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Second, the new agreement not only calls for reductions in the number of nuclear warheads (to between 1, 500 and 1, 675), but for cuts in the number of strategic force launchers.
But unfortunately there are also a number of nuclear facilities in the area.
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Ministers have become more prescriptive in their announcements, specifying the number of nuclear-power stations they want built and where.
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Both India and Pakistan are proven nuclear powers after last year's tit-for-tat tests, and it is believed they may each possess a small number of nuclear warheads.
And he wants to double the number of nuclear power plants, although he acknowledged last week in Minnesota, the U.S. still has to address the challenge of storing nuclear waste.
"You look at the number of nuclear plants on the drawing board or in construction and there literally is not enough available uranium, " says Inwentash, a 50-year- old Toronto accountant turned venture capitalist.
It is expected to radically reduce the number of nuclear delivery vehicles and, for the first time, deployed warheads -- perhaps to less than 1500 weapons -- in the U.S. and Russian arsenals.
If they say those sorts of things about a good faith attempt to reduce the number of nuclear weapons, can you imagine what they would say about any of the trades Gabe is suggesting?
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Powell had also hoped to be given a specific figure for the number of nuclear warheads Russia is intending to scrap as part of ongoing arms reductions that are running in tandem with discussions on the ABM.
In addition, the officials say the U.S. will propose the beginning of a new round of talks -- START III -- designed to further bring down the number of nuclear warheads to between 2, 000 to 2, 500 on each side.
As the number of nuclear weapons declines it may become more feasible to build defenses that can stop an attack, but for the time being conservatives and liberals alike are stuck with the paradoxes of surviving in the nuclear age.
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Military establishments with poor discipline, poor training and poor civilian oversight are particularly prone to such accidents, and it is almost certain that as the number of nuclear powers increases the reliability of the average military establishment looking after those weapons will drop.
As a result, there is an unlikely alliance between the nuclear industry and many environmentalists, as a growing number of greens have come to believe that nuclear energy is the best way to reduce carbon emissions.
With a limited number of trained nuclear workers, TEPCO, the owner of the plant, is rotating workers after far shorter periods.
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In part, this is why we are likely to start seeing a shift from long-term and highly capital-intensive investments like coal plants and nuclear power to an increasing number of bets on smaller, modular, and more flexible technologies.
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We also spoke about Iran nuclear program, and discussed a number of other issues, including European missile defense.
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The number of states with nuclear weapons seems likely to rise, though it is hard to say how far.
Japan is number two with 50 nuclear power stations in operation.
While operationally deployed strategic nuclear forces are being reduced in number, the U.S. will continue to maintain a responsive force to remain prepared for any immediate or unexpected contingencies.
This is to fill the energy gap from closing a number of coal and nuclear power stations over the next two decades, and to meet the government's carbon dioxide emissions targets.
Safety would remain the company's number one priority at the nuclear reprocessing site during any industrial action, he added.
That safety, and indeed, the reliability and credibility of the nuclear deterrent will, accordingly, rely ever more critically on a dwindling number of highly skilled scientists, engineers and technicians in the U.S. nuclear weapons complex.
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But they oppose nuclear power, a position that puts them at odds with a fair number of environmentalists who have concluded, reluctantly, that a low-carbon future without nuclear energy is a pipe-dream.
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The size and composition of the current U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile have been determined by a number of relevant factors over time.
As debate on the Queen's Speech continued on 26 May 2010, Mr Hague told the Commons the time was right to be "more open" about the overall number of warheads held in the nuclear arsenal.
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The site was one of a number which was shortlisted for a new nuclear power station last year.
Talks between the EU and Iran on the nuclear issue have been off and on for a number of years, with the last round ending in failure in January last year.
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