Monthly Archives: January 2012

Nuclear Terrorism: Will the Business Plan Work?

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Molly

Author of “Nuclear Terrorism in Pakistan: Myth of Reality?” Muhammad Jawaad Hashmi lays out 5 scenarios for nuclear terrorism, ranging from attacking a nuclear power reactor to building a dirty bomb. A quick read of his article makes it seem … Continue reading →

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Interpreting Iran’s Claims About Their Fuel Element

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Cheryl

I’d like to pull together the discussion we had a couple of weeks ago on that Iranian announcement that they produced and were irradiating a fuel element in the Tehran Research Reactor. I think it illustrates how careful we need … Continue reading →

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Make Your Smartphone into a Radiation Detector

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Cheryl

Apps for everything! Rolf-Dieter Klein has developed an app to turn an android phone into a radiation counter. Here are some videos of how it works. The camera lens is blocked from light, and the camera sensor picks up the … Continue reading →

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A Warning to Israel? – Updated 1/15/12

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Cheryl

The latest assassination of an Iranian scientist took place a day or so after American Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton released a statement condemning the Iranian Government’s decision to begin enrichment operations at its Qom facility but also calling … Continue reading →

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Sig Hecker on North Korea

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Cheryl

What’s next in North Korea? “I don’t know, and neither does anyone else, including the people of North Korea.” That’s what Sig Hecker said last night at a talk in Los Alamos. But, he said, many of North Korea’s actions … Continue reading →

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Summarizing the Interim Fukushima Committee Report

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Cheryl

The interim report from the Investigation Committee on the Accidents at Fukushima Nuclear Power Stations of Tokyo Electric Power Company, appointed by the Japanese government, is clearly incomplete. Or at least it looks that way from the 22-page executive summary; … Continue reading →

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