A high-energy carbon-ion radiotherapy facility is under construction at Gunma University Heavy Ion Medical Centre (GHMC). Its design was based on a study of the heavy ion radiotherapy at the National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS) in order to reduce the size and construction cost of the facility. A compact electron cyclotron resonance ion source (ECRIS) for Gunma University, called K...

The Research Services Branch plans and coordinates new facilities for the Institute, operates and maintains existing facilities and provides other support functions including centralized glassware and media preparation; instrumentation development and maintenance; arts, graphics and photography; space management; security; landscaping and grounds maintenance and janitorial. Facilities NIEHS is ...

All the ITER superconductors are tested as short length samples in the SULTAN test facility at CRPP. Eighteen TF conductor samples with small layout variations were tested since February 2007 with the aim of verification of the design and qualification of the manufacturers. The sample assembly and the measurement techniques at CRPP are discussed. Starting in 2010, another test facility for ITER...

This paper shows that timely development of fusion nuclear technology (FNT) components, e.g. blanket, for DEMO requires the construction and operation of a fusion facility parallel to ITER. This facility, called VNS, will be dedicated to testing, developing and qualifying FNT components and material combinations. Without VNS, i.e. with ITER alone strategy, the probability of achieving operating...

Long recognized as a major contributor to global depletion of natural resources, the US construction industry is finally making strides in its efforts to achieve more sustainable building projects. Along the way, design and construction organizations face new challenges and the need to rethink their approach to almost every aspect of their operations. Many are finding that efforts to become mor...

Construction cost assessment during bid preparation is the most tedious and responsible stage. Evaluators have to take into account a multitude of various factors affecting construction cost. They include the following in case of the conventional construction pattern: the chosen methods and technologies of facility construction; options of construction provision with machinery and mechanisms, l...

Traditionally, materials selection for the design and construction of facilities has been based on economic and technological considerations, given the desired life span of a facility and the program of requirements and codes it must meet. In design environments where ecological, health, and ethical impacts are increasingly important, often the only way to choose from many different material al...

Third-generation synchrotron light sources are specifically designed to operate with long insertion devices that produce very high brightness beams of synchrotron radiation. There are many such facilities now under construction, or in the design stage, allover the world. After a brief review of the main properties of the low emittance storage rings that form the heart of these facilities, we wi...

Abstract In the petroleum industry, packers refer to components/products which are used isolate one section in a formation from others, or outer of production tubing inner section, may be casing liner wellbore itself. Mechanical installed through some form movement. Permanent low cost and provide better seal. Retrievable have lower sealing capability but re-usable after repair, therefore expens...

Abstract La Parrilla is a tungsten and tin mine located in western Spain. The tailings facility has total capacity for 3 Mm will be executed four different phases. main constraint the design construction of dam that it been constructed over an existing one from 1980s. activities involved removal substitution old southern portion facility, ground improvement with gravel columns area about 10,000...