Sentences with phrase «u.s. nuclear energy plants»

As a consequence, U.S. nuclear energy plants have been on their highest state of alert since September 11.

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP)-- The U.S. Department of Energy said Wednesday that it is entering negotiations with General Electric's nuclear division on a proposal to replace an aging uranium enrichment plant in Kentucky with a new facility.

And he said the federal Nuclear Energy Commission has required U.S. nuclear plants to take steps to avoid a Fukushima - like diNuclear Energy Commission has required U.S. nuclear plants to take steps to avoid a Fukushima - like dinuclear plants to take steps to avoid a Fukushima - like disaster.

The main industry trade group, the Nuclear Energy Institute, commissioned studies that showed U.S. plants could sustain a direct hit from a modern airliner without any radiation release.

«We need 96 gigawatts of new nuclear, or 69 plants, to meet [U.S. CO2 - reduction legislation] commitments based on [Energy Information Administration] analysis,» Genoa says.

A single nuclear power plant takes at least 10 years to build in the U.S., says Paul Genoa, director of policy development for the Nuclear Energy Insnuclear power plant takes at least 10 years to build in the U.S., says Paul Genoa, director of policy development for the Nuclear Energy InsNuclear Energy Institute.

Some analysts expect that existing grid capacity may be enough to power U.S. electric cars in the near future, yet they do not rule out the possibility of new coal or nuclear plants coming on line if renewable energy sources are not developed

New Jersey - based NRG Energy applies to build the first new nuclear power plant in the U.S. in more than 30 years

At the Hanford nuclear site in eastern Washington, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is building the world's largest radioactive waste treatment plant for cleanup of 56 million gallons of radioactive and chemical waste.

U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu has come out in favor of government backing of small nuclear plants.

In the U.S. the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Thursday said it was canceling next week's meeting to discuss the restart of Progress Energy's Crystal River plant (pdf) on Florida's west coast after the company reported problems with repair work on a containment wall.

Nuclear engineer Shih - Yew Chen of the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois says he's «not at all surprised» that iodine - 131 is showing up in Tokyo's water because if the wind blows southward from the plant, it could carry radiation that far.

A new map from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) shows the long - term radiation risks to people living near Japan's ailing Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

Across the U.S. nuclear energy sector, plant owners are seeking — and gaining — NRC approval to run first - generation plants for 20 years beyond the original license period.

According to the Nuclear Energy Institute, U.S. nuclear plants prevented the emissions of more than 642 million metric tons of carbon dioxide iNuclear Energy Institute, U.S. nuclear plants prevented the emissions of more than 642 million metric tons of carbon dioxide inuclear plants prevented the emissions of more than 642 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2010.

Starting in 2000, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) funded research for the development of a small nuclear power plant that might be used in multiple applications.

In this undated photo provided by the U.S. Department of Energy, a shipment of nuclear waste arrives at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, near Carlsbad, N.M. U.S. Department of Energy, Carlsbad Field Office / AP hide caption

But at a hearing at the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on January 23 in which much of the discussion was centered around how power reliability fared during the recent record - breaking cold weather event in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, a number of key stakeholders noted that nuclear was as vital as other baseload plants in maintaining reliability.

The following graphs compare Section 201 with the call by some in Congress for a massive U.S. effort to build 100 new nuclear power plants in an attempt to move the country toward energy independence and significant GHG emissions reductions (click either image to enlarge):

Some in Congress are calling for a massive U.S. effort to build 100 new nuclear power plants in an attempt to move the country toward energy independence and significant GHG emissions reductions.

Few new U.S. nuclear plants are expected to come online in the future, in large part because nuclear power is not currently economically competitive with other energy sources.

Indeed, over half of all existing U.S. nuclear power plants are «bleeding cash,» according to a Bloomberg New Energy Finance report released earlier this summer.

The divisions the bills have created within the state — with the utility commission, some lawmakers, clean energy advocates and the executive branch on one side, and Xcel and other members of the legislature on the other — echo wider debates about large nuclear power plants in the U.S., and who should pay for them.

Facing economic pressure from cheap natural gas and renewable energy, roughly one - half of U.S. nuclear plants in competitive markets are at risk of early retirement.

Several sensitivity cases prepared for EIA's Annual Energy Outlook 2018 (AEO2018) show the potential effects on the U.S. nuclear power fleet of different assumptions for natural gas prices, potential carbon policies, and nuclear power plant operating costs.

Existing U.S. nuclear power generating plants operate under increasingly competitive market conditions brought on by relatively low natural gas prices, increasing electricity generation from renewable energy sources, and limited growth in electric power demand.

The U.S. energy legislation of 2005 provides significant subsidies, not only for renewable energy sources, but also for new nuclear power plants.

«Recent market developments are influencing the pace of new power plant projects in the U.S. industry - wide,» said Danny Roderick, vice-president for nuclear plant projects at GE Hitachi Nuclear nuclear plant projects at GE Hitachi Nuclear Nuclear Energy.

The truth is the U.S. doesn't need nuclear reactors and coal plants to keep the lights on — the Department of Energy's own grid reliability report confirmed that.

Global Wind Energy Council, Global Wind 2008 Report (Brussels: 2009), pp. 3, 56; Erik Shuster, Tracking New Coal - Fired Power Plants (Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy Technology Laboratory, January 2009); «Nuclear Dips in 2008,» World Nuclear News, 29 May 2009; 1 megawatt of installed wind capacity produces enough electricity to supply 300 homes from American Wind Energy Association, «U.S. Wind Energy Installations Reach New Milestone,» press release (Washington, DC: 14 August 2006); number of homes calculated using average U.S. household size from U.S. Census Bureau, «2005 — 2007 American Community Survey 3 - Year Estimates — Data Profile Highlights,» at factfinder.census.gov / servlet / ACSSAFFFacts, viewed 9 April 2009, and population from U.S. Census Bureau, State & Country QuickFacts, electronic database, at quickfacts.census.gov, updated 20 February 2009.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration includes the following in U.S. primary energy production: coal production, waste coal supplied, and coal refuse recovery; crude oil and lease condensate production; natural gas plant liquids production; dry natural gas excluding supplemental gaseous fuels production; nuclear electricity net generation (converted to Btu using the nuclear plant heat rates); conventional hydroelectricity net generation (converted to Btu using the fossil - fuels plant heat rates); geothermal electricity net generation (converted to Btu using the fossil - fuels plant heat rates), and geothermal heat pump energy and geothermal direct use energy; solar thermal and photovoltaic electricity net generation (converted to Btu using the fossil - fuels plant heat rates), and solar thermal direct use energy; wind electricity net generation (converted to Btu using the fossil - fuels plant heat rates); wood and wood - derived fuels consumption; biomass waste consumption; and biofuels feedEnergy Information Administration includes the following in U.S. primary energy production: coal production, waste coal supplied, and coal refuse recovery; crude oil and lease condensate production; natural gas plant liquids production; dry natural gas excluding supplemental gaseous fuels production; nuclear electricity net generation (converted to Btu using the nuclear plant heat rates); conventional hydroelectricity net generation (converted to Btu using the fossil - fuels plant heat rates); geothermal electricity net generation (converted to Btu using the fossil - fuels plant heat rates), and geothermal heat pump energy and geothermal direct use energy; solar thermal and photovoltaic electricity net generation (converted to Btu using the fossil - fuels plant heat rates), and solar thermal direct use energy; wind electricity net generation (converted to Btu using the fossil - fuels plant heat rates); wood and wood - derived fuels consumption; biomass waste consumption; and biofuels feedenergy production: coal production, waste coal supplied, and coal refuse recovery; crude oil and lease condensate production; natural gas plant liquids production; dry natural gas excluding supplemental gaseous fuels production; nuclear electricity net generation (converted to Btu using the nuclear plant heat rates); conventional hydroelectricity net generation (converted to Btu using the fossil - fuels plant heat rates); geothermal electricity net generation (converted to Btu using the fossil - fuels plant heat rates), and geothermal heat pump energy and geothermal direct use energy; solar thermal and photovoltaic electricity net generation (converted to Btu using the fossil - fuels plant heat rates), and solar thermal direct use energy; wind electricity net generation (converted to Btu using the fossil - fuels plant heat rates); wood and wood - derived fuels consumption; biomass waste consumption; and biofuels feedenergy and geothermal direct use energy; solar thermal and photovoltaic electricity net generation (converted to Btu using the fossil - fuels plant heat rates), and solar thermal direct use energy; wind electricity net generation (converted to Btu using the fossil - fuels plant heat rates); wood and wood - derived fuels consumption; biomass waste consumption; and biofuels feedenergy; solar thermal and photovoltaic electricity net generation (converted to Btu using the fossil - fuels plant heat rates), and solar thermal direct use energy; wind electricity net generation (converted to Btu using the fossil - fuels plant heat rates); wood and wood - derived fuels consumption; biomass waste consumption; and biofuels feedenergy; wind electricity net generation (converted to Btu using the fossil - fuels plant heat rates); wood and wood - derived fuels consumption; biomass waste consumption; and biofuels feedstock.

WHEREAS, America's 99 commercial nuclear plants generate 20 percent of the Nation's electricity with remarkably high levels of efficiency and reliability while producing zero emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases; and WHEREAS, the U.S. Congress enacted the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 and directed the Department of Energy (nuclear plants generate 20 percent of the Nation's electricity with remarkably high levels of efficiency and reliability while producing zero emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases; and WHEREAS, the U.S. Congress enacted the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 and directed the Department of Energy (Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 and directed the Department of Energy (DOE)...

Energy Secretary Rick Perry has directed his department to conduct a wide - ranging study of the U.S. electric grid, with a particular emphasis on recent coal and nuclear plant closures and whether environmental policies may be driving them.

In the U.S. in 2011, nuclear provide about 17 quads of primary energy from 124 nuclear power plants, about.13 quad per plant.

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In response to the deteriorating situation at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), the Department of Energy, and other technical experts in the U.S. Government have reviewed the scientific and technical information they have collected from assets in country, as well as what the Government of Japan has disseminated.