Sunday, May 19, 2013

• San Luis Obispo Tribune – Looking back: Diablo’s moves on fuel disappoint
• San Luis Obispo Tribune – SLO County beaches brace for Japanese tsunami debris – David Sneed
• New London Day – The scandal no one seems to talk about – Paul Choiniere
• The Examiner – Generations have health affected by nuclear reactor accident radiation exposure (Video) – Anne Hart
• Forbes – Obama’s EPA Makes A Rad Decision
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Industry ministry behind private panel’s push for reactor restarts – Shin Matsuura
• Asia-Pacific: AFP Google – Thousands in Taiwan rally against nuclear power
• Asia-Pacific: NHK World – Taiwan rally calls for scrapping nuclear plant
• Asia-Pacific: Xinhua News – Thousands in Taiwan protest nuclear power project

Saturday, May 18, 2013

• East Oregonian – Hanford threats vast and dangerous – Representatives John E. Huffman and Vicki Berger
• Bismarck Tribune – Group to meet Sunday on radioactive waste dumping – Nick Smith
• My Eastern Shore – Nukes and windmills around the bay – Tom Horton
• Wicked Local Plymouth – Speaker from Japan
• Canada: Chronicle Journal – OpEd: Get both sides of N-waste issue – James F. Kimberley
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Fukushima photos focus on what can’t be seen – Ken Kawashima
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Hibakusha: Speaking out about a painful memory
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – M6.0 quake jolts northeastern Japan, no tsunami warning issued
• Asia-Pacific: Radio Taiwan International – No nuclear waste on aboriginal land: NGOs
• Asia-Pacific: Taiwan News – Taiwan prepares for May 19 anti-nuclear protest
• Europe: Deutsche Welle – Gorleben returns as nuclear disposal possibility
• Europe: RT – Hamburg ‘avoids radiation disaster’ as ship loaded with fissile material, explosives burns
• Europe: euronews – Belgium may face legal battle after 2 nuclear reactors get green light
• East Europe: Dalje.com – Remnants of radioactive ammunition found in Sarajevo area
• North Africa: North Africa Post – Radioactive Waste Found in Algiers Port

Friday, May 17, 2013

• Common Dreams – San Onofre at the No Nukes Brink – Harvey Wasserman
• Reuters – Update 1-Groups oppose effort to restart damaged California reactor – Eileen O’Grady
• San Diego Union-Tribune – Repair proposal floundered at San Onofre – Morgan Lee
• KING5 Seattle – Hanford waste moved across town with parade permit – Gary Chittim
• KRQE News 13 – Sandia Lab safety costs taxpayers millions – Larry Barker
• Gilmer Mirror – Bad Radioactive Waste Bill Increases Threats to Texas
• Enformable – Fugutive nuke operator described as “dangerous and evil” – Lucas W Hixson
• Fairewinds Energy Education – podcast: NRC: Lapdog or Watchdog?
• Wall Street Journal – Book Review: Robert Oppenheimer–Nuclear Insecurity – Carl Rollyson
• NRC – Statement of NRC Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane on the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Decision in the San Onofre Confirmatory Action Letter Adjudication
• Canada: AECL – AECL Chalk River Laboratories Secure Following Earthquake
• Asia-Pacific: YouTube – 2013.05.16 01:00-02:00 / (Live Fukushima Nuclear Plant Cam)
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Local governments ignore cesium detection in Tokyo river eels – Yusuke Fukui
• Asia-Pacific: Yomiuri Shimbun – Head of JAEA quits over Monju inspection flaws
• Asia-Pacific: Yomiuri Shimbun – NRA: Fault under Tsuruga No. 2 reactor found active
• Europe: Daily Telegraph – Ministers urged to clarify nuclear cost overruns – Emily Gosden
• Europe: Bloomberg – U.K. Spy Death Inquest Judge Rules Evidence to Be Kept Secret – Jeremy Hodges
• Europe: Deutsche Welle – Bundestag debates nuclear waste “disposal”
• Europe: Deutsche Local – Burning ship had tonnes of radioactive material
• Russia: Bellona – After Kremlin wrecking balls have leveled environmental legislation, the Aarhus Convention is a last, best hope – Anna Kireeva

Thursday, May 16, 2013

• Reuters – U.S. Senate confirms Ernest Moniz as Energy Secretary
• ENENews – Gundersen: Breaking news… Officials say U.S. nuclear plant operator “was going to do an experiment on the people of Southern California” – “That’s their words; they said it was an experiment” (AUDIO)
• Los Angeles Times – Edison, Mitsubishi hit roadblock on San Onofre’s future – Abby Sewell
• Tri-City Herald – Committee approves DOE budget request – Annette Cary
• Tampa Bay Times – A busy week of pitching by nuclear power industry, but who’s buying? – Robert Trigaux
• Public Broadcasting Atlanta – Despite Safety and Cost Concerns, Court Upholds Permit for Nuclear Expansion Project – Jonathan Shapiro
• Pottstown Mercury – Nuclear gauge lost in W.Va. found in Md.
• Beaver County Times – In nuke fish mystery, there’s only 1,700 suspects – Rachel Morgan
• NIRS – Add your voice: Senate Energy Comm. radwaste discussion draft is unacceptable. Start over!
• Canada: Ottawa Citizen – Atomic Energy of Canada says no danger during nuclear ‘near-miss’ – Ian MacLeod
• Canada: Vancouver Sun – Drive to restart nuclear probe hits impasse
• Oceania: ABC Sydney – Nuclear future unclear for Lucas Heights. – John Donegan
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Nuke foes start hunger strike at METI
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Fault under reactor at Tsuruga active: NRA – Kazuaki Nagata
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Troubled Tsuruga reactor could force utilities to shoulder enormous financial burdens.
• Europe: BBC News – Nuclear subs temporarily banned from two Scottish lochs
• Europe: in-cumbria – NMP ‘needs to change – or lose Sellafield contract’ – Alan Irving
• Europe: The Independent – Atomic Weapons Establishment admits safety failing after Aldermaston fire – Alex Diaz
• South Africa: iAfrica – Radioactive scrap metal found – Govan Whittles

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

• News 88.9 KNPR – Too Hot To Handle: Weapons Grade Nuclear Waste In A Nevada Landfill? – Robert Alvarez
• The Hill blog – Nuclear watchdog seeks to change rules on transporting radioactive material – Julian Hattem
• ENS – Damaged California Nuclear Plant Faces Restart Safety Hearing
• Los Angeles Times – Decision on San Onofre pushed back to June at the earliest – Abby Sewell
• San Diego Union-Tribune – San Onofre Restart Odds Dim – Morgan Lee
• San Diego Union-Tribune – No Decision Yet on NRC HEARING on San Onofre – Associated Press
• Albuquerque Journal – Group asks hearing on uranium mine
• Lincoln Journal Star – More uranium mining planned in Nebraska
• Chicago Sun-Times blog – Nuclear waste plan poses risks for Illinois – Thomas Frisbie
• Raw Story – Ohio nuclear plant stumped by radioactive goldfish in lemonade pitcher with reactor water
• U.S. News & World Report – Taxpayers Feel the Pain of Washington Arm-Twisting – Ryan Alexander
• Virginian Pilot – Anti-uranium groups in Virginia join forces
• Buffalo News – Environmental groups decry nuclear waste transport over New York highways – T.J. Pignataro
• YNN Hudson Valley – NRC declares Indian Point safe – Christian Farrell
• New York Times – Editorial: Spying on The Associated Press
• Nuclear Energy Insider – Contract for £1.1 bn Sellafield Infrastructure Strategic Alliance (ISA) underway – Elisabeth Jeffries
• Nuclear Energy Insider – Policy Brief 9 – 15 May 2013 – K. Steiner-Dicks
• Nuclear Energy Insider – Weekly Intelligence Brief 9 – 15 May 2013 – K. Steiner-Dicks
• Caribbean: Huffington Post – Ten Years After Ousting US Navy, Vieques Confronts Contamination – Maritza Stanchich, Ph.D.
• Asia-Pacific: NCBI – Distribution of radioactive cesium in edible parts of cattle. – Okada K, Sato I, Deguchi Y, Morita S, Yasue T, Yayota M, Takeda Ki, Sato S., Faculty Of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka.
• Asia-Pacific: New York Times – Japanese Reactor Is Said to Stand on Fault Line – Hiroko Tabuchi
• Asia-Pacific: Reuters – Japan takes first step to a permanent reactor shutdown after Fukushima – Risa Maeda and Aaron Sheldrick
• Asia-Pacific: Washington Post – Japan’s nuke watchdog to stop troubled plutonium-burning test reactor over safety violations
• Asia: Xinhua News – China’s largest nuclear power firm renamed
• South Asia: The Hindu – Fishermen protest SC nod for Kudankulam
• South Asia: Sahara Samay – Sixty scientists voice concern over Kudankulam nuclear plant safety
• Europe: Bloomberg – France Starts Public Debate on Underground Nuclear Waste Site – Tara Patel

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

• Huffington Post – William Ostendorff, NRC Commissioner, Invested In Honeywell During Plant Lockout – Ryan Grim
• San Jose Mercury News – NRC chief: No hearing required at ailing Cal nuke
• Bloomberg – NRC Board Ruling Seen Slowing Restart of Edison Nuclear Plant – Brian Wingfield
• Coastline Pilot – Out of the Blue: Speak up against San Onofre – Billy Fried
• ENS – Damaged California Nuclear Plant Faces Restart Safety Hearing
• Fountain Valley Patch – Edison Must Go Through Hearing to Restart San Onofre
• Reuters – Nuclear board rules San Onofre restart requires public input – Eileen O’Grady
• San Diego Source – San Onofre, Hanford help fuel anti-nuke initiative – Thomas D. Elias
• San Diego Union-Tribune – Judge OKs San Onofre webcast after all – Morgan Lee
• San Diego Union-Tribune – Ruling affects San Onofre restart – Morgan Lee
• Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works – Senator Boxer Praises Important Safety Decision Impacting San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant
• Southern California Public Radio – Regulatory panel delivers setback to restart plans for San Onofre nuclear plant – Ben Bergman
• San Francisco Chronicle – Livermore lab jury awards $2.7 million – Bob Egelko
• KUNM – Public Has More Time To Comment On New Uranium Mine Proposal – Carrie Jung
• WBFO – Nuclear Hot Spots along the Great Lakes – Chris Caya
• Akron Beacon Journal blog – Radioactive waste from drilling hot topic with Ohio eco-groups – Bob Downing
• Bradenton Times – Study Shows Nuclear Much More Expensive than Natural Gas
• Lakeland Ledger – Editorial: Nuclear Power Plants: Freeloading in Florida
• Tampa Bay Times – Nuclear recovery fee needs to go, Gov. Scott – John Romano
• Wall Street Journal – U.S. Appeals Court Rejects Challenge to Licenses for Georgia Nuclear Reactors – Brent Kendall
• StateImpact Pennsylvania – Radioactive Drilling Waste Sparks Concern – Marie Cusick
• Wicked Local Wellfleet – Disaster preparedness tonight
• All Things Nuclear – Nuclear Energy Activist Toolkit #6: Reactor Daily Power Levels – Dave Lochbaum
• Veterans Today – More Vets Join Fukushima Lawsuit – Dr Stuart Jeanne Bramhall
• Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit – Blue Ridge Env. Defense League v. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (pdf-361K)
• Canada: Chronicle Journal – Leave it where it is – Ken Wasky
• Canada: CNBC – Nuclear Power Falters, Engulfed by ‘Cauldron’ of Bad Luck – Javier E. David
• Asia-Pacific: World Nuclear News – Futaba access restrictions relaxed
• Asia-Pacific: House of Japan – Gov to explain TEPCO groundwater release plan
• Asia-Pacific: Yomiuri Shimbun – Fisheries mull TEPCO water release
• Asia-Pacific: Taipei Times – Ma continues referendum push – Mo Yan-Chih
• South Asia: Hindustan Times – Anti-nuke activists seek KNPP emergency plan
• Europe: in-cumbria – Campaigners’ safety fears for beach near Sellafield – David Hemming
• South Africa: Business Day – ‘Delay’ is the biggest threat to nuclear plan – Linda Ensor

Monday, May 13, 2013

• Los Angeles Times – Groups continue push for video webcast of San Onofre hearings – Abby Sewell
• Newser – Feds order sends mixed signals on proposed restart of ailing San Onofre nuke plant – Michael R. Blood
• San Diego Reader – Billboard pushes for greater San Onofre awareness
• CBS New York – Indian Point To Become First Nuclear Plant To Operate With Expired License
• FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
• Canada: CNSC – CNSC News Update
• Asia-Pacific: Wall Street Journal blog – How Fukushima Contamination May Have Spread via Waterways – Yuko Takeo
• Asia-Pacific: China Post – Government lacks ability to handle nuclear waste: DPP – Katherine Wei
• Southwest Asia: Business New Europe – Turkey-Japan nuclear deal leaves many questions unanswered – David O’Byrne
• South Asia: Sri Lank Island – Koodankulam project buried under a heap of lies – Sam Rajappa
• Russia: Reuters – Rosatom offers emerging nations nuclear package: paper – Geert De Clercq