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Stanislav Nikolaevich Rodionov (–)
SCIENCE & GLOBAL SECURITY ,VOL.,NO.,– http://dx.doi.org/./.. Memoriam: Stanislav Nikolaevich Rodionov (–) Oleg Prilutsky and Frank von Hippel Stanislav Rodionov was a member of the first post-World War II generation of Soviet physicists. He began his scientific career in 1953 in what is now known as the National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute” where he carried out an exper- iment in which, for the first time in the Soviet Union, he captured electrons from tritium decay in a magnetic mirror adiabatic trap. From 1958 to 1973, he worked in the Nuclear Physics Institute of the Siberian Division of USSR Academy of Sciences in Akademgorodok near Novosibirsk. Dur- ing the 1960s, while Rodionov was there, this institute, directed by Academician Budker, built one of the first electron-positron colliders in the world (VEPP-2). Rodionov played a very important scientific-organizational role as the Secretary of the institute’s Scientific Council—its “Round Table.” In 1974, Rodionov returned to Moscow to join the staff of the Soviet Academy of Sciences’ Space Research Institute (IKI) directed by Roald Sagdeev. There he partici- pated in the organization of international collaborations in space research programs, which was a pioneering contribution to opening up Soviet science to the world. Rodionov also supported Sagdeev in doing arms-control research under the aus- pices of the Committee of Soviet Scientists for Peace and Against the Nuclear Threat. This Committee was established during a 17–19 May 1983 All-Union conference of scientists within the Soviet Academy called in response to President Reagan’s 23 MarchspeechaskingAmericanscientiststojoininaStrategicDefenseInitiative to make nuclear-armed ballistic missiles “impotent and obsolete.” Evgeny Velikhov was the first chairman with Sagdeev, Sergei Kapitza and Andrei Kokoshin as his Vice Chairmen. -
Annual Report 2018
ANNUAL REPORT 2018 CONTRIBUTION TO THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF GLOBAL ENERGY Contents 1 ASSOCIATION 2 THE GLOBAL ENERGY PRIZE 4 Key Indicators 44 About the Award 11 Address by the President of the Association 48 The International Award Committee 14 Key Events of 2018 52 Nomination Process 24 History of the Association 53 Nomination Cycle 26 Association Members 54 Nominating Persons 27 Organizational Structure 54 Independent International Experts Pool 29 Mission and Values 55 National Award Support Committees 30 Development Strategy 56 2018 Nomination Cycle Results 35 International Cooperation 57 Award Laureates 40 Financial Results 64 Award Development 65 Position in the Industry 3 PROGRAMS OF THE ASSOCIATION 4 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 68 Programs and Contests of the Association. 80 Corporate Governance Development Plans 89 Internal Control and Audit 70 The Energy of Youth Contest 90 Implementation of IT-solutions 72 The Energy of Breakthrough Contest 91 HR Policy 74 The Energy of Thought Scientific Symposium 93 Interaction with Stakeholders 75 The Energy of Knowledge Program 96 Work with Award Laureates and Program Winners 76 The Energy of Education Program 77 The Energy of Inspiration Award 77 The Energy of Words International Media Contest 118 GLOSSARY 119 DISCLAIMER 119 CONTACT DETAILS 120 ANNEXES 120 1. About the Report 121 2. GRI Content Index 126 3. Financial Statements for 2018 130 4. Conclusion on the Results of the Audit of the Association Activities 132 5. Feedback Form TRANSFORMATION ASSOCIATION FOR FUTURE GROWTH 1 OUR ASSOCIATION HELPS TO SHAPE THE ENERGY OF THE FUTURE BY SUPPORTING ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS AND STIMULATING 3 INTERNATIONAL ENERGY COOPERATION IN THE INTERESTS CORE ACTIVITIES OF ALL HUMANKIND. -
The True History of the U.S. Fusion Program —And Who Tried to Kill It
PPPL Inside the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, while it was in con- struction. The TFTR set world records for plasma temperature and fusion power produced in the late 1980s and early 1990s. But budget cuts closed it down before all its planned experiments were completed. The True History of The U.S. Fusion Program An inside analysis of how the U.S. fusion program was —And Who euthanized, dispels the myth that “fusion can’t work.“ Tried To Kill It by Marsha Freeman here is no disputing that the world is facing an energy been visible on the horizon for years, but seemingly never crisis of vast proportions. But this could have been avoid- close at hand. Why? Ted. For more than five decades, scientists, engineers, en- Legend has it that there are more problems in attaining con- ergy planners, policy-makers, and, at times, even the public at trolled nuclear fusion than scientists anticipated, and that little large, have known what the ultimate alternative is to our finite progress has been made. “Fusion is still 50 years away, and energy resources—nuclear fusion. This energy, which powers always has been” has become the common refrain of skeptics. the Sun and all of the stars, and can use a virtually unlimited But the reason that we do not have commercially available supply of isotopes of hydrogen, available from seawater, has fusion energy is not what is commonly believed. 21st Century Science & Technology Winter 2009/2010 15 In 1976, the Energy Research and Development Administra- tion, or ERDA—the predecessor to the Department of Energy—pub- lished a chart showing various policy and funding options for the magnetic fusion energy research program. -
John A. Shanahan, Corresponding Author January 11, 2010 Dr. John P. Holdren Director, Office of Science & Technology Policy
John A. Shanahan, Corresponding Author January 11, 2010 Dr. John P. Holdren Director, Office of Science & Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President Washington, D.C. Dear John, We met in Palo Alto, California in 1970, while you were working on your doctorate at Stanford University and I was starting an engineering career in nuclear power. You visited my family in Switzerland in the 1980s, where I was working on Nuclear Power Plant Leibstadt. You have also answered questions over the years on applications of Einstein‘s equations that is much appreciated. Nearly 40 years have passed. We are both still working to make genuine contributions through science and engineering for the lasting benefit of society and the planet. Please hear our statement and pass it on to the President. Peace on earth and preservation of the marvels of nature will not be achieved without a sound energy policy. This policy must include well-managed and well-governed slow- and fast-neutron nuclear power, recycling spent fuels and depleted uranium and possibly thorium. This was the goal of the founding scientists in the 1940s and still is the best way to a reliable and secure energy future. But the world is leaving us behind. At present, 58 new nuclear plants (including two fast reactors, one in Russia and one in India) are under construction in 14 countries. Of these, 20 are in China, 9 in Russia, 6 each in India and South Korea. Only one is in North America, and that is resumed work on a plant that was mothballed in 1988 when it was 80% finished. -
Canada Bulletin of (He National Fusion Proyrnm Issuu 28, Juin; 1
r CÀ9600782 Canada Bulletin of (he National Fusion Proyrnm Issuu 28, Juin; 1 ¥M> h t h| i s Issue Canada-US Collaboration Review Fast electrons in tokamaks: New data from TdeV CFFTP: New Manager and New Rôle y INIS-mf — 14893 CCFM: Program review Canada-Chile Fusion Work Velikhov to address Montréal fusion ISSN 0835-488X News Notes meeting INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL Canada-US fusion meeting in Montréal: Fusion Breeder Work 'Joint CNS/FPA Fusion Symposium' in Chile Montréal, Canada, September 6-8,1995 Canadian experts assist Chilean fusion breeder researchers Evgeny Velikhov (ITER) to give keynote address Chilean researchers have a long- N. Anne Davies (USDOE) to review US Fusion Program term goal of manufacturing lithium ceramic tritium breeder materials The program for the Joint • ITER (JCT and Home Teams for fusion power reactors. CNS/FPA Fusion Symposium in work). Researchers at Chile's La Reina Montréal, September 6-8, has nuclear research site near Santiago been finalized. The Canadian • Tritium work (Canada, US, have been developing their lithium Nuclear Society (CNS) and the TFTR). ceramics fusion breeder program USA's Fusion Power Associates for several years. A tritium mea- (FPA) are jointly presenting the • Spherical tokamaks and TPX. surement laboratory is being Symposium. established at La Reina for this Other presentation topics work. Dr. Evgeny Velikhov, Chair of the include: compact toroid fuelling, ITER Council, will deliver the inertia) confinement (NIF), educa- Canada-Chile cooperation in fusion keynote address. tional activities and plasma-aided breeders began in 1993, and is manufacturing. centred on the eventual manufac- Dr. N. -
Television and Politics in the Soviet Union by Ellen Mickiewicz TELEVISION and AMERICA's CHILDREN a Crisis of Neglect by Edward L
SPLIT SIGNALS COMMUNICATION AND SOCIETY edited by George Gerbner and Marsha Seifert IMAGE ETHICS The Moral Rights of Subjects in Photographs, Film, and Television Edited by Larry Gross, John Stuart Katz, and Jay Ruby CENSORSHIP The Knot That Binds Power and Knowledge By Sue Curry Jansen SPLIT SIGNALS Television and Politics in the Soviet Union By Ellen Mickiewicz TELEVISION AND AMERICA'S CHILDREN A Crisis of Neglect By Edward L. Palmer SPLIT SIGNALS Television and Politics in the Soviet Union ELLEN MICKIEWICZ New York Oxford OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 1988 Oxford University Press Oxford New York Toronto Delhi Bombay Calcutta Madras Karachi Petaling Jaya Singapore Hong Kong Tokyo Nairobi Dar es Salaam Cape Town Melbourne Auckland and associated companies in Berlin Ibadan Copyright © 1988 by Oxford University Press, Inc. Published by Oxford University Press, Inc., 200 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016 Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior permission of Oxford University Press. Mickiewicz, Ellen Propper. Split signals : television and politics in the Soviet Union / Ellen Mickiewicz. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 0-19-505463-6 1. Television broadcasting of news—Soviet Union. 2. Television broadcasting—Social aspects—Soviet Union. 3. Television broadcasting—Political aspects—Soviet Union. 4. Soviet Union— Politics and government—1982- I. Title. PN5277.T4M53 1988 302.2'345'0947—dc!9 88-4200 CIP 1098 7654321 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper Preface In television terminology, broadcast signals are split when they are divided and sent to two or more locations simultaneously. -
Conceptual Investigations of a Trigger Extension for Muons from Pp Collisions in the CMS Experiment
Conceptual investigations of a trigger extension for muons from pp collisions in the CMS experiment Von der Fakult¨at fur¨ Mathematik, Informatik und Naturwissenschaften der RWTH Aachen University zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades eines Doktors der Naturwissenschaften genehmigte Dissertation vorgelegt von Diplom-Physiker Yusuf Erdogan aus Istanbul Berichter: Universit¨atsprofessor Dr. rer. nat. Achim Stahl Universit¨atsprofessor Dr. rer. nat. Thomas Hebbeker Tag der mundlic¨ hen Prufung¨ : 24. Februar 2015 Diese Dissertation ist auf den Internetseiten der Hochschulbibliothek online verfu¨gbar. Kurzfassung Der Large Hadron Collider wird ab 2023 an seine Experimente fun¨ f bis zehn mal mehr Lu- minosit¨at als der derzeitige Designwert von 1034 cm−2s−1 liefern k¨onnen. Diese Verbes- serung wird die Messung von physikalischen Prozessen mit sehr kleinen Wirkungsquer- schnitten erlauben. Jedoch wird bei diesen hohen Luminosit¨aten, aufgrund von Pile-up Wechselwirkungen, die Belegung des CMS-Detektors sehr hoch sein. Dies wird einer- seits einen systematischen Anstieg von Triggerraten fur¨ einzelne Myonen verursachen, Andererseits werden die Fehlmessungen von Myon-Transversalimpulsen, verst¨arkt durch die begrenzte Impulsaufl¨osung des Myon-Systems, fur¨ hohe Impulswerte dominant sein. In diesem Bereich flacht die Verteilung der Triggerrate ab, was die Beschr¨ankung der Triggerrate durch eine Schwelle der Transversalimpulse erschwert. Außerdem wird die Qualit¨at des Triggers fu¨r einzelne Myonen durch koinzidente Teilchendurchg¨ange ver- ringert, da diese zu Doppeldeutigkeiten in den innersten Myonkammern fuh¨ ren k¨onnen. Im Rahmen der Ver¨offentlichung [2] wurde im Jahr 2007 ein Muon Track fast Tag (MTT) genanntes Konzept vorgestellt, um diese Trigger-Herausforderungen zu adressieren. Die, in dieser Arbeit durchgefuh¨ rten Studien sind in drei Abschitte unterteilt. -
PJSC FGC UES | Appendices to the Annual Report 2016
Appene to te Annual Report 2016 Annual Report 2016 1 Appendix 1 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE SECTIONS OF THE ANNUAL REPORT Contents APPENDIX 1. Additional Information on the The following Appendices are available on the official Company’s website at http://www.fsk-ees.ru/eng/investors/company_reports/ or in the electronic version of the Annual Report of PJSC FGC UES for 2016: Sections of the Annual Report Appendix 1. Additional Information on the Sections of the Annual Report 1 About the Company Appendix 2. Audit Commission’s Report 54 International Activity Appendix 3. Report on Compliance with the Russian Corporate Governance Code and 59 Federal Grid Company (PJSC FGC UES) is the transmission across the border of the Russian Report on Compliance with Main Principles of the UK Corporate Governance organization managing the Unified National Electric Federation and is a technical contractor of the export/ Code Grid (UNEG) under the Federal Law on 26 March 2003 import commercial contracts of the Wholesale Appendix 4. Information on Major Transactions and on Transactions by PJSC FGC UES in 80 No. 35-FZ On Electric Power. Starting from Electricity and Capacity Market (WECM) participants. 2016, Classified Under the laws of the Russian Federation as Related Party 1 January 2004 PJSC FGC UES performs the electricity Transactions Subject To Approval by the Company’s Authorised Governing Bodies Appendix 5. Information on Material Transactions made by PJSC FGC UES and Entities 113 Fnlan Controlled Thereby Appendix 6. Information on the Actual Execution of Instructions of the President and the 116 Government of the Russian Federation Estonia China Appendix 7. -
Inside the Perimeter Is Published by Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
the Perimeter fall/winter 2014 Skateboarding Physicist Seeks a Unified Theory of Self The Black Hole that Birthed the Big Bang The Beauty of Truth: A Chat with Savas Dimopoulos Subir Sachdev's Superconductivity Puzzles Editor Natasha Waxman [email protected] Contributing Authors Graphic Design Niayesh Afshordi Gabriela Secara Erin Bow Mike Brown Photographers & Artists Phil Froklage Tibra Ali Colin Hunter Justin Bishop Robert B. Mann Amanda Ferneyhough Razieh Pourhasan Liz Goheen Natasha Waxman Alioscia Hamma Jim McDonnell Copy Editors Gabriela Secara Tenille Bonoguore Tegan Sitler Erin Bow Mike Brown Colin Hunter Inside the Perimeter is published by Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. www.perimeterinstitute.ca To subscribe, email us at [email protected]. 31 Caroline Street North, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada p: 519.569.7600 f: 519.569.7611 02 IN THIS ISSUE 04/ Young at Heart, Neil Turok 06/ Skateboarding Physicist Seeks a Unified Theory of Self,Colin Hunter 10/ Inspired by the Beauty of Math: A Chat with Kevin Costello, Colin Hunter 12/ The Black Hole that Birthed the Big Bang, Niayesh Afshordi, Robert B. Mann, and Razieh Pourhasan 14/ Is the Universe a Bubble?, Colin Hunter 15/ Probing Nature’s Building Blocks, Phil Froklage 16/ The Beauty of Truth: A Chat with Savas Dimopoulos, Colin Hunter 18/ Conference Reports 22/ Back to the Classroom, Erin Bow 24/ Finding the Door, Erin Bow 26/ "Bright Minds in Their Life’s Prime", Colin Hunter 28/ Anthology: The Portraits of Alioscia Hamma, Natasha Waxman 34/ Superconductivity Puzzles, Colin Hunter 36/ Particles 39/ Donor Profile: Amy Doofenbaker, Colin Hunter 40/ From the Black Hole Bistro, Erin Bow 42/ PI Kids are Asking, Erin Bow 03 neil’s notes Young at Heart n the cover of this issue, on the initial singularity from which everything the lip of a halfpipe, teeters emerged. -
Director's Corner
eNews December 16, 2009 (Issue 39) CONTENTS Director’s Corner Jim Van Dam Reports Meeting of the ITER Integrated Modeling Expert Group Don Batchelor Summary of FY09 Joint Facility Milestone Report on Particle Control Steve Allen, and Fuel Retention Charles Skinner, and Dennis Whyte Summary of the Meeting of the ITPA Topical Group on MHD Stability Abhijit Sen, Ted Strait, and Yuri Gribov Upcoming Burning Plasma-related Events 2010 Events 2011 Events Dear Burning Plasma Aficionados: This newsletter provides a short update on U.S. Burning Plasma Organization activities. E-News is also available online at http://burningplasma.org/enews.html Comments on articles in the newsletter may be sent to the Editor (Tom Rognlien [email protected]) or Assistant Editor (Rita Wilkinson [email protected]). Thank you for your interest in Burning Plasma research in the U.S.! Director’s Corner by J. Van Dam USBPO Talk at FPA Annual Meeting At the recent Fusion Power Associates Annual Meeting (December 2-3, 2009, Washington, DC), Amanda Hubbard, Chair of the USBPO Council, presented a talk entitled “U.S. Burning Plasma Organization: Supporting U.S. Scientific Contributions to ITER,” which can be found at (http://burningplasma.org/reference.html). 5th ITER Council Meeting The ITER Council held its fifth meeting November 18-19, 2009, at Cadarache, France. The meeting began with an address from the French Minister for Research and Higher Education and the French State Secretary for European Affairs, which contained the following important statement: The most recent project reviews have in effect revealed cost increases and the necessity of carefully taking into account possible technical unknowns. -
Curriculum Vitae
CURRICULUM VITAE Raman Sundrum July 26, 2019 CONTACT INFORMATION Physical Sciences Complex, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 Office - (301) 405-6012 Email: [email protected] CAREER John S. Toll Chair, Director of the Maryland Center for Fundamental Physics, 2012 - present. Distinguished University Professor, University of Maryland, 2011-present. Elkins Chair, Professor of Physics, University of Maryland, 2010-2012. Alumni Centennial Chair, Johns Hopkins University, 2006- 2010. Full Professor at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, The Johns Hopkins University, 2001- 2010. Associate Professor at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, The Johns Hop- kins University, 2000- 2001. Research Associate at the Department of Physics, Stanford University, 1999- 2000. Advisor { Prof. Savas Dimopoulos. 1 Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Physics, Boston University. 1996- 1999. Postdoc advisor { Prof. Sekhar Chivukula. Postdoctoral Fellow in Theoretical Physics at Harvard University, 1993-1996. Post- doc advisor { Prof. Howard Georgi. Postdoctoral Fellow in Theoretical Physics at the University of California at Berke- ley, 1990-1993. Postdoc advisor { Prof. Stanley Mandelstam. EDUCATION Yale University, New-Haven, Connecticut Ph.D. in Elementary Particle Theory, May 1990 Thesis Title: `Theoretical and Phenomenological Aspects of Effective Gauge Theo- ries' Thesis advisor: Prof. Lawrence Krauss Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island Participant in the 1988 Theoretical Advanced Summer Institute University of Sydney, Australia B.Sc with First Class Honours in Mathematics and Physics, Dec. 1984 AWARDS, DISTINCTIONS J. J. Sakurai Prize in Theoretical Particle Physics, American Physical Society, 2019. Distinguished Visiting Research Chair, Perimeter Institute, 2012 - present. 2 Moore Fellow, Cal Tech, 2015. American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow, 2011. -
Global Energy Prize, Which Was Founded in 2002 Has Been Awarded Annually Since 2003
The Global Energy International Prize is a scientific award for outstanding theoretical, experimental and applied research, development, inventions and discoveries in the field of energy development and power generation. It is a unique award intended to assist international cooperation in solving the most important nowaday problems in the field of power generation. The Prize is awarded for scientific achievements in the following spheres: Increasing energy efficiency New opportunities of development of power engineering Alternative energy sources New methods of energy conversion Energy saving and energy transmission 2 Being aware of its huge responsibility for the development of science in the world and for the progress of mankind in the sphere of power production and consumption, the Russian Federation became initiator of the Global Energy International Prize. • The Global Energy Prize, which was founded in 2002 has been awarded annually since 2003. • The idea of an International energy prize was put forward by a group of well-known Russian scientists and was backed by the scientific community as well as by the largest Russian power producing companies. • The initiative was approved and endorsed by the President of Russia. • The development of civilization has reached a point where all countries of the world should join together in efforts to cope with global challenges first of all in sustaining progress in the sphere of energy production and use. 3 The Prize is meant to: promote theoretical, experimental, and applied energy research and development, and international cooperation in this field of knowledge; encourage leading specialists in different countries, international scientific organizations, and government and business structures to tackle major energy problems faced by humanity today; further the public recognition of the role of individual scientists and research groups in this field.