Sentences with phrase «on nuclear energy»

Thirty - one nations rely on nuclear energy for a portion of their electricity supply.

In response to Germany's expanded reliance on nuclear energy, Ursula Sladek created her country's first cooperatively - owned renewable power company.

Correction, Dec. 10: This post originally misstated that the Union of Concerned Scientists supports the expansion of nuclear energy and has a similar position on nuclear energy as James Hansen.

He also said that: «There is a clear commitment to energy security through oil stocks well exceeding the 90 days obligation and the recent referendum on nuclear energy is significant because it allows the government to pursue energy policies aiming at the 3Es (energy security, economy and environment).»

His work focuses on nuclear energy, nuclear nonproliferation, nuclear security, and nuclear arms control.

Footnote * It's worth noting that Peter Raven was one of dozens of signatories to a 2014 «open letter to environmentalists on nuclear energy» endorsing this statement: «the full gamut of electricity - generation sources — including nuclear power — must be deployed to replace the burning of fossil fuels, if we are to have any chance of mitigating severe climate change.»

But it says the U.S. Department of Energy's research program on nuclear energy, budgeted in 2011 for $ 737 million, needs to grow to at least $ 1 billion per year to explore more advanced conceptions of nuclear power.

This document would go beyond the Nuclear Cooperation Agreement to highlight specific areas of collaboration on nuclear energy, including research and development and the exchange of regulatory and operations expertise, amongst other areas.

Japan and India will work toward an agreement on nuclear energy cooperation during a visit this week by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, as Tokyo tries to boost exports of atomic technology and other infrastructure to help revive the economy.

Under the coalition agreement the Lib Dems can abstain in a vote on nuclear energy.

Derek Twigg asks a question on nuclear energy and wind - farms.

He was a Member of European Scrutiny Committee, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, Vice Convener of the Friends of Scottish Racing Parliamentary Group and Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Nuclear Energy.

Although it is being phased out in Germany, information on nuclear energy in Germany can be found here.

The huge report from the US Committee on Nuclear Energy and Alternative Strategies, for instance, covered virtually every aspect of nuclear power costs, risks and policy implications.

Further to your Instant Expert on nuclear energy (1 June).

That would reverse a ban on nuclear energy generation imposed by a referendum held in the wake of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.

At AAAS, he has organized workshops, presentations, and symposia on nuclear energy and disarmament issues and has mentored interns on these issues.

Elsewhere, the plan would trim spending on nuclear energy research programs somewhat, proposing $ 762 million, compared with $ 792 million in current year spending.

In May 2012 GEH announced a memorandum of understanding with The University of Manchester, a world leading research institution on nuclear energy, which will provide GEH with expert technical knowledge and input to the potential deployment of PRISM in the UK.

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.

Hidden away in the secret depths of the Skunk Works, a Lockheed Martin research team has been working quietly on a nuclear energy concept they believe has the potential to meet, if not eventually decrease, the world's insatiable demand for power.

Just as a reminder, I was involved in a similar, but more informal, debate on nuclear energy last year in New York City, organized by Columbia University's Coalition on Sustainable Development around a screening of the pro-nuclear documentary «Pandora's Promise.»

Scott Tong, «Toshiba is in survival mode after failed bet on nuclear energy,» Marketplace, February 14, 2017

To move the needle on nuclear energy to the point that it might actually be capable of displacing fossil fuels, we'll need new nuclear technologies that are cheaper and smaller.

On the supply side, the province relies primarily on nuclear energy and hydroelectricity.

After Japan's Fukushima disaster in 2011, a few fearful major economies began to pull the plug on nuclear energy.

And now, Grist has published its longest, most positive, and most scientifically accurate piece on nuclear energy to date headlined, «It's Time to Go Nuclear Against Climate Change».

We see the USA, France, and Japan have been leaders on nuclear energy, China is surging, followed by Russia, South Korea, India, Canada.

He has also been noted by the Nuclear Energy Institute as a leading voice on nuclear energy policy issues.

Although the incident resulted in no recorded cases of radiation sickness, it did displace tens of thousands of people, cast the Japanese economy adrift and cause the nation to abruptly end its reliance on nuclear energy, he pointed out.

At least one major sticking point between the parties — differing positions on nuclear energy — disappeared as Merkel's CDU decided to support Germany's phaseout of nuclear power after the Fukushima disaster.

In 1980, after their referendum on nuclear energy, the Social Democrats invited the activists to join their party.

Two other national Energy Innovation Hubs will focus on nuclear energy and developing fuel from sunlight.

To be sure you don't get the idea that only investors in nuclear technology are for this, please click back to an important «Open Letter to Environmentalists on Nuclear Energy» signed by 75 notable conservation biologists and posted just over a year ago by Barry Brook, chairman of environmental sustainability at the University of Tasmania and co-author of a paper in Conservation Biology that was the focus of the letter:

«No matter what your position is on nuclear energy, these reactors are too old, too dangerous and near too many people.»

But the piece doesn't exploit the high «dread to risk ratio» on nuclear energy, as some in the media have.

Unless Obama changes his position on nuclear energy he'll not get my vote!

More recently some Asian countries have pledged to ambitiously expand their reliance on nuclear energy, mainly for reasons of energy security and climate change mitigation.