Sentences with phrase «increases nuclear risk»

Energy Collective (April 5, 2011) by David Lewis — Dysfunctional Anti Nuke Waste Strategy Increases Nuclear Risk (HT to Atomikrabbit)

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As our knowledge of nuclear power, for example, increased and we built more and more nuclear power plants, we discovered how little we really knew about the new world of technology we ushered ourselves into, with risks previously unknown and unanticipated.

If he were to acquire nuclear weapons, I think our friends in the region would face greatly increased risks as would we.»

The government policy is also due, in part, to the emergence of new nuclear energy technologies that, if successfully developed and implemented, could increase nuclear plant safety while also reducing costs and the risk of nuclear proliferation.

Several large cohort studies of medical x-ray technicians and nuclear industry workers suggest a slight increase in cancer risk at exposures below 100 mSv, Shore says.

Antinuclear activists worry that the drilling could increase regional seismicity and therefore increase the risk of a massive nuclear power plant in Maharashtra, 64 kilometers away.

Hotspots of radiation from the nuclear disaster are still likely to cause localized, small increases in cancer risk, according to a new report by the World Health Organization

Many scientists and environmentalists warn that the government's present strategy of simply storing the plutonium could do more harm than good because it does nothing to reduce the risk of environmental disaster, and, rather than discourage other countries from developing nuclear weapons, it could provoke them to increase their efforts.

In a related editor's note, JAMA Internal Medicine Editor - in - Chief Rita F. Redberg, M.D., M.Sc., writes: «These findings suggest that the current practice of performing a stress test on low - risk patients in the ED is unnecessary and prolongs the length of stay in EDs as well as increases unnecessary medical imaging, with significant associated radiation risk for tests that include nuclear imaging.

Genome - wide association analysis comparing affected and unaffected PWC with the SOD1 mutation identified a haplotype within the gene «SP110 nuclear body protein'that was associated with increased risk of developing DM and early age of onset.

The greatest objection to the spread of nuclear technology and power reactors to developing countries, however, is that it will increase the risks of nuclear weapons proliferation.

Furthermore, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), Canada's independent nuclear regulator, will not issue a licence unless it is satisfied that the entire project will be completed safely, without posing increased risks to the health, safety or security of Canadians or the envirNuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), Canada's independent nuclear regulator, will not issue a licence unless it is satisfied that the entire project will be completed safely, without posing increased risks to the health, safety or security of Canadians or the envirnuclear regulator, will not issue a licence unless it is satisfied that the entire project will be completed safely, without posing increased risks to the health, safety or security of Canadians or the environment.

Nuclear accidents can release radioactive iodine into the environment, increasing the risk of thyroid cancer in exposed individuals, especially children [55,56].

You might wonder how pacifism, international law, human and civil rights, democracy, pluralism, anti-racism, ethics and morality can help avert a nuclear A Cup of Hot Tea Daily Could Bring Down Risk of Glaucoma Glaucoma affects million people around the world currently, and is expected to increase to 65

And we can dramatically increase the risk of a more acute, devastating Fukishima - style accident by rapidly increasing our use of nuclear power.

Such recycling, he argues, «would dramatically increase the risk of nuclear war.»

Would a 10 to 20 times increase in operating nuclear occur would the risk posed by proliferation increase?

d. Changing perceptions of the risks and benefits of nuclear power leads to increasing public support for nuclear > allows the NRC licensing process to be completely revamped and the culture of the organisation to be changed from «safety first» to an appropriate balance of all costs and risks, including the consequences of retarding nuclear development and rollout by making it too expensive to compete as well as it could if the costs were lower (e.g. higher fatalities per TWh if nuclear is not allowed to be cheaper than fossil fuels);

While this is more expensive than the current cost of market power at $ 32 / MWh, solar has no fuel costs, no risk of fuel cost increases, and no water or air pollution, coal ash clean - up, or nuclear waste costs.

Replacing Taiwan's nuclear plants with fossil fuels has already increased the risk of death from air pollution.

, solar has no fuel costs, no risk of fuel cost increases, and no water or air pollution, coal ash clean - up, or nuclear waste costs.

thus reducing the financing costs for all of the plants life 4) Increasing support allows the NRC licensing process to be completely revamped and the culture of the organisation changed from «safety first» to a balance of all costs and risks, > including the costs and risks of nuclear being delayed and too expensive to compete as well as it could if the costs were lower.

The Act arises from a letter from a group of health physicists who pointed out that the limited understanding of low - dose health risks impairs the nation's decision - making capabilities, whether in responding to radiological events involving large populations such as the 2011 Fukushima accident or in areas such as the rapid increase in radiation - based medical procedures, the cleanup of radioactive contamination from legacy sites and the expansion of civilian nuclear energy.

You can replace with combined cycle gas, but that does not cut emissions as much as nuclear and the risk of gas price increases cause a high risk of increases in cost of electricity in the future.

The coming expansion of nuclear power can be a security as well as an environmental blessing (after all, nuclear energy is entirely free of greenhouse gas emissions and can help us deal with climate change), but only if it comes without a great increase in the risk of the proliferation of nuclear weapons.

But it also leaves China a «hostage to fortune» through increasing nuclear accident risk.

I would add that a commitment to increased nuclear power would be a realistic way of insuring future energy needs while hedging climate change risks.

If there were any chance that more nuclear energy increased the risk of nuclear war, I would be against it.

Nuclear energy could make an increasing contribution to low - carbon energy supply, but a variety of barriers and risks exist (robust evidence, high agreement).

More importantly, it doesn't look at the role of wealthy countries in contributing to the most important population - related problems that are global: climate disruption, toxification of the entire planet, the possibly insurmountable challenge of transitioning rapidly away from fossil fuels, looting of the seas, and increasing the risks of pandemics and nuclear war.

MacArthur is placing a few big bets that truly significant progress is possible on some of the world's most pressing social challenges, including over-incarceration, global climate change, nuclear risk, and significantly increasing financial capital for the social sector.