Sentences with phrase «build nuclear power stations»

In Australia, Prime Minister Howard has gone from global warming denial to «we need to build nuclear power stations».

In China and South Korea they are able to build nuclear power stations within 4 years.

The «Meltdown» referred to in the lyrics of «London Calling» was refering to «Nuclear Meltdown» — the Three Mile Island incident and because of this, decades later, the Environmentalists won't let politicians build nuclear power stations to solve the Green Energy Gap problem.

A more pragmatic issue is whether German industry would be financially strong enough to build nuclear power stations in the UK, given that they would have more than enough to sort out at home, as a result of the phase out decision.

The U.S., France and the U.K. continue to build nuclear power stations without addressing the problem of existing waste, which is reaching potentially dangerous levels.

If we closed down all our coal fired power stations and build nuclear power stations to replace them it would cost us billions and billions of dollars.

«Now, if it turns out that - for the first time in decades - a consortium is prepared to build a nuclear power station without public subsidy, then... that will, in all probability, go ahead.

After the 2011 disaster in Fukushima, Japan, the Chinese government put the brakes on building nuclear power stations in the west of the country, as this is an area prone to earthquakes.

If we really were «running out of time» then (unless the politicians actually wanted climate catastrophe to happen) every country would be building nuclear power stations as fast as possible, and machine - gunning any protesters who tried to stop them, wouldn't they?

It does the job; no - one is going to be building nuclear power stations or recommending the purchase of a cancer - busting drug using this code.

The capital cost of building a nuclear power station is high, but the marginal cost of generating additional off - peak electricity is very low.

It wouldn't even be enough to build a nuclear power station.

Not exact matches

Ontario has already wasted billions on natural gas - fired power plants that were never built and could potentially squander billions more refurbishing aging nuclear stations in a bid to prop up the province's atomic industry.

There are immense commercial opportunities for companies ready to build the new nuclear power stations.

Nuclear power stations were built in many countries and provided an increasing share of world energy needs.

There has been a stagnation in the building of nuclear power stations in Europe as fears concerning safety have mounted, especially in the wake of the Chernobyl and Fukushima disasters, and the problem of the disposal and storage of radioactive waste materials has not been solved.

Lib Dems permitted to retain objections to nuclear power while allowing national planning statement which authorises the building of more power stations.

China itself is planning a rapid growth in its nuclear power sector and any possibility of cost reductions in the building of nuclear power stations would be welcome.

Building new nuclear power stations in Britain will cost billions in «the ultimate stealth tax», Liberal Democrat leader Menzies Campbell warned today.

«If the prime minister gets his way and a new generation of nuclear power stations are built, both the taxpayer and consumer will get stung again.

Tom Greatrex, chief executive of the UK Nuclear Industry Association, said: «Building new nuclear capacity in west Cumbria is an integral part of the UK being able to replace old power stations, keeping a balanced mix as carbon emissions are rNuclear Industry Association, said: «Building new nuclear capacity in west Cumbria is an integral part of the UK being able to replace old power stations, keeping a balanced mix as carbon emissions are rnuclear capacity in west Cumbria is an integral part of the UK being able to replace old power stations, keeping a balanced mix as carbon emissions are reduced.

David Miliband has criticised the Scottish government after it vowed to prevent Westminster from building new nuclear power stations in Scotland.

The Liberal Democrats, Mr Huhne's party, went into the election promising not to build new nuclear power stations, whereas the Conservatives favoured replacing ageing stations.

«If you look at the economics of nuclear power and the commitment the coalition has made not to subsidise it, and then you reflect on the fact not a single nuclear power station has been built anywhere in the world without public subsidy, maybe, just maybe the issue won't arise,» he said.

Energy secretary Chris Huhne has said new nuclear power stations could be built under the coalition government.

The new energy minister has today reiterated his support for building more nuclear power stations, but insisted it would not be done with taxpayers» money.

On Sunday, the Lib Dem delegates flouted party history and voted in favour of building more nuclear power stations — energy secretary Ed Davey having told them this is vital to fight climate change — and also voted to support fracking, albeit with an amendment to ensure pollution levels were closely monitored and those local to fracking sites were properly consulted.

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Mr Alexander is expected to announce a new social house - building programme, as well as offshore wind farms and progress on nuclear power stations.»

On the latter, of course, Mr Cameron will see that as an easy «give», since Labour broadly supports replacing antiquated nuclear power stations, so they will get built, whatever the Lib Dems say.

Energy company E.On, which is hoping to build two nuclear power stations in Britain, said it was not worried by the past hostility of the Liberal Democrats to nuclear energy.

On some issues, the two parties have fudged differences by setting up reviews, independent commissions or agreeing that the Lib Dems will be free to abstain — a decision that will ensure that measures such as new nuclear power stations can be built without Clegg's party endorsing them.

Now 30, he is part of a virtual community of mostly young people who once lived in Pripyat, the forgotten city that was built in the 1970s for workers at the Chernobyl nuclear power station less than two miles away.

It is the waste left over when the isotope uranium - 235 is extracted from naturally - occurring uranium to fuel nuclear power stations and build nuclear bombs.

Across China, 28 reactors are being built, many of them AP1000s, including one nearing completion at the Sanmen Nuclear Power Station in Zhejiang Province.

Nuclear power stations, once built, are reasonably cheap to run, and every country in the world keeps them open as long as possible.

Its mission is to develop the next generation of research leaders to support the UK's strategic nuclear programmes including nuclear legacy clean - up, new build power stations, and defence and security.

The Queen's speech includes measures for building a new generation of nuclear power stations.

The mission of the CDT is to develop future research leaders to support the UK's strategic nuclear programmes including nuclear legacy clean - up, new - build power stations, and defence and security.

Billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide have been released into the atmosphere from coal - fired power stations that would never have been built if it weren't for our fear of nuclear power.

There is a whole section dedicated to «dirty, dangerous nuclear power», and the scenario includes a complete phase - out of new nuclear globally, with no stations built after 2008.

Re # 33 While using nuclear explosions to solve the problem of AGW is almost certainly less political acceptable than the alternative of building thousands of nuclear power stations, it could produce a solution that would be more effective if the situation becomes urgent.

This nuclear power station is the first to be built in Britain for over 20 years.

As examples of the issues involved, the CCC points out that if new nuclear power stations are built around the coast, they must be protected against sea - level rise well beyond their operational lifetime.

Russia is building eight floating nuclear power stations for deployment in the Arctic Ocean to support their efforts to drill for oil near the North Pole.

The government plans to re-commission several retired coal power stations, and build more in the coming decade, with the remaining increase in capacity expected to come from new nuclear power plants.

British buildings equipped with solar panels, mini wind turbines and other renewable energy sources could generate as much electricity a year as five nuclear power stations, a government - backed industry report has shown.

... that Britain should build a new generation of nuclear power stations.

Unlike fossil - fuelled, or nuclear, power stations, once the wind farm is built there are, of course, no further costs for fuel; the capital cost is by far the greatest cost of wind power.

The study, which was compiled for the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, found that technology such as solar panels and wind turbines on buildings could produce as much energy a year as five nuclear power stations.