Sentences with phrase «reactor plant in»

The unsubsidized, fully - costed cost of offshore wind is already $ 81 / MWh, far below the cost of best - in - class nuclear power — as clearly evidenced by the financial fiascos in Finland and France at Flamanville, also the just - begun twin reactor plant in UK at Hinkley Point C.

Not exact matches

As cheap natural gas squeezes the margins of nuclear generators, there's only one company currently building reactors in the country — Southern Co., at its Vogtle plant in Georgia.

CB&I received no upfront payment for the sale of the nuclear construction business, but stood to receive earnouts based on the progress of the completion of two U.S. projects by Stone & Webster: a nuclear power plant in Georgia for Southern Co and two reactors in South Carolina for SCANA Corp (scu).

A number of coal - and oil - fired power plants will likely be retired, and while Virginia's four existing nuclear units will remain in use, plans for a fifth reactor remain shelved, for now.

These include adequate uranium supply (probably necessitating immense uranium strip mines in Tennessee), almost inconceivable reactor and waste - transport accidents, low - level radiation effects from normal plant operations, and the burden of guarding both radioactive waste and outdated but radioactive nuclear plants for thousands of years.

Depending on the substrate, loading rates of up to 10 — 15 kg COD / m3 per day and high biogas production rates per unit reactor volume can be obtained in RAPTOR ™ plants.

In 2009, Casa Herradura installed a waste - to - energy process that fuels a steam boiler with biogas generated by a biological anaerobic reactor, as part of the wastewater treatment plant (WWTP).

Which wise government spending (see: investment in technology and other productivity - enhancing measures) can help that last bit, which is one reason I'm all in favor of spending on alternative energy research (I'm a little sick of sending hundreds of billions of dollars per year overseas for hydrocarbons; I'd rather employ Americans to maintain windfarms, solar plants, not - on - the - table - now - but - maybe - soon thorium reactors, etc.).

But Mr. Cuomo has taken an opposite stance on Entergy's Indian Point nuclear plant in Westchester County, which has two reactors.

One of the reactors at the Indian Point nuclear power plant in New York was shut down Monday for the start of a $ 100 million refueling and maintenance outage.

SCRIBA, N.Y. - Entergy Corp. plans to shut down its money - losing FitzPatrick nuclear power plant in Oswego County after the reactor runs out of fuel next year.

Officials said the decision to change the plant's nuclear safety level was due to cumulative radiation releases since the earthquake wreaked serious damage to the reactors, rather than a sudden deterioration in conditions.

However, at least two of the state's nuclear reactors are in danger of closing within the next few years and would significantly increase air pollution because they would be replaced by fossil - fuel burning power plants in the near future.

BUCHANAN, N.Y. — Officials say one of the Indian Point nuclear power plant's reactors in suburban New York has been shut down because several control rods lost power.

The Indian Point 2 nuclear reactor will reopen late next month in time for the summer's peak energy season after a longer - than - expected shutdown because of deteriorating bolts critical to the plant's safety.

I brought up the MSNBC report that deemed one of the three reactors at the Hudson River nuclear power plant 24 miles from NYC (or 34 miles from Midtown, depending on how you're measuring), the most at risk in the nation of earthquake damage.

In the wake of the Japan crisis and an MSNBC report that one of the Indian Point reactors is more at risk for earthquake damage than any other in the nation — a claim refuted by the NRC — Cuomo called for a full safety review of the planIn the wake of the Japan crisis and an MSNBC report that one of the Indian Point reactors is more at risk for earthquake damage than any other in the nation — a claim refuted by the NRC — Cuomo called for a full safety review of the planin the nation — a claim refuted by the NRC — Cuomo called for a full safety review of the plant.

A reactor that was shut down during a transformer fire two weeks ago at the Indian Point nuclear power plant in Westchester County has returned to service.

The owner of the Nine Mile 1 nuclear reactor told state officials the plant is likely to close if new «clean energy» subsidies are not in place by September.

«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.

Cuomo said the state learned yesterday that hundreds of faulty bolts were discovered within the reactor at the Indian Point Unit 2 Plant — «the latest in a long series of incidents that raise deep concerns about the management, maintenance and equipment standards» there.

Federal regulators say the owner of the Indian Point nuclear power plant in Westchester County failed to amend a reactor operator's license when the man developed sleep apnea.

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 pPlant 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 plantplant.

In exchange, Exelon — the company that now owns all of the plants — agreed to drop closure threats to two of the nuclear reactors and keep them running for another 12 years.

The number of degraded bolts at the Indian Point unit 2 reactor was the largest seen to date at a reactor in the United States, so the NRC is closely monitoring the plant to return it to service in the near future, officials said.

According to the New York Times, the plant's two reactors generate about one - fourth of the electricity consumed in the city and in Westchester County.

Each day, some two billion gallons of water are pumped from Long Island Sound into the Millstone Power Station in Waterford, Conn. — that state's only nuclear power plant — and used to help cool systems and support the station's two operating reactors.

SCRIBA, N.Y. - As recently as four years ago, nuclear power companies were planning to spend billions of dollars to build a new reactor in Oswego County, alongside three existing nuclear plants.

BUCHANAN >> A reactor that was shut down during a transformer fire two weeks ago at the Indian Point nuclear power plant in Westchester County has returned to service.

According to a study by The Brattle Group, funded by Exelon and other nuclear supporters, the three reactors in Oswego County and another in Wayne County eliminate nearly 16 million tons of carbon dioxide a year that would otherwise be emitted by fossil fuel power plants.

In exchange Exelon, the company that now owns all of the plants, agreed to drop threats to two of the nuclear reactors and to keep them running for another 12 years.

Under an arrangement negotiated by Cuomo, both reactors at the Westchester County plant will close in April 2021.

Citing safety concerns, Mr. Cuomo warned Indian Point's owner, Entergy, last month that he would insist that the plant's two reactors in Westchester County be retired in 2013 and 2015, when their initial 40 - year licenses expire.

After the 1979 accident at Three Mile Island — a nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania — stricter regulations driven by public fear prompted TVA to shut down its two nuclear reactors.

After two nuclear reactors in Tennessee were temporarily shut down in the 1980s, coal - fired power plants picked up various amounts of the slack.

Funding for R&D facilities includes construction, repair, or alteration of physical plant (e.g., reactors, wind tunnels, particle accelerators, or laboratories) used in the conduct of R&D.

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.?

Science has created a map that provides a snapshot of the number of nuclear reactors in operation and under construction worldwide, locations of power plants in relation to seismic hazard zones, and reactions to events in Japan in some countries.

Nuclear power plant operators would purchase and store portable equipment that could be used to provide additional means of cooling the reactor, a plan that could be in place as soon as 2015.

This is a fluidized bed reactor, an energy - generation technology that has been used for decades to power paper mills and waste - treatment plants but that had never before been installed in an ethanol plant.

In 2006, 20 years after reactor number 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was encased in cement, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Atomic Energy Agency released a report compiled by a panel of 100 scientists on the long - term health effects of the level 7 nuclear disaster and future risks for those exposeIn 2006, 20 years after reactor number 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was encased in cement, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Atomic Energy Agency released a report compiled by a panel of 100 scientists on the long - term health effects of the level 7 nuclear disaster and future risks for those exposein cement, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Atomic Energy Agency released a report compiled by a panel of 100 scientists on the long - term health effects of the level 7 nuclear disaster and future risks for those exposed.

The reactor debris fragments were found inside the nuclear exclusion zone, in paddy soils and at an abandoned aquaculture centre, located several kilometres from the nuclear plant.

In 2014 Perry asked the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to examine letting the state store higher - level commercial waste that — as in the other states hosting privately run reactors — now sits at the plants where it is generateIn 2014 Perry asked the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to examine letting the state store higher - level commercial waste that — as in the other states hosting privately run reactors — now sits at the plants where it is generatein the other states hosting privately run reactors — now sits at the plants where it is generated.

Irradiated fuel from Nuclear Electric's advanced gas cooled reactors was expected to be processed at Sellafield, in the thermal oxide reprocessing plant, which still needs government approval to begin operating.

Meanwhile, the shutdowns of the Fukushima Daiichi reactor complex and other nuclear plants after the earthquake have led to electricity shortages in Tokyo and neighbouring prefectures, where temporary outages are planned every day.

The researchers discovered uranium from nuclear fuel embedded in or associated with caesium - rich micro particles that were emitted from the plant's reactors during the meltdowns.

The Department of Energy is developing a prototype modular reactor at its Savannah River site in Georgia, and Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois and Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico are also considering modular plants.

However, researchers say that constructing a fusion power plant has proven to be a daunting task, in no small part because there have been no materials that could survive the grueling conditions found in the core of a fusion reactor.

On April 26, Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff did a safety «walkdown» of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant on southern California's coast, part of NRC inspections of all U.S. reactors that were triggered by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster in Japan.

But the reactors are designed to be integrated into manufacturing plants to improve their efficiency and safety, says Christian Hornung, a chemical engineer and 3D printing expert at CSIRO Manufacturing in Melbourne, Australia.