Sentences with phrase «international nuclear event»

This prompted Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority to upgrade the situation from 1 to 3 — a «serious incident» on the 8 - point International Nuclear Event Scale.

That was why they re-set the accident classification at level 7 on the UN's International Nuclear Events Scale - i.e. involving «major release of radioactive material with widespread health and environmental effects requiring implementation of planned and extended countermeasures».

Not exact matches

Years of economic punishment for nuclear belligerence haven't stopped the reclusive regime from managing a decent track record at international sporting events.

He said: «As well as her own extensive and wide - ranging consultations with senior figures from the armed forces, the defence industry, the unions, academic experts and others, Emily is hosting a series of round table events for MPs to inform the defence review, focusing on issues such as intelligence, international relations, cyber-security, terrorism, and the role of special forces, as well as the future of the nuclear deterrent.

Anne Thompson, chief environmental affairs correspondent for NBC News, moderated the event, which was held the same day the Japanese government raised the Fukushima reactor disaster to 7 on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale, fanning doubts about the future of nuclear power — currently the leading zero - carbon energy soevent, which was held the same day the Japanese government raised the Fukushima reactor disaster to 7 on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale, fanning doubts about the future of nuclear power — currently the leading zero - carbon energy Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale, fanning doubts about the future of nuclear power — currently the leading zero - carbon energy soEvent Scale, fanning doubts about the future of nuclear power — currently the leading zero - carbon energy nuclear power — currently the leading zero - carbon energy source.

Japanese officials initially rated the incident a level 4, an «accident with local consequences,» on the seven - tier International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES), but Princeton University physicist Frank von Hippel told The New York Times that the Fukushima Daiichi situation is «way past Three Mile Island already.»

At the time of the 1999 Tokaimura nuclear accident in Japan, many people wanted to rank that accident as a 5 or a 6 [on a 7 - level scale] on the IAEA's International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES), but IAEA ranked it nuclear accident in Japan, many people wanted to rank that accident as a 5 or a 6 [on a 7 - level scale] on the IAEA's International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES), but IAEA ranked it Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES), but IAEA ranked it as a 4.

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But, as the FT reported, Nobuo Tanaka, the chief executive of the International Energy Agency, has warned that the role of nuclear power in global energy supply may be less than previously forecast, following the events in Japan.