Sentences with phrase «other nuclear scientists»

Other nuclear scientists are waiting to see how South Korea's new energy policy, due by the end of the year, might affect research, including work on fusion reactors.

Not exact matches

Scientists planning NIF experiments may also wish to consider preparatory experiments at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's Jupiter Laser Facility and other laser facilities across the National Nuclear Security Administration complex.

to close and we fry, to far and our sun would be dead from old age 6 - of the 3 forces (weak nuclear forces, strong nuclear forces and gravity) scientist are stumped why gravity was not evenly split like the other 2.

The other side of the «green» argument against nuclear power is the fear by some climate scientists that carbon emissions in New York could increase by more than 31 million metric tons during the next two years, if a number of nuclear power plants close.

To fully understand a plant's nuclear genome, scientists must also study two other genomes found within plant cells — in the «powerhouse» mitochondria and in the photosynthesizing chloroplast organelles.

Some of the new nuclear science research programs, including the one at MIT, are studying new reactor designs and fuel cycles that scientists (and policy - makers) hope will make nuclear plants safer and cheaper to operate, and produce waste materials with smaller volume, shorter half - lives, and less appeal to terrorists and other would - be nuclear powers.

While the superpowers were busy threatening to destroy each other with nuclear weapons, Albert B. Sabin turned to a surprising ally to test his new oral polio vaccine — a Soviet scientist

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.

Foreign scientists from China, Russia, Israel, India, Pakistan, and other countries face increased scrutiny — partly, it appears, because these countries possess or are seeking to possess nuclear capabilities (Science, 21 November 2008, p. 1172).

However, sources tell ScienceInsider that several prominent scientists and nuclear policy heavyweights rejected the Administration's overtures, and that other candidates were thought to carry too much political baggage to be confirmed by the Senate.

The new role is needed, Moses says, so that Atherton can coordinate with scientists in the three major user communities that NIF serves: nuclear weapons researchers involved in maintaining the U.S. stockpile, fusion energy researchers, and basic scientists working with materials and in other fields.

The scientists estimated that the amount of contaminated water flowing into the ocean from this brackish groundwater source below the sandy beaches is as large as the input from two other known sources: ongoing releases and runoff from the nuclear power plant site itself, and outflow from rivers that continue to carry cesium from the fallout on land in 2011 to the ocean on river - borne particles.

The idea, which he published in the journal Nuclear Physics B in 2004, was solidified through the work of other scientists including Oleg Lunin of SUNY Albany, Stefano Giusto of the University of Padova, Iosif Bena of CEA - Saclay, and Nick Warner of the University of Southern California.

As President Obama's Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future continues to ponder what role nuclear power might play in the U.S. electricity supply, a group of scientists, engineers and other experts assembled by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) released a report on the nuclear fuel cycle paid for by the nuclear inNuclear Future continues to ponder what role nuclear power might play in the U.S. electricity supply, a group of scientists, engineers and other experts assembled by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) released a report on the nuclear fuel cycle paid for by the nuclear innuclear power might play in the U.S. electricity supply, a group of scientists, engineers and other experts assembled by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) released a report on the nuclear fuel cycle paid for by the nuclear innuclear fuel cycle paid for by the nuclear innuclear industry.

A more generalized version of the technique, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), also offers enormous benefits, enabling scientists to characterize the chemical compositions of materials as well as the structures of proteins and other important biomolecules without having to penetrate the objects under study physically.

Iranian and U.S. nuclear scientists have much to learn from each other, says Robert Rosner, a theoretical physicist at the University of Chicago in Illinois and former director of Argonne National Laboratory.

Now, a team of scientists of the University of Cambridge, the UK Met Office and CIMMYT (International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre) have adapted modelling systems previously used to forecast, ash dispersal from erupting volcanoes and radiation from nuclear accidents (NAME), to predict when and how Ug99 and other such strains are most likely to spread.

The scientists looked at a process known as meiosis, which unlike normal cell division (mitosis) has two rounds of nuclear division, to ensure that when sex cells fuse with each other, they have two copies of each chromosome — one from each parent!

During the 511th Brookhaven Lecture, Libby McCutchan discusses the National Nuclear Data Center, the mysterious neutrino, and how she and other scientists are using sophisticated databases to shed light on neutrinos for big questions not yet answered.

Results: In the quest for safe methods of storing nuclear waste, scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Curtin University, Australia are investigating radiation effects on candidate materials for immobilizing plutonium and other actinides.

Clark's new techniques using capillary electrophoresis and microchip technology may allow for real - time field screening of plutonium and other materials by nuclear proliferation investigators and forensic scientists at the Department of Homeland Security.

Mr. President, I clearly and loudly declare that I have never confessed, explicitly or implicitly, of being a spy, to transferring data about projects or Iranian nuclear scientists to Mossad or any other intelligence service.

The meeting with the widow of Manhattan Project scientist Alexander Langsdorf led to other interviews, including a conversation with Al Wattenberg, who also worked on the U.S. government initiative to develop nuclear weapons.

When climate scientists start acting as advocates for some specific technology, writing letters demanding the nuclear power plants stay open, when many other experts in the energy field have well - developed reasons for closing them and going with wind / solar / storage instead, it doesn't do climate activism any good.

I'm on my way to a meeting in Sicily where several dozen scientists from a variety of disciplines and countries will be exploring the influence of climate change on insect - and tick - borne diseases, the spreading challenge of Internet security, the longstanding challenge of finding safe ways to handle and store nuclear waste and a heap of other pressing subjects.

I shot the photograph above during a brief excursion to the coast below the cliff - top town of Erice, Sicily, where scientists gathered last week to explore ways to limit the chances of devastating Internet assaults, overcome hurdles to securing nuclear waste, balance the production of biofuels with limits on agricultural land, and attack other «planetary emergencies» (in the quirky parlance of the organizer, Antonino Zichichi; Erice sits atop that bluff in the distance in the photograph).

He spoke of the need for scientists and other experts on nuclear risks and realities to engage with the media and public in such instances to clarify what is, and is not, a worry.

That and it's easy for people to conflate the pronouncements of climate scientists with the pronouncements of others in the scientific realm who have been railing against everything from nuclear energy to trans - fat laden donuts.

Robert Pollard, a nuclear engineer with the Union of Concerned Scientists, which focuses on energy and environmental issues, said that valves, cables and wiring at the plant and others like it have never been tested under conditions simulating emergencies.

There is wide agreement among scientists that inadequate funds are going to basic research in such fields as capturing carbon dioxide from smokestacks or the atmosphere, advancing photovoltaic cells and other solar power systems, finding ways to store large amounts of electricity from intermittent sources like wind or the sun, and making nuclear power more secure.

A growing number of climate scientists and environmentalists have advocated for nuclear, which is the largest source of low - carbon electricity in the USA and other countries [1].

Some of the proposals «highlights» include: (1) fully eliminating the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, slashing the $ 3.2 billion budget, and eliminating proposed advanced nuclear energy technology programs from the Office of Nuclear Energy; (2) eliminating the Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program; (3) cutting $ 1.59 billion from the Office of Science, including the elimination of two of the four Energy Innovation Hubs, elimination of the 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs), elimination of the Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists Program, and a broad range of other cuts to basic energy sciences; (4) eliminating the power marketing administrations; and (5) cutting the administration's FY2012 budget request for ARPA - E from $ 650 million to $ 300 mnuclear energy technology programs from the Office of Nuclear Energy; (2) eliminating the Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program; (3) cutting $ 1.59 billion from the Office of Science, including the elimination of two of the four Energy Innovation Hubs, elimination of the 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs), elimination of the Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists Program, and a broad range of other cuts to basic energy sciences; (4) eliminating the power marketing administrations; and (5) cutting the administration's FY2012 budget request for ARPA - E from $ 650 million to $ 300 mNuclear Energy; (2) eliminating the Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program; (3) cutting $ 1.59 billion from the Office of Science, including the elimination of two of the four Energy Innovation Hubs, elimination of the 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs), elimination of the Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists Program, and a broad range of other cuts to basic energy sciences; (4) eliminating the power marketing administrations; and (5) cutting the administration's FY2012 budget request for ARPA - E from $ 650 million to $ 300 million.

But this impulse puts them at odds with the views of the scientific community on the matter (scientists tend to think nuclear power risks are overblown, especially in light of the dangers of other energy sources, like coal).

A number of other champions of nuclear power have stepped forward in recent years, from Australian climate scientist Barry Brook to American writer Gwyneth Cravens, author of Power to Save the World: The Truth about Nuclear nuclear power have stepped forward in recent years, from Australian climate scientist Barry Brook to American writer Gwyneth Cravens, author of Power to Save the World: The Truth about Nuclear Nuclear Energy.

A growing number of climate scientists have warned that if these nuclear plants were to abruptly close, carbon emissions in New York will increase by more than 31 million metric tons during the next two years, resulting in public health and other societal costs of at least $ 1.4 billion.

Climate scientist James Hansen and dozens of other scientists and environmentalists today urged New York's Public Service Commission (PSC) to pass a proposed Clean Energy Standard (CES) to save the state's nuclear power plants.

Within hours of arriving in Seoul I delivered to a representative of President Moon an open letter signed by climate scientist James Hansen, Whole Earth Catalog founder Stewart Brand, Pulitzer Prize - winning historian Richard Rhodes, and dozens of other climate and environmental experts, warning of the impacts of a nuclear phase - out.

Included are responses from David Deming, University of Oklahoma; Hans Schreudet; James A. Peden, atmospheric physicist; Dr. Brian G. Valentine, U.S. Department of Energy; Michael R. Fox, Ph.D., retired nuclear scientist; and several others.

The most comprehensive peer - reviewed studies done by independent scientists evaluate air pollution, worker safety, and all of the other risks in energy production and find that nuclear is safer than coal, oil, natural gas, and even solar.20, 21