Plutonium management and Generation IV systems

This paper discusses the potential role of Generation IV nuclear energy systems in managing plutonium. It briefly reviews the Generation IV goals and their relevance to plutonium management. Each of the six selected Generation IV systems [very high temperature reactor (VHTR), gas-cooled fast reactor (GFR), sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR), super-critical-water-cooled reactor (SCWR), lead-cooled fast reactor (LFR), molten salt reactor (MSR)] is briefly discussed. The main characteristics of each system are summarised and the capability for plutonium management indicated. The potential for the management of plutonium using Generation IV systems is briefly reviewed from a complete fuel cycle perspective to illustrate the issues in the context of a fleet of reactor and fuel cycle facilities.     

Energy use in the life cycle of conventional and low-energy buildings: A review article

A literature survey on buildings’ life cycle energy use was performed, resulting in a total of 60 cases from nine countries. The cases included both residential and non-residential units. Despite climate and other background differences, the study revealed a linear relation between operating and total energy valid through all the cases. Case studies on buildings built according to different design criteria, and at parity of all other conditions, showed that design of low-energy buildings induces both a net benefit in total life cycle energy demand and an increase in the embodied energy. A solar house proved to be more energy efficient than an equivalent house built with commitment to use “green” materials. Also, the same solar house decreased life cycle energy demand by a factor of two with respect to an equivalent conventional version, when operating energy was expressed as end-use energy and the lifetime assumed to be 50 years. A passive house proved to be more energy efficient than an equivalent self-sufficient solar house. Also, the same passive house decreased life cycle energy demand by a factor of three – expected to rise to four in a new version – with respect to an equivalent conventional version, when operating energy was expressed as primary energy and the lifetime assumed to be 80 years.     

我国核裂变能可持续发展战略研究

本文从科学技术的角度,分析我国国民经济增长对核能发展的需求,探讨我国核能的近中期发展战略构想,指出为实现其发展战略目标而应重点研究的关键科学技术与问题,并提出一些相关的政策建议,为国家制定核能中长期发展规划提供参考。     

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位于准噶尔盆地腹部的陆梁油气田是准噶尔盆地的又一个亿吨级油气田。笔者运用地球化学方法分析了陆梁油气田石炭纪—早白垩世地层水的类型、平面和纵向分布特征，将其划分为3个水文地质旋回，第一旋回为石炭系—三叠系，为深层静止开放的滞流型水力系统；第二旋回为侏罗系八道湾组—西山窑组，为中层弱开放的压实驱动型水力系统；第三旋回为侏罗系头屯河组—白垩系，为浅层强开放的重力驱动型水力系统。第一、二水文地质旋回是油气生成和初次运移的有利时期，淋滤期前的一段时间是油气二次运移和成藏的较好时期，第三水文地质旋回是油气藏破坏及次生油气藏形成的时期。     

High temperature low cycle fatigue

Fatigue at high temperature is a complex phenomenon as it is influenced by a number of time-dependent processes which become important at elevated temperatures. These processes include creep, oxidation, phase instabilities and dynamic strain ageing (DSA), acting either independently or synergistically influence fatigue behaviour, often lowering the fatigue life. Current design approaches employ linear summation of fatigue and creep damage with suitable factors on permissible damage to take care of uncertainties in interaction between cyclic and time-dependent processes. It is, therefore, important to develop a deeper understanding of the processes that occur during high temperature fatigue so that realistic life predictions could be made. Results on the high temperature fatigue behaviour of austenitic stainless steels, ferritic steels and nickel base alloys are presented here. The important mechanisms of interaction of high temperature time-dependent processes with fatigue under various conditions are discussed in detail. Emphasis is placed on cyclic stress response, fatigue life, deformation substructure and fracture behaviour. This is followed by a review of important life prediction techniques under combined creep-fatigue loading conditions. Life prediction techniques considered here include linear damage summation, strain range partitioning, ductility exhaustion approach, frequency modified and frequency separation methods, techniques based on hysteresis energy and damage rate models, and methods based on crack-cavitation interation models.     

乙烯装置制冷系统的用能分析

通过对制冷压缩机功耗的模拟和对实际运行数据的分析,比较了乙烯装置中的复迭多级制冷系统和混合冷剂制冷系统的用能状况,分析了混合冷剂制冷的优点和不足。采用AspenPlus10.2软件模拟的结果表明,采用混合冷剂制冷技术的丙烯-混合冷剂复迭制冷系统比传统的丙烯-乙烯复迭制冷系统节省功耗4.3GJ/h,制冷压缩机损系数则从47.6%减小到43.3%,而系统效率由25.0%提高到26.6%。虽混合冷剂在换热过程中出现的气液两相流,会在一定程度上抵消其在热力学效率上的优势,但混合制冷技术用于乙烯装置仍可降低能耗、提高热力学效率。     

Vegetation Change in Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands: Deviation from the Historical Cycle

Water-level change is integral to the structure and function of Great Lakes coastal wetlands, and many studies document predictable relationships between vegetation and water level. However, anthropogenic stressors, such as invasive species, land-use change, and water-level stabilization, interact to shift the historical cycle (of native vegetation migration up- and down-slope) toward dominance by invasive Typha species. Knowing from earlier studies that water-level stabilization alters the historical vegetation cycle, we asked if similar shifts can occur where water levels are not stabilized. Using historical aerial photographs of three coastal wetlands (in Lake Michigan's Green Bay, Wisconsin), we determined that habitat dominated by Typha species has expanded to eliminate wet meadow habitat. Between 1974 and 1992, linear regressions showed strong, significant relationships of both meadow area (R² ≥ 0.894; p < 0.02) and marsh area (R² ≥ 0.784; p < 0.05) to water level in all three wetlands. In 2000, meadow area was below that predicted by the historical pattern due to the landward advance of marsh habitat during a year of decreasing water levels. In the same period, land use in the wetland watersheds converted from agriculture to urban. Urbanization and the replacement of native Typha latifolia by the invasive hybrid Typha xglauca may have overwhelmed the beneficial impact of water-level fluctuation. The documentation of vegetation shifts, as herein, is an essential step in the process of preserving and restoring ecological integrity.     

CDC15, an essential cell cycle gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, encodes a protein kinase domain

The cell division cycle gene CDC15 is essential for the late nuclear division in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The amino acid sequence of the 974 amino acids/110 kDa CDC15 gene product, as deduced from the nucleotide sequence, includes an aminoterminal protein kinase domain which contains a primary sequence mosaic showing patterns specific for protein serine/threonine kinases besides those for protein tyrosine kinases. Many protein kinases non-essential for growth are known. CDC15 represents an essential protein kinase like CDC7 and CDC28. A carboxyterminal deletion of 32 amino acids renders the protein inactive.     

柴达木盆地北缘侏罗系沉积环境演变及其石油地质意义

柴达木盆地北缘(柴北缘)东段大煤沟剖面侏罗系沉积层序发育完整。下侏罗统岩性以细砾岩、细—粉砂岩与炭质泥岩和页岩的不等厚互层为特征,其中大煤沟组一、二段与辫状河三角洲平原相关的湖沼相炭质泥页岩较发育,多含叶肢介、双壳类和植物等静水环境生物化石,沉积环境为辫状河三角洲—滨浅湖体系;由3个中期基准面升降旋回构成1个长期旋回。中侏罗统厚层河流—冲积相砂砾岩较发育,化石面貌以介形虫和植物为主,沉积环境为扇三角洲—滨浅湖体系,中上部发育较深湖相沉积;由9个中期基准面升降旋回构成1个长期旋回。不同时期和地区的化石与岩相分布特征反映侏罗纪沉积中心由西向东迁移。构造活动和气候是沉积环境的主要影响因素,但前者起重要的控制作用。早侏罗世潮湿气候下的辫状河三角洲平原为柴北缘提供了重要的生烃母质,但中侏罗世中晚期半干旱气候更有利于形成高品质的烃源岩。图5表1参18     

宽频带函数波形产生器的研制

本文介绍以ＭＡＸ０３８为基础而研制的宽频带函数波形产生器，它可以产生２￣２×＾７Ｈｚ频率范围的正弦波、三角波、锯齿波和矩形波以及与它们同步的ＴＴＬ脉冲信号。