Should I be uneasy that six countries have recently expressed a newfound interest in nuclear energy? The Middle East Economic Digest, which a number of the other news sources like The Times are referencing, quotes IAEA deputy-director general Tomihiro Taniguchi speaking about the energy interests of several Middle Eastern countries: Some Middle East states, including …
"There is no fighting in the War Room"
by | 2006-11-06 | 4 Comments
Studio 360 is featuring a radio show about the bomb, with guest Richard Rhodes, who is, as always, awesome. The show starts off with a short bio of J. Robert Oppenheimer, which is a bit too simple and sentimental, but has a few interesting points about how his life, and the myths that have grown …
North Korean Missile Exports
by | 2006-11-06 | 4 Comments
So, I am thumbing through Richard Grimmett’s CRS report Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 1998-2005 to find this phrase: Other non-European suppliers [ahem, North Korea] … delivered [to Near East region during the 2002-2005 period] 40 surface-to-surface missiles, a weapons category not delivered by any of the other major weapons suppliers during this period …
Fuel Cycle Docs
by | 2006-11-03 | 1 Comment
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.
