Sentences with phrase «nuclear power systems»

These future nuclear power systems will require advances in materials, reactor physics, as well as thermal - hydraulics to realize their full potential.

While there will be no single technological silver bullet, the time has come for those who take the threat of global warming seriously to embrace the development and deployment of safer nuclear power systems as one among several technologies that will be essential to any credible effort to develop an energy system that does not rely on using the atmosphere as a waste dump.

Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Environmental Degradation of Materials in Nuclear Power Systems — Water Reactors, The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, Colorado Springs, Colorado.

The last time NASA tested a fission reactor was during the 1960s» Systems for Nuclear Auxiliary Power, or SNAP, program, which developed two types of nuclear power systems.

The only power supply that could work would be some sort of nuclear powered system.

Not exact matches

Unlike fire, the written word, gunpowder, the wheel, modern monetary systems, political parties, nuclear energy, television, the internet, Facebook, and Twitter, blockchain will be unique among all the other things human beings have invented and will be impervious to corruption, greed, and the lust for power.

The two nuclear - powered probes launched 40 years ago and became the first and only robots to take close - up photographs of Uranus and Neptune, the planets» moons and rings, and other objects in the outer solar system.

(Among other things, it's used for real - time control systems in nuclear power plants.)

More likely, there are still nuclear plants running, and there may even be some natural gas plants lingering in the system — not running at full capacity, but they have the ability to power up quickly when there's not a lot of sun or wind.

High - reliability - organization (HRO) practices help prevent catastrophic failures in complex systems like nuclear power plants through early detection.

Also has its own sealed environment with air filtration systems against chemical biological and nuclear contamination powered by a seperate Diesel engine.

In 2011, following the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Japan shut down and reviewed its nuclear energy system.

On this basis we must oppose all social systems that create wealth and privilege for some by impoverishing, degrading or eliminating other people, whether they be the systems of domination that repress or assault women, or the systems that plan nuclear annihilation in a futile search for security based on competitive world power.

In the attempt to put a stop to further reactor construction, the antinuclear movement may be tempted to constipate the system — to plug up the radwaste outlet for the nuclear industry — hoping thereby to force a shutdown of electrical power generation.

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.

At a more general level, the international system is returning to great power security competition, now that multipolarity is replacing the post-Cold War unipolar moment, and how that future will turn out is uncertain — but one thing that the last 67 years have shown is that nuclear deterrence is a fairly effective way of stopping major power security tension turning into all - out conventional war.

The Trump administration accused Russia of engineering a series of cyberattacks that targeted American and European nuclear power plants and water and electric systems, and could have sabotaged or shut power plants off at will.

In August 2008, however, the DEC affirmed that the Indian Point nuclear power plant's cooling water intake system causes adverse environmental impacts on Hudson River fish.

And upstate Republican lawmakers are cheering the adoption as well, given the standards include a system that would subsidize nuclear energy as Entergy Corp. seeks to sale central New York's FitzPatrick Nuclear Powernuclear energy as Entergy Corp. seeks to sale central New York's FitzPatrick Nuclear PowerNuclear Power Plant.

His campaign issued a statement saying, in part, that «the Governor has led the nation in combating climate change», including, closing down the «dangerous» Indian Point nuclear power plant and implementing the first multi-state cap and trade system to lower carbon pollution.

... Stein calls for the transition of the U.S. energy system and economy to completely rely on clean, renewable energy by 2030, and the ridding of fossil fuels, gas extracted through fracking and nuclear power.

Namely that they will abstain over Tory plans to recognise marriage in the tax system; and will continue to argue against new nuclear power stations.

Each day, some two billion gallons of water are pumped from Long Island Sound into the Millstone Power Station in Waterford, Conn. — that state's only nuclear power plant — and used to help cool systems and support the station's two operating reacPower Station in Waterford, Conn. — that state's only nuclear power plant — and used to help cool systems and support the station's two operating reacpower plant — and used to help cool systems and support the station's two operating reactors.

They'll talk about the transition from the Senate, the death of a New York State Trooper, the state's correction system, the Indian Point nuclear power plant and much more.

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.

NRL research staff members developed the concept of nuclear - powered submarines, the world's first satellite - tracking system, and the Deep Ocean Search System used to uncover the wreck of the Titanic, among other innovasystem, and the Deep Ocean Search System used to uncover the wreck of the Titanic, among other innovaSystem used to uncover the wreck of the Titanic, among other innovations.

And there is some somewhat alarming language that talks about, and I'll just quote «the IAEA tells us the earthquake triggered a power failure at the Fukushima Daiichi unit 2 nuclear power plant, and then when a backup generator also failed, the cooling system was unable to supply water to cool the reactor.

Exploration Systems Research and Technology ($ 650 million) covers nuclear technologies to propel and power spacecraft.

The program was designed to attack and sabotage control systems used in manufacturing facilities, power grids, pipelines, and nuclear plants.

The development and deployment of major technologies potentially crucial to more sustainable energy — such as nuclear power, wind and solar power, biomass conversion and transport infrastructure — are matters of systems design requiring a mix of public and private decision making.

The 1989 disturbance, which was felt by power systems deep into the United States and damaged a transformer at a nuclear plant, is far from the maximum.

Marks wonders if the OST has communicated this view to Nuclear Electric, which is currently installing a safety - critical software engineering system at the Sizewell B nuclear power sNuclear Electric, which is currently installing a safety - critical software engineering system at the Sizewell B nuclear power snuclear power station.

The Japan Atomic Industrial Forum, an industry body, estimates that core cooling systems are not functioning at all three Fukushima Daiichi operating reactors and two of the four reactors at the nearby Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant are relying on backup cooling systems.

The DOE's Office of Nuclear Energy develops, manufactures, tests and delivers radioisotope power systems for space exploration and national security missions and maintains responsibility for nuclear safety throughout all aspects of the miNuclear Energy develops, manufactures, tests and delivers radioisotope power systems for space exploration and national security missions and maintains responsibility for nuclear safety throughout all aspects of the minuclear safety throughout all aspects of the missions.

We owe the wonderful images of the outer solar system taken by the Galileo and Cassini spacecraft to the power generated by Cold War surplus nuclear isotopes.

But what is clear is that several nuclear power plants in the U.S. have the same safety systems that failed in Japan.

Thermal fluids are used to alleviate wear on components and tools and for machining operations like stamping and drilling, medical therapy and diagnosis, biopharmaceuticals, air conditioning, fuel cells, power transmission systems, solar cells, micro - and nanoelectronic mechanical systems and cooling systems for everything from engines to nuclear reactors.

In collaboration with Russia's Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics in Akademgorodok, they upgraded the particle beam system, increasing its power from 2 megawatts to 10 megawatts and angling the beams to make better use of their power.

Nuclear power would also fare well under the system.

Nuclear power opponents like Jim Warren, executive director of NC Warn in North Carolina, have challenged the NRC's approach to regulating fire risks to wiring that connects vital control systems in old plants.

Networks are used in electrical power grids, nuclear power plants, financial systems, transportation systems, health...

Networks are used in electrical power grids, nuclear power plants, financial systems, transportation systems, health care systems, identification systems (including the new biometric chips in U.S. passports), and U.S. federal agencies» operations and assets.

Initially, the monitoring system will be tested at two nuclear power plants in Ukraine and Belarus.

The point was to prove that a nuclear power facility could be built as cheaply as a coal - fired power plant, and the key to that was a smaller safety system.

These battles show us that adapting our systems — including nuclear power — to a reduced supply of water will not be easy.

«Hydropower plants and thermoelectric power plants — which are nuclear, fossil -, and biomass - fueled plants converting heat to electricity — both rely on freshwater from rivers and streams,» explains Michelle Van Vliet, a researcher at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Austria and Wageningen University in the Netherlands, who led the study.

A short while later, the Europa mission came back to life, when it was linked with an experimental ion propulsion system powered by a nuclear fission reactor, the pet idea of Sean O'Keefe, then NASA's administrator.

Over the next few months, suppliers of radiation monitoring systems will be asked to tender for a «gamma curtain'to surround these nuclear power plants.

Arnulf Grubler, a researcher at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Austria, wrote in a 2010 paper published in the journal Energy Policy that France's success in nuclear energy stemmed from establishing a standard design for reactors, centralized decisionmaking and certainty that the government was committed to nuclear power.

And, unlike Galileo, which used a nuclear power source, Juno's electricity comes from the sun — a first for a spacecraft operating in the outer solar system.