This diploma thesis deals with nuclear energetics and its impact to the environment. Present state of the energetics, mainly nuclear energetics, in the Czech Republic is discussed here. Also perspective of nuclear energetics is given. The thesis describes nuclear power plant waste handling and also spent nuclear fuel handling. Nuclear power plant is compared with other sources of electric energy, which are counted to the energetic mix. The author focuses on fossil fuels and also on the renewable energy sources. The amount of produced waste to the unit of produced energy, built up area, safety and economic indicators and other parameters are followed for each source of energy.

The thesis deals with nuclear waste deep repositories in the law. With exception of long- term storage the nuclear waste deep repositories represent the only technical solution currently available to deal with the increasing volume of highly radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel. The planning and construction of nuclear waste deep repository entails number of problems and challenges, both from technical and legal perspectives. The thesis aims to describe current legislation regarding the management of radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel within the territory of the Czech Republic with a particular focus on planning and construction of a nuclear waste deep repository. There is step by step described procedure of planning and constructing a nuclear waste deep repository under the current legislation. Within this description the author evaluates the current legislation and identifies its major issues. Subsequently, the author reflects on the cause of these issues and proposes their solutions.

The topic of this diploma thesis is Czech Nuclear Law. The nuclear law is a set of legal norms concerned with the ways and conditions of usage of nuclear energy and ionising radiation, the systems used to protect people and the environment against the damaging effects of ionising radiation, protocols to be followed in the case of accidents, radioactive waste disposal as well as the role of the state administration in supervising usage of nuclear energy and ionising radiation. A short historical review of the usage of nuclear energy and ionising radiation is followed by 2 chapters dedicated to international and EU nuclear law. The aims and content of international and EU collaboration concerning non-military usage of nuclear energy and ionising radiation are defined in these chapters. The other chapters of this thesis are concerned with Czech Nuclear Law. The constitutional foundation of this Law is described as well as nuclear law as a legal subject and the rules forming the base of Czech Nuclear Law. The following section deals with the power characteristics of the individual state authorities in the field of non-military usage of nuclear energy. Attention is paid to the classification of ionising radiation sources and characteristics of the tools used by the legal norm for environmental...

Legal regulation of a deep geological repository of nuclear waste Abstract The topic of the thesis is the legal regulation of a deep geological repository of nuclear waste in the legal system of the Czech Republic. The thesis aims to summarize the administrative law aspects of preparation, construction, operation and termination of operation regarding the deep geological repository, while simultaneously analyzing legislation regulating the deep geological repository. The structure of the thesis corresponds with this aim, and reflects the phases of preparation and existence of the repository. First part of the thesis, following the introduction, defines the principal legal terms in nuclear waste handling and its disposal. The second part is dedicated to the legislation regarding the repository, including international and European legislation as well as national legislation. In this part, the thesis briefly characterizes the new Atomic Act. The chapter about the national legislation also contains a characteristic of Nuclear Law and mutual relations between regulations regarding the repository. The third part contains institutional and financial aspects regarding the repository. A brief analysis of subsidies provided to regions according to the Atomic Act is included in this part. The fourth part summarizes...

The target of my thesis was to map the knowledge of the secondary school pupils of the issue of acquaintance of inhabitants with the recommended ways of the behaviour in case of the occurrence of extraordinary events (with the special accent on the events associated with the possibility of the terrorist misuse of B-agens and imported highly dangerous infection).

The diploma thesis was elaborated on the topic of public awareness on issues related to the nuclear waste repository. The issue of nuclear waste management is currently being updated and increasingly discussed. Especially in connection with the search for a new site for the construction of a deep repository of nuclear waste and spent nuclear fuel. The aim of the thesis was to determine the level of knowledge of the population in the field of nuclear waste, its management, knowledge of the current nuclear waste repositories and the intended deep repository of nuclear waste and spent nuclear fuel and, last but not least, of ionizing radiation. The other task was to compare the level of knowledge of the inhabitants living in one of the sites of the intended underground repository (the Čihadlo site) and the inhabitants living outside this site. The following hypotheses have been established: "The level of knowledge on issues related to the repository for nuclear waste and spent nuclear fuel will be statistically significantly higher for residents living in the Čihadlo site than for those living outside that site" and "Knowledge on issues related to the nuclear waste repository and of spent nuclear fuel will reach at least 70% in both groups." A questionnaire survey was conducted to achieve the objectives set and verify the hypotheses. The results were evaluated using descriptive and mathematical statistics. The questionnaire consisted of 20 questions and 100 respondents from each site. The hypothesis has been confirmed that the level of knowledge of the inhabitants living in the Čihadlo site is statistically significantly higher. Knowledge on issues related to the repository for nuclear waste and spent nuclear fuel reached at least 70% for all respondents only on some issues. In the diploma thesis, there was a picture of the level of knowledge of the inhabitants about nuclear waste, its handling and storage of nuclear waste. The results obtained could be used as one of the bases in the site selection process for building a deep repository.

The master's thesis deals with the analysis of source term of the spent nuclear fuel of the Dukovany Nuclear Power Plant in order to determine the proposals for the transfer of spent nuclear fuel to a deep geological repository in the Czech Republic. To introduce the reader into the issue are briefly described the main aspects, such as the development of the nuclear fuel used in the history of the Dukovany Nuclear Power Plant. These aspects have an influence on the final draft of the timetable. One of the important partial tasks is the processing of an estimate of the future range of spent nuclear fuel, which is based on the current ideas of company ČEZ, a.s. for the future direction of the fuel cycle at the Dukovany nuclear power plant. For the purposes of this work, the key data are the time dependencies of radioactivity and the development of residual heat in individual fuel assemblies. This data are calculated by the software called PAL440_R4, based on the prepared estimates of the spent nuclear fuel assortment. The calculated data are then edited and sorted by MS Excel. For the sake of completeness, the characteristic values and the time dependencies of the radioactivity and the development of residual heat in fuel assemblies. Final timetables for the transfer of spent nuclear fuel to a deep geological repository are processed in several variants, and their selection and application options are justified. For illustration are important parameters given in the form of tables and charts.

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Transcriptional regulation of gene expression in eukaryotes has evolved over millions of years. The regulatory pathways of nuclear receptors represent an evolutionarily ancient, but conserved mechanism with associated accessory proteins, many of them forming a functional nexus known as the Mediator complex involved in transcription. Despite the versatility of the pathway, e.g. through the adoption of new regulatory functions in phylogenetically more recent Metazoa, we hypothesise that the intrinsic potential of the NR-Mediator axis to directly translate a stimulus to a biological response is conserved across species, and additional regulation could also be achieved through secondary functions of its essential members. To support the hypothesis, we assessed the ligand-binding capability of retinoic X receptor in Trichoplax adhaerens and provided evidence to support the concept that this capability was already present at the base of metazoan evolution. With regards to the potential secondary functions, we took inspiration from previous research and identified the Mediator subunit 28 (MED28) as the only known member having documented nuclear and cytoplasmic dual roles, and thus possessing the potential to transmit signals from the cellular structural states to the nucleus. Due to the lack of...

The diploma thesis named "Nixon-Brezhnev Summits in 1973 and 1974 in Czechoslovakian Press" deals with the presentation of summits between Leonid Brezhnev and Richard Nixon in contemporary Czechoslovakian dailies. It analyzes texts published by the media concerning the meetings in 1973 and 1974 in Washington and Moscow in the set period of more than one month around the meetings. Not only does the thesis research the degree of bias of the media content due to the ideological inclination towards the Soviet Union. It also analyzes the way in which the media in Czechoslovakia dealt with the presentation of both the enemy superpowers as partners. The theory part provides in introduction of the topic and basic historical context of the events. Furthermore it characterizes the respective meetings and the analyzed dailies. The practical part covers detailed qualitative content analysis of the selected representatives of the contemporary Czechoslovakian press, namely Rudé právo, Svobodné slovo, Mladá fronta and Lidová demokracie. Then the thesis compares the presentation of the respective summits and attempts to find the causes of the differences and trends in the in the presentation. As an addition the thesis also provides a comparison with similar meetings between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev,...