Arms Control Wonk

Here is your daily information sheet from FEPC.  Another fire at Unit 3.  That’s not encouraging. TEPCO is in the process of turning on the lights. Once power is restored, we’ll have some idea whether TEPCO can get this under control or whether we are heading toward entombment. The New York Times has a pair …

Time for our daily FEPC statement.  There are some indications that, as TEPCO is restoring power, they are stabilizing the situation. An emerging argument is that either TEPCO or the Government of Japan has not been sufficiently forthcoming. Let me say a word of caution about that argument. The problem may be that the volume …

Below, please find the most recent FEPC statement.  In the comments, reader “oldHP” notes that the wikipedia entry for Timeline of Fukushima Nuclear Accidents is quite good and easy to read. Full text after the jump.

Taking a break from Japan for a bit, DNI Clapper, in his prepared statement, provided an unclassified summary of the most recent NIE on Iran’s nuclear programs during the March 10 World Wide Threat hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee. Full text after the jump.