License to operate

It is more expensive to build nuclear plants which cost 2,000 per kilowatt-hour of output, compared with 1,500 for coal plants and 800 for gas plants, according to the International Energy Agency. It takes years to go through the regulatory hurdles for a new nuclear plant, build it and obtain a license to operate. Any new plants conceived today may be 10... 

In some countries, even the radioactive device used to reduce static charge for balances may require a license to operate. The x-ray sources for a crystallography system also merit close scrutiny. 

Legislative and environmental aspects are usually strongly linked. They are getting a lot of attention in discussions on the license to operate (LTO) and sustainable technology (see Chapter 14). 

Process safety—and the metrics to identify and track it—can be incorporated into a company s overall sustainability program. Adoption of improved process safety leading and lagging indicators that document improving process safety performance will be important in maintaining the organization s license to operate broadly as well as in a specific location. 

Worldwide, society is increasingly risk-averse and demanding more information and improved performance from economic entities perceived as high risk. Governments and citizens around the world will expect and require an ever-higher level of process safety performance and a demonstrated commitment to continuous performance improvement. A commitment to process safety borne out by relevant and effective metrics will increasingly become part of the license to operate everywhere. 

Brand Value Reputation License to Operate Attract and Retain Talent... 

Avoiding fines and penalties, protecting license to operate... 

On April 15, 2005 more than 1500 Amnesty International student members from 10 states throughout the Northeast descended on the Indian Consulate in New York to demand action from the Indian government on Bhopal. The Association for India s Development participated in solidarity actions and events at various Indian government offices in the United States that same day. These actions indicate that Dow s inability to resolve the Bhopal issues is threatening its license to operate. 

Many of the new companies have leveraged novelty of an expression platform (e.g., containment) as the competitiveness of the protein production platform. Epicyte, Inc. appears to have been an exception that developed proprietary expertise in antibody expression in plants without a discernable novel patent position (whether Epicyte obtained a license to operate from Monsanto is not clear Epicyte was acquired by another startup, BioLex, Inc. in 2004). Because expression of... 

Can intellectual properties (IP) be handled with third parties and what are the options for, if necessary, gaining a license to operate (royalty payment, profit sharing etc) ... 

The design of the Chernobyl plant was flawed in other ways as well. Western reactors are designed when operating to maintain negative power coefficients of reactivity that prevent such runaway accidents. The Chernobyl plant would not have been issued a license to operate in the U.S. or other Western countries. The Chernobyl accident was in many ways the worse possible scenario having an exposed reactor core and roofless building. Thirty-one plant workers and firemen died directly from the radiation exposure and it is projected that over 3,400 local residents will eventually acquire and die of cancer due to radioactive exposure. 

After extensive extra testing under nondesign conditions, which resulted in considerable damage and long delays, it received its license to operate, and as a result, fuel cells will be the only new type of fuel-burning generator that will be allowed in Manhattan in the future. 

There are a number of other developments. All, how -ever, are essentially modifications of the Haber method of operation of the direct synthesis ammonia process. In the United States It is understood that all the companies operating the direct synthetic ammonia process are licensed to operate under the original Haber patents which are controlled by the Chemical Foundation Incorporated. 

Sustain BP s license to operate through improving BP s image and its relations with the local community,... 

Using a driver not possessing a valid commercial driver s license to operate a commercial vehicle as defined in 383.5. An invalid commercial driver s license includes one that is falsified, revoked, expired, or missing a required endorsement. 

Information contained in this book may be covered by U.S. and worldwide patents. No authorization to utilize these patents is given or implied they are discussed for information only. Any disclosures are not a license to operate, or a recommendation to infringe, any patent. With few exceptions, no attempt has been made to refer to patents by number, title, or ownership. 

The purpose of this check is to examine the driving record, but you can also use it to verify the licensing status of your applicants and drivers. Check the type of license they have, the expiration date, the endorsements, and the restrictions. In short, verify that they are properly licensed to operate your vehicles. 

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