Sunday, February 10, 2013

• Reno Gazette-Journal – Decades-long Yucca Mountain battle could flare up – Matt Woolbright
• Tri-City Herald – Hanford Advisory Board wants to speed cleanup of highly radioactive waste spill – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Hanford board picks new vice chairwoman
• Idaho Statesman – More than 100 volunteer to leave INL jobs
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – That must have been a freaky moment – Frank Munger
• Energy Collective – Increasing Evacuation Zones May Increase Risk – Rod Adams
• OpEdNews – John Brennan’s Tenet-Like Testimony – Ray McGovern
• Pacific Free Press – Obama’s Nuclear Experiments – Andrew Kishner
• Canada: Ottawa Citizen – Liquid bomb-grade uranium to be shipped secretly from Chalk River to U.S. – Ian MacLeod

Saturday, February 09, 2013

• OPB News – Bipartisan Group Plans Overhaul For Radioactive Waste Disposal – Anna King
• Salt Lake Tribune – Bill to tighten hot-waste oversight – Judy Fahys
• Salt Lake Tribune – EnergySolutions Inc. details plans for final shareholder meeting – Judy Fahys
• Daily Republic – Letter: Powertech’s plans not good for SD’s water – Gena Parkhurst
• Energy Daily – NRC not told about thousands of changes to DOE MOX plant – George Lobsenz
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – DOE preppers – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Falling down on the job at Y-12 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12 supports Caribbean conversion – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Atwood named defense board’s GM – Frank Munger
• Charlottesville Newsplex – Gov. McDonnell Hearing from Public on Uranium Mining
• Virginian-Pilot – McDonnell hearing from public on Va. uranium mining
• Oceania: ENS – Australia Places Aboriginal Land in Park to Bar Uranium Mining
• Europe: in-Cumbria – If you’re not in west Cumbria your voice counts for less in nuclear dump debate – MP – Pam McClounie

Friday, February 08, 2013

• Tri-City Herald – PFP workers have low levels of contamination after January incident – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – DOE weighs furloughs at Hanford – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Relationship with Hanford contractors, union grows tense – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – More radioactive scraps discovered in Hanford’s K West basin – Annette Cary
• State of Idaho – Line Commission: Idaho Should Exercise Leadership in Protecting the INL as a Significant State Asset – C.L. “Butch” Otter, Governor
• Cibola County Beacon – Bipartisan Mining Cleanup Legislation Introduced
• Lincoln Journal Star – S. Dakota panel rejects uranium bill
• Rapid City Journal – Uranium mine pitched as positive – Curt Nettinga
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – The look of mercury – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Sen. John F. Kennedy (1959) at ORNL – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Will B&W’s dispute with Dan Glenn affect the outcome of the Y-12/Pantex contract award? – Frank Munger
• Augusta Chronicle – Savannah River National Laboratory scientist aids Japan nuclear cleanup
• Aiken Standard – Tritium work at SRS meets safety goals – Mike Gellatly
• Buffalo News – Nuclear waste cleanup faces delay because of Congress – Richard Baldwin
• DefenseNews – U.S. Navy Nuclear Refueling Postponed Due To Budget Crisis
• StoreNuclearFuel – Storage of spent nuclear fuel in the US
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Shaw AREVA MOX Services, LLC (Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility); Order Approving Indirect Transfer of Control of Construction Authorization Pages
• Oceania: ABC – Western Sydney fights radioactive waste plans – Liz Foschia
• Oceania: BigPond News – Kemps Creek won’t get radioactive waste
• Europe: BBC News – Atomic Weapons Establishment ‘failed to comply’
• Europe: The Guardian – Sellafield to be prosecuted for sending radioactive waste to wrong disposal site
• Europe: in-Cumbria – Lillyhall waste plan on display
• Europe: The Independent – Sellafield in court over allegedly dumping bags of radioactive waste at a landfill site – Pat Hurst
• Europe: NW Evening Mail – Sellafield in nuclear waste guilty plea
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Councillor quits in nuclear dump row
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Sellafield admits sending radioactive waste to landfill site
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Cumbria County Council chiefs outline nuclear repository opposition to government
• Europe: World Nuclear News – Fuel cycle roundup #5
• Europe: Energy Business Review – Areva to recycle spent fuel from Borssele nuclear plant in Netherlands

Thursday, February 07, 2013

• Las Vegas SUN – Decades-long Yucca Mountain battle could flare up
• Science 2.0 – “Yucca Mountain Will Be There Long After Senator Reid Is Gone” – Hank Campbell
• Danville.patch – Letter: Plutonium Bomb Cores Coming to Livermore Labs is Potentially Illegal – Marylia Kelley
• Tri-City Herald – More radioactive scraps discovered in Hanford’s K West basin – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Firm backs off strong wording used in review of Reach center finance issues – Sara Schilling
• EarthFix – Idaho Nuclear Task Force Issues Final Recommendations – Aaron Kunz
• Twin Falls Times-News – Report: Idaho Should Take Lead in Nuclear Research – Melissa Davlin
• Salt Lake Tribune – EnergySolutions’s sale advances in bid for private ownership – Judy Fahys
• Albuquerque Journal – Correction: Nuclear Sites Recycling Story
• Carlsbad Current-Argus – Proposed procedure change at WIPP would end ‘redundant’ testing of nuclear materials – Natalie Gross
• Knoxville News Sentinel – ORNL-led team hails breakthrough in mercury research – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Government adds 7 charges against former TVA nuke official – Ed Marcum
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Frank Munger: With contract on hold, Y-12 employees have extra time to worry – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ORNL-led team hails breakthrough in mercury research; could have global implications – Frank Munger
• Oak Ridger – From secret calutrons to cyclotrons – D. Ray Smith
• Aiken Standard – SRR donates first tank closure marker to Cold War collection – Mike Gellatly
• Virginian-Pilot – Uranium mining efforts persist below the surface – Julian Walker
• NARUC – Nuclear Waste, Agency Rulemaking Reform , Emergency Response Top Winter Meetings Agenda – Rob Thormeyer
• POWERnews – States, Utilities Ask Fed. Court for Expedited Suspension of Nuclear Waste Fees
• Reuters – Exclusive: Obama considering MIT physicist Moniz for energy secretary – sources – Roberta Rampton and Jeff Mason
• Washington Post – Letters: What to do with nuclear waste
• DOE – Energy Department, Treasury Announce Availability of $150 Million in Tax Credits for Clean Energy Manufacturers
• Canada: CBC News – No money for Cameco after sale of boat that had uranium spill – Kevin O’Connor
• Europe: BBC News – Cumbria nuclear waste: Councillors ‘intimidated’, says peer
• Europe: Coastal Scene – Sizewell C: Campaigners call for end to N-plant plans after radioactive waste ‘set back’ – David Green
• Europe: The Independent – Sellafield in court over allegedly dumping bags of radioactive waste at a landfill site – Pat Hurst
• Europe: ITV News – Sellafield pleads guilty to illegally dumping nuclear waste
• Europe: noodls – Arrival of used nuclear fuel from the Netherlands for recycling
• Europe: Reuters – Major nuclear accident would cost France $580 bln -study – Michel Rose

Wednesday, February 06, 2013

• Nevada Appeal – 2013 Legislature: Upcoming court ruling could restart Yucca licensing, forcing request for bigger budget – Geoff Dornan
• Tri-Valley CAREs – Community Forum: Livermore Lab at the Crossroad
• NY Times blog – Study Slams Nuclear Waste Practices at Hanford – Dylan Walsh
• Tri-City Herald – Work under way to dig huge hole at Hanford – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Powder at Hanford found to be salt
• Spokesman Review blog – Former Sen. Larry Craig: Nuke agreement, like Constitution, may need changes over time – Betsy Z. Russell
• Albuquerque Journal – No Layoffs, Furloughs Planned at Sandia – John Fleck
• Albuquerque Journal – Could MOX Plant Cuts Provide DOE Nuclear Budget Slack? – John Fleck
• Cibola County Beacon – Hospital Miners’ Testing Policy – Rosanne Boyett
• EECAP – 2012–Not a Good Year for EEOICPA Claim Payments – Deb Jerison
• HNN Huntingtonnews – Possible Huntington Pilot Plant Site Profile Revision; FOIA filed – Tony E. Rutherford
• Knoxville News Sentinel – TVA seeks 20-year license extensions for Sequoyah plant – Ed Marcum
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Flat sales, fuel costs drive TVA’s quarterly loss – Ed Marcum
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Frank Munger: With contract on hold, Y-12 employees have extra time to worry – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – IG looks at Poneman’s ‘premium class’ travel arrangements; justified for security reasons – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Advisory board’s Feb. 13 meeting – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ‘Bridging the Gap’ at ORNL, March 5-6 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Clinch Valley Science Fair, Feb. 23-24 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – DOE notifying employees affected by cyber breach; no word yet on Oak Ridge – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Blount homeschoolers win Middle Science Bowl – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Oak Ridge D&D chief leaving – Frank Munger
• Augusta Chronicle – Cold War artifact collection gains nuclear waste marker – Rob Pavey
• Aiken Standard – Column: Whither nuclear at SRS? – Clint Wolfe
• Aiken Standard – Six S.C. congressmen ask to Obama to fully fund MOX project – Mike Gellatly
• Chatham Star Tribune – Senator kills uranium mining bill – Tim Davis
• Warren Record – Virginia senator kills uranium bill, but issue not resolved – Tim Davis
• Atomic Heritage Foundation – AHF Releases 2012 Annual Report
• DOE:IG – Alleged Wasteful Spending Regarding International Travel for the Department of Energy’s Deputy Secretary, INS-SR-13-01
• Canada: Boundary Sentinel – Comment: Why this problem can’t be buried – Miranda Holmes
• Canada: Canada NewsWire – Minister Blaney Releases Scientific Advisory Committee Report on Depleted Uranium
• Europe: Nature – Editorial: In a hole–It is in Britain’s best interests to keep looking for a site for a deep nuclear-waste repository.
• Europe: New Civil Engineer – Sellafield clean up ‘a rip off’ – Mark Hansford
• Europe: New Scientist – Nuclear knock-backs on UK’s new reactors and old waste – Michael Marshall
• Europe: Nuclear Engineering – Sellafield decommissioning costs to keep rising, says report
• Europe: Stroud News and Journal – Fresh claims of radioactive contamination at former MoD airfield at Aston Down – Hayley Mortimer
• Europe: Times & Star – Sellafield nuclear plant set to become Europe’s biggest building site – Phil Coleman
• Europe: Reuters – REFILE-Urenco sale plan divides secretive nuclear fuel club – Geert De Clercq and Fredrik Dahl
• West Africa: International Business Times – In Niger, New Disputes Over French Uranium Extraction – Jacey Fortin
• West Africa: Press TV – Uranium supply in Mali, not rights issue, incentive to French war: James Fetzer

Tuesday, February 05, 2013

• KRNV 4 – Decades-long Yucca Mountain battle could flare up
• Las Vegas SUN – Nevada awaiting court ruling on Yucca Mountain licensing
• Democratic Underground – Nevada Desert Experience Sacred Peace Walk 2013 March 23-29
• National Journal – Five Energy/Environment Hill Staffers to Watch – Amy Harder
• Tri-City Herald – Tank farm contractor received $23M in 2012
• EarthFix – How Long Will Nuclear Research Power Idaho’s Desert Economy? – Aaron Kunz
• Havasu News – Appeals court upholds reopening of uranium mine near Grand Canyon – Mary Shinn
• Santa Fe New Mexican – Energy Department pushes for LANL metal reuse – Staci Matlock
• WILL.Illinois.edu – US Rep Shimkus Backs Yucca Mountain to Store Nuclear Waste
• ANWAG Blog – When NIOSH breaks the law – Terrie Barrie
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Labor Dept. schedules Feb. 13 meetings in Oak Ridge on sick nuclear worker benefits – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Late-May Summit in Oak Ridge – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ORNL team to get Beynon Prize – Frank Munger
• Aiken Standard – Editorial: Another government boondoggle
• Columbus Dispatch – Cost, goal of plutonium-fuel factory questioned – Sammy Fretwell
• Lower Hudson Journal – Letter: Fracking’s harm knows no borders – Marian H. Rose, Ph.D.
• High Country News – Views of Chu – Jodi Peterson
• OilPrice – Chu’s Departure Means End to Energy Era – Daniel J. Graeber
• Homeland Security Neswire – Wastewater from fracking is often highly radioactive
• NARUC – States, Utilities Seek Expedited Suspension of Nuclear Waste – Fees, Review of DOE Filing
• NEI Nuclear Notes – Completely Comfortable: Next to a Nuclear Repository – Mark Flanagan
• Europe: Borehamwood & Elstree Times – Council rejects N-waste dump plan
• West Africa: Bloomberg – Niger in Talks With Areva for Uranium Mines to Give More Funds – Franz Wild

Monday, February 04, 2013

• Wall Street Journal – Senators Find Common Ground on Nuclear-Waste Bill – Ryan Tracy
• Nuclear Street – Judge: Government Must Pay for Decommissioned Rancho Seco Nuclear Plant Waste Storage
• Tri-City Herald – Payout to Hanford, PNNL workers hits $1 billion
• Cache Valley Daily – Court sides with BLM in uranium mine challenge
• Cincinnati Enquirer – Nuclear centrifuge project uncertain – Deirdre Shesgreen
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Frank Munger: Appropriations role to require balancing act – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Much at stake in awarding of Y-12 contract
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – DOE’s cyber incident – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Claus Daniel to speak at FORNL – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Asher acting NNSA’s nuclear security chief – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Dragon’s teeth at Y-12 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Muddy Boot for Dr. Caldwell – Frank Munger
• Barnegat-Manahawkin Patch – Lautenberg: Answers Needed on Oyster Creek Safety Procedures – Sen. Frank Lautenberg
• Long Island Press – Federal Report Casts Doubt on Future of Brookhaven National Laboratory’s Heavy Ion Collider – Spencer Rumsey
• Enformable – The resignation of Steven Chu – Karl Grossman
• Global Research – Multimillion Dollar Bonanza: Nuclear Waste from US Weapons Industry To Be Sold for Profit? – William Boardman
• Science 2.0 – Energy Secretary Steven Chu Has Resigned – Here Are 3 Things We Need In The Next One – Hank Campbell
• DOE:NE – Used Fuel Disposition Research & Development
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Paducah
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Request To Amend a License To Export Radioactive Waste
  
• Canada: Waste Management World – Anti-nuclear protesters stop train near uranium plant
• Europe: Bloomberg – U.K.’s Cleanup of Sellafield Nuclear Site Too Slow, Panel Says – Craig Stirling
• Europe: Daily Telegraph – Centrica pulls out of project to build new UK nuclear plants and launches £500m share buy-back – Emily Gosden
• Europe: Daily Telegraph blog – New nuclear reactor programme is jeopardised by old waste – Geoffrey Lean
• Europe: The Guardian – Sellafield management sharply criticised by Commons committee – Terry Macalister
• Europe: House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts – Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: Managing risk at Sellafield–Twenty-fourth Report of Session 2012–13 (pdf-378K)
• Europe: The Independent – The triple whammy for nuclear power: Centrica, Cumbria, clean-up costs – Tom Bawden
• Europe: The Independent – Nuclear storage clean-up bill could cost £70bn – Steve Connor, Oliver Wright
• Europe: ITV News – Sellafield Ltd ‘welcomes’ report
• Europe: ITV News – Urgent action needed over ‘critical’ nuclear waste problem
• Europe: Metro UK – Sellafield nuclear waste clean-up bill ‘at £67.5billion and rising’
• Europe: Publicservice.co.uk – Nuclear waste costs ”spiral” over £67.5bn
• Europe: Resource Magazine – Sellafield clean-up costs taxpayers £1.5bn a year – Annie Reece
• Europe: RT – Sellafield snafu: UK nuclear site shutdown totals $160bln amid cost overruns
• Europe: Times & Star – Cumbrian politicians to meet minister in bid to revive nuclear store site search – Phil Coleman
• Europe: Times & Star – Sellafield clean-up cost at £67.5 billion – new report
• Europe: Westmorland Gazette – Uncertainty remains over whether Lake District is excluded from GDF nuclear waste plan – Ellis Butcher