Posting will be light today, but I wanted to flag this news: Yeterday, the International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors elected Japan’s Yukiya Amano to be the next Director General of the IAEA. He will succeed Mohammed elBaradei in November. After six rounds of voting Amano finally secured the 2/3rds majoriry required by the IAEA charter. Here is a just-released IAEA video announcing Amano’s selection.
