Sentences with phrase «event of a nuclear accident»

The United States wants India to enact a legislative measure limiting the liability of foreign companies in the event of a nuclear accident.

The Price - Anderson Act, which became law on September 2, 1957, was designed to ensure that adequate funds would be available to satisfy liability claims of members of the public for personal injury and property damage in the event of a nuclear accident involving a commercial nuclear power plant.

Which specifies that in the event of a nuclear accident the operators of said plant can be held liable up to 650 million dollars.

Not exact matches

2012: Kiyoshi Kurokawa — Dr. Kurokawa was recognized for his responsible leadership of an independent investigation into the events leading up to and following the 2011 nuclear Fukushima accident.

A Chernobyl can not happen here — a survey by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) established that our reactors are free of the design flaws that permitted Chernobyl to explode, and in the United States a typical reactor core is surrounded by multiple enclosures to block the escape of radioactive material even in the event of an accident.

At the time of the 1999 Tokaimura nuclear accident in Japan, many people wanted to rank that accident as a 5 or a 6 [on a 7 - level scale] on the IAEA's International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES), but IAEA ranked it nuclear accident in Japan, many people wanted to rank that accident as a 5 or a 6 [on a 7 - level scale] on the IAEA's International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES), but IAEA ranked it Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES), but IAEA ranked it as a 4.

But critics question the safety of nuclear power, citing such concerns as the potential for catastrophic meltdowns, their potential vulnerability to terrorists, the lack of workable evacuation plans in the event of accidents as well as the problem of dealing with radioactive waste.

Closer to home, more durable materials can be developed for use in nuclear power facilities which could remain intact longer in the event of an accident, and simply require less replacement over time.

I posted on this effort on my Tumblr page this morning, but now have reached Hachiya Kazuhiko, the Japanese artist) whose Twitter stream explaining the nuclear accident to his family started the sequence of events that led to the animation.

The Act arises from a letter from a group of health physicists who pointed out that the limited understanding of low - dose health risks impairs the nation's decision - making capabilities, whether in responding to radiological events involving large populations such as the 2011 Fukushima accident or in areas such as the rapid increase in radiation - based medical procedures, the cleanup of radioactive contamination from legacy sites and the expansion of civilian nuclear energy.

While watching the events in Japan unfold, it is important to remember that although redundant safety measures have improved greatly at nuclear power plants since the Chernobyl accident in1986, the strength of a natural disaster can easily overcome such measures.

In the event of a catastrophic accident, every nuclear utility would be required to contribute up to $ 95.8 million for each licensed reactor to a pool to help cover the accident's cost.

«TEPCO claimed that the nuclear reactors would safely stop, then automatically cool down and tightly contain the radiation in the event of an earthquake, and that there would therefore be no danger that earthquakes would cause any serious nuclear accident....

That was why they re-set the accident classification at level 7 on the UN's International Nuclear Events Scale - i.e. involving «major release of radioactive material with widespread health and environmental effects requiring implementation of planned and extended countermeasures».

In the event a nuclear accident causes damages in excess of $ 375 million, each licensee would be assessed a prorated share of the excess up to $ 111.9 million.

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