Sentences with phrase «risk from nuclear weapons»

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Citing current tension from the North Korean administration, Reiss - Andersen added: «We live in a world where the risk of nuclear weapons being used is greater than it has been for a long time.»

Based on America's reluctance to use nuclear weapons, and America's desire not to risk American cities, Kim may believe he can attack a neighbor, perhaps even with a nuclear weapon, without fear of a nuclear response from America so long as he maintains the ability to threaten America directly but doesn't actually attack America.

Many scientists and environmentalists warn that the government's present strategy of simply storing the plutonium could do more harm than good because it does nothing to reduce the risk of environmental disaster, and, rather than discourage other countries from developing nuclear weapons, it could provoke them to increase their efforts.

Fast reactors can thus minimize the risk that spent fuel from energy production would be used for weapons production, while providing a unique ability to squeeze the maximum energy out of nuclear fuel.

Fast - neutron reactors could extract much more energy from recycled nuclear fuel, minimize the risks of weapons proliferation and markedly reduce the time nuclear waste must be isolated

For nearly 65 years, the clock has served as an international symbol of the level of risk — figurative midnight — that the world faces from nuclear weapons.

In insurance policies, acts of war include loss or damage from nuclear weapons, damage from risks of war such as invasions, civil war, revolution or rebellion, or any other type of military action.