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WASHINGTON, March 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Security Project releases a major report on how the U.S. can accelerate the development of fusion power: "Fusion Power - A 10 Year Plan to Energy Security." Fusion power holds great potential to meet America's long-term energy security needs. Fusion is clean, safe, secure and abundant. The report details several critical steps the U.S. can take that will lead to demonstration-level fusion power within a decade. The...

New report sets out the key issues with our national competitiveness WASHINGTON, Nov. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Security Project released a new report analyzing the issues of our national competitiveness. The report clearly lays out urgent social, political and economic challenges and links these with our national security. The report details the issues with: business climate; infrastructure; national debt; labor market and immigration; defense industrial...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, The American Security Project released a report on Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) and the opportunity for nuclear power in the coming years. SMRs are nuclear power plants that are intentionally designed to be about 1/3 of the size or less of conventional large reactors. These small designs present a variety of benefits over large reactors, including advantages on cost, safety and flexibility. With the nuclear industry facing...

American Security Project releases its "Are We Winning?" 2010 Report WASHINGTON, May 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Security Project (ASP) today published the latest report in its signature series titled "Are We Winning? Measuring the Progress in the Struggle against al Qaeda and Associated Movements" (AWW). The report series is the first metric-driven assessment of the progress in the fight against al Qaeda. Senator Gary Hart, Chairman of ASP, stated: "Now, more than...

WASHINGTON, April 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Today the American Security Project released a series of 50 reports which analyze and project possible economic losses--or in some cases, gains--on a state-by-state basis as a result of unmitigated climate change. The project, "Pay Now, Pay Later," (PNPL) draws attention to the costs of inaction for each state if we fail to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Gov. Christine Todd Whitman (R-NJ), a former Administrator of the Environmental Protection...