Nuclear Power News

RSS

Oak Ridge National Laboratory to Get Energy Frontier Research Center

Oak Ridge National Laboratory will be home to two of 46 new multi-million-dollar Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) announced today by the White House in conjunction with a speech delivered by President Barack Obama at the annual meeting of the National Academy of Sciences

28 Apr 2009

Energy Frontier Research Center for University of Michigan

The University of Michigan will be home to a $19.5-million Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) that will explore new materials to better convert solar energy to electricity, the White House has announced

28 Apr 2009

New Multi-MIllion Dollar Energy Research Centers to Be Set Up At Argonne National Laboratory

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory will be home to two of 46 new multi-million-dollar Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) announced today by the White House in conjunction with a speech by President Barack Obama at the annual meeting of the National Academy of Sciences

28 Apr 2009

Stored Nuclear Fuel To Be Protected From Causing Contamination By Using The Hydrogen

When Sweden's spent nuclear fuel is to be permanently stored, it will be protected by three different barriers. Even if all three barriers are damaged, the nuclear fuel will not dissolve into the groundwater, according to a new doctoral dissertation from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden

27 Apr 2009

Ancient Warming Event May Have Been Caused By Wetlands

Analysis of Greenland ice led by Scripps researchers could allay fears about methane ‘burp’ accelerating current global warming trend

27 Apr 2009

MIT To Get New Multimillion Dollar Energy Research Centers

Massachusetts Institute of Technology will be home to two of 46 new multimillion-dollar Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) announced today by the White House, in conjunction with a speech delivered by President Barack Obama at the annual meeting of the National Academy of Sciences

27 Apr 2009

Air Force Investigating Powering Military Aircraft With French Fry Grease

Ever imagine filling up the fuel tanks on a military aircraft with french fry grease? That's exactly what Air Force officials could do someday if a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency research program proves successful

2 Apr 2009

New York to Get $148 Million in Recovery Act Funding for Environmental Cleanup

Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced $6 billion in new funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to accelerate environmental cleanup work and create thousands of jobs across 12 states - including a major investment in New York

31 Mar 2009

Nuclear Materials Tracked and Monitored Using New RFID Technology

Scientists from U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have developed a unique tracking technology that also monitors the environmental and physical conditions of containers of nuclear materials in storage and transportation

25 Mar 2009

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Gets $1.6 Million DoE Grant to Develop Faster, Cheaper Fuel Cells

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have won a $1.6 million DoE grant to develop new methods for manufacturing a key fuel cell component. The multi-year grant aims to create new technology and processes for faster, more cost-effective manufacturing of fuel cell membrane electrode assemblies

25 Mar 2009