European Construction Technology

The first application area was in the 1960s, when fiber reinforced profiles were appUed to concrete. Over the past years the production speed has been enhanced due to faster impregnation and modem methods tend to increase the strength and stiffness in off-axis direction. Today, pultrusion profiles are applied in many fields of industry such as window and door frames, marine constructions, ladders, railway carriages and stairways. Furthermore, many companies are associated in the European Pultrusion Technology Association. ... 

Thirty countries around the world now obtain some of their electricity from nuclear energy (Figure 22.10). Lithuania leads with 78%, followed by a number of other European countries that have also made a substantial commitment to the technology. The United States has been more cautious, with only 20% of its power coming from nuclear plants. Worldwide, 439 nuclear plants were in operation in early 2002, with an additional 32 under construction, most of them in Asia. Approximately 21% of the world s electrical power is generated by nuclear reactors. 

Parts 3 and 4 list additional gaseous diffusion enrichment projects likely to be built. The Coredif project uses French diffusion technology, and appears to be committed to construction of 5.4 million units of additional diffusion capacity at a European site still to be selected. Possible expansion of capacity of this plant by another 5.4 million units per year is under consideration. 

Technology, television, transcontinental travel and international scientific and medical conferences continue to narrow the subjective variations. Differences in diagnosis, data measurement and interpretation will diminish with such exchanges. It is possible that methodology, study design and case report forms can be constructed that correct for culture, diet, and at least some subjective factors, which will allow comparability of efficacy and adverse events on dose/mg/ kg body weight measured between European, US and Japanese data. 

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