Judul: Perancangan model portofolio risiko korporasi agroindustri kelapa sawit, Design of corporate risk portfolio model for palm oil agroindustry
Abstrak: The palm oil industry is one of the current leading agroindustries in Indonesia since it has a relatively significant contribution to the government tax revenues and employment opprtunities in the industrial regions. It was predicted that the plantation area would reach 7.3 million hectares and would produce 19.4 million tons Crude Palm Oil (CPO) at the end 2009. Consequently, the high range of activities of the palm oil industry sector definitely carries uncertainties and some risks.
Keyword: Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), Value at Risk (VAR), Analyitical Network Process (ANP), Manajemen Risiko Korporasi, Extreme Value Theory (EVT)

Judul: Rancang Bangun Penilaian Risiko Mutu dalam Rantai Pasokan Minyak Sawit Kasar dengan Pendekatan Sistem Dinamis : Studi Kasus PT. Perkebunan Nusantara IV (Persero) Unit Adolina
Abstrak: Indonesian palm oil industry has grown significantly in recent years and since 2006 has surpassed Malaysia to become the world’s largest Crude Palm Oil (CPO) producer. With the ever increasing of potential market and market demands for its palm oil products, Indonesia will need to ensure the highest level of palm oil products quality. The main objectives of this research are first, to identify the factors to measure the success of Palm Oil Mills (POM) Adolina’s management. Secondly to design a system dynamic model as a tool to determine the quality risk assessment pattern of POM Adolina. The results from simulation of this model will be referenced when formulating managerial policies. The dynamic model comprises three sub-models, namely production sub-model, transportation sub-model and inventory sub-model respectively. In conclusion, this research produced the formulation of the most important factors to measure management success, namely the level of CPO production and the level of free fatty acid (FFA), and also generated simulation of managerial policies. To obtain them three scenarios were considered, the basic, the dynamic behavior and the risk assessment scenarios. Probabilistic and uncertainty parameters were considered in the third scenario.
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Judul: Separation of Neodymium from U3Si2/Al Fuel Plate for Burn-Up Determination
Abstrak: Neodymium is a common fission product produced in nuclear fission reactions. Neodymium in this study was chosen as a burn-up indicator for U3Si2/Al fuel element plates because the neodymium isotope is a stable fission product with a fairly high yield. Some procedures were carried out to separate neodymium, starting with the separation of cesium isotopes (137Cs, 134Cs) through the precipitation method, then separation of uranium isotopes (235U, 238U) and plutonium isotopes (239Pu, 238Pu) with Dowex 1x8 ion exchange resin, and separation of neodymium (Nd), samarium (Sm), as well as cerium (Ce) with Dowex 1x4 ion exchange resin. The Cs recovery reached 99.95%. The U and Pu isotopes resulting from the separation are subjected to an electrodeposition process and the weight of each isotope can be measured with an alpha spectrometer. The separation results of Nd from Sm and Ce have been proven using an XRF spectrometer. The neodymium isotopes separation was corrected using the standard addition method, and an average total Nd content of 2.4 ppm was obtained in the PEB U3Si2/Al bottom solution. It is hoped that this separation method can be applied in determining burn-up of nuclear fuel.
Keyword: neodymium, burn-up indicator, U3Si2/Al fuel plate