Sunday, June 09, 2013

• CityWatch LA – Humans Used for Radiation Experiments: A Shameful Chapter in US History – John LaForge
• Lompoc Record – Letter: Nuke waste still an issue – Bill L. Denneen
• Tri-City Herald – Hanford Advisory Board wants DOE to slow down on transferring areas to long-term program – Annette Cary
• Aiken Standard – Letter: More to think about regarding Yucca Mountain – D.G. Karraker
• Santa Fe New Mexican – Reader View: Don’t let New Mexico become nation’s nuclear outhouse – Richard Johnson
• Canada: Global Research – The future of Uranium Development and Nuclear Power in Canada – David Orchard

Saturday, June 08, 2013

• Las Vegas SUN – Sandoval’s veto benefits small Nevada energy provider – Cy Ryan
• Tri-Valley CAREs – Tri-Valley CAREs Files Federal Lawsuit to Compel Release of Information About Nuclear Weapons Activities at Livermore Lab
• Southern California Public Radio – FAQ: How will San Onofre store its spent nuclear fuel? – Sanden Totten
• The Oregonian – Hanford down-winder pursues a settlement for exposure to radioactive fallout
• Spokesman-Review – Editorial: Moniz must solve the Hanford problem
• Spokesman-Review – ‘They’re just waiting for all of us to die’ – Karen Dorn Steele
• Tri-City Herald – Hole in Hanford tank to allow vacuuming of radioactive waste – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – DOE tracks source of contaminated mud found at bird’s nest – Annette Cary
• Albuquerque Journal – Rep. Pearce Welcomes Nuclear Waste Report – Michael Coleman
• Odessa American – Federal radioactive facility opens – Jon Vanderlaan
• Fort Worth Star-Telegram – Texas site begins taking federal nuclear waste – Betsy BlaneySentinel blog – Oak Ridge Graphite Reactor (1949) – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Another security lapse at Y-12; guards reportedly waved lost driver into the plant without a check – Frank Munger
• South Asia: Daily News & Analysis – Uranium waste contaminates water in Jharkhand
• Europe: The Independent – Revealed: £2bn cost of failed Sellafield plant – Brian Brady

Friday, June 07, 2013

• Heritage Foundation – Feds Fail on Nuclear Waste – Jack Spencer
• Peace, Earth & Justice – Why do many people think Nevada’s Yucca Mountain is an unsafe place to store nuclear waste? – Vinka Lasic
• Politico – Yucca Mountain still haunts nuclear waste issue – Darius Dixon
• Huffington Post – Atomic Bomb Tests From 1950’s & 1960’s Helped Show That Brain Cells Can Be Created In Adulthood – Stephanie Pappas
• Los Angeles Times – Nuclear bomb fallout offers timeline for measuring brain development – Geoffrey Mohan
• Los Angeles Times – Preserving the history of the Manhattan Project – Stephanie Meeks
• KEPR 19 – Feds: We’re at risk of missing 2 Hanford cleanup deadlines – Shannon Dininny
• KING5 Seattle – Radioactive bird nest no longer a threat at Hanford – Gary Chittim
• Tri-City Herald – DOE says it may miss court-enforced Hanford deadlines – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – DOE tracks source of contaminated mud found at bird’s nest – Annette Cary
• Telluride Daily Planet – DOE extends environmental impact statement comment period for second time – Heather Sackett
• Albuquerque Journal – Some LANL waste to Texas – Betsy Blaney
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Report questions $2 million in TVA costs – Ed Marcum
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – NNSA going mute on $22B Y-12/Pantex contract – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12 protesters now jailed in Georgia – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Jeremy Smith likes Alexander’s energy plan – Frank Munger
• Augusta Chronicle – Wilson wants study of savings in MOX project – Rob Pavey
• Buffalo Rising – Out of Sight, In Our Water? – Orlando C. Monaco
• Coastal Journal – Possible end in sight for nuclear waste storage – Chris Chase
• ThomasNet News – Can We Eliminate Nuclear Waste by Turning it into Energy? – Rp Siegel
• DOE:EM – Poneman Joins EM Contract and Project Management Workshop
• DOE:EM – DOE Applauds Opening of Historic Disposal Facility
• Europe: ITV News – Full report: Protestors campaign against nuclear waste law

Thursday, June 06, 2013

• Tri-City Herald – Birds at Hanford vit plant spread contaminated waste – Annette Cary
• Albuquerque Journal – LANL waste to reach Texas site today
• Las Cruces Sun-News – Trinity Site open house canceled
• Los Alamos Daily Post – DOE, LANS Public Information Meeting 5:30 p.m. Today – Carol A. Clark
• Sandia Labs – High-impact Sandia physicist publishes technical, yet personal, memoir – Neal Singer
• New Baltimore Voice – Michigan Senate questions nuclear waste dump on Lake Huron – Jim Bloch
• New Baltimore Voice – Anti-nuclear activist anticipates Michigan Senate’s concerns – Jim Bloch
• Akron Beacon Journal – Radioactive drilling wastes up for Ohio Senate vote – Bob Downing
• Citrus County Chronicle – Nuke plant decommissioning under way–Complex, costly process ahead – Pat Faherty
• National Review – Feds Fail on Nuclear Waste – Jack Spencer
• NEI Nuclear Notes – Rep. John Shimkus on Yucca Mountain: Can You Hear Me Now?
• Science 2.0 – What Won’t Fix Our Nuclear Waste Issue – Another Government Agency – Hank Campbell
• Energy Department – NOTICES Meetings: Biological and Environmental Research Advisory Committee
  
• Canada: Toronto Star – Nuclear waste meetings draw criticism in Bruce County – John Spears
• Oceania: ABC – Professor proposes local nuke fuel rod industry
• Europe: Burnham-On-Sea – Nuclear waste could be transferred from Dungeness to Hinkley Point
• Europe: ITV – Anti-nuclear demonstration in Whitehaven
• Europe: this is Somerset – Concern over plans to store nuclear waste at Hinkley Point

Wednesday, June 05, 2013

• Pahrump Valley Times – 3-member commission stumbles through agenda – Mark Waite
• Tri-City Herald – DOE officials give resin high marks – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Washington River Protection Solutions cancels tank farm furloughs – Annette Cary
• Idaho State Journal – Otter names LINE appointments
• Westword blog – Rocky Flats Cold War Museum is on the move — forward into the past! – Patricia Calhoun
• New Mexico Mercury – New Mexico uranium and mini-reactors – V.B. Price
• Chicago Tribune – OpEd: Nuclear waster: Thy name is Yucca Mountain – Rep. John Shimkus
• Chillicothe Gazette – USEC sues feds, seeks reimbursement – Brett Barrouquere
• HNN Huntingtonnews – Some Atomic Energy Workers Passed Effects of Radiation and Chemical Exposure to their Spouses and Children – Tony E. Rutherford
• HNN HuntingtonNews – Former Operator of Gaseous Diffusion Plants Sues Department of Energy – The Hankyoreh
• Knoxville News Sentinel – NRC increases oversight of 2 Tenn. nuclear plants
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Frank Munger: Alexander keeping eye on Uranium Processing Facility costs – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Inside Y-12’s uranium storehouse – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ORNL reports success with solid lithium-sulfur battery – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – China’s hacking more to the fore – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – So, what does the Energy Secretary have to say about all the hair fuss? ‘I think it’s absolutely excellent’ – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – DOE advisory panel to meet June 12 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Mercury researchers at FORNL – Frank Munger
• Wicked Local Plymouth – PILGRIM STATION: What to ask about casks – Frank Mand
• Nuclear Energy Insider – Long term community impact of plant uprate programmes – Peter Taberner
• Nuclear Energy Insider – Weekly Policy Brief 30 May – 5 June 2013 – K. Steiner-Dicks
• Nuclear Energy Insider – Weekly Intelligence Brief 30 May – 5 June 2013 – K. Steiner-Dicks
• Kitsap Sun – Nuclear site scrap metal could be headed to recyclers – Len Boselovic
• WorkersCompensation – US DoL Notifies Workers of Inclusion In EEOICPA Special Cohort Designation
• DOE – Secretary Moniz Visits Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• DOE – Treatment Resin Reduces Costs, Materials in Hanford Groundwater Cleanup – Efficiency delivered more than $6 million in cost savings, $3 million in annual savings
• DOE:EM – EM Delegation Shares Lessons Learned on Tour in France
• DOE:EM – Treatment Resin Reduces Costs, Materials in Hanford Groundwater Cleanup – Efficiency delivered more than $6 million in cost savings, $3 million in annual savings
• Canada: Toronto Star – Nuclear waste meetings draw criticism in Bruce County – John Spears
• Asia-Pacific: New York Times – In Reversal, Tepco Says Water at Fukushima Is Contaminated – Martin Fackler
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: Cooperation needed on radioactive waste disposal facilities
• Asia: World Nuclear News – Nuclear complex to fuel Chinese plans
• Europe: YouTube – Radioactive waste: Dumped and Forgotten
• Europe: BBC News – Somerset council objects to nuclear waste transfer option
• Europe: BBC News – World’s deepest nuclear clean-up a step closer to starting

Tuesday, June 04, 2013

• KING5 Seattle – State ready to take action over leaking Hanford nuclear waste tank – Susannah Frame
• Tri-City Herald – PNNL sets sights on expansion – Annette Cary
• KLIX•1310 – INL Using Tech for Mammograms on Nuclear Fuel
• Telluride Daily Planet – DOE extends environmental impact statement comment period for second time – Heather Sackett
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Moniz gets a broad look at DOE’s Oak Ridge work – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – What about the UT-Battelle contract, Mr. Secretary? – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – New energy secretary makes Oak Ridge 1st field visit; cites ‘panorama’ of DOE’s work – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – National lab directors at ORNL – Frank Munger
• Augusta Chronicle – Layoff notices coming for MOX workers – Rob Pavey
• Aiken Standard – MOX employees warned of potential layoffs – Haley Hughes
• Albany Times Union – Spent Nuclear Fuel Dry Storage Casks Market : Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Trends and Forecast, Competitive Landscape, Key Country Analysis Report to 2020
• All Things Nuclear – Fission Stories #138: U-235–Return to Somebody? – Dave Lochbaum
• Huffington Post – Fixing Blame for a Nuclear Security Failure – Helen Young
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NOTICES Applications: Application for a License To Export High-Enriched Uranium
  
• Asia-Pacific: Tokyo Times – TEPCO reconsiders, says groundwater is radioactive
• East Asia: Yonhap News – S. Korea, U.S. fail to bridge gaps on reprocessing, uranium enrichment
• South Asia: The Hindu – “Uranium mining posing danger to people, habitat”
• North Europe: Bellona – URGENT: Leaked mothballing order confirms CPR stopped on long-suffering Baltic NPP – Rosatom website counters in own version – Maria Kaminskaya
• North Africa: North Africa Post. – Radioactive Waste Found in Algiers Port

Monday, June 03, 2013

• Pahrump Valley Times – UPDATE: 2,500 nuclear waste shipments through town each year – Selwyn Harris
• West Hawaii Today – PTA, Schofield may get permits to handle depleted uranium – Tom Callis
• Tri-City Herald – New Mexico plant may lack space for remote-handled Hanford waste – Annette Cary
• KPBS – Tribes, Enviros Fight Uranium Mining Near Grand Canyon – Laurel Morales
• New Baltimore Voice – Michigan Senate questions nuclear waste dump on Lake Huron – Jim Bloch
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Frank Munger: Business starting to build at ORNL’s on-site hotel – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Here’s what Moniz said about Y-12/Pantex contract – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Moniz tours SNS, talks with researchers – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Review of UPF’s safety design process – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – The Oak Ridge intrusion that wasn’t – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Alexander says he’s watching, but not meddling in Y-12/Pantex contract situation – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – UT-Battelle’s Board of Governors – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel – EnergySolutions sale finalized
• Oak Ridge Today – Energy secretary meets with lab directors, tours ORNL, Y-12 – John Huotari
• FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
• Energy Department – NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Re-Opening of the Public Comment Period for the Draft Uranium Leasing Program Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement
  
• Asia-Pacific: Yomiuri Shimbun – 42% of govts back plan for final N-waste sites
• Asia: Bloomberg – China Nuclear Stockpile Grows as India Matches Pakistan Rise – Robert Wall
• Central Asia: Asia Plus – Majlisi Namoyandagon board considers radioactive waste management bill – Avaz Yuldoshev
• South Asia: Economic Times – Progress on uranium sale to India on expected lines: Australian PM
• Europe: Noodls – Sizewell A 50 per cent defuelled