Sunday, March 03, 2013

• The International – Nuclear Waste: Is the World’s Largest Clean-Up Program Also the Slowest? – Sarah Carlson
• CBS News – A look back at a nuclear facility with fresh leaks – Vidya Singh
• Consortium News – Seepage from an Aging Nuclear Site – Gina Mason
• Spokesman-Review – Spin Control: Explaining Hanford takes pivot to hoops – Jim Camden The Spokesman-Review
• Vancouver Columbian – Letter: Leaking tanks call for urgent action – Judi Malinowski
• Tri-City Herald – Hanford Reach center tours starting soon – Sara Schilling
• Arizona Daily Sun – Uranium mine in pipeline – Cyndy Cole
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Most Y-12 workers face furloughs under sequestration – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Man on bike rides into Y-12 nuke weapons plant turf
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Bike-riding trespasser detained at Y-12 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Chaos on hold – Frank Munger
• FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: DOE/NSF High Energy Physics Advisory Panel: Correction Page 14087 [FR DOC# 2013-04876]
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Savannah River Site Page 14088 [FR DOC# 2013-04875]
• Energy Department – PROPOSED RULES Energy Efficiency Program for Commercial and Industrial Equipment: Energy Efficiency Program for Commercial and Industrial Equipment: Public Meeting and Availability of the Framework Document for Packaged Terminal Air Conditioners and Packaged Terminal Heat Pumps; Correction Page 14024 [FR DOC# 2013-04878]
• Asia-Pacific: JIJI Press – 2 Years On: Outlook Not Good for Waste Storage after Meltdown
• Asia-Pacific: China Post – Editorial: Nuclear waste storage concern equals the threat of meltdown

Saturday, March 02, 2013

• Timetoast – Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository
• Washington Times – BUCKNER: U.S. irresponsibility on nuclear waste – Mel Buckner
• Beyond Nuclear – Hanford’s radioactive leaks should not be exploited to enact commercial Mobile Chernobyl legislation
• The Hill – Wyden would press rumored Energy pick Moniz on Hanford cleanup, gas exports – Ben Geman
• KNDO/KNDU – Inslee to Meet With DOE and Ecology Officials Next Week on Hanford Leaks
• Las Vegas Informer – Betrayal of Trust on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation – Gina Mason
• Tri-City Herald – Cleanup work finished for north end of Hanford 300 Area – Annette Cary
• Worldcrunch – A Leaking Nuclear Site In Washington State, and No One Seems To Care – Le Monde.fr
• Salt Lake Tribune – Utah Senate spikes hot-button nuclear power bill – Judy Fahys
• Farmington Daily Times – Uranium mining companies descend upon Navajo NationBy Jenny Kane
• Pueblo Chieftain – Cotter cleanup on track – Tracy Harmon
• Chattanooga Times Free Press – Group gives ‘Golden Fleece’ award to DOE – Dave Flessner
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Chaos on hold – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ORNL reactor in midst of 3-month shutdown for major maintenance; restart set for May 7 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Report cites hazards of SRS nuke storage – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – No short-term personnel cuts at DOE field office – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ORNL reductions could be $70M-$100M+ – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Union chief: ‘This is not an Oak Ridge problem . . . This problem is in Washington, D.C.’ – Frank Munger
• Oak Ridge Today – ORAU, ORNL announce winners of high-performance computing grant competition
• Oak Ridge Today – ORNL starts new six-year californium-252 production contract
• Oak Ridge Today – Alexander: President failed to lead on spending cuts; ORNL, UPF should be shielded – John Huotari
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Spent fuel reprocessing issue must be tackled head-on now
• Europe: The Independent – Nuclear clean-up bids costing small fortune – Mark Leftly
• South Africa: AllAfrica – Africa: ‘Recycling’ of Radioactive Waste – a Dark Future

Friday, March 01, 2013

• Pahrump Valley Times – County meeting delayed as commissioners head to D.C.
• theintelhub – Geoscientist Leuren Moret Became Environmental Whistleblower After Yucca Mountain Project – JG Vibes
• ENS – Nevada Groups Challenge Molybdenum Mine Over Public Water Rights – Lisa J. Wolf
• NEI Nuclear Notes – Why the Leaking Underground Tanks at Hanford Have Nothing to Do With Used Nuclear Fuel at US Nuclear Power Plants – Eric McErlain
• Tri-City Herald – More barriers option for leaking Hanford tanks – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Hanford workers stuck in limbo as sequestration starts today
• Idaho Business Review – DOE: Budget cuts may cause INL work delays
• Idaho Mountain Express – Watchdog: Idaho could be dump for nuclear waste – Terry Smith
• Idaho Press-Tribune – DOE: Budget cuts may slow nuclear waste cleanup
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Nature walks – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12’s tentative plan is to spread out furlough days between April and October to minimize disruptions, impacts – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Stateless: code word for secret visit at ORNL – Frank Munger
• Citrus County Chronicle – Nuke plant fuel removal complete – Pat Faherty
• Aiken Standard – Study outlines impact of waste storage at SRS – Mike Gellatly
• Aiken Standard – DOE, SRR sign revised partnering agreement – Mike Gellatly
• WRDW-TV – Aiken group fears SRS could become nation’s nuclear dump
• E&ETV – NEI’s Fertel discusses prospects for waste storage legislation, new NRC rules
• Asia-Pacific: Fukushima Diary – Tepco started propaganda to downplay the risk of Tritium for discharging contaminated water to the sea
• Europe: Cumberland News – Sellafield Nuclear Waste Cargo Safely Shipped to Japan – Julian Whittle

Thursday, February 28, 2013

• NY Times blog – Taking a Fresh Look at Nuclear Waste – Matthew L. Wald
• The Examiner – Gov. Jay Inslee says no available technology to plug the radiation leak – Deborah Dupre
• Reuters – Washington state governor worried budget cuts will hit nuke cleanup – Eric M. Johnson
• Seattle Times – Wash. evaluating options for leaking Hanford tanks
• Tri-City Herald – Barriers considered to prevent Hanford tank leak spread – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Work complete at Hanford’s 300 Area – Annette Cary
• Salt Lake Tribune – Senate to consider Radiation Board nominees Thursday – Judy Fahys
• Albuquerque Journal – Research Sheds Light on 7 Accidental Deaths at LANL – Kathaleen Roberts
• Knoxville News Sentinel – B&W Y-12’s contract extended to April 29; same arrangement for B&W Pantex – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – NNSA chief’s message to employees on eve of sequestration – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ORNL’s six-year commitment to produce californium-252 at High Flux Isotope Reactor – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Atoms for Peace – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12 dismantlements – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Ed Westcott’s portrait unveiled – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – B&W Y-12’s contract extended to April 29; same arrangement for B&W Pantex – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – And the next deputy lab director is . . . – Frank Munger
• Augusta Chronicle – ‘Interim’ nuclear fuel storage could bring more waste to SRS – Rob Pavey
• The State – Report: SRS radiation could skyrocket if door opened to commercial waste – Sammy Fretwell
• True Blue Progressive – MOX Fuel, Plutonium Proliferation and the Russians
• Asbury Park Press blog – Radioactive tritium lingers in Oyster Creek nuclear plant wells – Todd B. Bates
• AP Google – APNewsBreak: Budget cuts may slow nuclear cleanup – Matthew Daly
• NARUC – Court Does ‘the Right Thing’ by Reopening Nuclear-Waste Fee Court Case: NARUC – Rob Thormeyer

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

• Las Vegas SUN – Is fight over storing nuclear waste in Nevada ready to resume? – Karoun Demirjian
• AP Google – Inslee says Hanford leaks could be 1,000 gal/year – Mike Baker
• Bloomberg – Governor Says U.S. Must Empty Leaky Radioactive Tanks – Alison Vekshin
• Crosscut Seattle – Maia Bellon takes the reins at Ecology – Daniel Jack Chasan
• The Hill – Sen. Wyden expects draft nuclear waste bill ‘shortly’ – Zack Colman
• New Scientist – US nuclear dump is leaking toxic waste – Andy Coghlan
• Tri-City Herald – Wyden seeks Hanford tank leak timeline – Annette Cary
• Messenger Index – Renewed hope for downwinders – Janet Monti
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Frank Munger: ORNL knows the drill for fateful Friday – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel – China again tops foreign visitor rolls at ORNL – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – China dominates ORNL’s foreign visitors list – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Switching security/classification roles at Y-12 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Getting rid of the high hazards at K-27 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Making for Jamaica – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – China’s move toward scientific leadership is clouded by growing evidence of cyber espionage – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Los Alamos protesters get community service – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Researchers at Michigan State, Vandy win High-Performance Computing Grants for work at ORNL – Frank Munger
• WATE-TV – ORNL unveils new $20.5 million MAXLAB – Mike Krafcik
• Aiken Leader – Don’t Waste Aiken to Hold Forum on Spent Fuel Storage at the Savannah River Site, Feb. 28 – Will You Consent to be Dumped On or Not? – Thomas Clements
• Aiken Standard – Talk on nuclear waste to be held – Teddy Kulmala
• Tribune-Review – More tests planned near former Parks nuclear dump – Mary Ann Thomas
• Europe: BBC News – Chapelcross nuclear plant sees final fuel rods removed

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

• National Journal – Nuclear Waste in the Age of Climate Change – Coral Davenport
• Legal Planet – The Ever-Growing Crisis Over the Nation’s Nuclear Waste Non-Solution – Richard Frank
• Sierra Activist – The Ever-Growing Crisis Over the Nation’s Nuclear Waste Non-Solution
• Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources – Wyden Requests GAO Investigation of Hanford Leaks, Monitoring
• AP Google – Oregon senator seeks investigation into tank leaks – Shannon Dininny
• CBS News – Nuclear waste leak in Wash. “scandalous,” expert says
• Christian Science Monitor – Former Manhattan Project nuclear plant leaking radioactive waste – John C.K. Daly
• OPB News – DOE: Hanford Tanks Leaking Less Than 3 Gallons Per Day – Anna King
• Tri-City Herald – Hanford tour signup begins Monday online – Annette Cary
• Cibola County Beacon – Hospital Changes Miners’ Testing Requirement – Rosanne Boyett
• World Nuclear News – Proposal for Paducah laser enrichment plant
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Corker co-sponsors Senate resolution condemning N. Korea nuke test; says act highlights need to modernize U.S. nuclear forces – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12’s Spencer addresses sequestration – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Mason: ‘Come March 1, we’ll all report to work’ – Frank Munger
• Aiken Leader – Environmental Document for Plutonium Fuel (MOX) Project at SRS Delayed Again – Thomas Clements
• DOE – ARPA-E Announces Projects Have Attracted Over $450 Million in Private Sector Funding, Spurred Start-up Company Formation and Fostered
• DOE:EM – Moab Mill Tailings Removal Project Plans to Resume Train Shipments in March; All of the Laid Off Workers Will Return
• DOE:EM – EM Update | Vol. 5, Issue 2 | February 2013
• NWTRB – NWTRB Calendar
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Ministry forced to start radioactive waste disposal site plan over – Asahi Shimbun
• Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri – Govt to review candidate sites for N-waste disposal
• Europe: BBC News – Nuclear fuel called ‘exotics’ to leave Dounreay

Monday, February 25, 2013

• National Journal – Nuclear Waste in the Age of Climate Change – Coral Davenport
• Forbes – What’s Inside The Leaking Tanks At Hanford – Jeff McMahon
• Bellona – Six tanks at Washington’s Hanford Cold-War site leaking radioactive sludge – Charles Digges
• Government Accountability Project – Six Tanks Leaking at Hanford Nuclear Site: Daily Whistleblower News – Jack Davis
• Joe Carson – Carson letter to Senator Wyden about Hanford issues – Joe Carson, PE (pdf-32K)
• Tri-City Herald – Doc Hastings accuses Department of Interior inspector general of mismanagement – Michelle Dupler
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Lab offers peek at new technologies
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Cheers for (future) engineers – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – NNSA’s touts completion of decade-long makeover at weapons sites; $490M spent at Y-12 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12 turns 70 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – A nuclear three-way – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – High-strength steels – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – DOE’s Recovery Act money running out; challenging, high-cost hot cells project at ORNL may be put on shelf – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Westcott portrait – Frank Munger
• Washington Free Beacon – Business to Obama: Give Us Certainty – CJ Ciaramella
• DOE – STARTING TODAY: Bloomberg, Daniels, Musk, Pickens, Chu and Energy Leaders Headline 3-Day ARPA-E Summit
• DOE:EM – Registration Starts Soon for 2013 Hanford Site Public Tours – Cameron Salony
• DOE:EM – Workers Demolish Metals Plant at Paducah Site
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Oak Ridge Reservation Page 12746 [FR DOC# 2013-04238]
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Idaho National Laboratory Page 12747 [FR DOC# 2013-04235]
• Asia-Pacific: Fukushima Diary – [Diesel ?] Black smoke from near common spent fuel – Iori Mochizuki
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Japan to rethink candidate sites for nuclear waste disposal
• Asia-Pacific: JIJI Press – Japan to Review Candidate Sites for N-Waste Disposal
• Asia-Pacific: NHK World – Reviewing radioactive waste disposal sites
• Central Asia: Tengrinews – Government decides against hosting an international nuclear fuel bank at the Ulba metallurgical plant
• Europe: Gloucestershire Gazette – First large part removed from Oldbury Power Station – Marion Sauvebois
• South Africa: News24 – Do we really need a nuclear smelter? – Andreas Späth