Sunday, September 30, 2012

• Mid-Hudson News – NRC Licensing Board to hold evidentiary hearing on Indian Point relicensing
• Lawyers.com – James R. Linehan Workers Compensation Law Blog: EEOICPA? What is that? – James R. Linehan

Saturday, September 29, 2012

• Government Accountability Project – House Passes Federal Whistleblower Protections with WPEA (S. 743) – Dylan Blaylock
• POGO – House’s Passage of Whistleblower Bill is Turning Point in Fight to Protect Truth-Tellers – Angela Canterbury
• UN: IAEA – Statement at UN Secretary General’s High-Level Meeting On Countering Nuclear Terrorism

Friday, September 28, 2012

• Legal Documents
• CADC – 2012 09 28 Petitioners Corrected Status Report (pdf-440K)
• NTI – U.S. Completes 100th Trial With Nevada Nuke Stockpile Support System
• WarIsACrime – NNSA Keeps Conducting ‘Nuclear Tests’ and Mentioning Them Well After the Fact – Andrew Kishner
• Blog of Legal Times – DOJ Intervenes in Whistleblower Suit Involving Hanford Nuclear Site Cleanup
• NRC – Licensing Board to Hold Evidentiary Hearing Starting on Oct. 15 in Tarrytown, N.Y., on Indian Point License Renewal Contentions
• NRC – NRC Seeks Comment on Proposed Guidance for Examining Plant Response to Updated Flooding Hazards
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Paducah Pages 59598-59599 [FR DOC# 2012-23909]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Compliance With Information Request, Flooding Hazard Reevaluation Pages 59675-59676 [FR DOC# 2012-23892]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Sunshine Federal Register Notice Pages 59678-59679 [FR DOC# 2012-24073]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Fukushima; Notice of Meeting Pages 59676-59677 [FR DOC# 2012-23886]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS), Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Planning and Procedures; Notice of Meeting Page 59677 [FR DOC# 2012-23897]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS), Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Reliability and PRA; Notice of Meeting Pages 59677-59678 [FR DOC# 2012-23894]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS), Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Advanced Boiling Water Reactor; Notice of Meeting Page 59678 [FR DOC# 2012-23896]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Order Approving Application Regarding Corporate Restructuring and Conforming Amendment: Central Vermont Public Service Corporation (Millstone Power Station, Unit 3); Order Approving Application Regarding Corporate Restructuring and Conforming Amendment Pages 59679-59680 [FR DOC# 2012-23888]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Request to Extend Time to Submit Decommissioning Plan: Request To Extend Time To Submit Decommissioning Plan; U.S. Department of the Army, Jefferson Proving Ground, Madison, IN Pages 59680-59682 [FR DOC# 2012-23890]
• UN: IAEA – Physics Meets Anthropology
• UN: Press TV – UNGA holds meeting on nuclear terrorism

Thursday, September 27, 2012

• Government Security News – Legislation takes aim at overlapping nuclear plant licensing renewals – Mark Rockwell
• The Hill – Bill would add nuclear relicensing rule – Zack Colman
• DOE – Energy Department Announces New Investments in University-Led Nuclear Energy Innovation
• NRC – Security Advisories 2012
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – PROPOSED RULES Environmental Qualifications of Electrical Equipment Pages 59345-59346 [FR DOC# 2012-23792]

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

• ND Report – Marv Fertel Dicusses Yucca Mountain’s Future at the Idaho Leadership in Nuclear Energy Commission Meeting – Mark Mendiola
• DOE:IG – Inquiry into the De-Inventory of Special Nuclear Material at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, OAS-L-12-11
• US Dept of State – The Last U.S. Nuclear Test–20 Years Later: Status and Prospects for the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty – Rose Gottemoeller
• NRC – NRC to Discuss Preliminary Special Inspection Results; Webinar to Be Held October 1
• NRC – Inspector General Reports: FY 2012 Index
• The White House – President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Northern New Mexico Pages 59181-59182 [FR DOC# 2012-23699]
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Unconventional Resources Technology Advisory Committee Page 59182 [FR DOC# 2012-23700]
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Ultra-Deepwater Advisory Committee Pages 59182-59183 [FR DOC# 2012-23701]
• UN: Bloomberg – Empty Seats at UN Signal Decline of World Body Hamstrung by Veto – Flavia Krause-Jackson
• UN: Power Engineering – Nuclear regulator must be free and effective
• UN: Reuters – U.N. nuclear chief Amano to stand for another term – Fredrik Dahl
• UN: Xinhua News – Interview: UN official calls for diplomacy in disarmament – Rosalind Adams
• UN: IAEA – IAEA Updates Its Projections for Nuclear Power in 2030
• UN: IAEA – NLI Announcement

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

• NTI – U.S. Completes Sixth Nonexplosive Plutonium Trial
• ENR – Exelon Stock Slipping, Thanks to Gas Prices, Wind Glut and Nuke Stall – Julie Wernau, Chicago Tribune
• ENS – 23 Nuclear Power Plants at High Risk of Tsunami
• NTI – U.S. Could Bury Bomb-Sensitive Uranium
• NRC – NRC Issues License to GE-Hitachi for Laser Uranium Enrichment Plant in North Carolina
• NRC – Spending a Saturday Afternoon at the NRC Listening to All Sides
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Sunshine Act Meeting Pages 59022-59023 [FR DOC# 2012-23665]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.: License Amendment Request for the U.S. Department of the Army, National Ground Intelligence Center, Charlottesville, VA Pages 59021-59022 [FR DOC# 2012-23558]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Regulatory Guides: Preoperational Testing of Instrument and Control Air Systems Pages 59023-59024 [FR DOC# 2012-23560]

Monday, September 24, 2012

• FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
• NRC – NRC Approves Increased Power Output for St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant Unit 2
• NRC – Public Meeting Schedule
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Pages 58871-58872 [FR DOC# 2012-23469]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Pages 58872-58873 [FR DOC# 2012-23470]
• Canada: CNSC – CNSC News Update