Sentences with phrase «of fuel cycle»

In this scheme, both ends of the fuel cycle are handled by a small group of countries, mainly the nuclear weapons states in the original proposal.

Opportunities exist for the diversion of weapons - usable material at the front end of the fuel cycle, during which natural uranium is enriched to make reactor fuel.

When examined closely, GNEP adds an element to reducing the risk from the back end of the fuel cycle: limiting who uses plutonium - bearing fuel.

Internationalization of both ends of the fuel cycle can reduce proliferation risk.

U.S. reprocessing would undermine the U.S. goal of halting the spread of fuel cycle technologies that are permitted under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty but can be used to make nuclear weapons materials.

The back end of the fuel cycle is technically more complicated to deal with and so are the systems that need to be implemented.

They agree with me in such statements as «'' A critical factor for the future of an expanded nuclear power industry is the choice of the fuel cycle — what type of fuel is used, what types of reactors «burn» the fuel, and the method of disposal of the spent fuel.

This is the mantra, but an analysis of the fuel cycle shows that what has happened is that sulfur content in ship bunker fuel has increased as sulfur content in diesel fuel has decreased.

The strategies investigated include an evolutionary transmutation strategy in which the ADS provides additional flexibility by enabling plutonium utilisation in conventional reactors and confining the minor actinides to a small part of the fuel cycle, and two innovative transuranics (TRU) burning strategies, with an FR or an ADS, in which plutonium and minor actinides are managed together to minimise the proliferation risk.

UxC is not only expanding its geopolitical coverage of the market, but is also now covering more of the fuel cycle.

In June 2007, UxC began to publish SpentFUEL and StoreFUEL, two leading newsletters dealing with the backend of the fuel cycle.

The ability for UF6 to change easily to a gas at a low temperature and slightly increased pressure make it ideal for use in the remaining steps of the fuel cycle.

Not exact matches

The energy crisis gave way to an endless cycle of ups and downs, with sales bottoming out anytime fuel prices soared or the economy tanked.

«The prices have really become detached from the fundamentals like sales and cash flow,» says Clayton, who suggests that the market is caught in a cycle of news driving stock prices and stocks fueling news.

According to CB Insights, venture investors deployed more than $ 25 billion just last year to fuel the advancement of these companies along this life cycle.

The gold market is generally weak relative to the industrial metals markets during the boom phase of the inflation - fueled, central - bank - sponsored boom / bust cycle and strong relative to the industrial metals markets during the bust phase of the cycle.

The main benefactor of credit - fueled cash flows from the west over the past 15 years, China forgot that credit expansion is a finite cycle and spent like a drunken sailor throughout.

Nor have we yet deployed a comprehensive set of policies to support the rebalancing of the U.S. economy toward a growth path based more on business investment, trade and broad - based income gains than the type of asset price gains and credit - fuelled consumption, which dominated the last business cycle.

My rejection and fear of myself fueled my own sin cycle and resulted in very poor decision making and very unhealthy expressions of my sexuality.

In a 24/7 news cycle that is fueled by controversies, outrage, sensationalism and rhetoric, it's easy to view these sorts of tactics as effective tools in advancing our cause.

The NCC's concern for energy issues dates back to fall 1974 when the Division of Church and Society (DCS) asked Margaret Mead and René Dubos to chair a study of the implications of using plutonium as fuel in the nuclear cycle.

Pueblo people of the ancient American Southwest contributed to the region's aridity and its erosion cycle by destroying forests to fuel their kilns.

Constellation had bought 100 per cent of the business, previously known as BRL Hardy, in 2003 at the top of the wine cycle after a low Australian dollar had fuelled significant growth in exports for the BRL Hardy brands.

Released to the public in June 2017, the latest corrugated industry life cycle assessment (LCA) confirms continued environmental progress through increased efficiencies in mill energy systems, increased use of low - impact fossil fuels, and increased recovery for recycling.

Wenger / we scrape the holy grail 5th place, Stan hands out another extension to continue the cycle of mediocrity fueled by greed and lack of football ambition.

Official sports nutrition supplier, SiS work directly with Great Britain Cycling Team athletes in order to create bespoke nutritional strategies to fuel them ahead of key competitions throughout the next four - year cycle and, ultimately, towards the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics.

When babies bawl like this, they take in a lot of air, which creates gas and more pain, making them cry even more — fueling a vicious cycle that many parents struggle with on a daily basis.

«The importance of early intervention to break persistent offenders out of the cycle of drink - fuelled offending can not be overstated,» said an ACPO spokesman.

«We had a $ 138 million deficit, we were the most fiscally stressed county in New York, our bonds were near junk and people were reeling from years of double digit tax increases fueled by an endless tax - and - spend cycle.»

«The British government will need to do far more, both with our own nuclear arsenal and with cooperation for international control of the nuclear fuel cycle, before these words can be moved beyond rhetoric.»

Trump's unpredictability and his fueling of distrust of his opponents led to a growth in fake news that was supportive of him which now flames a cycle of de-legitimizing the established press making the term fake news essentially meaningless and more of a stick to beat the mainstream press with than a phenomenon in itself.

Last year's successful cycle, which garnered thousands of votes, shows the power and importance of this grassroots fueled process and I look forward to another great year.»

The project involves the development, ownership, operation and management of the 400MW Combined Cycle Plant to be fueled by either Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) or Natural Gas (NG) for a 25 - year period by Early Power Limited in Tema, strategically close to the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR).

The James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant will close at the end of its current fuel cycle, at the end of 2016 or early 2017.

The burning of fossil fuels essentially reintroduces ancient carbon that is stored in the depths of the earth back into the carbon cycle.

However, it is electricity consumption by microwave appliances that has the biggest impact on the environment, taking into account its whole life cycle, from production of fuels to generation of electricity.

Since the industrial revolution, human beings burning fossil fuels have boosted concentrations of atmospheric carbon more than 30 percent, disrupting the ancient cycle.

Like bankers do for financial debt, climate scientists assume that the greenhouse gas expense of burning biofuels will be paid back eventually as the crops that make fuel «earn» carbon through sequestering it throughout their life cycle.

Some of the new nuclear science research programs, including the one at MIT, are studying new reactor designs and fuel cycles that scientists (and policy - makers) hope will make nuclear plants safer and cheaper to operate, and produce waste materials with smaller volume, shorter half - lives, and less appeal to terrorists and other would - be nuclear powers.

Japan's nuclear plant crisis with the radioactivity contamination from spent fuel pools is likely to put an overdue spotlight on stalemated U.S. policies for managing reactor fuel, authors of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology report on the nuclear fuel cycle said yesterday.

Waste from the front end of the nuclear fuel cycle is usually alpha emitting waste from the extraction of uranium.

«With a scaled up solution, not only will we no longer have to think about the dangers of storing radioactive waste long - term, but we will have a viable solution to close the nuclear fuel cycle and contribute to solving the world's energy needs.

The Nobel laureates» discoveries helped fuel the growth of this vast field, and build understanding of how organisms anticipate and react to day / night cycles.

The work, published in Science, not only opens the door to expand the use of one of the most efficient energy sources on the planet, but also adds a key step in completing the nuclear fuel cycle — an advance, along with wind and solar, that could help power the world's energy needs cleanly for the future.

The back end of the nuclear fuel cycle, mostly spent fuel rods, often contains fission products that emit beta and gamma radiation, and may contain actinides that emit alpha particles, such as uranium - 234, neptunium - 237, plutonium - 238 and americium - 241, and even sometimes some neutron emitters such as Cf.

Most of Nangonya's training covered the subjects that might be expected: the ins and outs of the nuclear fuel cycle, how to verify that each and every reported gram of plutonium and uranium are where they are supposed to be, and how to spot signs of illicit activity.

The article, published recently in Open Chemistry may lead to the development of a process to remove uranium from wastewater at the front - end of the nuclear fuel cycle, or even extracting natural uranium from sea water.

Cycles of boom and bust have appeared, fueled by land speculation.

There are also outstanding questions related to the real - world efficiency gains of natural gas fuels and the life - cycle emissions they produce based on methane leakage in the production process.

But unknowns with respect to the life - cycle benefits of a given fuel are still a big concern for UPS.