Sunday, July 29, 2012

• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12 confirms that protesters’ target was bomb-grade uranium facility – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – As Y-12 intrusion came to a close, anti-nukes protesters reportedly offered bread to the armed guards
• Oak Ridger – ORAU renews pact with NRC
• Oak Ridger – 3 arrested for trespassing at Y-12 nuclear site
• Danville Register&Bee – Nuclear Regulatory Commission team to meet in Chatham about uranium mining
• The Examiner – Limerick nuclear power plant has 1143 metric tons of uranium spent fuel on site – Robert Tilford
• Wicked Local Kingston – Pixie Lampert says yes to dry cask, no to interim fuel storage – Frank Mand
• Utility Products – NRC Report States That Storing Spent Nuclear Fuel in Wet Pools is ‘Adequate’ to Protect Public
• Europe: The Independent – Nuclear dumps are fast tracked – Matt Chorley

Saturday, July 28, 2012

• Knoxville News Sentinel – Activists infiltrate Y-12’s high-security zone, hang banners, splash blood – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – High-level embarrassment? Y-12 spokesman says protesters risked their lives – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Wrap-up on Y-12 events – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Unprecedented security breach at Y-12 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Activists pose before Y-12 break-in – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12 protesters reportedly cut through 3 fences, placed banner and poured human blood – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – The protesters identified – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ‘Oak Ridge Y-12 Indicted for War Crimes’ – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12 break-in said to be a Plowshares Action – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – 3 arrested inside Y-12 nuclear weapons plant; building defaced; spokesman says likely a protest – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel – DOE seeks input on Mox fuel – Ed Marcum
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – $3M in research funding for nuke security – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – K-25: In the beginning – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Noted cyber expert joins CNAS – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Oak Ridge guards ratify new contract; union leadership recommended against, says DOE/NNSA intervened in negotiations – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – New Zealand chips in $400K to counter nukes – Frank Munger
• Oak Ridge Today – Y-12 protesters allegedly enter high-security area, spray paint, splash blood – John Huotari
• Oak Ridge Today – ORAU renews agreement with U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission – John Huotari
• Augusta Chronicle – TVA remains interested, but not yet committed, to MOX – Rob Pavey
• Aiken Leader – Latest NRC Report Finds No Violations at MOX Project
• Aiken Standard – DOE releases plutonium disposition study draft – Anna Dolianitis
• Charleston Gazette – NRC team to meet with public about uranium mining in Va.
• Danville Register&Bee – Virginia uranium mining debate continues – Jenna Zibton
• Richmond Times Dispatch – Uranium-mining meetings questioned – Rex Springston
• Roanoke Times – Uranium study discussed at Roanoke symposium – Laurence Hammack
• University of Texas Issues Online – How to store spent nuclear fuel – David Lochbaum
• South Asia: IBNLive – KNPP hopeful of loading real fuel in August
• South Asia: Punjab Newsline – RO system removes 90 per cent of uranium from ground water

Friday, July 27, 2012

• Heritage Foundation – Uncle Sam, Derelict Nuclear-Waste Disposer – Jack Spencer
• Cibola County Beacon – Letter: Who’s to blame? – Jonnie Head
• Pueblo Chieftain – Radioactive salesman busted – Nick Bonham |
• La Crosse Tribune – Nuclear fuel transfer to close Hwy 35 today – Chris Hubbuch
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Uranium facility construction to start a year before final cost estimate – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Training in Taiwan: rad nightmares – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – The Jobs Report: ORAU – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Bottled water at ORNL – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ORNL played role in Mars rover ‘Curiosity’ – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – DOE’s Inspector General nominated to Government Accountability and Transparency Board – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – W76, B61 and Y-12 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Medical training for radiation emergencies – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – DeNuke forms joint venture with PSG – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Long-term ORAU/NRC relationship extended for another five years – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Construction of UPF to start a year in advance of project’s cost estimate – Frank Munger
• Augusta Chronicle – TVA remains interested, but not yet committed, to MOX – Rob Pavey
• Richmond Times-Dispatch – Update: Environmentalists urge more notice about uranium meetings – Rex Springston
• Roanoke Times – Don’t mine uranium in Virginia, member of study group warns – Laurence Hammack
• CBOE – Notice of Availability of the Draft Surplus Plutonium Disposition Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
• Union of Concerned Scientists – NRC Report States That Storing Spent Nuclear Fuel In Wet Pools Is ‘Adequate’ To Protect Public
• World Nuclear News – Nuclear ‘a stepping stone’ to space exploration
• DOE:IG – Y-12 National Security Complex’s Waste Diversion Efforts, OAS-L-12-08
• Energy Department – NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Notice of Availability of the Draft Surplus Plutonium Disposition Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement, Pages 44222-44224 [FR DOC# 2012-18281]
• Environmental Protection Agency – NOTICES Environmental Impacts Statements; Notice of Availability, EIS No. 20120244, Draft Supplement, NNSA, 00, Surplus Plutonium Disposition (DOE/EIS-0283-S2), Pages 44234-44235 [FR DOC# 2012-18373]
• National Nuclear Security Administration – NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Notice of Availability of the Draft Surplus Plutonium Disposition Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement Pages 44222-44224 [FR DOC# 2012-18281]
• Canada: Goderich Signal-Star – Central Huron asks for nuclear screening – Cheryl Heath
• Canada: Ottawa Citizen – Nuclear regulator loses radioactive Cesium-137 after training exercise for summer students – Vito Pilieci
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Soil issue buried for lack of storage – Kazuma Tarumi
• South Asia: Business Standard – India to use “plutonium” reactor in two years: AEC Chairman
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Three councils to decide on suitable N-waste burial site – Alan Irving

Thursday, July 26, 2012

• Bloomberg – Nuclear Dump Dominates NRC Chief’s First Trip to Congress – Kasia Klimasinska
• National Center for Policy Analysis – Yucca Mountain: The Safe Future for Nuclear Energy
• SNL Financial – New NRC chairman commits to keeping ‘open mind’ on Yucca – Kathleen Hart
• Tri-Valley CAREs – Summer 2012 Citizen’s Watch Newsletter
• Tri-City Herald – Fuel study will not go ahead in Richland – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Review of Hanford concerns programs finds weaknesses – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Monks lead Interfaith Peace Walk to Hanford nuclear reservation – Annette Cary
• Chattanooga Times Free Press – Meeting participants raise concerns, frustrations about TVA’s Browns Ferry nuclear plant – Pam Sohn
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – More Q&A’s on Y-12/Pantex security contract – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Physics all around: the year was 1960 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Dec. 4 trial date set for Karen Earle, widow of DOE exec Michael Strayer; accused of defrauding government – Frank Munger
• Energy Collective – Race for DOE SMR money heats up – Dan Yurman
• Nuclear Energy Insider – How India is leading the way in closed fuel cycles – Jason Deign
• Public Citizen – Six of Eight Key Industry Players Follow Public Citizen’s Advice and Begin to Inform Workers About Beryllium Exposure
• Reuters – Update 1-U.S. 2012 autumn nuclear power refueling seen 9 pct below 2011
• DOE – Energy Department Announces Awards to Projects Advancing Innovative Clean Coal Technology
• GAO – Combating Nuclear Smuggling: DHS has Developed Plans for Its Global Nuclear Detection Architecture, but Challenges Remain in Deploying Equipment, GAO-12-941T, Jul 26, 2012
• Energy Department – NOTICES Memorandums of Agreements with Kalispel Tribe: Memorandum of Agreement With the Kalispel Tribe on Columbia Basin Fish Accords Pages 43819-43820 [FR DOC# 2012-18285]
• UN: IAEA – Global Uranium Supply Ensured for Long Term, New Report Shows
• Asia-Pacific: Enformable – March 28th, 2011 – Reactor 4 Spent Fuel Pool Specs and Question About Where Cooling Water Is Going
• South Asia: The Hindu – Secondary uranium source may go dry soon: IAEA – Anuj Srivas
• Europe: BBC News – King’s Cliffe waste site: Agency to decide on extension plan
• Europe: Rutland and Stamford Mercury – Meeting outlines how Augean waste application will be examined
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Concern over lines from planned nuclear power station at Sellafield – Pamela McGowan
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Minister’s pledge on nuclear dump payback – Alan Irving
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Three councils to decide on suitable N-waste burial site – Alan Irving

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

• Las Vegas Review-Journal – NRC chief seeks distance from Yucca criticism – Steve Tetreault
• Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – Informed consent: Getting from NIMBY to yes – Dawn Stover
• OPB News – Report Reviews Hanford Program On Worker Concerns – Anna King
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Frank Munger: DOE contracting makes for strange bedfellows – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ‘Battle of the Buildings’ – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Classic security message in Oak Ridge – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Plutonium waste shipments from Savannah River on hold – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – The sequel (unrated): Return of the MOA – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – New fire chief at Y-12 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Gaining quick-snap access to environmental data – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Could Y-12/Pantex contract merger lead to movement of missions? – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Is Y-12 remanufacturing those warhead parts? Spokesman says yes – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Report on long-lead procurement plans for UPF; cites unresolved issues in safety design as possible hurdle – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – DOE appoints 7 to Oak Ridge advisory board – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – IG report lauds ORNL’s materials recycling, pollution prevention efforts – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Dade Moeller’s ‘Guidelines for Life’ – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Public survey: Ranking environmental priorities in Oak Ridge – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – DOE’s declining numbers – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Motivating wartime workers in Oak Ridge – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Mayfield to meet with sick nuclear workers – Frank Munger
• Augusta Chronicle – Citizens Advisory Board hopes Savannah River Site will not become interim spent fuel site – Rob Pavey
• Augusta Chronicle – SRS plutonium shipment to New Mexico postponed – Rob Pavey
• Aiken Standard – NRC members hear update on MOX project – Anna Dolianitis
• Aiken Standard – SRS upgrades helium recovery system
• Reuters – Exelon reports Tritium found near Three Mile Island, no threat
• Enformable – March 21st, 2011 – NR Program Questions on NRC BWR MELCOR Spent Fuel Assessment
• DOE – Top U.S. Energy Department Official Visits Iowa, Calls on Congress to Extend Clean Energy Tax Credits
• DOE – Agriculture and Energy Departments Announce New Investments to Drive Innovations in Biofuels and Biobased Products
• DOE:IG – The Global Threat Reduction Initiative’s Molybdenum-99 Program, OAS-L-12-07
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Paducah Page 43583 [FR DOC# 2012-18169]
• Energy Department – NOTICES Response to Recommendation 20121 of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board: DOE Response to Recommendation 2012-1 of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, Savannah River Site Building 235-F Safety Pages 43583-43584 [FR
  
• South Asia: World Nuclear News – Tritium incidents at Rajasthan
• Europe: East Anglian Daily Times – Sizewell: Highly-radioactive fuel rods will not be transported during Olympics – David Green
• Europe: Reuters – French nuclear dismantlement financing not yet secure-report – Marion Douet

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

• E&E Daily – Yucca Mountain: Shutdown scatters workers, sparks Nev. debate over ‘clean energy’ jobs – Emily Yehle and Hannah Northey
• Platts – US NRC chief does not plan to recuse herself in advance on Yucca Mountain issues – Steven Dolley
• Los Angeles Times – Rocketdyne sold to GenCorp for $550 million – W.J. Hennigan
• Tri-City Herald – Events mark atomic bomb anniversary – Annette Cary
• Telluride Daily Planet – Analyst: Uranium prices too low to sustain mill – Katharhynn Heidelberg
• Farmington Daily Times – EPA plans for disposing uranium waste near Gallup
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12’s appeal on discharge permit may lead to Agreed Order with state – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12 bucking the trend – Frank Munger
• Augusta Chronicle – Despite challenges, MOX plant remains on schedule – Rob Pavey
• Augusta Chronicle – SRS helium overhaul complete
• Augusta Chronicle – NRC holds MOX hearing today
• Georgia Public Broadcasting – MOX Plant 60% Done – Joshua Stewart
• WACH – Public meeting to be held over Savannah River Site MOX plant
• New Jersey Newsroom – NRC reassesses Indian Point fish kills – Roger Witherspoon
• Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri – Radioactive cores hampered probes – Makoto Mitsui
• Asia-Pacific: Denki Shimbun – Removal of fresh fuel from Fukushima I unit 4
• Europe: this is Kent – Estate agents fear nuclear dump effect on Marsh housing market
• Europe: Bloomberg – French Nuclear Dismantling Funds May Fall Short, Report Says – Tara Patel

Monday, July 23, 2012

• The Hill – The week ahead: House Energy Committee set to tackle Yucca Mountain, Solyndra federal loan program – Zack Colman
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Paul Hanson, Brian Sales named Corporate Fellows at ORNL – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ORNL shut out on White House early-career awards; 13 winners with DOE ties – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Strange bedfellows – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Visitors from DOE HQ – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Livermore’s Michel McCoy gets singular honor – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ORNL celebrates Women in Science – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – UCOR gets DOE certification – Frank Munger
• Oak Ridger – Security staff cutbacks at Y-12 plant
• NorthJersey – A lengthy cleanup approved – Scott Fallon
• ANWAG – Letter to DoL Secy. Hilda Solis, Re: EEOICPA cost savings (pdf-626K)
• Canada: World Nuclear News – Canada-China uranium protocol signed
• East Asia: Korea Times – Little progress in talks with US on nuclear fuel reprocessing: official
• East Asia: Yonhap News – Samore says no need for S. Korea to enrich uranium – Lee Chi-dong