Sunday, October 07, 2012

• Stockton Record – Radioactive work to take another year
• YubaNet – Friends of the Earth: San Onofre reactor restart a reckless gamble with Southern Californians’ safety – Canberra Times
• New York Times – Op-Ed: The Cancer Lobby – Nicholas D. Kristof
• Wall Street Journal – Should the World Increase Its Reliance on Nuclear Energy?
• Canada: Canberra Times – Letters: Nuclear power is not renewable: it’s dangerous and unclean
• Europe: Herald Scotland – Scottish constitution would ban nuclear weapons

Saturday, October 06, 2012

• Bay Citizen – Navy’s Treasure Island radiation report found wanting–State health officials call contamination explanations inadequate – Matt Smith
• YouTube – Nuclear California Disaster Coming Soon? | Think Tank–Abby speaks to Ramon Galindo about San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant
• Laramie Boomerang – BLM approves uranium mining plan in southwest Wyo.
• New York Times – Editorial: A Big Laser Runs Into Trouble
• POGO blog – Washington Post Series on U.S. Nuclear Arsenal Requires Closer Look – Peter Stockton and Lydia Dennett
• POGO blog – Senate Investigation Found DHS Intelligence Centers Wasted Money and Violated Civil Liberties – Mia Steinle
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Group: Ministry may have manipulated Fukushima radiation readings
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Fukushima disaster-response video now online
• Europe: EAEM – The safest option for nuclear waste is to leave it where it is – David Thorpe
• Europe: The Independent – Clouds are gathering over Britain’s new nuclear dawn – Mark Leftly
• Europe: ITV News – Protesters march in Somerset over Hinkley C

Friday, October 05, 2012

• Los Angeles Times – Edison seeks to restart San Onofre reactor – Abby Sewell
• Power Engineering – NRC Receives Response to Confirmatory Action Letter, Action Plan for San Onofre Unit 2 Proposed; NRC Review to Take Months
• Wall Street Journal – Restart Sought at Nuclear Power Plant – Cassandra Sweet
• Columbia Riverkeeper – Public Comment Period – Hanford’s Dangerous Waste Permit
• KTVB – DOE fines INL contractor over $400K
• Snake River Alliance – Nuclear Waste and the Path Backwards – Beatrice Brailsford
• CounterPunch – Nuclear Lies, Cover-Ups and Secrecy – Janette D. Sherman, Md
• Fairewinds Energy Education – audio: NPR Chicago World View Discussion of Fukushima and World Nuclear Politics
• NRC – Inspector General Reports: FY 2013 Index
• Canada: Toronto Star – Port Hope radiation: $464,615 spent to remediate $130,000 house – Raveena Aulakh
• Asia-Pacific: Alexander Higgins Blog – Top Nuclear Experts: Technology Doesn’t Yet Exist to Clean Up Fukushima – Alexander Higgins
• Asia-Pacific: Nuclear Street – Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Yamaguchi rejects Chugoku Electric’s license for new nuclear plant
• Europe: Financial Times – How lights dimmed on UK’s nuclear vision – Guy Chazan
• Europe: Greenpeace UK blog – Even blank cheques from government can’t make nuclear power work – Richardg
• Europe: Bellona – EU officially released bleak report on its nuclear power plants, and hints at requiring nuclear liability insurance – Charles Digges
• East Europe: Bloomberg – Areva Excluded From Bidding to Build CEZ Reactors at Temelin – Will Kennedy and Ladka Bauerova

Thursday, October 04, 2012

• ABC News – Future of Damaged Calif. Nuke Plant Coming Clearer – Michael R. Blood
• AP Google – Troubled Calif. nuke plant aims to restart reactor – Michael R. Blood
• Bloomberg – Edison Seeks to Restart San Onofre Unit, Run Below Capacity – Mark Chediak and Jim Polson
• eNews Park Forest – FOE: San Onofre Reactor Restart a Reckless Gamble With Southern Californians’ Safety .
• FountainValley.Patch – Local Anti-Nuke Group Slams Restart Plan
• Inside Climate News – Exclusive: Workers at San Onofre Nuclear Plant Report Culture of Fear, Deep Mistrust – Elizabeth Douglass
• Los Angeles Times – It’s time to pull the plug on San Onofre – Paul Whitefield
• LA Times blog – 2nd San Onofre reactor to remain offline through next summer – Abby Sewell
• Power Engineering – SCE wants to run SONGS Unit 2 at reduced power
• Reuters – NRC needs months to review San Onofre reactor restart – Scott DiSavino
• Reuters – Update 4-San Onofre nuclear restart plan faces lengthy review – Eileen O’Grady
• Reuters – NRC says review of San Onofre nuclear restart to take months – Eileen O’Grady
• San Clemente Times – NRC Releases Details on Public Hearing on Safety at SONGS: Anti-nuclear activists will be a part of citizen panel – Jim Shilander
• Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works – Senator Boxer Calls on the NRC to Complete Comprehensive Safety Investigation Prior to Restart of San Onofre Nuclear Reactor
• Wall Street Journal – Restart Sought at Nuclear Power Plant – Cassandra Sweet
• Crosscut Seattle – Is the Department of Energy trying to smother Hanford critique? – John Stang
• KKOB-Albuquerque – Nuclear Waste Storage Wanted in NM by Coalition
• Cape Cod Times – Official: Cape lacks nuke evacuation plan – Patrick Cassidy
• Canada: Downtown Toronto Bulletin – Ontario to waste $27 billions on electricity – Angela Bischoff
• Canada: Toronto Sun – Quebec’s only nuclear plant to close by December
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – New nuclear disaster guidelines raise hurdles for nuke plant reactivation
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t may judge resumption of reactors to be unnecessary: spokesman
• South Asia: Deccan Chronicle – Cops on toes to prevent K-siege
• Europe: Rob Edwards – Sharp rise in nuclear transport accidents – Rob Edwards
• Europe: Waste Management World – Protesters plan mass trespass at Hinkley
• Europe: Bellona – Leaked EC review of nuclear power plants shows lack of safety and emergency preparedness – upgrade costs staggering, says Bellona – Charles Digges
• Europe: New York Times – Europe’s Nuclear Reactors Need Repair or Upgrades – James Kanter
• Europe: Platts – No nuclear reactor closures warranted on safety grounds: EC – Siobhan Hall, Paul Whitehead
• Europe: Bloomberg – French Nuclear Reliance to Drop Without Reactor Halts, EDF Says – Tara Patel
• Europe: Deutsche Welle – EU questions safety of German nuclear reactors – Wolfgang Dick
• East Europe: Sofia News Agency – Bulgaria May Follow Lithuania with Vote on Nuclear Plant – Georgi Gotev

Wednesday, October 03, 2012

• NEI Nuclear Notes – Guest Post: Managing an Unprecedented Plant Challenge at San Onofre – Pete Dietrich, SCE
• San Clemente Times – NRC Meeting Next Tuesday in Dana Point – Jim Shilander
• San Clemente Times – San Clemente Green on the NRC’s Public Hearing – Gary Headrick
• San Diego Free Press – San Diego Residents: Keep San Onofre Shut Down – Michael Steinberg
• Denver Post – Colorado makes legal peace with Cotter Corp. in push for mine cleanup – Bruce Finley
• Southwest Florida News-Press – Hot nuclear debate headed to high court
• Cape Cod Times – Public meeting today on evacuation plans – Patrick Cassidy
• Daily Reckoning – The Most Depressing 44 Seconds in all of Human History – Dan Denning
• Nuclear Energy Insider – USA: are natural gas and liberalised energy markets challenging nuclear’s future? – Elisabeth Jeffries
• Nuclear Energy Insider – Nuclear Energy Insider Policy Brief 25 September – 3 October 2012 – K. Steiner-Dicks
• Nuclear Energy Insider – Weekly Intelligence Brief 24 September – 3 October 2012 – K. Steiner-Dicks
• OpEdNews – Army That Poisons Together Metastasizes Together — Cruelly and Unusually – Tracy Turner
• POGO blog – Inspector General Report Warns of Budget Overruns in Nuke Refurbishment – Mia Steinle
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Most Japan newspapers oppose nuclear power, some critical of disaster coverage
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Hakodate eyes lawsuit to stop new nuke plant
• Asia-Pacific: Jpubb – Status of TEPCO’s Nuclear Power Stations after the Tohoku-Chihou-Taiheiyou-Oki Earthquake (Daily Report
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Secret meetings held on Fukushima nuclear crisis’s impact on human health
• South Asia: India Today – Fuel loading completed at the Kudankulam nuclear power plant, critiality processes commenced
• Europe: The Guardian – New UK nuclear power station plans suffer setback – Adam Vaughan
• Europe: SNP – Westminster nuclear plans in meltdown
• Europe: Reuters – Update 1-Areva quits race for Britain’s Horizon nuclear project
• Europe: UPI – ‘Hundreds’ of problems at EU nuke plants
• Europe: Expatica Netherlands – Holland’s only nuclear power plant fails Brussels’ safety stress tests
• East Europe: Ria Novosti – RWE Quits Bulgaria NPP Project over ‘Lack of Funding’

Tuesday, October 02, 2012

• Las Vegas Review-Journal – Yucca nuclear waste site proponents push for final court decision – Steve Tetreault
• Wall Street Journal blog – Vote: Should the World Increase its Reliance on Nuclear Energy?
• Friends of the Earth – Poll: Edison’s customers want to keep San Onofre reactor shut down
• Orange County Register – Poll: Edison customers favor San Onofre shutdown – Pat Brennan
• San Luis Obispo Tribune – Diablo Canyon emergency test sirens may be heard across SLO County on Tuesday, Wednesday
• Tri-Valley CAREs – The De-Inventory of Special Nuclear Material at Livermore Lab is Complete, but Questions Remain
• Government Accountability Project – House Passes WPEA by Unanimous Consent: Daily Whistleblower News – Hannah Johnson
• New York Times – Misconduct Widespread in Retracted Science Papers, Study Finds – Carl Zimmer
• Nuclear Age Peace Foundation – The Sunflower: Issue #183 – October 2012
• OpEdNews – Depleted Uranium: The Toxic Wastelands with Dr. Doug Rokke
• POGO blog – Washington Post Series on U.S. Nuclear Arsenal Requires Closer Look – Peter Stockton and Lydia Dennett
• Asia-Pacific: ENS – Typhoon Hits Japan as Nuclear Plant Construction Resumes
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Abolishment of Nuclear Energy Library removes 40,000 files from public view
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Hakodate mayor to file suit demanding halt to construction of nuke plant
• East Asia: AFP Google – S. Korea shuts down two nuclear reactors
• Europe: BBC News – Cumbria councils block nuclear waste storage search
• Europe: Deutsche Welle – Are Europe’s nuclear plants dangerous?
• Europe: Reuters – EU nuclear reactors need 10-25 bln euros of safety spending – Barbara Lewis

Monday, October 01, 2012

• Cal BLT – DOJ Intervenes in Whistleblower Suit Involving Hanford Nuclear Site Cleanup
• Encinitas Coast News – Del Mar wants full public hearing before SONGS restart – Bianca Kaplanek
• Beyond Nuclear – Deep Trouble — Nuclear Waste Burial in the Great Lakes Basin – Kay Cumbow
• UW Badger Herald – UW professor appointed to federal nuclear waste board – Allison Johnson
• Tampa Bay Times – Cost to fix Crystal River nuclear plant could hit $3.43 billion, take eight years
• Daily Tar Heel – State-of-the-art nuclear facility approved for NC – John Howell, Jr.
• Reuters – NRC panel to hear challenges to NY Indian Point nuclear renewal – Scott DiSavino
• Bloomberg – Nuclear Firms Seek Eased Export Rules as U.S. Demand Wanes – Brian Wingfield
• Daily Caller – Chinese hackers attack White House office in charge of nuclear launch codes – Josh Peterson
• FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
• Washington Post blog – House approves federal whistleblower protections – Joe Davidson
• NRC – Inspector General Reports: FY 2012 Index
• NRC – Public Meeting Schedule
• Asia-Pacific: Asian Scientist Magazine – 23 Nuclear Power Plants In Tsunami Hot Spots – Anusuya Das
• Asia-Pacific: Bloomberg – Sumitomo Sees ‘Solar Bubble’ as Japan Rejects Nuclear: Energy – Yuriy Humber and Tsuyoshi Inajima
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Fukushima communities still crippled as evacuees choose to stay away
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Construction resumes at Oma nuclear plant in conflict with gov’t policy – Press TV
• Europe: this is Cornwall – Sea-level rises will not threaten nuclear power station
• North Europe: AP Google – Finns claim $2.3B from Areva-Siemens for delay
• East Europe: Ria Novosti – Bulgaria to Freeze Belene NPP Talks
• Russia: Antinuclear – Nuclear waste dump under the Arctic sea
• South Africa: News24 – Dress rehearsal for a Koeberg meltdown – Andreas Späth