Sunday, January 13, 2013

• Public Citizen – Government’s Latest Nuclear Waste Plan Creates More Problems Than Solutions – Allison Fisher
• SNL Financial – Obama administration unveils plan for nuclear waste storage – Matthew Bandyk
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Y-12 reclaims Cold War form in making uranium ‘buttons’ – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Shift change, redux, at Y-12 – Frank Munger
• Richmond Times Dispatch – McClellan: Virginia can live without uranium mines – Jennifer McClellan
• Rutland Herald – Watchdogs say NRC rushing nuclear waste report – David McCumber
• Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri – U.S. eyes solution for storing N-waste – Tatsuo Nakajima
• Europe: Cumbria 24 – Nuclear waste dump under Lake District – hundreds attend meeting to oppose plan – Karen Morley

Saturday, January 12, 2013

• Las Vegas Review-Journal – DOE sets new nuclear waste target date – Steve Tetreault
• NEI – Stakeholders React to DOE Used Fuel Management and Disposal Strategy
• Power Engineering – NARUC: States ‘Hopeful’ DOE Report on Nuclear Waste Will Generate Momentum
• Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources – Republican News: Sen. Murkowski Comments on Energy Department’s Nuclear Waste Report
• Tri-City Herald – DOE says new nuclear waste repository possible in 2048; Hanford remains at risk of being temporary site – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Ex-Hanford manager starts business – Annette Cary
• Boise Weekly – nuclear Feds Unveil Plan For New Nuke Repository by 2048 – George Prentice
• Casper Star-Tribune – Bill to allow radioactive waste storage in Wyoming advances
• Chattanooga Times Free Press – Sequoyah reactor work complete – Pam Sohn
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Y-12 security breach costs B&W $12.2M in fee – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ‘LANL 6’ protesters found guilty; may appeal fines – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – It’s a big-bucks contract – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Nuke Bomb Squad meets the Girl Scouts – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – MLK celebration in Oak Ridge Jan. 16 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12/Pantex contract debriefings set for Jan. 16 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – B&W ‘disappointed’ with fee; cites corrective actions following Y-12 break-in – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – B&W docked $12.2 million in fee as a result of July security breach – Frank Munger
• Watertown/Fort Drum – Experts study nuclear waste storage methods – Candace Hopkins
• Asia-Pacific: NHK World – US govt. spent nuclear fuel disposal plan
• Europe: BBC News – Lake District National Park may host nuclear waste site
• Europe: In-Cumbria – Rallying protest call at meeting over west Cumbria repository plans – Sarah Nicholls
• North Europe: Helsinki Times – Task force presents report on nuclear waste repository

Friday, January 11, 2013

• Platts – Shut reactors’ spent fuel would be first at storage facility: US DOE – Elaine Hiruo
• RAND – Examining Different Forms of Organizations for Managing and Disposing of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste
• Washington Times – Energy Department proposes first new nuclear waste site by 2021 – Jessica Chasmar
• Tri-City Herald – Reach center board expected to select build team – Sara Schilling
• Yakima Herald-Republic – Gregoire has long history with Hanford cleanup – Shannon Dininny
• Bloomberg – EnergySolutions Sued by Investor Over Energy Capital Bid – Phil Milford
• KOTA – Bill to allow radioactive waste storage advances
• Rapid City Journal – Forum airs uranium concerns – Curt Nettinga
• Greenville Daily Reflector – TVA refuels Sequoyah Unit 2 ahead of schedule
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Security breach costs Y-12 contractor $12.2M in fee – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Pam Strickland: Tennessee senators were wrong on TVA appointment
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Congressional crew at ORNL – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Vereb to coordinate Y-12/Pantex transition – Frank Munger
• Oak Ridge Today – Security breach costs B&W Y-12 $12.2 million – John Huotari
• Oak Ridge Today – Rep. Fleischmann’s staff members visit ORNL – John Huotari
• WNCT – Protester costs Y-12 contractor $12 million
• Aiken Standard – DOE praises ‘outstanding’ SRNS – Mike Gellatly
• The Examiner – Sen. Dick Saslaw isn’t concerned about the consequences of uranium mining in VA – Daniel Carawan
• Richmond Times-Dispatch – Does lifting of uranium-mining ban mean mining will follow? – Rex Springston
• Staunton News Leader – Uranium backers head to Capitol
• Virginian-Pilot – Va. uranium supporters take message to Richmond – Julian Walker
• WSET – Residents Speak Out on Uranium Mining Bill – Whitney Delbridge
• EPFL – Bacteria a potential threat to nuclear waste repositories – Jan Overney
• DOE – Strategy for The Management and Disposal of Used Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste (pdf-696K)
• Oceania: Australian Mining – Uranium mining in NSW still on the agenda – Cole Latimer
• Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri – Disaster debris disposal falling behind schedule
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Reprocessed nuclear waste to arrive in Aomori from Britain in late February
• Europe: East Anglian Daily Times – Sizewell A: Bosses investigating how sulphuric acid ended up in fuel storage pond – Craig Robinson
• Europe: Waste Management World – New Packaging for Radioactive Waste will Lower Costs and Speed Up Decommissioning – Bob Vaughan
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Firms could help nuclear clean-up
• Middle East: Reuters – Syria may hold uranium stash, Western and Israeli experts say – Fredrik Dahl and Dan Williams

Thursday, January 10, 2013

• KTVZ – Hanford cleanup continues as Gregoire steps down
• Tri-City Herald – PNNL, UW to form computing institute – Annette Cary
• Rapid City Journal – Public invited to discuss uranium mining
• Boulder Weekly – Paving a contaminated parkway – Elizabeth Miller
• Albuquerque Journal – 6 LANL Demonstrators Guilty, Fined $342 Each – T. S. Last
• KFDA Amarillo – Pantex nuclear operation soon under new management – Jeff Stebbins
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – IG at Y-12 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Widow of ex-DOE exec Michael Strayer gets probation in federal fraud case – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Union chief says Y-12 guards looking for stability – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ORNL (1959) – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Spallation Neutron Source returns to action – Frank Munger
• Augusta Chronicle – Vogtle reactor vessel slips between Savannah, Burke County – Rob Pavey
• Augusta Chronicle – SRS contractor earns praise, performance fee – Rob Pavey
• Blue Ridge Leader – Former Purcellville Residents Publish Critically Acclaimed Book on Nuclear Waste
• Chatham Star Tribune – Uranium on agenda for legislature – Mark Thomas
• Energy Tribune – The Ugly Battle Over Virginia’s Uranium – Peter Galuszka
• Lynchburg News and Advance – Backers emerge for uranium bill – Ray Reed
• Tribune-Review – Casey wants study of how site cleanup was handled – Tom Yerace and Jodi Weigand
• Tribune-Review – Contractors take a look at Parks nuclear waste site – Mary Ann Thomas
• Digital Arts – Dan Britt uses stop-motion to show 1000 reasons to get rid of nuclear bombs
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee Page 2259 [FR DOC# 2013-00330]
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST)
  
• Canada: London Free Press – Opponents to lakeside dump buy billboard space 0 – Debora Van Brenk
• Canada: Northumberland News – Port Hope radioactive cleanup is feeding the stigma – Roy Cowan
• Asia-Pacific: Kyodo News – Reprocessed nuclear waste to arrive in Japan from Britain in late Feb.
• South Asia: Dawn – 50 Years Ago: US to give uranium for Pindi reactor

Wednesday, January 09, 2013

• Las Vegas SUN – Just how radioactive is that nuke fuel the feds want to bury in Nevada? Sandoval wants to know – Cy Ryan
• Tri-City Herald – DOE engineer files police report alleging incident at meeting – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – PNNL engineer to talk about Fukushima
• Nuclear Engineering – Buyer found for EnergySolutions
• Salt Lake Tribune – EnergySolutions: New owners need oversight
• Albuquerque Business First – Does NNSA decision on Y-12, Pantex portend future for Sandia? – Dan Mayfield
• Albuquerque Journal – Bechtel, Lockheed Martin and the new Y-12/Pantex contract: and then there was one – John Fleck
• Minnesota Public Radio – Permanent storage of nuclear waste still in limbo – Steven John
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Frank Munger: What do Oak Ridge contractors do best?
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Bechtel, Lockheed Martin team wins Y-12/Pantex contract – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Staff changes in Rep. Fleischmann’s office – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Ames Lab wins Critical Materials Hub; ORNL among the research partners – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – DOE manager to speak at joint meeting – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12 union chief: ‘There are other ways to save money besides laying people off and cutting benefits’ – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – New contractor to offer jobs to ‘over 95 percent’ of Y-12 & Pantex employees – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Jim Haynes to head Y-12/Pantex contractor – Frank Munger
• Oak Ridge Today – Y-12, Pantex contractor expected to save $3.27 billion, details later – John Huotari
• Oak Ridge Today – Security breach given ‘due consideration’ in Y-12, Pantex award – John Huotari
• WBIR-TV – New Y-12 contractors will keep 95% of employees – Eleanor Beck
• Chatham Star Tribune – Danville Council backs uranium ban – Jonathan Parker
• Chatham Star Tribune – Uranium mining clears hurdle – Tim Davis
• Warren Record – Local activists warn of dangers with uranium mining
• Warren Record – New coalition opposes uranium mining
• ENS – 2012 Hottest Year Since Record Keeping Began in 1895
• IEER – Comments to the NRC on low-level waste disposal
• Phys.Org – Another tiny miracle: Graphene oxide soaks up radioactive waste
• DOE – Ames Laboratory to Lead New Research Effort to Address Shortages in Rare Earth and Other Critical Materials
• Energy Department – NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Plutonium-238 Production for Radioisotope Power Systems for National Aeronautics and Space Administration and National Security Missions Pages 1848-1850 [FR DOC# 2013-00239]
• Canada: Toronto Star – Port Hope: Residents skeptical about ‘rebranding’ pretty town with radioactive past – Carola Vyhnak
• Oceania: South West Advertiser – Nuclear waste forum Save – Farah Abdurahman
• Asia-Pacific: Power Engineering – Report on the Progress of Investigation on the Bent Fuel Assembly Water Rods Found at Our Nuclear Power Station to the Nuclear Regulation Authority (Interim Report)
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Installment of cover for fuel removal begins at Fukushima plant reactor
• Asia-Pacific: NHK World – NRA: fuel reprocessors must meet safety standards
• Europe: Nuclear Engineering – A fifth of Harwell nuclear site now released for new use
• Europe: Nuclear Engineering – Europe teams up for repository seal R&D

Tuesday, January 08, 2013

• Tri-City Herald – No leak found in Hanford’s 2nd oldest radioactive waste tank – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – 9 PFP workers checked for radioactive exposure
• Tri-City Herald – Probe comes up negative on leak in double-shell tank at Hanford – Annette Cary
• Boise State Public Radio – Idaho Governor Underscores Commitment to Keep Nuclear Waste Out of Idaho – Aaron Kunz
• ABC 4 – Energy Solutions is sold – Brent Hunsaker
• KUTV – Plan To Store High-Level Nuclear Waste In Utah No Longer Happening
• Salt Lake Tribune – EnergySolutions seeks to settle $26M lawsuit over IPO – Paul Beebe
• Salt Lake Tribune – Utah-based EnergySolutions lays off hundreds companywide – Judy Fahys
• Salt Lake Tribune – EnergySolutions reports lower revenue, Q1 loss – Steven Oberbeck
• Salt Lake Tribune – EnergySolutions to be acquired in $1.1 billion deal – Judy Fahys and Steven Oberbeck
• World Nuclear News – New owner for EnergySolutions
• Albuquerque Journal – LANL Security Flaw Reported – T.S. Last
• Carlsbad Current Argus – New Mexico State Police end watch of nuclear shipments to WIPP – Natalie Gross
• St. Paul Pioneer Press – Red Wing: Indian community presses for nuclear waste storage solution – Leslie Brooks Suzukamo
• Knoxville News Sentinel – New EnergySolutions owner to keep Oak Ridge team – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Congressman Fleischmann’s comment – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Fluor not commenting – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Oak Ridge Mayor: ‘Thank goodness it’s done’ – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – B&W disappointed by NNSA’s choice of contractors, will ‘consider all options’ – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – NNSA says winning proposal on Y-12/Pantex contract will save $3.27B – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Bechtel and Lockheed Martin team wins Y-12/Pantex contract – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Peace activists review NNSA’s 2012 performance – Frank Munger
• Oak Ridge Today – Bechtel, Lockheed Martin team wins contract to manage Y-12, Pantex – John Huotari
• Oak Ridge Today – NNSA: New Y-12, Pantex contractor expects to offer jobs to most employees – John Huotari
• Reuters – US uranium complex changes management after activists break in – Timothy Gardner
• UPI – SAIC wins nuclear support work
• WATE-TV – NNSA selects new contractor for Y-12 security
• Aiken Leader – Support for SRS Clean-up Funding, Spent Fuel Storage Concern by Hilton Head Island Newspaper – Thomas Clements
• Hilton Head Island Packet – Editorial: Congress needs pressure to clean up nuclear waste
• Martinsville Bulletin – Mining plan clears hurdle
• Roanoke Times – Panel OKs regulatory plan for uranium mining – Michael Sluss
• WRAL – NC opposition builds to proposed Virginia uranium mine – Beau Minnick
• All Things Nuclear – Fission Stories #124: Don’t Blow It Out of Proportion – Dave Lochbaum
• The Examiner – Petition to build a nuclear rocket gains support at White House site – Mark Whittington
• Canada: Oshawa Express – Wanted: New home for nuclear waste – Geoff Zochodne
• Europe: NW Evening Mail – Firms could help nuclear clean-up
• South Africa: IPS – Abandoning Nuclear Weapons – Lessons from South Africa – John Fraser

Monday, January 07, 2013

• Electric Light & Power – Deadline advances Yucca lawsuit
• Idaho Statesman – Read prepared text of Idaho Gov. Otter’s 2013 State of the State address
• Salt Lake Tribune – EnergySolutions to be acquired in $1.1 billion deal – Steven Oberbeck and Judy Fahys
• Salt Lake Tribune – Money, politics bury plans for fuel-rod cemetery – Judy Fahys
• Farmington Daily Times – NM police to stop monitoring nuclear shipments
• KRQE News 13 – LANL protesters head to court
• Palladium-Times – Review of spent nuclear fuel storage continues – Andrew Poole
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Peace activists review NNSA’s 2012 performance – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – How much does it cost to propose? – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Report: Chinese tech a security concern at Los Alamos – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – EnergySolutions to be acquired in $1.1B transaction; current management to remain in place – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12/Pantex award near? – Frank Munger
• Staunton News Leader – Uranium mining takes center stage in Va.
• Virginian-Pilot – Hampton Roads lawmakers mine uranium debate
• FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
• NEI – NEI to NRC: Focus Waste Confidence EIS on Court-Identified Issues
• DOE:EM – EM Launches Revamped Website
• NWTRB – Updated Meeting Calendar
• East Asia: Chosun Ilbo – Japan Could Reprocess Nuclear Fuel from Korea
• Europe: Le Monde Diplomatique – What to do with the waste? – Agnès Sinai
• Europe: OilPrice – Germany’s Nuke Plants Closed, but – Where to Store their Waste? – John Daly