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The Nuclear Industry Pushes Back Against Coronavirus

Jim Conca

The Nuclear Industry first developed pandemic response plans in 2006, but they were revised in March. Many seem obvious, like stockpiling critical protective gear and implementing screening methods for employees and visitors to critical facilities, but it’s the execution that takes real effort.

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U.S. Shale Revolution Slows Down: The Start of a Decline?

Energy Central

Beginning in 2006, U.S. Before the transformative impact of the shale boom, U.S. oil production had been steadily falling for decades, while natural gas output had plateaued. The Shale Boom’s Impact on U.S. Production But the rise of shale drilling changed everything. natural gas production surged by an impressive.

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Navigating Europe’s restriction on microplastics

Envirotec Magazine

1907/2006 ‘Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals’ (REACH). On September 27, 2023, the EU issued Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/2055 to regulate synthetic polymer microparticles as substances on their own and in mixtures under Regulation (EC) No.

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Inside Eraring, the giant coal-fired power station that escaped a 2025 death sentence

The Guardian: Energy

Shifts in the plant’s control room look a lot different now to what they did 20 years ago – largely because of the progress of renewables Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast When Jono Lawless began work in the control room of Origin Energy’s giant Eraring power station in 2006, his shifts were much less complicated. “We

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From ‘hug a husky’ to ‘max out the oil’: the Tory environmental journey

The Guardian: Energy

Eighteen years on from David Cameron’s “hug a husky” campaign of 2006, where the climate and nature crises were largely viewed with cross-party consensus, we look back through the (many) Tory manifestos since 2010 to see how the Conservatives’ environmental message has evolved.

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The basics of ITC vs. PTC for the solar industry

Solar Power World

solar industry has had some version of an investment tax credit (ITC) since 2006. This one-time credit on the cost to build a solar project has been influential to the growth of the industry, with SEIA reporting the U.S. market has grown by more than 10,000% since the ITC was introduced.

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No significant link between Industry 4.0 and energy consumption or energy intensity

TechXplore

A team from the Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS) analyzed developments across 10 industrial manufacturing sectors in China between 2006 and 2019. To what extent does the digitalization of industrial and manufacturing processes (Industry 4.0) improve energy efficiency and thus reduce energy intensity?

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