Fred Charles Iklé did not leave lasting impressions during long stints in government as President Nixon and Ford’s Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and as President Reagan’s Undersecretary of Defense for Policy. In both jobs, he served alongside higher fliers, and he shied away from media attention. Iklé was a thoughtful skeptic …
FEPC Info Sheet 4/8
by | 2011-04-08 | 21 Comments
Well, it looks like TEPCO may have turned a corner at Fukushima. Ralph Vartabedian, who is one of the better reporters on technical issues, writes in the Los Angeles Times that Administration officials on background have said that radiation levels and heat loads are dropping and suggesting reports that Unit 2 melted through appear premature. …
Mongolian SNF Depot
by | 2011-04-08 | 14 Comments
During the Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference, a senior State Department official revealed discussions between the United States and Mongolia on a 123 Agreement for nuclear cooperation. It was a thing of beauty to behold — a well-aimed indiscretion by a cunning bureaucrat who framed US-Mongolian discussions in terms of turning Mongolia into a nuclear …
FEPC Info Sheet 4/7
by | 2011-04-08 | 19 Comments
Do other people find these information sheets useful? I am debating about whether to keep posting them. My fascination with the events unfolding at Fukushima is slowly giving way to the fact that I still have a day job that deals with other topics.
