Sentences with phrase «from nuclear safety»

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That is, until one of them googled «safety nuclear bomb how shelter» from the beach — and found a Business Insider article titled «If a nuclear bomb goes off, this is the most important thing you can do to survive.»

China's National Nuclear Safety Administration said data from radiation monitoring stations near the North Korean border showed no impact on «China's environment or populace».

Safety at the soon - to - be shuttered Indian Point nuclear power plant in Westchester County was the subject of a public conference call Thursday with officials from New York state and the Nuclear Regulatory Commnuclear power plant in Westchester County was the subject of a public conference call Thursday with officials from New York state and the Nuclear Regulatory CommNuclear Regulatory Commission.

Successive waves of migrants have reached Europe's shores; terrorist groups are rampant in the Middle East, menacing personal safety and regional stability; North Korea, despite warnings and sanctions from the international community, obstinately continues to develop its nuclear programme; and climate change also warrants international collective action.

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.

Fire protection piping at Indian Point's Unit 2 reactor broke and leaked and though it resulted in a loss of water pressure to the fire suppression system, inspectors from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission determined it was of «very low safety significance,» according to the N.R.C. report.

Former Assemblyman Richard Brodsky has scored a victory in his long - running battle against the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Entergy, the owner of Indian Point, thanks to a federal appeals court that reversed a lower court ruling on the commission's responsibility to involve and notify the public before exempting the Hudson Valley nuclear power plant from health and safety requirNuclear Regulatory Commission and Entergy, the owner of Indian Point, thanks to a federal appeals court that reversed a lower court ruling on the commission's responsibility to involve and notify the public before exempting the Hudson Valley nuclear power plant from health and safety requirnuclear power plant from health and safety requirements.

From cradle to grave, nuclear reactors pollute the environment and threaten human health and 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.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has determined the project does not add significant safety risk, based on an NRC review and analysis submitted from Indian Point - owner Entergy Nuclear.

When the public began to question the safety of nuclear testing and of radiation emitted from televisions, the government took notice.

NNSA maintains and enhances the safety, security, and effectiveness of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile without nuclear explosive testing; works to reduce global danger from weapons of mass destruction; provides the U.S. Navy with safe and effective nuclear propulsion; and responds to nuclear and radiological emergencies in the U.S. and abroad.

The group analysed publicly available reports from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission in areas such as failures of safety systems, the percentage of time that a reactor is not generating, and workers» exposure to radiation.

Buoyed by an allocation of $ 1.25 billion in funding for reactor research from the 2005 Energy Policy Act, INL scientists are working to improve safety, boost efficiency, minimize waste, and decrease cost in a new generation of nuclear reactors.

The team are holding a one - day workshop on 27 April for trainers and safety experts from the nuclear industry.

Small modular reactors may help with two of the biggest challenges facing the nuclear industry: the growing stores of waste from existing reactors and residue from the mass production of nuclear weapons as well as the overall safety of nuclear power.

This is one of many safety issues currently being investigated by his team at the UK Office for Nuclear Regulation in Bootle, as it considers licensing new, supposedly safer, reactor designs from companies like Japanese - owned Westinghouse Electric and French - owned Areva.

Mattson said the added safety measures likely to result from a more demanding look at nuclear plant vulnerabilities should not impose unreasonable costs on most plants.

«It was nowhere near as complex of a release as Chernobyl, which was everything from the core of the reactor,» says Peter Caracappa, a radiation safety officer and clinical assistant professor of nuclear engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y. «This was a slow release,» he adds, and it was limited to a few radioactive materials, including iodine 131, which has a half - life of just eight days and therefore does not lead to long - term contamination.

The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy this month won a legal contention from the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board against Southern Nuclear Operating's Vogtle reactor license application for Georgia.

Safety issues make plans to clean up a mess left over from the construction of the U.S. nuclear arsenal uncertain

«It is difficult to see how any safety case presented from now on that relies in any way upon the UK VPF, whether on the roads, the railways or in the nuclear industry, such as the new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point C in Somerset, could stand up to test in court.

Some funding for such work is available from the European Commission's Technical Assistance to the Commonwealth of Independent States (TACIS) fund, set up to provide aid for nuclear safety, distribution and public sector projects in the former Soviet Union.

But the furor that began last year over leakage of radioactive tritium from underground pipes into the groundwater around the Vermont Yankee nuclear reactor in Vernon, Vt., illustrated how concerns about reactor safety could suddenly swamp relicensing plans.

From a broader perspective, this failure means that the US will cede its leadership on nuclear matters to other nations, limiting its ability to exert influence in key areas such as safety and non-proliferation as well.»

Norway and Sweden are worried about the threat posed by radioactive leaks from sunken nuclear - powered submarines and nuclear waste off the Kola Peninsula, as well as the safety of the nuclear plants there.

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 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.

A new congressionally mandated report from the National Academy of Sciences concludes that the overarching lesson learned from the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident is that nuclear plant licensees and their regulators must actively seek out and act on new information about hazards with the potential to affect the safety of nuclear plants.

From my discussions here, it's obvious they're interested in research in the whole nuclear safety area.

In the UK and the US, public hostility, combined with a commercial reluctance to build nuclear plants without financial safety nets from governments, make any major nuclear revival unlikely.

At NRDC, Paine says that discussions he has initiated on broadening the NNPA and other international nuclear energy mechanisms to include safety and environmental concerns have met with fierce resistance from industry and foreign governments.

This assessment draws an echo from Michele Boyd, nuclear safety campaigner with Physicians for Social Responsibility in Washington, D.C. Boyd agrees with Squassoni that the United States will be on thin ice advising its nuclear fuel customers on safety abroad until it cleans up its own backyard.

Importing nuclear - generated energy from «neighbors with lower safety standards than Germany» is not a viable option.

In recent decades, the U.S. share of the growing fuel market has declined from 30 % to just 10 %, he notes, so the United States no longer wields the power within international nuclear safety that it did when the NNPA was written.

The first independent studies of Japan's worst nuclear accident, which has already caused the death of two workers from multiple organ failure, also suggest that radiation doses outside the 350 - metre evacuation zone breached the safety limit.

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

Under a special allowance from the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, workers at Fukushima were permitted doses of up to 250 millisieverts.

Designed to provide an unfailingly safe and secure source of clean energy from nuclear fission, SMR - 160 incorporates passive features of its operation to ensure utmost safety and reliability.

NNSA maintains the safety, security, and effectiveness of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile without nuclear explosive testing; works to reduce global danger from weapons of mass destruction; provides the U.S. Navy with safe and effective nuclear propulsion; and responds to nuclear and radiological emergencies in the U.S. and abroad.

The Environmental Stewardship Council membership includes municipal officials, community representatives, interest groups, and representatives from AECL, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) and CNL.

With our submission of the Near Surface Disposal Facility's Environmental Impact Statement, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission will be accepting comments from the public and Indigenous groups for the next 60 days.

Chalk River, ON, April 20, 2018 — Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL), Canada's premier nuclear science and technology organization, is pleased to announce that it will host the ninth ZED - 2 Reactor Safety & Instrumentation School at the Chalk River Laboratories from May 14 - 18Nuclear Laboratories (CNL), Canada's premier nuclear science and technology organization, is pleased to announce that it will host the ninth ZED - 2 Reactor Safety & Instrumentation School at the Chalk River Laboratories from May 14 - 18nuclear science and technology organization, is pleased to announce that it will host the ninth ZED - 2 Reactor Safety & Instrumentation School at the Chalk River Laboratories from May 14 - 18, 2018.

Terrestrial Energy has received the Trailblazer Special Achievement Award from the United States Nuclear Infrastructure Council (USNIC) in recognition of our completion of the Phase One Pre-Licensing Vendor Design Review with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission in November 2017.

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.

He worked at IRSN (the French Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety) from 1999 to 2001 and was a Professor at the Joseph - Fourier University from 2001 to 2014.

It is designed to provide an unfailingly safe and economical source of clean energy from nuclear fission, SMR - 160 incorporates passive features in its operation to ensure utmost safety and reliability.

«While submissions came from a variety of organisations representing the feedback of a diverse group of interested parties, there were areas of general agreement, including the positive economic benefits to Canada, alignment with Canada's commitment to fight climate change, important applications for remote communities, and the potential to enhance nuclear safety through next - generation nuclear technology,» CNL said.

Pierre Oneid, Holtec International's senior vice president and chief nuclear officer explains that small reactor designs will incorporate safety lessons learned from the Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear accidents.

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) is to conduct pre-licensing vendor design reviews (VDRs) of small modular reactor designs from NuScale Power and Westinghouse Electric Company.