Sunday, December 11, 2011
- Las Vegas SUN – Birthday wishes for a better tomorrow – Brian Greenspun
- Santa Fe New Mexican – WIPP not built for nuclear-fuel disposal – John Tauxe
- Danville Register & Bee – Letter: What Virginia Uranium should do – Rodolfo V. Babiera
- Danville Register & Bee – Letter: Chmura study seals it – Rhonda Fitzgerald
- Danville Register & Bee – Letter: Let’s move forward – Michael Notestein
- Free Lance-Star – OpEd: Turning The Old Dominion into a Wasteland – Cale Jaffe
- Free Lance-Star – OpEd: Should the moratorium be lifted? – Robert Bodnar
- Free Lance-Star – OpEd: Our Pledge: The Safest Mine in The World – Patrick M. Wales
Saturday, December 10, 2011
- Tri-City Herald – Controversy continues to surround vit plant safety culture – Annette Cary
- Canada: Northumberland News – Cameco nuclear hearings slated for Port Hope
- Oceania: Xinhua News – Reopens of uranium sales to India to have little benefits for Australia – Vienna Ma
Friday, December 09, 2011
- Las Vegas SUN – Letter: Yucca, as merely a dump, is not viable – Rep. Joe Heck
- High Country News blog – Friday News Roundup: Nuclear uncertainty – Marian Lyman Kirst
- Montrose Daily Press – Court affirms mill’s special-use permit – Katharhynn Heidelberg
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ORNL recycling old Crays – Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Topping out at ORNL’s energy efficiency lab – Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Hoag named NNSA’s interim chief at Y-12 – Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog – WSI ‘good’ at Y-12, but not as good – Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog – UCOR’s first million – Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog – WSI responds – Frank Munger
- DOE – Energy Department Announces New Initiative to Remove Barriers for Industry to Work with National Labs, Commercialize Technology
- Canada: CTV – Police examining truck that may contain radioactive waste
- Canada: Toronto Star – Hamilton: Nuclear power’s crisis and opportunity – Tyler Hamilton
- Oceania: Adelaide Now – How we learned to love the atom bomb – Ian Orchard
- Oceania: Radio Australia – Thorium not the solution to energy needs: expert
- Oceania: Sydney Morning Herald – Bring on uranium exploration, says O’Farrell – Matt Wade and Sean Nicholls
- South Asia: Pakistan Nation – Australia refuses to lift uranium sale ban on Pakistan
- Europe: John O’Groat Journal – Praise from PM as Dounreay wins top safety awards
- Europe: World Nuclear News – Waste costs for UK new build
Thursday, December 08, 2011
- All Things Nuclear – UCS Comments on Threat Assumptions for Dry Cask Security – Ed Lyman
- Tri-City Herald – 5 from PNNL elected fellows of science association
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog – WSI gets almost $1M in security fees
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog – NNSA seeks small-biz input on Y-12/Pantex security contract plan
- Augusta Chronicle – Savannah River Site offering public tours
- Lynchburg News and Advance – Could vote on uranium mining be set back a year? – Rex Springston
- UN: IAEA – Nuclear Law Institute Trains Nuclear Safety Lawyers
- Oceania: The Australian – Stop moral posture in uranium debate – Ramesh Thakur
- Oceania: Xinhua News – Australia not to sell uranium to Pakistan: Defense Chief
- Europe: BBC News – Dounreay firm sets out implications of new rules
- Europe: Reuters UK – Nuclear decommissioning, waste rules published – Henning Gloystein
Wednesday, December 07, 2011
- Las Vegas Review-Journal – Coffin wants to keep alive city’s Yucca Mountain Nuclear Repository Committee – Benjamin Spillman
- Chinook Observer – Editorial: Hanford juggles money
- Tri-City Herald – Record amount of contaminated Hanford ground water treated – Annette Cary
- Colorado Independent – Legal fallout from nuclear bomb frack job reaches Colorado Supreme Court – David O. Williams
- Knoxville News Sentinel – Frank Munger: Ruling helps ex-Y-12 workers on claims
- Knoxville News Sentinel – Y-12 polluted creek continues comeback – Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Sick worker advocacy: a preamble – Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ‘State of Creek’ — lot of good, some bad – Frank Munger
- Danville Register & Bee – Pittsylvania County won’t ask legislature to delay mining decision – John Crane
- Danville Register & Bee – Sen. Bill Stanley wants time to review mining studies – Tara Bozick
- NAS – Project Title: Gulf War and Health: Treatment of Chronic Multisymptom Illness
- Oceania: ABC – Smith in New Delhi for talks on uranium – Richard Lindell
Tuesday, December 06, 2011
- Standard-Examiner – Big part of nuclear reactor heads to Utah landfill
- Daily Astorian – Editorial: Waste festers while Congress dithers
- KUOW NPR – Hanford Sets Record For Groundwater Treatment In November – Anna King
- OPB News – Hanford Whistleblower Seeks Stronger Protection Laws In Senate Testimony – Anna King
- OPB News – Federal Nuclear Watchdog Says Hanford Safety Culture Still An Issue – Anna King
- Tri-City Herald – Hanford activist Pollet appointed to state House – Annette Cary
- Tri-City Herald – Governor’s budget proposal includes grants for Hanford interests – Annette Cary
- Tri-City Herald – Abandoning nuclear power is a bad idea for any state
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Inventor Week at ORNL – Frank Munger
- WVLT – Y-12 complex to update conditions at creek
- Canada: NorthumberlandView – GreenView: Waterkeeper comments on Cameco’s Port Hope licensing application
- Southeast Asia: Taiwan News – China, US launch radiation checks at Shanghai port
- South Asia: Indian Express – Oz rules out uranium export to Pak
- Europe: Nuclear Engineering – UK opts for plutonium reuse
- Europe: Westmorland Gazette – Sellafield could be set for used plutonium recycling – Helen Perkins
Monday, December 05, 2011
- U.S. Court of Appeals – Petitioners Brief on Petition for Writ of Mandamus (pdf-939K)
- State of Nevada – State of Nevada Comments on the Draft Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Continued Operation of the of the Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada National Security Site and Off-Site Locations in Nevada (pdf-6.34M)
- Washington Post – Safety concerns still surround planned nuclear lab
- Knoxville News Sentinel – Frank Munger: WSI gets its way in Y-12 contracting change
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Funding to support Y-12’s near-term transition: the big $tuff is yet to come – Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12’s Special Exposure Cohort expanded; now includes workers from 1943-1957 – Frank Munger
- Huntingtonnews – Former Atomic Worker Compensation System Broken – Terrie Barrie
- DOE:IG – Statement of Gregory H. Friedman Inspector General U.S. Department of Energy Before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Energy and Commerce U.S. House of Representatives, April 20, 2007
- NRC – NRC Staff Schedules Meeting with Shaw Areva Mox Services to Discuss Performance at Mixed Oxide Facility
- NWTRB – NWTRB to Discuss DOE Integration Issues at January Meeting=
- Canada: Northumberland News – Port Hope open house offers cleanup information update
- Canada: Sun News Network – Probe for uranium effects on vets – Dominique La Haye
- Oceania: Bloomberg – Gillard Wins Bid for Uranium Sales to India – Michael Heath and James Paton
- Oceania: ABC – Uranium miner says Labor’s India decision is in line with international policy – Babs McHugh
- Oceania: The Australian – Capacity crucial as miners applaud uranium approval – Sarah-Jane Tasker
- Oceania: Melbourne Age – NT wastes no time on uranium decision
- Oceania: NTNews – Doctors wrong on nuke waste, says Gerry – Nigel Adlam
- Central Asia: Gazeta.kz – U.S., Kazakhstan expand nuclear safeguards and security cooperation
- South Asia: BBC News – India welcomes lifting of uranium ban by Australia
- South Asia: BBC News – Pakistan seeks Australia uranium after India ban lifted
- Europe: BBC News – King’s Cliffe nuclear waste protesters released
- Europe: The Guardian – We need to talk about Sellafield, and a nuclear solution that ticks all our boxes – George Monbiot
- Europe: The Guardian – Energy department’s email exchange with Nuclear Industry Association – full text
- Europe: Herald Scotland – Time for MoD to come clean on radiation clear-up
- Europe: Herald Scotland – MoD under fire over ‘atomic beach’ – Rob Edwards
- Europe: Nature – Why has Britain done a U-turn on plutonium? – Duncan Graham-Rowe
- Europe: Greenpeace International blog – Security breaches, radiation leaks, disasters; Nothing worries the nuclear industry – Justin McKeating
- East Europe: World Nuclear News – Czech supply chain agreement for Westinghouse