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UPDATE: Explosion at Texas chemicals facility
A SECOND major explosion at a chemicals facility in Port Neches, Texas, has resulted in the evacuation of 50,000 people.
Type: News
Innovative sponge for offshore oil drilling wastewater cleanup
RESEARCHERS at Imperial College London, UK and the University of Toronto (UoT), Canada have developed an innovative surface engineered sponge which could enable offshore oil drilling to clean up wastewater and increase oil recovery.
Type: News
Covid-19 vaccine could be ready by year end, says AZ CEO
ASTRAZENECA says it could begin production of a vaccine for Covid-19 by the end of the year after joining forces with researchers at Oxford University.
Type: News
IChemE Fellow recognised for efforts against Covid
ICHEME Fellow Zhanfeng Cui and his team at the University of Oxford, UK have received an award from the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) for their development of a rapid viral RNA test for Covid-19 detection.
Type: News
Accelerating novel vaccine inactivation method
SEEKING to accelerate a novel method for producing inactivated vaccines to market and ensure competitivity, the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation has partnered with a specialist machinery manufacturer and an information analysis company. The novel method could make vaccine production faster, safer, and cheaper.
Type: News
Book Review: Net Zero: How We Stop Causing Climate Change
Dieter Helm; ISBN: 9780008404468; William Collins; 2020; £20
Type: Feature
Fire at Leamington Spa plastics facility
A FIRE and subsequent explosions occurred at a plastics facility in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, UK on 27 August. One worker is still unaccounted for.
Type: News
UK regulator relaxes effluent rules as water treatment firms begin running out of chemicals
A SHORTAGE of chemicals used to treat wastewater in the UK has led the Environment Agency to relax rules and allow facilities to release untreated effluent. A lack of heavy goods vehicle (HGV) drivers is causing chemicals supply chains to fail, an industry group has warned.
Type: News
Steel industry gathers to discuss sustainability
INDUSTRY workers and researchers from across the steel sector gathered for the virtual bi-annual SUSTAIN conference in December 2021, which was titled Sustainability in Steel. SUSTAIN – Strategic University Steel Technology And Innovation Network – is a collaborative research hub working towards transforming the UK steel sector into a cleaner and smarter industry.
Type: News
David Edwards brings bite-sized process safety wisdom from Trevor Kletz to a new generation
Type: Feature
Round and round: Newcastle University and Wastefront team up to improve tyre recycling
NEWCASTLE University and rubber recycling firm Wastefront, will use a new UK tyre recycling plant to improve the recovery of carbon black to help produce new tyres from old ones
Type: News
Book Review: Process Integration Approaches to Planning Carbon Management Networks
Dominic Foo and Raymond Tan ISBN: 9781032242811; CRC Press; 2021; £59.99
Type: Feature
New UK DEKRA Organisation: One-stop shop for High Hazard Process Industries
DEKRA announces the merger of its UK Process Safety and Organisational Reliability businesses
Type: Feature
New energy and net zero department created as BEIS dissolved
A SIGNIFICANT overhaul by UK prime minister Rishi Sunak will see the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) split into three new entities, including a department dedicated to energy security and net zero
Type: News
Consortium to develop floating nuclear power plants
SAMSUNG Heavy Industries (SHI), Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP), and Seaborg Technologies have announced a consortium to develop floating nuclear power plants.
Type: News
Jane Cutler talks to Adam Duckett about her inspirations and quest for skills
Type: Feature
Scottish researchers explore novel PET recycling approach to produce pharmaceuticals
IN WHAT they believe to be a world first, Scottish researchers are exploring whether it is feasible to use plastic waste from industry to manufacture pharmaceuticals for neurological diseases.
Type: News
Neste forms partnerships to collaborate on renewable PET production
NESTE, an oil company that also produces renewable fuels and other sustainable products, is partnering with Suntory, ENEOS, and Mitsubishi Corporation to manufacture PET (polyethylene terephthalate) resin made with renewable Neste RE on a commercial scale.
Type: News
Two workers at Fukushima nuclear site hospitalised after being splashed with contaminated fluid
TWO contractors are under observation in hospital after they were exposed to contaminated liquid while cleaning pipes in the Advanced Liquid Processing System (ALPS) facility, at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear site.
Type: News
