Friday, February 03, 2012

• Arms Control Association – Reprocessing Revisited: The International Dimensions of the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership – Edwin Lyman and Frank N. von Hippel

Thursday, February 02, 2012

• POGO blog – POGO Asks Panetta to Stop Funding B61 Nuclear Bombs in Europe – Dana Liebelson
• Policyshop – NRC Backtracks on Fire Safety Loopholes Richard Brodsky
• Union of Concerned Scientists – NRC Releases Draft Report on Simulated Accident at Surry Plant in Virginia and Peach Bottom Plant in Pennsylvania – Edwin Lyman
• NRC – Licensing Board to Hear Oral Arguments Feb. 21 in Norristown, Pa., on Limerick Nuclear Power Plant License Renewal Application
• NRC – Inspector General Reports: FY 2012 Index
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Ultra-Deepwater Advisory Committee Page 5246 [FR DOC# 2012-2314]
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Unconventional Resources Technology Advisory Committee Page 5246 [FR DOC# 2012-2316]
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee Pages 5246-5247 [FR DOC# 2012-2315]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Pages 5279-5280 [FR DOC# 2012-2230]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Service Contracts Inventory Pages 5280-5281 [FR DOC# 2012-2312]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES State-of-the-Art Reactor Consequence Analyses Reports Page 5281 [FR DOC# 2012-2313]
• UN: IAEA – IAEA-Iran Discussions in Tehran, 29-31 January 2012

Wednesday, February 01, 2012

• NRC – NRC Seeks Comment on Reactor Accident Consequence Research; Public Meetings Feb. 21, 22 in Virginia, Pennsylvania
• NRC – NRC Completes Review of Fire Protection Exemption Requests at Indian Point; Requests Information from Entergy
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Thermal-Hydraulics Phenomena; Notice of Meeting Page 5063 [FR DOC# 2012-2175]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Meetings: Sunshine Federal Register Notice Pages 5063-5064 [FR DOC# 2012-2310]

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

• DOE – Secretary Chu Announces Second Round of “America’s Next Top Energy Innovator” on One Year Anniversary of the White House Startup America Initiative
• GAO – Additional Opportunities Exist to Streamline Support Functions at NNSA and Office of Science Sites, GAO-12-255
• NRC – New Seismic Model Will Refine Hazard Analysis at U.S. Nuclear Plants (pdf-)
• NWTRB – DOE to Present Work on Generic Geologic Repository Criteria and Models at NWTRB March Meeting (pdf-52K)
• National Nuclear Security Administration – NOTICES Fee Policies: Revised Fee Policy for Acceptance of Foreign Research Reactor Spent Nuclear Fuel From High-Income Economy Countries Pages 4807-4808 [FR DOC# 2012-2052]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards; Notice of Meeting Pages 4837-4838 [FR DOC# 2012-2015]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS); Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on U.S. Evolutionary Power Reactor (U.S. EPR); Notice of Meeting Pages 4838-4839 [FR DOC# 2012-2016]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Meetings: Sunshine Federal Register Notice Page 4839 [FR DOC# 2012-2182]
• UN: IAEA – IAEA Mission Completes Review of Japanese Nuclear Safety Assessment Process
• UN: Platts – IAEA plans code to track radioactive contamination in scrap: BIR

Monday, January 30, 2012

• NRC – NRC Monitoring an Event at Byron Nuclear Plant (pdf-)
• NWTRB – Board comments and recommendations related to work sponsored by NE-53 (pdf-73K)
• Energy Department – NOTICES Environmental Management Advisory Board Page 4556 [FR DOC# 2012-1911]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Power Uprates; Notice of Meeting Pages 4585-4586 [FR DOC# 2012-1913]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Proposed Models for Plant-Specific Adoptions of Technical Specifications: Notice of Opportunity for Public Comment on the Proposed Models for Plant-Specific Adoption of Technical Specifications Task Force Traveler TSTF-432, Revision 1, “Change in Technical Specifications End States (WCAP-16294)” Using the Consolidated Line Item Improvement Process Pages 4586-4587 [FR DOC# 2012-1912]
• Canada: CNSC – Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission News Update