Sunday, November 18, 2012

• Tri-City Herald – Hanford whistleblower to speak at Whitman
• KCBD – Albuquerque group to appeal NM nuke waste OK
• KRQE – Backlash against WIPP – Hawa Konte
• Fairfield Daily Republic – Erwin inks $100M Navy fuel deal
• GPB – Health Officials Reopen Radon/Uranium Study
• Aiken Standard – COLUMN: No need for this study – Clint Wolfe
• Riverkeeper – Speak Out on Nuclear Waste
• Beyond Nuclear – Urge NRC Chairwoman Macfarlane to withdraw legally deficient Nuke Waste Con Game environmental assessment
• Canada: Northumberland Today – New round of radiological testing begins – Joyce Cassin
• Canada: Nuclear Waste Watch – Review of Nuclear Waste Law Required–National Alliance Calls for Major Changes in Decade Old Nuclear Fuel Waste Act

Saturday, November 17, 2012

• EarthFix – Idaho Panel On Nuclear Future Delays Recommendations
• Idaho Press-Tribune – Nuke company head resigns amid federal probe
• Albuquerque Express – Albuquerque group to appeal NM nuke waste OK
• Carlsbad Current-Argus – Albuquerque environmental group sues over WIPP nuclear shipments – Ben Gibson
• LAMonitor – WIPP appeal filed against NMED
• Rapid City Journal – Forum: Permitting uranium mining begins water wars – Rebecca R. Leas, Ph.D.
• Knoxville News Sentinel – TVA $60M in the black for 2012–Agency ups pay for executives
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Ever seen a ‘log’ of bomb-grade uranium? – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ICYMI: Incredible film footage shows Manhattan Project construction in Oak Ridge – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Steam team – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Son of neutron master at ORNL – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Lance Snead ORNL’s Scientist of the Year – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ‘Voices of the Manhattan Project’ – Frank Munger
• Aiken Leader – NNSA Completes Milestones for Initial Steps in Plutonium Disposition
• Aiken Standard – NNSA completes milestones for initial steps in plutonium disposition – Mike Gellatly
• Europe: In-Cumbria – CUMBRIAN MUSICIAN RECORDS NUCLEAR DUMP PROTEST SONG – James Johnson
• Europe: Isleofman – Government still wants Sellafield shut down
• Europe: Times & Star – Maryport Hosts ‘crisis’ Talks on Solway Nuclear Dump

Friday, November 16, 2012

• Tri-City Herald – Injuries at vit plant trigger stand down
• Tri-City Herald – Pension benefits for Hanford nonunion workers to be cut starting in 2014 – Annette Cary
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ‘Voices of the Manhattan Project’ – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Oak Ridge in its prime – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – WSI’s follow-up – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Zacharia is proud – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – NNSA says it made all W76 deliveries – Frank Munger
• Oak Ridger – Fed says Y-12 guards performed well in post-breach exercises
• Augusta Chronicle – MOX facility at SRS gets powdered plutonium feedstock – Rob Pavey
• KUMV – Landfill Increasing Fines for Radioactive Drop-offs – Evan Kruegel
• NTI – After Court Win, Groups Challenge Nuclear “Waste Confidence” Review – Douglas P. Guarino
• UPI – KMSG set for DOE support work
• DOE:IG – The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Unclassified Cyber Security Program – 2012, OAS-L-13-01
• NRC – NRC Issues Draft Environmental Impact Statement on Dewey-Burdock Uranium Recovery Project; Seeks Public Comment
• Energy Department – NOTICES Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.: Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C.; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Rose Lake Expansion Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues
  
• Canada: InsideToronto – Large crowd calls for closure of uranium plant – Lisa Rainford
• Southeast Asia: Philippines Inquirer – Ships’ waste untreated–US Navy – Robert Gonzaga
• Europe: In-Cumbria – Maryport hosts ‘crisis’ talks on Solway nuclear dump
• Europe: The Guardian – How much do we spend on nuclear waste? – Duncan Clark
• Europe: Isleofman – Managing Risk Reduction at Sellafield’ – UK Report Catalogues Failures – Lisa Corkish
• Europe: Isleofman – Concerns over Sellafield clean-up delays – Manx Radio
• Europe: Isle of Man Today – Sellafield charged over waste bags
• Europe: Times & Star – Sellafield to be prosecuted over waste at landfill site
• Europe: World Nuclear News – Court action over waste shipment
• East Europe: Slovak Spectator – Plane carrying low-level radioactive materials in accident at Bratislava Airport

Thursday, November 15, 2012

• New Atlantis – Yucca Mountain: A Post-Mortem – Adam J. White
• Grist Magazine – This company cleans up nuclear waste by turning it into glass – Sarah Laskow
• Northwest Public Radio – Hanford Managers Mull Solutions For Leaky Tanks – Anna King
• Tri-City Herald – K Basins director Teynor receives DOE award
• Knoxville News Sentinel – TVA touts economic development impact
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Titan’s acceptance may take until March – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – USEC CEO Welch to head Battelle’s board – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – WSI after its departure from Y-12 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Early Oak Ridge – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – NFS gets Nuke Navy fuel contracts – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Titan No. 3 on Green list – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ORNL & Cray – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – UT’s Beacon No. 1 on Green computing list – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Holiday clearance at the IG’s office – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Oak Ridge IT contract put on hold – Frank Munger
• Metro Pulse – Ed Westcott’s Secret City Photos – Chris Barrett
• Augusta Chronicle – Cracks at S.C. nuclear reactor call attention to aging issues – Rob Pavey
• Augusta Chronicle – Group cites fish kill and Vogtle as threats to Georgia’s water – Rob Pavey
• Aiken Leader – Cracks Found in SCE&G Nuclear Reactor in Fairfield County, SC – Thomas Clements
• Aiken Leader – Savannah River Remediation Meets Production Goals
• Aiken Standard – Savannah River Remediation meets, exceeds production goal for FY12 – Mike Gellatly
• Discovery – Nuclear Plant Powered by Spent Fuel – Jesse Emspak
• Canada: BlackburnNews – Protesting Nuclear Waste Storage – Josh Boyce
• Canada: Sarnia Observer – Flood of concern over nuclear dump 0 – Paul Morden
• Canada: Sault Star – North needs say about nuke waste 0 – Elaine Della-Mattia
• Canada: Toronto Star – Let U.S. comment on Canada’s nuclear waste plans, says Sarnia mayor – John Spears
• Canada: Toronto Star – Uranium processing plant cracks open its doors – Niamh Scallan
• Europe: BBC News – Sellafield accused of disposing of waste at landfill
• Europe: Bloomberg – Sellafield to Be Prosecuted Over Radioactive-Waste Disposal – Roxana Zega
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Sellafield to be prosecuted over waste at landfill site
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Sellafield accused of dumping nuclear waste at landfill site
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Sellafield is back in the global goldfish bowl
• South Africa: Creamer Media’s Engineering News – International uranium enrichment facility attracts interest as it starts delivering

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

• KPLU – Hanford officials prepare for worst with leaking tank – Anna King
• Tri-City Herald – Inner-shell leak on Hanford tank may be up to 520 gallons – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Teams competing to design, build Hanford Reach scenter all have ties to region – Sara Schilling
• Tri-City Herald – Rattlesnake Mountain telescope gets new home – Annette Cary
• KIFI Idaho Falls – Idaho final port-of-call for spent nuclear fuel from U.S.S. Enterprise – Caleb James
• Salt Lake Tribune – Critical radiation-regulation audit sparks possible legislation – Judy Fahys
• Salt Lake Tribune – Radiation panel awaits more members – Judy Fahys
• CBS Denver – Colorado Residents Urge Judge To Reject Uranium Mill
• FOX2now – Residents Meet About Nuclear Waste In West Lake Landfill – George Sells
• Riverfront Times blog – EPA Puts Off Clean-up of Nuclear Dumpsite, As Lawsuits Pile Up and Activists Circle the Wagons – Leah Greenbaum
• Fierce Government – DOE contractor had a stake in another contractor it was hired to oversee – Zach Rausnitz
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Frank Munger: The importance of Titan is more than just numbers – Frank Munger
• Augusta Chronicle – SRS nuclear waste processing sets record in 2012 – Rob Pavey
• Chatham Star Tribune – Letter: Pastors’ stand on uranium defended – Barbara Hudson
• Chatham Star Tribune – Letter: Supervisors need to lead on uranium – Bill McAninch
• Chatham Star Tribune – Letter: Politicians consigned to ‘uranium graveyard’ – Vicki Maurakis
• Lynchburg News and Advance – Is uranium mining worth the risk? – Rex Springston
• Capital New York – A mission to cover up the (lightly) radioactive legacy of Ridgewood – Lauren Kirchner
• New York Times – Fuel From Waste, Poised at a Milestone – Matthew L. Wald
• Energy Department – NOTICES Sunshine Act Meeting Notice Pages 67812-67813 [FR DOC# 2012-27709]
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Advisory Board Meeting Page 67808 [FR DOC# 2012-27680]
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) Pages 67808-67809 
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Nuclear Energy Advisory Committee Pages 67809-67810 [FR DOC# 2012-27683]
• Oceania: ABC – Uranium industry keen for exploration in far west NSW – Margaret Paul

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

• KOLO – Yucca Mountain Election Impact
• Knoxville News Sentinel – ORNL once again has world’s fastest supercomputer; Titan tops list – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – K-25 under construction – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12 contractor awards scholarships to Roane State students – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Pincus: cut nukes to cut deficit – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – SNS timeline – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Twas the week after Thanksgiving: a neutron story – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Mock emergency at Y-12; no sirens – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Oak Ridge deer, not so hot (anymore) – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Here’s what Energy Secretary Steven Chu said – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Mason: ‘It’s not just Titan . . . If you’re in this business, there’s no better place to be than Oak Ridge National Lab’ –
• Canada: Lucknow Sentinel – Letter: Environmental archaeologist has a lot of questions about DGR site in Bruce County 0 – Peter L. Storck Ph.D
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Radioactive contamination found in Spanish village a Cold War ‘relic’
• Southeast Asia: Yahoo! News Philippines – Subic waste not hazardous, says US Navy contractor – Nina Calleja, Tonette Orejas and Robert Gonzaga
• Southeast Asia: Xinhua News – Dumping of U.S. toxic wastes in Philippines triggers anti-American rhetoric – Alito L. Malinao
• Europe: Bellona – UK fiscal watchdog calls Sellafield ‘intolerable risk’ as cleanup costs spiral, and recommends improvements – Charles Digges
• East Europe: Deutsche Welle – Uranium risks haunt Kosovo survivors
• South Africa: Simply Green – Nuclear Waste Storage Facilities “Intolerable”

Monday, November 12, 2012

• NY Times blog – Will a Lame Duck Congress Confront Nuclear Waste? – Matthew L. Wald
• California Watch – Air Force ships Calif. radioactive waste to Idaho landfill – Katharine Mieszkowski and Matt Smith, California Watch
• Bellingham Herald – Monitored radiation from underwater a-bomb test in 1955 – Pete Besas
• Tri-City Herald – Thumbs up to CBC enrollment(#2): Beryllium study
• AllGov – Air Force Sends Radioactive Material Too Hot for California Landfills to Idaho
• Idaho Statesman – Destination for nuclear fuel from USS Enterprise is Idaho
• Snake River Alliance – Nuclear Waste Is Bad Business — Beatrice Brailsford
• Wyoming Business Report – Group sues over planned Wyo. uranium mine – MJ Clark
• HealthCanal – Uranium Exposure Linked to Increased Lupus Rate
• Knoxville News Sentinel – ORNL unveils world’s fastest computer — Titan – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Activists target funding for Y-12 project–Billion-dollar price tag for center – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Fed official says Y-12 guards performed well in post-breach security exercises – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Titan debuts at No. 1; fourth ORNL computer to become world’s fastest – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Activists urge Congress to ‘constrain’ work on UPF; Eschenberg calls it a ‘game-changing project’ – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Manhattan Project National Park faces hurdles – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – DOE cites Savannah River contractor for safety violations; $150K fines proposed – Frank Munger
• Augusta Chronicle – Fines proposed over 2011 worker accident at SRS By Rob Pavey
• WAVY-TV – Uranium mining could impact local water – David Culver
• Boston Herald – Reactor reuses nuclear waste – Marie Szaniszlo
• FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
• GovExec – Energy contractors at nuke sites found to have conflict of interest – Charles S. Clark
• Paul Langley’s Nuclear History Blog – Dispersed your plutonium? Sshhh! You’ve breached the Treaty!!
• Canada: CBC News – Nuclear waste disposal up for debate in northern Ontario
• Europe: BBC News – Isle of Man regret over Sellafield clean-up delays
• Europe: Scottish Daily Record – Scientists discover cancer cluster at beach in Fife affected by nuclear contamination