Sentences with phrase «nuclear accident since»

These conclusions regarding the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl in 1986 could be less comforting than they sound: In fact, Japan dodged a bullet thanks to the weather.

Not exact matches

The safety of deep pools used to store used radioactive fuel at nuclear plants has been an issue since the accident at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant in March.

Since the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, the discharge of radioactive cesium, especially 137Cs (half - life: 30.17 years), into the environment has become a serious environmental problem.

Monitoring equipment for airborne radionuclides put in place since the Chernobyl accident in 1986 now makes it «less likely» that accidental nuclear releases can be kept secret by the countries involved, says de Geer, although «we can not guarantee that we can detect everything».

It will be exactly 30 years tomorrow since the nation's worst commercial nuclear accident occurred on a three - mile (five kilometer) slip of land in the Susquehanna River in the shadow of Harrisburg, Pa..

A succession of mishaps and a scandal over an attempt to cover up an accident have kept the facility shut down for all but a few months since it first achieved criticality, or a sustained nuclear reaction, in 1994.

Another institute that should get a lot of credit for improving our nuclear program since the Three - Mile Island accident is the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations nuclear program since the Three - Mile Island accident is the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations Nuclear Power Operations (INPO).

One of the U.K.'s top nuclear officials said today that she was told the U.S. will okay plans to build the first nuclear power plants since the accident at Three Mile Island nearly three decades ago.

Fortunately, there has not been a catastrophic nuclear accident in the United States, and no partial core meltdown accident since Three Mile Island in March 1979.

We'll discuss the safety concerns surrounding spriulina — especially since the Fukushima nuclear accident; why all brands are not created equal plus much more.

Since the death toll for all nuclear accidents is still low, the heavy regulation needs to be there to prevent the loss of capital, as well as clean up costs.

While watching the events in Japan unfold, it is important to remember that although redundant safety measures have improved greatly at nuclear power plants since the Chernobyl accident in1986, the strength of a natural disaster can easily overcome such measures.

Saturday, April 28, 2012, 3:00 pm, Hartland Public Library, Hartland Three Corners «Fukushima Daiichi — Truth And The Way Forward,» A Presentation by Arnie Gundersen Since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident last year, the nuclear engineer Arnie Gundersen has provided some of the most accurate analyses of the unfolding situation at the power plant.

Since the 2011 earthquake and the subsequent Fukushima nuclear accident, Japan has had to contend with various challenges in its energy sector: shutdown of all nuclear power plants has meant that Japan has faced increased fuel imports coupled with higher electricity prices.