Sunday, March 24, 2013

• FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
• Forbes – How To Quell Radiation Fears? ‘Test Everybody’ – Jeff McMahon, Contributor
• DOE – Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA) Program
• NRC – Public Meeting Schedule
• Canada: CNSC – CNSC News Update

Saturday, March 23, 2013

• NRC Blog – NRC’s Waste Confidence Scoping Report: What’s It All About? – Andy Imboden

Friday, March 22, 2013

• Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) – Reid Statement On Re-Nominaton of Allison Macfarlane
• 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, OAS-M-13-02
• NAS – Project Update: Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident for Improving Safety and Security of U.S. Nuclear Plants
• NRC – NRC Schedules Meeting with TVA to Discuss Use of Commercial Parts in its Operating Nuclear Plants
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Oak Ridge Reservation Page 17648 [FR DOC# 2013-06611]
• Environmental Protection Agency – NOTICES Environmental Impacts Statements; Notice of Availability Page 17662 [FR DOC# 2013-06645]
• Navy Department – NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Notice of Availability for the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Modernization and Expansion of Townsend Bombing Range, Georgia Pages 17644-17645 [FR DOC# 2013-06588]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Facility Operating and Combined Licenses: Biweekly Notice; Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations; Correction Page 17724 [FR DOC# 2013-06545]

Thursday, March 21, 2013

• NRC – NRC Seeks Public Comment on Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Ross Uranium Recovery Project
• NRC Blog – Taking an Updated Look at a Potential Accident’s Economic Consequences – Rich Correia
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Facility Operating License Amendments; Corrections: Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.; Entergy Operations, Inc.; Biweekly Notice; Notice of Issuance of Amendment to Facility Operating License; Correction Page 17450 [FR DOC# 2013-06510]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Materials License Renewals: Notice of Issuance of Materials License Renewal, Operating License SUA-1341, Uranium One USA, Inc., Willow Creek Uranium In Situ Recovery Project Pages 17450-17451 [FR DOC# 2013-06543]

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

• 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]

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

• Rep Edward J. Markey (D-MA7) – Markey: NRC’s Delay of Fukushima Safety Measure is Irresponsible
• 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
• NRC – NRC Amends Regulations on Security of Radioactive Materials
• NRC – NRC Commissioners voting record
• NRC – NRC to Enhance Post-Fukushima Vent Requirements, Broaden Analysis of Filtering Strategies
• NRC – “Who Are We” Prepared Remarks of Commissioner William D. Magwood, IV at the 2013 NRC Regulatory Information Conference (RIC) Wednesday, March 13, 2013
• NRC Blog – Inspector General Report Identifies Ways to Improve NRC’s Occupational Training Program – Stephen Dingbaum
• Energy Department – NOTICES Sunshine Act Meetings Pages 16850-16852 [FR DOC# 2013-06348]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Sunshine Act Meetings Pages 16893-16894 [FR DOC# 2013-06386]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Facility Operating and Combined Licenses: Biweekly Notice; Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations Pages 16876-16889 [FR DOC# 2013-06164]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES License Amendment Request: URENCO USA (Formerly Louisiana Energy Services, L.P.) License Amendment Request: Notice of Opportunity To Request a Hearing and to Petition for Leave to Intervene, and Commission Order Imposing Procedures for Document Access Pages 16890-16893 [FR DOC# 2013-06279]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Proposed Internal Restructuring and Indirect Transfer of License: In the Matter of Luminant Generation Company LLC, Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2; Order Approving the Proposed Internal Restructuring and Indirect Transfer of License; Correction Page 16894 [FR DOC# 2013-06238]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – RULES Physical Protection of Byproduct Material Pages 16921-17022 [FR DOC# 2013-05895]
• UN: IAEA – Safeguards Inspectors in Action

Monday, March 18, 2013

• NRC – Inspector General Reports: FY 2013 Index
• NRC – Public Meeting Schedule
• 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 Pages 16619-16620 [FR DOC# 2013-06016]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – RULES List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: MAGNASTOR® System Pages 16601-16604 [FR DOC# 2013-06015]
• Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board – NOTICES Meetings: Board Meeting; April 16, 2013; Richland, WA Page 16713 [FR DOC# 2013-06024]
• Canada: CNSC – CNSC News Update

Saturday, March 16, 2013

• POGO – 5 Great Online Tools for Mining Public Records

Friday, March 15, 2013

• Government Security News – NNSA conducts aerial radiation survey in Las Vegas – Mark Rockwell
• GAO – Department of Energy Status of Loan Programs GAO-13-331R, Mar 15, 2013
• NRC – NRC to Hold Open House on March 21 in Limerick, Pa., to Discuss Limerick Nuclear Plant Annual Assessment
• NRC Blog – Looking to Hear From the Public on the FY 2013 Proposed Fees – Arlette Howard
• The White House – FACT SHEET: President Obama’s Blueprint for a Clean and Secure Energy Future
• 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]
• Environmental Protection Agency – NOTICES Environmental Impacts Statements; Notice of Availability Page 16500 [FR DOC# 2013-06104]

Thursday, March 14, 2013

• Government Security News – NNSA, Temple, remove aging radiological device – Mark Rockwell
• DOE – U.S.-Asia Pacific Comprehensive Energy Partnership
• DOE:EM – EM NEWS
• NRC – “USNRC 25th Annual Regulatory Information Conference Commissioner Plenary: The Education of an Engineer in Policy Making” Prepared Remarks of Commissioner George Apostolakis at the 2013 NRC Regulatory Information Conference (RIC) Tuesday, March 12, 2013
• Navy Department – NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Disposal and Reuse of the Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach Detachment Concord, City of Concord, California, and To Announce Public Scoping Meetings Pages 16255-16257 [FR DOC# 2013-05925]
• Navy Department – NOTICES Notice of Intent To Prepare the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Joint Military Training Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement Pages 16257-16259 [FR DOC# 2013-05837]
• 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]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Applications for Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses; Withdrawal: Crystal River Unit 3 Nuclear Generating Plant, Application for Amendment to Facility Operating License Page 16302 [FR DOC# 2013-05907]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Applications for Export License Amendments: Request To Amend a License To Export; High-Enriched Uranium Page 16303 [FR DOC# 2013-05913]

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

• 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
• NRC – “USNRC 25th Annual Regulatory Information Conference Commissioner Plenary” Prepared Remarks of Commissioner William C. Ostendorff at the 2013 NRC Regulatory Information Conference (RIC) Wednesday, March 13, 2013
• NRC – ASLB to Hear Oral Argument March 22 in Rockville, Md, on Petition Challenging San Onofre Oversight
• NRC Blog – Fort Calhoun: A Status Update – Lara Uselding
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee Page 15937 [FR DOC# 2013-05903]

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

• 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
• NNSS – OneVoice March 2013 (pdf-3.03M)
• NRC – NRC Names New Resident Inspector at Wolf Creek Nuclear Power Plant
• NRC – “The Next 25 Years” Prepared Remarks of Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane at the 2013 NRC Regulatory Information Conference (RIC)
• NRC – Shield Building Concrete Subsurface Laminar Cracking Caused by Moisture Intrusion and Freezing
• NRC – Recent Issue with the Definition of Core Quadrant
• NRC Blog – Two years after Fukushima: Enhancements to U.S. Nuclear Plants Continue – David Skeen
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Compendium of Analyses To Investigate Select Level 1 Probabilistic Risk Assessment End-State Definition and Success Criteria Modeling Issues Pages 15746-15747 [FR DOC# 2013-05618]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Maintenance, Testing, and Replacement of Vented Lead-Acid Storage Batteries for Nuclear Power Plants Pages 15753-15754 [FR DOC# 2013-05612]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Notice of Sunshine Act Meeting Pages 15754-15755 [FR DOC# 2013-05763]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Proposed Revision to Design of Structures, Components, Equipment and Systems; Correction Page 15755 [FR DOC# 2013-05616]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Denial of Senior Reactor Operator License: Charlissa C. Smith (Denial of Senior Reactor Operator License) Page 15747 [FR DOC# 2013-05614]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Facility Operating and Combined Licenses: Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving Proposed No Significant Hazards Considerations and Containing Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information and Order Imposing Procedures for Access to Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information Pages 15747-15753 [FR DOC# 2013-05022]

Monday, March 11, 2013

• DOE – Energy Department Announces New Funding Opportunity for Innovative Small Modular Reactors
• DOE:EM – Hanford Deep Dig Removes Contaminated Soil
• NRC – NRC Assigns New Inspectors to Indian Point
• NRC – Public Meeting Schedule
• 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]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Approvals of Direct Transfers of Licenses and Issuances of License Amendments: Approval of Direct Transfer of Licenses and Issuance of License Amendment To Effectuate Such Transfers for American Centrifuge Operating, LLC Pages 15383-15385 [FR DOC# 2013-05488]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Facility Operating and Combined Licenses: Biweekly Notice; Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Consideration; Correction Page 15385 [FR DOC# 2013-05544]
• UN: IAEA – IAEA Perspectives on Future of Nuclear Energy
• Canada: CNSC – CNSC News Update