Sunday, July 01, 2012

• Chicago Tribune – Company dismantling Zion nuclear plant under financial stress – Julie Wernau
• Asia-Pacific: BBC News – Japan switches on Ohi nuclear reactor amid protests
• Asia-Pacific: Xinhua News – Japan restarts first nuclear reactor after Fukushima crisis

Saturday, June 30, 2012

• Los Angeles Times – Letters: Do we need nuclear?
• Westword blog – Supreme Court justices are silent — and shmucky — on Rocky Flats decision – Patricia Calhoun
• World Climate Report – NRC Sea Level Rise Scare: Losing Sight of the Science
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Editorial: Japan needs broad public debate on its energy future
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t energy council sets 3 options for energy and anti-global warming policy
• East Asia: Arirang News – Nuclear Powers to Sign Deal to Make ASEAN Nuclear-Free

Friday, June 29, 2012

• Los Angeles Times – Yucca Mountain critic among nominees confirmed to nuclear panel – Lisa Mascaro
• City Watch – A Radioactive Conflict of Interest Your Government is Trying to Keep from You – Robert Alvarez
• LA Weekly blog – San Onofre’s Demise Means Blackout For Weeks if ‘Big-One’ Quake Hits SoCal – Dennis Romero
• Noozhawk – Tam Hunt: The Future of Nuclear Power in California
• San Diego Union-Tribune – Do We Really Need It? – Morgan Lee
• Idaho Statesman – Governors predict Idaho will be forced to keep nuclear waste after 2035 – Rocky Barker
• Chattanooga Times Free Press – Activists: Nuclear power not in future – Pam Sohn
• Newburyport Daily News – Feds need to rethink nuclear waste plans
• Hampton Union – NRC attorneys side with petition–Groups want licensing halted – Shir Haberman
• Hampton Union – Letter: For safety, nuclear plant must transfer spent fuel – Bettina Fest
• Air Force Association – The Heyday of Nuclear Air Defense – Christopher J. Bright
• Huffington Post – Pyromania at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Elliott Negin
• Morning Star – The war on history – John Pilger
• Asia-Pacific: IAEA – IAEA Fukushima Daiichi Status Report (pdf-656K)
• Asia-Pacific: Nature – Last-ditch effort to block restart of nuclear reactors in Japan – David Cyranoski
• Asia-Pacific: Washington Post – Thousands protest outside Japanese PM’s office before 1st nuclear reactor is turned on Sunday
• Asia-Pacific: Fukushima Diary – [Photos] Demonstration of 200,000 people occupied official residence – Iori Mochizuki
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Protest rally against Noda, Oi reactor restarts intensifies – Kazuaki Nagata
• Asia-Pacific: Taipei Times – China is ‘severe’ nuclear threat to Taiwan: expert – William Lowther
• South Asia: IBNLive – Two exposed to radioactivity at Rawatbhata nuclear plant
• Europe: Deutsche Welle – The global boom in wind energy

Thursday, June 28, 2012

• Open Salon – After years and billions, Yucca Mountain about to close?
• KBPS – San Onofre Workers Lack State Whistleblower Protections – Amita Sharma
• New Times SLO – Everything must go–A federal court rebuffs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on waste storage plans – Matt Fountain
• San Diego Union-Tribune – Oceanside Council Urged to Talk about Nuke Plant – Nathan Scharn
• Bloomberg – Moby Dock: Tsunami Debris Washes onto Oregon’s Agate Beach – Eric Roston
• Nuclear Energy Insider – Nuclear Energy Insider Policy Brief 20 – 27 June 2012 – K. Steiner-Dicks
• Nuclear Energy Insider – Weekly Intelligence Brief 20 – 27 June 2012 – K. Steiner-Dicks
• Reason Foundation – No to Nukes–Nuclear power isn’t cost-effective, no matter how you do the math. – Veronique de Rugy
• East Asia: Arirang News – Japan’s High-Risk Nuclear Plants All Located Near Korea’s Coast
• Europe: Bloomberg – EDF Gets Six Years to Carry Out $12 Billion of Safety Measures – Tara Patel

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

• Government Accountability Project – Whistleblower Concerns Prompt Hanford Plant Delay: Daily Whistleblower News – Hannah Johnson
• Washington Post – Energy Department delays new cost, schedule for Hanford plant amid technical problems
• Cañon City Daily Record – Cotter Uranium Mill from Vice President of Milling John Hamrick updates group on clean-up – Rachel Alexander
• All Things Nuclear – Fission Stories #98: Fires at Browns Ferry: Get Your Fiddles Ready – Dave Lochbaum
• Chatham Star Tribune – Letter: Monitoring uranium mines presents new issues – Jesse Andrews
• Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-MA) – Markey: NRC Inspector General Report a Vindication of Chairman Jaczko’s Leadership – .
• New York Times – Investigation Finds No Violations by Nuclear Head – Matthew L. Wald
• Civil Society Institute – Taking Back America’s Energy Future from the Lobbyists: 1 Million Americans to Fight Industry Efforts to Kill Clean Energy Agenda
• Eco Chunk – Biggest advancements in solar panel tech to bring about change – Anupam Jolly
• Electric Light&Power – Experts call for strong regulation and peer review of military and civilian nuclear programs
• Asia-Pacific: BBC News – Japanese nuclear companies face protests
• Asia-Pacific: Radio Australia – Fukushima nuclear plant operator accused of cover-up
• Asia-Pacific: Reuters – Tepco shareholders OK $12.6 billion government injection – Osamu Tsukimori
• Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri – Utility shareholders meet / Nuclear power decried; TEPCO’s de facto nationalization OK’d
• South Asia: Times of India – India planning thorium reactor,says Atomic Energy Commission chief
• Russia: Bellona – Comment: Public speaks out overwhelmingly against reactor power boosting experiment at Balakovo NPP – will the industry listen? – Andrei Ozharovsky
• Russia: Government Security News – U.S., Russian Federation move forward on reactor conversion – Mark Rockwell
• Russia: Xinhua News – Russia, U.S. eye deal on peaceful nuclear cooperation
• Central Africa: UPI – Violent clash reported at uranium plant

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

• The Berkeley Blog – Nuclear safety – Catherine Wolfram
• Wall Street Journal – 2nd UPDATE: Internal Probe Report Critical Of Nuclear Regulatory Commission Head – Ryan Tracy
• Tri-City Herald – Waste level rising in 52 Hanford tanks – Annette Cary
• KUNM – DOE proposes storing tons of mercury near WIPP site – Megan Kamerick
• Common Dreams – Radioactive Conflicts of Interest – Robert Alvarez
• Pew Center Stateline – Questions Swirl Around Nuclear Cost Recovery – Jim Malewitz
• Canada: CanadianBusiness – Atomic Energy of Canada employees vote for strike at Chalk River in July
• Canada: Toronto Star – U.S. residents protest Bruce nuclear waste proposal – John Spears
• Asia-Pacific: ABC – TEPCO denies Fukushima cover up – Mark Willacy
• Asia-Pacific: Greenpeace International – Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Update for June 22nd – June 25th, 2012 – Christine McCann
• Asia-Pacific: LexisNexis – Nuclear laws have serious flaws – Energy Daily
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Scientists warn of 3 faults under soon-to-restart reactors – Louis Templado
• Europe: this is Cornwall – It’s time to say ‘no’ to nuclear power and weapons
• Russia: Bellona – ANALYSIS: Russia’s drive though attendance of Rio+20 brings obscured facts and confusing national goals – Charles Digges
• Russia: Enformable – Photo of the week: Chelyabinsk – A lack of environmental responsibility

Monday, June 25, 2012

• San Diego Reader – State May Launch San Onofre Probe, Watchdog Group Wants Intervener Status for NRC Review – Dave Rice
• Bloomberg – Rocky Flats Suit Back to Square One in 22-Year Dispute – Bob Drummond
• Danville Register & Bee – Letter: State can’t afford uranium mining – Jesse Andrews
• Pottstown Mercury – Letter: NRC cannot be trusted to protect the public
• Strategy Page – 60 Years of Stuff We Can’t Talk About
• FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
• IPS News – A Radioactive Conflict of Interest – Robert Alvarez
• New York Times – Living With Nuclear Outliers – Robert S. Litwak
• Asia-Pacific: ABC – Fukushima radiation kills fishing industry
• Asia-Pacific: BBC News – Tepco appointment stirs public anger in Japan
• Asia-Pacific: Fukushima Diary – [Reactor4] Explosive shock was detected before the explosion – Iori Mochizuki
• Russia: Bellona – Analysis: Russia’s drive though attendance of Rio+20 brings obscured facts and confusing national goals – Charles Digges
• Central Africa: Radio Netherlands – Central Africa gunmen ‘attack French uranium plant’