Sentences with phrase «for nuclear waste»

If they decide to pay the risk surcharge at the same time, they will then be free of all responsibilities for nuclear waste storage.

I'd love to have a working safe solution for nuclear waste — but we don't.

Aluminum is currently used in not only research reactor components but also nuclear batteries and spacecraft, and it has been proposed as material for storage containers for nuclear waste.

As a result, the agency is an easy legal target for the nuclear waste storing duties it has failed to perform under contract.

Dear EarthTalk: I've heard that there are plans to build a large repository for nuclear waste in Yucca Mountain in Nevada, but that plans have been slow and are very controversial.

The most wonderful illustration of this mismatch between what science can tell us and what politicians care about is the effort to build a long - term storage site for nuclear waste at Nevada's Yucca Mountain.

- The Department of Energy is warning that the 77,000 - ton limit set for nuclear waste at the Yucca Mountain Repository already falls short of our needs.

Water played a big part in GTA 5 - whether it was daring, submerged scuba dives to bust into secret government facilities, or scanning the ocean floor for nuclear waste in a mini-sub - so it wouldn't surprise us to see river - based missions play a substantial role in Red Dead 2.

We connect innovation with excellence in our ability to develop cutting - edge technologies for nuclear waste management as well as a full suite of advanced robotic tooling and nuclear - grade products including pump seals.

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) says that from fiscal year 2009 to fiscal year 2016, the agency received an additional $ 1.4 billion in appropriations for nuclear waste management.

The process enables the rapid development of new glasses for nuclear waste vitrification over geologic time scales.

The process enables rapid development of new glasses for nuclear waste vitrification over geologic time scales.

The budget increase will be for handling the country's nuclear stockpile and restart the controversial Yucca Mountain storage facility for nuclear waste.

Meanwhile, the Finnish government has agreed to take responsibility for nuclear waste after 60 years, something the Lib Dems say could cost billions in Britain, while it is also providing indirect subsidies in the form of export guarantees and 30 - year contracts.

She received her PhD in 2011 from MIT in Engineering Systems, focusing on advanced technologies for nuclear waste recycling, and she holds dual masters degrees from MIT in nuclear engineering and technology policy.

The budget also would include $ 140 million to restart licensing activities for nuclear waste storage at Yucca Mountain, a thorny issue on Capitol Hill.

I fail to understand why an international collection and disposal agency for nuclear waste hasn't been set up, given our...

And Senator Patty Murray (D — WA) hopes to add money for the nuclear waste site at Yucca mountain, which Obama zeroed out in his 2011 budget request.

At the same time, the U.S. still lacks a long - term solution for nuclear waste due to the cancellation of a disposal facility being built at Yucca Mountain in Nevada, although President Obama has appointed a blue - ribbon commission to make recommendations.

«In this nuclear age, there is a pressing need for improved extraction agents for nuclear waste separations and recycling technologies,» explained Professor Steve Liddle, Head of Inorganic Chemistry and Co-Director of the Centre for Radiochemistry Research at The University of Manchester.

Swedes searching for nuclear waste storage site stumble on a pocket of fungi that may reveal a huge hidden reservoir of life

... Madam President, I believe a transportation plan for nuclear waste shipments should have a «zero accident» goal, but as yet the DOE doesn't even have a plan.

Skull Valley has been targeted by a private consortium of nuclear electric generators as a temporary site for nuclear waste en route to Yucca Mountain, NV.

Sen. James Inhofe (R - OK): However, the lack of storage space for nuclear waste is now threatening the existence of nuclear power.

Overview of efforts in Congress to weaken health and safety standards for nuclear waste storage and disposal.

So all in all, net financial debt for EON more than doubles if we take into account a realistic value for the nuclear waste removal obligations.

Waiting for a safe solution for nuclear waste sounds like political posturing and saying two things at once.

The administration's decision to withdraw the application for a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, lacks scientific justification and could hamper the nation's effort to use nuclear energy to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.

A recent study looking for nuclear waste storage sites suggested that the sedimentary soil beneath Toronto and surrounds was very stable and suitable for long term storage.

Stuck within the bill was a provision to add $ 10 million to a permitting authority for a nuclear waste storage facility.

Ultimately, if consent - based siting efforts fail, in favor of the common good the federal government must exercise its power of eminent domain to overcome local opposition, creating a deep geologic repository for nuclear waste.

Another disposal option for nuclear waste is deep boreholes.

Holtec sees the passage of H.R. 3050 as a good step towards interim and long - term solutions for nuclear waste storage.

America's Department of Energy has not given enough priority to technical and scientific investigations of Yucca Mountain in Nevada, where it plans to site an underground repository for nuclear waste.

Enforcing fire and earthquake regulations, addressing flood risks, and safer storage for nuclear waste are just a few of the ways we can help prevent nuclear accidents.

Yucca Energy Solutions (YES) is described in the 2005 annual report (PDF) of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce as being a «200 - member coalition was formed by the U.S. Chamber to advocate for congressional approval of, and funding for, Yucca Mountain as the site of a permanent federal repository for nuclear waste.»