Sunday, May 27, 2012

• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Fire sale on IMPACT Services’ assets? – Frank Munger
• Times and Democrat – Tanks to treat Cold War waste
• Asia-Pacific: China Post – Japan says Fukushima spent-fuel risk contained
• Asia-Pacific: New York Times – Spent Fuel Rods Drive Growing Fear Over Plant in Japan – Hiroko Tabuchi and Matthew L. Wald
• Asia-Pacific: Wall Street Journal blog – Fukushima Daiichi’s Unit 4 Spent-Fuel Pool Up Close – Phred Dvorak
• Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri – Fukushima No. 4 building shown to press
• Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri – N-fuel pool, ruined structure seen up close

Saturday, May 26, 2012

• Tri-City Herald – Hanford robotic arm back at work – Annette Cary
• Idaho Press-Tribune – Former Govs. urge Otter to keep deal on INL waste
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Scary nuclear stuff – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Pantex security guards OK new pact – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – UCOR layoffs – Frank Munger
• Europe: Channel 4 News – Scientist criticises plan for nuclear waste site in Cumbria

Friday, May 25, 2012

• Los Angeles Times – Yucca Mountain critic picked to head nuclear panel – Lisa Mascaro
• New York Times – Geologist Is Nominated to Lead Nuclear Agency – John M. Broder
• Reuters – Update 3-Nuclear waste expert tapped as top US nuclear regulator – Roberta Rampton
• Tri-City Herald – Some Hanford cleanup along Columbia River to be delayed – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Columbia Generating Station license renewal celebrated, hated – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Manhattan Project park would benefit the planet
• Deseret News – A better way needed for spent nuclear fuel – Don Hancock
• Denver Magazine blog – Rocky Flats’ Legacy: A Q&A with Kristen Iversen, Author of “Full Body Burden” – Natasha Gardner
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Nuke waste company files for bankruptcy – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – A Titan computer at ORNL by football season – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – The house that Fogbank built – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Tallest structure ever demolished: federal nuke officials claim world record – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – 1,900 classified visits a year at ORNL – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Updates on Pantex/Y-12 pro-force contract – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – State staff at IMPACT Services, says site secure; bankruptcy filing under review – Frank Munger
• Bangor Daily News – What can be done with nuclear waste?
• Oceania: ABC – March marks five years of nuclear waste push – Allyson Horn
• Southeast Asia: Bernama – Radioactive Waste Disposal Project In Bukit Kledang Safe, Adheres To IIAEA Sops
• South Asia: The Hindu – First dummy fuel assembly removed from reactor
• Europe: TransportXtra – Sellafield a key driver in Cumbria’s rail devolution

Thursday, May 24, 2012

• NECN – Obama names Yucca critic to lead nuclear agency – Matthew Daly
• Washington Times – Obama’s pick for nuke chief is Yucca Mountain opponent – Stephen Dinan
• Reno News&Review – Yucca’s back? Reid’s workload just got a little heavier – Dennis Myers
• Coeur d’Alene Press – Otter: No nuke waste dumping ground here – Gov. Butch Otter
• Idaho Statesman – Idaho National Laboratory chief suggested revising nuke deal – Rocky Barker
• Idaho Statesman – OpEd: Nuclear Waste: Idaho will not become dumping ground; INL directive has other goals – Gov. C. L. “Butch” Otter
• Idaho Statesman – OpEd: nuclear waste: Waste can’t come to state; our valuable agreement must be protected – Phil Batt
• Lewiston Tribune – Andrus issues a new nuclear waste warning
• Jefferson City News Tribune – Critics attack small modular reactors – Bob Watson
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Nuke waste firm files for bankruptcy – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – IMPACT Services files for bankruptcy – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12 mercury project stretches on – Frank Munger
• DOE – Department of Energy Cites LATA Environmental Services of Kentucky, LLC for Worker Safety and Health and Nuclear Safety Violations
• DOE – Energy At Work: Plant Expansion Creates Job Opportunities in Ohio – Erin R. Pierce
• DOE – Obama Administration Announces Members of Steering Team to Lead Interagency Coordination of Unconventional Oil and Gas Research and Development – Bill Gibbons
• GAO – Uranium Mining: Opportunities Exist to Improve Oversight of Financial Assurances, GAO-12-544
• Europe: this is Kent – Marsh councillor says nuclear waste dump is better than nothing
• Europe: this is Kent – Romney Marsh nuclear waste dump – the people’s poll
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Mass walk out at Sellafield
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Sellafield workers want nuclear dump
• Europe: Whitehaven News – 68pc want nuclear waste site search, according to Mori poll – Alan Irving
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Letters: N-waste site can’t be imposed on a community which doesn’t want it
• Europe: Whitehaven News – ‘No more delay’ plea over west Cumbria nuclear dump scheme – Phil Coleman
• Europe: World Nuclear News – Cumbrians back respository site search

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

• Salt Lake Tribune – Bishop releases records he says undercut uranium mining ban – Thomas Burr
• USA Today – New proposal exchanges centrifuges for USEC grant – Gregory Korte
• Washington Post – Energy Department seeks to help USEC – Steven Mufson
• Knoxville News Sentinel – IMPACT Services fate unclear; state has $1.2M protection – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Local firms win DOE small biz awards – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Oak Ridge MAXLAB ahead of schedule – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Troubled nuke waste firm’s lease has no exit clause – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Supporting the War in ’44 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – IMPACT Services’ financial assurance: $1.2M – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Does DOE know what it’s doing on safety reform? – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – All aboard for Atomic City bus tours – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Moving containers out of IMPACT Services – Frank Munger
• Nuclear Energy Insider – Robotics could be key solution to nuclear waste management – Elisabeth Jeffries
• Europe: Times&Star – ‘No more delay’ plea over west Cumbria nuclear dump scheme – Phil Coleman
• Europe: Times&Star – New power station build at Sellafield moves step closer – Julian Whittle

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

• Las Vegas SUN – Jaczko’s successor at NRC could be another staunch Yucca opponent – Karoun Demirjian
• Corvallis Gazette Times – NuScale bids for DOE prize – Bennett Hall
• Tri-City Herald – Murray pushes importance of Hanford cleanup to committee – Annette Cary
• WBOC 16 – $3.4 billion Indian land royalty settlement upheld – Matt Volz
• Deseret News – Government needs to solve safe disposal of spent nuclear fuel – Gary M. Sandquist
• The Reader – Turning Over Rocks–What is Uranium Mining in Nebraska Doing to Pine Ridge’s Drinking Water? – Matt Goodlett
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – DOE checking out IMPACT situation – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – IMPACT board chairman: ‘no comment’ – Frank Munger
• Aiken Standard – Oversight board cites concerns over SRS Building 235-F – Anna Dolianitis
• GAO – Nuclear Safety: DOE Needs to Determine the Costs and Benefits of Its Safety Reform Effort, GAO-12-347
• Oceania: The Australian – Greens turn screw on uranium mine – David Crowe
• Asia-Pacific: Taiwan Today – Referendums to decide Taiwan’s nuclear waste storage site – June Tsai
• Europe: BBC News – Nuclear waste store gains public backing – Richard Black
• Europe: East Kilbride News – Radiation bay seafood ban extended
• Europe: Times&Star – Nuclear waste store search gains Cumbrian public’s backing

Monday, May 21, 2012

• House Science, Space, and Technology Committee – Committee Leaders Comment on NRC Chairman’s Resignation–Call for Resumption of Yucca Mountain Scientific Review
• Barron’s – NuScale Power Receives Broad Support for DOE Commercialization
• Tri-City Herald – Large exhausters installed at Hanford vit plant
• Idaho Statesman – Cecil Andrus: Idaho must not let more nuke waste into the state
• KPVI-TV – INL seeks to strengthen ties with Idaho
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – 1 million lbs of rad waste at IMPACT Services – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – IMPACT Services reportedly shut down – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – State seeks last-minute input on K-25 decision – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Four from ORNL get early-career awards – Frank Munger
• Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board – NOTICES Savannah River Site Building 235-F Safety Pages 29986-29988 [FR DOC# 2012-12179]
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Oak Ridge Reservation Pages 29996-29997 [FR DOC# 2012-12219]
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Portsmouth Page 29997 [FR DOC# 2012-12253]
• Asia-Pacific: Nuclear Engineering – Japan evaluates reprocessing options
• Asia-Pacific: Ria Novosti – Japanese Boost Nuclear Submarine Reactor Disposal
• Asia-Pacific: Wall Street Journal blog – Fukushima Daiichi’s Unit 4 Spent-Fuel Pool: Safe or Not? – Phred Dvorak
• Europe: BBC News – RAF Kinloss radioactivity investigated
• Europe: NW Evening Mail – Nuclear waste plan divides West Cumbria community