Sunday, December 18, 2011

• Canada: Edmonton Journal – Canada’s earliest nuclear projects will haunt landscape for centuries – Ian MacLeod
• South Asia: Daily Bhaskar – Kudankulam plant row: Protests in Tamil Nadu today
• Europe: Daily Telegraph – Woman ‘fired from nuclear arms plant for being pregnant’

Saturday, December 17, 2011

• Pueblo Chieftain – Cotter to close uranium mill – Tracy Harmon
• Business Week – Vt. to seek 90 percent renewable energy by 2050 – Dave Gram
• NEI Nuclear Notes – Note to Reporters: Be Sure to Fact Check Joseph Mangano, Janette Sherman and Robert Alvarez
• Canada: Montreal Gazette – Nuclear’s environmental costs – Ian MacLeod
• Canada: Owen Sound Sun Times – Wind turbines are trouble but highly radioactive waste is OK? – Phil Mcnichol
• South Asia: The Hindu – Protesters threaten to lay siege to nuclear complex at Kudankulam
• South Asia: IBNLive – Pushparayan said over 10,000 people would take part
• South Asia: MSN India – Centre tells TN to act against KNPP protestors
• South Asia: NDTV – Kudankulam row: ‘Amazed’ by 15-day claim, Jayalalithaa asks PM to allay public fears
• Europe: News & Star – Nuke monitoring blocks Solway turbines bid – Julian Whittle
• North Europe: Local Sweden – ‘Uncertainty’ over Swedish nuke waste storage: experts
• Russia: Business Week – Russia’s Mars probe will crash to Earth in January – Vladimir Isachenkov

Friday, December 16, 2011

• Daily Kos – Nuclear Regulatory Meltdown: Four NRC Commisioners Conspire with Republicans in Coup Attempt – FishOutofWater
• Missouri News Horizon – Exclusive: Omaha Nuke Plant’s One Minute Mistake
• FOX Toledo – Occupiers disrupt Fermi 3 meeting – Sharia Davis
• Huffington Post – Occupy Toledo Makes Surprise Appearance At Monroe Nuclear Power Plant Hearing – David Sands
• WTOL – Public meeting on nuclear energy turns tense – Tim Miller
• Charlotte Observer – Study of new nuke plant released – Bruce Henderson
• Lacey.Patch – NRC Denies Petitioners Request to Shutdown Fukushima-Style Nuclear Plants – Elaine Piniat
• Greenpeace International blog – The future of nuclear power takes another hit – Justin McKeating
• NEI – Industry Welcomes Nuclear Energy Funding in Final Spending Bill
• Canada: National Post – ‘Devil is in the details’ as Canada tackles growing stockpile of radioactive waste – Ian MacLeod
• Europe: Platts – Green energy surpasses nuclear, coal in German 2011 energy mix – Andreas Franke
• Europe: Agenzia Giornalistica Italia – Uranium: 98 Recognized Victims, Compensations Within 2012
• North Europe: Business Week – A Baltic Brawl over Nuclear Reactors – Ladka Bauerova and Milda Seputyte
• Russia: The Independent – Catastrophe looms as toxic 13-tonne Mars probe falls to Earth – Steve Connor

Thursday, December 15, 2011

• CounterPunch – The Plot to Oust America’s Nuclear Watchdog – Andrew Cockburn
• New York Times blog – A Fight in the N.R.C. Family – Matthew L. Wald
• House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform – Hearing Documents “The Leadership of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission”
• Syracuse Post-Standard blog – Risk of nuclear energy too high – Jessica Maxwell
• All Things Nuclear – Gingrich and EMP – David Wright
• The Guardian – Radioactivity by Marjorie C Malley – review – David Shariatmadari
• Canada: Vancouver Sun – Atomic vets can finally tell their chilling story – Chris Vaughn
• South Asia: Firstpost – There’s a gorilla in the room, and it’s wrecking India-US trade ties – Uttara Choudhury
• South Asia: The Hindu – Talks between Central team and anti-nuke panel fail once again – P. Sudhakar

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

• Las Vegas SUN – NRC infighting ignited by Japanese nuke disaster, not Yucca Mountain standoff – Karoun Demirjian
• Politico – Gerry Connolly: Darrell Issa is the real bully – Alex Guillen
• Union of Concerned Scientists – NRC Commissioners’ Spat Obscures Longstanding Agency Failure to Ensure Nuclear Safety, Science Group Says
• Salt Lake Tribune – Editorial: EnergySolutions blended waste ruling makes no sense … – George Pyle
• Amarillo Globe-News – Joint contract eyed for Pantex, Tenn. plant – Bobby Cervantes
• San Antonio Express – Nuclear expansion review halted at S. Texas Project – Tracy Idell Hamilton
• Insurance News Net – Kucinich Raises Questions about Davis-Besse Power Plant during NRC Oversight Hearing
• Europe: Reuters – Update 1-UK clears Areva, Westinghouse nuclear reactors – Karolin Schaps
• Europe: Nuclear Engineering – Areva puts projects on hold as profits collapse
• East Europe: Ukrainian Journal – Chernobyl exclusion zone should be open to visitors, says Baloha
• Russia: Voice of Russia – 2 die in fire on icebreaker

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

• The Hill blog – Republicans call for NRC chief’s ouster – Ben Geman
• Idaho Statesman – Areva suspends plans for $3 billion Idaho uranium plant – Rocky Barker
• FOX News – Inspectors Closely Monitoring Nebraska Nuclear Plant as More Problems Found
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Oak Ridge’s 2011 deer harvest: 321 taken (3 too hot to take home) – Frank Munger
• Brattleboro Reformer – Protesters ‘occupy’ VY headquarters – Bob Audette
• Portsmouth Herald News – Nuke plant evacuation plan doesn’t reassure us
• Platts – Majority of NRC commissioners endorse AP1000 reactor design – William Freebairn
• Union of Concerned Scientists – UCS Expert Offers Immediate Reaction on the Durban Climate Negotiations’ Outcome
• Canada: Environment News Service – Canada Uses ‘Legal Right’ to Withdraw From Kyoto Protocol
• Oceania: The Age – All nuclear bets are off
• Europe: Rutland Times – Arrests after radioactive waste protest
• Europe: Reuters – Update 2-Nuclear group Areva lowers ambitions post-Fukushima – Caroline Jacobs and Benjamin Mallet

Monday, December 12, 2011

• Las Vegas SUN – Scuffle at NRC has stench of industry influence behind it – J. Patrick Coolican
• Huffington Post – NRC ‘Coup’ Leader, Bill Magwood, Consulted For Fukushima Parent Company – Ryan Grim
• Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA) – Dec. 9, 2011: New Report Details Conspiracy to Delay, Weaken US Nuclear Safety in Wake of Fukushima
• FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
• USA Today – Greenpeace: Phase out nuclear reactors – Jim Riccio
• Oceania: SBS – After Fukushima – what’s next for the nuclear industry?
• South Asia: Indian Express – Govt stir-struck, new Russia reactor deal on hold – Pranab Dhal Samanta
• Europe: BBC News – Scottish Renewables slams ‘flawed’ energy report
• Europe: Reuters – Nuclear group Areva cleans slate with $3.2 bln writeoff – Caroline Jacobs
• Russia: Ria Novosti – Rosatom to quintuple revenue to $75 bln by 2030 – Rosatom head