Sentences with phrase «use for radioactive waste»

With his colleagues at PNNL, he pioneered the application of inductively coupled plasma / mass spectrometry as a powerful and relevant radioanalytical tool and demonstrated its use for radioactive waste characterization, ultra-trace nuclear forensics use and other applications.

The Transuranic Package Transporter (TRUPACT - II) is a specialized tractor - trailor used for radioactive waste.

Not exact matches

But Putin's nuclear torpedo uses radioactive waste to deter, scare, and potentially punish enemies for decades to come.

The agreement requires Entergy to make repairs and upgrades to Indian Point and its storage system for the radioactive waste that remains after the fuel is used.

A product we developed for animals plays a role in protecting all of us from nuclear mishaps: Cat litter is often used to absorb and stabilize volatile radioactive chemicals stored in nuclear waste facilities.

The scientists stressed the need for more study of the conditions at the bottom of the ice sheet because of a proposal published in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists in 1973 to use the ice sheet as a dumping ground for radioactive waste.

When the «green» argument was still struggling for respectability, established scientists used to assert confidently that practices such as dumping waste in the sea or allowing radioactive emissions were «safe».

By BRIAN WYNNE and SUE MAYER When the «green» argument was still struggling for respectability, established scientists used to assert confidently that practices such as dumping waste in the sea or allowing radioactive emissions were «safe».

The residue from recycling is some really long lasting radioactive material that could be described as waste — at least until someone develops a use for it — but it is greatly reduced in bulk, reducing one of the factors you have to consider.

any nuclear reactor wherever located; any nuclear fuel cycle facility; any radioactive waste management facility; the transport and storage of nuclear fuels or radioactive wastes; the manufacture, use, storage, disposal and transport of radioisotopes for agricultural, industrial, medical and related scientific and research purposes; and the use of radioisotopes for power generation in space objects

A carbon tax would not be imposed directly on the generation of nuclear power, though of course it would apply to any CO2 released in mining, enriching and transporting uranium, in other uses ancillary to the generation of nuclear power (such as fuel used for back - up generation), and in storing radioactive wastes.

RE # 129: Lucia, I can give you an example of a code that has had «full V&V» for its use on the Yucca Mountain Project (high - level radioactive waste repository).