Sunday, October 23, 2011

• Las Vegas SUN – Editorial: In Las Vegas debate, Republican candidates offer a welcome surprise on nuclear waste
• Deseret News – EPA wraps up uranium mine cleanup on Navajo Nation – Felicia Fonseca
• San Jose Mercury News – Clean-up plan renews plutonium fears in Livermore – Jeanine Benca
• AllGov – Energy Dept. Accuses Bechtel of Botching Nuclear Cleanup in Washington – Noel Brinkerhoff
• East Oregonian – Hanford Reservation and nuclear plant may lie on faults – Bill Lascher
• Tri-City Herald – Umatilla Chemical Depot’s mission success – Annette Cary
• Denver Post – Cotter mill’s ties to Colorado regulators may have become toxic – Karen E. Crummy
• LAMonitor – Second suit filed to block CMRR – John Severance
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – This doesn’t sound good – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – USEC reports ‘significant progress’ in DOE talks – Frank Munger
• Aiken Standard – What is Yucca, and how do GOP candidates feel about it? – Anna Dolianitis
• Canada: Sault Star – Wawa fits bill for nuclear fuel waste dump: initial screen – Shirley Mills
• Europe: Daily Telegraph – “I need to know the truth about my husband’s radiation poisoning”
• Europe: Rutland and Stamford Mercury – Nuclear waste battle reaches the High Court

Saturday, October 22, 2011

• Times-Standard – Nuclear Regulatory Commission looking into possible Humboldt power plant security violations – Kaci Poor
• Tri-City Herald – Plant begins treating water on Hanford reservation – Annette Cary
• Kingman Daily Miner – Residents not happy with Mohave County Board of Health – Suzanne Adams
• Las Cruces Sun-News – LANL watchdog sues again over nuke lab proposal (2:46 p.m.)By JERI CLAUSING
• AP Google – Research planned at Ohio uranium plant project – Lisa Cornwell
• Bloomberg – USEC in Energy Department Deal for Uranium-Enrichment Project – Brian Wingfield
• Cleveland Plain Dealer – DOE to assist Ohio uranium plant project
• Columbus Dispatch – Federal government offers financial help for Piketon uranium plant – Jessica Wehrman
• Knoxville News Sentinel – USEC reports progress in DOE discussions
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Bye-bye to Lance nuclear weapon – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – SEC no longer a small biz – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Waste mounting from K-25 – Frank Munger
• Ridgefield Press – Schlumberger property has radioactive history – Macklin Reid
• Canada: CTV News – Gov’t shells out $30M to settle uranium mine case
• Canada: Edmonton Journal – B.C. to compensate Boss
• Canada: Vancouver Sun – Uranium project a radioactive blizzard for B.C. Liberals – Vaughn Palmer
• Europe: 100gf | Politics and Computers – The mystery of Genoa’s radioactive cargo container – John Cindy

Friday, October 21, 2011

• Tri-City Herald – Hanford: DOE documentary now online
• Tri-City Herald – Umatilla Chemical Depot delivers last weapons for incineration – Annette Cary
• Daily Planet – Courts halt federal uranium program – Matthew Beaudin
• AP Google – DOE to assist Ohio uranium plant project
• WNCT – Research Planned at Ohio Uranium Plant Project – Lisa Cornwell
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – What Y-12 did well in 2011 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Talking shop: Eschenberg on Huizenga – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – So that’s what climate change looks like – Frank Munger
• Oak Ridger – Y-12 completes dismantlement of W70 nuclear weapons system components
• Tarentum Valley News Dispatch – Excavated material being removed from Parks waste dump
• Energy Department – NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Extension of the Public Comment Period for the Draft Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Continued Operation of the Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada National Security Site and Off-Site Locations in the State of Nevada Pages 65508-65509 [FR DOC# 2011-27287]
• Europe: World Nuclear News – Nuclear fuel structures OK for disposal – Keith Nuthall

Thursday, October 20, 2011

• Las Vegas Review-Journal – Nye commissioner says nuke waste panel found “nothing new” – Steve Tetreault
• Reno News & Review – Jack Rafuse –Energy guy – Dennis Myers
• Energy Collective – The GOP Debate: Don’t Bet on Yucca Mountain – Steve Skutnik
• PhysOrg – New device could help scientists design new fuel reprocessing methods – Louise Lerner
• Wall Street Journal blog – Romney, Perry Avoid Toxic Stance in Nevada – Ryan Tracy
• Hanford News – Hanford layoffs: Tightening purse strings – John Trumbo and Jacques Von Lunen
• Hanford News – Social service agencies bracing for Hanford layoffs – Michelle Dupler
• Tacoma News Tribune – Washington state leaders upset with GOP candidates’ stance on Yucca Mountain – James Rosen And Rob Hotakain
• Tri-City Herald – Hanford worker goes for wild ride in portable toilet – Annette Cary
• Denver Post – Judge halts uranium-mining plans in Colorado over environmental issues – Bruce Finley
• UPI – Colo. judge orders halt to uranium mining
• Chattanooga Times Free Press – TVA contractor lays off 800 at Watts Bar – Pam Sohn
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – How to check for WMD components; training workshop held in Bangkok – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12’s west-bound (Nevada) waste – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ‘Day of Remembrance’ for Cold War workers – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Those early days – Frank Munger
• Augusta Chronicle – Experts find flaws in SRS radiation dose modeling – Rob Pavey
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Oak Ridge Reservation Pages 65190-65191 [FR DOC# 2011-27156]
• South Africa: New Age – Nuclear illness scourge – Mel Frykberg

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

• Las Vegas Review-Journal blog – GOP senator unhappy with Yucca answers at Las Vegas debate – Steve Tetreault
• AP Google – GOP candidates oppose Yucca Mountain project
• CNN – Repurposing Yucca Mountain won’t be easy – Mike M. Ahlers
• Nature blog – If I ruled Yucca Mountain
• ThinkProgress – After Debate, Inhofe Plans To Tell Perry To Support Yucca Mountain As A Nuclear Waste Dump – Amanda Peterson Beadle
• Crosscut Seattle – Hanford safety issues dog new plant – John Stang
• Seattle Weekly – Hanford’s Nuclear Option – Joshua Frank
• Grand Junction Sentinel – Judge halts uranium leasing program – Dennis Webb
• KOB – NRC reactivates license for uranium mining firm
• Amarillo Globe News – NRC reactivates license for uranium mining firm
• Politico – McConnell asks DOE to help avert Kentucky plant shutdown – Darius Dixon
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Frank Munger: Delay nuke cleanup for 50 years? – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel – DOE celebrates stimulus success in Oak Ridge – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Blood, power and water: Woman’s wild ride had it all at ORNL – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Texas Tech, Embry-Riddle join ORAU – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – The impact of 2,000 layoffs at Hanford – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Water show at ORNL – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Auditioning at Y-12: a stimulus story in Oak Ridge
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Not forevermore, but not Livermore; ORNL’s Mason says, ‘I’m staying here’
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – DOE celebrates Recovery Act successes in Oak Ridge
• Aiken Standard – SRNS worker will fully recover from contaminated wound – Anna Dolianitis
• Gazette Virginian – Governing bodies adopt joint resolution on uranium mining – Paula I. Bryant
• Richmond Times Dispatch – Nuclear waste: challenge or opportunity? – Peter Bacqué
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Unconventional Resources Technology Advisory Committee Pages 64923-64924 [FR DOC# 2011-27054]
• Energy Department – NOTICES Records Governing Off-the-Record Communications; Public Notice Page 64940 [FR DOC# 2011-27001]
• Oceania: ABC – Nuclear meltdown creates Fukushima Diaspora – Mark Colvin
• Oceania: The Australian – Rann changes tack on uranium sales to India
• Oceania: Australian Mining – NT uranium workers still not on national register, Greens say – Cole Latimer
• South Asia: Global Security Newswire – India Wants South African Uranium
• Europe: Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph – High Court date set for nuclear waste tip fight
• Europe: Peterborough Today – Court date is set for King’s Cliffe nuclear waste battle – Dawn Fellowes

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

• Las Vegas Review-Journal – Legal battles preclude other uses for Yucca Mountain, report says – Keith Rogers
• Las Vegas SUN – Editorial: Candidates should end rhetoric and talk about what really matters
• World Nuclear News – No clear alternative uses for Yucca Mountain
• Daily Californian – Editorial: Nuclear waste–The Nuclear Free Berkeley Act is outdated, and we applaud the efforts by one city official to repeal parts of it
• Salt Lake Tribune – Letter: Aromatic waste – Andrew Gillman
• Arizona Republic – Editorial: More uranium mining near Canyon a bad idea
• Billings Gazette – Panel delays nuclear waste bill – Joan Barron
• Nuclear Watch New Mexico – NNSA issues Record Of Indecision for Nuclear Facility
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Accident knocks out power at ORNL; employee’s car ends up in Swan Pond – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ORNL gets curium-244 from Los Alamos – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ‘What we’re doing here is freaking out the rest of the world’ – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – History, cleanup, jobs . . . Does something have to give in Oak Ridge? – Frank Munger
• Florida Times-Union – Wide range of views on spent nuclear fuel provided to commissioners – St. Petersburg Times
• Atlanta Business Chronicle – Wise: Nuclear waste program needs to get ‘back on track’ – Dave Williams
• Augusta Chronicle – Waste reprocessing better suited for SRS or Idaho, not Yucca Mountain, report says – Rob Pavey
• Augusta Chronicle – Contaminated Savannah River Site worker to make full recovery – Rob Pavey
• Tarentum Valley News Dispatch – Nuclear cleanup stopped in Parks Township – Brian C. Rittmeyer
• Gloucester County Times – Editorial: Keep pressure on Shieldalloy
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Nuclear waste dump cleanup delayed – Dan Majors
• Energy Department – NOTICES Amended Record of Decision: Amended Record of Decision for the Nuclear Facility Portion of the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Building Replacement Project at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM Pages 64344-64348 [FR DOC# 2011-26881]
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Portsmouth Pages 64329-64330 [FR DOC# 2011-26886]
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Advanced Scientific Computing Advisory Committee Page 64330 [FR DOC# 2011-26879]
• UN: IAEA – Keeping Transport of Radioactive Materials Safe
• South Asia: IBNLive – India working out mechanisms with SA to access its uranium
• Europe: Cumberland News – Sellafield starts inquiry after Japanese nuclear waste flasks contaminated – Julian Whittle
• Europe: North West Evening Mail – Nuclear waste fears prompt investigation
• Europe: Scotland Courier – SEPA finds over 60 radioactive samples in one weekend at Dalgety Bay

Monday, October 17, 2011

• Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) – Reid Statement On GAO Report On Alternative Uses For Yucca Mountain
• Eureka County Nuclear Waste Office – Lessons Learned
• KLAS-TV – Legal fights could stall Yucca Mountain site reuse
• CNN – With a name like Yucca, it’s gonna be a hard sell – Mike M. Ahlers
• Nextgov – Yucca Mountain as a Drone Control Site? – Bob Brewin
• Tri-City Herald – Many of those who were laid off knew their Hanford jobs could come to an end – John Trumbo
• World Nuclear News – Utilities sign up to use Texas repository
• Knoxville News Sentinel – ORNL, Roane State partner on carbon fiber facility – Bob Fowler
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Chu to Paris – Frank Munger
• Oak Ridger – UCOR shipping soils from around ORNL liquid waste tank
• Oak Ridger – ORNL awards contract for ‘Titan’ supercomputer
• Virginian Pilot – Uranium panel at energy conference attracts attention – Julian Walker
• IEER – Comments of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Draft Policy Statement on Volume Reduction and Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management (76 FR 50500 (August 15, 2011)) – Arjun Makhijani, Ph.D.
• BRC – Meeting of The Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future (BRC) In cooperation with The Southern States Energy Board (SSEB) October 18, 2011 Marriott Marquis, 265 Peachtree Center Avenue, Atlanta, GA (pdf-378K)
• BRC – BRC Public Comment Meeting Hilton Garden Inn, 815 14th Street N.W Washington, DC 20005, October 20, 2011 (pdf-53K)
• GAO – Yucca Mountain: Information on Alternative Uses of the Site and Related Challenges
• NWTRB – The Importance of Quantifying the Radiation Source Term in a Geologic Repository
• Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission – NOTICES Annual Meeting Pages 64071-64072 [FR DOC# 2011-26294]
• International Trade Commission – NOTICES Expedited Five-Year Reviews of Suspended Investigations: Uranium From Russia; Scheduling of an Expedited Five-Year Review Concerning the Suspended Investigation on Uranium From Russia Pages 64107-64108 [FR DOC# 2011-26665]
• Oceania: ABC – Concern over Sydney radioactive waste
• Europe: BBC News – Video: Nuclear waste burial site concerns
• Europe: BBC News – More radioactive particles found
• Europe: Press Association – Beach has 200 radioactive particles
• Europe: STV.tv – Dalgety Bay: Workers have found more radiation on beach than expected