Sunday, April 28, 2013

• Sacramento Bee – Nuclear authority generates controversy – Stephen Nielsen
• Tri-City Herald – Wyden calls for new federal agency for nuclear waste – Annette Cary
• YouTube – Radioactive Nuclear Waste Leak – Hanford, WA – MrEnergyCzar
• Albuquerque Journal – Nuclear spending on hot seat – Michael Coleman
• Odessa American – NY waste in West Texas – Matthew Mcgowan
• Pottstown Mercury – Shadow cast on Limerick nuclear evacuation plan
• Wilkes-Barre Times Leader – Casey: Are nuke plans reasonable? – Steve Mocarsky
• Lower Hudson Journal – NRC must do its job and regulate Indian Point – Eric T. Schneiderman
• Lower Hudson Journal – Risk of quake near Indian Point shakes up officials – Columbia Daily Tribune
• South America: Xinhua News – Protest against use of nuclear energy in Brazil
• Oceania: Sydney Morning Herald – No compensation for Maralinga radiation victims – Bianca Hall
• Asia-Pacific: Global Research – Fukushima’s Catastrophic Aftermath: The Dangers of Worldwide Nuclear Radiation – Stephen Lendman
• West Africa: Afrique en Ligue – Russia to help Ghana develop nuclear industry

Saturday, April 27, 2013

• PoliticalNews.me – Feinstein, Senators Release Discussion Draft of Nuclear Waste Legislation
• Common Dreams – San Onofre Whistleblower Cites “Potentially Catastrophic” Design Flaw – Lauren McCauley
• CNM Chronicle – Former Student Combats Nuclear Waste Dumping – Jamison Wagner
• KRQE News 13 – Secret Los Alamos tunnel revealed
• PR Newswire – Florida Senate Clamps Down On Nuclear Cost Recovery Law
• Pottstown Mercury – Sen. Casey pushes NRC to plan better for ‘shadow evacuations’ – Evan Brandt
• Brattleboro Reformer – Entergy asks court to remove Vermont from generator approval process – Bob Audette
• Environmental News Network – What to do with Radioactive Waste – Andy Soos
• GovTrack – H.R. 1645: Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2013
• Asia-Pacific: Design News – Slideshow: Fukushima Plant Passed Ultimate Test – Charles Murray
• Asia-Pacific: Yomiuri Shimbun – Radiation detected in groundwater near N-plant
• Asia-Pacific: Yomiuri Shimbun – Potential power shortages remain despite govt decision not to set targets
• Asia-Pacific: Focus Taiwan – Pro- and anti-nuclear groups engaged in heated TV debate – Lin Hui-chun, Kao Chao-feng and Y.L. Kao
• East Europe: EX-SKF – Long Shadow of Chernobyl: 224 Bq/kg of Cesium-137 in the Ashes from Burning Wood Pellets Made from Trees in Shikoku
• East Europe: Kyiv Post – Slate: How many people have really been killed by Chernobyl?
• East Europe: PR Newswire – Losses from Chornobyl Disaster to Approximate USD 180 Billion in 2015 – Ukrainian President
• East Europe: Ria Novosti – Extreme Tours: Pripyat Revisited Post Fallout

Friday, April 26, 2013

• Public Citizen – Senators’ Proposed New Nuclear Waste Legislation Repackages Failed Strategy of the Past – Allison Fisher
• Greentech Media – Geothermal Saves $117 Million per Year for California and Nevada – Herman K. Trabish
• AFP Google – First Japan tsunami debris confirmed in California
• Columbus Free Press – Los Angeles to San Onofre: “Not So Fast!” – Harvey Wasserman
• Salt Lake Tribune – Utah’s EnergySolutions back in private hands – Judy Fahys
• HNN HuntingtonNews – NRC Declares Piketon Plant Safe; Opponents Cite 2011 “Incidents”
• The Hill – Held up by MOX(y) – Henry Sokolski, Nonproliferation Policy Education Center
• Alexandria Town Talk – Commentary: Enviro-policy shows it damaging bias – Tony Akubue
• Environmental News Network – What to do with Radioactive Waste – Andy Soos
• Fairewinds Energy Education – Can’t Win? Change the Rules!
• Forbes – It’s Time To Clean Out The Pentagon’s Closet Full of Wishes – Russell Drew
• Huffington Post – Silencing Whistleblowers – Cathy Kangas
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Tohoku loses 10% of small businesses
• East Europe: BBC News – Ukraine marks anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear disaster
• East Europe: BBC News – In pictures: Dark Pripyat
• East Europe: Greenpeace International – 27 years since Chernobyl and what have we learned? – Justin McKeating
• East Europe: Pravda – Russia remembers victims of Chernobyl disaster
• East Europe: Xinhua News – 27th anniversary of Chernobyl disaster marked in Ukraine
• East Europe: Xinhua News – News Analysis: Chernobyl disaster poses long-term environmental challenges – Alona Liashenko

Thursday, April 25, 2013

• Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources – Senators Release Discussion Draft of Comprehensive Nuclear Waste Legislation
• The Hill blog – Senators float nuclear waste storage draft bill – Zack Colman
• Platts – New agency to control of US nuclear waste under Senate bill – Derek Sand
• Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) – Feinstein, Senators Release Discussion Draft of Nuclear Waste Legislation
• WATE – New book details UT-Battelle management of ORNL
• Tampa Bay Times – Senate tweaks nuclear fee bill – Mary Ellen Klas
• UPI – Nuclear, radiological threats to be examined
• AOL Energy – Nuclear Plants Next to Go in the Northeast – Conway Irwin
• Pottstown Mercury – Sen. Casey pushes NRC to plan better for ‘shadow evacuations’ – Evan Brandt
• Rutland Herald – State not satisfied with NRC’s response on VY mishap – Susan Smallheer
• New York Times – The Next Nuclear Reactor May Arrive Hauled by a Truck – Matthew L. Wald
• GovTrack – H.R. 1700: To require the President to issue guidance on Federal response to a large-scale nuclear disaster. – Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY16]
• NAS – Project Update: Research Directions in Human Biological Effects of Low Level Ionizing Radiation.
• Canada: Canada NewsWire – End of Comment Period on Environmental Impact Statement and Licence Application for Deep Geologic Repository Project
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Japan court rejects demand to evacuate Fukushima children
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Editorial: Nuclear fuel recycling just a pipe dream
• Asia-Pacific: NHK World – Japan refuses to endorse NPT statement
• Asia-Pacific: Nippon.com – Two Years On from Fukushima – Sven Saaler
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Foreign plutonium to stay at Sellafield – Alan Irving
• Europe: Deutsche Welle – The future of nuclear power in Europe
• East Europe: Deutsche Welle – Few resist as Slovakia pursues nuclear power
• East Europe: Kyiv Post – Chornobyl, 27 years later, still dangerous – Katya Gorchinskaya, Svitlana Tuchynska
• South Africa: Yahoo! SA – State should use extreme caution in nuclear decision – Songezo Zibi

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

• Los Angeles Times – L.A. City Council jumps into San Onofre debate – Abby Sewell
• San Luis Obispo Tribune – It’s time for government to accept spent nuclear fuel – Ed Halpin, PG&E.
• Portland Business Journal – Nuclear power plant shutdown worth analysis, says doctors group – Suzanne Stevens
• Tri-City Herald – U.S. House committee approves B Reactor Park at Hanford
• 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
• Kansas City Pitch – The Wolf Creek nuclear plant might melt down – in court – Steve Vockrodt
• WBAY Green Bay – Public Meeting Tonight on Kewaunee Plant Shut Down 
• CleanEnergy Footprints blog – Who opposes the Florida nuclear tax? Florida seniors! – Sara Barczak
• EmpireStateNews – Senator seeks more funding for West Valley nuclear site cleanup
• Greenpeace International – Nuclear accidents: the guilty should pay, not the innocent
• Nuclear Energy Insider – Role of politics and nuclear energy – Peter Taberner
• Nuclear Energy Insider – Weekly Policy Brief 18 – 24 April 2013 – K. Steiner-Dicks
• Nuclear Energy Insider – Weekly Intelligence Brief 18 – 24 April 2013 – K. Steiner-Dicks
• Reuters – Lower U.S. power prices trim revenue for nuclear reactors
• Yahoo! News – Obama’s Pick for Energy Secretary Blocked Over Cuts at S.C. Nuclear-Waste Plant – Amy Harder
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Utility could seek 20 billion yen from TEPCO over nuclear disaster
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Recovery from meltdowns patchy
• Asia-Pacific: NHK World – Film on A-bomb survivors shown in Geneva
• Asia-Pacific: Noodls – Executive Yuan of the Republic of China (Taiwan) Cabinet releases Q&A on nuclear power issues
• Asia-Pacific: Taipei Times – The real price of nuclear energy – Li Shang-Jen
• Asia-Pacific: Taiwan News – DPP accuses Taiwan government of nuclear intimidation
• Asia: All Things Nuclear – China Still Committed to No First Use of Nuclear Weapons – Gregory Kulacki
• East Europe: Daily Mail – After the apocalypse: Haunting photographs show the sprawling ruins of Chernobyl 27 years after nuclear disaster – Harriet Arkell
• East Europe: Demotix – Chernobil Zone has become ghost city – Sergii Kharchenko
• East Europe: KYIV Post – Chornobyl and the Exclusion Zone, now and then
• East Europe: Zimbio – Chernobyl nuclear disaster: Eerie photographs – Helene Veilleux
• South Africa: Yahoo! SA – Nuclear power ‘could trigger price increase’ – Paul Vecchiatto

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

• KING5 Seattle – Tank AY-102 leak timeline: 12 months between first signs and public announcement
• Tri-City Herald – Energy Secretary Chu leaves post Monday
• KREX-TV Grand Junction – DOE Releases PEIS on West Slope Uranium Mining – Cori Coffin
• KLTV 7 News – Senate passes expansion of radioactive waste site – Chris Tomlinson
• Texas Tribune – Texas Nuclear Reactor Restarts, Four Months After Fire – Kate Galbraith
• WKZO – Nuclear group protests Fred Upton nuclear energy support – Andrew Green
• Platts – Safety upgrades could cost $40 million per nuclear unit: Dominion – Steven Dolley
• All Things Nuclear – Fission Stories #135: Look in the Sky! It’s a bird. It’s a plane. – Dave Lochbaum
• Big Think – The Forever Danger: How to Design a Universal, Timeless Warning – Pamela Haag
• 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
• Oceania: ABC – Dividing communities as well as atoms – Dave Sweeney
• Asia-Pacific: AFP Google – UN atomic agency urges Fukushima safety improvements – Shingo Ito
• Asia-Pacific: IAEA – IAEA Team Completes Initial Review of Japan’s Plans to Decommission Fukushima Daiichi
• Asia-Pacific: New York Times – Fukushima Plant Operator Should Prepare Better, U.N. Watchdog Says – Martin Fackler
• Asia-Pacific: Wall Street Journal blog – Fukushima Watch: Dead Rodents Cause Another Cooling System Halt at Stricken Plant – Mari Iwata
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – PROMETHEUS TRAP/ The disaster and animals (2): Daughter tells father, ‘You are stupid’ – Misuzu Tsukue
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Fukushima nuclear plant cleanup may take more than 40 years: IAEA
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – IAEA tells Tepco to improve critical systems at Fukushima No. 1
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – U.S. alarmed by nuclear recycling plan
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Claims against Tepco can run long
• Asia-Pacific: Kyodo News – Japan to mull ways to make progress on final radioactive waste site
• Asia-Pacific: Kyodo News – Suits against TEPCO to be allowed after 3-yr limit runs out
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima nuke plant forced to stop cooling system for fuel pools due to dead rats
• 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-Pacific: Taiwan News – Taiwan opposition continues to block nuclear vote at Legislature
• Asia: Bloomberg – China-Based Cyber Attacks Rise at Meteoric Pace – Mark Milian & Jordan Robertson
• Asia: New York Times – U.S. and China Put Focus on Cybersecurity – Jane Perlez
• Southeast Asia: Asia News Network – Laos, Vietnam to cooperate on nuclear technology dev’t
• South Asia: IBNLive – China may have provided Pakistan with nuclear weapon designs
• Europe: Reuters – UK takes ownership of stored plutonium, may fuel new reactors
• Europe: Reuters – Slow is scary if France quits nuclear : state institute – Marion Douet
• Europe: Bloomberg – Power Plant Capacity Payments Inevitable in Germany, UBS Says – Rachel Morison
• North Europe: Baltic Times – Lithuanian PM: Visaginas NPP project cannot be implemented
• East Europe: Demotix – Ukraine will comemmorate Chernobyl anniversary – Alexey Furman

Monday, April 22, 2013

• Forbes – Nobel Physicist: Society Should Convert To Natural Gas – Jeff McMahon
• Chattanooga Times Free Press – TVA faces regulator grilling over flood prep – Pam Sohn
• Chattanooga Times Free Press – Watts Bar Nuclear Plant intruder, shooting under federal probe – Pam Sohn
• Rappahannock News – Nuclear authority generates controversy
• 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
• Truthout – Contaminated Nation: Inhuman Radiation Experiments – John LaForge
• Ubergizmo – Twitter-enabled Geiger counter a DIY project – Edwin Ke
• Canada: CNSC – CNSC News Update
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Radioactive mud in Fukushima school pools tops 100,000 becquerels
• Asia-Pacific: JAIF – News Update
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima gov’t forced to reveal children’s thyroid gland tests
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Anti-reactor restart mayors victorious in Shizuoka elections
• Asia-Pacific: Yomiuri Shimbun – 40% of radiation posts incomplete
• Asia-Pacific: Taipei Times – Ability to handle nuclear waste questioned – Chris Wang
• Europe: Daily Telegraph – Nuclear industry at risk over ministers’ dithering, experts warn – Nick Collins
• Europe: Reuters – UK launches sale of uranium enrichment firm Urenco
• Europe: Deutsche Welle – Gorleben returns as nuclear disposal possibility – East Anglian Daily Times
• North Europe: Bloomberg – Lithuania to Renew Nuclear Talks With Hitachi, Baltic States – Bryan Bradley
• North Africa: Power Engineering – Egypt restarting nuclear program with Russian help