Sentences with phrase «construction fuel mix»

Not exact matches

That includes $ 340 million for construction of South Carolina's Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility, a perennial source of tension between Congress and the executive branch (Greenwire, June 27).

Graham was upset because the Obama administration's 2014 budget request called for a study of alternatives to the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility, under construction at DOE's Savannah River Site in Aiken, South Carolina.

Moniz was pushed a bit by Senator Tim Scott (R - SC) on the future of the problem - plagued mixed oxide plutonium fuel plant under construction at the department's Savannah River Site in South Carolina.

In a similar vein, he made vague but conciliatory comments about trying to find a way forward on two other long - standing nuclear waste issues: the cleanup of Cold War — related waste at the Hanford Site in Washington state, and the stalled construction of a plant in South Carolina designed to turn some 68 tons of plutonium scavenged from U.S. and Russian nuclear weapons into so - called mixed oxide fuel (MOX).

To help their makers meet mandated fuel economy gains, the Ram 1500 gets a standard 48 - volt system for its V - 6, optional in the Hemi, and loses about 275 pounds, while the new Chevy Silverado gets a new diesel and a rumored 2.7 - liter twin - turbo I - 4, and loses 450 pounds thanks to its mixed - material construction.

Beyond the mixed - metal construction and extensive use of LED lighting, little is definitively known about the new GM 1 / 2 - tons, but we expect the usual incremental improvements in frame strength, fuel economy, towing and payload capacity, as well as new comfort and convenience features and electronics.

FAST FACTS: MINI COOPER S BODY: Two - Door Hatchback, Steel Monocoque construction ENGINE: 1598cc, 4 - cylinder, 16 - valves, Supercharged Max Power: 163 bhp @ 6000 rpm Max Torque: 210 Nm @ 4000 rpm TRANSMISSION: Six - Speed manual STEERING: Assisted Rack and Pinion system BRAKES: All Discs SUSPENSION: MacPherson strut system ACCELERATION: 0 - 100 km / h in 7.4 seconds TOP SPEED: 218 km / h FUEL CONSUMPTION: 8.4 L / 100 km in mixed driving mode

Expansion of grid supply by construction of big new coal fired power plants such as in the Hunter Valley and near Lithgow are going ahead and look to me to be intended to prevent the issue of decarbonising our energy supply getting mixed up with the issue of maintaining growth and reliability of supply; we'll have enough fossil fuel generating capacity that building low emissions capacity will remain «optional» and can be deferred another decade or two.