Not exact matches
Bechtel has been building the Hanford plant for the disposal of
nuclear waste since 2000, for example, and the first
phase isn't scheduled for completion until 2022.
Then we went through a
phase instead of extended families,
nuclear families became the «ideal», and parents demanded that other people
NOT discipline their children.
Nick Clegg and the other Lib Dem negotiators called for a «a commitment
not to raise the cap on tuition fees» (a watered - down version of their manifesto pledge to
phase out tuition fees over six years), a cut in the number of government ministers, a four year fixed - term parliament and «a commitment to no public subsidy for
nuclear power stations».
The debate is part of a larger controversy over whether or
not the country should
phase out its
nuclear power by 2022, as current law stipulates.
A number of politicians have called for Japan to
phase out
nuclear power, though the government's official policy of increasing reliance on
nuclear power has
not changed.
A more complete
phase diagram is immensely important to
nuclear weapons designers who need to
not only understand if a
nuclear weapon will perform as designed, but also how it will be affected by aging.
Declines in
nuclear capacity are projected only in OECD Europe, where several countries (including Germany and Belgium) have either plans or mandates to
phase out
nuclear power, and where some old reactors are expected to be retired and
not replaced.
In 2011 and again in 2017, Parliament mandated
not to replace any of the country's reactors, meaning that
nuclear will be
phased out gradually in the coming years.
C. Technically, it is still possible to solve the climate problem, but there are two essential requirements: (1) a simple across - the - board (all fossil fuels) rising carbon fee [2] collected from fossil fuel companies at the domestic source (mine or port of entry),
not a carbon price «scheme,» and the money must go to the public,
not to government coffers, otherwise the public will
not allow the fee to rise as needed for
phase - over to clean energy, (2) honest government support for, rather than strangulation of, RD&D (research, development and demonstration) of clean energy technologies, including advanced generation, safe
nuclear power.
Countries such as Germany, which has received praise from ecologists for its promise to
phase out
nuclear power stations and construct large number of wind parks on land and sea are finding that they do
not solve the power problem.
If fossil and
nuclear technologies are
not acceptable as back - up due to Germany's
phasing out of
nuclear power and its plan to decarbonize its electric sector, the only consideration left to a 100 percent renewable system is to adapt to the intermittency of wind and solar power and accept periods of darkness when the energy is
not available.
The decision to
phase out
nuclear energy, therefore, means
not only replacing an important source of electricity, but also doing so in a way that does
not lead to increased greenhouse gas emissions.
Wind Energy, Solar Energy, Biofuels (2nd, 3rd generation), Geothermal Energy, Fusion Energy (
not fission), Ocean and Wave Energy,
Nuclear Fission Energy,
Phasing Out Fossil Fuels, Energy Efficiency and Climate Change, Waste Management and Energy, GRIDS - Electricity Power Transmission
The PWU doesn't like that — the fact that jobs at coal - fired power plants are being
phased out and there is a significant threat to
nuclear jobs as well.
But tellingly, despite top German officials» promises that «the
nuclear power chapter has come to an end for us,» Germany only shut down its oldest and smallest reactors, with a full
phase - out
not expected until 2017.
It was merely on the basis that it seemed ironic that on the one hand there were complaints about possible wind installations caused by the Swiss desire (
not universally popular) to
phase out
nuclear power, as evidenced in the second story.
The highest priority of the environmental movement was now to
phase out
nuclear,
not fossil fuels.
It's just occurred to me that Hansen's recent statement that mitigation is
not immediately urgent, but can be
phased in over a lengthy period, is consistent with the implementation of a «
nuclear» CO2 - reduction strategy.
«The connection between the
nuclear phase - out and the
phase - out of coal is
not there,» said Stefan Schurig, climate and energy department director at Hamburg's World Future Council, a think tank devoted to sustainability issues.
It's perhaps
not surprising then, that following on from Germany's decision to speed up is
nuclear phase out, Italy has now frozen its plan for new
nuclear plants, as has Switzerland.