Sunday, February 03, 2013

• Washington Post – Editorial: A central nuclear waste repository is years away
• Albuquerque Journal – Research Sheds Light on 7 Accidental Deaths at LANL – Kathaleen Roberts
• Dayton Daily News – Gulf War veterans still sick and not getting better – Andrew McGinn
• USA Today – Fate of Ohio centrifuge project murky in 2nd Obama term – Deirdre Shesgreen
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Y-12 protesters talk cause, sacrifice during appearance at Knoxville church – Mike Blackerby
• Oak Ridge Today – B&W Y-12 historian assists in LMU display design
• The Tennessean – Oak Ridge security breakdown was wake-up call – Duane W. Gang
• The Tennessean – Nun broke in to Oak Ridge to bring ‘truth’ – S.L. Alligood
• ArcaMax – Critics fear $7 billion plutonium fuel factory boondoggle – Sammy Fretwell
• Staunton News Leader – Uranium mining bill needs to stay dead – Bruce Dorries
• NEI Nuclear Notes – NEI Statement in Response to Resignation of Energy Secretary Steven Chu – Marv Fertel
• OpEdNews – Clothes with Radioactive Zippers? – William Boardman
• Canada: Bayshore Broadcasting News Centre – No Nuke Dump
• Europe: Financial Times – Governments accused over Sellafield expense – Helen Warrell
• Europe: Harborough Mail – Sellafield legacy cost still rising
• Europe: The Independent – Nuclear storage clean-up bill could cost £70bn – Steve Connor
• Europe: NW Evening Mail – Sellafield report published
• Europe: NW Evening Mail – Repository search is called off
• Europe: NW Evening Mail – Sellafield jobs boost
• Europe: NW Evening Mail – UK and Korea pledge nuclear cooperation
• Europe: NW Evening Mail – No title: It would be strange if I didn’t start without referring to the debate around a Geological Disposal Facility for nuclear waste here in West Cumbria
• Europe: Yorkshire Post – Councillors say no to nuclear dump near Lakes
• Europe: Beyond Nuclear – Victory! No radioactive waste dump in Cumbria, UK
• Europe: Bloomberg – U.K.’s Cleanup of Sellafield Nuclear Site Too Slow, Panel Says – Craig Stirling

Saturday, February 02, 2013

• Las Vegas Review-Journal – DOE Secretary Chu, who battled Yucca project, resigns – Keith Rogers and Steve Tetreault
• Canada Free Press – IER Statement on Secretary Chu’s Resignation
• Huffington Post – Energy Secretary Steven Chu Resigns, Chastises Climate Deniers and Clean-Energy Critics – Tom Zeller Jr.
• Tri-City Herald – Energy Secretary Chu’s resignation memo
• Washington Post blog – Energy Secretary Steven Chu resigning – Al Kamen
• Sacramento Bee – SMUD wins $34.6 million nuclear waste suit, but won’t see the money soon – Mark Glover
• San Diego Union-Tribune – No more blank checks for utilities – Rochelle Becker
• San Diego Union-Tribune – State AG to enter probe on nuclear plant – Morgan Lee
• Tri-City Herald – Chu, upbeat about Hanford vit plant, announces retirement from DOE – Annette Cary
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Who’s running Y-12? Feds and contractor won’t say
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Wartime – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Staff changes for Sen. Lamar Alexander – Frank Munger
• Virginian-Pilot – Uranium ban to remain in place
• UAE National – Can thorium become the shale fracking of atomic energy? – April Yee
• Europe: The Independent – Law could force nuclear waste on Cumbria – Mike Glover
• Europe: PennEnergy – Nuclear Waste Safe Say Magnox

Friday, February 01, 2013

• Waste Management World – States, Utilities Seek Expedited Suspension of Nuclear Waste Fees, Review of DOE Filing
• San Jose Mercury News – Weapons-grade plutonium could be trucked to Livermore, watchdog groups say – Jeremy Thomas
• San Jose Mercury News – Sacramento utility gets $35M in nuclear waste case
• Tri-City Herald – Governor Jay Inslee wants more tanks at Hanford – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Hanford union contract to expire without extension in place – Annette Cary
• Daily Camera – Superior to host Rocky Flats author Kristen Iversen on Wednesday – John Aguilar
• Telluride Daily Planet – Sheep Mountain Alliance appeals uranium mill ruling – Heather Sackett
• Telluride Daily Planet – Energy Fuels buys stock in VA. Energy Resources Inc. – Collin McRann
• Albuquerque Journal – Pantex: on schedule dismantling nukes, but infrastructure problems remain – John Fleck
• CancerKick – Cancer map may show enormous St. Louis cluster – Leisa Zigman
• Knoxville News Sentinel – NNSA: Cost of Y-12 break-in at least $15M — so far – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Audit report: 3.7 million nuclear weapon components in storage at Pantex – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Who’s running Y-12? – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Secretary Chu announces departure plans – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – What was the cost of the Y-12 security breach? $15M spent on response, but tab likely much higher – Frank Munger
• Strategic Defence Intelligence – Energy Solutions to recycle contaminated metals for US Navy
• Citrus County Chronicle – Spent nuke fuel to stay put – Pat Faherty
• South Florida Sun-Sentinel – Decade after cleanup, Superfund site has no takers – David Fleshler
• Aiken Leader – MOX Construction at SRS Faces Suspension in Sequestration According to “Exchange Monitor” – Thomas Clements
• AP Google – Uranium mining proposal abandoned in Virginia – Steve Szkotak
• Chatham Star Tribune – Uranium mining, health risks, and medical geology – Noel T. Boaz, Ph.D, M.D.
• Chatham Star Tribune – Supervisors ask General Assembly to keep uranium moratorium – Tim Davis
• Chatham Star Tribune – Battle won over uranium mining, but fight continues – Brennan Long
• Lynchburg News and Advance – Uranium-mining bill dies in Senate – Ray Reed
• Martinsville Bulletin – Mining foes: Battle not over
• AP Google – Energy Secretary Chu to step down – Matthew Daly
• New York Times – Energy Secretary to Depart, as Administration Vacancies Mount – Matthew L. Wald
• Power Engineering – Nuclear Energy Institute responds to Chu’s departure
• Reuters – Chu praises Gregoire, possible choice for Obama energy team – Timothy Gardner
• Nuclear Age Peace Foundation – The Sunflower: Issue #187 – February 2013
• DOE – Letter from Secretary Steven Chu to Energy Department Employees Announcing His Decision Not to Serve a Second Term
• House Committee on Energy and Commerce – An Unhappy Anniversary: With 15 Years of Broken Promises, Nuclear Waste and Liability Costs Continue to Pile Up
• Europe: BBC News – Is it all over for Cumbrian nuclear waste store plans?
• Europe: Daily Telegraph – From Somerset to Sellafield: it’s a thumbs-down to storing nuclear waste – Geoffrey Lean
• Europe: Energy Live News – Union ‘confident’ nuclear waste facility will go through – Priyanka Shrestha
• Europe: Gloucestershire Gazette – Defuelling, which had come to a halt due to problems at a recycling plant in Sellafield, resumes at Oldbury Nuclear Power Station – Marion Sauvebois
• Europe: Isle of Man News – Government relieved over nuclear waste dump decision – Manx Radio
• Europe: Times & Star – ‘We’ll go it alone’ say councils despite county’s nuclear veto
• Europe: Times & Star – Cumbrian MP fighting for law change after nuclear store decision – John Connell
• Europe: UPI – British council votes down nuke depository

Thursday, January 31, 2013

• Christian Science Monitor – Nuclear waste storage in limbo as Obama axes Yucca Mountain funds – Michael B. Farrell
• Platts – NARUC, nuclear industry ask court to reopen waste fee case – Elaine Hiruo
• Livermore.Patch – Letter to the Editor: Plutonium Bomb Cores Coming to Livermore Labs is Potentially Illegal – Marylia Kelley
• NBC Bay Area – Plutonium Plan Mobilizes East Bay Community – Kris Sanchez
• Aiken Leader – MOX Construction at SRS Faces Suspension in Sequestration “Exchange Monitor” Reports – Thomas Clements
• AP Google – Uranium mining proposal abandoned in Virginia – Steve Szkotak
• Chatham Star Tribune – Senator kills uranium mining bill
• Lake Gaston Gazette Observer – Pro-uranium bill withdrawn by sponsor – Patrick Love
• Lynchburg News and Advance – Do or die day for uranium in General Assembly? – Mary Beth Jackson
• Richmond Times Dispatch – Pro-uranium mining bill appears headed for defeat – Rex Springston
• Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald – Senate panel to hear Va. uranium mining bill
• Virginia Business Magazine – Watkins withdraws uranium bill in General Assembly
• Virginian-Pilot – Va. uranium debate done for year after bill stricken – Julian Walker
• Washington Post blog – End of the road for uranium in Virginia? – Peter Galuszka
• DOE – Secretary Chu Tours the 2013 Washington Auto Show – Rebecca Matulka
• DOE – ARPA-E and the Military Team Up on New Technologies and Summit Partnerships – Alexa McClanahan
• DOE – A Record Year for the American Wind Industry – Heather Zichal
• DOE – Energy Department and Catholic University Improve Safety of Nuclear Waste – Erin Szulman
• DOE:EM – DOE to Address Small Businesses Barriers in Government Contracting at Waste Management Conference – David Sheeley
• South Asia: Energy Bangla – Nuclear power plant s groundbreaking work in Sept
• Europe: Bellona – UK plans to build permanent nuclear repository near Sellafield struck down by local vote – Charles Digges
• Europe: East Anglian Daily Times – Suffolk: New question over Sizewell after Cumbria vote – Paul Geater
• Europe: The Engineer – Doubts lead to Cumbria’s exit from nuclear storage process
• Europe: Financial Times – Cumbria rejects nuclear waste storage – Andrew Bounds
• Europe: In-Cumbria – Sellafield workers hold emergency meeting after council ‘no’ vote – Ian Duncan
• Europe: In-Cumbria – Copeland ‘may go it alone’ in N-waste search – Alan Irving
• Europe: The Guardian – Cumbria sticks it to the nuclear dump lobby – despite all the carrots on offer – Terry Macalister
• Europe: The Guardian – Nuclear expansion plan thwarted after Cumbria no vote to underground store – Martin Wainwright and Terry Macalister
• Europe: Lincolnshire Free Press – Veterans’ battle for compensation goes on as more comrades die
• Europe: London Metro – Plans for nuclear waste dump in the Lake District rejected
• Europe: Nuclear Engineering – Cumbria council votes no to repository
• Europe: Times & Star – Nuclear store: The fight is not over vows Cumbrian MP
• Europe: UK Government Digital Service – Statement by Ed Davey on the management of radioactive waste following the decisions by Cumbria County Council & Allerdale & Copeland borough councils – Rt Hon Edward Davey MP
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Sellafield workers hold emergency meeting after council ‘no’ vote – Ian Duncan
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Councillors pull out of West Cumbria nuclear site search
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Sellafield Decomissioning Director steps down – Tom Little
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Copeland ‘may go it alone’ in N-waste search – Alan Irving
• Europe: Whitehaven News – You say: N-waste questions continue
• Europe: Whitehaven News – We say: So will Copeland go it alone?
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Nuclear store: The fight is not over vows Cumbrian MP
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Sellafield unions condemn council’s veto of nuclear dump
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Nuclear store process finished in west Cumbria – Government
• Europe: Whitehaven News – CUMBRIA DECIDES: Nuclear repository
• North Europe: DR. Materialet – Radioactive waste could be sent abroad

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

• Pahrump Valley Times – DOE sets 2048 deadline for waste repository – Steve Tetreault
• ENS – U.S. Plans to Ship Plutonium Bomb Cores Across Three States
• Slate Magazine – America’s Nuclear Dumpsters – Geoffrey Brumfiel
• CNN – ‘Security incident’ at Nevada nuclear site turns up ‘non-threatening item’
• CISAC Stanford University – Science Seminar: Next Steps for U.S. Nuclear Waste Policy: Implementing the Recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Commission
• Engineering News-Record – CH2M Hill Aims to Cut Costs with New DOE Subcontracts at Hanford Nuclear Cleanup Site – Tim Newcomb
• The Oregonian – Green Oregon: John Kitzhaber calls for more tanks to hold Hanford’s high-level radioactive waste – The Oregonian
• Tri-City Herald – Oregon governor wants DOE to add more tanks for Hanford waste – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Official at DOE Hanford Office of River Protection gets award
• Farmington Daily Times – Navajo Nation uranium cleanup report released – Jenny Kane
• Cañon City Daily Record – Health department amends Cotter Corp. license – Rachel Alexander
• Cibola County Beacon – EPA Reports on Navajo Uranium Pollution – Dick Kamp
• Pueblo Chieftain – Uranium mill cleanup plan OK’d – Tracy Harmon
• HNN Huntingtonnews – ANWAG: Nuclear Workers Updates – Terrie Barrie
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Frank Munger: Turned upside down: Tough times for Y-12 workers – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel – CEO says 20 minutes at Y-12 wiped away 20 million hours of exceptional service – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Second protest filed with Government Accountability Office on Y-12/Pantex decision – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Pinching pennies in the wrong way? – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Mini-grants for science education – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Chu at car show – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ORNL panel to discuss climate-change issues at Knox screening of ‘Chasing Ice’ – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Pay raises at ORNL – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Second protest on Y-12/Pantex decision – Frank Munger
• Oak Ridger – Toy engine, radiation, electricity: shocking facts from early days – D. Ray Smith
• Oak Ridge Today – Second protest challenges Y-12, Pantex contract award – John Huotari
• Martinsville Bulletin – Uranium opponents: Bill won’t pass – Steve Szkotak
• Virginian-Pilot – Proposals to lift uranium mining ban are losing steam – Julian Walker
• Warren Record – Virginia supervisors ask state lawmakers to keep uranium moratorium – Tim Davis
• CambridgeBlog – Nuclear Waste –Too Hot to Touch – William M. Alley and Rosemarie Alley
• CounterPunch – Women &Children First! (to be Harmed by Radiation) – John LaForge
• Nuclear Engineering – US DOE award $1 million for high-temperature reactor studies
• World Nuclear News – DoE funds further HTGR studies
• DOE – Energy Department Announces New SunShot Projects to Harness the Power of Big Data
• DOE – Energy Department Expands Technical Assistance for Tribal Energy Projects
• Southeast Asia: Waste Management World – Poor Radioactive Waste Handling at Malaysian Rare Earth Refinery – Ben Messenger
• Europe: AFP Google – Blow to Cumbria’s nuclear waste plans
• Europe: Bloomberg – U.K. Nuclear Waste Vote Leaves Government Searching for Sites – Alex Morales
• Europe: BBC News – Cumbria underground nuclear waste dump voted down
• Europe: BBC News – Cumbria nuclear project rejected by councillors
• Europe: The Engineer – Tough decisions on nuclear’s hazardous legacy – Stuart Nathan
• Europe: Financial Times – Cumbria rejects nuclear waste storage – Andrew Bounds
• Europe: The Guardian – Cumbria rejects underground nuclear storage dump – Martin Wainwright
• Europe: The Guardian – Cumbria’s nuclear dump can’t bury the waste problem – Damian Carrington
• Europe: The Guardian – Cumbrian councils vote on nuclear waste burial sites – Martin Wainwright
• Europe: The Guardian – Should Cumbria host an underground nuclear waste dump?
• Europe: In-Cumbria – Cumbria County Council say ‘no’ to nuclear repository, despite Copeland voting in favour
• Europe: ITV News – No nuclear waste site for Cumbria
• Europe: ITV News – Cumbria councillors debate proposal for nuclear dump
• Europe: News & Star – Cumbria council says ‘no’ to nuclear store search
• Europe: Sky News – Cumbria Votes Against Nuclear Waste Site
• Europe: Times &Star – Nuclear store process finished in west Cumbria – Government
• Europe: Westmorland Gazette – Breaking news Cumbria says ‘no’ to underground radioactive waste repository
• Europe: World Nuclear News – UK waste policy runs aground
• Europe: World Nuclear News – Nuclear fuel tax ‘formally unconstitutional’ – Cheryl Mullin

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

• KSL-TV – Group gathers to remember Utah downwinders at vigil – Devon Dolan
• EarthFix – Gearing Up For This Week’s Report On Idaho’s Nuclear Future
• Amarillo Globe News – Second group challenges Pantex contract awarded to group led by Bechtel – Jim McBride
• Cibola County Beacon – EPA Reports on Navajo Uranium Pollution – Dick Kamp
• Financial Times – Lakes waste plan causes nuclear fission – Andrew Bounds
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Partner in new Oak Ridge security team accused of filing false claims in Iraq – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Burleson to head G4S subsidiary – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – G4S ready to ready to move past the ‘punishment stage’; security firm’s CEO says 20 minutes at Y-12 wiped away 20 million hours of exceptional service – Frank Munger
• Aiken Standard – ‘Adversarial’ relationship cited at SRS nuclear waste project – Mike Gellatly
• Beaver County Times – Fracking taps a mile-deep danger – Rachel Morgan
• Uniontown Herald Standard – Isn’t this radiation naturally occurring? – Rachel Morgan
• American Chemical Society – Energy Department Announces Radioactive Waste Strategy – Jeff Johnson
• NEI – NEI’s Resource Guide for the 113th Congress
• OilPrice – U.S. to Bury its 70,000 Tonnes of Nuclear Waste – Joao Peixe
• Platts – Uranium spot prices rise on flurry of buying activity: analysts – Jim Ostroff
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technical Advisory Committee (HTAC) Pages 6086-6087 [FR DOC# 2013-01805]
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Biological and Environmental Research Advisory Committee Page 6087 [FR DOC# 2013-01807]
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Advanced Scientific Computing Advisory Committee Pages 6087-6088 [FR DOC# 2013-01838]
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee Page 6088 [FR DOC# 2013-01836]
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: State Energy Advisory Board (STEAB) Page 6088 [FR DOC# 2013-01806]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Interim Staff Guidance: Final Interim Staff Guidance Assessing the Radiological Consequences of Accidental Releases of Radioactive Materials From Liquid Waste Tanks for Combined License Applications Pages 6149-6150
• Europe: BBC News – Cumbria’s nuclear waste debate rolls on – Chris Jackson
• Europe: Financial Times – Deep nuclear waste disposal sites gain traction – Sylvia Pfeifer
• Europe: ITV News – Full report: Opponents to nuclear waste burial speak out – Samantha Parker reports.
• Europe: ITV News – West Cumbria nuclear waste debate: argument AGAINST
• Europe: Westmorland Gazette blog – Blog: Will Cumbria stay in the nuclear repository process?
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Lakeland MP wants parliament to debate nuclear repository
• Europe: Whitehaven News – South Lakes MP asks for parliamentary debate on nuclear repository
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Impact of nuclear dump on Cumbria’s tourism ‘inconclusive’ – Ian Duncan
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Crucial vote on West Cumbria nuclear site
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Hundreds take part in underground nuclear waste store protest – Ian Duncan
• Europe: Whitehaven News – West Cumbria faces the biggest decision in its history
• North Europe: EurActiv – Le Danemark ouvre la voie à l’extraction d’uranium au Groenland

Monday, January 28, 2013

• Forbes – U.S. To Bury Almost All Existing Nuclear Waste; Recycling Deferred At Least 20 Years – Jeff McMahon
• Deseret News – Utahns pause to honor downwinders and call for Senate ratification of Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty – Marjorie Cortez
• Twin Falls Times-News – Bringing nuclear waste to Idaho – Alex Stuckey
• Kansas City Star – Honeywell begins massive move to new weapons-parts facility – Kevin Collison
• HNN Huntingtonnews – NIOSH Emails Indicate Careful Posture on Contractor and Energy Worker Compensation – Terrie Barrie
• HNN Huntingtonnews – Comments Sought on Potential Recycling of Cold War Radioactive Scrap Metals – Ohio Sierra Club Nuclear Free Committee
• Nuclear Engineering – USEC to sell spent fuel specialist NAC International
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Triple Canopy, partner in new Oak Ridge security team, accused of filing false claims in Iraq – Frank Munger
• Augusta Chronicle – ‘Adversarial’ conduct cited at SRS nuclear waste project – Rob Pavey
• WJBF-TV – Discussions On SRS Waste Clean Up Begin This Week – Randy Key
• Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald – Proposed East Coast uranium mine dividing Va., impacting Roanoke Valley – Steve Szkotak
• Washington Post – Plans to lift Va. uranium ban stalled – Errin Haines
• WSET – Local Uranium Mining Opponents Take Their Fight to Richmond – Whitney Delbridge
• FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
• DOE – Photo of the Week: Inside the 60-Inch Cyclotron – Sarah Gerrity
• Asia-Pacific: noodls – Vitrification Testing at Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant shows Stable Operation – JAIF – Japan Atomic Industrial Forum Inc.
• Europe: BBC News – Cumbria nuclear waste dump: What are councils considering? – Francesca Williams
• Europe: BBC News – Cumbria’s nuclear decision has 100,000 year legacy
• Europe: In-Cumbria – Hundreds take part in underground nuclear waste store protest – Ian Duncan
• Europe: ITV News – West Cumbria nuclear waste debate: argument FOR – Jamie Reed MP
• Europe: Times & Star – Hundreds take part in underground nuclear waste store protest – Ian Duncan
• North Europe: Copenhagen Post – Government leaning toward allowing uranium mining in Greenland – Ray Weaver