Goodness, There were more major stories out of Japan this week than most of the world gets in months! Probably the biggest news was the fact that sometime in September, Japan will once again be without a single nuclear power station. While TEPCo also announced plans to open up another facility, but was forced to also delay those plans as well! Then the story that cesium reaching the highest they’ve been since the main days of the disaster. New Fires, a secret pluthermal deal with the US, another rat problem and Helen Caldicott’s symposium rounded the top news. Taiwan’s nuclear scam referendum continues to spark opposition. A couple of German journalists were in arrested in India, a radiation release secret was exposed, while an activist wrote a piece saying that the nuclear push in India is about to collapse. A floating windmill arrives in Japan while the biggest offshore wind system of it kind went online in the UK. Revelations that French atmospheric tests were substantially higher than previously acknowledged came out. A lot of interesting political upheaval in Europe took place, including stories out of Chernobyl, while to our border to the north the proposed waste dump continues to stir controversy.

Vogtle got its DOE loan extension. New reactors in the Northwest were proposed! A scandal with the Texas dump hit, while editorials are starting to mount about the new HLW legislation grow with the plans including a new agency to manage the process as well as an intermediate storage plan. The sequestration budget cuts is effecting all kinds of DOE funding, especially cleanup. A wrongful death suit was file at Arkansas one, where a worker died earlier this year. An interesting story on the costs of cleaning up the N-weapons mess, for example six years ago the estimate stood between $270-330 billion… Waste issues will grow across the country, with locals in South Carolina coming together to make plans to bring waste there. While an excellent story points out that there are over 3,500 n-weapons still awaiting dismantlement while 2/3rds of DOE’s budget still goes for weapons and is as high as it ever was, not to mention a $136,000 fine at Hanford for its contractor and the continued leaks going on there. Last, its still a fact that Southern Californians are paying for San Onofre, as well as surviving the huge heat wave that hit the state with temperatures as high as 129 degrees.

Sunday, July 07, 2013

• Your Houston News – Letter: Concerns about nuclear waste – Ronald O. Brown
• Evening Post and Courier – Was nuclear the right decision for SCE&G? – Doug Pardue
• Evening Post and Courier – Main arguments against the two new V.S. Summer reactors
• HNN HuntingtonNews – NEWS ANALYSIS: Fukushima Continues: More than two years after the initial meltdowns, Fukushima is still SNAFU – William Boardman
• HNN HuntingtonNews – Radiation Spikes Again at Fukushima
• NHK World – Tritium levels on steep rise at Fukushima Daiichi
• Taipei Times – Celebrities voice opposition to nuclear power – Lee I-chia
• South Asia: DNA India – Radiation leak a national secret? – Dilnaz Boga
• Europe: Latin American Herald Tribune – Spain Closes Controversial Nuclear Power Plant
• East Europe: ABC – Watching for a radioactive forest fire – Jane Braxton Little

Saturday, July 06, 2013

• Down to Earth – Nuclear waste leaking into soil at Hanford
• New Baltimore Voice – Macomb County commissioners oppose Ontario nuclear waste site on Lake Huron – Jim Bloch
• Chattanooga Times Free Press – Vogtle loan deadline extended and other news from areas around Chattanooga
• San Diego Union-Tribune – San Onofre still charging customers – Morgan Lee
• Martinsburg Journal – Better performance should be demanded
• Center for Public Integrity – Nuclear Waste: Extremism in defense of federally-paid jobs is no vice in South Carolina
• Truthout – The Brief Wondrous Life (and Long Dangerous Half-Life) of Strontium-90 – Gregg Levine
• GovTrack – S. 1240: A bill to establish a new organization to manage nuclear waste, provide a consensual process for siting nuclear waste … –
• Canada: NY Times blog – Train Derails and Explodes in Canada – Ravi Somaiya
• Canada: NuclearFreePlanet – Burying Nuclear Waste at the Bruce: OPG’s Proposed Deep Geological Repository
• Asahi Shimbun – Governor’s opposition forces TEPCO to delay restart application
• Kyodo News – Radioactive tritium level continues to rise in sea just off Fukushima plant
• Kyodo News – A-bomb survivor, anti-nuke movement leader Yamaguchi dies at 82
• Mainichi Daily News – Highly radioactive water found in another well at Fukushima plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Director Stone to talk with A-bomb survivors in Hiroshima, Nagasaki
• Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: TEPCO must not automatically assume that its nuclear reactors can be restarted
• South Asia: CounterCurrents – The Imminent Death of Civil Nuclear Energy – Anuj Wankhede
• South Asia: Deccan Chronicle – The perils of nuclear folly – Arun Kumar Singh
• Europe: Maldon and Burnham Standard – Bradwell: ‘Compensate residents for nuclear proposal’

Friday, July 05, 2013

• San Luis Obispo Tribune – Diablo Canyon’s Unit 1 back online
• Bellingham Herald – Our Voice: Nuclear waste dilemma needs judicial resolution
• Seattle Times – Western group submits proposal for nuclear reactor – Shannon Dininny
• Las Cruces Sun-News – Minor blast reported at Ariz. nuclear power plant – Paul Davenpor
• Texas Observer – Problems With a West Texas Radioactive Waste Dump Get Buried – Forrest Wilder
• EcoWatch – Stop the Great Lakes Nuclear Waste Dump – Michael Leonardi
• HNN Huntingtonnews – DEVELOPING: Maxey Flats Radionuclides Still Migrating, Remediation Method Didn’t Completely Work – Tony Rutherford
• Gloversville Leader-Herald – NRC chair must behave
• Wicked Local Cape Cod – Anti-nuclear power plant movement mushrooms in Wellfleet – Marilyn Miller
• FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
• NRC – Public Meeting Schedule
• Canada: CNSC – CNSC News Update
• Japan Times – Editorial: Irrational reactor restart plan
• Japan Times – Tepco chief gets cool reception in Niigata
• JAIF – News Update
• Kyodo News – TEPCO gets harsh response from Niigata gov. over restarting reactors
• Kyodo News – 4 utilities to file for procedures to restart some reactors
• NHK World – TEPCO faces opposition over Niigata restart plan
• South Asia: Daily Pioneer – AP1000 reactors injurious to India’s N-health? – Kumar Chellappan
• South Asia: Express Tribune blog – Pakistan will remain nuclear as long as India remains nuclear – Usman Ali Khan
• Europe: Daily Telegraph – Winds of change blowing through UK energy as world’s biggest offshore wind farm opens – Emily Gosden
• Europe: The Guardian – Element of the week: plutonium | video
• Europe: The Independent – Japan’s nuclear boss apologises for ‘sloppy decisions’ – David Mcneill
• Europe: Bloomberg – Nuclear Cuts Vindicate Merkel as RWE Profit Dips – Julia Mengewein
• Russia: Bellona – Putin’s promises to tone down ‘foreign agent’ NGO law gets mixed reception from rights leaders – Charles Digges

Thursday, July 04, 2013

• Las Vegas CityLife – Disease! Catastrophe! Climate change! Villains! Doomsday scenarios that might get us in the end
• Coeur d’Alene Press – Utilities submit nuclear power plan
• Enformable – Wrongful death suit filed in wake of fatal accident at Arkansas Nuclear One – Lucas W Hixson
• Augusta Chronicle – Group to explore position on bringing nuclear waste to SRS – Rob Pavey
• Bloomberg – A Long History of Untruthiness by U.S. Intelligence – Tim Weiner
• E&E Daily – ENERGY POLICY: DOE asking highest fees of applicants for fossil loan guarantees – Nick Juliano
• The Hill – Raising prices behind closed doors – Gabe Elsner
• Washington Post – The explosive costs of disposing of nuclear weapons – Walter Pincus
• Yahoo! Voices – Could Renewable Energy ‘Democratize’ Energy Production? – Mark Whittington
• Oceania: Asian Correspondent – Atomic fallout: From Pacific paradises to fighting poaching – Graham Land
• Oceania: The Guardian – French nuclear tests ‘showered vast area of Polynesia with radioactivity’ – Angelique Chrisafis
• Oceania: The Independent – Thousands exposed to nuclear fallout 500 times the maximum accepted levels during South Pacific tests
• Enformable – Extremely radioactive debris found 15 kilometers from Fukushima Daiichi – Lucas W Hixson
• Food Integrity Now – Dr. Helen Caldicott: Radiation and Fukushima, What They Aren’t Telling You – Carol Grieve’
• Helen Caldicott Foundation – Helen Caldicott Foundation’s Fukushima Symposium
• Platts – Japan’s only two operating nuclear units to shut in September: regulator – Shota Ushio
• Reuters – Japan says building nuclear safety culture will take a long time – Aaron Sheldrick and Kentaro Hamada
• Asahi Shimbun – Scientists detect highest cesium levels in a year in Fukushima
• Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO reports another rat problem, this time at Fukushima No. 2 plant
• Asahi Shimbun – Scientists detect highest cesium levels in a year in Fukushima
• Japan Daily Press – Fukushima voters say politicians need to face ongoing nuclear crisis – Ida Torres
• Japan Times – Fukushima voters tell politicians to get real
• JIJI Press – Japan to Go without Nuclear Energy Again
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan made secret promise with U.S. to restart pluthermal nuclear program
• Mainichi Daily News – Film festival featuring A-bomb, nuclear disasters to be held in Tokyo
• South Asia: Sri Lanka Daily Mirror – Nuclear energy viability and constraints
• Europe: The Guardian – Nuclear warhead exercise was ‘nuke dust disaster’ says mock newspaper – Rob Edwards
• East Europe: NBER – Chernobyl’s Subclinical Legacy: Prenatal Exposure to Radioactive Fallout and School Outcomes in Sweden
• Russia: Bellona – Laughably named facility near Murmansk to carry out grave nuclear fuel and radioactive waste handling procedures – Alexei Pavlov
• Russia: Ria Novosti – Cancer-Stricken Russian-Americans Offer Lessons from Chernobyl

Wednesday, July 03, 2013

• National Law Journal – Decision on Yucca Mountain Overdue – Fred Upton And John Dingell
• Spokesman-Review blog – Group eyes INL for new nuke reactor – Betsy Z. Russell
• Spokesman-Review – Nuclear reactor proposed in region – Shannon Dininny
• Tri-City Herald – Energy Northwest’s Nine Canyon Wind Project tests wind energy – Annette Cary
• Augusta Chronicle – Group to explore position on bringing nuclear waste to SRS – Rob Pavey
• Southeast Green – Another Vogtle Reactor Deadline Passes: Taxpayer Advocates Warn Government Keeps Pushing Bad Deal That Wall Street Won’t Touch
• Aiken Standard – Group: MOX exposed to cyber attacks – Derrek Asberry
• HNN HuntingtonNews – PSST… A Non-Classified Secret from Dept. of Energy Budget Analysis – Tony Rutherford
• Fairewinds Energy Education – Interview: Barrier to Entry with Terry Lodge
• MSN Money – Nuclear power faces uncertain future
• TIME – Solar power is getting cheaper—and Big Electric is fighting back – Michael Grunwald
• Wall Street Pit – Can The Senate Conduct A Limited Nuclear War? – Larry M. Elkin
• DOE – Asset Revitalization Initiative
• Oceania: TVNZ – Answers demanded after Pacific nuclear testing revelations
• Asahi Shimbun – Nuclear watchdog tightening safety regulations on fuel processing plants – Jin Nishikawa
• Japan Times – Fukushima a ‘blueprint’ for terrorists, IAEA warns
• Mainichi Daily News – Niigata governor blasts TEPCO for applying for screening to reactivate nuclear plant
• NHK World – Nuclear authority allows 2 reactors to stay online
• Europe: Bloomberg – Hollande Fires Energy Minister Batho Amid Nuclear-Power Debate – Mark Deen & Tara Patel
• East Europe: Sofia News Agency – Bulgaria to Build 1st Nuclear Waste Repository
• Russia: Bellona – Russian environment agency data on Norilsk Nikel pollution proved bogus by scientists – Charles Digges
• West Africa: Reuters – Nigeria to sign off on $3 billion in Chinese loans – Joe Brock And Felix Onuah

Tuesday, July 02, 2013

• Tri-City Herald – DOE to pay $136,000 fine in Hanford settlement – Annette Cary
• Albuquerque Journal – Some nuclear work at LANL on hold during safety review
• Cibola County Beacon – Cold War Patriots Resource Fair for Uranium Workers and Their Families
• Toledo Blade – Davis-Besse to stay offline for a few weeks – Vanessa McCray
• Lancaster Newspapers – Sides divided on impact of ‘shadow evacuations’ – Ad Crable
• Barre Montpelier Times Argus – Letter: Nuclear waste isn’t green – Alfred S. Blakey
• All Things Nuclear – Fission Stories #140: Money Talks—“Dry Casks are Safer” – Dave Lochbaum
• All Things Nuclear – Fission Stories #140: Recurring Headaches at Grand Gulf – Dave Lochbaum
• Nuclear Age Peace Foundation – The Sunflower: Issue #192 – July 2013
• EIA – Lower power prices and high repair costs drive nuclear retirements
• Oceania: Radio New Zealand – Tahiti nuclear fall-out far worse than previously admitted
• ANN – Lessons on nuclear reactor accidents – Quamrul Haider
• Asahi Shimbun – Utilities lack funds to decommission reactors; consumers may foot the bill – Shin Matsuura
• Asahi Shimbun – VOX POPULI: We must not forget lessons of 3/11 in 3rd power-saving summer
• Japan Daily Press – Fire breaks out at Fukushima nuclear power plant – Faith Aquino
• Japan Times – Nuclear safety rules put onus on utilities – Kazuaki Nagata
• Kyodo News – All underground water storage tanks at Fukushima plant emptied
• NHK World – TEPCO to apply for Kashiwazaki plant restart
• Southeast Asia: Reuters – U.S., Russia remove potential atom bomb material from Vietnam – Fredrik Dahl
• South Asia: Times of India – Two journalists of German radio station detained in Kudankulam
• Europe: The Guardian – The coming nuclear energy crunch – Nafeez Ahmed
• Europe: Bloomberg – Judges Seen Raising French Power Prices to Rescue EDF – Tara Patel
• Europe: Daily Telegraph – Obsolete before it’s even law, the energy bill has proved a dismal failure – Jeremy Warner
• Russia: Ria Novosti – US Officials Say Russia Violating Missile Treaty – Report

Monday, July 01, 2013

• io9 – 1954 film claims a well-kept house could survive a nuclear attack – Lauren Davis
• Phoenix Magazine – Atomic Tourism – Keridwen Cornelius
• Spokesman-Review – Rock Doc: Full cost of nuclear program yet to be paid – Dr. E. Kirsten Peters
• Yakima Herald Republic – Nation faces danger from another radioactive leak
• Twin Falls Times-News – Letter To The Editor: Protect Idaho from Further Radioactive Contamination – Vanessa Fry
• KMOV – Residents to hold meeting about radioactive waste in Bridgeton
• St. Louis Post-Dispatch – Residents near landfill want nuclear waste removed
• FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
• Forbes – Nuclear Power Has Saved The Lives Of Many More People Than It Has Killed – Tim Worstall
• POGO – Public Unable to Hold Nuclear Subcontractors Accountable – Jack Scher
• UN: Reuters – U.N. nuclear chief warns of ‘dirty bomb’ threat – Fredrik Dahl
• Canada: CNSC – CNSC News Update
• Oceania: Scoop NZ – Widowed husband pays tribute to anti-nuclear Marshall Is fighter – Daniel Drageset
• HNN HuntingtonNews – RAD REPORT: Stronger Radioactivity Found at Fukushima Daiichi Well
• World Nuclear News – Fukushima waste incinerator takes shape
• Asahi Shimbun – Asahi poll: Support for Abenomics wanes; LDP maintains lead
• Asahi Shimbun – March 2011 earthquake caused 5 volcanoes to sink, study finds
• House of Japan – Niigata gov. raises doubts about gov’t safety requirements for nuclear reactors
• JAIF – News Update
• JIJI Press – Floating Wind Turbine Arrives in Fukushima
• Kyodo News – Nuclear Crisis
• Mainichi Daily News – Tweets on nuclear power and quake recovery abundant, but not reflected in poll: research
• Asian Correspondent – The Fourth Nuclear Power Plant referendum issue in Taiwan – Michael Turton
• Europe: Financial Times – Nuclear waste: Clean-up quandary – Sylvia Pfeifer
• Europe: Herald Scotland – Shale gas is the answer to our ever-growing energy demands – Andrew McKie

Sunday, July 07, 2013

• AFP Google – Toxic radiation ‘in groundwater’ at Fukushima
• HNN HuntingtonNews – NEWS ANALYSIS: Fukushima Continues: More than two years after the initial meltdowns, Fukushima is still SNAFU – William Boardman
• HNN HuntingtonNews – Radiation Spikes Again at Fukushima
• Asahi Shimbun – Atomic bomb survivor who became anti-war activist dies at 82
• Asahi Shimbun – Japan’s growth in renewable energy dims as nuclear strives for comeback – Mari Fujisaki
• Fukushima Diary – [Nuclear Regulation Authority] The height of monitoring post is 18 m from the ground in Tokyo – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 600,000,000 Bq/m3 of Tritium from groundwater, Tepco doesn’t analyze the groundwater for Strontium-90 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Column] Summary of Fukushima situation ~Contaminated water problem – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Tritium soaring in water at No. 1 plant
• JIJI Press – Highest Level of Tritium Detected in Fukushima N-Plant Groundwater
• JIJI Press – Tritium Levels Hit Postdisaster Record in Fukushima N-Plant’s Port
• Kyodo News – Radioactive tritium level continues to rise in sea just off Fukushima plant
• NHK World – Tritium levels on steep rise at Fukushima Daiichi
• Japan Times – Japanese power firms have no plans to scrap more nuclear reactors: poll
• Yomiuri Shimbun – Govt should do more for reactor restarts – Kaoru Sugano
• Yomiuri Shimbun – NRA urges iodine tablets for residents
• Yomiuri Shimbun – 34 local heads ready to OK N-restarts
• Yomiuri Shimbun – Tritium levels hit postdisaster record in Fukushima N-plant’s port
• Taipei Times – Seminar reaches no consensus on nuclear safety – Lee I-chia
• Taipei Times – Celebrities voice opposition to nuclear power – Lee I-chia

Saturday, July 06, 2013

• Asahi Shimbun – Governor’s opposition forces TEPCO to delay restart application
• Asahi Shimbun – Japan’s growth in renewable energy dims as nuclear strives for comeback – Mari Fujisaki
• Asahi Shimbun – Records underestimate radiation exposure in Fukushima workers – Toshio Tada
• Asahi Shimbun – Governor’s opposition forces TEPCO to delay restart application
• ENENews – Asahi: Highest cesium levels in a year detected in Fukushima — 1,780,000 Bq/kg on downtown rooftop
• Fukushima Diary – Dr of Hiroshima victim, “Internal exposure symptom took 10 years to appear” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco stopped supplying power to amusement facilities in Chiba for rejecting the increased power bill – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 2,300,000 Bq/m3 of Tritium from seawater, Tepco “Higher than the past highest reading of 2 days before” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 309,000 Bq/m3 of Cs-134/137 detected from the groundwater, “Cs-134/137 may travel underground too” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco to stop reactor3 pool coolant system for 102 hours until 7/12/2013 – Iori Mochizuki
• House of Japan – TEPCO to dig more wells to check contamination
• House of Japan – Radioactive tritium level continues to rise in sea just off Fukushima plant
• House of Japan – Tritium levels on steep rise at Fukushima Daiichi
• Japan Times – METI to set up forum on nuclear waste disposal
• JIJI Press – Tritium Levels Hit Postdisaster Record in Fukushima N-Plant’s Port
• JIJI Press – Japan to Set Up Forum on Nuclear Waste Disposal
• JIJI Press – (Update) Niigata Governor Slams TEPCO N-Reactor Restart Plan
• JIJI Press – 4 N-Plant Operators Take Step toward NRA Safety Checks
• Kyodo News – U.N. experts see no increased cancer risk among Fukushima residents – Marco Sostero
• Kyodo News – Highly radioactive water found in another well at Fukushima plant
• Kyodo News – Radioactive tritium level continues to rise in sea just off Fukushima plant
• Kyodo News – TEPCO gets harsh response from Niigata gov. over restarting reactors
• Kyodo News – A-bomb survivor, anti-nuke movement leader Yamaguchi dies at 82
• Mainichi Daily News – Highly radioactive water found in another well at Fukushima plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Director Stone to talk with A-bomb survivors in Hiroshima, Nagasaki
• Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: TEPCO must not automatically assume that its nuclear reactors can be restarted
• NHK World – IAEA seeks stricter control of nuclear material

Friday, July 05, 2013

• ABC News – Japan Utility Hires Nuclear Safety Advocate
• AFP Google – Fukushima operator rebuked over nuclear restart plan
• Bloomberg – Japan Utilities Announce Plans to File for Nuclear Restarts – Jacob Adelman & Yuji Okada
• Asahi Shimbun – Japan utility hires nuclear safety advocate
• Fukushima Diary – [Nightmare] 900,000,000 Bq/m3 of all ß detected from groundwater on the east side of reactor2 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Radiation level of leakage detector hole in “empty” reservoir increasing 70 times higher than 1 month ago – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tritium density in seawater spiked triple times higher in 5 days, “2,200,000 Bq/m3? – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Daily Press – Woman overseeing TEPCO’s safety campaign says restart needs to happen soon – Ida Torres
• Japan Times – Editorial: Irrational reactor restart plan
• Japan Times – Tepco chief gets cool reception in Niigata
• JAIF – News Update
• Jiji Press – Japan to Set Up Forum on Nuclear Waste Disposal
• JIJI Press – Niigata Governor Slams TEPCO’s N-Reactor Restart Plan
• JIJI Press – 4 N-Plant Operators Take Step toward NRA Safety Checks
• JIJI Press – 2 Japan Power Firms Likely to Raise Rates in Sept.
• Kyodo News – TEPCO gets harsh response from Niigata gov. over restarting reactors
• Kyodo News – 4 utilities to file for procedures to restart some reactors
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan utility hires nuclear safety advocate
• NHK World – Utilities prepare nuclear restart applications
• NHK World – TEPCO faces opposition over Niigata restart plan
• TEPCO – TEPCO News Update
• Yomiuri Shimbun – Niigata governor slams reactor restart plan

Thursday, July 04, 2013

• Enformable – Extremely radioactive debris found 15 kilometers from Fukushima Daiichi – Lucas W Hixson
• Food Integrity Now – Dr. Helen Caldicott: Radiation and Fukushima, What They Aren’t Telling You – Carol Grieve’
• Helen Caldicott Foundation – Helen Caldicott Foundation’s Fukushima Symposium
• Platts – Japan’s only two operating nuclear units to shut in September: regulator – Shota Ushio
• Reuters – Japan says building nuclear safety culture will take a long time – Aaron Sheldrick and Kentaro Hamada
• Asahi Shimbun – Nuclear watchdog tightening safety regulations on fuel processing plants – Jin Nishikawa
• Asahi Shimbun – Scientists detect highest cesium levels in a year in Fukushima
• Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO reports another rat problem, this time at Fukushima No. 2 plant
• Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO reports another rat problem, this time at Fukushima No. 2 plant
• Asahi Shimbun – Scientists detect highest cesium levels in a year in Fukushima
• ENENews – Fukushima Daiichi Worker: Situation at plant “most likely to get worse” — “Japan likely to face a critical situation again” if Tepco remains in control
• ENENews – Mainichi: Japan’s secret promise with U.S. to burn plutonium — “It is abnormal for sure” — “Expected to stir up controversy”
• ENENews – Interview: Fukushima Reactor No. 4’s problem is not only its nuclear fuel pool! — Pit filled with highly radioactive materials
• ENENews – Tokyo Professor: Situation of Fukushima Reactor No. 2 is ‘beyond imagination’ — Worker: Undoubtedly it’s the most serious problem at plant… We are clueless
• ENENews – Fukushima Daiichi Worker: Situation at plant “most likely to get worse” — “Japan likely to face a critical situation again” if Tepco remains in control
• ENENews – Report: Contaminated water purposely being pumped into basement of Fukushima reactor’s turbine building
• ENENews – Experts to try and determine how much plutonium is in Fukushima melted nuclear fuel — Neutron rays to be measured
• ENENews – Mainichi: Japan’s secret promise with U.S. to burn plutonium — “It is abnormal for sure” — “Expected to stir up controversy”
• Fukushima Diary – Former Fukushima worker, “If the extremely radioactive substance is from the explosion, there must be other ones.” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Oil leakage from 25 tones crane vehicle in Fukushima nuclear plant – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Former Fukushima mayor died of acute heart failure – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 1,785,216 Bq/Kg of radioactive Cesium from moss in Fukushima city – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Again] Charger panel in Fukushima Daini disordered due to a rat – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Daily Press – Fukushima voters say politicians need to face ongoing nuclear crisis – Ida Torres
• Japan Times – Fukushima voters tell politicians to get real
• JIJI Press – Japan to Go without Nuclear Energy Again
• JIJI Press – Japan Regulators OK Oi N-Reactor Operation until Sept. Checks
• Kyodo News – TEPCO president to visit Niigata Fri. over restarting reactors
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan made secret promise with U.S. to restart pluthermal nuclear program
• Mainichi Daily News – Film festival featuring A-bomb, nuclear disasters to be held in Tokyo
• NHK World – Nuclear watchdog explains new safety standards
• NHK World – TEPCO asked to seek local approval
• Yomiuri Shimbun – Oi reactors cleared to run until Sept.

Wednesday, July 03, 2013

• AFP Google – Last two Japan nuclear reactors can stay online
• Bloomberg – Japan Nears Switching on Reactors After Tepco’s Meltdown: Energy – Jacob Adelman & Yuji Okada
• New York Times – Fukushima Plant Operator Intends to Restart Reactors Elsewhere – Hiroko Tabuchi
• Asahi Shimbun – Niigata governor opposes nuke plant restarts, criticizes TEPCO
• Asahi Shimbun – Utilities lack funds to decommission reactors; consumers may foot the bill – Shin Matsuura
• Asahi Shimbun – Nuclear watchdog tightening safety regulations on fuel processing plants – Jin Nishikawa
• Fukushima Diary – [Express] “(Ibaraki citizen) the medical treatment note for radiation exposure has not been delivered yet” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Over 20 holes found on multiple nuclide removing system ALPS – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – All ß nuclide level increased to be 4,300,000 Bq/m3 at 6m from the sea, “1.4 times much as 3 days ago” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Extremely radioactive piece of debris found in 7km from Fukushima nuclear plant “3.4 mSv/h” – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Oi reactors get OK to stay on till September
• Japan Times – Tepco to seek Niigata reactor restarts
• Japan Times – Fukushima a ‘blueprint’ for terrorists, IAEA warns
• Kyodo News – Japan’s sole operating reactors allowed to be online until Sept.
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO seeks screening to restart nuclear reactors with eye on grim financial status
• Mainichi Daily News – Niigata governor blasts TEPCO for applying for screening to reactivate nuclear plant
• NHK World – Nuclear authority allows 2 reactors to stay online

Tuesday, July 02, 2013

• AFP Google – Fukushima operator to ask for OK on reactor restarts
• ANN – Lessons on nuclear reactor accidents – Quamrul Haider
• GlobalPost – TEPCO to file for procedures to restart Niigata nuclear plant
• World Nuclear News – Fukushima waste incinerator takes shape – Singapore Straits Times
• Asahi Shimbun – Utilities lack funds to decommission reactors; consumers may foot the bill – Shin Matsuura
• Asahi Shimbun – Map shows iodine-131 levels in Fukushima shortly after disaster – Fumikazu Asai
• Asahi Shimbun – VOX POPULI: We must not forget lessons of 3/11 in 3rd power-saving summer
• ENENews – Fukushima plant will burn radioactive waste — Incinerator to run ‘around the clock’ — Includes building materials, clothing
• ENENews – Fukushima new ‘blueprint’ for terrorists? Harvard Professor: “All you need to do is cut off power for an extended period”
• ENENews – “Reality in Fukushima”: Actual conditions within crippled reactors remain unknown — Japan likely unable to cope if there’s another similar accident -Asahi
• ENENews – Groundwater closest to ocean is most radioactive at Fukushima plant — Official: Highly likely it’s leaked into Pacific — Levels “soared” in sea over last few months
• Fukushima Diary – [Iodine-131 detection in school lunch] Obihiro city, “Iodine-131 was mistakenly detected, possibly it’s Pb-214? – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – JP Gov giving up decontamination, “Manage exposure dose at the risk of the residents themselves” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Express] “0.27~0.3 µSv/h from incense sticks of a temple, made of Japanese cedar” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco to build over 200 underground structures of water glass to 13 m deep underground to stop Tritium spreading – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Fukushima medical university reports radiation level of their own area by 50~75% lower than JP Gov – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 220 Bq/Kg of Cs-134/137 from carp in Teganuma lake Chiba, over double as “safety” limit – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 1.04 Bq/Kg of Cs-137 detected from powdered milk in Tokyo, already distributed for sale – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Daily Press – Fire breaks out at Fukushima nuclear power plant – Faith Aquino
• Japan Times – Nuclear safety rules put onus on utilities – Kazuaki Nagata
• Japan Times – Tepco to seek Niigata reactor restarts
• JIJI Press – Regulators to OK Oi N-Reactors’ Operations until Sept.
• JIJI Press – INTERVIEW: New Komeito Cautious about Nuclear Tech Exports
• JIJI Press – Japan, Vietnam Agree to Accelerate Nuclear Power Project
• Kyodo News – TEPCO to file for procedures to restart Niigata nuclear plant
• Kyodo News – All underground water storage tanks at Fukushima plant emptied
• NHK World – TEPCO to apply for Kashiwazaki plant restart

Monday, July 01, 2013

• HNN HuntingtonNews – RAD REPORT: Stronger Radioactivity Found at Fukushima Daiichi Well
• World Nuclear News – Fukushima waste incinerator takes shape
• Asahi Shimbun – Asahi poll: Support for Abenomics wanes; LDP maintains lead
• Asahi Shimbun – Last elderly evacuees settling in to new lives, want to keep it that way – Tetsuya Kasai
• Asahi Shimbun – March 2011 earthquake caused 5 volcanoes to sink, study finds
• ENENews – Groundwater closest to ocean is most radioactive at Fukushima plant — Official: Highly likely it’s leaked into Pacific — Levels “soared” in sea over last few months
• House of Japan – Update : Japan, U.S. eye technology to measure melted fuel in Fukushima plant
• House of Japan – Niigata gov. raises doubts about gov’t safety requirements for nuclear reactors
• House of Japan – Update : Japan, U.S. eye technology to measure melted fuel in Fukushima plant
• JAIF – News Update
• Japan Times – Nuclear safety rules put onus on utilities – Kazuaki Nagata
• JIJI Press – Floating Wind Turbine Arrives in Fukushima
• Kyodo News – Nuclear Crisis
• Mainichi Daily News – Tweets on nuclear power and quake recovery abundant, but not reflected in poll: research
• NHK World – KEPCO says fault under nuclear plant “not active”
• TEPCO – TEPCO News Update
• Yomiuri Shimbun – LDP opposes zero nuclear policy
• Asian Correspondent – The Fourth Nuclear Power Plant referendum issue in Taiwan – Michael Turton

Saturday, July 06, 2013

• GovTrack – S. 1240: A bill to establish a new organization to manage nuclear waste, provide a consensual process for siting nuclear waste … – Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]
• Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources – Senators Introduce Bipartisan, Comprehensive Nuclear Waste Legislation

Friday, July 05, 2013

• FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
• NRC – Public Meeting Schedule
• Environmental Protection Agency – NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability, Pages 40474-40475 [FR DOC# 2013-16217]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Facility Operating Licenses: Cooper Nuclear Station; Application and Amendment to Facility Operating License Involving Proposed No Significant Hazards Consideration Determination, Pages 40519-40522 [FR DOC# 2013-16139]
• Canada: CNSC – CNSC News Update

Thursday, July 04, 2013

• The Hill – Raising prices behind closed doors – Gabe Elsner

Wednesday, July 03, 2013

• DOE – Asset Revitalization Initiative
• NRC – NRC Schedules Public Meeting July 11 to Discuss Performance of Prairie Island Nuclear Plant
• NRC Blog – Sparking New Conversations on Reactor Fire Safety – Scott Burnell
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Savannah River Site, Pages 40130-40131 [FR DOC# 2013-15979]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Draft Interim Staff Guidance: Draft Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation Interim Staff Guidance, Pages 40199-40200 [FR DOC# 2013-15982]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.: Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, Oconee Nuclear Station Units 1, 2, and 3; Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation; Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact, Pages 40200-40202 [FR DOC# 2013-16029]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Committee On Reactor Safeguards (ACRS); Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee On Reliability and PRA; Revision to Notice of Meetings, Page 40202 [FR DOC# 2013-16005]

Tuesday, July 02, 2013

• EIA – Lower power prices and high repair costs drive nuclear retirements
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Sunshine Act Meeting, Pages 39782-39783 [FR DOC# 2013-15976]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Draft Reports; Availability: Consequence Study of a Beyond-Design-Basis Earthquake Affecting the Spent Fuel Pool for a U.S. Mark I Boiling Water Reactor, Pages 39781-39782 [FR DOC# 2013-15840]

Monday, July 01, 2013

• DOE:IG – AUDIT REPORT: OAS-L-13-10
• DOE – Statement to the IAEA International Conference on Nuclear Security
• DOE – SLIDESHOW: The Energy Department Goes to New York Energy Week
• DOE – Cracking a Cold Case and Enduring Mystery – Charles Rousseauxcharles Rousseaux
• NRC – NRC Issues Final Licensing, Inspection and Annual Fees Rule for Fiscal Year 2013
• NRC – Macfarlane Sworn In for Full Term on U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
• NRC – Public Meeting Schedule
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Applications: SHINE Medical Technologies, Inc., Pages 39342-39343 [FR DOC# 2013-15678]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: SHINE Medical Technologies, Inc., Pages 39343-39344 [FR DOC# 2013-15686]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – PROPOSED RULES Revisions to Fitness for Duty Programs’ Drug Testing Requirements, Page 39190 [FR DOC# 2013-15687]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – RULES Revision of Fee Schedules; Fee Recovery for Fiscal Year 2013, Pages 39461-39491 [FR DOC# 2013-15529]
• UN: IAEA – IAEA Ministerial Meeting Focuses on Stronger Nuclear Security
• UN: Bloomberg – Fukushima Shows Nuclear-Terrorism Risks at UN Meeting – Jonathan Tirone
• UN: Reuters – U.N. nuclear chief warns of ‘dirty bomb’ threat – Fredrik Dahl
• Canada: CNSC – CNSC News Update

Sunday, July 07, 2013

• Your Houston News – Letter: Concerns about nuclear waste – Ronald O. Brown
• Seeking Alpha – USEC’s Recent Reverse Split and Share Implosion Present A Speculative Opportunity
• Asia-Pacific: HNN HuntingtonNews – Radiation Spikes Again at Fukushima
• Asia-Pacific: NHK World – Tritium levels on steep rise at Fukushima Daiichi

Saturday, July 06, 2013

• Down to Earth – Nuclear waste leaking into soil at Hanford
• Rapid City Journal – FORUM: In situ recovery of uranium is safe, environmentally sound – Richard Clement
• Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal – Nuclear waste issues continue as costly item – C.T. Carley
• New Baltimore Voice – Macomb County commissioners oppose Ontario nuclear waste site on Lake Huron – Jim Bloch
• The Chattanoogan – Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Dismisses Most Contentions Filed To Stop Sequoyah Nuclear Plant Relicensing
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Peace Alliance plans Sunday reading of World Court decision – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Westcott photos on exhibit at history museum – Frank Munger
• Oak Ridge Today – Energy Department announces investments, including at ORNL, for next-generation biofuels
• Center for Public Integrity – Nuclear Waste: Extremism in defense of federally-paid jobs is no vice in South Carolina –
• GovTrack – S. 1240: A bill to establish a new organization to manage nuclear waste, provide a consensual process for siting nuclear waste … – Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]
• Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources – Senators Introduce Bipartisan, Comprehensive Nuclear Waste Legislation
• Canada: CNN – Train carrying flammable liquid derails, bursts into flames in Canada
• Canada: NY Times blog – Train Derails and Explodes in Canada – Ravi Somaiya
• Canada: Chronicle Herald – Uranium workers OK new contracts
• Canada: NuclearFreePlanet – Burying Nuclear Waste at the Bruce: OPG’s Proposed Deep Geological Repository
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – METI to set up forum on nuclear waste disposal
• Asia-Pacific: JIJI Press – Japan to Set Up Forum on Nuclear Waste Disposal
• Asia-Pacific: NHK World – IAEA seeks stricter control of nuclear material
• Southeast Asia: Kwong Wah – Lynas has submitted its permanent disposal facility plan

Friday, July 05, 2013

• Bellingham Herald – Our Voice: Nuclear waste dilemma needs judicial resolution
• Texas Observer – Problems With a West Texas Radioactive Waste Dump Get Buried – Forrest Wilder
• EcoWatch – Stop the Great Lakes Nuclear Waste Dump – Michael Leonardi
• Ventura County Star – Beshear ‘disappointed’ by DOE request for offers
• HNN Huntingtonnews – DEVELOPING: Maxey Flats Radionuclides Still Migrating, Remediation Method Didn’t Completely Work – Tony Rutherford
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – GM of DOE security contractor resigns – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Oak Ridge Swimming Pool, 1944 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – DOE board’s July 10 meeting canceled – Frank Munger
• FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
• Yahoo! Finanace – ANS Commends Senate on Continued Progress Toward Nuclear Waste Legislation
• Canada: CNSC – CNSC News Update
• Asia-Pacific: Jiji Press – Japan to Set Up Forum on Nuclear Waste Disposal
• Southeast Asia: Malaysia Edge – Ministry: Lynas has submitted waste disposal plan
• Europe: The Guardian – Element of the week: plutonium | video
• Europe: News & Star – Cumbria nuclear waste claims ‘wrong’, say developers – Ian Duncan

Thursday, July 04, 2013

• Augusta Chronicle – Group to explore position on bringing nuclear waste to SRS – Rob Pavey
• Windham County Commons – Letter: Lots of value remains in VY’s used fuel supply – Howard Shaffer
• E&E Daily – ENERGY POLICY: DOE asking highest fees of applicants for fossil loan guarantees – Nick Juliano
• Washington Post – The explosive costs of disposing of nuclear weapons – Walter Pincus
• Oceania: Asian Correspondent – Atomic fallout: From Pacific paradises to fighting poaching – Graham Land
• Oceania: The Guardian – French nuclear tests ‘showered vast area of Polynesia with radioactivity’ – Angelique Chrisafis
• Oceania: The Independent – Thousands exposed to nuclear fallout 500 times the maximum accepted levels during South Pacific tests
• Asia-Pacific: Enformable – Extremely radioactive debris found 15 kilometers from Fukushima Daiichi – Lucas W Hixson
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Nuclear watchdog tightening safety regulations on fuel processing plants – Jin Nishikawa
• Southeast Asia: World Nuclear News – HEU flies back to Russia
• Russia: Bellona – Laughably named facility near Murmansk to carry out grave nuclear fuel and radioactive waste handling procedures – Alexei Pavlov
• Russia: Ria Novosti – Cancer-Stricken Russian-Americans Offer Lessons from Chernobyl

Wednesday, July 03, 2013

• National Law Journal – Decision on Yucca Mountain Overdue – Fred Upton And John Dingell
• Spokesman-Review blog – Group eyes INL for new nuke reactor – Betsy Z. Russell
• Tri-City Herald – Baby eagles hatch in nest at Hanford – Annette Cary
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Rad Alaska – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Oak Ridge cheesecake, 1946 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Back to Russia – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Phase 1 of UPF to be completed in 2025? – Frank Munger
• Augusta Chronicle – Group to explore position on bringing nuclear waste to SRS – Rob Pavey
• Aiken Standard – Group: MOX exposed to cyber attacks – Derrek Asberry
• HNN HuntingtonNews – PSST… A Non-Classified Secret from Dept. of Energy Budget Analysis – Tony Rutherford
• Platts – Spot uranium price falls to lowest levels in seven years on ample supply – Jasmin Melvin
• DOE – Asset Revitalization Initiative
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Savannah River Site
• Canada: BlackburnNews – Underground Nuclear Storage Needs 250 Acres – Ken Kilpatrick
• Oceania: TVNZ – Answers demanded after Pacific nuclear testing revelations
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Nuclear watchdog tightening safety regulations on fuel processing plants – Jin Nishikawa
• Southeast Asia: Xinhua News – Vietnam completes highly enriched uranium fuel conversion program
• East Europe: Sofia News Agency – Bulgaria to Build 1st Nuclear Waste Repository
• Russia: Bellona – Russian environment agency data on Norilsk Nikel pollution proved bogus by scientists – Charles Digges

Tuesday, July 02, 2013

• KPLU News – EPA fines Hanford for improperly handling radioactive waste – Anna King
• Tri-City Herald – DOE to pay $136,000 fine in Hanford settlement – Annette Cary
• Albuquerque Journal – Some nuclear work at LANL on hold during safety review
• Cibola County Beacon – Cold War Patriots Resource Fair for Uranium Workers and Their Families
• KRQE News 13 – LANL halts plutonium operations – Chris McKee
• Barre Montpelier Times Argus – Letter: Nuclear waste isn’t green – Alfred S. Blakey
• All Things Nuclear – Fission Stories #140: Money Talks—“Dry Casks are Safer” – Dave Lochbaum
• Nuclear Age Peace Foundation – The Sunflower: Issue #192 – July 2013
• Oceania: Radio New Zealand – Tahiti nuclear fall-out far worse than previously admitted
• Asia-Pacific: World Nuclear News – Fukushima waste incinerator takes shape – Singapore Straits Times
• Asia-Pacific: ENENews – Fukushima plant will burn radioactive waste — Incinerator to run ‘around the clock’ — Includes building materials, clothing
• Southeast Asia: Reuters – U.S., Russia remove potential atom bomb material from Vietnam – Fredrik Dahl

Monday, July 01, 2013

• io9 – 1954 film claims a well-kept house could survive a nuclear attack – Lauren Davis
• Phoenix Magazine – Atomic Tourism – Keridwen Cornelius
• Yakima Herald Republic – Nation faces danger from another radioactive leak
• Twin Falls Times-News – Letter To The Editor: Protect Idaho from Further Radioactive Contamination – Vanessa Fry
• Ruidoso News – Los Alamos ‘pauses’ some plutonium work
• KMOV – Residents to hold meeting about radioactive waste in Bridgeton
• St. Louis Post-Dispatch – Residents near landfill want nuclear waste removed
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Felled tree causes shutdown at TVA nuclear plant
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Frank Munger: Cleanup a big deal for environment, economy – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Michael Collins: Manhattan Project National Park proposal clears one hurdle, faces more – Michael Collins
• Oak Ridge Today – Lecture to focus on translating ORNL technology from lab bench to clinic
• Environmental News Network – Livermorium and Flerovium – Andy Soos
• FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
• POGO – Public Unable to Hold Nuclear Subcontractors Accountable – Jack Scher
• DOE:IG – AUDIT REPORT: OAS-L-13-10
• DOE – Statement to the IAEA International Conference on Nuclear Security
• DOE – SLIDESHOW: The Energy Department Goes to New York Energy Week
• DOE – Cracking a Cold Case and Enduring Mystery – Charles Rousseauxcharles Rousseaux
• Asia-Pacific: World Nuclear News – Fukushima waste incinerator takes shape
• Europe: Financial Times – Nuclear waste: Clean-up quandary – Sylvia Pfeifer
• East Europe: Kyiv Post – Westinghouse sends nuclear regulator proposals for improving its fuel assemblies for Ukraine’s NPPs