Sunday, January 13, 2013

• Public Citizen – Government’s Latest Nuclear Waste Plan Creates More Problems Than Solutions – Allison Fisher
• SNL Financial – Obama administration unveils plan for nuclear waste storage – Matthew Bandyk
• San Luis Obispo Tribune – PG&E still pondering next move on seismic surveys – David Sneed
• Richmond Times Dispatch – McClellan: Virginia can live without uranium mines – Jennifer McClellan
• AP Google – Fight over Vt. nuclear plant oversight in NY court – Larry Neumeister
• Rutland Herald – Watchdogs say NRC rushing nuclear waste report – David McCumber
• Newsvine – Half A Million Tons of Death
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Survey checks radioactive contamination in the Pacific – Yu Miyaji and Mizuho Kajiwara
• Asia-Pacific: Fukushima Diary – [Express] “5 people died of acute leukemia in Soma city last year” – Iori Mochizuki
• Europe: Cumbria 24 – Nuclear waste dump under Lake District – hundreds attend meeting to oppose plan – Karen Morley

Saturday, January 12, 2013

• Las Vegas Review-Journal – DOE sets new nuclear waste target date – Steve Tetreault
• NEI – Stakeholders React to DOE Used Fuel Management and Disposal Strategy
• San Diego Free Press – Showdown at San Onofre: Why the Nuclear Industry May Be Dealt a Big Blow – Harvey Wasserman
• Tampa Bay Times – N.C. environmental group sues to overturn Progress Energy-Duke merger – Ivan Penn
• NY Times blog – A Nuclear Post-Mortem for Sandy – Matthew L. Wald
• Danbury News Times – Group says NRC rushing nuke-waste report – David McCumber
• Plymouth.Patch – Pilgrim Safe After Thursday Shutdown – Casey Meserve
• All Things Nuclear – NRC Hearing on Filtered Containment Vents – David Wright
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Weekly anti-nuclear rallies resume in central Tokyo – Katsumoto Horikawa
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Nuke foes ponder election meltdown
• South Asia: Deccan Chronicle – Commercial operation of Kudankulam plant delayed further
• Europe: BBC News – Lake District National Park may host nuclear waste site
• Europe: In-Cumbria – Rallying protest call at meeting over west Cumbria repository plans – Sarah Nicholls
• North Europe: Helsinki Times – Task force presents report on nuclear waste repository
• East Europe: Sofia News Agency – Bulgaria’s Belene Prays for ‘Yes’ on Nuclear Referendum
• Russia: RT – Russia to start building 2 nuclear Borei super-subs in 2013

Friday, January 11, 2013

• Washington Times – Energy Department proposes first new nuclear waste site by 2021 – Jessica Chasmar
• Dana Point Times – NRC Sets Two Next SONGS Meetings – Jim Shilander
• Bloomberg – EnergySolutions Sued by Investor Over Energy Capital Bid – Phil Milford
• KOTA – Bill to allow radioactive waste storage advances
• WNCT – Protester costs Y-12 contractor $12 million
• Tampa Bay Times – Rating agency thinks nuclear plant will be closed – Ivan Penn
• EPFL – Bacteria a potential threat to nuclear waste repositories – Jan Overney
• DOE – Strategy for The Management and Disposal of Used Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste (pdf-696K)
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Death rates spike among elderly evacuees from Fukushima – Yuri Oiwa
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Japan Atomic Power posts record profits with all its reactors offline – Shin Matsuura
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Writers pledge to step up calls for nuclear phase-out – Daisuke Shimizu
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Researcher creates website to keep memories of quake disaster alive
• Southeast Asia: Philippine Sun.Star – NGO slams revival plan of Bataan nuclear plant
• Europe: East Anglian Daily Times – Sizewell A: Bosses investigating how sulphuric acid ended up in fuel storage pond – Craig Robinson
• Europe: EurActiv – Flaws make restart of two Belgian nuclear plants ‘hazardous’: Study[fr]
• East Europe: Sofia News Agency – 2/3 of Bulgarians to Vote ‘Yes’ at Nuclear Referendum – Poll

Thursday, January 10, 2013

• Los Angeles Times – Statewide quake in California may be possible after all – Eryn Brown
• Orange County Register – Nuclear reactor at UC Irvine – Thomas Martinez and Pat Brennan
• San Diego Union-Tribune – Jenkins: Hot young prospect to replace old San Onofre reactors – Logan Jenkins
• Albuquerque Journal – 6 LANL Demonstrators Guilty, Fined $342 Each – T. S. Last
• Blue Ridge Leader – Former Purcellville Residents Publish Critically Acclaimed Book on Nuclear Waste
• Energy Tribune – The Ugly Battle Over Virginia’s Uranium – Peter Galuszka
• Tribune-Review – Casey wants study of how site cleanup was handled – Tom Yerace and Jodi Weigand
• Digital Arts – Dan Britt uses stop-motion to show 1000 reasons to get rid of nuclear bombs
• ENS – Court Upholds Public Process in Nuclear Plant Safety ‘Exemptions’
• NRC – NRC Amends Regulations on Environmental Reviews For Nuclear Power Plant License Renewal Applications
• Canada: London Free Press – Opponents to lakeside dump buy billboard space 0 – Debora Van Brenk
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – CROOKED CLEANUP: Environment Ministry failed to act on Asahi tip-off
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Scientists challenge accepted theory on where quakes occur
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Daily Press – Impossible to restart all reactors in three years, says Japan’s nuclear regulator – Cherrie Lou Billones
• Asia-Pacific: Taipei Times – Minister warns of price rises if nuclear is ditched – Helen Ku
• South Asia: India Today – The scientific emperor’s new clothes
• South Asia: Dawn – 50 Years Ago: US to give uranium for Pindi reactor
• Europe: Herald Scotland – Economics aside, getting rid of Trident is a moral issue – Iain MacWhirter
• Russia: Xinhua News – Putin vows to develop Russian icebreaker fleet

Wednesday, January 09, 2013

• KPBS – Public Hearing On San Onofre Costs For Ratepayers Set For Next Month – Amita Sharma
• LA Times blog – Customers have paid more than $1 billion for idle San Onofre plant – Abby Sewell
• PaloAlto.Patch – Stanford Visiting Scholar: Japan Without Nuclear Power – Beatrice Karnes
• San Bernardino Sun – Regulators to examine costs associated with San Onofre shutdown – Kevin Smith
• Deseret News – Nuclear power: Folly, foe or friend? – Amy Joi O’Donoghue
• San Antonio Express – Fire shuts down Texas nuke plant – Nolan Hicks
• Nuclear Street – Vogtle Video Update – Nuclear Plant Construction Units 3 and 4
• Warren Record – New coalition opposes uranium mining
• Mid-Hudson News – US Court of Appeals sends Indian Point exemption back to NRC for explanation
• NY Times blog – Court Seeks More Public Input on Nuclear Safety – Matthew L. Wald
• New Haven Register – Ex-Connecticut Yankee Nuclear Power plant in Haddam to become wildlife refuge – Luther Turmelle
• Foster’s Daily Democrat – Judges reject 3 groups’ requests to intervene in nuke plant relicensing – Jim Haddadin
• ENS – 2012 Hottest Year Since Record Keeping Began in 1895
• Forbes – A Barrage of Legal Threats Shuts Down Whistleblower Site, Science Fraud – Bill Frezza
• Fox Business – U.S. Nuclear Regulators Divided on Costly Fukushima Rule – Ryan Tracy
• IEER – Comments to the NRC on low-level waste disposal
• Platts – Some merchant nuclear plants could face early retirement: UBS – Peter Maloney, Steven Dolley, James Ostroff
• Reuters – UPDATE 2-NRC staff wants radiation filters at some U.S. reactors – Scott DiSavino
• NRC – NRC to Discuss Implementing Orders for Post-Fukushima Improvements Jan. 16 in Rockville, MD
• Canada: Toronto Star – Port Hope: Residents skeptical about ‘rebranding’ pretty town with radioactive past – Carola Vyhnak
• Oceania: South West Advertiser – Nuclear waste forum Save – Farah Abdurahman
• Asia-Pacific: AFP Google – Japan quake study sounds alarm at ‘creeping fault’ doctrine
• Asia-Pacific: Bloomberg – Japan Power Utilities Fall on Report of New Costly Safety Rules – Tsuyoshi Inajima
• Asia-Pacific: Enformable – Battle over Bechtel clean-up at Hanford escalating after police reports filed – Lucas W Hixson
• Asia-Pacific: World Nuclear News – Second cover assembly underway at Fukushima
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Nagasaki artist revitalizes stories of A-bomb survivors – Tsukasa Kimura
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – CROOKED CLEANUP: Decontamination workers say cutting corners came naturally
• Europe: BBC News – Trident politics – Brian Taylor
• East Europe: Standart News – Govt. Accuses Opposition of Buying Roma Votes in Nuclear Referendum – Eli Kumanova

Tuesday, January 08, 2013

• KUTV – Plan To Store High-Level Nuclear Waste In Utah No Longer Happening
• Salt Lake Tribune – EnergySolutions seeks to settle $26M lawsuit over IPO – Paul Beebe
• Salt Lake Tribune – Utah-based EnergySolutions lays off hundreds companywide – Judy Fahys
• Carlsbad Current Argus – New Mexico State Police end watch of nuclear shipments to WIPP – Natalie Gross
• WSJM – NRC Holding Weekend Webinar On Palisades – Mike Arney
• Oak Ridge Today – Bechtel, Lockheed Martin team wins contract to manage Y-12, Pantex – John Huotari
• Tampa Bay Times – No agreement yet over who pays for Crystal River nuclear plant repairs – Ivan Penn
• WRAL – NC opposition builds to proposed Virginia uranium mine – Beau Minnick
• Washington Post blog – Seeking gamma rays by helicopter in DC – Martin Weil
• New York Times – At a Nuclear Plant, Hurricane Brings More Worry – Michael Powell
• Glens Falls Post-Star – NY court calls for public input on nuke exemptions – Michael Gormley
• New York Times – Letter: Nuclear Accidents – Robert Peter Gale, Eric Lax
• Vermont Public Radio – Report Says Vermont Yankee Not Generating Enough Cash – John Dillon
• New Hampshire Public Radio – Anti-Nuclear Groups Won’t Have Role In Seabrook Re-Licensing – Roger Wood
• All Things Nuclear – Fission Stories #124: Don’t Blow It Out of Proportion – Dave Lochbaum
• The Examiner – Petition to build a nuclear rocket gains support at White House site – Mark Whittington
• Fairewinds Energy Education – Podcast: January 6, 2013 – Happy New Year 2013
• NAS – Project Update: Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident for Improving Safety and Security of U.S. Nuclear Plants
• Oceania: AFP Google – Fire breaks out at Australian nuclear facility
• Oceania: Crikey – Japan might turn it on, but nuclear hits trouble elsewhere – Glenn Dyer
• Asia-Pacific: Foreign Policy blog – Entering the post-post-Fukushima era – Joshua Keating
• Asia-Pacific: Global Research – Fukushima “Decontamination” Measures Are Making Things Worse
• Asia-Pacific: OilPrice – Japan’s Poor Rural Communities Need Nuclear Industry’s Jobs – Joao Peixe
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – CROOKED CLEANUP: Ministry questions decontamination contractors; workers express hopelessness
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Toshiba ups its Westinghouse stake to 87%
• Asia-Pacific: House of Japan – Photo found of Hiroshima A-bomb mushroom cloud split in two
• Southeast Asia: South China Morning Post – Hong Kong deserves role in nuclear reactor risk management, experts say – Cheung Chi-fai
• East Europe: Sofia Globe – First television debate scheduled for Bulgaria’s referendum on nuclear energy
• South Africa: IPS – Abandoning Nuclear Weapons – Lessons from South Africa – John Fraser

Monday, January 07, 2013

• Columbus Free Press – Showdown at San Onofre – Harvey Wasserman
• Los Angeles Times – JPMorgan loses tussle over Huntington Beach power station – Marc Lifsher
• Salt Lake Tribune – EnergySolutions to be acquired in $1.1 billion deal – Steven Oberbeck and Judy Fahys
• Salt Lake Tribune – Money, politics bury plans for fuel-rod cemetery – Judy Fahys
• Farmington Daily Times – NM police to stop monitoring nuclear shipments
• KRQE News 13 – LANL protesters head to court
• Reuters – Exclusive: U.S. nuclear lab removes Chinese tech over security fears – Steve Stecklow
• Palladium-Times – Review of spent nuclear fuel storage continues – Andrew Poole
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Peace activists review NNSA’s 2012 performance – Frank Munger
• Bay News 9 – No decision on Progress Energy’s broken nuclear plant
• Virginian-Pilot – Hampton Roads lawmakers mine uranium debate
• Asbury Park Press – Editorial: Many questions, but no answers
• Bennington Banner – Analyst says it’s ‘Unlikely’ Entergy will continue Vermont Yankee – Bob Audette
• Portsmouth-NH.patch – Court Denies Nuke Relicensing Contention – Kyle Stucker
• Fierce Energy – Environmental groups call for 300 years of nuclear review – Barbara Vergetis Lundin
• FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
• DOE:EM – EM Launches Revamped Website
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Crooked Cleanup: Government to investigate Fukushima decontamination
• Asia: Washington Post – China starts building new nuclear power plant after lifting post-Fukushima moratorium
• Asia: NHK World – Nuclear disaster leaves historic statues abandoned
• South Asia: Asia Times – Nuclear power fears rise in India – K S Harikrishnan
• South Asia: Daily News & Analysis – When life is cheaper than nuclear power – Dilnaz Boga
• Europe: Eureka! Science News – A French nuclear exit?
• Europe: Le Monde Diplomatique – What to do with the waste? – Agnès Sinai
• Europe: Le Monde Diplomatique – The nuclear paradox – Agnès Sinai
• Europe: Reuters – Update 1-France launches rescue plan for struggling solar sector – Michel Rose
• East Europe: Daily Mail – Inside Chernobyl’s abandoned hospital, 27 years after Ukrainian nuclear plant went into meltdown
• East Europe: Balkans Business News – Seventh reactor will be built at Kozloduy NPP, says Bulgarian PM
• Middle East: Tehran Times – Iran to unveil five new radioisotopes