Nuclear

SRNL’s John Marra to address advanced materials lessons from Fukushima nuclear accident

By / May 6, 2011

Marra The ACerS Glass and Optical Materials Division is holding its annual meeting May 15-19 in Savannah, Ga., and I just learned that nuclear energy materials expert John Marra has…

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MesoCoat to break ground on cermet cladding and coating manufacturing plant

By / April 5, 2011

Schematic of MecoCoat’s high energy density fusion cladding process for a pipe. Credit: MesoCoat.   If Andrew Sherman, CEO of MesoCoat Inc. were channeling Mark Twain, he might offer his…

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Sandia, TEES and Khalifa U. launch GNEII nuclear energy safety institute for Middle East region

By / March 18, 2011

GNEII nuclear energy safety, security institute was officially launched with the signing of an agreement among TEES, Sandia National Laboratories and Khalifa University. Credit: Khalifa University. The world now is…

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Chu reports to Congress on DOE’s nuclear aid response for Japan

By / March 15, 2011

Sent out a few minutes ago from the DOE, this is from Secretary Steven Chu’s testimony this morning before the United States House of Representatives’ Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development (part…

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Thinking of our friends and the situation in Japan (updated)

By / March 14, 2011

It goes without saying that all ACerS members, leaders and staff are distraught about the effects of Japan’s earthquake, tsunami and the struggle of that nation to regain control of…

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U.S. nuclear energy powwow today

By / December 7, 2010

Third Way and the Idaho National Lab have been holding a “New Millennium Nuclear Energy Summit” this morning in Washington, DC. According to a press release, the meeting is aimed…

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John Marra to discuss advanced ceramics and nuclear energy at Alfred U.’s McMahon lecture Nov. 4

By / October 27, 2010

Alfred University has selected nuclear power expert and ACerS leader John Marra give the Inamori School of Engineering’s 2010 John F. McMahon annual lecture. Marra will speak at 11:20 a.m., Nov.…

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SRNL energy park plans underway

By / October 26, 2010

Surplus land within the Savannah River National Lab site will be turned into an energy park. The DOE is exploring the potential of energy parks (PDF) as one option for…

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DOE announces $57M in new SBIR/STTR programs, $9.6M for ‘transformational energy”

By / September 15, 2010

Makani’s Airborne Wind Turbine (above) project is being funded by a new ARPA-E grant. Credit: Makani. Over the past few days, the DOE has announced nearly $67 million in new…

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Rustum Roy, 1924-2010

By / August 30, 2010

I just received the sad news that one of the legends of materials science and of science, in general, Rustum Roy, passed away last week. Although he was a stellar…

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