Sunday, April 28, 2013

• Tri-City Herald – Wyden calls for new federal agency for nuclear waste – Annette Cary
• YouTube – Radioactive Nuclear Waste Leak – Hanford, WA – MrEnergyCzar
• Telluride Daily Planet – State grants license to Energy Fuels – Heather Sackett
• Albuquerque Journal – Nuclear spending on hot seat – Michael Coleman
• Los Angeles Times – At Trinity Site, varied views of atomic past – Cindy Carcamo
• Odessa American – NY waste in West Texas – Matthew Mcgowan
• Augusta Chronicle – Separation technology can stem nuclear waste threatBy Rose O. Hayes, Ph.D.
• New London Day – Editorial: Nuke waste indecision
• RocketNews24 – Time to Get Rid of Those Ugly Radiation Suits, Teijin to Unveil Radiation-Proof Fabric
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Paducah
  
• Europe: Herald Scotland – MoD ends Scottish uranium shell tests

Saturday, April 27, 2013

• PoliticalNews.me – Feinstein, Senators Release Discussion Draft of Nuclear Waste Legislation
• CNM Chronicle – Former Student Combats Nuclear Waste Dumping – Jamison Wagner
• KRQE News 13 – Secret Los Alamos tunnel revealed
• Peoria Journal Star – Honeywell looks to open Metropolis plant in June – Phil Luciano
• Courier-Journal blog – Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant passes safety review, while still facing possible shutdown and replacement – James Bruggers
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – 1949: Shift change at K-25 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12 and Wen Ho Lee – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Obama to speak to National Academy of Sciences – Frank Munger
• Environmental News Network – What to do with Radioactive Waste – Andy Soos
• GovTrack – H.R. 1645: Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2013
• House Energy & Commerce Committee – Committee Leaders Seek GAO Analysis of Taxpayer Cost and Liability Effects of DOE’s Nuclear Waste Storage Proposal – Chairman Fred Upton

Friday, April 26, 2013

• Nuclear Street – Congress Mulls Legislation on Interim Spent Fuel Storage
• Palisades Hudson Financial Group – Nevada’s Nuclear Poker – Larry M. Elkin
• Politico – Senators release nuclear waste legislation – In memoir, Snowe talks Yucca… – Alex Guillen
• Public Citizen – Senators’ Proposed New Nuclear Waste Legislation Repackages Failed Strategy of the Past – Allison Fisher
• ScienceNOW – U.S. Senators Seek Comments on Plan to Store Nuclear Waste – David Malakoff
• National Journal – Yucca Mountain Casts a Long Shadow Over Nuclear-Waste Bill Introduced in the Senate – Tweet By Amy Harder
• POWERnews – Senators Propose New Agency to Deal with Waste from Nuclear Power Plants – Gail Reitenbach
• KSNV MyNews3 – Details under wraps in possible plan to move nuke waste near Vegas
• Columbus Free Press – Los Angeles to San Onofre: “Not So Fast!” – Harvey Wasserman
• KING5 Seattle – Hanford worker’s struggle to ‘do the right thing’ – Susannah Frame
• KING5 Seattle – KING 5 story on Hanford prompts action by Inslee, feds – Susannah Frame
• Rep. Doc Hastings (R-WA4) – Hastings’ Statement on Senators’ Discussion Draft of Nuclear Waste Legislation
• Tri-City Herald – DOE working on reprogramming proposal for Bechtel – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – PNNL in competition for unmanned aircraft test center – Annette Cary
• Salt Lake Tribune – Utah’s EnergySolutions back in private hands – Judy Fahys
• Salt Lake Tribune – EnergySolutions shareholder vote uncertain – Judy Fahys
• Salt Lake Tribune – Senators unveil nuke waste storage plan – Thomas Burr
• Florissant Patch – North County Cancer Cluster Dispute Heats Up at Radioactive Waste Meeting – Candace Jarrett
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – Community vents over timeline for nuclear plant decommissioning – Thomas Content
• Washington Examiner – Honeywell eyes June restart of Metropolis plant
• HNN HuntingtonNews – NRC Declares Piketon Plant Safe; Opponents Cite 2011 “Incidents”
• Knoxville News Sentinel – One charge dropped against Y-12 protesters – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Rice: ‘5 down and 30 to go!’ – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12, Pantex contracts extended to May 31 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Government drops one of three charges against Plowshares protesters – Frank Munger
• WCYB 5 Tri-Cities – NFS plans emergency test
• Augusta Chronicle – Sen. Lindsey Graham says reducing MOX costs could save the project – Rob Pavey
• The Hill – Held up by MOX(y) – Henry Sokolski, Nonproliferation Policy Education Center and Autumn Hanna, Taxpayers for Common Sense
• The State – Friday letters: Use SRS building as holding site – D.G. Karraker
• York Daily Record – NRC cautions power plants on water damage and spent fuel containers – Sean Adkins
• Haddams-Killingworth Patch – Dominion Gets Tentative Approval to Expand Its Nuclear Waste Storage at Millstone in Waterford – Wendy Vincent, Jayne Keedle
• Environmental News Network – What to do with Radioactive Waste – Andy Soos
• UPI – Nuclear, radiological threats to be examined

Thursday, April 25, 2013

• Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources – Senators Release Discussion Draft of Comprehensive Nuclear Waste Legislation
• EnergyGuardian – Senators release nuclear waste draft that leaves tough issues for later – Edward Felker
• Heritage Foundation blog – Senators’ Nuke Waste Plan Renovates When We Really Need to Raze and Rebuild – Jack Spencer
• The Hill blog – Senators float nuclear waste storage draft bill – Zack Colman
• NEI – Nuclear Industry Sees Legislative Proposal on Used Nuclear Fuel as Good First Step
• Platts – New agency to control of US nuclear waste under Senate bill – Derek Sand
• Union of Concerned Scientists – Draft Senate Nuclear Waste Bill Fails to Address Current Storage Safety Issues at Nuclear Power Plants
• U.S. News & World Report – New Nuclear Waste Proposal Creates Agency, Restarts Yucca Mountain Debate – Meg Handley
• Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) – Feinstein, Senators Release Discussion Draft of Nuclear Waste Legislation
• Seattle Post Intelligencer blog – A nuclear “park” and a wild river: Progress in Congress
• Tri-City Herald – Studies mull impact of closing nuclear plant – Annette Cary
• Albuquerque Journal – Udall pushes for assurance on LANL – Michael Coleman and John Fleck
• Courthouse News Service – Nuclear Waste Storage Hooks Feds for $47M – Joseph Celentino
• Chattanooga Times Free Press – Former US attorney general testifies at hearing on 3 who allegedly broke into Oak Ridge weapons plant
• Knoxville News Sentinel – FBI: Details remain scant on weekend shooting at Watts Bar nuclear power plant – Megan Boehnke
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Richardson’s environmental advice starts with climate help – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Search dogs at Y-12 overworked; IG identifies other problems with canine program – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Did Richardson sway the UT-Battelle contract? – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Hyper-sensitivity along the Y-12 boundaries – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Climate is No. 1 on Richardson’s eco-to-do list – Frank Munger
• Oak Ridger – Historically Speaking/Grady Whitman: More Manhattan Project ‘War Stories’ – Carolyn Krause
• WATE – New book details UT-Battelle management of ORNL
• Aiken Standard – Sen. Graham demands MOX go forward – Mike Gellatly
• New London Day – Path clear for Millstone to keep decades’ worth of nuclear waste at Waterford site – Judy Benson
• NTI – Key Democrat Criticizes Nuke, Nonproliferation Budgets – Douglas P. Guarino
• DOE:EM – Oak Ridge’s EM Program Seeks Public Input on Cleanup
• DOE:EM – Head of EM to Kick Off Congressional Nuclear Cleanup Caucus
• DOE:IG – Alleged Improprieties Regarding the Canine Program at the Department of Energy’s Y-12 Site, IG-0886
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Evaluations of Explosions Postulated To Occur at Nearby Facilities and on Transportation Routes Near Nuclear Power Plants
  
• Canada: Canada NewsWire – End of Comment Period on Environmental Impact Statement and Licence Application for Deep Geologic Repository Project
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Hunt for nuclear waste site put on fast track
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Foreign plutonium to stay at Sellafield – Alan Irving
• Russia: Ria Novosti – Greenpeace Urges Evacuation From Contaminated Urals Area

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

• Las Vegas Review-Journal – Letter: This time, we’re giving up on waste storage? – Larry Fulsom
• San Luis Obispo Tribune – It’s time for government to accept spent nuclear fuel – Ed Halpin, PG&E.
• Tri-City Herald – U.S. House committee approves B Reactor Park at Hanford
• Tri-City Herald – Wyoming senator questions if Hanford B Reactor park is prudent – Annette Cary
• Boise Weekly – Idaho GOP Senators Join Dems to Sponsor Downwinder Compensation Extensions – George Prentice
• Montrose Daily Press – Area residents debate merits of uranium mining at DOE hearing – Will Hearst
• Santa Fe New Mexican – Senate passes expansion of radioactive waste site
• Fort Worth Star-Telegram – Bill would let in ‘hotter’ nuclear waste 
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Frank Munger: Migrating rad waste a continuing concern – Frank Munger
  
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Former U.S. attorney general supports Plowshares actions at Y-12 – Frank Munger
  
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – House committee OKs Manhattan Park bill – Frank Munger
  
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – DOE to compete Brookhaven contract – Frank Munger
  
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Earth Day at ORNL – Frank Munger
  
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – The National Library of Energy – Frank Munger
  
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Full house – Frank Munger
  
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Update on Plowshares hearing – Frank Munger
  
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Why Bob Booker didn’t testify at hearing – Frank Munger
  
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Kevin Corbett named VP at B&W Y-12 – Frank Munger
• CleanEnergy Footprints blog – Who opposes the Florida nuclear tax? Florida seniors! – Sara Barczak
• Aiken Standard – SRR celebrates five years of disposing salt waste, new personal – Mike Gellatly
• Chatham Star Tribune – Back to Earth on uranium, Joe – Karen Maute
• EmpireStateNews – Senator seeks more funding for West Valley nuclear site cleanup
• Windham County Commons – Getting the area to prepare for long-term storage – Olga Peters
• Bloomberg – Senator’s Meeting With Obama Energy Nominee Fails to Clear Hold – Jim Snyder & Kathleen Hunter
• Yahoo! News – Obama’s Pick for Energy Secretary Blocked Over Cuts at S.C. Nuclear-Waste Plant – Amy Harder
• GovTrack – H.R. 1506: Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures Act
• Canada: Manitoulin Expositor – OPG plans nuclear waste repository near Lake Huron
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Hunt for nuclear waste site put on fast track
• Asia-Pacific: NHK World – Japan to review nuclear waste disposal policy
• Asia-Pacific: Yomiuri Shimbun – TEPCO, German firms sign plutonium swap
• Asia: All Things Nuclear – China Still Committed to No First Use of Nuclear Weapons – Gregory Kulacki
• East Asia: Korea Times – Nuclear waste remains big headache – Kim Tae-gyu
• Europe: Daily Mail – Has this Iraq war nurse been fatally poisoned by radioactive dust from our own bombs? – Sue Reid

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

• KING5 Seattle – Contractor discounted Hanford leak evidence for a year – Susannah Frame
• KING5 Seattle – Tank AY-102 leak timeline: 12 months between first signs and public announcement
• KNDU-TV – Hanford Groundwater Analysis Project Finds Interesting Numbers – Meredith Boggs
• Tri-City Herald – Energy Secretary Chu leaves post Monday
• Tri-City Herald – Plants that grow on Hanford Reach get endangered species protection – Annette Cary
• Yahoo! Finance – Northwest Physicians Group Hires Economist to Evaluate Hanford Nuclear Plant
• KREX-TV Grand Junction – DOE Releases PEIS on West Slope Uranium Mining – Cori Coffin
• Cibola County Beacon – Bipartisan Group of Senators Reintroduce RECA Amendments Act
• KLTV 7 News – Senate passes expansion of radioactive waste site – Chris Tomlinson
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Former U.S. Attorney General says production of nuclear weapons could be considered illegal; cites Nuclear
• Nonproliferation Treaty – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Return to Y-12 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – IG wants better auditing of subcontract costs – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Israeli delegation visits ORNL – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Protesters opt not to protest traffic charges – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – DOE site looks back at Chu’s four years – Frank Munger
• Oak Ridger – Historically Speaking/Grady Whitman: More Manhattan Project ‘War Stories’ – Carolyn Krause
• Buffalo News – Dump shouldn’t be in Niagara County at all, much less be allowed to expand
• All Things Nuclear – Fission Stories #135: Look in the Sky! It’s a bird. It’s a plane. – Dave Lochbaum
• Bloomberg – Graham Puts Hold on Energy Nominee Over Nuclear Facility Cuts – Jim Snyder
• Forbes – Destroying Nuclear Weapons Takes A Little Moxie – James Conca
• Mother Jones – Charts: The Smart Money is on Renewable Energy – Tim Mcdonnell
• Power Engineering – Sen. Ron Wyden Holds a Hearing on Department of Energy Budget
• DOE – Photo of the Week: What You Needed to Contain 100 Million Degree Plasma for 100 Millionths of a Second… in 1974 – Sarah Gerritysarah Gerrity
• Energy Department – NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Extension of the Public Comment Period for the Draft Uranium Leasing Program Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement Pages 23926-23927 [FR DOC# 2013-09509]
• Oceania: ABC – Dividing communities as well as atoms – Dave Sweeney
• Asia-Pacific: Kyodo News – Japan to mull ways to make progress on final radioactive waste site
• Asia-Pacific: News on Japan – U.S. officials concerned about Japan’s plan to reprocess nuclear fuel
• Asia-Pacific: NHK World – Nuclear Watch: Nuclear Waste Curse
• Asia: New York Times – U.S. and China Put Focus on Cybersecurity – Jane Perlez
• East Europe: Demotix – Building safe containment for radioactive waste in Chornobyl – Anatolii Stepanov

Monday, April 22, 2013

• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Former Attorney General Ramsey Clark among those to testify at Plowshares’ pre-trial hearing – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Update: multiple rounds fired at TVA security – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Mason on new deputy: ‘This is a natural fit’ – Frank Munger
• Southern Pines Pilot – Fallout From Long Ago Is Haunting the Present – Hilda Mitchell
• Observer-Dispatch – Western NY toxic sites could endanger Great Lakes
• ANWAG – ANWAG’s Analysis of DOL’s SEM Review Released–Advocates, Doctors, Scientists, Attorneys Call for Improvements & Advisory Board
• FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
• PennEnergy – DOE launches new nuclear fuel storage research
• Truthout – Contaminated Nation: Inhuman Radiation Experiments – John LaForge
• DOE:EM – Head of EM to Kick Off Congressional Nuclear Cleanup Caucus
• DOE:IG – Management and Operating Contractors’ Subcontract Audit Coverage, IG-0885
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Northern New Mexico
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Nevada
• Asia-Pacific: Reuters – Fuel-rod cooling halted by rats at crippled Japan nuclear plant – Risa Maeda and Mari Saito
• Asia-Pacific: Washington Post – IAEA: Japan nuclear site cleanup may take more than 40 years, plant needs more reliable system
• Asia-Pacific: Taipei Times – Ability to handle nuclear waste questioned – Chris Wang
• Europe: AFP Google – Britain to press ahead with Urenco stake sale
• Europe: AFP Google – UK govt to press ahead with Urenco stake sale
• Europe: BBC News – UK to sell stake in Urenco nuclear fuel firm
• Europe: The Guardian – UK to sell Urenco stake – Phillip Inman
• Europe: Reuters – UK launches sale of uranium enrichment firm Urenco
• Europe: Deutsche Welle – Gorleben returns as nuclear disposal possibility – East Anglian Daily Times