Sentences with phrase «for nuclear power generation»

Unlike with wind and solar, large volumes of cooling water are a necessity for nuclear power generation, which should also be factored into the costs.

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.

Not exact matches

Nearly $ 10 trillion is needed in power generation, including $ 6 trillion in renewables and $ 1 trillion for nuclear.

A nuclear power generation company, for instance, had Tyco install surveillance equipment in irradiated areas of its plant.

Your major account lead generation company develops a lead for you with ABC Power Services, Inc. which is a multi-million dollar company creating nuclear power plants worldPower Services, Inc. which is a multi-million dollar company creating nuclear power plants worldpower plants worldwide.

In the attempt to put a stop to further reactor construction, the antinuclear movement may be tempted to constipate the system — to plug up the radwaste outlet for the nuclear industry — hoping thereby to force a shutdown of electrical power generation.

Then there is the Conservative Party's apparent shift on the nuclear issue, with Tory energy spokesman Alan Duncan openly voicing his «suspicion» of the case for a new generation of nuclear power stations.

The Queen's Speech today laid the groundwork for a new generation of nuclear power stations with a trio of new bills.

ConservativeHome predicts that plans for a new generation of nuclear power stations may be the straw that breaks the back...

Government support for a new generation of nuclear power stations has been condemned, the day before it is formally announced in the Commons.

The Lib Dems have also led the way with proposals for energy efficiency in our homes, and for green electricity generation without reliance on nuclear power.

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has already confirmed it will make its sites available for developers wanting to build a new generation of nuclear power stNuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has already confirmed it will make its sites available for developers wanting to build a new generation of nuclear power stnuclear power stations.

While Cuomo has seized upon every hiccup at the Indian Point nuclear plant downstate to amplify his calls for its closure, he has touted the benefits of the FitzPatrick plant and other upstate nuclear power generation.

While nuclear reactors do not emit carbon dioxide at the point of power generation, the nuclear fuel chain is responsible for carbon emissions during mining, milling, enriching, construction, transportation, and decommissioning.

This work could also lead to radiation - tolerant materials for potential use in nuclear power generation.

This risk factor pushes the «levelized» or all - in price of nuclear power from new units to 8.4 cents per kilowatt - hour, the MIT study concludes, versus 6.2 cents for coal - fired plants and 6.5 cents for natural gas generation (if gas is priced at $ 7 per million British thermal units, or roughly 1,000 cubic feet of flowing gas).

More than 100 gigawatts of geothermal power (one tenth of the current U.S. electrical generation) could be developed for $ 1 billion during the next 40 years — at the full cost of one carbon - capturing coal - fired power plant or one - third the cost of a new nuclear generator.

Strategies for replacing light bulbs vary from place to place, depending on regional energy costs and the power - generation mix (i.e., coal, natural gas, nuclear and renewables).

In the 1950s, nuclear power began to be used for commercial electricity generation as well as to drive submarines, navy ships and icebreakers, and people spoke glowingly of future nuclear - powered trains and aircraft.

Moody hopes the discovery of stable superheavy elements will help scientists better understand the mechanics of how nuclei are held together, opening the door for future discoveries in nuclear power generation or weapons development.

You quote physicist Thomas Klinger saying that lack of progress on nuclear fusion for power generation is simply down to a lack of funding (13 May, p 38).

A new era for nuclear power is taking shape as third - generation reactors, designed to be simpler and safer, inch through the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) design certification pnuclear power is taking shape as third - generation reactors, designed to be simpler and safer, inch through the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) design certification pNuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) design certification process.

The environmental and health effects of nuclear power's greatest calamity will last for generations

Due east along Guangdong's coastline, one of the region's most sophisticated technological projects, the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Complex, is also the stage for a cutting - edge experiment in high - energy physics: measuring the proportion of electron antineutrinos from the nuclear reactors that morph into other types, or generations, of these leptons as they speed throughNuclear Power Complex, is also the stage for a cutting - edge experiment in high - energy physics: measuring the proportion of electron antineutrinos from the nuclear reactors that morph into other types, or generations, of these leptons as they speed throughnuclear reactors that morph into other types, or generations, of these leptons as they speed through space.

A possible strategy for freeing nuclear power from its current impasse would be built around a new generation of lower - power, centrally fabricated nuclear reactors designed for inherent safety

URS has provided engineering and construction services for the installation of nuclear power generation since the 1960s in the U.S. and abroad through its heritage companies Ebasco, United Engineers & Constructors, and Gibbs & Hill, and pioneered the concept of nuclear contract maintenance and modifications, and large - scale modular construction through predecessor companies Catalytic and Stearns - Roger.

Holtec International is a global turnkey supplier of equipment and systems for the Nuclear, Solar, Geothermal, and Fossil Power Generation sectors of the energy industry.

The chairman of Energy Resources of Australia (ERA) has called on Australian governments to embrace the potential to expand the country's uranium mining industry and be prepared for an expansion in nuclear power generation worldwide.

The Queen's speech includes measures for building a new generation of nuclear power stations.

MHI President and CEO Shunichi Miyanaga said: «For many years Orano has lent its support to the development of nuclear power generation in Japan.

It draws on the WNA's global network of contacts in industry, academia, research institutes and intergovernmental agencies that includes key personnel in enterprises that account for virtually all of the world's uranium mining, nuclear fuel manufacture, equipment production and nuclear power generation.

A fourth generation reactor designed by GEH, PRISM incorporates the groundbreaking features of the Argonne Laboratory's project, representing a technological leap that could power the UK or similar countries for hundreds of years with used nuclear fuel that is already on hand.

The Kavli Foundation recently spoke with three astrophysicists about how this discovery can unlock clues about galactic evolution as well as the abundances of certain elements on Earth we use for everything from jewelry - making to nuclear power generation.

The two companies hope to advance an aSMR design for global power generation with initial deployment in Canada, including the pursuit of a preliminary regulatory review by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, based on earlier technology licensing success in the United States.

For one, they proved role playing games could be badass, and they made a generation of gamers yearn for a nuclear war that would turn them into power - armored, Mad Max cowboFor one, they proved role playing games could be badass, and they made a generation of gamers yearn for a nuclear war that would turn them into power - armored, Mad Max cowbofor a nuclear war that would turn them into power - armored, Mad Max cowboys.

I myself have been accused of being a paid shill for the coal industry, because I argued that rapidly deploying solar and wind energy technologies, along with efficiency and smart grid technologies, is a much faster and much more cost effective way of reducing GHG emissions from electricity generation than building new nuclear power plants.

To pave the way for a new generation of nuclear power plants, we must provide greater certainty on issues from licensing to responsible management of spent fuel.

I have been given some cause for hope (if not optimism) by Tom Blees» «P rescription for the Planet» — at least with respect to 4th generation nuclear power.

Four climate scientists, three of whom have published in peer - reviewed literature on energy issues (a sampler from Wigley, Hansen and Caldeira), are pressing the case for environmental groups to embrace the need for a new generation of nuclear power plants in a letter they distributed overnight to a variety of organizations and journalists.

Deepwater and all offshore drilling in the US has been set back for a generation, just as Three Mile Island set back nuclear power development for decades.

For example, if nuclear is providing 20 % of electric generation, it can be run at steady baseline, maximizing fuel efficiency, while all the other variable demand can be met with solar and wind based power that has been fed into storage systems during the peak periods.

It examines questions about the safety and costs of nuclear power relative to coal and other choices for electricity generation, along with the risk of proliferation of nuclear weapons and emissions of greenhouse gases relative to other energy sources.

«Even in the expected event that there are no important breakthroughs in the cost of nuclear power, the potential for alternative energy sources, mainly solar and wind power, to completely replace coal and gas for utility generation globally is, I think, certain.

Behind the histrionics and talking points framing the decades - long battle over the place of nuclear power in America's (and the world's) energy menu, there have long been hints of a path forward, both for dealing with existing, aging reactors and considering a new generation of technologies.

All of which is to say, from a technical perspective, for electricity generation renewable energy sources (totally excluding nuclear power) could produce several, several times the amount of electricity currently generated in the United States.

For nuclear power, Obama has allocated $ 18.5 billion for new «next generation» nuclear power planFor nuclear power, Obama has allocated $ 18.5 billion for new «next generation» nuclear power planfor new «next generation» nuclear power plants.

Among other points, Mr. Romm says the «fourth generation» form of nuclear power discussed by Dr. Hansen has no greater potential benefits than other technologies (solar - thermal power plants, for example) that were not mentioned but that could be deployed at large scale much more quickly.

We still haven't found an answer for disposal of nuclear waste, which is unconscionable; our attempts at CO2 sequestration in coal power plants are stumbling at best; we've expanded solar and wind generation far too slowly.

However, you don't want to argue for a rational solution — i.e. cheap nuclear power (which also happens to be 10 to 100 times safer than our currently accepted main source of electricity generation, fossil fuel) and also happens to be a near zero emission technology (in fact much lower than renewables given they need fossil fuel backup, and given solar needs about 10 times as much material per TWh on an LCA basis).

Nor can I speak for the USA, except that I have heard that there is a movement in California to move out of nuclear power generation there.