High Efficiency Nuclear Power Plants Using Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor Technology

An overall system analysis approach is used to propose potential conceptual designs of advanced terrestrial nuclear power plants based on Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Molten Salt Reactor (MSR) experience and utilizing Closed Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) thermal-to-electric energy conversion technology. In particular conceptual designs for an advanced 1 GWe power plant with turbine reheat and compressor intercooling at a 950 K turbine inlet temperature (TIT), as well as near term 100 MWe demonstration plants with TITs of 950 and 1200 K are presented. Power plant performance data were obtained for TITs ranging from 650 to 1300 K by use of a Closed Brayton Cycle (CBC) systems code which considered the interaction between major sub-systems, including the Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor (LFTR), heat source and heat sink heat exchangers, turbo-generator machinery, and an electric power generation and transmission system. Optional off-shore submarine installation of the power plant is a major consideration

Attributes of Embodied Leadership: A beginning in the next chapter of leadership development

Research and guidance on leadership behaviour has been documented throughout history, from the epics to more recent leadership theories, evolved over the last century. Why then, when there is so much research and advice available are leaders still making so many errors? A review of literature in leadership studies reveals that recommendations have often been descriptive, assumptive and prescriptive without considering various differences in individuals. Additionally, leadership development often utilises methodologies in which individuals are trained to ‘act’ as leaders rather than fully embody leadership behaviour. This paper explores the generic attributes that describe embodied leadership behaviour. Semistructured interviews were performed on a panel of individuals from different backgrounds and analysed using a grounded theory approach. Along with the interviews, the works of Scharmer (2008) and behavioural traits identified in leadership by Derue, Nahrgang, Wellman and Humphrey (2011) were also taken into consideration. A final consensus was reached using a set of ten attributes that potentially contribute to embodied leadership behaviour; being non-judgemental, embracing uncertainty, active listening, congruence (morals and ethics), intuition, reflective practice, sense of meaning/purpose, holistic decision making, authentic presence and intention

The Lime Content of Rocks of The Upper Cretaceous System of Ellis County, Kansas

The report which is being submitted here is the result of several weeks of field and laboratory work investigating the rocks of the Upper Cretaceous System of Ellis County, Kansas. The writer has attempted to consider the subject primarily from a chemical viewpoint although much of the background for the work has been of a geological nature. There has been no attempt to give a complete chemical analysis of the rocks of the Upper Cretaceous System, but rather a more or less thorough analysis in regard to the percentage of lime that the rocks of the various formations and members in respective parts of the county may contain. Also the attempt has been made to determine the consistency of the percentage of lime in a given member in various parts of the county and also of different beds of a given member in the same locality. The possibility of the existence of limestone of a percentage sufficiently high to be used for cattle feeding and for the manufacturing of lime has also been investigated. So far as the writer has been able to learn, there has been no work done on the chemical composition of the rooks of the Upper Cretaceous System of Ellis County, other than at Yocemento. Undoubtedly analytical work was done there during the time the cement factory was operating. However, the plant has been closed for a good many years and no printed materials are available regarding the nature of the enterprise. Much of the work has been based upon the geological report of N. W. Bass, entitled Geologic Investigations in Western Kansas

Letter, to Gerald W. Tomanek, from G. Lawrence Rarick, October 19, 1981

Letter, thanking Dr. Tomanek for an invitation to participate in the Dedication Ceremony, and tribute to Dr. Rarick.https://scholars.fhsu.edu/rarick/1049/thumbnail.jp

Letter, to Gerald W. Tomanek, from G. Lawrence Rarick, November 13, 1981

Letter, thanking Dr. Tomanek for sending a copy of the comments to Lois (sister of Lawrence Rarick).https://scholars.fhsu.edu/rarick/1051/thumbnail.jp

Mencius on Management: Managerial Implications of the Writings of China’s Second Sage

Often referred to as China’s Second Sage, Mencius maintained and strengthened the Confucian tradition and added his own views on topics that are relevant to modern day managers. Mencius made managerial recommendations in such diverse areas as corporate governance, interpersonal relations, economic development, and human resources. The focus of this paper will be on Mencius’ management and leadership advice

Letter, to George W. Tomanek, from G. Lawrence Rarick, July 30, 1979

Dr. Rarick acknowledges the receipt of a piece of stone from the original Rarick Hall.https://scholars.fhsu.edu/rarick/1027/thumbnail.jp