Foreign policy week: Uranium sales to India
It seems like this is foreign policy week – or, perhaps we’ll call it “fall into line with the USA” week.
Quick link: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on Fukushima
The current issue of Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists features several articles on the Fukushima nuclear accident. Lots to digest if you’re interested in the issues; for instance, for what it’s worth I think the article by Edward Lyman overstates [...]
Scandinavian nuclear – not put off by cost blowouts
The first new nuclear plant built in Europe for many years, Finland’s Olkiluoto-3 nuclear reactor, is going to be a financial disaster for somebody. Originally scheduled for completion this year, the latest estimates are that it’ll be finished in 2012. [...]
White House restrained Israel from attacking Iran
It’s hard to think of genuine foreign policy successes of the Bush administration – apparently the right-wing blogosphere in the US is touting “improved relations with Australia” as an achievement… The deals with Libya and North Korea were perhaps success, [...]




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