Sentences with phrase «of nuclear materials»

The safe and secure transport of nuclear materials requires huge experience and modern insight into current operational standards.

Western experts used to tell the public that terrorists would need 8 kilograms of nuclear material to make a bomb.

Knowing that, experts can tell what kind of nuclear material is in the vicinity, where it's coming from, and how dangerous it is.

Today, a 30 - kilometer exclusion zone remains unoccupied around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, where large amounts of nuclear material in a decaying sarcophagus continue to incite concern.

The Canada - India Nuclear Cooperation Agreement came into force in 2013, putting in place the necessary mechanisms for preventing the use of nuclear materials for non-peaceful purposes.

We also advise clients on relevant import / export controls of nuclear material and technology transfer under the DOE's Part 810 regulations.

Representing US headquartered multinationals on international indemnity claims including regulator clean - up of nuclear materials in the USA, remediation of a biochemicals facility in Sweden and a USD billion claim for global non-compliance litigated in the Courts of New York.

Observers see the move as a signal that the military government is trying to conform to global norms on the management of nuclear material as well as distance itself from a controversial figure regarded as the «father of the Islamic bomb.»

Security of nuclear materials worldwide «ranges from «better than probably necessary» to «absolutely appallingly bad,»» Bunn says.

Thus it remains intact, disarming concerns about long - term spent fuel storage or the theft of nuclear material during refueling or fuel reprocessing, the company said.

Potential proliferation of nuclear material will always demand vigilance, but that will be true in any case, and our safety is best secured if the United States is involved in the technologies and helps define standards.

Acting on international indemnity claims including regulator clean - up of nuclear materials in the USA; remediation of a biochemicals facility in Sweden; and a USD billion claim for global non-compliance litigated in the Courts of New York.

Gillibrand also asked for an extra $ 20 million in funding, which she thinks is necessary to improve detection of nuclear materials and prevent a dirty bomb from being detonated.

An entire international body designed for restricting trade of nuclear materials was created in response to India's first test, and the US did impose sanctions on India for their tests in the 90's.

Retrospective imaging and characterization of nuclear material.

Inspectors from each nation would then study the other's containers to make sure they have the stated amount of nuclear materials inside.

Small quantities of nuclear material are now turning up for sale in the West.

A likely factor is the problem that DNDO has run into with its Advanced Spectroscopic Portal (ASP) program, which was started in 2004 to screen cargo at land and sea borders for signatures of nuclear material.

«In general, estimates of work involving decontamination and disposal of nuclear materials are underestimated by decades,» says Rod Ewing, a professor of nuclear security and geological sciences at Stanford University.

Inhibiting this digestion of nuclear material weakens the senescence program and leads to cancerous growth of cells.

Resnikoff noted that the pools at each reactor are thought to have contained the following amounts of spent fuel, according to The Mainichi Daily News: • Reactor No. 1: 50 tons of nuclear fuel • Reactor No. 2: 81 tons • Reactor No. 3: 88 tons • Reactor No. 4: 135 tons • Reactor No. 5: 142 tons • Reactor No. 6: 151 tons • Also, a separate ground - level fuel pool contains 1,097 tons of fuel; and some 70 tons of nuclear materials are kept on the grounds in dry storage.

Besides emphasizing the need to modernize the country's nuclear infrastructure, the review calls for boosting efforts to stop illicit trafficking of nuclear materials.

He is a member of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management and a co-author of the book «Fukushima: The Story of a Nuclear Disaster,» which was published in February by the New Press.

COULD the mysterious bursts of gamma rays that come from all parts of the sky be caused by distant collisions between balls of nuclear material measuring just 10 kilometres across?

Assuming 178,000 tonnes of nuclear material are contained in worldwide stocks of nuclear fuel and a per household consumption of 3400 kWh per year, the company claims this could provide enough energy to power the world's households for up to 200 years.

The arm will allow scientists studying neutrinos that originated at the beginning of the universe to load a tiny amount of nuclear material into the device while still maintaining a vacuum in the PTOLEMY laboratory.

It added, «With a strengthened financial structure and sound strategic partnerships, Orano now has the means to grow and reach its goal of being a leading player in the production and recycling of nuclear materials, in waste management and dismantling.»

For nuclear safety and the security of itself and the region at large, Japan should respond to the concerns of the international community in a responsible manner and take concrete measures to address its problematic surplus of nuclear materials.

NAC casks have been used at more than 60 nuclear facilities to package a broad array of nuclear materials including spent nuclear fuel and high - level wastes, and have logged more than six million cask miles traveling through more than 35 countries.

Smith conducts materials and geochemistry research, including the long - term storage of nuclear materials.

The future of Darwyn's cell is altered when he urges the FBI to intercept a shipment of nuclear material arriving at the Port of Los Angeles - sent by none other than Farik; Ilija faces his past when he arrives home in Sarajevo.

«In the last 10 years,» he replied, «I've seen 200 cases of nuclear material being smuggled across borders.

In fact, half of this nuclear material is down - blended uranium from the former Soviet Union — «truly turning swords into plowshares,» Rosner says.

He warns, for example, that ramping up nuclear power too fast could lead to a risk of nuclear materials for bombs falling into the wrong hands.

In addition, as a member of Eversheds Sutherland (US)'s nuclear energy practice, Ryan counsels on export, regulatory and compliance issues related to the transfer of nuclear materials and technology.

Ensured compliance with rules and regulations are met by civilian and military uses of nuclear materials under the Atomic Energy Act (ATA) and other DOE regulations

DMS s.r.o. is one of the leading carriers, transporters and companies arranging combined transport of nuclear materials and radioactive substances in the Czech Republic and abroad.

«It's a very important prerequisite for the control of nuclear materials,» says Brian Chow of the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica, California, who has analysed ways of reducing the world's plutonium stockpile.

During the Clinton administration, Dr. Holdren served as a member of PCAST through both terms and in that capacity chaired studies requested by President Clinton on preventing theft of nuclear materials, disposition of surplus weapon plutonium, the prospects of fusion energy, U.S. energy R&D strategy, and international cooperation on energy - technology innovation.

This advanced nuclear power plant has major appeal in domestic and international markets, offering a right - sized, cost - effective solution for carbon - free energy, and ensuring attainable power options to existing and emerging global economies demanding increased certainty of public safety, environmental protection and security from intrusion and proliferation of nuclear materials.

The nuclear issue is important locally because of the West Valley Demonstration Project in Cattaraugus County, which left behind a vast amount of nuclear material.

And the presence of leaders from Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Russia in London for VE Day Celebrations, said the Prime Minister, gave the government an opportunity to emphasise the importance of tight accounting and control of nuclear materials.

Arrangement of necessary authorizations and licences for transport of nuclear materials and radioactive substances.

There are many toxic industrial chemicals and their management has been far less careful than that of nuclear materials and the consequence of that have in some situations been disastrous.

an energy company seeking protection in the transport of nuclear materials (by land, sea or rail), and representing it in interlocutory proceedings against defendants for injunctions restraining the latter from interfering with the carriage of such materials

We also help clients in developing nuclear countries to establish and comply with the legal and regulatory framework for nuclear projects, as well as advise on issues of site selection and characterization, licensing and permitting, transport of nuclear material, developing policies, and strategies and compliance procedures.