Sunday, August 19, 2012

• Los Angeles Times – Nuclear Regulatory Commission may study power plant health risks – Louis Sahagun
• Tacoma News Tribune – Hanford’s B Reactor: A park haunted by the 20th century
• Bloomington Alternative – The greene Report: 08.17.12 – Linda Greene
• The Blaze – How Did an 82-Year-Old Nun&2 Other Anti-War Protesters Breach the ‘Fort Knox for Highly Enriched Uranium’? – Madeleine
• BBC News – Julian Assange urges US to end Wikileaks ‘witch-hunt’
• Digital Journal – Nuclear power: Ten incidents worldwide in ten days – Tim Sandle
• Asia-Pacific: Daily Beast – Nuclear Power Protests Find Wide Support in Japan
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – 30% of big Japan companies say green energy to be nuclear alternative
• Southeast Asia: Philippine Daily Inquirer – Bataan Nuclear Power Plant gets no funds in 2013
• Europe: Financial Times – Call to limit China’s UK nuclear stake
• Europe: The Independent – ‘Untested’ nuclear reactors may be used to burn up plutonium waste – Steve Connor

Saturday, August 18, 2012

• Popular Mechanics – 8 Labs&Science Relics Worth a Visit – Laura Kiniry
• Business Insider – Nuclear Radiation On Francisco’s Treasure Island: We Don’t Need To Know, Apparently – Wolf Richter
• Friends of the Earth – Santa Monica Council urges probe of San Onofre reactors
• Los Angeles Times – Nuclear Regulatory Commission may study power plant health risks – Louis Sahagun
• Laramie Boomerang – BLM issues enviro. review of Wyoming uranium mine
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Bechtel National’s response to Y-12 crisis – Frank Munger
• Portsmouth Herald News – Citizen groups sue over Seabrook nuke plant relicensing
• Bloomberg – U.S., Facing Drought, Wants More Clean Energy, Poll Says
• UPI – Spacecraft to study radiation around Earth
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – 1,000 balloons released to predict spread of radiation in nuclear plant disaster
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Protesters continue anti-nuclear rally after ‘Obon’ holiday
• Asia-Pacific: Focus Taiwan – Government seeking to reduce nuclear reliance – Nancy Liu
• Europe: The Ecologist – Underwater nuclear power stations destined for the English Channel?
• Europe: The Scotsman – Nuclear veterans win access to records that ‘didn’t exist’ – Neil Pooran
• North Africa: The National – Doubts rise over Egypt’s nuclear plan – Farah Halime

Friday, August 17, 2012

• Bay Citizen – Radiation history on Treasure Island more widespread than reported – Matt Smith
• California Watch – Radiation history on Treasure Island more widespread than reported – Matt Smith
• San Francisco Chronicle – Radiation worries on Treasure Island – Matt Smith
• San Francisco Chronicle – Radioactive Contamination At Treasure Island More Widespread
• San Diego Union-Tribune – Safety Regulators Confirm Security Lapse at San Onofre – Morgan Lee
• Cibola County Beacon – Residents Angry With Department of Labor – Rosanne Boyett
• Omaha World-Herald – Private firm to run Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station – Erin Golden
• Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) – Kucinich Demands Investigation of Nuclear Safety Agency–Agency Employees Change Their Tune About Davis-Besse
• Hampton-NorthHampton.Patch – Activists Taking NRC to Court Over Seabrook Station – Doug Bogen, Seacoast Anti-Pollution League
• Fairewinds Energy Education – Latest on Fukushima Daiichi: Its Effects on Japan and the Global Risks Posed by Reactor 4 – Dr. Caldicott hosts Arnie Gundersen
• InsideClimate News – Extreme Heat, Drought Show Vulnerability of Nuclear Power Plants – Robert Krier
• Nuclear Energy Insider – Middle East nuclear fuel cycles: an open rather than closed case? – Jason Deign
• Nuclear Energy Insider – Nuclear Energy Insider Policy Brief 8 – 15 August 2012 – K. Steiner-Dicks
• Nuclear Energy Insider – Weekly Intelligence Brief 8 – 15 August 2012 – K. Steiner-Dicks
• Reuters – Thyroid cancer risk persists decades after radiation – Genevra Pittman
• Canada: CBC News – Environment minister approves Sask. uranium project
• Asia-Pacific: AsiaOne – Tokyo’s anti-nuclear protesters remember WWII
• Asia-Pacific: Greenpeace International – Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Update for August 14th – August 16th, 2012 – Christine McCann
• Asia-Pacific: Huffington Post – As More About Fukushima Contamination and Casualties Is Known, Japan Proceeding Without Nuclear Reactors – Samuel S. Epstein
• Asia-Pacific: Nation of Change – Fukushima: They Knew – Greg Palast
• Asia-Pacific: Wall Street Journal – Nuclear Meltdown
• Europe: The Guardian – Full report published on Cumbria nuclear waste burial and local involvement – Martin Wainwright
• Europe: Reuters – Update 1-French government denies report of EDF chief’s ousting – Elena Berton and Elizabeth Pineau;
• Europe: Power Engineering – Nuclear chief says Belgium reactor could have ‘thousands of cracks’ – Diarmaid William
• East Europe: Kyiv Post – Chornobyl zone remains unfit for habitation, says official
• Russia: Bellona – Russia’s natural resource oversight body to keep mum on catastrophes from now on – Anna Kireeva, Charles Digges
• Russia: Bellona – Update: Pussy Riot guilty on all charges of “hooliganism motivated religious hatred” charges – Charles Digges

Thursday, August 16, 2012

• Daily Kos – NRC Suspends Licensing, Calls For Spent Fuel Repository – Joieau
• KENS-5 – NRC slaps ailing San Onofre nuke plant on security
• Salt Lake Tribune – Senate delays EnergySolutions appointment to radiation board – Brandon Loomis
• Salon – Denver was almost annihilated – Kyle Minor
• Toledo Blade – Kucinich: Let NRC watchdog inspect Besse
• Washington Times – Origin of toxic ‘green salt’ in Kentucky DOE building unknown – Jim McElhatton
• Beaver County Times – Shippingport nuclear plant had two heat incidents in July – Patrick O’Shea
• POWERnews – Report: Implementing Federal Dry Storage Program by 2020 Is Nation’s Best Waste Storage Option
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Prosecutors to probe leak of nuclear policy agenda to power suppliers
• South Asia: IBNLive – PMANE’s protest against KNPP completes one year, to go on
• South Asia: IBNLive – K-ommunity hoists black flags
• Europe: this is Kent – Council ‘risking a riot’ over Romney Marsh nuclear dump secrecy
• Europe: Times &Star – Date set for underground radioactive waste dump vote
• Europe: Power Engineering – Westinghouse to jointly decommission nuclear power plants in Europe
• Russia: Bellona – Russia’s head natural resource official visiting Murmansk for discussions on Norilsk Nickel pollution
• South Africa: Energy Collective – How much does nuclear power actually cost? – Barry Brook

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

• Huffington Post – William Ostendorff, GOP-Appointed Regulator, Under Investigation For Thwarting Nuclear Safety Probe – Ryan Grim
• LaJolla.Patch – Official: SDG&E Customers Shouldn’t Pay for San Onofre During Shutdown – Adam Townsend
• San Diego Union-Tribune – Drought, heat test nuclear energy’s limits – Robert Krier
• Business Insider – This Secret Lab Is Developing Nuclear Weapons For The US Military – Walter Hickey
• Facing South – Environmental disaster on Louisiana bayou highlights radioactive hazards of oil and gas drilling
• eNews Park Forest – Congressman Kucinich Demands Investigation of Nuclear Safety Agency .
• Reuters – S&P cuts USEC corporate credit rating to ‘CCC’
• Allentown Morning Call – Questions raised about US nuclear reactors, including PPL’s
• CNN – New NRC chair vouches for agency’s independence, states goals – Mike M. Ahlers
• NY Times blog – Nuclear Regulator Ticks Off Her Wish List – Matthew L. Wald
• Power Engineering – Attrition found in 15,000 spots in Japan-made tubes at U.S. reactors.
• UPI – Drought hits U.S. power supply
• Canada: Reuters – Nuclear engineers picket Ontario reactors – Allison Martell
• Asia-Pacific: CounterPunch – Fukushima’s Nuclear Casualties – Joseph Mangano
• Asia-Pacific: Enformable – Fukushima workers being verbally assaulted and physically abused says Japanese research team – Lucas W Hixson
• Asia-Pacific: Nature – Editorial: Safety shambles–Lax management of Fukushima clean-up intensifies concerns over Japan’s nuclear future.
• Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO Teleconferences’ Records
• South Asia: Deccan Chronicle – New uranium hotspots identified – Syed Akbar
• South Asia: Oneindia – Anti-nuke protestors observe Independence day as ‘Black day’
• Europe: Reuters – Foreign regulators to examine cracks at Belgian nuclear plant – Robert-Jan Bartunek, Nerijus Adomaitis
• South Africa: News24 – NPC warns SA on cost of nuclear power

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

• KFI – Angry Utility Customers – David Perez
• Los Angeles Times – Agency calls for rate cut over San Onofre outage – Abby Sewell
• Orange County Register – Agency wants ratepayers off the hook for San Onofre shutdown – Fred Swegles
• Minnesota Public Radio – Xcel shuts down 2 Minn. nuclear plants – Stephanie Hemphill
• WKSU News – How the decisions are made on extending the life of nuclear reactors – Tim Rudell
• Wall Street Journal – The Duke Snafu: Who Picks the CEO? – Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.
• Connecticut Post – Conn. goat that was anti-nuke symbol has died
• C-Span – NRC’s New Chairman Defines Nuclear Goals
• Fairewinds – Lessons Not Learned from Fukushima Daiichi – Arnie Gundersen
• New York Times – For New Nuclear Chief, Concerns Over Plant Safety – Matthew L. Wald
• NY Times blog – Nuclear Regulator Ticks Off Her Wish List – Matthew L. Wald
• DOE – Energy Report: U.S. Wind Energy Production and Manufacturing Surges, Supporting Jobs and Diversifying U.S. Energy Economy
• Oceania: Pacific Island News Association – US ‘invasion’ of the Pacific
• Asia-Pacific: Nature – The biological impacts of the Fukushima nuclear accident on the pale grass blue butterfly – Atsuki Hiyama1, Chiyo Nohara1, Seira Kinjo, Wataru Taira, Shinichi Gima, Akira Tanahara Joji M. Otaki
• Asia-Pacific: Nature blog – Butterflies and balloons at Fukushima – Geoffrey Brumfiel
• Asia-Pacific: Reuters – Earthquake with 7.5 magnitude hits off Russia, north of Japan – Paul Tait
• Asia-Pacific: Reuters – Japan video shows delay in using seawater to cool meltdown reactor – Risa Maeda
• Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri – Toshiba seeking powerful partner / Hopes to win orders for nuclear power plants in emerging countries
• South Asia: The Hindu – N-arms race ominous: author
• Europe: Deutsche Welle – Berlin set to back nuclear development abroad
• North Europe: Baltic Times – Nuclear tops energy agenda
• North Europe: Bellona – Norway pulls plug on electricity from Kola Nuclear Power Plant’s ageing reactors – Anna Kireeva, Charles Digges

Monday, August 13, 2012

• Las Vegas Review-Journal – Many used as unwitting lab rats – Paul Harasim
• Truth-Out – Nuclear Regulatory Commission Halts License Approvals Pending New Guidelines on Nuclear Waste – Gregg Levine
• LA Times blog – Can California get by without San Onofre nuclear plant?
• Public News Service – NM Man’s Anti-Nuclear Hunger Strike Lasts Almost a Month – Renee Blake/Beth Blakeman
• Capitol News Service – Florida’s Nuclear Future Being Questioned – Mike Vasilinda
• NY Times blog – Heat Shuts Down a Coastal Reactor – Matthew L. Wald
• Bloomberg – U.S. Backs Off All-Cargo Scanning Goal With Inspections at 4% – Jeff Bliss
• Hartford Business – USEC: A fiscal nuclear meltdown – D. Dowd Muska
• PR Newswire – Brattle Economists Recommend Implementing A U.S. Federal Dry Storage Program For Spent Nuclear Fuel By 2020
• FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
• Asia-Pacific: BBC News – ‘Severe abnormalities’ found in Fukushima butterflies – Nick Crumpton
• Asia-Pacific: House of Japan – Fukushima reactors status 13 Aug 2012
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO’s Fukushima nuke plant exec recalls hydrogen blast as greatest shock
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Bank chairman stands defiant with blunt anti-nuclear message
• South Asia: India Tribune – Kudankulam nuclear plant hits new hurdle
• South Asia: Energy Bangla – Bangladesh-Russia nuclear power plant deal finalised
• Europe: Daily Mail – EDF wants taxpayers’ cash to pay for nuclear power – Peter Campbell
• Europe: Melbourne Age – Violent protests in Germany slow nuclear waste train – Frederic Happe
• Europe: Reuters – E.ON’s net profit triples, shrugs off nuclear past – Christoph Steitz and Vera Eckert
• Europe: UPI – Belgium nuke re-start seen as unlikely