Sunday, August 21, 2011

• Spokesman Review – Letter: Project leaking money – Greg Lloyd
• Tri-City Herald – New and old Hanford workers show up at TRAC job fair – Annette Cary
• Oak Ridger – Ernest O. Lawrence and the Y-12 calutrons – D. Ray Smith
• Westerly Sun – Nuclear waste reprocessing not cost effective – Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss
• Epoch Times – Loose Nukes: Are They a Real Threat? – Felipe Umana
• HNN Huntingtonnews – Commentary: Nuclear attribution error – Tom H. Hastings

Saturday, August 20, 2011

• Tri-City Herald – Vit plant decontamination booth in place
• New York Times – Laser Advances in Nuclear Fuel Stir Terror Fear – William J. Broad

Friday, August 19, 2011

• KEPR – Decontamination Unit Added to Hanford’s Vit Plant – Robin Wojtanik
• Tri-City Herald – DOE plans to extend Battelle contract at PNNL – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – 1,100 Hanford layoffs planned – Annette Cary
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Whittling down Oak Ridge’s Superfund site – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Partnership with Brazil – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Labor Dept. defends Rachel Leiton – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Recovery Act milestones at Oak Ridge – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Energy Secretary approves Oak Ridge reorganization plan; Golan says there’ll be ‘no surprises’ – Frank Munger

Thursday, August 18, 2011

• Tri-City Herald – Hanford: DOE approves up to 1,100 additional layoffs – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Simple no-strings process for Hanford land transfers
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Copper theft at Y-12
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Stealing copper from DOE sites
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – NNSA’s road show

Wednesday August 17th, 2011

• Washington Times – Utilize Yucca Mountain and save money – Pat Hickey and Tyrus W. Cobb
• Salt Lake Tribune – Matheson fears high-level N-waste could head to Utah – Thomas Burr
• Tacoma News Tribune – Future of nation’s nuclear waste buried in deficit
• KIFI Idaho Falls – INL To Build New Facility – Brett Crandall
• Colorado Independent – DOE gets an earful on uranium mine leasing program near Telluride, Montrose – David O. Williams
• Telluride Daily Planet – DOE visits Naturita for comment on uranium mining – Ellen Metrick
• Carlsbad Current-Argus – WIPP milestone: Panel 5 disposal operations complete
• Kansas City Star – KC may keep weapons plant measure off ballot – Lynn Horsley
• KCUR – First Nay Vote on KC Nuke Site – Dan Verbeck
• Chicago Tribune – Michigan State hosts top labs’ nuclear scientists
• WDIV Detroit – Michigan State Hosts Top Labs’ Nuclear Scientists
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Frank Munger: Time running short on USEC’s loan quest
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – The workhorse of science – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12 gets a jump on B53 dismantlement – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Nuclear scientists gather at Michigan State – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – South Africa returns U.S.-origin HEU fuel (spent); nuclear material stored at Savannah River – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Time running short for USEC – Frank Munger
• Augusta Chronicle – SRS gets uranium from South Africa – Rob Pavey
• Business Week – Ga. regulators approve nuclear plant spending
• Chatham Star Tribune – Coles Hill uranium definitely worth mining
• Danville Register & Bee – Letter: Questions VUI won’t answer – Jesse Pyrant Andrews
• IPS – U.S. Nuclear Arsenal Holds Fast to Status Quo – Haider Rizvi

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

• KPLU News – Hanford union raises concerns with waste treatment plant – Anna King
• Tri-City Herald – Cleanup chief makes homecoming visit to Hanford – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – DOE told to take second look at vit plant safety culture – Annette Cary
• Vancouver Columbian – Letter: Hypocrisy is leading lawsuit – Joseph C. Strolin
• Dayton Daily News – $2B loan for Piketon plant not settled – Jessica Wehrman
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – 3 fed agencies ante up $510M for biofuels – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – More equipment woes at 9212 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Uranium gap at Y-12? – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – More info on Y-12/Pantex/Savannah River – Frank Munger
• WCYB – NFS Meeting At Erwin Town Hall Tonight – Joey Barker
• Nuclear Engineering – Savannah River Nuclear Solutions fined for TRU hand prick
• Gizmodo Australia – Quitting The Manhattan Project – Adrian Covert
• Platts – Uranium spot price slides again, but remains over $50/lb – Michael Knapik

Monday, August 15, 2011

• WRDW-TV – County in Nevada where Yucca Mountain is located joins Aiken County lawsuit – Chad Mills
• TIME – Bury Our Nuclear Waste — Before It Buries Us – Eben Harrell
• Global Security Newswire – Hawaii Secures High-Threat Radiological Materials
• Seattle Weekly blog – Hanford Radioactive Waste Cleanup Scandal: Contractor “Underplayed Safety Risks”By Keegan Hamilton
• Columbus Business First – Deadline looms on Ohio uranium plant’s loan guarantee
• Columbus Dispatch – No word on nuke-plant loan; investors hang on – Jessica Wehrman
• Dayton Daily News – 4,000 Ohio jobs remain a promise – Jessica Wehrman
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12’s state history marker – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – How will NNSA budget fare this time around? – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Rep. Giffords’ advisor at ORNL – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Toshiba, B&W give USEC a little more time – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Recovery Act cleanup funds may be shifted to security fence at Y-12, prepping for big demolitions – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Lee Brooks states WSI’s case for keeping security as a separate contract at Y-12 – Frank Munger
• Oak Ridger – The Y-12 Plant takes on the Cold War – D. Ray Smith
• Water World – EPA seeks input on development of perchlorate regulations for drinking water