Here’s the way the sun shines: older solar down, new solar up, overall growth

By Kennedy Maize Solar, solar everywhere  From the sun did drink; Solar, solar somewhere  The sun did not sink. Once upon a time, not that long ago, advocates of using sunlight to make electricity were in two camps. One group advocated using the energy from the sun to make heat, boil water, and use the… More Here’s the way the sun shines: older solar down, new solar up, overall growth

Nuclear industry, academics duel over HALEU and weapons

By Kennedy Maize The U.S. nuclear industry is pushing back against a possible independent National Academies scientific study of the weapons potential of new fuels for many advanced civilian reactor designs. On Jan. 2, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced that it is evaluating High Assay Low Enriched Uranium (HALEU) powerplant fuels – fuels… More Nuclear industry, academics duel over HALEU and weapons