Recent work has also demonstrated that at suitably low temperatures they can act as superconductors transmitting an electric current indefinitely, without power loss.
The so-called stress tests will be performed on Europe's 143 working reactors and other atomic installations and will consider a range of factors, including seismic activity, flooding, and power loss at reactors.
In a twist, Hurricane (or super storm) Sandy actually helped drive up Hollywood box office numbers this weekend in the Northeast, where kids were off school on Friday and people over the weekend were seeking entertainment refuge from a very bad week of flooding, power loss and devastation.
Mr. MOONEY: Yes, into loss of power and the loss of their relatives.
Utilizing the 7mm 2.5inch form-factor, the PX03AN series drives also offer power-loss protection.
Featuring a slim 7mm 2.5inch industry-standard form-factor, all capacities offer power-loss protection.
Toshiba is recalling 840, 000 batteries across a wide swath of their laptop lines, in addition to the 340, 000 they recalled a couple of weeks ago for an unrelated power-loss issue.
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The loss of power is compounded by a loss of consumer confidence, both at home and abroad.
Russia's announcement last Saturday that it will sell Syria the supersonic Yakhont anti-ship cruise missile was a testament to Iran's rising regional power and the US's loss of power.
Similarly, the state-owned electric-power company has been selling imported power at a loss.
Superconductors will permit faster trains and low-loss power transmission, he says.
The loss of power not only crippled the ship but also created smelly conditions.
With this loss of confidence, would come loss of political campaign funding, and inevitably, loss of power.
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Last week he set off a three-day vote of confidence that may yet result in his loss of power.
Of course the dominant story was all about the disgusting sanitary conditions that resulted after the loss of power.
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They have faced the problem of making the same "hyper-redundant" mechanisms much smaller and without a loss of power or movement.
The Taliban's unholy alliance with opium smugglers, who also benefit from the government's loss of power, is another key factor in the Taliban's resurgence.
Each stage of converting and transmitting power results in a loss of efficiency, but with technological improvements these losses are being reduced.
He appeared to react initially to what he believed was a loss of power in the right-hand engine of the Cessna 404 Titan.
If you live in an area at risk of winter ice storms and blizzards, you need to be prepared for a loss of power.
John Murray, chair in Business Studies at Trinity College Dublin, points to a worrying loss of power by the carmakers, rather than the expected gain.
"Men's loss of power and control over women has made professional women particularly vulnerable, especially in male-dominated work environments and in public spaces, " writes Rasna Wahra for the Daily Nation.
"Any reactor in the country that is faced with a station blackout or a loss of power and a backup is not as well-positioned as the reactor in Japan, " said Mr. Lochbaum.
In an era dominated by power, profit and loss, the author marvels at the nobility of spirit of a community of Cistercian Trappist monks in Algeria, seven of whom ended up dead at the hands of Islamic extremists.
And we showed in very graphic terms how the water would top the levees and inundate the city, the way in which the pumps would fail because of the loss of power, and how the inundation would stay in the city because of its geography and geology.
Mr. Candris said that "if you are looking for a silver lining in the cloud called Fukushima, it's probably that it doesn't make sense to build anything but a design with passive features and an ability to withstand a complete loss of power" advantages which he said the AP1000 offers.
As such, Gorbachev is serving as an agent of the old guard, the unreconstructed communists, KGB and other bureaucrats and members of the military-industrial complex those desperately trying to avoid the loss of power and perquisites that would accompany a democratic and free market transformation of the former USSR.
On the rail network, Mr Hammond said night time "ghost trains" were being run in an attempt to keep lines open but "build up of ice on third rails across the Southeastern and Southern networks have led to loss of power and trains being stranded, causing severe delays and cancellations".
As such, Gorbachev is serving as an agent of the old guard, the unreconstructed communists, KGB and other bureaucrats and members of the military-industrial complex -- those desperately trying to avoid the loss of power and perquisites that would accompany a democratic and free market transformation of the former USSR.
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