Sentences with phrase «of nuclear waste management»

In the aftermath of Yucca's mothballing, the DOE has pursued a diverse strategy of nuclear waste management that includes tentative plans for consolidated interim storage facilities, tests of deep boreholes as another possible long - term storage technique, and the development of «consent - based» siting protocols to gain support from municipal and state governments.

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A very partial list includes the PAC holding the BBC to account for its staggering severance payments; exposing the billions of pounds squandered by the NHS IT programme; exposing the very poor and costly management of nuclear waste; examining the considerable weaknesses of the Charity Commission; taking Amazon, Google and Starbucks to task for their reluctance to pay Corporation Tax on their UK profits; and probing more deeply than ever before into the affairs of HM Revenue and Customs, exposing serious mistakes by the organisation that HMRC had previously kept hidden.
Their fundamental discoveries may aid research into the management of nuclear waste, by helping scientists understand how chemicals can be used to separate the most radioactive elements.
In particular, a relatively new form of nuclear technology could overcome the principal drawbacks of current methods — namely, worries about reactor accidents, the potential for diversion of nuclear fuel into highly destructive weapons, the management of dangerous, long - lived radioactive waste, and the depletion of global reserves of economically available uranium.
Although some have argued that current methods of managing nuclear waste present problems, I would affirm that safe, effective management of used fuel and other radioactive material have been consistently demonstrated over several decades.
1999 Aleksandr Nikitin, in recognition of his outstanding efforts to protect the environment and human health by documenting the dangerous nuclear waste management practices in post-Soviet Russia.
Recommendation: To improve DOE's management and oversight of the WTP project, the Secretary of Energy should not resume construction on the WTP's pretreatment and high - level waste facilities until critical technologies are tested and verified as effective, the facilities» design has been completed to the level established by nuclear industry guidelines, and Bechtel's preliminary documented safety analyses complies with DOE nuclear safety regulations.
We connect innovation with excellence in our ability to develop cutting - edge technologies for nuclear waste management as well as a full suite of advanced robotic tooling and nuclear - grade products including pump seals.
The program ensures effective citizen involvement in decisions about the future of the nuclear weapons complex relative to stopping approval of new production facilities and promoting disarmament and safer waste management and disposal at Department of Energy (DOE) sites.
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.»
Rick Ryerson's interests and impact span a broad swath of geoscience, ranging from local and global tectonics to experimental petrology and geochemistry, and from mineral and rock physics to nuclear waste management, geologic CO2 storage and hydraulic stimulation of hydrocarbon and geothermal reservoirs.
«Review of the Non-Radiological Contaminants in the Long - Term Management of Uranium Mine and Mill Wastes,» R.T. Pidgeon, School of Physics and Geosciences, Western Australian Institute of Technology; Taken from: «Proceedings Series, Management of Wastes from Uranium Mining and Milling, Proceedings of an International Symposium on Management of Wastes from Uranium Mining and Milling Jointly Organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency and the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency and held in Albuquerque, May 10 - 14, 1982.»
Whether for energy applications or nuclear waste management, industrial processing of aluminum requires understanding its behavior in highly alkaline solutions.
Executive Chairman Mr. Beckman has forty - five years of experience in the management, operation, maintenance, design, and regulation of nuclear power plants, spent nuclear fuel and nuclear waste, and US Department of Energy nuclear research and defense facilities.
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.
The twin approach to be formally adopted is conservation and sustainable use of marine resources that includes management of fisheries, reducing pollution, cleaning up plastic debris and prevention of nuclear waste, expanding marine protected areas and defending watersheds from destruction.
I know of no people who were killed during the past management of nuclear waste.
«'' Waste: nuclear power has unresolved challenges in long - term management of radioactive wastes.
Despite of this and other problems of nuclear (e.g. waste management and earthquakes), nuclear remains largely in favor by the central government as an energy solution, and in the near - term, apparently, and economic booster.
The report concludes with a dozen recommendations for policymakers, including reducing subsidies to existing reactors, adopting market - oriented approaches to uranium mining royalties and waste management financing, and incorporating the costs of preventing nuclear proliferation and terrorism into economic assessments of new reactors.
His experience includes coal, oil, gas, hydro, geothermal, nuclear power plants, nuclear waste disposal, and a wide range of energy and end use management projects.
any nuclear reactor wherever located; any nuclear fuel cycle facility; any radioactive waste management facility; the transport and storage of nuclear fuels or radioactive wastes; the manufacture, use, storage, disposal and transport of radioisotopes for agricultural, industrial, medical and related scientific and research purposes; and the use of radioisotopes for power generation in space objects
Disclosure of information on energy mix details including the share of renewable energy sources and the amount of nuclear waste (both of which are already mandatory disclosure items in Europe) is not specified in the Guidelines Concerning the Management of the Electricity Retail Business issued in January 2016, but it is indicated as a «desired practice» for retail electricity suppliers.
S12 Management of radioactive wastes, and non-radioactive wastes from nuclear facilities S13 Hydro energy S14 Solar energy S15 Geothermal energy S16 Tidal and wave power S17 Wind energy INIS Training Seminar 14 - 16 Novemner 20118 IAEA INIS / ETDE SUBJECT CATEGORIES S25 Energy storage S29 Energy planning, policy and economy S30 Direct energy conversion S32 Energy conservation, consumption, and utilization S33 Advanced propulsion systems S36 Materials science S37 Inorganic, organic /
June 2003INIS Training Seminar1 INIS Training Seminar 2 - 6 June 2003 Subject Scope and Document Selection Alexander Nevyjel Subject Control Unit INIS Section, IAEA June / S09 Biomass fuels S10 Synthetic fuels S11 Nuclear fuel cycle and fuel materials S12 Radioactive waste management S13 Hydro energy S14 Solar energy S15 Geothermal energy S16 Tidal and wave power S17 Wind energy S20 Fossil - fuelled power plants S21 Specific nuclear reactors and associated plants S22 General studies of nuclear reactorNuclear fuel cycle and fuel materials S12 Radioactive waste management S13 Hydro energy S14 Solar energy S15 Geothermal energy S16 Tidal and wave power S17 Wind energy S20 Fossil - fuelled power plants S21 Specific nuclear reactors and associated plants S22 General studies of nuclear reactornuclear reactors and associated plants S22 General studies of nuclear reactornuclear reactors S24 /
Ms. Zoi manages over $ 30 billion of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding, as well as a base budget of over $ 10 billion in applied research and development and nuclear waste management.
For career DOE employees, which had to stand by the Obama administration's actions to terminate the program, and then endure the BRC's consideration of a fresh nuclear waste management strategy beyond Yucca Mountain, a sense of futility is pervading.
Consensus is that the unsurmountable effort to implement any solid policy relating to long - term management of nuclear waste in the U.S. is centered around Yucca Mountain (Figure 3).
Nuclear energy, which is dominant in electricity generation, will enter a phase of substantial change with the decommissioning of a second plant in Bohunice, the need for important waste management investments and the privatisation of Slovenské Elektrárne (SE), the operating company, which is planning to complete a new plant in Mochovce.
Fusion remains the holy grail of clean energy research, because the fusion reaction generates new elements that are not radioactive, unlike nuclear fission which leaves us with hazardous fuel wastes that require generations of management.
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 fuelNuclear 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 fuelNuclear 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 fuelnuclear design jobs, structural engineering jobs, mechanical engineering jobs, and all aspects of the nuclear fuelnuclear fuel cycle.
Summary of Qualifications: Thirty (30) years mechanical, piping, sheet metal, structural, and electrical drafting experience working in a variety of industries including environmental (nuclear waste management) D.O.E., food processing and energy (coal), walk downs, as built drawings and drawing revisions and E.C.O.'s.
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