Saturday, April 14, 2012

• Relevant Science blog – U.S. Will Pay a Settlement of $1 Billion to 41 Tribes – Timothy Williams
• UN: IAEA – Nuclear Forensics: Key to Ensuring Nuclear Security

Friday, April 13, 2012

• Environmental Law Prof Blog – When Agencies Can’t Get Along – Emily Meazell
• DOE – Energy Department Announces Selections for U.S.-India Joint Clean Energy Research and Development Center
• DOE:IG – Audit Report: Use of Noncompetitive Procurements to Obtain Services at the Savannah River Site (pdf-444K)
• 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 Schedules Open House for April 26 to Discuss Grand Gulf Nuclear Power Plant 2011 Performance and NRC Oversight
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Pages 22360-22361 [FR DOC# 2012-8909]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Reconstitution: Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., (Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3); Notice of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Reconstitution Page 22361 [FR DOC# 2012-8896]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Energy Northwest, Columbia Generating Station; Final Supplement 47 to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants Pages 22361-22362 [FR DOC# 2012-8809]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Exemption Requests: Exemption Requests for Special Nuclear Material License SNM-362, Department of Commerce, Gaithersburg, MD Pages 22362-22365 [FR DOC# 2012-8917]

Thursday, April 12, 2012

• Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY1) – Letter to Labor Secretary Solis, Re: Theft of Records at Impairment Resources (pdf-73k)
• Power Engineering Magazine – Casks designed to transport radioactive waste
• NRC – NRC Schedules Public Meeting for April 19 to Discuss Clinton Nuclear Power Plant Performance in 2011
• NRC – NRC Schedules Open House and Presentation to Discuss Annual Assessment of Sequoyah Nuclear Power Plant
• NRC – NRC Schedules Meeting in Richland to Discuss Areva Fuel Facility

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

• World Nuclear News – US nuclear performance figures
• DOE – Secretary Chu Announces $30 Million for Research Competition to Develop Next Generation Energy Storage Technologies
• NAS – Project Update: Improving the Assessment of Proliferation Risk of Nuclear Fuel Cycles
• NRC – NRC Schedules Regulatory Conference to Discuss Apparent Violation at North Anna Nuclear Station
• NRC – NRC Schedules Regulatory Conference to Discuss Apparent Violation At Surry Nuclear Station
• NRC – NRC to Hold Open House on April 19 in Prince Frederick, Md., to Discuss Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Plant Annual Assessment
• NRC – NRC Issues Final Environmental Impact Statement for Columbia Nuclear Plant License Renewal Application
• US Dept of State – Key Accomplishments of the Stockpile Stewardship Program
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Page 21813 [FR DOC# 2012-8590]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Draft License Renewal Interim Staff Guidances: Changes to the Generic Aging Lessons Learned (GALL) Report Revision 2 AMP XI.M41, “Buried and Underground Piping and Tanks” Pages 21813-21814 [FR DOC# 2012-8670]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS); Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Power Uprates; Notice of Meeting Pages 21814-21815 [FR DOC# 2012-8666]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Orders Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation: South Carolina Electric and Gas Company (Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station Units 2 and 3); Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation (Effective Immediately) Pages 21815-21819 [FR DOC# 2012-8669]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – RULES Interpretations; Removal of Part 8 Pages 21625-21628 [FR DOC# 2012-8673]
• UN: IAEA – Future Nuclear Leaders Gather at the IAEA

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

• NRC – Opening Remarks of NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko at the Briefing on the Final Report of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future, April 10, 2012
• NRC – NRC Issues Fort Calhoun Station Inspection Finding of High Safety Significance
• NRC – NRC begins Special Inspection at Catawba Nuclear Power Plant
• NRC – NRC Cites Turkey Point Nuclear Plant for Violation of Requirements and Assesses $140,000 Fine
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Combined Licenses and Records of Decision: V. C. Summer Nuclear Station, Units 2 and 3 Combined Licenses and Record of Decision Pages 21593-21594 [FR DOC# 2012-8548]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Draft interim Staff Guidance; Request for Public Comment: Guidelines for Preparing and Reviewing Licensing Applications for the Production of Radioisotopes Pages 21592-21593 [FR DOC# 2012-8551]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.: Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact, Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3 Pages 21594-21595 [FR DOC# 2012-8547]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Facility Operating Licenses: Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving Proposed No Significant Hazards Considerations and Containing Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information and Order Imposing Procedures for Access to Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information Pages 21595-21601 [FR DOC# 2012-8464]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Sunshine Act Meeting Pages 21601-21602 [FR DOC# 2012-8668]

Monday, April 09, 2012

• NEI Nuclear Notes – 99th Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers – Eric McErlain
• NRC – NRC to Discuss Millstone Nuclear Power Plant Annual Assessment at Open House, Meeting with Nuclear Energy Advisory Council
• NRC – Online Registration Open for Fuel Cycle Information Exchange, June 12-13 in Rockville, Md.
• NRC – NRC to Hold Open House on April 18 in Limerick, Pa., to Discuss Limerick Nuclear Power Plant Annual Assessment
• Canada: CNSC – Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission News Update