Class blog for "The Unstable Nucleus" at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Friday, December 14, 2012

Nuclear Bunnies

http://www.politicolnews.com/japan-nuclear-rabbit-born-with-no-ears/

Fun stuff about nuclear bunnies.

-Francis

(Hey i don't understand how to create a new post on this blog but i figured out how to edit someone elses...sorry Francis, hope you don't mind sharing. here's some old comic books explaining nuclear things with bright CMYK printing

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=comic-books-from-the-atomic-age

-Joe)

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Earthquake in Japan December 7

Japan earthquake and tsunami triggers Fukushima fears

(paragraph 8-9)

~Kaiya McCormick

Revisiting Chernobyl- PBS Video

Revisiting Chernobyl: A Nuclear Disaster Site of Epic Proportions

~Kaiya McCormick

Further Sanctions on Iran, Thursday December 13

US sanctions target uranium enrichment

~Kaiya McCormick

The article is no longer accessible via this link so I have copied and pasted it below

U.S Adds on to Iran Sanctions


WASHINGTON—The U.S. imposed new sanctions on Iran on Thursday as it sought to step up pressure on the country's nuclear program.
The U.S. Treasury Department targeted seven companies and five individuals with ties to Iran's uranium-enrichment program.
"So long as Iran continues to pursue a nuclear program in defiance of multiple U.N. Security Council resolutions, the U.S. will target those involved in Iran's illicit enrichment activities," said the U.S. Treasury Department's undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, David Cohen.
The sanctions freeze assets under U.S. jurisdiction and prohibit any transactions. Foreign banks could be cut off from the U.S. financial system if they facilitate transactions for the sanctioned groups or individuals.
Write to Jeffrey Sparshott at jeffrey.sparshott@dowjones.com

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

http://www.militarytimes.com/news/2012/12/ap-georgia-details-nuclear-black-market-probes-120912/

The Nuclear Black Market...in Georgia (the Country, not the State...that would be even scarier) apparently exists

Not sure which aisle though!

-Anthony
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/south-korea-says-north-korea-has-fired-a-long-range-rocket-in-a-defiant-move/2012/12/11/66aa6d06-43f9-11e2-8c8f-fbebf7ccab4e_story.html

Apparently the N. Korean's launched an ICBM carrying a "weather satellite", and this time, as opposed to blowing up in a spectacular failing fashion, actually "worked" (According to the S. Koreans)

The rocket traveled over mainland Japan...so technically, had the N. Korean's wanted, there could have been a third big nuclear boom in Japan (if they have the warheads that is)

but besides that...the N. Korean's have proven they have mastered the technology to build an ICBM...that's not good!

-Anthony