Sunday, April 15, 2012

• Fort Worth Star-Telegram – Radioactive waste may soon travel on DFW highways – Anna M. Tinsley
• NBC Dallas-Fort Worth – Rep. Wants Radioactive Waste Documents Released Publicly
• Texas Tribune – Texas Sees Renewed Push for Uranium Mining – Kate Galbraith
• Richmond Times Dispatch – Uranium: Unedifying report meets inept questions – Andrea Jennetta
• Berkshire Eagle – Organizers expect 2k in latest Vt. Yankee protest – Berkshire Eagle
• BurlingtonFreePress – Vermont Yankee protest draws quadruple-digit crowd
• Rutland Herald – Shumlin, Sanders rally anti-nuclear protesters – Susan Smallheer
• Vermont Public Radio – Hundreds Gather To Protest Vt. Nuclear Plant
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – All atomic power to halt ‘momentarily’

Saturday, April 14, 2012

• Ecowatch – Design Changes Likely behind Dangerous Nuclear Reactor Degradation
• New York Times – Plan to Track Quake Threat Is Questioned – John Upton
• KABB Fox San Antonio – State rep wants documents released
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Activist group ramps up campaign against costly UPF – Frank Munger
• Tampa Bay Times – Florida AARP joins suit to overturn nuclear fees to utilities – Ivan Penn
• New London Day – Connecticut Yankee gets new licensee – Judy Benson
• WCAX – Anti-nuke protestors tell Vt Yankee to get out – Kyle Midura
• WPTZ The Champlain Valley – Over 1,000 people gather to protest Vt. Yankee nuclear plant
• Relevant Science blog – U.S. Will Pay a Settlement of $1 Billion to 41 Tribes – Timothy Williams
• Oceania: Green Left Weekly – Australia’s ugly history of nuclear racism – Jim Green
• Oceania: NSW Daily Telegraph – Radiation leak fear at Sydney’s Lucas Heights as four workmen contaminated – Linda Silmalis
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Machine fell into MOX spent-fuel pool: Tepco
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Japan should ditch atomic power, Edano says before restart decision
• Asia-Pacific: Taipei Times – Broken bolts shut nuclear reactor – Lee I-chia
• Europe: Xinhua News – Austria rejects EU subsidy proposal for nuclear power

Friday, April 13, 2012

• Los Angeles Times – Odd deterioration found in both San Onofre reactors – Abby Sewell
• Los Angeles Times – OpEd: Risk, fear and nuclear power – David Ropeik
• San Diego Union-Tribune – Study: Redesign of nuclear generators likely cause of trouble – Morgan Lee
• UPI – Group slams nuclear plant design decision
• Free Speech Radio News – Communities along Columbia River raise concerns about clean up at Hanford nuclear waste site
• Yahoo! News – NRC Confirms it Has No Authority on Colorado Uranium Mill – Susan Graybeal
• POGO blog – Why Do Taxpayers Have to Sue to Get Oversight of Nuclear Facilities? – Dana Liebelson
• Abilene Reporter-News – Letter: Dumping on Texas – Lottie Moore
• Hazelwood.Patch – Second Coldwater Creek Lawsuit Filed Against Hazelwood-Based Covidien and Its Mallinckrodt Division
• Maryland Business Gazette – USEC struggles to regain footing – Kevin James Shay
• Public Broadcasting Atlanta – Concern of Costly Delay As Southern Co. Builds Twin Reactors – Jonathan Shapiro
• Mountain Xpress – Dr. Helen Caldicott speaking in Asheville about radiation effects one year after Japan disaster – Bill Rhodes
• Enformable – Space Nuclear 2012 – Karl Grossman
• Environmental Law Prof Blog – When Agencies Can’t Get Along – Emily Meazell
• The Guardian – The US nuclear industry does not need welfare payments – Bernie Sanders and Ryan Alexander
• Asia-Pacific: Greenpeace International – Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Update for April 10th – April 12th, 2012 – Christine McCann
• Asia-Pacific: New York Times – Japan Seeks to Restart Some Nuclear Power Plants – Martin Fackler
• JapanToday – 35-ton device found in spent fuel pool at Fukushima reactor
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima Gov. blasts gov’t over push to restart nuclear reactors
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Japan must heed lessons from World War II in handling nuclear power
• East Asia: BBC News – North Korea rocket launch fails
• Europe: BBC News – France’s Nicolas Sarkozy admits Fukushima nuclear gaffe
• Europe: Local France – France calls for EU nuclear power subsidies

Thursday, April 12, 2012

• KPBS San Diego – San Onofre’s Problems Deepen – Alison St John
• KSBY San Luis Obispo – Coastal Commission approves seismic testing near Diablo Canyon
• LA Times blog – Seismic monitoring plan for Diablo Canyon nuclear plant approved
• Orange County Register – Odd tube wear seen in both San Onofre reactors – Pat Brennan
• POWERnews – Tube Wear at San Onofre May Stem from Multiple Causes, NRC Head Says
• San Diego Union-Tribune – Solana Beach calls for more scrutiny at San Onofre – Hailey Persinger
• Telluride Watch – County Unhappy With State Response to Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Gus Jarvis
• Brattleboro Reformer – Vermont Yankee owner: No need to plan for closing – Dave Gram
• Brattleboro Reformer – Sanders, Sorrell to speak on VY
• WPTZ The Champlain Valley – Radioactive material from Japan found in NH
• Huffington Post – The Deadly Folly of Nuclear Power Overhead – Karl Grossman
• NRC – NRC Schedules Meeting in Richland to Discuss Areva Fuel Facility
• Oceania: Pacific News Center – Video: CCU Reviewing Draft Policy on Nuclear Power for Guam – Kevin Kerrigan
• Asia-Pacific: Taipei Times – AEC, Taipower deny nuclear waste plan – Chris Wang
• East Asia: Bloomberg – North Korea Launches Rocket in Defiance of Warnings – Sangwon Yoon
• Southeast Asia: Free Malaysia Today – Residents fail to get temporary Lynas licence revoked
• Southeast Asia: Manila Times – Palace rejects nuclear power proposal
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Villages say no to N-waste – Alan Irving
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Nuclear waste cannot be swept under the carpet
• North Europe: Baku Today – Lithuania has forgotten about the intentions of not buying electricity from “unsafe” Nuclear Power Plant and agreed on a deal with Ukraine
• Russia: Bellona – Russia taking on Northern Sea Route as Bellona raises alarm over Norwegian vessels under escort of nuclear icebreakers –

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

• Daily Pilot – Radioactive material in CdM doesn’t stop beachgoers – Lauren Williams
• San Francisco Bay Guardian – Mini nuclear bombs — such progress!
• San Luis Obispo Tribune – Earthquake monitors proposed for seafloor off SLO County – David Sneed
• Gallup Independent – Group: No San Juan water for nuclear power – Kathy Helms
• NorthEscambia – Should Consumers Pay Up Front To Build Nuclear Plants?
• Lynchburg News and Advance – Mining Panel Transparence Found Lacking
• Foreign Policy Journal – Nuclear Weapons are Not Instruments of Peace! – Richard Falk
• Nuclear Energy Insider – Weekly Intelligence Brief
• World Nuclear News – US nuclear performance figures
• NRC – NRC Issues Final Environmental Impact Statement for Columbia Nuclear Plant License Renewal Application
• Asia-Pacific: New York Times – Tsunami Projections Offer Bleak Fate for Many Japanese Towns – Hiroko Tabuchi
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Today – TEPCO to sell additional 800 properties to raise funds for compensation
• Southwest Asia: Hurriyet Daily News – Turkish nuclear power – an unwarranted venture – Erhun Kula
• Europe: Daily Telegraph – David Cameron paves way for Japanese to build nuclear power stations in UK – Louise Armitstead
• Europe: REVE – France to build 2 GW of offshore wind power as costs of nuclear exposed – Philippa Jones
• North Europe: UPI – Israel, Finland hold secret nuke talks

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

• Orange County Register – Japan radiation found in O.C. kelp – Pat Brennan
• Lincoln Journal Star – Feds confirm nuke plant fire was major threat
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12 still leads in internal rad doses – Frank Munger
• NC WARN – Vogtle Nuclear Construction Faces “Additional Delay” Based on Miscalculations in Foundation Concrete
• In These Times – Vermont Yankee: A Nuclear Battle Over States’ Rights – John Raymond
• Vermont Journalism Trust – Entergy fails to make quarterly payment to state of Vermont – Alan Panebaker
• Salem News – Our View: Seabrook neighbors deserve more than NRC’s tin ear
• National Journal – Power Struggle at Watchdog Agency Could Undermine Nuclear-Plant Safety – Olga Belogolova
• New York Times – Nuclear Power’s Death Somewhat Exaggerated – Matthew L. Wald
• NRC – NRC Issues Fort Calhoun Station Inspection Finding of High Safety Significance
• NRC – NRC Cites Turkey Point Nuclear Plant for Violation of Requirements and Assesses $140,000 Fine
• Asia-Pacific: UPI – Calls for Fukushima compensation escalate
• Asia-Pacific: UPI – Radiation could raise cancer death risk
• Asia-Pacific: Fukushima Diary – Thyroid cancer rate grew 10 times much in 20 years in Belarus – Iori Mochizuki
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Taiwan, Japan share atomic power dilemma – Ko Shu-Ling
• Asia: World Nuclear News – Chinese reactor enters commercial operation
• Southeast Asia: Waste Management World – Uproar in Malaysia over radioactive waste material
• South Asia: Daily News&Analysis – Lanka minister fears nuclear disaster in India – Aditya Kaul
• South Asia: The Hindu – Book: Nuclear issues in an Asian century – R. K. Radhakrishnan
• South Asia: IBNLive – Stir to go on till Koodankulam closure: PMANE
• South Asia: IBNLive – Kudankulam: Sri Lanka threatens to go to IAEA
• South Asia: Lanka Business Today – Nuclear Fear–Sri Lanka worried over Potential Nuclear accidents in near-by Indian Nuclear Power Plants
• Europe: The Guardian – George Monbiot and Theo Simon: Vicious words mark the war between pro and anti-nuclear environmentalists – John Vidal
• Europe: The Independent – Sellafield owner tried to cover up £300m error – Steve Connor
• Europe: Manchester Evening News – National Nuclear Laboratory links up with GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy
• Europe: Times&Star – Nuclear waste cannot be swept under the carpet – Ashley Tiffen
• Europe: Bloomberg – EDF Will Spend Millions on Fessenheim Reactor Measures – Tara Patel
• East Europe: AMA – Bright future in Chernobyl
• Russia: Ria Novosti – Owner Told to Get Rid of Radioactive Car
• Russia: UPI – Radioactive Honda ordered out of Russia

Monday, April 09, 2012

• KPBS – NRC Chair Gets Update At San Onofre As The Plant Sits Idle – Maureen Cavanaugh, Joanne Faryon, Patty Lane, Claire Trageser
• CNN – Troubled Michigan nuclear plant shut down for maintenance – Todd Sperry
• Democratic Underground – The 30-year itch America’s nuclear industry struggles to get off the floor
• FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
• Huffington Post – Blank Check for the Military Will Send America the Way of the Soviet Union – Jeff Blum
• Mother Nature Network – Plutonium-238: Spacecraft fuel shortage may have been averted – Mike Wall
• Canada: Bayshore Broadcasting – Nuclear Opposition Grows – James Greensmith
• Asia-Pacific: Global Research – The Fuel Pools of Fukushima: The Greatest Short-Term Threat to Humanity – Michel Chossudovsky
• Asia-Pacific: HNN Huntingtonnews – United States Circumvented Laws To Help Japan Accumulate Tons of Plutonium
• Asia-Pacific: IPS – Radioactive Mushrooms Cloud Compensation Plans – Suvendrini Kakuchi
• Asia-Pacific: Zero Hedge – Japan is Poisoning Other Countries By Burning Highly-Radioactive Debris – George Washington
• Asia-Pacific: Fukushima Diary – 88 km of the great wall is planned to barricade Fukushima contaminated zone – Iori Mochizuki
• Asia-Pacific: Fukushima Diary – Emergency correspondence between JP gov and Tepco right after 311 – Iori Mochizuki
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Energy conservation is key – Takamitsu Sawa
• South Asia: Bikya Masr – Sri Lanka fears Fukushima like disaster along its coast
• Middle East: Huffington Post – Iran Nuclear Talks: Proposal Outlines Possible Compromise – Nasser Karimi