Sentences with phrase «other nuclear disasters»

Not exact matches

Perry has repeatedly said that storing fuel on site makes coal and nuclear plants less prone to shutdowns than other power generators in the event of disasters and attacks.

However, as we have seen at Fukushima, the consequences of disaster, if it occurs, can be more extensive with nuclear than with other forms of energy production.

Well before a March 11 earthquake led to a partial meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan, local antinuclear activists and elected officials were warning of the potential for disaster if a hurricane or other unusual weather...

It's the Institute for Disaster Mental Health's 10th annual conference, and this year's topic is «Radiological Readiness: Preparing for Dirty Bombs, Nuclear Disasters, and Other Radiation Emergencies.»

Other researchers build robots that can be sent to investigate nuclear disaster sites where the status of the radioactive components is unknown.

The clock is a symbol of the threat of humanity's imminent destruction from nuclear or biological weapons, climate change and other human - caused disasters.

Competing with France, the U.S. and other nuclear nations, Russia offers buyers lower - cost reactor deals that tout safety features engineered with the Chernobyl disaster in mind

A group of nuclear power experts and former regulators from 11 nations, responding to Japan's nuclear disaster, is calling for «stress tests» on the world's reactors to determine their ability to withstand extreme earthquakes, flooding or other natural disasters that strike singly or in combination.

Many scientists and environmentalists warn that the government's present strategy of simply storing the plutonium could do more harm than good because it does nothing to reduce the risk of environmental disaster, and, rather than discourage other countries from developing nuclear weapons, it could provoke them to increase their efforts.

One possible solution to quickly measure a population's exposure to radiation in the event of a nuclear disaster or some other large - scale leak of radioactive material — such as a so - called «dirty bomb» attack — would be to scan the body in places where that material is most readily absorbed.

A resulting tsunami damaged the Fukushima - Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, leading to a major nuclear disaster in addition to other local destrNuclear Power Plant, leading to a major nuclear disaster in addition to other local destrnuclear disaster in addition to other local destruction.

Jones noted that the nuclear power plant disaster in Japan last year had made some countries backpedal on their nuclear power plans, while others were pushing ahead.

Perhaps the most concentrated source of non-carbon energy is nuclear power, but unfortunately, due to the Fukashima disaster and other issues, nuclear power generation is now declining or taken off the table by several nations, just when needed the most to reduce greenhouse gas concentrations (see graphic).

On other notes, Rogers said he is intrigued about the prospect of modular nuclear plants — «By 2030 they will be cost competitive with the larger nuclear plants,» he said — and by 2050 nuclear (despite the Fukushima disaster) and solar could become mainstays in the power business.

There are many other failures in the document related to women's reproduction health, missed opportunities to start new global treaties on civil society participation and on sustainability reporting, the extraordinary lack of any reference to armed conflicts, nuclear energy (especially in light of the fukushima disaster), and many others.

Most homeowner policies typically exclude several types of natural disasters, such as earthquakes, other forms of earth movements such as sink holes and landslides, floods, septic system / sump pump overflows and backup, hurricanes and nuclear incidents.