Centralized Analysis Project

The centralized analysis project is entering Phase II. Learning from the successes and pitfalls of the first two and one half years, the scope of this project has changed somewhat. The consensus of program managers and researchers is that Phase II will have two major tasks. 

Risk management should be central to the planning, budgeting, and acquisition process. Failure to analyze and manage the inherent risk in all capital asset acquisitions may contribute to cost overruns, schedule shortfalls, and acquisitions that fail to perform as expected. For each major capital project, a risk analysis that includes how risks will be isolated, minimized, monitored, and controlled may help prevent these problems. 

Summers, W.A. (2003), Interim Project Report, Task A.l, Nuclear Hydrogen Plant Definition, NERI Project 02-0160, Centralized Hydrogen Production from Nuclear Power Infrastructure Analysis and Test-case Design Study, WSRC-TR-2003-00484, Savannah River Technology Center, Aiken, SC, USA. 

Fig.9a-c Projection along the chains of the structure of the orthorhombic Qo polymer. Thick lines indicate the location of hypothetical interchain bonds to form the tetragonal phase, a Unit cell for a rotational angle of 45° the central molecule is centered at a/2 and rotated -45°. b Rotational angle 0. c Rotational angle 29°. Reprinted with permission from R Moret, P Launois, P-A Persson, and B Sundqvist, First X-ray diffraction analysis of pressure-polymerized C60 single crystals , Europhys. Lett. vol. 40 (1997) 55-60 [62], Copyright 1997 EDP Sciences... 

This brief outline suggests that the plant-design project involves a wide variety of skills. Among these are research, market analysis, design of individual pieces of equipment, cost estimation, computer programming, and plant-location surveys. In fact, the services of a chemical engineer are needed in each step of the outline, either in a central creative role, or as a key advisor. 

Similarly, another central question is also still open why was a construction proposal submitted, on Sept. 30, 1943, to the tune of RM 32,200,000 for Birkenau alone, if the intent was to kill the inmates 68 In today s currency (1 RM had approximate purchasing power parity with 10 US-Dollar today) the estimated construction costs amount to 322,000,000 - that is more than a third billion US-Dollar. Construction and the attendant spending proceeded as planned - the documents prove this. An analysis of the implementation of the construction project is presently in preparation for publication. We wish to state at this time that we have in our possession the complete and detailed construction proposal, that is, the calculations as well as the plans and sketches. 

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