Sentences with phrase «remain at nuclear plants»

That means large quantities of nuclear waste will remain at nuclear plants for a long, long time — and three quarters of it is currently crammed in cooling pools rather than stored in dry casks, which are safer.»

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Despite a tsunami - triggered calamity at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, water remains the key to nuclear safety.

Moscow's intentions, announced this month by Armen Abagyan head of the All - Russia Institute for the Operation of Nuclear Power Stations, contrast starkly with Ukraine's decision this week to close its remaining reactors at Chernobyl and replace them with gas - fired plants.

In the interim — which could stretch for a century — used fuel rods will remain where they are: at nuclear power plants themselves either in spent fuel pools or in giant concrete casks on pads.

BTW water is sometimes cited as a constraint, but that depends on the type of plant: I was recently at Sizewell A & B in England, which like other UK nuclear plants use seawater for cooling; the water is returned to the sea, which remained too cold for swimming even after the July heatwave.

New Jersey just became the latest state to legislate subsidies for its two remaining nuclear plants at a cost to residents of $ 300 million a year.

Unfortunately, Connecticut remains at risk of losing its lone nuclear plant, Millstone, which supplies over half of the state's electricity, and 96 percent of its zero - carbon power.