N.M. Science
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Nuclear Power Plant Upgrades
The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board ruled yesterday that the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant doesn't need a full-on emergency shutdown exercise to prove its procedures are adequate: The board,... Read more »
Nuclear Waste: The Transportation Frame
Stacy Shelton of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has an interesting approach to a story about proposed nuclear waste processing at the Energy Department's Savannah River Site: Two South Carolina sites are... Read more »
Windy Duke City
The city of Albuquerque air quality folks have issued a "wind and dust alert". 1:30pm UPDATE: The city of Albuquerque's Air Quality Division has documented as of 1:15 p.m. what... Read more »
Divine Strake Dead
The Pentagon says it is scrapping its "Divine Strake" simulated nuke test blast. From the Salt Lake Tribune: Breaking under a flood of public opposition to Divine Strake, the Pentagon... Read more »
Pat the Dog Responds
Pat the Dog has thoughtfully responded to my post the other day about my concerns about anonymity on the Internet. I tried to post a comment there, but it sadly... Read more »
Southwest Climate Update
The University of Arizona climate team's monthly Southwest Climate outlook went up yesterday. Things are pretty bad in Arizona. We're doing OK. Significantly, reservoirs levels in New Mexico are looking... Read more »
A Gloomy Water Future
A new National Academy of Sciences report out this morning paints a gloomy picture of water supplies in the West of the future. The report suggests there's a collision looming... Read more »
The New LANL Blog
I don't know who Pat the Dog is. And therein lies a problem. Back in the day, at the heart of Los Alamos National Laboratory's shutdown troubles, a guy named... Read more »
Congressional Secrecy
The Congressional Research Service has a team of analysts that produce incredibly useful analysis of policy options before Congress on a huge range of issues. It's like good journalism on... Read more »
This Atom is Not Your Friend
The International Atomic Energy Agency has developed a scary new radiation symbol to warn the public about scary radiation: The new symbol is being launched today by the IAEA and... Read more »
Lack of Nuclear Enthusiasm in Oak Ridge
This story suggests a distinct lack of enthusiasm in Tennessee for the federal government's "Global Nuclear Energy Partnership" program: U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp has strong concerns about locating a nuclear... Read more »
Mel Gets Published
Mel Strong, the UNM grad student I featured last week in a story about how science gets done , has a paper out today in Geophysical Review Letters: Diagnosing moisture... Read more »
