Sentences with phrase «nuclear energy needs»

Nuclear energy needs and deserves climate scientists» endorsement.

Speakers from the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee announced the results of their inquiry into whether the UK's research and development (R&D) capabilities are sufficient to meet our nuclear energy needs in the future — particularly, ensuring a safe and secure supply of nuclear energy up to 2050.

Nuclear energy needs to be greatly expanded.

Not exact matches

«The focus needs to be on alternatives like nuclear and other non-traditional energy sources.»

On the supply side, IEA said governments need to develop policies that encourage the spread of offshore wind power, nuclear energy and natural gas, while discouraging the continued use of the most inefficient coal - fired technology.

He stressed the need for developed countries to help India increase its nuclear energy production capacity by making nuclear fuels readily available.

Energy prices, in particular, have risen sharply: Japan buys virtually all of its oil and gas abroad, and the post-Fukushima shutdown of the country's nuclear industry has further increased the need for fossil fuels.

Energy and Capital editor Keith Kohl tells investors what they need to know about Iran's nuclear lies and reveals the winners and losers in the wake of Netanyahu's grim announcement.

Leslie Palti - Guzman (Rapidan Energy Group) discusses the impact of Chinese demand for LNG, the outlook for markets in South Asia, South Korea's proposal to phase out nuclear energy, and challenges to constructing the infrastructure needed to support growing LNG dEnergy Group) discusses the impact of Chinese demand for LNG, the outlook for markets in South Asia, South Korea's proposal to phase out nuclear energy, and challenges to constructing the infrastructure needed to support growing LNG denergy, and challenges to constructing the infrastructure needed to support growing LNG demand.

While neither is overly occupied with the policy concerns of the larger environmental movement ¯ global climate, carbon capture, alternative energy, the future of nuclear power, and so on ¯ they help illuminate a common narrative that places nature above human need.

In this perspective, energy conservation plays the role of decreasing world energy demand, decreasing the need for both nuclear power (and its attendant problems) and scarce mineral resources.

His eulogy of Dr Lovelock's recent book, «The Revenge of Gaia», in support of urgent reliance on nuclear fuel as the solution to our energy needs may also require correction.

This is a belated recognition of the conclusions of a meeting of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences as long ago as 1980 that emphasised the worldwide need for nuclear power to provide the energy for an expanding world.

Nuclear power stations were built in many countries and provided an increasing share of world energy needs.

Energy problems, nuclear threats and so on... But we honestly know that we need to move away and solve those concerns and move towards the positive side.

In my view, the Nuclear Summit has only further legitimized the existence of a reality that will be dominated by nuclear power and energy, thus reinforcing an existing status - quo and sidelining what I believe is one of the most important issues to be addressed: the need for complete nuclear disarmament by nuclear weapon Nuclear Summit has only further legitimized the existence of a reality that will be dominated by nuclear power and energy, thus reinforcing an existing status - quo and sidelining what I believe is one of the most important issues to be addressed: the need for complete nuclear disarmament by nuclear weapon nuclear power and energy, thus reinforcing an existing status - quo and sidelining what I believe is one of the most important issues to be addressed: the need for complete nuclear disarmament by nuclear weapon nuclear disarmament by nuclear weapon nuclear weapon states.

And, while some tout nuclear energy as the solution to the global energy crisis, it actually accounts for only 2.5 percent of the world's electricity needs.

Indian Point's nuclear power is neither clean nor green, and the process needed to create fuel from uranium for its reactors is energy - intensive and creates greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide.

There are currently 19 nuclear power plants operating in the UK, with plans to increase their numbers by 2025 to meet the country's growing energy needs.

There's also longer - term logistics to consider: The process of taking a nuclear plant offline, particularly one capable of meeting 25 percent of the energy needs of the nation's largest metropolitan area, is extensive and requires a series of steps to avoid rolling blackouts and skyrocketing bills.

As a former chairman of New York Public Service Commission, I believe the continued operation of all of our nuclear plants — and specifically the FitzPatrick plant in Oswego County — is essential to meeting our energy and clean energy needs as well as to the economy of Oswego County and Upstate New York.

Cuomo has argued that nuclear power is cleaner than fossil fuels and is a needed bridge fuel during a transition to wind, solar and other renewable energy sources.

He said energy prices were rising, making nuclear energy an issue across the world; anxiety about climate change and the need to find clean energy sources was rising; and security of supply meant Britain must find new domestic sources of power.

The only credible Plan B for energy policy is to make Plan A work and give nuclear the support it needs.

He noted that though the nuclear power plant is known for high energy density without green house gases emissions and Few Recourse limitations, it can not compare to the safe, efficient newly invented (Green) «EX5» solar Quantum physics energy generator (nuclear replacement plant) which only needs a solar panel for 8seconds.

Nuclear power would be a «last resort» to solve Britain's energy needs under a Conservative government, David Cameron has said.

In a letter to the PSC, Carlucci said the plan to invest $ 965 million into the state's nuclear plants in the first two years of the program will cause a spike in consumer energy bills and needs to be reconsidered.

But today we have Chris Huhne, former Lib - Dem MEP and now, bizarrely, the Energy Secretary in the coalition, telling us that we need more wind power, and insisting there will be no public support for nuclear.

We need to let governor Cuomo know that we want renewable energy now and not fossil fuel or nuclear energy of the past.

Governor Cuomo has argued that nuclear power is cleaner than fossil fuels, and is a needed bridge fuel during a transition to wind, solar, and other renewable energy sources.

«When governments start shedding nuclear generation capacity, we are going to need other energy sources to fill the gap.»

REP. BOEHNER: George, we believe that our all - of - the - above energy strategy from last year continues to be the right approach on energy — that we ought to make sure that we have new sources of energy, green energy, but we need nuclear energy, we need other types of alternatives, and, yes, we need American - made oil and gas.

According to the Department of Energy, just to maintain nuclear's 20 percent share of the energy supply, the United States would need to add three or four new nuclear power plants a year starting inEnergy, just to maintain nuclear's 20 percent share of the energy supply, the United States would need to add three or four new nuclear power plants a year starting inenergy supply, the United States would need to add three or four new nuclear power plants a year starting in 2015.

For several decades, South Korea aggressively promoted nuclear power, both to cover the resource - poor country's energy needs and as a potential export business.

To turn this set - up into a nuclear clock, the team now needs to hit upon the precise frequency of light needed to excite the thorium - 229 nuclei — and observe the light emitted when it drops back in energy.

«With a scaled up solution, not only will we no longer have to think about the dangers of storing radioactive waste long - term, but we will have a viable solution to close the nuclear fuel cycle and contribute to solving the world's energy needs.

The work, published in Science, not only opens the door to expand the use of one of the most efficient energy sources on the planet, but also adds a key step in completing the nuclear fuel cycle — an advance, along with wind and solar, that could help power the world's energy needs cleanly for the future.

Backup power was needed at Fukushima after the magnitude - 9.0 quake struck and the six power lines bringing in offsite electrical power to Fukushima Daiichi were severed, says Michael Weightman, Britain's chief nuclear installations inspector and a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency's International Nuclear Safetynuclear installations inspector and a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency's International Nuclear SafetyNuclear Safety Group.

«We need 96 gigawatts of new nuclear, or 69 plants, to meet [U.S. CO2 - reduction legislation] commitments based on [Energy Information Administration] analysis,» Genoa says.

What is needed, Lyman says, is for nuclear energy firms to undertake a detailed threat analysis for each plant with «a set of severe accident scenarios» computer - simulated exhaustively for each.

In a study published in March, it compared three scenarios: completing Ukraine's partly built VVER nuclear plants; phasing out nuclear power and supplying Ukraine's expected power needs with conventional plants; and the same plan, but with investments in energy efficiency.

For the foreseeable future, the hard truth is this: only nuclear power can satisfy humanity's long - term energy needs while preserving the environment.

Chinese and South Korean companies will also compete There will be offshore wind opportunities also in Germany, which needs to increase its renewable energy output as it phases out all its nuclear power plants by 2022.

- The Department of Energy is warning that the 77,000 - ton limit set for nuclear waste at the Yucca Mountain Repository already falls short of our needs.

But it says the U.S. Department of Energy's research program on nuclear energy, budgeted in 2011 for $ 737 million, needs to grow to at least $ 1 billion per year to explore more advanced conceptions of nuclear Energy's research program on nuclear energy, budgeted in 2011 for $ 737 million, needs to grow to at least $ 1 billion per year to explore more advanced conceptions of nuclear energy, budgeted in 2011 for $ 737 million, needs to grow to at least $ 1 billion per year to explore more advanced conceptions of nuclear power.

The new role is needed, Moses says, so that Atherton can coordinate with scientists in the three major user communities that NIF serves: nuclear weapons researchers involved in maintaining the U.S. stockpile, fusion energy researchers, and basic scientists working with materials and in other fields.

Although nuclear fission, photovoltaics, wind, and water now meet a small portion of the world population's energy needs, humans today get most of our energy the same way the cave people did: directly from the sun or from fire.

Ramesh feels that «there has been huge drop in public confidence in nuclear energy,» and as a consequence setting up large nuclear energy parks of 10,000 MW capacity, as has been planned, needs a «relook.»

Ramesh also suggests that the Indian Atomic Energy Regulatory Board needs to be made independent of the nuclear establishment and responsible directly to the parliament.

Downsized, simplified reactors are poised to revive nuclear energy and bring carbon - free power to where it is needed most.