Sentences with phrase «question on nuclear energy»

Derek Twigg asks a question on nuclear energy and wind - farms.

Not exact matches

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 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 on April 1.

Questioned by Sir Menzies on the issue in the Commons last week, the prime minister said times had changed since the 2003 energy white paper described nuclear energy as an unattractive option in terms of cost and waste.

For the first part of your question only (national security threat), from an author I don't fully agree with on Uranium and Russia (he thinks the sanctions on Russia are really about natural gas and he thinks the sanctions are foolish)- he proves that Russia is a large producer of Uranium while the US is seeing a decline in production and imports quite a bit of Uranium for nuclear energy production (sourced from the EIA).

Conservative environment spokesman Peter Ainsworth said: «The question of our future energy supply is crucial and we can't have these decisions made on the basis of hidden links to the nuclear industry or lobbying activities.

At the same time, new questions have emerged, and there's still a lot to learn about the basic nuclear properties that drive the chain reaction and its impact on energy production here on Earth and elsewhere in our universe.

This is not to deny that at a time when there has been dramatic progress in nuclear science and technology, some questions require periodic re-examination; the criteria by which judgments on energy policy should be made are constantly changing.

Representatives mostly peppered Moniz with questions that focused on hot - button energy issues — including DOE's role in evaluating the controversial Keystone pipeline and efforts to promote nuclear power — but the department's science programs also saw some time in the spotlight.

Within this revision session there are focused «mini lessons» on: Changes in Energy Energy Changes Electrical Circuits Electricity in the Home Particle Model Nuclear Reactions Within these mini lessons students are guided through some of the core content, complete structured activities and complete exam style questions.

There are several articles touching on the nuclear question in our ongoing Energy Challenge series.

The questions, on everything from climate and nuclear energy to vaccines and science education, are great and answers range from vexing to exciting.

With 65 questions on the department's research agenda, nuclear program, and national labs, it sheds a disturbing light on the direction in which Trump plans on taking America's energy policy, as Bloomberg reported on Thursday.

In the wake of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, critics of nuclear power have questioned how heavily the world should rely on the energy source, due to possible risks it poses to the environment and human health.

My answer to the narrowed question: • Identify adaptation policies that can be implemented to reduce impacts of extreme weather events (which will happen with or without greenhouse driven global warming) • Research on nuclear energy to reduce the stigma of nuclear generation, e.g., fast reactors (Generation 4 reactors) or thorium fueled.

PS: I live in France where 75 % of the electrical energy is produced by nuclear plants... This reliance on nuclear energy is considered as a danger and a weakness by some of our politicians... The question has been long debated, especially after Fukushima, but none of them has ever been able to propose a credible alternate.

The unfolding catastrophe occurring at the Fukushima plants also raises serious questions about our reliance on nuclear energy and its status as a clean and safe source of power.

The same question might arise if say they had a natural monopoly on uranium in a nuclear energy world.

The future of nuclear energy is one more open issue, and so are all questions on reducing energy consumption by technical solutions and changes in lifestyle.

If it's between slowing (not halting, mind you) the alleviation of the worst poverty in the world by only allowing / helping those regions to industrialize mostly if not exclusively through non-emitting energy sources like wind / solar / hydro / geothermal / yet - to - be - perfected fourth generation nuclear / current riskier nuclear, on the one hand, and on the other hand destroying the stability of the climate to the point where mass extinction is a near certainty and the very survival of humanity is in question, obviously it is a no - brainer - we should choose not to destroy the planet.

1) Question: I work at a nuclear facility for an Energy Department project and would like to «blow the whistle» on some unsafe practices.