Sentences with phrase «nuclear scientists needed»

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Many of the folks who are involved in building the last round of nuclear weapons or even the first round of nuclear weapons are either passing away or retiring or otherwise their knowledge is becoming inaccessible; and of course there are records, but there is, as many physicists who I interviewed said, «There is nothing like learning by doing and if we want to maintain the ability to build nuclear weapons for the indefinite future, then some argue that we need to continue to build them to train up this next generation of potential nuclear weapon scientists.»

The new role is needed, Moses says, so that Atherton can coordinate with scientists in the three major user communities that NIF serves: nuclear weapons researchers involved in maintaining the U.S. stockpile, fusion energy researchers, and basic scientists working with materials and in other fields.

To evaluate ceramic waste form performance over the time scales needed to store nuclear waste, around 100,000 years, scientists need a thorough understanding of the fundamental physics at the atomic level.

SCIENTISTS at the University of Huddersfield have been using world - class new facilities to carry out experiments that could aid the development of nuclear fusion reactors, widely regarded as the «Holy Grail» solution to future energy needs.

Simplicity of design begets lower operating and maintenance burden and dispenses with the need for a large pool of nuclear scientists and engineers, making SMR - 160 a viable source of energy for developing economies.

Scientists originally thought that constructing these bricks would be energy intensive — likely requiring a nuclear - powered kiln, a heavy piece of kit that would need to be developed on Earth and launched to Mars.

Four climate scientists, three of whom have published in peer - reviewed literature on energy issues (a sampler from Wigley, Hansen and Caldeira), are pressing the case for environmental groups to embrace the need for a new generation of nuclear power plants in a letter they distributed overnight to a variety of organizations and journalists.

He spoke of the need for scientists and other experts on nuclear risks and realities to engage with the media and public in such instances to clarify what is, and is not, a worry.

Arjun Makhijani, President of Institute for Environmental and Energy Research, Amory Lovins, co-founder and Chief Scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute, and Rifkin have all demonstrated how a nuclear «renaissance» — to replace the 400 old reactors now rattling apart worldwide and get to the total of 1,600 that Rifkin says are needed for a minimum impact on climate disruption — would require that we build three new reactors every 30 days for 40 years.

Over the last three months, Hansen and dozens of the world's top scientists and leading conservationists have issued a series of public letters on the need for fair treatment of nuclear power, while a grassroots movement has swelled around the world.

The FBI needs to read about the well - documented history of the nuclear winter debate and consult with government scientists and academics before they publish sly denunciations of some of the most famous Western climate scientists.

With nuclear energy there is no need to mine and burn coal, drill for oil and gas, or dam wild rivers for electricity — a fact widely recognized by scientists, politicians, and informed members of the public (including Brower's boss and colleagues at the Sierra Club) in the 1960s.

Instead, the scientists call for an increased use of nuclear power to meet the worlds» growing energy needs.

Nuclear energy needs and deserves climate scientists» endorsement.