Many of you will have heard me speak about the way that words have two meanings a denotative one i.e. the dictionary definition and a connotative one, which is mental picture that is created.  The latter is by far the more powerful.  Good communication is about getting them both right. Misinformation campaigns often use a…

 I made everyone laugh at a Canadian Nuclear Society conference once when I told a story from my early days as a naive but enthusiastic materials scientist.   I explained that I had looked out of the window of a small plane I was flying in and seen a crack in its skin.  It had a…

 In the last part of 2022 and at the start of 2023, organizations in the Canadian nuclear industry have been accused of being involved in two conspiracies. The first, that the New Brunswick plan to reuse used nuclear fuel is a front for a Canadian plan to become a nuclear weapons superpower, and the second…