Sentences with phrase «including reactor operations»

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These include adequate uranium supply (probably necessitating immense uranium strip mines in Tennessee), almost inconceivable reactor and waste - transport accidents, low - level radiation effects from normal plant operations, and the burden of guarding both radioactive waste and outdated but radioactive nuclear plants for thousands of years.

These promising new directions include higher fusion power densities, and hence smaller reactors; development of «transport barriers» in the plasma, leading to improved energy confinement and smaller sizes; self - driven plasma currents that permit steady - state operation and low recirculating power; and the development of advanced divertor concepts to provide particle control and heat removal over long reactor lifetimes.

The sessions will include observation of ZED - 2 operations and experiments, and the use of reactor simulation techniques, muon tomography, and radiation detection.

Whether or not nuclear generation has truly peaked will depend on a number of factors, including how many Japanese reactors resume operation, how many licenses are extended for aging reactors worldwide, and the pace and magnitude of uprating existing units.

Subtitle C: Next Generation Nuclear Plant Project -(Sec. 641) Instructs the Secretary to establish the Next Generation Nuclear Plant Project consisting of design, construction, and operation of a prototype plant, including a nuclear reactor: (1) based on Generation IV Nuclear Energy Systems Initiative research and development; and (2) used to generate electricity or produce hydrogen, or do both.

Power plants across the country, including ones in California, Wisconsin, Florida and Vermont, are being shuttered as utility companies opt to build natural gas plants rather than extending operation of nuclear reactors.

Includes the operation of production equipment such as pumps, blenders, reactors and weigh scales.