Sentences with phrase «nuclear renaissance»

The cancelation of the project is another blow to the much - hyped (and thus far non-existent) nuclear renaissance in the U.S..

In fact, low natural gas prices stalled the U.S. nuclear renaissance outside Georgia and South Carolina, long before the reactor meltdowns at Fukushima Daiichi in Japan.

A true nuclear renaissance can't happen overnight.

Yet half - way through this Parliament, Britain's nuclear renaissance remains temporarily thwarted.

But rather than simply lecturing our fellow environmentalists about their misplaced priorities, and how profoundly inadequate present - day renewables are as substitutes for fossil energy, we would do better to take seriously the real obstacles standingin the way of a serious nuclear renaissance.

Exelon CEO John Rowe said recently that the combination of low natural gas prices and failure of Congress to put a price on carbon dioxide pollution pushes back any significant nuclear renaissance by a «decade, maybe two.»

Objectively, then, the groups who have been most successful in thwarting the much - hyped nuclear renaissance are those who blocked efforts to make nuclear power more cost - competitive.

Britain's nuclear renaissance should have begun before now.

There are obvious security concerns, but if this idea works, it really might kick off a nuclear renaissance — and one that would span the globe.

The AP1000, which is leading the charge for any nuclear renaissance in the U.S., has made some mistakes in its application for certification

But even if it did, any nuclear renaissance is still likely be a long process.

THE phrase «nuclear renaissance» is greatly overused, but the US decision to resume building nuclear power plants after a 30 - year hiatus might yet prove worthy of it (see «US starts building first nuclear reactors in 30 years «-RRB-.

If the «nuclear renaissance» is not dead, it appeared in a coma for most of the country following the collapse of Constellation Energy's plan to build a third reactor in Maryland

NRG's approval is expected no sooner than 2011, but should it come, it could signal the start of a nuclear renaissance and of substantial reductions in America's carbon footprint.

Even if INL can persuade energy companies to sign on, long construction times guarantee that the nuclear renaissance will be gradual.

«In reality, the nuclear renaissance was in a lot of trouble before March 2011,» says Ellen Vancko, an electric utility expert for the Union of Concerned Scientists.

If the «nuclear renaissance» is not dead, it appeared in a coma for most of the country following the collapse of Constellation Energy's plan to build a third reactor on Maryland's Chesapeake Bay shore, energy officials said this weekend.

Despite the nuclear industry's talk about a «nuclear renaissance» and the promise of generous federal loan guarantees, the industry faces constraints in breathtaking construction costs and risks.

It's too soon to make a judgment on its impact on the «nuclear renaissance» that started in the United States five or six years ago.

In fits and starts, a nuclear renaissance might actually be under way.

As the nuclear renaissance takes hold in countries all over the globe, many questions about the international nuclear supply chain have arisen.

We are pleased to announce that the Company has partnered with NuHub, a collaborative group of public, private, academic, and community development groups working to maximize the economic and job creation impact of the nuclear renaissance on the Midstate of South Carolina, to compete for one of two federal grants from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for small modular reactor (SMR) development.

The decision by Constellation deals a blow to the idea of a U.S. nuclear renaissance.

And on Friday, there's one more Bay Area event — a daylong Silicon Valley Energy Summit at Stanford University featuring a midday debate over this proposition: «The World Needs a Nuclear Renaissance.»

Happily, Stanford University's Precourt Energy Efficiency Center * filled in the Bay Area energy gap on Friday with a Silicon Valley Energy Summit, centered on a rousing and informed debate over this proposition: «The World Needs a Nuclear Renaissance.»

Britain has been one of the shining hopes for a nuclear renaissance.

But that was before the massive decline in the cost of renewables, and the collapse of the nuclear renaissance in the US and elsewhere.

Yet figures as influential as Senator Joseph Lieberman are already saying we should «put the brakes» on developing new nuclear plants in the U.S. — despite plans for a so - called «Nuclear Renaissance» that have won strong support from President Obama.

This nuclear plant was once the bright star of Finland's energy future and Europe's nuclear renaissance.

Five years ago, we were supposed to be entering a nuclear renaissance.

Richter said the world is in the midst of a nuclear renaissance with 60 nuclear power plants in planning stages, 28 under construction, and 150 under discussion around the world.

Jack Spencer, a fellow at the Heritage Foundation and a supporter of nuclear power, warned: «Loan guarantees do not a nuclear renaissance make.»

«Stronger climate policy as well as government support will be needed if we are to realize the much - heralded «nuclear renaissance,»» he added.

The aim of this is to protect their future gas profits, by killing off the nuclear renaissance as much as possible.

Another factor stalling the so - called «nuclear renaissance» is cheap natural gas, courtesy of the shale boom.

But in reality, the so - called «nuclear renaissance» is no more and Fukushima had a lot to do with it.

The so - called «nuclear renaissance» in the United States has had another major setback, with another two nuclear reactors under construction in South Carolina abandoned after costs spiralled out of control, leaving consumers holding the bill for plants that will never be completed.

It ran under the headline «The end of the nuclear renaissance», but that's only half the story and probably the less interesting half.

But a panel said a nuclear renaissance was still on the horizon and that engineers were working furiously to address the industry's skyrocketing operating and construction costs.

Today nuclear reactors generate 1/3 of low - carbon power globally, however a lack of investment means that a «nuclear renaissance» is failing to materialise, said Dr Birol.

It doesn't seem likely that this is cheap enough to spark a US «nuclear renaissance.»

In crucial respects the nuclear renaissance has hit its stride and is making a fundamental contribution to decarbonization — one that will accelerate if the industry gets recognition and support for what it is doing right.

Despite all the obituaries, last year's stats show the nuclear renaissance is alive and kicking — and keeping pace with wind and solar.

It does seem that the nuclear renaissance is unravelling.