Sentences with phrase «for nuclear plant safety»

This has applications for nuclear plant safety, as well as national security and nuclear nonproliferation monitoring.

Not exact matches

Cuomo as well as environmentalists and nearby residents have said for years they want to close the nuclear plant, which is less than 40 miles from New York City, for safety reasons.

I'm also 100 % for riding the butts of the power companies that own the nukes — if they don't follow the safety rules / laws relating to nuclear power plants.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has filed a petition with the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission urging it to take enforcement action against the plant for its failure to comply with fire safety regulations.

The Indian Point 2 nuclear reactor will reopen late next month in time for the summer's peak energy season after a longer - than - expected shutdown because of deteriorating bolts critical to the plant's safety.

He was the Deputy Mayor for Economic Development and Finance in the administration of Mayor Giuliani from 1994 to 1996 and served as the Chairman of the New York Power Authority from 1979 to 1985, where he enhanced the safety and economics of two nuclear power plants then owned and operated by the Authority.

These kinds of estimates are of great importance for safety assessments for structures and buildings that need to hold up well for a very long time, or for structures where severe weather could pose a security risk, such as drilling platforms or nuclear power plants.

Questions over safety, disposal of waste and the possibility that plants could make material suitable for weapons have slowed the spread of nuclear technology

The report is replete with examples of the social controversies involving science and technology at that time - the biological and environmental effects of nuclear weapons testing, DDT and other dioxins, the use of defoliants and herbicides by the U.S. military in Vietnam, the safety of nuclear power plants, the ban on fetal research, a moratorium on recombinant DNA research, the need for human subject protections and informed consent in genetics research, the misuse of psychology as a tool for torture, the implications of national security controls on science; misconduct in science, and the role of and protections for whistleblowers - many of which continue to resonate in the science and society relationship of today.

A few days after the nuclear crisis began to unfold at the Fukushima power station in Japan, Singh, who also serves as minister in charge for atomic energy, ordered a safety review of all 20 nuclear power plants and a half dozen research reactors owned and operated by the government.

But for 50 or so nations currently running or constructing nuke plants, the calamity was an incentive to take a moment to run some stress tests and review the safety manuals before reaffirming their support for nuclear power.

In terms of safety, we are still using 1960s technologies for our nuclear plants.

The other machines were mothballed or cannibalized for parts, according to The Asia - Pacific Journal: Japan Focus; misplaced faith in the safety of nuclear plants and lack of long - term funding scuppered the program.

Although regulations for the design of new nuclear power plants include safety features intended to avoid disasters, nuclear power will always be vulnerable to those highly unlikely occurrences that have big repercussions.

Visibly angry, according to Indian press reports, Rao called instead for a review of nuclear plant safety, adding: «There should be reviews; only foolish people don't want reviews.

Weightman recommended that the safety case for new nuclear plants should demonstrate the ability to deal with multiple serious events.

In response to the earthquake - triggered accident at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan, India's prime minister has asked for a full safety audit of India's 20 operating nuclear reactors.

Meserve said he urged the panels to strengthen Japan's regulatory oversight of nuclear power, making nuclear safety the highest priority for plant operators, above cost and power production.

This already poses problems for the safety of nuclear plants, and is only going to get worse.

The committee found that current approaches for regulating nuclear plant safety, which have been based traditionally on deterministic concepts such as the design - basis accident, are clearly inadequate for preventing core - melt accidents and mitigating their consequences.

For instance, during hurricane Francis in 2004 doors designed to protect safety equipment from flying debris at the St Lucie nuclear power plant in Florida were left open.

The committee that wrote the report examined the causes of the Japan accident and identified findings and recommendations for improving nuclear plant safety and offsite emergency responses to nuclear plant accidents in the U.S.

· The U.S. nuclear industry and USNRC should strengthen their capabilities for assessing risks from events that could challenge the design of nuclear plant structures and components and lead to a loss of critical safety functions.

Calculations by the French Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN) in Cherbourg have calculated that, close to the Fukushima plant, there is a risk of harm to marine life, particularly to animals born in the spring.

In Switzerland, Federal Council member Doris Leuthard announced today (English version) that the ongoing process for finding a site for three new nuclear power plants was on hold pending new safety assessments.

That analysis was carried out for two reactors at a plant in Ohi on the Japan Sea coast and submitted for review to Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA), which concluded they had passed.

For an understanding of how nuclear plant safety is assessed and will likely be evaluated moving forward, Scientific American spoke with Najmedin Meshkati, a professor of civil, environmental, industrial and systems engineering at the University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering in Los Angeles.

But neither the South Texas facility nor the applications for new reactors at Calvert Cliffs in Maryland and the Shearon Harris nuclear plant outside Raleigh, N.C., have completed the NRC's long design safety and feasibility evaluation, which could take years to complete.

The number of so - called safety - significant events reported to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, for example, averaged about two per plant per year in 1990 but had dropped to less than one tenth of that by 2000.

Licensing is always significant for new nuclear plants because safety is of the utmost importance, but review after review have concluded there are no fundamental impediments to PRISM licensing.

With RCI's vast knowledge of I&C systems for nuclear power plants, they also provide expertise in the areas of neutron monitoring, in - core instrumentation, and process sensors for monitoring the safety critical aspects of the NuScale Power Module (NPM).

At the same time, OSU was gaining international recognition for its work in the development of passive safety systems that use natural circulation to provide cooling for nuclear plants.

This advanced nuclear power plant has major appeal in domestic and international markets, offering a right - sized, cost - effective solution for carbon - free energy, and ensuring attainable power options to existing and emerging global economies demanding increased certainty of public safety, environmental protection and security from intrusion and proliferation of nuclear materials.

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission is currently involved in pre-licensing vendor design reviews - an optional service to assess of a nuclear power plant design based on a vendor's reactor technology - for ten small reactors with capacities in the range of 3 - 3Nuclear Safety Commission is currently involved in pre-licensing vendor design reviews - an optional service to assess of a nuclear power plant design based on a vendor's reactor technology - for ten small reactors with capacities in the range of 3 - 3nuclear power plant design based on a vendor's reactor technology - for ten small reactors with capacities in the range of 3 - 300 MWe.

Years back, during the congressional hearings over the FPO (full power operation) permit for the Seabrook power plant on the east coast, I found out about a MOA (Memorandum of Agreement) between the US NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission) and INPO (Institute of Nuclear Power Operations), which is a private corporation that can be hired by nuclear power operators for tasks such as investigating nuclear power plant safety deficiNuclear Regulatory Commission) and INPO (Institute of Nuclear Power Operations), which is a private corporation that can be hired by nuclear power operators for tasks such as investigating nuclear power plant safety deficiNuclear Power Operations), which is a private corporation that can be hired by nuclear power operators for tasks such as investigating nuclear power plant safety deficinuclear power operators for tasks such as investigating nuclear power plant safety deficinuclear power plant safety deficiencies.

Of course, the barriers to a fast expansion of the world's nuclear power plants, whether for electricity or fuel manufacturing, remain daunting — including everything from the lack of permanent waste - disposal options to tough financing and persistent public concerns about safety.

Proponents of increasing nuclear power should be pushing the industry to meet higher safety and security standards, and for the NRC to require the plants to meet the regulations it is supposed to enforce.

In the whirlwind of events following the Japanese catastrophe in March 2011, Merkel's government reversed its stance on nuclear power and, citing safety concerns, immediately instituted a three - month moratorium on all nuclear plant operation for safety checks.

thus reducing the financing costs for all of the plants life 4) Increasing support allows the NRC licensing process to be completely revamped and the culture of the organisation changed from «safety first» to a balance of all costs and risks, > including the costs and risks of nuclear being delayed and too expensive to compete as well as it could if the costs were lower.

The state will continue to closely monitor Entergy to ensure public safety and mitigate safety risks associated with the plant, including for storage of spent nuclear fuel.

More dramatically, fear of radiation led to extraordinary safety requirements for nuclear power plants, far in excess of controls imposed on other high - risk industrial facilities, which made nuclear power less cost - competitive and led to more reliance on coal.

Our recommendations include better enforcement of existing regulations, expedited transfer of nuclear waste into dry casks, strengthened reactor security requirements, and higher safety standards for new plants.

However, low natural gas prices, increasingly affordable renewable technologies and grid improvements, declining demand for electricity, and costly age - and safety - related power plant repairs have led to some nuclear reactors being retiring abruptly, with little or no advance planning.

Nuclear power has multiple subsidies in the form of: - direct payments for new nuclear plants of 2.3 cents per kWh generated for the first ten years (in the US), — this is US$ 2 billion for a 1000 MW plant after ten years operation, - complete indemnity under the Price - Anderson Act for harm caused by a radiation release (above a modest insured amount), - changes to safety regulations to allow continued operation, - new plant construction loan guarantees, - direct subsidies for existing plants to keep operating as a jobs - protection program, and Nuclear power has multiple subsidies in the form of: - direct payments for new nuclear plants of 2.3 cents per kWh generated for the first ten years (in the US), — this is US$ 2 billion for a 1000 MW plant after ten years operation, - complete indemnity under the Price - Anderson Act for harm caused by a radiation release (above a modest insured amount), - changes to safety regulations to allow continued operation, - new plant construction loan guarantees, - direct subsidies for existing plants to keep operating as a jobs - protection program, and nuclear plants of 2.3 cents per kWh generated for the first ten years (in the US), — this is US$ 2 billion for a 1000 MW plant after ten years operation, - complete indemnity under the Price - Anderson Act for harm caused by a radiation release (above a modest insured amount), - changes to safety regulations to allow continued operation, - new plant construction loan guarantees, - direct subsidies for existing plants to keep operating as a jobs - protection program, and others.

Congress should establish financial incentives for power plant owners to purchase safer reactor designs and make safety upgrades by increasing the liability of the nuclear industry for a nuclear accident.

In spite of an extraordinary safety record for US nuclear energy, no nuclear power plant has been ordered up since.

In addition to its nuclear plants, which must run 24/7 for safety reasons, the province will need to manage thousands of wind turbines and solar panels that can suddenly surge up or shut down on the whims of the wind and Sun.

«Angela Merkel's nuclear deal is driving people into the streets because it is a stimulus program for political disaffection when the head of a government cuts a backroom deal with four energy bosses that's worth hundreds of billions of euros and safety issues for old nuclear plants are sorted out on the side,» Gabriel said.

Here the letter conflates the issue of opposition to the current crop of nuclear power plants — which are simply uncompetitive quite separate from the very legitimate issues of safety, waste disposal, proliferation, and water consumption — with a supposed lack of support for next generation nuclear power plants (that will be magically cheaper, despite all trend data to the contrary).

According to the AP, new tests have shown that the levels of tritium in the wells at the Vernon, Vermont site are more than three - and - a-half times the federal safety standard.This comes hot on the heels of President Obama's interest in nuclear power, which included a call for «building a new generation of safe, clean nuclear power plants» in last week's State of the Union address, plus $ 54.5 billion earmarked for nuclear power projects.