Sunday, December 16, 2012

• Tri-Valley CAREs – Two Major Stories About NIF Seeking New Cash – Scott Yundt
• Tri-City Herald – Hanford Challenge critical of DOE – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Research reactor to cross Hanford – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – PNNL gets $1.7M grant for wind turbine project
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – $2.5M upgrade at ORNL’s visualization chamber – Frank Munger
• Oak Ridger – Y-12: Oak Ridge treasure — national resource: A look back at Union Carbide’s 20 years in nuclear energy – D. Ray Smith
• Aiken Standard – SRS research head says nuclear waste has assets to recover – Mike Gellatly
• Aiken Standard – SRS offering tours for 2013
• The State – Rising radiation at SC nuclear dump prompts cleanup talk but no action – Sammy Fretwell
• Virginian-Pilot – Editorial: Maintain ban on uranium mining
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – IAEA, Fukushima agree to cooperate on decontamination, waste control
• Europe: The Independent – Bechtel sparks row with bid for nuclear clean-up – Mark Leftly

Saturday, December 15, 2012

• Tri-City Herald – PNNL researchers see the light – Annette Cary
• Salt Lake Tribune – Not a dump–New Mexico offers a better plan
• NewsOK blog – Nuclear fuel cycle, nuclear revival, and the permian basin – Dr. Robert Hayes, ANS Nuclear Cafe
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Not so pretty: This is where Y-12 processes bomb-grade uranium – Frank Munger
• Aiken Standard – Letter: S.C. isn’t a dumping ground – Connie Young-Darden
• Halifax-Plympton Reporter – Nuke Matters: Radioactive waste storage at Pilgrim: why it is a concern – Meg Sheehan and Mary Lampert
• NRC – Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Fluorine Extraction Process and Depleted Uranium Deconversion Plant in Lea County, New Mexico – Final Report (NUREG–2113)
• Canada: Saskatoon StarPhoenix – Nuclear no option – Mark Bigland-Pritchard
• Oceania: Sydney Morning Herald – Uranium smelter’s legacy moves on – Ben Cubby
• Asia-Pacific: Xinhua News – IAEA, Fukushima to cooperate on decontamination, waste control
• Asia-Pacific: Kyodo News – U.S. regulator sees improvement in Fukushima No. 4 spent fuel pool
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Political parties not holding enough discussion on nuclear waste
• Europe: Times & Star – Sellafield ready to send third waste shipment to Japan – Julian Whittle
• Europe: Westmorland Gazette – A nuclear waste dump in West Cumbria would harm Lake District’s image, according to survey of visitors

Friday, December 14, 2012

• Las Vegas Review-Journal – Ruling in Yucca Mountain case pushed into new year
• Science 2.0 – Scientization Of Politics: The Reason Yucca Mountain Was Cancelled – Hank Campbell
• Northridge-Chatsworth Patch – More Radiation Found at Santa Susana Field Lab – Saul Daniels
• Water World – CA aims to cut rocket fuel pollution in drinking water
• Malu ‘Aina – Military to continue bombing nuclear waste dumps in Hawaii – Jim Albertini
• Public News Service – Critics: Feds Issue “Inadequate” Plan for Hanford Cleanup – Chris Thomas
• Tri-City Herald – DOE chooses vit plant manager – Annette Caryv
• Idaho State Journal – Handful of weaknesses found in INL nuke material protection team
• Twin Falls Times-News – Letter: Watch out for Nuclear Waste Proposal – Margaret Macdonald Stewart
• Westword blog – Rocky Flats land swap waiting on judge’s decision — a year after the deal announced – Patricia Calhoun
• Cibola County Beacon – The Diné Project: Uranium Health Legacy – Part 4 – Richard Kamp
• Newscenter1 – Uranium Mining Information Meeting
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Dino Herrera retiring from NNSA – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12 responds to review of UPF; says safety culture ‘very strong’ – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Report: 100,000 homes yet to be decontaminated at Fukushima City – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – A Manhattan Project predecessor in Oak Ridge – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Getting it right with job hazards at Y-12 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – A critical look at UPF’s safety culture – Frank Munger
• Oak Ridger – Mezzacappa new supercomputer leader at ORNL
• Aiken Standard – SRS plan proposes storage, recycling facilities – Mike Gellatly
• Southern Political Report – AREVA Lays Out Interim Storage and Recycling Plan to S.C. Panel
• Virginian Pilot – Lt. Gov. Bolling says he opposes uranium mining – Steve Szkotak
• New Hampshire Public Radio – Yucca Mountain High – Virginia Prescott
• Neutron Economy – Spent nuclear fuel disposal is not a “subsidy” – Steve Skutnik
• Uranium Investing News – Uranium Energy Appoints Spencer Abraham as Advisory Board Chairperson
• Energy Department – NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Notice of Availability of the Final Tank Closure and Waste Management Environmental Impact Statement for the Hanford Site, Richland, Washington Pages 74472-74473 [FR DOC# 2012-30204]
• Asia-Pacific: Reuters – Insight: Japan largely excludes foreign firms in Fukushima clean-up – Mari Saito
• Asia-Pacific: World Nuclear News – Cleaning up Fukushima City
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Radiation forecast maps corrected again for all nuke plants
• Asia-Pacific: Fukushima Diary – Japan and Belarus to make pact on nuclear accident – Iori Mochizuki
• East Asia: Yonhap News – S. Korea retrieves N. Korean rocket’s debris in Yellow Sea – Kim Eun-jung
• Southeast Asia: Malaysian Chinese Association – Chua: Lynas waste must go
• Central Asia: Phys.Org – UN sounds alarm on unsecured uranium waste in Tajikistan
• North Europe: Energy Tribune – EU Freezes Lithuanian Nuclear Plant Decommissioning Funds

Thursday, December 13, 2012

• AP Google – EPA finds contamination at former rocket test site
• Los Angeles Daily News – Latest soil tests at Santa Susana Field Lab site shows radioactive material remains – Susan Abram
• The Oregonian – Washington officials fear further cleanup delays at Hanford nuclear reservation – Scott Learn
• Laramie Boomerang – Lawmakers seek to rekindle mining reform efforts
• NEI Nuclear Notes – Where Used Nuclear Fuel Is Wanted – Mark Flanagan
• MinnPost – It’s time to reprocess spent nuclear fuel – Rolf Westgard
• Medill Reports – Out from the shadows: Argonne’s quest to demystify nuclear energy – Jennifer-Leigh Oprihory
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Why I’m not a betting man – Frank Munger
• Augusta Chronicle – Spent nuclear fuel vision to be shared with S.C. officials – Rob Pavey
• The Nation – American nuclear hypocrisy – Dr ELIAS AKLEH
• DOE:EM – DOE Issues Request for Quotations for Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride Conversion Technical Services
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Bent rod found at TEPCO’s Niigata reactor
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Monju research role to be drawn up
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – First, a solution to nuclear waste – Fred Alsdorf
• North Europe: Enformable – Cracks found at central spent nuclear fuel storage facility for all of Swedish nuclear reactors – Lucas W Hixson
• East Europe: Nuclear Engineering – HEU removed from Austria

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

• Tri-City Herald – Emptying of Hanford’s C Tank Farm tanks continues after delay – Annette Cary
• Idaho Statesman – Letter(#2): INL and Nuclear Waste: Leave Idaho cleanup agreement intact – Philip E. Batt, Former Governor of Idaho
• Idaho Mountain Express – Letter: Demand no new nuclear waste – Margaret Macdonald Stewart
• KLIX – Former Idaho Governors Oppose Change to Nuclear Agreement – Benito Baeza
• Farmington Daily Times – Lawmakers seek to rekindle mining reform efforts
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Frank Munger: How many DOE workers cheat on their expenses? – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Mezzacappa to direct UT/ORNL institute – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – SAIC layoffs – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – In the wake of deep security breach at Y-12, Finan’s findings and D’Agostino’s remarks – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12/Pantex bids good until Jan. 8 – Frank Munger
• Augusta Chronicle – Spent nuclear fuel vision to be shared with S.C. officials – Rob Pavey
• Aiken Standard – Future of SRS will be discussed at presentation today – Mike Gellatly
• The State – Letter: Don’t send more nuclear waste to Aiken – Connie Darden-Young
• Chatham Star Tribune – Letter: Uranium opponents selling snake oil – Bobby Blair
• Chatham Star Tribune – Letter: Uranium mining not worth risks – Patricia Hylton, et.al
• Chatham Star Tribune – Letter: Trip to Elliot Lake proves uranium can be mined safely – L.P. Moss
• ScienceNOW – Agency Tells Congress That NIF Is Not Working – Daniel Clery
• DOE – Energy Department Announces New Investments in Pioneering U.S. Offshore Wind Projects
• NRC Blog – There’s a long way to go on San Onofre restart review
• NWTRB – Board letter to The Honorable Peter Lyons with comments from the October 2012 Board Meeting (December 11, 2012)
• NWTRB – Board letter to Mr. David Huizenga with comments from the October 2012 Board Meeting (December 11, 2012)
• Energy Department – NOTICES Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.: Notice of Availability for the Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment for the Recycling of Scrap Metals Originating From Radiological Areas Pages 73996-73997 [FR DOC# 2012-30028]
• Canada: CanWest News – Uranium miners still struggling to emerge from shadow of Fukushima – Peter Koven
• Asia-Pacific: Fukushima Diary – Cesium measured from 100% of the samples of citron – Iori Mochizuki
• Europe: Times & Star – Two awards for west Cumbria nuclear waste consultation – Victoria Brenan
• Europe: RFI – Nuclear waste convoy crosses France despite protests
• Europe: Bloomberg – Germany Seeks Faster Atomic Waste Recovery From Crumbling Site – Stefan Nicola
• Europe: Noodls – Next arrival of used nuclear fuel from the Netherlands for recycling
• North Europe: Cordis News – Eighth European Commission Conference on the Management of Radioactive Waste, Vilnius, Lithuania
• North Europe: Sweden Local – Cracks found in Swedish nuclear waste pools
• East Europe: Pestiside.hu – Don’t Be Concerned Just Because a Van Carrying Nuclear Material Was Hit By a Passenger Train

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

• The Oregonian – Idaho nuclear cleanup pact: 2 former governors oppose changes to 1995 deal
• Salt Lake Tribune – Feds still on the hunt for high-level N-waste storage – Judy Fahys
• Morehead News – Nuclear dump site to be capped with soil – Nicole Sturgill
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Federal trial of Y-12 protesters reset for May 7 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Congressman Fattah visits ORNL & Y-12 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – The hills are no longer alive with . . . HEU – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Robertsville’s LEGO team going to world’s – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Another change in the top military position at the National Nuclear Security Administration – Frank Munger
• Augusta Chronicle – Spent nuclear fuel vision to be shared with S.C. officials – Rob Pavey
• Aiken Leader – Governor’s Nuclear Council to Address Nuclear Spent Fuel Dump at SRS – Thomas Clements
• Courthouse News Service – Nuclear Waste Disposal Rules Reconsidered – Nick McCann
• Nuclear Engineering – New spent fuel pool monitoring system hits market
• DOE – Waste Treatment Facility Saves Taxpayers Nearly $20 Million – Erin Szulman
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Saitama city builds temporary storage for radiation-contaminated soil

Monday, December 10, 2012

• San Bernardino Sun – In Rialto, new city council ready to roll; perchlorate surcharge may go away – Josh Dulaney
• San Jose Mercury News – EPA finishes hauling off contaminated soil on Barstow residential property – Jim Steinberg
• Idaho Statesman Blogs – Phil Batt’s turn: Leave Idaho nuclear agreement intact – Kevin Richert
• Idaho Statesman Blogs – Andrus: Reopening Idaho nuclear deal would be ‘dangerous and politically unwise’ – Kevin Richert
• Idaho State Journal – Editorial: Just when we thought this was resolved
• Moscow-Pullman Daily News – Feds identify weaknesses with INL tactical team
• StateImpact Idaho – Former Idaho Govs Andrus, Batt Oppose Changes To 1995 Nuclear Agreement – Molly Messick
• Los Alamos Daily Post – Plutonium Going Strong at 150 Years – Carol A. Clark
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – New charges lead to new trial date (May 7) for Y-12 protesters; arraignment won’t be necessary – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – It’s officially the Christmas season – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12 protesters’ trial reset for May 7 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Season’s greetings from security (1949) – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Groups petition U.S. Attorney General to dismiss charges against Y-12 protesters – Frank Munger
• Canada: Shoreline Beacon – Part 3: Nuclear “Dump” in Bruce? 0 – Peter L. Storck
• Oceania: Green Left Weekly – Radioactive tour gets ready
• Oceania: St Marys-Mt Druitt Star – Residents oppose plan to dump dodgy waste – Kylie Stevens
• Oceania: Yahoo!7 News – NT Labor draws line in sand on nuclear waste dump By Allyson Horn
• Asia-Pacific: New York Times – Letter: Japan’s Plutonium Policy – Shunsuke Kondo, JAEC
• Asia-Pacific: ENENews – Gundersen: I’m sure there’s a lot of damaged nuclear fuel in Fukushima spent fuel pools
  
• Europe: East Anglian Daily Times – Sizewell A: Transportation of spent fuel rods to Sellafield has slowed – David Green
• East Europe: Huffington Post – Georgia’s Nuclear Black Market – Desmond Butler
• Russia: PanARMENIAN.Net – Russia receives first uranium shipment from Australia