POWER PLANTS

"POWER PLANTS" is a plural of: power plant.

Health

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Synonyms: POWER PLANTS

Crosswords: POWER PLANTS

References

• Small Hydel Power Plants in India: A Strategic Entry Report, 1996 (reference)

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Books

• Dynamic Analysis and Earthquake Resistant Design: Dams, Nuclear Power Plants, Electrical Transformers and Transmission Lines, Aboveground Storage tan (reference)

• World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines: All Major Aircraft Power Plants, from the Wright Brothers to the Present Day (reference)

• Economic Evaluation of Bids for Nuclear Power Plants (reference)

• Human and Ecologic Effects of Nuclear Power Plants (reference)

• 21st Century Complete Guide to Nuclear Power: Encyclopedic Coverage of Power Plants, Reactors, Fuel Processing, NRC and Department of Energy Regulations, Radioactive Waste, New Plant Designs, plus Cleanup and Environmental Restoration at Nuclear Weapons P (reference)

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Periodicals

• Advanced Fossil Power Plants (reference)

• Inventory Of Power Plants In The Us (reference)

• Radioactive Materials Released From Nuclear Power Plants Annual Report (reference)

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Production. Jeep engines. Cylinders are drilled in jeep engine blocks on the special machinery of a Midwest motor plant. The best of material and workmanship go into the power plants of the tough little army cars. Continental Motors, Michigan. Credit: Library of Congress.

Waste sawdust from the Columbia River mills is shipped to Portland power plants for use as fuel. Oregon. Credit: Library of Congress.

Water scenes. Waterfront with power plants in background. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Health

Most commonly, the ameba is found in the soil and in warm, stagnant bodies of fresh water, such as lakes, rivers, and hot springs, unchlorinated swimming pools, and in warm wastewater pools from power plants. (references)

Research suggests that without a normal level of frataxin, certain cells in the body (especially brain, spinal cord, and muscle cells) cannot manage the normal amounts of "oxidative stress" which the mitochondria, the energy-producing power plants of cells, produce. (references)

Business

ABB handled the power plants while Dart drilled the gas wells. (references)

Thermal power plants are the main end-users for desulfurization equipment. (references)

Sithe Asia became the first foreign company to obtain 2 power plants in Korea. (references)

Economic History

Pakistan

The total market is expected to expand by approximately 86.5 percent in PFY-2002 owing to urgent need to rehabilitate existing power plants and to increase and augment the existing transmission and distribution networks. (references)

Guatemala

Six U.S. firms are constructing and/or already operating thermoelectric power plants in Guatemala and many other U.S. firms are providing equipment and services to Guatemalan power plant projects. (references)

Israel

Best prospects for U.S. firms are in the fields of transportation (railroad lines, urban mass transit systems, port expansion projects); energy (combined cycle power plants and gas distribution network) and water (desalination, wastewater treatment projects, transportation of water from Turkey). (references)

Political Economy

Norway

The Labor Party, traditionally the largest political party in Norway, came back into power after a centrist coalition governed from September 1997 to March 2000. Labor returned to power after a parliamentary vote-of-no-confidence ousted the three-party coalition, headed by the Christian Democrats, over its opposition to build gas-fired power plants. (references)

CANADA

Most of this spending will occur at the federal level, although there is also a need for the provinces and municipal governments to boost spending on infrastructure, including security precautions at power plants, water treatment plants, reservoirs, and transportation. (references)

MEXICO

Mexico does allow private, including foreign, ownership and operation of electric power plants. (references)

Trade

Syria

Syria has received some project financing from Japan, the EU, and various Arab national and multinational institutions, including: improving the potable water delivery system in Damascus, upgrading the national telephone system, construction of several electrical power plants, purchase of heavy equipment for land reclamation, road construction, and archeological and historic restoration projects. (references)

Ukraine

Supply of turbines, generators, improvement of dispatch and system control network at hydro power plants along the Dnieper river (Kyiv, Kaniv, Kremenchuk, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhia, Kakhovka), National Dispatch Center and eight regional dispatch centers. (references)

Ukraine

Power Plant Systems-TDA provided partial funding ($200,000) for a study on coproduction of instrumentation systems for nuclear power plants. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "POWER PLANTS": combined heat and power plants ♦ knowledge of ship power plants. Additional references.

Danish

nedlukning af kernekraftværker (decommissioning of nuclear power plants, decommissioning of nuclear power stations), kraftvarmeværk (combined heat and power plants), kendskab til skibsmaskineri (knowledge of ship power plants), CCMGP-Nedlukning af kernekraftvaerker (CCMGP-Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Plants). (various references)

Dutch

warmte- en elektricteitscentrale (combined heat and power plants), ontmanteling van kerncentrales (decommissioning of nuclear power plants, decommissioning of nuclear power stations), kennis van machine-installatie (knowledge of ship power plants), groep gekoppelde krachtcentrales (group of interconnected power plants), CCMGP-Ontmanteling van kerncentrales (CCMGP-Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Plants). (various references)

Finnish

ydinvoimaloiden käytöstäpoisto (decommissioning of nuclear power plants, decommissioning of nuclear power stations), sähkön ja lämmön yhteistuotantolaitos (combined heat and power plants). (various references)

French

programme indicatif lié au vieillissement des centrales nucléaires (indicative programme related to the ageing of nuclear power plants), systeme interconnecté de centrales de puissance (group of interconnected power plants), déclassement des centrales nucléaires (decommissioning of nuclear power plants, decommissioning of nuclear power stations), connaissances des machines du navire (knowledge of ship power plants), Comité consultatif en matière de gestion de programme-Déclassement des centrales nucléaires (Advisory Committee on Programme Management-Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Plants), centrales électriques et thermiques combinées (combined heat and power plants), CCMGP-Declassement des centrales nucleaires (CCMGP-Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Plants). (various references)

German

Stillegung von Kernkraftwerken (decommissioning of nuclear power plants, decommissioning of nuclear power stations), Kraft-Wärme-Kopplung (combined heat and power plants), Kernkraftwerke (Nuclear Power Plants), Kenntnis der Schiffsmaschinenanlagen (knowledge of ship power plants), Gruppe von im Verbundbetrieb eingesetzten Kraftwerken (group of interconnected power plants), CCMGP-Stillegung von Kernkraftwerken (CCMGP-Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Plants), Ausserbetriebsetzung von Kernkraftwerken (decommissioning of nuclear power plants, decommissioning of nuclear power stations). (various references)

Greek 

παροπλισμός πυρηνικών σταθμών ηλεκτροπαραγωγής (decommissioning of nuclear power plants, decommissioning of nuclear power stations), CCMGP-Aποξήλωση των � υρηνικών Σταθμών (CCMGP-Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Plants). (various references)

Italian

programma indicativo relativo all'invecchiamento delle centrali nucleari (indicative programme related to the ageing of nuclear power plants), smantellamento e chiusura definitiva delle centrali nucleari (decommissioning of nuclear power plants, decommissioning of nuclear power stations), impianto di produzione combinata di energia elettrica e calore (combined heat and power plants), gruppo interconnesso di centrali di potenza (group of interconnected power plants), conoscenza degli impianti di propulsione della nave (knowledge of ship power plants), chiusura definitiva delle centrali nucleari (decommissioning of nuclear power plants, decommissioning of nuclear power stations), CCMGP-Smantellamento delle centrali nucleari (CCMGP-Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Plants). (various references)

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Portuguese

desclassificação/desqualificação das centrais nucleares (decommissioning of nuclear power plants, decommissioning of nuclear power stations), conhecimentos das instalações propulsoras de um navio (knowledge of ship power plants), CCMGP-Desactivação das Centrais Nucleares (CCMGP-Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Plants). (various references)

Spanish

programa indicativo sobre el envejecimiento de las centrales nucleares (indicative programme related to the ageing of nuclear power plants), conocimientos de las instalaciones energéticas del buque (knowledge of ship power plants), cierre definitivo de centrales nucleares (decommissioning of nuclear power plants, decommissioning of nuclear power stations), centrales que combinan la producción de energía eléctrica con la producción de calor (combined heat and power plants), centrales combinadas de calor y energía (combined heat and power plants), CCMGP-Clausura de las centrales nucleares (CCMGP-Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Plants). (various references)

Swedish

nedläggning av kärnkraftverk (decommissioning of nuclear power plants, decommissioning of nuclear power stations), avveckling av kärnkraftverk (decommissioning of nuclear power plants, decommissioning of nuclear power stations). (various references)

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