Sunday, May 06, 2012
- San Luis Obispo Tribune – Japan data wanted in Diablo file – David Sneed
- Eastern Arizona Courier – State Legislature endorses Arizona as dumping ground for nuclear waste: Safford area one of five potential locations –
- Lower Hudson Journal – NRC to get quizzed on Indian Point in public forum – Michael Risinit
- Asia-Pacific: Bellona – Concerns mount over the growing threat from Fukushima’s spent fuel – will the experts’ warning call be heard? – Vladimir
- Asia-Pacific: New York Times – Last Reactor of 50 in Japan Is Shut Down – Martin Fackler
- South Asia: Daily News&Analysis – No country for nuclear energy – Ashish Virmani
Saturday, May 05, 2012
- KRNV4 – Congressman: San Onofre must be safe to restart
- Orange County Register – San Onofre’s technology called outmoded – Fred Swegles
- Walla Walla Union-Bulletin(sub) – Hauling tons of nuclear waste from Mexico is bad idea
- Herald Palladium – More violations discovered at Palisades – Andrew Lersten
- Augusta Chronicle – Vogtle expansion sits under microscope – Rob Pavey
- Greeneville Sun(sub) – Will Pilot Study of Cancer Risk Near Nuclear Facilities Be Made? Maybe – Ken Little
- WBUR – Nuke Workers Set Strike Deadline
- HNN Huntingtonnews – Ombudsman for the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Receiving Fairness Complaints
- Canada: Reuters – SNC-Lavalin nuclear workers back strike mandate – Susan Taylor
- Asia-Pacific: The National – Lessons for Japan from Chernobyl – April Yee
- Asia-Pacific: UPI Asia – Rally cheers shutdown of last Japan nuke
- Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri – Last N-reactor goes offline in Hokkaido
- Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri – Hiroshima mayor calls on nations to sign N-ban treaty
- Asia-Pacific: Fukushima Diary – Has anyone died from lack of nuclear power ? – Iori Mochizuki
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Japan nuke-free for first time since ’70
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Tokyo, Beijing plan nuke safety dialogue
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Nuclear plant engineer says halt of Tomari reactor marks time to review lifestyles
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Yet another ‘solitary death’ hits nuclear disaster refugee community
- South Asia: Times of India – Anti-nuclear protest gathers steam again
- Europe: BBC News – Upper Heyford nuclear protesters gather 30 years on
- East Europe: Focus News – Worker dies in Kozloduy nuclear power plant
Friday, May 04, 2012
- NIRS – Ask Gov. Sandoval to stay firm against radwaste in Nevada
- Atomic Energy Commission – Atomic Test Effects in The Nevada Test Site Region – January 1955
- Los Angeles Times – San Onofre nuclear plant may resume partial service in June – Abby Sewell
- Los Angeles Times – Letter: Nuclear energy and Darrell Issa – Berton Moldow
- Orange County Register – Utility aims for June restart at San Onofre plant
- PalosVerdes.Patch – Rohrabacher: San Onofre Nuclear Plant Won’t Go Online Until Safe
- Reuters – San Onofre reactors shut “into the summer” – CEO
- Danville Register&Bee – Letter: -Will we be a radioactive dump site? – Bob Cleary
- Danville Register&Bee – Group against uranium mining holds meeting in Danville – Tara Bozick
- Newburyport Daily News – NRC shows no concern for safety of people – Lois McNulty
- Peace and Conflict Monitor – Book Review: Record of Our Struggle: Atomic Bombing-Induced Illnesses and Class-Action Lawsuits – Kenji Urata
- Asia-Pacific: AFP Yahoo! – Japan to go nuclear-free for first time since 1970
- Asia-Pacific: BBC News – What now for Japan’s nuclear stations?
- Asia-Pacific: Bellona – Japan switching off its last operational reactor for summer in experiment that may shutter its nuclear industry for good – Charles Digges
- Asia-Pacific: Journal of Radiological Protection – Special section: Selected articles from the International Expert Symposium in Fukushima: Radiation and Health Risks (11–12 September 2011)
- Asia-Pacific: Reuters – Japan switches off last nuclear power plant; will it cope? – Aaron Sheldrick
- Asia-Pacific: truth-out – Why Fukushima Is a Greater Disaster than Chernobyl and a Warning Sign for the US – Robert Alvarez
- Asia-Pacific: Washington Post – Japan’s last reactor to shut down, leaving country nuclear-free for first time since 1966 – Chico Harlan
- Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri – Japan, China to exchange info on nuclear safety regulations
- Asia-Pacific: Fukushima Diary – Tepco started manipulating dosage of nuclear workers – Iori Mochizuki
- Europe: The Guardian – The eye-watering expense of nuclear power – Jonathon Porritt
Thursday, May 03, 2012
- San Diego Reader blog – San Diego Radiation Monitor Not Working During Fukushima Crisis, Audit Reveals – Matt Potter
- Bloomberg – San Onofre Nuclear Plant May Be Online by June, Edison Says – Mark Chediak
- Dana Point Times – Seismic Studies Near SONGS to Start this Year – Stacie N. Galang
- East County Magazine – Nuclear Disaster Survivors and East County Residents Join Protest at San Onofre – Nadin Abbott
- Enformable – San Onofre facing possible “2012? dilemna – Lucas W Hixson
- LA Times blog – San Onofre may restart in June but may never hit full capacity – Abby Sewell
- LA Times blog – Repair bill for San Onofre nuclear plant could hit $65 million – Abby Sewell
- Orange County Register – San Onofre needs new technology, O.C. congressman says – Fred Swegles
- Portland Tribune – Keep nuclear waste off our highways – Jan Castle
- Riverton Ranger – Raised uranium in reservation water samples – Martin Reed
- Daily Camera – CU-Boulder researcher looks for radioactive dust in snow from San Miguel County – Laura Snider
- Pueblo Chieftain – Report card readied on cleanup – Tracy Harmon
- UNM Daily Lobo – Letter: Sandia’ s shoddy nuclear landfill poisoning city – Samantha Warren
- Augusta Chronicle – SRS emergency drill centers on earthquake scenario – Rob Pavey
- Martinsville Bulletin – ‘Citizen-expert’ cautions against uranium mining – Paul Collins
- Columbus Free Press – Atomic rate rape & the new China syndrome
- Asia-Pacific: BBC News – Japan facing uncertain nuclear future
- Asia-Pacific: Greenpeace International blog – 54 reactors down: Japan breaks free of nuclear power – Justin McKeating
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Focus – Japan’s Nightmare Fight Against Radiation in the Wake of the 3.11 Meltdown – Koide Hiroaki
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Famed Buddhist nun in antinuclear hunger strike
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Egypt to ease ban on Japan food
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Fault near Shiga nuclear power plant likely active: survey
- South Asia: IBNLive – Kudankulam plant insured for Rs 7,358 crore – C Shivakumar
- Europe: Grantham Journal – Probe urged on ‘radiation warning’
- Europe: Peterborough Evening Telegraph – Firm wants to expand landfill near village
Wednesday, May 02, 2012
- Los Angeles Times – Report on massive Southwestern blackout faults human element – Tony Perry
- New York Times – Combination of Errors Led to Power Loss in San Diego – Matthew L. Wald
- San Luis Obispo Tribune – Diablo Canyon’s Unit 2 back in full operation
- Muscatine Journal – US company aims to treat Mexican radioactive waste
- KMVT, ID – Uncertain Future For Yucca Mountain – Paul Johnson
- St. George Daily Spectrum – Washington County joins uranium mining lawsuit – Kevin Jenkins
- Casper Star-Tribune – Uranium mine proposed for Wyoming’s Red Desert – Mead Gruver
- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – May/June 2012
- NY Times blog – The Low-Level Radiation Puzzle – Matthew L. Wald
- Nuclear Age Peace Foundation – The Sunflower: Issue #178 – May 2012
- OPB News – After Fukushima, U.S. Flying Blind – Andrew Freedman
- Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri – Setouchi joins antinuclear hunger strike
- Asia-Pacific: Denki Shimbun – US firm EnergySolutions ready to advance into reactor decommissioning business in Japan
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Utilities gave nuclear plant hosts billions
- South Asia: IBNLive – Uranium contamination in Punjab areas: Par Panel slams Centre
- South Asia: IBNLive – PMANE resumes fast at Idinthakarai
- Europe: BBC News – Radioactive beach risk from wartime dump ‘was ignored’
- Europe: The Guardian – Nuclear waste ‘may be blighting 1,000 UK sites’ – Rob Edwards
- Europe: Bloomberg – Greenpeace Says Pilot Exposes Security Breach at Reactor – Tara Patel
- Europe: Local France – Greenpeace in nuclear smoke bomb attack
- Europe: The Observers – Greenpeace sneaks aerial shots of French radioactive waste site
- Europe: Reuters – Update 1-Greenpeace activist paraglides into French nuclear plant – Thierry Leveque and Sybille de La Hamaide and Marion Douet
- Europe: World Nuclear News – Activists move on presidential debate
Tuesday, May 01, 2012
- North County Times – FORUM: Alternative exists for nuclear waste storage – Edward (Ted) Quinn
- North County Times – San Onofre: Quake study for nuke plant moving forward – Paul Sisson
- OilPrice – Mother Nature Mugs California’s Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant – John Daly
- Hanford News – Yakima Herald-Republic: Hanford vessels fail to meet requirements – Shannon Dininny
- Riverton Ranger – Department of Energy hosts talks Wednesday on tailings – Martin Reed
- Rocky Mountain Collegian – Reviewing the Fukushima disaster and journalism – Thomas E. Johnson
- KMOX – Lawmaker and Environmentalist Clash Over Financing for Nuclear Power Plant – Mark Hodges
- EIN News – Addressing flood risks in light of the Fukushima Disaster: Near-Term Advice for Nuclear Plants
- Medical Xpress – Experts write on the risks of low-level radiation
- Asia-Pacific: Bloomberg – Tepco Compensation Fund Seeks $6.3 Billion Syndicated Loan – Tsuyoshi Inajima
- Asia-Pacific: eNews Park Forest – Nuclear Energy Institute Report on Japan’s Nuclear Reactors, April 30, 2012 .
- South Asia: Deccan Herald – ‘Mega plants no answer to power crisis’
- South Asia: IBNLive – Protests against Kudankulam plant to resume today
- North Europe: Copenhagen Post – Mayors up in arms over radioactive waste – Peter Stanners
- East Europe: Euronews – Signs of radiation recovery in Chernobyl wildlife
Monday, April 30, 2012
- POGO blog – NRC Commish’s Stunning Lack of Candor Should Make President Rethink Renomination – Mia Steinle
- Democratic Underground – Defective (new) nuke plant generators cost $610M in 2010; who should pay?
- Orange County Register – Protesters call for shutdown of San Onofre nuclear plant – Paul Bersebach
- Seattle Weekly blog – Department of Energy Comes Down Hard on Bechtel and Hanford Cleanup – Joshua Frank
- Tacoma News Tribune – Report: Hanford vessels fail to meet requirements – Shannon Dininny
- Fort Worth Star Telegram blog – Dear contractor: Please return the $15 million, pretty please
- The Tennessean – Our senators are bent on risky nuclear buildup – Carol B. Burger
- Today’s Sunbeam – ‘Unusual event’ declared at Salem 1 nuclear reactor after plant automatically shuts down – Bill Gallo Jr.
- Mansfield News Journal – Anti-nuke groups urge Mass. gov. to stall NRC
- Vermont Public Radio – Charges Dropped Against Vermont Yankee Protesters
- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – “The new retirement” for nuclear power plants – Dawn Stover
- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – Could less be more? – Fissile Materials Working Group
- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – From the Bulletin archives: Selected readings on Three Mile Island
- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – From the Bulletin archives: Selected readings on Chernobyl
- FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
- Huffington Post – Nuclear Safety Advocates Accuse Industry and Regulators Of Foot-Dragging On Basic Safety Measure – Tom Zeller Jr.
- OpEdNews – The Folly of Nuclear “Bet-the-Farm” Loan Guarantees – Dennis Kucinich
- Asia-Pacific: Fukushima Diary – Thyroid nodules rate in Fukushima is 20 time higher than in Chernobyl – Iori Mochizuki
- South Asia: The Hindu – Anti-nuke camp hope fora “remarkable change”
- South Asia: Times of India – India can make world’s cheapest nuclear reactors, says chief of Department of Atomic Energy
- South Asia: Pakistan Observer – Coal vs nuclear – Shahryar Khan Baseer
- Europe: Bloomberg – Spanish Planned Nuclear Power Plant Shutdowns for 2012 – Rachel Morison