Sunday, April 29, 2012

• Tri-Valley CAREs – New DOE Inspector General Report: Livermore Lab Caused Plutonium Contamination at JASPER Facility at Nevada Test Site
• Fort Worth Star-Telegram – First shipment of low-level radioactive waste arrives in West Texas – Anna M. Tinsley
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Bringing NPS into the K-25 game – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Seeding the Manhattan Project Natl Park – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Bye-bye, ORNL mail robots – Frank Munger
• Oak Ridger – East Tennessee PBS, Y-12 present ‘A Nuclear Family’ miniseries – D. Ray Smith
• Keene Sentinel – Book: ‘Public Meltdown’ takes aim at aging nuclear plant – Steve Sherman
• Portsmouth Herald News – Groups oppose nuke plant relicensing – Patrick Cronin

Saturday, April 28, 2012

• Tri-City Herald – Hanford’s B Reactor just a start to Manhattan Project National Historic Park idea – Annette Cary
• AZFamily – Nuclear power waste and storage facility proposed for Ariz. – Steve Bodinet
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Emergency Preparedness Fair May 5 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Oak Ridge City Manager Mark Watson says NPS recommendation isn’t feasible – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ORNL to host sustainability summit – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Cindy Kelly calls NPS report ‘masterful’ – Frank Munger
• Aiken Standard – Protecting South Carolina’s interests at Yucca Mountain – Rep. Joe Wilson
• NEI – NEI Commends Senate Appropriations Panel’s Used Fuel Management Proposal
• Canada: CTV Regina – Activists ask gov’t to ban nuclear waste in province

Friday, April 27, 2012

• Las Vegas Review-Journal – Scientists altered tests of nukes at test site – Keith Rogers
• Tri-City Herald – House committee finds $8M more for Hanford tank farms – Annette Cary
• KIFI Idaho Falls – More Layoffs Ahead At INL – Caleb James
• KIFI Idaho Falls – INL Workers Concerned By Recent Events – Caleb James
• Twin Falls Times-News – The Public Opinion Tide Is Turning for Idaho National Laboratory – Kimberlee Kruesi
• CBS Local Denver – Debate Over Radioactive Waste Erupts Near Cemetery
• NASDAQ – Areva, Partners Get $1.3 Billion Contract To Handle Nuclear Waste
• KTXS – First Radioactive Waste Material Deposited Into West Texas Dump Site
• Lubbock Avalanche-Journal – Regulators give approval to bury nuclear waste in Andrews County – Betsy Blaney
• Reuters – PR: WCS Commences Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Operations Texas Compact Operator Safely Disposes of First Shipment of Low-Level Radioactive Waste
• Reuters – Radioactive waste dump opens in Texas, environmentalists worried – Jim Forsyth
• WTAW – Regulators Approve Permit for Radioactive Waste – Chace Murphy
• Chillicothe Gazette – Political battle stands in way of Piketon project’s future – Gregory Korte
• Chillicothe Gazette – USEC hopeful funding gap can be bridged – Loren Genson
• Dayton Daily News – Piketon nuclear plant gets $150M boost – Jessica Wehrman
• Dayton Daily News – $150M for nuclear plant added to bill – Jessica Wehrman
• Knoxville News Sentinel – TVA board says Watts Bar worth extra cost – Ed Marcum
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Letter: Uranium processing facility not needed – Mary D. Bryan
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Savannah River wins security competition; Oak Ridge finishes third – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – K-25 confab May 17; preservation’s back on the table – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – The next sound you hear . . . – Frank Munger
• Aiken Standard – Rep. Wilson’s bill proposes to open Yucca Mountain – Anna Dolianitis
• HNN Huntingtonnews – Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program
• CBS Local Pittsburgh – Study Supports Communities’ Claims Against Nuclear Fuel Plants – Mary Robb Jackson
• ANWAG – Letter to Rachel Leiton, Director, Division of Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation; Re: Programmatic Issues with Claims for Chronic Beryllium Disease (pdf-379K)
• Tri-Valley CAREs – Sick Worker Newsletter, Spring 2012 (pdf-164K)
• Union of Concerned Scientists – No Need to Build Proposed Nuclear Weapons Facility Now, Report Finds
• NWTRB – Board comments on the final report of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future (pdf-67K)
• Asia-Pacific: Enformable – Atomic Energy Commission finds reprocessing spent nuclear fuel far more expensive than direct disposal – Lucas W Hixson
• Europe: News&Star – Councils association will not back west Cumbria nuclear dump plan

Thursday, April 26, 2012

• Tri-City Herald – CH2M Hill Hanford contract to be extended – Annette Cary
• West Kentucky Star – Top Energy Dept. Cleanup Official Visits Paducah
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – CERCLA landfill filling up faster than thought? – Frank Munger
• DOE – Coalition of World Energy Ministers Commit to Improvements in Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Energy Access
• DOE – IEA Unveils Clean Energy Progress Report in London – Erin R. Pierce
• DOE:IG – Latest News & Reports Update
• Oceania: ABC – Pacific Highway toxic scare has plenty of unanswered questions – Katya Quigley
• Oceania: Port Macquarie News – Soil given away now being tested
• Oceania: Wauchope Gazette – Highway soil testing continues
• Southeast Asia: Malaysian Insider – No disposal site needed if Lynas waste recycled, says AELB – Shannon Teoh
• Europe: In-Cumbria – Chances of finding n-waste site suffer more setbacks – Alan Irving
• Europe: Times & Star – Search for a nuclear waste dump “not credible” – councils

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

• Las Vegas SUN – Amodei’s efforts to strike Republican compromise on Yucca faces first real test – Karoun Demirjian
• NewsMax – Nevada Republican Seeks Nuclear Waste Site Compromise – Sandy Fitzgerald
• Salem-News – Hanford May Be High-Level Nuclear Waste Storage Site
• Tri-City Herald – Senate proposes increase to Hanford budget – Annette Cary
• Idaho Statesman – Idaho company builds components for nuclear reactors – Rocky Barker
• KCPW blog – Matheson Presses Energy Dept. on Moab Tailings Cleanup Slowdown – Jeff Robinson
• KMOX – Inspection Fees on Radioactive Waste could be Removed
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Frank Munger: DOE had a long way to go in going green – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ‘Look, Ma, we’re normal’ – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – National Park Service wants to save part of K-25’s North Tower; will DOE adjust plans? – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – U.S.-UK ‘efforts to transform facilities associated with defense programs’ – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Los Alamos boosting production of Ac-225; Brookhaven, ORNL join effort – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Make no mistake, unions support UPF – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Chow time at Clinton Labs, post-war – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – U.S-China talk nuclear issues – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Another snoozer? – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Where did ORNL staffers get their PhDs? – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12&AWE share info on projects in development, including UPF; UK documents provide glimpses of relationship – Frank Munger
• Biloxi Sun Herald – Former Department of Energy Manager at Hanford, David Brockman, Joins the Kurion Advisory Board
• The State – SC positioning itself at vanguard of mini-nuclear age – Jeff Wilkinson
• UPI – Worker exposed to uranium
• Gazette Virginian – Dan River, Roanoke River Basin Associations to host May presentations on uranium mining
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Nevada Pages 24694-24695 [FR DOC# 2012-9941]
• Energy Department – NOTICES Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Savannah River Site Page 24695 [FR DOC# 2012-9942]
• Canada: Northumberland News – Port Hope radioactive waste cleanup to get started
• Canada: Straight Goods – Tritium leaks at Peterborough airport
• Asia: Xinhua News – High level of uranium found in Mongolian capital’s groundwater: report
• Europe: The Scotsman – Investigation to be carried out into wartime radiation at Dalgety Bay – Alastair Dalton

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

• Las Vegas Review-Journal blog – Senate bill takes first new step on nuke waste – Steve Tetreault
• Nevada News Bureau – U.S. Sen. Dean Heller Calls On Congress To Continue Defunding Of Yucca Mountain – Sean Whaley
• KNDO/KNDU – 2012 Hanford tours show new sites
• Hanford News – Early Hanford Reach center backers pull $500,000 in pledges – John Trumbo
• Hanford News – England nuclear site team to visit Richland
• KPHO Phoenix – AZ legislators favor nuke waste storage site – Heather Brummitt
• MyFox Phoenix – Tribe Represented in Grand Canyon Mining Ban Lawsuit
• Summit County Citizens Voice – Environment: Havasupai Tribe and conservation groups win the right to be part of lawsuit over uranium mining near Grand Canyon National Park
• Burnt Orange Report – Big Problems Surround A Low-Level Nuclear Waste Dump In West Texas – Adam Schwitters
• Bloomberg – Senate Panel Advances Bill for Temporary Nuclear Storage Sites – Jim Snyder
• DOE:IG – Special Report: Questioned, Unresolved and Potentially Unallowable Costs Incurred by Los Alamos National Laboratory during Fiscal Years 2008 and 2009 (pdf-244K)Europe: Deutsche Welle – Röttgen: Agreement near on atomic waste – Heiner Kiesel
• East Europe: Kyiv Post – Emergencies Ministry: Work to remove fuel from destroyed Chornobyl reactor to start in 30 years
• South Africa: Business Day – Regulator allows Koeberg to ship nuclear waste to Vaalputs – Sarah Wild
• South Africa: Lusaka Times – Government maintains stance on uranium mining

Monday, April 23, 2012

• Las Vegas Review-Journal – Lawmakers mount new bid to revive Yucca Mountain – Steve Tetreault
• Bloomberg – Republicans Push Spending to Dump Waste in Reid Back Yard – Kathleen Hunter
• Boise State Public Radio – Ongoing INL Accidents Lead To Work Stoppage – Scott Ki
• KBOI – Close Call at INL
• Deseret News – Editorial: Moab tailings
• KPHO Phoenix – Congressmen call for uranium cleanup – Steve Stout
• Nuclear Engineering – DOE awards $1.3bn contract for WIPP operation
• RTT News – B&W Reveals $1.3 Bln Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Management Contract Win
• World Nuclear News – Contract for WIPP management
• Portsmouth Daily Times – Area counties consider A-Plant disposal support – Wayne Allen
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Environmental scientist Pat Mulholland dies; distinguished researcher at ORNL – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – DOE ranks No. 13 on EPA’s Green Power list – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – How to spend $$$ more quickly on UPF – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Energy use cut at Y-12’s Jack Case Center – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – New health plans for ORNL retirees 65+; change affects about 3,500 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Rally and protest against UPF – Frank Munger
• Oak Ridger – The 2000 decade: Modernization to transformation, Part II – D. Ray Smith
• DOE – Joint Statement of the U.S.-Iraq Joint Coordinating Committee on EnergyNRC – NRC Schedules Meeting to Discuss Safety Performance of Honeywell Metropolis Facility
• Oceania: ABC – Doctor says toxic spill site made 16 sick – Mark ColvinAsia-Pacific: Japan Times – Amid restart protests, Kansai leaders offer fuel storage – Eric Johnston
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Letter: Storage options – Steve Ford
• South Africa: AllAfrica – Namibia: Radiation Report Needs ‘Significant Work’ – Jo-Maré Duddy
• South Africa: Power Engineering Magazine – Regulator questions safety of nuclear waste storage
• South Africa: World Nuclear News – Toshiba secures Niger uranium supplies