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NRC approves Diablo Canyon license renewal, extension
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved Pacific Gas & Electric’s application to extend the operating licenses for Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant’s two pressurized water reactors by another 20 years.
Thursday’s approval means Diablo Canyon-1 and -2 can now operate until November 2, 2044, and August 26, 2045, respectively, if California lawmakers agree. A 2022 state law requires the California Legislature to approve any extension of operations at Diablo Canyon that goes beyond 2030.
Addis Lemessa Jembere, Tomasz Jakubowski
Nuclear Technology | Volume 210 | Number 6 | June 2024 | Pages 1042-1053
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2023.2291254
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The relationship between various characteristics of postharvest vegetables and their corresponding biological surface properties is strongly interconnected, leading to a broad spectrum of properties after irradiation. The primary objective of the present study was to investigate how different doses of Ultraviolet-C (UV-C) radiation affect the mechanical properties of semifinished potato tubers derived from distinct Polish varieties, namely, Innovator, Fineziya, and Victoria. A low UV-C dose ranging from 0 to 30 mJ/cm2 was administered. The Innovator variety, when subjected to irradiation, exhibited the highest levels of compression force, cutting force, and bending force. Additionally, the irradiated samples demonstrated improved resistance to compression force, bending force, and increased weight compared to the control samples. Conversely, the control samples exhibited higher resistance to cutting load than the irradiated ones in all varieties. The analysis of variance confirmed a significant difference in compression, cutting force, and tuber weight among the treatment samples in all varieties. Furthermore, stress-strain analyses were performed and showed an elastic behavior of the Victoria variety and a higher Young’s modulus for the Innovator variety.