• Meitner, and her nephew Otto Robert Frisch, correctly interpreted these results as being nuclear fission and Frisch confirmed this experimentally on 13 January 1939. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 1939, Nishina recognized the military potential of nuclear fission, and was worried that the Americans were working on a nuclear weapon which might be used against Japan. (wikipedia.org)
  • However, the Japanese fission project did not formally begin until April 1941 when Yasuda acted on Army Minister Hideki Tōjō's order to investigate the possibilities of nuclear weapons. (wikipedia.org)
  • Before the Attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, Captain Yoji Ito of the Naval Technical Research Institution of Japan initiated a study that would allow for the Japanese Navy to use nuclear fission. (wikipedia.org)
  • After consulting with Professor Sagane at Tokyo Imperial University, his research showed that nuclear fission would be a potential power source for the Navy. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Joint Evaluated Fission and Fusion File (JEFF) Nuclear Data Library Project is a collaboration between NEA Data Bank participating countries. (oecd-nea.org)
  • means any form of energy released in the course of nuclear fission or nuclear fusion or of any other nuclear transmutation. (gc.ca)
  • But when a neutron strikes the nucleus of certain atoms-uranium, for example-this atomic center can break into pieces in a process called nuclear fission, releasing enormous energy in the form of heat and radiation. (nrdc.org)
  • Nuclear power comes from the energy that is released in the process of nuclear fission. (nrdc.org)
  • In fission, the nuclear fuel is placed in a nuclear reactor core and the atoms making up the fuel are broken into pieces, releasing energy. (nrdc.org)
  • Nuclear fission had an inauspicious beginning. (encyclopedia.com)
  • The material in the control rods absorb neutrons and so restrain and control the reactor's nuclear fission chain reaction. (nuclearstreet.com)
  • The International Framework for Nuclear Energy Cooperation (IFNEC) hosted its first Ministerial Conference since the COVID-19 pandemic on 1-3 November 2023. (oecd-nea.org)
  • The 12th International Conference on Nuclear Criticality Safety (ICNC) was held in Sendai, Japan, on 1-6 October 2023. (oecd-nea.org)
  • Most decision-makers no longer even have the experience of the effects of such weapons either given that North Korea has been the only country testing nuclear weapons since 1998 and those tests were underground. (europa.eu)
  • The NEA held a virtual workshop on the best regulatory practices in In-Service Inspection (ISI) in the nuclear sector on 11-14 April 2022. (oecd-nea.org)
  • The application period for the 2022 session is closed. (oecd-nea.org)
  • In the United States, as of January 1, 2022, there are 55 commercially operating nuclear power plants running 93 nuclear reactors in 28 states. (nrdc.org)
  • The global nuclear medicines market size was USD 5.2 billion in 2022 and is expected to reach USD 9.7 billion by 2032, and register a revenue CAGR of 6.5% during the forecast period. (reportsanddata.com)
  • Nine acute Grade 3 emergencies were active during the reporting period from 1 January to 31 December 2022 (see Table), including emergencies in Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Ukraine that were covered by United Nations Inter-Agency Standing Committee System-Wide Scale-Up protocols. (who.int)
  • Its atoms are more easily split apart in nuclear reactors. (nrdc.org)
  • Over the next few years, a few reactors are scheduled to be shut down , including California's last nuclear reactor in 2025. (nrdc.org)
  • The NRC has approved a license renewal for more than 75 percent of U.S. nuclear reactors, the average age of which is currently 40 years old. (nrdc.org)
  • And while keeping a nuclear reactor operating for 80 years is itself unprecedented, the NRC is already discussing a third round of license extensions to allow reactors to operate for 100 years. (nrdc.org)
  • These aging nuclear reactors cannot compete economically with other low-carbon energy sources, like solar and wind, or with investments in energy efficiency. (nrdc.org)
  • The following tables present a list of documents that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued in connection with the Continued Storage rulemaking (formerly Waste Confidence). (nrc.gov)
  • The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) licenses plants for 40 years, and then the plant's owners can apply to renew the license for an additional 20 years. (nrdc.org)
  • Co-ordinated by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), the HEAF Project was initiated in 2012 to perform experiments on a variety of electrical cabinets in order to obtain scientific data on HEAF phenomena through carefully designed experiments. (oecd-nea.org)
  • Nuclear Regulatory Commission. (cdc.gov)
  • The Division of Particle and Nuclear Physics offers a postgraduate education - a PhD education - equivalent to four years of full-time studies (240 credits or ECTS). (lu.se)
  • Nishina had established his own Nuclear Research Laboratory to study high-energy physics in 1931 at RIKEN Institute (the Institute for Physical and Chemical Research), which had been established in 1917 in Tokyo to promote basic research. (wikipedia.org)
  • This resulted in the formation of the Committee on Research in the Application of Nuclear Physics, chaired by Nishina, that met ten times between July 1942 and March 1943. (wikipedia.org)
  • The NEA organised the first International School on Simulation of Nuclear Reactor Systems (SINUS) on the topic of Reactor single- and multi-physics simulations based on Light Water Reactor (LWR) Unce . (oecd-nea.org)
  • Our innovative MSc in nuclear science and radiation protection is taught by a combination of inspired nuclear physics academics from Surrey's School of Mathematics and Physics and forward-looking experts from the UK's nuclear industries. (surrey.ac.uk)
  • The course covers theoretical models for the structure and reactions of atomic nuclear, as well as experiments in nuclear physics and their scientific applications. (lu.se)
  • The course also includes computer and experiment laboratory exercises in order to introduce the students to methods used in modern nuclear physics. (lu.se)
  • The purpose of the course is to enhance the student's knowledge of theoretical and experimental nuclear physics. (lu.se)
  • Read more about the course Advanced Nuclear Physics, FYST54, on our learning tool Canvas. (lu.se)
  • Read more about prerequisites and application for the course Advanced Nuclear Physics, FYST54 at Lund University's central web pages. (lu.se)
  • In the case of the latter, a vast program of renewal costing trillions is getting under way, in clear violation of the spirit of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty to which the U.S. is a signatory. (wagingpeace.org)
  • Conversely, failure to adequately deal with possible past violations of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) might encourage Iran to violate future agreements. (washingtoninstitute.org)
  • TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran on Friday failed to accept a U.N.-drafted plan for it to cut a stockpile of nuclear fuel that the West fears could be used for weapons, instead calling for responses to its own proposal. (iranian.com)
  • Am i right to assume most of you have nothing to do with Iran period and your heads and intensions are somewhere else? (iranian.com)
  • I have always doubted that a country like Iran would be so foolish as to use a nuclear weapon knowing full well that it would be turned into a glass parking lot in retaliation. (hubpages.com)
  • Iran held an online commemoration of nuclear technology day on the 10th. (ycnews.com)
  • At the event of the day, Iran launched 133 of its achievements in the field of nuclear technology. (ycnews.com)
  • One of the achievements of the Iran nuclear agreement is that it confirms the legitimacy of Iran's nuclear technology and industry. (ycnews.com)
  • On the other hand, it sends a serious signal to the United States that if the United States does not immediately lift the sanctions imposed on Iran after its withdrawal from the Iran nuclear agreement, Iran will continue to develop its peaceful nuclear program in accordance with national needs. (ycnews.com)
  • Representatives of the parties concerned with the Comprehensive Agreement on the Iranian Nuclear Issue held a new round of talks in Vienna on the 9th to discuss the resumption of the implementation of the agreement between the United States and Iran and decided to continue to meet next week. (ycnews.com)
  • It will take time for the United States to lift sanctions, and it may take more time for Iran to resume fulfilling all its obligations under the Iran nuclear agreement. (ycnews.com)
  • The Iran nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action was officially "implemented" in January this year when world powers lifted sanctions on Iran. (aijac.org.au)
  • It was widely anticipated that the implementation of the nuclear deal would enable Iran to receive sanctions relief of around $US150 billion, with many concerned Iran would use part of this money to increase its sponsorship of terrorist groups - such as Hezbollah in Lebanon and Syria, Hamas and Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip, Houthi rebels in Yemen, as well as the brutal Assad regime in Syria. (aijac.org.au)
  • While the US does retain some non-nuclear related sanctions on Iran, Iran's poor financial regulations regarding tax avoidance, ongoing terrorist financing and money laundering appear to be the real cause of its problems in gaining access to Western banks. (aijac.org.au)
  • In March, Iran test fired two nuclear-capable ballistic missiles, claiming that, unlike the previous relevant UN resolution, the resolution now in force gives it the right to do so. (aijac.org.au)
  • Diplomats from Iran and the P5+1 meet next week in Vienna to discuss implementation of the first-step nuclear agreement reached in Geneva on November 24. (washingtoninstitute.org)
  • The acknowledgement that Iran will be able to enrich on its own soil based on its "practical needs" is a major concession, opening the door to industrial-scale enrichment if the regime ever acts on its longstanding plans to build additional nuclear power plants. (washingtoninstitute.org)
  • Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said at the United Nations on Wednesdaty that the U.N. Security Council should move to sanction Iran, saying the Islamic republic will never abandon its alleged quest for nuclear weapons. (rferl.org)
  • U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said there are no current plans to attack Iran over its nuclear program, but did not rule out military options. (rferl.org)
  • Powell also said Iran faces possible UN Security Council action if it does not respond to international concerns over its nuclear activities by November. (rferl.org)
  • President Barack Obama invoked the Iraq War to rally liberal organizers to make their voices heard in favor of the Iran nuclear deal. (washingtonjewishweek.com)
  • President Barack Obama told liberal organizers in a phone call to make their voices heard in support of the Iran nuclear deal. (washingtonjewishweek.com)
  • Obama's comments were a thinly veiled swipe at Citizens for a Nuclear Free Iran, a new action group backed by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which has reportedly raised between $20 million and $40 million to shore up opposition to the agreement. (washingtonjewishweek.com)
  • Detractors and supporters of the Iran nuclear agreement are using the August recess to ratchet up pressure. (washingtonjewishweek.com)
  • means a person who is required, in the course of the person's business or occupation in connection with a nuclear substance or nuclear facility, to perform duties in such circumstances that there is a reasonable probability that the person may receive a dose of radiation that is greater than the prescribed limit for the general public. (gc.ca)
  • If uncontrolled, that chain reaction could produce so much heat that the nuclear reactor core itself could actually melt and release dangerous radiation. (nrdc.org)
  • Drawing upon our thorough expertise and excellent research, this course will give you deep knowledge of nuclear science and radiation protection. (surrey.ac.uk)
  • The market is further restricted by radiation exposure linked to nuclear therapies. (reportsanddata.com)
  • Nuclear medicine practitioners and patients can be exposed to radiation as a result of the usage of radioactive isotopes. (reportsanddata.com)
  • A lot of radiation over a short period can cause burns or radiation sickness. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Ionizing radiation is any one of several types of particles and rays given off by radioactive material, high-voltage equipment, nuclear reactions, and stars. (cdc.gov)
  • You are exposed to low levels of ionizing radiation from the sun, rocks, soil, natural sources in your body, fallout from past nuclear weapons tests, some consumer products, and radioactive materials released from hospitals and from nuclear and coal power plants. (cdc.gov)
  • How you are affected depends on how much ionizing radiation you received and over what period of time, and personal factors such as sex, age at the time of exposure, and your health and nutritional status. (cdc.gov)
  • Increased psychological stress has been shown in large populations exposed to small doses of radiation from nuclear accidents. (cdc.gov)
  • f) a radioactive substance or radioactive thing that was used for the development or production, or in connection with the use, of nuclear energy. (gc.ca)
  • Although U.S. nuclear power plant regulators monitor operational safety, natural hazards (such as hurricanes, floods, and earthquakes), human error, mechanical failure, and design flaws can still trigger the release of radioactive contamination. (nrdc.org)
  • Nuclear medicines must be created using radioactive isotopes, which are frequently in low supply. (reportsanddata.com)
  • Radioactive isotopes are used in therapeutic nuclear medicine to treat cancer and other disorders. (reportsanddata.com)
  • Editorial Note: Nuclear medicine procedures most often involve the intravenous injection, inhalation, or oral ingestion of radioactive materials (i.e., radiopharmaceuticals or radiotracers) for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. (cdc.gov)
  • Like the German nuclear weapons program, it suffered from an array of problems, and was ultimately unable to progress beyond the laboratory stage before the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Japanese surrender in August 1945. (wikipedia.org)
  • From the detonation of the first nuclear weapons over Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, nuclear weapons, nuclear energy and the culture surrounding them have shaped our lives and the world in which we live. (manchester.ac.uk)
  • This course takes as a prime focus the nuclear policies pursued by some of the major powers in the international system from the initial use of nuclear weapons against Japan in 1945 until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. (lse.ac.uk)
  • Ernest R. May, John L. Gaddis, Philip H. Gordon and Jonathan Rosenberg (eds), Cold War Statesmen Confront the Bomb: Nuclear Diplomacy since 1945 (1999). (lse.ac.uk)
  • Nuclear weapons choices commit populations and societies for decades and can wipe them out in matters of minutes. (europa.eu)
  • At the same time, a Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons has entered into force with a view to abolishing these weapons. (europa.eu)
  • Courses of action such as pursuing nuclear disarmament or relying on nuclear weapons as an irreplaceable instrument of security both run the risk of nuclear war and no protection against nuclear weapons explosions, be they deliberate or accidental, is in sight. (europa.eu)
  • Given the stakes, the NUCLEAR project asks the following question: How is the scope of available nuclear weapons choices decided? (europa.eu)
  • Therefore this project offers the first in depth global investigation of the grounds on which the scope of publicly acceptable nuclear weapons choices have been based since the end of nuclear testing. (europa.eu)
  • Combining archival research and interviews worldwide, large-scale polling and discourse analysis of policy officials and strategists over several decades, it assesses the blinding power of categories created several decades ago and sometimes still deemed as irreplaceable lexicon of the nuclear age as well as the way in which nuclear weapons programs modify the governance of knowledge. (europa.eu)
  • Beyond its contribution to scholarship, it will allow citizens to make an informed choice about nuclear weapons policy. (europa.eu)
  • Second, scholarship has identified an enduring disconnect between the official justifications for nuclear weapons policies offered by policymakers and the arsenals that have actually been built. (europa.eu)
  • Third, many questions remain to be asked regarding the relationship between nuclear weapons and world politics. (europa.eu)
  • For example, the fields of nuclear security studies and democracy studies largely continue to operate in mutual neglect as though the introduction of nuclear weapons in world affairs had no consequences for the possibility of democratic governance. (europa.eu)
  • Fourth, we only have very limited knowledge of European citizens' knowledge about nuclear weapons and preferences on this matter. (europa.eu)
  • The Japanese program to develop nuclear weapons was conducted during World War II. (wikipedia.org)
  • Today, Japan has no known nuclear weapons programs. (wikipedia.org)
  • It is a signatory in good standing of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and has enacted domestic legal prohibitions against producing nuclear weapons. (wikipedia.org)
  • However, it is unique among non-nuclear weapons states in that it possesses a full nuclear fuel cycle, as part of its civilian nuclear energy industry, and advanced developments in the industries necessary to make nuclear weapons. (wikipedia.org)
  • As a result, it is often cited as a primary example of a latent or threshold nuclear state, capable of developing weapons in a very short timespan should its government decide to do so. (wikipedia.org)
  • Hikosaka pointed out the huge energy contained by nuclei and the possibility that both nuclear power generation and weapons could be created. (wikipedia.org)
  • Physicists around the world immediately realized that chain reactions could be produced and notified their governments of the possibility of developing nuclear weapons. (wikipedia.org)
  • Nishina told Yasuda about the possibility of building nuclear weapons. (wikipedia.org)
  • Meanwhile, the Imperial Japanese Navy's Technology Research Institute had been pursuing its own separate investigations, and had engaged professors from the Imperial University, Tokyo, for advice on nuclear weapons. (wikipedia.org)
  • After the Japanese Navy lost at Midway, Captain Ito proposed a new type of nuclear weapons development designated as "B-Research" (also called "Jin Project", Japanese: 仁計画, lit. (wikipedia.org)
  • The new "Nuclear War" is preventing rogue nations and terror based organizations intent on their use from ever obtaining weapons of mass destruction. (hubpages.com)
  • I think you have to look at the relationship India has with Pakistan in that they both have nuclear weapons but have chosen the detente method of having them. (hubpages.com)
  • The Nuclear Security Index includes five categories comprising 18 indicators to assess the nuclear materials security conditions in 176 countries, 32 with one kilogram or more of weapons-usable nuclear materials and 144 with less than one kilogram or no weapons-usable nuclear materials. (statista.com)
  • This unit will provide an introduction to the history and politics of nuclear weapons and to the culture of the nuclear age. (manchester.ac.uk)
  • The movement to ban the testing of nuclear weapons is also covered, and attention given to the Chinese, British and French national nuclear programmes, as well as those of the Soviet Union and United States. (lse.ac.uk)
  • Once those articulate Florida high school students, God love them, are finished exposing the craven emptiness of politicians like Marco Rubio and others subverted by the NRA, they might want to turn to nuclear weapons as another sacred cow ripe for the "we call B.S." treatment. (wagingpeace.org)
  • The acute dangers of gun violence and nuclear weapons offer ominous parallels. (wagingpeace.org)
  • While the president's unhinged bellicosity may indeed keep us up at night, the overall structure of executive authority over nuclear weapons is an even greater cause for sweaty insomnia than any particular person in office. (wagingpeace.org)
  • The reality is that without a fundamental change of direction, both more mass shootings and more nuclear weapons used against people are tragically inevitable. (wagingpeace.org)
  • The authority to launch nuclear weapons from North Korea is itself in the hands of an alienated young man, leaving aside that our president is himself a far cry from being a grown-up. (wagingpeace.org)
  • Powerful lobbying efforts thwart reasonable plans for reducing either guns or nuclear weapons. (wagingpeace.org)
  • There is no logical reason to assume matters are any different with nuclear weapons. (wagingpeace.org)
  • Getting Tehran to acknowledge that it had a nuclear weapons program would dramatically alter the negotiating dynamic by puncturing this carefully constructed narrative and proving that international concerns are justified. (washingtoninstitute.org)
  • Later that same day, Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi said Israel is a threat to the Middle East because of its alleged nuclear weapons. (rferl.org)
  • The advent of nuclear weapons , however, has changed the potential outcome of war. (encyclopedia.com)
  • First envisioned simply as larger bombs, nuclear weapons ended World War II , precipitated a decades-long Cold War, and functioned as a precarious deterrent to a Third World War, while, at the same time, making all humanity fear its results. (encyclopedia.com)
  • Paradoxically, while the end of the Cold War reduced the chance for global nuclear annihilation, it may have increased the risk of smaller-scale nuclear war between nations with recently acquired nuclear weapons. (encyclopedia.com)
  • In the final days of the World War II , while America and her allies were readying for a costly invasion of Japan, two nuclear weapons were dropped on Japanese cities, promptly ending the war. (encyclopedia.com)
  • This sparked the idea of a self-sustaining chain reaction , if properly controlled, or the possibility of nuclear weapons if left carefully uncontrolled. (encyclopedia.com)
  • The impetus for developing American nuclear weapons was a carefully worded letter, written by a number of prominent scientists, that was delivered to President Franklin D. Roosevelt by Albert Einstein (1879-1955). (encyclopedia.com)
  • The immediate postwar period saw the American monopoly in nuclear weapons vanish. (encyclopedia.com)
  • The Soviet Union , followed by Britain and France, developed nuclear (and then thermonuclear) weapons. (encyclopedia.com)
  • Later, China, South Africa , and a number of other nations followed suit (although South Africa abandoned its nuclear weapons program in 1989). (encyclopedia.com)
  • A generally successful international program to halt nuclear weapons proliferation helped limit their spread, although India, Pakistan, and (many suspect) Israel did successfully design and build their own nuclear arsenals. (encyclopedia.com)
  • Other so-called rogue states have attempted to either design, purchase, or steal nuclear weapons or the technology to make them. (encyclopedia.com)
  • The development and fear of nuclear weapons was a defining aspect of the second half of the twentieth century. (encyclopedia.com)
  • There is no more urgent task than understanding and mitigating the potential risks posed by the interaction of advancing cyber capabilities with nuclear weapons systems. (commondreams.org)
  • In the modern nuclear age, there is no more urgent task than understanding and mitigating the potential risks posed by the interaction of advancing cyber capabilities and nuclear weapons systems,' the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) asserted in the report, entitled Reducing Cyber Risks to Nuclear Weapons: Proposals From a U.S.-Russia Expert Dialogue . (commondreams.org)
  • Despite significant current geopolitical tensions, the United States and Russia have a mutual interest in avoiding the use of nuclear weapons and an obligation to work together to do so based on the understanding that a cyberattack on a nuclear weapons system could trigger catastrophic and unintended conflict and escalation,' the group said in an implied reference to strained relations amid Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine. (commondreams.org)
  • Eliminate policies that threaten a nuclear weapons response to cyberattack. (commondreams.org)
  • Today, the United States and Russia still possess roughly 90% of the world's nuclear weapons and are also among the most proficient and active developers and users of information and communications technology (ICT),' the report notes. (commondreams.org)
  • Nuclear weapons policies, however, have not kept up with these technological advancements. (commondreams.org)
  • Meanwhile,' the publication continues, 'the ubiquity of advanced digital ICT tools, as well as their fulsome functional benefits, have led both countries' nuclear weapons enterprises to incorporate digital technologies into their nuclear weapons, warning, command, control, and communications systems. (commondreams.org)
  • Both the United States and Russia should prioritize cyber-nuclear weapons risk-reduction as they pursue future bilateral and multilateral arms control, confidence-building, and transparency initiatives. (commondreams.org)
  • With that modernization come vulnerabilities and openness to cyberattacks that could prompt dangerous miscalculations or accidents, leading to nuclear use,' NTI stated, adding that 'in the mid- to long-term, cybersecurity can be improved in the context of ongoing nuclear weapons systems modernization. (commondreams.org)
  • The Western Shoshone Defense Project ( WSDP ) informs us that a public comment period will close next week, April 10th, on a proposal by the U.S. Department of Energy to increase nuclear weapons development at the Nevada Test Site, said to be 'the most heavily-nuked region on the planet. (intercontinentalcry.org)
  • Under the radar screen, a public comment period closes next week, April 10th, on a proposal by the U.S. Department of Energy to increase nuclear weapons development at the Nevada Test Site. (intercontinentalcry.org)
  • First announced in 2006 as "Complex 2030", the new plan is called "Complex Transformation" and includes details on the proposal to upgrade the entire U.S. nuclear weapons complex and recreate the infrastructure to research, develop, and manufacture new nuclear weapons. (intercontinentalcry.org)
  • Likewise, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) is calling on the public to send in comments and has stated publicly that it believes the push for new nuclear weapons could lead to a resumption of U.S. nuclear testing, which would lead to nuclear testing by other nations. (intercontinentalcry.org)
  • According to one recent UCS release: "A thorough re-evaluation would conclude that it is in the interest of the United States to pursue a world free of nuclear weapons. (intercontinentalcry.org)
  • In teaching international security in Korea, I am regularly asked if Korea should have or will have nuclear weapons. (koreatimes.co.kr)
  • The haves (including the U.S.) get to keep their nuclear weapons, while the have-nots stay de-nuclear on the vague promise that the haves will build down to zero. (koreatimes.co.kr)
  • But the South's potential possession of nuclear weapons would not actually serve local security from the North. (koreatimes.co.kr)
  • To examine the consequences in international law of altering the telos of a treaty, this contribution uses the example of the 2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) against the backdrop of the considerations regarding a possible treaty accession by Sweden as a defence-technologically advanced State located in an intricate geopolitical environment. (lu.se)
  • The author argues that for a long period ahead, the TPNW is not expected to effectively guide a process of nuclear disarmament and, consequently, the achievement of its primary object and purpose-i.e. attaining the elimination of nuclear weapons-will remain illusory. (lu.se)
  • In 2021, all nuclear-armed states have initiated plans to retain and modernize their nuclear arsenals for fifty to eighty years. (europa.eu)
  • In 2021, the NEA and IFNEC organised a series of joint webinars on a number of conceptual and practical issues pertaining to nuclear new build financing. (oecd-nea.org)
  • To meet the overall safety objectives and to achieve a balanced plant design, natural hazards have to be considered in the design of nuclear installations. (oecd-nea.org)
  • The Working Group on Fuel Cycle Safety (WGFCS) of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) held an international workshop on Process and Safety Improvem . (oecd-nea.org)
  • Under the Federal Nuclear Energy Liability Act, operators of nuclear installations bear unlimited liability for nuclear damage arising from the operation of their installations or the related transport of nuclear material. (admin.ch)
  • Operators of nuclear installations are required to take out insurance coverage to the amount of EUR 1.2 billion, plus 10% for interest and court-awarded costs (i.e. a total of EUR 1.32 billion). (admin.ch)
  • For damage in excess of this sum, operators of nuclear installations are liable without limitation with all their assets. (admin.ch)
  • After this period ends in 2028, dismantling of the remaining installations will be carried out in more favorable conditions. (foronuclear.org)
  • After the Fukushima nuclear accident, many activities were initiated in the countries with nuclear energy to assess the robustness of nuclear power plants with respect to earthquakes, tsunamis and fl. (oecd-nea.org)
  • Accessible to scientists and non-scientists, this course explores the origins and development of nuclearism and nuclear culture from the wartime Manhattan Project to the 2011 accident at Fukushima Daiichi and the current debate about the renewal of Britain's nuclear deterrent. (manchester.ac.uk)
  • This statistic represents the number of nuclear fuel elements that remain stored at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. (statista.com)
  • We use a case study research to address two research questions in the context of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident. (hawaii.edu)
  • As we face claims of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East, the ongoing threat of nuclear terrorism and a potential energy crisis for which some argue nuclear power is the only sustainable solution, the course also asks if history offers any help in understanding our present nuclear predicaments. (manchester.ac.uk)
  • Koreans bristle at this, as many states in the world do, because they feel that the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) constitutes nuclear discrimination. (koreatimes.co.kr)
  • The nipple forms during the perinatal period with the proliferation of the mesenchyme underlying the areola. (medscape.com)
  • 1%). These other sources include occupational exposure, nuclear fallout, and the nuclear fuel cycle. (cdc.gov)
  • The United States is the world's largest producer of nuclear energy, accounting for more than 30 percent of global nuclear electricity generation. (nrdc.org)
  • Based on product type, the global nuclear medicines market is segmented into diagnostic nuclear medicine and therapeutic nuclear medicine. (reportsanddata.com)
  • This includes the IAEA Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship Programme , which aims to help increase the number of women in the nuclear field, and the Bursary Scheme offered by The Nuclear Industry Benevolent Fund . (surrey.ac.uk)
  • Those who call for arming teachers, who buy into deterrence theory on either the gun level or the nuclear level, must justify the improbable notion that the more we are armed, the more we can move into the future without errors, misinterpretations, and accidents. (wagingpeace.org)
  • Nuclear deterrence, designed to ensure stability, is undercut by the inherently unstable momentum of "we build-they build. (wagingpeace.org)
  • Nuclear force modernization in each country presents an opportunity to clarify, isolate, and distinguish which systems are involved in nuclear deterrence missions from civilian infrastructure, critical national assets, and conventional warfighting systems. (commondreams.org)
  • First, as suggested above, there still is no protection against nuclear explosions, either deliberate, unauthorized or accidental, so the possibilities of nuclear war and nuclear accidents remain. (europa.eu)
  • Here, using the hemimetabolous insect Blattella germanica , we show that nuclear hormone receptors Seven-up-B (BgSvp-B) and Fushi tarazu-factor 1 (BgFTZ-F1) have essential roles in the tissue- and stage-specific activation of adult CA JH-biosynthetic activity. (nature.com)
  • Since 1989, three patients (two in hospitals in the United States and one in the Netherlands) undergoing nuclear medicine procedures have been reported to have inadvertently received intravenous injections of blood or other material from patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). (cdc.gov)
  • Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif left a message on social media on the 9th, "All Trump administration sanctions violate the comprehensive agreement on Iran's nuclear issue and must be lifted, regardless of the name of the sanctions. (ycnews.com)
  • This awareness, along with Iran's desire to negotiate concessions may bring new opportunities to improve the nuclear deal. (aijac.org.au)
  • Duck and cover stopgaps only fuel vain illusions of survivability-crouching in closets or hiding under desks as a viable protection from either a shooter with an AR-15 or the detonation of a nuclear weapon. (wagingpeace.org)
  • The present spent nuclear fuel (SNF) management concept in the Lithuania foresees dry storage of SNF for 50 years. (lei.lt)
  • LEI has provided the overview of the existing investigations on RBMK spent nuclear fuel performance during the storage and has performed the modelling of spent RBMK-1500 nuclear fuel (with initial U-235 enrichments of 2.0%, 2.4%, 2.6%, 2.8% and without/with Erbium burnable absorber) characteristics for very long term storage period. (lei.lt)
  • Most nuclear power plants use enriched uranium as their fuel to produce electricity. (nrdc.org)
  • As of April 2012, there were 1,331 spent fuel elements remaining at the disabled Japanese nuclear power plant, where a meltdown occurred on March 11, 2011. (statista.com)
  • Nuclear fuel elements refer to fuel rods and other physical objects composed of the fuel material. (statista.com)
  • Shane J. Maddock (ed), The Nuclear Age (Boston, 2001). (lse.ac.uk)
  • The aim of this study, was to investigate the trend of EBV infection in Bahrain over a 15-year period, 2001 - 2015. (who.int)
  • The licence for unit 1 of the South Ukrainian nuclear power plant is going to expire on December 2, 2013. (bankwatch.org)
  • Some are even starting to obtain renewals for a total of 80 years, including the Turkey Point nuclear power plant in Florida, which is being allowed to operate through at least 2053. (nrdc.org)
  • And new nuclear power plant designs are not proven to be safe, reliable, or economically viable," explains Caroline Reiser , a staff attorney with NRDC's nuclear team. (nrdc.org)
  • Massive electrical discharges, referred to as high energy arcing faults (HEAF), have occurred in nuclear power plant switching off components throughout the world. (oecd-nea.org)
  • Mr Huhne toured the Hinkley B nuclear site in Somerset and viewed the location for another nuclear fuelled power plant. (edie.net)
  • You are exposed to more if you work as a pilot, flight attendant, astronaut, industrial and nuclear power plant worker, or x ray or medical personnel. (cdc.gov)
  • The 39th edition of the annual Reference Data Series No. 1 contains estimates of energy, electricity and nuclear power trends up to the year 2050, using a variety of sources, such as the IAEA's Power Reactor Information System and data prepared by the United Nations. (iaea.org)
  • NEA projections show that in order to successfully achieve net zero by 2050, nuclear energy capacity will need to at least double and potentially triple compared to today. (oecd-nea.org)
  • Zarif also said that while the nuclear deal is in place, "if one side does not comply with the agreement then the agreement will start to falter. (aijac.org.au)
  • 133 important achievements in the field of nuclear technology have been announced. (ycnews.com)
  • It concluded a bilateral agreement with Germany on third-party liability in the field of nuclear energy in 1986, which provides for equal treatment for citizens of both countries. (admin.ch)
  • Together and across continents, rallies, vigils, musical commemorations, poetry readings and other activities will be held that day for peace and against the escalating threat of nuclear war. (nuclear-free.com)
  • As the consultation closed energy and climate change minister, Chris Huhne, toured and gave his full backing to two potential nuclear power station. (edie.net)
  • Patient Exposure from Radiologic and Nuclear Medicine Procedures in the United States: Procedure Volume and Effective Dose for the Period 2006-2016. (bvsalud.org)
  • Although the potential for transmission of bloodborne pathogens to patients through transfusion of contaminated blood is well known, it is less widely recognized that such transmission can also occur during medical procedures involving withdrawal and reinjection of blood or blood products (e.g., nuclear medicine procedures). (cdc.gov)
  • In the United States, approximately 7-10 million such procedures are performed annually in radiology, nuclear medicine, and cardiology departments and clinics. (cdc.gov)
  • All three instances of errors in administration of radiotracers to patients undergoing nuclear medicine procedures were preventable because they resulted from errors in the identification of the patient and/or materials to be injected. (cdc.gov)
  • Administration errors in nuclear medicine procedures are relatively rare. (cdc.gov)
  • the facilities in these states represent approximately 40% of those performing nuclear medicine procedures in the United States. (cdc.gov)
  • During this period, 4164 errors (defined by the NRC as misadministrations (4)) were reported to the NRC (4), representing an overall error rate of approximately 1 per 10,000 diagnostic procedures performed. (cdc.gov)
  • With Irans new revelations that they have a secret site for the nuclear capabilities is this the latest step in the path to a nuclear war? (hubpages.com)
  • While the initial casus belli would be to suppress the North's nuclear capabilities and force regime change, in reality, the invasion would quickly to turn into a war of national unification ― a second Korean war to finally close the rift. (koreatimes.co.kr)
  • INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY, Procurement Engineering and Supply Chain Guidelines in Support of Operation and Maintenance of Nuclear Facilities, IAEA Nuclear Energy Series No. NP-T-3.21, IAEA, Vienna (2016). (iaea.org)
  • The dormancy period lasts approximately 25 years, which allows a significant reduction of radiological levels. (foronuclear.org)
  • The State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine (SNRIU) conditioned the possibility of the unit's re-start and lifetime extension to a list of measures that need to be implemented. (bankwatch.org)
  • Fortunately, the insane levels of destructiveness built up during the Cold War were reduced by the hard work of skilled diplomats-reminding us that sensible further reductions in nuclear arms remain within the realm of possibility even if political will is presently lacking. (wagingpeace.org)
  • This letter outlined the possibility that a nuclear weapon could be developed-and what could happen if Nazi Germany developed it first. (encyclopedia.com)
  • Topics will include the use of nuclear bombs at the end of the Second World War and the current threats of nuclear terrorism. (manchester.ac.uk)
  • Screens broadcast by Iranian state television show that Iranian President Rouhani issued an order via video link to inject uranium gas into 164 IR-6 centrifuges at the Natanz nuclear facility and the first phase of gas injection to 30 IR-6S centrifuges. (ycnews.com)
  • So is the Iranian nuclear problem now solved, with the only problem for the international community to continue implementing the JCPOA? (aijac.org.au)
  • The Joint Plan's main focus is on increasing the international community's warning time regarding a potential Iranian breakout, extending the regime's breakout timeline, and halting its nuclear progress. (washingtoninstitute.org)
  • made by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission on May 31, 2000. (gc.ca)
  • The International workshop on disruptive technologies for nuclear safety applications is one of the most significant digital innovation events of the year. (oecd-nea.org)
  • means the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission established by section 8. (gc.ca)
  • While the energy produced in a nuclear reactor could also be used in other industrial and chemical processes, these other uses have not been adopted (except in some isolated cases), due to concerns over safety, security, and cost. (nrdc.org)
  • The propietor (Hifrensa) decided to proceed with shutdown in view of the elevated cost of restarting activity after the fire, in compliance with the requisites established by the Nuclear Safety Council (CSN) . (foronuclear.org)
  • Russian nuclear missiles can reach America in about 30 minutes, reducing America's cities to rubble. (wnd.com)
  • No human being, however well-trained in sober decision-making, should ever be put in the position of having five minutes to decide whether to launch a fleet of nuclear-winter-causing missiles because someone else's nuclear-winter-causing missiles were already on their way-or not, as in the case of the Hawaiian false alarm. (wagingpeace.org)
  • This research seeks to develop methods to predict potential past exposures of construction workers at nuclear production facilities so that targeted medical surveillance can occur. (cdc.gov)
  • The citizens' initiative Lighthouse Media Evolution Movement calls on all initiatives in Germany, Austria and Switzerland to participate in the worldwide peace action Humanity for Peace to set a sign against nuclear madness on the weekend of August 5 and 6, the anniversary of Hiroshima. (nuclear-free.com)
  • The initiative is intended to remind humanity that 'nuclear war cannot be won and must never be waged. (nuclear-free.com)
  • You receive additional exposure with each x ray exam and nuclear medicine test, and the amount depends on the type and number of tests. (cdc.gov)
  • Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., The Babcock & Wilcox Company is a leader in clean energy technology and services, primarily for the nuclear, fossil and renewable power markets, as well as a premier advanced technology and mission critical defense contractor. (aol.com)
  • You will examine and assess the impact of the nuclear age on human affairs. (manchester.ac.uk)
  • Every responsible government in possession of nuclear arms has come to the same conclusion. (hubpages.com)
  • This publication provides an overview of nuclear procurement processes, issues of special concern, and provides guidance for good practices to set up and manage a high-quality procurement organization. (iaea.org)
  • The organization Humanity for Peace calls on anti-nuclear initiatives and peace groups to participate in the worldwide peace action. (nuclear-free.com)
  • While acknowledging the challenges posed by an already charged political environment, the dialogue emphasized the importance of maintaining cooperation between the United States and Russia on key nuclear security issues, the value of unilateral risk reduction actions, and the benefit of developing ideas for cooperative steps to be advanced when the political situation improves,' the organization noted. (commondreams.org)
  • We use nuclear power mainly for electricity generation. (nrdc.org)
  • One-fifth of the country's electricity comes from nuclear power. (nrdc.org)
  • and includes, where applicable, the land on which the facility is located, a building that forms part of, or equipment used in conjunction with, the facility and any system for the management, storage or disposal of a nuclear substance. (gc.ca)