Sentences with phrase «of weapons grade»

A big part of the peace dividend from the fall of the Soviet Union was a bunch of weapons grade uranium was diluted and sold for power plants.

In fact it was originally the most mature form of fission energy until it was rejected in favour of uranium because uranium fission allowed for the breeding of weapons grade fissile material.

Not exact matches

The United States takes this action in conjunction with our NATO allies and partners around the world in response to Russia's use of a military - grade chemical weapon on the soil of the United Kingdom, the latest in its ongoing pattern of destabilizing activities around the world.

«The United States takes this action in conjunction with our NATO allies and partners around the world in response to Russia's use of a military - grade chemical weapon on the soil of the United Kingdom, the latest in its ongoing pattern of destabilizing activities around the world,» said a senior administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity.

while i agree in principle with the second amendment, military grade weapons in the hands of loonies have created more problems than their ownership by the general public is worth.

What the metrics say: Seattle's Bobby Wagner, the No. 1 LB this year according to PFF with a stunning grade of 98.5, could take away Carson Wentz's favorite weapon in TE Zach Ertz.

Some areas of the framework are already very specific in details, specially where it has to do with the Iranians capacity to enrich (or not to enrich) weapon grade radioactive materials.

Third - grade children in Missouri are selling raffle tickets for an AR - 15 rifle, the weapon used by the killer last week in the Florida school shooting and in a number of other mass shootings, to raise funds for their baseball team.

Doran said she is in favor of measures that keep guns out of the hands of criminals and the mentally ill, while respecting the rights of law - abiding gun owners and that's why she supports a ban on military - grade assault - style weapons, strengthening background checks, as well as legislation to stop convicted domestic abusers from having access to guns.

Prime Minister Theresa May said Monday a «weapons grade nerve agent» developed by Russia had been used in the attack on Skripal and his daughter, who were found slumped on a bench last week in the sleepy cathedral town of Salisbury.

These attacks, which killed hundreds of civilians including many children, appeared to use a weapons - grade nerve agent, most likely Sarin.

Supporters of the deal argue that Iran is just months from creating weapons - grade uranium at any of its 19,000 refining centrifuges, and that only the agreement can stave off such a development for a decade or more.

It is an unfortunate coincidence that their highly virulent strains of weapons - grade smallpox were developed at the VECTOR germ warfare laboratory in Koltsovo, on the same site that now houses the virus stock that was entrusted to the Soviet Union.

In March, police in the republic of Georgia stopped a gang trying to sell weapons - grade, highly enriched uranium (HEU) on the black market.

The U.K. is grappling with how to get rid of weapons - grade plutonium and may employ a novel reactor design to consume it

55 Pounds of weapons - grade uranium required to build a nuclear weapon.

In the Plutonium Management and Disposition Agreement (PMDA), the United States and Russia have each committed to dispose of 34 metric tons of surplus weapons - grade plutonium.

Olli Heinonen of Harvard University calculates that it would take Iran six months to make enough weapons - grade, 90 per cent uranium - 235 for a bomb from the 3.5 - per - cent fuel - grade uranium it makes at Natanz under UN surveillance, but only a month starting from 20 - per - cent.

The goal of the United States and its negotiating partners is to slow Iran's «breakout time» — the timescale of a crash effort to porduce enough weapons - grade fissle material for one bomb — from an estimated 2 to 3 months to at least a year.

The government has already spent about $ 4 billion on the project, Scott noted, which is supposed to help convert 34 metric tons of weapons - grade plutonium from the former Soviet Union and elsewhere into fuel pellets for commercial reactors.

In this agreement, both states committed to dispose of at least 34 metric tons of excess weapons grade plutonium, primarily as MOX fuel for light water reactors (LWR).

After years of wrangling, the North Korean leadership agrees to stop making weapons - grade plutonium and to destroy its stockpiles.

«That's one of the coolest aspects» of using the particles to detect weapons - grade nuclear fuel.

A new proposal, detailed recently on the preprint server arXiv.org, describes how to build an antineutrino detector that could, over the course of a few months, determine if weapons - grade fuel is being used in a reactor.

In the past, Russia has been reluctant to accept disposition options that do not degrade the isotopic distribution of the plutonium from weapons - grade to reactor - grade, including vitrification with HLW.

In the wake of the Cold War, the Unites States and Russia had excess weapons - grade uranium and plutonium.

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

Iran agreed to ship spent nuclear fuel out of the country and promised not to produce weapons - grade plutonium.

Since the end of the Soviet Union, the U.S. and Russia have been engaged in a nuclear non-proliferation effort designed to reduce the world's supply of HEU by diluting, or «blending down,» the weapons grade material into reactor grade material, sometimes called «turning megatons into megawatts.»

The fuel supplied 10 % of U.S. electricity needs for two decades while permanently eliminating 20,000 warheads worth of weapons - grade material by the time the last shipment of fuel was received at the end of 2013.

This is the part where I have to somehow convince you that I am THE awesome-most stud of a studded up man - stud, dipped in the sweet awesome - sauce of pure weapons grade awesome.

Fearful of its nation's youth, the Japanese government passes The BR Law: Each year, a 9th grade class is sent to a remote island where they will be locked into exploding neck collars, given a random weapon, and forced to hunt and kill each other until there is only one survivor left.

It's easy to do so, given Reynolds» undiminished charm, and the generous flow of weapons - grade gags.

Its place as a sequel to «The Winter Soldier» is questionable at best, pitting Steve «Captain America» Rogers (Chris Evans) against Tony «Iron Man» Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) over the political ramifications of weapons - grade human beings.

A bad grade can halt your progress within Adventure Mode, while an A grade offers even more rewards in the form of weapons, heart pieces, and much more.

Hell - bent on payback, the crew cuts a swath of destruction through opposing forces, wreaking havoc and shutting down an unexpected threat in the nick of time — six pounds of weapons - grade plutonium; enough to change the balance of power in the world.

Graded into a sewage - runoff palette of watery fecal browns, Man Down poorly juggles three different timelines: one that follows a Marine (Shia LaBeouf) from training to Afghanistan, another set during a day - long meeting with a Marine Corps psychiatrist (Gary Oldman), and a third set in cheaply realized Red Dawn-esque post-apocalyptic future in which Islamist militants have taken over America after killing off most of the population with chemical weapons.

When in Sword mode, your attacks won't bounce off of anything 2 grades of sharpness higher than whatever level your weapon is currently at, and you can perform a nasty explosion similar to a Gunlance's wyvern fire.

It's been well documented elsewhere, but the movie's imagery (exoskeletons, multiple weapons, different grades of alien of escalating size and ferocity) was certainly inspired by modern games.

He has developed a process to detect weapons - grade nuclear material and chemical - warfare agents in shipping containers, a project that has interested the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

In the recent national report, Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children, a National Academy of Science Committee concluded that «quality classroom instruction in kindergarten and the primary grades is the single best weapon against reading failure» (Snow, Burns, & Griffin, 1998).

The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) has a policy that requires staff at all of its schools serving grades 6 - 12 to conduct daily metal detector searches of students and their belongings for weapons, even if the students have done nothing wrong or if there are no safety concerns at the school.

Unlike tobacco companies, which want to get more kids to smoke, and gun manufacturers, who want to sell more automatic weapons, a third grade teacher wants more money for school supplies and school funds to reduce overcrowding of classes.

HB 674 by Rep. Eric Johnson / Sen. Sylvia Garcia prohibits out - of - school suspension of a student in a grade below three except for a weapons offense, violent offense, or drug / alcohol - related offense on school property or at a school - related activity.

[18] To estimate the number of prohibited suspensions, we assume that any kindergarten through grade 8 suspension would be allowed in related categories as outlined by OSSE (weapons; harassment (including sexual) or bullying; trespassing, vandalism, or arson; and attacks, threats, or fighting) and banned for other less serious categories (theft; illicit drug related; disrespect, insubordination, or disruption; attendance, skipping, or tardy; alcohol, tobacco, or pornography related; and academic dishonesty or tampering).

In Classroom Assessment and Grading That Work, Robert J. Marzano provides an in - depth exploration of what he calls «one of the most powerful weapons in a teacher's arsenal.»

According to Autocar, however, while the impending Porsche Cayman GT4 will most likely feature a major power boost to over 400 hp and a smattering of weapons - grade go - fast bits, the Boxster spin - off will be tamer.

So, what has its M division come up with to prepare the class - leading 5 Series luxury saloon for battle with what can only be described as weapons - grade competition, in the form of the Porsche Panamera Turbo, Mercedes - AMG E63 and Audi RS6?

Of course, we like to think that Honda's weapons - grade, 153 - hp - per - liter baby brute of a four - cylinder was just too powerful to be built on European soiOf course, we like to think that Honda's weapons - grade, 153 - hp - per - liter baby brute of a four - cylinder was just too powerful to be built on European soiof a four - cylinder was just too powerful to be built on European soil.

The S550 will be powered by a 4.7 - liter, twin - turbocharged V8 with 449 horsepower and 516 pound - feet of torque, while the range - topping AMG variant packs a weapons - grade 5.5 - liter powerplant with 577 hp and 664 lb - ft.