Sentences with phrase «spent fuel standard»

This report advocated for a «spent fuel standard» whereby the plutonium should be converted «to a form from which the plutonium would be as difficult to recover for weapons use as the larger and growing quantity of plutonium in commercial spent fuel.»

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«This is a victory for drivers who, by 2016, will get 35 miles per gallon, spend less on fuel and send less of their dollars overseas,» Jackson said, although the new rules still leave the U.S. behind Europe, Japan and China in terms of the timing or strength of fuel efficiency standards.

Use of standard LWR fuel allows leveraging extensive experience and infrastructure for the storage, handling, and shipment of spent reactor fuel.

According to the EPA, you'll actually spend more on fuel in a given year for the 4 - cylinder Traverse RS than you will for the standard V6.

All Transit Connect models get the same 60 - litre fuel tank giving a long range between fill - ups and, in case drivers spend so long away from the pumps that they forget which fuel to put in, Ford's Easy - Fuel anti-misfuelling filler cap is standfuel tank giving a long range between fill - ups and, in case drivers spend so long away from the pumps that they forget which fuel to put in, Ford's Easy - Fuel anti-misfuelling filler cap is standfuel to put in, Ford's Easy - Fuel anti-misfuelling filler cap is standFuel anti-misfuelling filler cap is standard.

The good - if - not - exactly - amazing fuel economy of 22mpg city / 30mpg highway or 21mpg city / 28mpg highway, depending on whether you stick with the standard rear - wheel drive setup or spend $ 2,000 on the optional all - wheel drive system, is also noticeably better than what the rest of the engines in the Infiniti Q60 range can provide.

In the Hyundai tradition the Genesis provides a rich assortment of standard features per dollar spent, including the handy proximity key with alarm and entry system; power windows with front auto - up / down with pinch protection; remote fuel door, hood and trunk releases; one - touch power tilt - and - slide sunroof (V8); leather seats; woodgrain accented dash; Bluetooth hands - free mobile phone interface and USB / iPod auxiliary inputs.

Plus, with claims of 21mpg in the city and 29mpg on the highway, the Audi A7 is quite economical by class standards (not that many people who are spending at least $ 68,000 on a car will mind about the fuel consumption levels).

Despite the price difference, the hybrid is a sensible solution for anyone who spends most of their time behind the wheel in stop and go traffic, as fuel efficiency in that type of situation has been improved by 50 percent over the standard RX 350.

According to the EPA, you'll actually spend more money on fuel in a given year for the RS» 4 - cylinder than the standard V6 — $ 2,100 vs. $ 1,850.

Would that they had invested more in efficient cars, and more important I would add, spent less of their politcal capital fighting fuel economy standards (as well as studies that even hinted at supporting such an approach) or supporting expensive ethanol and other alternatives to keep the myth of a low price at the pump, in turn to keep Hummers Humming.

And the standard will help keep more of the $ 14.3 billion Washingtonians spend on imported fuel each year here at home.

The Clean Energy DC Plan outlines some of what's needed including deep energy retrofits of existing buildings and federal Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, but DC currently spends a fraction of what's needed to conduct deep energy retrofits and federal regulations like CAFE are at risk under the Trump Administration.

If fossil power is cheap enough that there are only x % households in fuel poverty (Wiki: In the UK, fuel poverty is said to occur when in order to heat its home to an adequate standard of warmth a household needs to spend more than 10 % of its income to maintain an adequate heating regime), but the alternative carbon - free power increases the percentage of households by 10 % there are negative consequences to not using fossil power.

It's similar to the facile association of increased fossil fuel usage and increased standard of living w / o accounting for the influence of other factors that directly affect development such as increased civil rights, spending on education, etc..

This is, of course, on top of the millions fossil fuel companies have been spending for decades to land loopholes and weak standards that give dirty energy an unfair advantage, while regular Americans bear the burden of polluted air and water.

And more worrisome, fossil fuel interests including the Koch brothers and Shell Oil are still spending millions trying to repeal renewable energy standards in states around the country through the work of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and other front groups.

These include utility program spending, Energy Efficiency Resource Standards (EERS), appliance efficiency standards, building codes, combined heat and power, mass transit spending, state facility and fleet management, and vehicle fuel economy.

That kind of money buys a lot of misinformation, and the organizations spending that cash are aiming to roll back clean energy solutions like vehicle fuel efficiency standards, pollution controls on power plants, and wind and solar innovation.

Ahhnold spent the day tooling around Toronto with entourage in five big SUVs, signing agreements to commit Ontario to match California's low carbon fuel standards for cars, and burnishing the tarnished environmental image of Ontario Premier Dalton