Assessment of risk, damage and environmental safety of emergency situations at energy facilities

The title of our this plenary presentation, “Overcoming the Limits”, certainly echoes Meadows’ famous “The Limits to Growth,” which has played a prominent role in understanding the path of humanity towards the future. However, during the past fifty years both the concept and understanding of these limits have significantly changed. In this report, the concept of limits is understood more broadly then usual. It includes not only the process of overcoming the limits that hinder development, but also implies situations when such limits become irrelevant. Another important point of our title is that limits are not insurmountable. To put it more precisely, they are serious but solvable challenges which can and should be resolved. This paper reflects the concept, developed by the research team of Moscow State University, on the prospects of future world development.

“…Moreover, the world has begun to age rapidly [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]. The development of medical technology has significantly increased life expectancy.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“Overcoming the Limits”. The first results of an interdisciplinary scientific project

Andreev

Grinin

Ivanov

et al. 2022

“…Only the real implementation of the entire range of measures will allow the Volkovka river to be restored. The developed principle of monitoring will allow monitoring the effectiveness of these activities [49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Monitoring the water quality in our rivers in urban areas

Pchelkin

Косолапов

Жученко

et al. 2022

The problems of river pollution with various hazardous elements on the example of the Volkovka river are considered. A study of water from various regions of the Volkovka river was carried out for the presence of various chemical compounds and elements in them. A relationship has been established between the location of the river bed in the city and the level of pollution by various compounds. The comparison of the measurement results with the previously obtained data is carried out and the tendency of changes in pollution is established.

“…The sharp reduction of forests and green areas has led to a decrease in the ability to process emissions of carbon dioxide and other harmful substances [1,3,8,9,[16][17][18][19]. The development of large cities with extensive industrial areas reinforces this trend [7,17,[20][21][22][23]. Urban areas located between enterprises and residential areas are particularly affected in this case.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 92%

Monitoring of soil pollution caused by industrial enterprises in one of the districts of St. Petersburg

Yakusheva

Davydov²,

Sanin³

et al. 2022

The features of soil pollution control in different districts of St. Petersburg are considered. A method for comparison of pollution in various urban areas has been proposed and experimentally implemented. Studies of the state of soil in three zones of Kirovsky and Moscovsky districts of St. Petersburg have been carried out. It is established that consideration of the factors of migration of polluting elements is necessary to establish the causes of significant pollution and develop measures to improve the environmental situation.