Word: everly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...atmosphere. In fact, the last French above-ground tests were conducted in the summer of 1974. President Giscard d'Estaing announced at that time that France had reached the stage in its nuclear defense program that permitted it to switch to underground testing. This has been the case ever since...
...bubble problem had not been anticipated in engineering studies. Said Dudley Thompson, an executive officer of the NRC: "We are in a situation that is not a situation we have ever been in before." As officials studied the complex hazard, they discovered yet another ominous possibility: if the amount of hydrogen in the reactor kept growing, it could reach a level at which only a spark would be needed to set off a hydrogen-gas explosion. If the explosion were powerful enough, the core vessel might rupture and the concrete walls of the container building might break, exposing the surrounding...
...costs, endless delays in getting plants built and growing public opposition. In 22 years of commercial operation, nuclear power has won only a modest role in the nation's total energy picture. Now, in the shock of the Three Mile Island nightmare, the question arises whether reactors will ever be able-or be allowed-to contribute much more than the 14% of electricity production and almost 4% of total energy consumption that they supply today. "The way I see it, the nuclear power industry does not have a future," says an executive of an atomic plant near Toledo...
...Weber challenge puts employers in a tighter spot than ever in efforts to correct past racial injustices. If they voluntarily set up programs to redress discrimination against blacks, they risk getting sued by passed-over whites. If they admit their own past discrimination to justify such a program, they risk suits by blacks. If they do nothing, they stand to lose valuable federal contracts and be sued by blacks anyway. As usual, the Justices gave no hint as to how they plan to resolve the legal dilemma. But on their decision, which is expected this spring, hangs a question that...
...National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski calls "the contagion of peace." If in these first shaky months, the new treaty takes hold and appears to be working for both nations, they may relax and be even more giving to ward each other. Better yet, the other Arab nations may, how ever reluctantly, decide to join the process. There is no question that Jimmy Carter's hand will be required from time to time; though not, he hopes, in the manner of Camp David or for shuttle diplomacy. But in extremis, even those possibilities would not be ruled...