Sunday, January 22, 2012

• Las Vegas SUN – Keeping poison out of our water – Larry Brown
• Tri-City Herald – New supercomputer crunches data at PNNL – Annette Cary
• Arizona Republic – Arizona should begin nuclear recycling – Al Melvin
• Arizona Republic – Uranium-mining ban was a grand decision – Roger Clark
• NBC4i – Senator Brown Roundtable On Piketon Plant and Jobs For Pike County – Nadia Bashir
• Augusta Chronicle – Cost savings proposed for MOX project at Savannah River Site – Rob Pavey
• Aiken Standard – Nuclear Science Week begins Monday – Anna Dolianitis
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Deliver us from nuclear waste – Franz Pichler

Saturday, January 21, 2012

• The Examiner – HEAL Utah and supporters oppose EnergySolutions subversion of 2005 waste ban – Shad Engkilterra
• KIFI Idaho Falls – Idaho Cleanup Project Reaches 20-Year Milestone – Marissa Bodnar
• Amarillo Globe-News – Feds OK funds for Pantex nuke workers’ illnesses – Bobby Cervantes
• Chicago Tribune – 40 years later, toxic waste still haunts pockets of DuPage County – Erin Meyer
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Weirdly wonderful: Artifacts from atomic age – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel – TVA CEO calls for safety focus after Watts Bar incidents – Ed Marcum
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Rep. Markey wants DOE to nix support for USEC – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – World’s best collection of everything atomic – Frank Munger
• DigitalJournal – Department of Labor Expands Benefits Eligibility for Nuclear Workers
• NEI Nuclear Notes – DOE Moves Forward on Small Reactors – Mark Flanagan
• Peak Oil – U.S. Direct Fossil Fuel Subsidies are Half a Trillion Dollars Annual
• Canada: Indian Country Today – Anishinabek Invoke NIMBY Clause for Radioactive Material
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima quarry agents to voluntarily check radiation level
• Europe: Rutland and Stamford Mercury – Campaigners fighting the radioactive waste in King’s Cliffe loose battle against Court Appeal
• Europe: Sheffield Star – Deal between Forgemasters and nuclear firm called off

Friday, January 20, 2012

• Pahrump Valley Times – Deadline looms on dust control agreement with EPA – Mark Waite
• CounterPunch – The Radioactive Waste Crisis – Linda Pentz Gunter
• Williston Daily Herald – CCS says radioactive material taken to Colorado – Jacob Brooks
• Williston Daily Herald – No option for haulers on rejected radioactive substances: Health concerns unaddressed – Dustin Ingram
• Amarillo Globe-News – Some Pantex workers now eligible for compensation – Bobby Cervantes
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – NNSA taps Erhart as federal manager for Y-12/Pantex – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – This is not how to report a fire at a nuclear weapons plant – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – UCOR’s lineup of staff-aug subcontractors – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12 outsources uranium work to Lynchburg – Frank Munger
• Danville Register & Bee – Letter: Hypocritical stance on mining – Larry Roach
• Lynchburg News and Advance – Gov. to Va. legislators: Keep uranium moratorium in place
• Richmond Times Dispatch – Governor seeks more study on uranium mining – Rex Springston
• Roanoke Times – Governor wants to keep ban on mining uranium, for now – Michael Sluss
• World Nuclear News – Virginia Governor delays moratorium decision
• Platts – US DOE launches major funding program for small nuclear reactors – Yanmei Xie
• DOE – Regional Competitions Begin for the 22nd Annual National Science Bowl
• DOE – Energy Department Takes First Step to Spur U.S. Manufacturing of Small Modular Nuclear Reactors
• DOE – After 15 Years, A New Top Earning Patent At Ames Lab
• DOE – Utility to Purchase Low-Carbon Power from Innovative Clean Coal Plant
• DOE – Green Button: Providing Consumers with Access to Their Energy Data
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO urged to compensate for tainted building material in Fukushima
• Southeast Asia: Xinhua News – Cambodia asks 5 states to sign SE Asian nuclear free zone by 2012
• Europe: News & Star – Call for referendum on Cumbrian nuclear dump site – Andrew Clarke
• Europe: Herald Scotland – Dounreay nuclear material ‘must be sent to Cumbria’
• Europe: NW Evening Mail – Nuclear dump ‘may be forced on area’
• Europe: Scotland Courier – Nuclear Decommissioning Authority reveals plan to move Dounreay material through heart of Scotland – Alan Richardson
• Russia: Pravda – Thousands of tons of nuclear wastes to travel across Russia – Natalia Sinitsa
• North Africa: Egypt Independent – Egypt probes reports of stolen radioactive material

Thursday, January 19, 2012

• Tri-City Herald – Hanford to remain budget steady; PNNL’s might dip – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Fluor Hanford purchaser to pay $14,700 – Annette Cary
• Hanford News – USA Today recaps vit plant controversy
• Idaho Statesman – Idaho’s Snake River Alliance to mark anniversary of nuclear bomb tests with vigil next week – Dan Popkey
• KIVI-TV – Final accident report released for November contamination incident at INL – Jaclyn Brandt
• Nuclear Engineering – November accident at INL was ‘preventable,’ report concludes
• Reuters – Federal panel faults Idaho lab for radiation exposure mishap – Laura Zuckerman
• Salt Lake City Weekly blog – Speak up about blended nuclear waste in Utah – Eric Peterson
• Indian Country Today – Cancer-Riddled Wind River Reservation Fights EPA Over Uranium Contamination – Tristan Ahtone
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Electrical problem shuts down ORNL reactor; restart postponed until March 26 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Stabilizing 60-yr-old nuke landfill – Frank Munger
• Danville Register & Bee – Lawmakers support McDonnell’s uranium plan – Tara Bozick
• Richmond Times Dispatch – Two groups of Southside leaders say go slow on uranium-mine proposal – Rex Springston
• Roanoke Times – Lawmakers press for uranium regulations – Michael Sluss
• Virginian Pilot – Gov. McDonnell: Keep uranium ban this year – Julian Walker
• Platts – Virginia governor asks legislature to keep uranium mining ban in place in 2012 – Yanmei Xie
• Homeland Security Today – DoE Seeks to Amend Atomic Energy Act to Reclassify Certain Data – Anthony Kimery
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Hanford Pages 2713-2714 [FR DOC# 2012-946]
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings:Page 2714 [FR DOC# 2012-951] Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Oak Ridge Reservation Page 2714 [FR DOC# 2012-948]
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings:Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technical Advisory Committee (HTAC) Page 2714 [FR DOC# 2012-951]
• Europe: Utility Week – Opponents submit complaint over UK ‘nuclear subsidies’ to EU
• Europe: BBC News – Concern over nuclear rail plan
• Europe: BBC News – Concern over plan to move nuclear fuel from Dounreay to Sellafield
• Europe: BBC News – Councillors hear Dounreay-Sellafield nuclear rail plan
• Europe: Highland News – Secrecy over nuclear waste trains through Highlands
• Europe: Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph – Nuclear waste site fight will continue
• Europe: NW Evening Mail – People have their say on underground Cumbria nuclear dump
• Europe: STV.tv – Plans outlined for rail transport of nuclear fuel – Leanna MacLarty
• Europe: Times & Star – Nuclear Debate: Radiation Free Lakeland – Marianne Birkby
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Your chance to have say on nuclear waste – Alan Irving
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Letters: West Cumbria must not be taken for granted by the Government
• North Africa: Bikya Masr – Radioactive material stolen from nuclear power plant in Egypt
• North Africa: Bloomberg – Radioactive Material Stolen From Plant Site in Egypt, Ahram Says – Mariam Fam
• North Africa: Egypt Independent – Protests at nuclear power station construction site escalate
• North Africa: Reuters Africa – Update 1-Radioactive material said stolen from Egyptian plant – Fredrik Dahl
• South Africa: AllAfrica – Kenya: Stop Knocking Nuclear Energy, It Might Turn Out to Be the Country’s Salvation – Basett Buyukah
• South Africa: Botswana Sunday Standard – Pilikwe radiation facility goes ahead despite public disapproval – Reuben Pitse

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

• Legal Documents
• State of Nevada – Preliminary Brief of Intervenor, The State of Nevada (pdf-1.01M)
• News
• Pahrump Valley Times – DOE set to cut county $3.8M check – Mark Waite
• USA Today – Problems plague cleanup at Hanford nuclear waste site – Peter Eisler
• USA Today – Cleaning up a radioactive mess – H. Darr Beiser
• Idaho Statesman – Anti-nuclear activist Macy comes to Boise – Rocky Barker
• PR Newswire – International Isotopes Inc. Depleted Uranium Project Nuclear Regulatory Commission Licensing Remains on Course
• Reuters – Federal panel faults Idaho lab for radiation exposure mishap – Laura Zuckerman
• UPI – Problems cited at nuclear cleanup site
• Salt Lake Tribune – Blended waste decision now up for public comment – Judy Fahys
• Westword blog – Rocky Flats, which once manufactured plutonium triggers, still produces secrets – Patricia Calhoun
• The Chattanoogan – TVA Has Temporary Work Stoppage At Watts Bar After Safety Concern
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Frank Munger: Pay freeze doesn’t halt raises at Y-12
• Knoxville News Sentinel – ORNL squeezes benefits to cut costs – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel – State says ‘no validity’ to allegations against nuke firm – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Change: Mason talks about lab benefits – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Incinerator stands silent – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ORNL revamps benefits program; employees will pay more, get less in some cases – Frank Munger
• Augusta Chronicle – Drug screens bar 80 workers from Vogtle site – Rob Pavey
• Rome News Tribune – Residents urged to be part of radon, uranium study – S. Heather Duncan
• Williston Daily Herald – Where is the radioactive waste going?
• Chatham Star Tribune – Letter: Proof positive needed on uranium mining – Hunter Austin
• Chatham Star Tribune – Letter: Time to move forward on uranium – Michael Notestein, Richard Spence, Kenneth Hicks, Doug Motley, Fred Ingram, Wayne Roach Sr., Junior Inge, Galen Motley
• Chatham Star Tribune – Letter: Burden of proof on uranium mine – Gerald Grubbs
• Chatham Star Tribune – Letter: Uranium lobbyists need to back off – Phillip Lovelace
• Free Lance-Star blog – More study sought on uranium mining – Chelyen Davis
• Richmond Times Dispatch – PRO: Moratorium on uranium mining should be lifted – Robert J. Bodnar
• Richmond Times Dispatch – CON: Leave the ban on uranium mining in place – Cale Jaffe
• Richmond Times Dispatch – Two Southside groups urge legislature to keep uranium mining ban – Rex Springston
• Roanoke Times – Legislature may not act on uranium issue during this year’s session – Michael Sluss
• Virginian Pilot – Advocates ask McDonnell for more study of uranium mining – Julian Walker
• WSLS – Virginia Beach to release second uranium report – Tara Bozick
• WSLS – Update: Groups want uranium mining ban to stay
• POGO blog – Eight Reasons to Scrap CMRR-NF, the Energy Department’s Billion-Dollar Nuclear Facility – Dana Liebelson
• DOE – Deputy Secretary Poneman Statement on Second Meeting of the U.S. – South Africa Bilateral Energy Dialogue?
• DOE:IG – Audit Report: Recovery Act Funded Projects at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, OAS-RA-L-12-02
• Asia-Pacific: Inter Press Service – Pushing Nuclear Exports After Fukushima – Suvendrini Kakuchi
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Anger spreads as radioactive gravel traced to schools, public road
• Asia: Xinhua News – China to monitor radiation in drinking water around nuclear plants
• Europe: BBC News – Meeting to hear Dounreay-Sellafield nuclear rail plan
• Europe: BBC News – Kings Cliffe radioactive waste protesters lose appeal
• Europe: The Independent – Northamptonshire radioactive waste dump battle lost – John Aston
• Europe: Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph – Campaigners lose nuclear dump appeal
• Europe: Press Association – Brown urges beach radiation action
• North Europe: Nuclear Energy Insider – Final repositories: deep knowledge in the Nordics – Jason Deign
• North Africa: Ria Novosti – Egypt Dismantles Equipment at Looted Nuclear Plant Site

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

• The Oregonian – Are ‘green energy’ policies thwarting job growth? Yes, the strategy is sabotaging an economic recovery – Mark J. Perry
• KUOW – Gregoire Reacts To Leaked Hanford Waste Report – Austin Jenkins
• KUOW – Hanford Nuclear Safety Manager Questions Waste Treatment Plant – Anna King
• KUOW – Report: Hanford Tanks May Have More Plutonium Than Estimated – Anna King
• Idaho Statesman – Plans for uranium de-conversion plant move forward for International Isotopes of Idaho Falls – Sandra Forester
• Cañon City Daily Record – Public comment period begins today – Rachel Alexander
• ACP – Letter from Dr. Chu, DOE Chairman to Congress, Re: American Centrifuge Project (pdf-372K)
• House Representitives – Congress’ reply to Dr, Chu, Re: American Centrifuge Project (pdf-429K)
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Hot tank excavated at ORNL – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – State finds ‘no validity’ to allegations against IMPACT Services – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Who’s that knocking at ORNL’s front door? Yep, it’s China (again and again) – Frank Munger
• The Tennessean – OpEd: Unprotected nuclear fuel could mean disaster – Kathleen Ferris
• World Nuclear News – Records tumble for uranium producers
• Alliance for Nuclear Accountability – DOE Seeking More Reactors to Use Controversial Plutonium Fuel (MOX)
• FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
• Liberal Democrat Voice – Opinion: Depleted Uranium Weapons – a new area of Liberal Democrat policy? – Lev Eakins
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Paducah Pages 2282-2283 [FR DOC# 2012-831]
• Energy Department – Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Northern New Mexico Page 2283 [FR DOC# 2012-681]
• Energy Department – Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Portsmouth Page 2283 [FR DOC# 2012-677]
• Canada: Owen Sound Sun Times – Huron-Kinloss wants to find out about storing used nuclear fuel
• Canada: Power Engineering – Information Update – Steam generator processing: an excellent example of responsible and safe nuclear waste management practices.
• Canada: Waterloo Record – Saugeen Shores delays bid to host spent N-fuel repository – Frances Barrick
• Canada: World Nuclear News – Federal cash for legacy waste clean-up
• Asia-Pacific: Global Research – Fukushima: Radioactive Houses and Roads in Japan. Radioactive Building Materials Sold to over 200 Construction Companies
• Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri – Building contamination spreads / Radioactive materials used to repair road and waterway in Fukushima
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Government tries to find structures where radioactive gravel was used
• Southeast Asia: Free Malaysia Today – Lynas must finalise waste disposal plan first before being given license – Jin Hou Soo
• Europe: BBC News – Appeal bid over Kings Cliffe radioactive waste
• Europe: Fife Today – Second area of radioactivity found in Dalgety Bay
• North Africa: Egypt Independent – Engineers relocate nuclear facility equipment after heists
• West Africa: Reuters Africa – Niger to pursue nuclear plans despite Fukushima: president

Monday, January 16, 2012

• Salt Lake Tribune – Letter: On blended waste – Jania Sommers
• Indianapolis Star – Thyroid cancer cases increasing, but doctors are unsure why – Shari Rudavsky
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Changes to Y-12 sick worker program focus of event – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel – DOE budget cuts have trickle-down impact – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – All that glitters isn’t gold; sometimes it’s silver – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12 still making Fogbank – Frank Munger
• WTVC – What Will Become of TVA’s Nuclear Waste? – John Pless
• NY Newsday – Editorial: Perilous nuclear material needs care
• Canada: World Nuclear News – Federal cash for legacy waste clean-up
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Radioactive gravel likely shipped to over 200 companies
• Europe: Oxford Mail – 20-year storage of radioactive waste – Liam Sloan
• Russia: Bellona – Comment: Russia ignoring case for beefing up nuclear disaster preparedness plans – even at risk of losing moscow to a fallout plume in major accident – Andrei Ozharovsky
• Russia: Bikya Masr – Russian environment group warns of “Chernobyl on Wheels” shipments – Stefan Korshak