Saturday, September 22, 2012

• UN: IAEA – Doors Close on 56th Annual Session of IAEA General Conference
• UN: Xinhua News – IAEA to hold meeting in October

Friday, September 21, 2012

• NRC – NRC Issues A “Yellow” Finding to Wolf Creek Nuclear Plant in Connection With Loss of Off-Site Power Event
• NRC – NRC Seeks Public Comment on Changes to Waste Burial Charges for Nuclear Power Plant Decommissioning Funds
• NRC – NRC to Meet with Energy Northwest to Discuss Columbia Generating Station
• 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 Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Pages 58585-58586 [FR DOC# 2012-23287]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Page 58586 [FR DOC# 2012-23307]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Mr. James Chaisson; Confirmatory Order (Effective Immediately) Pages 58587-58590 [FR DOC# 2012-23348]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Northern States Power Company; Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Page 58591 [FR DOC# 2012-23363]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Determining Technical Adequacy of Probabilistic Risk Assessment: Determining Technical Adequacy of Probabilistic Risk Assessment for Risk-Informed License Amendment Requests After Initial Fuel Load Pages 58590-58591 [FR DOC# 2012-23347]
• 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]

Thursday, September 20, 2012

• SNL Financial – NRC’s Svinicki: Licensing work to continue despite suspension over nuke waste issue – Matthew Bandyk
• NRC – NRC, FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co. to Discuss Company’s Nuclear Plants on Sept. 26
• NRC – NRC to Discuss Implementing Orders for Post-Fukushima Improvements Sept. 27 in Rockville, Md.
• 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]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Guidlines for Preparing and Reviewing Licensing Applications: Guidelines for Preparing and Reviewing Licensing Applications for Instrumentation and Control Upgrades for Non-Power Reactors Pages 58419-58420 [FR DOC# 2012-23326]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Committee On Reactor Safeguards; Notice of Meeting Pages 58420-58421 [FR DOC# 2012-23201]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Model Safety Evaluation: Model Safety Evaluation for Plant-Specific Adoption of Technical Specifications Task Force Traveler TSTF-522, Revision 0, “Revise Ventilation System Surveillance Requirements To Operate for 10 Hours per Month,” Using the Consolidated Line Item Improvement Process Page 58421 [FR DOC# 2012-23208]

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

• Utility Products – Fuel review – Enrichment – Transition almost complete.
• DOE:IG – Follow-up Audit of the Stockpile Surveillance Program, OAS-L-12-10
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Meetings: Sunshine Act Meeting Page 58185 [FR DOC# 2012-23198]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES License Renewals: Power Resources, Inc., Smith Ranch Highland Uranium Project; License Renewal Request, Opportunity To Request a Hearing and To Petition for Leave To Intervene, and Commission Order Imposing Procedures for Document Access Pages 58181-58185 [FR DOC# 2012-23064]
• UN: IAEA – IAEA Statement on Meeting with Dr. Fereydoun Abbasi

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

• NRC – NRC Assigns New Inspector to Nine Mile Point Nuclear Plant
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Meetings: Sunshine Federal Register Notice Page 57597 [FR DOC# 2012-23062]
• UN: IAEA – Contributing to Food Security with Nuclear Technologies
• UN: The Examiner – UN watchdog IAEA new warning: Iran, Syria, North Korea are ‘not cooperating’ – Rhonda Parker
• UN: Xinhua News – IAEA, WANO sign new cooperation agreement

Monday, September 17, 2012

• World Nuclear News – US used fuel storage options assessed
• NRC – “Assessing Progress in Worldwide Nuclear Safety” Remarks of NRC Chairman, Allison M. Macfarlane at the International Nuclear Safety Group (INSAG) Forum, Vienna, Austria, Monday, September 19, 2012 IAEA
• NRC – NRC Chairman Says Safety Culture Critical to Improving Safety; Notes Fukushima Progress in United States
• NRC – NRC Schedules Meeting to Discuss Construction at Louisiana Energy Services (URENCO USA)
• NRC – Public Meeting Schedule
• UN: IAEA – IAEA and WANO Sign New Memorandum of Understanding
• UN: IAEA – IAEA General Conference Opens in Vienna
• UN: UPI – IAEA defends nuclear energy post-Fukushima
• Canada: CNSC – CNSC News Update