Sentences with phrase «new nuclear plants»

British coal argued this week that there are no compelling reasons for the government to support the building of new nuclear plants.

They have quite a few problems with new nuclear plants and their MS power plant though.

Some of the energy will be generated from new nuclear plants.

While quick to grab the taxpayer - supported nuclear pork, none have committed to construct new nuclear plants at any of the sites.

That search had ground to a halt in the 1980s and 1990s thanks to the moratorium on new nuclear plants in much of the world and an influx of fuel from nuclear weapons.

The state has banned new nuclear plants until there's a permanent home for the waste.

All of this has led several other prominent environmentalists to publicly favor new nuclear plants.

Even as new nuclear plants are built in the developing world, old plants are being retired in the developed world.

Investing in new nuclear plants now is part of a viable clean - energy portfolio that will grow the state's economy and protect the environment for generations to come.

The study estimates that new nuclear plants carry a heavy risk premium because of uncertain construction costs.

Technical obstacles to building new nuclear plants include addressing licensing, design certification and first - of - a kind engineering.

They also have 28 new nuclear plants under construction, more than any other country.

A string of new nuclear plants were being planned and there were loan guarantee programs in place from the federal government to make their construction possible.

And if a consortium wanted to build new nuclear plants «that will, in all probability go ahead», he said.

Those plants are aging, and if we replace them with new nuclear plants they would struggle to compete against the shrinking costs of wind and solar.

Nations must work together to develop a long - term plan for new nuclear plant construction to achieve economies of scale.

Between 2002 and 2008, for example, cost estimates for new nuclear plant construction rose from between $ 2 billion and $ 4 billion per unit to $ 9 billion per unit, according to a 2009 UCS report, while experience with new construction in Europe has seen costs continue to soar.

It doesn't make sense to prevent the construction of NEW nuclear plants because a plant that was designed and built in 1970 malfunctioned after being hit by a record setting earthquake + tsunami.

Yet figures as influential as Senator Joseph Lieberman are already saying we should «put the brakes» on developing new nuclear plants in the U.S. — despite plans for a so - called «Nuclear Renaissance» that have won strong support from President Obama.

A showcase of more than 90 companies» clean - energy offerings includes a display by NuScale Power, one of a batch of startup companies developing new nuclear plant designs.

Paving the way for Indian Point's termination, the state Legislature last month passed legislation making it easier to site new nuclear plants, which conceivably might be needed to replace power lost by Indian Point's closure.

Despite dozens of new nuclear plants ordered or built in Asia in recent years, «increased deployment of nuclear power has been slow both in the United States and globally,» wrote the authors of a new Massachusetts Institute of Technology review of the state of nuclear power.

It's better than coal or oil power, but I'd prefer a brand new nuclear plant (away from residences, tho).

I'll be surprised when the next new nuclear plant is constructed in the US without major subsidies.

Korea is winning the global competition to build new nuclear plants against China and Russia despite being a fraction of the size, at just 50 million people, and energy - poor.

Those groups have attacked the proposed rule, tried to block new nuclear plants in Georgia and South Carolina, and are all on the record supporting the replacement of zero - emissions nuclear plants with natural gas in Ohio, California and New York.

For the following reasons, IPL does not currently believe building new nuclear plants presents a viable solution to global warming.

As the United States and other Western nations withdraw from the competition to build new nuclear plants around the world, Russia is poised to increase its share of new nuclear builds from 38 percent to 57 percent by 2030.

But these economies weren't building many new nuclear plants before Fukushima anyway.

«But I would distinguish between new nuclear plants, new nuclear technologies, and existing incumbent aging plants heading into the end - of - life, their hospice period.»

New nuclear plants intended design life is 60 years (other than Candu).

Even for regulated utilities, «loan guarantees are critically important to new nuclear plant financing,» the Nuclear Energy Institute contended in September 2006 testimony (Testimony of Skip Bowman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Nuclear Energy Institute, to the Energy and Water Development Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee, September 13, 2006).

EIA's nuclear sensitivity case allows credit for generation from unplanned new nuclear plants in EPA's compliance calculations.

Promise: I'll be there if we need to fight expensive, dangerous new nuclear plants or salmon - threatening dams.

It's hardly a perfect fuel, as accidents like Japan's Fukushima fallout have shown, but with safety precautions new nuclear plants can meaningfully offset dirtier types of energy, supporters say.

And, in the meantime, Russia and China will become the only two nations competing to build new nuclear plants globally — something that could be catastrophic for non-proliferation and climate mitigation efforts alike.

Mr. Matthews periodically speaks at industry conferences regarding nuclear asset transfer issues, new nuclear plant issues and FOCD issues, including conferences hosted by the American Nuclear Society, the Energy and Mineral Law Foundation, the Center for Strategic & International Studies, and the International Nuclear Lawyers Association (INLA).

Licensing is always significant for new nuclear plants because safety is of the utmost importance, but review after review have concluded there are no fundamental impediments to PRISM licensing.

As Scana struggled with new nuclear plants construction and shares plummeted, Dominion saw an opportunity to grow its business.

They are also in favor of new nuclear plants for Britain, a position that could be tested in a coalition with the Lib Dems, who are opposed to nuclear power.

NEW DELHI — A group of scientists has stirred a controversy within India's research community last week by calling for a moratorium on new nuclear plants.

EPRI assumes an «overnight» construction cost of $ 5,500 per kilowatt and a levelized wholesale cost of power from new nuclear plants of $ 74 per megawatt - hour.

It's likely that the construction of at least one new nuclear power plant will be initiated by the end of this year, ending a two - decade drought in new nuclear plant construction.