Sentences with phrase «own nuclear core»

But, although the risk of a nuclear core meltdown is very low, the impact of such an event creates a stigma around the noncarbon power source.

«We need to join the ceramic to ceramic in a way that can withstand the conditions in the nuclear core,» Kazimi says.

Normal atoms have all their neutrons locked tightly in the nuclear core, but halo nuclei have a ring of neutrons orbiting far away from the rest of nucleus.

The size of the reactor's nuclear core is a fraction of those of large conventional nuclear power plants, with an attendant small radioactive source term.

It provides stable long - term nuclear core cooling and plant recovery under all design basis accident conditions and also provides severe accident mitigation for low probability beyond design basis accidents.

These include things like a grappling hook, a decoy, the ability to hang off walls, a nuclear core for your titan to self - destruct, or the ability to hover when aiming in midair.

The new game takes an expectedly isometric approach to allow players to manage their mech suits in turn - based combat with all sorts of possibilities and considerations, like suplex - style takedowns and overheating nuclear cores.

The energy from Earth's nuclear core reaches the surface very slowly at a rate of 47 terra watts compared to the solar incoming of 173,000 terra watts.

Not exact matches

Contract workers at the U.S. Department of Energys Pantex facility gingerly remove the plutonium cores from retired nuclear warheads.

There are enough cores there to cause thousands of megatons of nuclear explosions.

NIF's 192 laser beams routinely create temperatures and pressures similar to those that exist only in the cores of stars and giant planets and inside nuclear weapons.

The core of Netanyahu's presentation Monday was that Iran had been pursuing nuclear weapons — in a program it called «Project Amad» — prior to 2003.

Because cnn and fox aren't reporting how one of the reactor cores liquified 100 % - something never seen in the history of nuclear power.

While all the campaigns noted above were developed or at least supported by most European states, the nuclear ban - treaty movement marks the first time an instrument of international humanitarian law is forced into existence against a kicking and screaming European core.

This historical strategic culture was shaken to its core during the Cold War, when the Soviet Union became capable of conducting devastating nuclear strikes on U.S. territory, which ceased to be a sanctuary.

Likewise the core NATO members all have nuclear weapons so they would know better than to risk a nuclear war against Russia.

The federal agency that oversees the nation's nuclear weapons stockpile is expected this week to release a report on the best site option for the United States as it looks to ramp up production of the plutonium cores that trigger nuclear warheads.

«The Indian Point nuclear power plant, which sits within two miles of two intersecting fault lines has the highest risk of an earthquake causing its reactors core damage in the United States,» Carlucci said in a statement.

Now it is pro-Nato and anti-Trident, which raises serious issues, given the Nato strategic concept, agreed only last year, says: «Deterrence, based on an appropriate mix of nuclear and conventional capabilities, remains a core element of our overall strategy».

Officials at the FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant near Oswego are investigating why fuel rods in the reactor's core are leaking radiation and while not considered an emergency, it could potentially spread contaminated water to other parts of the plant.

WASHINGTON, D.C. President Trump pulled the U.S. out of the Iranian nuclear deal on Tuesday, calling the agreement «defective at its core» and the regime «leading state sponsors of terror.»

This «quarksplosion» would be an even more powerful subatomic analog of the individual nuclear fusion reactions that take place in the cores of hydrogen bombs.

Because all elements in the universe heavier than hydrogen, helium, and lithium have been forged by nuclear fusion in the cores of stars and then scattered into space by supernova explosions, the find indicates that the galaxy, at the age we're now observing it, was old enough for at least one generation of stars to have formed, lived, and died.

It is now clear that at least one reactor at Fukushima experienced a full core meltdown, so what does that mean for similar nuclear power plants in the U.S.?

The breached reactor would then spew «16 percent of the core inventory» — «inventory» meaning cesium 137, along with 68 other radioactive isotopes in the hot nuclear fuel.

«FLEX would provide multiple means of obtaining power and water needed to fulfill the key safety functions of core cooling, containment integrity and spent - fuel pool cooling that would preclude damage to nuclear fuel,» explains Adrian Heymer, executive director of Fukushima regulatory response at NEI.

He believes that uranium may have settled into the core — enough to sustain nuclear fission — and that the resulting reactor is the energy source for the geomagnetic field.

Solar power fares badly too, in Ausubel's analysis: «The amount of energy generated in [one quart] of the core of a nuclear reactor requires [2.5 acres] of solar cells.»

These reactors have the intriguing feature that the water used to cool the core and run the generating turbine is also essential to maintaining a nuclear chain reaction.

A Chernobyl can not happen here — a survey by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) established that our reactors are free of the design flaws that permitted Chernobyl to explode, and in the United States a typical reactor core is surrounded by multiple enclosures to block the escape of radioactive material even in the event of an accident.

Unlike reactors of the Chernobyl type, the VHTR has a negative temperature coefficient, meaning that as the core temperature rises, nuclear reactions inside naturally begin to slow down.

a) the creation of matter and antimatter out of light b) the collapse of the stellar core into a neutron star c) runaway nuclear fission reaction d) runaway thermonuclear reaction

In case of an accident, multiple systems would keep cooling water flowing to the core, and control rods would quickly drop, automatically shutting down the nuclear reactions.

The Science Behind It Conventional nuclear power plants circulate water through a reactor core, where it is heated and then passed via pipes to larger vessels, where it converts to steam.

Matter at the core of the «protostar» must pack tightly enough to ignite the nuclear reactions that power all young stars.

Brown dwarfs are a strange class of celestial object that have masses so low that their cores never become hot enough to sustain nuclear fusion, which powers stars.

Stars are powered by nuclear fusion, converting hydrogen into helium in their cores.

Technology showed its dark side in March 1979 as the Three Mile Island power plant suffered a severe core meltdown, the nation's most serious commercial nuclear accident.

These two stars are still very young — so young that nuclear fusion has not yet been triggered in their cores.

«It was nowhere near as complex of a release as Chernobyl, which was everything from the core of the reactor,» says Peter Caracappa, a radiation safety officer and clinical assistant professor of nuclear engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y. «This was a slow release,» he adds, and it was limited to a few radioactive materials, including iodine 131, which has a half - life of just eight days and therefore does not lead to long - term contamination.

In addition to tapping $ 1.5 billion in core facilities that include the first supercomputer in the region, an industrial - class a nofabrication lab, a top - rated visualization center, and a dozen state - of - the - art nuclear magnetic resonance machines, faculty members will get from $ 400,000 to $ 800,000 apiece per year for 5 years to outfit and staff their labs.

Although nuclear fusion may ignite in the star's core, it never kicks in at full blast; the mass of the star and thus its internal pressure are just too small.

When the reactor malfunctions or when operators need to shut off the reactor for any other reason technicians can remotely plunge control rods into the reactor core to soak up neutrons and shut down the nuclear reaction.

The Japan Atomic Industrial Forum, an industry body, estimates that core cooling systems are not functioning at all three Fukushima Daiichi operating reactors and two of the four reactors at the nearby Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant are relying on backup cooling systems.

Known as 2014J, this was a Type la supernova caused by the explosion of a white dwarf star, the inner core of star once it has run out of nuclear fuel and ejected its outer layers.

«My desire is to lead this agency in a thoughtful manner, surrounding myself with expertise on the core functions of this department,» he said, promising to «protect and modernize» the nation's nuclear - weapons arsenal.

The site is more than 600 miles from the nearest nuclear power plant, which would simplify identifying antineutrinos from Earth's core.

«Quarks» may be source of quasars» energy — The mysterious nuclear particles called «quarks,» which have not yet been detected but might nevertheless be basic building blocks of the atom's core, could be the source of the tremendous energy generated by the puzzling star - like objects known as quasars....

He told lawmakers that he is «excited and passionate» about advancing the core missions of the department, from maintenance and modernization of the nuclear weapons stockpile to the advancement of modern energy technologies.

Perry also seemed to acknowledge concerns from researchers who say he has no experience with basic science or nuclear weapons, both of which are at the core of the department's mission.