Sentences with phrase «nuclear power installations»

Oil and nuclear power installations dropped, with more capacity decommissioned than installed.

Not exact matches

The first truly large - scale nuclear unit — a 428,000 - kilowatt installation at San Onofre, Calif. — was licensed for construction as recently as February 24, 1964, and announcements of commercial nuclear power projects did not begin to gain momentum until the fall of 1965; yet by the summer of 1966 nuclear power had drawn abreast of fossil power in the utility marketplace.

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.

At the same time, the Chinese have taken the lead in producing clean energy — from topping the world in the production and installation of solar power to building an entire new series of nuclear power plants, making use of the latest technology.

The Nuclear Installations Inspectorate gave the green light to Nuclear Electric to restart reactor 2 at Bradwell power station in Essex.

URS has provided engineering and construction services for the installation of nuclear power generation since the 1960s in the U.S. and abroad through its heritage companies Ebasco, United Engineers & Constructors, and Gibbs & Hill, and pioneered the concept of nuclear contract maintenance and modifications, and large - scale modular construction through predecessor companies Catalytic and Stearns - Roger.

Our two - men team as already deliver 13 rich maps or infographics dealing with a large variety of subjects; From Japanese nuclear installations to new naval powers in the South China Sea, as well as the Syrian civil war, and Edward Snowden's «revelations».

Our two - men team as already deliver 13 rich maps or infographics dealing with a large variety of subjects; From Japanese nuclear installations to new naval powers in the South China Sea, as well as the Syrian civil war, and Edward Snowden's «revelations».

«For 25 years, the L.A. artist has been creating immersive video installations that appear to breach the contours of the gallery, transporting viewers into other realities: swimming with dolphins, interacting with wolves or exploring the contaminated ruins of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant,» wrote art critic Sharon Mizota in the Los Angeles Times.

The 5.8 - magnitude quake, centered in Virginia 84 miles southwest of Washington, D.C., is a reminder of the importance of factoring in shaking in the design of buildings and important installations like nuclear power plants.

The world's current 70,000 megawatts of photovoltaic installations can, when operating at peak power, match the output of 70 nuclear power plants.

Renewable installations can require hundreds to thousands more acres of land than a coal, natural gas or nuclear power plant to produce the same power.

Would 9 million microgneration installations, which would cost upwards of # 21billion for 1 % of our energy needs, even be equivalent to 5 nuclear power stations?

An injection of 21 billion pounds ($ 41.22 billion) over the period could see nine times as many installations in place by the same time and generating as much power as five nuclear power stations, the independent report said.

The facts are: In «sunny» Germany over one million of PV panels installation all across the country have produced 25 May the equivalent of 20 nuclear power stations over the day.

Along with the company's portfolio of conventional coal, nuclear and natural gas power plants, Crane began investing in the mid-2000s in large wind and solar power plants, and acquiring companies involved in rooftop solar installations, home efficiency tools and electric vehicle charging networks.

British Council, British Petroleum, Broom's Barn Sugar Beet Research Centre, Central Electricity Generating Board, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS), Commercial Union, Commission of European CommunitiesCEC, often referred to now as EU), Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (CCLRC), Department of Energy, Department of the Environment (DETR, now DEFRA), Department of Health, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Eastern Electricity, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Environment Agency, Forestry Commission, Greenpeace International, International Institute of Environmental Development (IIED), Irish Electricity Supply Board, KFA Germany, Leverhulme Trust, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF), National Power, National Rivers Authority, Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC), Norwich Union, Nuclear Installations Inspectorate, Overseas Development Administration (ODA), Reinsurance Underwriters and Syndicates, Royal Society, Scientific Consultants, Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC), Scottish and Northern Ireland Forum for Environmental Research, Shell, Stockholm Environment Agency, Sultanate of Oman, Tate and Lyle, UK Met.

It was merely on the basis that it seemed ironic that on the one hand there were complaints about possible wind installations caused by the Swiss desire (not universally popular) to phase out nuclear power, as evidenced in the second story.

In 1986, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) licensed the first dry storage installation at the Surry Nuclear Power Plant in Virginia, and more nuclear plant owners followed suit, armed with a 20 - year license, along with expectations that Yucca Mountain would soon begin operNuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) licensed the first dry storage installation at the Surry Nuclear Power Plant in Virginia, and more nuclear plant owners followed suit, armed with a 20 - year license, along with expectations that Yucca Mountain would soon begin operNuclear Power Plant in Virginia, and more nuclear plant owners followed suit, armed with a 20 - year license, along with expectations that Yucca Mountain would soon begin opernuclear plant owners followed suit, armed with a 20 - year license, along with expectations that Yucca Mountain would soon begin operations.

Global Wind Energy Council, Global Wind 2008 Report (Brussels: 2009), pp. 3, 56; Erik Shuster, Tracking New Coal - Fired Power Plants (Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy Technology Laboratory, January 2009); «Nuclear Dips in 2008,» World Nuclear News, 29 May 2009; 1 megawatt of installed wind capacity produces enough electricity to supply 300 homes from American Wind Energy Association, «U.S. Wind Energy Installations Reach New Milestone,» press release (Washington, DC: 14 August 2006); number of homes calculated using average U.S. household size from U.S. Census Bureau, «2005 — 2007 American Community Survey 3 - Year Estimates — Data Profile Highlights,» at factfinder.census.gov / servlet / ACSSAFFFacts, viewed 9 April 2009, and population from U.S. Census Bureau, State & Country QuickFacts, electronic database, at quickfacts.census.gov, updated 20 February 2009.

Wind power for new installation is estimated by the EIA to be about $ 23 dollars per megawatt hour cheaper than nuclear.

Our two - men team as already deliver 13 rich maps or infographics dealing with a large variety of subjects; From Japanese nuclear installations to new naval powers in the South China Sea, as well as the Syrian civil war, and Edward Snowden's «revelations».