Sunday, May 26, 2013

• HNN HuntingtonNews – Nuclear Ruin Awaits at Paducah
• New London Day – What to do with all this spent nuclear fuel? – Sen. Chris Murphy
• EcoWatch – Draft Legislation Fails to Provide Solution for U.S. Stockpile of Nuclear Radioactive Waste
• GovTrack – H.R. 2032: To prohibit certain transfers of radioactive metal by the Department of Energy, and for other purposes.
• Europe: The Guardian – Hans Blix urges Britain to relinquish Trident nuclear programme – Shiv Malik

Saturday, May 25, 2013

• San Luis Obispo Tribune – Letter: Dry cask storage is safer – Ray J. Weymann
• Salt Lake Tribune – EnergySolutions: Acquisition by ECP completed – Steven Oberbeck
• Business Wire – USEC to Cease Enrichment at Paducah Plant
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Closing on EnergySolutions merger – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Paducah enrichment operations to cease; plant to be returned to DOE – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Estate ‘tag’ sale at historic Alexander Inn – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Fifty years ago: Constructing the High Flux Isotope Reactor at ORNL – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Memorial Day quotes from Corker & Alexander – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Closing on EnergySolutions merger – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Paducah enrichment operations to cease at month’s end; plant will be returned to DOE – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – House Democrats ask Moniz for ‘roadmap’ – Frank Munger
• Chillicothe Gazette – Feds pull plug on Kentucky uranium plant
• Buffalo News – West Valley cleanup work progressing, official says – Chris Chapman
• Asia-Pacific: Kyodo News – Radiation leak reported day after incident at Ibaraki laboratory
• South Asia: Frontline – Disposing of nuclear waste

Friday, May 24, 2013

• Las Vegas Review-Journal – NRC chairman maneuvers Yucca Mountain minefield – Steve Tetreault
• Library of Congress – Rep. Shimkus: Yucca Mountain and Scientific Integrity–(House of Representatives – May 21, 2013)
• KING5 Seattle – Plan for leaking Hanford tank promised by June 14
• Telluride Daily Planet – A valley, a mill and a region divided – Katie Klingsporn
• CBS Local – Bridgeton Landfill Fire Creeping Closer to Radioactive Waste
• Chillicothe Gazette – Feds pull plug on Paducah plant; 1,000 jobs lost – Roger Alford
• KFVS – U.S. Dept. of Energy rejects proposal to extend Paducah plant operations – Christy Hendricks
• Louisville Courier-Journal – Paducah uranium plant to close at month’s end; 1,100 jobs lost – James R. Carroll and Tom Loftus
• New York Times – Kentucky Operator to Cease Enrichment of Uranium – Matthew L. Wald
• Portsmouth Daily Times – USEC to shutdown Paducah enrichment site – Bob Strickley
• Oak Ridge Today – USEC to cease uranium enrichment at Paducah Plant
• Lower Hudson Journal – Indian Point: Feds should reassess nuclear storage policies, Schneiderman says – Michael Risinit
• Salamanca Press – Official: Sequester didn’t hurt West Valley clean-up – Rick Miller
• DOE – Moniz Speaks at White House Leadership Summit on Women, Climate and Energy – April Saylor
• Asia-Pacific: Common Dreams – Radioactive Cesium Recorded at 10 Spots in Pacific Ocean After Fukushima – Andrea Germanos
• East Europe: DutchNews – The Netherlands to sell stake in uranium enricher

Thursday, May 23, 2013

• Las Vegas Review-Journal – Paiute environmental activist Calvin Meyers dies at age 57 – Keith Rogers
• Las Vegas SUN – Republicans press NRC chair for answers on Yucca Mountain – Karoun Demirjian
• Reno News & Review – Nuclear rhetoric – Dennis Myers
• Bloomberg Businessweek – States to NRC: Better nuclear waste rules needed – Dave Gram
• State & Local Energy Report – The Problem with Yucca Mountain – Jeanie E. Gosline
• Fairewinds Energy Education – Great Haste Made Great Waste at Hanford
• Seattle Times – Richland nuclear plant out for refueling
• Wenatchee World – Richland nuclear plant out for refueling
• Idaho Statesman – Areva now mum on date for Idaho nuclear facility – John Miller
• KIVI-TV – Idaho uranium enrichment plant still looking for financing – James Cramer
• Albuquerque Journal – No need for change in law to expand WIPP – Don Hancock
• Cortez Journal – Uranium workers’ outreach scheduled for Farmington
• Detroit Free Press – Michigan questions Canadian nuclear waste proposal
• EcoWatch – Countdown to Nuclear Ruin at Paducah May 22, 2013 – Geoffrey Sea
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Cost of Uranium Processing Facility may be going up — again – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Beginning of the end at K-25 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – In budget parlance, UPF is now UCRP – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ‘Supercomputers have transformed the way the world conducts scientific research’ – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Whatever happened to the treasure trove from Libya’s nuclear program that was brought to Y-12? – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – (Way) before there was an iPhone – Frank Munger
• Aiken Standard – SRNS employees to return to full-time status
• Greenville News – Keep MOX plant moving forward
• Albany Times Union blog – Schneiderman urges NRC to take a closer look at storage –
• Lower Hudson Journal – New York AG: Harder look at nuclear waste storage needed – Michael Risinit
• Cape Cod Today blog – Animated Editorial: Cartoon; The Pilgrim Nuclear Waste Dump!
• Plymouth.Patch – Planning Board Split on Entergy Dry Cask Storage – Casey Meserve and Sara Mannal
• DOE – Secretary Moniz Leads DOE Town Hall
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Idaho National Laboratory Pages 30910-30911 [FR DOC# 2013-12283]
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Oak Ridge Reservation Page 30911 [FR DOC# 2013-12284]
• Canada: Toronto Star – Michigan senate says Ontario nuclear waste site raises “serious concerns” – John Spe
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Cesium levels in water, plankton baffle scientists – Mizuho Aoki
• Asia-Pacific: NHK World – Robot for nuclear decommissioning
• Russia: Ria Novosti – Missile Defense Obstructs Nuclear Forces Cuts – General

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

• KING5 Seattle – Hanford by the numbers
• Tri-City Herald – Huge vault to be moved at Hanford – Annette Cary
• KBTX – Lawmakers Resurrects Radioactive Water Bill
• Lubbock Avalanche-Journal – Lawmakers resurrects radioactive waste bill – Chris Tomlinson
• Texas Tribune – Bill Allowing Hotter Waste in Texas Passes House – Kate Galbraith
• Green Bay Press Gazette – Kewaunee fuel rods removed from reactor
• Detroit News – Michigan senators seek answers on Ontario nuclear storage project – Jim Lynch
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Frank Munger: Uranium Processing Facility still trying to catch up – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12 rejects delivery of leaking nitric acid – Frank Munger
• Oak Ridger – Y-12: Oak Ridge treasure — national resource/Brief overview of Oak Ridge history, Part 2
• Pittsburgh Tribune-Review – More water tests scheduled at nuke waste dump – Mary Ann Thomas
• Hartford Courant – LETTER: Unsafe Spent Nuclear Fuel – Charles R. Waterman
• Nuclear Energy Insider – Asia demand for nuclear feedwater heaters to drive EU and US export sales – Paul French
• Nuclear Energy Insider – Weekly Intelligence Brief 16- 22 May 2013By K. Steiner-Dicks
• Nuclear Energy Insider – Weekly Policy Brief 16 – 22 May 2013By K. Steiner-Dicks
• DOE – Moniz: Tesla Repayment Shows the Strength of Energy Department’s Overall Loan Portfolio
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Certificate Renewals; Requests: United States Enrichment Corporation, Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant Pages 30342-30343 [FR DOC# 2013-12186]
• Europe: STV News – Dounreay decommissioning process takes significant step forward
• North Europe: Baltic Course – Ignalina NPP allowed to operate low-level radioactive waste repository
• North Europe: YouTube – Finland to bury nuclear waste in tunnels

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

• Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) – Reid Statement On The Confirmation of Secretary of Energy Nominee
• Environment Books Reviews – The Road to Yucca Mountain: The Development of Radioactive Waste Policy in the United States
  
• Northwest Public Radio – Japanese Officials Visit Hanford For Nuclear Cleanup Strategies – Anna King
• NW News Network – New Energy Secretary: Nuclear Waste Cleanup Among Top Priorities – Anna King
• Tri-City Herald – Moniz: Liquefied natural gas exports on hold until data reviewed – Matthew Daly
• Tri-City Herald – Study looks at storing wind energy in Mid-Columbia – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – National Labor Relations Board to issue complaint against Hanford conractors – Annette Cary
• Salt Lake Tribune – Mustard-filled weapons found in Utah desert – Kirsten Stewart
• Cibola County Beacon – Protestors Oppose Uranium Mining on Mount Taylor – Alastair Lee Bitsoi
• Grist Magazine – Nation’s biggest uranium mine planned in New Mexico – John Upton
• Dallas Morning News – Texas radioactive waste bill killed for error
• Dallas Morning News blog – Radioactive waste dump in West TexasBy Karen Brooks Harper
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Energy Secretary Moniz’s first day on the job – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Report: UPF’s cost may soar above previous estimates – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – The year was 2006 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Old salts from ORNL reactor in Czech – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Frozen ‘nannas at Y-12 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Why the hush-hush on Y-12’s lithium work? – Frank Munger
• Oak Ridge Today – Equipment used in uranium casting falls from Y-12 furnace – John Huotari
• Aiken Standard – Board holds off recommendation for future of SRS – Michael Ulmer
• Huffington Post – Nuclear History In D.C: Where To Explore The Bikini Island Bombing Anniversary – Will Wrigley
• POGO – DOE Contracting Woes Continue – Scott H. Amey, J.D.
• NRC – NRC Amends Security Requirements for Spent Nuclear Fuel in Transit
• DOE – Dr. Ernest Moniz Sworn in as 13th Secretary of Energy
• DOE – Energy Department Announces New Technical Assistance for Tribal Clean Energy Projects
• DOE – Energy Department Completes Salt Coolant Material Transfer to Czech Republic for Advanced Reactor Research
• DOE – Energy Secretary Moniz Promises to Focus on Energy Efficiency – Rebecca Matulka
• DOE:IG – Audit Report: IG-0887: The Use of Staff Augmentation Subcontracts at the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – IAEA to support radioactive decontamination in Fukushima from July
• Europe: News & Star – Angry Cumbrian MP and council leader write to David Cameron about Sellafield deal
• Europe: Rue89 – Stockage des déchets radioactifs : c’est quoi mille siècles ? – Corinne Lepage, Présidente de Cap21
• North Europe: Al Jazeera – Finland to bury nuclear waste underground
• East Europe: Xinhua News – Ukraine opens facility to dispose of Soviet-era weapons
• Russia: Ria Novosti – Russia to Scrap World’s Biggest Nuclear Subs

Monday, May 20, 2013

• Casper Journal – Wyoming considers ‘agreement state’ – May take over duties of NRC – Greg Fladager
• KXNews – ND: Radioactive Waste
• WDAY – Radioactive waste is found in a trash can in Williston
• Liberty Vindicator – Bad radioactive waste bill increases threats to Texas while rewarding a major Gov. Perry donor – Lone Star Sierra Club
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Not to forget about The Warehouse – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Sept. 23 sentencings for Transform Now Plowshares – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Scanning probe microscopy at DOE centers – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Glitch with Y-12’s old way of casting uranium, too – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Another issue with microwave casting at Y-12 – Frank Munger
• Huffington Post – Feds Say Peace Activists Who Trespassed Onto Nuclear Facility Are A National Security Threat – Radley Balko
• Augusta Chronicle – Advisory board mulls stance against SRS spent fuel storage – Rob Pavey
• Augusta Chronicle – Audit questions MOX plant temporary worker expenses – Rob Pavey
• Daily Herald – Why Ernest Moniz matters
• WTNH – Murphy urges bipartisan nuclear waste storage plan
• DOE:IG – Audit Report: IG-0887: The Use of Staff Augmentation Subcontracts at the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – RULES Physical Protection of Irradiated Reactor Fuel in Transit Pages 29519-29557 [FR DOC# 2013-11717]
• Central Asia: Times of Central Asia – 20/05/2013 – Radioactive cars from Japan seized at Kazakh-Kyrgyz border
• Europe: Deutsche Welle – Living above Germany’s old nuclear waste
• North Europe: shippingreporter.com – Magnetic Patch Seals Nuclear Waste