Updated – Sunday, October 09, 2011

• The Oregonian – Safety issues at pretreatment plant at Hanford Nuclear Reservation remains in question – Joany Carlin
• Spokesman-Review – Groups: Hanford study underpredicted levels–Scientific panels challenge 1988 test – Karen Dorn Steele
• Tri-City Herald – Larry Denton, champion for historic Hanford preservation, dies – Jacques Von Lunen
• Danville Register & Bee – Dan River Region residents react to Canada uranium – Tara Bozick
• Danville Register & Bee – Letter: U.S., state need uranium mining – Junior Inge
• Danville Register & Bee – Don’t believe propaganda – Jesse Pyrant Andrews
• Europe: The Independent – Ministers gamble on new £6bn Sellafield plant – Steve Connor

Updated – Saturday, October 08, 2011

• Salt Lake Tribune – Stick to rules on importing blended waste – Patrick Cone
• Tri-City Herald – Feds make decision about Hanford contaminated soil – Annette Cary
• Columbus Dispatch – Mandel now backs loan guarantee for uranium plant – Jessica Wehrman
• Greeneville Sun – Cancer Risk To Be Studied Near NFS – Ken Little
• Knoxville News Sentinel – As construction nears, team for billion-dollar UPF project grows – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Sue Cange heading Oak Ridge cleanup effort
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ORNL’s hot waste headed to Nevada
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – UPF update: 62% design, 592 employees, evolving leadership team

Updated – Friday, October 07, 2011

• KSBY – NRC reps talk about nuclear waste at local meeting – Kelly Orsini
• San Luis Obispo Tribune – Nuclear regulatory agency shares spent fuel concerns – David Sneed
• KOSA – Illegal Dumping Finds Radioactive Materials at Site – Shelley Childers
• Tri-City Herald – First dampers for vit plant ready for testing, installation
• Tri-City Herald – CREHST museum faces risk of closing – Annette Cary
• Northern Colorado Business Report – Spent nuclear fuel rests in peace near Fort St. Vrain – Steve Porter
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – UPF update: 62% design, 592 employees, evolving leadership team – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Members of Bundestag (Germany’s National Parliament) at ORNL – Frank Munger
• Global Security Newswire – MOX Fuel Precursor Produced in U.S.
• Europe: BBC News – Redundant dump made gull-friendly
• North Europe: Helsingin Sanomat – Dispute over disposal of nuclear waste brewing between power companies
• North Europe: Helsinki Times – Fennovoima stays course over nuclear waste repository
• North Europe: Newsroom Finland – Fennovoima stays course over nuclear waste repository
• East Europe: Ukrainian Journal – Radioactive waste storage facility to open in Chernobyl Zone in 2013

Updated – Thursday, October 06, 2011

• Navajo Times – ‘Another insult’–U.S. EPA to begin cleanup Church Rock uranium site – Alastair Lee Bitsoi
• Tri-City Herald – Groundbreaking held for Hanford Reach Interpretive Center – Michelle Dupler
• Billings Gazette – Federal inspector headed to Wyoming uranium mine after yellowcake incident
• Global Security Newswire – Nuclear-Weapon Part Dropped at Y-12
• Knoxville News Sentinel – More safety issues raised at Oak Ridge plant – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Oak Ridge retirees to hold annual meeting Oct. 17 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – AREVA gets $13.2M contract for ITER; will build drain tanks for cooling system – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Management moves at ORNL – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Defense Programs Awards at Y-12 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Linton Brooks looks back on HEUMF: ‘I screwed up personally’ – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Audit on upgrades at Thomas Jefferson Lab – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Bear Creek Burial Grounds topic at SSAB – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12’s Klemm: ‘You can’t go to the bathroom in the place without somebody watching’ – Frank Munger
• DOE – National Lab Scientists Win Nobel Recognition
• NAS – Project Update: Analysis Of Cancer Risks in Populations Near Nuclear Facilities: Phase 1
• NRC – NRC to Inspect Fuel Cycle Facilities on Preparations for Natural Disasters
• Energy Department – NOTICES DOE/NSF Nuclear Science Advisory Committee, Notice of renewal Page 62050 [FR DOC# 2011-25888]
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board Chairs Pages 62054-62055 [FR DOC# 2011-25889]
• Canada: Nuclear Engineering – New milling agreement to cut cost of Cigar Lake
• Europe: New Civil Engineer – Underground nuclear geological waste facility contract signed

Updated – Wednesday, October 05, 2011

• Salt Lake Tribune – Group says blended waste means lots more radioactivity – Judy Fahys
• KOMO News – Hanford contractor sends 244 layoff notices
• Tri-City Herald – Lawsuit filed over Hanford subcontract; claims bid rigging – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Flashback: Hanford explosion radiates rumors in 1976 – Jini Dalen
• Tri-City Herald – Drill: Energy Northwest to test sirens today
• Messenger Index – Downwinders may be heard – Janet Monti
• WyoFile – Spill at Wyoming uranium mine triggers NRC ‘special investigation’ – Dustin Bleizeffer
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Frank Munger: One-day workweek offered some at Y-12
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – A game of 8-ball, anyone? – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Bomb’s away, so to speak, at Y-12 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Want to be a Volkswagen Scholar? – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Yeehaw, it’s something to look forward to . . . Radon Action Week – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – IG not keen on new Pantex training facility – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Smash ’em, bust ’em, it’s a custom – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – It was the 1960s, the Beatles were bigger than Elvis, and Y-12 tried to tell us what they did and did well (without mentioning nuclear weapons) – Frank Munger
• AP Google – Nuclear agency urged to review spent fuel pools – Matthew Daly
• Platts – Economics to hinder future US nuclear growth: ex-NRC chairman – John-Laurent Tronche
• DOE – Obama Administration Announces Job-Creating Grid Modernization Pilot Projects
• DOE – The Power and Potential of Geothermal Energy
• Caribbean: Business Week – Puerto Rico suit seeks 50M from Baxter Int’l
• South Asia: The Hindu – India military uranium enrichment activity revealed by Google Earth? – Narayan Lakshman
• East Europe: AFP Google – Ukraine begins construction of new nuclear waste storage

Updated – Tuesday, October 04, 2011

• Hanford News – Federal government sues Kennewick Industrial executive – Annette Cary
• Hanford News – Hanford tank farms lay off 244 workers – Annette Cary
• Hanford News – PNNL workers help write new book
• Denver Post – Colorado demands Cotter Corp. clean up mine that’s leaking uranium – Bruce Finley
• Huffington Post – Colo. Officials Demand Cotter Corp. Clean Up Defunct Scwartzwalder Mine Uranium Leak
• Nuclear Engineering – USEC cuts spending in centrifuge plant as it waits for loan guarantee decision
• Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY1) – Whitfield Slams Department of Labor Manual Marginalizing Sick U.S. Atomic Workers
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Prepping for nuke scares south of border – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – EPRI grows in the Queen City – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Public priorities on Oak Ridge environmental issues – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Not-so-glamorous ORNL, circa 1947 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Kentucky congressman tells Labor Dept. sick nuclear workers shouldn’t be mocked: ‘To be frank, this is offensive’ – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Metal Trades Dept. asks NNSA to consider the employees’ perspective at Y-12, Pantex on new contract, not just input from industry – Frank Munger
• Oak Ridger – Biggest demolition project in Oak Ridge history complete – Leean Tupper
• Oak Ridger – Notices of potential layoffs sent to 190 in Oak Ridge – Donna Smith
• Augusta Chronicle – Protest demands Ga. monitor Savannah River Site environment – Walter C. Jones
• Lynchburg News and Advance – Virginia localities eye uranium issue – Tara Bozick
• Nuclear Engineering – Reprocessing used fuel – what is the future? – Steve Kidd
• DOE – Secretary Chu Congratulates DOE-Supported Researcher on 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics
• DOE – Department of Energy Cites URS -Washington Division for Worker Safety Violations
• NRC – NRC Sponsors ICRP Symposium Oct. 24-26 in MD on International System of Radiological Protection
• Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board – NOTICES Meetings: Sunshine Act Notice Pages 61346-61347 [FR DOC# 2011-25782]
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Paducah Page 61350 [FR DOC# 2011-25559]
• Energy Department – NOTICES Response to Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Request for Clarification: DOE Response to Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board’s Request for Clarification on Recommendation 2011-1, Safety Culture at the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant Pages 61350-61351 [FR DOC# 2011-25523]
• Health and Human Services Department – NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH or Advisory Board), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Page 61364 [FR DOC# 2011-25482]
• Europe: Power Engineering – Radwaste – Costing – Estimating the disposal costs of spent fuel. – Simon Bimpson

Updated – Monday, October 03, 2011

• OPB News – Layoffs: Sober Week For Hanford Workers – Anna King
• Cibola County Beacon – Federal agency to clean up largest abandoned uranium mine on the Navajo Nation
• Cibola County Beacon – Resolution honors sick nuclear workers
• Waste Management World – Success for Radioactive Cold War Waste Program
• Business First – Without loan promise, USEC may scrap Piketon project
• Knoxville News Sentinel – NRC extends TVA construction permit for Bellefonte reactor
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Frank Munger: Energy, bioscience vulnerable to budget cuts – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Wagoner to talk about new type of reactor – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – What to do with high-rad salts at old ORNL reactor? – Frank Munger
• Oak Ridger – Oak Ridge just says ‘no’ to consolidation – Leean Tupper
• Lynchburg News and Advance – Virginia localities eye uranium issue – Tara Bozick
• DOE – Energy Department Revises NEPA Regulations to Improve Efficiency
• NAS – Project Update: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities For Converting U.S. and Russian Research Reactors From Highly Enriched To Low Enriched Uranium Fuel
• Europe: Global Security Newswire – Planned UK Uranium Plant Defies Defense Cutbacks
• North Europe: YLE News – TVO: No room for Fennovoima waste in nuclear cave – Wif Stenger
• South Africa: In These Times – Namibian Uranium Miners vs. Rio Tinto – Kari Lydersen