In 1990, the Supreme Court ruled that software was, indeed, patentable, but only in the context of some mechanical entity, whether it be a steel plant, a computer system or even (unbelievably) a CD-ROM disc.
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If it reaches 27 feet, officials told WGNO, the plant's water intake system could shut down.
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It's installing a large-scale version of the original system at a plant in Oakville, Ontario--thanks to the generosity of the Canadian government.
The deal called for the two companies to reopen Fremont, re-hired United Auto Workers members, and run the plant under the Toyota Production System.
Lynas Corp is about to commission its Malaysian separation plant: when that whole system is in full production we might be talking of another 20, 000 tonnes a year.
It may carry human excrement if a single water system serves a whole plant.
So Ford modified the system for the Wayne plant, substituting a Stirling engine for the fuel cell.
Last year, a water plant in Texas disconnected its control system from the Internet after a hacker posted pictures of the facility's internal controls.
Hours earlier, the plant operator switched off a reactor cooling system after discovering rats near critical equipment.
The SARRY system at the Fukushima Daiichi plant is its first large-scale application.
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The ability to use domestic, clean, affordable natural gas combined with significant amounts of carbon to produce syngas for use in a gas-to-liquids plant offers extraordinary advantages over the current system.
Anne Lauvergeon, chief executive of the French nuclear giant Areva, hinted last week during a meeting in Forbes offices that Areva is developing a hybrid solar power plant concept that combines a solar thermal system with solar photovoltaic (PV) panels.
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In the 11-state Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator grid, coal-plant utilization has fallen to 45 to 55 percent from 70 to 80 percent in 2010-11, according to RBN, a Houston-based energy market-research firm.
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It has the authority to open schools, create its own criminal justice system, and open a nuclear power plant -- although it hasn't chosen to do any of those things yet.
They have also suspended refuelling at their Calder Hall plant in Cumbria, which uses the same refuelling system as Chapelcross, while moving to reassure the public that the incident was a "low level" nuclear incident.
The first phase of construction includes early earthwork and concrete foundations for a mill and on-site power plant, expansion of the existing water-supply system, construction and operation of the initial phase of a new tailings facility, and expansion of camp facilities by approximately 6, 600 additional beds for workers.
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He soon broke ranks with utility executives by supporting a cap-and-trade system for sulfur dioxide and other coal-plant pollutants.
Ultimately, says Ford, the system could power one-third of the plant's paint shop.
Mr Barlow was a system supervisor for BP at the In Amenas plant.
Geever says for years groups like his have tried to shut down the power plant because its so-called once-through cooling system kills tons of marine life.
Australian start-up Sunengy is partnering with Tata Power of India to develop a similar solar system for the reservoir of a hydro power plant in Mumbai.
Other times the attacks are more personal:In 2000 a discontented consultant, rejected for a job at a water treatment plant in Australia, remotely hacked into a sewage treatment system and released 264, 000 gallons of raw sewage into rivers and parks.
Rather than letting the heat escape, a cogeneration plant uses the excess energy to power a heating and cooling system.
In January 2003 the Microsoft SQL Server worm, known as Slammer, infected a private computer network at David-Besse nuclear power plant in Oak Harbor, Ohio, disabling a safety monitoring system for nearly five hours, says the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Power has been restored to part of the cooling system at Japan's tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant, after it failed for the second time in a month.
Carl Rhode of Entergy, the plant's operator, told WGNO that the threat to the intake system is not a matter of nuclear safety.
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The prototype system is run by a set of computer codes, rather than plant personnel.
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Managers tout the Chery Production System, or CPS, which is modeled after the vaunted Toyota Production System, but the factory lacks the clockwork efficiency of a Toyota plant.
Managers tout the Chery Production System, or CPS, which is modeled after the vaunted Toyota (nyse: TM - news - people ) Production System, but the factory lacks the clockwork efficiency of a Toyota plant.
The firm has built a 40 kilowatt demonstration plant and is partnering with AES, a utility, to build a 1-2MW system.
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