Sunday, April 14, 2013

• Forbes – New U.S. Nuclear Waste Policy May Be Illegal: GAO – Jeff McMahon
• Bay Area Indymedia – Vigils at the Livermore Nuclear Weapons Lab – Tara Dorabji
• Tri-City Herald – Soil bacteria may be answer to cheatgrass battle on Reach – Annette Cary
• Wyoming Tribune-Eagle – F.E. Warren’s nuclear future could be in jeopardy – Trevor Brown
• Las Cruces Sun-News – Workshop planned to address uranium contamination
• Akron Beacon Journal blog – Eco-group blames partial win after radiation provisions cut from Ohio budget bill – Bob Downing
• Augusta Chronicle – MOX future questioned as federal budgets shrinkBy Rob Pavey
• Aiken Standard – TalkBack for April 14: Russia, Yucca Mountain, gun control and Obama
• Aiken Standard – Thumbs Up, Thumbs down
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Transfer of radioactive water to be delayed at Fukushima plant
• Europe: Der Spiegel – Radiating Remnants: Nuclear Waste Barrels Litter English Channel – Nicola Kuhrt

Saturday, April 13, 2013

• Las Vegas Review-Journal – Titus concerned about plans to bury nuclear waste at test site – Steve Tetreault
• FOX News – DOE finalizing plans to dump man-made uranium in Nevada – Barnini Chakraborty
• Utility Products – Washington: Observations on the Key Attributes and Challenges of Storage and Disposal Options
• Energy Daily – DOE outlines $5.6 billion spent fuel management plan – George Lobsenz
• Las Vegas SUN – An agency-by-agency guide to Obama’s 2014 budget
• Bay Citizen – Nuclear byproduct levels on Treasure Island higher than Navy disclosed – Matt Smith and Katharine Mieszkowski
• Tri-City Herald – Leaking Hanford tanks topic at Manhattan Project park hearing – Annette Cary
• Telluride Daily Planet – Who is manning the plutonium? – Thom Carnevale
• Cibola County Beacon – Roca Honda Mine Public Meeting, April 17 – Rosanne Boyett
• Knoxville News Sentinel – ORNL’s funding still clouded by uncertainty – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Chuck Spencer defends the fence – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – What about those UCOR salaries? – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ORNL’s Haire wins Glenn Seaborg Award – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Thom Mason says: ‘No one likes uncertainty’ – Frank Munger
• Aiken Standard – SRS work reduction hours grow – Mike Gellatly

Friday, April 12, 2013

• Pahrump Valley Times – Test site landfill receiving bomb-grade material – Steve Tetreault
• Pahrump Valley Times – NNSS advisory board was briefed on U-233 shipments – Mark Waite
• Power Engineering – DOE official says nuclear waste deal impossible with Yucca
• Inyo County, CA – Yucca Mountain Repository Assessment Office Workshop (pdf-362K)
• Center for Investigative Reporting – How we searched for cesium contamination on Treasure Island – Matt Smith, Katharine Mieszkowski
• Center for Investigative Reporting – Nuclear byproduct levels on Treasure Island higher than Navy disclosed – Matt Smith, Katharine Mieszkowski
• Rep. Doc Hastings(R-WA6) – Congressman Hastings’ Speech to the Energy Communities Alliance Conference
• Tri-City Herald – Leaking Hanford tanks topic at Manhattan Project park hearing – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Richland’s PNNL to try powering up natural gas
• Knoxville News Sentinel – ORNL using drones for research purposes – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Frank Munger: GAO ruling on Y-12 contract due by April 29 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Drones at ORNL – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Audit says DOE wasted space at CERCLA landfill in Oak Ridge; $14.4 million in ‘unnecessary costs’ – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – New leadership at EPRI – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Congrats – Frank Munger
• NEI – US Nuclear Energy Facilities Achieved Strong Safety Performance in 2012, WANO Data Shows
• NEI – NEI Comments on Federal Budget Request for Fiscal 2014
• Slideshare – Radioactive waste management ppt – Aditya Sahu
• Power Engineering – 2014 Appropriations: Energy and Water; Committee: House Appropriations; Subcommittee: Energy and Water Development – Testimony–Peter Lyons, Assistant Secretary, DOE
• DOE – Nevada Deploys First U.S. Commercial, Grid-Connected Enhanced Geothermal System
• DOE – Enhanced Geothermal in Nevada: Extracting Heat From the Earth to Generate Sustainable Power
• DOE:EM – DOE Selects Two Contractors for Multiple-Award Waste Disposal Contract – Bill Taylor
• DOE:IG – The Department of Energy’s Use of the Environmental Management Waste Management Facility at the Oak Ridge Reservation, IG-0883
• House Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development – Hearing: Nuclear Waste Programs and Strategies Oversight
• Asia-Pacific: Kyodo News – 2 vessels carrying MOX fuel to leave France for Japan
• Europe: RT – Nuclear waste barrels remain strewn across floor of English Channel – report
• Europe: Whitehaven News – £3 million crane helping with Sellafield building clean up – Jenny Barwise
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Talk to discuss low level radioactive waste

Thursday, April 11, 2013

• Las Vegas Review-Journal – Several Nevada lawmakers not concerned about nuclear waste burial plan – Ed Vogel and Sean Whaley
• Forbes – Federal Court Wastes DOE – James Conca
• The Hill – DOE official: Focusing on Yucca prevents ‘progress’ on nuclear waste – Zack Colman
• Wall Street Journal – How Should We Deal With Nuclear Waste? – Keith Johnson
• Rep. Doc Hastings (R-WA4) – Statement from Congressman Doc Hastings on the Administration’s FY2014 Budget Request for Hanford
• Albuquerque Journal – $31.8M more for Lab Cleanup – Mark Oswald
• KRQE News 13 – LANL may get spending increase – Elizabeth Alvarez
• Chattanooga Times Free Press – Lamar Alexander seeks priority for Oak Ridge mercury cleanup
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Obama budget request a mixed bag for Oak Ridge – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12 budget request up 3% – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Nuke-A-Mania: Early days of radioisotopes – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Ernie Moniz & the mercury exchange – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ES&H Inc. gets $14M DOE maintenance contract – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – UPF funding request at $325 million – Frank Munger
• Augusta Chronicle – Proposed MOX funding cut, alternatives examined – Rob Pavey
• POGO – MOX Costs Spiral Further Out of Control – Lydia Dennett
• The State – SC leaders blast proposed funding cuts for SC’s MOX plant – Sammy Fretwell
• ENS – Obama’s 2014 Budget Sets New Energy Goals
• GAO – Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel: Observations on the Key Attributes and Challenges of Storage and Disposal Options, GAO-13-532T
• Europe: Daily Mail – Man dies in explosion at nuclear waste processing plant in France – Peter Allen
• Russia: Voice of Russia – US acknowledges importance of plutonium deal with Russia

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

• CBS Las Vegas – Is Nuclear Material Headed For Nevada?
• Las Vegas Review-Journal – Concerns raised over plans to bury bomb-usable nuclear material in Nevada – Steve Tetreault
• Las Vegas Review-Journal – DOE nominee favors volunteer sites for nuclear waste – Steve Tetreault
• Reno Gazette-Journal – Safest place for plutonium: reactor – Nicholas Tsoulfanidis
• Tri-Valley CAREs – Spring 2013 Citizen’s Watch Newsletter – Marylia Kelley
• Tri-Valley CAREs – Our Initial Response to the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Request for Nuclear Weapons
• Northwest Public Radio – Energy Secretary Nominee Fields Questions On Hanford – Anna King
• Seattle Post Intelligencer blog – New energy secretary: I will go to Hanford
• Seattle Times – Energy nominee says Hanford cleanup effort unacceptable
• Tri-City Herald – Hanford budget of $2.2 billion proposed for 2014 – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – DOE clarifies Hanford furloughs for some workers
• Tri-City Herald – Video of Hanford’s oldest double-shell tanks shows no leaks – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Moniz grilled about Hanford, global warming and industry ties – Sean Cockerham
• Tri-City Herald – Energy secretary nominee Moniz says no more Hanford status quo – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Hanford B Reactor park hearing in Senate set for April 23
• Albuquerque Journal – Energy nominee supports nuclear complex – Michael Coleman
• Santa Fe Reporter – WIPP It Good–As the feds continue to make nuclear wishes, will New Mexico keep granting them? – Laura Paskus
• USA Today – Energy secretary-nominee Moniz offers support for Ohio project
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Frank Munger: GAO ruling on Y-12 contract due by April 29 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel – NRC to assess troubled Watts Bar project–Agency to hold meeting in Athens – Ed Marcum
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Editorial: Modular reactors could help nation with energy needs
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – FY 2014 proposed budget figures for Oak Ridge – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – FY 2014 Budget summary for DOE – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Alexander makes mercury cleanup a priority – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ORNL, yes; Y-12, no – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – It’s a trade-off – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – They’re not baking cookies in Beta-2E – Frank Munger
• Augusta Chronicle – SRS and MOX workers await fiscal 2014 budget plan – Rob Pavey
• Columbus Ledger-Enquirer – Obama budget slashes funding for SC MOX plant – Meg Kinnard
• NEI Nuclear Notes – Jim Asselstine’s Bullish Assessment of Nuclear Energy’s Future
• NEI Nuclear Notes – Nuclear Energy’s Storied History and Bright Future – Marv Fertel
• Nuclear Energy Insider – Weekly Policy Brief 4 April – 10 April 2013 – K. Steiner-Dicks
• Nuclear Energy Insider – Weekly Intelligence Brief 4 April – 10 April 2013 – K. Steiner-Dicks
• POWERnews – DOE Nominee Moniz Gets Bipartisan Support in Senate Hearing – Gail Reitenbach
• DOE – Deputy Secretary Poneman to Host Media Briefing on Energy Department FY 2014 Budget Request
• Energy Department – NOTICES Update on Reimbursement for Costs of Remedial Action at Active Uranium and Thorium Processing Sites
• Asia-Pacific: Kyodo News – SNAPSHOT: Decommission work at Fukushima plant
• Europe: NW Evening Mail – Safe-Breaking Skills will be Used to Crack Sellafield Waste Silo
• Europe: Deutsche Welle – Nuclear waste to find a new home
• Europe: Enformable – Germany to make nuclear power operators pay for nuclear waste repository
• Europe: Platts – German nuclear firms not ready to pay for new waste site search
• South Africa: Green Times – Radioactive waste in your home – coming soon!

Tuesday, April 09, 2013

• Esmeralda County Board of County Commissioners – Subject: Esmeralda County, NV Review and Comment on the December 2012 Nevada Commission on Nuclear Projects Report and Recommendations (pdf-866K)
• AAAS Science Insider – Moniz Treated Gently at Senate Confirmation Hearing – David Malakoff
• Free Speech Radio News – Energy Secretary nominee Ernest Moniz promotes expanding natural gas, oil production before Senate committee
• US News & World Report – Obama Energy Department Pick Grilled in Senate Confirmation Hearing – Meg Handley
• AP Google – Moniz backs natural gas ‘revolution’ – By MATTHEW DALY
• Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources – Democratic News: Wyden Announces Support for Moniz to lead Energy Department
• Sierra Wave – Inyo-Mono Supervisors: water issues, snow removal, planning and June Mountain – Benett Kessler
• Odessa American – Texas lawmakers want to increase nuclear waste dump capacity – Emma Petty
• Tri-City Herald – Energy secretary nominee Moniz says no more Hanford status quo – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Richland’s Areva passes review for sixth consecutive year
• World Nuclear News – Joint venture confirms Paducah interest
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Director named at Uranium Processing Facility – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Cherokee Farm chief at Tech 20/20 networking – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – MOX contractor earns half of max fee – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – More (or less) about the W84 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Cleaning house at Y-12 Development Division – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – DNFSB’s annual report to Congress – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Repairs completed on world’s fastest supercomputer; Titan to undergo acceptance tests again – Frank Munger
• All Things Nuclear – Fission Stories #134: niagA tI soeD yrreF snworB – Dave Lochbaum
• Utica/Rome/Mohawk Valley – YNN – Moving weapon grade nuclear waste through New York – Brian Dwyer
• Oilprice – The Coming Nuclear Waste Disaster – Wolf Richter
• NRC – NRC Staff Schedules Meeting with Shaw Areva Mox Services to Discuss Performance at Mixed Oxide Facility
• Canada: CTV News – Canada, India proceed with nuclear deal that would see uranium shipped
• Asia-Pacific: Jpubb – Unit 3 spent fuel pool water temperature at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (Follow-up report 3)
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Shimbun – Yoroku: Expert needed to judge if TEPCO’s clean-up efforts good enough
• Asia-Pacific: Taiwan News – Taiwan premier promises haste on nuclear waste
• South Asia: Times of India – IAEA uranium meet kicks off in Steel City
• South Asia: Yahoo! India News – Uranium meet kicks off
• Europe: International Cranes – Goliath to remove radioactive waste – Laura Hatton
• Europe: Bloomberg – German Nuclear Operators to Pay for $2.6 Billion Waste Site – Alan Crawford
• Europe: Enformable – Germany to make nuclear power operators pay for nuclear waste repository
• Europe: Deutsche Welle – Germany restarts nuclear waste storage search from scratch
• Europe: Deutsche Welle – Berlin seeks end to nuclear waste debate
• Middle East: Xinhua News – Iran launches Yellowcake processing complex

Monday, April 08, 2013

• Twin Falls Times-News – Letter To The Editor: Idaho Must Say No to More Nuclear Waste – Eric Brandt
• Chattanooga Times Free Press – Activists move protest across the street from Y-12
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Strock named project director for UPF; Seely to focus on design completion and readiness – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Sen. Alexander on Margaret Thatcher – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – B&W’s response – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Adam Brimer’s visuals from Y-12 protest – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Railroad museum at former K-25 site derailed – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – The TVA/B&W mini-reactor plans – Frank Munger
• Oak Ridge Today – Titan repairs complete, ORNL preparing for second round of supercomputer testing – John Huotari
• Augusta Chronicle – Safety drills to ease plutonium concerns at SRS building – Rob Pavey
• Heritage Foundation – 10 Questions for DOE Nominee Ernest Moniz – Nicolas Loris, Jack Spencer and Katie Tubb
• National Journal – Sen. Wyden to Grill Obama’s Energy Nominee on Nuclear-Waste Site – Amy Harder
• FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
• NRC – Online Registration Open for Fuel Cycle Information Exchange, June 11-12, 2013 in Rockville, Md
• NRC – Public Meeting Schedule
• NWTRB – Agenda: Spring, 2013, Board Meeting
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Today – TEPCO may run out of space for radioactive water
• Asia-Pacific: Taiwan Today – Jiang vows to remove Orchid Island nuclear waste – Grace Kuo
• South Asia: Calcutta Telegraph – Uranium meet kicks off
• Europe: in-cumbria – TALK TO DISCUSS LOW LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE
• Europe: World Radio Switzerland – Nuclear waste scandal probed