Written by
nuclear experts in compulsively readable detail, this book takes a moment - by - moment look at what went wrong at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant.
Not exact matches
In a 2015 article in Foreign Policy, Jeffrey Lewis, an expert on nuclear policy at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, dubbed the weapon «Putin's doomsday machine.&raqu
In a 2015 article
in Foreign Policy, Jeffrey Lewis, an expert on nuclear policy at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, dubbed the weapon «Putin's doomsday machine.&raqu
in Foreign Policy, Jeffrey Lewis, an
expert on
nuclear policy at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, dubbed the weapon «Putin's doomsday machine.»
SEOUL, April 29 - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un plans to invite
experts and journalists from the United States and South Korea when the country closes its
nuclear test site
in May, Seoul officials said on Sunday, as U.S. North Korea's state media had said before the summit that Pyongyang would...
SEOUL, April 29 - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un plans to invite
experts and journalists from the United States and South Korea when the country shuts its
nuclear test site
in May, Seoul officials said, as U.S. North Korea's state media had said before the summit that Pyongyang would immediately...
In all seriousness, space experts estimate the market for the moon's materials — which include iron ore, precious metals, and helium - 3 gas that could be used to provide nuclear power — to be in the trillions of dollar
In all seriousness, space
experts estimate the market for the moon's materials — which include iron ore, precious metals, and helium - 3 gas that could be used to provide
nuclear power — to be
in the trillions of dollar
in the trillions of dollars.
Schneider confirmed that the incident had occurred and that it had issued a security alert to customers of the technology, which cyber
experts said is widely used
in the energy industry, including at
nuclear facilities, and oil and gas plants.
Many
experts believe the Saudis aren't currently trying to develop a
nuclear bomb but want to lay the groundwork to do so
in case Iran develops one.
The South's president, Moon Jae -
in, expressed worry that North Korea's growing missile threat could force the United States to attack the North before it masters a
nuclear - tipped long - range missile, something
experts say may be imminent.
Richard Nephew, the lead sanctions
expert for the U.S. team that negotiated the
nuclear deal, cautioned against drawing conclusions, noting that Trump has flip - flopped after appearing to announce a policy decision
in the past.
In geopolitical news, Kim Jong Un, the leader of North Korea, is set to invite U.S. experts and journalists to witness the shutdown of a nuclear site in May, Reuters reporte
In geopolitical news, Kim Jong Un, the leader of North Korea, is set to invite U.S.
experts and journalists to witness the shutdown of a
nuclear site
in May, Reuters reporte
in May, Reuters reported.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to shut down the country's
nuclear test site
in May and open the process to
experts and journalists from South Korea and the United States, Seoul's presidential office said Sunday.
Kim also vowed during his meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae -
in on Friday to shut down the North's
nuclear test site
in May and disclose the process to
experts and journalists from South Korea and the United States, Seoul's presidential office said.
Modern humanity has become
expert in its knowledge of the scientific, exterior forces
in the world — electricity, gravity or
nuclear force — but we know little about the existential forces of the inner world — love, hate, hope, fear, doubt and faith.
Aghast by the church's historical «moral sausage - making» when it comes to the political outworking of the gospel
in the area of U.S.
nuclear weapons policy, Tyler Wigg - Stevenson — a Baptist minister and a
nuclear policy
expert — responded by launching the Two Futures Project (hereafter 2FP).
So,
in November 2016,
in private discussions with American
experts, including one of the authors, North Korean officials hinted they might be willing to exercise restraint
in the testing of ballistic missiles and
nuclear weapons if the United States and South Korea adjusted the exercises to make them less threatening.
Nuclear experts are warning, using some of their most urgent language since Trump took office, that Hawaii's false alarm, in which state agencies alerted locals to a nonexistent missile attack, underscores a growing risk of unintended nuclear war with North
Nuclear experts are warning, using some of their most urgent language since Trump took office, that Hawaii's false alarm,
in which state agencies alerted locals to a nonexistent missile attack, underscores a growing risk of unintended
nuclear war with North
nuclear war with North Korea.
Paul Blanch is a
nuclear expert who has served as a consultant to many of the
nuclear plants
in the Northeast, including Indian Point.
An
expert in judging his audience — a former CND member one day, and a man who is prepared to annihilate millions of people with a
nuclear weapon the next.
Peculiarities of the electricity system
in New York State, including its unusual independent status, would make it difficult and expensive to replace electricity from the Indian Point
nuclear power plant if Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo succeeds
in shutting it down,
experts on the grid warn.
In asserting that the explosions on 11 and 13 May provide «enough data» to continue the country's
nuclear weapons program without further testing, the two government
experts hope to free up the hands of politicians who want India to join the 149 countries that have agreed to the ban.
In a paper published in the expert journal Nuclear Instruments and Methods A they describe how this Plasma Accelerator Research Station (PARS) would enable unique studies into the critical issues for the next generation of plasma accelerators; in particular investigations on high gradient acceleration, two - bunch acceleration, plasma lenses and advanced beam handling technique
In a paper published
in the expert journal Nuclear Instruments and Methods A they describe how this Plasma Accelerator Research Station (PARS) would enable unique studies into the critical issues for the next generation of plasma accelerators; in particular investigations on high gradient acceleration, two - bunch acceleration, plasma lenses and advanced beam handling technique
in the
expert journal
Nuclear Instruments and Methods A they describe how this Plasma Accelerator Research Station (PARS) would enable unique studies into the critical issues for the next generation of plasma accelerators;
in particular investigations on high gradient acceleration, two - bunch acceleration, plasma lenses and advanced beam handling technique
in particular investigations on high gradient acceleration, two - bunch acceleration, plasma lenses and advanced beam handling techniques.
«As well as our existing work with the
nuclear industry, we want to work more closely with
experts in areas such as aviation, emergency medicine, mining and construction.»
«The letter, from some of the world's most knowledgeable
experts in the fields of
nuclear weapons and arms control, arrives as Mr. Obama is lobbying Congress, the American public and the nation's allies to support the agreement,» William J. Broad wrote
in an article
in the New York Times.
Most
nuclear security
experts believe that's how long it would take for as many as 400 land - based
nuclear weapons
in the U.S. arsenal to be loosed on enemy targets after an initial «go» order.
Kate Sprake, a
nuclear safety
expert, said: «Offering this training to the
nuclear industry is timely, given the forthcoming
nuclear power station at Hinkley Point
in Somerset.
A group of
nuclear power
experts and former regulators from 11 nations, responding to Japan's
nuclear disaster, is calling for «stress tests» on the world's reactors to determine their ability to withstand extreme earthquakes, flooding or other natural disasters that strike singly or
in combination.
«
In reality, the nuclear renaissance was in a lot of trouble before March 2011,» says Ellen Vancko, an electric utility expert for the Union of Concerned Scientist
In reality, the
nuclear renaissance was
in a lot of trouble before March 2011,» says Ellen Vancko, an electric utility expert for the Union of Concerned Scientist
in a lot of trouble before March 2011,» says Ellen Vancko, an electric utility
expert for the Union of Concerned Scientists.
In another notable case, a U.S.
nuclear expert last year pointed to satellite images that appeared online showing China's new
nuclear ballistic missile submarine.
The West's first worry was that
nuclear experts might flee abroad, offering their knowledge to regimes keen to build a bomb
in exchange for cash.
But they centre on a technological mystery that has long bedeviled outside
experts: How far has North Korea got
in efforts to consistently shrink down
nuclear warheads so they can fit on long - range missiles?
The arguments for the reliable replacement warhead include, obviously, reliability, which is
in the title of it, although that has somewhat been put to rest by
expert study of the plutonium pets that rest at the center of a
nuclear weapon; these are the key items for making a
nuclear explosion.
That trial centers on a phone call Bertolaso made to a local official
in setting up the commission's meeting,
in which he said he was sending the
experts to L'Aquila on a «media operation» to reassure the public and «shut up» a technician
in the nearby Gran Sasso
nuclear physics laboratory who had allegedly made a series of alarming predictions of imminent strong earthquakes.
Experts from the University of Edinburgh worked with Dr Masaharu Tsubokura from the University of Tokyo to track 400 diabetic patients who were treated by a public hospital
in Minamisoma City, 23 km away from the Fukushima
nuclear power plant.
P. Balaram, a molecular biophysicist and director of the Indian Institute of Science
in Bangalore, and 60 others last week wrote an open letter to the public, stating: «We strongly believe that India must radically review its
nuclear power policy for appropriateness, safety, costs, and public acceptance, and undertake an independent, transparent safety audit of all its
nuclear facilities, which involves non-Department of Atomic Energy
experts and civil society organisations.
And although information has been spotty,
nuclear experts worry that this fuel — which should be submerged
in circulating water to keep it from overheating — has been at least partly exposed
in the pools belonging to reactor Nos. 3 and 4.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science's (AAAS)
Nuclear Weapons Complex Assessment Committee, a panel of
experts convened to evaluate RRW, agrees, finding no reason to believe that such features would «substantially reduce the current reliance on guns, guards and gates»
in its April assessment report.
«If the United States, the strongest nation
in the world, concludes that it can not protect its vital interests without relying on new
nuclear weapons for new military missions, it would be a clear signal to other nations that
nuclear weapons are valuable, if not necessary, for their security purposes, too,» Sidney Drell, arms control
expert and physicist at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center said at the American Physical Society Conference
in Denver this past March.
«Scientists were not interested
in figuring out what kind of device had detonated, because they already knew that,» says analytical chemist Michael Kristo, a
nuclear forensics
expert at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
in California.
Warnings that North Korea could detonate a
nuclear bomb
in orbit to knock out US electrical infrastructure are far - fetched, says arms
expert Jeffrey Lewis
On September 15, the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission affirmed its expert opinion that spent nuclear fuel could be safely stored on nuclear power plant grounds — whether in pools or dry casks — for «at least 60 years beyond the licensed life of any reactor.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission affirmed its
expert opinion that spent
nuclear fuel could be safely stored on nuclear power plant grounds — whether in pools or dry casks — for «at least 60 years beyond the licensed life of any reactor.
nuclear fuel could be safely stored on
nuclear power plant grounds — whether in pools or dry casks — for «at least 60 years beyond the licensed life of any reactor.
nuclear power plant grounds — whether
in pools or dry casks — for «at least 60 years beyond the licensed life of any reactor.»
As President Obama's Blue Ribbon Commission on America's
Nuclear Future continues to ponder what role nuclear power might play in the U.S. electricity supply, a group of scientists, engineers and other experts assembled by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) released a report on the nuclear fuel cycle paid for by the nuclear in
Nuclear Future continues to ponder what role
nuclear power might play in the U.S. electricity supply, a group of scientists, engineers and other experts assembled by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) released a report on the nuclear fuel cycle paid for by the nuclear in
nuclear power might play
in the U.S. electricity supply, a group of scientists, engineers and other
experts assembled by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) released a report on the
nuclear fuel cycle paid for by the nuclear in
nuclear fuel cycle paid for by the
nuclear in
nuclear industry.
• While the text
in our «Instant
expert» pull - out guide to dark matter (5 February) said that the Z boson transmits the weak
nuclear force, the caption on p iv said otherwise.
Nuclear power
experts from Japan and the United States met
in Tokyo today, and one surprising topic of conversation was the host country's Monju experimental fast reactor.
The most logical solution,
experts say, would be to send the 9700 kilograms of LEU to Russia for conversion into fuel rods for Iran's Russian - built Bushehr
nuclear reactor,
in operation since 2011.
Prior to Hoyle's work, most
experts believed that the elements had been born
in a flurry of
nuclear fusion during the big bang (now dated to around 13.7 billion years ago).
But Neile Miller, who was then the acting head of the National
Nuclear Security Administration
in Washington, says those
experts specifically told her that Los Alamos didn't have enough personnel who knew how to handle plutonium so it didn't accidentally go «critical» and start an uncontrolled chain reaction.
Structured
expert judgment has been used for decades
in fields where scenarios have high degrees of uncertainty, most notably
nuclear - energy generation, Oppenheimer explained.
In mid-2013, four federal nuclear safety experts brought an alarming message to the top official in charge of America's warhead production: Los Alamos National Laboratory, the nation's sole site for making and testing a key nuclear bomb part, wasn't taking needed safety precaution
In mid-2013, four federal
nuclear safety
experts brought an alarming message to the top official
in charge of America's warhead production: Los Alamos National Laboratory, the nation's sole site for making and testing a key nuclear bomb part, wasn't taking needed safety precaution
in charge of America's warhead production: Los Alamos National Laboratory, the nation's sole site for making and testing a key
nuclear bomb part, wasn't taking needed safety precautions.
A recent innovation
in breast cancer biomarkers seeks the HER3 receptor instead, which could mean more comprehensive breast cancer imaging and potential treatments, say
experts presenting data during the Society of
Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging's 2014 Annual Meeting.
With two of the four
experts remaining
in her Washington office overlooking the national mall, Miller picked up the phone and called the lab's director, Charles McMillan, at his own office on the idyllic Los Alamos campus
in the New Mexico mountains, where
nuclear weapons work is financed by a federal payment exceeding $ 2 billion a year.