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A two-period model of emission abatement and allowance banking under uncertainty

Hanson, D.A. - 2008

This paper deals with the effects of uncertainty and risk aversion on market outcomes for SO{sub 2} emission allowance prices and on electric utility compliance choices. The 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA) provide about twice as many SO{sub 2} allowances to be issued per year in Phase I...

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Forecasting the market for SO sub 2 emission allowances under uncertainty

Hanson, D.; Molburg, J.; Fisher, R.; Boyd, G.; Pandola, G. - 2008

This paper deals with the effects of uncertainty and risk aversion on market outcomes for SO{sub 2} emission allowance prices and on electric utility compliance choices. The 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA), which are briefly reviewed here, provide for about twice as many SO{sub 2}...

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(Quality control and nondestructive test procedures for welded products)

Childress, C.E. - 2008

goals. The title, and by inference the charter, of Commission V is : Quality Control and Quality Assurance of Welded …

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Case studies of the potential effects of carbon taxation on the stone, clay, and glass industry

Bock, M.J.; Boyd, G.A.; Rosenbaum, D.I.; Ross, M.H. - 2008

This case study focuses on the potential for a carbon tax ($25 and $100 per metric ton of carbon) to reduce energy use and associated carbon dioxide (CO[sub 2]) emissions in three subsectors of the stone, clay, and glass industry: hydraulic cement, glass and glass products, and other products. A...

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Assessment of pre-competitive research and development needs for industrial waste minimization

Young, J.K.; Fassbender, L.L.; Sen, R.K. - 2008

This report summarizes the findings of the first phase of a study undertaken to define a role for the Advanced … for the industrial sector. The report describes the results of an industrial waste characterization based mainly on the US …

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Review of the cost-effectiveness of EPA's offshore oil and gas effluent guidelines

Veil, J.A. - 2008

document to these regulations, EPA published a Cost-Effectiveness (CE) Analysis (EPA, 1991). This report calculated the CE of … treatment option has a different cost and will result in removal of different levels of pollutants. The report calculates the …

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To mitigate or not to mitigate: Regulatory treatment of emissions trading and its effect on marketplace incentives

McDermott, K.A.; South, D.W. - 2008

-based profit-incentive process into the traditional rate-base, rate-of-return, profit-control approach to regulation. How the … struggle to meld two potentially contradictory control and incentive programs will be resolved remains to be seen. As of now … retain overall control of the evolution of the regulated electric supply market. …

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Dynamic limits of error for inventory differences at the Savannah River Site

Meitin, J.L. - 2008

Limits of error for inventory differences (LEIDs) using variance propagation techniques have been discussed in previous INMM meetings. However, using the variance propagation methodology with a large number of actual inventory measurements on a monthly basis requires the use of an automated LEID...

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FWEH Induced High Bootstrap Current on Tore Supra

Basiuk, V., Joffrin, E., Aniel, T., Becoulet, A., …; … - 2009

-called `advanced` regimes of a tokamak reactor. It is thus important to study the stability of such discharges and to control them. By …

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Measurement control at an SRS (Savannah River Site) analytical laboratory

Wills, G.P. - 2008

The measurement control program includes control of the analytical procedures, analyst training and qualification, and … mass and balance control. A DEC 11/750 minicomputer and an interfaced Hewlett Packard 9836 desktop computer control these …

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