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Mine safety system goes global
Mackay-based company Mining Logic Solutions has signed an exclusive global licence agreement with CSIRO Exploration and Mining to commercially develop the Nexsys™ real-time risk management system.
Nexsys allows underground coal mines to interrogate vast amounts of digital information from a variety of sensors and systems throughout the mine, which normally do not communicate with each other.
The system analyses this integrated data to provide real-time risk management and decision support for control room operators, including automatic triggering of response plans if it discovers a hazardous ... |
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UK government`s nuclear road map faces fresh blockades
The government`s plans to fast track a new generation of nuclear reactors could be facing another road block after a group of academics joined green groups in calling for an independent inquiry into the current consultation processes, while new reports emerged of safety breaches at the Sellafield plant in Cumbria.
Under EU rules, the government`s nuclear plans have to pass through a ` justification` process designed to ensure there is a net benefit arising from any new reactors.
Green groups have accused the government of a lack of transparency over this justification process, and now ... |
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