The News Review:
- Iran wants former nuclear plant engineer released from US custody
- GE Water planned desalination plant team up
- Engineering company supplies standard compliant solutions
- DST grant grows plant biotechnology research
- Bricks Made from Coal-fired Power Plant Waste Pass Safety Test
Iran wants former nuclear plant engineer released from US custody
The Age – May 25, 2007
officials to immediate release anIranian-American accused of violating a U. trade embargo withIran by taking to Tehran software from the Arizona nuclear plantwhere he used to work… trade embargo withIran by taking to Tehran software from the Arizona nuclear plantwhere he used to work. The letter sent by Iran’s foreign minister on Wednesday alsoasked for details of the case against Mohammad Alavi Iran’sofficial Islamic Republic News Agency said. Alavi a formerengineer at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station is beingheld without bail at a federal detention facility in Arizonapending a July 3 trial. IRNA’s English-language website said the letter was forwarded onWednesday to the Swiss Embassy in Tehran which handles U. interests in the country.
GE Water planned desalination plant team up
signonsandiego.com – May 25, 2007
MacLaggan said Poseidon compared GE's membranes with other filtration technologies at its pilot desalination plant and found GE's filters best suited. MacLaggan said the plant will use three filtration steps: screens will remove the largest solids; ultrafiltration membranes will filter out fine particles such as silt seaweed and organics; and reverse osmosis which will separate salt and minerals from the water. ther companies involved in the design construction and operation of the plant are Spain-based Acciona Agua one of the largest developers of reverse-osmosis desalination plants in the world; American Water a subsidiary of the German firm RWE Group; PBS&J a national science and engineering firm with a branch in Encinitas; and Escondido-based J. Filanc Construction.
Engineering company supplies standard compliant solutions
Creamer Media's Engineering News – May 25, 2007
“Various companies adhere to the latest standards others areon the way towards implementation and some companies are stilldebating how they can achieve higher standards” sayspharmaceuticals project manager SiegbertWeber. “The design of GMP-compliant plants is one of the added-valuebenefit strengths of our company. We focus on the process andprocess defines the layout of the plant” states Weber. For an industry that continues to grow these developments aremaking the integrated and effective design of production facilitiesmore crucial to survival than ever before. There are various consequences if manufacturers are unable toadjust to the changes and increases. “Firstly loss of certain products secondly a reducedmarket share and in the worst-case scenario the authorities canclose down their operations indefinitely” says Weber… “Various companies adhere to the latest standards others areon the way towards implementation and some companies are stilldebating how they can achieve higher standards” sayspharmaceuticals project manager SiegbertWeber. “The design of GMP-compliant plants is one of the added-valuebenefit strengths of our company. We focus on the process andprocess defines the layout of the plant” states Weber. For an industry that continues to grow these developments aremaking the integrated and effective design of production facilitiesmore crucial to survival than ever before. There are various consequences if manufacturers are unable toadjust to the changes and increases. “Firstly loss of certain products secondly a reducedmarket share and in the worst-case scenario the authorities canclose down their operations indefinitely” says Weber. It stands to reason then that for a sustainable position in themarket manufacturers may have to invest in a GMP-compliantfacility upgrade and extend the existing manufacturing capacityor if the facility complies with the needed requirements tochallenge the product port- folio and the supply chain whilekeeping in mind that the process and quality management systemplays an important role in order to produce best-qualityproducts.
DST grant grows plant biotechnology research
Creamer Media's Engineering News – May 25, 2007
Plant biotechnology research group leader Dr RachelChikwamba reports that the substantial grant will assistthe group in expanding its investigations. “We’ve been working on this project for a year. Thisfunding will give the impetus we need to do this work” saysChikwamba. The funding has been earmarked for the CSIR’s contribution tothe Pharma-Planta initiative a European Commission-fundedconsortium researching plant-expressed clinical-gradepharmaceuticals against various diseases including humanimmunodeficiency virus (HIV) and rabies… The funding has been earmarked for the CSIR’s contribution tothe Pharma-Planta initiative a European Commission-fundedconsortium researching plant-expressed clinical-gradepharmaceuticals against various diseases including humanimmunodeficiency virus (HIV) and rabies. Chikwamba says the DST grant will be used as funding subject tofurther financial support from the European Union (EU). As a project partner the CSIR – in collaboration with otherlocal partners – is expected to develop a transgenicplant-based platform for the production of recombinant (materialproduced by genetic engineering) pharmaceuticals in plants withgovernment and nongovernmental organisations developing detailedethical and regulatory protocols for the production ofpharmaceuticals in plants. With biotechnology advances in recent years plants have beengenerated which can produce very specific proteins for use in humanhealth. Traditionally these proteins have been made throughmicrobial fermentation and from mammalian cells. Termed molecularfarming the production of the proteins takes place through growingand harvesting genetically modified crops with the object ofproducing pharmaceuticals and not food. Experiments for anti-HIV and antirabies antibodies are currentlyconducted in transgenic plants.
Bricks Made from Coal-fired Power Plant Waste Pass Safety Test
Kansas City infoZine – May 25, 2007
nce colored and shaped the FPC bricks are similar to their clay counterparts both in appearance and in meeting or exceeding construction-material standards. Supported by NSF’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program Liu has been working since 2004 to develop the bricks. The first phase of support enabled him to make fly ash bricks more durable by engineering them to resist freezing and thawing due to weather. Liu is now working from a second-phase SBIR award to test the brick material’s safety and prepare it for market. “Green manufacturing is a focus for the nation” said Tom Allnutt of NSF’s SBIR program who oversaw Liu’s award. “Liu’s innovative use of fly ash to manufacture high quality building materials will potentially decrease some of the negative environmental impact of coal-fired power generation while meeting increasing demands for greener building materials. While researchers need to study the bricks further to determine how the mercury adsorption occurs and how tightly the metal is trapped the new findings suggest the bricks will not have a negative impact on indoor air quality.