Updated – Sunday, September 18, 2011

• Idaho Statesman – Our view: Idaho has had this debate before:Storage is not a ‘mission’ with a future
• BlogCritics – Book Review: The Twilight of the Bombs: Recent Challenges, New Dangers, and the Prospects for a World Without Nuclear Weapons by Richard Rhodes – Todd Thompson
• Global Research – Our Nuclear World: Nuclear Accidents Around the Globe
• Europe: NW Evening Mail – Nuclear dump would be “as big as Windermere”

Updated – Saturday, September 17, 2011

• Salt Lake Tribune – Tennessee lawmaker urges Utah to reject blended radioactive waste – Judy Fahys
• Salt Lake Tribune – Letter: Quakes, nuke plants – Anthony R. Pietrangelo
• St. George Daily Spectrum – Film details nuclear testing effects – Brian Ahern
• Tri-City Herald – DOE to hold follow-up at vit plant – Annette Cary
• Michigan Radio – Reactor shut down after cooling system issue – Kyle Norris
• Knoxville News Sentinel – ORNL hot spot finally being removed – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Secretary Chu off to Vienna, Beijing – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – DOE’s roadmap to cyber security – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Mobilizing to counter nuke smuggling in Africa – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – DOE meets milestone on Corehole No. 8 – Frank Munger
• WBIR-TV – ORNL discusses plans for employee cuts – John Henry
• Bradenton Herald – Lightbridge to Participate in International Atomic Energy Agency General Conference as Member of U.S. Delegation
• HNN Huntingtonnews – Weapons Based Plutonium Development on-going at Savanah River Plant
• Europe: Press TV – IAEA awaits France report on nuclear site blast – Ramin Mazaheri

Updated – Friday, September 16, 2011

• Las Vegas Review-Journal blog – Back to court for Yucca Mountain?
• Environmental Law Prof Blog – Yucca Mountain Dies, or Maybe It Doesn’t – Dave Owen
• The Neutron Economy – Dissecting the BRC report, Part I: Where they got it right
• Platts – Order shutting Yucca licensing board addresses concerns: US NRC
• Salt Lake Tribune – Nuclear storage
• KING5 – Hanford expert weighs in on Fukushima nuclear cleanup – Lori Matsukawa
• Tri-City Herald – Professor speaks about Japanese disaster during safety workshop – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Hastings questions Hanford vit plant budget request – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Nuclear waste disposal to be discussed Tuesday
• Tri-City Herald – Hanford contractor hits safety milestone
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Oak Ridge lab to cut work force by at least 350
• Knoxville News Sentinel – TVA details plans for modifying four dams – Hugh G. Willett
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ORNL jobs – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Looking toward Livermore – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Oak Ridge National Laboratory . . . at night – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – No longer a Recovery Act project – Frank Munger
• DOE – Department of Energy Announces Next Steps for Asset Revitalization Initiative
• DOE – Department of Energy Releases New Roadmap to Guide Public-Private Cybersecurity Initiatives

Updated – Wednesday, September 14, 2011

• Washington Times – EDITORIAL: Reid goes nuclear on waste storage
• World Nuclear News – Yucca Mountain put on ice
• San Luis Obispo Tribune – SLO County wants own expert on Diablo Canyon panel – David Sneed
• Tri-City Herald – Atomic Man still has lessons to teach after 35 years – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Hanford contractor says 70 volunteer for layoffs – Annette Cary
• Idaho Statesman – Could uranium plant be delayed in eastern Idaho? – Rocky Barker
• Amarillo Globe-News – Feds pitch Pantex contract extension – BOBBY CERVANTES Copyright 2011 . All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
• Reuters – Perry sidelines critic of Texas nuclear waste site – Peter Henderson and Karen Brooks
• Chillicothe Gazette – Piketon DOE industrial site cleanup moving forward – Loren Genson
• WOUB – Kasich Says He’s Not Giving Up On Piketon – Cheri Russo
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Y-12 hires ex-STRATCOM deputy – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Frank Munger: Eschenberg popular choice as OR chief – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – B&W Y-12 hires ex-STRATCOM deputy; Mauney to be VP for programs – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ORNL Director Thom Mason: ‘It would take an awful lot to pry me out of here’ – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Report: Mason a candidate at Livermore – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Researching the state’s economy – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – $30M for 24 universities for energy efficiency – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – In the creek – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Bill Reis shifted to VP for ES&H at Y-12 – Frank Munger
• Portsmouth Herald News – NRC rejects petition to suspend nuke plant licensing activities – Shir Haberman
• Press TV – Quick News: US unable to account for 16 tons of exported enriched uranium
• Europe: John O’Groat Journal – Nuclear rail fuel plan raises hopes of Thurso bypass – Iain Grant
• Europe: Bellona – Jitters follow explosion at southern French nuclear facility – Charles Digges
• West Africa: Ghana Government Portal – Ghana Inaugurates Radioactive Waste Storage Facility

Updated – Tuesday, September 13, 2011

• Las Vegas Review-Journal blog – NRC commissioner offers views on Yucca – Steve Tetreault
• NRC – Commissioner Magwood’s Views on the Matter of DOE’s Request to Withdraw its Repository License Application From NRC Consideration (pdf-564K)
• Las Vegas Review-Journal blog – NRC urged to ‘clarify’ Yucca ruling – Steve Tetreault
• Las Vegas SUN – Editorial: Reid: NRC decision pushes nuclear dump ‘closer to its rightful end’
• Reuters – San Onofre Nuclear Plant Helps Create International Blackout
• Salt Lake Tribune – Westerners seek stronger voice on N-waste – Judy Fahys
• Seattle Crosscut – Obama keeps on dithering over disposal of Hanford’s nuclear waste – Daniel Jack Chasan
• Idaho Statesman – Will spent nuclear fuel find a home in Idaho? – Rocky Barker
• Idaho State University – Idaho State University, INL host experts from around the world at TRTR meeting Sept. 12-15 in Idaho Falls
• Nuclear Engineering – Could WIPP replace Yucca Mountain?
• Santa Fe New Mexican – LANL to host third annual research, development event – Staci Matlock
• Peoria Journal Star – In the Spotlight: Don’t let depleted uranium become another Agent Orange – Kim Schisler
• Joseph Carson – Summary: Joseph Carson, PE, commissioned Loring Justice to conduct an independent legal analysis of 3 key, interconnected, sections of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (pdf-36K)
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Chain reaction on DOE’s haul road – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ‘The military application of nuclear energy’ – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Protesting priest gets 3 more months in prison for Y-12 trespassing – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – B&W and Y-12: What’s up? – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – IG finds improvements at Idaho – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Sen. Lamar Alexander: Funding would support Titan as a 30-petaflops supercomputer – Frank Munger
• DOE – Energy Department Announces $1.2 Billion Loan Guarantee to Support California Concentrating Solar Power Plant
• DOE – DOE Awards More Than $30 Million to Help Universities Train the Next Generation of Industrial Energy Efficiency Experts
• DOE:IG – Follow-up Review of Property Control and Accountability at the Idaho National Laboratory, INS-L-11-03
• Europe: Reuters – Areva to sign 1 bln eur order with EDF -Le Figaro – Lionel Laurent
• Europe: Environment News Service – One Dead in French Nuclear Waste Furnace Explosion
• Europe: The Independent – France on edge after accident at nuclear site – John Lichfield
• Europe: NEI Nuclear Notes – France: “An industrial accident, not a nuclear one”
• Europe: New York Times – Explosion at French Nuclear Site Leaves One Person Dead – Steven Erlanger and Nicola Clark
• Europe: Nuclear Engineering – No leak after Marcoule explosion
• Europe: UPI – Learn from Marcoule, Greenpeace says
• Europe: Xinhua News – No radiation leak at French nuclear plant after blast
• Middle East: ICBUW – Two decades of uncontrolled contamination
• West Africa: Ghana Broadcasting Corporation – Ghana inaugurates radioactive waste storage facility

Updated – Monday, September 12, 2011

• Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) – Reid: Decision Brings Yucca Closer To Its Rightful End
• Congresswoman Shelley Berkley (D-NV) – Berkley Vows Continued Fight to Block Yucca Mountain Following Latest NRC Ruling
• All Things Nuclear – Blue Ribbon Commission report focuses on process – Dr. Steve Skutnik
• EcoSeed – N.R.C. at stalemate over the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump – Jhoanna Frances S. Valdez
• NEI Nuclear Notes – Hitting the “reset button” on nuclear waste management
• New York Times blog – How Dead Is Yucca Mountain? – Matthew L. Wald
• MFR Tech – Yucca Mountain: Not Dead Yet – Christopher Guith
• Power Engineering – Nuclear waste site license review to end in September
• LexisNexis – Rep. Hastings Issues Statement Regarding Today’s Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Actions
• Idaho Statesman – Idaho groups seek to influence nuclear waste future decisions – Submitted by Rocky Barker
• Knoxville News Sentinel – UT, ORNL to study climate change
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Dismantling late-Cold War security artifacts – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12 security chief Butch Clements: ‘You can make work what you need to make work’ – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – 9/11 at DOE HQ – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Checking for nuke smugglers in Cambodia – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Bill Gates, Fred Smith at ARPA-E Summit – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – 9/11 put an end to Y-12’s ‘peace dividend’ – Frank Munger
• Augusta Chronicle – MOX report to Congress is six months overdue – Rob Pavey
• FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
• WILPF – Costs, risks, and myths of nuclear power (pdf-3.13M)
• Oceania: Ninemsn – Muckaty dump justification ‘nonsense’
• Oceania: SBS blog – Indigenous communities split over nuclear dump
• South Asia: The Hindu – U.S. enriched uranium exports unsafe: agency – Narayan Lakshman
• Europe: AP Google – 1 dead, 4 hurt in explosion at French nuclear site – Jenny Barchfield
• Europe: AFP Google – ‘No radioactive leak’ at French blast site
• Europe: BBC News – France nuclear: Marcoule site blast kills one
• Europe: BBC News – Marcoule’s long nuclear history – Richard Black
• Europe: Bloomberg – Explosion at French Nuclear-Waste Plant Leaves One Dead, 4 Hurt – Tara Patel
• Europe: The Guardian – Explosion at French nuclear waste plant – Kim Willsher
• Europe: New York Times – Blast at French Nuclear Site Is Said to Kill 1 Person – Steven Erlanger and Nicola Clark
• Europe: Reuters – One dead in French nuclear site blast, no leak-watchdog – Muriel Boselli
• Europe: Reuters – Factbox: A brief history of French nuclear accidents – Muriel Boselli, Mathilde Cru and Sybille de La Hamaide
• Europe: RFI – No radiation leak at Marcoule, says French government
• Europe: UPI – French nuclear waste site blast kills one
• Europe: World Nuclear News – Explosion at French waste site