Sentences with phrase «as nuclear crises»

Her work reflects the fear of catastrophic events, such as nuclear crises or global climate change.

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She also had moments of incredible and unconventional bravery as when she vowed to stay by his side during the Cuban missile crisis when the threat of nuclear war was greater than it has ever been.

Well aware voters punished the Democrats for their perceived inability to govern, Abe's team is taking pains to act quickly when crises erupt, such as this month's North Korean nuclear test.

News of the sale comes as North and South Korea hold their first talks in more than two years aimed at solving the crisis over the North's nuclear missile program.

Japan's stock market nose - dived nearly 11 percent, leading world markets sharply lower on Tuesday, as an escalating nuclear crisis threatened to compound the devastation from last week's earthquake and tsunami.

Japan's Nikkei stock index nose - dived more than 12 percent Tuesday as the earthquake - shattered country faced an unfolding nuclear crisis after a radiation leak was detected at a crippled power plant.

I suspect that this wide attraction is partly the result of incessant repetition, and partly because events such as the doomsday nuclear policies of the United States and the Soviet Union and the dangerously deepening crisis in the Middle East lend apocalypticism a certain surface plausibility.

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday described the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis in Japan as «beyond biblical in terms of its proportion.»

Moreover, this constant process is carried out as Christians wrestle self - consciously with problems of importance, such as the environmental crisis, hunger, poverty, nuclear weapons capable of omnicide, sexism, racism, classism, and anti-Judaism.

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.

First, whilst nuclear crises and stand - offs are close to unthinkable in the short - term, they could return in the future, as American hegemony declines and nuclear technology spreads amongst middle powers like Iran, North Korea or Pakistan.

A first nuclear crisis erupted but was temporarily dealt with in the 1990s, but tensions rose again in 2002, when US President George Bush included North Korea in the «Axis of Evil» with Iraq and Iran, as regime which «pursues weapons of mass destruction while starving its citizens.»

And, while some tout nuclear energy as the solution to the global energy crisis, it actually accounts for only 2.5 percent of the world's electricity needs.

The party's comments come in the wake of the decision to upgrade the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima nuclear reactor in Japan to level seven - the same as the Chernobyl disaster.

Fidel Castro's key dates 1926: Born in the south - eastern Oriente Province of Cuba 1953: Imprisoned after leading an unsuccessful rising against Batista's regime 1955: Released from prison under an amnesty deal 1956: With Che Guevara, begins a guerrilla war against the government 1959: Defeats Batista, sworn in as prime minister of Cuba 1960: Fights off CIA - sponsored Bay of Pigs invasion by Cuban exiles 1962: Sparks Cuban missile crisis by agreeing that USSR can deploy nuclear missiles in Cuba 1976: Elected president by Cuba's National Assembly 1992: Reaches an agreement with US over Cuban refugees 2008: Stands down as president of Cuba due to health issues

The request comes as Japanese authorities increased the alert level at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear crisis to level five, signifying an «accident with wider consequences».

Dr. Anastasia Shcherbakova, clinical assistant professor of finance and managerial economics in the Naveen Jindal School of Management, said the researchers used the 2011 Fukushima crisis in Japan as a natural experiment to evaluate responses of U.S. and European investors to a shifting view of nuclear power.

A few days after the nuclear crisis began to unfold at the Fukushima power station in Japan, Singh, who also serves as minister in charge for atomic energy, ordered a safety review of all 20 nuclear power plants and a half dozen research reactors owned and operated by the government.

President Kennedy will be remembered for his many accomplishments such as the successful outcome of the Cuban missile crisis, expanding the space program, founding the Peace Corps, addressing discrimination and poverty and establishing the nuclear test ban treaty.

«Setting [such radiation limits] for elementary schools is inexcusable,» Toshiso Kosako, a radiation health expert at the University of Tokyo, said on 30 April, when he resigned as an adviser to Prime Minister Naoto Kan on the nuclear crisis.

Even as Iran's nuclear program raises the likelihood of yet another conflict in the Middle East, the bigger threat is a potential food crisis in the making, says Lester Brown, founder of the Earth Policy Institute.

The U.S. Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO), in a report last November, related desperate actions by TEPCO crews to contain the reactor accident in the critical first week of the crisis, as they tried to operate crucial valves and instruments with truck batteries; hauled massive emergency power cables over flooded passageways where manhole covers had been dislodged; and faced a series of hydrogen explosions and sudden spikes in radiation.

TOKYO — As Japan's nuclear power plant crisis entered its seventh day, Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said it would be «unrealistic to think this accident will not impact decisions by governments» on the use of nuclear power.

With all eyes on the current escalating international crisis and flexing of nuclear arms, this film is compelling in its relevance to our present reality, and uses it as a platform to raise some appropriate questions about the boundaries of art and the role of cinema.

As a young person increasingly fearful about the threat of nuclear annihilation, especially as the Cuban missile crisis unfolds, Fanning displays a dazzling naturalness on camera, an ability to move persuasively between any number of emotions, from hesitant to sassy to distraught to anything else you can namAs a young person increasingly fearful about the threat of nuclear annihilation, especially as the Cuban missile crisis unfolds, Fanning displays a dazzling naturalness on camera, an ability to move persuasively between any number of emotions, from hesitant to sassy to distraught to anything else you can namas the Cuban missile crisis unfolds, Fanning displays a dazzling naturalness on camera, an ability to move persuasively between any number of emotions, from hesitant to sassy to distraught to anything else you can name.

«A page - turner, Nuclear Showdown not only is a superb (and frightening) history of the U.S. — North Korea nuclear confrontation, it also provides important insights into the larger U.S. - China relationship which forms the crucial context for that confrontation — a context Gordon Chang knows so well from his many years in Asia, as well as from his extensive investigation of documents relating to this crisis.Nuclear Showdown not only is a superb (and frightening) history of the U.S. — North Korea nuclear confrontation, it also provides important insights into the larger U.S. - China relationship which forms the crucial context for that confrontation — a context Gordon Chang knows so well from his many years in Asia, as well as from his extensive investigation of documents relating to this crisis.nuclear confrontation, it also provides important insights into the larger U.S. - China relationship which forms the crucial context for that confrontation — a context Gordon Chang knows so well from his many years in Asia, as well as from his extensive investigation of documents relating to this crisis.»

The Cold War serves as the backdrop as nuclear weapons continue to shape a global crisis.

A review of European press coverage of Japan's crisis by the magazine summarizes a Czech piece describing Europe as «the world champion of hysteria around nuclear power» and criticizing leaders there for «surfing on a wave of emotions» disconnected from sober analysis of relative risks.

Japan says its focus will be promotion of energy efficiency «at the same level as the significant energy efficiency improvement after the oil crisis», as well as «maximum introduction of renewable energy, promotion of high efficiency in thermal power generation, and utilization of nuclear power generations whose safety is approved».

Most are «no regrets solutions» that we'd be wise to pursue even if there was no climate crisis, but, interestingly, nuclear power is also listed, though it's prominently labeled as a «regrets solution» that, this being an emergency, we might feel compelled to support despite grave misgivings.5

The putative magnitude of the looming climate crisis made it possible to sweep aside the differences that had troubled the relationship between institutional science and ecologism in the past such as GM technology and nuclear power.

As the crisis at the Japanese Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex continues to captivate global media attention, President Obama's domestic energy plans, which have long - included a push for the construction of new nuclear reactors, are beginning to be called into question.