Gemeentegrenzen in Nederland: Een juridisch, technisch en kadastraal onderzoek

Gemeenten vormen een belangrijke pijler in de structuur van de overheid in Nederland. Hun invloed beperkt zich uiteraard tot het eigen grondgebied, en daarvoor is het nodig dat de gemeentegrenzen goed bekend zijn. Er bestaat in Nederland echter geen offici registratie van gemeentegrenzen. Het Kadaster heeft weliswaar deze grenzen op kaart staan,...

Conceptual design of a fluidized bed nuclear reactor: Statics, dynamics and safety-related aspects

In this thesis a conceptual design of an innovative high temperature reactor based on the fluidization principle (FLUBER) is proposed. The reactor should satisfy the following requirements: (a) modular and low power, (b)) large shutdown margin, (c) able to produce power when the bed of particles expands and stop as soon as the coolant flow is...

Morphodynamics of Texel Inlet

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Optical dating of quartz from young deposits: From single-aliquot to single-grain

Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) dating is a tool used in Quaternary Geology for assessing ages of depositional mineral grains such as quartz, feldspars and zircons. In particular, OSL showed to be exceptionally robust and reliable for dating quartz samples. Such a technique has been successfully applied in the age range of 1.000 up to...

A compact fast-neutron producing target for high resolution cross section measurements

A proper knowledge of neutron cross sections is very important for the operation safety of various nuclear facilities. Reducing uncertainties in the neutron cross sections can lead to an enhanced safety of present and future nuclear power systems. Accurate neutron cross sections also play a relevant role in many other disciplines such as...

Experimental and Analytical Modeling of Natural Circulation and Forced Circulation BWRs: Thermal-Hydraulic, Core-Wide, and Regional Stability Phenomena

Currently, 434 nuclear power plants are in operation worldwide. 21% of them are known as Boiling Water Reactors (BWRs). These BWRs have pumps that cool their reactor cores (the forced circulation BWRs). In the design of new BWRs, ways to cool the core by a natural circulation flow, without pumps, also called natural circulation BWRs, are being...

Proteins at surfaces

Understanding protein adsorption is of vital importance in many fields of medicine and industry that can be divided into two categories: those in which it is desired to minimize adsorption, and those in which protein adsorption is desired. The first category covers materials for kidney dialysis membranes, implants in the bloodstream, vessels for...