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IEEE Spectrum
April 2013
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Laser Fusion's Brightest Hope The National Ignition Facility houses the world's most powerful laser. Is it enough to ignite a fusion revolution?   |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2006
Elizabeth Svoboda |
Shot in the Dark Will the National Ignition Facility, which says it can produce fusion in controlled conditions allowing weapons specialists to simulate the detonation of different types of bombs, usher in a new nuclear era -- or is it a $4 billion lemon? |
Geotimes
November 2004
Megan Sever |
Fusion Stalemate Fusion as a viable energy source for the future... A "Takeout" nuclear plant... |
National Defense
May 2005
Joe Pappalardo |
Nuclear Programs Receive Money for Upgrades The Energy Department is allocating more money for monitoring and improving the nation's aging supply of nuclear weapons and concurrently is laying a foundation for the construction of new warheads. |
National Defense
March 2010
Austin Wright |
An X-Ray Machine for Nukes The government is upgrading the X-ray technology that detects flaws in its nuclear weapons stockpile. |
Popular Mechanics
December 29, 2008
Jeremy Jacquot |
3 Projects We Hope to See From the DOE's Next Nuclear Research Facility Studying rare nuclear isotopes with unstable, short-lived nuclei has plenty of practical and commendable applications in medicine, national security, and cosmology. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2009
Slakey & Tannenbaum |
What About The Nukes? The U.S. nuclear stockpile is showing its age, but building new warheads isn't the solution. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2005 |
Nuclear Testing Goes Virtual The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration officially dedicated two state-of-the-art supercomputers that should allow the United States' nuclear weapons arsenal to be kept in working order without the need for underground testing. |
Wired
March 2002
Evan Ratliff |
This Is Not a Test A decade after America's last nuclear test, the US arsenal is decaying and its designers are retiring. Now a new generation of scientists is trying to preserve bomb-building knowledge before it's too late... |
Popular Mechanics
July 2009
Erik Sofge |
6 Bright Ideas for the Future of Energy While wind turbines and solar panels are impressive green technologies, the way to really slash one's bills and environmental impact is to live in a hyperefficient house |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2010
Neil Savage |
The Laser at 50 It's the golden anniversary of this fundamental technology |
Chemistry World
July 28, 2015
Matthew Gunther |
US government uncovers safety failings at nuclear lab Safety failings at the Los Alamos National Laboratory have been described as 'unsatisfactory' by the US government. |
Scientific American
February 28, 2005
Charles Q. Choi |
Back to Square One After 15 years, cold fusion got a second chance at legitimacy from the U.S. Department of Energy, often seen by cold fusion advocates as their greatest enemy. History repeated itself, with a verdict that evidence remained inconclusive. |
Salon.com
May 16, 2001
Fiona Morgan |
"A dangerous step backwards" Why has President Bush cut funding to combat nuclear proliferation in Russia, and will Congress be able to bring it back? |
National Defense
August 2013
Insinna & Parsons |
United States Remains Concerned About Nuclear Weapons The number of nuclear weapons in circulation worldwide has been slowly but steadily declining in recent years because the United States and Russia are scaling back their nuclear arsenals. |
National Defense
February 2004
Geoff S. Fein |
Energy Dept. Commandos: 'As Good as the Military' The Department of Energy is seeking to beef up its team of commandos, which is trained to help protect nuclear weapons facilities in the United States. |
Mother Jones
May/Jun 2002
Michael Scherer |
Building a Better Bomb Meet the Penetrator, one of the 'mini-nukes' the Bush administration wants to develop for conventional wars... |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2009 |
...And More Forum Letters from readers: Errors in "What About the Nukes?"... The Kepler Space Telescope... |
Salon.com
December 10, 2001
Damien Cave |
Nukes now! Post-Sept. 11, isn't it time to get off our fossil fuel fixation and take another look at nuclear power? |
Chemistry World
March 27, 2009
Rebecca Trager |
US turns to science to help rebuild its economy The Department of Energy (DOE) intends to spend $1.2 billion from the recently enacted economic stimulus bill to create new jobs and bolster the nation's long-term scientific capacity. |
National Defense
August 2008
Matthew Rusling |
Oil Is Out; Is Nuclear In? Put yourself in an imaginary time machine and set the dial to around the year 2040. The exorbitant price of oil, now at $500 a barrel, has pushed a good chunk of the globe toward nuclear power. |
Chemistry World
April 13, 2011
Hepeng Jia |
Full steam ahead for China's nuclear development As the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan escalates and continues to be the cause of worldwide concern, China is unlikely to stop its ambitious plan to expand its nuclear industry. |
Wired
February 2005
Schwartz & Reiss |
Nuclear Now! How clean, green atomic energy can stop global warming. |
Parameters
Autumn 2008
Nader Elhefnawy |
The Next Wave of Nuclear Proliferation Record oil prices and long-term concerns about fossil fuel supplies have helped revive interest in nuclear energy production, but little consideration has been given to the security implications of using it on a global scale. |
Information Today
October 1, 2007 |
U.S. Department of Energy Launches New Patent Web Site The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the launch of a Web site, DOepatents, which allows search and retrieval of information from a collection of more than 20,000 patent records. |
Popular Mechanics
October 2006
Moore & Aurilio |
The Great Nuclear Debate Here are some compelling arguments both for and against pursuing nuclear power as an answer to the country's energy problems. |
