Arms Control Wonk

Hey everyone in Washington for the Carnegie Nonproliferation Conference, I mean the Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference. How about I just f’ing call it Nuke-stock, like everyone else? Jill and I are going to meet folks for Happy Hour on Tuesday after end of the conference (starting at 5 pm) at the ground-floor bar of …

Yesterday, Energy Secretary Steven Chu pointed to Unit 2 as the most likely vessel to be breached.  I note that the TEPCO spent some time injecting freshwater into Unit 2. which suggests they may be worried about salt accumulation, which we discussed yesterday. Good times. Full text after the jump.

TEPCO has released another information update.  Three workers were exposed to a doses exceeding 170 mSv. From a wonky perspective, the SDF is releasing “thermographs” of the reactors — infrared images that show the heat from the reactor vessels and the spent fuel ponds. The SDF website has a full set of images from March …

TEPCO turned on the lights in the control room at Unit 1.  I imagine this is a little like turning on the lights Saturday morning after a very large party that turned ugly. It has to be the same sinking feeling as the scale and consequences of the preceding events slowly dawn on you.  Except …