Sentences with phrase «of nuclear fuel cycles»

«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.»

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

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.

The separation of uranium, a key part of the nuclear fuel cycle, could potentially be done more safely and efficiently through a new technique developed by chemistry researchers at Oregon State University.

From 1990 to the formation of NEI in 1994 he was the Vice President of Technical Programs at the U.S. Council for Energy Awareness (USCEA) where he was responsible for ensuring the technical accuracy and effectiveness of USCEA's industry communications and also led the regulatory, policy and R&D activities associated with supporting companies in the front - end of the nuclear fuel cycle.

But for those of us who have been on the front and back end of the nuclear fuel cycle know that this isn't the answer.

Over the years, Ms. Eisenhower has served as a member of three blue ribbon commissions for the Department of Energy for three different secretaries: The Baker - Cutler Commission on U.S. Funded Non-Proliferation Programs in Russia; The Sununu - Meserve Commission on Nuclear Energy; and the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future, which released its findings on a comprehensive program for the back end of the nuclear fuel cycle in the winter of 2012.

The Japanese policy on the back - end of the nuclear fuel cycle is still unpredictable in the aftermath of the accident.

How to reduce nuclear wastes or how to treat them including the debris from TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power stations is discussed; and 3) Environmental radioactivity, radioactive waste treatment and geological disposal policy.State - of - the - art technologies for overall back - end issues of the nuclear fuel cycle as well as the technologies of transmutation are presented here.

In particular, nuclear transmutation technology has been drawing significant attention after the accident.This publication is timely with the following highlights: 1) Development of accelerator - driven systems (ADSs), which is a brand - new reactor concept for transmutation of highly radioactive wastes; 2) Nuclear reactor systems from the point of view of the nuclear fuel cycle.

OECD, 2013, «The Economics of the Back End of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle», Figure ES.1 http://www.oecd-nea.org/ndd/pubs/2013/7061-ebenfc-execsum.pdf

For one thing I don't know anywhere near enough about the details of the nuclear fuel cycle.

President Bush has proposed an even broader proliferation prevention scheme that looks at both the enrichment and spent - fuel treatment phases of the nuclear fuel cycle.

This seminar examined the impacts of the beginning of the nuclear fuel cycle — uranium mining.

Fast neutron reactors are typically fuelled using a mixture of oxides of uranium and plutonium, and can vastly increase the efficiency of the nuclear fuel cycle by using the uranium - 238 recovered from recycling nuclear fuel after use in conventional nuclear power reactors.

Our lawyers are versed in US and international requirements covering new plants, power plant projects and transactions, plant regulation, nuclear liability issues, and all aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle, from uranium mining, enrichment, fabrication, and transport to nuclear waste management, decommissioning, and disposal.

Hays Nuclear Engineering expert consultants have a wide range of Nuclear Engineering jobs within the industry including power generation jobs, operational engineering jobs, safety consultancy jobs, waste management jobs, nuclear design jobs, structural engineering jobs, mechanical engineering jobs, and all aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle.

Not exact matches

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.

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.

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.

«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 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.

This nuclear fuel cycle would combine two innovations: pyrometallurgical processing (a high - temperature method of recycling reactor waste into fuel) and advanced fast - neutron reactors capable of burning that fuel.

«Right now, there are no good options for utilities,» said Charles Forsberg of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, who is the executive director of MIT's nuclear fuel cycleNuclear Science and Engineering, who is the executive director of MIT's nuclear fuel cyclenuclear fuel cycle study.

Throughout the nuclear fuel cycle, many separations are required — in mining, enrichment and fuel fabrication, and then after fuel use, for the recovery of usable spent isotopes and the encapsulation and storage of unusable radioactive components.

For example, an entire nuclear cycle involving light - water reactors, reprocessing of the spent fuel, and disposal of small «packages» of highly radioactive nuclear waste in deep boreholes could prove an attractive option, Moniz noted.

As President Obama's Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future continues to ponder what role nuclear power might play in the U.S. electricity supply, a group of scientists, engineers and other experts assembled by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) released a report on the nuclear fuel cycle paid for by the nuclear inNuclear Future continues to ponder what role nuclear power might play in the U.S. electricity supply, a group of scientists, engineers and other experts assembled by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) released a report on the nuclear fuel cycle paid for by the nuclear innuclear power might play in the U.S. electricity supply, a group of scientists, engineers and other experts assembled by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) released a report on the nuclear fuel cycle paid for by the nuclear innuclear fuel cycle paid for by the nuclear innuclear industry.

He said Monju and other nuclear fuel cycle efforts would receive a «maintenance budget» of $ 445 million.

American researchers have shown that prospective magnetic fusion power systems would pose a much lower risk of being used for the production of weapon — usable materials than nuclear fission reactors and their associated fuel cycle.

Commercial nuclear fuel cycles are generally the most costly and difficult route for production of weapons - grade materials.

Extensive knowledge of legislative and regulatory frameworks required to operate existing plants and develop new nuclear in commercial and federal markets worldwide, including Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)- licensed fuel cycle and isotope production facinuclear in commercial and federal markets worldwide, including Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)- licensed fuel cycle and isotope production faciNuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)- licensed fuel cycle and isotope production facilities.

First Energy spokesperson Jennifer Young told World Nuclear News that the reassessment of operating safety margins is routinely carried out for every new fuel cycle as part of normal practice, regardless of the type of fuel.

According to Global Nuclear Fuels, the GNF2 design delivers higher energy output whilst cutting overall fuel cycle costs, reducing the total amount of uranium and the average enrichment in fuel reloads.

The Poly - Functional Radiochemical Complex is intended to try out promising technologies of the closed nuclear fuel cycle.

The experiments have provided invaluable data that will be used to validate codes and nuclear data for advanced fuel cycles, as well as to derive reactor kinetics parameters for studies of transient / accident phenomena for these fuels.

Thus, only those isotopes that reduce the efficiency of the nuclear fuel, would be disposed of, creating a closed fuel cycle.»

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited (JNFL) have both completed their investment of some EUR250 million (USD307 million) to acquire 5 % stakes in Orano, the former Areva nuclear fuel cycle actiNuclear Fuel Limited (JNFL) have both completed their investment of some EUR250 million (USD307 million) to acquire 5 % stakes in Orano, the former Areva nuclear fuel cycle activitFuel Limited (JNFL) have both completed their investment of some EUR250 million (USD307 million) to acquire 5 % stakes in Orano, the former Areva nuclear fuel cycle actinuclear fuel cycle activitfuel cycle activities.

Mr. Dyke has 30 years of experience and leadership in the nuclear industry focusing on the nuclear fuel cycle and nuclear nonproliferation issues.

For existing commercial nuclear generators (and for any new facilities built in other countries), we should stick to the so - called «once through» fuel cycle, with direct disposal of spent fuel, and strongly encourage other countries to do likewise.

Areva began the process of splitting off its nuclear fuel cycle activities into «New Areva» in August 2016, combining the Areva Mines, Areva NC, Areva Projects and Areva Business Support companies and their respective subsidiaries.

I am not sure if nuclear is THE answer mainly because of the current once - through fuel cycle we use.

GE Hitachi calls the design the Power Reactor Innovative Small Module (PRISM), which is a key component to a new fuel cycle in which spent nuclear fuel is reused instead of being stored.

NAC International is a leading nuclear fuel cycle consulting and technology company that has met the nuclear market needs of utilities, government agencies, nuclear fuel suppliers, and financial institutions worldwide for more than 40 years.

RIAR operates six nuclear research reactors, the Europe's biggest reactor materials testing complex for PIE of the core components, fuel cycle R&D facilities, radiochemical complex and radioactive waste management facilities.

Working with INS gives you the support of over 40 years commercial expertise across the whole nuclear fuel cycle.

The government noted Japan's basic energy policy - decided by the Cabinet in April 2014 - aims to promote the nuclear fuel cycle, including the promotion of fast reactor development.

According to a paper by Xuegang Liu of the Division of Nuclear Chemistry and Engineering, The Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing («Spent Nuclear Fuel Management in China,» NAPSNet Special Reports, Aug. 5, 2014), because China has chosen to use a closed - cycle fuel path, it has less need for long - term SNF storFuel Management in China,» NAPSNet Special Reports, Aug. 5, 2014), because China has chosen to use a closed - cycle fuel path, it has less need for long - term SNF storfuel path, it has less need for long - term SNF storage.