COMMENT. This is a fine article about Lise Meitner's achievements. But the author attributes the neglect of Meitner to the fact that she was Jewish. I don't think it had anything to do with anti-semitism. THIS WAS MEITNER's CRIME: when Meitner was invited to work on the Manhattan Project, she responded, “I will have nothing to do…
The Stop Hinkley Campaign has reacted to the news that the cost of HinkleyPoint C has ballooned to £46bn and that the first reactor may not now beopen until 2031. Stop Hinkley Spokesperson Roy Pumfrey said: “TheGovernment will have known for days if not weeks that this announcement wascoming – we certainly heard rumours. You…
Dominic Cummings said amongst other things the MoD has: continued to allowcritical parts of the nuclear weapons infrastructure to rot creatingfurther massive secret budget nightmares as well as extremely seriousphysical dangers (cf. the recent near disaster with a submarine), UK Parliament 24th Jan 2024 https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2024-01-24/debates/1F1CF40C-91E6-4C9B-A9BB-32A7EB43DAC4/NuclearDefenceInfrastructureParliamentaryScrutiny