Sunday, May 12, 2013

• Las Vegas Review-Journal – High security sought for radioactive materials coming to Nevada – Keith Rogers
• Los Angeles Times – Raising a glass to an atomic history – John M. Glionna
• HNN HuntingtonNews – Hot Particles From Japan to Seattle Virtually Undetectable when Inhaled or Swallowed
• Albuquerque Journal – Pearce: Expand WIPP criteria – Michael Coleman
• Rolling Stone – St. Louis Is Burning – Steven Hsieh
• Rapid City Journal – U.S. Army vet reveals 1950s nuclear secret – Jennifer Rogers
• The Tennessean – ‘Girls of Atomic City’ tells tories of women at Oak Ridge – Brad Schmitt
• Southern Pines Pilot – Revealing a Little-Known Story – Faye M. Dasen
• National Conference of State Legislatures – Senators Release Nuclear Waste Storage Draft Legislation
• Europe: NW Evening Mail – ‘Unusually high’ number of radioactive particles found on Cumbria beach
• Europe: Sunday Mirror – Nuclear test veterans win war pensions after four year battle with Ministry of Defence – Susie Boniface

Saturday, May 11, 2013

• Contra Costa Times – Lawrence Livermore Lab must pay five former employees $2.7 million – Paul T. Rosynsky
• Santa Maria Times – Letter: Nuke waste still an issue – Bill L. Denneen
• KING5 Seattle – No plan in place when leak alarm sounded at Hanford – Susannah Frame
• Tri-City Herald – Hanford Reach campaign recalls Rosie with ‘We Can Do It’ theme – Sara Schilling
• Salt Lake Tribune – Utah’s EnergySolutions posts big loss before going private – Paul Beebe
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Y-12 protesters must stay in jail, judge rules – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Babu becomes 11th UT/ORNL Governor’s Chair; focus on advanced manufacturing – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Notebook: Was judge wearing blue under his robe? – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Young stars at ORNL – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Judge Thapar rules: Convicted Y-12 protesters must stay in jail until sentencing – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Bechtel sees ‘clear path to final resolution’ on Y-12/Pantex contract – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – NNSA changed selection official for Y-12/Pantex contract 8 days before selection; B&W team says it’s ‘now apparent’ its proposal was evaluation board’s top choice – Frank Munger
• Oak Ridge Today – Two ORNL researchers, two joint faculty receive DOE early career awards
• Hartford Courant – Letter: Unsafe Spent Nuclear Fuel – Charles R. Waterman
• Canada: Chronicle Journal – Letter: Keep an open mind on nuclear waste storage – Jon MacDonald
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Tepco to expose fuel pool for extract
• Asia-Pacific: Taiwan News – Taipower should pay for Orchid Island health checks: Control Yuan
• Europe: Dunferline Press – MP’s Rosyth nuclear waste storage concerns

Friday, May 10, 2013

• Ely Times – Tribes organize walk to send a message – Lukas Eggen
• KING5 Seattle – GAO faults Dept. of Energy’s management of Hanford cleanup – Gary Chittim
• Tri-City Herald – Man gets probation, fine for concealing Hanford kickbacks – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Report says better system for cost estimates would have prevented DOE problems – Annette Cary
• The Examiner – HEAL Utah’s David continues to beat Goliath (Photos) – Shad Engkilterra
• Salt Lake Tribune – EnergySolutions takes another step toward private status
• Amarillo Globe-News – NNSA ask bidders to submit more info for Pantex contract – Jim McBride
• Cibola County Beacon – Conservation Voters Emphasize Water Quality – Rosanne Boyett
• KTRH – Critics Go Nuclear Over Radioactive Waste Bill – Scott Crowder
• Florissant Patch – North County Cancer Cluster Dispute Heats Up at Radioactive Waste Meeting
• Rolling Stone – St. Louis Is Burning – Steven Hsieh
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Convicted Y-12 protesters remain jailed while judge mulls legal options – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Judge Thapar rules: Convicted Y-12 protesters must stay in jail until sentencing – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Bechtel sees ‘clear path to final resolution’ on Y-12/Pantex contract – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – NNSA changed selection official for Y-12/Pantex contract 8 days before selection; B&W team says it’s ‘now apparent’ its proposal was evaluation board’s top choice – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – GAO releases redacted version of ruling on Y-12/Pantex protests – Frank Munger
• York Daily Record – Dry cask nuke storage safe – Melissa Grimm
• Washington Business Journal – Nuclear waste: Congress to probe Nuclear Regulatory Commission real estate – Daniel J. Sernovitz
• Canada: BlackburnNews – Nuclear Waste Community Advisory Committee In Huron Kinloss
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Tepco to expose fuel pool for extract
• Europe: Bloomberg – Most Scots Want Trident Weapons Renewed, Poll Shows – Peter Woodifield
• Europe: in-cumbria – Number of radioactive beach particles soared threefold – Alan Irving
• Europe: World Nuclear News – Dounreay raffinate prepared for disposal

Thursday, May 09, 2013

• Institute for International Studies – Earth scientist and nuclear waste expert Rod Ewing joins Stanford – Beth Duff-Brown
• San Luis Obispo Tribune – On-site spent fuel storage sensible – Linda Seeley And Elizabeth Brousse
• KING5 Seattle – Unsealed documents reveal serious violations by Hanford contractor – Gary Chittim
• Scientific American – Hanford Nuclear Waste Cleanup Plant May Be Too Dangerous – Valerie Brown
• Tri-City Herald – DOE pushes to prevent vit plant furloughs – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Budget cuts put Hanford deadlines at risk – Annette Cary
• Santa Fe New Mexican – New LANL plans call for lower-cost approach to nuke facility
• Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter – Decommissioning of nuclear plant a long process (videos)
• WKOW 27 – Decommissioning of nuclear plant a long process – Brittany Schmidt
• Knoxville News Sentinel – NNSA to reopen $22 billion Y-12/Pantex contract procurement – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Jury finds Y-12 intruders guilty of injuring national defense – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Titan on track – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Plowshares activists remain in jail while judge ponders legal issues – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Kevin Hall named DOE’s deputy manager – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – NNSA takes GAO’s advice; to reopen Y-12/Pantex procurement and seek more info from bidders – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ‘Mr. NNSA’ – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Plowshares protesters found guilty of injuring national defense, damaging government property – Frank Munger
• Oak Ridger – Lawyers: Y-12 break-in was symbolic
• Oak Ridge Today – Y-12 protesters guilty of two federal charges, jailed overnight – John Huotari
• Reuters – Sentencing set for activists who broke into Tennessee nuclear site – Preston Peeden
• Reuters – Activists convicted over Tennessee nuclear facility break-in – Preston Peeden
• South Florida Times – Vieques residents remain unhappy with U.S. Navy’s cleanup progress
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Advisory Board, Notice of Open Meeting Page 27215 [FR DOC#
  
• Europe: Daily Express – Nuclear fears in Europe after unshielded radioactive material is found – Charlotte Meredith
• Europe: Northampton Chronicle & Echo – Plutonium stolen from Northampton school during refit – Richard Edmondson
• Europe: Scottish Express – SNP nuclear waste plan to cost billions – Paul Gilbride

Wednesday, May 08, 2013

• Carlsbad Current-Argus – Dave Sepich: Setting the record straight on WIPP’s permit change request – Dave Sepich
• Pueblo Chieftain – Uranium workers’ health benefits
• Midwest Energy News – Senate plan could make Illinois ‘bullseye’ for nuclear waste – Posted on 05/08/2013 by Kari Lydersen
• MIT News – Funding clean-energy solutions – Rob Matheson
• Portsmouth Daily Times – USEC reports $2 million first quarter loss – Frank Lewis
• Knoxville News Sentinel – TVA says no problems found in nuclear plant review
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Testimony: Cost of Y-12 intrusion more than just dollars – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Convoy carrying nuclear weapons parts halted day of Y-12 incursion while plant secured – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ‘Biblical graffiti’ – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Baby bottles of blood – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12 officials say break-in cost more than $$$; judge mulling motion to dismiss sabotage charge – Frank Munger
• Oak Ridge Today – Citing insufficient evidence, Y-12 protesters seek acquittal on most serious charge – John Huotari
• Reuters – Breach of nuclear facility endangered U.S. security: witness – Preston Peeden
• WBIR-TV – Y-12 Trial: Prosecution rests, defense calls Rice to stand – John Henry, Jim Matheny
• Rapid City Journal – Feds probe nuclear contractor over allegations – Ray Henry
• Aiken Standard – Former SRNL director named the managing director of U.K. nuke site – Mike Gellatly
• All Things Nuclear – Lindsay Graham’s MOX Factory to Nowhere – Ed Lyman
• Hartford Courant – State’s $75M Share In Nuclear Waste Settlement Heads To Ratepayers – Brian Dowling
• The Hill blog – Sen. Wyden: ‘It’s time to vote’ on DOE nominee – Zack Colman
• Science Daily – Cleaner, Low Temperature Nuclear Fuels?
• DOE:EM – Community College Highlights Paducah Site Groundwater Model
• DOE:EM – Oak Ridge EM Program Increases Focus on Mercury Cleanup
• GAO – Department of Energy Observations on Project and Program Cost Estimating in NNSA and the Office of Environmental Management, GAO-13-510T
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Licenses to Export Radioactive Waste: Request To Amend a License To Export Radioactive Waste 
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Licenses to Import Radioactive Waste: Request To Amend a License To Import Radioactive Waste
  
• Asia-Pacific: Xinhua News – TEPCO eyes dumping groundwater from Fukushima plant
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Fukushima closes 2 parking lots for emergency decontamination work
• Europe: John O’Groat Journal – Dounreay upgrades hotspot detection kit – Will Clark
• Europe: The Scotsman – Scottish independence: Nuclear waste storage quiz – Scott MacNab
• Europe: Gazzetta del Sud – Radioactive boars found in Piedmont

Tuesday, May 07, 2013

• KIFI Idaho Falls – INL trains inspectors to identify nuclear weaponization – Caleb James
• Telluride Daily Planet – DOE extends environmental impact statement comment period – Heather Sackett
• Albuquerque Journal – DOE bid to boost LANL budget – Michael Coleman
• FOX News – Texas appealing to other states for radioactive trash, looks to expand program – Barnini Chakraborty
• Michigan Radio – Palisades shutdown comes after assumed ‘unplanned’ release of radioactive water into Lake Michigan – Lindsey Smith
• WPSD Local 6 – USEC working to keep Paducah’s Gaseous Diffusion Plant open
• Knoxville News Sentinel – The List: ORNL dominates in number of LEED projects – Shelley Phillips Kimel
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Group files petition over TN nuclear plant license
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Peace protesters told by security guard to leave but continue their Y-12 trial vigil – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Walli: ‘A little butterflies, I guess’ – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Peace pageantry will yield to courtroom drama – Frank Munger
• Oak Ridger – Historically Speaking : Grady Whitman – A satisfying career at ORNL – D. Ray Smith
• Oak Ridger – Y-12 worker suffered chemical burns in accident
• Oak Ridge Today – Y-12 site manager, fired security guard could testify at protester trial – John Huotari
• Reuters – Activists’ breach of nuclear facility endangered U.S. security: official – Preston Peeden
• Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – How do you solve a problem like plutonium? – Fissile Materials Working Group
• DOE – Joint Statement between U.S. Department of Energy and Republic of Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy
• DOE – Energy Department Announces 61 Scientists to Receive Early Career Research Program Funding
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Paducah
• Asia-Pacific: Global Research – Is Japan Developing a Nuclear Weapons Program? – Peter Symonds
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Fukushima debris disposal falling short – Jun Hongo
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t to review Fukushima quake debris disposal plans due to nuclear disaster
• Europe: Sheffield Star – ‘Lost’ uranium found in scrap metal at firm

Monday, May 06, 2013

• Detroit News – Nuclear commission: ‘Very slightly radioactive water’ enters Lake Michigan – David N. Goodman
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Frank Munger: Mason: New deputy is ‘natural fit’ for lab – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Jury selection begins today for Y-12 protesters – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – On jury selection for Y-12 protesters – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Who’s running Y-12? – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Montana exercise to prep for attack on nuke sites – Frank Munger
• Oak Ridge Today – Guest column: Did God initiate the invention of the atomic bomb? – Myra Mansfield
• NRC – Nuclear Gauge Reported Missing in West Virginia; Recovery is Sought
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – CROOKED CLEANUP: Yakuza taking slice of lucrative decontamination work
• Asia-Pacific: Yomiuri Shimbun – High-radiation debris found at nuclear plant
• Southwest Asia: SteelGuru – Anatolia Energy moves to full ownership of Turkish uranium project
• Europe: Scientific American – U.K. Stockpiles Plutonium in Hopes of Future Energy – Paul Brown
• Middle East: Press TV – Israel used depleted uranium in airstrike on Syria: Report