Jan
13
Safer Nuclear Power That Would Move to Thorium Fuel
January 13, 2015 | 6 Comments
Since the resignation of the last Nuclear Regulatory Commission chairman, Gregory Jaczko there has been a general lift in the industry’s spirits. So far the current chairwoman, Allison McFarlane hasn’t made any moves to quell American enthusiasm. This situation, now well over a year in, has raised a lot of hopes and stirred a lot […]
Dec
31
A Challenge to a Nuclear Power Implosion
December 31, 2013 | 3 Comments
An American Physical Society group chaired by Roy Schwitters reports that if U.S. nuclear plants continue to shut down instead of extending operations the nation risks losing 60 percent of its clean electricity production starting as soon as 2030. That’s the baseload share that runs 100% of the time and is the lowest cost electricity […]
Oct
1
Nano Scale Electrode Architectures For Lithium Ion Batteries
October 1, 2013 | 4 Comments
A University of California, San Diego (UCSD) electrical engineer leads new research improving lithium-ion batteries through possible new electrode architectures with precise nano-scale designs. Shadi Dayeh, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering leads a team of researchers in creating nanowires that block […]
Jul
30
A Path to Safer Longer Running Nuclear Power
July 30, 2013 | 1 Comment
A team of researchers at MIT is developing an alternative nuclear fuel rod cladding that could provide similar protection for nuclear fuel, while reducing the risk of hydrogen production by roughly a thousandfold. For many people the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster marked another reason nuclear fuel should be discarded as a power source. The […]
Apr
26
A Deal for a Molten Salt Reactor in Canada
April 26, 2013 | 4 Comments
Terrestrial Energy Inc. (TEI) founded in late 2012 with Dr. David LeBlanc’s patent-pending Molten Salt Reactor (MSR) technology has oil sands production company partners and a plan for oil sand taxes to pay for the MSR development. The U.S. investment in nuclear power using technologies that doesn’t produce an abundance of dangerous waste has escaped. […]
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