A First Look As had been widely rumored, the White House this week nominated Stephen Burns and Jeffrey Baran for positions as NRC Commiss...

The Risk of Just about Everything A news item from the UK a couple of days ago piqued my interest--an expensive house had caught fire bec...

Managing Change Much has been made of the recent EPA carbon emission rules (which were largely validated by the Supreme Court ruling ear...

Success or Failure? I was a little surprised to read that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC's) non-concurrence proces...

Three Nuclear Engineering Undergrads Among "Most Impressive" at MIT As an MIT alum, I am always interested in news covering jus...

Another Renaissance? It's been a big week.  In France, the world celebrated the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion.  I heard one ...

A Reminder for the Nuclear Community I hesitate a little to talk about the recent revelations from the Department of Veterans Affairs of ...