Sunday, December 23, 2012
- Las Vegas SUN – Winning the Yucca battle – 25 years later – Judy Treichel
- Register-Guard – How a House filibuster killed nuclear plants – James Weaver
- Standard-Examiner – Company abandons plan to store nuke waste in Utah
- Las Cruces Sun-News – Bingaman to retire after 30 years in Senate – Milan Simonich
- Chicago Public Radio – Nuclear power: The ultimate near shore threat to the Great Lakes? – Gary Wilson
- Liberty County Vindicator – Nixing Nuclear Energy – William A. Collins
- Wicked Local Kingston – Video: Ecolaw alleges Pilgrim violated zoning bylaws – Frank Mand
- South Asia: Times of India – Kundankulam nuclear plant protesters to see more solidarity this new year – Chinmayi Shalya
- Europe: Herald Scotland – Alarm at plans for huge increase in radioactive discharges from Dounreay
- South Africa: Times LIVE – Potch uranium exposure to be studied through teeth
Saturday, December 22, 2012
- Las Vegas Review-Journal – Twenty-five years later, ‘Screw Nevada’ bill elicits strong feelings – Keith Rogers and Steve Tetreault
- Orange County Register – San Onofre hearing request denied – Pat Brennan
- Salt Lake Tribune – Utah N-waste site backers call it quits – Judy Fahys
- Los Alamos Study Group – Los Alamos says PU Study Doesn’t Negate Need for Pit Manufacturing
- HNN Huntingtonnews – Tell the Dept. of Energy AGAIN, Please no Radiated Silverware or Formerly Radiated Baby Toys – Tony Rutherford
- Newsvine – Recycle Radioactive Metals? Are You Nuts? – SallijaneG
- Asia-Pacific: AP Google – People flee Japan nuke disaster to faraway Okinawa – Yuri Kageyama
- Asia-Pacific: CleanTechnica – 25 Nuclear Power Plants Could Be Replaced By Geothermal In Japan – Jake Richardson
- Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Opponents of nuclear power vow to continue protests under new government
- Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Upgraded hazard maps show increased seismic risk in eastern Japan – Takashi Sugimoto
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Abe hints at scrapping reactor ban
- Southeast Asia: Malaysia Chronicle – Lynas’s waste plans a toxic pipe dream
- South Asia: Pakistan Nation – Myth of Indian ‘nuclear no first use’ – Shams-uz-Zaman
- Europe: The Hindu – The bad news from Flamanville – Vaiju Naravane
- Middle East: Al-Shorfa – EU to build $2.6 million radioactive waste landfill for Iraq
Friday, December 21, 2012
- Wyoming Business Report – Hybrid energy systems chart path to Wyoming’s future – Mark Wilcox
- Cibola County Beacon – Exposure, Past and Present – Richard Kamp
- New London Day – Four speak against Millstone waste-storage expansion – Judy Benson
- Cape Cod Times – Imagine a Fukushima event here – David Agnew
- Duxbury Reporter – Video: Ecolaw alleges Pilgrim violated town zoning bylaws – Frank Mand
- AP Google – Congress completes $633B defense bill – Donna Cassata
- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – Who should manage the nuclear weapons complex? – Robert Alvarez
- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – Explain This: Subcritical experiments – Frank Von Hippel
- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – From the Bulletin archives: Selected readings on Three Mile Island
- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – From the Bulletin archives: Selected readings on Chernobyl
- Reuters – U.S. Congress backs bill authorizing $633 billion for defense in 2013 – David Alexander
- Government Accountability Project – GAP Files Amicus Curiae in Hedges v. Obama
- Nature blog – Plutonium’s new horizons – Anne Pichon
- NIRS – Nuclear Weapons Waste in Your Silverware, Pants Zipper, Baby Toys?
- RT – Engineers warn: Two US nuclear plants may cause new Fukushima
- NRC – Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Denies Citizens Oversight’s Request for Hearing on San Onofre License Amendment
- NRC blog – A Visit to Japan: Reflections from the Chairman – Allison Macfarlane
- Asia-Pacific: Greenpeace International blog – Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Update for December 18th to December 20th, 2012
- Asia-Pacific: Nuclear Street – Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
- Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Anti-nuclear protests continue on theme of nonviolence – Kazuya Matsumoto
- Asia-Pacific: NHK World – IPPNW urges Obama to stop subcritical tests
- Asia-Pacific: TEPCO – Submission of a “Reactor Facility Failure Report” for Unit 5 of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station
- South Asia: Ria Novosti – Moscow: Foreign NGOs Behind India’s NPP Protests
- North Europe: Sweden Local – Sea water shutters Swedish nuclear reactor
- South Africa: Mail & Guardian – There goes the neighbourhood…and here comes nuclear – Lionel Faull
Thursday, December 20, 2012
- Enformable – San Onofre restart plan commitments questioned by federal regulators – Lucas W Hixson
- Enformable – Contamination event at Oak Ridge Depleted Uranium Recycling Facility – Lucas W Hixson
- Chatham Star Tribune – Lt. governor opposes uranium mining – Tim Davis
- Huffington Post – Indian Point Nuclear Threat Needs Senate Review, Engineers Contend – Tom Zeller Jr.
- Bloomberg – U.S. Approves Joint Purchases by Nuclear Power Companies – Sara Forden
- Remapping Debate – Nuclear power plant flood risk: Sandy was just a warm-up – Heather Rogers
- Asia-Pacific: Reuters – Early Japan reactor restarts unlikely despite LDP win – Aaron Sheldrick
- Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri – TEPCO settles over death of evacuee
- Asia-Pacific: NHK World – Team finds faults at nuclear plant possibly active
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
- AP Google – Calif. utility, NRC spar on nuke monitors – Michael R. Blood
- Enformable – San Onofre restart plan commitments questioned by federal regulators – Lucas W Hixson
- KPBS – San Onofre’s Future Still Hangs In The Balance – Marissa Cabrera
- LA Times blogs – Discussions continue over restart of San Onofre nuclear plant – Abby Sewell
- Oceanside-Camp Pendleton Patch – NRC Collects More Technical Details in Lengthy San Onofre Review – Daniel Woolfolk
- Reuters – SCE’s Calif. San Onofre restart plan didn’t rely on Mitsubishi
- UPI – Talks on SoCal nuclear plant restart held
- Cronkite News – Uranium cleanup on Navajo Nation complicated by scope, history of problem – Maryann Batlle
- People-Sentinel – Report indicates exposure levels dropping – David Purtell
- Wicked Local Plymouth – Video: Ecolaw alleges Pilgrim violated town zoning bylaws – Frank Mand
- Barre Montpelier Times Argus – Yankee foe parries lawsuit to block its effort – Susan Smallheer
- POWERnews – Too Dumb to Meter, Part 7 – Kennedy Maize
- Asia-Pacific: AFP Google – Quake risk at Japan atomic recycling plant: experts – Kyoko Hasegawa
- Asia-Pacific: Fairewinds Energy Education – More Lessons From the Fukushima Daiichi Accident: Containment Failures and the Loss of the Ultimate Heat Sink
- Asia-Pacific: Peak Oil – The Rape of Fukushima Dai-Ichi – Russell D. Hoffman
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima gov’t tried to kill proposal to store baby teeth for future radiation checks
- South Asia: Indian Express – Reactors to cost double: Russia – Shubhajit Roy
- Europe: ITV News – Anti-nuclear protestors fined £100 each – BBC News
- Europe: Nuclear Energy Insider – Nuclear Energy Insider Policy Brief 12 – 18 December 2012 – K. Steiner-Dicks
- Europe: Nuclear Energy Insider – Weekly Intelligence Brief 12 – 18 December 2012 – K. Steiner-Dicks
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
- The Hill – Wyden open to moving nuclear waste to interim storage sites – Zack Colman
- AP Google – NRC slaps Japanese company on California nuke work – By MICHAEL R. BLOOD
- Bloomberg – Mitsubishi Failed to Meet Requirements on San Onofre, NRC Says – Mark Chediak
- Lake Forest Patch – San Onofre Offers Nuke Info in Laguna Hills – OC Patch Staff
- LA Times blog – Nuclear watchdog faults Mitsubishi over San Onofre equipment tests – Abby Sewell
- EP Magazine – Watchdog Group Deems DOE Waste Cleanup Plan Inadequate
- All Things Nuclear – Fission Stories #122: Monkey Business at Point Beach – Dave Lochbaum
- AOL Energy – The Nation’s Nuclear Plants Are Nuked – Glenn Williams
- IEER – From Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima (video) – Arjun Makhijani
- Washington Post – How many nukes does it take to be safe? – Walter Pincus
- NRC – NRC to Further Examine Solar Flare Issues Raised in Rulemaking Petition
- Canada: Shoreline Beacon – Part 4: Nuclear “Dump” in Bruce? – Peter Storck
- Oceania: Toowoomba Chronicle – Uranium described as the “asbestos of the 21st century” – Owen Jacques
- Oceania: Yahoo! News – Toxic anger towards Sydney dump site – Lee Jeloscek
- Asia-Pacific: Kurashi – News From Japan – So, How Many Nuclear Reactors, Out Of 54, Are OK? – Martin J Frid
- South Africa: Johannesburg Citizen – Cattle organs contaminated – Report
Monday, December 17, 2012
- Los Angeles Times – Radioactive hot spots remain at former research facility’s site – Louis Sahagun
- Reuters – NRC may issue decision in March on San Onofre 2 restart – Eileen O’Grady
- Wicked Local Plymouth – Nuke Matters: Radioactive waste storage at Pilgrim – why it is a concern – Meg Sheehan and Mary Lampert
- FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
- ANWAG Blog – EEOICPA Special Exposure Cohort petition process tainted – Terrie Barrie
- Canada: CNSC – CNSC News Update
- Asia-Pacific: BDlive – Radiation no respecter of borders – Fukushima conference – Helmo Preuss
- Asia-Pacific: eNews Park Forest – UN Atomic Agency and Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture to Cooperate on Nuclear Safety .
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Daily Press – Hundreds rallied in Tokyo to seek nuclear-free society on eve of election – Cherrie Lou Billones
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Voter voices: No choice but to vote for pro-nuclear party
- Southeast Asia: Asian Scientist Magazine – Nuclear Power Plant In Indonesia: To Build Or Not To Build – Dyna Rochmyaningsih
- Europe: Enformable – Spain shuts down oldest nuclear reactor – Lucas W Hixson
- North Europe: Bellona – Backup power problems put two Swedish reactors on ice – and cast an unpleasant light on age – Charles Digges