Katy Huff

Yeah!
I have the first line:
(If you can't stand upon the water I will see you on the ocean floor)

She has the corresponding line of the next verse:
(If you can't stand upon the earth then I will see you on the other side)

It made sense when we were teenagers!

🤦🏼‍♀️

So, I (along with my twin sister) have a tattoo of lyrics from The Lost Souls. Somehow, even though it is physically on my body, I haven't listened to this album for years. Thanks for reminding me to take a moment!

Midwesterners, though tempted, are never truly fooled by February's false spring.

Thrilled to see @katyhuff.bsky.social , Daniel Andruczyk, and Hidra (U Illinois stellarator )
cpmi.illinois.edu/2016/04/26/h...

Bluff or Death? How to Assess Nuclear “Threats” In turbulent times, the less precise our nuclear discourse, the more fear nuclear manipulators can elicit.

Happening soon! Register to watch online (or attend in person) at 0900 this morning. carnegieendowment.org/events/2026/...

And even if they're drug traffickers, it's not a capital offense.
And even capital offenses deserve due process.

From uncertainty to vitality: The future of nuclear energy in Illinois

This nice clear summary from John Fabian at @americannuclear.bsky.social on the last few years of shifting nuclear energy policy in Illinois is going straight into next week's reading list for my undergrad nuclear power economics and fuel cycle class! www.ans.org/news/2026-02...

It's Friday night.

I did enough this week.

You did enough this week.

Opinion | Let the Arms Race Begin

If Congress doesn’t act, the last nuclear arms control treaty between the U.S. and Russia will expire. It would pointlessly wipe out decades of diplomacy, and could spark another arms race that makes the world less safe. This piece is worth the read.

My favorite burrito truck guy gave me a free horchata today. The juxtaposition against the state of the world was just too much.

I nearly wept right there in the burrito line.

One of the best feelings as a writer is seeing your work in print for the first time. This book was a labour of love; I poured many hours of research and reflection into it, and I can’t wait for it to land in bookstores around the world tomorrow. If you read it, let me know what you think! 📚 ⚛️ 🌱

It's Friday night.

I've done enouuuuuuugh this week.

You've done enough this week.

Really incredible stuff from Alison Luchs and the NGA.

youtube.com/shorts/TpFBU...

Golly, we haven't had a nuclear agreement with Iran since (checks notes) Trump's last term.

The Trump administration has secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules The rewrite was done to speed up the construction of a new generation of nuclear reactors. Critics warn it could compromise safety and public trust.

EXCLSUVIE: The Trump administration has secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules and shared them with the companies they're meant to regulate, without making the new rules publicly available.

We've obtained a copy of the new rules and here's what we found.

www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...

On Holocaust Remembrance Day, we remember the more than 6 million Jews — and millions of others — who were murdered by the brutal Nazi regime.

May their memory be a reminder that we must fight antisemitism, hatred, & bigotry in all their forms.

Never Again.

Definitely.

Thank you for your service. It's certainly worth reviewing allowable risk for radiation workers (e.g. explicit dose limits that don't create ALARA quagmires?)

LNT, the dose-risk model, does not have to be thrown out to accomplish that. It is conservative, but its the most defensible model we have.

The article simply recommends more data before dropping LNT or raising dose limits. It says nothing about ALARA, which I think you might be referring to.

While I've not 'stood nuclear watches,' I've donned and doffed many times & am well aware of operational realities at nuclear energy facilities.

Precisely! It shouldn't even need to be said! But here we are, with white house executive orders demanding change with no basis. And so we have to state the obvious.

A high of -11 and thousands in the streets. So proud of Minnesota. #minnesota #democracy

FYI Everyone if you want the joke cover sheets as a PDF here they are from The Federation of American Scientists. web.archive.org/web/20051216...

It's Friday night.

I've done enough this week.

YOU'VE done enough this week.

Stay safe!

But, the public accepts the radiation risks inherent in medicine, industry and energy because they trust that standards have been set by credible experts relying on evidence who err on the side of caution when protecting human health.

So, I recommend more data.

I know that uncertainty is why regulators rely on a cautious approach like the LNT model, and also why some people question its use.

I want to see more nuclear energy on the grid soon. I know that LNT is conservative. I agree that at low doses, it becomes difficult to distinguish the health effects of radiation from the other environmental and lifestyle factors that can affect health.

We're exactly one month out from a February 23rd deadline for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to publish draft guidance reconsidering the Linear No-Threshold model. I simply argue that we need more data before NRC can seriously consider dropping LNT.

Loosening Radiation Rules Won’t Help Us Get Nuclear Power Any Faster Relaxing radiation safety standards could place women and children at higher risks of health issues

Happy Friday, folks! I authored a piece that appeared in Scientific American this afternoon. Some folks will see the title of this piece and worry I have turned against nuclear energy. I assure you I have not.

www.scientificamerican.com/article/weak...

But, what matters is that the public accepts the radiation risks inherent in medicine, industry and energy because they trust that standards have been set by credible experts relying on evidence who err on the side of caution when protecting human health.

So, I recommend more data.