Saturday, May 26, 2012

• POGO blog – Shifting Nuclear Boondoggles to the Pentagon Won’t Make Them Any Less of a Boondoggle – Mia Steinle

Friday, May 25, 2012

• State of Nevada – Notice of Public Meeting–Commission on Nuclear Projects; Clark County Government Center, County Commission Chambers, First Floor, 500 S. Grand Central Parkway, Las Vegas, Nevada 89155; May 31, 2012 – 1:00pm (pdf-214K)
• NEI Nuclear Notes – Looking Back at NEA 2012
• Press TV – Center for Constitutional Rights files petition for information
• NRC – Nuclear Regulatory Commission Authorizes Staff to Renew Operating License for Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses: Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2; Application and Amendments to Facility Operating License Involving Proposed No Significant Hazards Consideration Determination, and Containing Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information Pages 31402-31407 [FR DOC# 2012-12758]

Thursday, May 24, 2012

• Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) – Reid Statement On Nomination Of Dr. Allison Macfarlane To Chair The Nuclear Regulatory Commission
• Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) – Reid Announces $745,000 For Nuclear Technologies Research At UNR
• Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) – Reid Announces $1.6 Million For Nuclear Technologies Research At UNLV
• Las Vegas SUN – Yucca critic named to head nuclear regulatory agency – Karoun Demirjian
• Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works – Boxer’s Statement on Nomination of Dr. Allison Macfarlane to Chair the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
• Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE), – Sen. Carper Statement on White House Nomination of Dr. Allison Macfarlane for Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chair
• 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
• NRC – NRC to Hold Public Meeting on June 6 in Toms River, N.J., to Discuss Agency’s Oversight of Oyster Creek Nuclear Plant
• NRC – NRC Schedules Open House for May 31 to Discuss D. C. Cook Nuclear Power Plant Performance and NRC Oversight
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS); Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Radiation Protection and Nuclear Materials; Notice of Meeting Pages 31044-31045 [FR DOC# 2012-12611]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS); Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Planning and Procedures; Notice of Meeting Page 31045 [FR DOC# 2012-12614]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Orders Prohibiting Involvement in NRC-Licensed Activities: Order Prohibiting Involvement in NRC-Licensed Activities; In the Matter of Jaime Sánchez Pages 31045-31047 [FR DOC# 2012-12621]
• Veterans Affairs Department – NOTICES Meetings: Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses, Notice of Meeting Pages 31071-31072 [FR DOC# 2012-12574]

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

• Union of Concerned Scientists – Nuclear Regulatory Commission Must Replace Chairman Jaczko with Someone with a Proven Track Record that Puts Safety First – Statement by Edwin Lyman
• NRC – NRC Renews Operating License for Columbia Nuclear Power Plant for an Additional 20 Years
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Establishments of Atomic Safety and Licensing Boards: Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.; Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Pages 30559-30560 [FR DOC# 2012-12477]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Proposed Generic Communications: Proposed Generic Communication; Generic Letter on Seismic Risk Evaluations for Operating Reactors Page 30560 [FR DOC# 2012-12478]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES PROPOSED RULES In-core Thermocouples at Different Elevations and Radial Positions in Reactor Core Pages 30435-30437 [FR DOC# 2012-12475]

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

• POGO blog – 7 Types of Government Information that Would Benefit from Springtime Sunshine – Dana Liebelson
• Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) – Kristine Svinicki Deserves Speedy Reconfirmation to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
• GAO – Nuclear Safety: DOE Needs to Determine the Costs and Benefits of Its Safety Reform Effort, GAO-12-347
• NRC – NRC Chairman Jaczko To Hold News Conference May 23 in Charlotte, N.C.
• NRC – NRC Issues Order to Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant Revising Fire Protection License Amendment Deadline
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Sunshine Act Meeting Pages 30331-30332 [FR DOC# 2012-12470]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Orders Prohibiting Involvement in NRCLicensed Activities: Mr. James Chaisson; Order Prohibiting Involvement in NRC-Licensed Activities Pages 30332-30335 [FR DOC# 2012-12358]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Standard Review Plan, Proposed Revisions: Proposed Revision 3 to Standard Review Plan, Section 19.1 on Determining the Technical Adequacy of Probabilistic Risk Assessment for Risk-Informed License Amendment Requests After Initial Fuel Load Page 30335 [FR DOC# 2012-12359]

Monday, May 21, 2012

• Legal Documents
• CADC – 2012 05 21 Per Curiam Order Granting Motion for Extension.pdf (pdf-37K)
• News
• Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) – Reid Statement On Chairman Dr. Gregory Jaczko
• Senator Dean Heller (R-NV) – Heller Responds to NRC Chairman Jaczko’s Resignation
• Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), – Senator Boxer’s Statement on Resignation of NRC Chairman Greg Jaczko
• Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) – Sen. Murkowski Comment on NRC Chairman Jaczko’s Resignation
• Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) – Nuclear Safety Chairman to Resign
• Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) – Sen. Carper Statement on NRC Chairman Dr. Gregory Jaczko
• Senate Environment and Public Works – Inhofe: Jaczko Right to Step Down
• House Science, Space, and Technology Committee – Committee Leaders Comment on NRC Chairman’s Resignation–Call for Resumption of Yucca Mountain Scientific Review
• NRC – Statement of NRC Chairman Gregory B. Jaczko
• NRC – Charles A. Casto Named Administrator of NRC’S Region III Office
• NRC – Public Meeting Schedule
• 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]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board: Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.; Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Page 30029 [FR DOC# 2012-12213]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards; Notice of Meeting Pages 30029-30030 [FR DOC# 2012-12214]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Monitoring the Effectiveness of Maintenance at Nuclear Power Plants Pages 30030-30031 [FR DOC# 2012-12215]
• Canada: CNSC – CNSC News Update