Sentences with phrase «own nuclear power technology»

Business studies have indicated that this technology could be economically competitive with existing nuclear power technologies.
States that desired the benefits of nuclear power technology could sign the treaty and promise not to acquire nuclear weapons, whereupon the weapons - holding nations agreed to assist the others with peaceful applications.
NASA has funded several nuclear power technology efforts in the 50 years since SNAP, but financial, political and technical issues stymied development.
Art Lembo, group general manager and president of AECOM's Construction Services power business unit stated, «We are proud to be a member of the PRISM development group supporting commercial deployment of the next generation of nuclear power technology.
PRISM utilizes fourth generation nuclear power technology today, and this technology is what many experts are saying represents the future of nuclear energy going forward.
The research reactor is not used for developing or sampling nuclear power technology.
France has recently stated quite clearly that it intends to remain the global leader in nuclear power technology and production, despite the post-Fukushima anxieties of its neighbors.
So why isn't Russia tripping all over itself producing and selling cheap nuclear power technology to all the countries in world whose rulers aren't constrained by inconvenient mobs of green protesters and lobby groups?
So why isn't Russia tripping all over itself producing and selling cheap nuclear power technology to all the countries in world
But for the first time in several years, I'm actually reasonably upbeat about a nuclear power technology.
We also support continued research and development of nuclear power technologies that are safer, more secure, and lower cost.
The United States should continue research and development on nuclear power technologies that do not entail reprocessing, with a focus on enhancing safety, security, and waste disposal, and reducing water use and cost.
His message sounds authoritative since he is an expert of climate change, but he is neither an expert of nuclear power technology nor one of hazards of radioactive nuclides.
What the headlines said: «White House May Share Nuclear Power Technology With Saudi Arabia.»
Then in January 2015, the chief engineer of China's State Nuclear Power Technology Corp., Wang Zhongtang, announced that Sanmen would not generate electricity until 2016, if that soon.

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«But I believe nuclear power is a key technology with environmental considerations; there's no carbon dioxide emissions and [a nuclear reactor's plant] might last for 60 to 100 years.»
A 123 agreement is only the first step for a foreign country that wants to employ U.S. nuclear - power technology.
Moog's technology chief George Small said the aerospace industry, like other highly regulated sectors such as the medical and nuclear power industries, was expending considerable effort on tracking parts across the supply chain to keep up with quality and regulatory demands.
NEW YORK, April 30 - Oil prices rallied on Monday after Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran had lied about pursuing nuclear weapons after signing a 2015 deal with global powers, while global stock indexes dipped with the S&P 500 led down by losses in technology.
On the supply side, IEA said governments need to develop policies that encourage the spread of offshore wind power, nuclear energy and natural gas, while discouraging the continued use of the most inefficient coal - fired technology.
If you are promoting some destructive technology like nuclear power as a solution to global climate change, please go elsewhere.
Power generation is all but decarbonised, relying by 2040 on generation from renewables (over 60 %), nuclear power (15 %) as well as a contribution from carbon capture and storage (6 %)-- a technology that plays an equally significant role in cutting emissions from the industry sePower generation is all but decarbonised, relying by 2040 on generation from renewables (over 60 %), nuclear power (15 %) as well as a contribution from carbon capture and storage (6 %)-- a technology that plays an equally significant role in cutting emissions from the industry sepower (15 %) as well as a contribution from carbon capture and storage (6 %)-- a technology that plays an equally significant role in cutting emissions from the industry sector.
I like BWX Technologies because I think it will stick to nuclear technologies unrelated to new - build for civilian power.
BEIJING (AP)-- On a seaside field south of Shanghai, workers are constructing a nuclear reactor that is the flagship for Beijing's ambition to compete with the United States, France and Russia as an exporter of atomic power technology.
Look at how much trouble less than a century of nuclear power has already caused on this planet... what are the chances of something more catastrophic happening with that and / or more powerful technologies that develop over the next several hundred years?
Seaborg holds out the promise that technology, especially that associated with nuclear power, is our best resource.
As our knowledge of nuclear power, for example, increased and we built more and more nuclear power plants, we discovered how little we really knew about the new world of technology we ushered ourselves into, with risks previously unknown and unanticipated.
India should replace its dependence on Iranian oil through cooperation with America in nuclear - power production and cease its dependency on Russian airframe technology by buying advanced American military aircraft.
Amongst other things it talks about how microscope and telescope technology has changed, how nuclear power works, and lasers, although I had to turn this page over quickly as pictures of eyes freak me out a bit.
Political communism failed due to the policy of encirclement by the Western powers, a war of attrition fought through proxy wars - otherwise known as the Cold War - a hot war between the two main powers would have been simply too dangerous given the preponderance of nuclear weapon technology on both sides.
There was a framework to seal nuclear weapon technology, engage in economic development and trade, and support civilian power stations.
First, whilst nuclear crises and stand - offs are close to unthinkable in the short - term, they could return in the future, as American hegemony declines and nuclear technology spreads amongst middle powers like Iran, North Korea or Pakistan.
He condemned Tony Blair's support for nuclear power as a way of reducing Britain's reliance on fossil fuels, saying: «Nuclear technology is tried, tested and nuclear power as a way of reducing Britain's reliance on fossil fuels, saying: «Nuclear technology is tried, tested and Nuclear technology is tried, tested and failed.
«There will be relatively high costs in developing this new nuclear facility but broadly comparable with other low carbon technologies such as offshore wind, and, potentially, carbon capture and storage applied to gas and coal fired power stations.
Business leaders called today for the government to invest more in nuclear and clean coal technology and put less emphasis on wind power.
«Ministers should reverse green technology cuts and invest in building a safe and secure low - carbon economy through a green investment bank - saying yes to renewable energy like wind, wave and solar but no to nuclear power
Heath said relying on nuclear power to meet environmental goals ignores many costs inherent in the technology, including the uncertain prospects for disposing of nuclear waste.
Obama's financial backing for nuclear power must be reinforced by tougher economic incentives and better technology
The design for that was a huge challenge, Aderin - Pocock says, as the team had to pack three types of technology — metal detection, ground - penetrating radar, and nuclear quadrupole resonance — into a handheld box while keeping the cost and power consumption low.
Some estimates have put the cost of each shuttle mission at as much as $ 1.5 billion — NASA itself reckons $ 450 million — and NASA has been drawing up wish lists of technologies it would like to use the spare cash to create, such as nuclear - powered rockets for trips to Mars and vehicles able to reach Earth orbit using power from ground - based lasers.
Exploration Systems Research and Technology ($ 650 million) covers nuclear technologies to propel and power spacecraft.
I was encouraged by President Obama's calls for the construction of more nuclear power plants, as well as for increased offshore exploration of oil and natural gas, and the further development of clean coal technologies.
The development and deployment of major technologies potentially crucial to more sustainable energy — such as nuclear power, wind and solar power, biomass conversion and transport infrastructure — are matters of systems design requiring a mix of public and private decision making.
She, like other opponents, insists that nuclear power is unsafe and costly and diverts dollars from conservation, energy efficiency, wind, solar, and energy - storage technologies.
By comparison, nuclear and wind power are proven technologies that emit no carbon and whose environmental risks and costs are thoroughly understood and which can make an immediate difference for the better.
An international research team reports results of a three - year study of sediment samples collected offshore from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in a new paper published August 18, 2015, in the American Chemical Society's journal, Environmental Science and Technology.
The report is replete with examples of the social controversies involving science and technology at that time - the biological and environmental effects of nuclear weapons testing, DDT and other dioxins, the use of defoliants and herbicides by the U.S. military in Vietnam, the safety of nuclear power plants, the ban on fetal research, a moratorium on recombinant DNA research, the need for human subject protections and informed consent in genetics research, the misuse of psychology as a tool for torture, the implications of national security controls on science; misconduct in science, and the role of and protections for whistleblowers - many of which continue to resonate in the science and society relationship of today.
Its underwater robots, shipping anti-rolling technology, integrated navigation, acoustic positioning and nuclear power simulation have occupied advanced domestic and international positions, leading HEU to become one of the main forces in the basic and applied research of China's ship science and technology.
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.
With what EPRI calls a «full» portfolio of technology options, including new nuclear, expanded wind power and carbon capture, the price of electricity in current dollars would climb by 80 percent in 2050.
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