Sentences with phrase «nuclear regulators»

European nuclear regulators could help us to make progress in this.
A top U.S. nuclear regulator has now given a dire assessment of Japan's nuclear crisis, saying that radiation from uncovered spent fuel at the Fukushima Daiichi plant could force emergency workers to abandon their fight to prevent meltdowns there
And the fact that private companies should not be disposing of this kind of material without serious government regulations (Mother Jones reports that the licenses for WSC «don't need detailed approval from federal nuclear regulators because the dump wouldn't handle the highest grades of radioactive waste») is only part of the issue.
«US nuclear regulators greatly underestimate potential for nuclear disaster: Nuclear spent fuel fire could force millions of people to relocate.»
He says a representative of the Russian nuclear regulator Rostechnadzor who inspected Mayak in November 2017 told the panel that he saw no anomalies from a month earlier, but didn't supply data to support that statement.
It is the latest step in a sequence that began in December 2013, when the reactor was filled with its sodium coolant and received the necessary permits from Russian nuclear regulator Rostechnadzor to begin the fuel loading and pre-startup tests.
Mr Huhne told the Commons energy and climate change select committee that a review would be conducted under the Department of Energy's nuclear regulator Dr Mike Weightman, but stressed there were «obvious distinctions» between the UK and Japan.
If the UK leaves Europe's nuclear regulator when it quits the EU, it risks disrupting nuclear fuel supplies and even cancer treatments, warns Alex Connor
- Radiation levels still 3x safe levels, some areas higher than 2016 - Japan's chief nuclear regulator says the 2011 accident is not over - Tepco's «ice wall» fails to freeze Fukushima's toxic water buildup - A $ 320 Million Ice Wall Still Can't Contain Radioactive Water Near Fukushima - Fukushima Ice Wall Failing, Water Seepage Into Nuclear Reactors Still A Problem - Ongoing court cases
Furthermore, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), Canada's independent nuclear regulator, will not issue a licence unless it is satisfied that the entire project will be completed safely, without posing increased risks to the health, safety or security of Canadians or the environment.
Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) president Atsuyuki Suzuki has resigned after the country's nuclear regulator blocked the restart of the Monju prototype fast breeder reactor (FBR) due to inspection deficiencies.
BHB upregulates Nrf2 (nuclear regulator factor 2), a huge anti-inflammatory phase 2 detox and anti-oxidant signaling hub.
Japan's nuclear regulator sent out a warning to national energy providers telling them to tighten security after the incursion of three teenagers into a nuclear power plant in Ohio in the US.
For example, an interview with David Lochbaum, the lead nuclear analyst for the Union of Concerned Scientists, includes his longstanding concerns about the tendency of nuclear regulators to routinely approve exemptions to some longstanding safety rules (this is also a big concern of Richard Brodsky, a former state legislator from the region).
The top U.S. nuclear regulator, Gregory Jaczko, gave a dire assessment of Japan's nuclear crisis yesterday, saying that lethal radiation from uncovered spent fuel above one of the reactors could force emergency workers to abandon their fight to prevent meltdowns of damaged reactor cores at the Fukushima Daiichi plant.
The pending agreement includes various state agencies and entities, Entergy, Westchester - based conservation group Riverkeeper and Schneiderman's office, which had filed several challenges to Indian Point with federal nuclear regulators.
In addition to Mattson and Ashok Thadani, former director of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission office of research, the group's members include Sam Harbison, former chief inspector of the U.K. Nuclear Installations Inspectorate; Jukka Laaksonen of Finland, chairman of the Western European Nuclear Regulators» Association; M.R. Srinivasan, former chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of India; and Victor Sidorenko, former deputy minister of nuclear power for the Soviet Union and Russia.
The US nuclear regulator is satisfied that NuScale Power's small modular reactor (SMR) design can operate safely without the need for safety - related electrical systems.
The team said that Japan must ensure that «regulatory independence and clarity of roles are preserved in all circumstances,» echoing criticism that close associations between Japan's nuclear regulators and industry officials had undermined strong safety oversight.
Now, timely data are sent to tsunami warning centers in 13 countries, as well as to civil aviation authorities and nuclear regulators.
Nuclear regulators are already well aware of several safety issues, including flooding, loss of power, loss of communications, blockage of evacuation routes and equipment malfunction.
The accidents prompted Japan's nuclear regulator to question whether Tepco has been delegating too much.
Lake Barrett, a former U.S. nuclear regulator and an advisor to Tepco, says the system is so ingrained it will take time to change.
The nuclear regulators won't do it, in any country.
However, the nuclear regulator was never interested in the cost.
Belgium's top nuclear regulator and an independent corrosion expert say all nuclear pressure vessels should be inspected after flaws are detected at two Belgian power plants.
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