Wow!  What a mess.  First off, the state of Nevada’s wire services are being curtailed more, now losing 3 days out of 7.  Hopefully there will be an alternative sooner than later.  The Fukushima leak has created a new flareup of media coverage in the last week almost on a par with 2011. There’s even been a call to remove TEPCo from being in charge of the cleanup, as the growing scale of the leaks hit worldwide.  The anniversary of the Hiroshima/Nagasaki bombings was a major story in Japan as was a growing split between weapons and power groups.  At least one of the major peace groups that has pro-nuclear power leanings  is linked to unions that work for the electric industry.  The scandal hitting South Korea continues, but on a far smaller scale, with arrest warrants for 19 people involved in the scandal over faked documents.  The large scale opposition to nuclear energy in India continues in many areas of the country, with Kudamkoolam still not fully operational. The UK opened up a new super offshore wind farm.

In the US there was a scurry of coverage about US Downwinders, Entergy’s finances is being probed by NRC and there were any number of stories about DOE activities as the country’s media cooled down after the previous week’s bombshells.  It was also a bad hair, err, health week, so am cutting back on summaries.  Do hope there will be more news about reduced coverage.

Sunday August 11th, 2013

• Rutland Herald – NRC to probe Entergy’s nuclear plant finances
• Washington Post – Utility regulators defer showdown over Ga. nuclear plants costs
• OpEd News – America’s Nuclear Madness: Terrorism With A Vengeance (Part I)
• Reuters – South Korea warns of power shortages amid nuclear shut downs
• Global Research – “Nuclear Guinea Pigs”: Deadly Experiments and Contaminated Reality
• Telegraph – Amec defends Sellafield nuclear clean-up record as £22bn contract hangs in balance

Thursday, August 08, 2013

• Las Vegas SUN – Letter : Nuclear waste is no treat for Nevada – Don Ellis
• KTVB – Documentary sheds light on Emmett ‘Downwinders’ – Bonnie Shelton
• Fox Phoenix – GAO to issue report on Navajo uranium cleanup
• ChicagoNow – Toxic Vets – The Poisonous Legacy of Ft. McClellan – Denise Williams
• Charlotte Observer – Costs are hefty for Duke S.C. plant – Bruce Henderson
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Westinghouse still facing difficulties in Ukraine – Anya Litvak
• Climate Progress – How A Powerful Group Of Corporations Quietly Tried To Roll Back Clean Energy Standards, and Failed Miserably – Matt Kasper
• Fairewinds Energy Education – An Ominous Forecast: Black Rain
• NEI – Industry Backs Graded Approach on Foreign Ownership
• Nuclear Energy Insider – Construction: new technologies and building strategies that eliminate delays – John Johnson
• Nuclear Energy Insider – Weekly Policy Brief 1 – 7 August 2013 By K. Steiner-Dicks
• Nuclear Energy Insider – Weekly Intelligence Brief 1 – 6 August 2013 By K. Steiner-Dicks
• World Nuclear News – Fuel cycle roundup #13
• Oceania: Nelson Mail – Tribute to victims of atomic bombings
• Bellona – Tepco admits to far larger irradiated water leaks at Fukushima than earlier indicated – Charles Digges, 08
• GlobalPost – Taiwan nuclear power plant may be leaking radioactive water
• Asahi Shimbun – Cesium hotspots found in seabed east of Fukushima – Shunsuke Kimura
• Mainichi Daily News – Film director Stone dismisses U.S. A-bomb claim as ‘tremendous lie’
• Mainichi Daily News – Rezoning of all evacuation areas completed in Fukushima Prefecture
• Mainichi Daily News – Hibakusha: Remembering the atomic bombings and relaying a message
• South Asia: Frontier Post – Unequal nuclear treatment
• Europe: Reuters UK – Britain opens world’s second-largest offshore wind farm – Nina Chestney
• North Europe: Baltic Times – Nuclear power on agenda
• Russia: Itar-Tass – Russian consumer rights watchdog agency bars imports of nuclear-contaminated machinery from Japan

Wednesday, August 07, 2013

• Los Angeles Times – Consumer group files lawsuit over alleged radioactive waste – Jessica Garrison
• KFI AM 640 – Radioactive Waste Cleanup in LA County
• Santa Maria Times – Groups sue to block demolition at ex-nuclear site
• Ventura County Star – State sued over Santa Susana nuclear waste dumping allegations – Mike Harris
• Emmett Messenger-Index – Downwinders – who are they and why should you care? – Janet Monti
• Idaho Statesman – Crapo to attend screening of ‘Downwinders’ documentary
• Blog for Iowa – Iowa’s Campaign to Stop Nuclear Power – Paul Deaton
• Oak Ridge Today – Y-12 protesters work to change nuclear policy, prevent another Hiroshima – John Huotari
• Lakeland Ledger – Editorial: Nuclear Power Priorities: Nuclear Plant Too Costly
• All Things Nuclear – Lochbaum Testimony on Waste Bill and Dry Casks – David Wright
• Fierce Energy – Nuclear sending shock waves through Wall Street – Barbara Vergetis Lundin
• DOE – Energy Dept. Reports: U.S. Wind Energy Production and Manufacturing Reaches Record Highs
• Canada: Blackburn News – Huron Kinloss Plans Nuclear Dump Referendum
• Oceania: Islands Business – French nuclear tests ‘showered vast area of Polynesia with radioactivity’
• Bellona – Radioactive water at Fukushima poised to overflow into the ocean – Charles Digges
• Bloomberg – Japan’s Nuclear Nightmare – William Pesek
• Christian Science Monitor – Fukushima’s new ’emergency’ – radioactive water leaks (+video) – Antoni Slodkowski and Mari Saito
• Daily Kos – That “Slight Leak” at Fukushima – Joieau
• Enformable – Fukushima Prefecture requests Japanese government remove TEPCO from management of Fukushima Daiichi decommissioning – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – TEPCO withheld groundwater information from NRA officials in meeting – Lucas W Hixson
• NBC News – Wrecked Fukushima nuke plant leaking 330 tons of contaminated water a day – Arata Yamamoto
• New York Times – Japanese Government to Help Stabilize Nuclear Plant After Leaks – Martin Fackler
• Wall Street Journal – At Fukushima, Fear of a Losing Battle – Mari Iwataand Phred Dvorak
• Japan Times – Radioactive hot spots found in seabed as far away as Miyagi – Tomohiro Osaki
• Japan Times – ‘No more hibakusha’ takes on new meaning after 3/11 – Ryan Masaaki Yokota
• Mainichi Daily News – Hibakusha: A-bomb victims protest moves to amend Constitution, rely on nuclear power
• Taipei Times – Groups plan anti-nuclear drive – Lee I-Chia
• East Asia: Reuters – UPDATE 2-North Korea blinks minutes after South threatens closure of factory park – Jack Kim
• East Asia: Yonhap News – Arrest warrants sought for 13 in corruption involving nuke power operator
• East Asia: Yonhap News – Navy files injunction against documentary on Cheonan sinking – Kim Eun-Jung
• South Asia: Calcutta Telegraph – Nuclear test for Modi in US pact–CM faces delicate choice amid land protests against reactors – Charu Sudan Kasturi
• South Africa: Kenyan Star – Cancer deaths blamed on toxic waste dumbing in North Eastern – Adow Mohamed

Tuesday, August 06, 2013

• Washington Times – EDITORIAL: $15 billion in the hole–Alternatives to nuclear power are bad for all living things
• Los Angeles Daily News – Boeing, state facing new complaints on Santa Susana toxic cleanup – Susan Abram
• Los Angeles Times – Environmental groups say radioactive waste is going to landfills – Jessica Garrison
• San Diego Union-Tribune – Nuke retirement costs Sempra $119M – Morgan Lee
• Southern California Public Radio – Watchdog groups allege Boeing sent radioactive waste to city landfills, recycling facilities – Molly Peterson
• Houston Chronicle – Corrective: Nuclear Waste-Texas story
• Tampa Bay Times – Duke Energy customers will pay $108 million a year for canceled nuclear plants – Ivan Penn
• Fredericksburg Free Lance–star – NRC will re-evaluate quake risk at plants – Rusty Dennen
• Concord Monitor – Letter: Nuclear energy is too expensive to matter – Arnie Alpert
• Platts – US NRC approves publication of draft waste confidence rule – Steven Dolley
• Yahoo! News – 1945: The Mighty Atom
• GovTrack – H.R. 2904: Nuclear Workers Compensation Act
• GovTrack – H.R. 2905: Nuclear Workers Health Advisory Board Act
• Oceania: Auckland Now – Battle against nuclear risks unending – Fairfax Nz News
• Enformable – Fukushima Prefecture requests Japanese government remove TEPCO from management of Fukushima Daiichi decommissioning – Lucas W Hixson
• Fairewinds Energy Education – A2-B-C: A Documentary Film by Ian Thomas Ash
• The Guardian – Fukushima emergency declared as radioactive water spills over
• Huffington Post – Fukushima Radioactive Water May Overflow Into Sea – Mari Yamaguchi
• Asahi Shimbun – U.S. professor connects global nuclear victims, raises awareness – Hajimu Takeda
• Asahi Shimbun – VOX POPULI: New ways to express the tragedy of the Hiroshima atomic bombing
• Asahi Shimbun – Radioactivity levels in Fukushima groundwater increase 47-fold over 5 days
• Asahi Shimbun – EDITORIAL: We all must confront the ferocious destructive power of nuclear energy
• Japan Daily Press – Japan’s nuclear reactors predicted to restart by July 2014 – Ida Torres
• Japan Times – Editorial; Take a stand against nuclear weapons
• Japan Times – Nuke opponents feud over bombs vs. power – Eric Johnston
• Japan Times – Victim of Bikini Atoll H-bomb fallout keeps the faith
• Japan Times – Censored at first, memoirs penned by teen Nagasaki A-bomb survivor revived – Takumi Kawaguchi
• Jiji Press – Abe Wants Early Review of A-Bomb Disease Sufferer Standards
• Mainichi Daily News – Anti-nuke speaker pledges to continue fight following wife’s death
• Mainichi Daily News – Hiroshima peace declaration on 68th anniversary of A-bombing
• Mainichi Daily News – Peace ceremony represents Hiroshima’s long struggle: Fukushima town mayor
• NHK World – Hiroshima marks atomic bombing anniversary
• Taipei Times – Tokyo-based writer warns of perils of nuclear power – Lee Hsin-Fang and Jason Pan

Monday, August 05, 2013

• Casper Journal – Free lung screenings for uranium workers
• Washington Post – Review: Ironically, Texas embraces renewable energy in ‘The Great Texas Wind Rush’ – Kevin Begos
• Chattanooga Times Free Press – TVA reports $12 million loss in quarter due to drop in power sales – Dave Flessner
• New York Times – Charles Varnadore, Whistle-Blower at Lab, Dies at 71 – Douglas Martin
• Miami Herald – Future of nuclear power in Florida cools off – Curtis Morgan
• Tampa Tribune – State regulators OK Duke nuke rate hike
• Salem-News – Udall, Alexander Introduce Bipartisan Plan to Fulfill Commitment to Cold War Nuclear Workers
• FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
• NRC – Public Meeting Schedule
• Canada: CNSC – CNSC News Update
• Beyond Nuclear – Japan NRA: Fukushima Daiichi’s radioactive water leakage into Pacific Ocean now an “emergency” situation
• Asahi Shimbun – 9,640 Fukushima plant workers reach radiation level for leukemia compensation – Miki Aoki
• Asahi Shimbun – Medical records of world’s first radiation victim from A-bomb recovered – Yuri Oiwa
• Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO took no action about radioactive water leak for 2 years
• Asia-Pacific Journal – In the Dark With Tepco: Fukushima’s Legacy for Nuclear Power – Andrew DeWit
• Japan Times – Oliver Stone visits Hiroshima to kick off war site tour
• Japan Times – Britain backed use of A-bomb against Japan: U.S. documents
• Mainichi Daily News – M6 quake hits northeastern Japan, no tsunami warning issued
• Mainichi Daily News – Court grants 8 people recognition as sufferers of atomic bomb-related illnesses
• Tokyo Times – Japan’s remaining nuclear reactors to be shut down for inspection
• China Post – Expert sorry for publicizing nuke report without approval – John Liu
• Southeast Asia: Philippine Star – Bataan nuclear power plant: Reopen it or not? – Federico D. Pascual, Jr.
• South Asia: AllVoices – Massive protests against nuclear programme met with brutal repressions – chnarendra
• South Asia: CounterPunch – The Supreme Court of India’s Judgment on the Kudankulam Nuclear Plant – N.D. Jayaprakash
• Europe: BBC News – Out of sight, out of mind: a nuclear legacy
• East Europe: Deutsche Welle – Chernobyl’s new protective shell taking shape

Thursday, August 08, 2013

• Bellona – Tepco admits to far larger irradiated water leaks at Fukushima than earlier indicated – Charles Digges, 08
• Beyond Nuclear – Fukushima Daiichi chief dies of cancer at 58
• Bloomberg – Chubu Electric Steps Into Tepco Turf With Diamond Power – Jacob Adelman
• Bloomberg – Abe Joins Greenpeace in Signal Tepco Not Up to Cleanup – Jacob Adelman &Amp; Isabel Reynolds
• Enformable – Leaders in the Pacific call for action at Fukushima Daiichi
• GroundReport – The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster–Fukushima a ghost town. – Kusum Ambardar
• The Guardian – Fukushima leaks: Japan PM steps in
• The Independent – A Fukushima fisherman’s tale: Radioactive water from the Daiichi plant is flowing into the ocean at a rate of 300 tons a day – David Mcneill
• Reuters – Japan government: Fukushima plant leaks 300 tpd of contaminated water into sea – Osamu Tsukimori and Kentaro Hamada
• RT – Fukushima: Not enough knowledge for solution yet – Interview With Malcolm Grimston
• GlobalPost – Taiwan nuclear power plant may be leaking radioactive water
• Asahi Shimbun – Japan to use public funds to deal with radioactive water in Fukushima
• Asahi Shimbun – INTERVIEW: Former member of ‘nuclear village’ calls for local initiative to rebuild Fukushima – Takafumi Yoshida
• Asahi Shimbun – Cesium hotspots found in seabed east of Fukushima – Shunsuke Kimura
• ENENews – Nuclear Official: Growing alarm at Fukushima’s out of control radioactive leaks… Emergency is accelerating due to “faster-than-expected swelling” underground – TV: Tepco now paving over surface with asphalt (VIDEO)
• ENENews – TV: ‘China Syndrome’ at Fukushima plant? Recent dramatic spikes in contamination show something is changing – Has a containment structure given way? (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Asahi: Huge island made of “contaminated soil and rubble” proposed off Fukushima coast – Place for disposal of radioactive debris – “Measures will be taken to prevent adverse impact on ocean”
• ENENews – Gundersen: Fukushima reactors “will become unstable” if new barrier causes water buildup underground – Nuclear buildings could topple during quake
• ENENews – Gov’t admits water pouring in ocean at Fukushima is “highly” contaminated; Going on for last 2 years – NHK: Officials reveal it may have started “just after the nuclear accident” (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Gundersen: No way to stop Fukushima’s radioactive water going into Pacific – It will continue for at least 20-30 years
• ENENews – Senior Scientist: 100 times more strontium than cesium in water at Fukushima plant – “Strontium gets into your bones… it changes the equation for Japanese fisheries” – Not “too” concerned U.S. fish will be affected
• ENENews – Nuclear Expert: Water now at Fukushima plant has 3 times more cesium than Chernobyl’s total release – “That underscores the scale of this never-ending threat”
• Fukushima Diary – Serious deterioration found in adsorption tower of multiple nuclide removing system ALPS – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Japan Meteorological Agency “Earthquake Early Warning can be inaccurate due to the over quakes in large areas” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – False alarm caused by “electric noise” in ocean-bottom seismometer / Meteorological Agency “Abandon the seismometer” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Meteorological Agency investigating the possibility of false alarm about M7.8 from Nara – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Breaking] M7.8, Seismic Scale 7 in Nara, Warning for Osaka area – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Message ?] Mysterious number “45,000 Bq/L” mis-marked under groundwater Sr-90 reading under analysis for weeks – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Column] Rising groundwater – 2 reasons why Tepco’s countermeasures may cause further disaster – Iori Mochizuki
• House of Japan – TEPCO gets partial local approval to apply for Niigata reactor checks
• House of Japan – Gov mulls providing funds to block toxic water at Fukushima plant
• Japan Daily Press – TEPCO to start pumping out groundwater to stop leaking into the ocean – Ida Torres
• Japan Daily Press – Oliver Stone tells Japanese youth to learn more about Hiroshima bombing – Faith Aquino
• Japan Times – Agency alert for big Kansai quake was false alarm
• Japan Times – Film director Stone dismisses U.S. A-bomb claim as ‘tremendous lie’ – Mai Iida
• Jiji Press – Govt to Streamline Japan Atomic Energy Agency’s Operations
• Mainichi Daily News – More lawmakers want Japan to consider nuclear arms option
• Mainichi Daily News – 300 tons of toxic water flowing into sea from Fukushima plant daily: gov’t
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t to extend financial support to TEPCO to block contaminated water leaks
• Mainichi Daily News – Film director Stone dismisses U.S. A-bomb claim as ‘tremendous lie’
• Mainichi Daily News – Rezoning of all evacuation areas completed in Fukushima Prefecture
• Mainichi Daily News – Hibakusha: Remembering the atomic bombings and relaying a message

Wednesday, August 07, 2013

• AFP Google – Japan in ‘urgent’ battle to stop Fukushima leaks – Kyoko Hasegawa
• BBC News – Fukushima radioactive water leak an ’emergency’ – Rupert Wingfield-Hayes
• Bellona – Radioactive water at Fukushima poised to overflow into the ocean – Charles Digges
• Bloomberg – Japan’s Nuclear Nightmare – William Pesek
• Christian Science Monitor – Fukushima’s new ’emergency’ – radioactive water leaks (+video) – Antoni Slodkowski and Mari Saito
• Daily Kos – That “Slight Leak” at Fukushima – Joieau
• Enformable – Japanese government pledges to support TEPCO clean up Fukushima Daiichi groundwater contamination – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – Fukushima Prefecture requests Japanese government remove TEPCO from management of Fukushima Daiichi decommissioning – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – Japan establishes new organization to pursue decommissioning options at Fukushima Daiichi – Lucas W Hixson
• Enformable – TEPCO withheld groundwater information from NRA officials in meeting – Lucas W Hixson
• The Independent – A Fukushima fisherman’s tale: Radioactive water from the Daiichi plant is flowing into the ocean at a rate of 300 tons a day – David Mcneill
• National Geographic – Fukushima’s Radioactive Water Leak: What You Should Know – Patrick J. Kiger
• NBC News – Wrecked Fukushima nuke plant leaking 330 tons of contaminated water a day – Arata Yamamoto
• New York Times – Japanese Government to Help Stabilize Nuclear Plant After Leaks – Martin Fackler
• Platts – Japan Kansai Electric buys 366,500 barrels ESPO crude as losing nuclear output: sources – Takeo Kumagai, Gabriel Yip
• Reuters – Chubu Electric to buy Tokyo power supplier, moves into Tepco’s turf-sources – Kentaro Hamada
• Reuters – Fukushima plant operator: cannot confirm volume of contaminated water leaking into ocean – Mari Saito and Antoni Slodkowski
• Reuters – Japan government considering support for Tepco on Fukushima water problem: METI official – Mari Saito
• Reuters – Japan PM to call for stronger response to Fukushima water crisis -Nikkei
• Reuters – Japan government: Fukushima plant leaking 300 tons/day of contaminated water into sea – Osamu Tsukimori and Kentaro Hamada
• Reuters – Japan PM orders proactive government role to clean up Fukushima – Osamu Tsukimori
• Reuters – Japan says Fukushima leak worse than thought, government joins clean-up – Mari Saito and Antoni Slodkowski
• Reuters India – Japan must support Tepco in containing Fukushima water problem -Suga
• Reuters India – Japan’s Fukushima plant has been leaking contaminated water “for 2 years”
• Sky News Australia – Abe says stopping nuke leaks ‘urgent’
• Wall Street Journal – Abe Pledges to Help Tepco With Water Leaks – Mari Iwata and Phred Dvorak
• Wall Street Journal – At Fukushima, Fear of a Losing Battle – Mari Iwataand Phred Dvorak
• Xinhua News – Japan mulling financial support for solving contaminated water in Fukushima
• Asahi Shimbun – Government to take bigger role in Fukushima clean-up
• Asahi Shimbun – Radioactive water may be seeping over underground barrier at Fukushima plant
• Asahi Shimbun – ‘Sun Child’ statue to symbolize Fukushima recovery at Aichi festival
• Asahi Shimbun – Fukushima plant leaks 300 tons of contaminated water daily
• Asahi Shimbun – Radioactive water may be seeping over underground barrier at Fukushima plant
• Asahi Shimbun – BOOK REVIEW: ‘Atomic Bomb Victims on Ninoshima’ by Mitsuru Suzumura, translated by Hiromi Suzumura – Peter Mcgill
• ENENews – NYTimes: 400 tons of highly radioactive water going into Pacific each day from Fukushima plant, says Tepco – Top Nuclear Regulator: This is a crisis
• ENENews – Tepco Official: This is extremely serious – We are unable to control radioactive water seeping out of Fukushima plant (VIDEO)
• ENENews – CNN Nuclear Expert: Fukushima plant is in ‘uncharted territory’ – Highly radioactive water to either be boiled until it evaporates, or dumped in ocean
• ENENews – Japan’s Top Nuclear Official: Tepco will never be able to store all the radioactive water at Fukushima plant – They’ll end up dumping it into ocean
• Fukushima Diary – [Column] Rising groundwater – 2 reasons why Tepco’s countermeasures may cause further disaster – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco changed groundwater level data to be “reference” from this week – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco to start pumping up the rising groundwater from 8/9/2013 / Only one pump in 3,200 m2 area – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Reactor3 steamed till 9:00AM 8/7/2013 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – JP Gov to spend national expense on frozen soil wall construction for Fukushima nuclear plant – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 8.5 mSv/h on the ground in the seaside of reactor3 / Groundwater accumulating area – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Breaking] JP Gov admitted 300 tones of contaminated water flows to the Pacific every single day – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Daily Press – Japan’s PM Abe vows effort towards elimination of nuclear weapons – John Hofilena
• Japan Daily Press – Some local officials give TEPCO go signal to apply for restart in Niigata – Ida Torres
• Japan Daily Press – Japanese government will take on more responsibility for Fukushima clean-up – Faith Aquino
• Japan Times – Tepco needs public cash to dig deep wall
• Japan Times – Radioactive hot spots found in seabed as far away as Miyagi – Tomohiro Osaki
• Japan Times – ‘No more hibakusha’ takes on new meaning after 3/11 – Ryan Masaaki Yokota
• Jiji Press – (Update) Japan to Use State Funds for Tainted Water at TEPCO N-Plant
• Jiji Press – City OKs Safety Checks for TEPCO Reactors, Prefecture Not
• Kyodo News – 300 tons of toxic water flowing into sea from Fukushima plant daily: gov’tPhoto
• Mainichi Daily News – Japan gov’t failing to keep promises on nuclear tech exports
• Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t mulls providing funds to block toxic water at Fukushima plant
• Mainichi Daily News – Hibakusha: A-bomb victims protest moves to amend Constitution, rely on nuclear power
• TEPCO – Press Releases
• Taipei Times – Groups plan anti-nuclear drive – Lee I-Chia

Tuesday, August 06, 2013

• Bloomberg – Tepco Faces ‘Emergency’ in Fukushima Water Leak, Reuters Reports – Peter Langan
• Daily Telegraph – Radioactive water leaking from Fukushima plant creating an ’emergency’, says watchdog
• Daily Telegraph – Japan remembers the bombing of Hiroshima
• Enformable – Fukushima Prefecture requests Japanese government remove TEPCO from management of Fukushima Daiichi decommissioning – Lucas W Hixson
• Fairewinds Energy Education – A2-B-C: A Documentary Film by Ian Thomas Ash
• The Guardian – Fukushima emergency declared as radioactive water spills over
• Huffington Post – Fukushima Radioactive Water May Overflow Into Sea – Mari Yamaguchi
• Reuters – Japan nuclear body says radioactive water at Fukushima an ’emergency’ – Antoni Slodkowski and Mari Saito
• Reuters – Two years on from meltdowns, Japan experts predict July restart for some reactors – Osamu Tsukimori
• UPI Asia – Japan looks to create historical archive of WWII atom bomb effects
• Washington Post – Operator of wrecked Japan nuclear plant struggling to end overflows of contaminated water
• Xinhua News – Hiroshima marks 68th atomic bomb anniversary
• Asahi Shimbun – EDITORIAL: We all must confront the ferocious destructive power of nuclear energy
• Asahi Shimbun – U.S. professor connects global nuclear victims, raises awareness – Hajimu Takeda
• Asahi Shimbun – Hiroshima marks 68th anniversary of A-bombing – Taro Nakazaki
• Asahi Shimbun – Radioactivity levels in Fukushima groundwater increase 47-fold over 5 days
• Asahi Shimbun – VOX POPULI: New ways to express the tragedy of the Hiroshima atomic bombing
• Asahi Shimbun – Radioactivity levels in Fukushima groundwater increase 47-fold over 5 days
• Asahi Shimbun – Hiroshima marks 68th anniversary of A-bombing – Taro Nakazaki
• Asahi Shimbun – EDITORIAL: We all must confront the ferocious destructive power of nuclear energy
• ENENews – Wall St. Journal: Fukushima leaks are “massive public health issue” – Obviously this could spread throughout Pacific and get into food supply (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Vice Governor: “Emergency situation” at Fukushima; Tepco has increased the risk of further leaks; Gov’t needs to take over – NHK: Officials make “emergency visit” to damaged nuclear plant (VIDEOS)
• ENENews – TV: Nuclear expert says Fukushima “is already beyond Tepco’s control” – Gov’t concerned leakage to rapidly accelerate (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Asahi: Radioactive contamination ‘soaring’ in Fukushima groundwater – Strontium and other beta emitters up 4,500% in recent days; Cesium rises nearly 1,500% – Tepco says it doesn’t know why levels spiked (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Tepco Press Conference: The situation at Fukushima is bleak – “This discharge is beyond our control” (VIDEO)
• ENENews – BBC: “Huge buildup” of radioactive groundwater at Fukushima plant – Expert concerned “contamination has spread to all sorts of places” (VIDEO)
• ENENews – The Times: “Lethal threat” from Fukushima’s highly radioactive water flowing into Pacific Ocean – “A threat to life”
• ENENews – BBC: Flow of radioactive water into Pacific could ‘accelerate rapidly’ now that barrier is breached at Fukushima plant – Tepco clearly in ‘deep trouble’
• Fukushima Diary – [Column] Groundwater is possibly 65cm underground already – Press needs to demand Tepco data – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Former Fukushima worker “50 trillion yen budget is necessary to decommissioning Fukushima” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – All ß to include Sr-90 jumped up 47 times much as 5 days before in the boring nearest to reactor2 turbine building – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco was monitoring sea contamination beside Fukushima port only at 3 locations – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Steam coming up from reactor3 again / Videos released – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Column] Accident calendar of Fukushima nuclear plant – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Daily Press – Japan’s nuclear reactors predicted to restart by July 2014 – Ida Torres
• Japan Daily Press – Japanese scholars on search for A-bomb materials for future archive – Faith Aquino
• Japan Daily Press – Japan’s PM Abe vows effort towards elimination of nuclear weapons – John Hofilena
• Japan Times – Editorial; Take a stand against nuclear weapons
• Japan Times – Nuke opponents feud over bombs vs. power – Eric Johnston
• Japan Times – Tepco gets partial local approval to apply for reactor checks
• Japan Times – Victim of Bikini Atoll H-bomb fallout keeps the faith
• Japan Times – Tokyo Electric can’t stop radioactive flow at Fukushima plant
• Japan Times – Tepco gets partial local approval to apply for reactor checks
• Japan Times – Citizens urge museum to keep A-bomb dolls
• Japan Times – Victim of Bikini Atoll H-bomb fallout keeps the faith
• Japan Times – Censored at first, memoirs penned by teen Nagasaki A-bomb survivor revived – Takumi Kawaguchi
• Jiji Press – Japan Eyes New Accounting Rules to Secure Costs of Scrapping Reactors
• Jiji Press – City OKs Safety Checks for TEPCO Reactors, Prefecture Not
• Jiji Press – Aging A-Bomb Survivor Pins Hopes on Younger Generation
• Jiji Press – Abe Wants Early Review of A-Bomb Disease Sufferer Standards
• Jiji Press – Hiroshima Mayor Presses for Nuclear-Free World in English
• Jiji Press – Hiroshima Calls for Abolishing “Absolute Evil” of Nuclear Arms
• Jiji Press – (Update) Cesium Levels Surge in Groundwater near Fukushima No. 2 Reactor
• Kyodo News – Abe vows utmost efforts for elimination of nuclear weapons – Mai Iida
• Kyodo News – Panel drafts accounting rule revision for reactor decommissioning
• Mainichi Daily News – Anti-nuke speaker pledges to continue fight following wife’s death
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO plans pump at Fukushima plant to combat radioactive water leak
• Mainichi Daily News – 68 years on, Hiroshima A-bomb survivor calls for nuclear-free world, reduced tensions
• Mainichi Daily News – Abe vows utmost efforts for elimination of nuclear weapons
• Mainichi Daily News – Hiroshima peace declaration on 68th anniversary of A-bombing
• Mainichi Daily News – Peace ceremony represents Hiroshima’s long struggle: Fukushima town mayor
• Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: Japan must redouble antinuclear effort as threat of atomic confrontation grows
• NHK World – Abe on Japan’s not signing NPT statement
• NHK World – Hiroshima marks atomic bombing anniversary
• Taipei Times – Tokyo-based writer warns of perils of nuclear power – Lee Hsin-Fang and Jason Pan

Monday, August 05, 2013

• Beyond Nuclear – Japan NRA: Fukushima Daiichi’s radioactive water leakage into Pacific Ocean now an “emergency” situation
• Reuters – Exclusive: Japan nuclear body says radioactive water at Fukushima an ’emergency’ – Antoni Slodkowski and Mari Saito
• Xinhua News – TEPCO reveals scale of radioactive tritium leak into Pacific for first time
• Asahi Shimbun – 9,640 Fukushima plant workers reach radiation level for leukemia compensation – Miki Aoki
• Asahi Shimbun – 9,640 Fukushima plant workers reach radiation level for leukemia compensation – Miki Aoki
• Asahi Shimbun – Medical records of world’s first radiation victim from A-bomb recovered – Yuri Oiwa
• Asahi Shimbun – Mystery objects with high radiation found on Fukushima coast – Shunsuke Kimura
• Asahi Shimbun – Radioactivity levels higher in water deeper underground at Fukushima plant – Jin Nishikawa
• Asahi Shimbun – Monodrama puts spotlight on man who survived A-bomb, Fukushima accident – Masakazu Honda
• Asahi Shimbun – Radioactivity levels higher in water deeper underground at Fukushima plant – Jin Nishikawa
• Asahi Shimbun – Long-stay program starts for Fukushima nuclear disaster evacuees – Kunio Ozawa
• Asahi Shimbun – 3 regional utilities to raise household electricity rates
• Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO took no action about radioactive water leak for 2 years
• Asia-Pacific Journal – In the Dark With Tepco: Fukushima’s Legacy for Nuclear Power – Andrew DeWit
• ENENews – Watch: Japan Officials Issue Fukushima Radioactivity Alert – “The radioactive discharge is out of control” – Contamination seeping into ocean is an emergency (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Fire alarm goes off nearby Fukushima spent fuel pool – Tepco: “No smoke, etc. was found around ceiling at site using a web camera… we have judged incident was malfunction”
• ENENews – Reuters Exclusive: Barrier is breached at Fukushima says official – ‘Highly radioactive’ water entering ocean – Will flow ‘extremely fast’ if it reaches surface – Tepco sorry for trouble
• ENENews – Fukushima Unit No. 3 steaming – Lasted more than four hours today – Observed ‘intermittently’ over past 13 days
• ENENews – Japan Official: ‘State of emergency’ now at Fukushima nuclear plant – ‘High possibility’ barrier is breached
• ENENews – Kyodo: ‘Radiation crisis’ at Fukushima plant – Toxic water entering sea for years – “Tainting ocean and marine life”
• ENENews – AP: Strong M6 quake hits Northeast Japan — Rated Upper 5 intensity on scale up to 7 — Tepco says no reports of problems at Fukushima Daiichi (MAP)
• ENENews – Japan’s First Astronaut: Gov’t lies about Fukushima disaster — Vital info on radiation risks kept from public to “maintain law and order”
• ENENews – Japan Deputy Prime Minister talks about “learning from the Nazis” – Previously said to let elderly people “hurry up and die” (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Kyodo: ‘Huge amount’ of radioactive tritium may have entered ocean from Fukushima plant – Up to 40,000,000,000,000 Bq claims Tepco – Doesn’t include before May 2011
• ENENews – Asahi: Tepco’s done nothing for over 2 years to stop highly radioactive Fukushima leak – Water above 1 sievert per hour – Admits work “has not been done to this day because of difficulties involved”
• Fukushima Diary – [Column] Accident calendar of Fukushima nuclear plant – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Breaking] Tepco’s contaminated water storage may reach an impasse this November ~ December – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco “We don’t know the latest rising groundwater level” / Data is automatically recorded but it’s not collected – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Breaking] Tepco to try to start pumping up groundwater from this weekend / Storage facility undecided – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Express] “Fukushima rice was sold in the south remote island Tanega-shima / wasn’t sold 2 years ago” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Reactor3 steaming again – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Approx. 10,000 Fukushima workers exposed over 5 mSv in the first 9 months / dose level for leukemia compensation – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Column] Can’t be tolerant about “Godzilla” comments for Fukushima – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Column] Summary of Fukushima situation July~August – The latest problems and the impending crisis – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Express] “JR Keihin-Tohoku Line is full of the advertisement of Fukushima peach” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Reactor3 seawater tunnel layout drawings differ from Tepco’s maps – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco plans to open 12 more borings on the seaside of reactor2 – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco eliminated another thermometer of reactor2 / “Because it indicates rapid change of the temperature” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Reactor3 has steamed for over 1 week – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – M6.0 hit Miyagi offshore – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Column] Tepco may be gaining time before press question % of the direct leakage of the coolant water to the sea – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Column] To make it transparent -Financial report of Fukushima Diary – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco to pump up accumulating groundwater by the end of August / Tepco “Groundwater may overflow” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco “40,000,000,000,000 Bq of Tritium leaked to the Pacific” / still 100,000,000,000 Bq leaking to the sea per day – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Breaking] Tepco “Tens trillion Bq of Tritium has leaked to the sea since 5. 2011? – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – 180,000 Bq/m3 of all ß including Sr-90 detected at 4m from the sea without impervious wall – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Cs-134/137 in the new boring nearest to reactor2 turbine building over 10 times higher than other borings – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco measured 3,200,000 Bq/m3 of Tritium from the boring beside reactor3 last year – Iori Mochizuki
• House of Japan – Fukushima plant may have leaked radioactive tritium
• JAIF – Information Update
• Japan Daily Press – TEPCO discloses extent of Fukushima radiation leak – John Hofilena
• Japan Times – Scholars hunt for dispersed A-bomb health logs – Mai Iida
• Japan Times – Oliver Stone visits Hiroshima to kick off war site tour
• Japan Times – Preservation of Hiroshima’s A-bomb remains becoming more difficult – Naoya Fujisawa
• Japan Times – Britain backed use of A-bomb against Japan: U.S. documents
• Japan Times – M6 quake rattles much of Tohoku
• Jiji Press – Cesium Levels Surge in Groundwater near Fukushima No. 2 Reactor
• JIJI Press – (Update) Strong Quake Rocks Miyagi Pref.
• Kyodo News – Fukushima plant may have leaked huge amount of radioactive tritium
• Mainichi Daily News – M6 quake hits northeastern Japan, no tsunami warning issued
• Mainichi Daily News – U.S. envoy Roos to attend A-bomb ceremony in Hiroshima: U.S. embassy
• Mainichi Daily News – Court grants 8 people recognition as sufferers of atomic bomb-related illnesses
• New Age – Japan nuclear watchdog to beef up Fukushima monitoring
• NHK World – Fukushima municipalities demand more cleaning
• TEPCO – Press Release Update
• Tokyo Times – Japan’s remaining nuclear reactors to be shut down for inspection
• China Post – Expert sorry for publicizing nuke report without approval – John Liu

Thursday, August 08, 2013

• Senator Dean Heller (R-NV) – Heller Seeks More Answers from DOE Secretary Moniz about Nuclear Waste Shipments to NV
• Las Vegas Review-Journal – Letter: Open Yucca Mountain to storage – Dave Mesker
• Las Vegas SUN – Letter : Nuclear waste is no treat for Nevada – Don Ellis
• KBOI-TV – Downwinders hope documentary influences Congress – Scott Logan
• KTVB – Documentary sheds light on Emmett ‘Downwinders’ – Bonnie Shelton
• Fox Phoenix – GAO to issue report on Navajo uranium cleanup
• Rapid City Journal – The long wait: Wyoming town eyes possible uranium-fueled rebirth – Susan Anderson
• Albuquerque Journal – Former LANL scientist to head National Science Foundation
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Editorial: Congress should pass bill to aid sick nuclear workers
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – The Guest House (1949) – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12: 5-year gains and losses – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – 4 new board members at ERPI, including TVA’s Pardee – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Kudos for cleanup at IMPACT rad-waste site – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Eeeeek (sirens will be sounded Aug. 14) – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – DNFSB turning orange – Frank Munger
• Oak Ridge Today – Guest column: Y-12 wants to have best security in nation’s nuclear weapons enterprise – Chuck Spencer
• ChicagoNow – Toxic Vets – The Poisonous Legacy of Ft. McClellan – Denise Williams
• Lower Hudson Journal – White Plains area to host hearing on nuclear storage study – Michael Risinit
• NEI – Nuclear Waste Management
• NEI – Proposed DOE Rule Aims to ‘Clarify’ Nuclear Trade
• NEI – Industry: Proposed Rulemaking on Cleanup During Operation Is ‘Wholly Inappropriate’
• World Nuclear News – Fuel cycle roundup #13
• Asia-Pacific: GlobalPost – Taiwan nuclear power plant may be leaking radioactive water
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Cesium hotspots found in seabed east of Fukushima – Shunsuke Kimura
• East Asia: AFP Google – N. Korea ‘may have doubled uranium enrichment capacity’

Wednesday, August 07, 2013

• Vegas Seven – Fighting On, From the Desk of a Legend – Michael Green
• Los Angeles Times – Consumer group files lawsuit over alleged radioactive waste – Jessica Garrison
• KFI AM 640 – Radioactive Waste Cleanup in LA County
• Santa Maria Times – Groups sue to block demolition at ex-nuclear site
• Ventura County Star – State sued over Santa Susana nuclear waste dumping allegations – Mike Harris
• Tri-City Herald – Failed pump delays work at Hanford to empty tank – Annette Cary
• Emmett Messenger-Index – Downwinders – who are they and why should you care? – Janet Monti
• Idaho Mountain Express – Letter: INL contamination is from past practices – Lane Allgood
• Idaho Statesman – Crapo to attend screening of ‘Downwinders’ documentary
• KIVI-TV6 – Sen. Mike Crapo, others to discuss “downwinder” legislation, attend documentary film premiere this weekend – Steve Bertel
• Carlsbad Current-Argus – Congressman Steve Pearce: WIPP could accept more nuke waste – Stella Davis
• Farmington Daily Times – Congressman Steve Pearce: WIPP could accept more nuke waste – Stella Davis
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Frank Munger: ORNL whistle-blower lost case but left legacy – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – John Shewairy promoted to assistant manager – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ORAU gets diversity recognition – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – On a clear day you can see Dollywood – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Bud Varnadore made a difference – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Somber gathering on anniversary of Hiroshima bombing – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Jeff Nichols to speak at FORNL – Frank Munger
• Oak Ridge Today – Y-12 protesters work to change nuclear policy, prevent another Hiroshima – John Huotari
• Oak Ridge Today – President Obama nominates UT alumnus to key nuclear post on DNFSB
• South Jersey Times – Federal agency backs N.J. in regulatory control over Shieldalloy site’s radioactive debris – Carly Q. Romalino
• All Things Nuclear – Lochbaum Testimony on Waste Bill and Dry Casks – David Wright
• Fierce Energy – Nuclear decommissioning cost back in DOE’s court – Barbara Vergetis Lundin
• DOE – Energy Department Authorizes Third Proposed Facility to Export Liquefied Natural Gas
• DOE – Energy Dept. Reports: U.S. Wind Energy Production and Manufacturing Reaches Record Highs
• DOE – Charting the Future of Energy Storage – Rebecca Matulkarebecca Matulka
• DOE – Wind Farm Growth Through the Years – Daniel Wooddaniel Wood
• Canada: Blackburn News – Huron Kinloss Plans Nuclear Dump Referendum
• Oceania: ABC – Final toxic clean-up to start soon on a stretch of Pacific Highway near Port Macquarie
• Oceania: Islands Business – French nuclear tests ‘showered vast area of Polynesia with radioactivity’
• Asia-Pacific: Christian Science Monitor – Fukushima’s new ’emergency’ – radioactive water leaks (+video) – Antoni Slodkowski and Mari Saito
• Asia-Pacific: Daily Kos – That “Slight Leak” at Fukushima – Joieau
• Asia-Pacific: NBC News – Wrecked Fukushima nuke plant leaking 330 tons of contaminated water a day – Arata Yamamoto
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Fukushima plant leaks 300 tons of contaminated water daily
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Daily Press – Japanese government will take on more responsibility for Fukushima clean-up – Faith Aquino
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Tepco needs public cash to dig deep wall
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Radioactive hot spots found in seabed as far away as Miyagi – Tomohiro Osaki
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Gov’t mulls providing funds to block toxic water at Fukushima plant
• South Africa: Kenyan Star – Cancer deaths blamed on toxic waste dumbing in North Eastern – Adow Mohamed

Tuesday, August 06, 2013

• Las Vegas Review-Journal – Letter: State should claim Yucca Mountain cash – Leonard Kreisler
• Los Angeles Daily News – Boeing, state facing new complaints on Santa Susana toxic cleanup – Susan Abram
• Los Angeles Times – Environmental groups say radioactive waste is going to landfills – Jessica Garrison
• Southern California Public Radio – Watchdog groups allege Boeing sent radioactive waste to city landfills, recycling facilities – Molly Peterson
• Tri-City Herald – Failed pump delays work at Hanford to empty tank – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – PNNL scientists join Washington State Academy of Sciences
• Deseret News – University of Utah chosen as study venue by nuclear administration
• Houston Chronicle – Corrective: Nuclear Waste-Texas story
• Harbor Country News – Release of nuclear plant ‘effluents’ into lake described as part of normal cycle – Andrew Lersten
• Eureka! Science News – ORNL research reveals new challenges for mercury cleanup
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Holocaust survivor to speak – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Hiroshima remembrance – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Countering nuke activity in Tajikistan – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – USEC reports net loss of $40.9M – Frank Munger
• Aiken Standard – Layoffs not yet seen at MOX – Derrek Asberry
• The Hill blog – Nuke regulator moves to shore up safety, security – Ben Goad
• Platts – US NRC approves publication of draft waste confidence rule – Steven Dolley
• Asia-Pacific: The Guardian – Fukushima emergency declared as radioactive water spills over
• Asia-Pacific: Huffington Post – Fukushima Radioactive Water May Overflow Into Sea – Mari Yamaguchi
• Asia-Pacific: Reuters – Japan nuclear body says radioactive water at Fukushima an ’emergency’ – Antoni Slodkowski and Mari Saito
• Asia-Pacific: Washington Post – Operator of wrecked Japan nuclear plant struggling to end overflows of contaminated water
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Radioactivity levels in Fukushima groundwater increase 47-fold over 5 days
• Asia-Pacific: Jiji Press – (Update) Cesium Levels Surge in Groundwater near Fukushima No. 2 Reactor
• Asia-Pacific: Kyodo News – Panel drafts accounting rule revision for reactor decommissioning
• Europe: STV Local – Dunes near former airbase may be contaminated by radioactive waste

Monday, August 05, 2013

• Reno Gazette-Journal – With Yucca Mountain location out of play, nuclear waste stored on-site in U.S.
• Casper Journal – Free lung screenings for uranium workers
• World Nuclear News – Lost Creek uranium mine starts up
• World Nuclear News – More room at WIPP
• Knoxville News Sentinel – After some early sputters, ORNL’s Titan paying off – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Down goes the tower at K-25 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ORNL’s Stephen Croft honored – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Getting ready for the worst – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Hiroshima anniversary – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Y-12 historian to speak – Frank Munger
• New York Times – Charles Varnadore, Whistle-Blower at Lab, Dies at 71 – Douglas Martin
• Oak Ridge Today – Tuesday morning ceremony near Y-12 recalls Hiroshima bombing – John Huotari
• Salem-News – Udall, Alexander Introduce Bipartisan Plan to Fulfill Commitment to Cold War Nuclear Workers
• Asia-Pacific: Beyond Nuclear – Japan NRA: Fukushima Daiichi’s radioactive water leakage into Pacific Ocean now an “emergency” situation
• Asia-Pacific: Reuters – Exclusive: Japan nuclear body says radioactive water at Fukushima an ’emergency’ – Antoni Slodkowski and Mari Saito
• Asia-Pacific: Xinhua News – TEPCO reveals scale of radioactive tritium leak into Pacific for first time
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Radioactivity levels higher in water deeper underground at Fukushima plant – Jin Nishikawa
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO took no action about radioactive water leak for 2 years
• Asia-Pacific: Kyodo News – Fukushima plant may have leaked huge amount of radioactive tritium
• Asia-Pacific: NHK World – Fukushima municipalities demand more cleaning
• Asia-Pacific: China Post – Expert sorry for publicizing nuke report without approval – John Liu
• Europe: BBC News – Out of sight, out of mind: a nuclear legacy
• East Europe: Deutsche Welle – Chernobyl’s new protective shell taking shape

Thursday, August 08, 2013

• Senator Dean Heller (R-NV) – Heller Seeks More Answers from DOE Secretary Moniz about Nuclear Waste Shipments to NV
• World Nuclear News – Fuel cycle roundup #13
• NRC – NRC Schedules Public Meeting Aug. 14 to Discuss Performance of Byron Nuclear Power Plant
• NRC – NRC Approves Probation For Georgia’s Agreement State Regulatory Program
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Notices Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals PDF Page 48501 (1 page) [FR DOC #: 2013-19175]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Notices Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals PDF Pages 48501 – 48502 (2 pages) [FR DOC #: 2013-19174]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Notices Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals PDF Pages 48502 – 48503 (2 pages) [FR DOC #: 2013-19173]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Notices Standard Review Plans; Revisions:Proposed Revision to Missiles Generated by Extreme Winds PDF Pages 48503 – 48504 (2 pages) [FR DOC #: 2013-19177]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Notices Standard Review Plans; Proposed Revisions to Maintenance Rule Standard Review Plan PDF Pages 48504 – 48506 (3 pages) [FR DOC #: 2013-19201]

Wednesday, August 07, 2013

• DOE – Energy Department Authorizes Third Proposed Facility to Export Liquefied Natural Gas
• DOE – Energy Dept. Reports: U.S. Wind Energy Production and Manufacturing Reaches Record Highs
• DOE – Charting the Future of Energy Storage – Rebecca Matulkarebecca Matulka
• DOE – Wind Farm Growth Through the Years – Daniel Wooddaniel Wood
• NRC – NRC Webinar Aug. 21 to Discuss Regulations On Foreign Ownership of U.S. Reactors
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Rules Facility Security Clearance and Safeguarding of National Security Information and Restricted Data PDF Pages 48037 – 48042 (6 pages) [FR DOC #: 2013-18947]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Proposed Rules Facility Security Clearance and Safeguarding of National Security Information and Restricted Data PDF Pages 48076 – 48078 (3 pages) [FR DOC #: 2013-18944]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Notices Draft Guidance for Industry and Staff:Japan Lessons-Learned Project Directorate; Estimating Flooding Hazards Due to Dam Failure PDF Pages 48201 – 48203 (3 pages) [FR DOC #: 2013-19057]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Notices Meetings:Pacific Gas and Electric Co., Humboldt Bay Power Plant, Unit 3; License Termination Plan PDF Page 48203 (1 page) [FR DOC #: 2013-19054]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Notices Meetings; Sunshine Act PDF Pages 48203 – 48204 (2 pages) [FR DOC #: 2013-19171]

Tuesday, August 06, 2013

• GovTrack – H.R. 2904: Nuclear Workers Compensation Act
• GovTrack – H.R. 2905: Nuclear Workers Health Advisory Board Act
• NRC – NRC to Hold Public Meeting on Aug. 13 Regarding Pending License Termination Request for Former Nuclear Fuel Facility in Windsor, Conn.
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Notices Facility Operating and Combined Licenses:Applications and Amendments Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations Pages 47785 – 47795 (11 pages) [FR DOC #: 2013-18851]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation; License Modification Orders:Entergy Nuclear Generation Co.; Pilgrim Power Station Pages 47795 – 47800 (6 pages) [FR DOC #: 2013-18936]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – License Renewal Applications:Byron Station, Units 1 and 2; Exelon Generation Co., LLC Pages 47800 – 47802 (3 pages) [FR DOC #: 2013-18935]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Meetings:Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Subcommittee on Planning and Procedures Page 47803 (1 page) [FR DOC #: 2013-18939]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Subcommittee on Reliability and PRA Page 47803 (1 page) [FR DOC #: 2013-18942]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Subcommittee on USAPWR Pages 47802 – 47803 (2 pages) [FR DOC #: 2013-18943]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Meetings; Sunshine Act Pages 47803 – 47804 (2 pages) [FR DOC #: 2013-19049]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Regulatory Guides:Test Documentation for Digital Computer Software Used in Safety Systems of Nuclear Power Plants Pages 47805 – 47807 (3 pages) [FR DOC #: 2013-18719]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Verification, Validation, Reviews, and Audits for Digital Computer Software Used in Safety Systems of Nuclear Power Plants Pages 47804 – 47805 (2 pages) [FR DOC #: 2013-18728]

Monday, August 05, 2013

• FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
• NRC – Public Meeting Schedule
• NRC – Live NRC Meeting Webcast
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Notices Exemptions and Combined License Amendments; Issuances:South Carolina Electric and Gas Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Units 2 and 3 Pages 47426 – 47427 (2 pages) [FR DOC #: 2013-18849]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Notices License Applications:AUC, LLC Reno Creek In Situ Leach Uranium Recovery Project Pages 47427 – 47431 (5 pages) [FR DOC #: 2013-18811]
• Canada: CNSC – CNSC News Update