Sentences with phrase «nuclear power plants take»

There are other obstacles as well, such as the facts that nuclear power plants take a long time and a lot of material to build, release radioactive material into the environment in «unplanned releases,» generate waste which must be kept isolated from the biosphere for as much as 10,000 years, and create more potential bomb material cruising around the economy.

Nuclear power plants take a long time to build and commission.

And since it's for research and development, don't expect anything; nuclear power plants take a long time to design, site and license.

A single nuclear power plant takes at least 10 years to build in the U.S., says Paul Genoa, director of policy development for the Nuclear Energy Institute.

Translation: a gram of thorium (or uranium) packs an enormously greater energy wallop than does a gram of coal or anything else, and a nuclear power plant takes up less space than a field of wind turbines.

Not exact matches

Separately, the Nikkei reported over the weekend that Hitachi will ask the UK government to take a direct stake in the company that is set to build and operate a nuclear power plant in Wales.

With the German government planning to take its nuclear power plants offline by 2022, CEZ Group will likely have to supply even more power to its giant neighbour.

Within a few months it took a 30 % + plunge due to cost overruns on its new Nuclear Power Plant project and than abandonment due to the bankruptcy of Westinghouse.

Skeptical lawmakers will take another look today Cuomo's plan to invest billions of dollars of ratepayer money into aging nuclear power plants.

On Wednesday, March 22, 2017, Assemblymember Kavanagh, Chair of the Consumer Affairs and Protection Committee, held a press conference with Energy Chair Amy Paulin, Corporations Chair Jeffrey Dinowitz, Environmental Conservation Chair Steve Englebright, and other Assemblymembers to question the lack of transparency by the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) regarding massive subsidies to a large corporation to operate upstate nuclear power plants that are set to take effect on April 1.

When Germany decided to close its nuclear power plants in the wake of the Fukushima, Swedish nuclear energy firm Vattenfall took them to an investor tribunal.

Gov. CUomo this week rejected a plea for the New York Power Authority to take over the soon - to - close FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo expressed doubt about a proposed plan for New York state to take over the financially impaired FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant in Oswego County.

Exelon has agreed to take over the FitzPatrick nuclear power plant from Entergy for at least another 12 years, «and keep it producing nuclear power for years and years to come,» Cuomo announced outside the Central New York facility as workers cheered.

When it comes to the other nuclear power plant in New York, which is in the downstate region, Cuomo has taken the opposite stance.

As natural gas and renewable sources took center stage, nuclear power sources like Oswego County's FitzPatrick Nuclear Plant were sqnuclear power sources like Oswego County's FitzPatrick Nuclear Plant were sqNuclear Plant were squeezed.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday he does not want the New York Power Authority to take over FitzPatrick nuclear plant, rejecting one of the last best hopes of people who are trying to prevent the money - losing plant from closing six months from now.

Deepwater port: A deepwater port at the site of the shuttered nuclear power plant in Shoreham, coupled with a connection to the Long Island Rail Road's Main Line, could transform traffic by taking many long - haul trucks off our roads.

Employees at the FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant have taken the facility offline to begin the refueling process, a reality that seemed almost impossible one year ago.

When it comes to the other nuclear power plant in New York, located in the downstate region, Cuomo has taken the opposite stance.

Taking into account that wind turbines produce electricity only about a third of the time, that's roughly the equivalent of building one standard one - gigawatt nuclear power plant a year.

But for 50 or so nations currently running or constructing nuke plants, the calamity was an incentive to take a moment to run some stress tests and review the safety manuals before reaffirming their support for nuclear power.

Taking apart a nuclear power plant that has reached the end of its life is a complicated task.

KIEV, Ukraine — In 1986 the worst nuclear accident in history took place when reactor No. 4 in the power plant at nearby Chernobyl exploded, spewing large amounts of radiation into the atmosphere.

But «this new and unanticipated pathway for the storage and release of radionuclides to the ocean should be taken into account in the management of coastal areas where nuclear power plants are situated.»

A 1000 - megawatt plant would take three years and cost 500 billion pesetas — around half the price of Spain's first - generation nuclear power stations of similar output.

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.

All nuclear power plants are designed to withstand a certain level of flooding based on historical data, but these figures do not take climate change into account.

It doesn't take a lot of arithmetic to figure out that 2030 is the beginning of a big wave of retirements of nuclear power plants.

A worker, wearing protective suits and masks, takes notes in front of storage tanks for radioactive water at Tokyo Electric Power Co's (TEPCO) tsunami - crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, Japan February 10, Power Co's (TEPCO) tsunami - crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, Japan February 10, power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, Japan February 10, 2016.

If you live in a high - pollution area or near a nuclear power plant, you certainly should consider taking additional antioxidant supplements as a daily measure of prevention.

Within a few months it took a 30 % + plunge due to cost overruns on its new Nuclear Power Plant project and than abandonment due to the bankruptcy of Westinghouse.

We need to take the shackles off building nuclear power plants and other means of electricity production besides coal and gas or we're never going to beat this, if it even needs to be beat.

At the end of the day, it depends of users» needs and the level of acceptable risk they are willing to take when building on the coast (e.g. building a nuclear power plant v. a community centre).

I say that because in today's regulatory, economic, and social situation it takes a very brave and strong corporation to take on the job of building a new nuclear power plant.

Here is how we could fix the costs, but admittedly it will take decades for all the impediments we» cve imposed over the past 5o years to be washed out of the cost of nuclear power plants.

Given the nuclear solution requires new reactor designs yet to be built even for demonstration and test purposes, and then the complexities of siting nuclear power plants near the calling water they need while defending them against flood waters makes construction of tested designs take a decade.

The San Luis Obispo economy is about to take a hit with the imminent closure of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant, which employs nearly 1,500 people.

However, if you plan to build new power plants to match supply to demand at all times, you're running into the same problems: it takes too much resources, money and time to go nuclear at such a scale.

Australia could take advantage of the long - term shift away by Japan from nuclear plants by selling nuclear power to Japan.

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.

If a corporation were to create a front group to take a pro-environmental stand on an issue because it would help them financially, for instance if a utlity that had a lot of nuclear power plants and therefore would benefit from a carbon cap were to create a front group, that would be unethical also.

Light at WRI says it would take a «huge acceleration in construction» for nuclear power plants to meaningfully contribute to India's power supply by 2030.

On the other hand, they were chosen to replace the «early failing» San Onofre nuclear power plants, so some allowance in the comparisons should take account of these failures as well.

Look historically to see how long it has taken for us to get from the first engines (petrol, diesel, steam turbine, jet engine, solar thermal engine) and nuclear power plants to where we are at now.

Unfortunately, all of his well - intentioned efforts will soon be for naught if he fails to take strong action to keep New York's nuclear power plants running.

In the near future, as older power stations are taken off - line, nuclear's share of global electricity production will fall precipitously unless new plants are built.

«If the world is going to have a lot more nuclear power plants,» says Allison, «you are going to have to have some arrangement for supplying fuel credibly and for taking it away that doesn't require everybody getting into the business [of making it] themselves.»

Renewable energy advocates responded that the Breakthrough findings had to be wrong because it takes so much longer to build a nuclear power plant — with much of the protracted timeframes owing to construction delays — than, say, a solar or wind farm.

It's taken nearly a decade to get design approval for Nuclear power plant though the US Nuclear «Rejection «Commission.