Friday, September 16, 2011

• Las Vegas Review-Journal blog – Back to court for Yucca Mountain?
• Environmental Law Prof Blog – Yucca Mountain Dies, or Maybe It Doesn’t – Dave Owen
• The Neutron Economy – Dissecting the BRC report, Part I: Where they got it right
• Global Security Newswire – Scientists Work on Extended-Range Radiation Sensor
• DOE – Department of Energy Announces Next Steps for Asset Revitalization Initiative
• DOE – Department of Energy Releases New Roadmap to Guide Public-Private Cybersecurity Initiatives
• NRC – NRC to Hold Meetings in IL, MA on Compatibility of State Regulations for Certain Devices
• NRC – Corrected: NRC Seeks Public Input On Draft Generic Letter Regarding Updated Seismic Analyses For U.S. Nuclear Reactors
• Navy Department – NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement for Military Readiness Activities in the Mariana Islands Training and Testing Study Area and To Announce Public Scoping Meetings; Correction Pages 57720-57721 [FR DOC# 2011-23755]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Director’s Decisions: Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.; Notice of Issuance of Director’s Decision Pages 57766-57767 [FR DOC# 2011-23787]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Draft Letters: Proposed Generic Communication; Draft NRC Generic Letter 2011-XX: Seismic Risk Evaluations for Operating Reactors Page 57767 [FR DOC# 2011-23706]

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.: Detroit Edison Company, Fermi 2; Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact Pages 56820-56821 [FR DOC# 2011-23488]

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

• DOE – Energy Department Announces $1.2 Billion Loan Guarantee to Support California Concentrating Solar Power Plant
• DOE – DOE Awards More Than $30 Million to Help Universities Train the Next Generation of Industrial Energy Efficiency Experts
• DOE:IG – Follow-up Review of Property Control and Accountability at the Idaho National Laboratory, INS-L-11-03
• NRC – NRC Begins Special Inspection at Monticello Nuclear Power Plant
• NRC – NRC Issues Final Yucca Mountain Technical Report, Nears Closure of Licensing Review
• NRC – NRC Assigns New Inspector to Ginna Nuclear Plant
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses Involving Proposed No Significant Hazards Considerations and Containing Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information and Order Imposing Procedures for Access to Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information Pages 56483-56488 [FR DOC# 2011-23313]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Sunshine Act Meeting Notice Pages 56488-56489 [FR DOC# 2011-23487]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Request for a License To Export Radioactive Waste Pages 56489-56490 [FR DOC# 2011-23366]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Request for a License To Import Radioactive Waste Page 56490 [FR DOC# 2011-23358]
• UN: IAEA – Board of Governors’ September Meeting Convenes
• UN: Reuters – Update 2-IAEA states adopt nuclear safety action plan – Fredrik Dahl

Monday, September 12, 2011

• Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) – Reid: Decision Brings Yucca Closer To Its Rightful End
• Congresswoman Shelley Berkley (D-NV) – Berkley Vows Continued Fight to Block Yucca Mountain Following Latest NRC Ruling
• All Things Nuclear – Blue Ribbon Commission report focuses on process – Dr. Steve Skutnik
• EcoSeed – N.R.C. at stalemate over the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump – Jhoanna Frances S. Valdez
• NEI Nuclear Notes – Hitting the “reset button” on nuclear waste management
• FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
• WILPF – Costs, risks, and myths of nuclear power (pdf-3.13M)
• NRC – NRC Advisory Committee on Medical Uses of Isotopes to Meet Sept. 22-23, in Rockville, Md.
• NRC – NRC Names New Resident Inspector at Callaway Nuclear Power Plant
• NRC – NRC Sends Special Inspection Team to Fort Calhoun Nuclear Plant
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Atomic Safety and Licensing Boards; Establishment: Energy Northwest; Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Page 56242 [FR DOC# 2011-23199]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Atomic Safety and Licensing Boards; Establishment:Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; Southern Nuclear Operating Company; Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Pages 56242-56243 [FR DOC# 2011-23214]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Atomic Safety and Licensing Boards; Establishment:Southern Nuclear Operating Co., PPL Bell Bend, L.L.C., Luminant Generation Company LLC; Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Page 56243 [FR DOC# 2011-23221]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes; Meeting Notice Pages 56243-56244 [FR DOC# 2011-23211]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – PROPOSED RULES Impacts of Compatibility Changes in General License Regulations Pages 56124-56125 [FR DOC# 2011-23225]
• UN: AP Google – UN nuke agency meets on Iran, Syria, NKorea, Japan – George Jahn
• UN: Reuters – IAEA still sees “significant” nuclear energy growth – Fredrik Dahlt