Sentences with phrase «natanz nuclear facility»

And South Carolina gets 52 percent of its electric power from its seven nuclear facilities.
Every review of Iran's nuclear facilities by the International Atomic Energy Agency since Trump took office has shown that Iran is complying with the deal's terms.
In the past, it's been a give and take: North Korea has agreed to take certain steps to dismantle its nuclear facilities in return for energy and food aid.
The cap: For decades, Canada's Nuclear Liability Act provided that, in the event of a catastrophe at a nuclear facility, its operators faced a maximum liability of just $ 75 million.
A recent example of this is Operation Orchard, the Israeli attack on a suspected Syrian nuclear facility that was enabled by a concurrent cyberattack to shut down Syria's air defenses.
Closing down an old nuclear facility is more controversial than one might think.
Schneider confirmed that the incident had occurred and that it had issued a security alert to customers of the technology, which cyber experts said is widely used in the energy industry, including at nuclear facilities, and oil and gas plants.
«Every piece of code in there served to get inside Iran's nuclear facility
The tsunami waves, not the earthquake, were what caused the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility to melt down.
Working at nuclear facilities comes with an additional round of training and certification.
Over the years he's watched humans, robots, and a car rocket into space, toured crumbling and cutting - edge nuclear facilities, chased a total solar eclipse over the North Pole, and donated his feces to researchers, among other reporting adventures.
Why this matters: Code governing control systems at industrial sites has already been the target of attacks, and US officials recently warned Russian hackers are probing for security holes in software controlling critical infrastructure like nuclear facilities and dams.
Iran also could respond by ending or limiting the inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency of its nuclear facilities.
Unlike any other virus or worm built before, this one didn't just simply hijack the targeted computers or steal information from them, it escaped the digital realm to wreak actual physical destruction on an Iranian nuclear facility.
Nevertheless, Netanyahu's hawkish retort not only increases the odds the US will pull out of the deal but raises the spectre of Israel taking military action against Iranian nuclear facilities.
Specifically, the estimated levelized cost of energy for nuclear generation increased ~ 35 % versus prior estimates, reflecting increased capital costs at various nuclear facilities currently in development.
However, even they have their limits, and when they discovered that scientists at a top secret nuclear facility were using the supercomputers to mine...
I heard stories of protesters holding candles outside nuclear facilities, Christian Peacemaker Teams venturing to Iraq just before the fighting, and so on.
Washington Wine Country's Nuclear Threat: A nuclear facility in Washington state's prime wine country is leaching radioactive groundwater and is one natural disaster away from Fukushi
Having gained strategic depth in Afghanistan, Iran has developed asymmetrical capability to disrupt U.S. operations or retaliate against American troops, should Iran's nuclear facilities be attacked.
UAE's crown prince was the only foreign national who was allowed to visit Pakistan's nuclear facilities back in the 1980's.
Israel has also criticized and condemned Iran for their nuclear program but the Iranians have let the IAEA into their nuclear facilities to be inspected.
Recent revelations of 25 possible intrusions (based on fake IDs) at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), India's premier nuclear facility in Mumbai, highlights this threat.
The aid was given over two time periods — 1995 - 2003 and 2007 - 2009 — in exchange for North Korea freezing its plutonium - related nuclear facilities.
William Hague, in his brief stay in the Foreign Office, had to deal with a major foreign policy crisis as Israel carried out military strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities.
It will also include incentives for upstate nuclear facilities, which provide a significant source of carbon - free power, but are struggling financially against natural gas plants.
In short, this nuclear facility is old and antiquated.
The congressman said they want to see Iran's nuclear facilities, visit with detained Americans, meet with Iranian officials about their recent ballistic missile tests and the Jan. 12 detention of U.S. sailors, and observe Iran's Feb. 26 elections.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who spearheaded creation of the subsidies to preserve nuclear facilities that produce power without significant carbon emissions, cheered the ruling.
«For over 40 years, Entergy's Indian Point nuclear facilities have been damaging the coastal resources of the Hudson River estuary,» the state agency wrote.
«There will be relatively high costs in developing this new nuclear facility but broadly comparable with other low carbon technologies such as offshore wind, and, potentially, carbon capture and storage applied to gas and coal fired power stations.
The proposal comes as nuclear facilities across the country feel the financial pressure of cheap natural gas produced by the fracking boom and after Entergy has already decided to close its Vermont Yankee facility for economic reasons.
An official with Entergy said that its decision to close Oswego County's James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant last October is negatively affecting the way state lawmakers view its Indian Point nuclear facility.
Most of the nuclear facilities currently operating in America don't have them, and few of the operators of the older plants would opt to build them because of the cost, N.R.C. spokesman Neil Sheehan said.
Cuomo's fashion choice for disasters and emergencies has become a familiar sight for many New Yorkers, whether he's standing on New York City streets flooded after Hurricane Sandy, trudging along a snow - crippled Buffalo highway or issuing statements in front of a burning transformer at the Indian Point nuclear facility.
The operators of New York's nuclear facilities are split on that plan.
The fate of Entergy's James A. FitzPatrick nuclear facility in Oswego, however, appears more decided.
He said Indian Point is fully licensed and should not be considered as separate under the plan from other nuclear facilities.
ALBANY — Saturday night's transformer fire at the Indian Point Energy Center has given Governor Andrew Cuomo his biggest opening yet to question the safety of the Westchester County nuclear facility, whose operation he has long opposed.
«In the wake of Japan's crisis, our country's nuclear facilities should be bolstering their safety measures, yet Indian Point is looking to weaken its precautionary measures,» Schneiderman said in a press release.
The administration policy will prolong the life of nuclear facilities for a few years, to serve as a bridge to the cleaner - energy options.
Utilities and other energy companies, such as energy service companies, will purchase power from nuclear facilities.
The administration's treatment of nuclear facilities could serve as a national model for other states, where nuclear plants are also struggling to compete against cheaper power sources.
«Our affiliates in the private sector, public sector and building trades were united in recognizing the important role existing nuclear facilities, like the James A. Fitzpatrick Nuclear Power Plant have in our communities and in our future,» said AFL - CIO President Mario Cilento.
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office today is celebrating a key decision from the federal government that would require the Indian Point nuclear facility to submit an action and environmental cleanup plan for accidents before being re-licensed.
The proposal called for the opening of Israel's nuclear facilities to IAEA inspection and Israel signing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
No suprise that e.g. the Saudis would try everything to convice the US to bomb the Iranian nuclear facilities and even offer their airspace for Israel to help them bomb Iran
A Downing Street source said there was «no credible evidence» at the moment that terrorists would try to attack a civil nuclear facility, but stressed it was right to remain vigilant about safety at nuclear sites.
New York will investigate the Indian Point Energy Center after Cuomo said he learned that «radioactive tritium - contaminated water» leaked into the groundwater at the nuclear facility in Westchester County.
The state has lost another round in its legal fight against the Indian Point nuclear facility, with a federal regulator rejecting its effort to force the plant to undergo leak rate tests more often.
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