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Civil disobedience 10 Aug 2012 | 11:49 am
It was the 82-year-old nun who caught my attention. In the early morning hours of July 28, Sister Megan Rice, Michael R. Walli, and Greg Boertje-Obed of the peace group Plowshares cut through fences a...
The Unacceptable Risks of a Man-made Pandemic 8 Aug 2012 | 08:03 am
Now that world attention finally has been focused on the potentially human-contagious H5N1 Asian bird-flu virus, the international research community should take steps to deal with three other potenti...
Contemplating a third nuclear test in North Korea 7 Aug 2012 | 04:55 am
Shortly after its failed April 13 rocket launch, North Korea was widely expected to conduct its third underground nuclear test. Such a test would have fit the pattern of the first two nuclear tests, b...
Whither the anti-terrorism budget? 2 Aug 2012 | 09:18 pm
Nuclear terrorism is the ultimate preventable catastrophe. If highly enriched uranium and plutonium are adequately secured or eliminated, they cannot be stolen for use in a nuclear device. In 2011, Di...
Conspiracy of silence: The irresponsible politics of climate change 31 Jul 2012 | 06:18 pm
In a summer dominated by heat waves and a devastating nationwide drought, it would seem that climate change would be a major issue in the US presidential campaign. However, quite the opposite is happe...
SILEX and proliferation 30 Jul 2012 | 06:26 pm
In July, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) held its final hearing to license the world's first facility to enrich uranium on a commercial scale using lasers. For years, experts have warned th...
Informed consent: Getting from NIMBY to yes 25 Jul 2012 | 08:27 pm
"Not in my backyard." I don't know whether anyone has actually uttered those words at a hearing or town-hall meeting, but I've heard plenty of energy developers and permit processors speak dismissivel...
Opportunity after the disaster 18 Jul 2012 | 08:05 am
Japan's energy policy is now at its most critical juncture since the inception of nuclear power in 1966. Nearly 16 months after the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station -- the world...
Mind the gaps between climate science and social policy 17 Jul 2012 | 06:16 am
With temperatures topping 100 degrees Fahrenheit this month in Chicago, thoughts turn to global warming. Whether any particular extreme weather event could be a symptom of climate change is difficult ...
Australia's nuclear dilemma 13 Jul 2012 | 07:16 am
"What will make a focus on nuclear security a permanent feature of what we do?" asked Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard at the 2012 Nuclear Security Summit held in Seoul in late March. Experts a...
