We had dinner last night at Akershus Castle in Norway. Our host, Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, made a big announcement — Norway will provide $5 million for the IAEA Fuel Bank. The pledge is a significant development — In September 2006, the Nuclear Threat Initiative, in an effort funded by Warren Buffet, pledged …
4 Questions from Geoff Forden
by | 2008-02-27 | 69 Comments
Geoff Forden sends along four questions that Congress should ask about the recent anti-satellite mission to destroy USA 193: Spy Satellite Shoot-down: Four Questions for Congressional Oversight Geoffrey Forden Last week’s shoot-down of USA-193 appears to have eliminated whatever small chance existed of that errant satellite harming people on Earth. We will still, however, have …
Interesting Things I Heard Today
by | 2008-02-26 | 10 Comments
I heard two new ideas today that I found interesting, not least because they were, well, new. Anyway, in both cases, the speakers suggested adopting successful ideas from other areas — one on efforts to combat climate the change; the other to keep Antarctica for science. (1) An Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change for nuclear …
Greetings from Oslo
by | 2008-02-26 | 5 Comments
The Director-General of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicated that he wants to make sure that “what happens in Oslo, does not stay in Oslo.” He meant the efforts toward disarmament, but good to know none the less when kicking back in the bar here at The Grand Hotel. On the other hand, Corey …
