Sunday, September 02, 2012
- my FDL – Goodbye Portland, Oregon? – New Hanford Leak Detected – EdwardTeller
- Pueblo Chieftain – Letter: Not consenting – Don Hancock
- Staten Island Advance – NASA Mars rover Curiosity’s dirty little secret: Nuclear waste (Commentary) – Geoff Brumfiel
- Oceania: Radio New Zealand – Marshall Islands President hopes for movement on radioactive waste issue
- Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Protesters, police at odds over security at anti-nuke demonstrations
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Editorial: Preparing for Nankai megaquake
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Zero option for nuclear power may be added to revamped energy plan
Saturday, September 01, 2012
- Dana Point Times – SONGS Layoffs: What’s the Hit? – Jim Shilander and Andrea Swayne Dana Point Times
- Seattle Times – Shells of Hanford tank leaking radioactive liquid
- Free Lance-Star – NRC delivers quake lessons – Rusty Dennen
- Baltimore Sun blog – Calvert Cliffs nuclear power project facing 60-day deadline – Tim Wheeler
- Lower Hudson Journal – State: Indian Point power can be replaced – Michael Risinit
- Politics on the Hudson – State Energy Board Lays Out Roadmap for Shuttering Indian Point – Jon Campbell
- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – Treading water – Dawn Stover
- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – Civil disobedience – Kennette Benedict
- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – Contemplating a third nuclear test in North Korea – Frank V. Pabian and Siegfried S. Hecker
- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – The oversight imperative – Fissile Materials Working Group
- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – Cold comfort – Kingston Reif
- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – What’s next for the NRC: A conversation with Allison Macfarlane
- Courthouse News Service – Nuke Plants Must Report Faulty Permit Results
- POGO blog – Conservatives Tell Rep. Issa: Federal Whistleblowers, and Taxpayers, Deserve Their Day in Court – Angela Canterbury and Suzanne
- NY Times blog – Unraveling the Nuclear Renaissance – Matthew L. Wald
- Asia-Pacific: Fairewinds Energy Education – It Could Have Been Worse – Arnie Gundersen
- Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Fukushima could happen again, investigators say, as insufficient lessons learned – Former inquiry chiefs, from left,
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Noda’s Cabinet to study zero nuclear energy policy Sun.
Friday, August 31, 2012
- Enformable – San Onofre Reactor 2 to be subject of cost-benefit analysis – Lucas W Hixson
- Los Angeles Times – Letter: Edison, San Onofre and electric rates – Ronald Litzinger, President of Southern California Edison
- KING5 – DOE confirms 2nd leak at Hanford as state threatens legal action – Gary Chittim
- Reuters – Startup NuScale holds its own in game of nuclear giants – Braden Reddall
- POGO blog – Some Senators Want to Waste Big Bucks on Unnecessary Nuke Facility – Mia Steinle
- WTVM – Southern Co. expects to exceed Plant Vogtle budget – Ray Henry
- Fort Frances Times – Panel of judges at NRC deny French company license to build reactor in Maryland – Brian Witte
- IEEE Spectrum – The Rich and Their Reactors–Branson, Gates, and Bezos are pushing for nuclear reactors of one sort or another – Dave Levitan
- Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO: No. 4 reactor building can withstand 6-plus intensity quake
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Magnitude 5.6 quake jolts Miyagi
- Southeast Asia: BBC News – Tsunami alert after earthquake off Philippines
Thursday, August 30, 2012
- KPBS – Cost Benefit Analysis Underway At San Onofre – Alison St John
- Lake County News-Sun – Nuke waste rail shipment set for November – Dan Moran
- Brattleboro Reformer – New study questions VY’s thermal discharge permit – Josh Stilts
- BurlingtonFreePress – Environmental group: Nuke plant makes too much hot water
- AREVA – “All-of-the-Above” Built on Nuclear
- Center for Public Integrity – GOP platform at odds with public on defense spending – Aaron Mehta
- Asia-Pacific: Columbus Free Press – Murdoch’s Journal pushes tragic Fukushima flim-flam – Harvey Wasserman
- Asia-Pacific: UPI Asia – Japanese majority favor zero nuclear power
- Asia-Pacific: Xinhua News – Offshore floating wind farm starts trial operation in western Japan
- Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Fukushima blasts environmentalist’s remark about marriage, deformed babies
- Asia-Pacific: Majirox News – Japan anti-nuclear protestors battle Noda’s government on nuclear policy
- Europe: Whitehaven News – Nuclear investments still won’t offset impact of Thorp closure – Coun Tim Knowles
- Europe: Bellona – Reactor vessel cracks revealed in Belgium earlier this month spark international inspections – Charles Digges
- North Europe: Helsingin Sanomat – Investor pullout delivers blow to nuclear plant project
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
- Berkeley.patch – ‘Copter Over Berkeley Measuring Radiation
- Business Insider – Damning Details Of The Nuclear Coverup On San Francisco’s Treasure Island – Wolf Richter
- Los Angeles Times – PUC dithers as consumers keep paying to ‘run’ crippled San Onofre – Michael Hiltzik
- Victoria Advocate – Exelon decides against locating nuclear plant in Victoria County – Allison Miles
- WALA-TV – New Orleans shuts down nuclear plants – IBNLive
- Windham County Commons – Letter: VY heats river, kills fish – Leslie Sullivan Sachs
- Union of Concerned Scientists – Latest Science on Climate Change, Coastal Flooding, Hurricanes
- Nuclear Energy Insider – New build: tackling the cost issue – Jason Deign
- Nuclear Energy Insider – Nuclear Energy Insider Policy Brief 19 – 29 August 2012 – K. Steiner-Dicks
- Nuclear Energy Insider – Weekly Intelligence Brief 16 – 29 August 2012 – K. Steiner-Dicks
- Oceania: Penrith City Star – Waste decision a ‘broken promise of epic proportions’ – Roderick Shaw
- Asia-Pacific: New York Times – Japan Faces Costs of Closing Reactors – Hiroko Tabuchi
- Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri – Panel avoids tough nuclear power questions / Report refrains from policy suggestions; some members say they needed more time for discussions – Ryosuke Yamauchi and Hironori Kanashima
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Government acknowledges most Japanese favor nuclear-free society
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Utilities say 2 nuke plants can withstand quakes triggered by multiple active faults
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t panel says public supports zero nuclear power, but survey problems linger
- South Asia: Asian Age – Panel: N-liability rules dilute law provisions
- East Europe: News of Belarus – Belarus looking into possibility of second NPP construction
- Russia: Ria Novosti – Russia Calls on U.S. to Ratify Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
- Bay Citizen – Navy sought to stifle radiation concerns about Treasure Island – Matt Smith and Katharine Mieszkowski
- Enformable – Edison workers to remove nuclear fuel from San Onofre Reactor 3 – Lucas W Hixson
- Enformable – In-Focus San Onofre – USGS systems overwhelmed by outbreak of earthquakes in California – Nuclear security officer hid DUI charges for nearly 3 months
- NBC San Diego – Radioactive Fuel to be Emptied from San Onofre Reactor
- Piedmont.Patch – Low-Flying ‘Copter Measuring Radiation Levels
- Rancho Bernardo Patch – Nuclear Plant to Pull Radioactive Fuel from Downed Reactor – Adam Townsend
- WANE – Ailing Calif. reactor prepares to remove fuel
- Alliance for Nuclear Accountability – Government Memo Slams Bechtel for Malfeasance, Safety Violations at Hanford Nuclear Site – Tom Carpenter
- Tri-City Herald – DOE director wants Bechtel authority for vit plant cut – Annette Cary
- Carlsbad Current-Argus – Protesters, with support from Occupy New Mexico, expected at tonight’s WIPP plutonium hearing
- Reuters – Exelon drops plan to pursue Texas reactor, cites cheap natgas
- Johnson City Press – Should NFS get license renewal? Have safety concerns been addressed?
- POGO blog – Guard Scapegoated in the Y-12 Security Debacle – Peter Stockton and Lydia Dennett
- Lower Hudson Journal – Report: Closing Indian Point may ‘degrade’ grid – Michael Risinit
- All Things Nuclear – Cumulative Effects of Non-Regulation – Dave Lochbaum
- Government Accountability Project – GAP Condemns Federal Circuit Decision–Ruling ‘Nullifies’ Civil Service Rights
- Canada: Toronto Star – Nuclear plant engineers accuse Candu of locking them out – Dana Flavelle
- Asia-Pacific: Greenpeace International – Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Update for August 24th – August 27th, 2012 – Christine McCann
- Asia-Pacific: Denki Shimbun – Survey revealed psychological trauma in Fukushima nuclear plant workers
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Editorial: Pressing Mr. Noda on nuclear power
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Shizuoka governor supports idea for referendum on restart of Hamaoka nuke plant
- South Asia: Power Engineering – After radiation, workers nuked by management; Medical report of affected staff at RAPS ‘held back’
- Europe: United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority – Annual Report &Accounts
- Europe: Whitehaven News – Waste site ‘would be size of town’
- Europe: The Guardian – Nuclear row splits French government – Angelique Chrisafis
- East Europe: ForUm – Criminal group try to sell radioactive materials from Chernobyl
- East Europe: Kyiv Post – Sellers of radioactive metal from Chornobyl Exclusion Area sentenced to eight years in prison
- Russia: Bellona – Russia announces enormous finds of radioactive waste and nuclear reactors in Arctic seas – Charles Digges
Monday, August 27, 2012
- Government Security News – NNSA plans aerial radiological survey of San Francisco area – Mark Rockwell
- San Francisco Examiner – Helicopter testing radiation levels in San Francisco at low altitude – Mike Aldax
- San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station – San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Exits Both Unusual Events Triggered by Earthquakes Near Mexico Border
- Los Angeles Times – Hundreds of small earthquakes shake Imperial County – Kate Mather, David Zahniser and Abby Sewell
- Forbes – What’s Inside The Suspect Nuclear Waste Tank At Hanford? – Jeff McMahon
- CBS News – River commission wants uranium ban to remain
- Wilmington Star-News – NRC delays Global Laser Enrichment license decision – Jim Brumm
- Foster’s Daily Democrat – Anti-nuke groups cite wind power in appeal of Seabrook relicensing – Bob Sanders
- FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
- NRC – Public Meeting Schedule
- Canada: CNSC – CNSC News Update
- Asia-Pacific: CounterPunch – The Deadly Silence Over Fukushima – Karl Grossman
- Asia-Pacific: House of Japan – Fukushima reactors status 27 Aug 2012
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Huge solar power plants spring up in idle industrial complexes
- Asia: Foreign Policy blog – Inflating the China threat – Stephen M. Walt
- Europe: Reuters – Belgian nuclear reactor shut at least until year-end – Ben Deighton
- East Europe: Reuters – Bulgaria picks Westinghouse to study new nuclear unit – Tsvetelia Tsolova