Sunday, August 05, 2012

• Broomfield Enterprise – Pettis: Up-close, personal account of life with Rocky Flats – Kerry Pettis
• Summit County Citizens Voice – Environment: Formal hearing set for proposed Piñon Ridge uranium mill in southwestern Colorado
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Security highly visible but no protesters yet at Y-12 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Editorial: Accountability key in probe of Y-12 security breach
• Knoxville News Sentinel – ORNL team responsible for Mars rover’s generator – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12 guards gearing up for Hiroshima Day events – Frank Munger
• Oak Ridge Today – Y-12, Knoxville events remember Japanese bombings, oppose UPF – John Huotari
• Richmond Times Dispatch – Uranium study leader following issue in Va. – Steve Szkotak
• EastHaddam.Patch – Millstone Looking to Vastly Increase Its Nuclear Waste Capacity – Paul Petrone
• HNN Huntingtonnews – Buried Radioactive Materials Found; NRC Withdraws April California Emergency After Investigation

Saturday, August 04, 2012

• New York Times – Court Weighs an Order on Nuclear Waste Site in Nevada – Matthew L. Wald
• Ventura County Star – Dodge: Reaching a nuclear tipping point – Robert Dodge, M.D.
• Washington State Office of the Governor – Gov. Gregoire’s statement on the D.C. Circuit Court’s order to hold the Yucca Mountain Case in abeyance
• Washington State Attorney General – In ruling, judges confirm Washington state’s main allegation in Yucca Mountain lawsuit
• Seattle Times – Court re-energizes fight for nuclear-waste repository – Craig Welch
• Tri-City Herald – Yucca Mountain decision put off – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Washington will hold off on Hanford vit plant dispute resolution – Annette Cary
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Felony charges added to case against Y-12 protesters; two released from jail – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Huge security shakeup at Y-12; Energy Secretary Chu says ‘no tolerance’ for breaches – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ORNL&Mars – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Peace parade – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12 protesters leave jail – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Another stunning day at Y-12; NNSA Administrator at Oak Ridge plant; Energy Secretary Chu promises security teams will be held accountable for breaches – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Huge security shake-up at Y-12; Secretary Chu announces suspension of guards, relocation of key security managers – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Felony destruction-of-property charges added to case against Y-12 protesters; magistrate agrees to release 2 from jail pending Oct. 9 trial – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Sister Megan Rice’s situation – Frank Munger
• Oak Ridge Today – Two Y-12 protesters released, face new felony chargesJohn Huotari
• Reuters – Judge releases nun who broke into U.S. nuclear bomb facility – Preston Peeden
• Augusta Chronicle – SRS security reviewed after breach at Y-12 weapons site – Rob Pavey
• Greenville News – Court delays action on Yucca Mountain – Eric Connor
• Greenville News – Judges critical of NRC in nuke waste order
• Lynchburg News and Advance – Candidates spar over uranium mining – Jenna Zibton
• Roanoke Times – Uranium study leader stays out of debate

Friday, August 03, 2012

• Las Vegas Review-Journal – Court seeks signs from Congress on Yucca Mountain – Steve Tetreault
• Las Vegas Review-Journal – “Post-Yucca Mountain” bill still a work in progress – Steve Tetreault
• Las Vegas SUN – Court refuses to order Congress to spend last $10 million on Yucca Mountain – Karoun Demirjian
• AP Google – Appeals court puts off ruling on Yucca Mountain – Frederic J. Frommer
• Bloomberg – Yucca Mountain Waste Site Ruling Put Off by Appeals Court – Tom Schoenberg
• E&E Daily – Yucca Mountain: Court waits on Congress before ruling on license application – Lawrence Hurley and Hannah Northey
• NEI – NEI Disappointed by Court Ruling on Petition Tied to Yucca Mountain Project
• Nevada News Bureau – Sen. Harry Reid Calls Appeals Court Decision On Yucca Mountain ‘A Good Day For Nevada’
• Platts – US appeals court delays decision on Yucca Mountain licensing suit
• OPB News – Energy Secretary, Experts, Take Closer Look At Hanford’s Black Cells – Anna King
• Tri-City Herald – Energy Secretary Chu to assemble expert panel to examine Hanford vit plant – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Hanford safety gets uniform – Annette Cary
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Pam Strickland: Protesters point out ugly truth about Y-12 – Pam Strickland
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – State supports DOE’s 2014 environmental budget proposal; pushes for more Oak Ridge funding; cleanup could go until 2043 at current spending – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ‘Great deal of excitement and a little sadness’ – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Courtside in the Y-12 security crisis: Plowshares protesters plead not guilty – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – NNSA posts new set of Q&A’s for bidders on Y-12/Pantex security contract competition – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Did feds intervene in Oak Ridge contract negotiations for security guards? NNSA spokesman says: ‘No comment’ – Frank Munger
• Reuters – U.S. nuclear bomb facility shut after security breach – Mark Hosenball
• Greenville News – Judges critical of NRC in nuke waste order
• WJBF-TV – Congressman Joe Wilson Comments On Federal Appeals Court Ruling On Aiken County’s Petition For Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Dump License – Randy Key
• Virginian Pilot – NAS uranium study leader following Va. study – Steve Szkotak
• DOE – First-Hand Recollections of the First Self-Sustaining Chain Reaction – Michael Hess
• DOE – NNSA Meets with Japanese Scientists to Discuss On-Going Fukushima Work – Robert Middaugh
• Fukushima Diary – [Debris incineration] Osaka is going to accept debris from Iwate – Iori Mochizuki
• Europe: News&Star – Underground nuclear dump in west Cumbria ‘not done deal’ – Jenny Barwise

Thursday, August 02, 2012

• Las Vegas SUN – Senator’s bill may usher in more congenial era of nuclear waste policy – Karoun Demirjian
• Albuquerque Journal – Nuke Protests Planned for Los Alamos – T. S. Last
• KASA – LANL warns of atomic bomb protests – Deanna Sauceda
• D. Dowd Muska – The Failure of a ‘Privatization’ That Never Was
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Y-12 protesters plead not guilty; trial set Oct. 9 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Security stand-down: Government contractor halts all nuclear operations at Y-12 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – A sign of deadly force at Y-12 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ORAU to mentor United Global Technologies – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Wrap-up on another stunning day at Y-12 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Despite the break-in and security lapses at Y-12, the government still plans to reduce the security force – Frank Munger
• Oak Ridge Today – Plans to cut Y-12 staff haven’t changed despite security breach – John Huotari
• POGO blog – Y-12 Nuclear Facility Goes on Lockdown After Security Breach – Joe Newman
• Danville Register&Bee – Nuclear Regulatory Commission to discuss possible role in mining tonight
• DOE – Energy Department Announces New Technical Review to Assess Black Cells at Hanford’s Waste Treatment Plant
• DOE – ARPA-E Announces $43 Million for Transformational Energy Storage Projects to Advance Electric Vehicle and Grid Technologies
• Canada: Equities – Candu Signs Expanded Agreement with China to Further Develop Recycled Uranium and Thorium Fuelled CANDU Reactors –
• Oceania: ABC – Council implored to oppose Muckaty nuclear dump – Ruby Jones
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Secret meetings on nuclear fuel cycle influenced subcommittee discussion: report
• Europe: Whitehaven News – West Cumbria nuclear waste plan fast-tracked
• Europe: Whitehaven News – DECC using sledgehammer to crack a nut at Sellafield
• Russia: Bellona – Closed Siberian nuclear city prepares to build permanent nuclear waste repository – Anna Kireeva

Wednesday, August 01, 2012

• KUOW NPR – Three Hanford Tanks Could Be Cleaned Out By End Of Summer – Anna King
• Tri-City Herald – CH2M Hill to lay off 95 at Hanford, and cuts not over yet – Annette Cary
• Charleston City Paper – Examining Colorado’s dirtiest little secret – Susan Cohen
• Power Engineering – Nuclear power plant’s dry cask storage facility completed
• EON – USEC Advances American Centrifuge RD&D Program
• Portsmouth Daily Times – USEC meets milestones for continued funding – Frank Lewis
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Thomas Zacharia leaving ORNL, will assume leadership post at Qatar Foundation’s research enterprise –
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Government vows to ‘look very hard’ at Y-12 security breach and learn from it – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Security stand-down ordered at Y-12; all nuclear operations put on hold; enriched uranium placed in secure vaults
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ‘Occupy Y-12’ part of group’s Hiroshima Day plans – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Thomas Zacharia leaving ORNL, will assume leadership post at Qatar Foundation’s research enterprise
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12’s border at Pine Ridge – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Government vows to ‘look very hard’ at Y-12 intrusion, security performance and how to improve – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – USEC cites progress in DOE-supported centrifuge research-and-demo project – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12 confirms that intruders used bolt cutters to gain access through PIDAS fences – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Cray reports ‘very strong’ quarter results – Frank Munger
• Oak Ridger – Security stand down under way at Y-12
• CleanEnergy Footprints – Energy and Water Collisions: Drought Implications – Sara Barczak
• Oceania: Sydney Morning Herald – Mid-East uranium sale gets go-ahead – Daniel Flitton
• Europe: Nuclear Engineering – The self-disposal option

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

• Tri-City Herald – Cleanup proposed for central Hanford ground water pollution – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – State urges DOE to choose vitrification for all Hanford waste – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Public says they’re still in support of Hanford Reach Interpretive Center – John Trumbo
• MarketWatch – USEC Reports Second Quarter 2012 Results – USEC Inc.
• Knoxville News Sentinel – More details of stunning Y-12 break-in; protesters offered bread to guards – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – GAO report: NNSA needs to tighten up its budget-estimating skills – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Elk&Oak Ridge preservation, etc. – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – How serious is the Y-12 security breach? Could it affect contract competitions? – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Emerging accounts of Saturday’s Y-12 break-in; a surreal scene in the middle of the night – Frank Munger
• Anderson Independent Mail – Savannah River opening exhibit of site’s artifacts
• Lynchburg News and Advance – Supporters step up as series of uranium meetings are set to begin – Ray Reed
• Union of Concerned Scientists – NRC Report States That Storing Spent Nuclear Fuel In Wet Pools Is ‘Adequate’ To Protect Public
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Oak Ridge Reservation Page 45345 [FR DOC# 2012-18628]
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: DOE/Advanced Scientific Computing Advisory Committee Pages 45345-45346
  
• Oceania: Alice Spring News – Council asked to consider spectre of transport accident involving radioactive waste – Kieran Finnane
• Asia-Pacific: JIJI Press – Nagasaki Peace Declaration to Note Disposal of Nuke Waste
• Central Asia: IAEA – Central Asian Nations Address Uranium Mining Legacy
• Central Asia: Xinhua News – Uzbekistan to return spent nuclear fuel to Russia
• East Europe: Equities – AMEC awarded multi-million pound Slovakia nuclear waste treatment contract
• Russia: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development – Decommissioning of the Floating Maintenance Base (FMB) “Lepse” currently moored in FSUE “Atomflot”, Murmansk, Russian Federation

Monday, July 30, 2012

• Knoxville News Sentinel – Y-12 protesters arraigned on federal trespassing charges – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – 82-year-old nun, two other protesters at Y-12 arraigned on federal trespassing charges – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Prophetic? – Frank Munger
• Oak Ridge Today – Activists who sneaked into Y-12 waive detention hearing, remain jailed – John Huotari
• Homeland Security Newswire – Science group: storing spent nuclear fuel in dry casks significantly safer then wet pools storage
• Oceania: Greens MPs – Cost of Returned Nuclear Waste Facility – Scott Ludlam
• Oceania: Greens MPs – Returned Nuclear Waste – radiation signature – Scott Ludlam
• Enformable – April 10th, 2011 – TEPCO discharged 10,390 tons of radioactive water containing over 150 billion becquerels of total radioactivity
• Europe: Aberdeen Press and Journal – ‘Dirty dozen’ sites revealed on radioactive waste hitlist – Jessica Murphy