Sentences with phrase «existing nuclear states»

Keeping bomb - making material out of the hands of all but the existing nuclear states has been a guiding principle in diplomatic efforts to restrain North Korea's and Iran's nuclear programs, for example, without denying those countries the right to operate nuclear power plants peacefully.

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In my view, the Nuclear Summit has only further legitimized the existence of a reality that will be dominated by nuclear power and energy, thus reinforcing an existing status - quo and sidelining what I believe is one of the most important issues to be addressed: the need for complete nuclear disarmament by nuclear weapon Nuclear Summit has only further legitimized the existence of a reality that will be dominated by nuclear power and energy, thus reinforcing an existing status - quo and sidelining what I believe is one of the most important issues to be addressed: the need for complete nuclear disarmament by nuclear weapon nuclear power and energy, thus reinforcing an existing status - quo and sidelining what I believe is one of the most important issues to be addressed: the need for complete nuclear disarmament by nuclear weapon nuclear disarmament by nuclear weapon nuclear weapon states.

The nuclear option exists in the Senate, which allows the majority leader to effectively alter the rules with a majority vote even though the rules state a three fifths vote is required.

Republicans and Democrats like Mr. Schumer believe that Iran's existing nuclear technology will remain intact through the deal's 10 - year lifespan, and that the provisions of the deal will be near - impossible for the United States to enforce.

It states clearly that the Tories are «committed to allowing the replacement of existing nuclear power stations... provided they receive no public subsidy».

Unlike the existing ZEC program, which drew an arbitrary distinction among the state's nuclear plants, Flanagan's proposed «Zero Carbon Emission Investment Program» would make Westchester County's Indian Point nuclear plant eligible for subsidies.

The plan isn't without controversy, however, since it includes subsidies to ensure the state's existing upstate nuclear plants remain open.

Though conventional lasers that emit UV light already exist, Tkalya says that thorium lasers could form the light source in a nuclear thorium clock, and help us uncover the properties and behaviour of the thorium - 229 nucleus's excited state.

The images used in this study — relevant to particle - collider nuclear physics experiments at Brookhaven National Laboratory's Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider and CERN's Large Hadron Collider — recreate the conditions of a subatomic particle «soup,» which is a superhot fluid state known as the quark - gluon plasma believed to exist just millionths of a second after the birth of the universe.

In the existing proposal, only a small fraction of nuclear power counts toward state carbon targets.

The QGP is an extreme state of matter comprising deconfined quarks and gluons (partons) that exists only at temperatures above approximately 160 MeV, a condition met for last time a few microseconds after the Big Bang, or at baryon densities five times higher than normal nuclear densities, speculated to exist inside the core of neutron stars.

I'm convinced that the United States will be better off keeping existing nuclear power stations running, where their management can be demonstrated to be reliable, rather than initiating a decades - long decommissioning process that would not resolve community concerns about spent fuel and many other sources of risk.

Ahead of the summit with the United States, Pyongyang has indicated that it will accept full inspections of its existing nuclear facilities.

In early 2012, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved construction permits for four 1,100 - megawatt reactors at two existing nuclear plants in the southeastern states of Georgia and South Carolina, the first permits for new plants sincNuclear Regulatory Commission approved construction permits for four 1,100 - megawatt reactors at two existing nuclear plants in the southeastern states of Georgia and South Carolina, the first permits for new plants sincnuclear plants in the southeastern states of Georgia and South Carolina, the first permits for new plants since 1978.

So it's no big shock that there's only one new nuclear power plant still being built in the United States — or that even existing power plants are struggling to stay competitive.

The EPA regulations call for increasing the use of state - of - the - art, natural gas - fired power plants in place of coal plants; increasing renewable energy sources; avoiding retirement of existing nuclear plants; and supporting energy efficiency.

In the United States, some 60,000 tons of nuclear waste have already been produced, and existing reactors add some 2,000 metric tons of spent fuel annually.

You can see it in New York, where existing, carbon - free nuclear generation needs help from the state to keep running.

First, EPA should «include 100 % of each state's existing nuclear generation.»

[3] Each state has interim targets it must meet beginning in 2020, and the EPA proposed that states use a combination of four «building blocks» to achieve the emissions reductions: (1) improving the efficiency (heat rate) of existing coal - fired power plants; (2) switching from coal - fired power by increasing the use and capacity factor, or efficiency, of natural - gas combined - cycle power plants; (3) using less carbon - intensive generating power, such as renewable energy or nuclear power; and (4) increasing demand - side energy - efficiency measures.

«Illinois needs an all - of - the - above energy strategy that will help reduce harmful air emissions, grow renewable energy and maintain our state's existing nuclear plants,» said Senator Mattie Hunter (D - Chicago).

Compared to existing New Jersey state subsidies for solar at fifty times this amount per megawatt - hour, the proposed help for nuclear plants would provide outstanding environmental protection value while paying for itself through lower fossil fuel bills and retained in - state jobs and tax revenue.

Federal, state and local governments have massively intervened in energy markets to support renewable power with subsidies and mandates, but given virtually no support to existing nuclear plants.

Most of the angst about energy markets (see No. 7) traces to states like New York and Illinois that are taking measures to keep existing nuclear plants open.

The AP — 1000 is a fine nuclear power plant, incorporating several important safety improvements over existing plants in the United States, which already have an excellent safety record.»

Two states — New York and Illinois — allow nuclear plants to take advantage of existing programs to promote green energy.

While the agency counted in - construction nuclear plants toward states» baseline emission rates under the finalized plan, it stopped short of including existing nuclear generation to lower baseline emissions rates for each state.

The United States expects North Korea to agree to verifiable measures to halt the development of new nuclear weapons, eliminate its existing nuclear weapons and dismantle its ability to reconstitute its nuclear weapons program in the future.

Under the proposed rule, EPA would require states to reduce CO2 emission through a variety of activities, including (1) Increasing the efficiency of existing power plants; (2) switching from coal - fired power plants to natural gas plants; (3) increasing renewable energy sources, such as nuclear, wind or solar; and (4) reducing the demand for energy through enhanced energy efficiency.