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Largest ever oil spill response exercise on the Baltic Sea being held off the coast of Helsinki, Finland

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This year’s Balex Delta oil spill response exercise, which is held annually under the Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area, is taking place today in the sea area outside Helsinki, Finland. The Finnish Environment Institute SYKE is coordinating the exercise. The most important oil harbors.

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9 Teams Advancing to Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE Validation Stage

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Nine Finalist teams in the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE have made it through on-track testing at Michigan International Speedway (MIS) and now move into a Validation stage before prize money will be awarded this September. Edison2, Very Light Car #97 (Charlottesville, VA), Internal Combustion Engine.

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Video Friday: The Coolest Robots

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We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. This work will be presented at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation ( ICRA 2023 ) in London next week. Mateo Guaman Castro ] Thanks, Mateo!

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Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE Concludes Knockout Qualifying Stage; 15 Vehicles from 12 Teams Continue On

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The remaining vehicles—two in the Mainstream class and 13 in the Alternative class—will now proceed to the Finals Stage, set for 19-30 July at Michigan International Speedway (MIS) in Brooklyn, Mich. Edison2 Very Light Car #97 (Charlottesville, VA) Internal Combustion Engine. RaceAbout Association, RaceAbout (Finland) Battery Electric.

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Holtec and Mitsubishi Electric partnering to advance SMR-160 small modular reactor program

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The containment is a steel structure that will serve to dissipate heat to the environment using passive cooling for a design basis event. The reactor system is designed to withstand the strongest Design Basis Earthquake postulated for any existing US or international nuclear plant location. An SMR-160 installation takes up less than 4.5

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Helsinki to host electric display of green cars

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So-called open source thinking was applied to the eCorolla design, which converts an old-technology internal combustion engine car into a modern electric vehicle. Tags: Green credentials Electric Motor Show event Finland helsinki. Also on display will be various electric car conversions in different stages of completion.