Sunday, March 24, 2013

• Tri-City Herald – Hanford’s T Plant being marked for preservation, piece by piece – Annette Cary
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – GAO testimony on DOE/NNSA big projects (including the Uranium Processing Facility) – Frank Munger
• FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
• DOE – Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA) Program
• Asia-Pacific: YouTube – Japan’s Nuclear Waste: Managing a Lethal Legacy; NHK Documentary
• Asia-Pacific: Taipei Times – Nuclear waste poses huge problem – Wang Chung-ming

Saturday, March 23, 2013

• Thomas – Congressional Record: Yucca Mountain and Jobs – Rep. John Shimkus
• Elko Daily Free Press – Professor Hanington’s: Speaking of Science: Plutonium – Gary Hanington
• Tri-City Herald – CH2M Hill managers indicted for Hanford timecard fraud – Annette Cary
• Indian Country Today – 20-Year Ban on New Uranium-Mining Claims in Grand Canyon Holds Up in Court
• Tucson Sentinel – Judge denies motion to overturn uranium-mining ban near Grand Canyon – Christina Silvestri
• Amarillo Globe-News – Nuclear swords to plowshares: Program recycles plutonium for use in reactors – Jim McBride
• CNBC – Experts To Brief Public Officials About Nuclear Waste and Landfill Fire At Republic Services’ West Lake/Bridgeton Landfill
• Knoxville News Sentinel – First contracts awarded for site work on UPF project – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Inspector General looks at CRADAs at Los Alamos, Sandia, Livermore – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Going Dutch on nuclear nonproliferation – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Congressman at ORNL – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – No furloughs at Y-12 – Frank Munger
• All Things Nuclear – The Enduring Illusion of Missile Defense—30 Years Later – David Wright
• NRC Blog – NRC’s Waste Confidence Scoping Report: What’s It All About? – Andy Imboden
• Canada: Committee for Future Generations – Northern trappers pass resolution against nuclear waste! – Bryan Lee
• Canada: Ottawa Citizen – Trans-border nuclear waste shipment meeting increased resistance – Ian MacLeod
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Fukushima cleanup contractors told workers to lie about pay in ‘surprise’ inspections
• Europe: Plymouth Evening Herald – Nuclear submarines will be dismantled in Plymouth and Rosyth – Keith Rossiter
• Europe: Times & Star – Fast reactor for Sellafield site? – Julian Whittle

Friday, March 22, 2013

• KAPP TV – Technology for Leaking Waste – Kristi Paulus
• Idaho Mountain Express – Report clouds future of nuclear waste – Liz Woodruff
• KIFI Idaho Falls – Area businesses encouraged to submit nuclear ‘interim storage’ designs – Caleb James
• Electric Light & Power – NRC Seeks Public Comment on Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Ross Uranium Recovery Project
• 9NEWS – Molasses considered for uranium mine cleanup
• Amarillo Globe News – Report: Pantex fire shut down classified computers, paused weapons work – Jim McBride
• Jefferson County Leader – Hematite-Area Residents continue to worry about Health Issues tied to Former Nuclear Fuels Plant – Kevin Carbery
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Frank Munger: When Y-12 breach was over, finger-pointing began – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Contracts for early work at Uranium Processing Facility starting to emerge – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ORNL wins tech awards – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Sequestration and cleanup uncertainties – Frank Munger
• DOE – ARPA-E Announces $40 Million for Research Projects to Develop Cleaner and Cheaper Transportation Choices for Consumers
• DOE:IG – Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant’s Waste Diversion Efforts, OAS-M-13-01
• DOE:IG – Audit Report – Cooperative Research and Development Agreements at National Nuclear Security Administration Laboratories,
  
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Oak Ridge Reservation Page 17648 [FR
  
• Oceania: ABC – Mines dept downplays radioactive waste fears
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Plan eludes for fissile plutonium
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Tepco snubs ¥10.5 billion cleanup tab
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Plan eludes for fissile plutonium
• Europe: AFP Google – Sellafield nuclear plant closes due to bad weather
• Europe: BBC News – Sellafield shutdown: Severe weather closes nuclear site
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Fast reactor for Sellafield site? – Julian Whittle
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Snow forces controlled shut down at Cumbria’s Sellafield site
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Cumbria council hits back at minister’s accusation over dump site – Phil Coleman
• Europe: Bloomberg – Nuclear Weapons Hide in Pandora’s Box as Scots Seek to Quit U.K. – Peter Woodifield

Thursday, March 21, 2013

• Power Engineering – Sen. Murkowski says Hanford could nudge lawmakers on Yucca nuclear waste site
• Tri-City Herald – Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson to take ‘aggressive’ stance with DOE – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Kurion pitches new vitrification system for Hanford tank waste – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Hanford manager pleads guilty in timecard fraud scheme – Annette Cary
• eNews Park Forest – Judge Upholds Uranium Mining Ban on 1 Million Acres Near Grand Canyon
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Corker going to Seoul, Beijing, Tokyo – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – With Y-12’s worst security breach under way near the uranium storage facility, alarms were sounding at another high-security facility – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Sen. Alexander votes for CR, too – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – April 6 protest scheduled at Y-12 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – EnergySolutions on verge of shipping nuke waste residues back to Germany – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Corker votes for Continuing Resolution; says it contains ‘real cuts’ – Frank Munger
• Augusta Chronicle – MOX plant cost revised to $7.7 billion, with three-year delay – Rob Pavey
• Bloomberg – Costs Soar Almost $3 Billion at Plutonium Plant – Jim Snyder
• WRDW-TV – Report: MOX facility cost inflated again, delayed three years
• Aiken Standard – Column: Nuclear and equine waste – Clint Wolfe
• Brattleboro Reformer – Bill imposes tax, trust fund for spent nuclear fuel – Mike Faher
• Phys.Org – US to restart plutonium production for deep space exploration
• ProPublica – Drilling Deeper: The Wealth of Business Connections for Obama’s Energy Pick – Justin Elliott
• World Nuclear News – US watchdog issues MOX plant snapshot
• Canada: rabble.ca – Action Alert: Stop the radioactive roadtrip – John Bennett
• Canada: Saskatoon StarPhoenix – Ottawa to take $2.4B hit n nuclear program cleanup – Heather Scoffield
• Oceania: Business Spectator – Exploding Australia’s nuclear delusion – Geoff Russell
• Asia-Pacific: Bellona – Rat may have caused Monday’s power shut-down at Japan’s embattled Fukushima Daiichi plant – Charles Digges
• Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri – Areva SA to ship MOX N-fuel to Japan
• Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri – Short circuit may have caused power loss at N-plant
• Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri – Areva SA to ship MOX N-fuel to Japan – POWERnews
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Takahama MOX fuel shipment in works – Vermont Public Radio?
• Asia-Pacific: NHK World – French firm preparing to ship MOX fuel to Japan
• Asia: World Nuclear News – Chinese HTGR fuel plant under construction
• Europe: World Nuclear News – Brussels pushes for decommissioning estimates – Keith Nuthall
• South Africa: AngolaPress – Minister rules out Angola as nuclear west dump

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

• The Hill – Senate, House energy leaders talk nuclear waste, hydropower, efficiency – Zack Colman
• Albuquerque Journal – LANL says surveys show normal radiation
• WFIE Evansville – No cancer cluster near nuclear waste dump – Jackie Monroe
• Chillicothe Gazette – USEC says centrifuge still on time, budget
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Frank Munger: When Y-12 breach was over, finger-pointing began – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Contracts for early work at Uranium Processing Facility starting to emerge – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Security firm to leave Oak Ridge after 10 years of service – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Seismic expert who did Y-12 analyses convicted on federal tax fraud charges – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – More microwave issues at Y-12 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Cray’s $32M Swiss contract – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – B&W Y-12 vs. WSI – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Contracts for early, early work at Uranium Processing Facility starting to emerge – Frank Munger
• Augusta Chronicle – Fire brigade scrambled to find false alarm at Plant Vogtle – Rob Pavey
• Augusta Chronicle – MOX plant cost revised to $7.7 billion, with three-year delay – Rob Pavey
• Aiken Leader – SRS Plutonium Fuel (MOX) Plant Continues to Spin Out of Control: Cost Jumps to $7.7 Billion, with Three Year Delay – Thomas Clements
• The State – Feds: SC reactor fuel plant cost rises $3 billion to $7.7 billion – Meg Kinnard
• The State – Nuclear safety expert pushes to upgrade S.C. atomic plants – Sammy Fretwell
• Times and Democrat – Feds probing theft of SRS worker data
• Martinsville Bulletin – Gov. hopefuls weigh in on uranium mining
• Electric Light & Power – Review a first step in Engelhard cleanup – Rick Foster
• Debate.org – Should we bury nuclear waste in the ground?
• Greenpeace International blog – Coming together to stop nuclear weapons – Jen Maman
• IEER – Spent Fuel and Reprocessing Myths and Realities – Arjun Makhijani, Ph.D.
• Scientific American – U.S. Makes First Plutonium in 25 Years, for Spacecraft – Mike Wall
• DOE – U.S. Energy Deputy Secretary Poneman, Brazil’s Deputy Minister of Mines and Energy Zimmermann Sign Advance Bilateral Energy Relationship
• GAO – Department of Energy: Concerns with Major Construction Projects at the Office of Environmental Management and NNSA, GAO-13-484T, Mar 20, 2013
• NRC Blog – NRC Commission Approves More Post-Fukushima Upgrades to Nuclear Plants – Scott Burnell
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Nevada Pages 17192-17193 [FR DOC# 2013-06384]
• Canada: CTV News – Nuclear waste cleanup liability cost up by $2.4B, Ottawa told – Andy Johnson
• Oceania: Courier Mail – Queensland’s last uranium mine still leaking radioactive water 30 years after production stopped – John McCarthy
• Oceania: Energy Business Review – Australian state of Queensland to consider recommencing uranium mining
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Another bent rod found in fuel assembly at Kashiwazaki nuclear plant
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Tepco smells a rat in Fukushima No. 1 fuel pool cooling glitch
• South Asia: Press Information Bureau – Disposal of Nuclear Waste
• Europe: ITV News – ‘No credible plan’ for dealing with nuclear waste
• North Europe: COMSOL Blog – How to Make Nuclear Waste Disposal Safe
• South Africa: Creamer Media Mining Weekly – Workers halt production at Chinese uranium mine in Niger

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

• AP Google – Nearly 250 laid off at Wash. Hanford nuclear site – Shannon Dininny
• Tri-City Herald – Hanford layoffs Monday total 235 workers – Annette Cary
• Cibola County Beacon – Think Outside The Mine–Uranium Mining Legacy Film Highlights Grants and Milan – Rosanne Boyett
• KRQE News 13 – County no longer wants ‘Atomic City’ name
• LAMonitor – NMED takes action on WIPP
• Herald Review – Yucca Mountain replacement facility in northern Minnesota is an opportunity worth our consideration – Rolf Westgard
• Twin Cities Planet – House bill seeks to spur nuclear waste solution – Jonathan Avise
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ORAU’s $25K makeover goes to 5th grade class at A.L. Lotts Elementary – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Notorious Hydrofracture – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Two named to DOE advisory board – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Info on thousands of Savannah River Site employees may have been compromised – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ‘We leave Oak Ridge with our flags flying . . . ‘ – Frank Munger
• Platts – Spot uranium prices holding at $42.75/lb on lackluster trading – Jim Ostroff
• DOE:EM – EM Continues Progress in U.S. – U.K. Collaboration
• NAS – Project Update: Review of the Department of Labor’s Site Exposure Matrix (SEM) Database
• Energy Department – NOTICES Sunshine Act Meetings Pages 16850-16852 [FR DOC# 2013-06348]
• Canada: CTV News – Point Lepreau nuclear refuelling problem costs up to $600,000 daily: NB Power
• Asia-Pacific: BBC News – Power at Fukushima nuclear fuel ponds in Japan ‘restored’
• Asia-Pacific: Bellona – Fukushima power outage to spent nuclear fuel storage ponds partially restored – Charles Digges
• Asia-Pacific: Beyond Nuclear – Blackout at Fukushima – continued peril at stricken nuclear plant
• Asia-Pacific: Bloomberg – Tepco Says Most Power Restored at Fukushima Plant’s Fuel Pools – Jacob Adelman & Ichiro Suzuki
• Asia-Pacific: New York Times – Crucial Cooling Systems Restored at Fukushima Plant, Company Says – Martin Fackler
• Asia-Pacific: Xinhua News – Spent fuel pool cooling system in Fukushima plant partially restored: TEPCO
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – No. 1 plant outage fuels worries in Fukushima
• Asia-Pacific: Taipei Times – Activists demand Jiang meet them on nuclear waste – Lee I-chia
• South Africa: Recycling International – South Africa on the ‘radioactive recycling road’

Monday, March 18, 2013

• Tri-City Herald – Hanford pink slips coming today – Annette Cary
• Albuquerque Journal – Uranium cleanup bill heads to Senate
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – USEC’s update on American Centrifuge Project – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – USEC reports $1.2B loss for 2012 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Corker supports boosting missile defense against N. Korea; wants more info from Obama administration – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ‘Girls of the Atomic City’ author to speak – Frank Munger
• Oak Ridger – Historically Speaking: The Graphite Reactor: Isotopes and a new element – D. Ray Smith
• FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
• OilPrice – MIT Develops Meltdown-Proof, Nuclear Waste-Eating Reactor – Brian Westenhaus
• Platts – US DOE still considering 13 loan guarantee applications totaling $15.1 bil: GAO – Herman Wang
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: International Energy Agency Meetings Pages 16665-16666 [FR DOC# 2013-06147]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – PROPOSED RULES List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: MAGNASTOR® System
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – RULES List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: MAGNASTOR® System
• Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board – NOTICES Meetings: Board Meeting; April 16, 2013; Richland, WA Page 16713 [FR DOC# 2013-06024]
• Canada: Prince Albert Daily Herald – Trappers pass unanimous resolutions on logging, nuclear waste – Matt Gardner
• Oceania: The Australian – Uranium could be shipped through reef if mines viable – Michael Mckenna
• Oceania: BigPond News – Uranium ship through Reef not ruled out
• Oceania: Brisbane Times – Uranium not worth the risk, say opposing groups – Amy Remeikis
• Asia-Pacific: Enformable – Power outage at Fukushima Daiichi halts spent fuel pool cooling at multiple units – Lucas W Hixson
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Editorial: End nuclear fuel recycling program for sake of future generations

Sunday, March 17, 2013

• Oak Ridger – Y-12 Historian: Union Carbide’s last 20 years in Oak Ridge, Part 2 – D. Ray Smith
• Canada: Reuters – Analysis: Uranium miners press Canada to change Cold War rules – Rod Nickel
• Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri – Tsunami debris set for N. America to rise

Saturday, March 16, 2013

• Press-Enterprise – REPORT: Groundwater contamination widespread – Janet Zimmerman
• The Oregonian – Sealed ‘black cells’ stall radioactive waste cleanup at Hanford nuclear reservation – Scott Learn
• Seattle Times – Letter: Hanford cleanup should be a priority – Richard W. Grady, Steven G. Gilbert, Ph.D.,
• Energy Collective – Is Small Nuclear Reactor R&D Fleecing the Public? – Geoffrey Styles
• New Scientist – Plutonium tests offer hope for dark space missions – Maggie McKee
• POGO – 5 Great Online Tools for Mining Public Records

Friday, March 15, 2013

• Pahrump Valley Times – Obama taps Yucca Mountain expert to be DOE secretary
• Government Security News – NNSA conducts aerial radiation survey in Las Vegas – Mark Rockwell
• Tri-City Herald – House bill to include B Reactor in national park reintroduced – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Shane Fast, former business owner in Pasco, pleads guilty to kickbacks at Hanford – Annette Cary
• KUNM – Uranium Cleanup Bill Gets Nod
• Albuquerque Business First – Uranium cleanup bill clears U.S. Senate committee – Gary Gerew
• Amarillo Independent – NNSA outlines steps taken to improve safety culture at Pantex – Greg Rohloff
• Cibola County Beacon – No More Gold Giveaways on Public Lands
• Los Alamos Monitor – Luján questions officials on Hanford waste
• Lubbock Avalanche-Journal – Pantex, feds vow improvement – Jim McBride
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12 protesters case reassigned to Kentucky judge – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – B&W goes fishing for more Glenn material – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Something’s burning – Frank Munger
• Oak Ridge Today – Controlled burns on Oak Ridge Reservation start Friday
• Aiken Standard – Study: SRS waste control needs community support – Dede Biles
• The State – Critics: Don’t let dollars blur debate on nuclear waste – Roddie Burris
• The State – Report: Gov’t incentives favor nuclear over renewable energy in SC – Sammy Fretwell
• The State – Critics: Don’t let dollars blur debate on nuclear waste – Roddie Burris
• National Memo – Radioactive? Uranium Mining Ban May Become Hot Issue In Virginia’s Election – Richard Bell
• Popular Science – NASA Resumes Production of Plutonium-238 Space Fuel After 25 Years – Shaunacy Ferro
• UCS – Tell Your Senators: Support Safer Nuclear Waste Storage
• GAO – Department of Energy Status of Loan Programs GAO-13-331R, Mar 15, 2013
• Energy Department – NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Notice of Availability of the Draft Uranium Leasing Program Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement Pages 16483-16485 [FR DOC# 2013-05777]
• Canada: CBC News – Cancers in Port Hope uranium workers no higher than average
• Europe: Dumfries and Galloway Standard – “Cynical” depleted uranium testing – Stuart Gillespie
• Russia: Pravda – Soviet nuclear submarine disasters were exposed only under Gorbachev

Thursday, March 14, 2013

• Tri-Valley CAREs – Federal Official “Cooks the Numbers” in Livermore Lab Management Review; $44 Million Bonus and Contract Extension Unwarranted, Charge Watchdogs – Marylia Kelley
• KPVI-TV – INL Separation Impacts
• Spokesman-Review blog – Otter calls on feds to protect INL cleanup from sequestration cuts
• Colorado Daily – Peace Train: The legacy of Rocky Flats – Judith Mohling
• KRQE News 13 – Colo. judge rules uranium plans proper
• Albuquerque Journal – One view on the Hanford-WIPP proposal – John Fleck
• Energy Daily – Carlsbad group to seek NRC license for spent fuel storage site – Jeff Beattie
• KUNM – Chair of Carlsbad Nuclear Task Force Responds To Criticism of Hanford/WIPP Proposal – Elaine Baumgartel
• ProPublica – After a Powerful Lobbyist Intervenes, EPA Reverses Stance on Polluting Texas County’s Water – Abrahm Lustgarten
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Congressional panel faults nuke agency in Y-12 break-in – Michael Collins
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Corrective actions after the Y-12 break-in – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ORNL’s operating hot cells – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – What Ted Sherry said about Y-12 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – NNSA takes heat for Y-12 security failures – Frank Munger
• The State – Study sees treasure for SC in nuclear trash – Sammy Fretwell
• Government Security News – NNSA, Temple, remove aging radiological device – Mark Rockwell
• Discovery News – U.S. Starts Making Plutonium – Irene Klotz
• DOE – U.S.-Asia Pacific Comprehensive Energy Partnership
• DOE:EM – EM NEWS
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Paducah Page 16260 [FR DOC# 2013-05915]
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Savannah River Site Pages 16260-16261 [FR DOC# 2013-05916]
• Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri – Govt funds Canada’s disposal of debris
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Toxic management erodes safety at ‘world’s safest’ nuclear plant – Dreux Richard
• Europe: Dumfries and Galloway Standard – “Cynical” depelted uranium testing – Stuart Gillespie
• Europe: Galloway Gazette – MoD pressed for assurances over uranium shells in bay
• Europe: Bolton News – Radioactive material stolen from Bacup discovered at Rochdale shopping centre
• Europe: Rochdale Online – Incident update – radioactive canister found in Rochdale
• Europe: World Nuclear Association – What are nuclear wastes and how are they managed?

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

• Pahrump Valley Times – Report: $118.9 million given in PETT funds since 2000 – Mark Waite
• The Oregonian – Hanford needs new oversight, for everyone’s safety: Guest opinion – Brett VandenHeuvel
• Tri-City Herald – Sen. Murray talks Hanford with energy secretary nominee – Annette Cary
• Idaho State Journal – INL cuts 7 percent of work force
• Navajo-Hopi Observer – Groups file suit to block Canyon uranium mine near Grand Canyon
• Montrose Daily Press – Dept. of Energy starts afresh on uranium assessment – Dick Kamp
• KUNM – Udall Urges Caution On Hanford/WIPP Proposal – Elaine Baumgartel
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Frank Munger: Would copycat protests result in bloodshed? – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Despite tripping numerous alarms, Y-12 protesters advanced untouched – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – GAO critiques NNSA oversight – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – B&W says it rescued Y-12 from a low state – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Lab directors speak out on sequestration; say it’ll damage science for decades – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Did DOE give contractors too much leeway? – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Protesters tripped alarms like crazy, but Y-12’s security force didn’t respond; B&W report blames WSI for most problems – Frank Munger
• Oak Ridge Today – Cray re-soldering Titan’s connectors, supercomputer testing could be done in April – John Huotari
• Augusta Chronicle – Concrete poured for new Vogtle reactor foundation
• Augusta Chronicle – Spent fuel storage at SRS would require public support – Rob Pavey
• Augusta Chronicle – SRS eyed for spent fuel storage and reprocessing – Rob Pavey
• Augusta Chronicle – SRS has second chance for portable reactor grants – Rob Pavey
• Charlotte Observer – Savannah River Site could store nuke waste, study says – Bruce Henderson
• Platts – South Carolina group eyes DOE site for spent nuclear fuel facility – Housley Carr
• Pottstown Mercury – Limerick nuke plant re-licensing unlikely to be affected by new spent fuel rules – Evan Brandt
• Nuclear Energy Insider – UK NAO Sellafield report plays vital role in decommissioning tasks By Jason Deign
• Physics Central – Atomic Age Artifacts
• GAO – Modernizing the Nuclear Security Enterprise–Observations on DOE’s and NNSA’s Efforts to Enhance Oversight of Security, Safety, and Project and Contract Management, GAO-13-482T, Mar 13, 2013
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee Page 15937 [FR DOC# 2013-05903]
• Arctic: Radiation Nation blog – Nuclear Waste Dumping in the Arctic – Kayla Perry
• Canada: Power Engineering – Need for dual disposal sites questioned; ‘No person in their right mind would build two’
• Canada: Regina Leader-Post – Sask. uranium destined for China – Joe Couture
• Canada: Reuters – Update 1-Canada’s Cameco begins uranium sales to China – Rod Nickel
• Canada: Toronto Star – Nuclear waste: Are two storage sites one too many? – John Spears
• Oceania: Melbourne Age – Call to stem uranium supply in wake of Fukushima – Bianca Hall
• Europe: Times & Star – Councillors misunderstood nuclear dump vote – minister – Emily Parsons
• Europe: Galloway Gazette – Calls for MoD to assure a continued ban on munitions dumping
• Europe: Scottish Daily Record – MoD dodge ban to dump depleted uranium shells into Scottish waters

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

• Epoch Times – Nuclear Waste, Nuclear Recycling, and the US – Paul Darin
• Waste Management World – DOE Issues Notice about Preferred Alternative for Certain Tanks evaluated in the Final Tank Closure and Waste Management Environmental Impact Statement for the Hanford Site
• KIFI Idaho Falls – 101 INL workers to be let go
• KMOV – EPA plane detects radiation at West Lake landfill, will release findings
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Arjun Makhijani: Building small modular reactors senseless – Arjun Makhijani
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – High-security drug testing at Y-12/Pantex – Frank Munger
• DOE:EM – Hanford Waste Treatment Plant Support Task Order Modified – Lynette Chafin
• DOE:EM – DOE Awards Task Order Modification for Support Services to Office of Environmental Management – Lynette Chafin
• DOE:EM – DOE Awards Small Business Contract for Technical Support to the Office of Environmental Management – Lynette Chafin
• BlackListedNews – AP: Over 30 million tons of nuclear waste in Fukushima alone — Smoking mounds of disaster debris, possibly from spontaneous combustion – Yahoo! News
• North Europe: Reuters – Update 1-Talvivaara, authorities assessing uranium clean-up – Terhi Kinnunen
• East Africa: Om Nom Nom – Yes: nuclear waste

Monday, March 11, 2013

• Pacific Standard – Who Wants the Nuclear Waste? – Bruce Barcott
• Pacific Standard – New Panel Seeks Nuclear Waste Solutions: Déjà Vu – Max S. Power
• Senator Maria Cantwell – Cantwell, Alexander Lead Introduction of Bipartisan Bill to Preserve Hanford B Reactor
• Tri-City Herald – Richland engineers reflect on Fukushima nuclear disaster response – Annette Cary
• Navajo Post – U.S. EPA gives Navajo Nation $3 million
• FOX 11 News – OSA: What happens to the spent fuel? – Robert Hornacek
• Quad-Cities Online – 2,000 working to refuel Exelon nuclear plant this week
• Monroe Evening News – DTE Settles On Nuclear Fuel Transfer Plan – Charles Slat
• CommercialAppeal – U.S. citing security to censor more public records
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Less energy for greater Chattanooga area economy
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Removing rad at Temple; a Philly maneuver – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – John Garrity, former protective force chief at Y-12, joins new Oak Ridge security contractor – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – North Carolina, Wisconsin, Colorado State and Utah join Oak Ridge Associated Universities – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – 2,000+ affected by $$$ cuts at Savannah River – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Inside 9212 – Frank Munger
• Enformable – Thoughts on nuclear power and nuclear weapons – Karl Grossman
• FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
• Moderate Independent – More Reasons to Find a Nuclear Waste Solution – Steve Krabbe
• Wall Street Journal – Nuclear Fallout: Less Demand For Uranium Roils Miners – John W. Miller
• DOE – Energy Department Announces New Funding Opportunity for Innovative Small Modular Reactors
• DOE:EM – Hanford Deep Dig Removes Contaminated Soil
• Energy Department – NOTICES Preferred Alternatives: DOE’s Preferred Alternative for Certain Tanks Evaluated in the Final Tank Closure and Waste Management Environmental Impact Statement for the Hanford Site, Richland, Washington Pages 15358-15359 [FR DOC# 2013-05509]
• South America: AFP Google – Greenpeace protests at Argentina nuclear plant
• Canada: CNSC – CNSC News Update
• Canada: Prince Albert Daily Herald – Pinehouse residents denounce nuclear waste, uranium mining at Idle No More workshop – Alex Di Pietro
• Asia-Pacific: NuclearFreePlanet – LIVE WEBCAST: Nuclear Free Planet Symposium on “The Medical and Ecological Consequences of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident,” March 11-12, 2013 – Dr Helen Caldicott
• South Asia: Business Standard – IAEA warns of disatrous consequences of nuclear terrorism
• Europe: in-cumbria – Cumbria is ‘Central’ to Nuclear Waste Planning
• Europe: in-cumbria – Anti-nuclear protest over Cumbrian beach ‘contamination’ – Chris Story
• Europe: Liberal Democrat Voice – Managing our nuclear legacy: the £67.5 billion question for Ed Davey – Eric Avebury
• Europe: this is Nottingham – Gulf War veteran says exposure to depleted uranium led to cancer – Bryan Henesey