Defkalion is shutting down its forum. Defkalion claims that their next announcment in a few months (presumably with a press release and press conference) will be that of a successful and certified product. Defkalion may or may not deliver in a few months or later this year or next. We will see. Blacklight Power is …
We have had extensive coverage of the work on the US Navy railgun project The latest video is of the BAE industrialized version of the railgun. It now looks more like a navy gun instead of an industrial research project with exposed rails. They are working on a thermally managed railgun that can shoot ten …
World Nuclear News – The NRC has now issued its final technical Safety Evaluation Report (SER) and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed GE laser uranium enrichment plant. The GLE plant would use a laser-based process to enrich uranium up to 8% uranium-235 by weight (although nuclear power reactors normally require 3%-5% enriched uranium), …
Andrew Breitbart, the controversial conservative blogger, has died of natural causes at 43 Breitbart was famous for his aggressive attacks on liberal politicians and media members and was seen as a star of the conservative blogosphere. He worked at the Drudge Report in the 1990s before launching several of his own sites, including BigJournalism.com, BigGovernment.com …
The new McKinsey report Resource Revolution: Meeting the world’s energy, materials, food, and water needs shows that the resource challenge can be met through a combination of expanding the supply of resources and a step change in the way they are extracted, converted, and used. Such resource productivity improvements, using existing technology, could satisfy nearly …
Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Jaguar supercomputer has completed the first phase of an upgrade that will keep it among the most powerful scientific computing systems in the world. Acceptance testing for the upgrade was completed earlier this month. The testing suite included leading scientific applications focused on molecular dynamics, high-temperature superconductivity, nuclear fusion, and combustion. …