Sunday, April 29, 2012

• Forbes – Congress Goes Nuclear – James Conca
• Daily Pilot – Irvine council approves letter for safety, licensing – Sarah Peters
• Tri-Valley CAREs – New DOE Inspector General Report: Livermore Lab Caused Plutonium Contamination at JASPER Facility at Nevada Test Site
• Keene Sentinel – Book: ‘Public Meltdown’ takes aim at aging nuclear plant – Steve Sherman
• Portsmouth Herald News – Groups oppose nuke plant relicensing – Patrick Cronin
• Global Association of Risk Professionals – A lone wolf at nuclear agency – Michael Hiltzik
• Oceania: New Zealand Herald – Muttonbirds affected by Fukushima – researcher – Paul Harper
• Asia-Pacific: Taiwan News – Taipower president apologizes for geological exploration in Hualien – Andrew Liu and Jamie Wang

• Appeal-Democrat – Thomas D. Ellis: Nuke plant renewals scrutinized
• Fairewinds – Gundersen on KPBS Discusses Developing San Onofre Situation
• KPBS – Rally Near San Onofre This Weekend – Alison St John
• Los Angeles Times – Why is safety a divisive issue for Nuclear Regulatory Commission? – Michael Hiltzik
• LA Times blog – Quake faults near San Onofre nuclear plant to be studied – Abby Sewell
• San Diego Union-Tribune – Scripps to lead quake study for nuclear plant – Morgan Lee
• San Diego Union-Tribune – Sunday Rally to Focus on Nuclear Safety – Morgan Lee
• San Francisco Chronicle – Diablo Canyon nuclear unit shut by salp invasion
• The Tennessean – Ex-TVA chief: Nuke program too costly
• Canada: CTV Regina – Activists ask gov’t to ban nuclear waste in province
• Asia-Pacific: IAEA – Fukushima Daiichi Status Report – 27 April 2012 (pdf-693K)
• Asia-Pacific: Bloomberg – Japan to Model Trillion-Yen Tepco Bailout on 2003 Bank Rescue – Tsuyoshi Inajima
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Antinuclear mayors want abolition of atomic power included in new basic energy plan
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – 5% in Fukushima poll need therapy
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO submits 10-year restructuring plan to gov’t
• Europe: Financial Times – Admission that nuclear is less cost-effective than renewable – Dr David Toke
• Europe: Deutsche Local – Fewer girls born near German nuke waste site
• North Europe: Sweden Local – Swedish opposition to nuclear energy on the up
• East Europe: The Nation – The Legacy of Chernobyl – Laura Flanders

Friday, April 27, 2012

• Las Vegas Review-Journal – Scientists altered tests of nukes at test site – Keith Rogers
• Berkeley Daily Planet – THE PUBLIC EYE: Fukushima is a Metaphor for What Happened to the US – Bob Burnett
• Los Angeles Times – Public split over elimination of U.S. energy subsidies, poll finds – Julie Cart
• LA Times blog – Edison CEO offers no hint when San Onofre will be back online – Abby Sewell
• OpEdNews – Petition on Fukushima to Senators Boxer and Feinstein – Carol Wolman, MD
• CBS Local Denver – Debate Over Radioactive Waste Erupts Near Cemetery
• NASDAQ – Areva, Partners Get $1.3 Billion Contract To Handle Nuclear Waste
• Reuters – Radioactive waste dump opens in Texas, environmentalists worried – Jim Forsyth
• Daily Mail – Boy, they got lucky: The remarkable story of how the U.S. Air Force accidentally dropped a nuclear weapon onto a little girls’ playhouse in 1958… and no one was killed – Anthony Bond
• HNN Huntingtonnews – Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program
• CBS Local Pittsburgh – Study Supports Communities’ Claims Against Nuclear Fuel Plants – Mary Robb Jackson
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Radioactive: Revelations on nuclear plants sound a warning
• Tri-Valley CAREs – Sick Worker Newsletter, Spring 2012 (pdf-164K)
• Democratic Underground – 26 Years; Radiation in US; Protestors Go Free; No Comment
• Forbes – Inspector General Faults EPA Radiation Monitoring – Jeff McMahon
• Grist – ALEC is plotting to take down state renewable energy targets – Stephen Lacey
• Huffington Post – Two Meltdowns: Fukushima and the US Economy – Bob Burnett
• NYTimes blog – Will The Stars Align for Small Nuclear Reactors? – Matthew L. Wald
• Union of Concerned Scientists – No Need to Build Proposed Nuclear Weapons Facility Now, Report Finds
• Canada: Global Research – Nuclear Radiation in Ontario: Tritium Toxic Emissions have Increased Dramatically in Peterborough – Zach Ruiter
• Asia-Pacific: Eurasia Review – Japan: Fukushima: Politics Still ‘Trumps’ Safety – OpEd – Jeanine Molloff
• Asia-Pacific: Greenpeace International – Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Update for April 24th – April 26th, 2012 – Christine McCann
• Asia-Pacific: Fukushima Diary – Video of SFP4 – Iori Mochizuki
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – 2 utilities fall into red due to reactor halts, rising fuel costs
• East Asia: The Hankyoreh – Greenpeace study finds Korea ill-prepared for nuclear accident – Kim Kwang-soo
• Europe: Friends of the Earth Europe – Chernobyl: solidarity as anti-nuclear initiative launched
• East Europe: Bellona – Demonstrators in Russia use 26th Chernobyl anniversary to insist on righting pervasive nuclear defects – Charles Digges, Anna Kireeva, Andrei Ozharovsky
• East Europe: Bellona – Chernobyl in Fukushima’s shadow – nuclear energy today and in the future – Aleksandr Nikitin
• East Europe: Common Dreams – The Legacy of Chernobyl – Laura Flanders
• East Europe: Cutting Edge – Work Begins On New Chornobyl Shell – Padraig Reed
• East Europe: Environment News Service – Ukraine President Launches Chernobyl New Shelter Construction
• East Europe: euronews – Workers still at risk decades after Chernobyl blast
• East Europe: Gazeta.Ru – Minsk remembers Chernobyl under KGB scrutiny – Denis Lavnikevich, Anna Baraban
• East Europe: Kyiv Post – Eyewitness. Photos of Chornobyl – Oleksandr Salmygin
• East Europe: TVR – Number of events in memory of liquidators of Chernobyl nuclear accident took place today.
• East Europe: Xinhua News – Construction begins on new Chernobyl reactor cover
• East Europe: Xinhua News – Kyrgyzstan remembers victims of Chernobyl nuclear disaster

Thursday, April 26, 2012

• Encinitas Coast News – Solana Beach wants improved safety standards at San Onofre – Bianca Kaplanek
• KPBS – Irvine Asks NRC Not To Renew San Onofre’s License – Alison St John
• New Times SLO – The state’s nuclear power supply dwindles after Diablo events – Matt Fountain
• Orange County Register – Nuclear analyst, Edison clash over San Onofre’s next step – Fred Swegles
• Orange County Register – Irvine council seeks San Onofre safety review – Samantha Schaefer
• San Diego Union-Tribune – Gelatinous sea creatures shut down nuclear plant – Morgan Lee
• Southern California Public Radio – Irvine City Council opposes San Onofre nuclear plant – Ed Joyce
• Chattanooga Times Free Press – TVA board votes to continue Watts Bar reactor construction – Pam Sohn
• Chattanooga Times Free Press – Former board member told TVA board to stop building nuclear power program – Pam Sohn
• ScrippsNews – Expert’s report outlines cover-ups of radiation leaks – Rich Lord
• Brattleboro Reformer – State’s Attorney won’t prosecute Yankee protesters
• Portsmouth Herald News – Public forum on nuke plant
• UN: IAEA – Predicting Tsunami Impact
• Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri – Japan logs trade deficit of 455 bil. yen in early April
• Asia-Pacific: PanOrient News – Japanese Activists Continue Chain Hunger Strike at “NO NUKE Tent“
• Europe: Western Daily Press – What is the cost of nuclear?
• East Europe: BBC News – Ukraine to build Chernobyl ‘cap’ to stop radiation leak
• East Europe: Belarus Digest – The Echo of Chernobyl
• East Europe: Bellona – Twenty-six years since Chernobyl: Will the nuclear industry outlive its infamy? – Vladimir Slivyak
• East Europe: Bloomberg – Chernobyl at 26
• East Europe: Deutsche Welle – Ukraine builds new Chernobyl radiation shelter
• East Europe: Energy Live News – Chernobyl still serves as warning against nuclear power – Tom Gibson
• East Europe: euronews – Yanukovych warns on nuclear power on Chernobyl anniversary
• East Europe: Greenpeace International blog – The Chernobyl nuclear disaster: 26 years ago today – Justin McKeating
• East Europe: Huffington Post – Chernobyl: Ukraine Marks Nuclear Disaster’s 26 Year Anniversary
• East Europe: Kyiv Post – Years after Chornobyl disaster, its photographer lives in obscurity in Kyiv – Daryna Shevchenko
• East Europe: Kyiv Post – Film Critic: Chornobyl movie with Bond babe in Kyiv theaters – Yuliya Popova
• East Europe: NRCU – Ukrainian Radio – Construction of new safe confinement starts above Chornobyl Shelter
• East Europe: NRCU – Ukrainian Radio – Most areas near Chornobyl NPP safe
• East Europe: Telegraf.by – Construction of Another NPP Irrelevant in Belarus so Far
• East Europe: Telegraf.by – Belarusians Mark Sorrowful Anniversary of Chernobyl NPP Accident on April 26
• East Europe: TVR – Today world remembers victims of radiation accidents
• East Europe: Ukrainian News Agency – Ukraine Begins Building New Shelter Over Chornobyl NPP
• East Europe: Ukrainian Journal – Chernobyl nuclear fuel removal won’t start for 30yrs, says official
• East Europe: Xinhua News – Construction begins on new Chernobyl reactor cover

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

• Enformable – Earthquake woes continue to obfuscate restart of nuclear reactors – Lucas W Hixson
• NEI Nuclear Notes – A Reader’s Guide to the San Onofre Steam Generator Situation
• OpEdNews – Fearing California Could Become a Dead Zone, Irvine City Council Takes Lead Towards Stopping Likely Nuclear Disaster – Ruth Hull
• San Jose Mercury News – Radioactive kelp and worn reactor tubes warn us to rethink nuclear use – Thomas D. Elias
• KCPW blog – Matheson Presses Energy Dept. on Moab Tailings Cleanup Slowdown – Jeff Robinson
• St. Louis Post-Dispatch – Small nuclear reactors generate hype, questions about cost – Jeffrey Tomich
• UPI – Worker exposed to uranium
• Pittsburgh Post Gazette – New claims made in radiation lawsuit – Rich Lord
• Vermont Journalism Trust – Shut It Down Affinity Group brings Earth Day to Vermont Yankee
• Newburyport Daily News – Letter: More letters to NRC are needed – Ingrid and Wayne Sanborn
• Platts – US House spending bill would cut DOE renewables, boost nuclear – Derek Sands
• Asia-Pacific: AlterNet – How a Group of Japanese Mothers Are Saying No to Nuclear Power
• Asia-Pacific: Bloomberg – Japan’s ‘Great Tohoku’ Quakes Have Recurred, Data Show – Jonathan Tirone
• Asia-Pacific: Democratic Underground – Nuclear Engineer Arnie Gundersen: Fukushima Meltdown Could Result in 1 Million Cases of Cancer
• Asia-Pacific: environmentalresearchweb blog – EGU2012: tracking Fukushima’s radioactive dust
• Asia-Pacific: OpEdNews – Fukushima poses ongoing danger – John Peebles
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – With clean-up around Chernobyl abandoned, what can Japan learn from 1986 disaster?
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Pressure builds for decommissioning of Tsuruga nuclear plant after fault zone report
• Asia: Xinhua News – High level of uranium found in Mongolian capital’s groundwater: report
• Southeast Asia: Hong Kong Standard – Daya Bay nuclear drill gets under way today – Kenneth Foo
• Europe: Public Radio International – French sour on nuclear power
• East Europe: Bellona – Chernobyl in Fukushima’s shadow – nuclear energy today and in the future – Aleksandr Nikitin
• East Europe: Galway Independent – Galway stay extends Chernobyl children’s lives
• East Europe: The National – Sarcophagus plan: a bid to bury Chernobyl’s deadly legacy – Craig Nelson
• East Europe: World Nuclear News – Most Chernobyl towns fit for habitation
• East Europe: Xinhua News – Can Ukraine revive Chernobyl exclusion zone 26 years after nuclear disaster? – Alona Liashenko
• East Europe: Telegraf.by – More than Million of Belarusians Live in Area of Radioactive Contamination
• South Africa: News24 – Greenpeace challenges Eskom over Kusile – Duncan Alfreds

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

• Laguna Beach Independent – Study Claims Design Flaws Caused Nuclear Leak – Rita Robinson
• Nuclear Engineering – SCE finishes tube inspection at SONGS 2
• Orange County Register – Edison: San Onofre could restart in ‘next few months’ – Pat Brennan
• San Luis Obispo Tribune – Diablo Canyon nearly idle after jellyfish-like creatures cause clog – David Sneed
• 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
• Detroit News blog – Nuclear power is killing us – Libby Spencer
• Pittsburgh Tribune-Review – Groups call for look at current 10-mile evacuation radius – Bill Vidonic
• Valley Advocate – Letters: Chernobyl’s Tragedy-Induced Lessons – Pat Hynes
• AOL Energy – Energy Plants at Risk From Rising Seas, Report Says – Jon HurdleWashington Post – Editorial: Phasing out nuclear
• Asia-Pacific: CounterPunch – Why Fukushima is a Greater Disaster Than Chernobyl – Robert Alvarez
• Asia-Pacific: Enformable – Group of hunger strikers camped outside of Ministry of Economy in Tokyo for over a week in protest of Ohi restart – Lucas W HixsonAsia-Pacific: Simplyinfo – 84% of Japan Businesses Do Not Support Reactor Restarts
• Asia-Pacific: Fukushima Diary – Possible melt-out in Fukushima Daini – Iori Mochizuki
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Osaka mayor weighs in against Oi restarts
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – People file suit opposing reactivation of Niigata nuclear plant
• Asia-Pacific: Focus Taiwan – Taipower rebuts accusations of reckless spending
• Europe: Herald Scotland – It’s become a dirty fight over Scotland’s clean energy future – Ian Bell
• Europe: Mindful Money – Why nuclear is no longer the future of energy.
• Europe: World Nuclear News – Germany plans $79 billion in energy investments
• East Europe: Deutsche Welle – A coffin for Chernobyl – Alexander Sawitzki, Markian Ostaptschuk
• East Europe: Reuters – Living near Chernobyl
• East Europe: Kyiv Post – Emergencies Ministry: Work to remove fuel from destroyed Chornobyl reactor to start in 30 years
• East Europe: Polskie Radio – Poland joins European protest against nuclear energy

Monday, April 23, 2012

• Business Week – CA nuclear plant developing plan to go back online – Alicia Chang
• LA Times blog – Orange County quake could be first on recently discovered fault
• LA Times blog – San Onofre nuclear plant closure not permanent, Edison says – Abby Sewell
• The Oregonian – Ron Wyden’s nuclear field trip
• Boise State Public Radio – Ongoing INL Accidents Lead To Work Stoppage – Scott Ki
• Deseret News – Editorial: Moab tailings
• KPHO Phoenix – Congressmen call for uranium cleanup – Steve Stout
• Nuclear Engineering – DOE awards $1.3bn contract for WIPP operation
• Peoria Journal Star – In the Spotlight: Aging nuclear power grid approaching critical mass – James Schmitt
• WEKU – New Law Opens Loopholes for Nuclear Energy – Erica Peterson
• EIN Presswire – UCS Issues Report on Seabrook Nuke Cement Cracks
• FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
• Huffington Post – End the Delays Deadly to Workers – Leo W. Gerard
• Asia-Pacific: OpEdNews – The Latest Nuclear Issue In Japan&Article The MSM Is Refusing To Report When Millions of Lives At StakeChemical-Comple – William Cormier
• Asia-Pacific: Reuters – Tepco accepts govt plan to take majority stake-media – Osamu Tsukimori
• Asia-Pacific: Reuters – TABLE-Support for Japan PM slides on nuclear policies – Rie Ishiguro’
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Tomari, Tsuruga nuke plants at risk of stronger than expected quakes
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – No evacuation plans for 4.42 million residents near nuclear plants
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Projections released for radiation hot spots in Fukushima through 2032
• Asia-Pacific: AsiaOne – Chernobyl anniversary spurs anti-nuclear calls
• Asia-Pacific: Focus Taiwan – Taipower admits to paying hefty price for replacing defective bolts – Liu Li-jung and Lilian Wu
• Southeast Asia: Philippine Daily Inquirer – The Power Mess: How We Got into It and How to Get Out – Walden Bello
• South Asia: Deccan Herald – Should nukes be nullified?
• South Asia: Times of India – Anti-Kudankulam fast to resume from May 1
• Europe: Financial Times – Energy chiefs face N-power probe – Jim Pickard
• Europe: Stoke&Staffordshire – Helping to fight Chernobyl leaks
• Europe: Bloomberg – Utilities Plan $79 Billion of Power Plants in Germany, BDEW
  
• Russia: Bellona – Russia’s economic woes grow as legal measures to address them decline, concludes major conference – Anna Kireeva, Charles Digges, Maria Kaminskaya