Nuclear Regulatory Commission Scholarship for Undergraduate Summer Research
There is an opportunity for Nuclear Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, or Chemistry sophomores and juniors to come to the University of California, Irvine (UCI) this summer and conduct research related to nuclear applications with a $10,000 summer stipend. The summer research program will begin on June 20 and last until August 12, 2016.
Deadline: May 1, 2016 for priority review, applications will be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis for space available after that date.
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Low-Energy Experimental Nuclear Physics at LLNL
The Nuclear and Particle Physics Group at LLNL has an opening for a postdoctoral researcher to play a major role in extending the surrogate nuclear reaction technique to isotopes further than 1-2 nucleons from stability by performing experiments in "inverse kinematics".
To apply for this position, or for additional information, please go to posting #100905 at: https://careers.llnl.gov/. Any questions regarding the position should be directed to Nicholas Scielzo at scielzo1@llnl.gov or 925-422-4172. We are looking to fill this position as soon as possible. Review of applications will begin on May 9th and will continue until the position is filled.
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The U.S. Department of State's Franklin Fellows Program is particularly interested in applicants with expertise in religion, regional issues, counterterrorism, economics, and Human Capital Management. We also are seeking Fellows to help launch the U.S. Diplomacy Center (USDC) - the first museum dedicated to telling the story of American diplomacy. USDC is seeking applicants with expertise in American diplomatic history, museum studies, exhibit design, business management, or educational outreach and program development. Applicants must be U.S. citizens.
Deadline to submit completed applications is May 23, 2016.
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National Nuclear Security Administration Graduate Fellowship Program
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Graduate Fellowship Program (NGFP) is a career launchpad for exceptional graduate-level students committed to the nuclear security mission. Fellows are placed in year-long, salaried (plus benefits) positions at NNSA locations nationwide. Working alongside NNSA experts and leading researchers, Fellows receive specialized training, career development, and professional networking while directly supporting NNSA's critical nuclear security missions in positions that span the technical and policy realm.
Applicants must be U.S. citizens eligible for a high-level security clearance and be accepted into, enrolled in, or graduating from a master's or Ph.D. program during the year of application. A combined policy and technical background is highly desirable. Knowledge of a foreign language is a plus. Students with backgrounds in safety and health, infrastructure and operations management, or finance/accounting are also encouraged to apply.
Applications for fellowships beginning in June 2017 are accepted from March 1, 2016 through the deadline of October 3, 2016.
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What the Pope Saw at Hiroshima
Robin Wright, The New Yorker
On May 27th, President Obama is scheduled to become the first sitting President to visit Hiroshima's war memorial. (Richard Nixon went in 1964, before he took office, and Jimmy Carter in 1984, after he left the White House.)
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Obama Advisor Quoted: 'We Created an Echo Chamber' to Sell the Iran Nuclear Deal
Patrick Goodenough, CNS News
A lengthy New York Times Magazine profile of President Obama's Deputy National Security Adviser for Strategic Communications Ben Rhodes portrays him as a spinmeister contemptuous of the foreign policy establishment who fed credulous journalists a misleading narrative to sell the Iran nuclear deal to the American people.
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Feds Give LANL Contractor One More Year
Mark Oswald, Albuquerque Journal
The federal government has granted the private consortium that runs Los Alamos National Laboratory a one-year contract extension, through September 2018, and, during the interim, the more-than-$2 billion annual contract will be put out for competition.
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Take a Rare Look Inside the Nine Mile 2 Nuclear Reactor (video, photos)
The refueling outage at the Unit 2 reactor at Nine Mile Point nuclear station provides a rare opportunity to go inside the plant while the reactor vessel is opened up.
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Deterring Russia: Assessing the Role of Tactial Nuclear Weapons in Europe
David W. Kearn, Huffington Post
Within American defense policy circles there has been considerable discussion about the B61-12 tactical nuclear weapon. This reconfigured version of several existing variants of aging nuclear gravity bombs possess two key attributes has created some significant controversy.
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Next-Gen Reactors: How Nuclear Innovation Can Support Growth and a Healthy Climate
Derrick Freeman and Will Marshall, Progressive Policy Institute
The U.S. Supreme Court has put President Obama's Clean Power Plan on hold while lower courts review challenges to the regulation. The ruling is a setback to Obama's hopes of bypassing a hostile Republican majority in Congress and using his executive authority to require electric utilities to make big reductions in carbon emissions.
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