Sunday, January 08, 2012

• Denver Post – Guest Commentary: Demand a timely cleanup from Cotter – Sharyn Cunningham
• Virginian-Pilot – Big question for lawmakers: What to do with uranium? – Julian Walker, Scott Harper
• South Asia: Deccan Chronicle – Tulsi can nuke harmful effects of radiation
• Europe: BBC News – Sellafield nuclear workers get six-week train trial

Saturday, January 07, 2012

• Salt Lake Tribune – Letter: Send waste to Texas – Clare Gilmore
• New York Times – U.S. to Block New Uranium Mines Near Grand Canyon – Felicity Barringer
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – MLK program Jan. 11 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – A post-war view of X-10 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – UCOR taps 10 for staffing subcontracts; total value capped at $45M – Frank Munger
• Herald Times Reporter – National commentary: Storing nuclear fuel – Dr. Jeffrey Patterson
• Canada: CTV – Damaged pump diaphragm blamed for N.B. heavy water spill
• Europe: Daily Mirror – Nuke test veterans to find out in days whether they can sue the MoD – Susie Boniface
• Europe: Scotland on Sunday – Scottish Trident nuclear plans would leave UK without deterrent – Eddie Barnes
• Europe: Scotland on Sunday – Trident: at what cost would an independent Scotland refuse the nuclear option? – Professor William Walker
• Middle East: Tehran Times – Fordo enrichment facility to come on stream soon

Friday, January 06, 2012

• Mainichi Daily News – U.S. conducted 3rd plutonium test to check nuke arsenal last summer
• New York Times blog – U.S. to Ban New Uranium Mining Near Grand Canyon – John M. Broder
• Business Week – NM, lab reach deal on radioactive waste cleanup – Jeri Clausing
• Knoxville News Sentinel – 1,000 gallons of chromium-contaminated water spilled at Oak Ridge facility – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Letter: Rumors of nuclear death premature – Sherrell R. Greene
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Rep. Fleischmann to host House science chief at ORNL – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – NNSA releases additional info on B&W’s performance, award fee at Y-12 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Overflow at chromium-treatment facility; state investigating incident – Frank Munger
• Asbury Park Press – Editorial: Don’t dawdle on spent fuel
• Canada: TbNewsWatch – NAN says no to nuclear waste storage
• Europe: BBC News – Nuclear waste deliveries arrive at King’s Cliffe site

Thursday, January 05, 2012

• Las Vegas Review-Journal blog – ‘Nuclear waste here? Why not?’ – Steve Tetreault
• Santa Monica Daily Press – Time to fix our nuclear waste disposal system – Dr. Jeffrey Patterson
• Washington Examiner – NM, LANL reach agreement on cleanup – Jeri Clausing
• Duluth News Tribune – Our view: Nuclear waste here? Actually, why not?
• Nuclear Engineering – Areva wins Monticello fuel contract
• West Kentucky Star – USEC Might Return Plant Facilities to DOE in May
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – First shipments of U-233 to Nevada – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – B&W responds to DNFSB report – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Housekeeper gets life in prison for death of ex-ORNL scientist – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – This is government openness and transparency? – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Asset reuse the topic at DOE advisory board – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Radon and lung cancer – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Kraken a ‘workhorse’ supercomputer – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – DNFSB finds deficiencies in Y-12 work planning – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Jan. 9 vote to dissolve LOC – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Ken Volkin, biologist of note (1919-2011) – Frank Munger
• TomsRiver.patch – NRC Seeks Public Comment on Nuclear Fuel Storage – Elaine Piniat
• NWTRB – Meeting Transcripts and Agendas
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee Page 485 [FR DOC# 2011-33801]
• Europe: BBC News – Nuclear waste deliveries arrive at King’s Cliffe site
• Europe: DutchNews – French nuclear energy group eyes Dutch uranium firm Urenco
• Europe: Reuters – Areva eyes stake in uranium enricher Urenco -paper
• Europe: World Nuclear News – Next phase for French geological disposal

Wednesday, January 04, 2012

• KIFI Idaho Falls – More Layoffs At Idaho Cleanup Project – Caleb James
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Frank Munger: Oak Ridge plants manage for tough times
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Ear plugs are optional – Frank Munger
• Chatham Star Tribune – OpEd: More answers needed on uranium – Del. Donald W. Merricks
• Chatham Star Tribune – Letter: Uranium offers short-term boost, long-term risks – Peter Hairston
• EastHampton-CT.Patch – NU Could Take Control of Haddam Neck Fuel Rod Facility – Eileen McNamara
• Oceania: ABC – Waterways safe after train derailment
• Oceania: Canberra Times – Leaked submarine figure doesn’t account for full costs – David Ellery
• Russia: Bellona – Photos shed light on cause of fire aboard Russian nuclear submarine; questions of whether missiles onboard remain – Charles Digges, Igor Kudrik
• South Africa: New Age – Mine dumps’ ‘toxic threat’ – Mel Frykberg

Tuesday, January 03, 2012

• Legal Documents
• NRC Commission – MEMORANDUM AND ORDER: Timbisha Shoshone Tribal Council’s (Tribal Council) petition for review (pdf-106)
• News
• Fox5 KVVU – Vegas nuclear history museum adds ‘National’ label – Matt Guillermo
• Las Vegas Review-Journal – Atomic Testing Museum gets new name, designation – Keith Rogers
• Politico – Energy’s 10 big questions for 2012(#8) Is there a future for Yucca Mountain?
• downwinders.info – National Cancer Benefits Center For Downwinders
• North Kitsap Herald – Trial for nuclear resisters at Trident Submarine Base starts Wednesday
• Tri-City Herald – Nuclear energy official to speak in Richland
• Tri-City Herald – Work begins to empty another Hanford tank – Annette Cary
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Wrap-up on mercury project
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – New issue in troubled nuke cleanup at ORNL
• The Republic – Legislators near Virginia uranium mine ask colleagues to leave mining ban in place in 2012 – Steve Szkotak
• DOE – A “Cardinal” Partnership: Stanford University & the Energy Department – Kate Bannan
• NAS – Project Update: Improving the Assessment of Proliferation Risk of Nuclear Fuel Cycles
• Canada: Waterloo Record – Letter: Government is abandoning our veterans – Rebecca Gingrich
• Oceania: ABC – Govt denies Marathon claim
• Europe: BBC News – France nuclear industry told to boost safety
• Europe: World Nuclear News – Spain selects site for waste storage
• Russia: Nuclear Engineering – US-Russian uranium agreement takes effect

Monday, January 02, 2012

• In These Times – The Secret of Rocky Flats: The Never-Ending Story of a Cold War Plutonium Plant – Kari Lydersen
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Frank Munger: Contract change could be big distraction for Y-12 workers
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Top 11 for 2011 – Frank Munger
• Times and Democrat – Tritium program reaches goal ahead of schedule
• Richmond Times Dispatch – Fairfax keeping eye on uranium mining – Tara Bozick
• Brattleboro Reformer – VY in 2011: Tritium, strontium, steam leaks and lawsuits – Bob Audette
• Europe: Shields Gazette – Nuclear veterans hope for new year legal win – Terry Kelly