Sunday, March 10, 2013

• AllGov – As Hanford Radioactive Leak Continues, Clean-Up Contractor Pays Fraud Penalty – Noel Brinkerhoff
• Longview Daily News – Editorial: Good way to hasten Hanford cleanup
• Seattle Times – Editorial: Keep Hanford nuclear cleanup a priority
• Seattle Times – Op-ed: States must be involved in finding a repository for Hanford’s nuclear waste – William Alley and Rosemarie Alley
• Idaho Statesman – Reader’s View: Be wary of Idaho nuclear commission’s motives, agenda – Liz Woodruff
• Albuquerque Journal – Editorial: WIPP may be only option for Hanford nuke waste
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ‘Curiosity killed the cat’ – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Best science hair since Einstein – Frank Munger
• Oak Ridger – Y-12: Oak Ridge treasure — national resource/Union Carbide’s last 20 years in Oak Ridge, Part 1 – D. Ray Smith
• HNN Huntingtonnews – $30 Million in Cash, Benefits Now Paid to former Huntington Uranium Workers, Survivors – Tony Rutherford
• Asia-Pacific: Al Jazeera – Fukushima forests found to be radioactive – Steve Chao
• Asia-Pacific: Bloomberg – Fukushima Toxic Waste Swells as Japan Marks March 11 Disaster – Jason Clenfield
• Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri – Tsunami-hit farmers struggle to restore clean, healthy soil
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Toxic management erodes safety at ‘world’s safest’ nuclear plant – Dreux Richard
• Europe: Herald Scotland – MoD ‘places’ its toxic tank shells in Solway Firth

Saturday, March 09, 2013

• Forbes – Will Secretary Moniz Put Energy Back Into The Department of Energy? – James Conca
• San Luis Obispo Tribune – Nuclear waste must be dealt with – Linda Seeley
• Bigstory AP – DOE: Budget Cuts may slow Nuclear Waste Cleanup – Matthew Daly
• Boise State Public Radio – Inslee: Hanford Tank Waste Removal Will Take Years – Anna King
• Seattle Times – Op-ed: States must be involved in finding a repository for Hanford’s nuclear waste – William Alley and Rosemarie Alley
• Spokesman-Review – Editorial: Policy void dogs cleanup of N-waste at Hanford
• Tri-City Herald – Cantwell offers bill to create B Reactor park at Hanford – Annette Cary
• UPI – Budget cuts could hamper nuclear cleanup
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Y-12 security official charged in prostitution sting – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – The radiological resistance: Jordan & Iraq – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Cleanup of hot mess at ORNL not a done deal; Recovery Act money runs out – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12 security subcontractor exec charged in sting; allegedly paid for sexual favors – Frank Munger
• Aiken Leader – MOX Madness: A Year Late and a Few Billion Short, DOE Releases Utterly Inadequate 2012 Plutonium Fuel “Report” – MOX Program Begs to be Cut – Thomas Clements
• Oceania: ABC Radio National – Nuclear Waste Disposal in Australia
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Plummeting debris estimates belie pleas for disposal aid – Eric Johnston
• Asia-Pacific: China Post – Permanent nuclear storage must be ready by ’21: AEC
• Europe: ITV News – Anti nuclear march in west Cumbria

Friday, March 08, 2013

• Vegas Seven – Seven Questions for Judy Treichel, Yucca Mountain Activist – Heidi Kyser
• POWERnews – Federal Court Reopens Case Disputing Nuclear Waste Fund Fees – Sonal Patel
• Tri-Valley CAREs – NNSA Official “Cooks the Numbers” in Livermore Lab Management Review and Awards Huge Bonus and Contract Extension – Scott Yundt
• Crosscut Seattle – The Hanford triangle, where radiation, engineers and Gov. Jay Inslee meet – John Stang
• ENENews – Officials at leaking U.S. nuclear site don’t know where leak is at or what it’s doing — “Absolutely not, it’s underground” (VIDEO)
• KING 5 News – Exporting Hanford nuclear waste is complicated – Gary Chittim
• KUNM – Pearce Looks To WIPP To Help Solve Nuke Problem
• Seattle PI – Hanford: The World War II legacy that keeps on leaking – Joel Connelly
• Tri-City Herald – Union offers plan to help save Hanford jobs – Annette Cary
• Arizona Daily Sun – Suit filed to block uranium mine
• LAMonitor – Lab adds another facility to process nuclear waste
• Santa Fe New Mexican – Los Alamos lab opens third waste facilityStaci Matlock
• Oakland Press – Anti-nuclear protesters to rally in Royal Oak – Catherine Kavanaugh
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Sen. Alexander introduces bill for Manhattan Project park – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ICYMI: How safe is the Highly Enriched Uranium Materials Facility? – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – DOE gives high scores (and $3.4M) to ORAU – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – WSI gets six-month fee of $989K – Frank Munger
• Sarasota Herald-Tribune – Soldier worked with uranium – Fay Cunningham as told to Abby Weingarten
• Energy Daily – DOE warned on corroding spent fuel at Savannah River – George Lobsenz
• Portsmouth Herald News – Storage of Seabrook fuel rods scrutinized – Shir Haberman
• DOE – 10 Questions for a Nuclear Physicist: Dr. Njema Frazier – Erin R. Pierce
• NWTRB – NWTRB April Meeting at Hanford to Focus on Waste Form and Disposal Issues
• NWTRB – NWTRB Calendar
• Energy Department – NOTICES Consideration of Withdrawal From Commercial Production and Distribution of the Radioisotope Germanium-68 Pages 15009-15010 [FR DOC# 2013-05444]
• Europe: The Guardian – Element of the week: polonium | video – GrrlScientist
• Europe: News & Star – Union chief wants geology tests for nuclear dump to go ahead – Ian Duncan
• Europe: Xinhua News – Cesium-137 traces detected in Italian boars
• West Africa: Vibe Ghana – Ghana Incapable of Storing Dangerous Radioactive Waste Safely! – Kofi Thompson

Thursday, March 07, 2013

• Reno News & Review – Letter(#6): Dump the dump – Joe Strolin
• San Luis Obispo Tribune – Letter: Nuclear waste must be dealt with – Linda Seeley
• AP Google – Feds look to ship Wash. radioactive waste to NM – Shannon Dininny
• Bloomberg – Washington Nuke Leak May Be Years From Answer, Inslee Say – Anthony Effinger
• KLCC FM Public Radio – Inslee: Best Case, Tank Waste Removal Will Take Years – Anna King
• Seattle PI – Pearce looks to WIPP to help solve nuke problem
• Tri-City Herald – Cantwell introduces bill to make B Reactor a national park – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – CH2M Hill agrees to timecard fraud settlement – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Governor, DOE want to send some tank waste to New Mexico – Annette Cary
• Idaho State Journal – Federal budget cuts lead to 84 layoffs at INL
• KPVI-TV – Governor Otter Signs Executive Order
• Albuquerque Journal – DOE wants to send Hanford waste to WIPP – John Fleck
• Nuclear Watch New Mexico – Full FY2012 Performance Evaluation Reports For Nuclear Weapons Sites
• Knoxville News Sentinel – DOE: Sequester could affect 1,400 Oak Ridge jobs – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Another go at legislation to create a Manhattan Project National Historical Park – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Thom Mason’s message at ORNL: clamp on spending, but broad furloughs not expected – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Chuck Spencer’s message at Y-12: formal plan to NNSA next week – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – DOE duo to speak at Oak Ridge advisory board – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Who’s calling, please? – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ‘Bridging the Gap’ at ORNL – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Upcoming: ‘An Ecologist’s Personal Perspective’ – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – UCOR gets $3.6M in fees – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Poneman says sequester could touch 1,400 Oak Ridge jobs; other reports suggest actual impacts may be much less – Frank Munger
• Augusta Chronicle – Feds give MOX facility good report – Meg Kinnard
• The State – Feds give SC fuel fabrication plant good report
• Portsmouth Herald News – Spent fuel rods stored at Seabrook, other nuke plants under review – By Shir Haberman
• DOE:EM – DOE Announces Preference for Disposal of Hanford Transuranic Tank Waste at WIPP
• DOE:EM – Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Typifies Optimizing Resources to Maximize Results
• Asia-Pacific: The Guardian – Fukushima two years on: the largest nuclear decommissioning finally begins – Justin McCurry
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Sellafield nuclear site creates an extra 142 jobs
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Shipment of nuclear waste ‘delivered safely’

Wednesday, March 06, 2013

• Pahrump Valley Times – County to consider gun rights resolution at today’s meeting – Mark Waite
• Enformable – Obama’s pick for Secretary of Energy advocates nuclear and fracking – Karl Grossman
• Huffington Post – Moniz: A Pro-Nuclear, Pro-Fracking U.S. Energy Secretary – Karl Grossman
• USA Today – Nuclear company lauds choice for Energy Department – Deirdre Shesgreen
• World Nuclear News – Moniz is Obama’s new man for energy
• Stanford Daily – Stanford professor emeritus researches nuclear threats – Nitish Kulkarni
• AP Google – Feds look to ship Wash. radioactive waste to NM – Shannon Dininny
• AP Google – Budget cuts threaten work at leaking nuke tanks – Shannon Dininny
• KXLY Spokane – Sound Off for March 6th: Are you worried about leaking waste at Hanford?
• Northwest Public Radio – Sequester To Result In 4,800 Hanford Layoffs, Furloughs – Anna King
• The Oregonian – More storage tanks could be leaking at Hanford nuclear reservation – Scott Learn
• Reuters – Washington nuclear cleanup faces $171 million in budget cuts – Eric M. Johnson
• Seattle Times – Hanford contractor to pay more than $18.5 million penalty – Shannon Dininny
• Tri-City Herald – Gov. Inslee touring Hanford site
• Tri-City Herald – Hanford History Partnership aims to preserve heritage – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Forced cuts may hit hard at Hanford – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Data shows DOE needs to cut $171 million at Hanford – Annette Cary
• Vancouver Columbian – Letter: Demand Congress fix Hanford now – Brett VandenHeuvel
• KHQ Right Now – Federal budget cuts lead to 88 layoffs at INL
• Glasgow Courier – Radioactive Waste Coming To Landfill? – Samar Fay
• Deseret News – Measure would double fines for illegal radioactive waste – Amy Joi O’Donoghue
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Frank Munger: Y-12 contract delay is like putting chaos on hold – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Titan repairs expected by April 6 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Is Y-12’s fire protection over-reliant on compensatory measures and work-arounds? – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12 embraces change to secure future work – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Hanford bus tours booked quickly – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Oak Ridge in the 1950s – Frank Munger
• Chatham Star Tribune – Scientist sets record straight on uranium – Noel T. Boaz, Ph.D, M.D.
• NEI – No Similarity Between Commercial Reactor Fuel Storage, Leaking Underground Waste Tanks at DOE’s Hanford Site
• DOE:EM – U.S. and Canada Sign Statement of Intent on Nuclear Cleanup
• Asia-Pacific: AP Google – Japan nuke plant progressing in fuel removal plans
• Asia-Pacific: JIJI Press – INTERVIEW: Govt Aims to Launch Radioactive Waste Facilities in 2015
• East Asia: Yonhap News – New U.N. resolution bans N. Korea’s uranium-related transfers: source

Tuesday, March 05, 2013

• Sen. Dean Heller(D-NV) – Heller Statement on Energy Secretary Nominee, Ernest Moniz
• Las Vegas Review-Journal – Obama announces Energy pick – Steve Tetreault
• E&E Daily – Moniz nomination has turned up no big-time Senate critics — yet – Nick Juliano and John McArdle
• Energy Collective – Mixed Reactions to Moniz for Energy Secretary – Christina Nunez
• ENS – Obama Names McCarthy to Head EPA, Moniz for Energy
• Platts – US Senate Energy chief to focus on natural gas, nuke waste, subsidies – Brian Scheid
• Science AAAS – Obama Taps Familiar Face for Energy Secretary – David Malakoff
• AP Google – Budget cuts threaten work at leaking nuke tanks – Mike Baker
• Bellingham Herald – In Focus: With leaks at Hanford, now is not the time for distractions – Larry Haler
• Bloomberg – Washington Nuclear-Waste Site Faces $171 Million in Cuts – Alison Vekshin
• ENENews – Video: I know this sounds incredible… but there’s 40 miles of unlined trenches used for dumping radioactive waste at leaking U.S. nuclear site #Hanford
• Hood River News – Groups Host Forum On Hanford Waste Transport
• KVEW – Department of Energy Sends Letter to Inslee – Kristi Paulus
• The Olympian – Nuclear waste problem could have been resolved long ago
• Tri-City Herald – Hanford timecard fraud settlement coming
• Tri-City Herald – DOE letter: $171M cut from Hanford for sequestration – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Physicist Ernest Moniz nominated for energy secretary – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Forced cuts may hit hard at Hanford – Annette Cary
• Albuquerque Journal – LANL’s local spending falls by a third in 2012 – Kevin Robinson-Avila
• Laramie Boomerang – Judge lets Lost Creek uranium work continue
• Portsmouth Daily Times – Good news comes in bunches for USEC – Frank Lewis
• Lab Manager Laboratory News – ORNL Begins Implementation of New Californium-252 Production Contract
• Gainesville Times – King: Nuke recycling plan is a disaster – Joan King
• Aiken Standard – SRNS furloughs 2,000, says more may be necessary – Mike Gellatly
• Aiken Standard – Nuclear officials discuss MOX project – Mike Gellatly
• The State – Savannah River Site furloughs 2,000 workers
• WHNS Greenville – 2,000 workers furloughed at SC nuclear facility
• DOE:EM – EM Shares Accomplishments, Goals at Waste Management Conference
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Areva plans 1st nuclear fuel shipment to Japan since Fukushima
• Europe: Banbury Cake – Radioactive storage plan approved despite objections
• Europe: Times & Star – ANTI-NUCLEAR CAMPAIGNERS TO MARCH ON SELLAFIELD – John Connell

Monday, March 04, 2013

• NPR blog – President Obama To Nominate New EPA, Budget and Energy Heads – Scott Horsley
• Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) – Reid Statement On Nominations To Lead The Department Of Energy and Environmental Protection Agency
• Energy and Natural Resources Committee – Wyden Statement on Energy Secretary Nomination – Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR)
• Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) – Sen. Carper Statement on Nomination of Ernie Moniz for Energy Secretary
• Nuclear Energy Institute – Nuclear Sector Sees Moniz as Sensible Choice for Energy Secretary
• Platts – US Senate Energy chief to focus on natural gas, nuke waste, subsidies – Brian Scheid
• San Luis Obispo Tribune – Nuclear storage: an issue too long on back burner
• Bonney Lake and Sumner Courier-Herald – Attorney General Bob Ferguson on Hanford leak
• OilPrice – Toxic Waste Leaking at Hanford Nuclear Dump – James Burgess
• Tri-City Herald – Fluor may settle lawsuit alleging improper lobbying for HAMMER training center – Annette Cary
• Las Cruces Sun-News – Mining companies eye new Navajo Nation projects
• Youngstown Vindicator – Time for Congress to do more than talk about nuclear waste
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Frank Munger: Y-12 embraces change to secure future work – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Mason: ‘It’s always good when you get someone who’s knowledgeable’ – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Moniz nominated for energy secretary – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – What Deputy Secretary Poneman said – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Did China hack ORNL in 2011? – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Peace activist detained after inadvertently crossing Y-12 boundary; second weekend security incident – Frank Munger
• Times and Democrat – Radioactive waste can be handled safely at SRS, Neeses man says – Gene Zaleski
• Portsmouth Herald News – Lawyer’s second book chronicles missing nuclear bombs – Elizabeth Dinan
• Energy Collective – Energy Development and Slowing Climate Change – Jerry Nolan
• Washington Times – MONROE: The antiquation of America’s nuclear weapons – Robert R. Monroe
• DOE – DOE Awards Small Business Contract to Support Cleanup of New York West Valley Demonstration Project
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: DOE/NSF High Energy Physics Advisory Panel: Correction Page 14087 [FR DOC# 2013-04876]
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Savannah River Site Page 14088 [FR DOC# 2013-04875]
• Energy Department – PROPOSED RULES Energy Efficiency Program for Commercial and Industrial Equipment: Energy Efficiency Program for Commercial and Industrial Equipment: Public Meeting and Availability of the Framework Document for Packaged Terminal Air Conditioners and Packaged Terminal Heat Pumps; Correction Page 14024 [FR DOC# 2013-04878]
• Asia-Pacific: Azom – AREVA Supplies Spent Fuel Storage Metallic Casks for Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
• Asia-Pacific: Fukushima Diary – Tepco takes over 56 years to discharge all tritium to the sea on the most optimistic assumption – Iori Mochizuki
• Asia-Pacific: Focus Taiwan – Nuclear waste disposal contract with North Korea invalid: Taipower
• East Asia: Chosun Ilbo – N.Korea Sues Taiwan Over Nuclear Waste Disposal Deal
• Europe: Oxford Times – Waste unit has ‘negligible risk’ – Damian Fantato
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Anti-Nuclear Campaigners to March on Sellafield – John Connell