Sentences with phrase «for nuclear power»

There is liability coverage in place for nuclear power plants and other facilities.

Over the last year, support for nuclear power has grown.

Taking the rest of the world into account strengthens the case for nuclear power even further.

Such a device would be a boon for nuclear power stations, concentrating solar farms, geothermal installations, combined heat and power systems, and fossil fuel - fired power plants.

It means everything — transportation, electricity, heating etc, — coming from entirely renewable resources, even without the need for nuclear power.

Beyond the immediate need to minimize further radioactive leakage and protect public health, the government is beginning to reconsider its long - term plans for nuclear power expansion.

But doing the same for nuclear power has been ruled out.

The plan is expected to include financial incentives for nuclear power, although the details won't be worked out for at least six months.

That's about one - third the maximum radiation dose allowed for a nuclear power plant worker in a given year.

He developed practical models which will help to predict the consequences for nuclear power plants of fires caused by aircraft impacts.

Small may be beautiful for the nuclear power industry So argue a host of would - be builders of novel nuclear reactors.

Members of the commission said they wanted to produce an analysis which would «do for the car economy what our 1976 report did for nuclear power».

This would in effect create a significant incentive that is currently missing for nuclear power compared to natural gas.

Industry polling has found public perception is an issue for nuclear power, but their findings suggest the more people know reactors, the more likely they are to support them.

He expects that environmentalists will soon share his affection for nuclear power.

Agree on the coal - fired power stations — my support for nuclear power is more for «preserve energy security» than for «fight climate change» reasons.

If we are meeting all of our new generation needs with renewables, it is hard to make a business case for nuclear power.

Possibly the greatest impact of solar methane is the total elimination of the need for nuclear power.

While Baroness Thatcher was at the forefront of Britain's moves to set up the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Lord Lawson said her motivation was to challenge the coalmining union and at the same raise support for nuclear power as a clean energy replacement for coal.

Friends of the Earth Europe has expressed alarm that the Heads of State cast a role for nuclear power in Europe's energy future, without offering solutions to its unsolved problems: how to treat and store waste for thousands of years, the risk of serious accidents, the proliferation of nuclear weapon material and how to secure nuclear plants against terrorist attacks.

Nick Clegg and the other Lib Dem negotiators called for a «a commitment not to raise the cap on tuition fees» (a watered - down version of their manifesto pledge to phase out tuition fees over six years), a cut in the number of government ministers, a four year fixed - term parliament and «a commitment to no public subsidy for nuclear power stations».

Also in the running would be utilities giving up on 4 or 5 nuclear reactors here in the USA (Crystal River, Vermont Yankee, San Onofre, Kewaunee); these units were all marginal and / or already offline, but it shows which way the momentum is going for nuclear power here in the states.

The step in the nuclear fuel cycle that increases the concentration of U235 relative to U238 in order to make uranium usable as a fuel for nuclear power reactors.

Now the outlook for nuclear power plants is so bleak that Wall Street analysts say one or more Upstate nuclear plants could go out of business if conditions don't change.

The administration has approved only one conditional loan guarantee for a nuclear power project and that went to a Georgia plant to be built by Southern Co., which under state law can begin to recover costs while the plants are under construction.

and 2) What are the prospects for nuclear power under alternative market reform schemes?

Electronic engineers in the utilities sector can work in telecoms and energy, eg designing and running a control system for a nuclear power station.

The US Navy was actually central to the development of the civilian nuclear power industry in the US due to its reactor designs for nuclear powered submarines and ships.

PGS notes that China and other developing countries see a role for nuclear power in limiting carbon emissions.

Eliminate the wasteful and environmentally damaging loan guarantees for nuclear power and liquid coal, which generate far fewer economic and jobs benefits than clean energy.

What David said, you know, you discover that unfortunately a whole bunch of parts for a nuclear power plant aren't working.

He added that there is still public appetite for nuclear power in the United States.

PG&E spokesman Paul Flake said issues reported by the NRC had been identified by the company's own review after Fukushima, and an inspection by the Institute for Nuclear Power Operations, the industry's confidential safety monitor.

Uranium - 235 (U-235) is an isotope of uranium widely used for nuclear power generation and, like all other radioactive isotopes used in medicine, it has been also employed for diagnosis and treatment of diseased organs and tumors.

«We will temporarily suspend approval for nuclear power projects,» the State Council said in a statement following a meeting on March 16.

The funds could also be used to create a $ 670 - million - per - year research and development program for nuclear power as well as to determine the best fuel cycle over the course of the next several decades.

Four climate scientists - James Hansen, Tom Wigley, Kerry Emanuel and Ken Caldeira (left to right)- explained their support for nuclear power at a side event at the Paris climate treaty talks.

With Asia representing the largest growth market for nuclear power in the coming decades, Centrus will continue its 20 - year commitment to its Asian customers as their trusted supplier of nuclear fuel and services through closer cooperation and more immediate service.

The Marine Systems segment provided 24 % of total company revenues in 2014, with the majority of the revenue coming from contracts for nuclear powered submarines.