Sentences with phrase «fuel pool as»

This milestone was achieved with the loading of the 13th MAGNASTOR system at the Kewaunee Power Station in Wisconsin, where MAGNASTOR systems are relied upon to accelerate defueling of the Kewaunee spent fuel pool as an important element of the plant decommissioning strategy.

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Since at least August 2005, radioactive contaminants such as tritium and strontium - 90 have been leaking from Indian Point's spent fuel pools into the groundwater and the Hudson River.

The safety of spent fuel pools, as at the Fort Calhoun plant outside Omaha, has been an issue since the accident at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi plant

That said, the nuclear industry's FLEX approach, would also include additional pumps and hoses to get water to the spent - fuel pools, as well as instruments to monitor their condition.

The explosions tore open reactor buildings, damaging the 12 - meter - deep pools where used nuclear fuel is kept cool, potentially setting off another meltdown in the fuel there as the surrounding water drained away or boiled off.

As NRC staff noted during the Fukushima emergency, when there was concern that the spent - fuel pool at Unit 4 may have lost its cooling water as well as been damaged by the reactor building explosion, adding cold water to already hot fuel can create a problem in its own righAs NRC staff noted during the Fukushima emergency, when there was concern that the spent - fuel pool at Unit 4 may have lost its cooling water as well as been damaged by the reactor building explosion, adding cold water to already hot fuel can create a problem in its own righas well as been damaged by the reactor building explosion, adding cold water to already hot fuel can create a problem in its own righas been damaged by the reactor building explosion, adding cold water to already hot fuel can create a problem in its own right.

If the pool leaks or the cooling system breaks, as happened in Japan, the nuclear fuel rods could become exposed and release radioactive gas.

Highly packed spent fuel pools at the Japanese facility have caught fire, lost coolant, and released unknown quantities of radioactive material, underscoring the need to remove as much fuel from overcrowded pools as possible.

As of midday Thursday, the country's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency spokesperson Yoshitaka Nagayama, noted that «because we have been unable to go to the scene, we can not confirm whether there is water left or not in the spent fuel pool at reactor No. 4,» The New York Times reported.

The Japanese plant has endured partial meltdowns in at least three of its six reactors, as well as two of its seven pools for storing spent fuel.

Thomas Dietz of Michigan State University in East Lansing and his team calculated the carbon - saving impact of 17 practices, such as eschewing tumble dryers, car pooling and buying fuel - efficient vehicles (see the full list below).

And that means there may be two direct paths for radioactive particle byproducts of nuclear fission, such as cesium 137 and iodine 131, to escape and spread radiation — cracks in containment as well as the spent fuel pools now open to the air.

But those reactors» spent fuel pools are benefiting from a diesel generator that is still working to keep cooling water in place, according to World Nuclear News, though temperatures are beginning to rise in these pools as well.

Besides developing better systems for monitoring the pools, the panel recommends that NRC take another look at the benefits of moving spent fuel to other storage as quickly as possible.

As we speak, one of the most serious problems happening in Fukushima Daiichi is the spent fuel pool - fire at the fourth reactor.

I'll get in a second to why this could be important for you if you're trying to boost your sports performance or to figure out what you're supposed to eat you know, during endurance but the other thing that was interesting was that there was another study that looked at basically how your body taps into this intramuscular triglyceride and it was found that the, when your body is tapping into intramuscular triglyceride sources, your intramuscular triglyceride pool to use that stuff as an energy source during exercise, it can actually cause a little bit of an insulin response and cause your pancreas to have to work a little bit, to churn out insulin in order for you to be able to effectively tap into this adipose tissue and so it's one of those things where there is a little bit of stress on the pancreas when you're tapping into these intramuscular triglycerides even though they're used as a really really potent source of fuel for you when you're out there performing specifically endurance exercise and in this case, for this fasted, male endurance athletes, 60 - 70 % intensity.

Try removal of the seat, looking at the fuel system with the key on to see if you see leaks / fuel pooling there as that might also occur - keep in mind the fuel is pressurized for the injectors.

We could reduce the use of fossil fuels by living in smaller houses (the size of earlier generations» homes would be a major improvement), driving smaller cars, living as close to work as possible to cut down on commuting, and car pooling.

It works the same way as our other green energy products — we inject green fuel into the Canadian fuel pool to match the amount of regular fuel you use.

Warm surface and subsurface waters in the west Pacific warm pool provide the fuel for El Niños, so, as you noted, there has to be warm water for an El Niño to form.

I do believe that wind has value in the energy mix, though it is pricey and due to capacity factor issues must be supplemented with a load base that includes dispatch - able fuel sources that can be started up and shut down fairly quickly, such as gas.We do need variety in our electricity fuel mix (including coal), just as we need it in our genome pool... for rapid changes in the external environment.

As EPA's Tailpipe Rule acknowledges (p. 25327), there is a «single pool of technologies... that reduce fuel consumption and thereby reduce CO2 emissions as well.&raquAs EPA's Tailpipe Rule acknowledges (p. 25327), there is a «single pool of technologies... that reduce fuel consumption and thereby reduce CO2 emissions as well.&raquas well.»

Another consideration, as Rita Sipe, manager of Duke Energy's Nuclear Fleet Communications, in February told POWER, is that used fuel pools and dry cask storage sites, which Duke has located at five of the company's six operating nuclear plants, require operations and maintenance (see sidebar, «The Dry Cask Boom»).

They resort to alternative transportation such as car pooling and using public transportation, as well as using such transportation as bicycles, while industries are looking to design their cars to run on less gas or, better yet, cheaper alternative fuel.

Other considerations to encourage ride sharing and smart transportation choices will be built into Azul, including preferred parking for low - emitting and fuel - efficient vehicles, as well as designated car pool areas.