Updated – Sunday, October 30, 2011

• Nevada Appeal – Guy W. Farmer: Republican candidates oppose Yucca dump – Guy W. Farmer
• Arizona Daily Star – EPA wraps up cleanup of uranium mine
• Reading Eagle – Earth-shaking memories of a Nevada A-bomb test – Ron Devlin
• Tarentum Valley News Dispatch – Nuclear workers still worry about their health – Mary Ann Thomas
• The Guardian – Nuclear powers plan weapons spending spree, report finds – Richard Norton-Taylor
• Canada: CTV – Poisoned soldier plans hunger strike at minister’s office in exchange for care – Andy Blatchford
• Europe: Deutsche Local – Gorleben protests reawake as nuclear lobby work revealed

Updated – Saturday, October 29, 2011

• KUOW NPR – Cold War Era Hanford Workers Honored On National Day of Remembrance – Anna King
• Amarillo Globe-News – Panel clears way for $150K payment to Pantex workers – Bobby Cervantes
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Day of Remembrance honors those sickened by nuclear work – Bob Fowler
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – IG gives thumbs up for NNSA contracting on Global Threat Reduction Initiative – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ORNL’s backside, circa 1947 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ORNL scientist fined $30K for selling black rhino, polar bear and walrus parts – Frank Munger
• Capecod Wicked Local – Wolf: Stop ‘wet storage’ of spent nuclear fuel
• Old Colony Memorial – Testing fails to identify source of tritium at nuclear plant
• POGO – Why Military Whistleblowers Fear Reprisal: When Taking Adverse Personnel Actions, the Chain of Command Often Gets a Pass – Nick Schwellenbach
• Canada: CanWest News – Government failed its public employees
• Oceania: Canberra Times – Radioactive waste haunts residents – Heath Aston
• Europe: Sunday Mirror – Just how much more do nuclear veterans need to prove?
• Europe: Sunday Mirror – Widow Muriel lost two of her men – Susie Boniface
• Europe: Sunday Mirror – MoD survey shows three in four nuclear test veterans fear radiation has affected their health – Susie Boniface

Updated – Friday, October 28, 2011

• House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology – Witnesses Highlight Missed Opportunity in Blue Ribbon Review of Nuclear Storage Options
• House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology – I&O and E&E – Joint Subcommittee Hearing on America’s nuclear future
• Las Vegas SUN – Letter: Keep uranium out of our water supply – Launce Rake
• Tri-City Herald – Energy secretary honors PNNL workers – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Removal vessels arrive for Hanford vit plant
• Colorado Independent – EPA tentatively OKs Piñon Ridge plan to store radioactive tailings – David O. Williams
• Pueblo Chieftain – Cotter mill reopening not officially inked – Tracy Harmon
• Amarillo Globe-News – Nuclear workers earn thanks
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – You thought Halloween was scary? NNSA and FBI try to get ready for nuke terrorist threats – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Why so long on mercury study? – Frank Munger
• HNN Huntingtonnews – Eyewitnesses Confirm Dumping of Debris from contaminated HPP at Dietz Hollow–DOE Should Pay to Close Dietz Hollow – Tony Rutherford
• InDepthNews – Free the World from the Nuclear Chain – Xanthe Hall
• Energy Department – NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Notice of Availability of the Supplement to the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Solar Energy Development in Six Southwestern States and Notice of Public Meetings Pages 66958-66960 [FR DOC# 2011-27874]
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Idaho National Laboratory Page 66917 [FR DOC# 2011-27921]

Updated – Thursday, October 27, 2011

• KTNV Las Vegas – State issues such as Yucca Mountain can be tricky for presidential field – Joyce Lupiani
• Platts – US House science lawmakers spar over Yucca Mountain – Derek Sands
• Tri-Valley CAREs – Sick Worker Newsletter, Fall 2011 (pdf-167K)
• UPI – Grand Canyon uranium mining ban proposed
• KEPR 19 – More nuclear waste coming to Hanford
• Tri-City Herald – Cold War nuclear workers to be honored Friday – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Progress made in emptying Hanford underground tanks – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Navy looks to Hanford for carrier nuke disposal – Annette Cary
• Denver Post – Cotter plans to reopen uranium mill near Cañon City – Karen E. Crummy
• Pueblo Chieftain – Cotter mill cleanup focus of public meeting – Tracy Harmon
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Albright named director at Livermore – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Donnelly, Jackson honored by NNSA – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – The American judge gives Y-12 a 9.95 on dismantlement, based on a strong degree of difficulty – Frank Munger
• Augusta Chronicle – Economic development leader urges committee to reconsider Yucca Mountain – Rob Pavey
• DOE – University of Minnesota Boosts Studies with Wind Power
• EPA – EPA issues construction approval for impoundments at the Piñon Ridge Uranium Mill in Montrose County (Colo.)
• Canada: Daily Miner and News – Communities consider nuclear waste disposal – Jon Thompson
• Oceania: Melbourne Herald Sun – Residents betrayed over radioactive waste plan for Kemps Creek – News Limited
• South Asia: The Hindu – India lobbies for Australian uranium
• South Asia: IBNLive – Oz ban on uranium sale not holding up India’s N-programme:Rudd
• Europe: Shields Gazette – A-bomb veterans in new legal row – Terry Kelly
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Scottish send nuke waste to our landfill

Updated – Wednesday, October 26, 2011

• Platts – US BLM finalizes review of Grand Canyon uranium mining block – Nick Juliano
• New York Times blog – Interior Backs Mining Limits in Grand Canyon – John M. Broder
• Chinook Observer – Editorial – Stick with Yucca Mountain
• Seattle Weekly blog – Comment of the Day: Department of Energy v. Joshua Frank – Curtis Cartier
• Tri-City Herald – Hanford layoffs serve as a good reminder for all
• Amarillo Globe-News – Pantex celebrates ‘nuke’ disassembly
• Cedar Rapids Gazette – Recycling nuclear waste makes sense for energy future – Carolyn D. Heising
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Frank Munger: ORNL deals with budget uncertainties
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Report: Current mercury exposures not health threat – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Hot cells hotter than expected at ORNL – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Oak Ridge retirees leader Dub Shults: ‘There is never a wrong time to do the right thing’ – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ATSDR report says current exposures to Y-12 mercury discharges don’t pose public health threat; review cites past concerns – Frank Munger
• Daytona Beach News-Journal – Quit stalling on solutions for spent nuclear fuel rods – Lynn Edward Weaver
• Reuters – RPT-NextEra revises dates to boost Fla. nuclear output
• Augusta Chronicle – Plan would send contaminated SRS plutonium to New Mexico – Rob Pavey
• Aiken Standard – Editorial: Yucca Mountain responses raise concerns
• Nuclear Energy Insider – Who will win the nuclear waste race? – Gail Rajgor
• DOE – Dismantling the Final B53 Bomb – Deputy Secretary Poneman
• Canada: Chronicle Journal – Nipigon looks into nuke waste storage – Carl Clutchey
• Canada: CTV Toronto – N.W. Ontario towns considering nuclear waste storage
• Canada: Toronto Star – Radiation doses of 1,769 health care workers under-reported for four years – John Spears
• Canada: Vancouver Sun – Rich Coleman apologizes for delay on uranium ban – Jonathan Fowlie
• Canada: Winnipeg Sun – False readings expose workers to radiation 0 – Scott Taylor
• Europe: BBC News – MoD briefed on radioactivity at Dalgety Bay beach
• Europe: BBC News – Work to start on Dounreay low-level waste store
• Europe: Press Association – £100m for radioactive waste store
• Europe: Scottish Daily Record – Work to begin on £100m nuclear waste store at Dounreay – Lucinda Cameron
• Europe: STV.tv – More searches to be carried out on radioactive beach
• East Europe: World Nuclear News – Contract for Bulgarian repository design

Updated – Tuesday, October 25, 2011

• AOL Energy – Energy CEOs Urge Court To End Nuclear Waste Fee – Jon Hurdle
• LIFE – Terrible Beauty: A-Bomb Tests
• Seattle Post Intelligencer – Hanford groundwater plant completed early
• Seattle Weekly blog – Who Gets Hurt If Hanford Explodes (or Leaks) – Caleb Hannan
• Colorado Independent – Cotter legacy continues to linger over modern uranium mining, milling proposals – David O. Williams
• Amarillo Globe-News – Pantex dismantles last of the ‘big dogs’ – Joe Gamm
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Pantex completes B53 dismantlements; Y-12’s role to be finished in 2013 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Dade Moeller expands Oak Ridge presence; relocates analytical lab – Frank Munger
• Oak Ridger – ‘Tremendous’ transformation at Y-12
• Top Secret Writers – The 30 Year Human Radiation Experiment – Ryan Dube
• DOE – Department of Energy to Invest $60 Million to Develop Innovative Concentrating Solar Power Technologies
• Oceania: Camden Advertiser – Uranium plant waste unwelcome in western suburbs – Ben Cubby
• Oceania: Sydney Morning Herald – NSW Premier undecided on radioactive waste
• South Asia: IBNLive – Vehicle with uranium ore rams into lorry on NH-5
• South Asia: Times of India – Uranium-laden container rams truck, spreads panic

Updated – Monday, October 24, 2011

• State of Nevada – Meeting: Commission on Nuclear Projects, Clark County Government Center, County Commission Chambers, First Floor, 500 S. Grand Central Parkway, Las Vegas, Nevada 89155, October 26, 2011 – 1:00pm (pdf-122K)
• Las Vegas Review-Journal – Oral history records ‘lessons learned’ in Yucca Mountain fight – Steve Tetreault
• UNLV Rebel Yell – A nuclear education – Aina Orozco
• Tri-City Herald – Diversification softens hit of Hanford layoffs – Kristi Pihl
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – A whole different kind of Christmas seals – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – IG report: weaknesses on the rise in DOE cyber security – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Mason hopes for budget by Christmas – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – K-25: agreement in the offing? – Frank Munger
• Aiken Standard – TalkBack: Yucca Mountain, bicyclists, Carolina Bay, spaying/neutering
• WCYB – Press Conference Held On Depleted Uranium Contamination In Jonesborough
• Platts – US DOE distorts information to justify waste fee: Naruc, NEI – Elaine Hiruo
• Global Security Newswire – US to Finish Disassembling Massive Nukes
• FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
• BRC – Public Meeting to Solicit Feedback on the Draft Commission Report – Minneapolis, MN
• NAS – Project Update: Review of Studies of Possible Toxic Effects from Past Environmental Contamination at Fort Detrick
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Savannah River Site Pages 65706-65707 [FR DOC# 2011-27435]
• South Asia: Deccan Chronicle – Truck with uranium damaged in mishap