Sentences with phrase «about nuclear safety»

[iii] Although some countries like Germany are worried about nuclear safety because of the nuclear accident in Japan due to the tsunami, plant safety enhancements (e.g. passive cooling features that do not rely on generators to keep water flowing to reactor cores) make future accidents like Fukushima unlikely.

You are certainly correct about nuclear safety.

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In Nevada, however, there is bipartisan opposition to the Yucca project, and the state's congressional delegation prepared a series of amendments meant to ensure that the House would consider key safety provisions for the project, which is located about 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas and adjacent to the land where the government tested nuclear weapons.

Meanwhile, according to today's Siena poll, Nearly three - quarters of voters say they are «concerned» about the safety of New York's nuclear power plants and a majority opposes building new nuclear power plants in the state.

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.

about Governor Cuomo Directs an Immediate Independent Safety Analysis of the Algonquin Pipeline near Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant

, a vocal opponent of nuclear power, saw Jaczko's statement as a welcome response to his concerns about the ability of the AP1000 to survive a major earthquake, hurricane or earthquake strike, and as evidence of NRC's closer scrutiny of safety issues following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident.

In his speech, Singh declared that «the people of India have to be convinced about the safety and security of our own nuclear power plants.

«You always worry about what you haven't analysed,» says Chip Lagdon, chief of nuclear safety with the US Department of Energy.

Despite an admirable record and firm commitment to make safety a primary criterion in weapons design, production, handling, and deployment, and to ensure that nuclear material is protected against theft, there is growing apprehension about terrorists acquiring weapons or nuclear material.

But power industry executives say that the Chinese state - run nuclear power companies and local governments lack the communication skills to reassure the public at a time of heightened fears about safety.

Education is especially linked to public views about the use of animals in research, the safety of eating genetically modified foods and nuclear power.

Despite long - standing public concern about the safety of nuclear energy, more and more people are realizing that it may be the most environmentally friendly way to generate large amounts of electricity.

When I read about the new safety features in the proposed nuclear reactors at Hinkley Point in the UK (19...

The report is neutral about nuclear power because of issues with nuclear waste, safety, proliferation and public image.

But the furor that began last year over leakage of radioactive tritium from underground pipes into the groundwater around the Vermont Yankee nuclear reactor in Vernon, Vt., illustrated how concerns about reactor safety could suddenly swamp relicensing plans.

Norway and Sweden are worried about the threat posed by radioactive leaks from sunken nuclear - powered submarines and nuclear waste off the Kola Peninsula, as well as the safety of the nuclear plants there.

· USNRC and the U.S. nuclear industry must continuously monitor and maintain a strong safety culture and should examine opportunities to increase the transparency of and communication about their efforts to assess and improve nuclear safety.

A new congressionally mandated report from the National Academy of Sciences concludes that the overarching lesson learned from the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident is that nuclear plant licensees and their regulators must actively seek out and act on new information about hazards with the potential to affect the safety of nuclear plants.

«We've been worried since 9/11 about how to protect against bad guys hijacking an aircraft and crashing it into a nuclear power plant upwind of a heavily populated area,» says David Lochbaum, director of the Union of Concerned Scientists's Nuclear Safety Project, a group that monitors the performance of nuclear plants and the NRC, which regulatenuclear power plant upwind of a heavily populated area,» says David Lochbaum, director of the Union of Concerned Scientists's Nuclear Safety Project, a group that monitors the performance of nuclear plants and the NRC, which regulateNuclear Safety Project, a group that monitors the performance of nuclear plants and the NRC, which regulatenuclear plants and the NRC, which regulates them.

Then on June 21, 2016, after technicians working in a glove box spilled about 7 tablespoons of a liquid containing plutonium, workers violated safety rules by sopping up the spill with organic cheesecloth and throwing it in waste bins with other nuclear materials, according to an internal Los Alamos report.

The number of so - called safety - significant events reported to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, for example, averaged about two per plant per year in 1990 but had dropped to less than one tenth of that by 2000.

Citizens» Nuclear Information Center * is deeply concerned about the grave risks involved with the restart of the Monju Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (FBR).1 Safety, economic and nuclear proliferation issues are being ignored for purely bureaucratic rNuclear Information Center * is deeply concerned about the grave risks involved with the restart of the Monju Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (FBR).1 Safety, economic and nuclear proliferation issues are being ignored for purely bureaucratic rnuclear proliferation issues are being ignored for purely bureaucratic reasons.

I have studied this issue carefully, mindful of how important nuclear power is to Connecticut, and of how concerned Connecticut families are about the health and safety effects of storing nuclear waste on site.

Convinced of the safety of nuclear activities, they appear to not listen to community concerns, caring more about what's best for industry.

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Years back, during the congressional hearings over the FPO (full power operation) permit for the Seabrook power plant on the east coast, I found out about a MOA (Memorandum of Agreement) between the US NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission) and INPO (Institute of Nuclear Power Operations), which is a private corporation that can be hired by nuclear power operators for tasks such as investigating nuclear power plant safety deficiNuclear Regulatory Commission) and INPO (Institute of Nuclear Power Operations), which is a private corporation that can be hired by nuclear power operators for tasks such as investigating nuclear power plant safety deficiNuclear Power Operations), which is a private corporation that can be hired by nuclear power operators for tasks such as investigating nuclear power plant safety deficinuclear power operators for tasks such as investigating nuclear power plant safety deficinuclear power plant safety deficiencies.

Of course, the barriers to a fast expansion of the world's nuclear power plants, whether for electricity or fuel manufacturing, remain daunting — including everything from the lack of permanent waste - disposal options to tough financing and persistent public concerns about safety.

It examines questions about the safety and costs of nuclear power relative to coal and other choices for electricity generation, along with the risk of proliferation of nuclear weapons and emissions of greenhouse gases relative to other energy sources.

Some voters remain skeptical about the safety of nuclear power.

Although you state you support nuclear, you seem to have a much better understanding of the anti-nuclear talking points than of the facts about nuclear — such as safety and costs (compared with other electricity generating technologies).

Similar reassuring statistics can be presented more generally about the safety level of nuclear power, but is that enough.

Tanaka said concerns about the safety of nuclear energy, if they derailed nuclear power projects, would also hurt efforts to limit carbon emissions and contain global warming.

I'm reasonably confident that we can ensure enough safety measures are in place that current generation from nuclear power stations is indeed about as safe, statistically, as any energy source.

Serious concerns about the safety, cost, and waste issues associated with nuclear power remain, and demand continuing scrutiny.

The Hualong One reactor design has passed its design certification by the National Nuclear Safety Administration (NNSA) and has now been launched with some fanfare by the National Energy Administration (NEA) which brought it about by high - level edict.

In April, when I met local people in Gyeongju, they were worried about the safety of nuclear reactors.

But Obama's announcement set up a clash with environmentalists who remain worried about the safety of nuclear power and waste disposal.

Does that mean that even some of The Swiss People have some doubts about the long - term safety of nuclear, or are concerned about some environmental issues even thought they aren't Greens?

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You look at the modelling assessments of nuclear and most of them indicate that it's too slow to be introduced, apart from all the safety and other issues, concerns about nuclear, to actually play a significant role in the 1.5 C transition.

The emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor in northern Germany has thrust worries about atomic safety back on to the political agenda ahead of a national election that will decide the fate of the country's nuclear plants.

According to a report in the Observer (21/6/09) the NII evidently has had enough problems responding to the 1,767 safety incidents that occurred between 20001 - 8, about half of which were subsequently judged by inspectors as serious enough «to have had the potential to challenge a nuclear safety system».

The overall objective of the research was to produce a comprehensive study about the frequency, intensity, spatial and temporal variation and the impacts of the extreme weather and sea level events that are relevant from the point of safety of nuclear power plants, as well as clarify the influence of climate change on these.

«The last few weeks have seen an orchestrated campaign to mislead the people of New York about the essential safety and importance of Indian Point nuclear plant to address climate change.»

Often I encounter people who oppose nuclear power but refuse to listen to any description of its potential benefits or learn about its safety record or how it works because they've decided that all of the science of nuclear power and radiation protection is false, that nuclear energy is bad and that's it.

Fears about plant safety and waste disposal still inhibit the use of nuclear energy.

These ads reflect people's anxiety about the safety of nuclear reactors and the disapproval they feel about having their hard - earned money spent on something they clearly think is a bad idea, especially when safer, more affordable, less risky energy choices exist such as efficiency, wind, solar, and bioenergy.

But I don't spend much time worrying about safety issues around a large - scale expansion of nuclear power, because such an expansion is neither necessary nor effective to address AGW, so there is no need to deal with the very real dangers and risks of such an expansion.

The anti-nuclear movement has been warning of the dangers of a devastating nuclear accident for years, but those efforts have always been met with dismissive assurances both by electric power companies and the government about the safety of the reactors.