First, I was going to Tear into Stewart Money (again) for his second article telling us rocket scientists how to do our jobs. But I’m in too good a mood for that. Then, I was going direct all of you to a gallery of space debris that has (inadvertently) fallen back to Earth. But I’m too happy to be snarky. What, may you ask has me in such a good…

Russ Davis is a Senior Consultant, Process Safety for Aon Risk Solutions. He is the author of several articles on Process Safety Management, has been published in CCPS Process Safety Progress and is a frequent contributor to the Aon Safety Matters newsletter. On Thursday, March 24th Russ was a panelist in the Knovel sponsored webinar Optimizing Risk Management Systems and Safety Culture, now available on-demand. After the webinar we sat…

Good morning readers, and welcome to yet another edition of the Monday Link Review, your weekly source for the best science and engineering links from across the web. In an amazing story of engineering efficiency, pictures from Japan show how one quake damaged road was repaired in just 6 days. Scientists from National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, England and Montpellier University in France have recently announced their intention to drill…

Knovel has released the National Council for Radiation Protection‘s Responding to a Radiological or Nuclear Terrorism Incident – A Guide for Decision Makers: Report No. 165. This Report provides a comprehensive analysis of key decision points and information needed by decision makers at the local, regional, state, tribal and federal levels in responding to radiological or nuclear terrorism incidents. We recently spoke with David Schauer, Executive Director of NCRP, about…

Do you know how hard it is to type the way William Shatner talks? I’ll give you a hint… REALLY REALLY HARD. I was writing this whole post in Shatner-speak, talking about how awesome it is that Tuesday was his 80th birthday, how he recorded a message for the shuttle crew and how fitting it is that he’s around at the end of the shuttle era. I was even going…