Sunday, February 05, 2012

• Salem-News – San Onofre Nuclear Reactor May Have Radiation Leak
• Northwest Herald – Letter: Buried nuclear story – Ed Sapeta
• Detroit News – Opponents of planned Monroe nuclear reactor push for study of cancer stats – Jim Lynch
• Times Herald-Record – Editorial: Replace the power; Indian Point can go
• Global Research – Nuclear Power Plants and the Dangers of Radiation in North America – Hugh Fairney
• Canada: Ottawa Citizen – Ontario’s power glut means possible nuclear plant shutdowns – Ian MacLeod
• Oceania: ABC – Nuclear is not the answer – but not why you’d think – Sara Phillips
• Europe: Herald Scotland – MoD under fire for ‘Atomic Beach’ clean-up failure
• Europe: Herald Scotland – Nuclear waste plan abandoned – Rob Edwards
• Russia: Bellona – Update: Fire breaks out at central Moscow nuclear research institute – Charles Digges

Saturday, February 04, 2012

• North County Times – San Onofre: Edison says it will be days before it has results on water leak – Paul Sisson
• OB Rag – The San Diego Anti-Nuke Resurgance: the Timing Couldn’t be Better – Doug Beacom
• Poway.Patch – Some Nuclear Parts Shot; San Onofre Shutdown Costs Up to $1 Million a Day – Adam Townsend
• UPI – Leak shuts down S. California reactor
• Middletown Journal – Plans for Piketon uranium plant meet new resistance – Jessica Wehrman
• Chattanooga Times Free Press – Delays and cost overruns hit Watts Bar work – Dave Flessner
• Plymouth – Wicked Local – Letter: Better active now than radioactive later – Nancy McSpadden
• Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri – 573 deaths ‘related to nuclear crisis’
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Excessive radioactive cesium levels found at 38 Fukushima rice farms
• Middle East: Huffington Post – Dealing With Iran – James Zogby.
• Middle East: Inter Press Service – U.S. Leak on Israeli Attack Weakened a Warning to Netanyahu – Analysis by Gareth Porter

Friday, February 03, 2012

• The Examiner – Safety issues raised at San Onofre – Robin Wulffson, M.D.
• NBC Sandiego – Worker Fell in San Onofre Reactor Pool – R. Stickney and Rory Devine
• North County Times – San Onofre: Worker at nuclear plant fell into reactor pool last week – Paul Sisson
• RanchoSantaMargarita.Patch – Some Nuclear Parts Shot, San Onofre Shutdown Costs Up to $1 Million a Day – Adam Townsend
• San Diego Union-Tribune – Nuclear plant offers no timetable on leak fix – Morgan Lee
• San Diego Union-Tribune – San Onofre Anomalies Found – Morgan Lee
• San Diego Union-Tribune – Nuke inspectors focus on `unusual’ wear on tubes – Michael R. Blood
• UPI – Nuke worker falls into reactor pool
• Tampa Bay Times – Legislators clash over what to do about paying for nuclear plants – Ivan Penn
• GPB – Vote On Vogtle Next Week
• Waterford.Patch – Poll: The Future of Nuclear Power In Connecticut – Paul Petrone
• Brattleboro Reformer – VY decision could have far-reaching ramifications – Bob Audette
• AlterNet – Why a Likely Natural Event Could Cause Nuclear Reactors to Melt Down and Our Grid to Crash – Matthew Stein
• Arms Control Association – Reprocessing Revisited: The International Dimensions of the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership – Edwin Lyman and Frank N. von Hippel
• Asia-Pacific: Greenpeace International – Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Update for January 31st – February 2nd, 2012 – Christine McCann
• Central Asia: Reuters – Kazakhs aim to grow 2012-15 uranium output to 25,000 T – Raushan Nurshayeva
• Europe: Bloomberg – Huhne Resigns as U.K. Energy Secretary After Being Charged – Robert Hutton
• Europe: REVE – French nuclear set to become more expensive than wind power
• Russia: Ria Novosti – Russian Strategic Subs to Resume Routine World Patrols

Thursday, February 02, 2012

• AP Google – Feds: ‘Unusual’ wear on new tubes at CA nuke plant – Michael R. Blood
• KGO-TV – PG&E loses bid to charge customers for quake study
• LA Times blog – Worn tubes found San Onofre nuclear facility after leak
• Orange County Register – Steam generator leaks have dogged nuclear power for 30 years – Chris Knap
• Orange County Register – San Onofre leak: Tiny gas release, more damage at nuclear plant – Pat Brennan
• SanClemente.Patch – San Onofre Nuclear Reactor Down for Second Day
• OnEarth blog – The Ghosts of Rocky Flats: A Meditation on Health, Regulation, and Radiation – David Gessner
• New York Times – Agency Rejects Indian Point Fire Safety Plan – Matthew L. Wald
• NIRS – Stop Unfair Nuclear Tax in Florida!
• POGO blog – POGO Asks Panetta to Stop Funding B61 Nuclear Bombs in Europe – Dana Liebelson
• Union of Concerned Scientists – NRC Releases Draft Report on Simulated Accident at Surry Plant in Virginia and Peach Bottom Plant in Pennsylvania – Edwin Lyman
• Asia-Pacific: Earthweek – Japan Reactor Fallout Increased in January
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Hibakusha: Now is the time to discuss radioactive ‘black rain’
• Europe: The Guardian – We cannot wish Britain’s nuclear waste away – George Monbiot
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Letters: The Nuclear Waste Debate
• Europe: New York Times – Wishing Upon an Atom in a Tiny French Village – Scott Sayare
• Europe: antiwar.com – How the Swiss Opted Out of War – Bill Walker

Wednesday, February 01, 2012

• Huffington Post – A Democratic Solution to the Problem of Nuclear Waste – David Ropeik
• Union of Concerned Scientists – UCS Physicist to Testify Today Before House Subcommittee on Nuclear Waste Blue Ribbon Commission Report
• CNN – Nuclear officials investigate possible leak at California plant
• KPBS – Radioactive Leak At San Onofre Nuclear Plant Called ‘Low Level’ By NRC – Ed Joyce
• NBC San Diego – SCE: San Onofre Unit Shutdown “Precautionary” – Michelle Wayland
• Orange County Register – New plan for ditching America’s nuclear waste – Teri Sforza
• Orange County Register – San Onofre spent fuel storage is safe, Edison says – Teri Sforza
• Orange County Register – Unplanned shutdown of San Onofre reactor – Pat Brennan
• Reuters – Small radiation release possible at Calif. nuclear plant – Scott DiSavino
• Reuters – California Nuclear plant shuts down reactor as precaution – Steve Gorman
• SanClemente.Patch – Radiation From Nuke Plant May Have Escaped Outside, Officials Now Say – Adam Townsend
• San Diego Union-Tribune – Leak at nuclear reactor may have vented – Morgan Lee
• TIME blog – A Nuke Scare in San Diego Shakes an Already Nervous Public – Jeffrey Kluger
• New York Times – Map of Earthquake Risks Is Matthew L. Wald
• Carlsbad Current-Argus – LANL to speed up removal of radioactive waste – Stella Davis
• KRQE – Thousands claim LANL caused cancer – Nancy Laflin
• San Antonio Current – Nuclear waste dump push will likely put Texas back in federal sights – Greg Harman
• SW Iowa News – Opponents of nuclear bill get temporary reprieve – Lynn Campbell
• Chillicothe Gazette – Public comment sought on Piketon site waste – Loren Genson
• CBS News – NRC denies most exemptions sought for NY reactors
• Lacey.Patch – Anti-Nuke Walk to Begin at Oyster Creek – Elaine Piniat
• The Atlantic – DOE Responds to Complaints About Its Commitment to Open Government – Alexis Madrigal
• Reuters – Nuclear accidents pose little risk to health: NRC – Scott DiSavino
• Canada: Elliot Lake Standard – Letter: Nuclear repository could result in exodus from Elliot Lake – Jim Lindamood
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – 1,704 people seek shutdown of Genkai nuclear plant in largest group suit
• Asia: Epoch Times – Japanese Atomic Agency Exposes Nuclear Accident in Beijing – Xiong Bin and Lan Zhu
• Europe: New Civil Engineer – Editorial: MPs misled over ‘nuclear cheaper and greener’ argument
• Europe: Plymouth Herald – ‘No plans’ to move subs from Scotland
• North Europe: Bellona – Small traces of Iodine-131 mysteriously appear throughout Barents Sea region

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

• Albuquerque Journal – State denies permission for WIPP to use new shielded containers for more highly radiaoctive waste – John Fleck
• Iowa City Press Citizen – Utilities Board remains neutral on nuclear legislation – Libby Jacobs
• CBS News – Illinois nuclear reactor shutdown probed
• WAMC – Report: Indian Point Threatens Drinking Water – Dave Lucas
• Newburyport Daily News – City Council urges halt to nuke plant relicensing – Dyke Hendrickson
• New York Times blog – Quakes and U.S. Reactors: An Analytic Tool – Matthew L. Wald
• Reuters – NRC wants U.S. nuclear operators to adopt new seismic model – Scott DiSavino
• Asia-Pacific: Washington Post – Japan losing hope for its pricey ‘dream reactor’ – Chico Harlan
• South Asia: The Hindu – Hindu Munnani activists rough up anti-nuke protesters
• Europe: BBC News – Leiston residents angered by Sizewell B compensation scheme
• Europe: Fox Business – Still “Uncertainties” Over Nuclear Costs In France – Report
• Europe: Morningstar News – French Auditor: Total Nuclear Decommissioning Would Cost EUR18.4 Billion – Inti Landauro
• Europe: New York Times – French Report Faults Indecision on Nuclear Industry – David Jolly
• Russia: RT – Nuclear unclarity: Russia’s Baltic energy expansion in doubt – Vitaly Belousov

Monday, January 30, 2012

• Care2 – Hanford Site: Radiation Levels High, Plant Progress Slow – Joel Boyce
• Idaho Statesman – Rocky Barker: INL and Lucky Friday mine accident responses illustrate two sides of Idaho
• Canton Daily Ledger – Letter: Never Dreamed – Mandy Bowton Barnes
• Chillicothe Gazette – Legislators speak up in opposition to USEC’s American Centrifuge Project – Loren Genson
• All Things Nuclear – What’s Happening with Vermont Yankee? – David Wright
• FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
• Canada: Nuclear Engineering – Westinghouse sets up Canadian arm
• Oceania: Green Left Weekly – Peter Watts: Uranium should stay in the ground
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Nuclear Power Plebiscites–Plebicites first step in pulling nuclear plug – Eric Johnston
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Mayor protests TEPCO’s refusal to boost nuclear compensation payment
• South Asia: Deccan Herald – Anti-nuke group burns K’kulam model
• South Asia: Times of India – Anti-nuke protestors to meet Central committee for fourth round of talks
• Europe: Nuclear Engineering – Green groups challenge UK nuclear subsidies
• Europe: Radio Netherlands – Minister freezes nuclear plant application