The Project FastR`Cargo aims at developing the fastest transhipment system with the potential of a significant impact on rail innovations for 2010 and beyond. It aims at automatic loading and un-loading of standardised intermodal transport units to standardised rail wagons and trucks below active...

The multiple barrier concept is the cornerstone of all proposed schemes for underground disposal of radioactive wastes. The concept invokes a series of barriers, both engineered and natural, between the waste and the surface. Achieving this concept is the primary objective of all disposal program...

In order to stay competitive, many European companies started to purchase from the far east. This endangers the health of the European economy in two dimensions: The European enterprises might loose a significant market share and they might decide to transfer the major part of their value creatio...