Analysis for Nanotechnology Financial Progression in the Energy Industry Using Systems Thinking Decision Making - Atomic Nanoscale Technology in the Nuclear Industry - page 93

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AnalysisforNanotechnologyFinancial
ProgressionintheEnergyIndustryUsing
Systems Th inkingDecisionMaking
TaehoWooandYunilKim
CONTENTS
9.1. Introduction................................................................................................... 93
9.2. Method........................................................................................................... 94
9.3. Calculation..................................................................................................... 97
9.4. Results.......................................................................................................... 101
9.5. Conclusions................................................................................................. 103
References............................................................................................................. 104
9.1 Introduction
New. technology. applied. in. the. nuclear. industry. is. one. of. most. important.
advances. of. the. twenty-irst. century.. Nanotechnology. (NT),. information.
technology. (IT),. and. biotechnology. (BT). have. interdisciplinary. applica-
tions. in. nuclear. technology.. Investigations. in. the. nuclear. industry. as. well.
as.academic.ields.are.useful.in.managing.these.new.technology.ields,.and.
applications.using.these.interdisciplinary.technologies.will.enhance.power.
production.in.nuclear.power.plants.(NPPs).
Historically,.NT.was.initiated.in.the.1990s.as.the.National.Nanotechnology.
Initiative.(NNI),.which.has.promoted.applications.in.many.areas.of.science.
and.technology..The.object.of.the.NNI.is.to.improve.eficiency.in.a.variety.
of.ields..In.the.area.of.NPPs,.NT.application.to.nuclear.technology.has.been.
introduced.. This. new. trend. highlights. a. possible. solution. for. the. current.
stagnation. in. NPP. construction.. Dr.. Albert. Einstein. calculated. the. size. of.
a.single.sugar.molecular.from.experimental.data.on.the.diffusion.of.sugar.
in.water,.which.showed.that.each.molecule.measures.about.one.nanometer.
in. diameter. (Stix. 2001).. Richard. Feynman. mentioned. there. were. plenty. of.
rooms.at.the.bottom.of.the.matter.around.1960s.(Toumey.2005)..Nanoscale.
research.was.initiated.nationally.in.the.United.States.in.the.1990s..The.NNI.
is.a.government.effort.and.therefore.depends.on.tax.dollars.for.its.operation..
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