For me, the blind spot in our knowledge of nuclear processes arises from the simple fact that our understanding of (and attitude towards) the particle world comes from an exclusively male way of looking there.
Our nuclear projects are based on a diet of data provided by scientists, sometimes soldiers and occasionally traders.

The moment we look into the Atomic World as civilians, as parents, as priests or mullahs, and more especially with women’s eyes and instincts – then an whole new picture and understanding of this smaller world begins to emerge.
At about this point, the idea takes shape that we working in a landscape or dimension that is far more social and sentient than we have so far cared or dared to consider.

This is not an easy insight for men to hear. But the potential for some kind of resolution to the impasse we are now in looks promising, if we could only step back and allow the feminine part of our profound intelligence to see and value the particle world.  

I’ve created a blog and web site to elaborate on this whole concept: http://www.newnuclear.wordpress.com and http://www.catholicnuclear.com
They same about the same thing, and I commend them to you for a new look at a stubborn old problem.

Okay. Hope this stirs your interest.
With good wishes.
Ian Turnbull