Sentences with phrase «nuclear fuel in»

Fuel cycle All the steps involved in using nuclear fuel in reactors: supply, use, processing and disposal of waste.

As I explained yesterday here: https://judithcurry.com/2012/08/27/apocalypse-not/#comment-233511 there is virtually unlimited nuclear fuel in the Earths's continental crust at what are and will be mineable concentrations.

In ENUSA we manufacture nuclear fuel in our Juzbado facility (Salamanca), where the activities focus on procurement of the uranium and components required for the process and on the engineering and manufacturing of fuel assemblies for Spanish and European nuclear power plants, using the most innovative technologies and latest market advances.

Furthermore, no credible event has been identified that would uncover the nuclear fuel in the reactor vessel or the spent fuel pool.

The uranium can then be used to form the nuclear fuel in the PRISM reactor.

First conceived after the shock of the September 11th terrorist attacks, Holtec's record of storing used nuclear fuel in a retrievable configuration below - the - ground is now 12 years old.

They burn through their nuclear fuel in mere tens of millions of years, while the lightest stars have lifetimes that span many tens of billions of years.

At this point, it was unclear exactly what the condition is of the melted down nuclear fuel in Units 1, 2 and 3.

FitzPatrick, which employs more than 600 people, will shut down by early 2017, after the nuclear fuel in the reactor is depleted.

Whereas most nuclear fuels in modern reactors are an oxide of uranium, the PRISM fuel will be metallic and will not contain metal oxides.

Not exact matches

Jenkins wrote on Twitter that Germany's shift in energy policy was misguided and resulted effectively in fossil fuels replacing much of the missing nuclear power — a pattern that's playing out at home, as well.

As much as Australia might benefit from a cut in official interest rates, it would definitely benefit from encouraging a new industry, such as the nuclear - fuel processing facility being championed by the South Australian government, and supported by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

Perry has repeatedly said that storing fuel on site makes coal and nuclear plants less prone to shutdowns than other power generators in the event of disasters and attacks.

Energy Secretary Rick Perry commissioned the study in April to evaluate whether «regulatory burdens» imposed by past administrations — including that of President Barack Obama — had forced the premature retirement of baseload power plants that provide nonstop power, like those fired by coal and nuclear fuel.

Plutonium and uranium are converted into chemical compounds called oxides, and mixed together in fuel rods for civilian nuclear power plants.

In addition, the Energy Department has to approve the transfer of technology related to nuclear reactors and fuel.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A plan to temporarily store tons of spent fuel from U.S. commercial nuclear reactors in New Mexico is drawing fire from critics who say the federal government needs to consider more alternatives.

«I want to tell all those who have fueled the arms race over the last 15 years, sought to win unilateral advantages over Russia, introduced unlawful sanctions aimed to contain our country's development... you have failed to contain Russia,» Putin said, later adding that «any use of nuclear weapons against Russia or its allies... any kind of attack... will be regarded as a nuclear attack against Russia and in response we will take action instantaneously no matter what the consequences are.

The sale is the first substantial trade outcome from the Canada - India Nuclear Cooperation Agreement and opens the door once again for trade in nuclear fuel, technology and seNuclear Cooperation Agreement and opens the door once again for trade in nuclear fuel, technology and senuclear fuel, technology and services.

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.

LNG will play its part in this dynamic, offering a cleaner energy solution to the coal Japan is burning to replace its broken nuclear capacity and China is using to fuel its rapid acceleration through a phase of industrialization.

Spent nuclear fuel rods and other waste would be buried 100 feet deep in a buffer zone between the border and the wall.

We don't need to create a new star in order know that they are fueled by nuclear fusion.

In some 5 - 7 billions of years, the Sun will exhaust its nuclear fuel and will turn into a Red Giant.

We sold them some jets, and maybe some of them could be modified to deploy nuclear bombs, but we did not give them any bombs, nuclear fuel, or even help them all that much in that area.

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.

The NCC's concern for energy issues dates back to fall 1974 when the Division of Church and Society (DCS) asked Margaret Mead and René Dubos to chair a study of the implications of using plutonium as fuel in the nuclear cycle.

That is why the United States must lead the world in transforming our energy system away from nuclear power and fossil fuels and towards energy efficiency and renewable energies like wind, solar, geothermal and biomass which will provide safe and clean energy and create millions of good - paying jobs.

They tend to either be poor, in which case they can't afford nuclear power; or are rich in fossil fuels, so they get their power that way.

This is an example of what Donald Trump means by «extortion»: North Korea obtains aid in the form of fuel oil by agreeing not to develop nuclear technology.

The problem here was that at the time, not only did the US not want Iran to do any fuel cycle work, the US also opposed any nuclear energy program in Iran.

Russia has built the Busher nuclear power plant in Iran partially at her own expense on the promise by Iran that they will be buying nuclear fuel from Russia for this plant to operate.

SCRIBA, N.Y. - Entergy Corp. plans to shut down its money - losing FitzPatrick nuclear power plant in Oswego County after the reactor runs out of fuel next year.

State officials argued that nuclear plant closures would prompt an increase in fossil fuel generation, in conflict with Cuomo's goal to reduce carbon emmissions 40 percent by 2030.

Cuomo has earmarked billions in state dollars to keep upstate nuclear plants open, saying workers needed the jobs while the state transitions to renewable fuels.

In the meantime, highly radioactive waste is being stored on - site in spent fuel pools at each nuclear plant, with 1500 tons of waste are currently stored at Indian PoinIn the meantime, highly radioactive waste is being stored on - site in spent fuel pools at each nuclear plant, with 1500 tons of waste are currently stored at Indian Poinin spent fuel pools at each nuclear plant, with 1500 tons of waste are currently stored at Indian Point.

«This report shows the government's plans are stacked in favour of nuclear power over renewable energy and are so vague they risk locking the UK into a new generation of polluting fossil fuels,» senior economy campaigner Simon Bullock commented.

Federal authorities in May gave approval for a company to truck spent nuclear fuel over the Peace -LSB-...]

The technical advantage is that local generation eliminates the enormous losses of wasted heat and long transmission that consume more than half the energy used in electricity generation by fossil fuels or nuclear.

Many of the same warnings Mario Cuomo heard in the 1980s about Shoreham are the same ones his son hears today from supporters of Indian Point: Closing a nuclear plant will result in blackouts, a less reliable electric grid and increased air pollution as fossil fuels are burned to replace the lost emissions - free nuclear power; customers could face higher bills; more than 1,000 jobs will be lost, and tax revenue for schools and towns will dissipate.

Officials have warned that taking away nuclear power altogether — without an alternate energy source to replace it — would give fossil fuel industrial companies the opportunity to move in, setting New York even farther back in carbon emissions.

However, at least two of the state's nuclear reactors are in danger of closing within the next few years and would significantly increase air pollution because they would be replaced by fossil - fuel burning power plants in the near future.

The advocates contend nuclear power is not a clean fuel and shouldn't be propped up in the name of renewable energy.

The deal, long in the making after Entergy signaled it would shutter the FitzPatrick plant in 2017, comes after state regulators put the final approval on new subsidies for renewable fuels, including nuclear power, potentially worth millions of dollars.

PoliticsHome speaks to former Labour MP Jamie Reed about his new role as Head of Development & Community Relations at Sellafield Ltd, the nuclear fuel reprocessing and decommissioning site in Cumbria.

In recent years, historically low natural gas prices have driven down wholesale electricity costs as plant owners switched to that fuel, making nuclear power less competitive financially.

Although unrelated to the May approval, the routing of spent nuclear fuel over the Peace Bridge was a source of concern for state officials in 2000.

New York utility regulators have approved the sale of an upstate nuclear power plant, part of the state's strategy of investing in nuclear energy while weaning itself off of fossil fuels.

The government hopes NDA land, its fuel manufacturing business at Springfields and existing uranic material could all be used in the next generation of nuclear power stations.

Officials at the FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant near Oswego are investigating why fuel rods in the reactor's core are leaking radiation and while not considered an emergency, it could potentially spread contaminated water to other parts of the plant.