Sunday, April 07, 2013

• San Luis Obispo Tribune – Letter: Facts? Why bother? – Jackson L. Forney
• LANL – Disposing of nuclear waste in a salt bed
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – PROMETHEUS TRAP/ ‘Shadow units’ (16): SDF members take off protective gear to ease concerns of residents
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – The U.S. energy revolution and its impact on the world
• Asia-Pacific: Taipei Times – Taiwan needs green energy policy – Chien Hsi-chieh
• Asia-Pacific: Taipei Times – Information on nuclear issue still inadequate – Li Shang-jen

Saturday, April 06, 2013

• Del Mar Times – Del Mar urges more pressure on NRC as Edison seeks to reopen San Onofre reactor – Claire Harlin
• Veterans Today – All Nuclear Reactors Leak All of the Time – Bob Nichols
• Oceania: Green Left Weekly – Renewables versus nuclear: lessons from China – Renfrey Clarke
• Asia-Pacific: RocketNews24 – No Improvement for Fukushima Decontamination Workers – Subcontractors Still Only Paying One-fifth Minimum Wage – John Stuart
• Asia-Pacific: Yomiuri Shimbun – 120 tons of N-water leaked at Fukushima
• Asia-Pacific: Taipei Times – Group to name and shame KMT members over plant – Shih Hsiao-kuang and Stacy Hsu

Friday, April 05, 2013

• Energy Daily – Reid staff exploring DOE slot for Jaczko? – Jeff Beattie
• Northwest Cable News – Unexpected gas releases from Hanford tank – Gary Chittim
• Wicked Local Chatham – Chatham’s “No Nukes” history still relevant
• AP Google – US sub sinking 50 years ago led to safety changes – David Sharp
• Fairewinds Energy Education – Nuclear Power and Earthquakes
• Government Accountability Project – Nuclear Oversight: Hanford Whistleblower Settles With Fluor: Daily Whistleblower News – Jack Davis
• Truthout – Two Years On, Fukushima Raises Many Questions, Provides One Clear Answer – Gregg Levine
• Canada: Huffington Post Canada – OpEd: Over Ontario’s Nuclear Budget Is a Money Meltdown – Mike Schreiner
• Asia-Pacific: Greenpeace International blog – Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Update for April 2nd to April 4th, 2013 – Christine McCann
• Central Asia: BBC News – Banking on nuclear peace in Kazakhstan – Rayhan Demytrie
• Russia: Bellona – Bellona’s St. Petersburg office meets with Norwegian PM Stoltenberg over Russian NGO crackdowns – Charles Digges

Thursday, April 04, 2013

• AP Google – June 1 restart could be out of reach at San Onofre – Michael R. Blood
• Lake Forest Patch – Edison Seeks June 1 Nuke Plant Restart, NRC Says Not so Fast – Adam Townsend
• Los Angeles Times – OpEd: San Onofre’s other problem – William Alley and Rosemarie Alley
• Odessa American – Senate bill calls for more radioactive waste into the Andrews facility – Emma Petty
• WCPN – Push For Increased Monitoring of Radioactive Waste In Landfills – Michelle Kanu
• New Scientist – It’s too early to herald a US nuclear renaissance
• POGO blog – Energy IG Pushes to Consolidate Nuclear Labs, Again – Lydia Dennett
• NRC – Inspector General Reports: FY 2013 Update
• Canada: Ottawa Citizen – U.S. says radioactive waste shipments safe, nixes full environmental assessment – Ian MacLeod
• Asia-Pacific: Green Action – Will Japan Repeat the Fukushima Disaster? – Lawsuit* Verdict This Week May Provide Answer
• Asia-Pacific: JAIF – News Update
• Asia-Pacific: China Post – New Taipei referendum proposal to be sent to Cabinet – Lauly Li
• Central Asia: CA-News – Creation of nuclear fuel bank in Kazakhstan doesn’t pose threat of terrorist attacks, Foreign Minister says
• Southwest Asia: Bloomberg – MHI, Areva to Win $22 Bln Turkish Nuclear Deal, Nikkei Says – Tsuyoshi Inajima
• South Asia: The Hindu – Panel for dropping charges against protesters
• East Europe: InSerbia – Connection between growing number of cancer diagnoses and NATO bombing?
• Russia: Barents Observer – Nuclear watchdog expects more secret voyages – Thomas Nilsen
• Russia: Bellona – Russia still keeping Norway in the dark about secret radwaste shipments to Murmansk – Charles Digges
• Russia: Xinhua News – Russia completes drills tackling radiation emergencies

Wednesday, April 03, 2013

• Global Research – Fukushima Radioactive Fallout in California and Alaska: Health Impacts on American Children – John Upton
• Zero Hedge – Study: 28% Increase In Thyroid Problems In Babies Born After Fukushima in Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington
• Reuters – Southern California Edison pushing for June nuclear restart
• New York Times – Treatment Plant for Waste in Nuclear Cleanup Has Design Flaws, Panel Says – Matthew L. Wald
• Tri-City Herald – Wyden’s concerns renewed over Hanford tank waste explosions – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Fluor Hanford settles lawsuit for $1.1M – Annette Cary
• Durham Indy Week – Full Frame 2013: Four fine documentaries by Durham filmmakers – David Fellerath
• Cape Cod Times – NRC meeting melts down – Sean Teehan
• EurekAlert – Anxiety about retirement — for aging nuclear power plants
• Nuclear Energy Insider – How do Russia and the US measure up on SMRs? – Jason Deign
• Nuclear Energy Insider – Weekly Intelligence Brief 28 March – 3 April 2013 – Sandeep Kaur
• Nuclear Energy Insider – Weekly Policy Brief 28 March – 3 April 2013 – Sandeep Kaur
• Canada: World Nuclear News – Quebec imposes uranium moratorium
• Asia-Pacific: Truthout – Uncomfortable Questions in the Wake of Nuclear Accidents at Fukushima and Chernobyl – Anders Pape Møller and Timothy A. Mousseau
• Asia-Pacific: Taiwan News – No end in sight to nuclear waste disposal problem: activists
• South Asia: NDTV – Kudankulam villagers launch protest in sea, say tests at plant affecting them – J Sam Daniel Stalin
• Europe: Daily Mail – Soldier dying after being exposed to uranium in Iraq must raise £110,000 for treatment because the NHS can’t help her – Anna Hodgekiss
• Europe: Global Research – Germany: Ending Nuclear Power has Contributed to Reducing Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
• Russia: Barents Observer – Secret nuclear cargo shipped around Norway – Thomas Nilsen

Tuesday, April 02, 2013

• AP Google – Nuclear board warns of Hanford tank explosion risk – Shannon Dininny
• All Things Nuclear – Nuclear Energy Activist Toolkit #3: Licensee Event Report (LER) Searches – Dave Lochbaum
• Nuclear Age Peace Foundation – The Sunflower: Issue #189 – April 2013
• Popular Science – Over Time, Nuclear Power Would Kill Fewer People Than Petroleum – Rebecca Boyle
• Oceania: ABC – Federal approval for WA’s first uranium mine
• Asia-Pacific: Grist Magazine – Fukushima meltdown appears to have sickened American infants – John Upton
• Asia-Pacific: New York Times – Japanese Cabinet Proposes Energy Sector Overhauls
• Asia-Pacific: CNIC – Nuke Info Tokyo No. 153 (Mar./Apr. 2013)
• Asia-Pacific: Taipei Times – Parents, children speak out against nuclear plant – Lee I-chia
• South Asia: Frontline – Book: Nuclear questions – T.R. Govindarajan
• Europe: Reuters – Germany’s 2012 power exports climb despite nuclear phase-out – Madeline Chambers
• Russia: Bellona – Russian NGOs undergoing unprecedented Kremlin sweeps – Charles Digges

Monday, April 01, 2013

• AP Google – San Onofre submits draft linked to restart bid – Michael R. Blood
• KFMB – San Onofre seeking license change to operate at partial power
• Los Angeles Times – Edison submits paperwork to fire up San Onofre before summer – Abby Sewell
• Reuters – California utility seeking license amendment for nuclear plant – Nichola Groom
• Arizona Republic – Grand Canyon uranium mine draws ire – Brandon Loomis
• Daily Camera – Kristen Iversen: Is Rocky Flats contamination being ignored – Kristen Iversen
• Russellville Courier – NRC report: “Lift device failed,” dropping 500-ton stator that killed ANO worker – Adam Franks
• American Recycler – DOE proposes recycling metal from nuclear facilities – Mark Henricks
• Reuters – Southern Co drops one federal loan request, pursues larger one – Eileen O’Grady
• Government Security News – Markey again presses nuclear ’emergency pill’ effort – Mark Rockwell
• Vermont Public Radio – Hundreds Protest Vermont Yankee
• FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
• HNN HuntingtonNews – NRC “Hides” Inflammatory Community Safety Documents
• Huffington Post – The Three Nuclear Poisons – David Loy
• ThomasNet Industrial News Room – Symposium covers effects of radiation on nuclear materials.
• Canada: CNSC – CNSC News Update
• Canada: Hill Times – Former soldiers say depleted uranium has left them ill, but report, experts say there’s no link – Jessica Bruno
• Oceania: Sydney Morning Herald – Obama’s nuclear policy a big disappointment – Hugh White
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Daily Press – TEPCO admits it deserves blame for Fukushima nuclear meltdown – John Hofilena
• Asia-Pacific: Yomiuri Shimbun – Fukushima’s Namie sees no-entry zone lifted
• Asia-Pacific: Forbes – How Serious Is Taiwan’s Anti-Nuke Cause? Swim and See – Ralph Jennings
• Europe: BBC News – Berkshire protest against Trident nuclear weapons system