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It's That Time of the Year Again…

Readers, we have failed you.

From 4 February to 7 March one of the Wonk’s favourite events in the entire nuclear calendar took place and we didn’t even comment on it… yes, that’s right, Miss Atom 2008. We can but report the winner: Yulia Nagaeva. Alas, unlike last year there can be no repeat of Jane’s attempts to use ACW to rig the vote.

Note for new readers: Miss Atom is a beauty contest for “girls” (their word, not mine) in Russia’s nuclear industry. Seriously.

James Acton

Writing on ACW 2007–2010

James M. Acton is co-director of the Nuclear Policy Program and senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment. A physicist by training, Acton specializes in deterrence, disarmament, nonproliferation, and nuclear energy. His current research focuses on the nuclear fuel cycle in Japan and hypersonic conventional weapons.

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