TEPCo has apologized for hiding the scale of the leaks, not wanting to frighten the public? Dang!  Hey, and we are all still waiting for the government to fine them for what?  Hey, they at least finished the sarcophogus for unit 4.  Tritium levels with one of the leaks are through the ceiling, as there are growing fears the new regulatory agency will buckle under the immense pressure being pushed by nuclear village.  Another story that’s been getting a bit of coverage is the sheer number of corrupt companies involved in the cleanup at Fukushima.

Elsewhere, Austria has announced plans to not buy any nuclear power for its grid, while the Bulgarian Supreme Court stopped the construction of a n-waste dump.  The leaked EU plan to let individual states to subsidize nuclear reactor development will likely continue to create controversy across Europe.   In hushed up story, the US turned over just 650 pages of just declassified documents about 49 secret weapons tests equal to over 3,000 Hiroshima bombs (see 7-24 Fallout Secrecy story).

In the US, there continues to be a continuing dual over the growing number of articles suggesting the downturn of the nuclear industry, vs. industry proponents.  Meanwhile SoCal Edison pulled the fuel from Unit 2 and announced that it would cost $13 billion to permanently shutter the reactors.  And on a difficult turn of events the state of Nevada has pulled its weekend wire services which will take a while to deal with.

Friday, July 26, 2013

• New York Times – Californians Consider a Future Without a Nuclear Plant for a Neighbor – Ian Lovett
• CBS Miami – Uranium scare forces evacuation at South Florida airport
• Daily Kos – Maryland Gov. O’Malley lays out stellar climate change plan – Vl Baker
• Portsmouth Herald News – NRC: Cracks in steam generator tubes at nuke plant – Shir Haberman
• Beyond Nuclear – Mobile Chernobyl bill revs its engines on Capitol Hill
• POWERnews – GAO Report Shines Light on Failures of MOX Facility – Powernews
• Asia-Pacific: Enformable – TEPCO has a different view of safety than the public – Lucas W Hixson
• Asia-Pacific: FOX News – Nuke experts blast Fukushima operator over toxic water leaks
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Fishermen lambaste TEPCO over radioactive water leaks
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – EDITORIAL: NRA must stand its ground, not cave in to pressure to restart reactors
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Editorial: The MOX fuel conundrum
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Regulators say 2 reactors at Tomari nuclear plant ‘ill-prepared’ for restart
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – 68% of firms handling decontamination in Fukushima violated labor laws

Thursday, July 25, 2013

• Edison International – San Onofre Nuclear Plant Operating License to be Retired After Final Fuel Removal
• Newsroom America – NRC Orders Permanent Shutdown of Aerotest Nuclear Reactor
• World Nuclear News – Paying the price for SONGS closure
• Beyond Nuclear – Davis-Besse Hearing Docket
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Sister Megan Rice granted five-day release from custody to attend brother-in-law’s funeral – Frank Munger
• The Economist – Critical reactions – Nuclear Power Is In Decline, Despite New Reactors
• Fairewinds Energy Education – Nuclear Timelines: A New Tool for Looking at History
• OilPrice – The Key to Advancing Nuclear Energy – Breakthrough Institute
• Phys.Org – Cold War nuclear weapons storage facility video now available
• DOE:EM – DOE Seeks Small Businesses for Waste Tracking Contract
• Oceania: Saipan Tribune – Nuclear past, drowning future – Jaime R. Vergara
• Asia-Pacific: CounterPunch – Fukushima Continues to Spew Its Darkness – Harvey Wasserman
• Asia-Pacific: Radio Australia – Fukushima operator TEPCO knew radioactive water was leaking into Pacific a month before going public – Mark Willacy
• Asia-Pacific: Reuters – France’s renewable power subsidies not effective enough -auditor – Marion Douet
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Rampant violations of labor-related laws in decontamination work
• Asia-Pacific: NHK World – Fishermen file protest against TEPCO over leaks
• East Asia: Korea Herald – Radiation scare sweeps S. Korea – Yoon Min-Sik
• South Asia: Daily News & Analysis – The dangers of nuclear hubris – Praful Bidwai
• Middle East: Global Research – Syria, Iraq and Depleted Uranium – John Bart Gerald

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

• Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources – FULL COMMITTEE HEARING: To consider the Nuclear Waste Administration Act of 2013
• Fox5SanDiego – Fuel removed from San Onofre reactors – Japan Today?
• San Diego Union-Tribune – Plug officially pulled from nuke plant – Dan Mcswain
• Salt Lake Tribune – Utah Radiation Control considers doubling fines for violations – Judy Fahys
• Lynchburg News and Advance – Report: Virginia flying blind on uranium exploration – Mary Beth Jackson
• POWERnews – GAO Report Shines Light on Failures of MOX Facility – Powernews
• Enformable – Indian Point supervisor arrested for deliberately falsifying critical safety records – Lucas W Hixson
• New York Times – Jim Hansen Presses the Climate Case for Nuclear Energy – Andrew C. Revkin
• SmartPlanet – Bill Gates stops chasing nuclear wave – Mark Halper
• ORNL – Nuclear Goes Hollywood–New film sheds light on old debate
• Oceania: Auckland Now – Vets to mark nuclear blasts protest
• Oceania: The Australian – Nuclear power ‘would save about $150bn’ – Graham Lloyd, Environment Editor
• Oceania: Middle East Online – The Fallout from Nuclear Secrecy
• Asia-Pacific: BBC News – New worries for Fukushima workers
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Institute revises radiation exposure chart without explanation – Yuri Oiwa
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – EDITORIAL: Stop making excuses and reform the defective election systems
• Asia-Pacific: Fukushima Diary – M5.2 and M3.2 hit Fukushima nuclear plant – Iori Mochizuki
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Tepco held back groundwater news
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Today – Fukushima clean-up costs expected to swell to Y5.81 tril – Kyoko Hasegawa
• Asia-Pacific: Jiji Press – (Update) NRA Suspends Safety Checks for 2 Tomari N-Reactors
• Asia-Pacific: NHK World – TEPCO, bereaved families agree on compensation
• South Asia: Frontline – Interview: S.P. Udayakumar: ‘There is no openness’ – T.S. Subramanian
• North Europe: Baltic Business News – Russia to build a nuclear waste storage near Estonia
• Russia: Bellona – Chernobyl veteran on Balakovo reactor-boosting experiment: There is nothing costlier than stupidity – Andrei Ozharovsky
• Middle East: Ha’aretz Daily – IAEA rules Israel’s Soreq nuclear reactor safe in first-ever international inspection – Gili Cohen

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

• National Law Journal – NRC Yucca Mountain Ruling: Proper – Catherine Cortez Masto
• Albuquerque Journal – LANL declassifies, shows off “secret” Cold War tunnel vault
• Albuquerque Journal – Judge overturns uranium mine permit
• All Things Nuclear – Fission Stories #142: Fort Calhoun and the Flawed Safety Net – Dave Lochbaum
• Russellville Courier – Entergy sues contractors for ANO accident – Adam Franks
• Newsnet5 Cleveland – Federal agency admits key records lost in McMurdo veterans cancer study – Ron Regan
• Patriot-News – Turmoil in the energy system: As coal plants close, is nuclear next? – Nick Malawskey
• YNN Hudson Valley – Former Indian Point manager charged in federal court
• Connecticut Post – Nuclear industry at a crossroads: Can it still compete? – David Mccumber
• Vermont Journalism Trust – McClaughry: A nuclear power alternative that could appeal to the anti-nuclear set – John Mcclaughry
• Eos – Can Shale Safely Host U.S. Nuclear Waste? – C. E. Neuzil
• NRC – NRC Meeting, Webinar Aug. 6 in Rockville to Discuss Updated Quake Motion Model for Plant Re-Evaluations
• Asia-Pacific: Wall Street Journal – Fukushima Watch: What’s Different About the Latest Radioactive Leak Into the Sea – Moeko Fujii And Phred Dvorak
• Asia-Pacific: World Nuclear News – Completion of Fukushima Daiichi 4 cover
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: Election result not an endorsement for nuclear power
• South Asia: Hindu Business Line – Nuclear power, unclear future – M. Somasekhar
• South Asia: Times of India – Criminal cases against nuclear plant protestors to stay
• South Asia: TwoCircles.net – Kudankulam N-plant working smoothly, experiments to end soon
• South Asia: Pakistan News – Nuclear deception – Hameed Akhtar Niazi
• Europe: noodls – United Kingdom Parliament: Lords question Minister and Chief Scientific Adviser on long-term nuclear strategy
• North Europe: PEI – Vattenfall to split operations, write down $4.5bn and speed up cost cuts – Kelvin Ross
• East Europe: Sofia News Agency – Bulgarian Supreme Court Stops Construction of Radioactive Waste Depot

Monday, July 22, 2013

• Platts – US NRC launches special inspection at Columbia reactor – Elaine Hiruo
• Mansfield News Journal – Future of nuclear plants is in doubt – Russ Zimmer
• ORNL – Rethinking nuclear fuel design
• Augusta Chronicle – Senate committee to discuss how to choose nuclear waste sites – Rob Pavey
• Beyond Nuclear – NRC ASLB to hear oral arguments Wed., July 24th on risky Davis-Besse steam generator replacements
• All Things Nuclear – UCS Comments on NRC’s Draft Spent Fuel Storage Study – Dave Lochbaum
• FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
• Politico – Ernest Moniz to restructure top leadership at Energy – Darius Dixon
• NAS – Project Update: Research Directions in Human Biological Effects of Low Level Ionizing Radiation.
• Canada: Bayshore Broadcasting – Residents Oppose Nuclear Dump
• Oceania: ABC – Study to look at yellow cake industry – Carl Curtain
• Asia-Pacific: Common Dreams – Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Too Big to Cover Up – Sarah Lazare
• Asia-Pacific: Enformable – TEPCO releases infrared images of Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3 – Lucas W Hixson
• Asia-Pacific: Peak Oil – “Who Could Trust Such A Company?” – The Big Fat Lies About Radiation Exposure Of Workers At Fukushima
• Asia-Pacific: Reuters – Japan PM Abe’s mandate is much smaller than it looks – Linda Sieg
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Actor-turned-anti-nuclear activist wins Upper House seat
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Tepco now admits radioactive water entering the sea at Fukushima No. 1
• Europe: Morning Star – Hinkley’s hidden history – David Lowry
• Europe: World Nuclear News – EU’s open secret on nuclear subsidies
• Europe: E&E Daily – Renewable Energy: Germany finds delays and surprises entering a post-nuclear world
• Europe: Xinhua News – France’s oldest nuclear plant to shut down by 2016: minister
• East Europe: Sofia News Agency – Bulgarian Supreme Court Stops Construction of Radioactive Waste Depot

Friday, July 26, 2013

• Bloomberg – Tepco President Apologizes for Fukushima Leak Disclosure Delay – Jacob Adelman & Yuji Okada
• Enformable – TEPCO has a different view of safety than the public – Lucas W Hixson
• FOX News – Nuke experts blast Fukushima operator over toxic water leaks
• Reuters – Tepco reform committee chairman: contaminated water threatens Fukushima plant recovery – Kentaro Hamada
• Washington Post – Japan utility says reluctance to worry public delayed disclosure of nuclear plant’s leaks
• Asahi Shimbun – Leaks from treatment device delay battle against Fukushima radioactive water – Shunsuke Kimura
• Asahi Shimbun – Fishermen lambaste TEPCO over radioactive water leaks
• Asahi Shimbun – NRA chairman says release of radioactive water into sea is inevitable – Jin Nishikawa
• Asahi Shimbun – EDITORIAL: NRA must stand its ground, not cave in to pressure to restart reactors
• ENENews – Officials: Gas is likely leaking from containment vessel of Fukushima Reactor No. 3 – “It was observed as the steam”
• ENENews – Tepco Advisor Blasts Tepco: “You do not know what you’re doing” – Japan Times: Time for gov’t to take over at Fukushima Daiichi? (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Japan Gov’t: It’s “inevitable” that Fukushima radioactive water will be dumped in Pacific Ocean – “Tepco has no choice”
• Fukushima Diary – [Insight] Data doesn’t show Tepco dumping contaminated water to the sea, but it’s worse than that. – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Column] Different future from Chernobyl – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Express] Citizen’s radiation station “530 Bq/Kg from shoji screen in Saitama” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Aizuwakamatsu city Fukushima, “There is not radioactive material in the air” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Fisheries station “Contaminated groundwater may well up a few Km offshore Fukushima” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco postponed the announcement of sea contamination, “because they compiled the document during the weekend” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Steaming reactor3] Tepco “The steam may be from the inside of the reactor, a certain volume of N2 gas is missing” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Steaming reactor3] Thermography shows the steaming area is over 15? hotter than atmosphere – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Editorial: The MOX fuel conundrum
• Japan Times – Tepco chief admits PR fiasco over water info – Kazuaki Nagata
• Jiji Press – Japan Minister to Meet with Niigata Governor on N-Plant
• Jiji Press – (Update) Japan Regulators Examine Genkai, Other N-Reactors
• Mainichi Daily News – Regulators say 2 reactors at Tomari nuclear plant ‘ill-prepared’ for restart
• Mainichi Daily News – Nuclear regulator hints at possible active fault off Aomori peninsula
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO provides conflicting accounts on toxic water leak
• Mainichi Daily News – 68% of firms handling decontamination in Fukushima violated labor laws
• NHK World – TEPCO admits lax risk management over tainted water

Thursday, July 25, 2013

• AFP Google – Cooling device outage at Fukushima
• CounterPunch – Fukushima Continues to Spew Its Darkness – Harvey Wasserman
• eTurboNews – Nuclear-contaminated Pacific Ocean may become a global threat
• Radio Australia – Fukushima operator TEPCO knew radioactive water was leaking into Pacific a month before going public – Mark Willacy
• Reuters – France’s renewable power subsidies not effective enough -auditor – Marion Douet
• World Nuclear News – Japan revising fuel cycle safety rules
• Asahi Shimbun – NRA chairman says release of radioactive water into sea is inevitable
• Asahi Shimbun – Rampant violations of labor-related laws in decontamination work
• Fukushima Diary – Reactor6 temperature increasing after restarting coolant system, 27.6? ? 28.0? – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Reactor 6 coolant system accidentally stopped / Tepco “can restart in 1 hour” ? took 2 hours, reason not verified – Iori Mochizuki
• Jiji Press – (Update) Japan Regulators Examine Genkai, Other N-Reactors
• NHK World – 4 nuclear reacters on restart screening
• NHK World – Fishermen file protest against TEPCO over leaks

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

• AFP Google – Fukushima nuclear clean-up to cost $58 bn – Kyoko Hasegawa
• BBC News – Fukushima nuclear plant: Japan takes steps over sea leak
• BBC News – New worries for Fukushima workers
• The Independent – With Fukushima nuclear plant still leaking, Japan clean-up bill soars to $50bn – David Mcneill
• Asahi Shimbun – LDP executive: Abandoning nuclear energy would cause ‘intolerable pain’ – Fedex Carson City Nv
• Asahi Shimbun – High radiation levels found near area where steam spotted at Fukushima plant
• Asahi Shimbun – Institute revises radiation exposure chart without explanation – Yuri Oiwa
• Asahi Shimbun – EDITORIAL: Stop making excuses and reform the defective election systems
• ENENews – Fukushima Unit 3 steaming again, third time in a week – Asahi: High radiation levels detected near where it was observed – Tepco does not know where it’s coming from (PHOTOS)
• ENENews – Senior Japan Officials: Nuclear material flowing into ocean a ‘grave matter’ – Situation at Fukushima is ‘deplorable’ (VIDEO)
• ENENews – BBC: It’s boiling somewhere inside Fukushima Unit No. 3 – Reactor supposed to be in cold shutdown – Situation ‘worrying’
• ENENews – AFP: ‘Fukushima reactor site engulfed by steam’ – Kyodo: ‘Something like steam’ coming from unknown source at Unit No. 3 – Tepco: ‘Continuously wafting through the air’ – Work to remove rubble suspended
• Fukushima Diary – Fukushima worker fell in the Fukushima plant port / Tepco “No contamination on his body” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Breaking] Impervious wall construction intermitted “due to the shortage of Fukushima workers” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Express] “In Okayama, 50% of the evacuees are from Kanto region, more than from Fukushima” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Former Fukushima worker “They knew contamination flows to the sea from the very beginning” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 150 Bq/m3 of Strontium-90 measured at 1.3km south of reactor1~4 water outlet – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Reactor3 steaming again / Over 1 Sv/h at 6 of 25 locations on the operation floor – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Timely] 2 of the 2 dust radiation monitoring systems down in reactor2 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Reluctant media] Press conference of NRA about sea contamination is nearly empty – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Breaking] 2.2 Sv/h from the top of reactor3, 562 mSv/h from the steam – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – M5.2 and M3.2 hit Fukushima nuclear plant – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Tomari reactor checks suspended
• Japan Times – Tepco held back groundwater news
• Japan Today – Fukushima clean-up costs expected to swell to Y5.81 tril – Kyoko Hasegawa
• Jiji Press – NRA Favors Releasing Less Tainted Water at TEPCO N-Plant into Sea
• Jiji Press – Japan to Oblige N-Fuel Recycle Facilities to Be Ready for Severe Accidents
• Jiji Press – (Update) NRA Suspends Safety Checks for 2 Tomari N-Reactors
• Mainichi Daily News – Regulators say 2 reactors at Tomari nuclear plant ‘ill-prepared’ for restart
• Mainichi Daily News – Up to 5 trillion yen estimated necessary for decontamination in Fukushima
• Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: Time for TEPCO to stop dodging responsibility for radioactive water leak
• NHK World – NRA endorses nuclear fuel facility draft rules
• NHK World – Regulators to hold open session on Tsuruga reactor
• NHK World – Radioactive materials found near Fukushima Daiichi
• NHK World – Radioactive material may have leaked from tunnel
• NHK World – TEPCO, bereaved families agree on compensation

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

• AFP Google – More steam in Fukushima reactor building: TEPCO
• Bloomberg – Tepco Says Toxic Water Leaked to Sea From Fukushima Plant – Tsuyoshi Inajima &Amp; Jacob Adelman
• New York Times – Japan: Nuclear Plant Admits Leaks – Martin Fackler
• Wall Street Journal – Fukushima Watch: What’s Different About the Latest Radioactive Leak Into the Sea – Moeko Fujii And Phred Dvorak
• World Nuclear News – Completion of Fukushima Daiichi 4 cover
• Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO criticized for belated admission of radioactive leaks into the sea
• Japan Daily Press – TEPCO admits radioactive groundwater is leaking into the sea at Fukushima – John Hofilena
• Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: Election result not an endorsement for nuclear power
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO loses trust over leak of radioactive water into sea
• Yomiuri Shimbun – TEPCO says tainted water leaked into sea

Monday, July 22, 2013

• AFP Google – Radioactive water leaked into sea at Fukushima
• Common Dreams – Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Too Big to Cover Up – Sarah Lazare
• Enformable – TEPCO releases infrared images of Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3 – Lucas W Hixson
• Peak Oil – “Who Could Trust Such A Company?” – The Big Fat Lies About Radiation Exposure Of Workers At Fukushima
• Reuters – Japan’s Fukushima operator acknowledges contaminated water flowing into sea – Kiyoshi Takenaka
• Reuters – Japan PM Abe’s mandate is much smaller than it looks – Linda Sieg
• Asahi Shimbun – Utilities cheer LDP victory, nuclear opponents disappointed
• Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO admits radioactive water leaked to sea
• Asahi Shimbun – Actor-turned-anti-nuclear activist wins Upper House seat
• Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO admits radioactive water leaked to sea
• ENENews – AP: Tepco admits radioactive water is flowing into Pacific from Fukushima plant – AFP: Experts warn of effects on humans; “Fears of ocean contamination”
• ENENews – ‘Fukushima cancer risk surges’ – Ongoing saga at nuclear plant ‘dangerously murkier’ – Over 10 times more workers suffered cancer-inducing radiation doses than Tepco admitted
• Kyodo News – TEPCO admits toxic water is leaking into sea from Fukushima plant
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco reported the fact of sea contamination to Nuclear Regulation Authority before announcing to public – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Media “Didn’t you wait for election to end for admitting the sea contamination ?” ? Tepco “Obviously No” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Breaking] Tepco officially admitted seawater comes up and down to the Fukushima nuclear plant area – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Breaking] Tepco officially admitted contaminated water is leaking to the sea – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Oil leakage again] Lubricating oil leaked from desalination system / 1.5m x 1m x 1mm – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Thermography shows 50? on operation floor of “steaming” reactor3 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Column] What can be anticipated after the pro nuclear government stands – Iori Mochizuki
• JAIF – Information Update
• Japan Times – Tepco now admits radioactive water entering the sea at Fukushima No. 1
• Japan Times – Abe cements power with LDP’s sweeping victory in Upper House race
• Jiji Press – TEPCO Admits Tainted Groundwater Leak into Sea
• TEPCO – Press Release Update
• China Post – Interior Minister to learn disaster prevention in Japan

Friday, July 26, 2013

• Tri-City Herald – Hanford, PNNL isotope production expert dies – Doe
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Acting NNSA chief brings positive message to Y-12 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Held’s visit to Y-12, a plant down in the dumps – Frank Munger
• CBS Miami – Uranium scare forces evacuation at South Florida airport
• Miami Herald – No serious threat after uranium found at Opa-locka airport – Lance Dixon And David Noriega
• NBC 6 Miami – Depleted Uranium Found at Opa-Locka Airport – Sharon Lawson, Alexandra Leon And Lisa Orkin Emmanuel
• Reuters – Container with depleted uranium found at Miami-area airport – Kevin Gray
• Augusta Chronicle – 2 more SRS nuclear waste tanks to be grouted this fall – Rob Pavey
• Portsmouth Herald News – NRC: Cracks in steam generator tubes at nuke plant – Shir Haberman
• AWRA Water blog – Book Review: ‘Too Hot To Touch – The Problem of High-Level Nuclear Waste’ – Michael &Quot;Aquadoc&Quot; Campana
• MIT News Office – Improved nuclear fuel-rod cladding might prevent future Fukushimas – David L. Chandler
• POWERnews – GAO Report Shines Light on Failures of MOX Facility – Powernews
• DOE – Statement from Press Secretary Aoife McCarthy
• Asia-Pacific: FOX News – Nuke experts blast Fukushima operator over toxic water leaks
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Editorial: The MOX fuel conundrum
• South Asia: The Hindu – First fast breeder reactor almost ready

Thursday, July 25, 2013

• Edison International – San Onofre Nuclear Plant Operating License to be Retired After Final Fuel Removal
• Military.com – Navy Defueling Enterprise’s Nuclear Reactors – Kris Osborn
• Tri-City Herald – Mixed feelings on DOE reorganization – Annette Cary
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Sister Megan Rice granted five-day release from custody to attend brother-in-law’s funeral – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Held due – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – $2.2M in UPF lease costs – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – NNSA grant funds UT’s new Radiochemistry Center – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Klotz visited Y-12 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Another space/fit issue with UPF: more room needed for growing workforce – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Plowshares sentencings reset for Sept. 30 – Frank Munger
• EurekAlert – New nuclear fuel-rod cladding could lead to safer power plants – David Chandler, Mit News Office
• Phys.Org – Cold War nuclear weapons storage facility video now available
• Politico – Lawmakers on DOE: Cautious optimism – Darius Dixon
• DOE:EM – DOE Seeks Small Businesses for Waste Tracking Contract
• DOE:EM – New EM Technology: Spray Lights up Contamination Hot Spots
• DOE:EM – Unconventional Groundwater System Proves Effective in Reducing Contamination at West Valley Demonstration Project
• DOE:IG – AUDIT REPORT: OAS-RA-13-28
• NRC – NRC Orders Permanent Shutdown of Aerotest Research Reactor, Requires Decommissioning Plan Details
• Energy Department – Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Northern New Mexico
• Energy Department – Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Oak Ridge Reservation
• South Asia: Daily News & Analysis – The dangers of nuclear hubris – Praful Bidwai
• Europe: in-cumbria – Firms told: move or lose Sellafield orders – Alan Irving

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

• Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources – FULL COMMITTEE HEARING: To consider the Nuclear Waste Administration Act of 2013
• Tri-City Herald – PNNL information security praised – Annette Cary
• KIVI-TV6 – Details released on burned INL researcher
• Salt Lake Tribune – Utah Radiation Control considers doubling fines for violations – Judy Fahys
• Akron Beacon Journal – U.S. shales could safely house nuclear waste, USGS reports – Bob Downing
• Aiken Standard – Citizens board says no fuel storage at SRS – Derrek Asberry
• Charlotte Observer – Advisory panel votes not to store waste at SRS
• Lynchburg News and Advance – Report: Virginia flying blind on uranium exploration – Mary Beth Jackson
• POWERnews – GAO Report Shines Light on Failures of MOX Facility – Powernews
• Press of Atlantic City – James McGovern / Nuclear-waste site stalled, but U.S. still collects fee – James Mcgovern
• Smithsonian blog – Is Shale the Answer to America’s Nuclear Waste Woes?
• GAO – Department of Energy: Observations on DOE’s Management Challenges and Steps Taken to Address Them, GAO-13-767T
• ORNL – Nuclear Goes Hollywood–New film sheds light on old debate
• Oceania: Middle East Online – The Fallout from Nuclear Secrecy
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Today – Fukushima clean-up costs expected to swell to Y5.81 tril – Kyoko Hasegawa
• Asia-Pacific: NHK World – Radioactive material may have leaked from tunnel
• North Europe: Baltic Business News – Russia to build a nuclear waste storage near Estonia

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

• National Law Journal – NRC Yucca Mountain Ruling: Proper – Catherine Cortez Masto
• Tri-City Herald – NRC inspecting Richland nuke plant after issue discovered – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Review: Hanford tank leak could have been found sooner – Annette Cary
• Albuquerque Journal – LANL declassifies, shows off “secret” Cold War tunnel vault
• Albuquerque Journal – Judge overturns uranium mine permit
• Newsnet5 Cleveland – Federal agency admits key records lost in McMurdo veterans cancer study – Ron Regan
• WBKO – Conway Meets with DOE Official About Paducah Plant
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Cold War nuclear vault at Los Alamos revealed – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Security follow-up – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Dollars and sense? – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Sometimes I like, sometimes not so much – Frank Munger
• Augusta Chronicle – Advisory board opposes SRS as nuclear waste venue – Rob Pavey
• World Nuclear News – US business in joint plea on nuclear trade
• Eos – Can Shale Safely Host U.S. Nuclear Waste? – C. E. Neuzil
• NRC blog – Let’s Chat about Waste Confidence – Andy Imboden
• North Europe: PEI – Vattenfall to split operations, write down $4.5bn and speed up cost cuts – Kelvin Ross
• East Europe: Sofia News Agency – Bulgarian Supreme Court Stops Construction of Radioactive Waste Depot
• Middle East: Associated News – IAEA demanded that Iran to stop their uranium enrichment site project – Odette Scofield

Monday, July 22, 2013

• Northwest Public Radio – No Exterior Leak From Hanford Tank, According To Department Of Energy – Anna King
• Mohave Daily News – Superfund cleanup too slow for homeowners
• ORNL – Rethinking nuclear fuel design
• Augusta Chronicle – Senate committee to discuss how to choose nuclear waste sites – Rob Pavey
• Vermont Journalism Trust – When it comes to rail traffic in Vermont, hazardous materials data is hard to get – Taylor Dobbs
• All Things Nuclear – UCS Comments on NRC’s Draft Spent Fuel Storage Study – Dave Lochbaum
• FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
• Nuclear Townhall – video: Message from Secretary Moniz and Deputy Secretary Poneman on DOE Reorganization
• Politico – Ernest Moniz to restructure top leadership at Energy – Darius Dixon
• DOE – Secretary Moniz at Town Hall Forum on Departmental Reorganization
• DOE:EM – Unconventional Groundwater System Proves Effective in Reducing Contamination at West Valley Demonstration Project
• Canada: Bayshore Broadcasting – Residents Oppose Nuclear Dump
• Canada: CNSC – CNSC News Update
• Oceania: ABC – Study to look at yellow cake industry – Carl Curtain
• Asia-Pacific: Kyodo News – TEPCO admits toxic water is leaking into sea from Fukushima plant
• Southeast Asia: Malaysian Star – Lynas: Permanent disposal facility will not be on site – Sean Ong
• East Europe: Sofia News Agency – Bulgarian Supreme Court Stops Construction of Radioactive Waste Depot

Friday, July 26, 2013

• POWERnews – GAO Report Shines Light on Failures of MOX Facility – Powernews
• DOE – Statement from Press Secretary Aoife McCarthy

Thursday, July 25, 2013

• Military.com – Navy Defueling Enterprise’s Nuclear Reactors – Kris Osborn
• DOE:EM – DOE Seeks Small Businesses for Waste Tracking Contract
• DOE:EM – New EM Technology: Spray Lights up Contamination Hot Spots
• DOE:EM – Unconventional Groundwater System Proves Effective in Reducing Contamination at West Valley Demonstration Project
• DOE:IG – AUDIT REPORT: OAS-RA-13-28
• NRC – NRC Orders Permanent Shutdown of Aerotest Research Reactor, Requires Decommissioning Plan Details
• NRC blog – Keeping Fort Calhoun’s Tornado Analysis Up To Date – Scott Burnell
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH or Advisory Board), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Energy Department – Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Northern New Mexico
• Energy Department – Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Oak Ridge Reservation

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

• Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources – FULL COMMITTEE HEARING: To consider the Nuclear Waste Administration Act of 2013
• Smithsonian blog – Is Shale the Answer to America’s Nuclear Waste Woes?
• GAO – Department of Energy: Observations on DOE’s Management Challenges and Steps Taken to Address Them, GAO-13-767T
• NRC – NRC Announces Hearing Opportunity on License Renewal Application for Byron and Braidwood Nuclear Plants in Illinois
• NRC – NRC Will Hold an Open House on Grand Gulf Nuclear Station Performance
• ORNL – Nuclear Goes Hollywood–New film sheds light on old debate
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES License Renewal Applications: Byron Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2, and Braidwood Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2; Exelon Generation Company, LLC, Pages 44603-44606 [FR DOC# 2013-17809]

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

• National Law Journal – NRC Yucca Mountain Ruling: Proper – Catherine Cortez Masto
• NRC – NRC Meeting, Webinar Aug. 6 in Rockville to Discuss Updated Quake Motion Model for Plant Re-Evaluations
• NRC – NRC Begins Special Inspection at Columbia Generating Station
• NRC blog – Let’s Chat about Waste Confidence – Andy Imboden

Monday, July 22, 2013

• ORNL – Rethinking nuclear fuel design
• FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
• Nuclear Townhall – video: Message from Secretary Moniz and Deputy Secretary Poneman on DOE Reorganization
• Politico – Ernest Moniz to restructure top leadership at Energy – Darius Dixon
• DOE – Secretary Moniz at Town Hall Forum on Departmental Reorganization
• DOE:EM – Unconventional Groundwater System Proves Effective in Reducing Contamination at West Valley Demonstration Project
• NAS – Project Update: Research Directions in Human Biological Effects of Low Level Ionizing Radiation.
• NRC – NRC Begins Special Inspection at Columbia Generating Station
• NRC – Public Meeting Schedule
• NRC – Live NRC Meeting Webcast