The Nuclear Industry has suffered a serious setback worldwide this last week.  The biggest blow came with news out of South Korea that has put that country’s entire nuclear fleet into question over a growing scandal of forged documents on a large number of safety related parts.  In Japan there was a scandal that TEPCo intentionally withheld knowledge of the massive tritium leak (up to 40 trillion becquerels in the last two years). The government and TEPCo continue to withhold money from the public that had to flee from Fukushima.  The Queen of England got hit with a scandal over a secret speech in case of a nuclear attack.  Plans to build a reactor in Turkey took a turn for the worst, and will likely be postponed for an additional three years.   While legislators in Taiwan had fist fights over the continued scam to hold a rigged public poll over a new reactor’s construction.  And we thought we have a PR problem,  There was a 4 part series on nuclear waste out of Australia by one of that country’s biggest nuclear spin doctors.

To the north, Canada has withdrawn a set of controversial plans to transport n-waste.  The French nuclear giant, EDF is withdrawing from the US nuclear market.  But then the big news of the week would be that Duke Power had withdrawn plans to construct the $24 billion Levy Country reactors in Florida (they aren’t giving up totally on future facilities however).  There were major hearings in Washington over new legislation on how to deal with spent nuclear fuel, even though republicans continue to push for Yucca Mountain.  Last but not least,  was an astonishing story about how two East Coast AG’s plan on getting involved in the NRC’s attempt to throw out their own ASLB decision over San Onofre.  And yeah, a lot of industry spinning going on in an attempt to stop the growing hemorrhaging that as mention last week could soon lead to over a dozen other reactors being closed down.

Sunday, August 04, 2013

• Slate – Script for the Queen’s Speech, in Case of Nuclear War
• UK – IndpendentLib Dems may be set to relax trademark anti-nuclear stance
• Fox – Fukushima operator discloses extent of nuclear leak
• CNBC – US natgas boom sucks nuclear power into downdraft
• Associated Press – With Yucca Mountain location out of play, nuclear waste stored on-site in U.S.
• KRQE – WIPP site to receive more nuclear waste

Saturday, August 03, 2013

• New York Times – Scandal in South Korea Over Nuclear Revelations
• Reuters- Alabama Nuclear plant releases carbon dioxide; no damage, injuries

Friday, August 02, 2013

• Las Vegas SUN – Yucca Mountain debate returns to Capitol Hill – Karoun Demirjian
• National Journal – Energy Department Plans More Nuclear Shipments to Nevada
• Los Angeles Times – Radioactive testing gear in Duarte no threat, authorities say – Andrew Blankstein
• NBC Southern California – Concern About Radioactive Material Follows Car Crash – Melissa Pamer and Rosa Ordaz
• Sacramento Bee – Feinstein’s nuclear waste legislation is a start – Dr. Harry Wang, Physicians For Social Responsibility
• Crosscut Seattle – Fed-up state officials may cite Hanford for miscues on radioactive leaks – John Stang
• Odessa American – Man arrested in connection with radioactive dumping – Jon Vanderlaan
• Minneapolis Star Tribune – Xcel wants more Minnesota rate hikes, partly for nuclear costs – David Shaffer
• Beyond Nuclear – SACE Statement on Duke Energy Florida’s Cancellation of Levy County Nuclear Reactor Project
• Beyond Nuclear – Environmental interveners respond to Duke’s cancellation of proposed new reactors at Levy County, FL
• Beyond Nuclear – Cooper: Duke abandonment of Levy reactors fits into 2013 pattern of “rapid-fire downsizing” of nuclear power in U.S.
• Beyond Nuclear – Another one bites the dust: Duke to cancel proposed new atomic reactors at Levy County, FL
• Fairewinds Energy Education – Duke Energy to cancel proposed Levy County nuclear plant
• New York Times – Florida Nuclear Project Is Dropped – Matthew L. Wald
• Tampa Bay Times – Robert Triguax column: Too bad we can’t shut down Florida legislators as easily as we can shut a nuclear plant
• TPM Media – Florida Nuclear Reactor Plan Dropped After $1 Billion Already Spent – Zoe Schlanger
• Reuters – Duke Energy shelves major nuclear project in Florida – David Adams
• Carnegie Endowment for International Peace – Nuclear Enrichment Revolution Meets Weapon Fears – James M. Acton
• eNews Park Forest – Environmental Groups Tell Nuclear Regulator Commission to Strengthen Rules Barring Foreign Ownership of U.S. Reactors
• eNews Park Forest – Key DOE Environmental Review of Plan to Use Weapons Plutonium as Mixed Oxide Reactor fuel Delayed Again, Signaling Problems as Options Being Assessed
• Grist – Big nuke company decides renewables are a better bet in the U.S. – John Upton
• HNN Huntingtonnews – ANWAG Supports Reintroduction of Department of Labor Board
• Huffington Post – Attorneys General Fight for Public Access in Nuclear Issues – Roger Witherspoon
• NRC blog – SONGS Next Steps: The Move to Decommission – Victor Dricks
• Canada: Reuters – UPDATE 1-Cameco cuts costs as uranium prices slump, misses view – Rod Nickel
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Monodrama puts spotlight on man who survived A-bomb, Fukushima accident – Masakazu Honda
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Court grants 8 people recognition as sufferers of atomic bomb-related illnesses
• Asia-Pacific: NHK World – Fukushima municipalities demand more cleaning
• Asia-Pacific: BBC News – Taiwan MPs brawl in parliament over nuclear vote
• Asia-Pacific: Bloomberg – Taiwan Lawmakers Brawl in Parliament Over Nuclear Plant Vote – Adela Lin
• Asia-Pacific: Focus Taiwan – Nuclear vote blocked in legislature standoff
• Asia-Pacific: The Guardian – Taiwanese politicians exchange punches over nuclear bill
• Asia-Pacific: Wall Street Journal – Brawl in Taiwan Legislature Delays Vote on Nuclear Plant – Aries Poon and Jenny W. Hsu
• Russia: Bellona – Murmansk waves farewell to yet another radiation hazard – Anna Kireeva
• South Africa: SA Business Day – Government to press ahead with nuclear build plan – Paul Vecchiatto

Thursday, August 01, 2013

• MyNews3 – Fight to stop nuclear waste continues in Nevada – Mackenzie Warren
• National Journal – House Republicans to Energy Secretary: Don’t Scrap Yucca – Alex Brown
• BraveNewClimate – Nuclear Waste Part 1: The elephant (shrew) in the room – Geoff Russell
• BraveNewClimate – Nuclear Waste Part 2: The nuts and bolts of waste – Barry Brook
• BraveNewClimate – Nuclear Waste Part 3: Case studies – Barry Brook
• BraveNewClimate – Nuclear Waste Part 4: The choice … waste into fuel OR renewable wastelands – Barry Brook
• Bloomberg BusinessWeek – The Plutonium Gang: CH2M Hill Dismantles the Hanford Nuclear Site – Steve Featherstone
• St. Louis Post-Dispatch – Decades later, Baby Tooth Survey legacy lives on – Jeffrey Tomich
• Tampa Bay Times – Duke Energy to cancel proposed Levy County nuclear plant, Fasano says – Ivan Penn
• Tampa Tribune – Duke Energy won’t build $24.7B nuclear plant
• Augusta Chronicle – Deal reached on Vogtle cost overruns – Ray Henry
• World Nuclear News – Three-year delay in Lee licensing
• Pittsburgh Tribune-Review – Brackenridge widow compensated for late husband’s exposure to H-bomb – Braden Ashe
• New York Times – New Tools for Keeping the Lights On – Matthew L. Wald
• Wicked Local Halifax – PILGRIM COALITION: Power plant poses risks to Halifax, community – Kerrin Murray
• Beyond Nuclear – State of Vermont objects to NRC over faulty radiation monitoring equipment at Entergy’s Vermont Yankee atomic reactor
• Rocky Mountain Institute – Debunking the Renewables “Disinformation Campaign” – Amory B. Lovins
• Canada: Bayshore Broadcasting – No Health Study of DGR
• Canada: Fairewinds Energy Education – 40 Years of Being a Good Neighbor
• Canada: Penn Energy – Westinghouse nuclear reactor completes Phase 2 of Canadian review
• Oceania: ABC – Nuclear enrichment revolution meets weapon fears – Greg Hoy
• Oceania: Courier Mail – Abandon nuke dump proposal, NT elders urge
• Asia-Pacific: Peak Oil – Time to take over Daiichi?
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO did nothing about radioactive water leak for 2 years
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Daily Press – Trillions of reconstruction budget for Tohoku-hit communities remain unused
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Residents of Fukushima district allowed home, but few opt to return
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t agencies secretly agreed to put off nuke disaster victim relief until after election
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – 35% of reconstruction budget unused as decontamination and other key projects stalled
• Asia-Pacific: NHK World – Ohi plant to shut 9/15; no reactors online
• South Asia: Deccan Chronicle – Kudankulam nuclear power project awaits AERB approval to operate
• Europe: BBC News – Queen’s secret 1983 nuclear war speech revealed
• Europe: UPI – Rolls-Royce joins NuScale Power in contract bid
• Middle East: Global Research – Rise of Cancers and Birth Defects in Iraq: World Health Organization Refuses to Release Data

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

• KING5 Seattle – State inspectors document problems at Hanford
• Emmett Messenger-Index – Downwinder movie unveiled in Emmett – Janet Monti
• CBS St. Louis – Dooley: Nothing County Can Do About Burning Bridgeton Landfill
• UK KRCEE – A History of the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP)
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – The personal toll of peace protests – Frank Munger
• Niagara Gazette – Greenpac suit seeks $50M in damages over claims of radioactive material found on Royal Ave. site – Justin Sondel
• Barre Montpelier Times Argus – Letter: Secrets at Vermont Yankee – Ed Anthes
• Nuclear Energy Insider – ‘Economic conditions primary challenge for nuclear, not the unsolved waste puzzle’ By John Johnson
• Nuclear Energy Insider – Policy Brief 27 – 31 July 2013 – K. Steiner-Dicks
• Nuclear Energy Insider – Weekly Intelligence Brief 27 – 31 July 2013 – K. Steiner-Dicks
• PublicServiceEurope – ‘Curious indifference’ to naval nuclear reactor risks – Greg Thielmann
• Reuters – Entergy to cut jobs, mulls future of wholesale nuclear – Eileen O’grady
• Oceania: The Guardian – Plan to use Aboriginal land as a nuclear waste dump is flawed and misguided – Dave Sweeney
• Asia-Pacific: Reuters – Japanese utility, and the public, in dark about crippled nuclear plant – Antoni Slodkowski and Mari Saito
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – EDITORIAL: Incompetent TEPCO should never be allowed to handle nuclear energy
• Asia-Pacific: Jiji Press – TEPCO Fails to Report New Rise in Groundwater Level
• Asia-Pacific: Jiji Press – Completion of Nuclear Fuel Plant in Japan Delayed
• East Asia: Chosun Ilbo – Tougher Radioactive Checks of Food Imports from Japan Mooted
• Europe: Bloomberg – Germany Boosts Energy Research Funding 77% to $938 Million – Stefan Nicola

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

• Politico – Moniz doesn’t take position on nuke waste bill – Alex Guillen
• CityWatch LA – Nuclear Infant Zombies?
• Asbury Park Press – Aging Oyster Creek plant should be closed now – Jen Kim, Njpirg State Director
• Fairewinds Energy Education – Entergy replaces radiation monitors; state asks the NRC to investigate “spurious” radiation spikes at Vermont Yankee
• All Things Nuclear – Nuclear Energy Activist Toolkit #11: Reactor Protection – Dave Lochbaum
• Bloomberg – Moniz Touts CO2 Capture, Says Coal in “our Energy Future for Decades” – Ari Na
• Fairewinds Energy Education – Arnie Gundersen on Wayne Brittenden’s Counterpoint, for Radio New Zealand
• FOX News – Mini-nuclear plants the next frontier of US power supply — or the next Solyndra? – John Roberts
• OpEdNews – A Nuclear Free World – David Swanson
• Wall Street Journal – EDF Begins Withdrawal From U.S. Nuclear – Géraldine Amiel
• DOE:EM – DOE Moab Site Cost-Effectively Eliminates 200 Million Gallons of Contaminated Ground Water
• Canada: Toronto Star – Plan to ship nuclear waste through Great Lakes shelved – Rob Ferguson
• Oceania: The Guardian – After surviving nuclear tests, can the Marshall Islands survive the great climate experiment? – Graham Readfearn
• Asia-Pacific: Auckland Now – When a nuclear cleanup turns toxic
• Asia-Pacific: IPS – Fukushima Fallout Hits Farmers – Suvendrini Kakuchi
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Independent film on A-bomb survivor’s memories ensures story is told – Maki Okubo
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – INTERVIEW: Actor-turned-activist Yamamoto wants to be catalyst in Diet – Shigeki Tosa
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Hiroshima memoirs still draw readers – Takuma Obinata
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Actor Hira recalls hibakusha mom, own twist of fate – Mai Iida
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Photos of recovering Hiroshima a reminder of smells, pain behind today’s prosperity – Kenji Tamaki
• Asia-Pacific: NHK World – Niigata governor protests nuclear safety standards
• Europe: The Guardian – Nuclear warhead exercise was ‘nuke dust disaster’ says mock newspaper – Rob Edwards
• Europe: The Guardian – The green movement is not pro-science – Robert Wilson
• Europe: Platts – UK prompt power prices extend gains on further nuclear delays
• East Europe: Renewables International – Austria to go 100 percent nuclear-free
• Russia: Weather Channel – The Exclusion Zone: Inside the Most Radioactive Place in the World – Eric Zerkel

Monday, July 29, 2013

• The Hill blog – The week ahead: Senate nears first big energy bill since 2007 – Zack Colman
• Bloomberg – USEC Soars After Getting Money for Centrifuge Project – Christopher Donville
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Two Y-12 security guards wounded in ‘accidental discharge’ – Frank Munger
• Delaware News Journal – PSEG whistle-blower trial revealed lax monitoring by NRC – Jeff Montgomery
• FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
• NRC – Public Meeting Schedule
• Canada: Blackburn News – Steam Generator Contract Annulled
• Canada: CBC News – Nuclear power plant puts radioactive shipping plans on hold
• Asia-Pacific: OpEdNews – Fukushima radiation levels as high as 2011
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – EDITORIAL: Government must stop delaying assistance to nuclear disaster victims
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – NPO plans lab to study 3/11 impact
• Asia-Pacific: NHK World – TEPCO ordered to drain contaminated tunnel water
• Asia-Pacific: Taipei Times – DPP office gives KMT lawmakers an ultimatum – Chris Wang
• Southwest Asia: UPI – Rejected environmental report could delay Turkey’s first nuke plant
• South Asia: The Hindu – U.S. senators lament lack of progress on nuclear deal – Sujay Mehdudia
• South Asia: The Hindu – What India can learn from Fukushima – Pallava Bagla
• South Asia: The Hindu – Abide by Supreme Court direction, HC tells State – K.T. Sangameswaran
• Europe: The Guardian – Like scientists, greens are children of the Enlightenment – Anne Chapman
• North Europe: Sweden Local – Concerns for Vattenfall’s Russian energy deal – Natchez Democrat?
• East Europe: Reuters – U.S. export bank offers to co-finance Czech nuclear plant

Friday, August 02, 2013

• GlobalPost – Gov’t to tell 3 utilities to trim planned electricity rate hikes
• Japan Times – Slow reactor restart process rattles energy markets as uranium piles up
• World Nuclear News – Climate targets blown in Japan
• Asahi Shimbun – Mystery objects with high radiation found on Fukushima coast – Shunsuke Kimura
• Asahi Shimbun – Radioactivity levels higher in water deeper underground at Fukushima plant – Jin Nishikawa
• Asahi Shimbun – Monodrama puts spotlight on man who survived A-bomb, Fukushima accident – Masakazu Honda
• Asahi Shimbun – Radioactivity levels higher in water deeper underground at Fukushima plant – Jin Nishikawa
• Asahi Shimbun – Long-stay program starts for Fukushima nuclear disaster evacuees – Kunio Ozawa
• Asahi Shimbun – 3 regional utilities to raise household electricity rates
• Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO took no action about radioactive water leak for 2 years
• ENENews – Japan Deputy Prime Minister talks about “learning from the Nazis” – Previously said to let elderly people “hurry up and die” (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Kyodo: ‘Huge amount’ of radioactive tritium may have entered ocean from Fukushima plant – Up to 40,000,000,000,000 Bq claims Tepco – Doesn’t include before May 2011
• ENENews – Asahi: Tepco’s done nothing for over 2 years to stop highly radioactive Fukushima leak – Water above 1 sievert per hour – Admits work “has not been done to this day because of difficulties involved”
• Fukushima Diary – [Column] Tepco may be gaining time before press question % of the direct leakage of the coolant water to the sea – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Column] To make it transparent -Financial report of Fukushima Diary – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco to pump up accumulating groundwater by the end of August / Tepco “Groundwater may overflow” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco “40,000,000,000,000 Bq of Tritium leaked to the Pacific” / still 100,000,000,000 Bq leaking to the sea per day – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Breaking] Tepco “Tens trillion Bq of Tritium has leaked to the sea since 5. 2011? – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 180,000 Bq/m3 of all ß including Sr-90 detected at 4m from the sea without impervious wall – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Cs-134/137 in the new boring nearest to reactor2 turbine building over 10 times higher than other borings – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco measured 3,200,000 Bq/m3 of Tritium from the boring beside reactor3 last year – Iori Mochizuki
• House of Japan – Fukushima plant may have leaked radioactive tritium
• Kyodo News – Fukushima plant may have leaked huge amount of radioactive tritium
• Mainichi Daily News – Court grants 8 people recognition as sufferers of atomic bomb-related illnesses
• NHK World – Fukushima municipalities demand more cleaning
• AFP Google – Taiwan lawmakers scuffle over planned nuclear plant
• BBC News – Taiwan MPs brawl in parliament over nuclear vote
• Bloomberg – Taiwan Lawmakers Brawl in Parliament Over Nuclear Plant Vote – Adela Lin
• Focus Taiwan – Nuclear vote blocked in legislature standoff
• The Guardian – Taiwanese politicians exchange punches over nuclear bill
• Wall Street Journal – Brawl in Taiwan Legislature Delays Vote on Nuclear Plant – Aries Poon and Jenny W. Hsu

Thursday, August 01, 2013

• Bloomberg – Japan Atomic Should Widen Tsuruga Quake Probe, Review Team Says – Jacob Adelman
• Enformable – Japan establishes new organization to pursue decommissioning options at Fukushima Daiichi – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – TEPCO withheld groundwater information from NRA officials in meeting – Lucas W Hixson
• Peak Oil – Time to take over Daiichi?
• Wall Street Journal blog – Fukushima Watch: What’s Behind Tepco’s Confidence? – Mari Iwata
• Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO did nothing about radioactive water leak for 2 years
• Fukushima Diary – Water level of reactor2 sea side trench increased by 30mm in 5 days – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Cesium density in reactor3 “steam” higher than the gas inside of PCV – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 5,800 Bq/m3 of Strontium-90 measured in seawater “outside” of Fukushima nuclear plant port – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tritium level rose up as double as June in front of the impervious wall – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 39,000,000,000 Bq/m3 of Cs-134/137 measured from reactor3 seawater trench shaft – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 950,000,000,000 Bq/m3 of Cs-134/137 from reactor2 seawater trench shaft – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Column] Tepco literally “swamped” in sea contamination prevention – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco “In the worse scenario, groundwater may overflow to up-ground” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Fukushima worker] April : 6,372 ? June : 5,720 ? 652 workers – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Express] “My employer started thyroid test as physical examination from this year” – Iori Mochizuki
• ENENews – Japan Expert: Contamination from Fukushima flowing beneath seafloor? “Could spring up outside the port”
• ENENews – Revealed: The deeper they check underneath Fukushima plant, the higher contamination levels get — Now sampling over 40 feet below surface
• ENENews – Japan TV: Efforts have failed at Fukushima plant – Contamination levels still rising in seawater – Flow into ocean continues (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Water in ground could start surfacing at Fukushima plant – Continuing to rise rapidly – Caused by Tepco’s recent changes to site?
• House of Japan – Stopping leakage of tainted water to be studied
• Japan Daily Press – Trillions of reconstruction budget for Tohoku-hit communities remain unused
• Japan Times – Cesium levels in water under Fukushima No. 1 plant soar the deeper it gets, Tepco reveals
• Jiji Press – Long-Stay Program Starts in Fukushima Nuclear Evacuation Zone
• Jiji Press – High-Level Cesium Found Deep Underground at Fukushima N-Plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Residents of Fukushima district allowed home, but few opt to return
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t agencies secretly agreed to put off nuke disaster victim relief until after election
• Mainichi Daily News – 35% of reconstruction budget unused as decontamination and other key projects stalled
• Mainichi Daily News – Liquid glass fails to stop radioactive water leak into ocean from Fukushima No. 1 plant
• NHK World – Safety screening urged for Niigata nuclear plant
• NHK World – Ohi plant to shut 9/15; no reactors online
• NHK World – New research body for reactor decommissioning
• Yomiuri Shimbun – TEPCO incurs 29 bil. yen group recurring loss in 1Q
• Taipei Times – No faith in nuclear clean-up plans – Antoni Slodkowski and Mari Saito
• Taiwan Today – MOEA reaffirms safety of Taiwan nuclear power plants

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

• AFP Google – Fukushima operator returns to profit on bailout, rate hikes
• Bloomberg – Tepco Has First-Quarter Profit After Getting Government Funds – Jacob Adelman &Amp; Yuji Okada
• Reuters – Japanese utility, and the public, in dark about crippled nuclear plant – Antoni Slodkowski and Mari Saito
• Washington Post – Beach near Fukushima nuclear plant is a sliver of normalcy – Chico Harlan
• National Journal – Q&A: Senior U.S. Envoy Expects Taiwan Nuclear Trade Pact ‘Soon’ – Elaine M. Grossman
• Asahi Shimbun – EDITORIAL: Incompetent TEPCO should never be allowed to handle nuclear energy
• ENENews – Asahi: Grave situation as highly radioactive ‘mystery steam’ and water are released into ground, sea, and air from Fukushima plant – Tepco’s entire focus should be to prevent contamination from escaping – “Appallingly shoddy handling… Glaring ineptitude”
• ENENews – ‘Water Storage Nightmare’: Bolts in Fukushima tanks will corrode in just a few years, plant workers reveal – “Tepco says it doesn’t know how long tanks will hold” -Reuters
• ENENews – Official reveals contamination levels at Fukushima plant are likely higher outside reactor units than inside – ‘Serious threat’ if trenches leak a large amount of water
• ENENews – ‘Alarm bells’ over state of Fukushima plant – Official: Gov’t will investigate how radioactive contamination is impacting life in Pacific Ocean; “Problems… are more complicated than (we) initially thought”
• ENENews – Gov’t: Extremely radioactive tunnels at Fukushima must be drained – Contamination is from melted fuel – Nuclear material going through gravel and into ocean? (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Japan gov’t intervening at Fukushima nuclear plant – Will take over measuring radiation levels – Top official “questioned accuracy of Tepco’s data on contamination”
• Fukushima Diary – [Column] Tepco literally “swamped” in sea contamination prevention – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco “In the worse scenario, groundwater may overflow to up-ground” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco, “CO2 emission increased due to the shutdown of nuclear power stations” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Cesium adsorption apparatus suspended for trouble / 7 days of margin to receive the accumulated water – Iori Mochizuki
• Jiji Press – Japan to Test Large-Capacity Electricity Storage System
• Jiji Press – Operator Downplays Risks from Active Fault under Tsuruga N-Plant
• Jiji Press – TEPCO Fails to Report New Rise in Groundwater Level
• Jiji Press – Completion of Nuclear Fuel Plant in Japan Delayed
• Kyodo News – TEPCO logs 437.9 bil. yen group net profit for April-June
• Taipei Times – Stopping work on nuclear plant would affect economic growth, think tank says

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

• AFP Google – Japan nuclear watchdog to beef up Fukushima monitoring
• Auckland Now – When a nuclear cleanup turns toxic
• IPS – Fukushima Fallout Hits Farmers – Suvendrini Kakuchi
• Wall Street Journal – Japan Nuclear Watchdog to Step Up Fukushima Role – Mari Iwata
• Asahi Shimbun – U.S. shows nuclear facilities to reassure Japan, allies on deterrence – Yoshihiro Makino
• Asahi Shimbun – Independent film on A-bomb survivor’s memories ensures story is told – Maki Okubo
• Asahi Shimbun – INTERVIEW: Actor-turned-activist Yamamoto wants to be catalyst in Diet – Shigeki Tosa
• ENENews – ‘Alarm bells’ over state of Fukushima plant – Official: Gov’t will investigate how radioactive contamination is impacting life in Pacific Ocean; “Problems… are more complicated than (we) initially thought”
• ENENews – Gov’t: Extremely radioactive tunnels at Fukushima must be drained – Contamination is from melted fuel – Nuclear material going through gravel and into ocean? (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Japan gov’t intervening at Fukushima nuclear plant – Will take over measuring radiation levels – Top official “questioned accuracy of Tepco’s data on contamination”
• ENENews – Radio: Fukushima Daiichi has “contaminated the biggest body of water on the planet” – Radioactive leaks to harm marine and human life – Whole Pacific Ocean likely to have cesium levels 5-10 times higher than at peak of nuclear bomb tests (AUDIO)
• ENENews – Top Japan Nuclear Official: Remove Tepco from being in charge at Fukushima Daiichi – “It is simply too big for one company to handle”
• Fukushima Diary – [Column] Talk with a Fukushima evacuee / “We were deceived.” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Column] Accumulated groundwater may overflow to up-ground in early August – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – The water level of reactor2 seaside trench shaft increased by 22cm only in 3 days – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Groundwater level of 3 borings on the east side of reactor2 coming up by 1m in 3 weeks – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco knew 55,000,000,000 Bq/m3 of Cs-134/137 detected from reactor2 trench shaft in May – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Contaminated groundwater level coming up due to the impervious wall – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Times – Tepco stalling spurs NRA to up scrutiny
• Japan Times – Hiroshima memoirs still draw readers – Takuma Obinata
• Japan Times – Actor Hira recalls hibakusha mom, own twist of fate – Mai Iida
• Jiji Press – Amari, Niigata Governor Apart over Safety Checks of TEPCO Reactors
• Jiji Press – Monju Reactor to Get Experts from Power Utilities
• Mainichi Daily News – Photos of recovering Hiroshima a reminder of smells, pain behind today’s prosperity – Kenji Tamaki
• Mainichi Daily News – Yoroku: Fukushima farmers’ fight against harmful rumors goes on
• NHK World – Niigata governor protests nuclear safety standards

Monday, July 29, 2013

• Enformable – TEPCO still struggling to keep head above contaminated water at Fukushima Daiichi – Lucas W Hixson
• OpEdNews – Fukushima radiation levels as high as 2011
• UPI – High radiation level found in water pit at damaged Japan nuke plant
• Asahi Shimbun – Extremely high tritium level found in water in pit at Fukushima plant
• Asahi Shimbun – EDITORIAL: Government must stop delaying assistance to nuclear disaster victims
• ENENews – Top Japan Nuclear Official: Remove Tepco from being in charge at Fukushima Daiichi – “It is simply too big for one company to handle”
• Fukushima Diary – There are only 5 radiation monitoring posts of Nuclear Regulation Authority in Tokyo, 1/4 of Kanagawa – Iori Mochizuki
• House of Japan – TEPCO ordered to drain contaminated tunnel water
• JAIF – Information Update
• Japan Times – NPO plans lab to study 3/11 impact
• Jiji Press – Monju Reactor to Get Experts from Power Utilities
• NHK World – TEPCO ordered to drain contaminated tunnel water
• TEPCO – Press Release Update
• Yomiuri Shimbun – NRA completes Oi N-plant inspection
• Taipei Times – Government panned for nuclear waste decisions – Lee I-Chia
• Taipei Times – DPP office gives KMT lawmakers an ultimatum – Chris Wang
• Taipei Times – New alliance aims to stop nuclear plant with votes – Lee I-Chia

Friday, August 02, 2013

• KNPR – They’re Still Talking About Yucca Mountain – Karoun Demirjian
• Las Vegas SUN – Yucca Mountain debate returns to Capitol Hill – Karoun Demirjian
• National Journal – Energy Department Plans More Nuclear Shipments to Nevada
• Los Angeles Times – Radioactive testing gear in Duarte no threat, authorities say – Andrew Blankstein
• NBC Southern California – Concern About Radioactive Material Follows Car Crash – Melissa Pamer and Rosa Ordaz
• Sacramento Bee – Feinstein’s nuclear waste legislation is a start – Dr. Harry Wang, Physicians For Social Responsibility
• Crosscut Seattle – Fed-up state officials may cite Hanford for miscues on radioactive leaks – John Stang
• Carlsbad Current-Argus – WIPP gets OK to open new panel for nuclear waste – Jessica Onsurez
• Odessa American – Man arrested in connection with radioactive dumping – Jon Vanderlaan
• KNN – Conway Keeping Close Eye On Paducah Site Clean-Up
• Knoxville News Sentinel – No end in sight to $22B Y-12/Pantex contract squabble – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Report: Y-12 officer ‘repositioning’ weapon when it goes off – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Report: Firearm discharged inside hardened vehicle in Y-12’s Protected Area – Frank Munger
• Carnegie Endowment for International Peace – Nuclear Enrichment Revolution Meets Weapon Fears – James M. Acton
• eNews Park Forest – Key DOE Environmental Review of Plan to Use Weapons Plutonium as Mixed Oxide Reactor fuel Delayed Again, Signaling Problems as Options Being Assessed
• HNN Huntingtonnews – ANWAG Supports Reintroduction of Department of Labor Board
• NRC blog – SONGS Next Steps: The Move to Decommission – Victor Dricks
• Energy Department – Proposed Rules Assistance to Foreign Atomic Energy Activities
  
• Canada: Reuters – UPDATE 1-Cameco cuts costs as uranium prices slump, misses view – Rod Nickel
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Mystery objects with high radiation found on Fukushima coast – Shunsuke Kimura
• Asia-Pacific: Kyodo News – Fukushima plant may have leaked huge amount of radioactive tritium
• Europe: World Nuclear News – Making space at Sellafield
• East Europe: Standart News – Spanish company to treat nuclear waste in NPP Kozloduy
• Russia: Bellona – Murmansk waves farewell to yet another radiation hazard – Anna Kireeva

Thursday, August 01, 2013

• Congress.org – Energy Secretary Says Yucca ‘Stalemate’ Delays Nuclear Disposal Solution – See more at: http://congress.org/2013/07/31/energy-secretary-says-yucca-stalemate-delays-nuclear-disposal-solution/#sthash.sv4L5emz.dpuf – Ambreen Ali
• Las Vegas Review-Journal – House chairman suggests showing Nevada the money to restart Yucca Mountain – Steve Tetreault
• MyNews3 – Fight to stop nuclear waste continues in Nevada – Mackenzie Warren
• National Journal – House Republicans to Energy Secretary: Don’t Scrap Yucca – Alex Brown
• National Journal – DOE Chief Supports Yucca Alternatives, New Agency for Nuclear Waste – Alex Brown
• BraveNewClimate – Nuclear Waste Part 1: The elephant (shrew) in the room – Geoff Russell
• BraveNewClimate – Nuclear Waste Part 2: The nuts and bolts of waste – Barry Brook
• BraveNewClimate – Nuclear Waste Part 3: Case studies – Barry Brook
• BraveNewClimate – Nuclear Waste Part 4: The choice … waste into fuel OR renewable wastelands – Barry Brook
• Bloomberg BusinessWeek – The Plutonium Gang: CH2M Hill Dismantles the Hanford Nuclear Site – Steve Featherstone
• Tri-City Herald – State looks at safety of Hanford short shipments – Annette Cary
• Alaska Business Monthly – Sen. Murkowski: Bipartisan Nuclear Bill Represents Real Progress
• Casper Star-Tribune – Public comment sought on proposed Colorado uranium mill
• NBC 5-KXAS – “No Danger” From Radioactive Material in Arlington Fire – Greg Janda
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ORNL names 3 new Corporate Fellows – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Wyman pulling for Lt. Gen. Klotz – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12 & Pantex contracts extended – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Carbon fiber on the cheap – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – The growth of gaseous diffusion (1950) – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Gary Wisdom leaves NNSA security post; Arnold Guevara to oversee security at Y-12/Pantex – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12/Pantex: where’s it going, please? – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Tight-lipped
• Aiken Standard – Sen. Scott: Obama administration ‘not committed’ to MOX – Derrek Asberry
• Pittsburgh Tribune-Review – Brackenridge widow compensated for late husband’s exposure to H-bomb – Braden Ashe
• FuelFix – Commentary: The ultimate delay game – David Holt
• Canada: Bayshore Broadcasting – No Health Study of DGR
• Oceania: ABC – Nuclear enrichment revolution meets weapon fears – Greg Hoy
• Oceania: Courier Mail – Abandon nuke dump proposal, NT elders urge
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO did nothing about radioactive water leak for 2 years
• Asia-Pacific: House of Japan – Stopping leakage of tainted water to be studied
• Asia-Pacific: Jiji Press – High-Level Cesium Found Deep Underground at Fukushima N-Plant
• Asia-Pacific: Taipei Times – No faith in nuclear clean-up plans – Antoni Slodkowski and Mari Saito
• Middle East: Global Research – Rise of Cancers and Birth Defects in Iraq: World Health Organization Refuses to Release Data – Mozhgan Savabieasfahani

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

• House Energy and Commerce Committee – Oversight of DOE’s Strategy for the Management and Disposal of Used Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste – Witnesses: Ernest Moniz
• House Energy and Commerce Committee – Subject: Hearing Entitled: “Oversight of DOE’s Strategy for the Management and Disposal of Used Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste.”
• House Energy and Commerce Committee – Statement of Dr. Ernest J. Moniz, Secretary of Energy, Before the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy Energy and Commerce Committee, July 31, 2013
• Las Vegas Review-Journal – Nevada nuclear waste challenge: DOE officials thought they had a deal – Steve Tetreault
• Las Vegas SUN – Heller to energy secretary: ‘We need the DOE to act like a partner’ on nuclear fuel issues – Karoun Demirjian
• National Journal – Energy Secretary Supports Yucca Mountain Alternatives, New Agency for Nuclear Waste – Alex Brown
• Power Engineering – Moniz signals support for new federal agency for nuclear waste management
• Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) – Cantwell: New Bill Should Include Clear Disposal Plan for Hanford Defense Nuclear Waste
• KING5 Seattle – State inspectors document problems at Hanford
• Tri-City Herald – Study on combining Hanford, commercial waste under way – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – 300 Area cleanup plan draws questions
• Tri-City Herald – Our Voice: Hanford stands to benefit from reorganization at DOE headquarters
• Emmett Messenger-Index – Downwinder movie unveiled in Emmett – Janet Monti
• CBS St. Louis – Dooley: Nothing County Can Do About Burning Bridgeton Landfill
• St. Louis Post-Dispatch – EPA: Testing at West Lake Landfill continues
• St. Louis Post-Dispatch – We’re paying twice to manage nation’s nuclear waste – William H. Miller
• UK KRCEE – A History of the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP)
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12/Pantex: where’s it going, please?
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Tight-lipped
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – World War II film of Oak Ridge construction
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ORNL’s Sokolov get nod from ASTM
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – A primer on microwave casting at Y-12
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – USEC project funded through September
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – The personal toll of peace protests – Frank Munger
• Niagara Gazette – Greenpac suit seeks $50M in damages over claims of radioactive material found on Royal Ave. site – Justin Sondel
• Nuclear Energy Insider – ‘Economic conditions primary challenge for nuclear, not the unsolved waste puzzle’ By John Johnson – See more at: Nuclear Energy Insider
• Nuclear Energy Insider – Policy Brief 27 – 31 July 2013 – K. Steiner-Dicks
• Nuclear Energy Insider – Weekly Intelligence Brief 27 – 31 July 2013 – K. Steiner-Dicks
• PR Web – Infocast Presents their Premier Nuclear Waste Confidence & Storage Management Summit this October in Baltimore – Amy Tam
• DOE – Excerpts of Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz’s Remarks at National Energy Technology Laboratory in Morgantown
• Energy Department – Notices Meetings: DOE/NSF High Energy Physics Advisory Panel
• Energy Department – Notices Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Nevada
• Energy Department – Notices Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee
• Oceania: The Guardian – Plan to use Aboriginal land as a nuclear waste dump is flawed and misguided – Dave Sweeney
• Oceania: NorthWestStar – Cutting red tape a boost for uranium – Hailey Renault
• Asia-Pacific: Jiji Press – Completion of Nuclear Fuel Plant in Japan Delayed

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

• Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources – Bipartisan Nuclear Waste Bill Moves Forward in Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
• Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources – Sen. Murkowski: Bipartisan Nuclear Bill Represents Real Progress
• Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) – Bipartisan Nuclear Waste Bill Moves Forward in Committee
• Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources – (Archived Webcast) Full Committee Hearing: To consider the Nuclear Waste Administration Act of 2013
• Globe Newswire – Fertel Tells Congress to Act Now on Used Nuclear Fuel Legislation – Nuclear Energy Institute
• Yahoo! News – Energy Secretary Supports Yucca Mountain Alternatives, New Agency for Nuclear Waste – Alex Brown
• BraveNewClimate – Nuclear Waste Part 2: The nuts and bolts of waste – Barry Brook
• The Hill blog – Overnight Energy(#2): Senate panel goes nuclear as Moniz testifies
• Politico – Moniz doesn’t take position on nuke waste bill – Alex Guillen
• Tri-City Herald – DOE, advisory board differ on Hanford groundwater plan – Annette Cary
• Knoxville Daily Sun – TVA to Test New Emergency Notification System
• Oak Ridge Today – DOE prepares to ‘recompete’ TRU Waste Processing Center contract – John Huotari
• Oak Ridger – Y-12: Oak Ridge treasure – D. Ray Smith/Y-12 Historian
• DOE:EM – DOE Moab Site Cost-Effectively Eliminates 200 Million Gallons of Contaminated Ground Water
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Notices Meetings; Sunshine Act
• Canada: Toronto Star – Plan to ship nuclear waste through Great Lakes shelved – Rob Ferguson
• Asia-Pacific: Auckland Now – When a nuclear cleanup turns toxic
• Asia-Pacific: Jiji Press – Monju Reactor to Get Experts from Power Utilities
• Russia: Weather Channel – The Exclusion Zone: Inside the Most Radioactive Place in the World – Eric Zerkel

Monday, July 29, 2013

• BraveNewClimate – Nuclear Waste Part 1: The elephant (shrew) in the room – Barry Brook
• The Hill blog – The week ahead: Senate nears first big energy bill since 2007 – Zack Colman
• Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) – Another View: Sensible waste storage needed – Sacramento Bee – Senator Dianne Feinstein
• Boise State Public Radio – Cleanup Options For Radioactive Waste Near The Columbia River Goes Public – Anna King
• St. Clair Shores Patch – Capitol Update from Rep. Roberts(#3): Resolution to Urge Congress to Carefully Review Ontario, Canada’s Plan to Store Nuclear Waste Close to Lake Huron’s Shore – Edward Cardenas
• Bloomberg – USEC Soars After Getting Money for Centrifuge Project – Christopher Donville
• Wall Street Journal – USEC, Energy Department in Deal to Increase Centrifuge Project Funding – Saabira Chaudhuri
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – The personal toll of peace protests – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Guards chief: ‘There’s a lot of pressure . . . to perform’ – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – After midnight – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Two Y-12 security guards wounded in ‘accidental discharge’ – Frank Munger
• FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
• World Nuclear News – Fuel cycle roundup #12
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Radioactive Waste Export Licenses
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Radioactive Waste Import Licenses
• Canada: CBC News – Nuclear power plant puts radioactive shipping plans on hold
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Extremely high tritium level found in water in pit at Fukushima plant
• Asia-Pacific: Jiji Press – Monju Reactor to Get Experts from Power Utilities
• Asia-Pacific: Taipei Times – Government panned for nuclear waste decisions – Lee I-Chia
• Europe: Gloucestershire Gazette – Defuelling completion date pushed back to 2016 at Oldbury Nuclear Power Station – Marion Sauvebois

Friday, August 02, 2013

• NAS – Project Update: Review of NASA’s Evidence Reports on Human Health Risks
• NRC blog – SONGS Next Steps: The Move to Decommission – Victor Dricks
• Energy Department – Proposed Rules Assistance to Foreign Atomic Energy Activities PDF Pages 46829 – 46850 (22 pages) [FR DOC #: 2013-18691]
• Environmental Protection Agency – Notices Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.; Weekly Receipts PDF Page 46940 (1 page) [FR DOC #: 2013-18697]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Notices Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals PDF Pages 47009 – 47010 (2 pages) [FR DOC #: 2013-18580]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Notices Software Requirement Specifications for Digital Computer Software Used in Safety Systems of Nuclear Power Plants PDF Pages 47015 – 47016 (2 pages) [FR DOC #: 2013-18678]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Notices Proposed Safety Evaluation for Plant-Specific Technical Specifications Task Force Traveler: Generic Letter 200801, Managing Gas Accumulation PDF Pages 47010 – 47011 (2 pages) [FR DOC #: 2013-18677]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Notices Regulatory Guides: Configuration Management Plans for Digital Computer Software Used in Safety Systems of Nuclear Power Plants PDF Pages 47014 – 47015 (2 pages) [FR DOC #: 2013-18684]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Notices Regulatory Guides: Digital Computer Software Developing Software Life Cycle Processes Used in Safety Systems of Nuclear Power Plants PDF Pages 47012 – 47014 (3 pages) [FR DOC #: 2013-18681]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Notices Regulatory Guides: Software Unit Testing for Digital Computer Software Used in Safety Systems of Nuclear Power Plants PDF Pages 47011 – 47012 (2 pages) [FR DOC #: 2013-18682]

Thursday, August 01, 2013

• Congress.org – Energy Secretary Says Yucca ‘Stalemate’ Delays Nuclear Disposal Solution – See more at: http://congress.org/2013/07/31/energy-secretary-says-yucca-stalemate-delays-nuclear-disposal-solution/#sthash.sv4L5emz.dpuf – Ambreen Ali
• NRC – NRC Finalizes White Finding for Flooding Protection Issue at Dresden Nuclear Power Plant
• NRC – NRC Schedules Public Meeting Aug. 8 to Discuss Performance of Braidwood Nuclear Plant
• NRC – NRC Names New Senior Resident Inspector at Salem Nuclear Power Plant
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Notices Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.: Pages 46616 – 46617 (2 pages) [FR DOC #: 2013-18518]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Notices Exemptions and Combined License Amendments: Southern Nuclear Operating Co.; Vogtle Electric Generating Station, Units 3 and 4; Change to the Containment Structure for Additional Electrical Penetration Assemblies Pages 46617 – 46618 (2 pages) [FR DOC #: 2013-18521]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Notices Facility Operating Licenses: Aerotest Radiography and Research Reactor; Order Prohibiting Operation Pages 46618 – 46621 (4 pages) [FR DOC #: 2013-18516]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Notices Implementation of Electronic Distribution of Advanced Reactor Correspondence: Office of New Reactors’ Implementation of Electronic Distribution of Advanced Reactor Correspondence Pages 46621 – 46622 (2 pages) [FR DOC #: 2013-18522]
• Canada: Bayshore Broadcasting – No Health Study of DGR

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

• House Energy and Commerce Committee – Oversight of DOE’s Strategy for the Management and Disposal of Used Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste – Witnesses: Ernest Moniz
• House Energy and Commerce Committee – Subject: Hearing Entitled: “Oversight of DOE’s Strategy for the Management and Disposal of Used Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste.”
• House Energy and Commerce Committee – Statement of Dr. Ernest J. Moniz, Secretary of Energy, Before the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy Energy and Commerce Committee, July 31, 2013
• Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) – Cantwell: New Bill Should Include Clear Disposal Plan for Hanford Defense Nuclear Waste
• DOE – Excerpts of Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz’s Remarks at National Energy Technology Laboratory in Morgantown
• Energy Department – Notices Meetings: DOE/NSF High Energy Physics Advisory Panel
• Energy Department – Notices Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Nevada
• Energy Department – Notices Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Notices Environmental Review for Renewal of Nuclear Power Plant Operating Licenses; Correction
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Notices Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.: La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Notices Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Exelon Generation Company, LLC; Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2; License Renewal Applications

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

• Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources – Bipartisan Nuclear Waste Bill Moves Forward in Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
• Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources – Sen. Murkowski: Bipartisan Nuclear Bill Represents Real Progress
• Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) – Bipartisan Nuclear Waste Bill Moves Forward in Committee
• Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources – (Archived Webcast) Full Committee Hearing: To consider the Nuclear Waste Administration Act of 2013
• DOE:EM – DOE Moab Site Cost-Effectively Eliminates 200 Million Gallons of Contaminated Ground Water
• NRC – NRC Will Hold an Open House on River Bend Nuclear Plant Performance
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Notices Draft Guidance for Industry and Staff; Availability:Acceptability of Corrective Action Programs for Fuel Cycle Facilities; Withdrawal
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Notices Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:Yankee Atomic Electric Co.; Yankee Nuclear Power Station
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Notices Exemptions and Combined License Amendments: Vogtle Electric Generating Station, Units 3 and 4; Change to the Primary Sampling System Nuclear Regulatory Commission
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Notices Exemptions and Combined License Amendments: Vogtle Electric Generating Station, Units 3 and 4; Southern Nuclear Operating Co.; Change to the Bracing Design, etc.
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Notices Exemptions and Combined License Amendments: Vogtle Electric Generating Station, Units 3 and 4; Southern Nuclear Operating Co.; Change to the Primary Sampling System
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Notices Meetings; Sunshine Act

Monday, July 29, 2013

• Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) – Another View: Sensible waste storage needed – Sacramento Bee – Senator Dianne Feinstein
• FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
• World Nuclear News – Fuel cycle roundup #12
• NRC – NRC Staff to Meet with Constellation on Aug. 5 in Baltimore to Discuss Performance of Company’s Nuclear Plant Fleet
• NRC – NRC Names New Resident Inspector at Wolf Creek Nuclear Power Plant
• NRC – Public Meeting Schedule
• NRC – Live NRC Meeting Webcast
• Energy Department – Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Paducah
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Compensatory and Alternative Regulatory Measures for Nuclear Power Plant Fire Protection
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; Oconee Nuclear Station Units 1, 2, and 3; Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Radioactive Waste Export Licenses
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Radioactive Waste Import Licenses
• Canada: CNSC – CNSC News Update