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May 9, 2012 6:12 PM
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Senior DOE Official Resigns
Arun Majumdar was founding director of innovative ARPA-E
March 27, 2012 5:45 PM
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Imposing a Cap With Holes
U.S. EPA sets limits on carbon emissions for power plants not yet built
March 22, 2012 5:47 PM
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DOE Scraps Plans for Neutrino Experiment in Mine
Department asks Fermilab to find cheaper alternatives
March 21, 2012 12:27 PM
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Proposed U.S. Fusion Cuts Ignite Debate
House spending panel questions DOE plan to shut U.S.-based fusion device
China's Booming Solar and Wind Sector May Be Put On Hold
For observers of Monday's opening session of the annual gathering of the National People's Congress (NPC), Premier Wen Jiabao's announcement that China "will put an end to blind expansion...
It's Too Early to Pick a Winner on Inertial Fusion Energy, Says Study
Despite proposed cuts to the U.S. magnetic fusion program, a new report advocates a parallel effort to pursue fusion energy using the rival inertial confinement scheme. The report, by...
February 28, 2012 6:08 PM
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Steve Chu's Very Lucky (Birth) Day
What a way to celebrate your 64th birthday—and your 15th wedding anniversary. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today spent part of this morning chatting with Microsoft tycoon Bill Gates before...
February 28, 2012 12:55 PM
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Bill Gates on Insanity and Energy R&D
The U.S. government is "crazy" when it comes to funding for energy research and development, according to high-tech titan Bill Gates. "It's crazy how little we are funding this...
At DOE, Body Blows to Fusion, Nuclear Physics, and Particle Physics
Overall, the budget numbers for the Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Science, the single largest funder of physical sciences research in the United States, look reasonably good. The...
Japanese Experts Question Safety of—and Need for—Nuclear Power
TOKYO—Japan is preparing for the possibility of a summer without nuclear power as utilities and safety experts squabble over the safety of the country's remaining reactors. And a key...
With $116 Million Pledged, Ecuador Moves Forward With Plan to Protect Rainforest
After receiving pledges totaling more than its goal of $100 million by a year-end deadline, the Ecuadorian government last week announced that it would move forward with the so-called...
Reactor-Accelerator Hybrid Achieves Successful Test Run
A European research team took an important step this week toward proving that an unusual combination of a nuclear reactor and a particle accelerator could be used to eliminate...
December 8, 2011 2:47 PM
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ARPA-E's Majumdar Takes First Step Toward No. 3 Post at Energy
Arun Majumdar appears to be on a fast track toward becoming undersecretary of energy. That means Energy Secretary Steven Chu may soon have to decide whether to let Majumdar retain...
In Wake of Fukushima Disaster, Japan's Scientists Ponder How to Regain Public Trust
TOKYO—Public confidence in Japan's scientists and engineers took a major hit from the 11 March earthquake, tsunami, and subsequent Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster. How to regain it was...
U.K.'s Nuclear R&D Effort Lagging, Lords Conclude
With the United Kingdom committed to a major expansion of nuclear power, the Science and Technology Committee of the House of Lords—the U.K. Parliament's upper house—has taken a look...
ITER and Monju on the Chopping Block?
An advisory panel on 20 November called on the Japanese government to cut funding next year for the ITER fusion reactor project and the Monju experimental fast breeder reactor....
Inside Watchdog Suggests Radical Changes in DOE Labs
Want some provocative ideas for reforming the sprawling network of laboratories and environmental cleanup programs run by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)? Then pick up a copy of...
November 11, 2011 1:30 PM
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DOE's Exiting Science Boss Steven Koonin: 'I've Been Effective'
Two days ago, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that Steven Koonin, undersecretary for science, would step down on 18 November. Yesterday, Koonin ticked off some of his...
Germany to Look for New Nuclear Waste Site
BERLIN—Germans are starting over in their search for a permanent nuclear waste storage site. For more than 3 decades, the country has been storing its waste at a site...
November 9, 2011 5:43 PM
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Steven Koonin to Step Down as DOE Science Honcho
Steven Koonin is leaving his job as undersecretary for science in the Department of Energy (DOE) after an unhappy stint in a poorly defined position. Koonin's departure, announced in...
November 2, 2011 3:46 PM
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U.K. Quakes Likely Caused by Fracking
Two small earthquakes that shook the Lancashire coast of northwest England and the nearby city of Blackpool earlier this year were probably caused by hydraulic fracturing, or fracking—a shale...
Persis Drell to Step Down as Director of SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
When Persis Drell took over 4 years ago as director of SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in Menlo Park, California, she vowed that she wouldn't keep the job any longer...
October 27, 2011 5:10 PM
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U.S. Weapons Lab Gets a New Director
A veteran of U.S. national security policy debates has been chosen as the next director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, one of the Department of Energy's two nuclear weapons...
October 14, 2011 11:03 AM
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Australia Eyes Hefty Tax on Carbon Emissions
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA—After months of acrimonious debate, Australia's lower house of parliament on 12 October passed a carbon tax that is expected to transform the country's use of energy. Provided...
Nuclear Power Likely to Grow, Royal Society Says, So Nations Should Plan Ahead
Despite the ongoing events at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan, Britain's Royal Society, for one, believes that a renaissance of nuclear power construction is likely. If so, it...
October 4, 2011 3:46 PM
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Panel Doubts U.S. Biofuels Goals Will Be Reached
The United States is unlikely to produce enough biofuel by 2022 to meet some congressionally mandated targets, according to an analysis released today by a National Research Council (NRC)...
Japan to Boost Science Spending, Reduce Support for Nuclear Power
TOKYO—Japan's ministry of education wants to boost overall science-related spending next year by 5.8%, to $14.7 billion. But amid increasing support for most programs there is one big loser:...
September 27, 2011 5:37 PM
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DOE Plan Would Boost Technology Spending on Transportation
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today unveiled the results of a sweeping review designed to make the department's efforts to develop better energy technologies more coherent and productive....
Blast at French Nuclear Waste Facility Kills One
An explosion at a French plant that burns and melts nuclear waste has killed one person, injured four others, and ignited worries that low-level radioactivity might leak into the environment....
Senate Budget Bill Holds Energy Department Science Level
Scientists usually howl like wounded puppies at the prospect of a flat budget for an important U.S. science agency. But given the budget-cutting mood of the current Congress, scientists...
Indian Professors Charged Over Radiation Death
NEW DELHI—Six senior professors at the University of Delhi face up to 2 years in prison over their roles in India's first fatality from accidental exposure to radiation. On...
August 22, 2011 10:35 AM
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Indian Leader Goes to Bat for Nuclear Energy
BANGALORE, INDIA—In a major boost for the embattled nuclear industry, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on 21 August voiced strong support for nuclear power. "I am convinced that nuclear...
August 11, 2011 12:01 AM
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Federal Committee: Shale Gas Needs More Openness, Better Data
A U.S. Department of Energy committee has waded into the fracas over the production of natural gas from shale using the controversial hydrofracturing, or fracking, technology, with a call for...
August 3, 2011 4:48 PM
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U.S. Judge Rejects Latest Salmon Recovery Plan
For the third time in a decade, a federal judge in Portland, Oregon, has rejected as inadequate the U.S. government's plan for making hydroelectric dams safer for endangered salmon...
July 29, 2011 5:43 PM
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Nuclear Waste Report Calls for Interim Storage, New Approach on Repository
The first full report by a presidential commission on how to deal with nuclear waste has, as predicted, called for interim storage of nuclear waste off site from nuclear...
July 15, 2011 5:26 PM
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Renewable Energy Funds Boosted as House Passes Energy Funding Bill
An amendment to bring proposed 2012 funding for ARPA-E, the blue-sky research arm of the Department of Energy, up to the current year level of $180 million passed the House...
Japan Reconsiders Nuclear Power and the Monju Fast-Breeder Reactor—Or Maybe Not
The difficulty of changing Japan's decades-old nuclear-centric energy policy was in evidence this week. On Tuesday, Environment Minister Satsuki Eda, a member of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ),...
July 13, 2011 5:42 PM
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After Fukushima, Nuclear Task Force Wants Major Changes for U.S. Plants Rules
Redundant defenses against the most likely failures may not be enough to protect U.S. nuclear plants against a catastrophic failure like the one that occurred earlier this year in...
House Panel Tells Energy Department to Cull Underperforming Research Grants
First, the silver lining for scientists: When the spending panel for the House of Representatives sliced $6 billion from the $30.7 billion budget requested for 2012 by the Department...
Italy Says No to Reintroduction of Nuclear Energy
"We probably have to say goodbye to nuclear energy." That's how Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi summarized the results of the country's referendum on nuclear power even before the...
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