Managing the Atom has acquired copies of the Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative (AFCI) Comparison Report and Piet et al, Fuel Cycle Scenario Definition, Evaluation, and Trade-offs INL/EXT-06-11683 (August 2006). Go hog wild. Or, if you live in Rhode Island, cohog wild. Update: Apparently, quahog is the proper spelling.
NORK Nuke Missile?
by | 2006-11-03 | 5 Comments
So, my initial speculation about the cause of failure for North Korea’s nuclear test—remember that I thought the NORKS tried to reduce the size of the warhead with fancy implosion techniques—seems to have gained some credibility. (See So, Like, Why Didn’t It Work?, October 10, 2006) Andrew Koch called my hypothesis “the most popular working …
On sale now: Israeli bomb shelters
by | 2006-11-03 | 5 Comments
There are all kinds of elaborate rumors that during the Cold War, Russia built networks of shelters and tunnels underneath Moscow. Israel seems to still be working on its state of the art underground bunker and apparently theirs is not so secret. The Jerusalem Post notes that the underground shelter, for use by government officials …
More on NCRI and Iran
by | 2006-11-01 | 3 Comments
Adding to Jeffrey’s post… Annoyed for similar reasons, I pointed out a while back that the NCRI on its own doesn’t appear to have produced a whole lot of actionable intelligence on Iran. To an extent, though, I guess one can excuse people for thinking differently. After all, The Decider himself said in March 2004 …
