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The decision came only three months after the company abandoned investment in two new units in North Carolina.
One of the units – Kewaunee Power Station in Wisconsin – was abandoned after massive investment in upgrades and a 60-year license renewal; it simply could not generate power at competitive prices.
Although Japan accounts for three-quarters of this decline, with only two of the 50 units that are officially in operation in Japan actually producing power, 16 other countries, including the world’s top five nuclear generators, also decreased their output.
In total, at least 23 of the 66 units currently under construction have encountered delays, many of which have lasted for several years.
As a result of such delays, only three new units began operating last year – half the number of reactors that were shut down.
King Abdullah pledged large numbers of new housing units, an important gesture in a country where young people, especially young married couples, cannot easily access the housing market.
Much now depends on whether the same is true of the other major outcome, which is that Yukos’s principal asset – Yuganskneftegaz – is now in state hands, while its remaining units appear doomed to nationalization.
Yet its constitution severely constrains its ability to send combat units for the Security Council’s peacekeeping operations.
There are already 49 million housing units in these coastal areas, with an average of 1,355 building permits issued daily.
For example, the commission recommends arrangements to ensure that any movements and exercises of military units are reported.
When unrest erupted, Saudi Arabia reportedly dispatched military units to bolster Bahrain’s paltry armed forces.
Volunteer soldiers – including many non-citizens – and mercenary units for manpower reduce even further the reasons for voters to care.
In 2013, spurred by Huajian's success, the Ethiopian government created a new industrial park, with space for 22 factory units.
The population’s average BMI fell by 1.5 units, with a halving in the prevalence of obesity, from 14% to 7%.
Just to remind the world of this, as the indirect talks were preparing to get off the ground, Israel’s government approved a decision to break ground on 112 housing units in a settlement south of Bethlehem, and 1600 new settlement units in East Jerusalem.
Three of Ukraine’s nuclear power units are currently operating beyond their design lifetime, with nine others set to reach the end of their intended lifetime within the next five years.
But, even with such an analysis, Ukraine’s nuclear regulator would be in no position to guarantee the safe operation of aging nuclear units.
This “Northern” view starts from the premise that member states remain sovereign units, and that it is possible that a member country does not implement a necessary economic-adjustment program.
Moreover, the social unrest that often accompanies economic strife could cause countries to fragment into smaller units that fight one another over values or resources.
To some extent, this is already occurring, with Iraq and Syria splintering into sectarian or tribal units.
Nine thousand new Israeli settlement housing units have been announced in Palestine, the number of roadblocks within the West bank has increased, and the stranglehold on Gaza has been tightened.
Several governments – including that of the United Kingdom – have developed so-called “nudge units,” which seek to encourage people to make better choices for themselves and society by providing subtle hints, cues, and other suggestions.
Add to that NATO’s recent decision to send small military units eastward, in order to reassure Poland and the Baltic states, and Russia may well decide that now is the time to create a larger buffer between itself and the West.
Today, amid a total housing shortfall of two million units, half of the state’s residents cannot afford to buy homes in their local market.
Maximizing this development potential could add more than 300,000 units to the city’s housing inventory.
Cities might also consider changing residential zoning laws to encourage owners of single-family homes to add accessory units, such as garage apartments and backyard cottages.
The move exemplifies Russia's commitment to do whatever it takes to prevent a military defeat of the separatist entities that it has incited and forged into fighting units – a determination that has endured, even as the conflict has placed considerable strain on its armed forces.
Beyond supplying the separatist groups with heavy and advanced weapons, and deploying special units and forces to support them, Russia now appears to be sending in “volunteers" to train a separatist army that could ultimately go on the offensive.
Yemen's military is largely intact, having remained in its barracks as the Houthis marched to the capital, and there is little evidence that the units that work with the Americans are loyal to the new rebel government.
Countries like Kuwait and Qatar have already established macro-fiscal units, which they are working to strengthen.
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