This report is an output from a project funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) for the benefit of developing countries under its Natural Resources Systems Programme (project no R8280). The views expressed are not necessarily those of DFID. Research for this project was conducted by a collaborative team from the Department of Geography, University of Cambridge; EnviroLe...

We exhibit the transformation properties of the mechanical action principle under anholonomic transformations. Using the fact that spaces with torsion can be produced by anholonomic transformations we derive the correct action principle in these spaces which is quite different from the conventional action principle. ∗Work supported by the Commission of the European Communities in Science and Te...

In the frame of the accountancy measurements of the fissile materials, reliable determinations of the plutonium and uranium content in spent nuclear fuel are required to comply with international safeguards agreements. Large-sized dried (LSD) spikes of enriched 235U and 239Pu for isotope dilution mass spectrometry (IDMS) analysis are routinely applied in reprocessing plants for this purpose. A ...

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The International Energy Agency (IEA), an autonomous agency, was established in November 1974. Its primary mandate was – and is – twofold: to promote energy security amongst its member countries through collective response to physical disruptions in oil supply, and provide authoritative research and analysis on ways to ensure reliable, affordable and clean energy for its 28 member countries and...

On March 11, 2011 (hereafter 3.11), a magnitude nine earthquake hit the northeast part of Japan’s main island. The earthquake and subsequent tsunami damaged the cooling systems of the Fukushima No. 1 plant’s reactors operated by Tokyo Electric Company (TEPCO). Ranked seven (the most severe) on a seven-step scale by the International Atomic Energy Agency, comparable to the Chernobyl accident in ...

1 Molina Center for the Energy and the Environment (MCE2), La Jolla, CA, USA 2 Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA 3 Centro Nacional de Investigación y Capacitación Ambiental del Instituto Nacional de Ecologı́a (CENICA-INE), D.F., México 4 Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Tokyo, Japan 5 Atmospheric En...

We study the solutions of the equations of motion in the gauged (2+1)-dimensional nonlinear Schrödinger model. The contribution of Chern-Simons gauge fields leads to a significant decrease of the critical power of self-focusing. We also show that at appropriate boundary conditions in the considered model there exists a regime of turbulent motions of hydrodynamic type. PACS numbers: 52.35.Ra, 47...

Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan J-PARC Center, Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan International Institute for Advanced Studies, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0225, Japan Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan & ERATO Multfierroics Project, JST, c/o University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan Cross-Correlated Materi...