by Nicholas Cunningham | Mar 15, 2013 | Monitor
Research on lithium-ion batteries at ANL Today, March 15, President Obama made a speech at the Argonne National Laboratory, outside of Chicago, to promote a clean transportation idea that he trumpeted in his State of the Union address. His idea is to set up an Energy...
by Nicholas Cunningham | Feb 26, 2013 | Monitor
photo source: NRC The Nuclear Energy Institute hosted a two-day conference on Feb. 26-27 on relicensing the nation’s aging nuclear fleet. Many of the nation’s 104 nuclear power plants have reached or are rapidly approaching the end of their original 40-year licenses....
by Nicholas Cunningham | Feb 19, 2013 | Monitor
Oilprice.com reported that defense contractor Lockheed Martin has plans to build a small fusion power plant within a decade. Its design would use a “compact cylinder” instead of a the traditionally used “torus.” From the article: Many designs...
by Nicholas Cunningham | Feb 15, 2013 | Monitor
ASP Consensus Members LtGen Norm Seip, USAF (Ret.) and BGen Steven Anderson, USA (Ret.) penned an Op-Ed in The Huffington Post entitled, “Ask What You Can Do For Your Country: Combating Climate Threats to Our National Security.” In the article, the retired...
by Nicholas Cunningham | Feb 13, 2013 | Monitor
On February 12, President Obama fulfilled his constitutional duty by delivering the State of the Union Address to a joint session of Congress. He also offered some of his goals and policy ideas that he would like to see implemented over the next few years. While much...