Saturday, January 19, 2013

• UN: BBC News – Nations agree on legally binding mercury rules – Mark Kinver

Friday, January 18, 2013

• Government Security News – NNSA and Maryland partner on radiological and nuclear security – Mark Rockwell
• NTI – Energy Department IG Urges Action to Preserve U.S. Atomic Assets – Diane Bar
• NRC Blog – NRC Forms Special San Onofre Review Panel – Victor Dricks
• GAO – DOE Needs to Take Action to Resolve Technical and Management Challenges, GAO-13-38, Dec 19, 2012
• NAS – Project Update: Assessment of Supercritical Water Oxidation System Testing for the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant
• NRC – The NRC Will Keep Perry Nuclear Power Plant in Current Performance Column
• Army Department – NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for the Training Mission and Mission Support Activities at Fort Campbell, KY Pages 4135-4136 [FR DOC# 2013-01002]
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Hanford Pages 4139-4140 [FR DOC# 2013-01001]
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Northern New Mexico Page 4140 [FR DOC# 2013-01038]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES License Amendment Requests: License Amendment Request for Analytical Bio-Chemistry Laboratories, Inc., Columbia, MO Pages 4170-4172 [FR DOC# 2013-01011]

Thursday, January 17, 2013

• State of Nevada – Report of the Nevada Commission on Nuclear Projects to the Governor and Legislature – Nevada Commission on Nuclear Projects (pdf-3.47M)
• Power Engineering – Carnegie’s Richard Meserve Appointed Adviser to Japanese Nuclear Regulatory Authority
• DOE – DOE Names Bill Drummond As New Bonneville Power Administration Administrator
• NRC – NRC to Discuss Preliminary Results of Inspection for Grand Gulf Nuclear Plant License Renewal Application
• NRC – NRC Seeks Public Comment on Possible Changes to Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage and Transportation Regulatory Framework
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Oak Ridge Reservation Page 3890 [FR DOC# 2013-00905]
• Health and Human Services Department – NOTICES Final Effect of Designation of a Class of Employees from the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), in Los Alamos, New Mexico, for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort Page 3897 [FR DOC# 2013-00925]
• Health and Human Services Department – NOTICES Final Effect of Designation of a Class of Employees from the Nuclear Metals, Inc. facility in West Concord, Massachusetts, for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort Page 3897 [FR DOC# 2013-00923]
• Health and Human Services Department – NOTICES Final Effect of Designation of a Class of Employees from the Mound Plant, in Miamisburg, Ohio, for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort Page 3898 [FR DOC# 2013-00920]
• Health and Human Services Department – NOTICES Final Effect of Designation of a Class of Employees from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (X-10), in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort Page 3898 [FR DOC# 2013-00924]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Proposed Models for Plant-Specific Adoption of Technical Specifications: Proposed Models for Plant-Specific Adoption of Technical Specifications Task Force Traveler TSTF-426, Revision 5, “Revise or Add Actions To Preclude Entry Into LCO 3.0.3-RITSTF Initiatives 6B & 6C” Pages 3921-3922 [FR DOC# 2013-00912]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – PROPOSED RULES Retrievability, Cladding Integrity and Safe Handling of Spent Fuel at an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation and During Transportation Pages 3853-3854 [FR DOC# 2013-00478]

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

• Bay Area Indymedia – Plutonium Pits Coming Back to Livermore – Tara Dorabji
• DOE – Secretary Chu, Governor Gregoire Issue Statement on Hanford Cleanup
• DOE:IG – Audit Report – Department of Energy’s Management of Surplus Nuclear Materials, OAS-L-13-04
• NRC Blog – Force-on-Force or Was That a Gunfight at a Nuclear Power Plant? – Clay Johnson
• Navy Department – NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Notice of Intent to Prepare a Supplement to the Gulf of Alaska Navy Training Activities Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement and to Announce Public Scoping Pages 3408-3409 [FR DOC# 2013-00847]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Docketing of Amendment Requests to Special Nuclear Materials: Prairie Island, Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation; Notice of Docketing of Amendment Request to Special Nuclear Materials License No. 2506 Involving Proposed No Significant Hazards Considerations and Containing Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information Pages 3454-3458 [FR DOC# 2013-00793]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.: Florida Power Corporation, Crystal River Unit 3, Draft Environmental Assessment Related to the Proposed License Amendment To Increase the Maximum Reactor Power Level Pages 3458-3470 [FR DOC# 2013-00781]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: DTE Electric Company (Formerly the Detroit Edison Company), Notice of Availability of Final Environmental Impact Statement for a Combined License for Unit 3 at the Enrico Fermi Atomic Power Plant Site Page 3470 [FR DOC# 2013-00783]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Hearings and to Petitions for Leave to Intervene: Aptuit, LLC; License Amendment Request, Opportunity To Provide Comments, Request a Hearing and To Petition for Leave To Intervene Pages 3470-3473 [FR DOC# 2013-00786]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards; Notice of Meeting Pages 3473-3474 [FR DOC# 2013-00797]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS), Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Materials, Metallurgy & Reactor Fuels; Notice of Meeting Page 3474 [FR DOC# 2013-00792]

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

• Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) – Feinstein on Department of Energy’s Interim Nuclear Waste Storage Program
• FSRN – Nuclear watchdogs urge NRC’s study on nuclear waste to include key safety concerns – Diane Curran
• Industrial Safety and Security Source – Public Must Know Nuke Safety Exemptions
• NRC – NRC Names New Senior Resident Inspector at Turkey Point Nuclear Power Plant
• NRC – NRC Names New Senior Resident Inspector at St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Notice of Sunshine Act Meetings Page 3041 [FR DOC# 2013-00794]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Facility Operating and Combined Licenses: Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving Proposed No Significant Hazards Considerations and Containing Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information and Order Imposing Procedures for Access to Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information Pages 3034-3039 [FR DOC# 2013-00424]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Japan Lessons-Learned Project Directorate Interim Staff Guidance: Japan Lessons-Learned Project Directorate Interim Staff Guidance JLD-ISG-2012-06; Performing a Tsunami, Surge, or Seiche Hazard Assessment Pages 3039-3041 [FR DOC# 2013-00671]

Monday, January 14, 2013

• Maple Grove Patch – Congressman Paulsen Addresses Nuclear Energy and Congressional Pay Freeze – Jay Corn
• EPA – EPA Seeks Public Comments on Proposed Modification of Veolia’s Air Pollution Permit
• NRC – NRC Starts Special Inspection at Susquehanna Nuclear Plant to Evaluate Issues Regarding Unit 2 Unplanned Shutdown
• NRC – Three Mile Island Accident of 1979 Knowledge Management Digest (NUREG/KM-0001)
• Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) – NOTICES Meetings: Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Planning and Procedures; Notice of Meeting Pages 2694-2695 [FR DOC# 2013-00543]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS), Meeting of the ACRS, Subcommittee on ABWR, Cancellation of the January 16, 2013, ACRS Subcommittee Meeting Page 2694 [FR DOC# 2013-00545]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS), Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Fukushima; Cancellation of the January 18, 2013, ACRS Subcommittee Meeting Page 2694 [FR DOC# 2013-00546]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Meetings: Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Planning and Procedures; Notice of Meeting Pages 2694-2695 [FR DOC# 2013-00543]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS); Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Plant Operations and Fire Protection; Notice of Meeting Page 2695 [FR DOC# 2013-00544]