Sunday, November 18, 2012

• KCBD – Albuquerque group to appeal NM nuke waste OK
• Riverkeeper – Speak Out on Nuclear Waste
• Barre Montpelier Times Argus – Yankee protesters converge on Statehouse – Steven Pappas
• Beyond Nuclear – Urge NRC Chairwoman Macfarlane to withdraw legally deficient Nuke Waste Con Game environmental assessment
• Canada: Nuclear Waste Watch – Review of Nuclear Waste Law Required–National Alliance Calls for Major Changes in Decade Old Nuclear Fuel Waste Act
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Point of View/ Eiji Oguma: Japan’s nuclear lobby will die soon
• Asia-Pacific: Fukushima Diary – The second thyroid cancer patient is female, 16 ~ 18 years old – Iori Mochizuki
• Middle East: antiwar.com – UN: Iran Delays Opening of Nuclear Reactor By More Than a Year – John Glaser

Saturday, November 17, 2012

• Idaho Press-Tribune – Nuke company head resigns amid federal probe
• Carlsbad Current-Argus – Albuquerque environmental group sues over WIPP nuclear shipments – Ben Gibson
• Rapid City Journal – Forum: Permitting uranium mining begins water wars – Rebecca R. Leas, Ph.D.
• All Things Nuclear – UCS Briefing on Nuclear Power Safety – David Wright
• Canada: Saskatoon StarPhoenix – Nuclear Dangers – Candyce Paul
• Asia-Pacific: National Journal – 20 Months After Nuclear Disaster, Japanese Town Struggles to Rebound – Olga Belogolova
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Cesium in trout 110 times over limit
• Europe: AP Google – Aging nuke plants add to Europe’s economic woes – Gary Peach
• Europe: In-Cumbria – CUMBRIAN MUSICIAN RECORDS NUCLEAR DUMP PROTEST SONG – James Johnson
• East Europe: Vice – Hanging Out with the Residents of Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone – Ryan Bassil

Friday, November 16, 2012

• KCOY – Seismic Studies Denied, So Now What? – Leah Masuda
• UPI – Calif. rejects seismic test at nuke plant
• Wicked Local Plymouth – Nuke Matters: Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, Fukushima…Plymouth? – Karen Vale
• The Guardian – Al Gore: nuclear power will play ‘limited role’ in future energy mix – Adam Vaughan
• Liberty Law – The Rise and Rise of Independent Federal Agencies – Adam White
• NTI – After Court Win, Groups Challenge Nuclear “Waste Confidence” Review – Douglas P. Guarino
• Renew Economy – Water scarcity could drive push towards wind and solar – Giles Parkinson
• Canada: InsideToronto – Large crowd calls for closure of uranium plant – Lisa Rainford
• Asia-Pacific: AP Google – Japan PM dissolves parliament; vote set for Dec 16 – Malcolm Foster
• Asia-Pacific: Nuclear Street – Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Daily Press – Over 13,000 file second criminal complaint against Tepco, Government for Fukushima disaster – Radhika Seth
• South Asia: Daily News &Analysis – HC dismisses plea for holding public meeting in Kudankulam
• Europe: The Guardian – How much do we spend on nuclear waste? – Duncan Clark
• Europe: Bloomberg – Germany Abandons Nuclear Power and Lives to Talk About It – Osha Gray Davidson
• Europe: Swissinfo – Public set to vote on phasing out nuclear power

Thursday, November 15, 2012

• AP Google – Calif. panel rejects quake study near nuke plant – Alicia Chang
• Los Angeles Times – PG&E plan to conduct underwater seismic tests is shot down – Louis Sahagun
• Orange County Register – No NRC meeting Friday about San Onofre
• Grist Magazine – This company cleans up nuclear waste by turning it into glass – Sarah Laskow
• Wisconsin State Journal – John LaForge: Aging reactors raise waste, safety issues – John LaForge
• Chicago Area Peace Action – Conference: Ending the Nuclear Age — University of Chicago Dec. 1-2
• Metro Pulse – Ed Westcott’s Secret City Photos – Chris Barrett
• New York Times – Terrorist Attack on Power Grid Could Cause Broad Hardship, Report Says – Matthew L. Wald
• New York Times – Letter: Nuclear Disarmament – Richard Falk, David Krieger, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
• Brattleboro Reformer – Dear Public Service Board – DAN DeWALT
• NIRS – Nuclear Crisis in Japan–Response to WSJ article
• Nuclear Energy Insider – Quebec latest decommissioning supply chain opportunity – Peter Taberner
• Nuclear Energy Insider – Weekly Intelligence Brief 7 November – 14 November 2012 – Skaur
• Nuclear Energy Insider – Nuclear Energy Insider Policy Brief 8 November – 14 November 2012 – Skaur
• Public Citizen – Public Citizen Applauds Passage of Much-Needed Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act – Keith Wrightson
• Canada: BlackburnNews – Protesting Nuclear Waste Storage – Josh Boyce
• Canada: Windsor Star – Nuclear is not cheaper – Klaus Dohring
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Daily Press – Anti-nuclear protest blogger’s home raided by police, computer equipment seized – Adam Westlake
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – 41 Fukushima residents demand 20 million yen each from TEPCO for ‘theft of homeland’
• Southeast Asia: Xinhua News – No signing on SE Asia nuke-free zone protocol at upcoming 21st ASEAN Summit
• South Asia: Down To Earth – Deaf to nuclear plant protests – Aparna Pallavi
• Europe: Bloomberg – Sellafield to Be Prosecuted Over Radioactive-Waste Disposal – Roxana Zega
• Europe: The Guardian – Letters: Let’s put an end to utilities milking the consumer – BBC News
• Russia: Bellona – Russia strangles international indigenous peoples organization as war on NGOs continues – Charles Digges

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

• Newsvine – Radioactive sea water from Fukushima Daichi has hit the west coast of the United States
• AP Google – Coastal panel mulls quake study near nuke plant – Alicia Chang
• Coastline Pilot – Commentary: Say no on San Onofre – Denny Freidenrich
• San Clemente Times blog – Update: NRC SONGS Meeting May Switch Date, Will Change Venue – Jim Shilander
• San Francisco Chronicle – Diablo Canyon seismic safety vs. sea life – David R. Baker
• Southern California Public Radio – NRC abruptly cancels meeting to discuss future of San Onofre – Ben Bergman
• Reuters – Update 1-PG&E CA Diablo Canyon 2 reactor reduced to 55 pct – Energy Tribune?
• Yahoo! News – Nuke Plant Shutdown Alters California Power Profile – Susan Graybeal
• CBS Denver – Colorado Residents Urge Judge To Reject Uranium Mill
• Lynchburg News and Advance – Is uranium mining worth the risk? – Rex Springston
• Enformable – NRC conducting special investigation at Oyster Creek Nuclear Plant in wake of Hurricane Sandy
• Lower Hudson Journal – Riverkeeper petition: NRC should shut Indian Point – Michael Risinit
• Vermont Public Radio – Lawyers Rehash Vt. Yankee Issues On Appeal
• Government Accountability Project – GAP Commends Senate Passage of WPEA – Dylan Blaylock
• OpEdNews – The Nuclear Age Turns 70 — Let’s Party! – Dave Kraft
• SmartPlanet – Beyond carbon policy: A national feed-in tariff – Chris Nelder
• NAS – Project Update: Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident for Improving Safety and Security of U.S. Nuclear Plants
• Oceania: ABC – Uranium industry keen for exploration in far west NSW – Margaret Paul
• Asia-Pacific: eNews Park Forest – Nuclear Energy Institute Report on Japan’s Nuclear Reactors, November 13, 2012 .
• Asia-Pacific: Nature – Ocean still suffering from Fukushima fallout – Geoff Brumfiel
• Asia-Pacific: UN Human Rights – UN expert to probe health rights dimension in the post-disaster Japan
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Chernobyl study shows need for caution in Fukushima
• Asia-Pacific: China Post – New Taipei mayor ensures yet more delays for Nuke 4
• Europe: Reuters – France needs more local power for green energy shift – Marion Douet
• Europe: Inside Climate News – German Law Gave Ordinary Citizens a Stake in Switch to Clean Energy – Osha Gray Davidson

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

• KOLO – Yucca Mountain Election Impact
• KPBS – Coastal Commission Considers Seismic Studies Near Nuclear Plant – Alison St John
• LA Times blog – Nuke crowd has OC hotel nervous, San Onofre meeting scrubbed – Abby Sewell
• North County Times – Letters: San Onofre – Bill Hannaman
• San Luis Obispo Tribune – NRC to hold two public meetings in SLO Nov. 28 to discuss Diablo Canyon – David Sneed
• CounterPunch – Shutting Down an Ancient Nuke – John LaForge
• Blue Jersey – New Jersey’s Ticking Time Bomb
• Keene Sentinel – The public speaks on Yankee’s future, by Steve Chase
• All Things Nuclear – Fission Stories #118: Computer Codes and Steam Generators at San Onofre – Dave Lochbaum
• Bellona – Need for drastic reduction in consumption of fossil energy to save the climate – Sirin Engen
• Earth Island Institute – The Nuclear Body Count–Nuclear Power is Neither ‘Cheap’ nor ‘Clean’ – Eduardo Gonclaves
• POGO blog – Fluor Whistleblower Draws “First Blood” – Neil Gordon
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Worries over highly radioactive fish prompt study
• Southeast Asia: Yahoo! News Philippines – Subic waste not hazardous, says US Navy contractor – Nina Calleja, Tonette Orejas and Robert
• Europe: Bloomberg – Greenpeace Boycotts French Power Debate Laying Out Energy Policy – Tara Patel
• Europe: Bloomberg – Germany Has Built Clean Energy Economy U.S. Rejected in 80s – Osha Gray Davidson
• North Europe: Bellona – Norway caught in Russia’s new civil rights erosions as Barents scholar charged with treason – Charles Digges
• East Europe: Deutsche Welle – Uranium risks haunt Kosovo survivors
• South Africa: Simply Green – Nuclear Waste Storage Facilities “Intolerable”

Monday, November 12, 2012

• California Watch – Air Force ships Calif. radioactive waste to Idaho landfill – Katharine Mieszkowski and Matt Smith, California Watch
• Fairewinds Energy Education – November 11, 2012: Possible Sabotage at Southern California Nuclear Plant
• Los Angeles Times – Editorial: Safety and sea life at Diablo Canyon
• Power Engineering – More problems reported at San Onofre
• 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
• FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
• Canada: CNSC – CNSC News Update
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Big anti-nuclear protest held near Diet building in Tokyo
• Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri – Lawmakers join rally against nuclear power
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Hashimoto stuns ‘addled’ nuke foes – Eric Johnston
• Asia-Pacific: Taiwan Today – AEC finds radiation levels safe on Orchid Island – Rachel Chan
• Europe: BBC News – Isle of Man regret over Sellafield clean-up delays
• North Europe: Business New Europe – Lithuania’s PM-in-waiting pledges to halt nuclear project
• South Africa: Johannesburg Citizen – Environmental activists march against nuclear power – Jevanne Gibbs