Sunday, November 06, 2011

• Seattle Post Intelligencer – Progress made toward cleaning up uranium mine – Nicholas K. Geranios
• Seattle Times – Hanford board: $115B may not be enough to finish
• Tri-City Herald – $115B not enough to finish work at Hanford, board says – Annette Cary
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Fed assets to private use in Oak Ridge – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ‘It was the Lindsay Lohan of projects’ – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Report: Nuke engineering enrollments resume positive trend after a one-year decline – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Advisory board to get update on hot cells work – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Utah congressman worries about slowdown in uranium cleanup – Frank Munger
• Augusta Chronicle – Nuclear waste must find safe, permanent home in Nevada – Rep. Joe Wilson
• Newnan Times-Herald – New Vogtle reactors heighten calls for reprocessing spent fuel – Walter C. Jones
• Richmond Times Dispatch – Public Square: The debate over nuclear energy in Virginia
• JD Supra – Eleventh Circuit Holds Four Defendant Manufacturers of Beryllium-Containing Aircraft Parts Relieved of Failure-to-Warn Liability Under “Learned Intermediary” or “Sophisticated User” Doctrine
• Europe: Herald Scotland – Anger as depleted uranium shells to be test-fired again – Rob Edwards

Saturday, November 05, 2011

• Salt Lake Tribune – Letter: A hotter blend – Naomi Franklin
• Kingsport Times News – Nuclear Fuel Services gets new contract
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Cook on Y-12/Pantex combo contract: ‘I absolutely believe we’ll save money’ – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – USEC’s 3rd quarter – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – UCOR’s Oak Ridge hiring – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – 68 yrs ago today: Graphite Reactor goes critical – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – DOE’s meeting with preservation groups reset for Nov. 17 – Frank Munger
• Aiken Standard – SRS breaks ground on two new tritium facilities – Anna Dolianitis
• South Africa: IOL – Toxic mine dumps threaten Joburg – Sheree Bega

Friday, November 04, 2011

• Las Vegas Review-Journal – Court sets schedule in Yucca case
• Salt Lake Tribune – Matheson fears slow down in uranium cleanup – Judy Fahys
• Tri-City Herald – Former Hanford worker pleads guilty to conspiracy
• Cibola County Beacon – ‘Day of Remembrance’ Hosted by Cold War Patriots – Bob Tenequer
• Belleville News Democrat – Feds: Cylinder with high radiation not dangerous
• Louisville Courier-Journal – High radiation readings found on Paducah cylinders – James R. Carroll
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Dr. Cook talks about 9212 and UPF – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – An international conference for sophisticated doodads and gizmos at ORNL – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Wamp says UPF will get built – Frank Munger
• The Hill blog – GOP candidates’ Yucca stance could be liability in South Carolina – Andrew Restuccia
• Danville Register & Bee – Water concerns related to uranium mining to be aired at meetings
• Lynchburg News and Advance – 240 attend uranium mining forum at UR – Rex Springston
• Virginian-Pilot – Supporters, critics of uranium mining face off – Scott Harper
• Albany Times Union – Knolls radioactive cleanup falls behind – Brian Nearing
• signation of a Class of Employees from W.R. Grace and Company in Curtis Bay, Maryland for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort Page 68459 [FR DOC# 2011-28569]
• Health and Human Services Department – NOTICES Designation of a Class of Employees from the Y-12 facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort Page 68459 [FR DOC# 2011-28570]
• Health and Human Services Department – NOTICES Designation of a Class of Employees from Vitro Manufacturing in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort Pages 68459-68460 [FR DOC# 2011-28574]
• Health and Human Services Department – NOTICES Designation of a Class of Employees from the Ames Laboratory at Iowa State University for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort Page 68460 [FR DOC# 2011-28575]
• South Asia: AFP Google – Pakistan’s nuclear weapons vulnerable to theft: report
• South Asia: Financial Express Bangladesh – Experts dispel fear about Rooppur waste – Nizam Ahmed
• Europe: The Guardian – Village loses high court challenge over radioactive waste – Terry Macalister
• Europe: NW Evening Mail – ‘Danger not finance’ prime reason for new MOX plant
• Europe: New Scientist blog – How to clean up a pond of nuclear waste – Damon Johnston
• Middle East: Salem-News – Weapons-Grade Enriched Uranium Used in Fallujah, Iraq? – Tim King

Thursday, November 03, 2011

• State of Nevada – State of Nevada Comments on the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future Draft Report to the Secretary of Energy (pdf-242K)
• Reno News & Review – Dump switch–GOP presidential candidates jump ship on Yucca – Dennis Myers
• The Oregonian – Nuclear waste politics seep into Republican presidential race – Jeff Mapes
• HNN Huntingtonnews – NIOSH Considers Adding Chronic Lymphatic Leukemia to Compensable Atomic Weapons Worker Illnesses – Tony Rutherford
• HNN Huntingtonnews – Dr. Strangelove Alive and Well in Kentucky, Ohio – Tony Rutherford
• AP Google – Faker of nuclear reactor records gets probation – Bill Poovey
• Knoxville News Sentinel – State issues discharge permit for Y-12; focus on mercury – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ‘Most overblown problem I’ve ever seen’ – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Martineau had folks talking at ETEBA conference – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – D’Agostino tells safety board that NNSA shares concerns about ‘procedure adherence issues’ at Y-12 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – NNSA says it’ll cost a lot more than $100M to keep 9212 operable without UPF on deck – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – State issues new discharge permit for Y-12, with mercury mandates; NNSA mum on possible appeal – Frank Munger
• Chatham Star Tribune – Letter: Experts to focus on water, uranium mining – Deborah Lovelace
• Richmond Times Dispatch – 240 attend uranium mining forum at UR – Rex Springston
• NY Environmental News Examiner – Mothers against radioactive rubble lead action – Shannon Ayala
• PhysOrg – Plutonium’s unusual interactions with clay may minimize leakage of nuclear waste
• DOE – Department of Energy Recognizes Winners of 2011 DOE Sustainability Awards
• DOE – First-Of-Its-Kind Search Engine Will Speed Materials Research
• DOE – Viva Energía! Energy Department Partners with the University of Puerto Rico
• NAS – Project Update: Uranium Mining in Virginia
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Idaho National Laboratory Pages 68179-68180 [FR DOC# 2011-28503]
• Europe: Peterborough Today – Breaking news: Kings Cliffe campaigners lose nuclear waste legal battle – Ken McErlain
• Europe: Rutland and Stamford Mercury – Radioactive waste campaigners lose High Court battle
• East Europe: Bellona – Several dozen kilograms of Uranium ore stolen in Romania – Charles Digges

Wednesday, November 02, 2011

• NEI Nuclear Notes – Dreaming About a Repository–Take 2 – Mark Flanagan
• Tri-City Herald – FFTF’s irradiated fuel treatment done – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – NRC policy analyst to speak in Richland
• Chillicothe Gazette – Legislators still pressing for USEC loan guarantee – Deirdre Shesgreen
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Frank Munger: Old hot cells even hotter than thought
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – NNSA/DOE folks out and about – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – NNSA invests in Mo-99 development – Frank Munger
• Greenville News(sub) – State needs answers on Yucca – (text)
• Danville Register & Bee – Uranium information events coming up in Danville
• Gazette Virginian – South Boston council takes strong stance on uranium – Paula I. Bryant
• UPI – New material can aid in nuclear cleanup
• NWTRB – Board comments on a Draft Report issued by the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future (pdf-54K)
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Secretary of Energy Advisory Board Pages 67716-67717 [FR DOC# 2011-28433]
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Nuclear Energy Advisory Committee Page 67717 [FR DOC# 2011-28439]
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• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Uranium Enrichment Fuel Cycle Facility Inspection Reports; Availability: Notice of Availability of Uranium Enrichment Fuel Cycle Facility’s Inspection Reports Regarding Louisiana Energy Services, National Enrichment Facility, Eunice, NM, Prior to the Commencement of Operations Pages 67765-67766 [FR DOC# 2011-28386]
• UN: Xinhua News – UN General Assembly declares world nuclear organization to be “indispensable”
• Canada: Global Toronto – Hunger-striking vet says Ottawa never disclosed his positive uranium tests – Andy Blatchford
• Canada: Hamilton Spectator – Poisoned soldier plans hunger strike at minister’s office
• Canada: Hamilton Spectator – Give veterans closure on uranium
• Europe: The Guardian – Village goes to high court over radioactive waste – Terry Macalister
• East Europe: Balkans Business News – The largest nuclear waste disposal site in Europe will be located in Serbia

Tuesday, November 01, 2011

• NEI Nuclear Notes – Dreaming About a Repository – Mark Flanagan
• Tri-City Herald – Federal government sues Hanford purchasers
• Tri-City Herald – Feds sue Hanford workers over kickback scheme – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – GOP candidates disappoint with nuclear waste policy
• Tri-City Herald – Change brings opportunity for Hanford Reach leaders
• AllGov – Colorado “Regulators” Allow Radioactive Dump Despite Warnings
• Columbus Dispatch – USEC extends uranium-plant agreement – Jessica Wehrman
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – 3-year project at Savannah River’s H Canyon – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ORNL’s big presence in Achievement Awards – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – USEC continues edge-of-cliff talks with DOE; project decisions on a ‘day-to-day basis’ – Frank Munger
• Anderson Independent Mail – Radioactive package damaged en route to testing facility – Anna Mitchell
• Canada: Sault Star – No to nuclear waste: petition – Shirley MIlls
• Oceania: ABC – Senator says uranium mine plans flawed
• Oceania: ABC – Greens says uranium mine plan flawed
• Oceania: ABC – Radioactive waste plan causes Sydney stink – Liz Foschia
• Oceania: The Conversation – Cleaning up after nuclear disasters
• Oceania: Queensland University of Technology – Technology makes storing radioactive waste safer
• Oceania: Sydney Morning Herald – Radioactive waste should be sent offshore: NSW opposition
• South Asia: Deccan Chronicle – Uranium plant faces cyber attack – S. Raghotham
• East Europe: Oman Daily Observer – 74 kg of uranium ore stolen in Romania

Monday, October 31, 2011

• State of Nevada – Minutes: Commission on Nuclear Projects, June 29, 2011 (pdf-59K)
• Salt Lake Tribune – Moab uranium tailings cleanup gets national award
• Daily Astorian – We must open Yucca Mountain
• PennEnergy – Westinghouse approved to dispose of nuclear waste in Idaho from NRC
• Huffington Post – A Giant New Plutonium Complex at Los Alamos – Mary-Charlotte Domandi
• Knoxville News Sentinel – NRC to hold public meeting on Watts Bar Unit 2 reactor
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – NYT calls for scrapping UPF, other items in ‘bloated nuclear weapons budget’ – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Panel to discuss New START and nuclear security Nov. 1 at UT’s Baker Center – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Winding up WEMA – Frank Munger
• Lakeland Ledger – What To Do With Nuclear Waste – Lynn Edward Weaver
• Greenville News – Voters look to candidates for nuke waste solutions – Rudolph Bell
• Greenville News – Candidates stand on Yucca Mountain may haunt them here – Rudolph Bell
• Greenville News blog – Nuke waste, presidential candidates and ‘Harry Reid’s views’ – Ben Szobody
• DOE – ARPA-E Awards $156 Million for Groundbreaking Energy Research Projects
• Oceania: ABC – Radioactive waste ‘won’t go to Kemps Creek’
• Oceania: Eden Magnet – Radioactive waste haunts Hunters Hill residents – Heath Aston
• Oceania: Penrith Press – Radioactive waste will not be dumped at Kemps Creek, NSW government said
• Oceania: Sydney Morning Herald – Radioactive waste haunts Hunters Hill residents
• Central Asia: Trend News Agency – Kazakhstan interested in nuclear fuel exports to Vietnam
• Europe: BBC News – More radioactive material at bay
• Europe: BBC News – Sheffield Forgemasters gets up to £36m from government
• Europe: Cumberland News – Public will be given their say on where to bury radioactive waste
• Europe: The Independent – Sellafield waste plant closure could cost taxpayer £100m – Steve Connor
• Middle East: Xinhua News – Jordanian activists call for abolishing nuclear program