Sunday, March 11, 2012

• UN: Al Jazeera – Beyond Fukushima –The devastating accident in Japan was a deadly reminder that nuclear safety cannot be taken lightly – Yukiya Amano

Saturday, March 10, 2012

• UN: IAEA – One Year On–The Fukushima Nuclear Accident and Its Aftermath
• UN: IAEA – One year after Fukushima, nuclear safety is stronger

Friday, March 09, 2012

• House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans – Members Press Secretary Chu on President’s Energy Policy
• NAS – Project Update: Gulf War and Health: Treatment of Chronic Multisymptom Illness
• NAS – Project Update: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities For Converting U.S. and Russian Research Reactors From Highly Enriched To Low Enriched Uranium Fuel
• NRC – NRC to Issue Orders, Information Request as Part of Implementing Fukushima-Related Recommendations
• NRC – Inspector General Reports: FY 2012 Index
• Health and Human Services Department – NOTICES Meetings: Subcommittee for Dose Reconstruction Reviews (SDRR), Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH or the Advisory Board), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Page 14377 [FR DOC# 2012-5792]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Facility Operating License Amendments: Facility Operating License Amendment From Southern Nuclear Operating, Inc., Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 Pages 14441-14444 [FR DOC# 2012-5753]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Leakage Tests on Packages for Shipment of Radioactive Material Page 14445 [FR DOC# 2012-5751]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Application for a License To Export Steel Forging Pages 14445-14446 [FR DOC# 2012-5749]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Staff Guidance; Availability: Changes to the Generic Aging Lessons Learned (GALL) Report Revision 2 AMP XI.M41, “Buried and Underground Piping and Tanks” Pages 14446-14447 [FR DOC# 2012-5743]

Thursday, March 08, 2012

• Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) – Reid: Senate Votes to Extend PILT, Secure Rural Schools Funding for Nevada
• NAS – Project Update: Disposal Options for the Rocket Motors of Nerve Agent Rockets at Blue Grass Army Depot
• Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board – NOTICES Sunshine Act Meeting Notice Page 14007 [FR DOC# 2012-5720]
• Energy Department – NOTICES Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.: Environmental Assessment for a Radiological Work and Storage Building at the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory Kesselring Site Pages 14007-14008 [FR DOC# 2012-5659]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Guidance for Decommissioning Planning During Operations Page 14047 [FR DOC# 2012-5658]
• UN: Bloomberg – IAEA Needs Greater Nuclear Reactor Safety Powers Post-Fukushima – Tara Patel

Wednesday, March 07, 2012

• Nye County – Letter to DOE, Re: Consent to Host the Proposed Repository at Yucca Mountain (pdf-1.34M)
• NAS – Project Update: Improving the Assessment of Proliferation Risk of Nuclear Fuel Cycles
• NRC – NRC Issues Annual Assessment Letters for Nation’s Nuclear Plants
• Defense Department – NOTICES Exclusive, Non-Exclusive, or Partially-Exclusive Licensing of Inventions; Availability: Notice of Availability for Exclusive, Non-Exclusive, or Partially-Exclusive Licensing of an Invention Concerning a Radiation Detector System for Locating and Identifying Special Nuclear Material in Moving Vehicles Page 13566 [FR DOC# 2012-5545]

Tuesday, March 06, 2012

• NRC – NRC Examining Potential Impact on Nuclear Plant Safety from Upstream Dam Failure
• NRC – NRC is Monitoring an Unusual Event at Prairie Island Nuclear Power Plant
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: General Electric-Hitachi Global Laser Enrichment, LLC, Proposed Laser-Based Uranium Enrichment Facility, Wilmington, NC Pages 13367-13368 [FR DOC# 2012-5362]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Facility Operating Licenses: Biweekly Notice Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations Pages 13369-13376 [FR DOC# 2012-4958]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES License Terminations: Notice of License Termination for the University of Arizona Research Reactor, License No. R-52 Pages 13376-13377 [FR DOC# 2012-5363]
• Workers’ Compensation Programs Office – NOTICES Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000, as Amended: Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000, as Amended Pages 13360-13366 [FR DOC# 2012-5324]

Monday, March 05, 2012

• FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
• DOE – VIDEO: Bill Gates and Secretary Chu Chat on the Future of Energy – April Saylor
• DOE – Ask the Directors: Secretary Chu to Host Live Chat on the Energy Innovation Hubs – Michael Hess
• The White House – Readout of the President’s Meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Savannah River Site Page 13104 [FR DOC# 2012-5273]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Comment Request Page 13155 [FR DOC# 2012-5202]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Pages 13155-13156 [FR DOC# 2012-5203]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Exemptions: Carolina Power & Light Company; Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1; Exemption Pages 13156-13158 [FR DOC# 2012-5226]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Sunshine Act Meeting Notice Page 13158 [FR DOC# 2012-5358]
• UN: IAEA – Board of Governors Opens March Deliberations
• UN: IAEA – IAEA and WANO Mark Anniversary of Fukushima Accident, Increase Cooperation