Saturday, September 01, 2012

• Courthouse News Service – Nuke Plants Must Report Faulty Permit Results
• POGO blog – Conservatives Tell Rep. Issa: Federal Whistleblowers, and Taxpayers, Deserve Their Day in Court – Angela Canterbury and Suzanne Dershowitz
• NEI Nuclear Notes – NuScale Back in Action with Unexpected Support
• Power Engineering – IAEA’s safety standards on nuclear power plants to be introduced
• UN: IAEA – International Experts’ Meeting to Discuss Protecting Nuclear Power Plants from Natural Hazards
• UN: IAEA – States Conclude Discussions on Nuclear Safety
• UN: IAEA – IAEA Fukushima Daiichi Status Report

• Friday, August 31, 2012

• DOE – Energy Department Advances Research on Methane Hydrates – the World’s Largest Untapped Fossil Energy Resource
• DOE – Energy Department Announces Emergency Oil Loan In Response to Hurricane Isaac-Related Request
• DOE:IG – Inquiry into the Security Breach at the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Y-12 National Security Complex, IG-0868
• NAS – Project Update: Review of the Department of Labor’s Site Exposure Matrix (SEM) Database
• NRC – NRC Finalizes Guidance Documents for Post-Fukushima Requirements
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Ultra-Deepwater Advisory Committee Page 53191 [FR DOC# 2012-21547]
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Unconventional Resources Technology Advisory Committee Pages 53191-53192 [FR DOC# 2012-21549]
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Northern New Mexico Page 53192 [FR DOC# 2012-21554]
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Idaho National Laboratory Pages 53192-53193 [FR DOC# 2012-21550]
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Savannah River Site Page 53193 [FR DOC# 2012-21555]
• Environmental Protection Agency – NOTICES Environmental Impacts Statements; Notice of Availability, EIS No. 20120282, Final EIS, NRC, NM, Fluoride Extraction Process and Depleted Uranium Deconversion Plant Pages 53198-53199 [FR DOC# 2012-21568]
• Navy Department – NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Notice of Public Meetings for the Draft Legislative Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Renewal of the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range Land Withdrawal, California Pages 53189-53191 [FR DOC# 2012-21465]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Proposed International Isotopes Fluorine Extraction Process and Depleted Uranium Deconversion Plant in Lea County, New Mexico Pages 53236-53237 [FR DOC# 2012-21486]

Thursday, August 30, 2012

• AREVA – “All-of-the-Above” Built on Nuclear
• Center for Public Integrity – GOP platform at odds with public on defense spending – Aaron Mehta
• DOE:IG – Inquiry into the Procurement of Law Firm Services and Management of Law Firm-Disclosed Organizational Conflicts of Interest by the Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office, OAS-RA-12-14
• NRC – NRC Assigns New Resident Inspector to Seabrook Nuclear Plant
• NRC – NRC Names New Senior Resident Inspector at Brunswick Nuclear Power Plant
• NRC – NRC, FEMA Seek Public Input in Updating Emergency Preparedness Guidance; Meeting Sept. 13 in Rockville, Md.
• NRC – Information Notices – 2012
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Exemptions: Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. Millstone Power Station, Unit 3; Exemption Pages 52765-52766 [FR DOC# 2012-21485]

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

• Nuclear Energy Insider – Nuclear Energy Insider Policy Brief 19 – 29 August 2012 – K. Steiner-Dicks
• Nuclear Energy Insider – Weekly Intelligence Brief 16 – 29 August 2012 – K. Steiner-Dicks
• DOE – Energy Department Announces New Investments to Accelerate Breakthroughs in Cost-Competitive Solar Energy
• DOE – DOE Monitoring Energy Infrastructure, Responds as Isaac Makes Landfall – William Bryan
• NRC – NRC Enters Monitoring Mode in Advance of Hurricane Isaac
• NRC – Regulatory Issue Summaries – 2012 – $355.65
• NWTRB – NWTRB Calendar
• Health and Human Services Department – NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH or Advisory Board), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Pages 52335-52336 [FR DOC# 2012-21333]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Committee On Reactor Safeguards (ACRS); Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Planning and Procedures; Notice of Meeting Page 52371 [FR DOC# 2012-21297]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Fukushima; Notice of Meeting Pages 52371-52372 [FR DOC# 2012-21298]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Plant License Renewal; Notice of Meeting Page 52372 [FR DOC# 2012-21300]

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

• Government Accountability Project – GAP Condemns Federal Circuit Decision–Ruling ‘Nullifies’ Civil Service Rights
• World Nuclear News – Safety checks on reactor vessels
• DOE – Energy Department Announces New University-Led Projects to Create More Efficient, Lower Cost Concentrating Solar Power Systems
• DOE:IG – Tank Waste Feed Delivery System Readiness at the Hanford Site, OAS-L-12-09
• NRC – NRC Preparing for Approach of Tropical Storm Isaac
• NRC – Inspector General Reports: FY 2012 Index
• Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board – PROPOSED RULES Procedures for Safety Investigations Pages 51943-51944 [FR DOC# 2012-21237]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Sunshine Act Meeting Page 52072 [FR DOC# 2012-21287]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Request To Amend a License to Import Radioactive Waste Pages 52072-52073 [FR DOC# 2012-21195]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Request To Amend a License To Export Radioactive Waste Pages 52073-52074 [FR DOC# 2012-21198]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Confirmatory Orders: In the Matter of Quality Inspection and Testing, Inc., New Iberia, LA; General License Pursuant to 10 CFR 150.20 EA-11-124; Confirmatory Order (Effective Immediately) Pages 52067-52072 [FR DOC# 2012-21214]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – RULES Requirements for Maintenance of Inspections, Tests, Analyses, and Acceptance Criteria Pages 51880-51892 [FR DOC# 2012-21207]

Monday, August 27, 2012

• Government Security News – NNSA plans aerial radiological survey of San Francisco area – Mark Rockwell
• ANWAG Blog – It’s already been done Part II – Terrie Barrie
• FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
• NRC – Public Meeting Schedule
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Northern New Mexico Page 51789 [FR DOC# 2012-21037]
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Paducah Pages 51789-51790 [FR DOC# 2012-21038]
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) Pages 51790-51791 [FR DOC# 2012-21063]
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: DOE/NSF Nuclear Science Advisory Committee Page 51791 [FR DOC# 2012-21039]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Hearings: Atomic Safety and Licensing Board; In the Matter of Progress Energy Florida, Inc. (Levy County Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2) Pages 51832-51833 [FR DOC# 2012-21005]
• UN: IAEA – IAEA Chief Urges States’ Vigorous Action in Implementing Nuclear Safety Action Plan
• UN: Reuters – Update 1-Don’t drop ball on nuclear safety-IAEA chief – Fredrik Dahl
• Canada: CNSC – CNSC News Update