Nuclear Power News

RSS

Greenpeace Says Spains Fails on Climate Change by Increasing Life of Dangerous Nuclear Power Plant

Greenpeace deplores President José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero's decision to extend the operating life of the dangerous nuclear plant Garoña (Burgos province) for four more years till 2013

2 Jul 2009

A Million Reasons to Study Nuclear Fuels For Florida State University

A Florida State University researcher has received a $1 million, five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Energy for a study that could lead to the design of better nuclear fuels and safer and more efficient reactors to generate nuclear power

30 Jun 2009

Government Asked to Support Research into Recycling Used Nuclear Fuel

As the White House and U.S. Congress create a new national strategy for managing used nuclear fuel, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) is encouraging lawmakers to support the research and development necessary for recycling nuclear fuel

22 Jun 2009

We Can Win The Climate Change Fight But Will Need New Technologies and a Completely New Energy System by 2050

VTT just published a book entitled 'Energy Visions 2050'. The scenarios described in the book suggest that new technologies coupled with close international climate co-operation could enable us to mitigate climate change, but success will be dependent on renewal of the entire energy system by the year 2050

18 Jun 2009

Is the Future of Solar Power All Blue Skies?

Have economic conditions improved for solar cell manufacturers or just changed in the past six months are questions detailed in the report Opportunities in The Solar Market For Crystalline and Thin Film Solar Cells

17 Jun 2009

Nuclear Power Plants of the Future

Information exchange processes developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will be at the center of the effort to design and build the next generation of modern, highly efficient nuclear power plants

3 Jun 2009

Materials Challenges for Clean Energy to be Focus of NIST Symposium

For the materials research community, all roads will lead to the headquarters of the National Institute of Standards and Technology during the week of June 21, 2009, when the agency hosts two major international meetings. First up is the Symposium on Materials Challenges for Clean Energy

3 Jun 2009

Ecomagination Approves Advanced Boiling Water Reactor From GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) today announced that its Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR) technology has earned recognition as a GE ecomagination product

20 May 2009

Solar and Nuclear Research at Los Alamos National Laboratory Gets A Boost

Solar and nuclear energy technology advancements from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) could help the nation in its quest to capture viable sources of alternative energy, thanks to funding from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science

11 May 2009

Caltech To Get Energy Frontier Research Center

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science has announced that it will fund the creation of 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) over the next five years, including one that will be housed at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

11 May 2009