Articles; Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals; Priced and Unpriced Publications

Nuclear power newsletter Vol. 2, no. 4, December 2005

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2005-12-01

The topics presented in this newsletter are: Small and medium sized reactors for developing countries and remote applications; Message from the Director of the Division of Nuclear Power; International workshop on external flooding hazards at nuclear power plant sites; Nuclear power plant operating performance and life cycle management; Improving human performance, Quality and technical infrastructure; Technology developments and applications for advanced reactors; Recent publications; Planned meetings in 2006; WebSite link

Public participation: Picking the players

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McNeill, L.; Jernigan, G.

1995-01-01

When citizens become involved in the public policy decision-making process, who picks the players? Are there any criteria for determining which members of the public should sit at the table? These are questions frequently asked by new participants and observers of the public involvement process. In the interest of trust and credibility, the process must be one of self-selection. Any exclusion on the part of the sponsoring organization would probably be interpreted by the public and the press as manipulative self-interest. Clearly, at times there are irrational people attending public meetings or submitting written comments. But if an organization begins excluding participants, the risk increases that the process will be perceived as a travesty

Submillimeter Array (SMA) Newsletter August 2011

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Blundell, Raymond

2011-01-01

Submillimeter Array (SMA) Newsletter August 2011 Blundell, Raymond Submillimeter Array Newsletter | Number 12 | August 2011 CONTENTS 1 From the Director SCIENCE HIGHLIGHTS: 2 Faint Submillimeter Sources behind Massive Lensing Clusters 5 Millimeter Imaging of the β Pictoris Debris Disk: Evidence for a Planetesimal Belt 7 Physical Properties of the Circumnuclear Starburst Ring in the Barred Galaxy NGC1097 TECHNICAL HIGHLIGHTS: 9 ...

Food Irradiation Newsletter. V. 16, no. 1

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1992-05-01

This newsletter contains a report on the final FAO/IAEA Research Coordination Meeting (RCM) on the use of irradiation to control the infectivity of food-borne parasites, held in Mexico City in June, 1991, and a brief summary of the second FAO/IAEA RCM on the Asian Regional Cooperative Project on food irradiation, with emphasis on process control and acceptance. The workshops and training courses held between September and December 1991 are presented, and a short article reports the opening of the USA's first commercial food irradiator and describes the initial public reaction

Animal production and health newsletter. No. 37

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2002-12-01

This issue focuses on the specific biotechnological methods that have the greatest potential for livestock production and health in developing countries, and which of these require nuclear and related techniques? The consultants' meeting that we held during 2001 (http://www.iaea.org/programmes/nafa/d3/public/ gene-technologies.pdf) provided us with the answers. We have subsequently discussed these concepts further with FAO, ILRI and other partners, and have planned a series of activities over the next two years to facilitate the transition of our Sub-programme. The first is an FAO/IAEA International Symposium on 'Applications of Gene Based Technologies for Improving Animal Production and Health in Developing Countries' which will be held here in Vienna from 6 to 10 October 2003. The official announcement is included in this Newsletter. This will be followed by three inter-regional training courses, to be held during 2004 and 2005, to train scientists in developing countries on the molecular techniques currently being used in the fields of animal nutrition, genetics and disease diagnosis. Subsequently, four new CRPs will be initiated during 2005-2006, dealing with (a) rumen molecular techniques for predicting and enhancing productivity; (b) manipulation of nutrition in utero to alter gene expression; (c) characterization of small ruminant genetic resources aimed at selection for parasite resistance; and (d) improvement of diagnostic tests for African Swine Fever to assist in molecular epidemiology. The announcements for the first two have already appeared in previous Newsletters and that for the third will be in the next issue. The projects that have been approved for implementation during the next biennium (2003-2004) are listed in this Newsletter.

Animal production and health newsletter. No. 37

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2002-12-01

This issue focuses on the specific biotechnological methods that have the greatest potential for livestock production and health in developing countries, and which of these require nuclear and related techniques? The consultants' meeting that we held during 2001 (http://www.iaea.org/programmes/nafa/d3/public/ gene-technologies.pdf) provided us with the answers. We have subsequently discussed these concepts further with FAO, ILRI and other partners, and have planned a series of activities over the next two years to facilitate the transition of our Sub-programme. The first is an FAO/IAEA International Symposium on 'Applications of Gene Based Technologies for Improving Animal Production and Health in Developing Countries' which will be held here in Vienna from 6 to 10 October 2003. The official announcement is included in this Newsletter. This will be followed by three inter-regional training courses, to be held during 2004 and 2005, to train scientists in developing countries on the molecular techniques currently being used in the fields of animal nutrition, genetics and disease diagnosis. Subsequently, four new CRPs will be initiated during 2005-2006, dealing with (a) rumen molecular techniques for predicting and enhancing productivity; (b) manipulation of nutrition in utero to alter gene expression; (c) characterization of small ruminant genetic resources aimed at selection for parasite resistance; and (d) improvement of diagnostic tests for African Swine Fever to assist in molecular epidemiology. The announcements for the first two have already appeared in previous Newsletters and that for the third will be in the next issue. The projects that have been approved for implementation during the next biennium (2003-2004) are listed in this Newsletter

Strategic and operational information watch newsletter nr 2

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2017-02-01

This newsletter proposes an overview of events related to security and defence issues in relationship with impacts of climate change. A first part reports a strategic watch which addresses news about the responsibility of climate changes in the emergence or aggravation of some present crisis, about what is going on in the USA in relationship with climate and defence issues (decisions by Trump, statement of the Secretary of Defence, influence of the political context), about the energy sector (instability of the oil market, the international role of India in the international climate and energy policy), and about international negotiations on climate. The second part reports an operational information watch addresses new technologies and renewable energies, and issues related to the vulnerability, protection and adaptation of infrastructures and equipment, and a health watch (soldier training in hot and wet environment, drought as a factor of Nile fever epidemic, climate changes and always higher risks for human health in Europe). The newsletter finally indicates some brief news, events and recent publications

Strategic and operational information watch newsletter nr 3

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2017-04-01

This newsletter proposes an overview of events related to security and defence issues in relationship with impacts of climate change. A first part reports a strategic watch which addresses news about the Paris agreement (negotiation in Bonn, statement of the Canadian minister of Defence, commitment by the Lebanese army to reduce its emissions), about the energy sector (the lowest level of oil discovery, partial privatisation of Saudi Aramco, and economic and energetic diversification of Saudi Arabia), and climate change as a source of tensions and collaborations. The second part reports an operational information watch which addresses new technologies and renewable energies (photovoltaic cells operating in the dark, waste energetic valorisation in field operations, the issue of energy security for US military allowances, use of drones for logistics, a Gripen fighter aircraft flies with bio-fuel) and proposes a health watch (consequences of UV exposure in field operations, impact of El Nino on cholera distribution in Africa, the ban of ragweed in France). The newsletter finally indicates some brief news, events and recent publications

SSDL newsletter. No. 46

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2002-01-01

The first two articles of this issue of the SSDL Newsletter deal with guidelines for setting up the TLD based Quality Assurance (QA) network at the national level and propose a set of standardized procedures for onsite dosimetry review visits to hospitals for resolving discrepancies occurred in the TLD audits. The third article presents an analysis of the deviations identified through the IAEA/WHO TLD audit service. The fourth article is a short technical note on the results of a comparison conducted between the IAEA and the SSDL-STUK (Finland) of calibration coefficients of a well type chamber. This note is followed by an announcement on the publication of an update of the IAEA TECDOC-1079. The new document is published as IAEA TECDOC-1274. The fifth article is also a technical note on a pilot study to verify electrometer calibration coefficients. The note describes the procedures to be used and invites interested SSDLs of the IAEA/WHO network to participate in the pilot study. The IAEA Dosimetry Laboratory will participate in this pilot study. The verification of calibration coefficients of electrometers is of particular interest to SSDLs who have their reference ionization chamber calibrated alone (without the electrometer) in terms of air kerma or absorbed dose per unit charge or current collected. Before the chamber can be used with an electrometer, it is necessary to verify the calibration coefficient of the electrometer (in terms of charge or current). The sixth article was prepared by the Head of a new SSDL member, the Ionizing Radiation Metrology Laboratory (IRML) of South Africa, who has recently joined the network. It gives an overview of the facilities, activities and QA programme of the IRML. The last article is a short note prepared by the IAEA Secretariat on the use of calibration coefficients instead of calibration factors

Public Participation: Lessons from the Case Study Record

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Beierle, Thomas C.; Cayford, Jerry [Resources for the Future, Washington, DC (United States)

2001-07-01

Public participation has received increasing attention in environmental policy making world wide. Yet research has been inadequate to answer fundamental questions about how successful past programs have been, what factors lead to success, and where efforts to improve public involvement should focus. To address these questions, we examine the case study record of public participation efforts in the United States over the last 30 years. We evaluate the success of numerous examples of public participation in environmental decision making and identify the factors that lead to success. The paper deals with a number of themes, including: The extent to which participation can incorporate public values into decision making, improve the substantive quality of decisions, reduce conflict, increase trust in institutions, and educate and inform the public; What can be expected from different approaches to public participation, such as public meetings, advisory committees, and mediation; The relative importance of the participatory process vs. the context in which participation takes place; Procedural features of particular importance; and The relationship between participation and implementation. The paper provides general results that can be used to guide the improvement of public participation programs, support assessment of innovative methods, and advance the theoretical understanding of public participation.

Public Participation: Lessons from the Case Study Record

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Beierle, Thomas C.; Cayford, Jerry

2001-01-01

Public participation has received increasing attention in environmental policy making world wide. Yet research has been inadequate to answer fundamental questions about how successful past programs have been, what factors lead to success, and where efforts to improve public involvement should focus. To address these questions, we examine the case study record of public participation efforts in the United States over the last 30 years. We evaluate the success of numerous examples of public participation in environmental decision making and identify the factors that lead to success. The paper deals with a number of themes, including: The extent to which participation can incorporate public values into decision making, improve the substantive quality of decisions, reduce conflict, increase trust in institutions, and educate and inform the public; What can be expected from different approaches to public participation, such as public meetings, advisory committees, and mediation; The relative importance of the participatory process vs. the context in which participation takes place; Procedural features of particular importance; and The relationship between participation and implementation. The paper provides general results that can be used to guide the improvement of public participation programs, support assessment of innovative methods, and advance the theoretical understanding of public participation

ALMERA newsletter, No. 1, October 2009

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2009-10-01

From modest beginnings on its establishment in 1995, the ALMERA (Analytical Laboratories for the Measurement of Environmental Radioactivity) network has expanded to include 118 laboratories, representing 73 of our Member States. ALMERA initially started as a platform for data comparison and analysis in the field of environmental radioactivity, coordinated by the International Atomic Energy Agency laboratories in Seibersdorf (Austria). ALMERA network members are nominated by their countries for their ability to provide reliable and timely analysis of environmental samples in the event of an accidental or intentional release of radioactivity. Today, network activities include annual coordination meetings and proficiency tests, as well as sample collection intercomparison exercises, and development of standard analytical procedures for network members. The network is a voluntary and cooperative effort to achieve global standards and cohesive guidelines in issues related to environmental radioactivity. Among some of the network's objectives are: achieving comparable analytical results traceable to the SI system, preparing guidelines for sampling and analysis methods for use by laboratories worldwide, and being a source of reliable and consistent information and advice for government bodies in their services to the public. This newsletter reflects your demand for news and information on this important topic. We look forward to your continued participation in our activities

Publicity.

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Chisholm, Joan

Publicity for preschool cooperatives is described. Publicity helps produce financial support for preschool cooperatives. It may take the form of posters, brochures, newsletters, open house, newspaper coverage, and radio and television. Word of mouth and general good will in the community are the best avenues of publicity that a cooperative nursery…

Pilot trial of an age-paced parenting newsletter.

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Keane, Brigid; Waterston, Tony; McConachie, Helen; Towner, Elizabeth; Cook, Margaret; Birks, Eileen

2005-10-01

Supporting parents in the first three years of a child's life has the potential to produce successful outcomes. Present government initiatives such as Sure Start focus on this age group. An American educational intervention, in the style of a monthly newsletter, was adapted for use in the UK for parents of young children. Topics were presented in an easy-to-read format and focused on infant emotional development, parent interaction and play. Newsletters, called Baby Express were posted at monthly intervals to the family home providing age-paced information which could meet the specific needs of parents at that stage of their child's life. The aim of the study was to determine the applicability of the newsletter to UK parents and evaluate their satisfaction. Sixty home-based interviews were conducted and 95 per cent of mothers reported reading all or part of the newsletter. Changes in parenting style were spontaneously reported by 28 per cent of mothers. This study found that an aged-paced parenting newsletter was an acceptable and useful method of supporting parents in the early months of a child's life and promotes positive changes in parenting behaviour.

OIT Times Newsletter: Volume 3, Number 1, Winter 2000

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Sousa, L.

1999-12-16

The Winter 2000 edition of the OIT Times newsletter, a quarterly publication produced by the Office of Industrial Technologies, highlights the 1999 start-up projects, announces the OIT solicitation schedule for FY2000, and features the success of the Ohio diecasting showcase. One of the quarterly highlights was Secretary Richardson's presentation of a Certificate of Partnership to Malden Mills CEO Aaron Feuerstein at the dedication of the plant's new, advanced cogeneration system.

Public and biobank participant attitudes toward genetic research participation and data sharing.

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Lemke, A A; Wolf, W A; Hebert-Beirne, J; Smith, M E

2010-01-01

Research assessing attitudes toward consent processes for high-throughput genomic-wide technologies and widespread sharing of data is limited. In order to develop a better understanding of stakeholder views toward these issues, this cross-sectional study assessed public and biorepository participant attitudes toward research participation and sharing of genetic research data. Forty-nine individuals participated in 6 focus groups; 28 in 3 public focus groups and 21 in 3 NUgene biorepository participant focus groups. In the public focus groups, 75% of participants were women, 75% had some college education or more, 46% were African-American and 29% were Hispanic. In the NUgene focus groups, 67% of participants were women, 95% had some college education or more, and the majority (76%) of participants was Caucasian. Five major themes were identified in the focus group data: (a) a wide spectrum of understanding of genetic research; (b) pros and cons of participation in genetic research; (c) influence of credibility and trust of the research institution; (d) concerns about sharing genetic research data and need for transparency in the Policy for Sharing of Data in National Institutes of Health-Supported or Conducted Genome-Wide Association Studies; (e) a need for more information and education about genetic research. In order to increase public understanding and address potential concerns about genetic research, future efforts should be aimed at involving the public in genetic research policy development and in identifying or developing appropriate educational strategies to meet the public's needs.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND WATER USE RIGHTS

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Phillipa King

2015-11-01

Full Text Available The conservation and protection of water resources is paramount in the safeguarding of environmental rights and the attainment of sustainable development in South Africa. Although the National Water Act 36 of 1998 (the NWA seeks to provide a framework for ensuring the sustainable use of water resources, its application has been hindered by capacity and enforcement constraints, a legacy of water pollution (primarily as a result of mining and industrial activities, and poor resource management. To aggravate this situation, the difficulties in effectively implementing the NWA are exacerbated by inadequate public participation in water use licensing processes. Public participation in environmental decision-making has increasingly received recognition for its role in ensuring administrative justice and the protection of environmental rights. While environmental legislation (in many cases sets out procedures for ensuring that public views are taken into account in environmental decision-making processes, the judiciary has also recognised the pivotal role of public engagement in ensuring administrative justice where environmental rights are at stake. Sound public participation practices play an important role in identifying issues requiring consideration in the context of environmental assessment processes, as well as in ensuring that communities are empowered to monitor, identify and report on potential contraventions of environmental legislation. Water is a vital natural resource which is under significant pressure in South Africa. In the circumstances, effective public participation is crucial to ensuring the protection and equitable use of water resources. It follows that provision for comprehensive public engagement in water use licensing processes is integral to ensuring the sustainable management of water resources. While provision is made in the NWA for public engagement in the context of water use licensing processes, such participation is

Food irradiation newsletter. Vol. 15, no. 2

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1991-10-01

This newsletter contains brief summaries of three coordinated research meetings held in 1991: irradiation in combination with other processes for improving food quality; application of irradiation technique for food processing in Africa; and food irradiation programme for Middle East and European countries. The first Workshop on Public Information on Food Irradiation is summarized, and a Coordinated Research Programme on Irradiation as a Quarantine Treatment of Mites, Nematodes and Insects other than Fruit Fly is announced. This issue also contains a report on the status of food irradiation in China, and a supplement lists clearances of irradiated foods. Tabs

SSDL newsletter. No. 37

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1997-07-01

This is a special issue of the SSDL Newsletter. It consists of only one document, a Charter for the Network of SSDLs which was drafted during an Advisory Group Meeting held at the IAEA Headquarters in May 1997. The Charter follows a recommendation of the SSDL Scientific Committee during its Seventh Meeting, held at the IAEA Headquarters from 30 September to 4 October 1997, that the Agency develops an SSDL Charter detailing the responsibilities and tasks of the SSDL Network members. As a follow-up of this recommendation, a Consultant Meeting on this task was organized and held at the Agency in May 1997. For the development of the Charter, the consultants reviewed the IAEA publication ''Secondary Standard Dosimetry Laboratory: Development and trends'' (1985) and took into account the past 20 years experience of the Agency

SSDL newsletter. No. 37

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NONE

1997-07-01

This is a special issue of the SSDL Newsletter. It consists of only one document, a Charter for the Network of SSDLs which was drafted during an Advisory Group Meeting held at the IAEA Headquarters in May 1997. The Charter follows a recommendation of the SSDL Scientific Committee during its Seventh Meeting, held at the IAEA Headquarters from 30 September to 4 October 1997, that the Agency develops an SSDL Charter detailing the responsibilities and tasks of the SSDL Network members. As a follow-up of this recommendation, a Consultant Meeting on this task was organized and held at the Agency in May 1997. For the development of the Charter, the consultants reviewed the IAEA publication ``Secondary Standard Dosimetry Laboratory: Development and trends`` (1985) and took into account the past 20 years experience of the Agency. 8 refs, 2 figs, 1 tab.

Developing public affairs counseling skills to support a public participation focus at Fernald

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Hoopes, J. [Fernald Environmental Restoration Management Corp., Cincinnati, OH (United States)

1994-03-01

To provide closer coordination between the Public Affairs Division and environmental restoration management and technical staff, the Fernald Environmental Restoration Management Corporation (FERMCO) matrixed Public Affairs staffers as counselors to project teams within FERMCO. Close coordination between technical staff and public affairs staff is essential for effective public communication in a public participation, environmental risk communication environment. Two-way symmetrical communication (public participation) represents a paradigm shift for public affairs staff who have developed skills primarily in a public information (asymmetrical communication) environment. While there has been much focus in the literature and workshops on management changes needed to support a public participation environment, less attention has been paid to identifying and developing the skills needed by public affairs professionals to support public participation. To support the new counseling role of public affairs staffers, FERMCO used a public affairs training consultant to design and deliver a workshop to initiate development of the skills needed for the public affairs counseling role. This paper describes FERMCO`s matrixed counseling program and the training to develop public affairs counseling skills for the public participation environment.

Environmental decision making: what does public participation add?

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Beierle, T.C.; Cayford, J.

2004-01-01

The role of public participation in environmental policy making has led to much discussion in recent years, accompanied by some cheering, some hand-wringing, a great deal of speculation, and always recognition of its growing importance. Over the past 30 years, participation has moved to centre stage in the play of influences that determine how the environment will be protected and managed. In doing so, it has evolved considerably. Traditional public hearings and public comment procedures have been joined by a broad array of more intensive approaches to participation that emphasize face-to-face deliberation, problem solving, and consensus building. Policy dialogues, stakeholder advisory committees, citizen juries, formal mediations, and a variety of other processes are now familiar components of the public participation mix. The amount of influence the public can wield has changed as well. In the United States, agreements made among interest groups in regulatory negotiations, for example, actually determine the content of proposed environmental regulations. Describing how well public participation has performed in its central role in environmental policy-making is the topic of our book, Democracy in Practice: Public Participation in Environmental Decisions. In the book, we evaluate the success of 239 cases of public participation undertaken in the United States over the last 30 years. Our primary objective was to develop an understanding of the social value of public participation by evaluating cases against a set of social goals, such as conflict resolution, trust formation, and education. Our second objective was to understand what made some processes successful and others not. We were particularly interested in how different approaches to public participation - from public hearings to formal mediations differed in their accomplishments. (author)

SSDL newsletter. No. 49

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2004-05-01

This issue of the SSDL Newsletter starts with a report of the first Research Co-ordination Meeting of the Co-ordinated Research Project (CRP) on the development of TLD-based quality audits for radiotherapy dosimetry in non-reference conditions. The meeting was held at the IAEA's Headquarters in Vienna during 30 September - 4 October 2002. The meeting gathered the CRP participants from Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Bulgaria, China, India, France and Poland. The second article is also a meeting's report on the development of quality assurance procedures for dosimetry calculations in radiotherapy. The meeting was held at the IAEA's Headquarters in Vienna during 13-18 October 2003. Three consultants from Austria, the Netherlands and the USA have attended the meeting and made specific recommendations to the Agency on the initiation of a CRP on Quality Assurance for dosimetry calculations in radiotherapy

Barriers to public participation

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Patten, E.

1986-01-01

When one talks of public involvement, one immediately thinks of a public hearing. Six problems with the public hearing system are listed and discussed. The constraints involved in the public hearing process are: 1) asking for technical information from general folks; 2) overwhelming the public with complex information; 3) having a format that intimidates the speaker and allows no opportunity for useful dialogue; 4) obtaining a skewed picture of an issue because one hasn't had truly representative comments; 5) citizens having overblown expectations of what public involvement means, and becoming frustrated and cynical when their advice isn't heeded; and 6) convincing the powers that be that a comprehensive program is a wise investment. The second half of this paper lists 21 other forms of public participation, giving a description of each form, its purpose, and brief comments on its advantages

Public participation and environmental impact assessment: Purposes, implications, and lessons for public policy making

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

O'Faircheallaigh, Ciaran

2010-01-01

In recent years the need to enhance public participation in Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), and the efficacy of alternative mechanisms in achieving this goal, have been central themes in the EIA literature. The benefits of public participation are often taken for granted, and partly for this reason the underlying rationale for greater public participation is sometimes poorly articulated, making it more difficult to determine how to pursue it effectively. The reasons for seeking public participation are also highly diverse and not always mutually consistent. There has been limited analysis of the implications of different forms and degrees of public participation for public decision making based on EIA, and little discussion of how experience with public participation in EIA relates to debates about participation in policy making generally. This paper distinguishes various purposes for public participation in EIA, and discusses their implications for decision making. It then draws on some general models of public participation in policy making to consider how approaches to participation in EIA can be interpreted and valued, and asks what EIA experience reveals about the utility of these models. It argues that the models pay insufficient attention to the interaction that can occur between different forms of public participation; and to the fact that public participation raises issues regarding control over decision making that are not subject to resolution, but must be managed through ongoing processes of negotiation.

Public participation, Good Environmental Governance and fulfilment ...

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Public participation, Good Environmental Governance and fulfilment of Environmental rights. ... international developments the role that public participation is expected to play in state governments\\' fulfilment of citizens\\' environmental rights.

SSDL Newsletter, No. 63, December 2014

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2014-12-01

This issue of the SSDL Newsletter contains two meeting reports. The first one describes the 16th Scientific Committee of the IAEA/WHO Network of Secondary Standards Dosimetry Laboratories, held at the IAEA Headquarters in March 2014. The second report is prepared from a consultants’ meeting on “Development of a Training Programme for Secondary Standards Dosimetry Laboratories”, held at the IAEA in May 2014. The next contribution is a report of a new IAEA/RCA Regional Project in Medical Physics Education and Training for the Asian region, held at the IAEA in May 2014. An overview of the new IAEA publication on “Diagnostic Radiology Physics: A Handbook for Teachers and Students” is presented in the last article

Nuclear Data Newsletter, No. 64, January 2018

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2018-01-01

This Newsletter contains, as usual, the complete overview of meetings. Notable large ones, in terms of number of participants, were Research Coordination Meetings on Photon Strength Functions and Photonuclear Data, Primary Radiation Damage Cross Sections, and a Technical Meeting on Data Processing. Just before the end of 2017, we held a Technical Meeting on the International Nuclear Data Evaluation Network, which is one of the follow-ups of the CIELO initiative that was hosted by the NEA in past years. This nuclear data evaluation network will focus on the next list of high-priority nuclides which need to be evaluated with high precision. The website of the meeting is available at https://wwwnds. iaea.org/index-meeting-crp/TM_IAEACIELO/. As a related topic, this is also the time and place to congratulate the nuclear data communities in the US and the OECD on the release of their ENDF/B-VIII and JEFF-3.3 libraries, respectively. Our Section has monitored these releases closely, and contributed evaluations. Therefore, it is good to see that a new level of international nuclear reaction data has been reached. By the way, as mentioned in this Newsletter a third data library, TENDL-2017, was also released last month

Public participation in UMTRA Project Program Management

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Majors, M.J.; Ulland, L.M.

1993-01-01

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is cleaning up radioactive soil and ore residue from 24 inactive uranium processing sites under the Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project. In early 1993, the DOE adopted new guidelines strongly encouraging public participation. This guidance commits to providing the public with opportunities to participate in the decision-making process for program planning, design, and implementation. Rooted in the conviction that an effective public participation program will enable citizens to take part in policy decisions, the full adoption of the guidance by the UMTRA project can also help DOE make better decisions, provide a means to build consensus, and assist in building credibility. This transition to open communication parallels the climate of corporate America in which increases in productivity are often the result of workers and management teaming together to solve problems. While these guidelines have been embraced by public affairs staff from headquarters to the field offices, barriers still exist that inhibit substantive public involvement. The challenge for the UMTRA project is to overcome these barriers to ensure that public participation is an integral part of the way business is conducted. This paper discusses lessons learned by the UMTRA project in its efforts to address barriers to public participation and the project's plans for full compliance with the DOE guidelines

Nuclear power newsletter Vol. 3, no. 1, April 2006

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2006-04-01

The topics presented in this newsletter are: Nuclear power technology and operations databases; Message from the Director of the Division of Nuclear Power; Announcement of Mr. Atam Rao, the new Head of Nuclear Power Technology Development Section; Nuclear power plant operating performance and life cycle management; Improving human performance, quality and technical infrastructure; Technology developments and applications for advanced reactors; Recent publications; Planned meetings in 2006; Division of Nuclear Power Web site links; The 7th IAEA - FORATOM Joint Workshop on Successful Management of Organizational Change

Public participation in environmental issues in Taiwan

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Li, K.K.

1994-01-01

It is natural in a democratic society that people request more participation in the decision making process. The once centralized government was however reluctant to open more room in this regard concerning the nuclear power industry and radioactive waste management. The environmental impact assessment provided the statuary ground, although limited, for public participation in the environmental issues. A comprehensive social communication program which consists of public information, public education, public relation, and public participation must be established to ensure the smooth realization of a development project. This paper described the relevant situations in Taiwan and recommended various practices to alleviate the NIMBY syndrome. These descriptions and recommendations would be useful particularly for the third world countries facing emerging environmental issues in the near future

State commitment to public participation

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Baranski, S.C.; Serie, P.J.

1989-01-01

This paper discusses how New York's approach to developing a new low-level radioactive waste disposal facility demonstrates a commitment to responsibility for waste generated within its borders. There is a strong, legislated commitment to meeting federal milestones and starting from scratch to select a suitable site and disposal method. Equally strong is the state's commitment to meaningful public participation. A statewide program is underway, including public information and education and interactive techniques. The public participation program is fully integrated with the technical and policy activities of the New York State Low-Level Radioactive Waste Siting Commission at all levels. The program is designed to progressively tailor techniques and coverage to the steps in site and method selection, and will focus most intensively on the communities where four sites are selected for full characterization

Public education and participation

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Kelly, J.E.

1982-01-01

As prescribed in Step 1 of the Public Education and Participation Process (attachment 1), industry, public interest groups, and decision-makers were briefed about the Subseabed Disposal Program. In regard to public interest groups, Drs. Hollister and Kelly were invited to present the technical and policy aspects of the Subseabed Program at a public forum in Hawaii sponsored by the Hawaii League of Women Voters, the Health Physics Society, and the East-West Center. The sponsors videotaped the forum for a film, entitled Slowly Dying Embers: Radioactive Waste and the Pacific, which will be shown on television in Hawaii. In response to requests for information about the Subseabed Program, Congressional Staff, Representatives, and Senators (attachment 2) were briefed about the Subseabed Program as legislation related to the Program moved through Congress (attachment 3). Science oriented publications also were contacted about the Program

ITER EDA Newsletter. V. 4, no. 7

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1995-07-01

This ITER EDA (Engineering Design Activities) Newsletter issue contains reports on (i) the 8th meeting of the ITER Technical Advisory Committee (TAC-8) held on June 29 - July 7, 1995 at the ITER San Diego Work Site, (ii) the 8th meeting of the ITER Management Advisory Committee (MAC-8) held at the ITER San Diego Work Site on July 9-10, 1995, (iii) the 33rd meeting of the International Fusion Research Council (FRC), held July 11, 1995 at the IAEA Headquarters in Vienna, Austria, and (iv) the ITER participation in the fifth topical meeting on Tritium Technology in Fission, Fusion and Isotopic Applications

Animal Production and Health Newsletter. No. 13

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1991-01-01

This newsletter includes reports of FAO/IAEA-organized meetings held between 17 September 1990 and 23 November 1990, with emphasis on the development and application of radioimmunoassay and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay techniques to study Foot and Mouth Disease, bluetongue vins and other diseases, and animal reproduction. The status of existing coordinated research programmes is summarized, and a new coordinated research programme on the development of supplementation strategies for milk-producing animals in tropical and subtropical environments is announced. Applications for contracts to participate in this programme are invited. The role of the Section's Animal Production Unit at Seibersdorf is reviewed, and a list of forthcoming events is given

Plant breeding and genetics newsletter. No. 2

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1998-12-01

This is the second issue of the Plant Breeding and Genetics Newsletter. The Newsletter will inform you about current activities of the FAO/IAEA sub-programme on plant breeding and genetics which is implemented by the Plant Breeding and Genetics Section of the Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture (Vienna) in close collaboration with the Plant Breeding Unit of the FAO/IAEA Agriculture and Biotechnology Laboratory (Seibersdorf)

Plant breeding and genetics newsletter. No. 1

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1998-05-01

This is the first issue of the Plant Breeding and Genetics Newsletter. The Newsletter will inform you about current activities of the FAO/IAEA sub-programme on plant breeding and genetics which is implemented by the Plant Breeding and Genetics Section of the Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture (Vienna) in close collaboration with the Plant Breeding Unit of the FAO/IAEA Agriculture and Biotechnology Laboratory (Seibersdorf)

Evaluating public participation in Chinese EIA. An integrated Public Participation Index and its application to the case of the New Beijing Airport

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Brombal, Daniele [Department of Asian and North African Studies, University Ca' Foscari Venice (Italy); Moriggi, Angela [Department of Asian and North African Studies, University Ca' Foscari Venice (Italy); Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, University Ca' Foscari Venice (Italy); Marcomini, Antonio, E-mail: marcom@unive.it [Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, University Ca' Foscari Venice (Italy)

2017-01-15

In recent years, China's government authorities have devoted increasing attention to the role of public participation processes in Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). The capacity of these processes to influence decision-making remains widely debated. This paper aims at appraising the institutional rationale informing the implementation of public participation in China's EIA, benchmarking it against three conceptualisations: (1) Normative, based on objectives of empowerment and democratisation; (2) Substantive, where participation is pursued mainly to improve quality of decisions; (3) Instrumental, seeking participation as an instrument to legitimise decision-making processes. The appraisal is carried out by means of a new integrated index (Public Participation Index, PPI), which is applied to a case study representative of latest advancements in EIA public participation practices in China, namely the “New Beijing Airport Project”. Located 46 km south of downtown Beijing, the project was approved in 2014 and it is currently under construction. Results of the PPI application to this case study indicate that, despite progress made in recent years, the implementation of public participation in Chinese EIA still largely responds to an instrumental rationale, with limited capacity for the public to affect decisions. - Highlights: • In recent years China has strengthened EIA public participation (PP) legislation. • Despite progress, implementation of PP remains informed by an instrumental rationale. • A large gap exists between principles enunciated in regulations and implementation. • The Public Participation Index can be used to monitor China's EIA PP development.

Evaluating public participation in Chinese EIA. An integrated Public Participation Index and its application to the case of the New Beijing Airport

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Brombal, Daniele; Moriggi, Angela; Marcomini, Antonio

2017-01-01

In recent years, China's government authorities have devoted increasing attention to the role of public participation processes in Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). The capacity of these processes to influence decision-making remains widely debated. This paper aims at appraising the institutional rationale informing the implementation of public participation in China's EIA, benchmarking it against three conceptualisations: (1) Normative, based on objectives of empowerment and democratisation; (2) Substantive, where participation is pursued mainly to improve quality of decisions; (3) Instrumental, seeking participation as an instrument to legitimise decision-making processes. The appraisal is carried out by means of a new integrated index (Public Participation Index, PPI), which is applied to a case study representative of latest advancements in EIA public participation practices in China, namely the “New Beijing Airport Project”. Located 46 km south of downtown Beijing, the project was approved in 2014 and it is currently under construction. Results of the PPI application to this case study indicate that, despite progress made in recent years, the implementation of public participation in Chinese EIA still largely responds to an instrumental rationale, with limited capacity for the public to affect decisions. - Highlights: • In recent years China has strengthened EIA public participation (PP) legislation. • Despite progress, implementation of PP remains informed by an instrumental rationale. • A large gap exists between principles enunciated in regulations and implementation. • The Public Participation Index can be used to monitor China's EIA PP development.

Public and Biobank Participant Attitudes toward Genetic Research Participation and Data Sharing

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Lemke, A.A.; Wolf, W.A.; Hebert-Beirne, J.; Smith, M.E.

2010-01-01

Research assessing attitudes toward consent processes for high-throughput genomic-wide technologies and widespread sharing of data is limited. In order to develop a better understanding of stakeholder views toward these issues, this cross-sectional study assessed public and biorepository participant attitudes toward research participation and sharing of genetic research data. Forty-nine individuals participated in 6 focus groups; 28 in 3 public focus groups and 21 in 3 NUgene biorepository pa...

Plant breeding and genetics newsletter. No. 13

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2004-06-01

This issue reports on the creation of the Agency's Subprogramme of Sustainable Intensification of Crop Production Systems (E1) through the merger of the Soils and Plant Breeding and Genetics Subprogrammes together with part of the Entomology Subprogramme activities. Implementation of a new Coordinated Research Project (CRP) on the Effects of Mutagenic Agents on the DNA Sequence in Plants, and the successful submission of a new CRP proposal on Pyramiding of Mutated Genes Contributing to Crop Quality and Resistance to Stress Affecting Quality were among the major activities of our Subprogramme during the last six months. We actively participated in the International Year of Rice (IYR 2004) events such as the Meeting of the Informal International Working Group on the International Year of Rice (IIWG) and the FAO Rice Conference on Rice in Global Markets and Sustainable Production Systems (Rome, Italy), both in February this year. A lot of work has been concentrated this last semester on the preparation of Programme and Budget for the biennium 2006-2007 and the appraisal of TC proposals for the biennium 2005-2006. The Mutation Breeding Newsletter and the Mutation Breeding Review will merge to become the Mutation Breeding Newsletter and Reviews (MBN and R). Starting at the end of July, the MBN and R will appear on a regular basis

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 43

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1997-10-01

This issue of the Newsletter includes articles dealing with radiation induced mutation based plant breeding research findings aimed at improving productivity, disease resistance and tolerance of stress conditions

A study on improving the regulatory effectiveness and public participation

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Choi, B. S.; Choi, Y. G.; Cho, B. H.; Lee, H. W.

2006-02-01

The scope of this study is : review the theories about public participation in nuclear safety regulation, we develop an understanding of the concept and compare the effectiveness of different approaches to public participation. Reviews the cases of public participation in foreign countries and searches for important implications. To examine the current measures of public participation in nuclear safety regulatory process and to evaluate the present demand of the public including residents nearby nuclear facilities. Based upon the discussions on the above topics, examines prerequisites for success of public participation and presents alternatives of public participation in the concrete

Public Participation Plan

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1984-06-01

The purpose of this Public Participation Plan is to describe the Department of Energy's plan for involving the public in the decision-making process required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 as related to the Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project. This project was authorized by congress in the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978, PL95-604. The Act provides for a cooperative effort with affected states and Indian tribes for the cleanup of designated inactive uranium mill tailings sites and associated vicinity properties, which are located in ten western states and in Pennsylvania. The Act was amended in 1982 to also include vicinity properties contaminated with residual radioactive material in Edgemont, South Dakota

Beyond tokenistic participation: using representational artefacts to enable meaningful public participation in health service design.

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Morrison, Cecily; Dearden, Andy

2013-10-01

A number of recent policies promote public participation in health service design. Yet, a growing literature has articulated a gap between policy aims and actual practice resulting in public participation becoming tokenistic. Drawing on theory from participatory design, we argue that choosing appropriate artefacts to act as representations can structure discussions between public participants and health professionals in ways that both groups find meaningful and valid. Through a case study of a service improvement project in outpatient services for older people, we describe three representational artefacts: emotion maps, stories, and tracing paper, and explain how they helped to mediate interactions between public participants and health professionals. We suggest that using such representational artefacts can provide an alternative approach to participation that stands in contrast to the current focus on the professionalisation of public participants. We conclude that including participatory designers in projects, to chose or design appropriate representational artefacts, can help to address the policy-practice gap of including public participants in health service design. Copyright © 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd.. All rights reserved.

The newsletter 'European Research in Radiological Sciences'

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Pihet, P.; D'Errico, F.; Doerr, W.; Gruenberger, M.; Schofield, P.

2004-01-01

The newsletter 'European Research in Radiological Sciences' is jointly published by the European Late Effects Project Group and the European Radiation Dosimetry Group to disseminate information about research projects and activities carried out under the EURATOM Framework Programme. Since May 2003, the Newsletter is operated interactively from the Internet. The new site uses a dedicated database that automatically generates HTML pages. This system developed at the Univ. of Cambridge provides an innovative approach to improve the dissemination of project information. (authors)

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 20

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NONE

1982-07-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents new reports on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants.

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 17

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1981-03-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents new reports on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants.

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 16

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1980-07-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents new reports on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants.

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 8

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1976-09-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents new reports on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants.

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 12

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1978-07-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents new reports on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants.

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 10

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1977-07-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents new reports on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants.

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 32

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1988-07-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents new reports on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants.

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 18

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1981-07-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents new reports on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants.

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 9

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1977-01-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents new reports on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants.

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 22

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1983-07-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents new reports on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants.

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 15

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1980-02-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents new reports on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants.

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 9

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1977-01-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents new reports on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 32

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1988-07-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents new reports on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 15

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1980-02-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents new reports on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 14

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1979-07-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents new reports on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 16

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1980-07-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents new reports on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 12

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1978-07-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents new reports on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 17

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1981-03-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents new reports on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 30

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1987-07-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents new reports on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 18

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1981-07-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents new reports on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 10

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1977-07-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents new reports on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 8

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1976-09-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents new reports on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 11

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1978-02-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents new reports on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants.

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 31

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1988-03-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents new reports on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants.

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 31

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1988-03-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents new reports on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 11

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1978-02-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents new reports on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 20

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1982-07-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents new reports on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 19

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1982-01-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents new reports on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 13

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1979-02-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents new reports on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants.

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 30

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1987-07-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents new reports on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants.

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 19

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1982-01-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents new reports on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants.

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 23

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1983-01-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents new reports on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants.

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 14

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1979-07-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents new reports on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants.

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 23

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1983-01-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents new reports on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 13

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1979-02-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents new reports on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 22

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1983-07-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents new reports on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants

Animal production and health newsletter. No. 41

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2004-12-01

In the June 2004 Newsletter, we focused on the topic of molecular diagnostic technologies and the way forward. It is clear from the feedback, that there is a strong desire for having reliable, definitive, sensitive, specific, cost effective and on-site diagnostic tests, in parallel with so-called herd or population surveillance tests. This will allow for the implementation of more effective disease control strategies. It is indeed exciting to consider the current technological explosion and its consequences and what potential advantages might be in store for many of our Member States. This will also help to ensure that we keep abreast of new developments and employ the most appropriate tools.The conclusions and recommendations will be placed on the web as soon as they are available and published in the next Newsletter. The second topic under discussion in this Newsletter will focus on the management of animal genetic resources. Both past and future activities are described in further detail in this issue

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 33

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1989-01-01

This issue of the newsletter reports a number of research news and research abstracts on application of radiation induced mutation techniques to increase mutagenesis and mutation frequency in plant breeding projects.

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 33

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1989-01-01

This issue of the newsletter reports a number of research news and research abstracts on application of radiation induced mutation techniques to increase mutagenesis and mutation frequency in plant breeding projects

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 28

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1986-09-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents reports and research abstracts on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 24

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1984-07-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents reports and research abstracts on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants.

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 36

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1990-07-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents abstracts and short communications of research results on radiation and chemical induced mutation breeding projects. Positive traits such as disease resistance and increased productivity are highlighted.

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 34

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1989-07-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents abstracts and short communications of research results on radiation and chemical induced mutation breeding projects. Positive traits such as disease resistance and increased productivity are highlighted

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 34

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1989-07-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents abstracts and short communications of research results on radiation and chemical induced mutation breeding projects. Positive traits such as disease resistance and increased productivity are highlighted.

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 25

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1985-01-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents reports and research abstracts on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 28

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1986-09-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents reports and research abstracts on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants.

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 26

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1985-10-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents reports and research abstracts on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 27

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1986-02-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents reports and research abstracts on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 24

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1984-07-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents reports and research abstracts on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 26

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1985-10-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents reports and research abstracts on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants.

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 25

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1985-01-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents reports and research abstracts on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants.

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 27

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1986-02-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents reports and research abstracts on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants.

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 36

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1990-07-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents abstracts and short communications of research results on radiation and chemical induced mutation breeding projects. Positive traits such as disease resistance and increased productivity are highlighted

Public participation in UMTRA Project program management

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Majors, M.J.; Ulland, L.M.

1993-01-01

Innovative techniques for overcoming barriers to public participation on the US Department of Energy's Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project have led to improved communications with stakeholders at project sites and improved communications within the project. On the UMTRA Project, it's been shown that an effective public participation program is an essential element to successful project implementation

Itese Newsletter, Number 23 - Autumn 2014

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Devezeaux de Lavergne, Jean-Guy; Gabriel, Sophie; Jasserand, Frederic; Le Duigou, Alain; Le Net, Elisabeth; Mansilla, Christine; Maziere, Dominique; Monnet, Antoine; Popiolek, Nathalie; Thais, Francoise; Yu, Julie

2014-01-01

The first article of this newsletter describes some aspects of the role of hydrogen in energy transition. It outlines the sensitivity of the production cost to the business model, the great number of applications of hydrogen as a chemical product and as an energy vector, the promising applications in mobility and transport, the good public image of this product, and the role hydrogen could play in energy transition. The second article comments the recent evolutions of the uranium market and outlines the perspective of concentration of mining companies, notably state companies. The third article proposes a comparative analysis of public policies in favour of solar photovoltaic development between Germany and China (in terms of objectives, of inputs and results, of production and installations). It also highlights the interactions between the photovoltaic policy strategies of both countries. The next article addresses the project development of two EPR nuclear reactors at Hinkley Point in the UK with the favourable recommendation of the European Competition Commission. Some brief news are then proposed (mainly about recent international meetings on energy and on uranium non conventional resources)

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 4

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1974-08-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents reports and rea search abstracts on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants.

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 6

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1975-08-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents reports and rea search abstracts on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants.

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 5

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1975-02-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents reports and rea search abstracts on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants.

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 3

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1974-01-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents reports and rea search abstracts on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 3

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1974-01-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents reports and rea search abstracts on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants.

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 29

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1987-02-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents reports and rea search abstracts on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants.

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 4

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1974-08-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents reports and rea search abstracts on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 7

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1976-01-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents reports and rea search abstracts on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants.

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 44

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1999-04-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents research reports on the role of radiation induced mutation and chemical mutagens in improving productivity, disease resistance; cold and salinity tolerance of various crops and ornamental plants

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 1

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1972-05-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents reports and rea search abstracts on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants.

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 29

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1987-02-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents reports and rea search abstracts on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 5

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1975-02-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents reports and rea search abstracts on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 2

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1973-02-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents reports and rea search abstracts on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 1

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1972-05-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents reports and rea search abstracts on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 6

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1975-08-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents reports and rea search abstracts on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 7

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1976-01-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents reports and rea search abstracts on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 2

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1973-02-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents reports and rea search abstracts on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants.

Powernext newsletter no.39

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Conil-Lacoste, J.F.

2006-07-01

This newsletter no 39 of Powernext provides statistical data on Powernext day-Ahead from june 2005 to june 2006, prices and volume of Powernext Futures from june 2004 to june 2006, powernext carbon from june 2005 to june 2006 and some news on Powernext. (A.L.B.)

SSDL newsletter. No. 44

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2001-01-01

The first article of this issue of the SSDL Newsletter is the report of the 9th SSDL Scientific Committee Meeting held from 13-17 November 2000. The editor wishes to draw the readers' attention to recommendations xviii, xxi and xxvi of the Scientific Committee, to evaluate the potential needs of SSDLs for the audit and calibration services in diagnostic radiology, brachytherapy and nuclear medicine metrology. For that purpose, the Secretariat of the IAEA/WHO network is preparing a survey form to be sent to all SSDLs of the network. It is hoped that the network members will fill in the questionnaire and return it to the Secretariat as soon as possible. The second article is a technical note prepared by the staff of the Dosimetry and Medical Radiation Physics Section that deals with the ''effect of humidity on measurements with a well type chamber''. Those SSDL members possessing a well type chamber are encouraged to conduct similar frequent constancy checks and submit their contributions to the editor for publication in a forthcoming issue of the Newsletter. Contributions will be duly acknowledged. The third article is a report of the Second Research Co-ordination Meeting (RCM) for the Co-ordinated Research Project (CRP E2.40.07) on ''the development of a quality assurance programme for radiation therapy dosimetry in developing countries'', held at IAEA Headquarters from 4-8 December 2000. The aim of the CRP is to establish national Quality Assurance (QA) networks for external quality audits for radiotherapy hospitals in developing countries. This is done by setting up national External Audit Groups (EAGs) with laboratory backup for operating TLD audits for radiotherapy dosimetry. The main results achieved under this CRP are included in the report. A new SSDL has recently joined our Network: the Laboratory of State Dosimetry Standards of the Belarussian State Institute of Metrology (Gosstandart). The SSDL has been added to the database of the IAEA/WHO Network of

SSDL newsletter. No. 27

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1988-12-01

This issue of the newsletter presents a report of the third meeting of the SSDL Scientific Committee. Articles on ''Absorbed dose determination in photon and electron beams'' and ''Comparison of absorbed dose determinations using the IAEA dosimetry protocol and the ferrous sulphate dosimeter'' are the major topics covered

Nuclear power newsletter. Vol. 1, no. 1

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2004-09-01

This first issue of newsletter describes the Nuclear Power Division of the Department of Nuclear Energy responsible for implementation of the IAEA programme on Nuclear Power. The mission of the Division is to increase the capability of interested Member States to implement and maintain competitive and sustainable nuclear power programmes and to develop and apply advanced nuclear technologies. The topics covered in this publication are: Engineering and Management Support for Competitive Nuclear Power; Improving Human Performance, Quality and Technical Infrastructure; Co-ordination of International Collaboration for the Development of Innovative Nuclear Technology; Technology Developments and Applications for Advanced Reactors; The International Conference on 'Fifty Years of Nuclear Power - the Next Fifty Years'. A list of documents published recently by the Nuclear Power Division in enclosed

Public Participation: What has the Constitutional Court given the ...

African Journals Online (AJOL)

Public Participation: What has the Constitutional Court given the public? ... Linda Nyati explores the duty to facilitate public participation in legislative processes in terms of ... This issue, the article demonstrates, is highly pertinent to citizens in ...

NITRD NewsLetter - July 2016

Data.gov (United States)

Networking and Information Technology Research and Development, Executive Office of the President — Welcome to this first issue of NITRD Leads IT, a quarterly newsletter of the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program. We...

NITRD NewsLetter - October 2016

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Networking and Information Technology Research and Development, Executive Office of the President — Welcome to the second issue of NITRD Leads IT, a quarterly newsletter of the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program. I...

SSDL newsletter. No. 33

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1995-07-01

The newsletter presents report of the sixth meeting of the SSDL Scientific Committee held in Vienna in March 1995. Major issues discussed include programmes and activities of the Dosimetry Section, statistical data on the SSDL network and IAEA activities on high-dose measurements. It also present uncertainty of the calibration factor

SSDL newsletter. No. 33

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1995-07-01

The newsletter presents report of the sixth meeting of the SSDL Scientific Committee held in Vienna in March 1995. Major issues discussed include programmes and activities of the Dosimetry Section, statistical data on the SSDL network and IAEA activities on high-dose measurements. It also present uncertainty of the calibration factor.

Public scientific communication: reflections on the public and its participation forms

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Peter Sekloča

2009-09-01

Full Text Available Scientific communication also pertains to the domain of society, where the formation of public opinion about science and technology is taking place. Concerning this process, two main points are exposed in the commentary. The first is a proposition on how the public as a social category may be conceptualized, and the second is the extent of the participation of members of the public in strengthening socialization and democratization practices in new, highly complex, contexts of scientific research. The public is conceptualized to include all citizens no matter their professional origin, including scientists, which promotes the idea of openness and equality of the public sphere where scientific issues are discussed. To be democratic in its practical-political setting, such a conception needs to deal with the problems of participation in a highly mediatized world, where not every member of the public could be included into scientific research. The author thus reflects on the mechanisms which would enable the formation of public forums where the trust of influential public actors as stakeholders of research can be tested.

Soils newsletter. V. 15, no. 1

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1992-07-01

The First Soils Newsletter of 1992 summarizes the status of the six coordinated research programs (CRPs) currently in progress and announces a new CRP on ''The Use of Nuclear and Related Techniques in the Evaluation of the Agronomic Effectiveness of Phosphate Fertilizers, in Particular Rock Phosphates''. The first Research Coordination Meeting on ''The Use of Nuclear and Related Techniques in Assessment of Irrigation Schedules of Field Crops to Increase Effective Use of Water in Irrigation Projects'', was held in Vienna in February 1992, and excerpts from the presented reports are also included in the Newsletter. In addition, there are brief summaries of the Technical Cooperation Projects in the Middle East and Europe region

Animal production and health newsletter, No. 50, July 2009

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2009-07-01

The biggest event this year was undoubtedly, the successful International Symposium on Sustainable Improvement of Animal Production and Health that was held from 8 to 11 June 2009, here in Vienna. It was attended by more than 400 participants from about 100 Member States of the IAEA and FAO, including several international organizations, with oral and poster contributions. The most important aspects of the symposium were to renew old and form new acquaintances, to discuss common topics and strategies and to form networks and partnerships to address animal production and health problems. The symposium was indeed topical and designed to address issues of importance to our Member States. The new and emerging areas of interest such as One Heath, Food Security and Safety and our ability to produce more and healthier animals and animal products in an 'environmentally safe, clean and ethical' way were hotly discussed. Some of the conclusions and challenges that animal scientists face, whose primary concern have been improving livestock productivity, are more extensively reported on in this newsletter. In addition, we will publish full length papers of all the oral presentations, and some of the most imminent poster presentations, as symposium proceedings shortly. Both past and future activities are described in further detail in this newsletter

NITRD NewsLetter - October 2017

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Networking and Information Technology Research and Development, Executive Office of the President — Welcome to the October 2017 issue of the NITRD Leads IT quarterly newsletter of the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program. When we...

SSDL Newsletter, No. 64, February 2016

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2016-02-01

The first article of the current SSDL Newsletter (No.64) summarises the results from a pilot comparison study for diagnostic level air kerma measurement standards of SSDLs. Based on this data, the IAEA comparison program in x-ray diagnostic radiology has been approved and will be available for SSDL members. The second contribution is a report from a 2nd research coordination meeting held in autumn 2015 related to the coordinated research programme entitles “Development of Quality Audits for Advanced Technology in Radiotherapy Dose Delivery”. An overview of the new IAEA publications is presented in the third part. The fourth contribution is dedicated to the current revision progress of the TRS 398 Code of Practice. The last issue is a short description of IAEA’s activities for the celebration of the International day of Medical Physics

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 45

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2001-07-01

This issue of the Mutation Breeding newsletter contains 39 articles dealing with radiation induced mutations and chemical mutagenesis techniques in plant breeding programs with the aims of improving crop productivity and disease resistance as well as exploring genetic variabilities

Mutation Breeding Newsletter. No. 37

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1991-01-01

This newsletter contains a brief account of FAO/IAEA meetings held in 1990 on plant breeding involving the use of induced mutations. It also features a list of commercially available plant cultivars produced by such techniques. Refs and tabs

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter

Science.gov (United States)

Lindstrom, Marilyn

2000-01-01

This newsletter contains something for everyone! It lists classifications of about 440 meteorites mostly from the 1997 and 1998 ANSMET (Antarctic Search for Meteorites) seasons. It also gives descriptions of about 45 meteorites of special petrologic type. These include 1 iron, 17 chondrites (7 CC, 1 EC, 9 OC) and 27 achondrites (25 HED, UR). Most notable are an acapoloite (GRA98028) and an olivine diogenite (GRA98108).

Research study on public relations and public participation in the nuclear energy field

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Gunji, Ikuko; Tabata, Rimiko; Otoshi, Sachio; Kuwagaki, Reiko; Ishibashi, Yoichiro

2006-01-01

The purpose of this research is to clarify the effect of public relations activities in the nuclear energy field and public participation toward the improvement of the risk literacy of nuclear energy. According to the survey results of the actual public relations activities taken by nuclear energy industry, the opportunity for interactive communications between the public and the industry is insufficient. Consequently, we propose building up more opportunities for participation and collaboration of citizens and industries in order to improve interactive communications reflecting public opinions and points of view. (author)

Publishing a Newsletter for Education Associations. PR Bookshelf No. 5.

Science.gov (United States)

National Education Association, Washington, DC.

This handbook for how to publish a newsletter for educational associations is divided into ten short sections. The sections discuss such topics as analyzing the audience, the makeup of the editorial board, what should go into a newsletter, ways to get the news, aids for the editor, writing simply and clearly, planning layout, printing, following…

Extra! Extra! Read All about It! How to Construct a Newsletter: A Student Project

Science.gov (United States)

Renard, Monika; Tracy, Kay

2011-01-01

This article discusses a student project that highlights the value of printed employee newsletters as an internal communication tool for organizations. The project provides specific information and directions on how to develop an employee newsletter on human resource topics. Microsoft Word 2007 is used for newsletter formatting. The article also…

Nuclear Data Newsletter. No. 24

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1997-12-01

This issue of the nuclear data newsletter gives information on the following topics: staff changes in the Data Center, new data libraries, charts of nuclides, conference announcement, data indexes and bibliographies, Nuclear Data Center coordination, nuclear data standards and some nuclear data

Consensus shaping and safe space public participation processes

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

Andersson, Kjell [Karita Research AB, Taeaby (Sweden)

2015-07-01

Stakeholder involvement and public participation is recognized as a necessary part of nuclear waste management. It is possible to see three driving forces behind this development: (1) a deliberative movement with its roots in the 1960s leftish movement (a philosophical argument), (2) the need for public acceptance of proposed solutions (a practical argument), and (3) the need for awareness and clarity before crucial decisions are made (a practical and democratic argument). Depending on which driving force dominates an initiative for public participation, the initiator is likely to prefer certain public participation processes before others. The initiator has to select among a large number of processes already having been implemented or design a new one tailored for the specific situation. The process choice is crucial for which stakeholders are able to join and which goals can be reached. Much of the debate about public participation has referred to the ''Arnstein ladder'' (Arnstein, 1969) or its modernized versions, such as the participation ladder used in the IPPA Project (Richardson et.al. 2011) building on work by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (MNP, 2008). The various forms of ladders have in common an increasing level of ambition for participation from low to high. The higher up on the ladder, the better it is often anticipated. However, with this should follow more responsibility and accountability of all participants, which in practice is often lacking. There are also practical problems in using the ladder to map public participation processes. For example the step 'collaboration' is ambiguous as it can mean different things. In the RISCOM Process, participants collaborate to improve clarity and awareness but not for finding common solutions. Therefore, the RISCOM Process (Vojtechova, 2009) does not fit into the ladder structure. To avoid these and other problems it is suggested to use three basic approaches to

Consensus shaping and safe space public participation processes

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Andersson, Kjell

2015-01-01

Stakeholder involvement and public participation is recognized as a necessary part of nuclear waste management. It is possible to see three driving forces behind this development: (1) a deliberative movement with its roots in the 1960s leftish movement (a philosophical argument), (2) the need for public acceptance of proposed solutions (a practical argument), and (3) the need for awareness and clarity before crucial decisions are made (a practical and democratic argument). Depending on which driving force dominates an initiative for public participation, the initiator is likely to prefer certain public participation processes before others. The initiator has to select among a large number of processes already having been implemented or design a new one tailored for the specific situation. The process choice is crucial for which stakeholders are able to join and which goals can be reached. Much of the debate about public participation has referred to the ''Arnstein ladder'' (Arnstein, 1969) or its modernized versions, such as the participation ladder used in the IPPA Project (Richardson et.al. 2011) building on work by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (MNP, 2008). The various forms of ladders have in common an increasing level of ambition for participation from low to high. The higher up on the ladder, the better it is often anticipated. However, with this should follow more responsibility and accountability of all participants, which in practice is often lacking. There are also practical problems in using the ladder to map public participation processes. For example the step 'collaboration' is ambiguous as it can mean different things. In the RISCOM Process, participants collaborate to improve clarity and awareness but not for finding common solutions. Therefore, the RISCOM Process (Vojtechova, 2009) does not fit into the ladder structure. To avoid these and other problems it is suggested to use three basic approaches to

Public participation in energy-related decision making: workshop proceedings

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1977-01-01

This document contains edited transcripts of presentations and discussion at plenary sessions of a workshop on Public Participation in Energy Related Decision Making sponsored by the National Science Foundation and held at The MITRE Corporation in McLean, Virginia, on September 21 and 22, 1976. The Emergency Core Cooling System rulemaking, the consideration of Energy Parks in Pennsylvania, and the Seabrook, New Hampshire Nuclear Station decisions are summarized, and the process of public participation in each decision is analyzed by actual participants in the respective cases. Also summarized are the North Anna decision, the Sears Island decision, and the Big Rock Point decision. The conclusions and recommendations from working group discussions on the role and process of public participation are presented. An overall summary is provided, along with the final report of the National Academy of Public Administration Panel which was convened to assist in the design and conduct of the workshop. A companion volume to these proceedings, Public Participation in Energy Related Decision Making: Six Case Studies, M76-53, was distributed to participants prior to the workshop and includes complete case studies of the above six decisions

IEC Newsletter, No. 49, Third Quarter 2014

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2014-12-01

The IEC Newsletter is prepared by the Incident and Emergency Centre (IEC), Department of Nuclear Safety and Security of the IAEA. The Incident and Emergency Centre (IEC) is the global focal point for emergency preparedness and response for nuclear and radiological safety or security related incidents, emergencies, threats or events of media interest. The IEC is also the world’s centre for coordination of international assistance in emergency. Table of contents: • Spolighting IEC Activities at the 58th IAEA General Conference; • TM on Lessons Learned from Past Emergency Preparedness Review (EPREV) Missions; • Third Full Response Exercise of 2014; • Israel joins RANET; • Launch of Emergency Preparedness Network (EPnet); • IEC Response to Recent Events; Member State Prepaedness; • New Publications Translation; • New USIE Training Video; • The IEC in Numbers

IEC Newsletter, No. 49, Third Quarter 2014

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2014-12-15

The IEC Newsletter is prepared by the Incident and Emergency Centre (IEC), Department of Nuclear Safety and Security of the IAEA. The Incident and Emergency Centre (IEC) is the global focal point for emergency preparedness and response for nuclear and radiological safety or security related incidents, emergencies, threats or events of media interest. The IEC is also the world’s centre for coordination of international assistance in emergency. Table of contents: • Spolighting IEC Activities at the 58th IAEA General Conference; • TM on Lessons Learned from Past Emergency Preparedness Review (EPREV) Missions; • Third Full Response Exercise of 2014; • Israel joins RANET; • Launch of Emergency Preparedness Network (EPnet); • IEC Response to Recent Events; Member State Prepaedness; • New Publications Translation; • New USIE Training Video; • The IEC in Numbers.

ITER CTA newsletter. No. 8

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2002-05-01

This ITER CTA newsletter contains information about the Third Negotiations Meeting on the Joint Implementation of ITER held in Moscow on 23-24 April 2002 and about the visit of Canadian officials and members of the Canadian delegation to RF research center 'Kurchatov Institute'

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 40

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1993-01-01

This newsletter contains an obituary to Iosif Abramovitch Rapoport and an outline of three new co-ordinated research programmes as well as a number of short contributed articles concerning the development and testing of mutant plant lines. These contributed articles have been indexed separately

Public participation in GIS via mobile applications

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Brovelli, Maria Antonia; Minghini, Marco; Zamboni, Giorgio

2016-04-01

Driven by the recent trends in the GIS domain including Volunteered Geographic Information, geo-crowdsourcing and citizen science, and fostered by the constant technological advances, collection and dissemination of geospatial information by ordinary people has become commonplace. However, applications involving user-generated geospatial content show dramatically diversified patterns in terms of incentive, type and level of participation, purpose of the activity, data/metadata provided and data quality. This study contributes to this heterogeneous context by investigating public participation in GIS within the field of mobile-based applications. Results not only show examples of how to technically build GIS applications enabling user collection and interaction with geospatial data, but they also draw conclusions about the methods and needs of public participation. We describe three projects with different scales and purposes in the context of urban monitoring and planning, and tourism valorisation. In each case, an open source architecture is used, allowing users to exploit their mobile devices to collect georeferenced information. This data is then made publicly available on specific Web viewers. Analysis of user involvement in these projects provides insights related to participation patterns which suggests some generalized conclusions.

ITER CTA newsletter. No. 2

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2001-10-01

This ITER CTA newsletter contains results of the ITER toroidal field model coil project presented by ITER EU Home Team (Garching) and an article in commemoration of the late Dr. Charles Maisonnier, one of the former leaders of ITER who made significant contributions to its development

Project Solo; Newsletter Number Twenty.

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Pittsburgh Univ., PA. Project Solo.

Three Project Solo modules are presented. They are designed to teach the concepts of elementary matrix operation, matrix multiplication, and finite-state automata. Together with the module on communication matrices from Newsletter #17 they form a well motivated but structured path to expertise in this area. (JY)

IEC Newsletter, No. 53/3 (2015)

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2015-12-01

The IEC Newsletter is prepared by the Incident and Emergency Centre (IEC), Department of Nuclear Safety and Security of the IAEA. The Incident and Emergency Centre (IEC) is the global focal point for emergency preparedness and response for nuclear and radiological safety or security related incidents, emergencies, threats or events of media interest. The IEC is also the world’s centre for coordination of international assistance in emergency. The following topics are presented in this newsletter: Prepared to Respond International Conference on Global EPR; Launch of EPRIMS; First meeting of EPR Standards Committee; IEC and French experts test assessment and prognosis arrangements; IEC and Swiss counterparts conduct an assessment and prognosis drill; Consultancy on CANDUspecific EALs; Regional Workshops; Recently reported events; Member State preparedness; IEC welcomes young visitors on Bring Your Children to Work day

ISAM newsletter. No. 4

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Torres, Carlos

1999-04-01

This newsletter summarises the progress made by its three Working Groups (Scenario Generation and Justification; Modelling and Data; and Confidence Building), three Safety Case Groups (Vault; Radon-type facility; and Borehole Safety Case Groups) and ISAM Virtual Workspace Group during the second RCM along with plans for future work. The document also provides a list of currently available ISAM documents

SSDL Newsletter. No. 31

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1992-12-01

This newsletter contains a report of the Fifth Meeting of the SSDL Scientific Committee, held in Vienna in November 1992. Also included are two articles about a quality assurance network for radiotherapy dosimetry, a report on IAEA activities on high-dose measurements and a Status Report on Technical Report Series No. 277. These items have been indexed separately. Refs, figs and tabs

Participation of the public and technology policy

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Paschen, H.; Bechmann, G.; Gloede, F.

1989-01-01

Public participation is placed in the context of the government's technology policy whose legitimation can be questioned in view of the dispute in our society about technological development and its role in decision for shaping the future of the industrial society. This lack of legitimation has induced a search for instruments that might help to close the acceptance gap. Participation of the public is one of these instruments and is discussed in connection with technology assessment, early warning system, and environmental impact assessment. (HSCH) [de

TASCC newsletter volume 6 no. 6

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Thomson, L.

1992-06-01

A newsletter produced by Chalk River's Tandem Accelerator Superconducting Cyclotron Facility. Included in this June issue is a report on operator training, operating record and facility report and a listing of experiments conducted in June

Food and environmental protection newsletter. Vol. 9, No. 1

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2006-01-01

As indicated in the July 2005 issue of our newsletter, future 2006-2007 activities of the Food and Environmental Protection Section of the Joint Programme and the Agrochemicals Unit of the FAO/IAEA Agriculture and Biotechnology Laboratory in Seibersdorf will encompass a coordinated and comprehensive 'farm to fork' approach to food production systems, i.e. strengthening compliance with food and environmental safety standards through good agricultural practices. Laboratories and trained staff capable of establishing reliable sampling and analytical regimes for quantifying potential hazards within specific production practices or in individual food products are indispensable for informed decision-making and improved food safety and environmental protection. In this regard, we recently concluded a training workshop on an Introduction to QA/QC Measures in Pesticide Residue Analytical Laboratories at our Joint FAO/IAEA Agriculture and Biotechnology Laboratory in Seibersdorf from 12 September to 7 October 2005. The Workshop was attended by 23 participants from 22 developing countries and to date, both verbal and written feedback indicates that the workshop was very successful. We are planning to hold similar workshops on an annual basis in the future so that we might better respond to our Member State requests for laboratory training that further strengthens our efforts in enhancing good agricultural practices. Further details on the workshop are highlighted in the Feature Article Section of this newsletter

Food and environmental protection newsletter. Vol. 7, No. 1

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2004-12-01

This issue of the Newsletter contains a Feature Article on our participation at the FAO/WHO Global Forum of Food Safety Regulators - Building Effective Food Safety Systems in Bangkok, Thailand from 12-14 October 2004. Similar to the First FAO/WHO Global Forum of Food Safety Regulators held in Morocco in January 2002, this Second Global Forum provided the opportunity for food safety regulators from all regions of the world to meet together to consider, discuss and share experiences on food safety issues of concern. The Global Forum was attended by almost 400 participants from over 90 countries and 10 international governmental and non-governmental organizations. The Global Forum presented an excellent opportunity for the Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture to report on its food safety and food control activities and to highlight its collaborative efforts in preparedness and response to nuclear emergencies affecting agriculture, including the application of appropriate agricultural countermeasures. This international meeting also provided the opportunity to address one of the recommendations arising from the Working Group Meeting on the International Consultative Group on Food Irradiation (ICGFI) by convening a Seminar on the Application of Irradiation for Sanitary and Phytosanitary Purposes immediately prior to the Global Forum on 11 October 2004. The Joint FAO/IAEA/WHO Seminar was attended by over 30 participants from 11 IAEA Member States, two representatives from WHO and one representative each from FAO and WHO/PAHO. I would like to note that despite the dissolution of ICGFI in May 2004, our Newsletter contains summaries of this and other ongoing and future activities related to the application of irradiation taking place under the various mechanisms available. These include the sponsoring of visiting scientists, the convening on an ad hoc basis groups of experts to provide independent and authoritative advice, collaboration with

Reconciling industry operation requirements and public participation

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Wildgruber, O.H.

1993-01-01

It is beyond all doubt that our society needs to have public participation in important decision making processes. But the actual situation calls for more congruent procedures at least the OECD countries and emphasizes the need to clarify and cast into binding legislation quite a number of issues not yet addressed: the clear definition of acceptable residual risks, the validity of 'solved' issues (compare supreme Court decisions: a problem once clarified must not be raised again-which is quite a difference to issues raised in the public participation processes)

TASCC newsletter volume 6 no. 11

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Thomson, L.

1992-01-01

A newsletter produced by Chalk River's Tandem Accelerator Superconducting Cyclotron Facility. Included in this issue is a report on Canadians at the Eurogam spectrometer, cyclotron beam report, facility report and operating record, a listing of experiments conducted

TASCC newsletter volume 9 no. 6

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Thomson, L.

1995-06-01

A newsletter produced by Chalk River's Tandem Accelerator Superconducting Cyclotron Facility. Included in this June issue of TASCC is an update of the facility, TASCC workshop on international success and a listing of Junes's experiments. 1 fig

Soils newsletter. V. 19, no. 1

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1996-07-01

The Newsletter announces meetings, training programs and short communications on coordinated research programs in soil fertility and crop production. The training courses mainly deal with application of nuclear techniques in nitrogen fixation and efficient use of fertilizers

TASCC newsletter volume 5 no. 5

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Thomson, L.

1991-05-01

A newsletter produced by Chalk River's Tandem Accelerator Superconducting Cyclotron Facility. Included in this May issue is information on a workshop for material science studies, a facility report and operating record and the experiments conducted. 1 fig

Soils newsletter. V. 19, no. 2

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1996-12-01

The Newsletter announces meetings, training programs and short communications on coordinated research programs in soil fertility and crop production. The training courses mainly deal with application of nuclear techniques in nitrogen fixation and efficient use of fertilizers

Soils newsletter. V. 19, no. 2

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1996-12-01

The Newsletter announces meetings, training programs and short communications on coordinated research programs in soil fertility and crop production. The training courses mainly deal with application of nuclear techniques in nitrogen fixation and efficient use of fertilizers.

Public participation in and learning through SEA in Kenya

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Walker, Heidi, E-mail: heidi.mwalker@yahoo.ca [Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba, 303-70 Dysart Road, Winnipeg R3T 2M6 (Canada); Sinclair, A. John, E-mail: john.sinclair@ad.umanitoba.ca [Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba, 303-70 Dysart Road, Winnipeg R3T 2M6 (Canada); Spaling, Harry, E-mail: harry.spaling@kingsu.ca [Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, The King' s University College, 9125-50 Street, Edmonton, Alberta T6B 2H3 (Canada)

2014-02-15

Meaningful public engagement is a challenging, but promising, feature of strategic environmental assessment (SEA) due to its potential for integrating sustainability principles into policies, plans and programs in developing countries such as Kenya. This research examined two selected SEA case studies to identify the extent of participation, learning outcomes attributable to participation, and if any learning outcomes led to social action for sustainability at the community level. Strengths across the two cases were the inclusion of marginalized populations and consideration of socio-economic concerns. Consistent weaknesses included inadequate notice, document inaccessibility, lack of feedback and communication, and late analysis of alternatives. Despite some learning conditions being unfulfilled, examples of instrumental, communicative, and transformative learning were identified through a focus group and semi-structured interviews with community participants and public officials. Some of these learning outcomes led to individual and social actions that contribute to sustainability. -- Highlights: • The strengths and weaknesses of Kenyan SEA public participation processes were identified. • Multiple deficiencies in the SEA process likely frustrate meaningful public engagement. • Participant learning was observed despite process weaknesses. • Participant learning can lead to action for sustainability at the community level.

Public participation in and learning through SEA in Kenya

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Walker, Heidi; Sinclair, A. John; Spaling, Harry

2014-01-01

Meaningful public engagement is a challenging, but promising, feature of strategic environmental assessment (SEA) due to its potential for integrating sustainability principles into policies, plans and programs in developing countries such as Kenya. This research examined two selected SEA case studies to identify the extent of participation, learning outcomes attributable to participation, and if any learning outcomes led to social action for sustainability at the community level. Strengths across the two cases were the inclusion of marginalized populations and consideration of socio-economic concerns. Consistent weaknesses included inadequate notice, document inaccessibility, lack of feedback and communication, and late analysis of alternatives. Despite some learning conditions being unfulfilled, examples of instrumental, communicative, and transformative learning were identified through a focus group and semi-structured interviews with community participants and public officials. Some of these learning outcomes led to individual and social actions that contribute to sustainability. -- Highlights: • The strengths and weaknesses of Kenyan SEA public participation processes were identified. • Multiple deficiencies in the SEA process likely frustrate meaningful public engagement. • Participant learning was observed despite process weaknesses. • Participant learning can lead to action for sustainability at the community level

Public participation in decision-making for contaminated sites

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Till, J.E.; Sharp, S.L.

2000-01-01

Public participation is critical in environmental decision-making. This paper provides three examples of public participation in the decision making process. The first example illustrates the effectiveness of public involvement when incorporated at the beginning of a project. The second example shows the loss of trust by a community resulting from the lack of public involvement. The third example demonstrates public involvement in making risk-based decisions for corrective action in a non-radiological situation. The first site is the Los Alamos National Laboratory where a lawsuit filed by local citizens led to an independent audit of the laboratory's compliance with the Clean Air Act for radionuclides. The audit team involved the public extensively, resulting in close interaction during the audit and a better understanding by the public of the regulations. The second site is the Rocky Flats Plant nuclear weapons facility, which is being decommissioned and the surrounding property will ultimately be available for public use. The Department of Energy proposed a cleanup level but the level was developed with little public input and has been criticized widely by local residents. As a result, the target cleanup levels are being reevaluated by an independent contractor with oversight from a panel of local members of the public. Working with the independent contractor, the panel proposed new cleanup standards to the Department of Energy. The third site is a bulk oil and terminal where chemicals have migrated offsite into a residential area. Facility owners have initiated a public involvement program to help the community understand the potential risks involved and alternatives for remedial action. The public is playing a key role in the risk-based decision making process. Each of these examples illustrates the importance of public participation in different situations. (author)

Advancing public participation in scientific research: A framework for leveraging public participation in environmental health and emergency response research

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This research paper uses case analysis methods to understand why participants engage in this innovative approach public participation in scientific research, and what they hope that will mean for their community. The research questions that guide this analysis are: 1) what factor...

TASCC newsletter volume 9 no. 6

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

Thomson, L

1995-06-01

A newsletter produced by Chalk River`s Tandem Accelerator Superconducting Cyclotron Facility. Included in this June issue of TASCC is an update of the facility, TASCC workshop on international success and a listing of Junes`s experiments. 1 fig.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE CHINESE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EIA) SYSTEM

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SHANSHAN YANG

2008-01-01

This article was initiated by findings that public participation in the Chinese Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) system has not been effectively carried out. The article first introduces the research rationale and theoretical basis. It then reviews and analyses public participation in the Chinese EIA system, including its history, legal and institutional requirements and problems. Thirdly it puts forward suggestions for promoting public participation in the Chinese EIA system taking into...

Effects of participating in public conversation groups

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Beatriz Adolfo

2016-11-01

Full Text Available The aim of this research was to analyze the effects of the participation of health, education and religious professionals in public conversation groups with LGBT people. Participants were interviewed some weeks after the groups for feedback. Professionals declared that this dialogic method (known as Public Conversations Project allowed a qualification of their practices, awareness about the challenges of talking about gender and sexual diversity at their professional’s contexts, and a broader contact with narratives of violence and discrimination against LGBT people. The structure of dialogue allowed participants to talk and listen in a less evaluative context. Differences in the effects produced by each group are discussed in relation to the differences in the group composition and to the specificities of the health, educational and religious contexts.

Nuclear data newsletter. No. 30

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2000-09-01

Issue No. 30 of the Nuclear Data Newsletter gives information about the following: new data libraries available at the IAEA (photonuclear data library, charged-particle cross section database for medical radioisotope production); updated databases and libraries; computer codes and packages; list of selected reports and documents; and co-operating nuclear data service centres

ITER CTA newsletter. No. 3

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2001-11-01

This ITER CTA newsletter comprises reports of Dr. P. Barnard, Iter Canada Chairman and CEO, about the progress of the first formal ITER negotiations and about the demonstration of details of Canada's bid on ITER workshops, and Dr. V. Vlasenkov, Project Board Secretary, about the meeting of the ITER CTA project board

TASCC newsletter volume 8 no. 7

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Thomson, L.

1994-07-01

A newsletter produced by Chalk River's Tandem Accelerator Superconducting Cyclotron Facility. Included in this July issue of TASCC is an update of the facility,news on TASCC personnel, results of a coulomb-excitation and a listing of July's experiments. 4 figs

TASCC newsletter volume 9 no. 12

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Thomson, L.

1995-12-01

A newsletter produced by Chalk River's Tandem Accelerator Superconducting Cyclotron Facility. Included in this December issued of TASCC is an update of the facility, a year -end review of TASCC by the director and a listing of December's experiments. 1 fig

An evaluation framework for effective public participation in EIA in Pakistan

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Nadeem, Obaidullah; Fischer, Thomas B.

2011-01-01

Evaluating the effectiveness of public participation in EIA related decisions is of crucial importance for developing a better understanding of overall EIA effectiveness. This paper aims to contribute to the professional debate by establishing a country specific evaluation framework for Pakistan, which, it is suggested, could also potentially be used in other developing countries. The framework is used to evaluate performance of public participation in EIA in terms of 40 attributes for four selected projects from the province of Punjab. The evaluation is based on interviews with stakeholders, review of EIA reports as well as public hearing proceedings and environmental approval conditions. The evaluation of the selected projects revealed an overall weak influence of public participation on substantive quality of EIA and on the final decision. Overall, EIA public participation has succeeded in providing a more egalitarian environment. Furthermore, it appears fair to say that sufficient time for submitting written comments on EIA reports as well as for raising concerns during public hearings had been given. Also, public consultation was significantly contributing to educating participants. Despite some impediments, it is argued that public participation in EIA is gradually gaining ground in Pakistan. Recommendations to enhance EIA public participation effectiveness in Pakistan include applying a more proactive approach which should take place before EIA is conducted and before site selection for development projects is happening.

Animal production and health newsletter. No. 26

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1997-06-01

This issue of the newsletter highlights coordinated research programs in animal diseases including ELISA and RIA techniques in reproductive studies. Announcement of staff changes and forthcoming events are also covered

Animal production and health newsletter. No. 26

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1997-06-01

This issue of the newsletter highlights coordinated research programs in animal diseases including ELISA and RIA techniques in reproductive studies. Announcement of staff changes and forthcoming events are also covered.

Public Participation in Times of Privatisation: A Human Rights Analysis

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Temperman, Jeroen

2011-01-01

markdownabstract__Abstract__ Privatisation may not only affect the enjoyment of the right to public participation itself, but might also impact other substantive rights. This article charts some of the ramifications of privatisation in relation to individual human rights as enshrined in international human rights conventions, with a particular focus on the impact privatisation has on the right to public participation. The right to public participation can be seen as both an example of a funda...

Nuclear power newsletter Vol. 2, no. 3

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2005-09-01

The topics presented in this newsletter are: factors contributing to increased nuclear electricity production for the period 1990-2004 ; NPP operating performance and life cycle management; improving human performance quality and technical infrastructure; and technology development and applications for advanced reactors. Three factors contributing the electricity production increase are analysed and presented - growth due to new power plants building (36%); existing NPP uprating (7%); and energy availability improvements (57%). Trends of installed capacity and available production are given. The newsletter also presents technical issues that influence decisions on operation and nuclear power infrastructure and delayed NPPs. In the last article technology advances are presented in details for water cooled reactors, fast reactors and accelerator driven systems, gas cooled reactors and desalination plants

Environmental guidance for public participation in environmental restoration activities

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

1991-11-01

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is issuing this document, entitled Guidance on Public Participation for US Department of Energy Environmental Restoration Activities, to summarize policy and provide guidance for public participation in environmental restoration activities at DOE Headquarters, Field Offices, facilities, and laboratories. While the Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management (EM) has environmental restoration responsibility for the majority of DOE sites and facilities, other DOE Project Offices have similar responsibilities at their sites and facilities. This guidance is applicable to all environment restoration activities conducted by or for DOE under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA); the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA) as amended by the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 (HSWA) (corrective actions only); and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). This guidance also is applicable to CERCLA remedial action programs under the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 and the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program, where DOE is the designated lead. The primary objectives of this guidance document are as follows: acclimate DOE staff to a changing culture that emphasizes the importance of public participation activities; provide direction on implementing these public participation activities; and, provide consistent guidance for all DOE Field Offices and facilities. The purpose of this document is to provide guidance on conducting effective public participation activities for environmental restoration activities under CERCLA; RCRA corrective actions under sections 3004(u), 3004(v), and 3008(h); and NEPA public participation activities.

SSDL Newsletter. No. 34

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1995-12-01

This issue of the SSDL newsletter contains recommendations on the use and dissemination of SSDLs of N D,W factors; these should not be transferred to hospital ionization chambers or used by SSDLs for calibration of therapy beams until a new code of Practice, replacing TRS-277, becomes available. Description of the on-going and planned activities of the IAEA Dosimetry Section is also presented. Refs, figs, tabs

Animal production and health newsletter. No. 23

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1996-01-01

The Newsletter presents the staffing, past and forthcoming workshops, status of the existing coordinated research programmes in the area of application of nuclear and biotechnology techniques in animal production and health.

Animal production and health newsletter. No. 23

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1996-01-01

The Newsletter presents the staffing, past and forthcoming workshops, status of the existing coordinated research programmes in the area of application of nuclear and biotechnology techniques in animal production and health

ITER CTA newsletter. No. 9

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2002-06-01

This ITER CTA newsletter contains information about the Fourth Negotiations Meeting on the Joint Implementation of ITER held in Cadarache, France on 4-6 June 2002 and about the meeting of the ITER CTA Project Board which took place on the occasion of the N4 Meeting at Cadarache on 3-4 June 2002

ITER CTA newsletter. No. 6

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2002-01-01

This ITER CTA Newsletter issue comprises information about the following ITER Meetings: The second negotiation meeting on the joint implementation of ITER, held in Tokyo(Japan) on 22-23 January 2002, and an international ITER symposium on burning plasma science and technology, held the day later after the second negotiation meeting at the same place

ITER CTA newsletter. No. 1

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2001-01-01

This ITER CTA newsletter comprises reports on ITER co-ordinated technical activities, information about the Meeting of the ITER CTA project board which took place in Vienna on 16 July 2001, and the Meeting of the expert group on MHD, disruptions and plasma control which was held on 25-26 June 2001 in Funchal, Madeira

Public Libraries Participation In Hiv/Aids Awareness Campaign In ...

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The paper examines public libraries involvement in HIV/AIDS awareness campaign in South West Nigeria. These include the materials and services available on HIV/AIDS and challenges to their participation in the war against the epidemic. The study revealed that public libraries in South West Nigeria are not participating ...

Above and beyond basic public participation

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Mathai, L.P.; Lefkoff, M.S.; Kelly, E.J.

1995-01-01

This paper evolved out of a discussion about public participation as it is currently being brought to the fore-front of clean-up activities at hazardous waste sites. There exists much official and unofficial documentation pertaining to the need for public involvement. The purposes for public involvement efforts in Environmental Restoration are: to enable substantive input to the clean-up process; methods for establishing formal, and now informal, mechanisms for public input and awareness of on-going facility activities; and the opening of better channels for communication and conflict resolution between the public and the facility. This presentation will briefly outline the regulatory approach for public outreach because many of these terms are used with such frequency, their meanings tend to get forgotten or misconstrued. Then, the authors will critique the most common methods for conducting public involvement as attempted through advisory boards and public meetings. For illustrative purposes, they will be referring to the site they are most familiar with, which is Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

TASCC newsletter volume 8 no. 4

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Thomson, L.

1994-04-01

A newsletter produced by Chalk River's Tandem Accelerator Superconducting Cyclotron Facility. Included in this April issue of TASCC is an update of the facility, news on the Penning-trap spectrometer, educators at CRL, AECB inspection and a listing of April's experiments. 1 fig

TASCC newsletter volume 7 no. 12

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Thomson, L.

1993-12-01

A newsletter produced by Chalk River's Tandem Accelerator Superconducting Cyclotron Facility. Included in this December issue of TASCC is an update of the facility, a year end review by the director and a listing of experiments carried out in December. 3 figs

TASCC newsletter volume 9 no. 8

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Thomson, L.

1995-08-01

A newsletter produced by Chalk River's Tandem Accelerator Superconducting Cyclotron Facility. Included in this August issue of TASCC is an update of the facility, improvement in memory effects by the AMS at TASCC, personnel news and a listing of August's experiments. 3 figs

Soils Newsletter. V. 11, no. 2

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1988-12-01

This Newsletter contains a report of the second research co-ordination meeting on nuclear techniques to improve crop production on salt-affected soils (October 1988, IAEA, Vienna) and lists some of the technical co-operation programmes in Europe and the Middle East

TASCC newsletter volume 7 no. 11

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

Thomson, L

1993-11-01

A newsletter produced by Chalk River`s Tandem Accelerator Superconducting Cyclotron Facility. Included in this November issue of TASCC is an update of the facility, news of a purchase of phase-shifters and a listing of experiments run in November. 2 figs.

TASCC newsletter volume 7 no. 12

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

Thomson, L

1993-12-01

A newsletter produced by Chalk River`s Tandem Accelerator Superconducting Cyclotron Facility. Included in this December issue of TASCC is an update of the facility, a year end review by the director and a listing of experiments carried out in December. 3 figs.

TASCC newsletter volume 8 no. 7

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

Thomson, L

1994-07-01

A newsletter produced by Chalk River`s Tandem Accelerator Superconducting Cyclotron Facility. Included in this July issue of TASCC is an update of the facility,news on TASCC personnel, results of a coulomb-excitation and a listing of July`s experiments. 4 figs.

TASCC newsletter volume 9 no. 4

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

Thomson, L

1995-04-01

A newsletter produced by Chalk River`s Tandem Accelerator Superconducting Cyclotron Facility. Included in this April issue of TASCC is an update of the facility, analysis of Chernobyl samples, staff changes, Internet availability and a listing of April`s experiments. 1 fig.

TASCC newsletter volume 9 no. 12

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

Thomson, L

1995-12-01

A newsletter produced by Chalk River`s Tandem Accelerator Superconducting Cyclotron Facility. Included in this December issued of TASCC is an update of the facility, a year -end review of TASCC by the director and a listing of December`s experiments. 1 fig.

ITER EDA newsletter. V. 6, no. 3

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1997-03-01

This issue of the ITER EDA (Engineering Design Activities) Newsletter reports on the Central Solenoid Model Coil Project (Function, Objectives, Design, Project Management, Testing, Work Organization and Status). 8 figs, 2 tabs

Animal production and health newsletter. No. 24

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1996-07-01

The Newsletter announces meetings and training programs in animal husbandry and animal health related activities undertaken by the IAEA. Short communications on coordinated research programs in animal production and health are included

Animal production and health newsletter. No. 24

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1996-07-01

The Newsletter announces meetings and training programs in animal husbandry and animal health related activities undertaken by the IAEA. Short communications on coordinated research programs in animal production and health are included.

Reconceptualizing public participation in environmental assessment as EA civics

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

Sinclair, A. John, E-mail: jsincla@umanitoba.ca [Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 (Canada); Diduck, Alan P., E-mail: a.diduck@uwinnipeg.ca [Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences, University of Winnipeg, 515 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg R3B 2E9 (Canada)

2017-01-15

Notwithstanding the considerable attention placed on creating meaningful opportunities for public participation in environmental assessment (EA), many participants and those who have reviewed participation processes often find practice sorely wanting. This reality stands in stark juxtaposition to future environmental governance needs, which will require increased openness, deliberation and transdisciplinary knowledge in order to deal with environmental change that is ever more uncertain, complex and conflictual. In this paper, our purpose was to consider how to meet those needs through reconceptualizing public participation as EA civics, founded on an active citizen base, deliberative in nature and orientated toward learning. We do this through developing a new conceptual model of next generation participation processes that is relevant at multiple spatial scales and institutional levels, is applicable to the entire assessment cycle and spans temporal scales through feedback loops. Our EA civics model builds on the “civics approach” to environmental governance and “action civics” by extending their core ideas to participation in EA. We did this by conducting an integrative literature review (including numerous papers we have contributed over the years) and reflecting on our own experiences as EA participants. We apply current thinking on public participation design to our EA civics conceptualization and highlight important design features that have received scant attention. We conclude that EA civics holds promise for fairer and more robust participation processes if all aspects of the model are considered and the actions related to each are implemented. - Highlights: • Consideration of the ‘civics approach’ and ‘action civics’ in an EA context • Conceptualization of public participation as EA civics • Reflection on the EA civics as a model of participation suitable for next generation assessment.

Reconceptualizing public participation in environmental assessment as EA civics

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Sinclair, A. John; Diduck, Alan P.

2017-01-01

Notwithstanding the considerable attention placed on creating meaningful opportunities for public participation in environmental assessment (EA), many participants and those who have reviewed participation processes often find practice sorely wanting. This reality stands in stark juxtaposition to future environmental governance needs, which will require increased openness, deliberation and transdisciplinary knowledge in order to deal with environmental change that is ever more uncertain, complex and conflictual. In this paper, our purpose was to consider how to meet those needs through reconceptualizing public participation as EA civics, founded on an active citizen base, deliberative in nature and orientated toward learning. We do this through developing a new conceptual model of next generation participation processes that is relevant at multiple spatial scales and institutional levels, is applicable to the entire assessment cycle and spans temporal scales through feedback loops. Our EA civics model builds on the “civics approach” to environmental governance and “action civics” by extending their core ideas to participation in EA. We did this by conducting an integrative literature review (including numerous papers we have contributed over the years) and reflecting on our own experiences as EA participants. We apply current thinking on public participation design to our EA civics conceptualization and highlight important design features that have received scant attention. We conclude that EA civics holds promise for fairer and more robust participation processes if all aspects of the model are considered and the actions related to each are implemented. - Highlights: • Consideration of the ‘civics approach’ and ‘action civics’ in an EA context • Conceptualization of public participation as EA civics • Reflection on the EA civics as a model of participation suitable for next generation assessment

SSDL Newsletter, No. 67, December 2017

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2017-12-01

This issue of the SSDL Newsletter (No. 67) is a special issue dedicated to the IAEA/WHO SSDL Network. The SSDL Network was established in 1976 and its main aim is to support Member States to maintain the traceability of their dose measurements. The first article of this newsletter is a historical review of the SSDL Network. The SSDL Charter explains the privileges, rights and duties of the Network members and it was originally drawn up and published in 1999. The original SSDL Charter has now been reviewed and updated and electronic version of the 2nd edition is available on our website. The second article of this Newsletter is the foreword of the new Charter. It describes the new edition of the Charter and explains how the requirements for the Network members have changed. One of the requirements of a full SSDL Network member is to fill out and submit the annual report form. This data has been gathered from 2015 and 2016 annual reports and a summary is given in the third article. The article gives a statistical overview of the services provided by the SSDL Network members. In the future, we would like to share this data with you. We are creating a new database called Dosimetry Laboratory Network i.e. DOLNET. The preliminary version of this database is currently available on our new website. However, we are currently working on revising and upgrading it to be able to provide more information about the services available at the SSDLs of the IAEA/WHO SSDL Network.

ITER CTA newsletter. No. 7

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2002-04-01

This issue of ITER CTA newsletter contains information about the meeting of the ITER CTA project board, which took place in Moscow, Russian Federation on 22 April 2002 on the occasion of the Third Negotiators Meeting (N3), and about the meeting 'EU divertor celebration day' organized on 16 January 2002 at Plansee AG, Reutte, Austria

TASCC newsletter volume 6 no. 9

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Thomson, L.

1992-09-01

A newsletter produced by Chalk River's Tandem Accelerator Superconducting Cyclotron Facility. Included in this September issue is a report of TASCC productivity, awards from AECL, and a symposium hosted by TASCC, a facility report and operating record and a listing of September's experiments. 1 fig

TASCC newsletter volume 8 no. 4

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

Thomson, L

1994-04-01

A newsletter produced by Chalk River`s Tandem Accelerator Superconducting Cyclotron Facility. Included in this April issue of TASCC is an update of the facility, news on the Penning-trap spectrometer, educators at CRL, AECB inspection and a listing of April`s experiments. 1 fig.

Disarmament. Newsletter. V. 11, no. 1

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1993-01-01

The newsletter presents materials covering the following subjects: signing of START 2 treaty by Russia and the United States; arms regulation and disarmament in the post-cold war area; accession of new countries to the Non-Proliferation Treaty; trends towards fewer nuclear-weapon tests

Public Participation and Environmental management in Mountain National Parks

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Stéphane Héritier

2010-05-01

Full Text Available Public involvement has become a key concept in conservation management worldwide. This paper provides an overview of the situation in four countries where national parks have been established for over a century, and where their creation often involved clearing the land of earlier indigenous settlements. Since the 1970s, public participation has become common practice in park management, even though such participation has taken on a variety of forms. The paper analyses the general trends in public participation in park management practices, participation that most authors consider has contributed to successful governance policies and helped build participative democracy. Analyses at different levels, however, reveal that public participation can also divide stakeholders, making it really difficult for any effective coalition of stakeholders to emerge.L’implication du public est devenue l’un des éléments clé des politiques de conservation dans le monde. Cet article a pour objectif de proposer une analyse générale dans quatre pays ayant établi des parcs nationaux de manière très précoce, souvent en opposition avec les populations locales ou autochtones. Depuis les années 1970, la participation publique est devenue une pratique commune dans la gestion des parcs nationaux, même si elle revêt des réalités très variables. Cet article analyse les tendances générales de la participation (notamment au niveau des dispositifs dans les pratiques de gestion des parcs nationaux, qui sont généralement considérées comme des réussites en termes de pratiques politiques ou de gouvernance et qui sont souvent présentées comme des modes d’élaboration de démocratie délibérative. L’analyse utilisant les différents niveaux scalaires tend à montrer au contraire que les dispositifs de participation publique peuvent aussi fragmenter les parties prenantes et rendre plus difficile la constitution efficace d’une coalition d’acteurs.

Mars Public Mapping Project: Public Participation in Science Research; Providing Opportunities for Kids of All Ages

Science.gov (United States)

Rogers, L. D.; Valderrama Graff, P.; Bandfield, J. L.; Christensen, P. R.; Klug, S. L.; Deva, B.; Capages, C.

2007-12-01

The Mars Public Mapping Project is a web-based education and public outreach tool developed by the Mars Space Flight Facility at Arizona State University. This tool allows the general public to identify and map geologic features on Mars, utilizing Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) visible images, allowing public participation in authentic scientific research. In addition, participants are able to rate each image (based on a 1 to 5 star scale) to help build a catalog of some of the more appealing and interesting martian surface features. Once participants have identified observable features in an image, they are able to view a map of the global distribution of the many geologic features they just identified. This automatic feedback, through a global distribution map, allows participants to see how their answers compare to the answers of other participants. Participants check boxes "yes, no, or not sure" for each feature that is listed on the Mars Public Mapping Project web page, including surface geologic features such as gullies, sand dunes, dust devil tracks, wind streaks, lava flows, several types of craters, and layers. Each type of feature has a quick and easily accessible description and example image. When a participant moves their mouse over each example thumbnail image, a window pops up with a picture and a description of the feature. This provides a form of "on the job training" for the participants that can vary with their background level. For users who are more comfortable with Mars geology, there is also an advanced feature identification section accessible by a drop down menu. This includes additional features that may be identified, such as streamlined islands, valley networks, chaotic terrain, yardangs, and dark slope streaks. The Mars Public Mapping Project achieves several goals: 1) It engages the public in a manner that encourages active participation in scientific research and learning about geologic features and processes. 2) It helps to

ITER EDA newsletter. V. 8, no. 7

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1999-07-01

This newsletter contains an article concerning the ITER divertor cassette project meeting in Bologna, Italy (May 26-28, 1999), and an emotional outburst, concerning the closure of the ITER site in San Diego, USA

Animal production and health newsletter. No. 32

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2000-06-01

Project reviews and research coordination meetings on milk production, rinderpest diagnosis, animal vaccinations, quality assurance in veterinary diagnostic laboratories and evaluation of animal feeds are the major highlights of this issue of the Newsletter

ITER EDA Newsletter. V.3, no.4

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1994-04-01

This ITER EDA Newsletter issue contains a report on the fifth meeting of the ITER Management Advisory Committee and a summary of a magnet and safety technical meeting held at Naka, February 22-25, 1994

ITER EDA newsletter. V. 9, no. 6

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2000-06-01

This newsletter contains the reports of the twelfth meeting of the ITER physics expert group on diagnostics and the 14. international conference on plasma-surface interactions in controlled fusion devices. Individual abstracts have been prepared

Soils Newsletter. V. 12, no. 1

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1989-07-01

This Newsletter includes a report of the second research co-ordination meeting on the use of isotopes to improve yield and nitrogen fixation of the common bean in Latin America (April 1989, Irapuato, Mexico), and describes some of the technical co-operation programmes in the Africa region

TASCC newsletter volume 7 no. 10

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Thomson, L.

1993-10-01

A newsletter produced by Chalk River's Tandem Accelerator Superconducting Cyclotron Facility. Included in this October issue of TASCC is an update of the facility report, ECR ion source development, new measurement of Carbon 10, Penning-trap mass spectrometer and a listing of October's experiments. 2 figs

Soils Newsletter. V. 13, no. 1

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1990-07-01

This Newsletter includes a report on the recently completed co-ordinated research programme on the use of nuclear techniques in improving pasture management, and briefly describes the technical co-operation programme on the effect of changing land use on the ecology and climate of the Brazilian Amazon

TASCC newsletter volume 8 no. 8

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Thomson, L.

1994-08-01

A newsletter produced by Chalk River's Tandem Accelerator Superconducting Cyclotron Facility. Included in this August issue of TASCC is an update of the facility, personnel changes at TASCC, awards to TASCC personnel, workshop on deflectors, beam calculations on PC's and a listing of August's experiments. 2 figs

ICFA Beam Dynamics Newsletter

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

Ben-Zvi I.; Kuczewski A.; Altinbas, Z.; Beavis, D.; Belomestnykh,; Dai, J. et al

2012-07-01

The Collider-Accelerator Department at Brookhaven National Laboratory is building a high-brightness 500 mA capable Energy Recovery Linac (ERL) as one of its main R&D thrusts towards eRHIC, the polarized electron - hadron collider as an upgrade of the operating RHIC facility. The ERL is in final assembly stages, with injection commisioning starting in October 2012. The objective of this ERL is to serve as a platform for R&D into high current ERL, in particular issues of halo generation and control, Higher-Order Mode (HOM) issues, coherent emissions for the beam and high-brightness, high-power beam generation and preservation. The R&D ERL features a superconducting laser-photocathode RF gun with a high quantum efficiency photoccathode served with a load-lock cathode delivery system, a highly damped 5-cell accelerating cavity, a highly flexible single-pass loop and a comprehensive system of beam instrumentation. In this ICFA Beam Dynamics Newsletter article we will describe the ERL in a degree of detail that is not usually found in regular publications. We will discuss the various systems of the ERL, following the electrons from the photocathode to the beam dump, cover the control system, machine protection etc and summarize with the status of the ERL systems.

Animal production and health newsletter. No. 20

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1994-07-01

The activities of the Animal Production and Health Section of the Joint FAO/IAEA Division are carried out through the operation of Co-ordinated Research Programmes and Technical Co-operation projects, both of which aim to encourage and improve the capacity of national institutions in tropical and subtropical countries to identify and resolve problems connected with livestock development. This particular programme at the outset, it was envisaged that an inter-disciplinary approach would be adopted by each participating institute whereby studies on nutrition, reproduction and health would be integrated into a number of site specific projects. The one discussed in this newsletter covers animal production and focussing on animal reproduction and reproduction-nutrition interactions. This paper contains an outline for the program which encourages scientists from universities and research institutes to provide assistance and solutions to developing countries on the technical difficulties associated with artificial insemination

Nutritional and Health-Related Environmental Studies Newsletter, No. 04, August 2016

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2016-08-01

It’s time for our summer newsletter. We have started a new inter-regional project that will help better understand effects of interventions addressing stunting, and a new African regional project, elucidating long-term consequences of acute malnutrition. We are presenting new projects in the area of HIV/AIDS in Chad and on exposure to health hazards such as persistent organic pollutants and resulting health effects in Marshall Islands. You will also find updates on coordinated research activities. Links to our new outreach material and to new publications on vitamin A safety and environmental enteric dysfunction will provide you with more in-depth information.

Animal production and health newsletter. No. 39

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

2004-01-01

In addition to highlights of research coordination meetings, training events and announcements of upcoming events, this issue of the Newsletter carries editorial note regarding the potential of biotechnology in animal health and production for developing countries.

Animal production and health newsletter. No. 39

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2004-01-01

In addition to highlights of research coordination meetings, training events and announcements of upcoming events, this issue of the Newsletter carries editorial note regarding the potential of biotechnology in animal health and production for developing countries

SAYNPS Participation in Nuclear Public Education in South Africa

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Thugwane, S.J. [South African Young Nuclear Professionals Society, P.O. Box 582 Pretoria 0001 (South Africa); Khathi, N.F.; Rasweswe, M.A. [South African Young Nuclear Professionals Society, P.O. Box 582 Pretoria 0001 (South Africa); South African Nuclear Energy Corporation, P.O. Box 582 Pretoria 0001 (South Africa)

2008-07-01

The South African Young Nuclear Professionals Society (SAYNPS) has an objective to help inform and educate the public about the importance and benefits of nuclear science and technology. In South Africa, the government hosts annual national science campaigns to promote science and technology. These include the National Science Week, Science Olympiads and Energy week. SAYNPS encourages its members to participate in these campaigns through exhibitions and schools outreach programmes. Through these campaigns, schoolteachers and learners are educated about the benefits of safe usage of nuclear technology and about different careers in the nuclear industry. Through participation in the different campaigns it was acknowledged that participation of young professionals in public education will help preserve nuclear knowledge in the country. It was concluded that public education is still a task that needs to be intensified in order for the public to know the benefits of safe usage of nuclear technology. Scope: This paper presents the role that SAYNPS has played in nuclear public education in South Africa in 2006 and 2007. (authors)

SAYNPS Participation in Nuclear Public Education in South Africa

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Thugwane, S.J.; Khathi, N.F.; Rasweswe, M.A.

2008-01-01

The South African Young Nuclear Professionals Society (SAYNPS) has an objective to help inform and educate the public about the importance and benefits of nuclear science and technology. In South Africa, the government hosts annual national science campaigns to promote science and technology. These include the National Science Week, Science Olympiads and Energy week. SAYNPS encourages its members to participate in these campaigns through exhibitions and schools outreach programmes. Through these campaigns, schoolteachers and learners are educated about the benefits of safe usage of nuclear technology and about different careers in the nuclear industry. Through participation in the different campaigns it was acknowledged that participation of young professionals in public education will help preserve nuclear knowledge in the country. It was concluded that public education is still a task that needs to be intensified in order for the public to know the benefits of safe usage of nuclear technology. Scope: This paper presents the role that SAYNPS has played in nuclear public education in South Africa in 2006 and 2007. (authors)

ITER CTA newsletter. No. 4

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2001-12-01

This ITER CTA Newsletter contains information about the organization of the ITER Co-ordinated Technical Activities (CTA) International Team as the follow-up of the ITER CTA project board meeting in Toronto on 7 November 2001. It also includes a summary on the start of the international tokamak physics activity by Dr. D. Campbell, Chair of the ITPA Co-ordinating Committee

Public perceptions of health care professionals' participation in pharmaceutical marketing.

Science.gov (United States)

Crigger, Nancy J; Courter, Laura; Hayes, Kristen; Shepherd, K

2009-09-01

Trust in the nurse-patient relationship is maintained not by how professionals perceive their actions but rather by how the public perceives them. However, little is known about the public's view of nurses and other health care professionals who participate in pharmaceutical marketing. Our study describes public perceptions of health care providers' role in pharmaceutical marketing and compares their responses with those of a random sample of licensed family nurse practitioners. The family nurse practitioners perceived their participation in marketing activities as significantly more ethically appropriate than did the public responders. Further research is warranted before conclusions can be drawn, but these early findings suggest that nurse practitioners should consider a conservative approach to participating in pharmaceutical marketing.

ITER EDA newsletter. V. 7, no. 7

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1998-07-01

This newsletter contains the articles: 'Extraordinary ITER council meeting', 'ITER EDA final safety meeting' and 'Summary report of the 3rd combined workshop of the ITER confinement and transport and ITER confinement database and modeling expert groups'

TASCC newsletter volume 7 no. 7

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Thomson, L.

1993-07-01

A newsletter produced by Chalk River's Tandem Accelerator Superconducting Cyclotron Facility. Included in this July issue information is gained on solar cells as fission detectors, database conversion to VISTA, a facility report on beam production, employment equity at TASCC and insight into the cyclotron electrostatic deflector behaviour. 3 figs

TASCC newsletter volume 5 no. 10

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Thomson, L.

1991-10-01

A newsletter produced by Chalk River's Tandem Accelerator Superconducting Cyclotron Facility. Included in this October issue is a report on the commissioning of the cyclotron, a new AMS test method for Chlorine 36 beam, a facility report and operating record and a listing of experiments conducted in October

TASCC newsletter volume 7 no. 10

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

Thomson, L

1993-10-01

A newsletter produced by Chalk River`s Tandem Accelerator Superconducting Cyclotron Facility. Included in this October issue of TASCC is an update of the facility report, ECR ion source development, new measurement of Carbon 10, Penning-trap mass spectrometer and a listing of October`s experiments. 2 figs.

TASCC newsletter volume 7 no. 4

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Thomson, L.

1993-04-01

A newsletter produced by Chalk River's Tandem Accelerator Superconducting Cyclotron Facility. Included in the April issue is information on damage tests of satellite instrumentation, general news on success of beams achieved, assessment by NPPAP panel on TASCC programs, staff changes and a listing of April's experiments. 2 figs

TASCC newsletter volume 8 no. 6

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Thomson, L.

1994-06-01

A newsletter produced by Chalk River's Tandem Accelerator Superconducting Cyclotron Facility. Included in this June issue of TASCC is an update of the facility, a review of federal strategy for science and technology, construction on the Canadian Penning Trap Mass Spectrometer and a listing of June's experiments. 1 fig

Fermilab Friends for Science Education | Newsletters

Science.gov (United States)

FFSE members receive a newsletter twice each year, in the fall and in the winter. Links to the current issue and past issues are available below. Spring 2012 Volunteers Extraordinaire, Education Office staff , Responding to Lab-wide Changes, 2012 Events: Mark Your Calendar!, Board of Directors Changes, ??? A Question

Powernext newsletter n. 27

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2005-02-01

Powernext SA is a Multilateral Trading Facility which organizes and warrants the transactions on the European power exchange market. This issue of Powernext newsletter presents the highlights of the European power trade markets during January, February and March 2005. It reports on some daily market statistics related to prices and volumes traded on Powernext Day-Ahead TM in the case of day-ahead contracts, and on Powernext Futures TM in the case of medium-term contracts. (J.S.)

Powernext newsletter n. 28

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2005-04-01

Powernext SA is a Multilateral Trading Facility which organizes and warrants the transactions on the European power exchange market. This issue of Powernext newsletter presents the highlights of the European power trade markets during February, March and April 2005. It reports on some daily market statistics related to prices and volumes traded on Powernext Day-Ahead TM in the case of day-ahead contracts, and on Powernext Futures TM in the case of medium-term contracts. (J.S.)

Plasma Physics Network Newsletter. No. 1

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1989-08-01

This is the first issue of a quarterly newsletter published by the International Atomic Energy Agency in order to provide news of potential interest of fusion scientists in developing countries. According to the foreword to this first issue, the purpose of the newsletter, as well as the organization called ''Third World Network'', is to ''start the process of unifying the developing country fusion community into some type of cohesive entity and to bring the efforts of the developing countries in the plasma physics research area to the attention of the world fusion community at large''. Furthermore, this first issue contains information about (i) Nuclear Fusion Research in Argentina, (ii) Chinese Fusion Efforts, (iii) Plasma and Fusion Physics in Egypt, (iv) Fusion Research in India, (v) Fusion Research in the Republic of Korea, (vi) Fusion Programmes in Malaysia, (vi) the Agency's Fusion Programme, (vii) a proposal for a workshop on computational plasma physics, sponsored by the Third World Plasma Research Network, (viii) the announcement of the formation of the ''Asian African Association for Plasma Training'', - for the promotion of the initiation/strengthening of plasma research, especially experimental, in developing countries in Asia and Africa, as well as the cooperation and sharing of technology among plasma physicists in the developing countries in the region; (ix) a communication entitled ''Fusion Research in ''Small'' Countries'', I.R. Jones, School of Physical Sciences, The Flinders University of South Australia, Bedford Park, Australia, on the desirability of the pursuit of fusion research in ''small'' countries, i.e., those countries that do not have a national fusion research programme; (x) and, finally, a newsletter on the ITER project

ITER EDA newsletter. V. 9, no. 2

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2000-02-01

This ITER EDA Newsletter reports on the seventh ITER technical meeting on safety and environment and contains the executive summary of the eleventh ITER scrape-off layer and divertor physics expert group meeting. Individual abstracts have been prepared

ITER EDA newsletter. V. 2, no. 11

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1993-11-01

This issue of the ITER EDA (Engineering Design Activities) Newsletter contains an ITER EDA Status Report, and a report on the Fourth International Fusion Neutronics Workshop at the University of California, Los Angeles Campus, October 20-21, 1993

Outlaw, hackers, victorian amateurs: diagnosing public participation in the life sciences today

Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)

Christopher M. Kelty

2010-03-01

Full Text Available This essay reflects on three figures that can be used to make sense of the changing nature of public participation in the life sciences today: outlaws, hackers and Victorian gentlemen. Occasioned by a symposium held at UCLA (Outlaw Biology: Public Participation in the Age of Big Bio, the essay introduces several different modes of participation (DIY Bio, Bio Art, At home clinical genetics, patient advocacy and others and makes three points: 1 that public participation is first a problem of legitimacy, not legality or safety; 2 that public participation is itself enabled by and thrives on the infrastructure of mainstream biology; and 3 that we need a new set of concepts (other than inside/outside for describing the nature of public participation in biological research and innovation today.

TASCC newsletter volume 8 no. 5

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Thomson, L.

1994-05-01

A newsletter produced by Chalk River's Tandem Accelerator Superconducting Cyclotron Facility. Included in this May issue of TASCC is an update of the facility, a visit by the Nuclear Physics Technical Review Committee, sizing of meteors, Deep River Science Academy on TASCC projects and a listing of May's experiments. 2 figs

IDRA Newsletter. Volume 37, No. 4

Science.gov (United States)

Goodman, Christie L., Ed.

2010-01-01

Each edition of the IDRA Newsletter strives to provide many different perspectives on the issues in education topics discussed and to define its significance in the state and national dialogue. This issue focuses on Parent and Community Engagement and includes: (1) Principles of Family Leadership in Education--Putting Principles into Action…

TASCC newsletter volume 8 no. 9

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Thomson, L.

1994-09-01

A newsletter produced by Chalk River's Tandem Accelerator Superconducting Cyclotron Facility. Included in this September issue of TASCC is an update of the facility, winner of Nobel prize, dating of fossil seeds using Chlorine 36, promotion of TASCC at a local fair and a listing of September's experiments. 1 fig

TASCC newsletter volume 7 no. 4

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

Thomson, L

1993-04-01

A newsletter produced by Chalk River`s Tandem Accelerator Superconducting Cyclotron Facility. Included in the April issue is information on damage tests of satellite instrumentation, general news on success of beams achieved, assessment by NPPAP panel on TASCC programs, staff changes and a listing of April`s experiments. 2 figs.

TASCC newsletter volume 8 no. 6

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

Thomson, L

1994-06-01

A newsletter produced by Chalk River`s Tandem Accelerator Superconducting Cyclotron Facility. Included in this June issue of TASCC is an update of the facility, a review of federal strategy for science and technology, construction on the Canadian Penning Trap Mass Spectrometer and a listing of June`s experiments. 1 fig.

TASCC newsletter volume 8 no. 8

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

Thomson, L

1994-08-01

A newsletter produced by Chalk River`s Tandem Accelerator Superconducting Cyclotron Facility. Included in this August issue of TASCC is an update of the facility, personnel changes at TASCC, awards to TASCC personnel, workshop on deflectors, beam calculations on PC`s and a listing of August`s experiments. 2 figs.

TASCC newsletter volume 7 no. 8

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Thomson, L.

1993-08-01

A newsletter produced by Chalk River's Tandem Accelerator Superconducting Cyclotron Facility. Included in this August issue is information on the status of the TRC's written report, visitors to TASCC, the facility report and new intruder bands that were discovered, as well as a listing of August 's experiments. 2 figs

TASCC newsletter volume 9 no. 7

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Thomson, L.

1995-07-01

A newsletter produced by Chalk River's Tandem Accelerator Superconducting Cyclotron Facility. Included in this July issue of TASCC is an update of the facility, submission of report by the Program Advisory Committee, government program review begins at AECL, awards to TASCC personnel and a listing of July's experiments. 2 figs

Soils newsletter. V. 20, no. 1

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1997-07-01

The newsletter reports highlights of the third Research Coordination Meeting of the IAEA/FAO CRP on ''the use of Nuclear and related techniques for evaluating the agronomic effectiveness of phosphate fertilizers, in particular rock phosphates'' which was held in Vienna, Austria, 17-21, 1997. Training seminars conducted are also discussed

Newsletter '77 in stereology

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Ondracek, G.

1977-12-01

There are three groups of contributions forming the present Newsletter in Stereology which are such of theoretical type, stereological activities in bio-sciences and quatitative image analysis in materials science. The report is introduced by two papers treating theoretical problems as the definition of particle size based on the total curvature and the definition of pattern recognition categories. It than follows a summarizing description and comparison of alternative techniques used to measure and conclude stereological parameters in bio-sciences. The discussion includes the sample preparation, semi- and complete automatic measuring procedures as well as the computation of primary data. The biological part ends by considering the use of those quantitative microscopical methods to investigate and classify foreign compounds inside the human liver stereologically. The materials science part reports about tests made on steel specimens to evaluate the accuracy of automatic microstructural analyses and about the use of image 'erosion' and 'dilatation' to measure microstructural parameters automatically. The last subject is part of a serie on morphology in quantitative metallography started in the previous Newsletter '76. The last paper on materials sciences considers the use of stereology and microstructural analysis in respect to a quality control, choosing WC-Co hardmetals as an example, where stereologically defined microstructural parameters do not serve only to describe microstructures quantitatively but also provide a usefull tool to determine properties indirectly. (orig.) [de

Nuclear Data Newsletter, No. 54, November 2012

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2012-11-01

This issue of Nuclear Data Newsletter features Message from the Section Head; Nuclear Data Section IT resources; Computer codes and data libraries - News; NDS meeting reports; Selected charts, reports and documents; Coordinated research projects; Staff items and Forthcoming event.

ITER EDA newsletter. V. 5, no. 8

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1996-08-01

This issue of the Newsletter on the Engineering Design Activities (EDA) for the ITER Tokamak project contains a report on the divertor remote handling development (and of a summer party at the ITER Joint Work Site in Garching, Germany)

ITER EDA newsletter. V. 8, no. 8

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1999-08-01

This ITER EDA newsletter reports on the programme directors meeting of 28-29 July 1999, the Snowmass Fusion Summer Study Group workshop and the ITER Management Advisory Committee meeting in Garching. Individual abstracts are prepared for the 3 meetings

Nuclear power newsletter Vol. 2, no. 2

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2005-06-01

The main topics in the newsletter are: International Ministerial Conference 'Nuclear Power for the 21st Century 'NPP operating performance and life cycle management; improving human performance quality and technical infrastructure; and technology development and applications for advanced reactors

ITER EDA newsletter. V. 5, no. 8

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1996-08-01

This issue of the Newsletter on the Engineering Design Activities (EDA) for the ITER Tokamak project contains a report on the divertor remote handling development (and of a summer party at the ITER Joint Work Site in Garching, Germany).

Solar Energy Technologies Program Newsletter - Fourth Quarter 2009

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

DOE Solar Energy Technologies Program

2009-12-31

The Fourth Quarter 2009 edition of the Solar Energy Technologies Program newsletter summarizes the activities for the past three months, funding opportunities, highlights from the national labs, and upcoming events.

Mutation breeding newsletter. Index issue no. 11-20

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1984-01-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents new reports on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants

Mutation breeding newsletter. Index issue no. 11-20

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1984-01-01

This issue of the Newsletter presents new reports on mutation breeding programs using radiation or chemical mutagenesis to improve productivity, introduce disease resistance or induce morphological changes in crop plants.

Nuclear data newsletter. No. 35

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2003-04-01

This periodic newsletter provides information relevant to the work of the IAEA Nuclear Data Section. This issue announces the online and offline news concerning nuclear data libraries and data processing codes. It includes announcements on development activities of IAEA in the field of nuclear data collections and relevant computer codes and lists selected reports and documents on nuclear data as well as cooperating nuclear data service centres

Nuclear data newsletter. No. 36

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2003-09-01

This periodic newsletter provides information relevant to the work of the IAEA Nuclear Data Section. This issue announces the online and offline news concerning nuclear data libraries and data processing codes. It includes announcements on development activities of IAEA in the field of nuclear data collections and coordinated research projects and lists selected reports and documents on nuclear data as well as cooperating nuclear data service centres

Nuclear data newsletter. No. 39

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2005-05-01

This periodic newsletter provides information relevant to the work of the IAEA Nuclear Data Section. This issue announces the online and offline news concerning nuclear data libraries and data processing codes. It includes announcements on development activities of IAEA in the field of nuclear data collections and coordinated research projects and lists selected reports and documents on nuclear data as well as cooperating nuclear data service centres

Nuclear data newsletter. No. 34

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2002-10-01

This periodic newsletter provides information relevant to the work of the IAEA Nuclear Data Section. This issue announces the online and offline news concerning nuclear data libraries and data processing codes. It includes announcements on development activities of IAEA in the field of nuclear data collections and relevant computer codes and lists selected reports and documents on nuclear data as well as cooperating nuclear data service centres

Nuclear data newsletter. No. 37

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2004-04-01

This periodic newsletter provides information relevant to the work of the IAEA Nuclear Data Section. This issue announces the online and offline news concerning nuclear data libraries and data processing codes. It includes announcements on development activities of IAEA in the field of nuclear data collections and coordinated research projects and lists selected reports and documents on nuclear data as well as cooperating nuclear data service centres

What is a good public participation process? Five perspectives from the public.

Science.gov (United States)

Webler, T; Tuler, S; Krueger, R

2001-03-01

It is now widely accepted that members of the public should be involved in environmental decision-making. This has inspired many to search for principles that characterize good public participation processes. In this paper we report on a study that identifies discourses about what defines a good process. Our case study was a forest planning process in northern New England and New York. We employed Q methodology to learn how participants characterize a good process differently, by selecting, defining, and privileging different principles. Five discourses, or perspectives, about good process emerged from our study. One perspective emphasizes that a good process acquires and maintains popular legitimacy. A second sees a good process as one that facilitates an ideological discussion. A third focuses on the fairness of the process. A fourth perspective conceptualizes participatory processes as a power struggle--in this instance a power play between local land-owning interests and outsiders. A fifth perspective highlights the need for leadership and compromise. Dramatic differences among these views suggest an important challenge for those responsible for designing and carrying out public participation processes. Conflicts may emerge about process designs because people disagree about what is good in specific contexts.

"Everybody Identifies with Smokey the Bear": Employee Responses to Newsletter Identification Inducements at the U.S. Forest Service.

Science.gov (United States)

DiSanza, James R.; Bullis, Connie

1999-01-01

Contributes to scholarship on organizational identification (linked to decision making) by examining the identification rhetoric of an in-house newsletter at the U. S. Forest Service and by examining employee responses to newsletter content. Discusses the four responses to the newsletter that were identified: non identification, textual…

Animal production and health newsletter. No. 11

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1990-01-01

This Newsletter announces research coordination meetings, status of existing research coordinated research programmes on the use of isotope application in animal reproduction, nutrition and disease diagnostics. Training courses as well as new coordinated research programmes in the pipeline are also highlighted.

ITER EDA newsletter. V. 7, no. 6

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1998-06-01

This newsletter contains the articles: 'ITER representation at the 11th Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference', 'Summary of discussion points and further deliberations in the special committee on the ITER project in the Atomic Energy Commission', and 'ITER radio frequency systems'

Animal production and health newsletter. No. 6

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1987-06-01

This Newsletter announces research coordination meetings, status of existing research coordinated research programmes on the use of isotope application in animal reproduction, nutrition and disease diagnostics. Training courses as well as new coordinated research programmes in the pipeline are also highlighted.

Animal production and health newsletter. No. 5

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1987-01-01

This Newsletter announces research coordination meetings, status of existing research coordinated research programmes on the use of isotope application in animal reproduction, nutrition and disease diagnostics. Training courses as well as new coordinated research programmes in the pipeline are also highlighted.

Animal production and health newsletter. No. 9

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1989-01-01

This Newsletter announces research coordination meetings, status of existing research coordinated research programmes on the use of isotope application in animal reproduction, nutrition and disease diagnostics. Training courses as well as new coordinated research programmes in the pipeline are also highlighted

Nuclear power newsletter Vol. 1, no. 2

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2004-12-01

The newsletter provides information on: Nuclear Power Plant Operating Performance and Life Cycle Management; Improving Human Performance, Quality and Technical Infrastructure Co-ordination of International Collaboration for the Development of Innovative Nuclear Technology; Technology Developments and Applications for Advanced Reactors

ITER EDA newsletter. V. 8, no. 12

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1999-12-01

This ITER EDA Newsletter reports about the ITER Management Advisory Committee Meeting in Naka, the ITER Technical Advisory Committee Meeting in Naka and the meeting of the ITER SWG-P2 in Vienna. A separate abstract is prepared for each meeting

Animal production and health newsletter. No. 6

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1987-06-01

This Newsletter announces research coordination meetings, status of existing research coordinated research programmes on the use of isotope application in animal reproduction, nutrition and disease diagnostics. Training courses as well as new coordinated research programmes in the pipeline are also highlighted

Animal production and health newsletter. No. 12

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1990-06-01

This Newsletter announces research coordination meetings, status of existing research coordinated research programmes on the use of isotope application in animal reproduction, nutrition and disease diagnostics. Training courses as well as new coordinated research programmes in the pipeline are also highlighted.

Animal production and health newsletter. No. 4

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1986-06-01

This Newsletter announces research coordination meetings, status of existing research coordinated research programmes on the use of isotope application in animal reproduction, nutrition and disease diagnostics. Training courses as well as new coordinated research programmes in the pipeline are also highlighted.

Animal production and health newsletter. No. 10

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1989-07-01

This Newsletter announces research coordination meetings, status of existing research coordinated research programmes on the use of isotope application in animal reproduction, nutrition and disease diagnostics. Training courses as well as new coordinated research programmes in the pipeline are also highlighted.

Animal production and health newsletter. No. 8

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1988-06-01

This Newsletter announces research coordination meetings, status of existing research coordinated research programmes on the use of isotope application in animal reproduction, nutrition and disease diagnostics. Training courses as well as new coordinated research programmes in the pipeline are also highlighted.

Animal production and health newsletter. No. 7

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1988-01-01

This Newsletter announces research coordination meetings, status of existing research coordinated research programmes on the use of isotope application in animal reproduction, nutrition and disease diagnostics. Training courses as well as new coordinated research programmes in the pipeline are also highlighted.

Animal production and health newsletter. No. 1

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1985-01-01

This Newsletter announces research coordination meetings, status of existing research coordinated research programmes on the use of isotope application in animal reproduction, nutrition and disease diagnostics. Training courses as well as new coordinated research programmes in the pipeline are also highlighted.

ITER EDA Newsletter. V. 2, no. 1

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1993-01-01

This ITER EDA (Engineering Design Activities) Newsletter issue is dedicated to the description of the ITER EDA Home Teams (European Community, Japan, Russian Federation, USA), in particular their composition, tasks, responsibilities, national support and activities, aimed to design the ITER tokamak

Animal production and health newsletter. No. 7

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1988-01-01

This Newsletter announces research coordination meetings, status of existing research coordinated research programmes on the use of isotope application in animal reproduction, nutrition and disease diagnostics. Training courses as well as new coordinated research programmes in the pipeline are also highlighted

Animal production and health newsletter. No. 10

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1989-07-01

This Newsletter announces research coordination meetings, status of existing research coordinated research programmes on the use of isotope application in animal reproduction, nutrition and disease diagnostics. Training courses as well as new coordinated research programmes in the pipeline are also highlighted

Animal production and health newsletter. No. 5

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1987-01-01

This Newsletter announces research coordination meetings, status of existing research coordinated research programmes on the use of isotope application in animal reproduction, nutrition and disease diagnostics. Training courses as well as new coordinated research programmes in the pipeline are also highlighted

Animal production and health newsletter. No. 8

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1988-06-01

This Newsletter announces research coordination meetings, status of existing research coordinated research programmes on the use of isotope application in animal reproduction, nutrition and disease diagnostics. Training courses as well as new coordinated research programmes in the pipeline are also highlighted

Animal production and health newsletter. No. 2

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1985-06-01

This Newsletter announces research coordination meetings, status of existing research coordinated research programmes on the use of isotope application in animal reproduction, nutrition and disease diagnostics. Training courses as well as new coordinated research programmes in the pipeline are also highlighted

Animal production and health newsletter. No. 4

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1986-06-01

This Newsletter announces research coordination meetings, status of existing research coordinated research programmes on the use of isotope application in animal reproduction, nutrition and disease diagnostics. Training courses as well as new coordinated research programmes in the pipeline are also highlighted

Animal production and health newsletter. No. 1

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1985-01-01

This Newsletter announces research coordination meetings, status of existing research coordinated research programmes on the use of isotope application in animal reproduction, nutrition and disease diagnostics. Training courses as well as new coordinated research programmes in the pipeline are also highlighted

Animal production and health newsletter. No. 3

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1986-01-01

This Newsletter announces research coordination meetings, status of existing research coordinated research programmes on the use of isotope application in animal reproduction, nutrition and disease diagnostics. Training courses as well as new coordinated research programmes in the pipeline are also highlighted.

Animal production and health newsletter. No. 2

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1985-06-01

This Newsletter announces research coordination meetings, status of existing research coordinated research programmes on the use of isotope application in animal reproduction, nutrition and disease diagnostics. Training courses as well as new coordinated research programmes in the pipeline are also highlighted.

Animal production and health newsletter. No. 9

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1989-01-01

This Newsletter announces research coordination meetings, status of existing research coordinated research programmes on the use of isotope application in animal reproduction, nutrition and disease diagnostics. Training courses as well as new coordinated research programmes in the pipeline are also highlighted.

Animal production and health newsletter. No. 30

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1999-06-01

This issue of the Newsletter highlights forthcoming events including regional workshops, research coordination meetings and training courses on use isotope application in the diagnosis of animal diseases. Status of existing co-ordinated and technical co-operation research projects is also summarized

Animal production and health newsletter. No. 3

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1986-01-01

This Newsletter announces research coordination meetings, status of existing research coordinated research programmes on the use of isotope application in animal reproduction, nutrition and disease diagnostics. Training courses as well as new coordinated research programmes in the pipeline are also highlighted

Animal production and health newsletter. No. 12

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1990-06-01

This Newsletter announces research coordination meetings, status of existing research coordinated research programmes on the use of isotope application in animal reproduction, nutrition and disease diagnostics. Training courses as well as new coordinated research programmes in the pipeline are also highlighted

Animal production and health newsletter. No. 11

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1990-01-01

This Newsletter announces research coordination meetings, status of existing research coordinated research programmes on the use of isotope application in animal reproduction, nutrition and disease diagnostics. Training courses as well as new coordinated research programmes in the pipeline are also highlighted

TASCC newsletter volume 7 no. 6

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Thomson, L.

1993-06-01

A newsletter produced by Chalk River's Tandem Accelerator Superconducting Cyclotron Facility. Included in this June issue of TASCC is a facility report, updates on experiments being conducted, educational affiliation with the Deep River Science Academy and findings involving gadolinium-149 and information on a highly deformed band found in praseodymium. 2 figs

TASCC newsletter volume 8 no. 3

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Thomson, L.

1994-03-01

A newsletter produced by Chalk River's Tandem Accelerator Superconducting Cyclotron Facility. Included in this March issue of TASCC is an update of the facility, a VAX station installation on 8π spectrometer, staff awards, time-of-flight techniques for AMS of iodine isotopes and a listing of experiments for March. 4 figs

IDRA Newsletter. Volume 44, No. 5

Science.gov (United States)

Goodman, Christie L., Ed.

2017-01-01

Each edition of the IDRA Newsletter strives to provide many different perspectives on the issues in education topics discussed and to define its significance in the state and national dialogue. This issue focuses on Family Leadership in Education and includes (1) IDRA Education CAFE--A Structure for Families Transforming Schools in their…

Soils Newsletter. V. 10, no. 1

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1987-07-01

This Newsletter contains reports of the Advisory Group Meeting on the use of Nuclear and related techniques in studying the roles of trees in restoring and maintaining soil fertility (November 1986, Vienna) and the first Research Co-ordination Meeting on nuclear techniques to improve production in salt-affected soils (December 1986, IAEA, Vienna)

TASCC newsletter volume 8 no. 5

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

Thomson, L

1994-05-01

A newsletter produced by Chalk River`s Tandem Accelerator Superconducting Cyclotron Facility. Included in this May issue of TASCC is an update of the facility, a visit by the Nuclear Physics Technical Review Committee, sizing of meteors, Deep River Science Academy on TASCC projects and a listing of May`s experiments. 2 figs.

TASCC newsletter volume 9 no. 2

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Thomson, L.

1995-02-01

A newsletter produced by Chalk River's Tandem Accelerator Superconducting Cyclotron Facility. Included in this February issue of TASCC is an update of the facility, beams to simulate the cosmic-ray environment in space, personnel changes at TASCC, modular approach to rebuilding cyclotron rf control electronics and a listing of February's experiments. 1 fig

TASCC newsletter volume 9 no. 3

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Thomson, L.

1995-03-01

A newsletter produced by Chalk River's Tandem Accelerator Superconducting Cyclotron Facility. Included in this March issue of TASCC is an update of the facility, the new Program Advisory Committee, a memo of understanding signed with the Centre Recherche Nucleaires, a demonstration of graphical analysis software and a listing of March's experiments. 1 fig

Soils newsletter. V. 22, no. 1

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1999-06-01

This issue of the Newsletter highlights a number of coordinated research project meetings including isotope techniques in studies on management of organic matter and nutrient turnover, use of irradiated sewage sludge ti increase soil fertility, assessment of soil erosion. Status of existing co-ordinated and technical co-operation research projects is also summarized

Informing public health policy through deliberative public engagement: perceived impact on participants and citizen-government relations.

Science.gov (United States)

Molster, Caron; Potts, Ayla; McNamara, Beverley; Youngs, Leanne; Maxwell, Susannah; Dawkins, Hugh; O'Leary, Peter

2013-09-01

Deliberative public engagement has been proposed for policy development, where issues are complex and there are diverse public perspectives and low awareness of competing issues. Scholars suggest a range of potential outcomes for citizens and government agencies from involvement in such processes. Few studies have examined outcomes from the perspective of citizen participants in deliberative processes. To examine participant perceptions of their involvement in and outcomes of a deliberative engagement exercise. A case study using semistructured interviews was conducted with participants following a deliberative forum on biobanking. From their involvement in the deliberative exercise, participants described transformations in their knowledge and beliefs about the policy issues. They reported being more informed to the extent of having confidence to educate others and effectively contribute to public policy development. They had developed greater trust in government policymakers who they believed would take reasonable account of their recommendations. We conclude that the participants were satisfied with the outcomes of the deliberative public engagement process and viewed it as an effective means of citizen involvement in public policy development. Particularly for citizens who participate in deliberative processes, such processes may promote active citizenship, empower citizens to undertake representative and educative roles, and improve relations between citizens and government agencies. Actions taken by policymakers subsequent to the deliberative exercise, whereby the majority of citizen recommendations were incorporated in the policy developed, may have contributed to participants holding sustained levels of trust in the commissioning government agency.

Choir of believers? Longitudinal evidence on public service motivation and survey participation

DEFF Research Database (Denmark)

Jacobsen, Christian Bøtcher; De Lorent Gad, Mette; Kjeldsen, Anne Mette

The most widely used method to study individuals’ public service motivation is surveys. The validity and inferential power of such studies may, however, be harmed by survey participation bias, if highly public service motivated individuals are overrepresented among respondents. This paper examines...... the methodological critique of survey participation bias raised against the public service motivation literature and examines whether public service motivation increases the propensity to respond to surveys. By tracking more than 3,000 public service providers’ participation in a three-wave panel survey, our...... analysis shows that public service motivation does have a positive effect on survey participation. This suggests that future studies should pay attention to the characteristics of respondents/non-respondents and consider weighting the sample....

ITER EDA Newsletter. V.3, no.3

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1994-03-01

This ITER EDA Newsletter issue contains reports on (i) the completion of the ITER EDA Protocol 1, (ii) the signing of ITER EDA Protocol 2, (iii) a technical meeting on pumping and fuelling and (iv) a technical meeting on the ITER Tritium Plant

The CERN & Society programme launches its newsletter

CERN Multimedia

Matteo Castoldi

2016-01-01

The newsletter will be issued quarterly. Sign up to remain informed about the latest initiatives of the CERN & Society programme!    The CERN & Society programme encompasses projects in the areas of education and outreach, innovation and knowledge exchange, and culture and creativity that spread the CERN spirit of scientific curiosity for the inspiration and benefit of society. The programme is funded primarily by the CERN & Society Foundation, a charitable foundation established by CERN and supported by individuals, trusts, organisations and commercial companies. The projects are inspired or enabled by CERN but lie outside of the Laboratory’s specific research mandate. We especially want to help young talent from around the world to flourish in the future. The programme is now launching its newsletter, which will be issued quarterly. Everybody who wants to be informed about CERN & Society’s activities, stay up-to-date with its latest in...

IEC Newsletter, No. 51, First Quarter, 2015

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2015-06-01

The IEC Newsletter is prepared by the Incident and Emergency Centre (IEC), Department of Nuclear Safety and Security of the IAEA. The Incident and Emergency Centre (IEC) is the global focal point for emergency preparedness and response for nuclear and radiological safety or security related incidents, emergencies, threats or events of media interest. The IEC is also the world’s centre for coordination of international assistance in emergency. The following topics are presented in this newsletter: IEM 8; Internal Full Response Exercise; Board of Governors establishes Safety Requirements in EPR as IAEA Safety Standard; ConvEx-2a; EURDEP Meeting; Train the Trainers Workshop on Medical Aspects of EPR; EPR-Medical 2005 Review Process; EPRIMS; Member State Preparedeness; EPREV Mission to Kenya; RENEB Meeting; Update by Finland of its RANET registration; Recent Events; Upgraded IEC videoconferencing infrastracture; EPREG Meeting and Forthcoming Event: EPR Conference

Freedom of Speech Newsletter, May 1976.

Science.gov (United States)

Allen, Winfred G., Jr., Ed.

This issue of the "Freedom of Speech Newsletter" contains three articles. "Big Brother, 1976--Judges and the Gag Order" by Miles Clark examines constitutional censorship of the media and government secrecy. "Democratic Rights: A Socialist View" by Kipp Dawson argues that "the rulers of the United States have never granted the American people any…

IEC Newsletter, No. 52/2 (2015)

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2015-10-01

The IEC Newsletter is prepared by the Incident and Emergency Centre (IEC), Department of Nuclear Safety and Security of the IAEA. The Incident and Emergency Centre (IEC) is the global focal point for emergency preparedness and response for nuclear and radiological safety or security related incidents, emergencies, threats or events of media interest. The IEC is also the world’s centre for coordination of international assistance in emergency. The following topics are presented in this newsletter: Peer Review of UAE’s Emergency Plans for Barakah NPP; IEM 9: Assessment and Prognosis in Response to a Nuclear or Radiological Emergency; Tabletop exercise simulating marime transport emergency; Establishment of EPR Standards Committee; Annual ConvEx-1c; Advisory Mission to Kuwait on medical aspects of EPR; EPR self-assessment for Arab Member States; Event at Cattenom NPP; Train the Trainers Workshop for first responders in Vienna; Member States Preparedness; Republic of Korea joins RANET — USA registers new capabilities; Workshop on Emergency Radiation Monitoring; #EPR15: International Conference on Global EPR; Recent Events

Research participation registers can increase opportunities for patients and the public to participate in health services research.

Science.gov (United States)

Leach, Verity; Redwood, Sabi; Lasseter, Gemma; Walther, Axel; Reid, Colette; Blazeby, Jane; Martin, Richard; Donovan, Jenny

2016-07-01

Members of the public and patients repeatedly indicate their willingness to take part in research, but current United Kingdom research governance involves complex rules about gaining consent. Research participation registers that seek consent from participants to be approached about future studies have several potential benefits, including: increased research participation across clinical and healthy populations; simplified recruitment to health care research; support for people's autonomy in decision making; and improved efficiency and generalizability of research. These potential benefits have to be balanced against ethical and governance considerations. With appropriate processes in place, seeking prospective consent from patients and members of the public to be approached about future studies could potentially increase public participation in health research without compromising informed consent and other ethical principles. © The Author(s) 2016.

Nuclear data newsletter. No. 38

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

2004-09-15

This periodic newsletter provides information relevant to the work of the IAEA Nuclear Data Section. This issue announces the online and offline news concerning web and database services, nuclear data libraries and data processing codes. It includes announcements on development activities of IAEA in the field of nuclear data collections and coordinated research projects and lists selected reports and documents on nuclear data as well as cooperating nuclear data service centres.

Nuclear data newsletter. No. 38

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2004-09-01

This periodic newsletter provides information relevant to the work of the IAEA Nuclear Data Section. This issue announces the online and offline news concerning web and database services, nuclear data libraries and data processing codes. It includes announcements on development activities of IAEA in the field of nuclear data collections and coordinated research projects and lists selected reports and documents on nuclear data as well as cooperating nuclear data service centres

Nuclear data newsletter. No.25

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1998-06-01

The issue of the Nuclear Data Newsletter dated June 1998 gives information on the following topics: Computer code development, New data files and libraries, Major outcome of the NDS data development activity, Selected reports and documents on nuclear data, Chart of nuclides, Conference proceedings, Conference and meetings announcement, Forthcoming meetings held by NDS, Technical co-operation programme for 2001-2002, The address of the co-operating nuclear data service centres

SSDL Newsletter. No. 30

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1991-04-01

This Secondary Standard Dosimetry Laboratories (SSDL) newsletter features a report of the 4th meeting of the SSDL Scientific Committee, held in Vienna in November, 1990. It also contains a report on the dosimetry audit programme for radiotherapy centres in the United States, from which it is evident that the programme has considerably improved the accuracy of dosimetry in the U.S. Finally, this issue reports the findings of an intercomparison programme to assess the dosimetric accuracy in radiotherapy in Turkey. Refs, figs and tabs

What participants do. A practice based approach to public participation in two policy fields

NARCIS (Netherlands)

Arend, van der S.; Behagel, J.H.

2011-01-01

The rise of public participation in policy is an integral part of the shift from government to governance, and is presented as the best and most appropriate answer to requests for democratic policymaking. Both in official accounts and in the work of scholars, participation is situated in a discourse

ITER EDA Newsletter. V. 4, no. 6

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1995-06-01

This issue of the ITER EDA (Engineering Design Activities) Newsletter contains a report on the TAC-JCT (Technical Advisory Committee, Joint Technical Team) Informal Technical Reviews and the State Duma Hearings on Fusion (i.e., Parliamentary Hearing on Fusion held in the Russian Federation)

ITER EDA newsletter. V. 7, No. 3

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1998-03-01

This issue of the ITER Newsletter contains an article of the Status of the ITER EDA and the progress of the ITER activities and a report on the 5th Technical Meeting on Quality which was held in San Diego on 20-22 October 1997

ITER EDA newsletter. V. 7, no. 1

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1998-01-01

This issue of the ITER Newsletter contains a summary report on the Thirteenth meeting of the ITER Management Advisory Committee (MAC), a report on ITER at the International Conference on Fusion Reactor Materials and a report of a Russian scientist working at ITER Garching JWS

Animal production and health newsletter. No. 29

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1998-12-01

This issue of the newsletter outlines activities and coordinated research programmes in the areas of animal production and animal health for the year 1999 by the Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in food and agriculture and FAO/IAEA Agriculture and Biotechnology Laboratory, Seibersdorf

TASCC newsletter volume 10 no. 1

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Thomson, L.

1996-01-01

A newsletter produced by Chalk River's Tandem Accelerator Superconducting Cyclotron Facility. Included in this January issue of TASCC is an update of the facility, letters of support to the government for research to continue at Chalk River Laboratories, home page on the Internet, collaboration on Vsystem with the Hahn-Meitner Institute and a listing of January's experiments. 1 fig

TASCC newsletter volume 9 no. 1

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Thomson, L.

1995-01-01

A newsletter produced by Chalk River's Tandem Accelerator Superconducting Cyclotron Facility. Included in this January issue of TASCC is an update of the facility, news on distribution of Nuclear Physics News International, installation of the Penning trap mass spectrometer, workshop to be held in June on nuclear physics research, and a listing of January's experiments. 1 fig

Hospital marketers sold on value of custom publications.

Science.gov (United States)

Rees, T

1998-01-01

More and more hospital marketing and public relations executives are recognizing that publications, such as newsletters and magazines, are a very important part of their arsenal of marketing tools. They're also finding that custom publishers are valuable allies when it comes to target market opportunities.

INDAG newsletter. No. 4

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2004-09-01

INDAG, so far, has been the only IAEA group to publish its Newsletter regularly before each General Conference Meeting. It is no doubt mainly this motivation for communication with complete transparency, coupled with expert advice, that led the independent panel for the evaluation of IAEA's nuclear desalination activities to highly commend INDAG for its actions. This time, INDAG brings you some concrete results of the International cooperation activities, strongly supported by INDAG and carried out under the aegis of IAEA's INT/4/134 programme: Thus, the Kalpakkam nuclear desalination complex in India is nearly completed, the Pakistani project for desalination with the Karachi nuclear power plant is now well on the way. At the same time, two technical and economic feasibility studies of nuclear desalination have also been completed. The final report on the feasibility of SMART + MED based integrated desalination system for the Madura island in Indonesia (Collaboration between South Korea and Indonesia) has already been published. That from the French -Tunisian collaboration, known as the TUNDESAL project, would come out as this Newsletter reaches you. As INDAG has consistently tried to communicate, these two studies have independently concluded that nuclear desalination is indeed a viable option for the future. The CRP on the economic assessment of site-specific cases, launched after INDAG's recommendation, continues to move forward. It was indeed the revised new models in DEEP that permitted the comprehensive economic evaluation of desalination costs in the two international feasibility studies

ITER EDA newsletter. V. 9, no. 9

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2000-09-01

This ITER EDA Newsletter contains the following 5 contributions: CSMC and CSIC charging tests successfully completed; The ITER divertor cassette project meeting; Blanket R and D and design task meeting; IAEA technical committee meeting on fusion safety; ITER L-6 large project ''blanket remote handling and maintenance''

Insect and pest control newsletter. No. 53

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1999-07-01

This Newsletter announces research coordination meetings, status of existing research coordinated research programmes on the use of nuclear applications such as the sterile insect technique (SIT) in insect and pest control. Training courses as well as new coordinated research programmes in the pipeline are also highlighted

Insect and pest control newsletter. No. 56

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

2001-01-01

This Newsletter announces research coordination meetings, status of existing research coordinated research programmes on the use of nuclear applications such as the sterile insect technique (SIT) in insect and pest control. Training courses as well as new coordinated research programmes in the pipeline are also highlighted.

Insect and pest control newsletter. No. 55

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

2000-07-01

This Newsletter announces research coordination meetings, status of existing research coordinated research programmes on the use of nuclear applications such as the sterile insect technique (SIT) in insect and pest control. Training courses as well as new coordinated research programmes in the pipeline are also highlighted.

Insect and pest control newsletter. No. 55

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2000-07-01

This Newsletter announces research coordination meetings, status of existing research coordinated research programmes on the use of nuclear applications such as the sterile insect technique (SIT) in insect and pest control. Training courses as well as new coordinated research programmes in the pipeline are also highlighted

Insect and pest control newsletter. No. 54

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2000-01-01

This Newsletter announces research coordination meetings, status of existing research coordinated research programmes on the use of nuclear applications such as the sterile insect technique (SIT) in insect and pest control. Training courses as well as new coordinated research programmes in the pipeline are also highlighted

Insect and pest control newsletter. No. 56

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2001-01-01

This Newsletter announces research coordination meetings, status of existing research coordinated research programmes on the use of nuclear applications such as the sterile insect technique (SIT) in insect and pest control. Training courses as well as new coordinated research programmes in the pipeline are also highlighted

Insect and pest control newsletter. No. 52

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1998-12-01

This Newsletter announces research coordination meetings, status of existing research coordinated research programmes on the use of nuclear applications such as the sterile insect technique (SIT) in insect and pest control. Training courses as well as new coordinated research programmes in the pipeline are also highlighted

Insect and pest control newsletter. No. 50

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1997-10-01

This Newsletter announces research coordination meetings, status of existing research coordinated research programmes on the use of nuclear applications such as the sterile insect technique (SIT) in insect and pest control. Training courses as well as new coordinated research programmes in the pipeline are also highlighted

Insect and pest control newsletter. No. 51

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1998-06-01

This Newsletter announces research coordination meetings, status of existing research coordinated research programmes on the use of nuclear applications such as the sterile insect technique (SIT) in insect and pest control. Training courses as well as new coordinated research programmes in the pipeline are also highlighted

Animal production and health newsletter. No. 34

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2001-06-01

This issue of the newsletter briefs on forthcoming events and on-going activities of the Joint Division. Active Co-ordinated Research Programmes, training workshops, expert meetings in the fields of animal feed supplementation, animal productivity and reproductive efficiency, and diagnostic methodologies in disease control are highlighted

Insect and pest control newsletter. No. 51

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1998-06-01

This Newsletter announces research coordination meetings, status of existing research coordinated research programmes on the use of nuclear applications such as the sterile insect technique (SIT) in insect and pest control. Training courses as well as new coordinated research programmes in the pipeline are also highlighted.

Does Controversial Science Call For Public Participation? The Case Of Gmo Skepticism

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Andreas Christiansen

2017-12-01

Full Text Available Many instances of new and emerging science and technology are controversial. Although a number of people, including scientific experts, welcome these developments, a considerable skepticism exists among members of the public. The use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs is a case in point. In science policy and in science communication, it is widely assumed that such controversial science and technology require public participation in the policy-making process. We examine this view, which we call the Public Participation Paradigm, using the case of GMOs as an example. We suggest that a prominent reason behind the call for public participation is the belief that such participation is required for democratic legitimacy. We then show that the most prominent accounts of democratic legitimacy do not, in fact, entail that public participation is required in cases of controversial science in general, or in the case of GMOs in particular.

Risk communication, public participation and the Seveso II directive

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Walker, G.; Simmons, P.; Wynne, B.; Irwin, A.

1999-01-01

Risk communication and public participation are considered in the context of the forthcoming requirements of the 'Seveso II' Directive. The discussion draws substantially on the findings of a research project which has investigated public perceptions of the risks from major accident hazards in seven communities in the UK. Implications for the Directive's requirements on emergency information provision, public access to safety reports and consultation on emergency plans are considered. Our conclusions stress the need for risk communication to be seen as a long term and ongoing process, involving active listening to public reasoning about risk and a sensitivity to the context in which communication is taking place. In meeting both needs and rights to information and encouraging and enabling public participation, we conclude that the Directive should contribute in some degree to an improved environment for dialogue and the building of trust. (Copyright (c) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam. All rights reserved.)

Some aspects of public associations’ participation in implementing public control at municipal level

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Roman V. Gornev

2016-03-01

Full Text Available Objective to clarify the status of public associations as subjects of public control and to analyze the problems of participation of citizens 39 associations in conducting public expertise and public audits. Methods the methodology of research includes general scientific methods such as dialectic method. Specific jurisprudence methods of scientific cognition have also been used. Systematic method was used for the analysis of forms of public control by citizens39 associations at the municipal level. The principle of scientific objectivity has allowed for a comprehensive and objective analysis of the factual material the totality of factors affecting the interaction of public associations with local authorities in the implementation of public control. The formallegal method allowed to analyze the normativelegal acts to reveal the signs of fixing of such public control forms as public expertise and public audit. In the present study other research methods were also applied allowing to study the theme in detail. Results the study identified the lack of legal regulation of the legal status of public associations as subjects of public control as well as some forms of public control. The additions to the list of subjects of public control by public associations were proposed as well as improvements in the implementation of public expertise and public audit by the citizens39 associations as forms of social control. Scientific novelty the author found a lack of regulation of public associationsrsquo participation in some forms of social control and justified proposals for their improvement from a scientific point of view. Practical significance the possibility to apply the research results in legislative activity aimed at improving the provisions of the Federal Laws quotOn fundamentals of public control in the Russian Federationquot and quotOn the general principles of local selfgovernment organization in the Russian Federationquot. In addition the

Powernext newsletter n. 33

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2005-11-01

Powernext SA is a Multilateral Trading Facility which organizes and warrants the transactions on the European power exchange and CO 2 exchange markets. This issue of Powernext newsletter presents the highlights of the European power and carbon trade markets during August, September and October 2005. It reports on some daily market statistics related to prices and volumes traded on Powernext Day-Ahead TM in the case of day-ahead contracts, on Powernext Futures TM in the case of medium-term contracts, and on Powernext Carbon in the case of CO 2 . (J.S.)

FEPSAC Newsletter (July 2017)

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Sanchez, Xavier; Fritsch, Julian

2017-01-01

Welcome to this issue of the FEPSAC Newsletter – Fédération Européenne de Psychologie des Sport et des Activités Corporelles (European Federation of Sport Psychology).\\ud \\ud FEPSAC managing council meeting in Lille from May 10–12, 2017\\ud The recent FEPSAC MC meeting took place in Lille, France from May 10–12, 2017 and was hosted by the University of Lille 2 and Centre Resources en Optimisation de la Performance et en Psychologie du Sportif“ (C.R.O.P.S.) organized by Yancy Dufour and Nathali...

Powernext newsletter n. 35

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2006-01-01

Powernext SA is a Multilateral Trading Facility which organizes and warrants the transactions on the European power exchange and CO 2 exchange markets. This issue of Powernext newsletter presents the highlights of the European power and carbon trade markets during the last 3 months of 2005. It reports on some daily market statistics related to prices and volumes traded on Powernext Day-Ahead TM in the case of day-ahead contracts, on Powernext Futures TM in the case of medium-term contracts, and on Powernext Carbon in the case of CO 2 . (J.S.)

Powernext newsletter n. 31

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2005-09-01

Powernext SA is a Multilateral Trading Facility which organizes and warrants the transactions on the European power exchange and CO 2 exchange markets. This issue of Powernext newsletter presents the highlights of the European power and carbon trade markets during June, July and August 2005. It reports on some daily market statistics related to prices and volumes traded on Powernext Day-Ahead TM in the case of day-ahead contracts, on Powernext Futures TM in the case of medium-term contracts, and on Powernext Carbon in the case of CO 2 . (J.S.)

Powernext newsletter n. 36

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2006-02-01

Powernext SA is a Multilateral Trading Facility which organizes and warrants the transactions on the European power exchange and CO 2 exchange markets. This issue of Powernext newsletter presents the highlights of the European power and carbon trade markets from 2005 up to January 2006. It reports on some market statistics related to prices and volumes traded on Powernext Day-Ahead TM in the case of day-ahead contracts, on Powernext Futures TM in the case of medium-term contracts, and on Powernext Carbon in the case of CO 2 . (J.S.)

Powernext newsletter n. 34

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2005-12-01

Powernext SA is a Multilateral Trading Facility which organizes and warrants the transactions on the European power exchange and CO 2 exchange markets. This issue of Powernext newsletter presents the highlights of the European power and carbon trade markets during September, October and November 2005. It reports on some daily market statistics related to prices and volumes traded on Powernext Day-Ahead TM in the case of day-ahead contracts, on Powernext Futures TM in the case of medium-term contracts, and on Powernext Carbon in the case of CO 2 . (J.S.)

Powernext newsletter n. 37

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2006-03-01

Powernext SA is a Multilateral Trading Facility which organizes and warrants the transactions on the European power exchange and CO 2 exchange markets. This issue of Powernext newsletter presents the highlights of the European power and carbon trade markets from 2005 up to February 2006. It reports on some market statistics related to prices and volumes traded on Powernext Day-Ahead TM in the case of day-ahead contracts, on Powernext Futures TM in the case of medium-term contracts, and on Powernext Carbon in the case of CO 2 . (J.S.)

Mechanisms of public participation in siting and licensing of large industrial facilities

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Freymond, J.F.

1993-01-01

When we look at nuclear facilities in the perspective of the public participation we search for common points with other industrial plants of great risks. In most of countries nuclear facilities are treated in the perspective of public participation, this participation supposes a previous sufficient information; the public reaction is an inverse function of confidence in the authorities to manage that kind of problems

Mutation breeding newsletter. No. 41

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1994-07-01

This newsletter contains short descriptions of research methods for the use of radiation to induce mutations and facilitate plant breeding. This method is used to develop species of plants that can survive in harsh climates and thus provide a food supply for humans and animals. Some of the mutants discussed include a salt tolerant barley, a disease resistant shrub, a cold tolerant chickpea, a highly productive Canavalia virosa and productive tomato. Refs, figs and tabs

Nuclear data newsletter. No. 23

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1997-04-01

This issue of the Nuclear Data Newsletter dated April 1997 gives information on the following topics: New nuclear data libraries received including package of eleven data libraries, Chart of nuclides, Conference announcements, Nuclear data handbooks, Selected reports and documents on nuclear data. The addresses of the co-operating nuclear data SERVICE centers are given. The method of accessing to NDIS via Internet (TCP/IP) and to open areas for FTP file transfer are explained

Transparency and public participation - the need for a new paradigm

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

Andersson, Kjell [Karinta-Konsult, Taeby (Sweden)

2001-07-01

Increasing openness, public participation and transparency are considered important for decision-making in public issues. Transparency serves two purposes; for the awareness of decision-makers and for public insight and influence. However, the increasing complexity of today's society, the complexity of decision processes and the complexity of the underlying factual basis are all factors that work against transparency and participation. Furthermore, the decision-making context in controversial issues is not only set up by the factual basis provided by the experts, but also by stakeholder pressure groups, lobbyists and extensive media coverage. The seemingly unlimited availability of information on the Internet and the continuous information flow in TV channels does not make it easier for the layman to get insight and clarity. This paper starts with a discussion about the expert role, a definition of transparency and three rationales for public participation. The two areas of nuclear waste disposal and biotechnology are then used to illustrate problems with transparency, but also initiatives for improving the situation. Frameworks for the evaluation of participative processes are described, as well as the role of media in making complex issues transparent. A central theme in the paper is the need for a shift from the 'experts-agenda paradigm' to the 'values-first paradigm'. We end up with suggestions for how transparency and public participation can be enhanced for the sake of democratic development: 1. We must have a multi-perspective starting point. Participants in participative processes should represent a broad spectrum of views. People must hear each other out to achieve common understanding that there are a variety of legitimate perspectives to consider. 2. The RISCOM model has been shown both innovative and workable in the nuclear waste area. We should extend its application to other areas, biotechnology being one primary candidate. 3

Transparency and public participation - the need for a new paradigm

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

Andersson, Kjell [Karinta-Konsult, Taeby (Sweden)

2001-07-01

Increasing openness, public participation and transparency are considered important for decision-making in public issues. Transparency serves two purposes; for the awareness of decision-makers and for public insight and influence. However, the increasing complexity of today's society, the complexity of decision processes and the complexity of the underlying factual basis are all factors that work against transparency and participation. Furthermore, the decision-making context in controversial issues is not only set up by the factual basis provided by the experts, but also by stakeholder pressure groups, lobbyists and extensive media coverage. The seemingly unlimited availability of information on the Internet and the continuous information flow in TV channels does not make it easier for the layman to get insight and clarity. This paper starts with a discussion about the expert role, a definition of transparency and three rationales for public participation. The two areas of nuclear waste disposal and biotechnology are then used to illustrate problems with transparency, but also initiatives for improving the situation. Frameworks for the evaluation of participative processes are described, as well as the role of media in making complex issues transparent. A central theme in the paper is the need for a shift from the 'experts-agenda paradigm' to the 'values-first paradigm'. We end up with suggestions for how transparency and public participation can be enhanced for the sake of democratic development: 1. We must have a multi-perspective starting point. Participants in participative processes should represent a broad spectrum of views. People must hear each other out to achieve common understanding that there are a variety of legitimate perspectives to consider. 2. The RISCOM model has been shown both innovative and workable in the nuclear waste area. We should extend its application to other areas, biotechnology being one primary candidate. 3. Experiences from

Transparency and public participation - the need for a new paradigm

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Andersson, Kjell

2001-01-01

Increasing openness, public participation and transparency are considered important for decision-making in public issues. Transparency serves two purposes; for the awareness of decision-makers and for public insight and influence. However, the increasing complexity of today's society, the complexity of decision processes and the complexity of the underlying factual basis are all factors that work against transparency and participation. Furthermore, the decision-making context in controversial issues is not only set up by the factual basis provided by the experts, but also by stakeholder pressure groups, lobbyists and extensive media coverage. The seemingly unlimited availability of information on the Internet and the continuous information flow in TV channels does not make it easier for the layman to get insight and clarity. This paper starts with a discussion about the expert role, a definition of transparency and three rationales for public participation. The two areas of nuclear waste disposal and biotechnology are then used to illustrate problems with transparency, but also initiatives for improving the situation. Frameworks for the evaluation of participative processes are described, as well as the role of media in making complex issues transparent. A central theme in the paper is the need for a shift from the 'experts-agenda paradigm' to the 'values-first paradigm'. We end up with suggestions for how transparency and public participation can be enhanced for the sake of democratic development: 1. We must have a multi-perspective starting point. Participants in participative processes should represent a broad spectrum of views. People must hear each other out to achieve common understanding that there are a variety of legitimate perspectives to consider. 2. The RISCOM model has been shown both innovative and workable in the nuclear waste area. We should extend its application to other areas, biotechnology being one primary candidate. 3. Experiences from

32 CFR 203.12 - Technical assistance for public participation provider qualifications.

Science.gov (United States)

2010-07-01

... waste problems. (2) Experience in making technical presentations. (3) Demonstrated writing skills. (4... 32 National Defense 2 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Technical assistance for public participation... THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (CONTINUED) MISCELLANEOUS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION (TAPP...

Legitimacy and institutional response strategies of public participation in nuclear policy-making

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Lee, J. H.; Ahn, S. K.; Yun, Y. J.

2004-01-01

This paper proposes that the approach to nuclear policy system should be changed to the participatory and resilient way from the managerial and anticipatory way. This change is surely reasonable in the point that, firstly, the managerial and anticipatory approach contains the internal weakness of not allowing trials and errors due to its centralized decision making and, secondly, active participation of general public can give a great contribution to the course of decision-making in science and technology as well. However, the expansion of public participation has the risk of falling into the deadlock of unreasonable populism, so the course and procedures of public participation need to be included in the process of decision making in the matter of science and technology systematically. Accordingly, this paper shows the research result on the process of public participation in Europe and suggests the possibility that there can be a balanced and effective system of public participation in nuclear policy making

ITER EDA newsletter. V. 4, no. 9

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1995-09-01

This issue of the ITER EDA (Engineering Design Activities) Newsletter contains reports on the first meeting of the ITER Test Blanket Working Group held 19-21 July 1995 at the ITER Garching Joint Work Site, and on the second workshop of the ITER Expert Group on Confinement and Transport.

ITER EDA newsletter. V. 4, no. 9

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1995-09-01

This issue of the ITER EDA (Engineering Design Activities) Newsletter contains reports on the first meeting of the ITER Test Blanket Working Group held 19-21 July 1995 at the ITER Garching Joint Work Site, and on the second workshop of the ITER Expert Group on Confinement and Transport

Food irradiation newsletter. V. 20, no. 1

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

NONE

1996-07-01

This issue of the newsletter presents excerpts of the 12th Annual Meeting of the International Consultative Group on Food Irradiation which was held in Vienna, 13-15 November 1995. A summary of a symposium on Control of Foodborne Illness: Radiation and other Non-Thermal Treatments is also featured.

Food irradiation newsletter. V. 20, no. 1

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1996-07-01

This issue of the newsletter presents excerpts of the 12th Annual Meeting of the International Consultative Group on Food Irradiation which was held in Vienna, 13-15 November 1995. A summary of a symposium on Control of Foodborne Illness: Radiation and other Non-Thermal Treatments is also featured

ITER EDA newsletter. V. 10, no. 6

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2001-06-01

This ITER EDA Newsletter issue includes information about the ITER Management Advisory Committee Meeting held in Vienna on 16 July 2001 and also a summary of the ninth ITER Technical Meeting on safety and environment held at the ITER Garching Joint Work site, 8 to 10 May, 2001

ITER EDA Newsletter. V. 3, no. 8

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1994-08-01

This ITER EDA (Engineering Design Activities) Newsletter issue reports on the sixth ITER council meeting; introduces the newly appointed ITER director and reports on his address to the ITER council. The vacuum tank for the ITER model coil testing, installed at JAERI, Naka, Japan is also briefly described

ITER EDA Newsletter. V. 6, no. 8

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1997-08-01

This issue of the Newsletter contains a report on blanket remote handling development by K. Shibanuma, R. Haange ( both ITER Joint Central Team) and E. Tada (Japan Home Team) and a report on Fusion research support by the IAEA by T.J. Dolan and U. Schneider Physics Section, IAEA

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ITER EDA newsletter. V. 2, no. 12

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1993-12-01

This issue of the ITER EDA (Engineering Design Activities) Newsletter contains a report of the Second ITER Technical Committee Meeting on Safety, Environment, and Regulatory Approval, San Diego, USA, November 3-12, 1993, and a summary report on an ITER Magnet Technical Meeting, Naka, Japan, October 5-8, 1993

ITER EDA newsletter. V. 5, no. 2

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1996-02-01

This issue of the Newsletter reports on the First Technical Meeting on ITER Neutral Beam Injection held at Naka, Japan, 13-16 February 1996, and on the First Workshop on Energetic Particles and Heating and Current Drive held at the Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, Russia, on October 2 - 6, 1995

Forming perceptions and the limits to public participation on ocean commons

DEFF Research Database (Denmark)

Hadjimichael, Maria; Delaney, Alyne

2017-01-01

Public views of, and public participation in, the management of commons are increasingly being recommended and sought after in environmental management processes. Yet, given the limits of today’s liberal democracy, what are the weaknesses? This article presents data from a citizens jury......-inspired deliberative workshop held to tease out stakeholder views of management priorities for a section of the North Sea: the Dogger Bank. As this article reveals, the lessons learned from the Dogger Bank workshop advocate not simply what is required for managing one particular ocean commons, but also highlight some...... of the public participation research design failings, taking public participation in resource management further by adding to the literature and theoretical discussions on the public sphere (Habermas 1989). Analysis of the citizens jury-inspired deliberative workshop also highlights the critical issue of power...

The public participation handbook: making better decisions through citizen involvement

National Research Council Canada - National Science Library

Creighton, James L

2005-01-01

"Internationally renowned facilitator and consultant James L. Creighton offers a practical guide to designing and facilitating public participation in environmental and public policy decision making...

Soils Newsletter, Vol. 32, No. 1, July 2009

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2009-07-01

In this Newsletter, one will see several developments in the Soil and Water Management and Crop Nutrition Section Subprogramme which provide information and technical support to Member States in the areas of land and water management for sustainable agriculture

DOE headquarters publications

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1978-12-01

This bibliography provides listings of (mainly policy and programmatic) publications issued from the U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, D.C. The listings are arranged by the report number assigned to each publication. All of the publications listed, except for those shown as still in preparation, may be seen in the Energy Library. A title index arranged by title keywords follows the listings. Certain publications have been omitted. They include such items as pamphlets, fact sheets, bulletins and weekly/monthly issuances of DOE's Energy Information Administration and Economic Regulatory Administration, and employee bulletins and newsletters. Omitted from the bibliography altogether are headquarters publications assigned other types of report codes--e.g., HCP (Headquarters Contractor Publication) and CONF

Evaluating public participation exercises - PUMA findings

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Vergez, Christian; )

2003-01-01

A programme of work was undertaken under the auspices of the PUMA (Public Management Project) Working Group on Strengthening Government-Citizen Connections during 1999-2000. Two comparative surveys were conducted among 23 OECD member countries and the European Union, and eight in-depth country cases were performed; the results were discussed in five meetings and published as 'OECD PUMA, 2001'. While the benefits of engaging citizens in policy-making may be considerable, governments should not underestimate the risks associated with poorly designed and inadequate measures for information, consultation and active participation. They may seek to inform, consult and encourage active participation by citizens in order to enhance the quality, credibility and legitimacy of their policy decisions. However the opposite effect may be achieved if citizens discover that their efforts to be informed, provide feedback and actively participate are ignored or have no impact at all on the decisions reached. To reduce the risk of rapid disillusionment and further erosion of citizens' trust, governments must ensure that: - information is complete, objective, reliable, relevant, easy to find and understand; - consultation is conducted with clear goals and according to unambiguous rules which clearly state the limits of the exercise and government's obligation to account for the use made of citizens' input; - participation provides sufficient time and flexibility to allow for the emergence of new ideas and proposals on the part of citizens and a mechanism for their integration into government's policy-making process. Yet the comparative study performed by PUMA found that evaluation was often overlooked. There is a striking imbalance between the amount of time, money and energy which OECD Member countries invest in strengthening government-citizen connections and their efforts to evaluate the effectiveness of these measures and their impact on public policy-making

Nuclear data newsletter. No. 21

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1995-07-01

This issue of the Nuclear Data Newsletter dated July 1995 gives information on the following topics: data indexes and bibliographies, information about how access to NDIS could be done, new nuclear data libraries received including package of nine data libraries on neutron reactions, a list of selected reports and documents on nuclear data, a data base on Nuclear Data Standards for Nuclear Measurements. Conference announcements and addresses of the co-operating nuclear data service centers are included

PSI nuclear and particle physics newsletter 1990

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

Frosch, R.; Furrer, F.

1991-01-01

This newsletter contains reports on nuclear and particle physics supported by the F1 division of PSI. Groups were invited to present new preliminary or final results obtained in 1990. As ususal, the contributions were not referred. They should be quoted after consultation with the authors only. (author) figs., tabs., refs

ITER ITA newsletter. No. 27, January 2006

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2006-02-01

This issue of ITER ITA (ITER transitional arrangements) newsletter contains concise information about two ITER related meetings including the twelfth ITER Negotiations Meeting and The Ninth Meeting of the ITPA Topical Group (TG) on Diagnostics was held at the National Fusion Research Centre (NFRC), Daejeon, Korea, from 10-14 October 2005

ITER EDA newsletter. V. 5, no. 9

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1996-09-01

This issue of the Newsletter on the Engineering Design Activities (EDA) for the ITER project contains an overview of one of the seven large ITER Research and Development Projects identified by the ITER Director, namely the Vacuum Vessel Sector, as well as an account of computer animation created for ITER

ITER ITA newsletter. No. 2, March 2003

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2003-05-01

This ITER ITA newsletter contains concise information about the JASS (Joint Assessment of Specific Sites) final report. The main conclusion is that all four sites are sound and fully capable to respond to all ITER Site Requirements and Design assumptions, as approved by the ITER Council in its January 2000 Meeting

Food Irradiation Newsletter. V. 17, no. 1

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1993-02-01

This newsletter carries reports of the Research Co-ordination Meetings, Workshops and Training Seminars held between April and September 1992. Consumer acceptance of irradiated foods is extensively discussed, and a Seminar on Food Irradiation held in Marseille in September 1992 attended by about 30 journalists from the European community is described

ITER ITA newsletter. No. 8, September 2003

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2003-10-01

This issue of ITER ITA (ITER transitional Arrangements) newsletter contains concise information about ITER related activities including Robert Aymar's leaving ITER for CERN, ITER related issues at the IAEA General Conference and status and prospects of thermonuclear power and activity during the ITA on materials foe vessel and in-vessel components

ITER EDA newsletter. V. 5, no. 3

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1996-03-01

This issue of the Newsletter provides a summary of the NSSR-1 Working Meeting held in San Diego, February 26 - March 1, 1996 and on the First Industry Liaison Meeting held in San Diego at the end of July, 1996. It also features a contribution entitled ''Remote Control of ITER Experiments''

Public participation in EIA in Hungary: Analysis through three case studies

Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)

Palerm, J.R. [Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London (United Kingdom)

1999-03-01

Public participation and environmental impact assessment (EIA) are recent developments in Hungary; in spite of this considerable advances have been made in their development. Hungarian EIA offers a range of public participation mechanisms depending on the year the permitting process began as well as the sector to which the project corresponds, offering a good range of examples to study and compare. Three case studies have been selected, each making use of different public participation schemes: (1) a hazardous waste incinerator, falling under the 1993 provisional EIA decree; (2) a power plant, falling under the 1993 provisional EIA decree as well as the 1994 Energy Act; and (3) a motorway previous to any EIA legislation but having to meet EBRD`s EIA requirements, the motorways planning process, and the developer`s own initiative for participation. The system`s strengths and weaknesses are identified, as well as lessons drawn from international EIA theory and practice, such as the need for including early public involvement and a formal scoping phase.

Nutrition Frontiers E-Newsletter | Division of Cancer Prevention

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The Nutritional Science Research Group, Division of Cancer Prevention at NCI issues a quarterly electronic newsletter, Nutrition Frontiers, that highlights emerging evidence linking diet to cancer prevention and showcases recent findings about who will likely benefit most from dietary change. |

The plethora of publics and their participation in policy making: How can they properly participate?

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Carnes, S.A.

1995-07-01

This paper examines the theoretical bases of publics and stakeholder participation in decision making, with special attention to mixed issues, including federal government actions such as remedial action programs and hazardous facility sitings. Empowerment associated with participation is addressed, focusing on differences between power and authority.

Public participation in environmental management in China: status quo and mode innovation.

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Chen, Mei; Qian, Xin; Zhang, Longjiang

2015-03-01

Public participation in environmental management is critically important in the development of a healthy environmental governance system. However, public participation has not been well institutionalized in China and the public's role in environmental management is limited. Chinese policy-makers and researchers currently face a dilemma wherein they must determine how to fully and effectively involve the public. This paper aims to contribute an innovative approach that can effectively engage the general public, allowing them to participate more in China's environmental management. In this paper, we first review the current status of environmental management and public participation in China. Based on China's political and socio-cultural-legal dynamics, an Environmental Community Consultative Group (ECCG) was developed to be an innovative means to engage community members. A pilot study of the ECCG was carried out in Yapu village of Changzhou City in Jiangsu Province. The evaluation of the process and outcome of the ECCG showed that the group's effectiveness and influence were significant; the ECCG model was a powerful means by which to promote public environmental awareness, improve public environmental behavior and facilitate public engagement in environmental management. But the ECCG is a small local group that may not function well regarding more complex issues covering a much larger area and has limited impact on environmental policy making. The ECCG experience offers the prospect of grassroots involvement in environmental protection for China's rural areas, while also laying the foundation for further research on community participation in environmental management.

Public Participation in Environmental Management in China: Status Quo and Mode Innovation

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Chen, Mei; Qian, Xin; Zhang, Longjiang

2015-03-01

Public participation in environmental management is critically important in the development of a healthy environmental governance system. However, public participation has not been well institutionalized in China and the public's role in environmental management is limited. Chinese policy-makers and researchers currently face a dilemma wherein they must determine how to fully and effectively involve the public. This paper aims to contribute an innovative approach that can effectively engage the general public, allowing them to participate more in China's environmental management. In this paper, we first review the current status of environmental management and public participation in China. Based on China's political and socio-cultural-legal dynamics, an Environmental Community Consultative Group (ECCG) was developed to be an innovative means to engage community members. A pilot study of the ECCG was carried out in Yapu village of Changzhou City in Jiangsu Province. The evaluation of the process and outcome of the ECCG showed that the group's effectiveness and influence were significant; the ECCG model was a powerful means by which to promote public environmental awareness, improve public environmental behavior and facilitate public engagement in environmental management. But the ECCG is a small local group that may not function well regarding more complex issues covering a much larger area and has limited impact on environmental policy making. The ECCG experience offers the prospect of grassroots involvement in environmental protection for China's rural areas, while also laying the foundation for further research on community participation in environmental management.

Public participation in the licensing of large-scale projects with environmental impact

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

1989-01-01

As a rule, public participation in licensing and planning procedures for large-scale projects with environmental impact is as controversial as the projects themselves. Against this background, an interdisciplinary examination of several 'cases' of public participation in administrative procedures with varying legal forms is being conducted in a joint research project run by the Department for Applied Systems Analysis (Karlsruher Nuclear Centre) and the Research Institute for Public Administration at the College for Administrative Sciences in Speyer. The actual course of events and the practical experience of the groups involved (authorities, applicants, objectors, experts) are related to the applicable legal arrangements for public participation. The question to be answered is: which expected and unexpected functions do the procedures actually fulfill and which not. Proposals for the amendment of legal policy could be developed upon the foundation of such a diagnosis. The report contains the results of the 'pilot study' on public participation in the licensing of the nuclear power plant GKN-2 in Neckarwestheim and further contributions on the issue of 'public participation', presented within the framework of a research colloquium at the School for Nuclear Technology/Karlsruhe Nuclear Research Centre. (orig.) [de

SSDL newsletter. No. 43

International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

2000-07-01

The main article of this issue of the SSDL Newsletter deals with the calibration of low energy photon sources and beta-ray brachytherapy sources. It contains guidelines to SSDLs and hospital physicists for the calibration of these sources. The report has been prepared in close collaboration with the ICRU Report Committee on this subject, who is also planning to publish a report on the calibration of these types of sources. During the sixties and seventies, the IAEA published documents on computerized radiotherapy dose calculations, such as TRS-8 on Single-Field Isodose Charts for High-Energy Radiation (1962) and the 4 Volumes of the ''Atlas of Radiation Dose Distributions'' (1965-1972). During the eighties and nineties, no document was published by the IAEA in this field, even if major developments had occurred in that period. Specifically, fast computers and powerful Monte Carlo systems and application codes, addressed to radiotherapy treatment planning, were developed with the aim to provide sufficiently accurate dose calculations and great increases in speed. A consultants' meeting was held at the IAEA with a group of experts in the field to discuss current needs and trends, and to make recommendations to the IAEA. The consultants emphasized the need for the IAEA to play an active role in this field. Their full report is the second article of this Newsletter. Four new SSDLs have recently joined our Network: these are from Germany, Greece, Ethiopia and Vietnam. They have been added to the database of the IAEA/WHO Network of SSDLs and are listed on pages 44-45 of Member Laboratories