Nov
6
Progress on Zinc-Air Batteries
November 6, 2009 | 3 Comments
ReVolt, a Swiss company, plans to sell small “button cell” batteries for hearing aids starting next year. ReVolt has developed rechargeable zinc-air batteries that can store three times the energy of lithium ion batteries, by volume, while costing only half as much. The company plans to incorporate its technology into ever-larger batteries, introducing cell-phone and […]
Nov
5
Here Come the Japanese Nuclear Reactors
November 5, 2009 | 29 Comments
Making the latest news is the new design from Toshiba is the 4S. The four ‘S’s are for super, safe, small and simple. The design is such that the tendency to call sealed reactors batteries applies as well. The technical specifications for the 4S reactor are unique in the nuclear industry. The actual reactor would […]
Nov
4
Assembling a Nuclear Boom
November 4, 2009 | 8 Comments
Rod Adams at Atomic Insights Blog is a not to be missed weekly stop for this writer. Mr. Adams is located close to the regulatory action, conferences and has the experience and background to make sense of it all with his gift of communicating to the informed masses – that’s us. He recently made ammo […]
Nov
3
The Ethanol Fightin’ Is Over
November 3, 2009 | 6 Comments
The fight over corn ethanol could be over, if cooler heads look at the latest data. While academia has busily pored over reports and run computer models, the industry, that is paying the bills, has been busily upgrading the efficiency of the whole industry. Academia does catch up sometimes. The authors of a new study, […]
Nov
2
Burn that Nuclear Waste
November 2, 2009 | 4 Comments
The more energy pulled out of uranium fuels the less radioactive waste remains at the end. That fact has been on the minds of many in science and business for decades. Nuclear experts say the proposed Advanced Recycling Center (ARC) could help to solve the biggest radioactive waste concerns as the world atomic power industry […]
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