Sentences with phrase «concern about nuclear energy»

Not exact matches

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.

Concerns about global warming and oil's imminent demise have caused scientists and policy - makers to look for solutions in both the future and the past: to new technologies such as nuclear fusion, multijunction photovoltaics, and fuel cells — and to traditional energy sources such as water power, wind power, and (sustainable) biomass cultivation (coupled with clean and energy - efficient combustion).

«What DOE and NRC are concerned about are the things we don't know about,» Julie Keys, senior project manager for the Nuclear Energy Institute.

We ask you and your organization to demonstrate its real concern about risks from climate damage by calling for the development and deployment of advanced nuclear energy.

Concerns about rising fossil fuel prices, energy security, and greenhouse gas emissions support the development of new nuclear generating capacity.

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.

The nation's current energy portfolio has raised concerns about the adverse environmental effects of energy generation — particularly greenhouse gas emissions from coal - fired and oil - fired power plants and the long - term storage of spent nuclear fuel.

Concern about the preferential treatment given to the nuclear industry by successive governments is likely to be heightened by the decision last month to abolish the parallel Renewables Energy Board, which met every quarter at the department and once a year outside, as part of spending cuts.

Electricity generation from nuclear power worldwide increases from 2.6 trillion kilowatthours in 2010 to 5.5 trillion kilowatthours in 2040, as concerns about energy security and greenhouse gas emissions support the development of new nuclear generating capacity.

«We are deeply concerned about South Korea's future energy policy as well as its plan to phase out nuclear reactors.

The Scientific Alliance is either (using Stott's own «words of magic») «an organisation that promotes concern about the environment through rational science; while accepting climate change as a reality, the Alliance is critical of current methods proposed to manage climate change and energy production» or (using the New Statesmans «words of magic»), «an anti-environmentalist campaign group that denies climate change; opposes organic agriculture and promotes genetically modified foods and nuclear power»

These are not corporate stooges of the nuclear industry; to a person, their embrace of nuclear power is motivated by a deep concern about climate change and the conviction that no other carbon - free source of energy is sufficient (and safe) enough to replace coal and gas.

Concerns about pollution, climate change, and the finite nature of fossil fuel and nuclear power resources have led to demand for and development of energy from renewable resources.

[2] A recent Eurobarometer poll also confirms that almost 90 % of the EU population is concerned about climate change; 82 % are well aware that the way their country consumes and produces energy has a negative impact on the climate and 61 % think that the share of nuclear energy should be decreased due to concerns such as nuclear waste and the danger of accidents.

The Pugwash conferences were conceived in the 1950s as a forum for scientists concerned about the global security implications of emerging technologies, namely nuclear energy.