Sunday, November 04, 2012

• Orange County Register – Giant nuclear parts hit the road Sunday
• Tri-City Herald – New Hanford Advisory Board chairman named – Annette Cary
• Bloomberg – Reminder: Third Shipment of Original Steam Generator to Utah to Begin
• Wisconsin State Journal – Questions arise about shuttering of Kewaunee nuclear power reactor – Ron Seely
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – NIF & UPF: similar contractor changes? – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Can protests stop nuclear war? – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – NNSA touts cost savings – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Snowy Oak Ridge, 1948 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – USEC’s third-quarter report: a mix of good, bad – Frank Munger
• Danville Register & Bee – Letter: Delegate the problem, not VUI – Randy Jacobs
• Asia-Pacific: Fukushima Diary – Sewage sludge ash in Tokyo contains 3.6 times much cesium as Gunma – Iori Mochizuki
• Asia: Xinhua News – Large uranium mine found in north China

Saturday, November 03, 2012

• AIP – Forward Step: Senate Bill on Nuclear Waste – Richard M. Jones
• KEYC TV – Nevada desert bighorn sheep moved to Utah – Felicia Fonseca
• Tri-City Herald – Hanford Advisory Board recommends DOE start building new waste tanks – Annette Cary
• Grand Junction Free Press – Urananium mill in western Colorado would be first to be approved in 30 years – Sharon Sullivan
• LAMonitor – NMED approves WIPP modification
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Protesters, prosecutors jockey over upcoming trial arguments – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Pro2Serve promotions – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Redoing UPF: it’s a big deal – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ‘If these three people took this action in Iran, the U.S. government would praise them’ – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Legal maneuvers in Y-12 protesters’ trial; motions abound on deadline day – Frank Munger
• Atlanta Journal Constitution – New $900 million Vogtle lawsuit filed – Kristi Swartz
• Augusta Chronicle – Savannah River Site’s nuclear pork, venison are safe to eat – Rob Pavey
• Daily Progress – Another side of uranium issue – Mickey Meyer
• Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – Fissile Materials Working Group Update
• Environmental Expert – Market of Nuclear Reactor Decommissioning Set for Surge as Half of World’s Reactors to Shut by 2030
• Nucleotidings – Radioactive Waste 18 – Rule changes at the NRC – Phoenix
• YouTube – TheRealNews: US Spent Nuclear Fuel Largest Concentration of Radioactivity On Planet – Bob Alvaraz, Daphne Wysham
• Europe: Times & Star – Solway Plain Campaigners Fight Nuclear Dump Threat

Friday, November 02, 2012

• Grand Junction Free Press – Abandoned uranium mines remain on Indian land in Four Corners region – Sharon Sullivan
• Grand Junction Free Press – Piñon Ridge mill in western Colorado would be first to be approved in 30 years – Sharon Sullivan
• Albuquerque Journal – Editorial: It’s Time To Get The Nuclear Lead Out
• The Southern – Honeywell plant to reopen in June
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Editorial: NNSA must weigh multiple factors for Y-12 contract
• Aiken Standard – Plutonium shipment arrives at N.M. plant – Teddy Kulmala
• Aiken Standard – DOE, SRR close first nuclear waste tanks in 15 years – Teddy Kulmala
• Aiken Standard – NRC hears update on MOX project – Anna Dolianitis
• Aiken Standard – SRS considers furloughs – Mike Gellatly
• Aiken Standard – Union official visits MOX project, speaks to workers – Mike Gellatly
• Danville Register &Bee – Editorial: Douglass and uranium
• DOE – Stay Up To Date on Hurricane Sandy Recovery Efforts – Amanda Scott
• DOE – Secretary Chu Thanks Utility Staff and Line Workers For Their Efforts to Restore Power in the Wake of Hurricane Sandy – Jen Stutsman
• DOE – Responding To Hurricane Sandy: DOE Situation Reports – Amanda Scott
• DOE:IG – Review of the Compromise of Security Test Materials at the Y-12 National Security Complex, IG-0875
• DOE:IG – Inspection Report on “Protective Force Performance Test Improprieties,” DOE/IG-0636
• Oceania: ABC – Green groups refuse to join uranium panel – Sharnie Kim
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – MOX plant construction shown

Thursday, November 01, 2012

• Platts – USEC to likely shutter Paducah uranium enrichment plant in 2013
• Knoxville News Sentinel – IG report: Sharing security tests at Y-12 ‘inexplicable and inexcusable’ – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12 licenses ultraclean technology to Knox firm – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Veterans Day in Oak Ridge to pay tribute to ‘Forgotten Heroes’ — those who served and died in Vietnam – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Strayer fraud case at DOE may be coming to end; Karen Earle agrees to plea bargain – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ORNL, 65 years later – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – IG report says advance distribution of security test at Y-12 was ‘inexplicable and inexcusable’; finds contractor’s denials of cheating unconvincing – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Recovery Act ‘buy back’ projects at Y-12 focusing on mercury reductions – Frank Munger
• Oak Ridge Today – DOE inspector finds no evidence of cheating, but questions testimony – John Huotari
• OilPrice – Boron: A New Nuclear Fuel Which Holds Far More Energy than Originally Thought – Brian Westenhaus
• DOE – Responding To Hurricane Sandy: DOE Situation Reports – Amanda Scott
• Mexico: BBC News – Mexico ‘smugglers’ car’ gets stuck atop US border fence
• Canada: Reuters – Update 1-Cameco cuts long-term uranium output goal on slow nuclear growth
• Canada: World Nuclear News – Cameco taking the long view
• Central Asia: Reuters – Kazakhstan raises 9-month uranium output by 8 pct – Robin Paxton
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Millions on way in new nuclear waste deal – Alan Irving
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Cumbria’s MPs to launch nuclear waste inquiry – Alan Irving
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Experts to meet MPs in waste site debate
• Europe: Bloomberg – U.K. Uses Cosmic-Ray Technology to Foil Nuclear Smugglers – Robert Hutton

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

• Tri-City Herald – Hastings urges no changes in Hanford system of work for small businesses – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Umatillas to conduct Hanford research at new field station – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Nuclear vs. renewable energy sources debated by NPR’s Ira Flatow panel – Annette Cary
• AP Google – Report blames DOE for compromised security test – Teresa Wasson
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Frank Munger: Contractor change could affect UPF – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – IG report says advance distribution of security test at Y-12 was ‘inexplicable and inexcusable’; finds contractor’s denials of cheating unconvincing – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Recovery Act ‘buy back’ projects at Y-12 focusing on mercury reductions – Frank Munger
• Oak Ridge Today – Y-12 guard transition complete – John Huotari
• WBTV – Authorities seize case with radioactive warnings
• DOE – Responding To Hurricane Sandy: DOE Situation Reports – Amanda Scott
• DOE – Energy Department and Federal Efforts to Support Utility Power Restoration Efforts – Jen Stutsman

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

• Toby Muresianu – Comedian – How to Properly Dispose of Nuclear Waste – Toby Muresianu
• Los Angeles Times – At polluted Santa Susana lab site, sacred cave attracts tribe’s bid – Steve Chawkins
• Santa Barbara Independent – Message from the Marshall Islands – Tony de Brum
• Camp Verde Bugle – Letter: Arizona a dumping ground for nuclear waste? – Lee Cali
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ORNL, circa 1947 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – WSI farewell at Y-12 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Report: Y-12/Pantex contract award won’t come until after the Nov. 6 election – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ORNL expects Titan benchmarking to be done in time for Top500 supercomputer list – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Historical marker at Y-12 – Frank Munger
• Augusta Chronicle – Savannah River Site not concerned by leak at other site – Rob Pavey
• Beyond Nuclear – Unacceptable radioactive waste risks taken at Millstone Unit 1
• ENENews – Alert: Emergency Declared at NJ Nuclear Plant from Hurricane Sandy — Power lost, ocean water rising — Concern about cooling of reactor and spent fuel pool
• Global Research – Hurricane Sandy: Fuel Pool Crisis Narrowly Averted at Oyster Creek (NJ) Nuclear Plant
• IEEE Spectrum – DOE Report Sums Up Hurricane Sandy’s Energy-Related Toll – Jean Kumagai
• Waste Management World – New Packaging for Radioactive Waste Will Lower Costs and Speed up Decommissioning – Bob Vaughan
• DOE – Responding To Post-Tropical Cyclone Sandy: DOE Situation Reports – Amanda Scott
• DOE – Power Outages Update: Post-Tropical Cyclone Sandy – Dan Leistikow
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Uranium Enrichment Fuel Cycle Facility Inspection Reports Prior to Commencement of Operations: Uranium Enrichment Fuel Cycle Facility Inspection Reports Regarding Louisiana Energy Services LLC, National Enrichment Facility, Eunice, NM, Prior to the Commencement of Operations Pages 65729-65730 [FR DOC# 2012-26630]
• Oceania: ABC – Aboriginal land council urged to get involved in mining – Margaret Paul
• Oceania: Queensland University of Technology – Technology takes the danger out of uranium
• Asia-Pacific: Enformable – In-Focus: Japan – Situation around Unit 1 spent fuel pool was unknown for more than a year – KEPCO considering rate hikes after record losses
• Asia-Pacific: Taipei Times – Radioactive waste claims denied – Loa Iok-sin
• Europe: Scotland Courier – New report says Dalgety Bay radiation risks over-estimated – Leeza Clark
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Experts to meet MPs in waste site debate
• North Europe: Bloomberg – Finland Builds Nuclear Dump at Island as Obama, Merkel Lag – Torsten Fagerholm
• East Europe: Austrian Times – Fun fair nuclear reactor gets a change in fuel rods
• South Africa: Daily News – Menace as farmers use uranium to preserve crops – Marc Nkwame

Monday, October 29, 2012

• Tri-City Herald – Energy Northwest missed signs of possible trouble during condenser replacement – Annette Cary
• ForceChange. – Tell Texas Court to Hear Resident’s Concern on Radioactive Waste Sites – Melissa DeGasperis
• KMOV – Rising landfill temperatures threatening underground nuclear waste – Ray Preston
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Titan’s ready to roll; ORNL supercomputer may become world’s No. 1 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ORNL director’s nuclear trip to China – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Here’s what AMD had to say about Titan rollout – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – It’s official: B&W Y-12 assumes responsibility for protective force – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Steve Hafner now heads G4S’s DOE operations – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ORNL’s Titan ready to roll: Will it be No. 1? – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Wrap-up on Old Salvage Yard at Y-12 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Question: Has this ever been done before in the nuclear weapons world? – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Voices: Uranium Processing Facility – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – National Day of Remembrance – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Transparency via technology – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – UPF math – Frank Munger
• Oak Ridge Today – B&W Y-12 takes over guard force, hires 560 WSI workers – John Huotari
• Aiken Standard – SRR employees put their talents to work – Mike Gellatly
• Bloomberg – Nuclear-Waste Rule Rewritten by September 2014, NRC Staff Says – Kasia Klimasinska
• Global Research – Celebrating Nuclear War: The 1946 “Atom Bomb Cake” – Bill Geerhart
• House Committee on Energy and Commerce – Letter from DOE Regarding Funding for Yucca Mountain (posted May 2, 2012)
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technical Advisory Committee (HTAC) Page 65542 [FR DOC# 2012-26516]
• Oceania: Mackay Daily Mercury – Protesters unite against uranium decison – Rae Wilson |
• Asia-Pacific: Tokyo Reporter – Concerns raised over storage of radioactive water at Japan nuclear plant, AP says – Michael Blaskoski
• Europe: BBC News – Dalgety Bay radiation: Particles pose ‘low risk’ to public
• Europe: Dunferline Press – Contamination digging starts at Dalgety Bay
• Europe: Eric Avebury – Disposal of nuclear waste – Lord Avebury
• Europe: In-Cumbria – MPs call experts to speak on dump plans
• Europe: NW Evening Mail – Experts to meet MPs in waste site debate
• Europe: The Scotsman – No serious risk to public health from Dalgety Bay beach radiation – Julia Horton