Sunday, February 10, 2013

• Reno Gazette-Journal – Decades-long Yucca Mountain battle could flare up – Matt Woolbright
• Fairewinds Energy Education – Sen. Boxer Believes that San Onofre Knew About Problems Years Earlier
• Los Angeles Times – Editorial: In the dark on San Onofre
• Quad City Times – Iowa utility still weighing future nuclear plant
• Union of Concerned Scientists – Nuclear Regulatory Commission Should Reject Lawmakers’ Call for Watering Down, Slowing Down Post-Fukushima Safety Upgrades
• Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri – Nuclear crisis info to be put on Web / About 900,000 pages of documents to be digitized, available in about 2 years
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Nuclear power and press freedom
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Combined power generator-water heaters slash power bills
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Japan’s wind power generation capacity growth slows after disaster
• South Asia: PTI – Anti-nuke protesters threaten to picket KNPP

Saturday, February 09, 2013

• AllGov – Edison and Mitsubishi Implicated in Radioactive Leak at Nuclear Power Plant – Ken Broder
• Bloomberg – NRC Probing Edison Unit’s Documents on Nuclear Plant – Brian Wingfield
• Enformable – San Onofre restart issue growing more contentious and convoluted – Lucas W Hixson
• LA Times blog – San Onofre design issues probed by regulatory commission – Abby Sewell
• Orange County Register – NRC investigating San Onofre information – Pat Brennan
• San Diego Union-Tribune – DAVY: Rather see science, not fiction, behind nuclear plants – Kent Davy
• San Diego Union-Tribune – NRC Probes Accuracy of San Onofre Documents – Morgan Lee
• Salt Lake Tribune – Bill to tighten hot-waste oversight – Judy Fahys
• Columbus Dispatch – Obama set to cut nuclear stockpile – R. Jeffrey Smith
• Energy Daily – NRC not told about thousands of changes to DOE MOX plant – George Lobsenz
• Ocala Star-Banner – Editorial: Nuclear lessons
• Tampa Bay Times – Activist’s passion lives on as Crystal River nuclear plant dies – Bill Stevens
• AP Google – Mass. nuclear plant shuts down during snowstorm
• Oceania: ENS – Australia Places Aboriginal Land in Park to Bar Uranium Mining
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Nuclear watchdog execs held 30 illicit meetings with power firms
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – METI panel wants utilities monopolies to end by 2020
• South Asia: Daily Pioneer – Decoding nuclear energy . – MV Ramana

Friday, February 08, 2013

• California Current – Juice: PG&E Did What? – Rochelle Becker and John Geesman
• Daily Californian – Berkeley City Council asks university to halt management of Livermore and Los Alamos labs – Gautham Thomas
• KPBS – Edison Sharply Denies Knowing About Faulty Steam Generators – Marissa Cabrera, Amita Sharma, Alison St John
• Los Angeles Times – Edison rejects Sen. Boxer’s claim about San Onofre generators – Abby Sewel
• Orange County Register – Edison says it was unaware of generator problems – Pat Brennan
• Pleasanton Weekly – The lab’s giant laser misses key deadline – Tim Hunt
• Power Engineering – Report: Edison knew risks
• Reuters – Calif grid planning for 2nd summer without San Onofre output – Eileen O’Grady
• San Diego Union-Tribune – Nuke Plant Operator Disputes Safety Allegations Mitsubishi: Design of Generators Led to Damage – Morgan Lee
• YubaNet – NRC should release document indicating prior knowledge of design problems at San Onofre nuclear reactors
• Toledo Blade – U.S. regulators schedule hearing on harm DTE Energy’s proposed Fermi 3 would have on snake
• All Things Nuclear – Lyman Letter Urges NRC to Pursue Post-Fukushima Safety Upgrades – David Wright
• Daily Caller – Wind subsidies threaten to shut down nuclear plants, warns energy exec – Michael Bastasch
• Government Accountability Project – GAP’s Radack Outlines Concerns Over Brennan as CIA Director Nominee – Melissa Koven
• Oceania: ABC – Western Sydney fights radioactive waste plans – Liz Foschia
• Asia-Pacific: Nuclear Street – Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly Review
• Asia-Pacific: Radio Australia – Tepco lied to Fukushima meltdown investigators
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Editorial: New Diet probe into Fukushima disaster called for
• Europe: BBC News – Atomic Weapons Establishment ‘failed to comply’
• Europe: E&T magazine – MP urges no subsidy for nuclear power – Sofia Mitra-Thakur
• Europe: The Guardian – We don’t need nuclear power to meet climate goals and keep the lights on – Caroline Lucas
• Europe: London Times – French hold aces in nuclear stand-off – David Wighton
• Europe: Energy Business Review – Areva to recycle spent fuel from Borssele nuclear plant in Netherlands
• Europe: UPI – France debates nuke waste facility
• Russia: Bellona – Russian nuclear power plants start new year with new glitches – Andrei Ozharovsky

Thursday, February 07, 2013

• AP Google – Operator at Calif nuke plant disputes safety claim – Michael R. Blood
• Danville.patch – Letter: Plutonium Bomb Cores Coming to Livermore Labs is Potentially Illegal – Marylia Kelley
• KESQ – Feinstein: San Onofre operators knew of generator defects during installation
• LA Times blog – San Onofre: Edison denies it was aware of plant defects – Abby Sewell
• LA Times blog – Edison failed to fix problems with San Onofre system, Boxer charges – Abby Sewell
• Reuters – RPT-Update 2-Owner of shut Calif. reactor knew of generator problems -lawmakers – Nichola Groom
• San Diego Union-Tribune – Boxer: Nuke Generator Problems Known before Installation – Morgan Lee
• SanJuanCapistrano.patch – Nuclear Officials Deny They Knew About Safety Problems Before Upgrades – Adam Townsend
• YubaNet – Sen. Boxer, Rep. Markey release nuclear safety bombshell exposing collusion at San Onofre
• Salt Lake Tribune – EnergySolutions’s sale advances in bid for private ownership – Judy Fahys
• Orlando Sentinel – Customers are ‘dumb money’ for utilities – Beth Kassab
• Brattleboro Reformer – DPS says Entergy is not to be trusted – Bob Audette
• Rutland Herald – Vermont bill would hold nuke to shutdown promise
• Canada: CBC News – No money for Cameco after sale of boat that had uranium spill – Kevin O’Connor
• Asia-Pacific: The Scientist – Japan’s Nuclear Reboot Stalled – Bob Grant
• Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri – Probe at reactor bldg blocked by false info from TEPCO
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Wiped out city waits for Tokyo to wake up – Masami Ito
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Fukui Prefecture looks to replace nuclear plants with natural gas
• Asia-Pacific: NHK World – TEPCO suspected of false account to Diet panel
• Europe: Bloomberg – Hollande Draws French Industry Ire as Nuclear-Energy Edge Fades – Tara Patel
• 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

• AP Google – Senator wants probe at San Onofre nuke plant – Michael R. Blood
• Dana Point Times – Boxer Calling for Renewed SONGS Investigation – Jim Shilander
• LA Times blog – Edison failed to fix problems with San Onofre system, Boxer charges – Abby Sewell
• Reuters – Owner of shut Calif reactor knew of generator problems -lawmakers – Nichola Groom
• Tri-Valley CAREs – Community Forum: Livermore Lab at the Crossroad
• 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
• Tampa Bay Times – Questions and answers about Crystal River nuclear plant
• Baltimore Sun – Letter: The danger of relying on nuclear power plants – Gwen L. DuBois
• Barre Montpelier Times Argus – Anti-nuclear group asks PSB to postpone upcoming Yankee hearings – Susan Smallheer
• Atomic Heritage Foundation – AHF Releases 2012 Annual Report
• Michele Kearney’s Nuclear Wire – Richard Meserve: The Future of Nuclear Power
• NY Times blog – The Nuclear Power and Natural Gas Equation – Jon Hurdle
• Nuclear Energy Insider – Policy Brief 31 January – 6 February 2013 – K. Steiner-Dicks
• Nuclear Energy Insider – Weekly Intelligence Brief 31 January – 6 February 2013 – K. Steiner-Dicks
• Reuters – Retired Duke reactor may signal more U.S. nuclear shutdowns – Scott DiSavino and Eileen O’Grady
• Yahoo! News – Is Nuclear Power Doomed to Dwindle? – David Biello
• Canada: Boundary Sentinel – Comment: Why this problem can’t be buried – Miranda Holmes
• Asia-Pacific: Greenpeace International – Beyond Nuclear: The Triple Challenge facing Japanese Utilities
• Asia-Pacific: Nature – Quake fears rise at Japan’s reactors – David Cyranoski
• East Asia: antiwar.com – North Korea Threatens More Than Just a Nuclear Test – Jason Ditz
• Europe: Greenpeace International – The UK’s nuclear triple whammy is worse than you think – Justin McKeating
• Europe: PennEnergy – The legalities of leaving nuclear: A French Nuclear Exit? (Part 4) – Bulletin of Atomic Scientists
• 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

• Democratic Underground – Nevada Desert Experience Sacred Peace Walk 2013 March 23-29
• Havasu News – Appeals court upholds reopening of uranium mine near Grand Canyon – Mary Shinn
• Fremont Tribune – Environmental group questions Exelon’s record
• Monroe Evening News – Endangered Snakes Prompt Hearing Over Fermi 3 Nuclear Plant – Charles Slat
• ANWAG Blog – When NIOSH breaks the law – Terrie Barrie
• Tampa Tribune – Florida Progress will close Crystal River nuclear power plant – Carl Lisciandrello
• Lower Hudson Journal – Letter: Fracking’s harm knows no borders – Marian H. Rose, Ph.D.
• All Things Nuclear – Fission Stories #128: Monticello’s Radioactive Steam Dryer – Dave Lochbaum
• 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
• OpEdNews – Steven Chu, Supporter of Nuclear Power, Resigns as U.S. Energy Secretary – Karl Grossman
• Open Salon – Nuclear Risks
• Phys.Org – Hydro beats nuclear and coal, beats oil and gas
• Asia-Pacific: Power Engineering – Washington: Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Update for January 29th to January 31st, 2013 – Greenpeace
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Daily Press – TEPCO releases 2,145 new photos of Fukushima taken immediately after meltdown – Cherrie Lou Billones
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Daily Press – Dramatic new video footage shows panic as March 11 earthquake hits Japan – Ida Torres
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Reconstruction Agency under reform a year on
• North Europe: Russia Beyond The Headlines – Disposing of nuclear power plants: Lithuania’s experience – Andrei Reznichenko
• West Africa: Bloomberg – Niger in Talks With Areva for Uranium Mines to Give More Funds – Franz Wild

Monday, February 04, 2013

• KSBY – Unit 2 at Diablo Canyon shut down for planned maintenance – Kelly Orsini
• 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
• WOWT – Group Questions Firm Running Ft. Calhoun Nuclear Plant
• Cincinnati Enquirer – Nuclear centrifuge project uncertain – Deirdre Shesgreen
• Charlotte Business Journal – Duke Energy spending on Lee nuclear project tops $319M – John Downey
• Charlotte Observer – S.C. nuke site floated for ‘interim’ storage – Bruce Henderson
• 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
• Fairewinds Energy Education – Nuke Industry Double Standards? – Kevin Hurley, Maggie Gundersen, and Arnie Gundersen
• Canada: Waste Management World – Anti-nuclear protesters stop train near uranium plant
• Asia-Pacific: ABC – Japan’s new nuclear watchdog already under fire for collusion – Mark Willacy
• Asia-Pacific: AFP Google – New Fukushima pictures show wreckage of plant
• Asia-Pacific: Reuters – Tepco gets approval for $7.5 bln more compensation funds
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Tepco exec’s interview records seized in probe
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima disaster renews interest in documentary on 1954 incident
• South Asia: Business Standard – Fencing work for Gorakhpur nuclear power plant begins
• Europe: Daily Telegraph blog – New nuclear reactor programme is jeopardised by old waste – Geoffrey Lean
• Europe: Financial Times – Centrica nuclear exit opens door to China – Guy Chazan
• Europe: The Guardian – The end of nuclear power? Careful what you wish for – George Monbiot
• Europe: The Independent – The triple whammy for nuclear power: Centrica, Cumbria, clean-up costs – Tom Bawden
• 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: The Scotsman – Letters: Nuclear power fails to pass the PR test
• Europe: Times & Star – Sellafield clean-up cost at £67.5 billion – new report
• Russia: Bellona – ANALYSIS: Will Russia join international ecological conventions? – Andrei Ozharovsky