Sunday, August 12, 2012

• Tri-City Herald – The Atomic Age turns 70: 70 years ago, Tri-Cities began to change – Annette Cary
• Twin Falls Times-News – Idaho Nuclear Developer’s Lawyers Want Off SEC Case
• Albuquerque Journal – Nuke Work Needs Risk Assessments – John J. Schinkle
• San Angelo Standard Times – ROCK DOC: Underground salt bed provides solution to nuclear waste – Kirsten Peters
• Keene Sentinel – A permanent solution for spent nuclear fuel is needed now
• Peak Oil – Can we bear the legacy costs of industrial society’s toxic pollution?
• Europe: Huffington Post – France Nuclear Site Explosion: Marcoule Waste Site Rocked By Blast – Jenny Barchfield

Saturday, August 11, 2012

• Las Vegas Review-Journal – Editorial: New help for former test site workers
• East Oregonian – Yucca Mountain is best answer for nuke waste
• Idaho Press-Tribune – Idaho nuke developer’s lawyers want off SEC case
• Salt Lake Tribune – Nuclear waste–The foxes stand guard
• Toledo Blade – Public grills NRC officials on Davis-Besse – Roberta Redfern
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Judge Charles D. Susano Jr.: Dropping A-bombs on Japan justified – Charles D. Susano Jr.
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Shake-up continues after Y-12 break-in – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ‘God forbid that an adversary should have done that’ – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – The Y-12 shakeup continues: B&W replaces leadership at Oak Ridge plant – Frank Munger
• Greeneville Sun – Action By NRC To Halt Permits Won’t Affect NFS – Ken Little
• HNN Huntingtonnews – Queries on Residual Radiation before and after Operation of Uranium Nickel Processing Facility in Huntington – Tony Rutherford
• Brattleboro Reformer – NRC decision could have bearing on PSB hearings – Bob Audette
• Forbes – Nuclear Waste Confidence — NRC Ruling No Big Deal – James Conca

Friday, August 10, 2012

• E & E Daily – Nuclear Waste: Industry, activists gird for fallout from waste debate – Hannah Northey
• Tri-Valley CAREs – How We Foreclosed on the Bomb in Livermore – Scott Yundt
• Tri-City Herald – Ground water treatment plant opens at Hanford – Annette Cary
• Albuquerque Journal – Protesters Plead Not Guilty – T.S. Last
• KASA – Lab WIPP shipments top previous record
• Chattanooga Times Free Press – TVA files notice of ‘unusual event’ at Watts Bar Nuclear Plant after leak of ammonia-treated water – Pam Sohn
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Editorial: DOE must repair Y-12 security and public perceptions
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – The question remains: Is ORNL’s radioactive waste crossing the Clinch River? – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Linton Brooks says it’s too early to gauge full impact of Y-12 security situation; ‘have to give this one time to play out’ – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Nuclear shutdown still in effect at Y-12 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – B&W exec Bob Warther named deputy manager for American Centrifuge RD&D program – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – IG’s investigation ongoing – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Federal indictment includes new charge against Plowshares protesters at Y-12; felony count of ‘depredation’ of government property – Frank Munger
• WBIR-TV – Grand jury indicts Y-12 protesters on additional felony charge; tougher max penalties – Jim Matheny
• Aiken Standard – Editorial: Stop playing politics with Yucca Mountain
• Portsmouth Herald News – NRC: Errors made in April test – Shir Haberman
• ANWAG – Due Process Denied Injured Nuclear Workers (pdf-78K)
• ENS – Nuclear Weapons: Earth’s Greatest Environmental Threat
• IPS – Waste Issue Halts U.S. Nuclear Reactor Licensing – Matthew Cardinale
• OpEdNews – The Inconvenient Truth of America’s Nuclear Madness (Part I) – Robert Quinn
• POGO blog – Where’s the Oversight at Nuclear Labs? Hands-Off Approach is Recipe for Disaster – Peter Stockton and Lydia Dennett
• South Asia: NDTV – Kudankulam nuclear plant gets nod for loading fuel

Thursday, August 09, 2012

• Las Vegas Review-Journal – Ex-test site workers offered lung scans – Paul Harasim
• Reno News&Review – Yucca buried, again – Ashley Hennefer
• The Examiner – NRC suspends nuclear plant licensing for lack of nuclear waste disposal – David Herron
• Roll Call – Mitt Romney Tries to Neutralize Yucca Mountain Issue in Quest for Nevada – Humberto Sanchez
• Tri-City Herald – State urged to take tough stance on Hanford tank waste – Annette Cary
• Occupy NewMexico – People power challenges nuclear power with demonstrations in New Mexico and nationwide! – Peter Rugh
• St. Louis Post-Dispatch – Guest commentary: The waste has to go somewhere – Alex Ernst Roth
• Palladium-Times – CENG prepares to transfer spent fuel – Andrew Poole
• Knoxville News Sentinel – More fallout from Y-12 security breach – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Sandia and Kansas City – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Sister Megan Rice’s condition – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – UPF too big for its britches? – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Government reworks security contract at Y-12; WSI now reports to B&W Y-12 as subcontractor – Frank Munger
• Oak Ridge Today – Y-12 activists indicted by federal grand jury for trespassing, property destruction – John Huotari
• Washington Post – New security leaders at Tenn nuclear weapons plant; protesters broke into high-security area
• Atlanta Journal Constitution blog – Obama, Reid block solution to nuke-waste issue – Jay Bookman
• Aiken Leader blog – Radioactive Spent Fuel Containing Bomb-Grade Uranium Arriving at SRS – Thomas Clements
• Greenville News – Yucca Mountain gets potential nudge
• Altavista Journal – Nuclear Regulatory Commission would oversee proposed uranium mill in Chatham – Tim Davis
• Chatham Star Tribune – NRC would oversee proposed uranium mill in Chatham – Tim Davis
• Lynchburg News and Advance – Randomly selected participants speak to health officials on uranium – John Crane
• Lynchburg News and Advance – Uranium Mining: Let’s Be Cautious
• Mid-Hudson News – Court orders NRC to consider how to deal with on-site storage of nuclear waste at Indian Point
• Oceania: Indigenous Peoples – Northern Territory: Waste Dump Tender Is ‘Putting The Radioactive Cart Before The Horse’
• Europe: World Nuclear News – Fuel transfer to keep Wylfa 1 running
• Europe: The Scotsman – Protestors claim an independent Scotland could be forced to keep nuclear weapons if it remains in Nato

Wednesday, August 08, 2012

• Las Vegas Review-Journal – Editorial: Yucca debate: Federal panel puts off nuke dump decision
• Reuters – RPT-NRC halts plant license approvals to resolve waste issue
• Tri-City Herald – Yucca Mountain ruling feels like victory of sorts
• Tri-City Herald – PNNL completes round of job cuts totaling 212 – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Incumbent Larry Haler leads in 8th Legislative District Position 2 primary – Michelle Dupler
• Salt Lake Tribune – Radiation board overhaul, appointment draws heat – Judy Fahys
• Montrose Daily Press – Hearing set on mill license – Katharhynn Heidelberg
• Albuquerque Journal – Los Alamos plutonium “Plan B” – the documents – John Fleck
• Albuquerque Journal – LANL Sets Record for Waste Shipments
• Albuquerque Journal – LANL Plan B Cost $800M – John Fleck
• KFDA Amarillo – Los Alamos lab exceeds record for waste shipments
• HNN Huntingtonnews – OpEd: ‘Nuclear Security’ Unmasked by Protesters – John LaForge
• Knoxville News Sentinel – B&W Y-12 changes security leadership – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel – State signs K-25 agreement; DOE will proceed with demolition – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – About 66,000 lbs of rad waste removed from bankrupt IMPACT Services so far – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – EnergySolutions reports net income up, revenues down for 2nd Quarter – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Yes, they really did work in the mud . . . – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – More Q&A’s on Y-12/Pantex security contract; an amendment; and a new due date for proposals – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Energy Dept. says MOA delay didn’t affect demolition plan for K-25’s North Tower; work to begin in late September – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Letter: Columnist right about nuclear age – Dave Lewit
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Letter: TVA should approve use of MOX fuel – Melvin R. (Mel) Buckner
• Aiken Leader – SRS Reaches Major Cleanup Milestone as SRNS Completes Lower Three Runs Project SRNS project to cleanup 20-mile long stream reduces site footprint by another 10 percent
• Aiken Standard – Court delays Yucca ruling – Haley Hughes
• Danville Register&Bee – Going for the jugular on mining?
• Danville Register&Bee – Well water impact questioned at uranium public hearing – Denice Thibodeau
• Danville Register&Bee – Challenger pushes Hurt for federal ban on mining – Tiffany Holland
• Fredericksburg blog – NRC takes step back on reactor decisions – Rusty Dennen
• Lynchburg News and Advance – State health department hears water concerns – Ray Reed
• WNYC – Waste Storage Becomes Issue in Indian Point Relicensing – Ilya Marritz
• Chinook Observer – Court delivers good message on Yucca Mountain
• Enformable – April 6th, 2011 – 22 percent of US spent fuel inventory is in dry cask storage
• Energy Department – PROPOSED RULES Reducing Regulatory Burden Pages 47328-47329 [FR DOC# 2012-19392]
• Canada: ABC – Government calls for nuclear dump designs
• Canada: Midnorth Monitor – Nuclear waste repository proposal – Margreat Davis
• Oceania: Government News Australia – Designers wanted for radioactive dump – Julian Bajkowski
• Asia-Pacific: Recycling International – Radioactive vehicles pile up in Japanese yards

Tuesday, August 07, 2012

• Las Vegas SUN – Appeals court puts off ruling on Yucca Mountain
• E&E Daily – Nuclear Waste: NRC halts licensing decisions amid storage debate – Hannah Northey
• KNDO/KNDU – U.S. appeals court delays Yucca Mountain depository site decision – Jane Sander
• Tri-City Herald – Concrete coming down near Hanford K Reactors – Annette Cary
• KIFI Idaho Falls – Nuclear energy secretary: INL is lead U.S. lab, must adapt for future – Caleb James
• Salt Lake City Weekly – Utah Film Center: The Forgotten Bomb
• Telluride Daily Planet – Piñon Ridge public hearing set – Katie Klingsporn
• Albuquerque Journal – Hiroshima Protest at LANL – T.S. Last
• Cibola County Beacon – San Mateo Mine Cleanup Begins
• La Crosse Tribune – Nuclear fuel transfer to close Hwy. 35 tonight
• Knoxville News Sentinel – New acting general manager appointed for Y-12’s security contractor – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Affidavit sheds more light on protesters’ breech of Y-12 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – State signs K-25 agreement; pact with preservation groups will allow DOE to finish demolition – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – B&W Y-12 confirms security management changes; Gen. Johnson named deputy GM for security – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Final deal on K-25 MOA reportedly close – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Alexander, Corker express concerns about security breach at Y-12, look for answers – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Protesters apparently entered Y-12 via Pine Ridge; IG agent says the three activated alarms, sensors at PIDAS fences – Frank Munger
• UPI – Casks for nuclear isotopes ordered
• ANWAG – Letter to Gary A. Steinberg, Acting Director, Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, DoL, Re: DEEOIC violates some claimants due process rights (pdf-144K)
• DOE – ARPA-E’s 19 New Projects Focus on Battery Management and Storage – Alexa McClanahan
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Northern New Mexico Page 47047 [FR DOC# 2012-19247]
• Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri – Less disaster debris to be shipped out
• Asia: The Diplomat – China’s Nuclear ‘Leakage’ – Larry M. Wortzel
• South Asia: Hindustan Times – Uranium being injected back in drinking water:report submitted to HC
• South Asia: Times of India – Uranium in Malwa waters: HC seeks expert report
• Europe: PEI – Andra publishes French radioactive waste inventory – Diarmaid Williams

Monday, August 06, 2012

• EnergyBiz – Yucca Mountain Ruling will have to Wait – Wayne Barber
• World Nuclear News – Yucca Mountain court case on hold
• KTVU San Francisco – Peace protesters gather at Lawrence Livermore Labs on eve of Hiroshima bombing anniversary
• Chillicothe Gazette – USEC Inc. reports net loss of $92M
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Rising costs could dampen U.S. nuclear rennaissance – Ray Henry
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Frank Munger: After years of prosperity, Oak Ridge jobs on decline – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – A sign at Y-12 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Contractors bring in fresh leadership for Y-12 security; ‘stand down’ still under way – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Peace group says kicked off Y-12 tonight – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Peaceful gathering on Hiroshima eve – Frank Munger
• Reuters – Guards replaced after Tennessee nuclear security breach – Mark Hosenball
• WBIR-TV – Hiroshima vigils at Y-12 meet heightened security – Jim Matheny
• Enformable – Plutonium-fueled Curiosity completes martian landing as proponents push nuclear technology in space – Karl Grossman
• FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
• DOE – Supercomputing Our Way to a Clean Energy Future – Michael Hess
• DOE – Powering Curiosity: Lab Tech Goes to Mars – Michael Hess
• Europe: Nuclear Engineering – France publishes radioactive waste inventory
• Europe: World Nuclear News – France details nuclear waste inventory
• East Europe: Interfax-Ukraine – Government approves strategy for development of activity in Chornobyl zone
• East Europe: Kyiv Post – Hazardous impunity – Halya Coynash