Posted in January 2013 on Delta Air Lines’ YouTube channel, this video shows the humorous side of the standard pre-flight safety briefing.
The Shelter Implementation Plan at Chornobyl recently entered a pivotal stage: construction of its innovative arch enclosure. Watch an animation of the construction and placement process in this Bechtel video uploaded in March 2013.
To help ensure the continued operation of the Chevron El Segundo Refinery, we are replacing six existing coke drums. The massive new drums traveled 7,330 miles from Spain to the Port of Los Angeles, but it was the last 4.5 miles of the trip, along the Pacific Coast Highway to the refinery, that were the most complex. The new drums will be installed in the same location within the refinery, replacing the current drums, which are nearing the end of their useful life.
New crash tests reveal how underride guards on most big rigs leave passenger vehicle occupants at risk in certain crashes. Modern semitrailers for the most part do a good job of keeping passenger vehicles from sliding underneath them, greatly increasing the chances of surviving a crash into the back of a large truck, recent tests by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety show. But in crashes involving only a small portion of the truck's rear, most trailers fail to prevent potentially deadly underride, IIHS Chief Research Officer David Zuby reports.
In the 1990s, Cindy Svestka was a student at Cedarville College and she was a team leader with the propane and ethanol vehicle challenge teams. Her experiences in those competitions created a passion for vehicles and automotive sustainability. Today she is an engineering group manager for GM and actively involved in helping students have the same kind of STEM — science, technology, engineering and math — experience she received. Check out the video to see what's she's doing today.
There are more than 1,000 nuclear facilities worldwide, including nuclear power plants, research reactors, and fuel cycle facilities. With considerable amounts of nuclear and radioactive material in transit and in storage, improved physical protection is an essential preventive measure against acts of theft and sabotage. Physical protection requires a mixture of security devices, radiation detectors, cameras, procedures for guards and fences. The IAEA's Office of Nuclear Security operates an International Physical Protection Advisory Service (IPPAS), which helps states to identify ways to strengthen the protection of nuclear materials and facilities. At the request of a state, the IAEA assembles a team of international experts to assess the country's physical protection system, compare it with international best practices and make recommendations for improvements. In January and February 2012 an IPPAS mission was conducted at various nuclear facilities in the Netherlands. Khammar Mrabit, the Director of the IAEA's Office of Nuclear Security discusses the purpose and goals of an IPPAS mission.
The Fire Adapted Communities (FAC) Coalition has released a new report, "Lessons from Waldo Canyon" and a companion video, "Creating Fire Adapted Communities: A Case Study from Colorado Springs and the Waldo Canyon Fire." The report and video are based on interviews, field visits and tours of the City's most affected neighborhoods conducted by the FAC Coalition's assessment team during a three day visit to the area in July 2012. These new resources share the post-fire field investigation, and stress the importance of communities becoming fire adapted. To read the full report, visit: http://www.fireadapted.org.
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This February 2013 video from the NRDC says 80 percent of all antibiotics are used on factory farm animals, and this eventually leads to antibiotic-resistant “superbugs.” It urges people concerned about the problem to support meat without drugs and help stop the superbugs.
Dr. John Hall, NFPA's division director of Fire Analysis & Research, talks about a new support tool to assist fire departments in managing unwanted alarms. Dr. Hall was on the program to talk about the project at the Fire Protection Research Foundation's Fire Suppression, Detection and Signaling Research and Applications Symposium (SUPDET), which took place Feb. 26-March 1, 2013.
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Learn how Boeing and Embraer are making the safest transportation even safer with Runway Situation Awareness Tools. Every runway and landing is different, and this gives pilots the tools and data to be prepared for any weather or runway condition.