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Triggering of the fire sprinkler system in a fuel production facility at a research center

Published: 17 December 2024
Categories: IAEA

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Triggering of the fire sprinkler system in a fuel production facility at a research center

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Event Date: 04 September 2024 Event Type: Research Facility Event Location: Norway, Institute for Energy Technology, Kjeller INES Rating: 1 (Final)

During an exercise, the fire sprinkler system in a laboratory building was activated. Approximately 2000 liters of water affected 9 rooms in the facility. The water was gathered and collected in storage tanks. No radioactive contamination was detected in the water nor in the equipment used in the cleanup.

On the day of the event a live action exercise was being conducted. The fire sprinkler system had been turned off so that smoke machines would not trigger them. When the fire sprinkler system was re-activated, a pre-warning was triggered at the fire station and the sprinklers were accidentally activated. 10 sprinklers were active for
approximately 15 minutes, resulting in 2000 liters of water pooling on the floors of 9 rooms in the facility.

There has been no contamination detected in the resulting water. Tools used to swab the water, and the floors themselves, were also tested for contaminants after the

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What is the shoulder season in electricity markets?

Published: 16 December 2024
Categories: US Energy Information Administration

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In-brief analysis

December 16, 2024

Electricity consumption in the U.S. Lower 48 states is highly seasonal; the demand for electricity peaks in the summer and the winter in response to more extreme temperatures and decreases in the spring and fall, in the so-called shoulder seasons, when weather is generally milder. Electric utilities and owners of power-generating assets perform maintenance on power plants during shoulder seasons because of less electricity demand that means that the system generally doesn’t need to be operating at full capacity.

The spring shoulder season is usually March, April, and May, and the fall shoulder season is typically September, October, and November. However, many factors can influence the exact timing of planned maintenance such as local weather patterns, utility strategy, and market conditions.

In the spring shoulder season of 2024 (March–May), electricity generation

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Level 1 – Global Dengue

Published: 15 December 2024
Categories: DoT, Public Health

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Dengue is a year-round risk in many parts of the world, with outbreaks commonly occurring every 2-5 years. Travelers to risk areas should prevent mosquito bites. Country List : Burkina Faso, Colombia, Ecuador, including the Galápagos Islands, Guatemala, Honduras, Mali, Mexico, Panama, Sudan, Afghanistan, Cape Verde, Cuba, El Salvador, French Polynesia, including the island groups of Society Islands (Tahiti, Moorea, and Bora-Bora), Marquesas Islands (Hiva Oa and Ua Huka), and Austral Islands (Tubuai and Rurutu), Iran, Grenada, India, Trinidad and Tobago, Philippines, Ethiopia, Saint Lucia, Pakistan, Central African Republic, Guadeloupe

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Why materials science is key to unlocking the next frontier of AI development

Published: 12 December 2024
Categories: MIT Tech Review

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The Intel 4004, the first commercial microprocessor, was released in 1971. With 2,300 transistors packed into 12mm2, it heralded a revolution in computing. A little over 50 years later, Apple’s M2 Ultra contains 134 billion transistors.

The scale of progress is difficult to comprehend, but the evolution of semiconductors, driven for decades by Moore’s Law, has paved a path from the emergence of personal computing and the internet to today’s AI revolution.

But this pace of innovation is not guaranteed, and the next frontier of technological advances—from the future of AI to new computing paradigms—will only happen if we think differently.

Atomic challenges

The modern microchip stretches both the limits of physics and credulity. Such is the atomic precision, that a few atoms can decide the function of an entire chip. This marvel of engineering is the result of over 50 years of

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