Sunday, March 03, 2013
- The International – Nuclear Waste: Is the World’s Largest Clean-Up Program Also the Slowest? – Sarah Carlson
- Orange County Register – San Onofre uncertainty mirrored across industry – Pat Brennan
- CBS News – A look back at a nuclear facility with fresh leaks – Vidya Singh
- Arizona Daily Sun – Uranium mine in pipeline – Cyndy Cole
- Monroe Evening News – Groups File 5 Arguments In Proposed Fermi 3 Case – Charles Slat
- Wicked Local Plymouth – NUCLEAR MATTERS: Pilgrim Coalition wants public accountability – Frank Mand
- FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
- Canada: CNSC – CNSC News Update
- Oceania: Radio New Zealand – Marshall Islanders closer to finding out more about effects of nuclear tests
- Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – PROMETHEUS TRAP/ ‘shadow units’ (1): Secret rescue mission at the Fukushima plant
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Japan’s nuclear plants unlikely to restart operations this year: survey
- Asia-Pacific: Focus Taiwan – DPP to launch ‘rational’ anti-nuclear campaign – Lee Shu-hua and Ann Chen
- Asia-Pacific: Taipei Times – Nuclear activists form flash mob – Lee I-chia and Loa Iok-sin
- South Asia: Times of India – Farmers set for bitter fight over Mithi Virdi nuclear plant
- East Europe: Bellona – ANALYSIS: Roof collapse at Chernobyl: What does it mean for Russia’s aged Chernobyl-type reactors? – Andrei
Saturday, March 02, 2013
- Washington Times – BUCKNER: U.S. irresponsibility on nuclear waste – Mel Buckner
- Electric Light & Power – Capps Questions Nuclear Regulatory Chairwoman MacFarlane about Diablo Canyon Relicensing, Need for Additional Study
- 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
- Salt Lake Tribune – Utah Senate spikes hot-button nuclear power bill – Judy Fahys
- Aspen Times – The nuclear-meltdown threat in the States – Roger Johnson
- Farmington Daily Times – Uranium mining companies descend upon Navajo NationBy Jenny Kane
- Hazleton Standard Speaker – Emergency crews prepare for nuclear transports along I-81 – Kelly Monitz
- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – March/April 2013: Special issue: US nuclear exit?
- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – Introduction: US nuclear exit? – John Mecklin
- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – How to close the US nuclear industry: Do nothing – Peter A. Bradford
- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – The limited national security implications of civilian nuclear decline – Sharon Squassoni
- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – Nuclear exit, the US energy mix, and carbon dioxide emissions – Henry D. Jacoby and Sergey Paltsev
- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – The economics of a US civilian nuclear phase-out – Amory B. Lovins
- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – Nuclear policy responses to Fukushima: Exit, voice, and loyalty – M. V. Ramana
- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – US nuclear forces, 2013 – Hans M. Kristensen and Robert S. Norris
- FederalNewsRadio – Increased transparency at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Asia-Pacific: OpEdNews – Nuclear Expert: “The Melted Core Cracked The Containment Vessel ” There Really Is No Containment” At Fukushima Reactors – G Washington
- Asia-Pacific: Utility Products – Prominent antinuclear experts dropped from Japan energy policy panel
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Collective exposure dose still remains high at Fukushima Daiichi
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Radiation levels in 80-km zone around Fukushima plant down 40 percent: gov’t
- Asia-Pacific: Taipei Times – Nuclear Power Debate: President backs government’s nuclear stance – Mo Yan-chih
- Asia-Pacific: Taipei Times – Nuclear Power Debate: Celebrities voice nuclear concerns – Tsou Nien-tsu and Stacy Hsu
- Asia-Pacific: Taipei Times – Nuclear Power Debate: Academic urges KMT to look backwards on safety – Tang Chia-ling, Liu Li-jen, and Stacy Hsu
- Asia-Pacific: Taipei Times – Nuclear Power Debate: Lawmakers preparing for nuclear vote – Shih Hsiu-chuan
- Asia-Pacific: Taipei Times – Nuclear Power Debate: Mouse to blame for accidental blackouts: Taipower – Shih Hsiu-chuan and Chen Ching-min
- South Asia: Deccan Herald – Kudankulam plant ‘leaking radiation’ since Feb 27
- 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
- theintelhub – Geoscientist Leuren Moret Became Environmental Whistleblower After Yucca Mountain Project – JG Vibes
- Orange County Register – Nuclear crisis a defining moment – David Ferrell
- SFGate – San Onofre’s repair bills mount – Michael R. Blood
- Idaho Press-Tribune – DOE: Budget cuts may slow nuclear waste cleanup
- All Things Nuclear – Containment Venting is Cool(ing)–But Needs Filters – Dave Lochbaum
- Electric Light & Power – Environmentalists Eye Lifting Nuclear Exemptions From Waste, Water Laws
- Politico – Joe Barton, NRC’s Allison Macfarlane lock horns – Darius Dixon
- Asia-Pacific: Bellona – Fukushima World Health Organization report greeted with broad skepticism – Charles Digges
- Asia-Pacific: EHS Today – One-Third of Fukushima Emergency Workers May Have Increased Cancer Risk – Laura Walter
- Asia-Pacific: Greenpeace International – World Health Organisation downplays health impacts of Fukushima nuclear disaster – E&E Daily
- Asia-Pacific: The Guardian – Cancer risk 70% higher for females in Fukushima area, says WHO
- Asia-Pacific: WHO – Global report on Fukushima nuclear accident details health risks
- Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – CROOKED CLEANUP: Workers break silence to allege boss ordered corner-cutting
- Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO fails to submit dose data on 21,000 Fukushima plant workers
- Asia-Pacific: NHK World – Fisheries co-op accepts nuclear plant compensation
- Asia-Pacific: Taipei Times – Activists announce anti-nuclear parade – Lee I-chia
- Europe: Nuclear Energy Insider – Dounreay Site Restoration: Year in review – Peter Taberner
- Europe: Nuclear Energy Insider – Weekly Policy Brief 21 – 27 February 2013 – K. Steiner-Dicks
- Europe: Nuclear Energy Insider – Weekly Intelligence Brief 21 – 27 February 2013 – K. Steiner-Dicks
- Russia: Berkeley Daily Planet – Meteors and Nuclear Reactors: A Near Miss in the Urals – Gar Smith
- Russia: World Nuclear News – Russian construction milestones
Thursday, February 28, 2013
- NY Times blog – Taking a Fresh Look at Nuclear Waste – Matthew L. Wald
- Reno News & Review – Nuclear energy is the bomb – Chanelle Bessette
- Seattle Times – Wash. evaluating options for leaking Hanford tanks
- 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
- Tampa Bay Times – Crystal River nuclear plant had flaw in safety procedures for over a decade – Ivan Penn
- Columbus Free Press – The tower that toppled a terrible technology – Harvey Wasserman
- Heritage Foundation – Keeping Nuclear Testing on the Table: A National Security Imperative – Michaela Dodge and Baker Spring
- The Hill – U.S. nuclear regulators on hot seat over post-Fukushima rules – Ben Goad
- Asia-Pacific: Greenpeace International – Four things you should know about the Fukushima nuclear disaster – Laura Kenyon
- Asia-Pacific: Reuters – Cancer risks higher in worst hit Fukushima area: WHO – Stephanie Nebehay
- Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – PROMETHEUS TRAP (15): U.S. maintained sense of urgency over nuclear accident
- Asia-Pacific: NHK World – WHO reports on Fukushima health risks
- Asia-Pacific: NHK World – TEPCO fails to report worker radiation levels
- Asia-Pacific: NHK World – Highest radiation detected in fish at TEPCO port
- Europe: London Times – Fukushima cancer risk ‘played down to aid nuclear industry’ – Chris Smyth
- Europe: Expatica France – Two workers die in fall at French nuclear plant
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
- Imaging Resource – Not-so-secret atomic tests: Why the photographic film industry knew what the American public didn’t – Tim Barribeau
- AP Google – Uncertainty clouds future of Calif nuke plant – Michael R. Blood
- KPBS – Feds Inspect San Onofre’s Cyber Security Training Amid Years of Employee Complaints – Amita Sharma
- LA Times blog – San Onofre: Edison, regulators at odds over restart plan? – Abby Sewell
- Los Angeles Times – Cost of San Onofre nuclear plant outage exceeds $400 million – Abby Sewell
- Bloomberg – Governor Says U.S. Must Empty Leaky Radioactive Tanks – Alison Vekshin
- Messenger Index – Renewed hope for downwinders – Janet Monti
- Cape Cod Times – State loses fight over Pilgrim nuclear plant license – Patrick Cassidy
- Earth Island Journal – Radiant Wildlands–The forests near Fukushima and Chernobyl likely have been changed forever – Winifred Bird and Jane Braxton Little
- E&E Daily – Letter to NRC: 12 U.S. Senators–all Dems–tell NRC to hurry up & implement post-Fukushima safety fixes – (pdf-983K)
- New York Times – Post-Fukushima, Arguments for Nuclear Safety Bog Down – Eric Lipton and Matthew L. Wald
- Public Citizen – Suspicious Timing: Inaugural Contribution Linked to $8.3 Billion Nuclear Loan Guarantee? – Statement of Tyson Slocum
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce – The Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Policy and Governance Challenges, Thursday, February 28, 2013 – 9:30am
- Oceania: Yokwe – Oceania Rising Event to Honor Marshallese Nuclear Survivors – Kathy Jetnil-Kijner and Kyle Kajihiro
- Asia-Pacific: Peak Oil – Nuclear Expert: “The Melted Core Cracked The Containment Vessel, There Really Is No Containment” At Fukushima Reactors – Steven Starr
- Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Japanese disaster films highlight victims’ stories
- Asia-Pacific: NHK World – Nuclear regulators set new evacuation guidelines
- Europe: BBC News – Chapelcross nuclear plant sees final fuel rods removed
- Europe: John O’Groat Journal – Operators tight-lipped on nuclear booze find
- Europe: Reuters – Britain’s need for nuclear could open door to Chinese investment – Karolin Schaps and Lorraine Turner
- Europe: Reuters – Hesse’s closure of RWE’s Biblis nuclear plant was illegal -court – Christoph Steitz
- East Europe: Sofia News Agency – Bulgarian Parliament Confirms Decision to Scrap Belene N-Plant
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
- Sierra Activist – The Ever-Growing Crisis Over the Nation’s Nuclear Waste Non-Solution
- Los Angeles Times – Radioactive tuna from Fukushima? Scientists eat it up – Eryn Brown
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources – Wyden Requests GAO Investigation of Hanford Leaks, Monitoring
- AP Google – Uncertainty clouds future of Calif nuke plant – Michael R. Blood
- Bloomberg – Edison’s San Onofre Nuclear Plant Costs Top $400 Million – Mark Chediak
- Christian Science Monitor – Former Manhattan Project nuclear plant leaking radioactive waste – John C.K. Daly
- Omaha World-Herald – List of fixes grows at Fort Calhoun nuclear station – Erin Golden
- Aiken Leader – Environmental Document for Plutonium Fuel (MOX) Project at SRS Delayed Again – Thomas Clements
- Boston Herald – Court denies Mass. appeal of nuke plant relicense
- AFP Google – Hagel confirmed as next US secretary of defense – Michael Mathes
- All Things Nuclear – Fission Stories #131: You Can’t Fix Stupid – Dave Lochbaum
- Energy Collective – Deaths from Nuclear Energy Compared with Other Causes – Willem Post
- Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Population drops by 72,000 in disaster-hit prefectures, delaying reconstruction
- Asia-Pacific: China Post – Actual facts must be part of Nuke 4 power plant debate
- Asia-Pacific: Focus Taiwan – KMT opposes lowering referendum threshold
- Europe: Deutsche Welle – Is nuclear the UK’s energy future?
Monday, February 25, 2013
- National Journal – Nuclear Waste in the Age of Climate Change – Coral Davenport
- Los Angeles Times – Edison ordered to detail costs of generators at San Onofre – Abby Sewell
- 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
- FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
- Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Survey: 45% of local leaders want nuclear phaseout; 35% say reactors are needed
- Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri – Editorial: Time to overhaul radiation safety criteria
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Daily Press – Magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes eastern Japan north of Tokyo, no tsunami warning – Adam Westlake
- Asia-Pacific: Taipei Times – Activists protest nuclear power at Taipei rally – Lee I-chia and Rich Chang
- Asia-Pacific: Taipei Times – Nuclear referendum receives go-ahead – Shih Hsiu-chuan
- Asia-Pacific: Taiwan News – Liberty Times: Don’t stake people’s lives on nuclear power
- Central Asia: Tengrinews – Government decides against hosting an international nuclear fuel bank at the Ulba metallurgical plant
- North Europe: Reuters – Finland rejection deals blow to Areva’s nuclear export ambitions – Geert De Clercq
- East Europe: STA – Slovenska Tiskovna Agencija – Krško N-Plant Shuts Down