Sunday, September 02, 2012

• Las Vegas Review-Journal – Nevadan at Work: Transportation company chief delivers the goods – Hubble Smith
• KOMO News – Shells of Hanford tank leaking radioactive liquid
• my FDL – Goodbye Portland, Oregon? – New Hanford Leak Detected – EdwardTeller
• Tri-City Herald – Candidate says Hanford will be top priority – Michelle Dupler
• Pueblo Chieftain – Letter: Not consenting – Don Hancock
• Chillicothe Gazette – Depleted uranium conversion operations complete in Piketon
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Y-12 fallout: winners, losers and lots and lots of blame – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12 aftermath: winners, losers, lots of blame – Frank Munger
• Staten Island Advance – NASA Mars rover Curiosity’s dirty little secret: Nuclear waste (Commentary) – Geoff Brumfiel
• Canada: MetroNews – 20 communities want to be home to Canada’s nuclear waste
• Oceania: Radio New Zealand – Marshall Islands President hopes for movement on radioactive waste issue
• Middle East: antiwar.com – IAEA Warns of Increased Iranian Enrichment, But Weapons Program Still Non-Existent – John Glaser

Saturday, September 01, 2012

• KNDO/KNDU – New Hanford Leak Raises Concerns – Breanna Gilroy
• Seattle Times – Shells of Hanford tank leaking radioactive liquid
• Tri-City Herald – Pipeline breaks near contaminated soil site at Hanford – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – 2 Hanford workers being checked for radioactive cesium – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – DOE finds more evidence of leak in Hanford double-shell tank – Annette Cary
• Newsok Blog – Is It Natural To Dispose Of Radioactive And Hazardous Wastes? – Robert Hayes
• Knoxville News Sentinel – IG report skewers Y-12’s security – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – How long does it take to dismantle bomb parts? – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Grasping the security problems at Y-12 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12 protesters didn’t have to get through this – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Report: If surveillance devices had worked, trespassers would have been caught before they got to HEUMF – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Protesters hammered on Y-12’s uranium storehouse; guards assumed they were maintenance workers – Frank Munger
• New York Times – Weapons Plant Security Issues Are Described in U.S. Audit – Matthew L. Wald
• Oak Ridge Today – Y-12 camera didn’t work, hammering trespassers mistaken for maintenance – John Huotari
• Augusta Chronicle – Savannah River Site contractor asks for more voluntary layoffs – Rob Pavey
• Canada: Toronto Star – Nuclear waste comes to the cottage – John Spears
• Canada: Toronto Star – Nuclear waste seeks a home – John Spears
• South Asia: Daily News&Analysis – Fuel loading in KNPP likely next week

Friday, August 31, 2012

• KING5 – DOE confirms 2nd leak at Hanford as state threatens legal action – Gary Chittim
• Tri-City Herald – State demands DOE response about consent decree – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Comments still being taken on Hanford permit
• POGO blog – Some Senators Want to Waste Big Bucks on Unnecessary Nuke Facility – Mia Steinle
• Daily Illini – Nuclear pollution blown out of proportion – Thomas Leffler
• WTVC – Memorial to nuclear workers taking shape
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – IG finds ‘troubling dispays of ineptitude’ at Y-12, multiple system breakdowns – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Radiation management: med training in S. Africa – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Air-testing mock warheads – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Muscling up on safety at Y-12 – Frank Munger
• POGO blog – Break-in reveals”ineptitude” at nuke facility, probe finds – Mia Steinle
• Reuters – “Troubling ineptitude” in security at nuclear bomb plant – Roberta Rampton
• Aiken Leader – Spent Fuel Reprocessing Efforts Dealt Set-back by NRC; Decision Holds Negative Implications for Secretive Discussions to Bring Radioactive Spent Fuel to Savannah River Site – Thomas Clements
• Aiken Standard – Plutonium shipment arrives at N.M. plant – Teddy Kulmala
• 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]
• 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]
• Europe: John O’Groat Journal – Boat Belgium-bound with Dounreay nuclear waste

Thursday, August 30, 2012

• Enquirer Herald – Wash. seeks answers about Hanford delays – Shannon Dininny
• Tri-City Herald – Gov threatens step toward legal action over Hanford vit plant – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – New $3M WSU lab opens; initially for Hanford research – Annette Cary
• Lake County News-Sun – Nuke waste rail shipment set for November – Dan Moran
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12 protesters seek delay in federal trial – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Another security casualty at Y-12 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Energy&Water staffers in Oak Ridge – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ‘Taste of Oak Ridge’ Sept. 22 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12’s security fences repaired; government won’t release estimate of damages from July 28 incursion – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Spallation Neutron Source back in business – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Letter: Our government causes destruction – Donald R. Riley
• 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
• Asia-Pacific: World Nuclear News – Fukushima fuel assemblies inspected
• Asia-Pacific: Enformable – Japanese government to fund algae decontamination project at over 100 contaminated sites
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima to expand forest areas for radiation decontamination
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Caution urged ahead of N-waste decision – Alan Irving
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Nuclear investments still won’t offset impact of Thorp closure – Coun Tim Knowles

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

• Algoma News – Handle With Care: Communities, Collaboration, and What Canada Can Teach The U.S. About Managing Used Nuclear Fuel – Tom
• Business Insider – Damning Details Of The Nuclear Coverup On San Francisco’s Treasure Island – Wolf Richter
• Spokesman-Review – Energy memo rips Hanford contractor – Shannon Dininny
• Tri-City Herald – In response to DOE memo, Bechtel confident of safe operation at vit plant – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – IG audit finds challenges in getting waste to vit plant – Annette Cary
• Albuquerque Journal – Setting A Course For N.M.’s Labs
• Albuquerque Journal – Labs Need To Expand Mission
• Albuquerque Journal – Labs Need Strong Advocate
• Carlsbad Current-Argus – Carlsbad residents voice support for WIPP plutonium proposal
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Frank Munger: Rising costs on high-rad project leaves other work undone – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Corker hires Rob Strayer as legislative director – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – POGO says force-on-force test coming at Y-12 – Frank Munger
• Aiken Standard – Column: Supporting DOE’s ‘preferred plan’ important to Aiken – Clint Wolfe
• Greenville Daily Reflector – Company says uranium mining no risk to Va. waters – Steve Szkotak
• Lynchburg News and Advance – VUI says uranium mining no risk to Va. waters – Denice Thibodeau
• Rome Sentinel – More debate about nuke waste
• 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
• NWTRB – NWTRB Calendar
• South America: Ria Novosti – Bolivia Police Seize 2 Tons of Uranium
• South America: Sunday Times Sri Lanka – Bolivia backpedals on uranium seizure claim .
• Oceania: Penrith City Star – Waste decision a ‘broken promise of epic proportions’ – Roderick Shaw
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Unused nuclear fuel from Fukushima No. 4 reactor pool intact
• South Asia: PTI – Uranium deposits found in Rajasthan – IBNLive
• East Europe: News of Belarus – Belarus may buy nuclear fuel outside Russia – Aiken Standard

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

• Bay Citizen – Navy sought to stifle radiation concerns about Treasure Island – Matt Smith and Katharine Mieszkowski
• NBC San Diego – Radioactive Fuel to be Emptied from San Onofre Reactor
• Rancho Bernardo Patch – Nuclear Plant to Pull Radioactive Fuel from Downed Reactor – Adam Townsend
• WANE – Ailing Calif. reactor prepares to remove fuel
• Alliance for Nuclear Accountability – Government Memo Slams Bechtel for Malfeasance, Safety Violations at Hanford Nuclear Site – Tom Carpenter
• Crosscut Seattle – Design of Hanford cleanup questioned – John Stang
• Tri-City Herald – Official lists technical concerns at vit plant – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – DOE director wants Bechtel authority for vit plant cut – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Energy Secretary Steven Chu to visit Tri-Cities – Annette Cary
• Albuquerque Journal – Radiological Incident at LANL – Kiera Hay
• Albuquerque Journal – Court Rejects New Review of Nuke Lab – John Fleck
• Carlsbad Current-Argus – Protesters, with support from Occupy New Mexico, expected at tonight’s WIPP plutonium hearing
• Barron’s – Indiana Michigan Power Unloads Spent Fuel From Dry Cask Storage Site for Nuclear Power Plant, an Industrial Info News Alert
• Johnson City Press – Should NFS get license renewal? Have safety concerns been addressed?
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Plan to cut back on guards at Y-12 is scrapped
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Minimizing impact of electronics – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – DOE awards TRU waste loading contract – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Plan to reduce Y-12 guard force scrapped following breach – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Welcome to Oak Ridge, 1949 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Call it even – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Union contests firing of Y-12 security guard – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Plan to reduce Y-12 security force scrapped – Frank Munger
• Oak Ridge Today – Officials cancel plan to cut guards at Y-12 – John Huotari
• POGO blog –