Sentences with phrase «of the nuclear accident in»

[iii] Although some countries like Germany are worried about nuclear safety because of the nuclear accident in Japan due to the tsunami, plant safety enhancements (e.g. passive cooling features that do not rely on generators to keep water flowing to reactor cores) make future accidents like Fukushima unlikely.

As to the effects of nuclear accidents in general, consider that Chernobyl was a «worse than worst case» accident, yet the Earth kept on ticking just fine: no temperature increase, no Arctic ice melt, no ocean acidification... Indeed, it seems that for most creatures life in the so - called «dead zone» is a distinct improvement on previous condidtions.

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She also toured Three Mile Island, walking viewers through how cheap natural gas is shutting that plant down when one of the worst nuclear accidents in history could not.

Chernobyl is still considered the worst nuclear accident in history — but it could have been much, much worse, if not for a so - called «suicide squad» of three brave volunteers.

But the central thesis of «The Bomb,» and one Schlosser made strongly in «Command and Control» (which also premiered at Tribeca as a documentary film adaptation), is that mortifying accidents have happened, and will happen again: People are human and nuclear weapons are machines.

Many Indian and foreign nuclear energy technology companies have not been willing to supply nuclear technology and services to India because laws in the country leave suppliers open to financial liability for damages to third parties in the case of a nuclear accident.

Indian laws leave suppliers open to financial liability for damages to third parties in the case of a nuclear accidentThird, many Canadian and other foreign companies have been unwilling to supply nuclear technology and services to India because Indian laws leave suppliers open to financial liability for damages to third parties in the case of a nuclear accident.

Prices for the metal have been depressed in the aftermath of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan, but the situation got so bad this year that Cameco, the world's largest publicly traded uranium miner, had to suspend production at multiple mines.

In the past 40 years destructive power and the chances of a nuclear accident or of uncontrolled escalation have increased immeasurably.

These include adequate uranium supply (probably necessitating immense uranium strip mines in Tennessee), almost inconceivable reactor and waste - transport accidents, low - level radiation effects from normal plant operations, and the burden of guarding both radioactive waste and outdated but radioactive nuclear plants for thousands of years.

«In summary, analysis of the Fukushima Dai - ichi accident reveals no fundamental safety weaknesses in the UK's nuclear industrIn summary, analysis of the Fukushima Dai - ichi accident reveals no fundamental safety weaknesses in the UK's nuclear industrin the UK's nuclear industry.

A brand - new theory of the opening moments during the Chernobyl disaster, the most severe nuclear accident in history, based on additional analysis is presented for the first time in the journal Nuclear Technology, an official journal of the American Nuclear Snuclear accident in history, based on additional analysis is presented for the first time in the journal Nuclear Technology, an official journal of the American Nuclear SNuclear Technology, an official journal of the American Nuclear SNuclear Society.

The safety of deep pools used to store used radioactive fuel at nuclear plants has been an issue since the accident at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant in March.

Nuclear disasters are also far more likely to make national or international media than the plethora of car accidents that take place every day, looming large in people's minds despite their relative rarity.

But no new nuclear power plants have been built here in 30 years, partly because of the public's aversion to nuclear power after the Three Mile Island accident in 1979 and the Chernobyl disaster in 1986.

In late April 1986, Sladek was hobbling around her home with a broken leg, the result of a skiing accident, when she heard a news report about an explosion at a Soviet nuclear power plant.

After analyzing the data, researchers found radiocesium from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident in the sediment samples along with a high fraction of clay material, which is characteristic of shelf and slope sediments suggesting a near shore source.

A Chernobyl can not happen here — a survey by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) established that our reactors are free of the design flaws that permitted Chernobyl to explode, and in the United States a typical reactor core is surrounded by multiple enclosures to block the escape of radioactive material even in the event of an accident.

In case of an accident, multiple systems would keep cooling water flowing to the core, and control rods would quickly drop, automatically shutting down the nuclear reactions.

China pauses its plans to build the most new nuclear reactors in the world in the wake of the accident at Fukushima Daiichi in Japan — but will not halt them

Engineers are planning to entomb the site of the worst nuclear accident in history, using robotics to dismantle the ruins and permanently seal the wreckage

The Fukushima nuclear accident resulted in the largest ever accidental release of radioactivity to the oceans.

As a fellow, he helped the State Department and the Department of Energy utilize robotics to aid in the stabilization of Chernobyl, the 1986 Ukrainian nuclear accident site.

The accident could have blocked the flow of coolant gas and caused the fuel in one of the reactor's 6156 channels to melt and leak radioactivity, but it was 9 hours before Nuclear Electric decided to shut down the reactor.

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.

Common freshwater algae might hold a key to cleaning up after disasters such as Japan's Fukushima nuclear accident, scientists said yesterday at a meeting of the American Chemical Society in Anaheim, Calif..

The United States wants India to enact a legislative measure limiting the liability of foreign companies in the event of a nuclear accident.

In the immediate aftermath of a future nuclear accident, robots, and their masters, will have to be far nimbler.

This is what happened in parts of western Europe after the Chernobyl nuclear accident in Ukraine in 1986.

Philip Thomas, Professor of Risk Management in the Department of Civil Engineering, said: «The Office of Nuclear Regulation and other national bodies clearly have a problem with how they should assess the right level of expenditure to protect people from nuclear and other accNuclear Regulation and other national bodies clearly have a problem with how they should assess the right level of expenditure to protect people from nuclear and other accnuclear and other accidents.

Plans to build a new generation of nuclear reactors in Italy have run aground following the accident at the Fukushima plant in Japan last month.

In a separate article in the same issue of the journal, Synolakis critically assesses the 2011 Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant accident in Japan and concludes it was due to the cumulation of a number of scientific, engineering and management blunders that could and should have been preventeIn a separate article in the same issue of the journal, Synolakis critically assesses the 2011 Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant accident in Japan and concludes it was due to the cumulation of a number of scientific, engineering and management blunders that could and should have been preventein the same issue of the journal, Synolakis critically assesses the 2011 Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant accident in Japan and concludes it was due to the cumulation of a number of scientific, engineering and management blunders that could and should have been preventein Japan and concludes it was due to the cumulation of a number of scientific, engineering and management blunders that could and should have been prevented.

Japan's damaged nuclear plant in Fukushima has been emitting radioactive iodine and caesium at levels approaching those seen in the aftermath of the Chernobyl accident in 1986.

In response to the earthquake - triggered accident at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan, India's prime minister has asked for a full safety audit of India's 20 operating nuclear reactorIn response to the earthquake - triggered accident at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan, India's prime minister has asked for a full safety audit of India's 20 operating nuclear reactorin Japan, India's prime minister has asked for a full safety audit of India's 20 operating nuclear reactors.

This raised the original rating from level 5 and puts the Fukushima Daiichi disaster technically in the same category as Chernobyl, although the quantity of discharged radioactive materials in Japan so far is about 10 percent of what was released by the Chernobyl reactor explosion, considered history's worst nuclear accident.

In their analyses of the beaches, the scientists detected not only cesium - 137, which may have come from the Dai - ichi plant or from nuclear weapons tested in the 1950s and1960s, but also cesium - 134, a radioactive form of cesium that can only come only from the 2011 Fukushima accidenIn their analyses of the beaches, the scientists detected not only cesium - 137, which may have come from the Dai - ichi plant or from nuclear weapons tested in the 1950s and1960s, but also cesium - 134, a radioactive form of cesium that can only come only from the 2011 Fukushima accidenin the 1950s and1960s, but also cesium - 134, a radioactive form of cesium that can only come only from the 2011 Fukushima accident.

Following the accident at Chernobyl in April 1986, the European Community backed the idea of bringing Eastern Europe's nuclear power plants up to Western safety standards.

KIEV, Ukraine — In 1986 the worst nuclear accident in history took place when reactor No. 4 in the power plant at nearby Chernobyl exploded, spewing large amounts of radiation into the atmospherIn 1986 the worst nuclear accident in history took place when reactor No. 4 in the power plant at nearby Chernobyl exploded, spewing large amounts of radiation into the atmospherin history took place when reactor No. 4 in the power plant at nearby Chernobyl exploded, spewing large amounts of radiation into the atmospherin the power plant at nearby Chernobyl exploded, spewing large amounts of radiation into the atmosphere.

Among them: sizing up North Korea's nuclear tests, plotting the spread of radionuclides from the Fukushima nuclear accident, and tracking the spectacular Chelyabinsk meteorite as it broke up over Siberia in 2013.

The staff at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, spent the past year repairing the damage, inspecting tens of thousands of connections, and bolting down the magnets in case of another accident.

The U.S. Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO), in a report last November, related desperate actions by TEPCO crews to contain the reactor accident in the critical first week of the crisis, as they tried to operate crucial valves and instruments with truck batteries; hauled massive emergency power cables over flooded passageways where manhole covers had been dislodged; and faced a series of hydrogen explosions and sudden spikes in radiation.

John Large, an independent nuclear engineer based in London who has inspected many Soviet plants, including Tomsk, says the fuel will be flown by the Russian military to Chelyabinsk - 65, the site of a serious accident in 1957.

Seven years after the world's worst nuclear accident, vegetation in parts of Snowdonia and Cumbria still contains high levels of radioactivity.

THE accident at the Fukushima power plant in Japan has led to much discussion about the future of nuclear power.

Robots cleaned up what humans could not because of radioactive contamination after the worst nuclear accident in the nation's history 30 years ago

The committee that wrote the report examined the causes of the Japan accident and identified findings and recommendations for improving nuclear plant safety and offsite emergency responses to nuclear plant accidents in the U.S.

It will be exactly 30 years tomorrow since the nation's worst commercial nuclear accident occurred on a three - mile (five kilometer) slip of land in the Susquehanna River in the shadow of Harrisburg, Pa..

Of all the failures, human error among the 50 to 55 reactor operators who staff a nuclear power plant control room in shifts looms largest, particularly in the case of the most notorious nuclear accident in U.S. history: Three Mile Island (TMIOf all the failures, human error among the 50 to 55 reactor operators who staff a nuclear power plant control room in shifts looms largest, particularly in the case of the most notorious nuclear accident in U.S. history: Three Mile Island (TMIof the most notorious nuclear accident in U.S. history: Three Mile Island (TMI).

A succession of mishaps and a scandal over an attempt to cover up an accident have kept the facility shut down for all but a few months since it first achieved criticality, or a sustained nuclear reaction, in 1994.

A major spent fuel fire at a U.S. nuclear plant «could dwarf the horrific consequences of the Fukushima accident,» says Edwin Lyman, a physicist at the Union of Concerned Scientists, a nonprofit in Washington, D.C., who was not on the panel.