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

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Iran...


Yet another article about Uranium Enrichment in Iran.



http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/09/science/09enrich.html

-Cat

Quilted Bombs

This is a fibers artist who does tons of quilts, this is one of the bomb...
If I remember correctly she stitches these by hand.

http://www.annavonmertens.com/portfolio.php?genus=9&specimen=36#


-Cat

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Possible Alternative for Nuclear Waste?

"Belgian nuclear scientists have been given the go-ahead to work towards an advanced new research reactor system with a role in researching the transmutation of wastes."


http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/WR_Approval_for_Myhhra_0503101.html

-Pablo

Smashing!

Little blurb on the Geneva atom smasher



-Harrison

Scary

"The government filed its request in an effort to investigate Mr. Khan regarding recent news reports in which he was said to have confessed to supplying Iran with information related to the nuclear program."

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/23/world/asia/23pstan.html

-Cat

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

By request: Rad Town

I've shown this a couple of times in class but here's the link:  Environmental Protection Agency's RadTown graphic information interface.

That START Treaty thing again

I keep bringing this up in class, but it isn't making much of the U.S. news lately.  Here is a great cartoon from the Moscow Times (an English-language newspaper covering Russia) from today:



Here's the link to the associated article.