Sunday, September 23, 2012

• CBS San Francisco – High-Security Nuclear Materials Removed From Lawrence Livermore Lab
• Columbia Riverkeeper – Hanford Dangerous Waste Permit Public Hearing this Thursday
• Tri-City Herald – HAMMER quietly making world safer for 15 years
• Utah Policy – Hinckley Institute Special Report
• Columbia Daily Tribune – New Mexico holds nuclear waste key – William H. Miller
• Oak Ridge Today – Ohio Republican introduces bill to transfer nuclear facility security to military – John Huotari
• Salt Lake City Weekly – Utah Anti-Nuke campaigners host Saturday 5-k walk – Stephen Dark

Saturday, September 22, 2012

• Salt Lake Tribune – Who’s guarding the pollution henhouse? – Robert W. Adler
• Las Cruces Sun-News – Nuclear waste storage plant near Carlsbad seeks expansion – Milan Simonich
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Special nuke materials removed from Livermore – Frank Munger
• Allentown Morning Call – Container holding radioactive material found in landfill – Tony Nauroth
• NY Newsday – Brookhaven Lab reactor fully decommissioned – Sophia Chang
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – News Navigator: What is the ‘specified waste’ from the Fukushima accident?

Friday, September 21, 2012

• Pahrump Valley Times – IN HARM’S WAY – Report: County not immune to disasters – Mark Waite
• The Blaze – Why Was the Gov’t Testing the Effects of Atomic Bombs on Beer? – Liz Klimas
• Watch Newspapers – Nuclear Weapons Testing, and 40 Years Later, a Lethal Blood Cancer – Martinique Davis
• Seattle Post Intelligencer – Hanford nuclear park bill fails in US House
• Tri-City Herald – Hanford B Reactor park bill defeated, but not dead yet – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – CH2M Hill notified of problems in enforcement letter – Annette Cary
• Reuters – Idaho wildfire roars through former uranium mine site – Laura Zuckerman
• New Mexico Business Weekly – NNSA, DOE award $14 million in research grants – Damon Scott
• HNN Huntingtonnews – “New” Documents Demonstrate Prior Portsmouth Puzzles – Tony E. Rutherford
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12 security fallout at ORNL – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – A one-month extension for B&W Y-12; ‘show cause’ response still being reviewed – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Manhattan Project park bill fails in 1st vote – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – DOE’s Bill McMillan to oversee ORNL cleanup – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – 41 layoffs at K-25/K-27 projects – Frank Munger
• WBIR-TV – UCOR cuts 41 jobs at K-25 and K-27 project cleanup in Oak Ridge – Jim Matheny
• Spartanburg Herald Journal – SRS is not suitable for high-level radioactive waste
• Ezine – Are Our Nuclear Waste Sites Safe in the United States – Where Should I Live? – Lance Winslow
• IEEE Spectrum – Accelerate Transfer of Nuclear Wastes from Wet to Dry Storage? – Bill Sweet
• NRC – NRC Seeks Public Comment on Changes to Waste Burial Charges for Nuclear Power Plant Decommissioning Funds
• Energy Department – NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the W.A. Parish Post-Combustion CO2 Pages 58533-58534 [FR DOC# 2012-23320]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Report on Waste Burial Charges: Report on Waste Burial Charges: Changes in Decommissioning Waste Disposal Costs at Low-Level Waste Burial Facilities Pages 58591-58592 [FR DOC# 2012-23351]
• Oceania: ABC – Uranium plans may spark legal stoush
• South Asia: Hindu Business Line – Fuel loading begins at Kudankulam
• East Europe: Alpha Galileo – Spent fuel leaves Poland

Thursday, September 20, 2012

• PHYS.org – Book: 30 years on Yucca Mountain
• Bay Citizen – Treasure Island residents seek answers – Matt Smith
• Tri-City Herald – Ohio democrat moves to block B Reactor park
• Tri-City Herald – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Bat cave, radioactive carcasses part of 1st reactor cleanup
• Tri-City Herald – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – House debates B Reactor park – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – F Reactor site completely cleaned up – Annette Cary
• WTAQ – Dairyland Power Cooperative wraps up nuclear waste removal from old reactor
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Early ORNL workers to get help in collecting for cancer – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – B&W’s Jud Simmons to head Y-12 public affairs – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Protester picked up a jailhouse nickname – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Oak Ridge historian honored as ‘Citizen Archivist’ at National Archives; treasure trove of stuff available at Atlanta – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – DOE’s security eval at Y-12 wraps up this week – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – The cardboard box strategy at Y-12 – Frank Munger
• Oak Ridge Today – Cold War Patriots fair offers free health care screenings, information – John Huotari
• Oak Ridge Today – Dr. John H. Neiler – Dawn Huotari
• Rutland Times – Life of Augean waste site in King’s Cliffe will be extended
• Daily Kos – Republican Suggested “Sprinkling” Radioactive Waste on America
• NTI – First U.S. Laser Enrichment License Expected by Month’s End – Elaine M. Grossman
• SNL Financial – NRC’s Svinicki: Licensing work to continue despite suspension over nuke waste issue – Matthew Bandyk
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Oak Ridge Reservation Page 58364 [FR DOC# 2012-23236]
• Health and Human Services Department – NOTICES Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort who worked at the Clarksville Modification Center, Fort Campbell, in Clarksville, Tennessee, Pages 58381-58382 [FR DOC# 2012-23207]
• Health and Human Services Department – NOTICES Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort who worked at the Winchester Engineering and Analytical Center in Winchester, Massachusetts, Page 58382 [FR DOC# 2012-23272]
• Health and Human Services Department – NOTICES Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort who worked at the Medina Modification Center in San Antonio, Texas, Page 58382 [FR DOC# 2012-23214]
• Health and Human Services Department – NOTICES Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort who worked at the Hanford Engineer Works in Richland, Washington, Page 58382 [FR DOC# 2012-23265]
• Health and Human Services Department – NOTICES Determination Concerning a Petition To Add a Class of Employees to the Special Exposure Cohort from Titanium Alloys Manufacturing in Niagara Falls, New York, Page 58383 [FR DOC# 2012-23276]
• Health and Human Services Department – NOTICES Meetings: Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections Page 58383 [FR DOC# 2012-23143]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Comparative Environmental Evaluation of Alternatives for Handling Low-Level Radioactive Waste Spent Ion Exchange Resins From Commercial Nuclear Power Plants Pages 58416-58419 [FR DOC# 2012-23205]
• Canada: NorthumberlandView – GreenView: How many dead fish would be “significant”? – Krystyn Tully
• Canada: Saskatoon StarPhoenix – Uranium outlook bleak–Rebound two years off estimates
• Oceania: Courier Mail – Uranium mining back on the political agenda by: John McCarthy
• Oceania: West Australian – Toro a step closer to uranium mine – Nick Sas
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Selection of radioactive waste disposal site creates unhappy locals
• Europe: BBC News – Romney Marsh nuclear waste storage plant plan rejected
• Europe: Kent News – Shepway council reject nuclear dump proposals – Dean Kilpatrick
• Europe: Times & Star – No Allerdale council debate over nuclear waste store plan – Sarah Nicholls
• Europe: Whitehaven News – No to N-dump ‘would put nuclear new-build at risk’ says professor – Alan Irving
• Europe: Whitehaven News – No Allerdale council debate over nuclear waste store plan – Sarah Nicholls
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Sellafield exercise staged – Alan Irving
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Letters: N-waste site – is it time to look at Plan B?
• Europe: Whitehaven News – West Cumbria nuclear store idea to be debated – John Connell and Jenny Barwise

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

• KIMA – Hanford workers complete F Reactor cleanup
• Tri-City Herald – Governor confident Chu can address Hanford vit plant issues – Annette Cary,
• Tri-City Herald – F Reactor cleanup complete
• Wenatchee World – Gov. Gregoire pushing Hanford nuclear cleanup
• MyFox Phoenix – Cleanup of uranium continues on Navajo Nation
• LAMonitor – Mousseau to head LANL program
• La Crosse Tribune – Update: Nuclear fuel transfer to close Hwy. 35 today
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – Fifth radioactive waste cask moved in Vernon County
• Chillicothe Gazette – Centrifuge project reaches second of five milestones
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Y-12 security contractor says it wasn’t trying to cheat – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Q&A’s released on Oak Ridge security contract – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – While in Vienna, Chu talks about ‘unfortunate incident’ at Y-12 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Swiss to get 750-teraflops ‘Cascade’ from Cray – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Who knows the truth about Marsaxlokk? – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ETEBA’s Peske to speak – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – B&W, outer space and kids – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Official whereabouts, etc. – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12 security contractor says it wasn’t trying to cheat – Frank Munger
• HNN Huntingtonnews – Developing: Expansion of Nuclear Worker Illness Benefits Again Denied to Certain INCO Workers – Tony E. Rutherford
• Bloomberg – Uranium Recovery Postponed as Price Drops to 2-Year Low – Christopher Donville
• DOE:IG – Follow-up Audit of the Stockpile Surveillance Program, OAS-L-12-10
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES License Renewals: Power Resources, Inc., Smith Ranch Highland Uranium Project; License
  
• Oceania: Melbourne Indymedia – Mapping Australia’s Nuclear Sites – Past and Present
• Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri – Rokkasho N-fuel plant completion delayed
• Asia-Pacific: Wall Street Journal – Japan Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Plant Faces Further Delay – Chester Dawson
• Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri – Rokkasho N-fuel plant completion delayed
• South Asia: Xinhua News – Radioactive shipment returned to India
• Europe: BBC News – King’s Cliffe radioactive waste site stays open until 2016
• Europe: Norwich Evening News – Second visit to Norfolk airfield in radioactive material investigation – Dominic Bareham
• Europe: The Scotsman – Europe’s deepest nuclear clean-up to take place at Dounreay in Caithness. – Frank Urquhart
• Europe: this is Kent – Shepway District Council says No to £12 billion nuclear dump on Romney Marsh – AntonyThrower
• Europe: Times & Star – West Cumbria nuclear store idea to be debated – John Connell and Jenny Barwise
• North Europe: Copenhagen Post – Nuclear waste set to stay put – Christian Wenande

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

• Tri-City Herald – Almost 290 at Hanford to get layoff notices this week – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – 1.5M tons of material cleaned up at F Reactor
• Tri-City Herald – Hanford workers empty second tank of radioactive waste in a month – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Cleanup to be declared complete at Hanford reactor for 1st time
• EPA – EPA begins three Navajo uranium mine cleanups in September / Work on the projects expected to total over $7 million
• Albuquerque Journal – State Improves Access to LANL Data
• Albuquerque Journal – N.M.’s Nuclear Budget May Be Cut $400M – John Fleck
• La Crosse Tribune – Nuclear fuel transfer to close Hwy. 35 Wednesday morning
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Advisory board approves ORNL Special Exposure Cohort; should make it easier for early workers and families to collect on rad-induced cancers – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Oak Ridge is turning 70 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – USEC cites 2nd milestone on centrifuge eval – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Mason: ‘It’s fair to say it’s not clear’ – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Newest member of DNFSB – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Talking dirty bombs in Bangladesh – Frank Munger
• Oak Ridge Today – Guard, union president defend security officer performance during Y-12 breach – John Huotari
• Danville Register & Bee – Uranium and water supply: List of concerns released – Denice Thibodeau
• Danville Register & Bee – Stanley says he ‘misspoke;’ governor denies uranium influence – John Crane
• WDBJ7 – State health leaders tackle environmental questions in Chatham – Justin Ward
• WSLS – The politics of uranium mining – Tiffany Holland
• Nuclear Engineering – Beaver Valley to build dry nuclear fuel store
• Daily Voice – Some Indian Point Spent Fuel Moved Into Long-Term Storage – Jessica Glenza
• AllGov – Upgrading U.S.’s 5,000 Nuclear Warheads Could Cost Hundreds of Billions of Dollars
• The Hill – Nuclear group likes chances for waste management progress next Congress – Zack Colman
• Asia-Pacific: Fukushima Diary – Disaster debris incineration will start at 500m from Maizuru Kyoto – Iori Mochizuki
• Europe: Reuters – Areva finds UK partner for nuclear decommissioning

Monday, September 17, 2012

• Tri-City Herald – 10th Hanford tank emptied of radioactive waste; 2nd this month – Annette Cary
• UPI – Hunt for lost radioactive rod in Texas
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Southern’s Crosswhite joins EPRI board – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ReadyTN app ready for your phone – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Cold War Patriots – Frank Munger
• Aiken Leader blog – Plutonium Fuel (MOX) Program at Savannah River Site Hit with Major Setback – Thomas Clements
• Lynchburg News and Advance – Va. uranium mining focus of Monday meeting
• FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
• Nuclear Engineering – Uncertainty over accelerating dry storage of used nuclear fuel
• OpEdNews – Nuclear Roulette – David Swanson
• World Nuclear News – US used fuel storage options assessed
• NRC – NRC Schedules Meeting to Discuss Construction at Louisiana Energy Services (URENCO USA)
• Oceania: CounterPunch – Nuclear Betrayal in the Marshall Islands – Barbara Rose Johnston
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Vicious nuclear fuel cycle proving difficult to break – Kazuaki Nagata
• Europe: John O’Groat Journal – Work on offer as Dounreay gears up for underground clean-up