Sunday, May 13, 2012

• Las Vegas Review-Journal – Letter: Not all Nevadans oppose Yucca Mountain – Gary Hollis
• truthout – The Thing That Couldn’t Die: Yucca Battle Continues in Congress and in the Courts – Gregg Levine
• San Diego Union-Tribune – Funding OK’d to Study Nuclear Plant Hazards – Morgan Lee
• Tri-City Herald – Window is small to establish national park at Hanford B Reactor – Annette Cary
• Eastern Arizona Courier – Debate continues over proposed nuclear waste facility – Jon Johnson
• Eastern Arizona Courier – Just the facts, please: Take the nuclear reactions out of the issue so we can make an informed decision – Aimee Staten
• Eastern Arizona Courier – Nuclear story was disappointing, disservice to community – Senator Al Melvin – District 26
• Eastern Arizona Courier – Facility could be economic boon to area – Senator Sylvia Allen – District 5
• Amarillo Globe News – Groups urge EPA to revoke uranium permit
• Augusta Chronicle – Licensure process must continue for Yucca nuclear waste site – Tim Echols
• Europe: Daily Mirror – Nuke ‘graveyard’ plan: Tons of deadly waste could be dumped below Lake District
• North Europe: io9 – Finland’s brilliant plan for dealing with nuclear waste: pulling a Keyser Söze – Julian Whitcrosse

Saturday, May 12, 2012

• Salt Lake Tribune – Doomed board–No protesting of blended waste
• Salt Lake Tribune – Letter: A heel to HEAL – Josh Kanter Founder
• Sierra Vista Herald – Safford mayor not happy with nuclear waste idea – Jon Johnson
• KOCO Oklahoma City – Uranium found in town’s tap water, health officials say
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – I just don’t know what to make of this photo – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Hanford-Oak Ridge connections, then&now – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ORNL develops test bed for ITER’s big-time transmission lines – Frank Munger
• South Florida Sun-Sentinel – Kevin Doyle: Nuclear waste costs Floridians millions – Sun-Sentinel
• Lansdale Reporter – NRC report shows March spill of radioactive water was plant’s 4th in four years. – Evan Brandt
• YNN-Elmira/Corning – New way for Nine Mile to store nuclear waste – Candace Hopkins
• Boston Globe – Mass. will ban hazardous material on Boston roads
• South Asia: Sunday Leader – AEA Checks To Radioactive Elements In Imported Fish – Maryam Azwer
• East Europe: Tengrinews – Kazakhstan launching a State Agency for Atomic Power Industry

Friday, May 11, 2012

• Pahrump Valley Times – Editorial Board: Obstacles to Yucca licensing should be removed
• Pahrump Valley Times – 2012 candidates endorse Yucca Mountain project – Mark Waite
• Firedoglake – The Thing That Couldn’t Die: Yucca Battle Continues in Congress and in the Courts – Gregg Levine
• Simi Valley Acorn – DTSC hosting Santa Susana Field Lab open house – Carissa Marsh
• Tri-City Herald – Last massive door delivered to vit plant
• Tri-City Herald – Energy Northwest to buy $711M of nuclear fuel – Annette Cary
• Casper Star-Tribune – BLM accepts comments on Wyoming uranium project
• Riverton Ranger – New water tests show no problem near tailings site – Martin Reed
• Knoxville News Sentinel – ORNL recruits the world, but UT supplies home-grown talent – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Rep. Hastings tours Oak Ridge facilities – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Zacharia: ‘Our goal is to ensure that the lab is here for another 70 years’ – Frank Munger
• WRCB-TV – USEC plant, TVA reach temporary power agreement
• Augusta Chronicle – SRS nuclear waste could go to New Mexico facility – Rob Pavey
• DOE – WATCH: Secretary Chu Honors Drs. Dresselhaus and Richter with the Enrico Fermi Award – Amanda Scott
• NAS – Project Update: Improving the Assessment of Proliferation Risk of Nuclear Fuel Cycles
• Energy Department – NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Amended Notice of Intent To Revise the Scope of an Environmental Impact Statement for the Recapitalization of Infrastructure Supporting Naval Spent Nuclear Fuel at the Idaho National Laboratory Pages 27448-27449 [FR DOC# 2012-11292]
• Europe: BBC News – Cumbria nuclear pylon route plan unveiled
• Europe: Dunferline Press – ‘Game, set and match’ over cause of Bay contamination – Gary Fitzpatrick
• North Europe: World Nuclear News – Sandvik celebrates new mill

Thursday, May 10, 2012

• Reno News&Review – Site fight – Dennis Myers
• POWERnews – D.C. Circuit Hears Case Challenging NRC Inaction on DOE’s Yucca Application
• KIMA – Last shield door delivered to Hanford Waste Treatment Plant – Tyler Slauson
• KNDO/KNDU – DOE invests in future nuclear energy leaders – Lisa Loevsky
• Tri-City Herald – Hanford Ground Water treatment plant recognized – Annette Cary
• EcoWatch – Bipartisan Members of Congress Slam USEC Bailout – Geoffrey Sea
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Will hiatus on waste certification screw up Oak Ridge’s TRU momentum? – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ORNL’s Keith Eckerman to receive Gold Medal for Radiation Protection – Frank Munger
• Gainesville Sun – Kevin Doyle: A better, safer way to store nuclear wastes
• Augusta Chronicle – SRS nuke waste: if not Yucca Mountain, what about New Mexico? – Rob Pavey
• GPB – Waste Tanks Sealing Ahead Of Schedule
• Greenville Daily Reflector – NRC to hold hearing on NC uranium enrichment plant
• UPI – SAIC continues radiation cleanup
• WWAY – Wilmington, NC – NRC hosts public meeting on proposed uranium enrichment plant tonight
• Richmond Times Dispatch – Uranium group’s process tweaked – Tara Bozick
• Ars Technica – Got plutonium? Bury it–Doing anything else is just far too expensive. – Kyle Niemeyer
• NEI Nuclear Notes – What Gets Done with $47 Million – DOE’s Educational Grants – Mark Flanagan
• Energy Department – NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Amended Notice of Intent To Revise the Scope of an Environmental Impact Statement for the Recapitalization of Infrastructure Supporting Naval Spent Nuclear Fuel at the Idaho National Laboratory Pages 27448-27449 [FR DOC# 2012-11292]
• Oceania: ABC – State government acts on toxic medical advice
• Oceania: Port Macquarie News – No radiocative material at highway site: report
• Asia-Pacific: JIJI Press – Japan Panel Members Criticize NISA over MOX Fuel Decision
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Experts urge Britain to bury plutonium rather than recycling
• Europe: Dumfries and Galloway Standard – Chapelcross empties second of four reactors of nuclear fuel – Sharon Liptrott
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Keekle Head N-waste plan is turned down
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Firm set to appeal as N-waste bid rejected – Julian Whittle
• Europe: Whitehaven News – NASA’s robot arm helping with clean up at Sellafield nuclear plant – John Connell
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Nuclear dump bid firm set to appeal Cumbria council’s refusal – Julian Whittle
• North Europe: Popular Mechanics – Finland’s Crazy Plan to Make Nuclear Waste Disappear – Tim Heffernan

Wednesday, May 09, 2012

• Journal of Radiological Protection – Is Yucca Mountain a long-term solution for disposing of US spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste? – MCThorne (pdf-120K)
• Las Vegas Review-Journal – Obama nominates NRC commissioner opposed by Reid to another term – Steve Tetreault
• Pahrump Valley Times – Candidates debate Yucca Mountain, Blagg Road – Mark Waite
• Reno Gazette-Journal – Editorial: Court should tell states that it’s time to move on
• Washington Times – Spencer: Uncle Sam, derelict nuclear-waste disposer – Jack Spencer
• The Olympian – Editorial: Nuclear waste plan alarming
• Tri-City Herald – DOE says asbestos levels at Hanford test OK – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – WSU receives $2 million to train nuclear leaders
• Tri-City Herald – Vit plant reaches safe work milestone
• Salt Lake Tribune – Radiation board disbands before discussing blended waste ban – Judy Fahys
• The Coloradoan – Company nixes plan to store radioactive materials in Windsor – Trevor Hughes
• Dallas Morning News – Judge orders hearing on Harold Simmons-owned West Texas nuclear waste dump
• KOSA – Andrews Nuclear Waste Ruling Overturned – Justin Waldrop
• Bryan College Station Eagle – Judge orders hearing on Texas nuke waste dump – Will Weissert
• Star Beacon – More disturbing details on AIM hazardous materials
• Greeneville Sun – NFS Gets Good Review As NRC Notes Progress – Rich Jones
• Johnson City Press – Nuclear Fuel Services review shows ‘marked improvement’ – Brad Hicks
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Frank Munger: ‘Superfund’ lies in data of the beholder – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Letter: Processing facility aids counties, nation – Myron Iwanski and Ron Woody
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – DOE to host meeting on historic preservation plans at K-25; public invited – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Duff to speak at ETEBA meeting – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ORNL’s High Flux Isotope Reactor may be last reactor to convert to low-enriched fuel – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – POGO’s $688B savings plan – Frank Munger
• Oak Ridger – Fleischmann to host Rep. Hastings in visit to Oak Ridge
• The Republic – SRS pours 1 million gallons-plus of grout in effort to seal 2 radioactive underground tanks
• WTVM – SRS passes milestone sealing 2 radioactive tanks
• Richmond Times-Dispatch – Concessions made for uranium work group – Tara Bozick
• Scientific American blog – How to Rid the World of the “Element from Hell” – David Biello
• World Nuclear News – Water waste set to become uranium resource in USA
• Canada: Vancouver Sun – Contaminated sites pose billions in risk: report – Jason Fekete
• South Asia: The Hindu – The safest way for plutonium disposal – R. Prasad
• Europe: BBC News – Radioactive dump plans for west Cumbria rejected
• Europe: News&Star – Nuclear dump bid firm set to appeal Cumbria council’s refusal – Julian Whittle
• Europe: News&Star – NASA’s robot arm is going to waste at Sellafield! – John Connell
• Europe: Nuclear Engineering – Finland celebrates two decades Olkiluoto repository
• Europe: Nuclear Engineering – Robot cleans up Sellafield pond
• Europe: BusinessWeek – Hamburg Port Finds Radiation Contaminated Box, Abendblatt Says – Niklas Magnusson
• Europe: Fox Business – E.ON CFO Sees German Nuclear Fuel Tax Cost of EUR700 Million-EUR800 Million In 2012

Tuesday, May 08, 2012

• Las Vegas Review-Journal – Editorial: Yucca lives? Nuclear waste dump not dead yet
• Tri-City Herald – Hazardous wastes need permanent transfer site
• Mohave Daily News – County joins Utah in fight for mining land – Jim Seckler
• KWES – Judge orders hearing on Texas nuke waste dump – Will Weissert
• Chillicothe Gazette – Uranium enrichment plant cleanup includes preserving historical items
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Oak Ridge group calls for probe of uranium facility’s design issues – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – The beauty queen won a 20-pound ham – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – UT gets $1.7 million from DOE’s nuclear fund – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ORNL’s Michael Smith to give Smyser Lecture – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Is K-25 on death row or in ‘historical jail’? – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Letter carriers – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ‘Everyone has been hacked’ – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – NNSA’s security professionals of the year – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Gene Ice to speak at FORNL lunch – Frank Munger
• Danville Register&Bee – Letter: Uranium side effects unknown – Karen B. Maute
• Palladium Times – Dry cask storage to house spent fuel locally – Aaron Curtis
• NEI Nuclear Notes – What Happens During a Refueling Outage?
• NRC – NRC Issues Guidance on Treatment of Uranium Filtered From Local Water Systems and Other Facilities
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – PROPOSED RULES Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Issues: Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Issues Pages 26991-26993 [FR DOC# 2012-11160]
• Canada: CBC News – Canada’s four most expensive contaminated sites
• Canada: Victoria Times Colonist – Answers needed on uranium deal
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Japan gov’t proposes postponing decision on nuclear fuel cycle policy
• Europe: News&Star – Plans to bury nuclear waste in west Cumbria set to be turned down – Julian Whittle
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Plans to bury N-waste at Keekle Head set to be turned down – Julian Whittle

Monday, May 07, 2012

• Seattle Times – Editorial: Hanford’s latest insult to taxpayers
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Oak Ridge unions declare support for UPF – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – OREPA’s letter to Inspector General – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Growing list of interested companies on Pantex/Y-12/Oak Ridge Protective Force contracts – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Peace alliance to deliver letter to Alexander; group calls for IG probe of UPF design issues – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Links of interest – Frank Munger
• Oak Ridger – Building 9212 and the Uranium Processing Facility, part 1 – D. Ray Smith
• Augusta Chronicle – New robots help with Savannah River Site’s deadliest waste
• GAO – NRC’s Oversight of Nuclear Power Reactors’ Decommissioning Funds Could Be Further Strengthened, GAO-12-258, Apr 5, 2012
• GAO – Evaluation of Report on Feasibility of Increasing Air Transportation of Nuclear Weapons, Components, and Materials, GAO-12-577R, May 4, 2012
• NAS – Project Update: Uranium Mining in Virginia
• Europe: Reuters – Spain 1,000 MW nuclear plant begins refuelling – Martin Roberts