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  • "This trend is, in principle, detrimental to the stability characteristics of the reactor, inasmuch as it increases the probability of instability events and increases the severity of such events, if they were to occur," the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, which is mandated by Congress to advise the NRC, has warned.

    latimes.com - News 2011

  • 'Safeguards' or Restrictions contained in the Bill -- from the alleged precedent of Grattan's Constitution -- from the success of Home Rule in other parts of the world -- and, generally, from the expediency of trustfulness.

    A Leap in the Dark A Criticism of the Principles of Home Rule as Illustrated by the Bill of 1893 Albert Venn Dicey 1878

  • "Safeguards" for uranium exports do NOT guarantee inspections, do NOT apply to military facilities and provide for diversion of uranium reserves from civil to military use.

    Sydney Indymedia - Comments 2008

  • Subsidi, dan Tindakan "Safeguards" dalam rangka Mempertahankan Akses Pasar Ekspor di Hotel Sahid Surabaya, Kamis.

    ANTARA - Berita Terkini 2009

  • Subsidi, dan Tindakan "Safeguards" dalam rangka Mempertahankan Akses Pasar Ekspor di Hotel Sahid Surabaya, Kamis.

    ANTARA - Berita Terkini 2009

  • Safeguards intended to protect individuals from unnecessary and illegal surveillance are outdated and ineffectual, a report on the working of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act Ripa claims.

    Law against phone hacking is not working, says civil liberties group 2011

  • Safeguards to halt the practice that were announced with fanfare have not been put into effect.

    Human Rights Watch: Uzbekistan: Detainees Tortured, Lawyers Silenced Human Rights Watch 2011

  • For example, his paper, The Procedural Safeguards of Federalism, may not directly answer the question at hand, but you will certainly have a good sense of the constitutionality of the “Slaughter solution” after reading it!

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Is the Slaughter Solution constitutional? 2010

  • Safeguards asserted As the case wended its way through courts for nearly two decades, the companies contended that by raising the state-secrets privilege and limiting access to documents, the government prevented them from proving they were not responsible for delays and should not have to repay the money.

    Test of 'state secrets' shield goes before Supreme Court 2011

  • The residents of Islington and the rest of us can sleep safely in the knowledge that the Radioactive Substances Act 1993, the Nuclear Explosions Prohibition and Inspections Act 1998 and the Nuclear Safeguards Act 2000 will prevent Islington council from obtaining weapons of mass destruction.

    Hugh Muir's diary 2011

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