Sentences with phrase «where nuclear development»

This explains why nuclear plant construction is now concentrated in countries like Russia and China where nuclear development is state - controlled.

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Darin Kingston of d.light, whose profitable solar - powered LED lanterns simultaneously address poverty, education, air pollution / toxic fumes / health risks, energy savings, carbon footprint, and more Janine Benyus, biomimicry pioneer who finds models in the natural world for everything from extracting water from fog (as a desert beetle does) to construction materials (spider silk) to designing flood - resistant buildings by studying anthills in India's monsoon climate, and shows what's possible when you invite the planet to join your design thinking team Dean Cycon, whose coffee company has not only exclusively sold organic fairly traded gourmet coffee and cocoa beans since its founding in 1993, but has funded dozens of village - led community development projects in the lands where he sources his beans John Kremer, whose concept of exponential growth through «biological marketing,» just as a single kernel of corn grows into a plant bearing thousands of new kernels, could completely change your business strategy Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute, who built a near - net - zero - energy luxury home back in 1983, and has developed a scientific, economically viable plan to get the entire economy off oil, coal, and nuclear and onto renewables — while keeping and even improving our high standard of living

At the Honolulu Conference, where Doi was honored for his leadership in dialogue, he spoke of the growing threat of nuclear warfare, pleading that this development alone makes it imperative for Buddhists and Christians to come together in mutual understanding.

He was the Deputy Mayor for Economic Development and Finance in the administration of Mayor Giuliani from 1994 to 1996 and served as the Chairman of the New York Power Authority from 1979 to 1985, where he enhanced the safety and economics of two nuclear power plants then owned and operated by the Authority.

«The nuclear industry in general is an industry where it's in our best interest that everybody builds safe and reliable plants,» said Steve Winn, executive vice president of strategy, environment and nuclear development at Princeton, N.J. — based utility NRG Energy, in an interview with Scientific American in 2007.

«This is a development of considerable significance for nuclear materials science, where composites — particularly oxide dispersion - strengthened steels — have long been considered promising candidate materials for applications involving high temperature and high irradiation dose,» says Sergei Dudarev, a professor of materials science at Oxford University in the U.K., who was not involved in this work.

Asher has held a variety of positions, but a lot of what he learned about leadership and sales he picked up in the Navy, where he served as captain of two nuclear - powered fast attack submarines before becoming the program manager for a billion - dollar software development program.

As Senator, he ascended to Chair the Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety, where he has championed offshore wind energy development and positioned Delaware to be a leader in this technology, which has the capacity to create thousands of new jobs.

You also agree that you will not use said software for any purposes where prohibited by United States law, including, without limitation, the development, design, manufacture, or production of nuclear, missile, chemical, or biological weapons.

nucleargraduates is a unique two year graduate development programme where extraordinary individuals get their career in the UK nuclear industry off to a flying start.