Nuclear Defence

Defence in Depth in Nuclear Safety INSAG-10

Headquarters of the Agency are situated in Vienna. Its principal objective is "to accelerate and enlarge the contribution of atomic energy to peace, health and prosperity throughout the world". The International Nuclear Safety Advisory Group (INSAG) is an advisory group to the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, whose main functions are: (1) To provide a forum for the ex...

Medical Defence

Assessment of Defence in Depth for Nuclear Power Plants considering Long Term Operation

Defence in depth is a comprehensive and systematic approach to safety that has been developed by the nuclear power community to assure with high confidence that the public and the environment are protected from any hazards posed by the use of nuclear power for the generation of electricity. Moreover, the concepts of defence in depth and safety culture have served the nuclear power community wel...

Medical Defence

concerns us all, for with it may be closely bound up our future prosperity and happiness, our professional reputation, even our professional existence. I propose to draw on my experiences and give you some impressions gained from a good many years' service now, on the Council of the Medical Defence Union. Most people know, no doubt, that that is not the only society which is concerned with such...

Early nuclear events in plant defence signalling: rapid gene activation by WRKY transcription factors.

Parsley WRKY proteins comprise a family of plant-specific zinc-finger-type factors implicated in the regulation of genes associated with pathogen defence. In vitro, these proteins bind specifically to functionally defined TGAC-containing W box promoter elements within the Pathogenesis-Related Class10 (PR-10) genes. Here we present in vivo data demonstrating that WRKY1 is a transcriptional activ...