Sentences with phrase «with nuclear waste disposal»

But it also indicates the dangers that the Soviets took with nuclear waste disposal in the past.

Not exact matches

Depending on who you talk to, a new federal report on nuclear waste disposal either offers a start at dealing with a growing problem or merely kicks the can down the road on the controversial issue of Yucca Mountain.

He favors nuclear power but insists that problems of waste disposal, nonproliferation, and plant safety must be dealt with first.

The history of failed attempts to deal with U.S. nuclear waste gained another chapter this month, when local opposition prompted scientists to abandon tests of a new disposal technique in eastern North Dakota.

The disposal of our nuclear waste is very challenging, with very large volumes destined for burial deep underground.

In partnership with the Universities of Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds, Bristol, Cardiff, and the Open University, the programme will examine issues such as the design of next - generation nuclear reactors, reactor performance, reactor monitoring, materials for nuclear reactors that can withstand high temperatures, and nuclear waste disposal.

Those limits were in keeping with the 1979 law (Public Law 96 - 164, Section 213) that authorized WIPP «a research and development facility to demonstrate the safe disposal of radioactive wastes from the defense activities and programs of the United States exempted from regulation by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission» (NRC).

This game was inspired by an article a friend shared with me (http://bit.ly/1uPFFi7) about constructing a nuclear waste disposal site such that it will be left undisturbed for 10,000 years.

The United States should continue research and development on nuclear power technologies that do not entail reprocessing, with a focus on enhancing safety, security, and waste disposal, and reducing water use and cost.

To get a sense of the costs of nuclear waste disposal, we need not look beyond the United States, which leads the world with 101,000 megawatts of nuclear - generating capacity (compared with 63,000 megawatts in second - ranked France).

But Obama's announcement set up a clash with environmentalists who remain worried about the safety of nuclear power and waste disposal.

If the government insists on picking winners with subsidized technology programs, then nuclear strikes me as much more fruitfull, as it is already proven and close to economic and investment can be concentrated on marginal problems like waste disposal, rather than fundamental problems like «will this approach even work.»

Actually, nuclear might not be able to compete with $ 2 a watt grid only solar farms once insurance, waste disposal, and decomissioning costs are factored in.

Much tougher nuclear power plant waste storage and disposal, plant decommissioning, and security standards (and, because of the security and waste disposal problems, zero net increase in nuclear usage — which puts Monbiot at odds with a large new group of pro-nuke environmentalists such as James Lovelock)

Here the letter conflates the issue of opposition to the current crop of nuclear power plants — which are simply uncompetitive quite separate from the very legitimate issues of safety, waste disposal, proliferation, and water consumption — with a supposed lack of support for next generation nuclear power plants (that will be magically cheaper, despite all trend data to the contrary).

-LSB-... published costs of nuclear - generated electricity never take into account the total lifetime cost of nuclear plants, including decommissioning, maintenance and waste disposal, so one is never able to compare like with like (it's the only form of electricity in which overall costs are ignored)-RSB-

Or to point out that the published costs of nuclear - generated electricity never take into account the total lifetime cost of nuclear plants, including decommissioning, maintenance and waste disposal, so one is never able to compare like with like (it's the only form of electricity in which overall costs are ignored).

25 plus years of hands - on experience in muiti - discipline lead role with a major construction and engineering company and have worked on projects in diverse industry sectors such as, pipeline, mining, metals (Alcoa), nuclear waste disposal, petrochemical, telecoms, offshore and M.E.P. 25 plus years of hands - on experience in muiti - discipline lead role with a major construction and engineering company and have worked on project...