Sunday, August 21, 2011

• Spokesman Review – Letter: Project leaking money – Greg Lloyd
• Tri-City Herald – New and old Hanford workers show up at TRAC job fair – Annette Cary
• Oak Ridger – Ernest O. Lawrence and the Y-12 calutrons – D. Ray Smith
• Gainesville Sun – TIme running short on nuclear solution – Jack Ohanian
• Mid-Hudson News – Indian Point 3 experiences temporary loss of electricity from grid
• Westerly Sun – Nuclear waste reprocessing not cost effective – Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss
• Vermont Journalism Trust – Nuclear Regulatory Commission seeks action on Japan Task Force recommendations – Anne Galloway
• Epoch Times – Loose Nukes: Are They a Real Threat? – Felipe Umana
• HNN Huntingtonnews – Commentary: Nuclear attribution error – Tom H. Hastings

Saturday, August 20, 2011

• Orange County Register – San Clemente: Anti-nuclear group want experts to speak – Fred Swegles
• Tri-City Herald – Vit plant decontamination booth in place
• Business Week – Feds give new SC nuclear reactors safety approval
• The State – SCANA denies it is for sale
• Pittsburgh Tribune-Review – Cleanup of radioactive waste set in Armstrong – Thomas Olson
• Pottstown Mercury – Ask officials to oppose nuclear plant relicensing – Lorraine Ruppe
• Tarentum Valley News Dispatch – Nuclear waste removal dig to start on Monday – Mary Ann Thomas
• Brattleboro Reformer – Entergy attempts to bar three state witnesses – Josh Stilts
• Brattleboro Reformer – VY lawyers counter claim about relevance of exhibits – Josh Stilts
• Bloomberg – NRC Staff Directed to Set Priorities for Japan Safety Proposals – Jim Snyder
• Business Week – NRC sets out timeframe for nuclear safety review – Matthew Daly
• New York Times – Laser Advances in Nuclear Fuel Stir Terror Fear – William J. Broad

Friday, August 19, 2011

• Orange County Register – Huge San Onofre nuclear part reaches Utah – Pat Brennan
• Santa Maria Times – Safe radioactivity? Experts say no
• Salt Lake Tribune – Utah moving closer to getting its first nuclear power plant – Brandon Loomis
• KEPR – Decontamination Unit Added to Hanford’s Vit Plant – Robin Wojtanik
• Tri-City Herald – DOE plans to extend Battelle contract at PNNL – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – 1,100 Hanford layoffs planned – Annette Cary
• Canon City Daily Record – Cotter receives state notice of violation
• Denver Post – Cotter Corp. cited for uranium-tainted water spill – Bruce Finley
• Battle Creek Enquirer – Editorial: Panel: Nuclear waste site needs local support – but where?
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Whittling down Oak Ridge’s Superfund site – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Partnership with Brazil – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Labor Dept. defends Rachel Leiton – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Recovery Act milestones at Oak Ridge – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Energy Secretary approves Oak Ridge reorganization plan; Golan says there’ll be ‘no surprises’ – Frank Munger
• The Tennessean – TVA board approves construction of Bellefonte nuclear plant – Bill Poovey
• BBC News – Half-built US nuclear plant to be completed in Alabama
• Gadsden Times – Our View: Time to finish the job at Bellefonte
• Huntsville Times – Once relic of failed nuclear effort, Alabama’s Bellefonte plant now key to TVA’s future – Brian Lawson
• New York Times – Alabama Nuclear Reactor, Partly Built, to Be Finished – Matthew L. Wald
• World Nuclear News – Decision to build Bellefonte 1
• World Nuclear News – Final days of Summer licensing
• Richmond Times Dispatch – Uranium mining: Bad leap
• WRCB-TV – Reactor at Sequoyah nuke plant automatically trips
• Brattleboro Reformer – VY disputes test results – Howard Weiss-Tisman
• Vermont Journalism Trust – State officials say tritium from Vermont Yankee has reached the Connecticut River; Entergy disputes lab results – Olga Peters
• Vermont Public Radio – New Hampshire Steps Up Tritium Testing Near VY
• AP Google – NRC sets out timeframe for nuclear safety review – Matthew Daly
• New York Times blog – All Deliberate Speed for Nuclear Reforms? – Matthew L. Wald
• Nuclear Energy Insider – Decommissioning Nuclear: Management improvements rather than technology could be the biggest cost savers – Peter Taberner
• Union of Concerned Scientists – U.S. Nuclear Power after Fukushima (pdf-1.39M)
• International Forum on Globalization – Nuclear Roulette: The Case Against a Nuclear Renaissance. (pdf-1.10m)

Thursday, August 18, 2011

• Tri-City Herald – Hanford: DOE approves up to 1,100 additional layoffs – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Simple no-strings process for Hanford land transfers
• KJCT8 – CO Uranium Mill Cited For Water Discharge
• Chattanooga Times Free Press – TVA board OK’s 2 percent rate increase in electric rates in October – Pam Sohn
• Chattanooga Times Free Press – NRC says stuck valve was TVA failure – Pam Sohn
• Knoxville News Sentinel – TVA plans sale of nuclear power unit to fund new project – Josh Flory
• Knoxville News Sentinel – TVA approves completion of Bellefonte nuclear plant, rate increase – Josh Flory
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Sens. Alexander, Corker support TVA’s plans for Bellefonte Nuclear Plant
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Who said alternative financing was dead?
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Copper theft at Y-12
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Stealing copper from DOE sites
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – NNSA’s road show
• The Tennessean – TVA nuclear construction and rates on Thursday’s board agenda
• Huntsville Times – TVA board approves $4.9 billion project to complete Bellefonte nuclear plant near Scottsboro – Brian Lawson
• Scottsboro Daily Sentinel – TVA board OKs Bellefonte – Ken Bonner
• Business Week – Fla. PSC focusing on Progress Energy nuclear costs – Bill Kaczor
• Decatur Daily – Browns Ferry sanctions affirmed – Eric Fleischauer
• Florence Times Daily – More inspections for Browns Ferry – Dennis Sherer
• Bloomberg – NRC Says No Safety Issues for Scana’s South Carolina Power Plant – Jim Snyder
• Reuters – SCANA’s proposed Summer reactors pass licensing milestone – Soma Das
• Tomsriver.patch – Wind and Solar Energy Overshadow Nuclear At Energy Master Plan Public Hearing – Elaine Piniat
• Ossining.patch – Fallout from New Indian Point Poll – Christopher Michael McHugh
• AP Google – Radioactive tritium from Vt. nuke plant in river – Dave Gram
• Brattleboro Reformer – VY tritium detected in Conn. River – Bob Audette
• Reuters – Radioactive tritium found in river near Vermont Yankee plant – Jason McLure
• Vermont Public Radio – Vermont Yankee Questions Tritium Findings
• WPTZ – Vt Nuke Plant Owners Challenge Tritium Report
• New Hampshire Public Radio – Tritium Found in CT River; NH To Conduct More Tests – Amy Quinton
• Union Leader – State to do more tests for tritium in Connecticut River
• AOL Energy – The Bill Comes In For Nuclear – Shifra Mincer
• Nuclear Energy Insider – Building the US Nuclear Landscape post-Fukushima

Wednesday  August 17th, 2011

• Washington Times – Utilize Yucca Mountain and save money – Pat Hickey and Tyrus W. Cobb
• PR Web – Chairman of the NRC Says Evaluation of “Interim” Storage for Nuclear Waste Underway
• The Examiner – California’s nuclear power politics – Paul Taylor
• Salt Lake Tribune – Matheson fears high-level N-waste could head to Utah – Thomas Burr
• Tacoma News Tribune – Future of nation’s nuclear waste buried in deficit
• KIFI Idaho Falls – INL To Build New Facility – Brett Crandall
• Boulder County Business Report – Sporian tests sensors for nuclear reactor – Beth Potter
• Colorado Independent – DOE gets an earful on uranium mine leasing program near Telluride, Montrose – David O. Williams
• Telluride Daily Planet – DOE visits Naturita for comment on uranium mining – Ellen Metrick
• Carlsbad Current-Argus – WIPP milestone: Panel 5 disposal operations complete
• Minnesota Public Radio – NRC cites Xcel Energy for Prairie Island problem – Stephanie Hemphill
• Minneapolis Star Tribune – NRC cites Xcel over Prairie Island nuclear plant charger – David Shaffer
• Kansas City Star – KC may keep weapons plant measure off ballot – Lynn Horsley
• KCUR – First Nay Vote on KC Nuke Site – Dan Verbeck
• Chicago Tribune – Michigan State hosts top labs’ nuclear scientists
• WDIV Detroit – Michigan State Hosts Top Labs’ Nuclear Scientists
• Kalamazoo Gazette – ‘Special inspection’ ordered for Palisades nuclear plant after failure of coupling for cooling pipes – Fritz Klug
• TriCities – NRC holds meeting to discuss re-opening of production lines at Nuclear Fuel Services – Lizz Marrs
• Johnson City Press – NRC says NFS met all requirements before restart – Brad Hicks
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Frank Munger: Time running short on USEC’s loan quest
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – The workhorse of science – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12 gets a jump on B53 dismantlement – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Nuclear scientists gather at Michigan State – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – South Africa returns U.S.-origin HEU fuel (spent); nuclear material stored at Savannah River – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Time running short for USEC – Frank Munger
• Business Week – Building reactor at TVA Bellefonte plant on agenda – Bill Poovey
• News Courier – NRC confirms ‘red’ finding at Browns Ferry – Adam Smith
• Business Week – Fla. PSC focusing on Progress Energy nuclear costs
• News-Press – Guest opinion: Nuclear plants will have to be fixtures in Florida – Lynn Edward Weaver
• South Florida Times – Fla. PSC focusing on Progress Energy nuclear costs
• Sunshine State News – Progress Energy Gets Small Rate Hike; Big Nuclear Costs Ahead – Kenric Ward
• Augusta Chronicle – SRS gets uranium from South Africa – Rob Pavey
• Business Week – Ga. regulators approve nuclear plant spending
• Hilton Head Island Packet – Letter: New reactors in Ga. raise many questions – Rita Riley
• Chatham Star Tribune – Coles Hill uranium definitely worth mining
• Danville Register & Bee – Letter: Questions VUI won’t answer – Jesse Pyrant Andrews
• HNN Huntingtonnews – Three Mile Island – Arnie Gundersen
• Asbury Park Press – NRC fails to change groundwater protection rules for nuclear plants – Todd B. Bates
• Lower Hudson Journal – Poll says 40% want to shut Indian Point – Timothy O’Connor
• Poughkeepsie Journal – Poll: 49% say keep Indian Point open – Timothy O’Connor
• Wall Street Journal – NY poll: Nuclear plant neighbors split on shutdown
• Albany Times Union – Tritium from Vt nuke plant in Connecticut River
• WPTZ – Tritium Found in CT River–Health Dept. Blames Vermont Yankee
• BurlingtonFreePress – Tritium from Vermont Yankee nuclear plant found on shore of Connecticut River
• Vermont Journalism Trust – NRC, NEC and state square off over VY clean water certificate – Olga Peters
• Vermont Public Radio – State Says Tritium Found On Conn. River Shoreline
• Windham County Commons – Groups team up to fight nuclear relicensing – Olga Peters
• IPS – U.S. Nuclear Arsenal Holds Fast to Status Quo – Haider Rizvi

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

• Orange County Register – San Onofre nuclear exhibit leaves some still on fence – David Bro
• KPLU News – Hanford union raises concerns with waste treatment plant – Anna King
• Tri-City Herald – Cleanup chief makes homecoming visit to Hanford – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – DOE told to take second look at vit plant safety culture – Annette Cary
• Vancouver Columbian – Letter: Hypocrisy is leading lawsuit – Joseph C. Strolin
• Provo Daily Herald – State must study nuke waste plan
• Arizona Republic – Palo Verde nuclear response a worry in wake of Japan disaster – Ryan Randazzo
• Dayton Daily News – $2B loan for Piketon plant not settled – Jessica Wehrman
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – 3 fed agencies ante up $510M for biofuels – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – More equipment woes at 9212 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Uranium gap at Y-12? – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – More info on Y-12/Pantex/Savannah River – Frank Munger
• WCYB – NFS Meeting At Erwin Town Hall Tonight – Joey Barker
• WBIR-TV – TVA sets dress code for Bellefonte protest
• First Coast News – FL Officials Focus on Progress Energy Nuclear Costs
• Miami Herald – Federal investigators start special inspection at Turkey Point – John Dorschner
• Miami Herald – Fla. PSC focusing on Progress Energy nuclear costs
• Orlando Sentinel blog – Progress gets quizzed over nuclear-plant timelines – Jim Saunders
• Palm Beach Post – NRC begins inspection of Turkey Point nuclear plant – Susan Salisbury
• St. Petersburg Times – Public Counsel: Progress Energy should stop charging customers for Levy County nuclear plant – Ivan Penn
• Atlanta Journal Constitution – Ga. regulators approve nuclear plant spending
• Energy Collective – NRC Completes Major Licensing Milestone for Vogtle – Dan Yurman
• Nuclear Engineering – Savannah River Nuclear Solutions fined for TRU hand prick
• Brattleboro Reformer – Letter(#1): Solving the Vermont, N.H. power play
• Brattleboro Reformer – Letter(#2): Nuclear power — we’re just done with it – Jessie Haas
• Bloomberg – Radioactive Iodine Risks May Outweigh Benefit for Some Tumors, Study Finds – Nicole Ostrow
• Fortune – Don’t count out nuclear just yet – Richard Martin
• Gizmodo Australia – Quitting The Manhattan Project – Adrian Covert
• Platts – Uranium spot price slides again, but remains over $50/lb – Michael Knapik
• Politico – NRC infighting goes nuclear – Darius Dixon
• Reuters – Overtreatment of thyroid cancer rampant: study – Frederik Joelving

Monday, August 15, 2011

• WRDW-TV – County in Nevada where Yucca Mountain is located joins Aiken County lawsuit – Chad Mills
• TIME – Bury Our Nuclear Waste — Before It Buries Us – Eben Harrell
• Bloomberg – California Researchers Detect Radioactive Release From Fukushima Plant – Ryan Flinn
• Daily Californian – UC researchers funded to study nuclear energy – Amruta Trivedi