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Nuclear safety issues for fusion power plants by Lukacs, Matthew, Williams, Laurence G.

“…•Lack of component failure rate data significant issue for fusion power plants.•Accidents during transfer of blanket sectors needs further work.•Production of…”
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‘Going through the dance steps’: Instrumentality, frustration and performativity in processes of formal public participation in decision-making on shale development in the United Kingdom by Williams, Laurence J., Martin, Abigail, Stirling, Andy

“…We employ a mixed-method approach to analyse four forms of formal public participation in decision-making on shale development in the UK – planning,…”
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The important role and performance of engineered barriers in a UK geological disposal facility for higher activity radioactive waste by Marsh, Ashley I., Williams, Laurence G., Lawrence, James A.

“…The effective management of radioactive waste is a necessary prerequisite to the use of nuclear energy. The UK's policy for the long-term management of higher…”
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What are the social outcomes of climate policies? A systematic map and review of the ex-post literature by Lamb, William F, Antal, Miklós, Bohnenberger, Katharina, Brand-Correa, Lina I, Müller-Hansen, Finn, Jakob, Michael, Minx, Jan C, Raiser, Kilian, Williams, Laurence, Sovacool, Benjamin K

“…It is critical to ensure climate and energy policies are just, equitable and beneficial for communities, both to sustain public support for decarbonisation and…”
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Anglo-Chinese Caresses: Civility, Friendship and Trade in English Representations of China, 1760-1800 by Williams, Laurence

“…From the late 1750s British writers, merchants and diplomats responded to trade tensions with China by imagining how cross‐cultural forms of civility might…”
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Nuclear safety and nuclear security regulatory challenges facing a country embarking on a nuclear power programme by Williams, Laurence G

“…Abstract The use of nuclear energy for electricity production is an emotive subject and hence society expects its use to be safe and secure. However, no…”
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A sensitivity study of the factors affecting the risks associated with the disposal of spent nuclear fuel in a geological disposal facility in a clay environment by Marsh, Ashley I., Williams, Laurence G., Lawrence, James A.

“…The disposal route for the UK's inventory of spent nuclear fuel has yet to be decided upon, however if the UK follows the approach taken by many nations, its…”
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Sensitivity study of risk to future generations associated with the Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste in the Jebel-Al-Dhanna salt dome by Al Nuaimi, Abdulla H., Williams OBE FREng, Laurence G.

“…The disposal of Higher Activity Wastes, particularly long lived Heat Generating High Level Waste (HG-HLW) such as Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) is one of the…”
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Operational deployment of compressive sensing systems for seismic data acquisition by Mosher, Charles C, Li, Chengbo, Janiszewski, Frank D, Williams, Laurence S, Carey, Tiffany C, Ji, Yongchang

“…Compressive sensing (CS) provides a new basis for sampling that can increase sampling efficiency for seismic data acquisition by an order of magnitude. A major…”
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Expect the unimaginable: A document analysis of expectations for 5G in UK newspapers by Williams, Laurence

“…I conduct a document analysis of two UK national newspapers in order to assess the technological expectations that were expressed about 5G mobile networks over…”
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Sensitivity study of risk to future generations from geological disposal of radioactive waste in high strength rock in the UAE by Al Nuaimi, Abdulla H., Williams, Laurence G.

“…The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Government's Policy is to institute a safe and permanent geological disposal facility (GDF) for the final disposal of higher…”
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Application of compressive seismic imaging at Lookout Field, Alaska by Brown, Leo, Mosher, Charles C, Li, Chengbo, Olson, Robert, Doherty, Jennifer, Carey, Tiffany C, Williams, Laurence, Chang, Juntao, Staples, Evan

“…In 2015, a new seismic data set was acquired over the Lookout Field in Alaska in anticipation of development. The survey was acquired using principles of…”
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Cigarette Cravings, Impulsivity, and the Brain by Potvin, Stéphane, Tikàsz, Andràs, Dinh-Williams, Laurence Lê-Anh, Bourque, Josiane, Mendrek, Adrianna

“…Craving is a core feature of tobacco use disorder as well as a significant predictor of smoking relapse. Studies have shown that appetitive smoking-related…”
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Koomey's law forevermore? A document analysis of the production and circulation of the promise of ‘green 5G’ by Williams, Laurence, Bergman, Noam

“…We conduct an analysis of a UK-focused corpus of documents that represent key sites through which the promise of green 5G is produced, circulated and…”
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Neural circuitry of impulsivity in a cigarette craving paradigm by Bourque, Josiane, Mendrek, Adrianna, Dinh-Williams, Laurence, Potvin, Stéphane

“…Impulsivity has been shown to play a pivotal role in the onset, pattern of consumption, relapse and, most notably, craving of illicit and licit drugs such as…”
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The energy use implications of 5G: Reviewing whole network operational energy, embodied energy, and indirect effects by Williams, Laurence, Sovacool, Benjamin K., Foxon, Timothy J.

“…The energy efficiency and consumption of mobile networks have received increasing attention from academics and industry in recent years. This has been provoked…”
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Solution processable high band gap hosts based on carbazole functionalized cyclic phosphazene cores for application in organic light-emitting diodes by Soh, Mui Siang, Santamaria, Sonsoles Amor Garcia, Williams, Evan Laurence, Pérez-Morales, Marta, Bolink, Henk J, Sellinger, Alan

“…A new class of solution processable dendrimers based on cyclic phosphazene (CP) cores have been prepared and used as host materials for blue and green organic…”
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Framing ‘fracking’: Exploring public perceptions of hydraulic fracturing in the United Kingdom by Williams, Laurence, Macnaghten, Phil, Davies, Richard, Curtis, Sarah

“…The prospect of fracking in the United Kingdom has been accompanied by significant public unease. We outline how the policy debate is being framed by UK…”
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The discursive politics of ‘fracking’: Frames, storylines, and the anticipatory contestation of shale gas development in the United Kingdom by Williams, Laurence, Sovacool, Benjamin K.

“…•Conducts a mixed-methods frame analysis of the UK policy debate on shale gas development.•Identifies nine key frames and their associated storylines as being…”
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Radioactive waste management in the UAE: Proposal for an inventory management system by Al Nuaimi, Abdulla Hashim, Williams, Laurence Glynn

“…The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is currently heavily reliant on the burning of fossil-fuels to generate most of its electric power needs. Owing to the newly set…”
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