Sunday, January 20, 2013

• Fairewinds Energy Education – Press Release: San Onofre: Expert testimony shows how Edison’s failures led to nuclear crisis
• Los Angeles Times – Environmental group argues against restarting San Onofre plant – Abby Sewell
• Los Angeles Times – Regulators ask Edison questions about San Onofre restart plan – Abby Sewell
• Power Engineering – Steps taken for possible restart at nuke plant
• Bismarck Tribune – Radioactive oil patch waste on the loose in N.D. – Lauren Donovan
• Prairie Island Indian Community – Xcel Energy Faces More Scrutiny Over Nuclear Waste Storage at Minnesota’s Prairie Island
• New York Times – Rift Widens Over Mining of Uranium in Virginia – Trip Gabriel
• NHK World – Contractors fail to pay decontamination workers

Saturday, January 19, 2013

• Northwest Public Radio – Federal Report Blasts Hanford’s Waste Treatment Plant Project – Anna King
• AFP Google – Pro-nuclear activists get pulpit at Sundance – Romain Raynaldy
• Connecticut Post – Group says NRC rushing nuke-waste report – David McCumber
• Heartland blog – The Global Warming Scare (CAGW) and the Nuclear Radiation Scare (CARE) – James H. Rust
• SNL Financial – Republicans warn new NRC regulations could force some nukes to close – Matthew Bandyk
• UN: BBC News – Nations agree on legally binding mercury rules – Mark Kinver
• Canada: Waterloo Record – Bruce Power nuclear takeover suggested in poll
• Asia-Pacific: RT – Fish with radiation over 2,500 times safe levels found near Fukushima plant
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Concern for Fukushima people – Azby Brown
• Europe: Westmorland Gazette – Anti nuclear ‘dump’ protest staged on shore of Windermere

Friday, January 18, 2013

• Camarillo Acorn – Simi field lab still radioactive – Carissa Marsh
• SFGate – Diablo Canyon quake safety key issue – David R. Baker
• Power Engineering – Restart decision on San Onofre reactor could come in March
• Power Engineering – Consultant says San Onofre changes needed review
• Ventura County Reporter – “Greenwashing” Rocketdyne–Secret plan exposed after secret document posted online – Michael Collins
• Ventura County Star – Letter: Nuclear plant risks – Samuel M. Rosen
• Salt Lake Tribune – Utah nuke company execs get millions in bonuses – Judy Fahys
• CBS Detroit – Proposed New Nuclear Reactor At Fermi Plant Clears Hurdle
• E&E Daily – Endgame close in legal tussles over Vermont Yankee – Colin Sullivan
• Press TV – Secret nuclear redesign will keep US subs running silently for 50 years
• NRC Blog – NRC Forms Special San Onofre Review Panel – Victor Dricks
• Canada: Toronto Star – Bruce Power nuclear takeover suggested in poll – John Spears
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – CROOKED CLEANUP: Government confirms 5 cases of shoddy decontamination work – Asahi Shimbun
• Asia-Pacific: Fukushima Diary – Greenpeace “Cesium from fish sold at supermarkets” – Iori Mochizuki
• Asia-Pacific: Focus Taiwan – Government blasted for issuing ‘threat’ in defense of nuclear power – 2013/01/18 21:56:06
• Asia: The Economist – China wants more nuclear plants than anyone else. Will it build them safely?
• South Asia: Deccan Herald – Exposing the myth of nuclear necessity – Ward Wilson
• Europe: this is Somerset – Nuclear power station contracts
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Big turnout at nuclear store meeting
• Middle East: IPS – Iran’s Nuclear Plans Drop Off Israeli Radar – Pierre Klochendler
• North Africa: UPI – Egypt announces uranium discoveries

Thursday, January 17, 2013

• Forbes – U.S. Launches 35-Year Quest For A New Yucca Mountain – Jeff McMahon
• AlisoViejo.patch – Anti-Nuke Group Expert: SCE Put Cart Before Horse – Adam Townsend
• KPBS – Nuclear Safety Groups Petition NRC – Alison St John
• Orange County Register – Activists make case for San Onofre license action – Pat Brennan
• San Onofre Safety – Nightmare of Nuclear Waste – Donna Gilmore
• Crosscut Seattle – OK, Hanford: Time to start listening to whistleblowers – John Stang
• Seattle Times – Hanford official had sought halt to waste-treatment project – Hal Bernton
• Lubbock Avalanche-Journal – NNSA awards contract for Pantex Wind Farm – Jim McBride
• Maryland Heights Patch – Radioactive Waste Contaminating Flood Plain, EPA to Hold Public Meeting
• Wicked Local Plymouth – Nuke Matters: Groundwater pollution at Pilgrim Nuclear Station – Meg Sheehan and Genevieve Byrne
• Bloomberg – Energy Secretary Chu Said to Plan Departure From Cabinet – Hans Nichols & Jim Snyder
• Brookings Institution – Nuclear Arms Control: Another New START – Steven Pifer
• IEER – Groups Rebut the Waste Storage Claims of Nuclear Industry
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – CROOKED CLEANUP: Photos, videos show contractors lied in decontamination reports
• Asia: RocketNews24 – Atomic Batteries for Sale on Chinese Website, Good for 20 Continuous Years of Pocket-Sized Nuclear Power
• Europe: The Economist – Back on the front burner
• Europe: World Nuclear News – UK shifts Urenco oversight
• North Europe: Bellona – Russian nuclear icebreaker traversing Norwegian waters, worrying Bellona – Charles Digges

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

• Bay Area Indymedia – Plutonium Pits Coming Back to Livermore – Tara Dorabji
• KPBS – Edison Wants San Onofre Documents From State Investigation Kept Secret – Amita Sharma
• OC Weekly blog – Expert Testimony Explains Errors in San Onofre Nuke Plant Saga – Nick Schou
• Power Engineering – Restart decision on reactor could come in March
• San Luis Obispo Tribune – Nuclear Regulatory Commission chief visits Diablo Canyon – David Sneed
• Albuquerque Journal – Using wind power to dismantle nukes – John Fleck
• Houston Chronicle – Hearing on nuclear plant spurs debate – Nolan Hicks
• ENS – Nuclear Industry Rushing Spent Fuel Assessment, Groups Warn
• Fairewinds Energy Education – Repairs at Four Nuclear Reactors Are So Expensive That They Should Not Be Restarted
• TakePart – The Controversy Over This Documentary Is Likely to Burn Very, Very Hot – Jon Bowermaster
• DOE – Secretary Chu, Governor Gregoire Issue Statement on Hanford Cleanup
• Canada: Waterloo Record – Bruce County group opposes burying nuclear waste near Lake Huron
• Asia-Pacific: Nature – Fukushima: Fallout of fear – Geoff Brumfiel
• Asia-Pacific: Nature – Editorial: A sustained commitment to mental-health treatment for Fukushima evacuees could also help survivors of future disasters.
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – 9 utilities spent 2.4 trillion yen to sell public on nuke power
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Nuclear Regulation Authority to broaden definition of active faults
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – French woman who fled during nuclear crisis sues NHK for firing her
• Southeast Asia: Channelnewsasia – Malaysia nuclear plan delayed
• South Asia: Asian Age – ‘Won’t jeopardise safety for N-power’
• Europe: The Independent blog – What is the point of replacing Trident? Perhaps we’ll find out tomorrow – Andy McSmith
• Europe: News & Star – More than 7,300 sign No Nuclear Dump in the Lake District petition – James Johnson
• Europe: Westmorland Gazette – Cumbria nuclear waste depository opposed at meeting in Keswick – Daniel Orr
• Europe: Bloomberg – Mitsubishi Backs German Offshore Wind Projects With $765 Million – Stefan Nicola
• Europe: Nuclear Energy Insider – Waste encapsulation: nuclear sector keeps eye on Finland’s progress – Peter Taberner
• Europe: Nuclear Energy Insider – Nuclear Energy Insider Policy Brief 8 – 14 January 2013 – K. Steiner-Dicks
• Europe: Nuclear Energy Insider – Weekly Intelligence Brief 8 – 15 January 2013 – K. Steiner-Dicks

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

• Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) – Feinstein on Department of Energy’s Interim Nuclear Waste Storage Program
• AP Google – Troubled Calif. nuke plant inches toward restart – Michael R. Blood
• Laguna Beach Independent – San Onofre’s Safety Challenged – Rita Robinson
• Los Angeles Times – NRC chief says San Onofre plant won’t reopen until it is safe – Abby Sewell
• Orange County Register – Restart decision on reactor could come in March – Pat Brennan
• Government Accountability Project – Whistleblower vs. The Most Contaminated Nuclear Site in the Western Hemisphere – Alison Glick
• Indianz – Native Sun News: Uranium mine in Black Hills draws attention – Talli Nauman
• Clean Energy News – Nuke Industry Pushes for Weak Nuclear Waste Review
• Aiken Standard – DOE outlines nuclear waste strategy – Mike Gellatly
• Patriot Ledger – Pilgrim nuclear plant now in 6th day offline – Lane Lambert
• Philadelphia Magazine – “When It Goes Bad, It Goes Really Bad” – Victor Fiorillo
• Wilkes Barre Times-Leader – Nuke-plant inspectors are probing shutdowns – Bill O’Boyle
• New York Times – 1st Part of Offshore Wind Power Line Moves Ahead – Matthew L. Wald
• Sandwich Broadsider – Bourne, Sandwich, state to discuss nuke evacuation plan Wednesday
• Wicked Local Plymouth – Pilgrim Station: Million dollar mitigation – Frank Mand
• AP Google – Appeals court in NYC hears nuclear plant arguments – Larry Neumeister
• BurlingtonFreePress – Vermont’s day in court over VY – Terri Hallenbeck
• Vermont Journalism Trust – Appellate judges hear Vermont Yankee case – Andrew Stein
• Wall Street Journal – Appeals court in NYC hears nuclear plant arguments
• Yes Vermont Yankee – Vermont Yankee: State Claims “Economic” Argument for Closing Plant – Meredith Angwin
• All Things Nuclear – Fission Stories #125: St. Lucie and Freedom of the Press – Dave Lochbaum
• Courthouse News Service – Assault Rifles to Be OK’d at Spent Nuke Fuel Spots – Nick McCann
• FSRN – Nuclear watchdogs urge NRC’s study on nuclear waste to include key safety concerns – Diane Curran
• Industrial Safety and Security Source – Public Must Know Nuke Safety Exemptions
• Physicians for Social Responsibility – Groups: Nuclear Energy Institute Is Pushing NRC to Shortchange Environmental Review of Long-Term Radioactive Waste Storage
• Asia-Pacific: TruthDive – Contractors employed to decontaminate Fukushima sites lacked proper knowledge
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Ship that survived 1954 H-bomb test draws renewed attention – Akira Hatano
• Asia-Pacific: NHK World – Poll: 43% want “zero nuclear power” policy review
• Asia: Global Times – The invisible price of nuclear – Fang Yunyu
• South Asia: Ria Novosti – Russia to Lend Bangladesh $500 Million for NPP Construction – Aleksey Nikolskiy
• Europe: Reuters – UK starts approval process for Hitachi-GE reactor design

Monday, January 14, 2013

• KAIT – EPA hearing on St. Louis Co. contamination site
• Rappahannock – Keep uranium mining ban, Sen. Ruff says – Samantha Morgan
• Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA7) – Rep. Markey urges DOE to abandon radioactive waste “recycling” proposal.
• OpEdNews – Unlawful Nuclear Power in Vermont – William Boardman
• Vermont Public Radio – At Stake In Yankee Appeal: State’s Rights and A Big Legal Bill – John Dillon
• PR Newswire – Groups To Warn Industry Is Pressuring NRC To “Flout” Court Order On Environmental Impact Of Nuclear Reactor Waste
• YubaNet – Kevin Kamps: Obama administration policy would launch unprecedented numbers of risky high-level radioactive waste shipments
• Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – January/February 2013
• New York Times – The Myth of Nuclear Necessity – Ward Wilson
• Next Big Future – Carnival of Nuclear Energy 139
• Canada: National Post – Uranium One bought by top Russian shareholder ARMZ for $1.3-billion – Peter Koven
• Canada: Reuters – Update 2-Russia’s ARMZ to take Uranium One private for $1.3 bln – Melissa Akin and Avik Das
• Asia-Pacific: Enformable – Radiation data released by Japan not comparable to actual levels measured by USS George Washington
• South Asia: AFP Google – Bangladesh PM to ink $1.5bn arms, nuclear deals in Russia
• Europe: East Anglian Daily Times – Sizewell: Ex-physicist rejects nuclear safety plans – Tom Potter
• Russia: RT – Rosatom spares no expense to buy out Canada’s Uranium One