Once a year or so, I devote a blog post to career counseling. Aspiring wonks: this one’s for you. Those who have already been through this drill, feel free to weigh in. The best reason to pursue a career in arms control is that you will engage in meaningful work, one of life’s great rewards. …
FEPC Info Sheet 4/3
by | 2011-04-04 | 21 Comments
The current problem of the moment at Fukushima is the amount of water with high levels of radioiodine flowing into the ocean from Unit 2. TEPCO tried to stop up the leak with a mixture of “polymer absorber, sawdust, and shredded newspapers.” One wag emailed me, noting that this proves newspapers can do at least …
Is Mrs. Merkel Irrational?
by | 2011-04-03 | 23 Comments
On Monday morning March 28, I appeared at the opening panel discussion at the 2011 Carnegie Nuclear Policy Conference, to discuss “Implications of Japan’s Nuclear Disaster,” together with two colleagues, Eli Levite, ex of Israel’s Atomic Energy Commission, and former NRC Chairman Dick Meserve; Vallumpadugai Arunachalam of the Center for Study of Science, Technology, and …
FEPC Info Sheet 4/1
by | 2011-04-02 | 10 Comments
Greetings from foggy Monterey! I was traveling yesterday (and managed to irretrievably lose my iPhone), so I didn’t get around to posting the daily information sheet from FEP on the situation at Fukushima. Full-text after the jump.
