Sunday, March 31, 2013

• Spokesman-Review – Letter: Hanford disaster looms – Tom Cameron
• Xinhua News – One killed, 3 hurt in Arkansas nuclear plant accident
• Rutland Herald – Hundreds march against Yankee nuclear plant – Susan Smallheer
• Consortiumnews – Obama’s Nuke Double Standards – Nat Parry
• Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO paid membership fee to nuclear lobby group after Fukushima disaster
• South Asia: Business Standard – Low dose radiation remains our focus area: Raveendran Gandhi

Saturday, March 30, 2013

• KLTV 7 – Press Release: Plaintiffs Exposed to Nuclear Waste Provided Roadmap to Success – Marc Jay Bern
• Washington Post – OpEd: Obama’s ‘nuclear zero’ rhetoric is dangerous – Douglas J. Feith, Frank J. Gaffney, James A. Lyons and R. James Woolsey
• Asahi Shimbun – Anti-nuke activists mark 1st anniversary of weekly protests
• Focus Taiwan – Dealing with nuclear power plant issues not easy: U.S. psychologist – James Lee
• South Asia: The Hindu – Nuclear energy is dangerous: HRF
• Europe: Al Jazeera – Aldermaston: the UK’s nuclear legacy – Kate Hudson
• Europe: Times & Star – £1.7bn investment in cleaning up Sellafield – Julian Whittle

Friday, March 29, 2013

• Contra Costa Times – Deputies arrest 37 at Livermore Lab Good Friday protests – Jeremy Thomas
• Los Angeles Times – Goodrich Corp. to help clean up perchlorate in Rialto groundwater – Phil Willon
• NPR – Federal Budget Cuts Hamper Waste Cleanup At Washington Nuclear Reservation – Anna King
• ENS – Wastewater Injection Linked to Oklahoma’s Largest Earthquake
• St. Louis Post-Dispatch – Judge throws out most Coldwater Creek cancer claims – Blythe Bernhard
• Beaver County Times – Report: More study needed on nuke-cancer link – Rachel Morgan
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Spent nuclear fuel is a threat to security – Jack Barnes
• Cryptome – Cyber Nuclear Hokum: Nuclear Weaponizing Cybersecurity
• Fairewinds Energy Education – Hot Air
• Huffington Post – Nuclear Power Flood Risk: NRC Insiders Say Agency Continues To Look The Other Way – Tom Zeller Jr.
• Canada: CTV News – Quebec puts uranium mining on hold while it studies environmental risks
• Canada: MetaFilter – It was a very exciting time when the Chalk River plant melted down.
• AP Google – Japanese utility takes blame for nuclear crisis
• ENS – Japan Turns from Nuclear Fission to Nuclear Fusion
• YouTube – Fukushima: A legacy of unforeseen health problems
• NHK World – Fukushima disaster damages claim form distributed
• JAIF – News Update
• Radio Taiwan International – Nuclear power policy unchanged by Nantou earthquake: Premier
• Europe: this is Somerset – “Beyond Nuclear “ Speakers coming to Glastonbury
• Europe: Deutsche Welle – Radioactive waste storage in Germany

Thursday, March 28, 2013

• Healthline – Study: Nuclear Plant Shutdown Results in 4,319 Fewer Cancer Cases – Brian Krans
• New Times SLO – Public prohibited from seismic meeting – Matt Fountain
• Orange County Register – Laguna Hills to stay out of San Onofre restart issue – Sarah De Crescenzo
• San Luis Obispo Tribune – Unit 2 at Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant back at full power after 2-month shutdown – David Sneed
• Yahoo! News – Researchers Find Decline in Cancer After Plant Shutdown – Susan Graybeal
• Seattle Times – 10 indicted in Hanford timecard scheme
• Omaha World-Herald – NRC gives Fort Calhoun nuclear plant mixed review – Erin Golden
• Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter – Radioactive Waste Bill Shuts Out Public
• Muscatine Journal – Don’t plant your atoms here – Mike Ferguson
• Patriot-News – The Three Mile Island accident resonates, 34 years later – Ron Southwick
• New Jersey Newsroom – Nuclear Meltdown at Three Mile Island – 34 Years Ago Today
• Barre Montpelier Times Argus – Failed flood seals discovered at Yankee
• IEER – Spent Fuel and Reprocessing Myths and Realities – Arjun Makhijani, Ph.D.
• Gallup – Americans Want More Emphasis on Solar, Wind, Natural Gas – Dennis Jacobe
• Global Research – Cancer Pandemic: Reaping the Seeds of Nuke Tests – John LaForge
• euronews – Fukushima: A legacy of unforeseen health problems
• New York Times – Japan: A New Nuclear Inquiry
• Fukushima Diary – 56% of the evacuees in Naha have thyroid abnormality – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Daily Press – Osaka NPO revealed to be nuclear power propaganda tool – Adam Westlake
• Japan Times – Tohoku Electric axes planned Fukushima nuclear plant
• Taipei Times – City poll shows 66% in favor of plant suspension – Mo Yan-chih
• Europe: The Guardian – Letter: Non-nuclear future – Professor David Elliott
• Europe: Reuters – Muehleberg nuclear plant closure plan overturned by Swiss court – Katharina Bart
• East Europe: ecoclubrivne.org – Ukraine is going to face new problems because of old nuclear power plant units

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

• Capistrano Dispatch – SONGS Task Force Chief to Take Over NRC Region IV – Jim Shilander
• Livermore Patch – Anti-Nuclear March Starts in Walnut Creek and Ends at Livermore National Labatory – Patrick Creaven
• SantaCruz.com – Santa Cruz’s ‘Nuclear Terminator’ – Sally Neas
• Tri-City Herald – 10 Hanford managers indicted in timecard scheme
• Florissant FloValley News – Coldwater Creek Cancers to be Discussed at Town Hall Meetings – Pat Lindsey
• Beyond Nuclear – Coalition of concerned citizens details concerns about Palisades with NRC Commissioner Magwood
• Tampa Bay Times – House opens door to bill to modify nuclear fee – Mary Ellen Klas
• CBS 21 – 34 years ago, the worst nuclear disaster in the U.S. occurred at Three Mile Island – Kirk Wilson
• HNN Huntingtonnews – OP-ED: U.S. Warned Kodak, Not Steve O’Neil, About Bomb Test Fallout – John LaForge
• HNN Huntingtonnews – OpEd: US Sailors Speak Out and Sue Over Contamination During Fukushima Duty – John Laforge
• Huffington Post – Budget cuts might lead to consolidation of nuclear labs – Douglas Birch
• NTI – White House Supports Rollback of Cleanup Standards for Nuclear Incidents – Douglas P. Guarino
• Nuclear Energy Insider – Time to talk: why nuclear must tap into non-nuclear supply chain processes to streamline costs – Jason Deign
• Nuclear Energy Insider – Weekly Intelligence Brief 21 – 27 March 2013
• Nuclear Energy Insider – Policy Brief 21 – 27 March 2013
• NY Times blog – Google Street View Captures Ghost Town in Fukushima’s Evacuation Zone – Hiroko Tabuchi
• Japan Daily Press – Japan may be facing cancer time bomb two years after Fukushima – Ida Torres
• Japan Times – Elderly 3/11 nuke evacuee deaths spiked – Mizuho Aoki
• NHK World – Nuclear experts issue interim Fukushima report
• China Post – Saying no to nuclear power will not hurt Taiwan-US ties: MOFA – Enru Lin ,The China Post
• Asia: All Things Nuclear – Chinese-Russian Joint Statement on Missile Defense – Gregory Kulacki
• Europe: North Devon Gazette – OpEd: The true cost of nuclear – Rosemary Haworth-Booth
• East Europe: IPS – Nuclear Safety Plan Has Ukrainians Worried – Pavol Stracansky
• Middle East: Consortium News – Obama’s Nuke Double Standards – Nat Parry
• South Africa: Ria Novosti – Russia Offers S. Africa Help With Nuclear Power – Alexei Druzhinin

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

• Oakland Tribune – Groups gear up for annual Good Friday protest at Livermore lab – Jeremy Thomas
• Aliso Viejo Patch – Capo School Board to Discuss Nuke Plant – Penny Arévalo
• Electric Light & Power – San Onofre Nuclear outage destabilizing energy prices in California
• Orange County Register – NRC, Edison to discuss San Onofre amendment – Pat Brennan
• StateImpact Texas – Hotter Radioactive Waste Could Be Coming To Texas – David Barer
• Augusta Chronicle – Nuclear waste “melter” placed on standby at SRS plant – Rob Pavey
• Brattleboro Reformer – Supreme Court shoots down request to close Yankee – Bob Audette
• All Things Nuclear – Fission Stories #133: Mayflies, and Squirrels, and Rats, … – Dave Lochbaum
• Washington Post blog – The biggest fight over renewable energy is now in the states – Brad Plumer
• Huffington Post – Fish Near Fukushima Reportedly Contains High Cesium Level – Malcolm Foster
• IPS – Tug-of-War Over Nuclear Future – Suvendrini Kakuchi
• SimplyInfo – Mainichi Exposes Widespread Nuclear Dark Money In Japan
• JAIF – News Update
• Japan Daily Press – Nuclear regulator begins charging fees to view documents once free – Cherrie Lou Billones
• Japan Times – Tepco to boost compensation zone
• China Post – Pull nuke plug, public unanimous: DPP – Enru Lin
• Europe: BBC News – Nuclear power: UK will get help to compete, say ministers
• Europe: Bloomberg – U.K. Sets Out Nuclear Strategy to Tap $1.8 Trillion Market
• Europe: Daily Telegraph – Government extends new nuclear power station timetable by five years, confirms first plant will cost up to £14bn
• Middle East: Global Research – 10 Years Later, U.S. Legacy in Iraq: Death, Disease, Devastation, Displacement – Larry Everest
• South Africa: Creamer’s Engineering News – Nuclear not the solution for SA – faith leaders – Natasha Odendaal

Monday, March 25, 2013

• Dana Point Times – Update: Edison Considering Voluntary License Amendment for SONGS – Jim Shilander
• Enformable – NRC and Edison to discuss license amendment request for San Onofre Unit 2 – Lucas W Hixson
• Iowa Gazette – MidAmerica’s potential nuclear project town hall meeting
• Aiken Leader – SRS Plutonium Fuel (MOX) Program Life-Cycle Cost Surges to Over $20 Billion – Thomas Clements
• NRDC – Studying Severe Weather Impacts on U.S. Nuclear Plants – Corinne Hanson’s Blog
• NTI – White House Supports Rollback of Cleanup Standards for Nuclear Incidents – Douglas P. Guarino
• Physicians for Social Responsibility – “Reactor Reax” Top 5 Stories of the Week
• Canada: Kenora Online – Nuclear waste on Dryden agenda tonight – Mike Aiken
• Oceania: Radio New Zealand – CNMI governor reveals his disgraced predecessor planed nuclear power plant
• Daily Yomiuri – Government realigns evacuation zones in Tomioka
• Japan Daily Press – Nuclear exclusion-zone designation lifted in Fukushima town, residents to visit homes – Cherrie Lou Billones
• Japan Times – Hiroshima A-bomb victims top 557,000
• Focus Taiwan – Taipei to conduct regular poll on 4th nuclear power plant
• South Asia: IPS – India Playing Risky Games at Nuclear Parks – Ranjit Devraj
• Europe: NHK World – Germany to reconsider nuclear waste site
• Russia: UPI – Man claims he hoarded radioactive material for immortality – Kristen Butler