Sentences with phrase «nuclear safety agency»

Japan's Nuclear Safety Agency has claimed that the release of radioactive materials from Fukushima was equal to 10 % of those from Chernobyl.

While efforts are continuing to track down the water flow, the company known as TEPCO is considering installing «silt fence» barriers in areas where radioactive water is suspected to be flowing into the sea, Hidehiko Nishiyama, a spokesman for the government's nuclear safety agency told a press conference in the morning.

Veaujour says a joint study for the French nuclear safety agency IFPN, and Germany's GRS, also «broadly approved» EDF's plans for Mochovce last month.

But as such, their data comes in a hodgepodge of units — see the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency for a good discussion of the difference between grays and sieverts.

Not exact matches

As the name suggests, the focus of the 2012 summit was «nuclear security», a term not to be confused with nuclear plant safety or nuclear safeguard rules set by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

As much as 1,000 kilograms of hydrogen may have been generated at the complex this way, according to the Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency.

The Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan has thrust the NRC's role as industry overseer squarely in the spotlight, but another critical player in U.S. nuclear safety is the NRC's Office of the Inspector General, an independent agency that serves as watchdog to the watchdog.

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.

Later Thursday, a spokesman for Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, Yoshitaka Nagayama, said, «Because we have been unable to go the scene, we can not confirm whether there is water left or not in the spent fuel pool at Reactor No. 4.»

«We would like to set up these barriers as soon as possible, but it could take several days to complete the work,» Hidehiko Nishiyama, a spokesman for the government's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, told Kyodo News.

As of midday Thursday, the country's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency spokesperson Yoshitaka Nagayama, noted that «because we have been unable to go to the scene, we can not confirm whether there is water left or not in the spent fuel pool at reactor No. 4,» The New York Times reported.

On 6 June, Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) raised its estimate of the radioactive material emitted.

Japan's regulator, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, lacks the required regulatory authority, he said.

An independent federal agency established by Congress in 1988, the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board provides safety oversight of the nuclear weapons complex operated by the Department of Energy: www.dnNuclear Facilities Safety Board provides safety oversight of the nuclear weapons complex operated by the Department of Energy: www.dnfSafety Board provides safety oversight of the nuclear weapons complex operated by the Department of Energy: www.dnfsafety oversight of the nuclear weapons complex operated by the Department of Energy: www.dnnuclear weapons complex operated by the Department of Energy: www.dnfsb.gov

That analysis was carried out for two reactors at a plant in Ohi on the Japan Sea coast and submitted for review to Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA), which concluded they had passed.

Under a special allowance from the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, workers at Fukushima were permitted doses of up to 250 millisieverts.

NuScale met with the regulatory agency more than 250 times and submitted 15 topical reports - engaging them on topics such as safety analysis, nuclear fuel, test programes, seismic analysis, and control room staffing.

Read «Nuclear Agency Is Criticized as Too Close to Its Industry,» by Tom Zeller, Jr., to see how routine approval of safety exemptions sought by the owners of aging plants has led to significant problems.

Socio (s): Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety of Germany, Federal Agency for Nature Conservation of Germany

Socio (s): FAO, UNDP, UNREDD, WB, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Government of the United Republic of Tanzania Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, Forestry and Beekeeping Division, European Commission Joint Research Centre, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit, Humane Society International, Life Web: Partnerships for Financing Protected Areas

The best that Peter can hope for is that nuclear is introduced into Australia with full governmemnt backing and that safety is supervised by a professional regulatory agency with no inbuilt anti-nuclear baggage.

Partenaire (s): German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety of Germany, Center for Clean Air Policy, International Council on Clean Transportation, Partnership on Sustainable Low Carbon Transport

European Union: Commission Directorate General (DG) Environment LIFE Programme; DG Development and Cooperation - Europe Aid; Education, Audiovisual & Culture Executive Agency; the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs; European Youth Foundation of the Council of Europe; European Climate Foundation; German Federal Ministry for the Environment (Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety); Isvara Foundation; James M.Goldsmith Foundation; Stichting Adessium; Mava Foundation; The Grassroots Foundation; GAIA; The Jennifer Altman Foundation; Zero Waste Europe; and EASME (European Commission — Executive Agency for Small and Medium - sized Enterprises.)

Socio (s): New Energy Finance Limited, German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, United Nations Foundation, Basel Agency for Sustainable Energy, Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century

Socio (s): German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety of Germany, Center for Clean Air Policy, International Council on Clean Transportation, Partnership on Sustainable Low Carbon Transport

Yet, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)-- the federal agency responsible for protecting public health and safety from nuclear power mishaps — has been downplaying the risk and failing to ensure that the measures needed to avert disaster are impleNuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)-- the federal agency responsible for protecting public health and safety from nuclear power mishaps — has been downplaying the risk and failing to ensure that the measures needed to avert disaster are implenuclear power mishaps — has been downplaying the risk and failing to ensure that the measures needed to avert disaster are implemented.

Indeed a global agency that covers nuclear safety, based on the 72 - nation Convention on Nuclear Safety (which was set up after the 1986 Chernobyl meltdown), has decided to delay reporting on its assessment of the accident until August next year, saying that «the lessons - learned process can not be completed until sufficient additional information is known and fully analyzed.nuclear safety, based on the 72 - nation Convention on Nuclear Safety (which was set up after the 1986 Chernobyl meltdown), has decided to delay reporting on its assessment of the accident until August next year, saying that «the lessons - learned process can not be completed until sufficient additional information is known and fully analyzed.&safety, based on the 72 - nation Convention on Nuclear Safety (which was set up after the 1986 Chernobyl meltdown), has decided to delay reporting on its assessment of the accident until August next year, saying that «the lessons - learned process can not be completed until sufficient additional information is known and fully analyzed.Nuclear Safety (which was set up after the 1986 Chernobyl meltdown), has decided to delay reporting on its assessment of the accident until August next year, saying that «the lessons - learned process can not be completed until sufficient additional information is known and fully analyzed.&Safety (which was set up after the 1986 Chernobyl meltdown), has decided to delay reporting on its assessment of the accident until August next year, saying that «the lessons - learned process can not be completed until sufficient additional information is known and fully analyzed.»

New government agencies like the National Transportation Safety Board (1967), the Environmental Protection Agency (1970), the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (1971), the Consumer Products Safety Commission (1972), the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (1975), the Mining Health and Safety Administration (1977) and so on, began compiling that kind of data that made it possible to identify safety risks with common causes on a national scale that made it possible to prove that individual injuries were caused common defects traceable to large national companies or indusSafety Board (1967), the Environmental Protection Agency (1970), the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (1971), the Consumer Products Safety Commission (1972), the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (1975), the Mining Health and Safety Administration (1977) and so on, began compiling that kind of data that made it possible to identify safety risks with common causes on a national scale that made it possible to prove that individual injuries were caused common defects traceable to large national companies or indusSafety Administration (1971), the Consumer Products Safety Commission (1972), the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (1975), the Mining Health and Safety Administration (1977) and so on, began compiling that kind of data that made it possible to identify safety risks with common causes on a national scale that made it possible to prove that individual injuries were caused common defects traceable to large national companies or indusSafety Commission (1972), the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (1975), the Mining Health and Safety Administration (1977) and so on, began compiling that kind of data that made it possible to identify safety risks with common causes on a national scale that made it possible to prove that individual injuries were caused common defects traceable to large national companies or indusSafety Administration (1977) and so on, began compiling that kind of data that made it possible to identify safety risks with common causes on a national scale that made it possible to prove that individual injuries were caused common defects traceable to large national companies or indussafety risks with common causes on a national scale that made it possible to prove that individual injuries were caused common defects traceable to large national companies or industries.

The new Canadian Energy Regulator (replacing the National Energy Board), and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission retain their responsibility for lifecycle regulation of a project but the impact assessment of new projects will no longer be assessed by those agencies and will instead fall to the Agency to manage.

The following departments or agencies provided loan repayment assistance to one or more attorneys: Commerce, Defense, Energy, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Justice, State, Transportation, Treasury, Veterans Affairs, Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, Federal Trade Commission, Government Accountability Office, Library of Congress, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Postal Regulatory Commission, Securities and Exchange Commission, and Surface Transportation Board.

We also work closely with our OSHA team to assist our nuclear power sector clients in a wide variety of workplace safety and health issues, including handling agency investigations and enforcement actions and internal investigations, as well as compliance matters including issues involving safety culture and safety management.