Saturday, June 30, 2012

• Las Vegas Review-Journal – Senate confirms Yucca critic as NRC chairman

Friday, June 29, 2012

• U.S. Court of Appeals, DC – NRC Response to Brief of The United States Amicus Curiae (pdf-922K)
• DOE – Expanded North Carolina Lithium Facility Opens, Boosting U.S. Production of a Key Manufacturing Material
• DOE – A Material Change: Bringing Lithium Production Back to America – Niketa Kumar
• NRC – NRC to Meet with Omaha Public Power District Officials to Discuss Fort Calhoun Nuclear
• NRC – NRC Holding Public Meeting to Discuss Proposed Enhancements to its Force-On-Force Inspections
• NRC – Inspector General Reports: FY 2012 Index
• Health and Human Services Department – NOTICES Designations of Class of Employees for Addition to Special Exposure Cohort: Final Effect of Designation of a Class of Employees from Clinton Engineer Works in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort Pages 38834-38835 [FR DOC# 2012-15964]
• Health and Human Services Department – NOTICES Designations of Class of Employees for Addition to Special Exposure Cohort: Final Effect of Designation of a Class of Employees from Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico, for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort Page 38835 [FR DOC# 2012-15966]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES An Approach for Probabilistic Risk Assessment in Risk-Informed Decisions on Plant-Specific Changes to the Licensing Basis Pages 38856-38857 [FR DOC# 2012-15962]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Design, Inspection, and Testing Criteria for Air Filtration and Adsorption Units of Normal Atmosphere Cleanup Systems in Light-Water-Cooled Nuclear Power Plants Pages 38857-38858 [FR DOC# 2012-15960]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Governors Designees Receiving: Governors’ Designees Receiving Advance Notification of Transportation of Certain Shipments of Nuclear Waste and Spent Fuel Pages 38859-38864 [FR DOC# 2012-15963]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – PROPOSED RULES Non-Power Reactor License Renewal Pages 38742-38743 [FR DOC# 2012-16115]

Thursday, June 28, 2012

• DOE – Energy Department Develops Tool with Industry to Help Utilities Strengthen Their Cybersecurity Capabilities
• GAO – Observations on the Organization and Management of the National Nuclear Security Administration, GAO-12-867T, Jun 27, 2012
• NAS – Project Update: Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident for Improving Safety and Security of U.S. Nuclear Plants
• NRC – NRC Issues Confirmatory Order to D.C. Cook Nuclear Power Plant
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Committee On Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Reliability and PRA; Notice of Meeting Pages 38680-38681 [FR DOC# 2012-15844]

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

• NRC – NRC Requests Public Comment on Draft Supplement to Environmental Report on Indian Point License Renewal
• NRC – NRC Schedules July 2 Open House to Discuss Kewaunee Nuclear Power Station Performance and NRC Oversight
• NRC – NRC Fines Janx Integrity Group, Inc. $49,000; Bars Individual from Licensed Activities for One Year
• White House – Letter–Russian Highly Enriched Uranium
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Oak Ridge Reservation Page 38275 [FR DOC# 2012-15769]
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Secretary of Energy Advisory Board Pages 38275-38276 [FR DOC# 2012-15774]
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Idaho National Laboratory Page 38276 [FR DOC# 2012-15777]
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology Meeting Page 38277 [FR DOC# 2012-15778]
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Wind and Water Power Program Pages 38277-38278 [FR DOC# 2012-15772]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Sunshine Federal Register Notice Page 38342 [FR DOC# 2012-15843]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Exemptions from Certain Security Requirements: Dairyland Power Cooperative; La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor Exemption From Certain Security Requirements Pages 38338-38339 [FR DOC# 2012-15676]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Dairyland Power Cooperative, La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor Exemption From Certain Security Requirements Pages 38339-38341 [FR DOC# 2012-15677]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards; Notice of Meeting Pages 38341-38342 [FR DOC# 2012-15686]

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

• Court of Appeals DC – Department of Justice amicus curiae brief “expressing the views of the United States on whether this court should issue a writ of mandamus ordering NRC to act on DOE’s pending Yucca Mountain license application” (pdf-117K)
• DOE – Lab Breakthrough: Fusion Research Leads to Antiterrorism Device – Michael Hess
• DOE – Sequoia Ranked as Fastest Supercomputer in the World – Michael Hess
• NRC – Statement of NRC Chairman Gregory B. Jaczko on the Report from the Office of the Inspector General
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Sunshine Act Meeting Page 38100 [FR DOC# 2012-15675]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Facility Operating Licenses: Biweekly Notice; Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations Pages 38094-38099 [FR DOC# 2012-15176]
• 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 Page 38099 [FR DOC# 2012-15524]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS); Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on U.S. Advanced Pressurized Power Reactor Pages 38099-38100 [FR DOC# 2012-15526]

Monday, June 25, 2012

• GAO – DOE’s Isotope Program Needs Better Planning for Setting Prices and Managing Production Risks, GAO-12-591, May 23, 2012
• NRC – Cynthia G. Jones Named as NRC Nuclear Safety Attaché at U.S. Mission to International Organizations
• NRC – Public Meeting Schedule
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Applications for Proposed Mergers: Central Vermont Public Service Corporation, Gaz Métro Limited Partnership, Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. (Millstone Power Station, Unit 3); Order Approving Application Regarding Proposed Merger of Central Vermont Public Service Corporation and Gaz Métro Limited Partnership and Indirect Transfer of License Pages 37936-37937 [FR DOC# 2012-15424]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES License Renewal Applications: License Renewal Application for Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Pages 37937-37941 [FR DOC# 2012-15427]
• Canada: CNSC – CNSC News Update