Here are the information sheets from our friends at FEPC from 4/15, 4/18, 4/19 and 4/20. On a related note, TEPCO has walked back the estimate of Cl-38 on which Ferenc Dalnoki based his paper, What Was The Cause Of The High Cl-38 Radioactivity In The Fukushima Daiichi Reactor #1. I have a couple of …
The Advisors
by | 2011-04-19 | 13 Comments
One of Herb York’s many talents was his ability to write clearly with a strong narrative line, despite his training in physics and immersion in technical detail. See, for example, Herb’s book, The Advisors: Oppenheimer, Teller, and the Superbomb (1976). This slim volume tells a cautionary tale about nuclear technology.
FEPC Info Sheet 4/14
by | 2011-04-14 | 9 Comments
Your daily information sheet sheet from our friends at FEPC.
FEPC Info Sheet 4/13
by | 2011-04-13 | 6 Comments
We have some interesting comments on yesterday’s thread about the wonders of the INES. I wonder Fukushima results in a fundamental reform of the scale, with the IAEA taking on a role in vetting how states rank their nuclear disasters. Olli Heinonen thinks so, or at least that is how Pete Spots paraphrases him in …
