News out of Japan continues to be the top nuclear story on the planet, however the number of articles pushing for Yucca Mountain has gone through the ceiling in the U.S. Press.  The Fukushima story has a lot of subthemes, including growing concerns from nearby countries as S. Korea regulators found radiation Japanese fish destined for their market, with a similar story on contaminated Tuna offshore of California. Lots of subtle manipulation in the coverage, for example, UPI claims that Japan has raised the severity of the leak to level “1” while its actually been raised to level 3.  Another story published how students had just gotten 150,000 anti-nuclear signatures, while the next day the number jumped to 1 million.  Tepco has claimed that its stopped the leak on the main tank, while another says there are leaks in other units.

Germany spoke out this last week about EU attempts to mess with their plans to continue with a nuclear phaseout.  There wasn’t a lot of news around the world other than the n-waste dump on Lake Huron on the US border with Canada that continues to heat up.

Again, as mentioned there’s now been a howling by conservative papers across the country about how Obama broke the law and can’t be allowed to get away with it on his order to stop Yucca Mountain.  Senator Reid continues to call Yucca dead.  Speaking of leaks, a fairly serious leak happened at Hanford.  There was literally no coverage of an NRC hearing on n-waste and spent fuel issues however.  In a fairly serious turn of events, the Nation published a new story supporting nuclear power, relying on the recent pro-nuclear push out of the NY Times to rationalize the story, even quoting Pandora’s Promise!  They at least put a link to their recent debate with Mark Hertzgaard however.  Joe Mangano released a new report on the health impacts around the Palisades reactor. And of course there was one a media frenzy this weekend about an African found with enriched uranium in his shoes at JFK that will be making the terrorist rounds. Note that I pulled all the Yucca stories out of the top stories section and put them in the Fuel Cycle tab if you want to dig through them.  Its kind of clear that there needs to be a bit of a response to this huge pro-Yucca spin.

Sunday, August 25, 2013

• Telegraph – Nuclear may become obsolete warns US solar energy chief

Saturday, August 24, 2013

• Liberals Unite – Radioactive Bluefin Tuna Caught Off California Coast

Friday, August 23, 2013

• Weekly Standard – The D.C. Circuit Goes Nuclear – Adam J. White
• Livermore Independent – Study Recounts Early, Difficult Years Of Lawrence Livermore National Lab – Jeff Garberson
• Moorpark Acorn – Group files suit claiming improper disposal of field lab waste–Site had nuclear meltdown in 1959 – Gabrielle Moreira
• White Mountain Independent – Have you considered… Why have they been lying about the Fukushima disaster? – Karen Warnick
• Boulder Weekly – Stirring the dust at Rocky Flats – Camilla Sterne
• Denver Post blog – The politics of nuclear waste – Robert Amme
• Jackson Clarion Ledger – Energy Institute to pitch storing nuclear waste in Mississippi – Geoff Pender
• Bloomberg BusinessWeek – Why the U.S. Power Grid’s Days Are Numbered – Chris Martin, Mark Chediak, and Ken Wells
• KCET – Americans Waste or Lose Two-Thirds of Energy, Finds Study – Chris Clarke
• NRDC blog – NRDC Response to “Coming Full Circle in Energy, to Nuclear,” by Eduardo Porter, New York Times, August 21, 2013 – Christopher Paine
• Asia-Pacific: The Guardian – Fukushima: the global fallout
• Asia-Pacific: Xinhua News – Commentary: Japanese gov’t has to shoulder responsibilities over toxic water leakage in Fukushima – Liu Tian, Zhang Cheng
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – More tanks at embattled Fukushima plant may have leaks
• Europe: Rocky Mountain Institute – Separating Fact from Fiction In Accounts of Germany’s Renewables Revolution – Amory B. Lovins
• Middle East: Jewish Press – Rare Photos of Israeli Nuclear Research Center Released – Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu
• South Africa: SA Business Day – Letter: Nuclear’s hidden costs – Keith Gottschalk

Thursday, August 22, 2013

• Las Vegas SUN – Reid: Obamacare isn’t perfect, but it’s good; Yucca mountain is dead – Richard N. Velotta
• Los Angeles Times – On San Onofre, Edison is trying to pull a fast one – Michael Hiltzik
• KING5 Seattle – Alert issued at Hanford after radiation detected
• Portland Tribune – OPB airs new documentary on history of Hanford Nuclear Reservation – Steve Law
• Tri-City Herald – Video: The 2003 Northeast blackout, 10 years later
• Beyond Nuclear – OPG radioactive waste dump a “declaration of war against the Great Lakes”
• WJNO – A local attorney blames two companies for the pediatric cancer cases in The Acreage.
• Henrietta Post – Guest Essay DEC plays ostrich on radioactive waste – Peter Mantius
• CounterPunch – Time to Amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954–The Dark Nuclear Lesson of Entergy v. Shumlin – NANCY BURTON
• Scientific American blog – Nuclear vs renewables: A tale of disparities. – Ashutosh Jogalekar
• Canada: Port Huron Times Herald – Nuclear waste dump too close to Lake Huron for our comfort – Cliff Schrader
• Asia-Pacific: BBC News – Fukushima leak is ‘much worse than we were led to believe’ – Matt McGrath
• Asia-Pacific: CNET News – Fukushima Dai-ichi: The latest botch
• Asia-Pacific: CounterCurrents – The Post-Fukushima Nuclear Industry: A Case Study In Institutional Self-Deception – Dennis Riches
• Asia-Pacific: Deutsche Welle – Japanese officials fear radioactive water leak could point to larger problem
• Asia-Pacific: Enformable – Work at Fukushima Daiichi overwhelmed by contaminated water – Lucas W Hixson
• Asia-Pacific: University of South Carolina – Viewing Fukushima in the cold light of Chernobyl – Steven Powell
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO: 10 trillion becquerels of strontium may have leaked into ocean
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Daily Press – TEPCO attempts dismissal of lawsuit filed by family of farmer who commited suicide
• Asia-Pacific: Jiji Press – Victims of Fukushima N-Crisis Sue Govt over Aid Law
• Asia-Pacific: Kyodo News – All fisheries off Fukushima to be suspended amid leak at nuclear plant
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO faces ‘biggest management crisis’ after toxic water leak from Fukushima tank
• East Asia: Chosun Ilbo – Another Reactor Breaks Down

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

• News Herald – Capacity crowd attends ‘Save the Great Lakes from Nuclear Waste’ town hall meeting – Gina Joseph
• Broward Palm Beach blog – Acreage Cancer Cluster: Residents Can Join Class-Action Lawsuit for Plummeting Property Values – Deirdra Funcheon
• Miami Today – FPL pushes ahead with new nuclear reactors – Scott Blake
• Norristown Times Herald – NRC rule change clears path for Limerick nuke plant re-licensing – EVAN BRANDT
• BurlingtonFreePress blog – Another look at VY decision – Terri Hallenbeck
• The Nation – The IPCC Report and Nuclear Energy – Bob Dreyfuss
• Reuters – Uranium miners face new hurdles as Fukushima disaster worsens – James Regan
• DOE – #ActOnClimate: Secretary Moniz’s First Three Months – April Saylor
• NAS – Project Update: Review of NASA’s Evidence Reports on Human Health Risks
• Asia-Pacific: Natural News – Fukushima victim exposes Japanese government’s attempted bizarre brainwashing of radiation victims – Mike Adams
• Asia-Pacific: RT – Disturbing thyroid cancer rise in Fukushima minors
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Daily Press – Six more young people from Fukushima diagnosed with thyroid cancer – Ida Torres
• Asia-Pacific: Jiji Press – Antinuclear Signatures Collected by Japanese Students Top One Million
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Severity of radioactive water tank leak at Fukushima plant upgraded to Level 3
• Central Asia: Washington Post – Editorial: U.S. Russia and Kazakhstan secured plutonium before terrorists got it
• Europe: Epsom Guardian – Letter to the Editor: Radiation risk from fracking in Epsom is very real – Dr David Lowry
• Europe: Press and Journal – Train nuclear transfers attacked
• East Europe: Bloomberg – Enel Nuclear Building Permit Violated Law, Slovak Court Says – Radoslav Tomek
• Middle East: Peace and Conflict Monitor – Fallujah and Weapons of Mass Destruction – Victoria Fontan

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

• Detroit Free Press – Underground nuclear waste dump proposed near Lake Huron draws fire at WSU meeting – Eric D. Lawrence
• Macomb Daily – Capacity crowd attends ‘Save the Great Lakes from Nuclear Waste’ town hall meeting – Gina Joseph
• WNEM Saginaw – Foes of Lake Huron shoreline nuke storage meet – Tom Plahutnik
• OpEdNews – Nuclear Experimentation: Year 68 – Ethan Indigo Smith
• Canada: MetroNews Canada – Opposition mounts to nuclear waste storage near Lake Huron – Luke Simcoe
• Asia-Pacific: Common Dreams – ‘A Huge Amount of Radiation’ as Fukushima Crisis Worsens – Jon Queally
• Asia-Pacific: GlobalPost – Hiroshima, Nagasaki write to Obama to protest U.S. plutonium tests
• Asia-Pacific: RedFlagNews – ALERT: No One Knows Where 3 Daiichi 100 Ton Nuclear Cores Went!
• Asia-Pacific: RINF – 11 Facts About The Ongoing Fukushima Nuclear Holocaust That Are Almost Too Horrifying To Believe
• Asia-Pacific: RT – TEPCO admits leakage of 300 tons of water with monstrous radiation level
• Asia-Pacific: RT – Worse than Chernobyl: The inner threat of Fukushima crisis
• Asia-Pacific: UPI – Radioactive water leak from Fukushima considered ‘level 1’ incident
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Evacuees, residents to sue for ¥1 in neglected aid
• Asia-Pacific: Jiji Press – Industry Ministry OKs Renewable Energy Equal to 20 N-Reactors
• Asia-Pacific: Kyodo News – Japanese students give 195,000 anti-nuke signatures to U.N.
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima residents to sue gov’t for inaction on nuke disaster support law
• North Europe: Bloomberg – Lithuania Urges Belarus to Halt Nuclear Project on Safety Issues – Bryan Bradley
• East Europe: Sofia Globe – Bulgarian court orders disclosure of Belene nuclear plant study
• Russia: Bellona – FEATURE: Who needs a nuclear power plant in Bashkortostan? – Andrei Ozharovsky
• Middle East: Global Research – WHO Is Delaying Release of Iraqi Birth Defect Data? – Kelley B. Vlahos

Monday, August 19, 2013

• Courthouse News Service – Workers Demand Nuke Plant Accident Video – Philip A. Janquart
• Daily Journal – Federal regulators: Significant work remains to be done at troubled Neb. nuclear power plant – JOSH FUNK
• Beyond Nuclear – Joseph Mangano/RPHP report on radioactivity releases from Palisades and increased death rates in the surrounding area
• Detroit News – Group says Van Buren Co.’s elevated health risks tied to Palisades plant – Jim Lynch
• Holland Sentinel – Group links Palisades to death rates; company disputes report – JIM HAYDEN
• WDET – Michigan Lawmaker Wants To Stop Underground Nuke Dump in Canada – Michigan State Sen. Hoon-Yung Hopgood (D-Taylor)
• Greenville News – Contractors at SRS cut 1,550 jobs over 2 years
• The State – Doubts dampen S.C.’s nuclear future – Roddie Burris
• FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
• NRC – Public Meeting Schedule
• Canada: Windsor Star – Plan to bury nuclear waste raises concerns – Brian Cross
• Asia-Pacific: Peak Oil – Fukushima apocalypse: Years of ‘duct tape fixes’ could result in ‘millions of deaths’
• Asia-Pacific: RT – Radiation levels in Fukushima bay highest since measurements began – reports
• Asia-Pacific: Slate – Exploring the Aftermath of Fukushima – David Rosenberg
• Asia-Pacific: TIME – More Than Two Years After Meltdown, Doubt and Fear Remain Over Fukushima’s Safety – Jason Motlagh
• Asia-Pacific: YouTube – Fukushima: Is the “China Syndrome” Happening? – Thom Hartmann Talks With Kevin Kamps
• Asia-Pacific: Jiji Press – Japan Regulators May Deny Active Fault under Oi N-Plant
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Soviet pictures, documents describe post-bomb Nagasaki
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – British nuclear plant needs 90 years for decommissioning after 26 years in operation
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Yoroku: 19th century British seismologist would be shocked to see nuclear reactors in Japan
• Asia-Pacific: NHK World – 2 more workers at Fukushima Daiichi irradiated
• Asia-Pacific: Yomiuri Shimbun – The NSA won’t admit how really dumb it is – Shane Harris
• Asia: All Things Nuclear – China in Focus #13: Undue Influence? – Gregory Kulacki
• East Asia: Arirang News – Radioactive cesium found in Japanese fish imports
• Europe: Reuters UK – Germany warns EU not to meddle in its energy policy – Alexandra Hudson, Noah Barkin, Gernot Heller, Matthias Baehr, Andreas Rinke, Rene Wagner
• Europe: RT – Atomic kitchen: French research center stores plutonium in pressure cookers
• Europe: UPI – Latest incident at French nuclear plant renews calls for its closure
• North Europe: Baltic Course – Lithuania urges Belarus to comply with nuclear safety regulations
• East Europe: BelTA – Spent fuel from Belarusian NPP to be sent to Russia
• West Africa: Nigerian Tribune – FG worried over radioactive substances found at Ajaokuta steel complex – Paschal Okeke

Friday, August 23, 2013

• NPR – Regulators Monitor ‘Serious Leaks’ At Japanese Nuclear Plant – Renee Montagne, Geoffrey Brumfiel
• Reuters – UPDATE 1-Fukushima inspectors “careless”, Japan agency says, as nuclear crisis grows
• Reuters – Fukushima operator’s monitoring of failing storage tanks inadequate-agency
• Xinhua News – Commentary: Japanese gov’t has to shoulder responsibilities over toxic water leakage in Fukushima – Liu Tian, Zhang Cheng
• Asahi Shimbun – More tanks at embattled Fukushima plant may have leaks
• Japan Daily Press – TEPCO detects new radiation hotspots but no new leaks in Fukushima plant – Ida Torres
• Japan Times – Tepco radioactive flow raises alarm over seafood safety – Mizuho Aoki
• Japan Times – Tepco testing tainted earth at No. 1 plant

Thursday, August 22, 2013

• ABC News – Japan Nuclear Disaster Deepens – Mari Yamaguchi
• AFP Google – Radiation ‘hotspots’ found in Fukushima tanks – Shingo Ito
• BBC News – Fukushima leak is ‘much worse than we were led to believe’ – Matt McGrath
• Bloomberg – Radioactive Leaks in Japan Prompt Call for Overseas Help – Yuji Okada, Jacob Adelman & Peter Langan
• Bloomberg – Fukushima Clouds Abe’s Bid to Revive Nukes to Power Recovery – Andy Sharp
• Bloomberg – Tepco Urged to Manage Water Weeks Before Recent Leak – Brian Wingfield
• Bloomberg – Tepco Inspection Shows No Further Radioactive Leaks From Tanks – Jacob Adelman & Masumi Suga
• CBC News – Fukushima nuclear plant facing new disaster – Craig Dale
• CBC News – Fukushima nuclear plant facing new disaster – Craig Dale
• CNET News – Fukushima Dai-ichi: The latest botch
• CounterCurrents – The Post-Fukushima Nuclear Industry: A Case Study In Institutional Self-Deception – Dennis Riches
• Deutsche Welle – Japanese officials fear radioactive water leak could point to larger problem
• Enformable – Work at Fukushima Daiichi overwhelmed by contaminated water – Lucas W Hixson
• GlobalPost – Atomic bomb survivors protest against U.S. plutonium test
• LiveScience – Fukushima Radiation Leak: 5 Things You Should Know – Tanya Lewis
• Reuters – New high-radiation spots found at quake-hit Fukushima plant – Kiyoshi Takenaka
• University of South Carolina – Viewing Fukushima in the cold light of Chernobyl – Steven Powell
• UPI – TEPCO: Radiation leaking into sea from Fukushima plant
• UPI – ‘Worst-case scenario’ at Fukushima
• Wall Street Journal – Fukushima Watch: Where Did the Water Go? – Phred Dvorak and Mari Iwata
• Wall Street Journal – The Challenge of Containing Japan’s Nuclear Plant
• Asahi Shimbun – EDITORIAL: Abe needs to step up and lead crisis response at Fukushima plant
• Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO: 10 trillion becquerels of strontium may have leaked into ocean
• Asahi Shimbun – VOX POPULI: Government cannot wash away its responsibility for Fukushima disaster
• Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO: Contaminated water from leaking tank likely reached ocean
• ENENews – Wall St. Journal: They don’t know where Fukushima’s melted fuel cores are, or in what state – Expert: “It’s important to think of worst-case scenario”… Even greater levels of contamination may be on the way – Plant “built on a river”
• ENENews – TV: Isn’t Fukushima Daiichi at least a 21 on International Nuclear Event Scale, equal to 3 Level 7’s? “Global catastrophe… Disaster of unimaginable proportions” (VIDEO)
• ENENews – UPI: “Fukushima plant is approaching a worst case scenario” – Top Japan Nuclear Official: “This is what we have been fearing”
• ENENews – CNN: Japan’s nuclear regulator called Fukushima “a house of horrors”… They are not prone to hyperbole, an unbelievable thing to say – “Very, very serious… incredibly frightening” (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Nuclear Expert on BBC: “Absolutely no guarantee” walls of Fukushima fuel pools aren’t cracked – Salt water “would basically explode the walls, you can’t see that; you can’t get close enough”
• ENENews – BBC: Fukushima “much worse than we’ve been led to believe, much worse” says nuclear expert – Contaminated water is leaking out all over site
• Fukushima Diary – [Column] Nothing has even started – 350 of 1,000 tones tanks are ready to leak from the flange part – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [More tank leakage] 2 tanks possibly leaking / Tepco “The ground looks wet but it’s rainwater” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco “30,000,000,000,000 Bq of Cs-137 and Sr-90 leaked to the Pacific” / 30,000,000,000 Bq still leaking per day – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [300m3 leakage] Vice president of Tepco “Leaked water may have flowed to the sea” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco “Boring survey-able space is very limited on the seaside due to debris and temporary facilities” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Vice president of Tepco “There are many other risks but the leakage, may show the data someday” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [More tank leakage] 100 mSv/h detected beside another tank area of the same type – Iori Mochizuki
• House of Japan – Anger boils over in Fukushima Pref. after news of new radioactive water leak
• House of Japan – Highly toxic water leaked from tank could have flowed into sea
• House of Japan – Severity of radioactive water tank leak at Fukushima plant upgraded to Level 3
• Japan Daily Press – Fukushima bay radiation levels highest since measurements began – John Hofilena
• Japan Daily Press – TEPCO attempts dismissal of lawsuit filed by family of farmer who commited suicide
• Japan Daily Press – TEPCO workers begin assessing remaining 300 water tanks at Fukushima plant – Faith Aquino
• Japan Times – High-level radiation detected along seams of two Fukushima water tanks
• Japan Times – Fishing off Fukushima suspended for indefinite period
• Japan Times – Rate of radioactive flow to Pacific alarming – Kazuaki Nagata
• Japan Times – E-map eyed for Nankai earthquake aftermath
• Jiji Press – High-Level Radiation Detected along Seams of 2 Fukushima Tanks
• Jiji Press – Victims of Fukushima N-Crisis Sue Govt over Aid Law
• Kyodo News – All fisheries off Fukushima to be suspended amid leak at nuclear plant
• Kyodo News – Fukushima nuclear victims sue government for neglecting aid
• Mainichi Daily News – Highly contaminated water likely leaking directly into sea from Fukushima plant
• Mainichi Daily News – TEPCO faces ‘biggest management crisis’ after toxic water leak from Fukushima tank
• Mainichi Daily News – British nuclear plant needs 90 years for decommissioning after 26 years in operation
• Mainichi Daily News – Editorial: Gov’t lacks sense of responsibility over Fukushima radioactive water leak

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

• AFP Google – Japan says Fukushima leak worst since tsunami – Shingo Ito
• Asian Correspondent – Fukushima leak located; no answers in sight – Graham Land
• BBC News – Japan nuclear agency upgrades Fukushima alert level
• BBC News – Q&A: Fukushima leak problems – Matt McGrath
• Bellona – Japan seeks higher crisis scale ratings for highly contaminated water leaks; more thyroid cancer cases come to light – Charles Digges
• Bloomberg – Fukushima Springs Another Leak in Battle With Radiated Water – Jacob Adelman & Yuji Okada
• Bloomberg – Radioactive Leaks in Japan Prompt Call for Overseas Help – Yuji Okada, Jacob Adelman & Peter Langan
• GlobalPost – Japan’s nuclear watchdog seeks to raise danger level over Fukushima leak
• The Independent – Radiation crisis at Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan deepens as threat level raised to ‘serious’ – David McNeill
• Natural News – Fukushima victim exposes Japanese government’s attempted bizarre brainwashing of radiation victims – Mike Adams
• Radio Australia – A new radioactive leak at Fukishima will enter Pacific Ocean – Tony Eastley
• Reuters – Wrecked Fukushima storage tank leaking highly radioactive water – Yoko Kubota and Yuka Obayashi
• Reuters – UPDATE 3-Japan’s nuclear crisis deepens, China expresses “shock” – Kiyoshi Takenaka and James Topham
• Reuters – Japan’s nuclear crisis deepens, China expresses ‘shock’ – Kiyoshi Takenaka and James Topham
• Reuters – Japan nuclear agency concerned about more Fukushima leaks – Kiyoshi Takenaka
• RT – Disturbing thyroid cancer rise in Fukushima minors
• Wall Street Journal – 2nd UPDATE: Japan Nuclear Regulator Says Latest Fukushima Leak Represents Level 3 Incident – Mari Iwata
• Wall Street Journal – Fukushima Watch: A “Level 3? Incident at Daiichi – Phred Dvorak
• Yahoo! News – Cosmic Rays May Reveal Damage to Fukushima’s Nuclear Reactors – Jeremy Hsu
• Asahi Shimbun – NRA: Water leak at Fukushima nuclear plant a ‘serious incident’
• Asahi Shimbun – 6 who were minors at time of nuclear disaster newly found to have thyroid cancer
• ENENews – New York Times: Fears of environmental calamity from Fukushima disaster – Japan Nuclear Expert: It’s getting worse… People all over world need to be informed… first case in history where so much contaminated water flowing in ocean
• ENENews – Reuters: Crisis deepening at Fukushima nuclear plant; Upgraded to ‘Level 3 Serious Incident’ – Represents a 100-fold increase in “severity of a radiological release” – Tepco says highly radioactive leakage continues, but unknown where from
• ENENews – Anonymous Official: Tank at Fukushima may have leaked tons of highly radioactive liquid every day for a month… “We didn’t detect it for as long as 30 days” – Spokesman: Leakage is continuing… Other tanks may be affected
• Fukushima Diary – [Column] The reason why I published only one article today -Invited by BBC and given 0 sec to talk on the radio show – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Fukushima gov “revised” the past thyroid report as publishing the latest report – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Daily Press – Six more young people from Fukushima diagnosed with thyroid cancer – Ida Torres
• Japan Daily Press – Japan raises nuclear warning level to ‘serious incident’ at Fukushima – Ida Torres
• Japan Times – Hiroshima, Nagasaki warn Obama on plutonium tests
• Japan Times – NRA looks to raise leak severity level – Reiji Yoshida
• Japan Times – Radioactive water leak from tank at Fukushima No. 1 may have reached sea: Tepco
• Japan Times – Tepco caused suicide, wife tells court – Tomohiro Osaki
• Jiji Press – Leaks of Highly Contaminated Water into Sea Possible: TEPCO
• Jiji Press – Measures on May Radiation Leak Seen as Insufficient
• Jiji Press – Water Leak from Fukushima N-Plant Tank May Be Rated Level 3
• Jiji Press – Antinuclear Signatures Collected by Japanese Students Top One Million
• Kyodo News – Highly toxic water leaked from tank could have flowed into sea
• Mainichi Daily News – Severity of radioactive water tank leak at Fukushima plant upgraded to Level 3
• Mainichi Daily News – Anger boils over in Fukushima Pref. after news of new radioactive water leak
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima nuclear plant worker widow sues TEPCO, other firms
• NHK World – INES Scale and explanation
• NHK World – NRA may raise Fukushima leak severity rating
• NHK World – TEPCO nuclear chief to be stationed in Fukushima
• NHK World – Nuclear regulator urges checking all tanks
• NHK World – IAEA: Water leaks at Fukushima ‘serious’
• TEPCO – Press Releases

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

• BBC News – Radioactive water leak at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant
• Bloomberg – Fukushima Springs Another Leak in Battle With Radiated Water – Jacob Adelman & Yuji Okada
• Common Dreams – ‘A Huge Amount of Radiation’ as Fukushima Crisis Worsens – Jon Queally
• GlobalPost – Operator says new radioactive leak at Japan’s Fukushima
• GlobalPost – Fukushima evacuees, residents to sue government for neglecting aid
• GlobalPost – Hiroshima, Nagasaki write to Obama to protest U.S. plutonium tests
• GlobalPost – Japan adds renewable energy capacity worth 2 nuclear reactors
• The Guardian – Fukushima operator reveals leak of 300 tonnes of highly contaminated water – Justin McCurry
• New York Times – 300 Tons of Contaminated Water Leak From Japanese Nuclear Plant – HIROKO TABUCHI
• RedFlagNews – ALERT: No One Knows Where 3 Daiichi 100 Ton Nuclear Cores Went!
• Reuters – UPDATE 3-Wrecked Fukushima storage tank leaking highly radioactive water – Yoko Kubota and Yuka Obayashi
• RINF – 11 Facts About The Ongoing Fukushima Nuclear Holocaust That Are Almost Too Horrifying To Believe
• RT – TEPCO admits leakage of 300 tons of water with monstrous radiation level
• RT – Worse than Chernobyl: The inner threat of Fukushima crisis
• UPI – Radioactive water leak from Fukushima considered ‘level 1’ incident
• World Nuclear News – Leak from Fukushima tank
• Xinhua News – 300 tons of highly radioactive water leak from Fukushima plant
• Asahi Shimbun – Tank leaks 300 tons of radioactive water at Fukushima plant – JIN NISHIKAWA
• Asahi Shimbun – Lawsuit to demand action on law to support nuclear disaster victims – KAORI OZAWA
• ENENews – Japan Times: Fukushima Daiichi radioactive water problems seem ‘uncontainable’ – Believed to be wreaking environmental havoc upon Pacific Ocean
• ENENews – Tokyo Professor: Ground beneath Fukushima reactors becoming increasingly unstable – “Potential catastrophe unfolding in plain sight”
• ENENews – Expert: Land under Fukushima reactor buildings at risk of turning into liquid – Area near sea could become like mud
• ENENews – Fukushima Governor: This is a national emergency – Massive radioactive leak causes top officials to hold emergency meeting – Tepco: Leakage believed to be continuing Tuesday
• ENENews – ‘Growing Alarm’: 25 trillion becquerels of Fukushima radioactive material leaks into ground – Kyodo News Advisory: Exact source of extreme contamination unknown; Tank missing 300,000 liters (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Officials: ‘Nuclear Fuel Material’ or the like leaked during today’s Level 1 event near Unit 4 at Fukushima plant – “We will explain this incident in the press conference” (MAP)
• ENENews – NHK: Level 1 nuclear incident today at Fukushima plant – “Extremely high radiation levels” found leaking near Unit 4 (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Radio: Fukushima may be eclipsing Chernobyl as worst nuclear disaster in history… It’s like a time bomb – They really need to seal off underground (AUDIO)
• ENENews – Fukushima Mystery? TV: Japan expert says radiation levels in ocean too high to be explained by groundwater flow alone – Must be coming from “other contamination routes” entering Pacific – “Devastating impact” to come? (VIDEO)
• ENENews – NHK: Fukushima workers irradiated – Radiation alarm sounds – “No immediate signs of illness” (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Wall St. Journal: Unknown where Fukushima’s nuclear fuel went; Even if found, they don’t know how to get it out – RT: No one knows where the three 100-ton blobs are
• ENENews – Officials: ‘Nuclear Fuel Material’ or the like leaked during today’s Level 1 event near Unit 4 at Fukushima plant – “We will explain this incident in the press conference” (MAP)
• Fukushima Diary – [300m3 leakage] Fukushima nuclear plant has 350 more tanks of the same type / Rubber sealing instead of welding – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Breaking] 18 Fukushima children diagnosed with thyroid cancer / 44 malignant cases reported – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Mystery] Water gauge is situated 4 tanks away from the officially leaking tank / “How did they measure?” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [300m3 leakage] 0.1 Sv/h near the radio relay station – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Fukushima worker “300m3 of leaked water went to the radio relay station area” / Worst place to flow to – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Tank leakage] 300m3, 24,000,000,000,000 Bq of ß nuclide released / still keeps leaking – Iori Mochizuki
• Japan Daily Press – TEPCO admits to 300-ton contaminated water leak at Fukushima plant – John Hofilena
• Japan Times – Tank at No. 1 lost 300 tons of radioactive water – Reiji Yoshida
• Japan Times – Tepco yet to track groundwater paths–Liquefaction threat adds to Fukushima ills – KAZUAKI NAGATA
• Japan Times – Evacuees, residents to sue for ¥1 in neglected aid
• Jiji Press – Industry Ministry OKs Renewable Energy Equal to 20 N-Reactors
• Jiji Press – Fukushima Residents to Sue Govt over Law on Victim Support
• Jiji Press – 300 Tons of Tainted Water Leak from Fukushima N-Plant Tank
• Jiji Press – Japan Regulators May Deny Active Fault under Oi N-Plant
• Kyodo News – 300 tons of highly toxic water leak from tank at Fukushima plant
• Kyodo News – Fukushima flights axed after TEPCO’s admission of toxic water leak
• Kyodo News – Japanese students give 195,000 anti-nuke signatures to U.N.
• Kyodo News – 300 tons of highly toxic water leak from tank at Fukushima plant
• Mainichi Daily News – NRA experts agree fault found in test trench south of Oi nuclear plant is not active
• Mainichi Daily News – Fukushima residents to sue gov’t for inaction on nuke disaster support law
• Mainichi Daily News – 300 tons of highly toxic water leaks from tank at Fukushima plant
• NHK World – Nuclear regulators ask TEPCO to investigate
• NHK World – Japan, Ukraine to tie up on radioactivity spread
• Yomiuri Shimbun – The Nuclear Regulatory Authority may accept Kansai Electric Power Co.’s assertion that the F-6 crush zone beneath the Oi nuclear power plant in not an active fault.

Monday, August 19, 2013

• AFP Google – Japan July trade deficit nearly doubles
• Daily Telegraph – Japan’s tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant to become tourist attraction – Julian Ryall
• GlobalPost – Seoul asks Japan for details on radioactive water leaks
• Peak Oil – Fukushima apocalypse: Years of ‘duct tape fixes’ could result in ‘millions of deaths’
• Reuters – Fukushima operator says workers dusted with radioactive particles – Yuka Obayashi
• RT – Radiation levels in Fukushima bay highest since measurements began – reports
• Slate – Exploring the Aftermath of Fukushima – David Rosenberg
• TIME – More Than Two Years After Meltdown, Doubt and Fear Remain Over Fukushima’s Safety – Jason Motlagh
• YouTube – Fukushima: Is the “China Syndrome” Happening? – Thom Hartmann Talks With Kevin Kamps
• Asahi Shimbun – Fukushima operator says workers dusted with radioactive particles
• Asahi Shimbun – Researchers start clinical trials on neutron beams to treat cancer – YURI OIWA
• ENENews – Fukushima Worker: I’m worried about pressure forcing water up through cracked ground at nuclear plant – Level now rising on mountain side
• ENENews – Fukushima Mystery? TV: Japan expert says radiation levels in ocean too high to be explained by groundwater flow alone – Must be coming from “other contamination routes” entering Pacific – “Devastating impact” to come? (VIDEO)
• ENENews – NHK: Fukushima workers irradiated – Radiation alarm sounds – “No immediate signs of illness” (VIDEO)
• ENENews – Wall St. Journal: Unknown where Fukushima’s nuclear fuel went; Even if found, they don’t know how to get it out – RT: No one knows where the three 100-ton blobs are
• Fukushima Diary – Another leakage of contaminated water tank / 100 mSv/h on the surface – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – [Dust alarm] High level of Cs-134/137 detected / Still under mask wearing order – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Dust monitoring alarm went off again / 2 workers had the heads contaminated – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Fukushima worker “Dust monitoring alarm went off possibly due to nitrogen gas injection to reactor2&3? – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Fukushima worker “Expiration date for use of the contaminated tanks is coming.” – Iori Mochizuki
• Fukushima Diary – Tepco doesn’t analyze groundwater deeper than 16m underground / Tepco “No reason not to do it” – Iori Mochizuki
• JAIF – Information Update
• Japan Times – Hanford offers Tepco lesson in cleaning up Fukushima – Shigeru Sato and Yuji Okada
• Jiji Press – Hiroshima, Nagasaki Museums Added to Google History Archives
• Jiji Press – Japan Regulators May Deny Active Fault under Oi N-Plant
• Kyodo News – Highly toxic puddles found near water tanks at Fukushima plant
• Mainichi Daily News – 2 more Fukushima workers radioactively contaminated
• Mainichi Daily News – Stricter nuclear plant safety standards to force decommissioning of reactors
• Mainichi Daily News – Soviet pictures, documents describe post-bomb Nagasaki
• Mainichi Daily News – British nuclear plant needs 90 years for decommissioning after 26 years in operation
• Mainichi Daily News – Yoroku: 19th century British seismologist would be shocked to see nuclear reactors in Japan
• NHK World – 2 more workers at Fukushima Daiichi irradiated
• TEPCO – Press Release Update
• Yomiuri Shimbun – The NSA won’t admit how really dumb it is – Shane Harris

Friday, August 23, 2013

• Legal Documents
• State of Nevada – STATE OF NEVADA MOTION FOR COMMISSION ACTION RELATED TO A POSSIBLE RESTART OF THE YUCCA MOUNTAIN LICENSING PROCEEDING (pdf-169K)
• Nye County – NYE COUNTY’S MOTION FOR LIFTING OF SUSPENSION OF YUCCA MOUNTAIN LICENSING PROCEEDING, SCHEDULING OF IMMEDIATE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE, AND ISSUANCE OF RELATED ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS (pdf-99K)
• Nye County – NYE COUNTY’S MOTION FOR LIFTING OF SUSPENSION OF YUCCA MOUNTAIN LICENSING PROCEEDING, SCHEDULING OF IMMEDIATE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE, AND ISSUANCE OF RELATED ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS (pdf-98K)
• Nye County – NYE COUNTY’S MOTION FOR RECUSAL/DISQUALIFICATION OF NRC COMMISSIONER ALLISON M. MACFARLANE AND POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN SUPPORT OF MOTION (pdf-84K)
• News
• Las Vegas Review-Journal – Yucca battle resumes; NRC chair asked to recuse herself – STEVE TETREAULT
• Weekly Standard – The D.C. Circuit Goes Nuclear – Adam J. White
• Livermore Independent – Study Recounts Early, Difficult Years Of Lawrence Livermore National Lab – Jeff Garberson
• Moorpark Acorn – Group files suit claiming improper disposal of field lab waste–Site had nuclear meltdown in 1959 – Gabrielle Moreira
• San Diego Union-Tribune – Study: Spent Nuke Fuel in Pools not a Big Safety Concern – Morgan Lee
• Tri-City Herald – UPDATED: Hanford radioactive leak may have been transfer system – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Former DOE manager to discuss Hanford issues
• White Mountain Independent – Have you considered… Why have they been lying about the Fukushima disaster? – Karen Warnick
• Boulder Weekly – Stirring the dust at Rocky Flats – Camilla Sterne
• Denver Post blog – The politics of nuclear waste – Robert Amme
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Security stress on Y-12 guards: Union chief says overtime a concern – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – B&W says size of Y-12 guard force unchanged – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Dismantling the big bombs; ‘success’ on B83, B53 – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Tritium tracking system modernized at Savannah River – Frank Munger
• Jackson Clarion Ledger – Energy Institute to pitch storing nuclear waste in Mississippi – Geoff Pender
• Martinsburg Journal-News – Law Breakers: White House, Reid not following court orders
• The Altoona Mirror – End delay on Yucca roadblock
• StateImpact Pennsylvania – Gas Drilling Waste Triggers Radioactive Alarms At Landfills – Marie Cusick
• EnergyBiz – Former Energy Secretary Abraham on Nuclear Energy, Global Warming and Obama’s EPA – Ken Silverstein
• KCET – Americans Waste or Lose Two-Thirds of Energy, Finds Study – Chris Clarke
• Wall Street Journal – Why the U.S. Still Needs Nuclear Weapons Superiority

Thursday, August 22, 2013

• Las Vegas SUN – Reid: Obamacare isn’t perfect, but it’s good; Yucca mountain is dead – Richard N. Velotta
• Las Vegas SUN – Letter: Yucca Mountain? Not at any price – Mamie Glorioso
• Washington Post – Court orders administration to follow nuclear waste law – George F. Will
• KATU – Radiation alert goes off at Hanford
• KING5 Seattle – Alert issued at Hanford after radiation detected
• KPLU News – Investigation into Abnormal Radiological Reading at Hanford – Anna King
• Portland Tribune – OPB airs new documentary on history of Hanford Nuclear Reservation – Steve Law
• Tri-City Herald – Video: The 2003 Northeast blackout, 10 years later
• Tri-City Herald – UPDATED: Hanford tank farm evacuated for possible leak – Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald – Work continues on Hanford tank retrieval arm
• Albuquerque Journal – Editorial: Court’s ruling as empty as Yucca Mountain is
• Warren Tribune Chronicle – NRC breaking the law on disposal
• Knoxville News Sentinel – S. David Freeman: TVA should change focus to efficiency, clean energy – S. David Freeman
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Tritium tracking system modernized at Savannah River – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – An attorney’s request for compassion – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Looking ahead: Y-12’s workforce projections – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – A Manhattan Project predecessor in Tennessee – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – ‘Truly spectacular’ in eye of beholder – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – The other side of the Y-12 guards story – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – A look at postwar Y-12 (1946) – Frank Munger
• Beyond Nuclear – OPG radioactive waste dump a “declaration of war against the Great Lakes”
• Augusta Chronicle – Savannah River Site modernizes tracking program for nuclear bomb reservoirs – Rob Pavey
• Aiken Standard – SRS Citizens Advisory Board approves Yucca decision – Derrek Asberry
• Martinsburg Journal – Law Breakers: White House, Reid not following court orders
• Henrietta Post – Guest Essay DEC plays ostrich on radioactive waste – Peter Manti
• Asia-Pacific: Bloomberg – Tepco Inspection Shows No Further Radioactive Leaks From Tanks – Jacob Adelman & Masumi Suga
• Asia-Pacific: Enformable – Work at Fukushima Daiichi overwhelmed by contaminated water – Lucas W Hixson
• Asia-Pacific: University of South Carolina – Viewing Fukushima in the cold light of Chernobyl – Steven Powell
• Asia-Pacific: House of Japan – Severity of radioactive water tank leak at Fukushima plant upgraded to Level 3
• Asia-Pacific: Jiji Press – High-Level Radiation Detected along Seams of 2 Fukushima Tanks
• Asia-Pacific: Kyodo News – All fisheries off Fukushima to be suspended amid leak at nuclear plant

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

• Las Vegas Review-Journal – Heck suggests using money for research, not Yucca Mountain – KEITH ROGERS
• Vegas Seven – Scenes from the Energy Soiree – Heidi Kyser
• FAS blog – The rocks of Yucca Mountain – Dr. Y
• New York Times – Editorial: Time to Stop Stalling on Nuclear Waste
• Emmett Messenger Index – Downwinders film planned to rerun in Emmett
• Prescott Daily Courier – Editorial: Nuclear waste stasis risks fallout
• Fairmont Sentinel – Court rules government ‘simply flouting the law’ – Gary Andersen, Lee Smith
• Lucknow Sentinel – DGR opposition group have voices heard outside of country – Sarah Sloan
• News Herald – Capacity crowd attends ‘Save the Great Lakes from Nuclear Waste’ town hall meeting – Gina Joseph
• Marietta Times – Editorial: NRC breaks the law on dumping nuclear waste
• Bowling Green Daily News – A court’s order: Obey the law – George Will
• Knoxville News Sentinel – Frank Munger: Y-12 nuke operations due for scrutiny
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Slips, trips and surgery – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Beyond the Y-12 sergeants . . . – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Fallout from hacking at Department of Energy – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – UCOR’s chief operating officer headed to Savannah River – Frank Munger
• GSA Business – Clyburn cites N.M. facility as solution to nuclear waste fight – Chuck Crumbo
• Lewistown Sentinel – Breaking the law over nuclear waste
• BurlingtonFreePress blog – Another look at VY decision – Terri Hallenbeck
• Energy Collective – Yucca Mountain and Vermont: Scofflaws in High Places – Meredith Angwin
• Reuters – Uranium miners face new hurdles as Fukushima disaster worsens – James Regan
• DOE – #ActOnClimate: Secretary Moniz’s First Three Months – April Saylor
• Canada: Wawatay News – Nuclear waste disposal site closer to reality – Shawn Bell
• Asia-Pacific: BBC News – Q&A: Fukushima leak problems – Matt McGrath
• Asia-Pacific: Bloomberg – Radioactive Leaks in Japan Prompt Call for Overseas Help – Yuji Okada, Jacob Adelman & Peter Langan
• Asia-Pacific: Reuters – Wrecked Fukushima storage tank leaking highly radioactive water – Yoko Kubota and Yuka Obayashi
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – NRA: Water leak at Fukushima nuclear plant a ‘serious incident’
• Central Asia: Washington Post – Editorial: U.S. Russia and Kazakhstan secured plutonium before terrorists got it
• Central Asia: Yahoo! News – High-Grade Plutonium Locked in Kazakhstan Mountain at Minimal Risk – Rachel Oswald
• Europe: Press and Journal – Train nuclear transfers attacked
• Middle East: Peace and Conflict Monitor – Fallujah and Weapons of Mass Destruction – Victoria Fontan

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

• Las Vegas SUN – State agency contemplating using $5 million to continue Yucca Mountain fight – Cy Ryan
• Las Vegas SUN – To the Point(video): Reno City Councilwoman Jenny Brekhus on medical marijuana dispensaries at Rep. Mark Amodei on the debt ceiling, sage grouse and the looming fight on Yucca Mountain.
• KSNV MyNews3 – INTERVIEW: Dina Titus talks about Egypt, Yucca Mountain, and the threat of government shutdown
• Hawaii News Now – Soldiers may fully use Oahu range this year
• The Olympian – Nuclear waste problem is not one to ignore
• New Ulm Journal – What’s the holdup at Yucca Mountain?
• Detroit Free Press – Underground nuclear waste dump proposed near Lake Huron draws fire at WSU meeting – Eric D. Lawrence
• Macomb Daily – Capacity crowd attends ‘Save the Great Lakes from Nuclear Waste’ town hall meeting – Gina Joseph
• WNEM Saginaw – Foes of Lake Huron shoreline nuke storage meet – Tom Plahutnik
• PoliticalNews.me – Request Meeting with U.S. Energy Secretary and Updated Plan for Economic Development
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – U.S. reactors vulnerable to terrorist attack? – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Savannah River working on ‘biggest environmental risk’ – Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel blog – Security sergeants at Y-12 – Frank Munger
• Jacksonville Daily News – President can’t just ignore law
• Public Broadcasting Atlanta – Southern CEO Welcomes Possible Revival of Yucca Mountain Nuclear Storage Site – JONATHAN SHAPIRO
• Greenville News – Editorial: Follow court on nuclear waste site
• The State – McCumber: ‘No’ not really an option on Yucca Mountain – Davie McCumber
• Lancaster New Era – Editorial: Single, secure site for nuclear waste
• Connecticut Post – Letter: A good place to store used nuclear fuel – Ulrich Decher Phd
• DOE – Class Is Now in Session: Energy 101 – Nadia Barbosa
• Canada: CNN – Australia and the great Indian uranium sale debate – Geoff Hiscock
• Canada: MetroNews Canada – Opposition mounts to nuclear waste storage near Lake Huron – Luke Simcoe
• Asia-Pacific: RedFlagNews – ALERT: No One Knows Where 3 Daiichi 100 Ton Nuclear Cores Went!
• Asia-Pacific: UPI – Radioactive water leak from Fukushima considered ‘level 1’ incident
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Tank at No. 1 lost 300 tons of radioactive water – Reiji Yoshida
• Asia-Pacific: Kyodo News – 300 tons of highly toxic water leak from tank at Fukushima plant
• Asia-Pacific: NHK World – Japan, Ukraine to tie up on radioactivity spread

Monday, August 19, 2013

• Las Vegas SUN – Nevada calculating cost to continue Yucca Mountain legal battle – By Cy Ryan
• DigitalJournal – ‘Not in my Backyard’ goes Nuclear, Yucca Flats battle resumes – Hugh A. Ostrow
• Energybiz – Federal Court Revives Yucca Mountain – Ken Silverstein
• Smart Energy Universe – NEI and NWSC Laud Court Ruling Mandating NRC Review of Yucca Repository
• National Journal – DOE Erred on Nevada Willingness to Accept Waste: Memos
• WDET – Michigan Lawmaker Wants To Stop Underground Nuke Dump in Canada – Michigan State Sen. Hoon-Yung Hopgood (D-Taylor)
• Evansville Courier & Press – Paducah plant closure disrupts workers’ lives – BRUCE SCHREINER
• Greenville News – Contractors at SRS cut 1,550 jobs over 2 years
• Tyler Morning Telegraph – Editorial: Yucca Mountain: our green future
• FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
• Energy Department – Notices Meetings:Advanced Scientific Computing Advisory Committee; Teleconference Pages 50404 – 50405 (2 pages) [FR DOC #: 2013-20135]
• Energy Department – Notices Meetings: Presidents Council of Advisors on Science and Technology Page 50404 (1 page) [FR DOC #: 2013-20136]
• Energy Department – Notices Meetings: Panel Renewals:High Energy Physics Advisory Panel Page 50405 (1 page) [FR DOC #: 2013-20123]
• Canada: Windsor Star – Plan to bury nuclear waste raises concerns – Brian Cross
• Oceania: NSW Daily Telegraph – Nuclear enrichment industry could lead to multi-billion-dollar economic bonanza, study says – ANDREW HOUGH
• Oceania: Network Ten-The Project – Getting to the core of Lucas Heights
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Hanford offers Tepco lesson in cleaning up Fukushima – Shigeru Sato and Yuji Okada
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Stricter nuclear plant safety standards to force decommissioning of reactors
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – British nuclear plant needs 90 years for decommissioning after 26 years in operation
• East Asia: Arirang News – Radioactive cesium found in Japanese fish imports
• East Asia: Arirang News – Korea fearful over Japan’s radioactive fish
• Europe: RT – Atomic kitchen: French research center stores plutonium in pressure cookers
• East Europe: BelTA – Spent fuel from Belarusian NPP to be sent to Russia
• West Africa: Nigerian Tribune – FG worried over radioactive substances found at Ajaokuta steel complex – Paschal Okeke

Friday, August 23, 2013

• Legal Documents
• State of Nevada – STATE OF NEVADA MOTION FOR COMMISSION ACTION RELATED TO A POSSIBLE RESTART OF THE YUCCA MOUNTAIN LICENSING PROCEEDING (pdf-169K)
• Nye County – NYE COUNTY’S MOTION FOR LIFTING OF SUSPENSION OF YUCCA MOUNTAIN LICENSING PROCEEDING, SCHEDULING OF IMMEDIATE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE, AND ISSUANCE OF RELATED ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS (pdf-99K)
• Nye County – NYE COUNTY’S MOTION FOR LIFTING OF SUSPENSION OF YUCCA MOUNTAIN LICENSING PROCEEDING, SCHEDULING OF IMMEDIATE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE, AND ISSUANCE OF RELATED ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS (pdf-98K)
• Nye County – NYE COUNTY’S MOTION FOR RECUSAL/DISQUALIFICATION OF NRC COMMISSIONER ALLISON M. MACFARLANE AND POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN SUPPORT OF MOTION (pdf-84K)
• News
• NRC – NRC Issues Confirmatory Action Letter to Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Notices Draft Emergency Preparedness Frequently Asked Questions Page 52570 (1 page) [FR DOC #: 2013-20629]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Notices Facility Operating Licenses:Tennessee Valley Authority, Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit 1; Applications and Amendments Pages 52571 – 52574 (4 pages) [FR DOC #: 2013-20627]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Notices License Amendments:Westinghouse Electric Co., LLC, Decommissioning Project, Hematite, MO Pages 52574 – 52579 (6 pages) [FR DOC #: 2013-20630]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Notices Permit Applications:SHINE Medical Technologies, Inc. Page 52579 (1 page) [FR DOC #: 2013-20622]

Thursday, August 22, 2013

• NRC – NRC Assigns New Senior Resident Inspector to Surry Nuclear Power Plant
• NRC – Statement of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on the Office of Inspector General Audit of Environmental Reviews
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Notices Sealed Source and Device Evaluation and Approval Authority:Georgia; Relinquishment Page 52219 (1 page) [FR DOC #: 2013-20494]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Notices Special Nuclear Materials License Applications, etc.:Tennessee Valley Authority for Watts Bar Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 2 Pages 52219 – 52223 (5 pages) [FR DOC #: 2013-20493]
• Canada: Bayshore Broadcasting – CNSC Hearing for Bruce Power

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

• DOE – #ActOnClimate: Secretary Moniz’s First Three Months – April Saylor
• NAS – Project Update: Review of NASA’s Evidence Reports on Human Health Risks
• NRC – NRC Assigns New Resident Inspector to Oconee Nuclear Power Plant
• Defense Department – Notices Meetings: Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program, Scientific Advisory Board Pages 51713 – 51714 (2 pages) [FR DOC #: 2013-20397]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Notices Meetings: Subcommittee on Fukushima, Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Page 51752 (1 page) [FR DOC #: 2013-20382]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Notices Meetings: Subcommittee on Regulatory Policies and Practices, Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Pages 51752 – 51753 (2 pages) [FR DOC #: 2013-20385]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Notices New Source Material License Applications:AUC, LLC Reno Creek, In Situ Project Pages 51753 – 51754 (2 pages) [FR DOC #: 2013-20386]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Notices Requests to Modify Licenses by Replacing Security Plans with New Radiation Safety Plans:U.S. Department of the Army, Jefferson Proving Ground, Madison, IN Pages 51754 – 51757 (4 pages) [FR DOC #: 2013-20421]

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

• DOE – Class Is Now in Session: Energy 101 – Nadia Barbosa
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Notices Certain Licensees Requesting Unescorted Access to Radioactive Material: Order Imposing Trustworthiness and Reliability Requirements for Unescorted Access to Certain Radioactive Material Pages 51213 – 51219 (7 pages) [FR DOC #: 2013-20261]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Notices Facility Operating and Combined Licenses:Applications and Amendments Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations Pages 51219 – 51234 (16 pages) [FR DOC #: 2013-20154]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Notices Meetings; Sunshine Act Pages 51234 – 51235 (2 pages) [FR DOC #: 2013-20384]
• Tennessee Valley Authority – Notices Meetings; Sunshine Act Page 51266 (1 page) [FR DOC #: 2013-20354]

Monday, August 19, 2013

• FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
• NRC – NRC Awards FY13 Nuclear Education Grants
• NRC – NRC Schedules Meeting to Discuss Status of Major Projects at Oconee Nuclear Plant
• NRC – Public Meeting Schedule
• NRC – Live NRC Meeting Webcast
• Energy Department – Notices Meetings:Advanced Scientific Computing Advisory Committee; Teleconference Pages 50404 – 50405 (2 pages) [FR DOC #: 2013-20135]
• Energy Department – Notices Meetings: Presidents Council of Advisors on Science and Technology Page 50404 (1 page) [FR DOC #: 2013-20136]
• Energy Department – Notices Meetings: Panel Renewals:High Energy Physics Advisory Panel Page 50405 (1 page) [FR DOC #: 2013-20123]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Rules Physical Protection of Irradiated Reactor Fuel in Transit Page 50313 (1 page) [FR DOC #: 2013-19978]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Notices Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:Entergy Operations, Inc., River Bend Station, Unit 1 Pages 50454 – 50455 (2 pages) [FR DOC #: 2013-20146]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Notices License Amendments:Vogtle Electric Generating Station, Units 3 and 4; Southern Nuclear Operating Co.; Changes to Chemical Volume Control System Pages 50455 – 50457 (3 pages) [FR DOC #: 2013-20144]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Notices Meetings:Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards; Subcommittee on Digital Instrument and Control Page 50457 (1 page) [FR DOC #: 2013-20142]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Notices Meetings: Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards; Subcommittee on Fukushima Pages 50457 – 50458 (2 pages) [FR DOC #: 2013-20138]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Notices Petitions:Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., James A. Fitzpatrick Nuclear Power Plant, etc. Page 50458 (1 page) [FR DOC #: 2013-20145]
• Canada: CNSC – CNSC News Update