Sentences with phrase «operating nuclear plants»

In the 60 years that we have been operating nuclear plants, there have been three serious accidents globally.

The short - run cost of operating those nuclear plants is less than the long - run costs of building a gas plant.

Another consideration, as Rita Sipe, manager of Duke Energy's Nuclear Fleet Communications, in February told POWER, is that used fuel pools and dry cask storage sites, which Duke has located at five of the company's six operating nuclear plants, require operations and maintenance (see sidebar, «The Dry Cask Boom»).

Korsnick warned that all seven operating nuclear plants in Ohio and Pennsylvania will be replaced by coal and natural gas if state legislatures fail to follow the lead of New York, Illinois, Connecticut, and New Jersey.

If accident tolerant fuels prove successful, the cost of operating nuclear plants could decline by as much as 30 percent, making nuclear energy instantly competitive even with rock - bottom natural gas prices.

Model finds operating nuclear plants flexibly can reduce electricity costs, increase revenue for nuclear plants, and cut carbon emissions in electric power systems.

Diablo Canyon's two reactors are also California's last operating nuclear plants, following the closure many years ago of Rancho Seco near Sacramento, and more recently, the last of the San Onofre reactors.

In fact Utilities operating nuclear plants have managed to come up with design solutions to greatly increase the storage capacity of the on site facilities — due to the failure of the federal government to meet their legal obligation under US law to provide a repository for spent fuel.

The same applies to Europe, Japan, South Korea or any other developed country currently operating nuclear plants.

Proliferation has zero bearing on the issue of constructing and operating nuclear plants in the US.

My administration is leading global discussions towards a new international framework in which all countries who are operating nuclear plants are making sure that they're not spreading dangerous nuclear materials and technology.

The company has produced hundreds of technical reports using its proprietary computer codes for operating nuclear plants, and has performed numerous tests to validate its computer codes.

«I don't think I've heard any challenge to the concept of operating the nuclear plants beyond 60 years,» Wilmshurst added.

Moreover, the Energy Policy Act of 2005 incorporates a wide range of measures that support today's operating nuclear plants and provides important incentives for building new nuclear plants.

Cuomo, a Democrat, often has said operating a nuclear plant so close to a major population center poses a potential safety hazard.

The governor argues that operating a nuclear plant so close to New York City is a potential safety hazard.

Europe, the US & Canada, Japan, South Korea all safely operate nuclear plants and are capable of moving large portions of their generation to nuclear to reduce emissions.

We know how to operate nuclear plants safely and they need no more regulation than any other industry.

But PG&E chose to circumvent that notion by proposing to close its 2,240 MW Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant, the last remaining operating nuclear plant in the state.

«Japan is simply too quake bound to operate nuclear plants,» and there were calls for the closure of the reactors at Hamaoka - directly above a geologically active fault 60 miles West of Tokyo.

Now, with the financial failures of Areva and Westinghouse, KEPCO is the only Western nuclear firm capable of competing with Rosatom, which is seeking to finance, build, own and operate nuclear plants in foreign nations.

If the reservoir drops elow a certain level, the NRC requires Progress Energy to stop operating the nuclear plant.

PSEG's generation subsidiary owns and operates nuclear plants in New Jersey and has interests in Pennsylvania nuclear generation as well.

Not exact matches

(A nuclear power plant operating at peak capacity produces about 1 gigawatt.)

Critics of the proposal said it could have let some coal and nuclear plants continue to operate even if they're not economic to run.

It said nuclear plants should continue to operate as long as they are deemed safe, but didn't set a precise timetable.

Separately, the Nikkei reported over the weekend that Hitachi will ask the UK government to take a direct stake in the company that is set to build and operate a nuclear power plant in Wales.

No mere observer of the start - up process, Lewis launched his own company with $ 200 while in college.He operated from his dorm for two years before relocating to a space sandwiched between a sewage - treatment plant and a nuclear - dump site.

He operated from his dorm for two years before relocating to a space sandwiched between a sewage treatment plant and a nuclear dump site.

Electricité de France, which operates 58 nuclear power plants, has been an exemplar in this area: It goes beyond regulatory requirements and religiously tracks each plant for anything even slightly out of the ordinary, immediately investigates whatever turns up, and informs all its other plants of any anomalies.

The Tokyo Electric Power Co., which operates the crippled nuclear plant, crashed 24.7 percent.

Some nuclear scientists sympathetic to the protester's cause wonder if the demonstration did any good: «I don't expect that the protest will result in the plant not operating.

Russia has built the Busher nuclear power plant in Iran partially at her own expense on the promise by Iran that they will be buying nuclear fuel from Russia for this plant to operate.

Those nuclear ties have also come with some significant campaign contributions from Exelon Corp., the Chicago - based company that operates more nuclear plants than any other single company.

The state Assembly held a hearing Monday on Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to spend $ 8 billion in subsidies to keep three upstate nuclear power plants operating for the next 12 years.

On Wednesday, March 22, 2017, Assemblymember Kavanagh, Chair of the Consumer Affairs and Protection Committee, held a press conference with Energy Chair Amy Paulin, Corporations Chair Jeffrey Dinowitz, Environmental Conservation Chair Steve Englebright, and other Assemblymembers to question the lack of transparency by the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) regarding massive subsidies to a large corporation to operate upstate nuclear power plants that are set to take effect on April 1.

Regional administrator of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission William Dean told reporters in Tarrytown Monday that the actual renewal is a long way off, but that won't keep the plant from operating.

Cuomo's father helped close the Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant on LI after $ 6 billion was spent constructing it and it was tested and ready to operate at full power.

Four leading good government groups joined the City of New York and numerous environmental and consumer watchdog groups in asking the Public Service Commission to extend the public comment period before voting on awarding up to $ 7B in public subsidies to keep four Upstate nuclear plants operating.

There are currently 19 nuclear power plants operating in the UK, with plans to increase their numbers by 2025 to meet the country's growing energy needs.

While it is up to the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission to determine whether plants are licensed to operate, the state licenses the facilities» use of river water for operations, and can theoretically put a halt to operations by withholding or limiting permission on the basis of concerns over water quality.

«And keep this plant operating, and keep it producing nuclear power,» Cuomo told a cheering crowd of workers on August 9th.

Most of the nuclear facilities currently operating in America don't have them, and few of the operators of the older plants would opt to build them because of the cost, N.R.C. spokesman Neil Sheehan said.

Before announcing the FitzPatrick shutdown, Entergy held discussions for weeks with the administration of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, presumably to seek a compromise that would allow Entergy's profitable Indian Point nuclear plant to continue operating for a set term.

North Korea's nuclear plants are currently operating.

The owner of FitzPatrick nuclear plant in Oswego County has issued no news to the public or its employees this weekend about whether the plant will shut down next year or continue to operate.

State Assemblyman Kevin Cahill, in an email to news media, said Friday that «we must be vigilant to assure that the facility does not transition from an operating power plant to a dormant nuclear waste dump.»

«We must be vigilant to assure that the facility does not transition from an operating power plant to a dormant nuclear waste dump,» Cahill, a Democrat who represents Dutchess and Ulster counties, said in a statement.

The state has authorized up to $ 7.6 billion in ratepayer subsidies to keep three aging upstate nuclear plants operating.

The New York State Assembly held a hearing on Governor Cuomo's plan to spend $ 8 billion in subsidies to keep three upstate nuclear power plants operating for the next twelve years.