核设施的退役

本文对核设施退役的概念、现状等作了简单介绍。     

智能化建筑电气安装的质量监控

为保证智能化建筑整体运行的先进水平和安全，对电气施工安装提出严格质量监控，具有一定的重要性。     

高频焊管金属流线的形成形态与分析

焊管生产中主要工艺参数的合理选择和匹配，是保证生产过程稳定和产品质量及提高生产率的关键因素。比较系统地介绍了高频焊管金属流线的形成、形貌 (集中表现为焊缝 )，对熔合线、热影响区及金属流线常见的各种缺陷和不良形态、产生的原因及其对焊管质量的影响进行了阐述，并提出了金属流线分析的操作方法。     

The Rengen Grassland Experiment: soil contamination by trace elements after 65 years of Ca,N, P and K fertiliser application

The Rengen Grassland Experiment (RGE) was established in the Eifel Mts. (Germany) on a low productive Nardetum in 1941. Since then, the following fertiliser treatments have been applied along with a two cut system: unfertilised control, Ca, CaN, CaNP, CaNP–KCl and CaNP–K₂SO₄ with basic slag (syn. Thomas phosphate) as the only P fertiliser. The effect of long-term fertilisation on plant-available (extracted with 0.01 mol l⁻¹ CaCl₂), easily-mobilisable (extracted with 0.05 mol l⁻¹ EDTA), potentially-mobilisable (extracted with 2 mol l⁻¹ HNO₃) and total concentrations of trace elements (As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn) in the top 0–10 and 10–20 cm of soil were investigated in 2006. According to redundancy analysis (RDA), the effect of treatment on the concentrations of risk elements was significant and explained 82.3 and 90.6% of the variability in the data in the 0–10 and 10–20 cm soil layers, respectively. Basic slag supplied the soil with considerable amounts of As, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn and Zn. Following 65 years of fertiliser application the concentrations of risk elements in the soil profile had increased substantially, especially with basic slag. However, threshold limits for total trace element concentration in soil permitted by Czech national legislation were exceeded only in the case of As. The increase in plant-available As concentrations was most critical as it increased the potential uptake of As by plants in plots fertilised with P. Although P treatments received more than 300 g of Cr ha⁻¹ annually, no effect on plant-available Cr soil content was detected. This contrasted with the accumulation of total Cr in the 0–10 and 10–20 cm soil layers. Furthermore, plant availability of Cd, Fe, Mn and Zn was affected by soil pH and generally decreased with the application of quick lime. Plant availability of these elements was not correlated with amounts supplied by fertilisers.     

The direct laser deposition of AISI316 stainless steel and Cr3C2 powder

The laser deposition of AISI316 powder blended with Cr₃C₂ over austenitic stainless steel plate was carried out as part of an investigation aimed at determining the feasibility of applying localized reinforcement to stainless steel components. The chromium carbide powder dissolved in the process to produce a range of carbides which reinforced and increased the hardness of the material. The results of optical microscope metallography and SEM/EDX and XRD analysis as well as microhardness measurements are reported. Surfaces produced by deposition of the powder blend were machine-ground and subjected to pin-on-disc and corrosion tests. The tests indicated an improvement to sliding wear resistance and a good resistance to salt spray and pitting corrosion conditions.     

Polyacrylate anion exchangers in sorption of heavy metal ions with non-biodegradable complexing agents

The polyacrylate anion exchangers are widely used in purification of heavy metal ions from wastewaters and different accompanying complexing agents. Such effluents containing the chelators (EDTA, NTA, HEDTA, DTPA, and IDA) are discharged from relevant industries such as printed circuits boards, plating on plastics, metal finishing and others. The sorption was studied as a function of phase contact time and pH by the batch technique. It was found that the removal of heavy metal ions in the presence of EDTA, NTA and IDA strictly depends on the phase contact time and pH values. Various kinetic models such as the pseudo first-order and the pseudo second-order as well as the intraparticle one were also tested to estimate the sorption rate. The equilibrium capacities of the studied anion exchangers for Cu(II), Zn(II), Co(II), Ni(II), Pb(II) and Cd(II) in the presence of EDTA were the highest for Pb(II) and Cd(II). The order of sorption for Amberlite IRA 458, Amberlite IRA 958 as well as Amberlite IRA 67 can be as follows: Pb(II) > Cd(II) > Zn(II) > Cu(II) > Ni(II) > Co(II). The stability of forming complexes was also compared. The estimation of the capacities of anion exchangers under investigation by the continuous column studies was also carried out.     

Results from the monitoring of pesticide residues in fruit and vegetables on the Danish market, 1998?99

The objective of the Danish pesticide monitoring programme for fruit and vegetables was to check for compliance with the maximum residue levels in foods and to monitor the residue levels to assess the pesticide exposure of the Danish population. Sampling plans were designed based on previous findings and on food consumption data. Approximately 60% of the samples were selected on the basis of positive findings in samples from the previous 5 years. The remaining samples reflected the pattern of food consumption in Denmark. In addition, a rolling programme is maintained for commodities with a low consumption and no detected residues. Within each commodity, the sampling was random. Samples (n = 4150) of mainly fresh, conventionally grown fruit and vegetables were taken throughout the chain of suppliers including foodprocessing companies. Of the samples, 3% were frozen products and 2% were organically grown. Of the samples, 35% were of Danish origin, with 65% originating from other countries. Three accredited laboratories performed analyses of the samples using capillary gas chromatography, liquid chromatography and spectrophotometric methods. Results were registered online into a central database. Residues were found in 54% of the samples of fruit but only in 13% of the vegetables. Residues above the MRL were found in 4% of all samples of fruit and in 1% of vegetables.     

Study of the synergic effect of sulphate pre-treatment and platinisation on the highly improved photocatalytic activity of TiO2

An important improvement of the photocatalytic activity of sol–gel prepared TiO₂ has been achieved by sulphate pre-treatment, calcination at high temperature and further platinisation of the samples.

The presence of sulphuric acid clearly stabilised TiO₂ surface area against sintering, maintaining at the same time anatase phase until higher calcination temperatures than in non-sulphated samples. Platinisation of the samples with different nominal amounts of platinum (from 0.5 to 2.5 wt%) was performed and the influence of sulphate treatment on the dispersion and deposit size of platinum on the TiO₂ surface was studied.

Characterisation results and photocatalytic activity of these catalysts were compared with those of unmodified TiO₂. Simultaneously sulphated and platinised TiO₂ samples were highly active for phenol degradation, used as model reaction for the photocatalytic studies, having higher activities than only platinised or only sulphated samples. The activity of these samples were several orders of magnitude higher than that of the commercial TiO₂ Degussa P25 (platinised or unmodified) as well, with independence of the nominal amount of platinum of the samples.

A wide characterisation of the samples was performed and correlations between characterisation results and activity properties are reported.     

Utilization of Heavy Metal Molten Salts in the ARIES-RS Fusion Reactor

ARIES-RS is one of the major magnetic fusion energy reactor designs that uses a blanket having vanadium alloy structure cooled by lithium [1, 2]. It is a deuterium–tritium (DT) fusion driven reactor, having a fusion power of 2170 MW [1, 2]. This study presents the neutronic analysis of the ARIES-RS fusion reactor using heavy metal molten salts in which Li₂BeF₄ as the main constituent was mixed with increased mole fractions of heavy metal salt (ThF₄ or UF₄) starting by 2 mol.% up to 12 mol.%. Neutron transport calculations were carried out with the help of the SCALE 4.3 system by solving the Boltzmann transport equation with the XSDRNPM code in 238 neutron groups and a S ₈–P ₃ approximation. According to the numerical results, tritium self-sufficiency was attained for the coolants, Flibe with 2% UF₄ or ThF₄ and 4% UF₄. In addition, higher energy multiplication values were found for the salt with UF₄ compared to that with ThF₄. Furthermore, significant amount of high quality nuclear fuel was produced to be used in external reactors.     

Influence of hydrogenation on structure and magnetic properties of HoFe11−xCoxTi

Magnetic properties and crystal structure of the hydrides of ferromagnetic compounds HoFe_11−xCo_xTi (x = 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 11) are investigated. The crystal structure was determined by X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis and the magnetization was measured in applied magnetic fields up to 10 T and at temperatures ranging from 5 K to room temperature. Results show that the crystal structure of the hydrides is the same as for parent compounds but with a moderate unit cell increase. Other properties such as saturation magnetization are affected by H insertion within the lattice. The effect of hydrogenation on magnetic anisotropy energy leads to disappearance of the FOMPs observed in the parent compounds.