Sentences with phrase «opponents of nuclear»

Opponents of nuclear power have started a counteroffensive to Dr. Lovelock's call for a new nuclear age, arguing that mining uranium and building nuclear plants releases huge amounts of carbon dioxide, and that the danger from accidents or terrorism is too great.

Maybe, in that case at least, perversely, IPC will thus do opponents of nuclear power a favour.

Opponents of nuclear have won large federal subsidies for wind and solar that have been in place for a quarter - century, and state clean energy mandates that explicitly exclude nuclear.

Earlier in January, California regulators approved Pacific Gas & Electric's application to retire the Diablo Canyon plant by 2025, following a protracted battle over the generating station that pitted local economic interests against environmentalists and other opponents of nuclear power.

hysteria of the more religious opponents of nuclear power; second, that the effects even seem to be less detrimental than just living around large numbers of humans.

Meanwhile, opponents of nuclear technologies are not convinced that small reactors are an improvement over traditional designs.

In the immediate context of The Challenge of Peace this conviction was focused specifically on the question of nuclear weapons and whether they might ever be morally used; the United States bishops» answer was No, and in this they concurred with a wide range of opponents of nuclear weapons around the world.

She declared that she is a strong opponent of nuclear power and the Indian Point nuclear plants just north of New York City «have to be closed.

Some around Corbyn — a lifelong opponent of nuclear weapons — say that with the shadow defence secretary, Emily Thornberry, carrying out a review, the party currently has no settled policy on Trident.

According to the Sunday Telegraph, the Labour leader, who is a lifelong opponent of nuclear weapons, intends to discipline MPs who do not abstain.

, a vocal opponent of nuclear power, saw Jaczko's statement as a welcome response to his concerns about the ability of the AP1000 to survive a major earthquake, hurricane or earthquake strike, and as evidence of NRC's closer scrutiny of safety issues following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident.

Just this week that argument was made by another former opponent of nuclear energy — the former Ohio congressman and current Democratic gubernatorial candidate, Dennis Kucinich.

Not exact matches

Flynn was seen by some officials in Europe as one of the Trump administration's leading advocates of closer ties to Russia and a hardline opponent of the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and western powers.

Like a sizeable number of Labour activists, she is a firm opponent of the Trident nuclear weapons system.

Britain may fail to meet its target of spending two per cent on defence, but there is a clear majority for the like - for - like replacement of Britain's nuclear deterrent: Conservative and Labour MPs will combine to marginalise their SNP, Lib Dems and Plaid opponents on an issue that's dominated the last few weeks.

The strategic purpose of nuclear weapons is, instead, to act as deterrent, i.e. to dissuade an opponent from attacking.

Originating in US Cold War nuclear strategy, this theory holds that the key to winning a strategic conflict is enjoying the ability to escalate over your opponent at every rung of the «escalation ladder».

Opponents of Britain's nuclear deterrent need to realise they are closer to achieving their goal than they have been for years.

Opponents of the plan questioned whether it is really carbon - free, given the emissions involved in extracting the uranium that powers nuclear plants.

Perhaps unsurprisingly given the nature of her opponent, Purna Sen, Labour's candidate in Caroline Lucas» seat of Brighton Pavilion, is also opposed to maintaining the nuclear deterrent.

Meanwhile Livingstone, who is a strong opponent of the Trident nuclear weapons programme, is a co-convenor of Labour's wider International Policy Commission, working alongside Hilary Benn.

Opponents of New York's nuclear subsidies released a study estimating the financial impact that $ 462 million a year in nuclear subsidies will have on towns, counties, school districts and other organizations.

Many Democrats and liberals have accused opponents of the deals of seeking war with Iran, arguing that lifting economic sanctions in exchange for unprecedented restrictions on Iran's nuclear facilities is the only viable path forward.

At one point, she was forced to say «there's no point trying to shout me down» as she was challenged by opponents of unilateral nuclear disarmament.

The Toshiba - Westinghouse AP1000 reactor remains a symbol of the U.S. nuclear future to supporters and opponents alike.

Nuclear power opponents like Jim Warren, executive director of NC Warn in North Carolina, have challenged the NRC's approach to regulating fire risks to wiring that connects vital control systems in old plants.

Macfarlane's «education and experience... make her eminently qualified to lead the NRC for the foreseeable future,» said Reid, a leading opponent of a recently shelved plan to open a nuclear waste repository in Nevada.

Italian opponents of plans to build the country's first nuclear plants have been strengthened by the ongoing crisis.

Opponents said that the measure should have banned somatic cell nuclear transfer; it criminalized only the «implantation» of an embryo into a woman to create a human clone.

By omitting any mention of nuclear transfer, Castle and DeGette's bill managed to attract a number of abortion opponents.

Your objective is to destroy your opponents with all kinds of weapons ranging from regular mortars to nuclear weapons - have fun!

Use spies and arms deals to undermine your opponents, or turn to the United Nations to rally the world behind you as the specter of global nuclear annihilation looms over everyone.

Captain Atom, for example, can shrink down to the size of an atom or split atoms, the resulting force causing his opponent to be knocked out, but not a nuclear bomb.

If safety and waste were the main concerns of nuclear opponents, why would they oppose reactors that address them?

Since France now has a «left - leaning» administration, this could help (most of the opponents to nuclear in Europe are also «left - leaning»).

When I go out to sell opponents on the idea of nuclear power, I put the added safety right up front.

Renewable energy opponents love to highlight the variability of the sun and wind as a way of bolstering support for coal, gas, and nuclear plants, which can more easily operate on - demand or provide «baseload» (continuous) power.

Opponents have long maintained the health and environmental risks associated with uranium mining and nuclear waste alongside the threat of nuclear power plant accidents...

The opponents have painted grim pictures of prices hikes, blackouts, increased use of coal, with more emissions, and massive imports of nuclear electricity from France and gas from Russia.

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/, Price of new plants in North and South Carolina would be ammunition for opponents — if utilities didn't hold info close» Image credit:: «How Stuff Works,» The dome - shaped containment building at the Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant near Raleigh, NC.

In New York, opponents of Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo's nuclear policy challenged its legality in court, but lost in July.

Payne's book in a nutshell: 1) politicians and most senior officials operate with the belief that there is a dependable «rational» basis for successful deterrence in which «rational» US opponents will respond prudently and cautiously to US nuclear deterrence threats; 2) the re-evaluation of nuclear strategy in expert circles since the Cold War exposes the deep flaws of Cold War thinking in general and the concept of «rational» deterrence in particular (partly because strategy was dangerously influenced by ideas about rationality from economics).

It's a done deal, yet opponents of the Iran nuclear agreement won't go quietly.