Enthusiasm at the RE+ conference

 After several months of frustration and slowing momentum for the solar industry.... 

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/a-renewed-wave-of-excitement-for-the-energy-transition-seen-at-re/632923/

China is playing a game!

 At least 154 Chinese scientists who worked on government-sponsored research at the U.S.’s foremost national security laboratory over the last two decades have been recruited to do scientific work in China ...

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/scientists-americas-top-nuclear-lab-recruited-china-design-missiles-dr-rcna48834

LLNL Director arrested gor DUI

 It is not in the media, but Kim Budil,  LLNL Director, sent a lab-wide email this week (19th) admitting to being cited (arrested actually) for drunk driving and speeding

NNSA, the board of governors etc. have all been informed.

Are we ready for WW3?

I find it kind of funny that in 1999 most people assumed the need for nuclear weapons was over and that we should close the labs or least one of of the labs. Also we should let a sleazy for profit people run them or that total nut like Nanos should be made director. Anyone who was at the labs from 1999 to 2015 saw that decay, loss of talent, and demoralization. LANL for example
took constant beatings in the press, constant attacks from politicians, calls to shut it down, people saying what is done in Los Alamos
that could not be done anywhere and so on.

At the same time there where plenty of people who said that Russia and China where long term threats. Anyone who said Russia would be an issue was simply laughed at. Also people pointed out that the constant long term beatings of the labs and privatization of the labs
might be noticed by our enemies.

Well here we are. Let us hope that after 20 years of decay that Russia knows that the US has a credible deterrent.


https://www.huffpost.com/entry/russia-ukraine-war-putin-partial-mobilization_n_632ab2a1e4b0ed991abe589a


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11234251/America-hit-Russias-military-devastating-strike-Putin-nukes-Ukraine-says-general.html

How about that?

 MIT students are part of the large team that achieved fusion ignition for the first time in a laboratory.

https://scitechdaily.com/mit-contributes-to-success-of-historic-fusion-ignition-experiment/amp/

China to produce clean energy with nuclear fusion by 2028?

 So far, Chinese scientists have achieved a reaction running at a slightly cooler 70 million degrees celsius for more than 17 minutes.

https://interestingengineering.com/science/china-aspires-unlimited-clean-energy-2028

Safer Nuclear Fission Power Plant Fuel by 2025?

 Safer Nuclear Fission Power Plant Fuel by 2025?

“5 Things You Should Know About Accident Tolerant Fuels

These nuclear fuels will not only increase the safety of today’s light-water reactors but also improve plant performance at a crucial time for the U.S. nuclear industry. A number of reactors are currently under economic stress and the benefits that these fuels bring to the table could make the case for utilities to extend plant operations.”

https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/5-things-you-should-know-about-accident-tolerant-fuels#:~:text=Accident%20tolerant%20fuels%20beat%20the,%2C%20corrosion%2C%20and%20high%20temperatures.

NIF defunding

 When will NIF get significantly defunded in favor of accident prevention designed (rigorously engineering controlled) new fission power plants? How long can CA, the USA, and World wait given the geopolitics and concerns of global warming?

Is the end (of NIF) near?

 When will NIF get significantly defunded in favor of accident prevention designed (rigorously engineering controlled) new fission power plants? How long can CA, the USA, and World wait given the geopolitics and concerns of global warming?

The NEW Hydrogen Breakthrough

 The NEW Hydrogen Breakthrough That's Set To DISRUPT The Energy Market

https://www.google.com/search?q=hydrogen+breakthrough&source=hp&ei=nwYWY_7IKK7ZkPIPrbSyoA8&oq=&gs_lcp=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&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-hp#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:d1803ae7,vid:8TMnkGvOqhQ,st:0

Quiet quitting

 Some call it “quiet quitting,” and some call it “ghost quitting.” But this phenomenon is decreasing productivity, whatever the vernacular in your area. And most managers or business owners may not even realize their employees are doing this.

https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/labor-day-lament-quiet-quitting-stifling-business

Is quite quitting a thing at LLNL and LANL? It seems like this is the case but this also occurred before the pandemic.

Two new offices

 This is real progress happening quietly... 

From Clean Technica:

"Two New DOE Offices Will Support the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s Investments to Modernize the Electric Grid, Help States, Communities, Tribes and Territories Build Out Clean Energy Infrastructure and Revitalize Economies"

https://cleantechnica.com/2022/09/01/biden-harris-admin-launches-new-offices-to-lower-energy-costs-deploy-clean-power-nationwide/

How can national labs join the fight for democracy?

 So Biden laid down the gauntlet on we stand as a nation and that we in one of the most perilous moments in our history. He made it very clear who the enemy is and the treat is greater than anything from China and Russia. How can the labs joint the fight in saving the US democracy. People keep sayin the blog is not suppose to be about politics but is becoming clear that the labs are going to have to get involved.