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What's News Archive - 2012
Updated - Thursday, February 09, 2012
Updated - Wednesday, February 08, 2012
- Las Vegas Review-Journal - Lawmaker suggests limiting judicial review of nuclear waste sites - Steve Tetreault
- Pahrump Valley Times - Republicans endorse cutting deficit, less bureaucracy - Mark Waite
- Platts - Yucca could still be on the table for nuclear waste: BRC member - Derek Sands
- The Hill - White House is all talk on its energy strategy - Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.)
- Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works - Senator Boxer Calls on NRC to Assess Safety Conditions at San Onofre Nuclear Plant in California
- Global Research - Radioactive Leak at California Nuclear Plant: Almost Caused a Melt Down
- Orange County Register - Boxer asks NRC to check safety at San Onofre - Pat Brennan
- Orange County Register - Nuclear plant's neighbors want radiation monitors - Fred Swegles
- San Clemente Times - Criticism Mounts as SONGS Reactors Remain Offline
- San Diego Union-Tribune - Boxer presses for San Onofre probe - Dean Calbreath
- OPB News - Hanford Contractor Hires New Safety Culture Manager - Anna King
- Tri-City Herald - A whole lot of nothing in panel's recommendation
- Tri-City Herald - Bechtel names safety culture leader at vit plant - Annette Cary
- Tri-City Herald - Oregon research station to help restore Hanford land to natural state - Annette Cary
- San Juan Record - Radiation fears still cloud the crash of Felon 22 - Lee Bennett
- Tucson Citizen - Activist group trots out tritium scare - Jonathan DuHamel
- Kansas State Collegian - Hazardous dump to be removed - Tim Schrag
- Minneapolis Star Tribune - Prairie Island nuclear plant reports small spill
- Des Moines Register - Letter: Utilities need to provide insurance for nuclear plants - James Eliason
- Eastern Iowa Gazette - Letter: If we pay for plant, then we'll form co-op - Dean E. Owens
- Knoxville News Sentinel - Frank Munger: Signs that Y-12 dispute nearing a resolution?
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - DOE's Colin Colverson to talk about proposed Manhattan Project National Historical Park - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - Tauscher to Scowcroft Center for Intl Security - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - Cray's mid-range alternative, etc. - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - Mason: 'It's definitely in one of our sweet spots' - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - Looks like the Grand Canyon at 450 mph - Frank Munger
- Nuclear Engineering - Watts Bar 2 schedule pushed back
- Augusta Chronicle - Southern Nuclear awaits NRC approval for Plant Vogtle expansion - Rob Pavey
- Environment News Service - After Fukushima, Nine Groups Head to Court Over Vogtle Reactor Safety
- Platts - Groups will file to prevent Southern Co. nuclear construction - William Freebairn
- POWERnews - Thursday's NRC Vote on New Vogtle Reactors Prompts Legal Challenges
- Washington Post - NRC expected to give Georgia nuclear reactors the green light - Steven Mufson
- Huffington Post - 'Mutant' Spider Fears As White Cobwebs Are Found At Nuclear Waste Pool - Sara Nelson
- News & Observer - Letter: Nuke plant standards - James Scarola
- News & Observer - Letter: The nuclear club - Dennis Cafferty
- Southern Maryland News - Minor violations found at Calvert Cliffs - Meghan Russell
- Chatham Star Tribune - Regulations will pave way for uranium mining
- DaleCity.Patch - Nuclear Expert to Speak at Hylton - Nathan Curby
- Lynchburg News and Advance - Questions flow at Danville uranium meeting - Tara Bozick
- Newburyport Daily News - Letter: Opposed to relicensing of N-plant - Joanne Megna-Wallace
- Newburyport Daily News - Letter: Thanks for N-plant relicensing vote - Bruce Skud and Dan Edson, Joanna Hammond
- Bennington Banner - Northern Vermont bass test positive for strontium, cesium - Bob Audette
- Brattleboro Reformer - Entergy: Water quality suit should be denied - Bob Audette
- WCAX - Radioactive fish found in northern Vt - Matt Henson
- WPTZ - Scientists Find Radioactive Fish In New Part of Vermont - Lauren Victory
- Portsmouth Herald News - Letter: Shipyard presents major nuclear hazard to region - Ben Chichester
- Government Security News - Study says nuclear plant designs need stepped-up attention to security - Mark Rockwell
- Nuclear Energy Insider - Role of nuclear energy in creating smarter US grid networks - Margaret Harding
- Nuclear Energy Insider - US nuclear industry prepares to build first reactor in 25 years - John Johnson
- POGO blog - Markey Introduces Aptly Named SANE Act to Curtail Wasteful Nuke Spending
- DOE - Secretary Chu and Energy Department Officials to Highlight Obama Administration's Investments in American Energy and Innovation at Events Across the Nation
- GAO - NNSA Needs to Improve Guidance on Weapon Limitations and Planning for Its Stockpile Surveillance Program, GAO-12-188
- Health and Human Services Department - NOTICES Petition Evaluations; Special Exposure Cohorts: Decision To Evaluate a Petition To Designate a Class of Employees From Nuclear Metals, Inc., West Concord, MA, To Be Included in the Special Exposure Cohort Page 6564 [FR DOC# 2012-2916]
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Confirmatory Orders: In the Matter of Edward G. Johnson; Confirmatory Order (Effective Immediately) Pages 6595-6598 [FR DOC# 2012-2863]
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Confirmatory Orders: In the Matter of Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., Palisades Nuclear Plant, 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway, Covert, MI 49043-9530; Confirmatory Order (Effective Immediately) Pages 6598-6601 [FR DOC# 2012-2864]
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Facility Operating Licenses: Facility Operating License Amendment From Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC.; Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Unit 2 Pages 6601-6606 [FR DOC# 2012-2862]
- Oceania: ABC - NT nuclear waste dump war of words heats up - Bridget Brennan
- Oceania: Ninemsn - Deal smooths way for NT nuke dump - Xavier La Canna
- Oceania: SBS - Muckaty nuclear dump faces more hurdles - Bill Code
- Asia-Pacific: Bloomberg - Nobel Winner Oe Urges Japan to Decommission Nuclear Reactors - Chisaki Watanabe
- Asia-Pacific: Bloomberg - Japan to Install Vent System for Reactors After Fukushima Crisis - Tsuyoshi Inajima
- Asia-Pacific: The Guardian - Rising temperatures at Fukushima raise questions over stability of nuclear plant - Justin McCurry
- Asia-Pacific: Reuters - Japan atomic watchdog postpones 1st stress test approval - Risa Maeda
- Asia-Pacific: UPI - Bird numbers drop around Fukushima
- Asia-Pacific: Washington Post - Messages show conflict within NRC after Japan's earthquake and tsunami - Steven Mufson
- Asia-Pacific: World Nuclear News - Stabilisation after Fukushima cooling change
- Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri - Tsunami was up to 21 meters in Fukushima
- Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri - Foreigner exodus spurs Chiba population decline
- Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri - Temperature inside reactor stops rising
- Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri - Air radiation drops after snowfall / But decontamination necessary, levels will rise once snow melts, experts say
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - NISA to OK report on Oi reactors' stress tests
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - Emails bare NRC's Fukushima chaos - Steven Mufson
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - Reactor 2 temperatures said trending lower - Kazuaki Nagata
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - Emails reveal chaos in U.S. over crisis - Steven Mufson
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Nobel Prize winner Oe stresses Japan's ethical responsibility for ending nuclear program
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Power firms to install vent facilities in all domestic nuclear plants
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Hibakusha: A-bomb survivor vows to pass torch of anti-nuke fight to next generation
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Fukushima No. 2 reactor cools slightly after increased water injection
- Asia: Xinhua News - China to forge stable partnership with Canada in energy sector, Premier Wen
- East Asia: Korea Herald - Saudi oil minister pledges Seoul stable crude supply
- East Asia: Yonhap News - Azerbaijan, Lithuania, Denmark to join nuclear security summit in Seoul
- South Asia: Business Standard - Jaitapur nuclear plant making progress
- South Asia: Deccan Herald - Negotiations on Jaitapur N-plant resume
- South Asia: Deccan Herald - For nuclear safety - Rajaram Panda
- South Asia: Deccan Herald - Little progress on Indo-US civil nuclear deal: US Senator
- South Asia: IBNLive - Nuclear 2 Last
- South Asia: IBNLive - YC to conduct three-day rally on benefits of Koodankulam
- South Asia: Indian Express - India wants to see non-nuclear Iran: US
- South Asia: Times of India - Fears of Kudankulam residents must be eased, says BJP leader
- South Asia: TwoCircles - Mathai meets Clinton, says India committed to n-deal
- Europe: The Guardian - Letters: Renewed push for nuclear power
- Europe: Nuclear Engineering - NDA proposes management Dounreay exotic material at Sellafield
- Europe: Plymouth Herald - Letter: End refuelling - Di McDonald
- Europe: Scottish Daily Record - MoD plan to clean up contaminated Dalgety Bay is rejected by environmental watchdogs
- Europe: STV.tv - Activists blast nuclear waste disposal plan
- Europe: Reuters - UK Hinkley Point B-7 reactor resumes at low output
- Europe: Financial Times - Lauvergeon begins Areva battle - James Boxell
- Europe: Reuters - Vallourec: Renovating France's nuclear facilities: Valinox Nucléaire awarded first contract for steam generators of 1300 MW power plants
- Europe: Ninemsn - Cold snap forces Germany to restart nuclear reactors: report
- Europe: Reuters - Swiss nuke plant briefly shut after maintenance - Catherine Bosley
- Europe: World Radio Switzerland - Reading error causes nuclear site to shut down - Maryland Independent
- Europe: World Nuclear News - EU advised to take stock of decommissioning contributions
- North Europe: Nuclear Engineering - Pöyry to carry out groundwater studies for Finnish repository
- North Europe: Reuters - Pöyry takes part in ensuring safe final disposal of spent nuclear fuel in Finland
- North Europe: World Nuclear News - Imminent construction of Baltic nuclear power plant
- East Europe: Focus News - EU funding shortfall for ex-Soviet nuclear plants clean-up
- East Europe: Bloomberg - Czechs Won't Build New Nuclear Power Stations, Hospodarske Says - Peter Laca
- East Europe: Reuters - Czechs to curb nuclear expansion plans-IndMin - Jana Mlcochova
- East Europe: Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria Needs Extra EUR 579 M for Nuclear Reactors Decommissioning
- Middle East: Ha'aretz Daily - Harsher IAEA report on Iran nuclear program expected next month - Amos Harel
- Middle East: Japan Times - Dubious reasons to attack Iran - Gregory Clark
- Middle East: Pacific Free Press - Iran is not Iraq: Attacking Iran Will Not Repeat History - Ramzy Baroud
- Middle East: Pacific Free Press - Tightening Spiral Towards War in Iran - Chris Floyd
- Middle East: Reuters - Iran feels sanctions pinch as Asia traders cut ties - Niluksi Koswanage and Cho Mee-young
- Middle East: Press TV - Iran honors assassinated scientists
- Middle East: Press TV - India increases Iran oil imports
- Middle East: Press TV - 'Any US attack on Iran would be suicidal for Washington'
- Middle East: Press TV - 'Bypassing Strait of Hormuz, impossible'
- Middle East: Press TV - Sanctions denote US failure against Iran
- Middle East: Press TV - 'Enemies' despair prompts killings of Iranian scientists'
Updated - Tuesday, February 07, 2012
- CBS Local - Inspectors Get First Shot At Tests After Radiation Leak At San Onofre Nuclear Plant - Tom Reopelle
- LA Times blog - San Onofre nuclear power plant still shut down a week after leak - Robert J. Lopez
- Orange County Register - San Onofre leak: Reactors remain offline - Pat Brennan
- SanClemente.Patch - Nuclear Plant Still Shut Down; Inspection Ongoing - Adam Townsend
- San Diego Union-Tribune - Workers Enter Nuclear Reactor that Leaked, Prepare Inspection - Morgan Lee
- truthout - Our Ongoing Nuclear Disaster: One CA Reactor Leaks, The Other Doesn't... Yet - Gregg Levine
- Environment News Service - Hanford Nuclear Waste 'Vit Plant' Has Safety Board Worried
- Tri-City Herald - PNNL hopes job cuts later this month to be less than 100 - Annette Cary
- Pueblo Chieftain - Cotter cleanup meeting slated - Tracy Harmon
- Bloomberg - Xcel's Prairie Island Nuke Plant in Minnesota Vents Tritium - Colin McClelland
- St. Paul Pioneer Press - Xcel says there's no risk as Prairie Island spills radioactive water again - Tad Vezner and Leslie Brooks Suzukamo
- St. Paul Pioneer Press - Radiation leak at Prairie Island called non-threatening - Leslie Brooks Suzukamo
- Reuters - Update 1-Exelon Ill. Byron 2 returns to service
- Chicago Tribune - Startup problem shuts Byron 2 for 2nd time in 2 weeks
- Daily Mail - How to stay safe in the atomic age: Charming posters from 1947 which show the health risks from radiation - Rose Parker
- Knoxville News Sentinel - Solar projects springing up on former brownfields - Bob Fowler
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - DOE launches competition for 4th Energy Innovation Hub; seeking 'revolutionary' tech for advanced batteries, energy storage - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - Fine named nuclear society's exec director - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - Working on K-25's East Wing - Frank Munger
- Bradenton Herald - Florida senators rejects move to repeal 'nuclear tax' - Mary Ellen Klas
- Norristown Times Herald - NRC: Limerick nuke plant must reassess quake risk - Evan Brandt
- Lower Hudson Journal - Letter: Nuclear accidents are forever - Frederick R. Schminke
- Pelham.Patch - Paulin Files Brief Against Indian Point Safety Exemption - Amy Paulin
- Tarrytown-Sleepy Hollow Patch - Indian Point Can Close with Little Impact, State Committee Says - Liz Giegerich
- Brattleboro Reformer - Northern Vermont bass test positive for strontium, cesium - Bob Audette
- Reuters - Radioactive element found in fish far from Vermont nuclear plant - Jason McLure
- Vermont Public Radio - In Franklin County, Radioactive Material Found In Fish - John Dillon
- All Things Nuclear - Fission Stories #78: The Bucket List - Dave Lochbaum
- New York Times - Radioisotope Recipe Lacks One Ingredient: Cash - Matthew L. Wald
- DOE - Energy Department to Launch New Energy Innovation Hub Focused on Advanced Batteries and Energy Storage
- DOE - Taking Steps to Make Energy Data More Accessible - Matthew Loveless
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Comment Request Pages 6143-6144 [FR DOC# 2012-2640]
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Facility Operating Licenses: Biweekly Notice; Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations Pages 6144-6150 [FR DOC# 2012-2594]
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Notice of Sunshine Act Meeting Pages 6150-6151 [FR DOC# 2012-2852]
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Memorandums of Understanding with Department of Homeland Security: Memorandum of Understanding Between the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Department of Homeland Security Regarding Consultation Concerning Potential Vulnerabilities of the Location of Proposed New Utilization Facilities; Revision 1 Pages 6131-6132 [FR DOC# 2012-2600]
- Canada: Owen Sound Sun Times - Panel to review nuclear waste storage plan - Troy Patterson
- Oceania: ABC - Canberra dangles $10m nuclear waste dump carrot - Anna Henderson and Louise Willis
- Oceania: The Guardian - France urged to clean up deadly waste from its nuclear tests in Polynesia - Christine Chaumeau
- Oceania: Sydney Morning Herald - First radioactive dump gets the green light - David Wroe
- Asia-Pacific: AsiaOne - Japan's air radiation drops after snowfall - Pioneer Press
- Asia-Pacific: Pacific Free Press - Fukushima Update: Temperature Rising at TEPCO Unit 2 - Nelle Maxey
- Asia-Pacific: Pacific Free Press - Fukushima Problems Continue to Mount - Nelle Maxey
- Asia-Pacific: Radio Australia - Japan, US consider nuclear energy council
- Asia-Pacific: Washington Post - Messages show conflict within NRC after Japan earthquake and tsunami - Steven Mufson
- Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri - Govt eyeing restart of Oi reactors in April
- Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri - Air radiation drops after snowfall / But decontamination necessary, levels will rise once snow melts, experts say
- Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri - TEPCO injects more water into reactor
- Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri - N-safety unit to be housed with METI
- Asia-Pacific: Denki Shimbun - Restart of reprocessing plant final test deferred
- Asia-Pacific: Denki Shimbun - Methane hydrate production test to start soon - Denki Shimbun
- Asia-Pacific: Denki Shimbun - Restart of reprocessing plant final test deferred
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - Crisis never came close to scenario meriting Tokyo evacuation: panel chief - Reiji Yoshida
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - Water rate increased for reactor 2
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - Utilities to adopt filtered vent units for pressurized light-water reactors
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - Damage by animals to be studied
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - Nuke dangers nowhere near resolved: Kan's crisis adviser - Reiji Yoshida
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - High cesium found in earthworms
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - Reactor No. 2 heats up, gets more water
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Pro-nuclear energy town councillor's firm had 700 million yen in nuke plant contracts
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Gov't to set up radiation yardstick for shipping Fukushima stones
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Utilities to adopt vent system for pressurized water reactors
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Study into wild animals in Fukushima, vicinity to be launched
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Japan, U.S. eyeing new panel for nuclear cooperation
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Hiroshima to sponsor young storytellers about atomic bombing - Denki Shimbun
- Asia-Pacific: Tokyo Reporter - Temperature rise at TEPCO's damaged No. 2 reactor in Fukushima, NHK says
- East Asia: BBC News - South Korea looks to replace Iran oil
- East Asia: Korea Times - KEDO to press NK to pay for losses - Kim Young-in
- East Asia: Yonhap News - U.S. inertia on N. Korea invites 3rd nuclear test: expert - Lee Chi-dong
- East Asia: Yonhap News - Lee arrives in Saudi Arabia on mission to ensure stable supply of oil - Chang Jae-soon
- East Asia: Yonhap News - Lee ends trip to Turkey, departs for Saudi Arabia - Chang Jae-soon
- East Asia: Yonhap News - S. Korea bans political activists from meeting N. Koreans
- East Asia: Yonhap News - Consortium to renew call for Pyongyang to reimburse reactor project losses
- Central Asia: Bloomberg - Kazakh President Nazarbayev Urges Iran to Renounce Nuclear Arms - Patrick Donahue
- South Asia: Daily News & Analysis - Anti-Nuke activist sends legal notice to V Narayanaswamy
- Europe: Platts - EU nuclear group invites views on deep geological waste disposal - Jane Morecroft
- Europe: BBC News - NDA set out Dounreay 'exotic' materials options
- Europe: Falmouth Packet - Falmouth 'nuclear store' plans revealed
- Europe: The Guardian - KPMG refuses to publish controversial green energy report - Jessica Shankleman
- Europe: Press Association - Radioactive beach response slammed
- Europe: NIRS - Updated Greenpeace International report on Areva's EPR design: A Dangerous Waste of Time and Money. (pdf-2.88M)
- Europe: Reuters - Areva, EDF to sign uranium supply deal soon - paper - Caroline Jacobs
- Europe: World Nuclear News - Atmea1 safety features meet French requirements
- Russia: Ria Novosti - Russian Navy to Get 10 Borey Class Nuclear Subs - Sergey Razbakov, Mikhail Kartavikh
- Middle East: Huffington Post - Iran and the Not-So-Great Game - John Feffer
- Middle East: IPS - Europe Fears a Summer Attack on Iran - Analysis by Julio Godoy
- Middle East: Platts - Iran dismisses latest US sanctions as 'psychological war' - Aresu Eqbali
- Middle East: People's Voice - Iran: A Manufactured Threat - Stephen Lendman
- Middle East: Reuters - Iran: U.S. assets ban "antagonistic," will have no impact - Parisa Hafezi
- Middle East: UPI - Iranians expect to feel sanctions' effects
- Middle East: Wall Street Journal blog - Israeli TV Ad Gets Samsung in Hot Water With Iran - Jung-Ah Lee
- Middle East: Xinhua News - Iran's parliament ready to approve bill to cut oil exports to some EU states: report
- Middle East: Xinhua News - Iran's oil embargo to hit Europeans: spokesman
- Middle East: Press TV - Spain, biggest loser in Iran sanction game: Madrid envoy to Tehran
- Middle East: Press TV - India stresses diplomacy on Iran
- Middle East: Press TV - Top US official drums up support for Iran sanctions
- Middle East: Press TV - Israel fears repercussions of Iran war: Ex-EU foreign policy chief
Updated - Monday, February 06, 2012
- Fierce Homeland Security - Insisting on Yucca Mountain won't fix nuclear waste problem, says Hamilton - David Perera
- KPBS - San Onofre Nuclear Plant In Complete Shutdown - Ed Joyce
- Los Angeles Times - San Onofre nuclear power plant incidents draw attention - Esmeralda Bermudez
- Nuclear Engineering - SONGs remains offline following SG leak
- OB Rag - Nuclear Follies Continue: Fukushima, Vermont Yankee, and San Onofre - Michael Steinberg
- Ventura County Star - Close look at leak days away at Cal nuke plant
- Hanford News - Plan developed to clean up highly radioactive Hanford spill - Annette Cary
- Hanford News - Lower cap sought for contractor executives - Annette Cary
- KUOW NPR - Top Hanford Scientist Says Treatment Plant Pipes Not Strong Enough - Anna King
- KIFI Idaho Falls - Coal-To-Gas Plant In Discussions With INL
- Salt Lake Tribune - Letter: Nuclear plant fraud - Chip Ward
- ABQ Journal - OpEd: Carlsbad Is The Place for Waste? - Joseph L. Epstein
- Reuters - New coils being installed at South Texas 2 reactor
- Republican Eagle - OpEd: Blue ribbon nuclear panel falls short - John Kline
- Detroit News - Fermi 3 foes urge health analysis - Jim Lynch
- WFPL - Whitfield Says Paducah Uranium Enrichment Bill is “Stymied” in Congress - Erica Peterson
- Greenville News - Debate emerges over refunding nuclear waste fee - Rudolph Bell
- Greenville News - Debate emerges over refunding nuclear waste fee - Rudolph Bell
- Knoxville News Sentinel - Frank Munger: Outsourcing raises eyebrows; overnight guests few
- Knoxville News Sentinel - K-25 demolition continues, but history agreement holds key to finishing project - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - It wasn't just secret, it was crowded
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - DOE: last go-around for comments on K-25 plans
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - N.Y. school wins Young Physicists tourney - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - ORNL Director Mason talks about the future of the High Flux Isotope Reactor - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - The last days of K-25 - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - Occupants of these birdcages don't have feathers - Frank Munger
- Oak Ridger - Turning the Corner - John Eschenberg
- Oak Ridger - Modernizing at Y-12 plant to decrease its World War II footprint
- World Nuclear News - TVA looks again at Watts Bar schedule
- Florida Independent - Amendment to repeal nuclear cost recovery measure dies in committee - Virginia Chamlee
- TC Palm - Editorial: Fish kill at St. Lucie power plant demonstrates failure of reporting requirements
- Southern Alliance for Clean Energy - Nuclear Secrecy with $8 Billion on the Line
- Augusta Chronicle - MOX plant workforce achieves safety record
- Poughkeepsie Journal - Panel to reflect on nuclear site nearly built in Olana viewshed
- Vermont Journalism Trust - DeWalt: The fight's not over - Dan DeWalt
- Vermont Journalism Trust - Greenberg: Why the Murtha decision should be appealed - John Greenberg
- FCNL - Nuclear Calendar Update
- New York Times - Radioisotope Recipe Lacks One Ingredient: Cash - Matthew L. Wald
- POGO blog - Building a Better Energy.gov: How DOE Can Take Steps Towards Achieving the Principles of Open Government - Mia Steinle
- NRC - NRC Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards to Discuss Japan Task Force Recommendations at Feb. 9-11 Meeting
- Air Force Department - NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Record of Decision for the White Elk Military Operations Area White Pine and Elko Counties, Nevada Final Environmental Impact Statement Pages 5780-5781 [FR DOC# 2012-2644]
- Energy Department - NOTICES Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000: Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000; Revision to the List of Covered Facilities Page 5781 [FR DOC# 2012-2562]
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Confirmatory Orders Modifying Licenses: In the Matter of Entergy Nuclear Operations Inc; Confirmatory Order Modifying License (Effective Immediately) Pages 5853-5856 [FR DOC# 2012-2596]
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Draft Reports; Availability: Common-Cause Failure Analysis in Event and Condition Assessment: Guidance and Research, Draft Report for Comment Page 5857 [FR DOC# 2012-2593]
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Notice of Sunshine Act Meeting Pages 5857-5858 [FR DOC# 2012-2708]
- Canada: CNSC - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission News Update
- Canada: Ottawa Citizen - Former NRC scientist abandons lawsuit - Andrew Duffy
- Asia-Pacific: Bloomberg - Tepco Injects Boric Acid in Fukushima Plant - Tsuyoshi Inajima
- Asia-Pacific: HNN Huntingtonnews - Shining the Light on the Triple Meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi - Margaret Harrington interviews Maggie and Arnie Gundersen
- Asia-Pacific: Reuters - Update 1-Japan aims to restart nuclear reactors in April -report - Osamu Tsukimori and Kentaro Hamada
- Asia-Pacific: Reuters - Japan's Kyushu Elec nearly triples Dec-March oil, gas buy - Osamu Tsukimori
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - Editorial: Questions over stress tests
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - Utilities face hike in redress fund ante
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Gov't cover-up of nuke fuel disposal cost sparks rage
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - High radioactive cesium levels detected in worms 20 km from nuke plant
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Kyushu men sent to Fukushima nuke plant under falsified labor deals
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Gov't probe into cover-up of nuclear fuel disposal costs finished without full questioning
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Edano key person in Japan's nuclear future, but keeps true intentions hidden - Takao Yamada
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - 1.5-fold rise eyed for nuke plant operators' payments to damages fund
- Asia-Pacific: Tokyo Times - Chernobyl experts hopeful on Fukushima
- East Asia: Arirang News - Seoul Nuclear Security Summit and Beyond - Choi You-sun
- East Asia: Chosun Ilbo - Korea on Track for Nuclear, FTA Deals with Turkey
- East Asia: Dong-A Ilbo - `N. Korea could try to disrupt GPS during Seoul nuke summit`
- East Asia: Korea Herald - Korea, Turkey agree to resume nuke plant talks - Song Sang-ho
- East Asia: Yonhap News - S. Korea, Turkey to resume nuclear power plant talks later this month - Chang Jae-soon
- East Asia: Yonhap News - S. Korea, Turkey pledge to bolster all-round cooperation as strategic partners - Chang Jae-soon
- Southeast Asia: Australia Network News - Indonesia joins global nuclear test ban treaty
- South Asia: Daily Mail - Atomic Energy Regulatory Board dissenter was 'stifled' on nuclear safety Bill - A. M. Jigeesh
- South Asia: Deccan Herald - India promises level playing field to US companies
- South Asia: Deccan Herald - India to stay firm on Iranian oil imports at EU summit
- South Asia: Economic Times - Will withdraw protest if locals favour Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant: PMANE
- South Asia: Hindustan Times - Haryana farmers protest against N-plant, detain 3 surveyors - Sat Singh
- South Asia: Hindustan Times - Farmers protesting n-plant detain surveyors - Sat Singh
- South Asia: IBNLive - Jaya could have set up panel on KNPP earlier: Karuna
- South Asia: Indian Express - Haryana n-plant land survey stopped as farmers protest?
- South Asia: Indian Express - Haryana n-plant land survey stopped as farmers protest
- South Asia: NDTV - Anti-KNPP activist to file defamation case against MoS in PMO
- South Asia: Times of India - UN appeals India to ratify global nuclear test ban treaty
- South Asia: TwoCircles - N-deal, Iran sanction to figure in Mathai's talks in US - Arun Kumar
- Europe: Nuclear Engineering - UK's Horizon completes purchase of land for nuclear development
- Europe: Reuters - France declares level 2 nuclear event at Cattenom - Karolin Schaps
- North Europe: Helsingin Sanomat - Retired Finnish nuclear safety boss hired by Russian nuclear energy company
- North Europe: Nuclear Engineering - Turbine island contract signed for Baltic NPP
- Middle East: AFP Google - Israeli FM discusses Iran in Congress visit
- Middle East: The Atlantic - Today's Bomb-Iran Reading List
- Middle East: Bloomberg - Obama Freezes Iranian Government Assets - Indira A.R. Lakshmanan
- Middle East: Global Research - Demonstrations in over 80 cities and 6 countries say: No War, No Sanctions, No Intervention, No Assassinations on Iran! - Sara Flounders
- Middle East: Ha'aretz Daily - Israel can clear Mideast of nukes, it just won't - Akiva Eldar
- Middle East: Pacific Free Press - Hell on Wheels: War Train Picking Up Speed - Chris Floyd
- Middle East: Reuters - Iran boosts nuclear work in bunker: diplomats - Fredrik Dahl
- Middle East: Reuters - Netanyahu can't fly solo in Israel to attack Iran - Jeffrey Heller and Dan Williams
- Middle East: Reuters - U.N. nuclear talks in Tehran: frustrated hopes - Fredrik Dahl
- Middle East: Reuters - Analysis - Iran economy could limp along under sanctions - Andrew Torchia
- Middle East: Ria Novosti - Bahrain Says U.S. Not to Attack Iran - Behrouz Mehri
- Middle East: Press TV - Obama signs new Iran sanctions
- Middle East: Press TV - 'Iran sanctions will reduce unemployment, imports'
- Middle East: Press TV - Iran students demand oil ban on EU outside Majlis
- Middle East: Press TV - Panetta uses Israel threat to put more pressure on Iran
- Middle East: Press TV - 'P5+1 no arbitrator on Iran nuclear case'
- Middle East: Press TV - Obama: US, Israel working in 'lockstep' on Iran
- Middle East: Press TV - Obama says attack on Iran risky, urges diplomatic fix
- Middle East: Press TV - UK fails to clean beach radioactive mess
- Middle East: Press TV - People rally in Danish capital to support Iranian nuclear program
- Middle East: Press TV - Attack on Iran won't repeat history
Updated - Sunday, February 05, 2012
Updated - Saturday, February 04, 2012
Updated - Friday, February 03, 2012
- Las Vegas SUN - Inside the campaign war rooms - Jon Ralston
- The Atlantic - 4 Key Dynamics to Watch in the Nevada Caucuses - Naureen Khan
- The Hill blog - Blue Ribbon Commission: Disposing of our nuclear waste - Andrew Holland
- Politico - Ron Paul counting on rural Nevadans - James Hohmann
- Press Action - Nuclear Waste Disposal: America's Ultimate Shovel-Ready Job Scheme
- Sydney Morning Herald - Nuclear waste fracas that just won't go away
- U.S. News & World Report - Should Nuclear Power Be Expanded?
- The Examiner - Safety issues raised at San Onofre - Robin Wulffson, M.D.
- NBC Sandiego - Worker Fell in San Onofre Reactor Pool - R. Stickney and Rory Devine
- North County Times - San Onofre: Worker at nuclear plant fell into reactor pool last week - Paul Sisson
- RanchoSantaMargarita.Patch - Some Nuclear Parts Shot, San Onofre Shutdown Costs Up to $1 Million a Day - Adam Townsend
- San Diego Union-Tribune - Nuclear plant offers no timetable on leak fix - Morgan Lee
- San Diego Union-Tribune - San Onofre Anomalies Found - Morgan Lee
- San Diego Union-Tribune - Nuke inspectors focus on `unusual' wear on tubes - Michael R. Blood
- UPI - Nuke worker falls into reactor pool
- Hanford News - Senate panel urges handling Hanford waste - Annette Cary
- Hanford News - DOE taking further asbestos protection steps - Annette Cary
- Salt Lake Tribune - Utah Senate advances environmental boards revamp - Judy Fahys
- Salt Lake Tribune - Letter: A toxic blend - Robert J. Plachta
- ABQ Journal - Domenici Defends Nuclear Waste Crisis Study - Michael Coleman
- Peoria Times - Editorial fumbles point of nuclear power report - Diane E. Brown
- Knoxville News Sentinel - Editorial: ET congressmen must fight for OR cleanup dollars
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - Final Memorandum of Agreement for historic preservation, K-25 mitigation plans; sets stage for demolishing North Tower - Frank Munger
- Oak Ridger - Removing risks in the heart of Oak Ridge National Lab
- Oak Ridger - A New Day: Cleanup accelerates at East Tennessee Technology Park
- Scottsboro Daily Sentinel - Bellefonte start likely to be pushed back - Ken Bonner
- Tampa Bay Times - Legislators clash over what to do about paying for nuclear plants - Ivan Penn
- GPB - Vote On Vogtle Next Week
- Aiken Standard - Take advantage of SRS strengths for waste storage - Clint Wolfe
- Aiken Standard - SRNS names director of strategic development - Anna Dolianitis
- Maryland Independent - Calvert Cliffs: Public, environment are safe - Meghan Russell
- Waterford.Patch - Poll: The Future of Nuclear Power In Connecticut - Paul Petrone
- Newburyport Daily News - Letter: Seabrook evacuation plan still lacking - Glenn Richards
- Brattleboro Reformer - NEC opposes Entergy's call for a CPG for Yankee - Bob Audette
- Brattleboro Reformer - VY decision could have far-reaching ramifications - Bob Audette
- Vermont Public Radio - Yankee Critics Want State To Start Over On Permit Process
- WCAX News - Entergy wants Vt to cover legal fees
- AlterNet - Why a Likely Natural Event Could Cause Nuclear Reactors to Melt Down and Our Grid to Crash - Matthew Stein
- Arms Control Association - Reprocessing Revisited: The International Dimensions of the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership - Edwin Lyman and Frank N. von Hippel
- Nuclear Age Peace Foundation - The Sunflower: Issue #175 - February 2012
- OpEdNews - Cold Fusion is Here, It's Real, and its Time has Come - Steve Windisch
- Recycling International - Editorial: Input from scrap experts on radiation code
- Canada: Owen Sound Sun Times - Deep Geologic Repository Joint Review Panel appointed - Troy Patterson
- Asia-Pacific: Bloomberg - Tepco President Rebuked by Rescue Fund Chief on Utility Rate Increase - Tsuyoshi Inajima and Yuji Okada
- Asia-Pacific: Greenpeace International - Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Update for January 31st – February 2nd, 2012 - Christine McCann
- Asia-Pacific: Reuters - Analysis:Nuclear crisis bolsters Japan push for utilities reform - Linda Sieg
- Asia-Pacific: Washington Post - More leaks of radioactive water found at crippled Japanese nuclear plant
- Asia-Pacific: Xinhua News - Operating rate of Japan's nuclear reactors at record low in Jan.
- Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri - Cold affects power supplies / Some regions close to blackouts as consumption rates soar
- Asia-Pacific: Denki Shimbun - Did nuclear safety myth magnify the damage of accident?
- Asia-Pacific: Denki Shimbun - Cabinet approves bills for nuclear safety reform
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - Scientists say contamination of ocean fish minimal so far - Mizuho Aoki
- Asia-Pacific: JIJI Press - Japan Nuclear Fuel to Postpone Trial by One Month
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Indictment of contractors exposes illicit work at nuke plants
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Chernobyl experts hopeful on Fukushima
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Japan asks IAEA nuclear crisis support network to add new category
- East Asia: Asia Times - Question time for North Korea - Donald Kirk
- East Asia: Bloomberg - S. Korea Optimistic Aid Will Bring North Back to Talks - Peter Hirschberg and Sangwon Yoon
- Central Asia: Reuters - Kazakhs aim to grow 2012-15 uranium output to 25,000 T - Raushan Nurshayeva
- Central Asia: World Nuclear News - Kazakhstan continues front-end push
- South Asia: Deccan Chronicle - Congress rally in Nellai for Koodankulam plant
- Europe: Bloomberg - Huhne Resigns as U.K. Energy Secretary After Being Charged - Robert Hutton
- Europe: World Nuclear News - Is there life after sixty?
- Europe: REVE - French nuclear set to become more expensive than wind power
- Europe: Washington Post - Spanish foreign minister says US promises to help clean up nuclear contamination in south
- Russia: Ria Novosti - Russian Strategic Subs to Resume Routine World Patrols
- Middle East: AFP Google - Diplomatic pressure for new IAEA visit to Iran - Simon Sturdee
- Middle East: AFP Google - Iran vows to respond to any oil, military threats
- Middle East: BBC News - Warning from Iran over attack risk
- Middle East: Bloomberg - Israel, U.S. Divided Over Timing of Potential Military Strike Against Iran - Nicole Gaouette and Jonathan Ferziger
- Middle East: Khaleej Times - A lack of proof for the bomb - Jonathan Power
- Middle East: New York Times - U.N. Nuclear Inspectors' Visit to Iran Is a Failure, West Says - Robert F. Worth and David E. Sanger
- Middle East: New York Times - Editorial Trading Threats With Iran
- Middle East: Reuters - U.S. anxiety grows over possible Israeli plans on Iran - Mark Hosenball
- Middle East: Reuters - Iran stonewalls U.N. nuclear watchdog on site-diplomats - Fredrik Dahl
- Middle East: Reuters - Iraq eyes waiver on U.S. Iran sanctions - Patrick Markey
- Middle East: Reuters - Iran's Khamenei warns over military strike, oil embargo threat - Parisa Hafezi
- Middle East: UPI - U.S. hits hard at Iran's energy sector
- South Africa: Business Day - Koeberg's emergency plan comes under fire - Bekezela Phakathi
- South Africa: IOL - Koeberg safety protocol 'outdated' - Barbara Maregele
- South Africa: New Age - Healthier outlook for nuclear workers - Mel Frykberg
- South Africa: Xinhua News - Iran benefits from Western sanctions: Iranian supreme leader
- South Africa: Xinhua News - Wen reaffirms opposition to sanctions on Iran
- South Africa: Press TV - Israel threatens Iranian nuclear facilities with military strike
- South Africa: Press TV - China urges negotiations to resolve the Iranian nuclear issue
Updated - Thursday, February 02, 2012
- Reno Gazette-Journal - Letter: In regard to “New approach to dealing with nuke waste welcome” [Voices, Jan. 26] - Sen. Harry Reid
- KLAS-TV - Romney Talks About Jobs and Foreclosures in Nevada - Calvert Collins
- KTVN - Democrats React To GOP Visits To Nevada
- Las Vegas Review-Journal - Key Senate leaders seek post-Yucca answer to nuke waste - Peter Urban
- Las Vegas SUN - Ron Paul tailors his message of recovery to plight of Nevadans - Karoun Demirjian
- Nevada News Bureau - Controversy Over State Use Of Outside Legal Counsel Expands To Robo-Signing Lawsuit - Sean Whaley
- National Journal - The Nevada Caucuses: The Wild West, Tempered by Recession - Naureen Khan
- AP Google - Feds: 'Unusual' wear on new tubes at CA nuke plant - Michael R. Blood
- KGO-TV - PG&E loses bid to charge customers for quake study
- LA Times blog - Worn tubes found San Onofre nuclear facility after leak
- Orange County Register - Steam generator leaks have dogged nuclear power for 30 years - Chris Knap
- Orange County Register - San Onofre leak: Tiny gas release, more damage at nuclear plant - Pat Brennan
- SanClemente.Patch - San Onofre Nuclear Reactor Down for Second Day
- KITV Honolulu - State Health Dept. Monitoring Shoreline For Radioactive Waste - Catherine Cruz
- Seattle Times - Letters: Yucca Mountain as a nuclear-waste site
- Boise Weekly - Otter Creates Commission to Boost INL 'Leadership' - George Prentice
- OnEarth blog - The Ghosts of Rocky Flats: A Meditation on Health, Regulation, and Radiation - David Gessner
- Carlsbad Current-Argus - Article highlights community role in WIPP site selection - Stella Davis
- Green Bay Press Gazette - We must get started on nuclear energy plan - Dan Linssen
- Bloomington Pantagraph - NRC estimates tritium release at Illinois reactor
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - TDEC: no violations in chromium spill - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - ORNL's ties to 4 firms in Innovator Challenge - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - ORAU's dose reconstruction contract - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - POGO slams cost of keeping B61s in Europe - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - DOE advisory board Feb. 8 - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - Young physicists converge on Oak Ridge - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - B&W confirms HEUMF lawsuit meetings - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - DOE's John Eschenberg more than satisifed with '12 budget in Oak Ridge - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - NNSA releases more Q&A's on Y-12/Pantex - Frank Munger
- Bloomberg - NRC Advances Southern Co. Bid to Build First U.S. Nuclear Units - Brian Wingfield
- WSAV TV - Grand Gulf Applies For License Renewal
- GPB - Southern Regulators Push Nuclear - Orlando Montoya
- UPI - Radium capsules found at waste station
- Environment News Service - Nuclear Agency Requires Fire Safety Upgrades at Indian Point
- Lower Hudson Journal - Feds: Indian Point must revamp fire systems
- New York Times - Agency Rejects Indian Point Fire Safety Plan - Matthew L. Wald
- Wicked Local Plymouth - Pilgrim Station: Nuclear shakeup - Frank Mand
- Barre Montpelier Times Argus - Stuck valve causes power reduction at Yankee - Susan Smallheer
- Boston Globe - Watchdog group: Start over on Vt. Yankee permit - Dave Gram
- Brattleboro Reformer - NEC opposes Entergy's call for a CPG for Yankee - Bob Audette
- Brattleboro Reformer - VY stop valve fails during test - Bob Audette
- DC Bureau - Spencer Abraham Cashes In - Joseph Trento
- Energy Tribune - In The Head Of U.S. Energy Secretary Chu - Professor Ferdinand E. Banks
- Leagle - GOMEZ v. U.S.
- NIRS - Stop Unfair Nuclear Tax in Florida!
- POGO blog - POGO Asks Panetta to Stop Funding B61 Nuclear Bombs in Europe - Dana Liebelson
- Policyshop - NRC Backtracks on Fire Safety Loopholes Richard Brodsky
- Union of Concerned Scientists - NRC Releases Draft Report on Simulated Accident at Surry Plant in Virginia and Peach Bottom Plant in Pennsylvania - Edwin Lyman
- NRC - Licensing Board to Hear Oral Arguments Feb. 21 in Norristown, Pa., on Limerick Nuclear Power Plant License Renewal Application
- NRC - Inspector General Reports: FY 2012 Index
- Energy Department - NOTICES Meetings: Ultra-Deepwater Advisory Committee Page 5246 [FR DOC# 2012-2314]
- Energy Department - NOTICES Meetings: Unconventional Resources Technology Advisory Committee Page 5246 [FR DOC# 2012-2316]
- Energy Department - NOTICES Meetings: Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee Pages 5246-5247 [FR DOC# 2012-2315]
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Pages 5279-5280 [FR DOC# 2012-2230]
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Service Contracts Inventory Pages 5280-5281 [FR DOC# 2012-2312]
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES State-of-the-Art Reactor Consequence Analyses Reports Page 5281 [FR DOC# 2012-2313]
- UN: IAEA - IAEA-Iran Discussions in Tehran, 29-31 January 2012
- Canada: NorthumberlandView - GreenView: Expiring nuclear waste shipping licence gives feds a second chance to do it right, says Barlow
- Asia-Pacific: Daily Kos - New Leak at Fukushima: Frozen Pipe "Drops Off"
- Asia-Pacific: Earthweek - Japan Reactor Fallout Increased in January
- Asia-Pacific: Irish Times - Bird life badly hit by nuclear fallout in Japan - DAVID McNEILL
- Asia-Pacific: Reuters - Japan governor wants nuclear safety pledge in writing - Risa Maeda
- Asia-Pacific: Reuters - Update 1-Fukushima reactor leaks, radiation tiny -Tepco - Mark Bendeich and Kiyoshi Takenaka
- Asia-Pacific: UPI - Report: Water leak from reactor pipe fixed
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - Advisers charge reactor stress tests ignore lessons of March 11 - Yuriy Humber
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Hibakusha: Now is the time to discuss radioactive 'black rain'
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Researchers produce device to create biofuel from contaminated lumber
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Fukushima farmers furious over lack of consideration in decontamination subsidies
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Nuclear crisis leads to 61% plunge in Hitachi's April-Dec. profit
- Asia-Pacific: Tokyo Reporter - Pipe at TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi plant breaks, leaks 8.5 tons of radioactive water, Kyodo says
- East Asia: Reuters - North Korea challenges Seoul to Q+A over dialogue - Jeremy Laurence
- East Asia: Chosun Ilbo - Top Seoul Hotels Fully Booked for Nuclear Summit
- East Asia: Yonhap News - S. Korean envoy optimistic over nuclear talks with N. Korea
- East Asia: Yonhap News - S. Korea faces 18-percent Iranian oil cut guideline: sources - Lee Chi-dong
- East Asia: Yonhap News - N. Korea's new leadership to continue WMD exports: U.S. spy chief
- Central Asia: Washington Post - Kyrgyz government says it will punish officials that allowed import of radioactive coal
- South Asia: The Hindu - Protesting students removed
- Europe: Bristol Evening Post - Land deal means new nuclear station project stays on track
- Europe: The Guardian - We cannot wish Britain's nuclear waste away - George Monbiot
- Europe: The Guardian - New generation of nuclear reactors could consume radioactive waste as fuel - Duncan Clark
- Europe: Nature - Editorial: The low-level nuclear threat
- Europe: Whitehaven News - Letters: The Nuclear Waste Debate
- Europe: New York Times - Wishing Upon an Atom in a Tiny French Village - Scott Sayare
- Europe: antiwar.com - How the Swiss Opted Out of War - Bill Walker
- North Europe: Bellona - Small traces of Iodine-131 mysteriously appear throughout Barents Sea region
- North Europe: Utility Week - Finnish nuclear developer mulls new EPR
- Russia: Reuters - Alstom, Rosatom win Russian nuclear plant contract - James Regan
- Russia: World Nuclear News - Privatisation of Russian state nuclear giant
- Middle East: antiwar.com - Divining the Truth About Iran - Ray McGovern
- Middle East: antiwar.com - Another War on the Cheap - Philip Giraldi
- Middle East: Bloomberg - Iran Atomic Tensions Get Respite After IAEA Books Return Visit to Tehran - Jonathan Tirone
- Middle East: New York Times - Senate Panel Approves Potentially Toughest Penalty Yet Against Iran's Wallet - Rick Gladstone
- Middle East: New York Times - Envisioning a Deal With Iran - William H. Luers And Thomas R. Pickering
- Middle East: Reuters - China intensifies criticism of sanctions on Iran - Sui-Lee Wee
- Middle East: Reuters - Panetta believes Israel may strike Iran this spring: reports - JoAnne Allen in Washington and Jeffrey Heller
- Middle East: Reuters - Stranded grain ships diverting from Iran ports - Jonathan Saul
- Middle East: Reuters - Senate panel backs tough pressure on Iran - Roberta Rampton
- Middle East: Reuters - Israel says Iran has material for four A-bombs - Jeffrey Heller
- Middle East: Reuters - Little new in IAEA-Iran talks: diplomats - Fredrik Dahl
- Middle East: Reuters - Update 3-Germany's Merkel urges China to use influence on Iran - Lucy Hornby and Andreas Rinke
- Middle East: Ria Novosti - Belarus Urges No Force Against Iran
- Middle East: Press TV - US Senate panel passes new sanctions against Iran
- Middle East: Press TV - Ehud Barak: Consider Iran attack should sanctions fail
- Middle East: Press TV - Ehud Barak: Consider Iran attack should sanctions fail
- Middle East: Press TV - Merkel urges China to use influence on Iran
- Middle East: Press TV - Israel sets up assassination and sabotage unit in Iran
Updated - Wednesday, February 01, 2012
- Las Vegas Review-Journal - Nuclear waste hearing turns testy over Yucca Mountain - Steve Tetreault
- Las Vegas Review-Journal - Nuclear panel says work should start now to find waste sites - Steve Tetreault
- Las Vegas SUN - Romney's ideas are wrong for Nevada - Harry Reid, Bob Miller and Richard Bryan
- Las Vegas SUN - We must demand clear answer from Romney on Yucca Mountain - Brian Greenspun
- Las Vegas SUN - A guide to Nevada for presidential candidates - Jon Ralston
- Pahrump Valley Times - County official derides Blue Ribbon recommendations - Mark Waite
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce - Hearing: Recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future
- Bloomberg - Nuclear-Waste Overhaul by U.S. Will Take Years, Panel Chief Says - Brian Wingfield
- Citizens Against Government Waste - CAGW President Tom Schatz Testifies on Yucca Mountain
- The Hill blog - Official: Lack of nuclear waste dump is a 'serious failure of the American government' - Andrew Restuccia
- Huffington Post - Yucca Mountain Project Looms As Issue In Nevada Ahead Of 2012 Presidential Election - Ariel Edwards-Levy
- Huffington Post - A Democratic Solution to the Problem of Nuclear Waste - David Ropeik
- Los Angeles Times - Mitt Romney trips up as GOP race moves westward - John Hoeffel, Maeve Reston and Seema Mehta
- New York Times blog - Advising Congress to Cede Control - Matthew L. Wald
- Platts - Heads of US nuclear waste panel call for new approach to disposal - Elaine Hiruo, Derek Sands
- POWERnews - Blue Ribbon Commission: U.S. Nuclear Waste Policy "Completely Broken Down"
- Union of Concerned Scientists - UCS Physicist to Testify Today Before House Subcommittee on Nuclear Waste Blue Ribbon Commission Report
- Waste Management World - CQ Congressional Testimony
- CNN - Nuclear officials investigate possible leak at California plant
- KPBS - Radioactive Leak At San Onofre Nuclear Plant Called 'Low Level' By NRC - Ed Joyce
- NBC San Diego - SCE: San Onofre Unit Shutdown "Precautionary" - Michelle Wayland
- Orange County Register - New plan for ditching America's nuclear waste - Teri Sforza
- Orange County Register - San Onofre spent fuel storage is safe, Edison says - Teri Sforza
- Orange County Register - Unplanned shutdown of San Onofre reactor - Pat Brennan
- Reuters - Small radiation release possible at Calif. nuclear plant - Scott DiSavino
- Reuters - California Nuclear plant shuts down reactor as precaution - Steve Gorman
- SanClemente.Patch - Radiation From Nuke Plant May Have Escaped Outside, Officials Now Say - Adam Townsend
- San Diego Union-Tribune - Leak at nuclear reactor may have vented - Morgan Lee
- TIME blog - A Nuke Scare in San Diego Shakes an Already Nervous Public - Jeffrey Kluger
- Stanford Daily - SLAC announces first atomic X-ray laser - Alice Phillips
- Hanford News - Hanford burial ground cleanup coming near Columbia River - Annette Cary
- Hanford News - PNNL technology in energy contest - Annette Cary
- Idaho Statesman - Idaho's Otter creates panel to push nuclear power
- Spokesman-Review blog - Otter creates nuclear energy commission to look at future roles for INL
- Salt Lake City Weekly - The N-word - Katharine Biele
- New York Times - Map of Earthquake Risks Is Updated - Matthew L. Wald
- Carlsbad Current-Argus - LANL to speed up removal of radioactive waste - Stella Davis
- KRQE - Thousands claim LANL caused cancer - Nancy Laflin
- Grand Forks Herald - Sand sets meeting on his proposal to build nuclear plant in Red River Valley
- Rapid City Journal - Bill giving state a role in regulating uranium mining tabled - David Montgomery
- Omaha World-Herald - Plant ends need for bottled water
- San Antonio Current - Nuclear waste dump push will likely put Texas back in federal sights - Greg Harman
- SW Iowa News - Opponents of nuclear bill get temporary reprieve - Lynn Campbell
- KATV - Ark. nuclear plant to review new seismic model
- Pierce County Herald - Editorial: Communication needs to be fixed--Nuclear plant alert system, welcome to the instant messaging world.
- Bloomberg - Exelon's Byron 2 Reactor in Illinois Restores Power, NRC Says - Colin McClelland
- CBS News - Ill. says it's testing for tritium near reactor
- Chicago Tribune - NRC says Exelon has 4 years to reassess earthquake vulnerability at Illinois nuclear plants - Tammy Webber
- The Examiner - Examination of Tritium Levels At Byron Nuclear Plant After 'Unusual Event' - Ellen Cannon
- Indianapolis Star - Cause of Illinois nuke reactor shutdown found
- Chillicothe Gazette - Public comment sought on Piketon site waste - Loren Genson
- Politico - Whitfield's plant in Ky. is hung out to dry - Darius Dixon
- Knoxville News Sentinel - Frank Munger: Ted the fed tries life as a contractor - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - Update on U-233 shipments to Nevada - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - So that's what it's called - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - UT-Battelle's $10K to Aid to Distressed Families - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - Parsons wins NNSA's construction management services contract - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - Science & the nuclear stockpile - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - A hint of progress in HEUMF squabble? - Frank Munger
- Oak Ridger - Oak Ridge cleanup gains momentum
- Chatham Star Tribune - Letter: Put uranium mining on ballot - Ray Hershman
- Maryland Independent - Calvert residents testify in favor of 3rd reactor - Drew Grossman
- Southern Maryland News - No license transfer required for EDF - Meghan Russell
- abc27 - Exelon finds flaw in TMI generators
- Berkeley-NJ.Patch - NRC Spent Fuel Report 'Just Analytical' Officials Say - Elaine Piniat
- Philadelphia Inquirer - Antique medical kit containing radium found in trash bin
- Philadelphia Inquirer blog - Radioactive trash like "100 CT scans at once" - William Bender
- York Daily Record - Study: Peach Bottom equipped to handle major accident - Sean Adkins
- Today's Sunbeam - PSEG Nuclear must assess potential impact earthquake would have on its 3 reactors in Lower Alloways Creek Township - Bill Gallo Jr.
- CBS News - NRC denies most exemptions sought for NY reactors
- Lower Hudson Journal - Indian Point must use sprinklers, barriers, not just workers, to prevent, fight fires, feds say - Greg Clary
- Lower Hudson Journal - NY nuke plant, others get new info for quake study
- Lower Hudson Journal - NRC raises risk of earthquakes; Indian Point must update safety plan - Greg Clary
- Mid-Hudson News - NRC rejects Indian Point's fire protection exemption requests
- Pleasantville.Patch - Indian Point Spokesman Opposes New Riverkeeper Report; Says Plant is Safe Despite Fears Over Fukushima - Liz Giegerich
- Syracuse Post Standard - New study reveals model for Scriba nuclear plants to use to plan for earthquakes - Debra J. Groom
- YNN Hudson Valley - Comptroller wants independent review of nuclear safety
- EastHaddam.Patch - Notice of Violation Issued to CT Yankee Facility in Haddam Neck - Wendy Vincent
- New London Day - Nuclear energy advisory council presentation slated for Feb. 2
- Hartford Business - Vermont Yankee won't close in March
- Hartford Business - NU: CT Yankee violation won't impact merger
- Newburyport Daily News - New report pushes for earthquake safety - Angeljean Chiaramida
- Barnegat.Patch - NRC Spent Fuel Report 'Just Analytical,' Officials Say - Elaine Piniat
- Bennington Banner - Yankee nuke plant seeks OK to operate longer
- BurlingtonFreePress - Vermont Yankee wants Public Service Board to rule on license - Terri Hallenbeck
- BurlingtonFreePress - Letter: Vermont Yankee ruling a slap in face of Vermonters - Lyle M. Miller Sr.
- BurlingtonFreePress - Letter: Lawmakers right to regard safety of Vermont Yankee - Leo Schiff
- Lacey.Patch - Anti-Nuke Walk to Begin at Oyster Creek - Elaine Piniat
- Yes Vermont Yankee - Back to the Public Service Board: Next Steps for Vermont Yankee
- WCAX - Gov. Shumlin meets Vt Yankee advocates behind closed doors - Susie Steimle
- Windham County Commons - Out with VY, in with natural gas and coal
- The Atlantic - DOE Responds to Complaints About Its Commitment to Open Government - Alexis Madrigal
- Nuclear Energy Insider - Nuclear reactors in a post-Fukushima world: moving the safety envelope to the edge - Elisabeth Jeffries
- Nuclear Energy Insider - Small Modular Reactors: What's on the Horizon for 2012? - Edward Levy, MSc.
- POWERnews - The Big Picture: DOE Loan Guarantees - Sonal Patel
- POWERnews - Comprehensive Asset Management for Nuclear Plant - Jason Makansi, Timothy Hurst
- Reuters - Nuclear accidents pose little risk to health: NRC - Scott DiSavino
- NRC - NRC Seeks Comment on Reactor Accident Consequence Research; Public Meetings Feb. 21, 22 in Virginia, Pennsylvania
- NRC - NRC Completes Review of Fire Protection Exemption Requests at Indian Point; Requests Information from Entergy
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Thermal-Hydraulics Phenomena; Notice of Meeting Page 5063 [FR DOC# 2012-2175]
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Meetings: Sunshine Federal Register Notice Pages 5063-5064 [FR DOC# 2012-2310]
- UN: Environment News Service - UN Panel: Only Sustainable Development Can Create a 'Resilient Planet'
- South America: POWERnews - Abundant Clean Energy Fuels Brazil's Growth - Clotilde Bonetto Gandolfi, Angela Harmantas, and Ovidio Soler-Leonarte
- Canada: Elliot Lake Standard - NWMO did not prove repository concept is safe, says Northwatch spokesperson - Kevin McSheffrey
- Canada: Elliot Lake Standard - Letter: Nuclear repository could result in exodus from Elliot Lake - Jim Lindamood
- Canada: GlobalNews - Heavy-water spill at N.B. nuclear plant could have been avoided: report - Kevin Bissett
- Asia-Pacific: Bloomberg - Japan's Nuclear Plant Safety Tests Ignore Fukushima Lessons, Advisers Say - Yuriy Humber
- Asia-Pacific: New York Times - Atomic Agency Backs Safety Tests for Japan's Reactors - Hiroko Tabuchi
- Asia-Pacific: Nuclear Engineering - IAEA completes review of Japanese stress tests
- Asia-Pacific: Reuters - Major new leak at Japan's nuclear plant - Kyodo - Mark Bendeich
- Asia-Pacific: Reuters - Update 1-Japan Jan nuclear plant usage falls to 10.3 pct - Risa Maeda
- Asia-Pacific: Reuters - Analysis:Nuclear crisis bolsters Japan push for utilities reform - Linda Sieg
- Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri - Feasibility key for revamped N-safety scheme - Koichi Yasuda and Yoshihiro Kiyonaga
- Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri - Evacuated village to reopen from April
- Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri - Declaration 'just the beginning' / Mayor's plea for villagers to return to Kawauchi draws mixed reactions
- Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri - Feasibility key for revamped N-safety scheme - Koichi Yasuda and Yoshihiro Kiyonaga
- Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri - Govt sticks to 40-year limit for nuclear reactor operations
- Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri - Editorial: New agency must reshape nuclear safety administration
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - Fuel costs put four utilities in the red
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - Dairy firms to disclose milk radiation test results
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - Fukui nuclear plants key issue in Kyoto mayor race - Eric Johnston
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - Fukushima puts East Asia nuclear policies on notice - Kazuaki Nagata
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Hibakusha: A-bomb survivor's son to keep telling late father's story
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Residents wary of call to return to village near crippled Fukushima plant
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Editorial: Nuclear regulatory reform must weed out entrenched interests
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - IAEA says Fukushima office still under consideration, no decision yet
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - TEPCO sees no change in 17% electricity rate hike plan for companies
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - 1,704 people seek shutdown of Genkai nuclear plant in largest group suit
- Asia: Epoch Times - Japanese Atomic Agency Exposes Nuclear Accident in Beijing - Xiong Bin and Lan Zhu
- East Asia: Reuters - Power cuts pitch North Korea capital into darkness: diplomat - Jeremy Laurence
- East Asia: Chosun Ilbo - U.S. Envoys Seek Progress on N.Korea
- East Asia: Korea Herald - U.S. expects Pyongyang to continue weapons exports
- East Asia: Yonhap News - N. Korea's new leadership to continue WMD exports: U.S. spy chief
- East Asia: Yonhap News - U.S. diplomat says 'open to diplomacy' with N. Korea's new leadership
- East Asia: Yonhap News - S. Korea says ball is in North Korea's court
- South Asia: Business Standard - Interview: We have designed the most safe reactors that suit NPC's requirements: Arthur de Montalembert - Sanjay Jog
- South Asia: IANS - 'Work of central panel on Kudankulam over'
- South Asia: IBNLive - Koodankulam protest group assaulted
- South Asia: IBNLive - KKNPP: No more talks, says Central panel
- South Asia: IBNLive - Expert panel gives Kudankulam project a go ahead
- Europe: BBC News - Sizewell nuclear power station visitor centre to re-open - Maryland Independent
- Europe: BBC News - Lost false teeth claim by Dounreay nuclear plant worker
- Europe: The Guardian - Can the UK achieve its carbon targets without nuclear power? - Leo Hickman
- Europe: New Civil Engineer - Editorial: MPs misled over 'nuclear cheaper and greener' argument
- Europe: NW Evening Mail - Pylon costs are revealed
- Europe: Plymouth Herald - 'No plans' to move subs from Scotland
- Europe: Scottish Daily Record - Gordon Brown demands that MoD clean up radioactive Fife beach - Kevan Christie
- Europe: Western Daily Press - 'Let us share in nuclear profits'
- Europe: World Nuclear News - Shrinkwrapping Bradwell
- Europe: Reuters - Update 1-UK Hinkley B-7 reactor output drops to zero - Oleg Vukmanovic
- Europe: New York Times - French Report Faults Indecision on Nuclear Industry - David Jolly
- Europe: The Local Switzerland - Swiss in nuke zones to get disaster kits
- North Europe: Bellona - Small traces of Iodine-131 mysteriously appear throughout Barents Sea region
- North Europe: Construction Index - Toshiba and Areva vie for Finnish nuclear plant
- North Europe: World Nuclear News - Bids in for new Finnish plant
- Middle East: Consortium News - The Almost Vanunu - Marshall Wilson
- Middle East: Kuwait News Agency - Follow-up Committee on Israeli nuclear activity recommends Arab supervision
- Middle East: antiwar.com - Iran-IAEA Talks 'Constructive,' as US-Israel Keep Aggressive Postures - John Glaser
- Middle East: BBC News - Iran nuclear crisis: UN inspectors have 'good' talks
- Middle East: BBC News - Iran nuclear crisis: UN inspectors have 'good' talks
- Middle East: BBC News - 'Nuclear war risk' if Iran gets bomb
- Middle East: Bloomberg - Editorial: Don't Fall for Persian Fairy Tales in IAEA's Talks on Iranian Bomb: View
- Middle East: Bloomberg - U.S. Should Give Israel Bunker-Buster Bombs, Policy Group Says - David Lerman
- Middle East: Bloomberg - Israel Must Be Ready to Hit Iran If Sanctions Fail, Gantz Says - Jonathan Ferziger
- Middle East: Bloomberg - UN Atomic Agency Calls Iran Visit 'Good,' Sees Another Trip - Jonathan Tirone
- Middle East: The Guardian - Fears that western sanctions on Iran could cripple local economy - Saeed Kamali Dehghan
- Middle East: Los Angeles Times - Op-Ed: Israel's profound choice on Iran - Chuck Freilich
- Middle East: New York Times - U.N. Nuclear Monitor Agency Announces Second Visit to Iran - Rick Gladstone
- Middle East: Press Association - UN nuclear team plans new Iran trip
- Middle East: Reuters - Senators mull sanctions on Iran's Ahmadinejad - Rachelle Younglai
- Middle East: Reuters - IAEA, Iran to meet again after "good" talks - Michael Shields
- Middle East: Reuters - IAEA, Iran see more talks ahead on nuclear issue - Michael Shields
- Middle East: Reuters - South Korea, Japan want U.S. to detail Iran sanctions - Jeremy Laurence and Tetsushi Kajimoto
- Middle East: Xinhua News - Israeli President slams Iran for trying to "control the region"
- Middle East: Fars News Agency - Iran, IAEA Delegation Wrap Up Constructive Talks in Tehran
- Middle East: Press TV - 'Banning Iran oil imports harms EU interests'
- Middle East: Press TV - IAEA plans another meeting in Tehran
- Middle East: Press TV - US sanctions on Iran punishing small states: Sri Lanka
- Middle East: Press TV - 'Iran, IAEA committed to resolve issues'
- Middle East: Press TV - Iran, IAEA team wrap up Tehran talks
- Middle East: Press TV - UN urged to curb Iran scientists' killings
- Middle East: Press TV - Mossad chief in secret US talks on Iran
- Middle East: Press TV - Envoy nixes chance of hit on Iran N-sites
- Middle East: Press TV - US reduces expenses by using depleted uranium in wars - Lawrence Davidson
Updated - Tuesday, January 31, 2012
- Las Vegas Review-Journal blog - Nuke waste panel steered clear of Nevada race - Steve Tetreault
- Daily Kos - Campaign Memo to Newt: Nevada is Next - TRPChicago
- Electric Co-op Today - NRECA Backs New Nuclear Waste Plan - Steven Johnson
- Energy Central - Nuclear Waste Still Troubles Industry - Ken Silverstein
- Platts - More than one permanent US nuclear repository likely needed: Chu - Derek Sands
- Washington Times - Editorial: Sins of commission on Yucca Mountain--Political infighting results in lost billions
- Seattle Times - Letter: Efforts to proceed with Yucca Mountain N-waste site - Gary R. Petersen
- Emery County Progress - Opposition to nuclear power plant near Green River - Barbara Galler
- Kingman Daily Miner - Downwinders' exhibit in need of a home in Mohave County
- Albuquerque Journal - State denies permission for WIPP to use new shielded containers for more highly radiaoctive waste - John Fleck
- BusinessWeek - Iowa governor open to bill funding nuclear plant
- Des Moines Register - Letter: Nuclear plant bill is gambling with Iowans' money - Sandy Easter
- Iowa City Press Citizen - Utilities Board remains neutral on nuclear legislation - Libby Jacobs
- CBS News - Illinois nuclear reactor shutdown probed
- NBC Chicago - Reactor Shutdown Blamed on Bad Insulator
- World Nuclear News - US plant not fazed by loss of power
- Battle Creek Enquirer - U.S. needs to heed report on nuclear waste issue - Editorials
- Knoxville News Sentinel - Ed Westcott, famed Oak Ridge photographer, turns 90 - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - GAO looks at NNSA/DOE support costs - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - Miss High Flux Isotope Reactor - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - DOE to begin manager's search 'soon' - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - Ed Westcott celebrates 90th - Frank Munger
- Tampa Bay Tribune - Who will help the ratepayer? - Stephen A. Smith
- York Daily Record - TMI and Peach Bottom to use new model to evaluate seismic hazards
- New Jersey Herald - NY nuke plant, others get new info for quake study
- Lower Hudson Journal - Indian Point to reassess risk from earthquakes after new report - Greg Clary
- Mid-Hudson News - State , Entergy reach agreement on one contention regarding Indian Point's license renewal
- NY1 - State Officials Assured That Indian Point's Containment Buildings Are Sound
- Pleasantville.Patch - Environment NY Reports Indian Point Threatens Drinking Water for New Yorkers - Liz Giegerich
- Syracuse Post Standard - Emergency sirens near Scriba nuke plants to be tested beginning Feb. 6 - Debra J. Groom
- WAMC - Report: Indian Point Threatens Drinking Water - Dave Lucas
- YNN Hudson Valley - Report released on Indian Point and drinking water - John Wagner
- Newburyport Daily News - City Council urges halt to nuke plant relicensing - Dyke Hendrickson
- Newburyport Daily News - Letter: NRC criticism over the top - Gary G. Crocker
- Brattleboro Reformer - NRC disputes contentions in VY water quality suit - Bob Audette
- BurlingtonFreePress blog - Entergy asks PSB to rule on Vermont Yankee - Terri Hallenbeck
- The Atlantic - DOE Responds to Complaints About Its Committment to Open Government - Alexis Madrigal
- Environment News Service - U.S. Joins Effort to Clean Up Space Environment
- New York Times blog - Quakes and U.S. Reactors: An Analytic Tool - Matthew L. Wald
- Reuters - NRC wants U.S. nuclear operators to adopt new seismic model - Scott DiSavino
- DOE - Secretary Chu Announces Second Round of "America's Next Top Energy Innovator" on One Year Anniversary of the White House Startup America Initiative
- GAO - Additional Opportunities Exist to Streamline Support Functions at NNSA and Office of Science Sites, GAO-12-255
- NRC - New Seismic Model Will Refine Hazard Analysis at U.S. Nuclear Plants (pdf-)
- NWTRB - DOE to Present Work on Generic Geologic Repository Criteria and Models at NWTRB March Meeting (pdf-52K)
- National Nuclear Security Administration - NOTICES Fee Policies: Revised Fee Policy for Acceptance of Foreign Research Reactor Spent Nuclear Fuel From High-Income Economy Countries Pages 4807-4808 [FR DOC# 2012-2052]
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards; Notice of Meeting Pages 4837-4838 [FR DOC# 2012-2015]
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS); Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on U.S. Evolutionary Power Reactor (U.S. EPR); Notice of Meeting Pages 4838-4839 [FR DOC# 2012-2016]
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Meetings: Sunshine Federal Register Notice Page 4839 [FR DOC# 2012-2182]
- UN: IAEA - IAEA Mission Completes Review of Japanese Nuclear Safety Assessment Process
- UN: Platts - IAEA plans code to track radioactive contamination in scrap: BIR
- Asia-Pacific: Deutsche Welle - Japan eyes nuclear reactor restart to meet energy demand
- Asia-Pacific: The Guardian - IAEA approves stress tests on Japan reactors - Justin McCurry
- Asia-Pacific: Radio New Zealand - Health impact small from Fukushima
- Asia-Pacific: Reuters - No big Fukushima health impact seen: U.N. body chairman - Fredrik Dahl
- Asia-Pacific: Reuters - UN nuclear agency approves Japan's stress tests - Shinichi Saoshiro
- Asia-Pacific: Washington Post - Japan losing hope for its pricey 'dream reactor' - Chico Harlan
- Asia-Pacific: Washington Post - Japan Cabinet OKs bills capping nuclear reactors at 40 years, merging safety agencies
- Asia-Pacific: World Nuclear News - IAEA reviews Japan's nuclear restart process
- Asia-Pacific: Xinhua News - Nuclear safety tests in Japan appropriate: IAEA
- Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri - IAEA OK's stress test review process
- Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri - Hope growing for indoor farming in disaster-hit Tohoku region
- Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri - Cabinet approves nuclear bills
- Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri - Editorial: Ensure successful test-run of nuclear recycling plant
- Asia-Pacific: Denki Shimbun - IAEA mission inspected implementation of stress test
- Asia-Pacific: Denki Shimbun - Fukushima investigation panel to issue final report in July
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - NISA upholding stress tests but too closed: IAEA - Kazuaki Nagata
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - IAEA report on 'stress test' soundness does not equal go-ahead for reactors
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Furnace malfunction hobbles Aomori spent nuke fuel reprocessing plant - Daily News of Newburyport
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Niigata nursery school workers set up space for Fukushima parents and children
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - 'Shadow meals' employed to keep families safe from radiation
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Wind power station planned in place of nuclear plant in Wakayama town
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Japan's nuclear stress tests deemed consistent with IAEA standards
- East Asia: Xinhua News - S. Korean nuclear envoy to visit Russia
- South Asia: Chandigarh Tribune - Centre's expert panel clears Kudankulam N-power plant
- South Asia: Daily News & Analysis - Expert panel, anti-Kudankulam activists rule out further talks
- South Asia: Daily News & Analysis - Nuclear power plants safe for workers: Study
- South Asia: Deccan Herald - Review on railway safety
- South Asia: The Hindu - Nuclear plant is totally safe, says expert group
- South Asia: The Hindu - Hindu Munnani activists rough up anti-nuke protesters
- South Asia: NDTV - Govt's expert panel to meet on Kudankulam issue today
- South Asia: TwoCircles - Work of central panel on Kudankulam over: Convenor
- Europe: BBC News - Solution for radioactive Dalgety Bay beach 'no closer'
- Europe: BBC News - Leiston residents angered by Sizewell B compensation scheme
- Europe: BBC News - MoD experts to visit radioactive Dalgety Bay beach
- Europe: BBC News - Sepa to consult on waste for Dounreay store
- Europe: Press Association - More tests due on bay radioactivity
- Europe: Fox Business - Still "Uncertainties" Over Nuclear Costs In France - Report
- Europe: Morningstar News - French Auditor: Total Nuclear Decommissioning Would Cost EUR18.4 Billion - Inti Landauro
- Europe: New York Times - French Report Faults Indecision on Nuclear Industry - David Jolly
- Europe: Reuters - France must extend nuclear reactors' lifespan-audit - Benjamin Mallet
- Europe: World Nuclear News - Extending operating lives of French reactors best option
- North Europe: Reuters - Nordic power-Market edgy on Sweden nuclear outages - Gwladys Fouche
- Russia: RT - Nuclear unclarity: Russia's Baltic energy expansion in doubt - Vitaly Belousov
- Middle East: AFP Google - Mossad chief held talks on Iran in US visit: CIA
- Middle East: BBC News - Iran says nuclear talks with IAEA 'constructive'
- Middle East: Bloomberg - Iran's Oil, Tanker Firms Targeted for Sanctions - Indira A.R. Lakshmanan
- Middle East: Bloomberg - IAEA to End Tehran Trip Amid Tensions Over Iran Nuclear Work - Ladane Nasseri
- Middle East: The Guardian blog - Iran and the US: from words to war - Richard Norton-Taylor
- Middle East: Lew Rockwell blog - Disgraceful Reporting by the Boston Herald and Others - Michael S. Rozeff
- Middle East: Reuters - Iran, U.N. end "constructive" nuclear talks: FARS - Zahra Hosseinian and Parisa Hafezi
- Middle East: Ynetnews - Mossad chief makes secret visit to US - Yitzhak Benhorin
- Middle East: Xinhua News - Iran expresses optimism on IAEA inspection
- Middle East: Xinhua News - Iran unveils smart laser-guided projectile
- Middle East: Xinhua News - EU leaders endorse sanctions against Iran
- Middle East: IRNA - IIPU condemns assassination of Iran nuclear scientists
- Middle East: Press TV - Iran attends Nuclear Power Asia confab
- Middle East: Press TV - 'Iran to ban IAEA inspectors if they lie'
- Middle East: Press TV - EU says ready for talks with Iran
- Middle East: Press TV - 'West fears Islamic thought, not nukes'
- Middle East: Press TV - 'Israel demonizes Iran to hide crimes'
- Middle East: Press TV - Iran Parl. ratifies WANO membership bid
- Middle East: Press TV - 'US DU weapons: high kill, low cost'
- Middle East: Press TV - 'US still using DU in Afghanistan'
- Middle East: Press TV - 'US destroys world with DU ammunition'
- Middle East: Press TV - 'World eternally contaminated by US DU'
- Middle East: Press TV - 'DU destroying Afghans' gene pool'
- South Africa: Xinhua News - 18th AU summit concludes with package of agreements
Updated - Monday, January 30, 2012
- Legal Documents
- Aiken County; Robert L. Ferguson, William Lampson, and Gary Petersen; State of South Carolina; State of Washington; NARUC; Nye County; - Reply Brief of Petitioners (pdf-915K)
- News
- Heritage Foundation - Blue Ribbon Commission on Nuclear Energy Misses Chance at Real Reform - Jack Spencer
- The Hill blog - House Yucca advocate won't target GOP candidates for opposing the waste dump - Andrew Restuccia
- PennEnergy - BRC report urges separate agency to manage nuclear waste, immediate replacement for Yucca Mountain
- Care2 - Hanford Site: Radiation Levels High, Plant Progress Slow - Joel Boyce
- Idaho Statesman - Rocky Barker: INL and Lucky Friday mine accident responses illustrate two sides of Idaho
- WISC Madison - Wisconsin Monitors Incident At Northern Ill. Nuclear Plant
- Chicago Tribune - Backup generators kick in after shutdown at Exelon's Byron plant - Julie Wernau
- Quad City Times - Ill. nuclear reactor loses power, vents steam
- UPI - Ill. nuke plant loses partial power
- Canton Daily Ledger - Letter: Never Dreamed - Mandy Bowton Barnes
- Chillicothe Gazette - Legislators speak up in opposition to USEC's American Centrifuge Project - Loren Genson
- New York Times blog - A Plea for Southern Treasures - Joanna M. Foster
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - Crackdown on security costs? - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - Construction of first calutron building at Y-12 - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - Good use of a bad accident at Y-12 - Frank Munger
- Oak Ridger - Some leaders at the Y-12 plant in the 1980s, Part 3 - D. Ray Smith
- Oak Ridger - League to hear about cleanup issues in Oak Ridge Feb. 7
- Augusta Chronicle - Energy Department rejects SRS advisory board request for nuclear waste inventory - Rob Pavey
- Augusta Chronicle - 2012 nuclear waste milesone reached at Savannah River Site
- News & Observer - Charlotte company prepares to build nation's first nuclear plants in 3 decades
- BayNet - Licensing Board Conducts Session in Calvert - Marty Madden
- Berkeley.patch - NRC Webinar On Spent Fuel At Oyster Creek and Other Nuclear Plants Slated For Tuesday - Elaine Piniat
- Auburn Citizen - NY drops 1 argument against nuke relicensing
- Hartford Courant - Nuclear Regulators Issue Violation Notice To Connecticut Yankee Over Foreign Ownership - Erik Hesselberg
- All Things Nuclear - What's Happening with Vermont Yankee? - David Wright
- Vermont Journalism Trust - Sales: Lessons from Indian Point - John Sales
- Newburyport Daily News - Councilors seek halt to Seabrook relicensing - Dyke Hendrickson
- IEER - Radioactive Wastes from Nuclear Bomb Program Given Short Shrift in Blue Ribbon Commission Report (pdf-172K)
- FCNL - Nuclear Calendar Update
- NRC - NRC Monitoring an Event at Byron Nuclear Plant (pdf-)
- NWTRB - Board comments and recommendations related to work sponsored by NE-53 (pdf-73K)
- Energy Department - NOTICES Environmental Management Advisory Board Page 4556 [FR DOC# 2012-1911]
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Power Uprates; Notice of Meeting Pages 4585-4586 [FR DOC# 2012-1913]
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Proposed Models for Plant-Specific Adoptions of Technical Specifications: Notice of Opportunity for Public Comment on the Proposed Models for Plant-Specific Adoption of Technical Specifications Task Force Traveler TSTF-432, Revision 1, “Change in Technical Specifications End States (WCAP-16294)” Using the Consolidated Line Item Improvement Process Pages 4586-4587 [FR DOC# 2012-1912]
- Canada: CNSC - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission News Update
- Canada: Nuclear Engineering - Westinghouse sets up Canadian arm
- Oceania: Green Left Weekly - Peter Watts: Uranium should stay in the ground
- Oceania: Ria Novosti - Lavrov to Discuss Space, Nuclear Cooperation in Australia - Grigory Sysoev
- Asia-Pacific: AFP Google - Japan studies flora and fauna near Fukushima plant
- Asia-Pacific: Environment News Service - Freezing Fukushima Nuclear Plant Leaks Water
- Asia-Pacific: MSN NZ News - Japan studies radiation impact on nature
- Asia-Pacific: Nuclear Engineering - Noda calls for reduction of nuclear in Japan, where only three reactors remain in operation
- Asia-Pacific: Reuters - Japan govt to ask TEPCO to scale back rate hike-Asahi - Nobuhiro Kubo
- Asia-Pacific: Reuters - UN nuclear agency approves Japan's stress tests - Shinichi Saoshiro
- Asia-Pacific: Reuters - Fukushima pets in no-go zone face harsh winter - Issei Kato and Kiyoshi Takenaka
- Asia-Pacific: UPI - U.N. to assess Fukushima fallout effects
- Asia-Pacific: Xinhua News - TEPCO ordered to prevent water leaks at stricken nuke plant
- Asia-Pacific: Xinhua News - Japan finds 14 water leaks at stricken nuclear plant
- Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri - Stick to timetable to bring nuclear evacuees back home
- Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri - JNFL to resume vitrification tests shortly / 1st tests in 3 years; outcome to have significant impact on policy regarding nuclear fuel cycle - Yuta Moriyama and Yohei Odakura
- Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri - Special hose used to clean contaminated paving stones
- Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri - Defense contractors faked reports / Investigation finds evidence that Mitsubishi Electric required staff to lie
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - Hefty yen helps cut energy costs: Koo
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - Nuclear Power Plebiscites--Plebicites first step in pulling nuclear plug - Eric Johnston
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - Cyber-attack disrupts website of nuclear crisis panel - Minoru Matsutani
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - Fukushima No. 1 pipes freeze, leak
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - Upgraded Quince robots ready for second foray - Hiroko Nakata
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Gov't starts study of radiation effects on wildlife near Fukushima plant
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Gov't, TEPCO heading for showdown over electricity rate hike
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Gov't divided on plans to split TEPCO's business functions
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Mayor protests TEPCO's refusal to boost nuclear compensation payment
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Evacuees of Fukushima village report split families, growing frustration
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Evacuees allowed to reclaim pets during 3rd no-go zone visit, but none found
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Water leaks at 14 points at Fukushima complex
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Inside of Hiroshima's A-bomb dome unveiled to media
- East Asia: Yahoo!7 News - Nuclear security summit aims to restore confidence
- East Asia: Yonhap News - S. Korean nuclear envoy to visit Moscow next week for N. Korea talks
- East Asia: Yonhap News - Nuclear summit itself to send message to N. Korea: official - Kim Young-gyo
- East Asia: Yonhap News - N. Korea accuses U.S. of seeking to create crisis on Korean Peninsula
- East Asia: Yonhap News - N. Korea revises laws on foreign investment
- East Asia: Yonhap News - China decided on food, oil aid for N. Korea after Kim's death: report
- South Asia: Deccan Herald - Anti-nuke group burns K'kulam model
- South Asia: IBNLive - Anti-KNPP activists hold mock funeral
- South Asia: IBNLive - India defies US, EU, says won't cut Iran oil imports
- South Asia: Times of India - Anti-nuke protestors to meet Central committee for fourth round of talks
- Europe: Nuclear Engineering - Green groups challenge UK nuclear subsidies
- Europe: Radio Netherlands - Minister freezes nuclear plant application
- North Europe: Baltic Course - Eesti Energia: participation in Lithuanian nuclear power plant will become clear by Midsummer's - Juhan Tere
- Russia: World Nuclear News - Russia commissions fuel storage facility
- Middle East: Green Prophet - Jordan's First Nuclear Reactor: No-Go without Parliamentary Pre-approval - Laurie Balbo
- Middle East: Antiwar.com - Iran FM: IAEA Inspectors Free to Inspect All Nuclear Sites - Jason Ditz
- Middle East: AFP Google - US lawmakers to take up new Iran sanctions
- Middle East: BBC News - Can the IAEA stop Iran's nuclear enrichment programme?
- Middle East: Bloomberg - Iran: IAEA Inspection Team May Stay Longer - Ladane Nasseri
- Middle East: The Independent - Nuclear inspectors met by tension and protests in Iran - Kim Sengupta
- Middle East: Los Angeles Times - U.S., Europe choose risky strategy with sanctions on Iran - Paul Richter and Ramin Mostaghim
- Middle East: New York Times - Iran Offers to Extend U.N. Nuclear Inspection - Alan Cowell
- Middle East: NPR - India To Continue Buying Iran's Oil, Defying Sanctions
- Middle East: Reuters - U.S. lawmakers take next step on new Iran sanctions - Roberta Rampton
- Middle East: UPI - Iran shrugs off sanctions' impact
- Middle East: UPI - Iran has 'no problem' with EU oil embargo
- Middle East: Xinhua News - Iran receives IAEA inspectors, undaunted by new EU sanctions
- Middle East: Xinhua News - India not to cut oil imports from Iran: minister
- Middle East: Xinhua News - Iran receives IAEA inspectors, undaunted by new EU sanctions
- Middle East: Press TV - Turkey defies US, EU ban on Iran oil?
- Middle East: Press TV - US used depleted uranium in recent wars
- Middle East: Press TV - Washington used depleted uranium in bombs used in Afghanistan
- Middle East: Press TV - Seoul defers decision on Iran sanctions
- Middle East: Press TV - 'West selling Iran war via manipulation'
- Middle East: Tehran Times - No one has right to ask Iran to halt uranium enrichment: FM?
Updated - Sunday, January 29, 2012
Updated - Saturday, January 28, 2012
- Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) - Feinstein Statement on Blue Ribbon Commission Report on Nuclear Future
- Reuters - Berkeley energy lab plans big expansion - Laird Harrison
- Tri-City Herald - PNNL technology honored
- Salt Lake Tribune - EnergySolutions' end run - Steve Nelson
- PR-USA - former state Senator Pete Domenici and Dr. James Conca will be speaking at the National Nuclear Fuel Cycle Summit, April 2-5, 2012, Carlsbad, New Mexico
- Des Moines Register - Iowa Utility Board is neutral on nuclear power plant bill - Libby Jacobs
- Youngstown Vindicator - 2 trucks trying to enter Mahoning Landfill in Sept. had minuscule radiation amounts - Karl Henkel
- Knoxville News Sentinel - Success or failure? Postscript on mercury cleanup not clear - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - Sherry: 'I think it's going to be a lot of fun' - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - NNSA/DOE appeal of Y-12 discharge permit - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - Author Marianne Wiggins visits ORNL - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - Foreign students getting their science doctorates in the U.S. are sticking around, especially those from China and India - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - Bruce Darling named NAS executive officer - Frank Munger
- Aiken Standard - Forum meets to discuss SRS' status, future - Anna Dolianitis
- Wicked Local Plympton - Entergy: Selectmen, legislators discuss Emergency Planning Zone - Brittany Burrows
- Barre Montpelier Times Argus - Letter: No surprise: Murtha backs Entergy - Thomas Vanacore
- Bennington Banner - Letter: Waste no more on Yankee case - Joe Benning, State Senator
- Brattleboro Reformer - After VY ruling, Public Service Board set to restart hearings - Bob Audette
- Keene Sentinel - Vt. board has the power - Kyle Jarvis
- Asia-Pacific: AFP Google - UN nuclear agency to set up Fukushima office: report
- Asia-Pacific: CNN - Resident defiant in Japan's exclusion zone
- Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri - System eyed to predict spread of terror substances
- Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri - Radiation testing on school lunches differs
- Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri - Kawauchi govt heading home / Village 1st to return among those forced out by Fukushima N-crisis
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - Fukushima casts a shadow over India's industrial boom - Jeff Kingston
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - No records kept of nuke crisis meetings: Okada
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Famed Aomori fishing port lives in shadow of new MOX fuel nuclear plant
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Japan's plutonium stockpile builds as nuke fuel cycle policy hits dead end
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Post-nationalized TEPCO to solicit capital to update thermal generators
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Tohoku Electric expects 250 bil. yen net loss for fiscal 2011 on quake
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Govt failed to keep records of key nuke meetings
- East Asia: Bloomberg - Russia Seeks to Resume North Korea Nuclear Talks, Interfax Says - Ilya Khrennikov
- East Asia: Yonhap News - U.S. envoy on N. Korea to visit Russia - Lee Chi-dong
- East Asia: Yonhap News - No 'significant' change to U.S. troops in Korea: Adm. Willard - Lee Chi-dong
- East Asia: Xinhua News - Iran's parliament to vote on EU oil ban
- South Asia: The Hindu - “State should support nuclear project”
- South Asia: IBNLive - Questions of anti-nuke protestors to be answered at next meet
- South Asia: IBNLive - TNPCC urges Jaya to help operationalise Koodankulam project
- South Asia: IBNLive - TNCC appeals to Jaya to help operationalise KNPP
- South Asia: IBNLive - Can't understand TN govt's 'volte-face' on KNPP: Congress
- South Asia: IBNLive - Replying to a question on the maintenance of the plant
- Europe: Plymouth Herald - N-subs 'to stay in Scotland' - Youngstown Vindicator
- Europe: Yorkshire Post - Augean's nuclear waste focus
- North Europe: Washington Post blog - What Sweden can teach us about nuclear waste - Brad Plumer
- East Europe: Kyiv Post - Sixth reactor shut down at Zaporizhzhia for repairs
- Russia: Bellona - Russia's flagship nuclear icebreaker to cross northern seas, worrying neighboring states - Anna Kireeva
- Middle East: AFP Google - UN chief nuclear inspector lands in Iran: AFP
- Middle East: AFP Google - Iran dialogue 'long overdue': UN inspector
- Middle East: AFP Google - US bunker-buster 'not powerful enough' against Iran
- Middle East: Bloomberg - Merkel to Discuss Iran Nuclear Program, Sanctions in China - Rainer Buergin
- Middle East: Global Research - The War on Iran is Already Underway - Leonid Slavin
- Middle East: Press Association - Gulf ministers discuss Iran threat
- Middle East: Reuters - IAEA team heads to Iran to seek nuclear answers - Fredrik Dahl
- Middle East: IRNA - Ex-IAEA chief urges more diplomacy to resolve Iran nuclear stalemate
- Middle East: IRNA - Velayati: Iran's nuclear activities have always been transparent
- Middle East: Press TV - Iran to continue trust-building with IAEA
- Middle East: Press TV - Iran Guardian Council backs oil ban to Europe
- Middle East: Press TV - Iran finalizes bill to ban EU oil exports
- Middle East: Press TV - 'Iran's Mideast clout must be curbed'
- Middle East: Press TV - IAEA team due in Iran for cooperation
- Middle East: Press TV - US Senate to vote on new Iran sanctions
- Middle East: Press TV - US boosts bunker busters to target Iran
- Middle East: Press TV - '70 EU refineries to shut for Iran oil ban'
- Middle East: Press TV - 'Iran will consider Russia's nuclear plan'
- Middle East: Press TV - 'India resolute to buy Iran's oil'
- South Africa: IOL - A toxic delay - Sheree Bega
Updated - Friday, January 27, 2012
- Las Vegas SUN - Editorial: Nevadans know best
- Las Vegas SUN - Nevada lawmakers applaud panel's nuclear-waste recommendations - Karoun Demirjian
- Reno Gazette-Journal - New approach to dealing with nuke waste welcome
- American Public Power Association - Blue ribbon panel calls for new approach to nuclear waste disposal; APPA, other industry stakeholders applaud - Robert Varela
- Bloomberg BNA - Final Blue Ribbon Commission Report Urges Cooperative Efforts in Siting Waste Facilities - Pat Ware
- Brookings Institution - Around the Halls: President Obama and America's Nuclear Future - John P. Banks, Charles K. Ebinger
- Brookings Institution - What Does the State of the Union Mean for Energy Policy? - Charles K. Ebinger
- Daily Beast - Panel Highlights Alarming Lack of National Plan for U.S. Nuclear Waste - Daniel Stone
- eNews Park Forest - Radioactive Wastes From Nuclear Bomb Program Given Short Shrift in Blue Ribbon Commission Report .
- KQED - Requiem for Yucca Mountain: Federal Commission Says to Move On - Craig Miller
- MSNBC - Would your city want a nuclear waste site if the price was right? - Eric Niiler
- New York Times blog - Is Spent Nuclear Fuel Really Waste? - Matthew L. Wald
- NEI Nuclear Notes - Reporting on the BRC Report - Mark Flanagan
- NEI Nuclear Notes - US Panel Recommends New Strategies for Managing Used Nuclear Fuel - Eric McErlain
- NIRS - 88 organizations, 5400+ individuals tell Energy Secretary Steven Chu to reject Blue Ribbon Commission
- Nuclear Energy Insider - Communities core to US repository plans - Jason Deign
- Power Engineering Magazine - Nuclear Energy Stakeholders Welcome Blue Ribbon Commission Report to DOE
- Scientific American - Blue Ribbon Commissions Calls for New Home for Nuclear Waste - Peter Behr and ClimateWire
- YubaNet - Kevin Kamps: No viable solution for either the management or 'disposal' of radioactive waste
- AP Google - Utah leaders honor victims of Nev. nuclear testing
- ABC4 - A Day of Remembrance for Utah's Downwinders - Chris Vanocur
- Galesburg Register-Mail - Tom Loewy: A mom's battle over her son's death
- KPBS - Nation Recognizes Nuclear Test Downwinders - Laurel Morales
- Lincoln Journal Star - Utah leaders honor victims of Nev. nuclear testing
- Public News Service - National Downwinders Day Vigil for Idaho Victims - Deb Courson Smith
- KNDO/KNDU - Energy Northwest must spend at least $30 million to meet new safety standards
- Sci-Tech Today - Safety at Wash. Nuclear-Waste Site Scrutinized - Peter Eisler
- Tri-City Herald - Blue Ribbon Commission says U.S. should start looking for Yucca alternative
- Salt Lake Tribune - Green water - Rachel White
- Salt Lake Tribune - Feds: Company backing Utah nuclear plant is a fraud - Judy Fahys
- Arizona Republic - Senator suggests Ariz. as nuke dump - Howard Fischer
- Capital Press - Kansas residents oppose plans for federal lab - John Milburn
- eNews Park Forest - Nuclear Cancellation in Florida is Warning to Iowa Legislators .
- Radio Iowa - Changes made to nuclear plant bill, opponents say risk remains - O. Kay Henderson
- Sioux City Journal - Senate gives first OK to MidAmerican's nuclear fee
- KCPW blog - Victims of Nuclear Testing Radiation Remembered - Jeff Robinson
- Holland Sentinel - Feds cite nuclear plant, employee for control room incident - Jim Hayden
- Kalamazoo Gazette - Palisades nuclear power plant given orders from NRC after worker walks out of control room - Fritz Klug
- Medill Reports - Nuclear worries abound in Great Lakes region. Do solutions? - Rory Keane
- Knoxville News Sentinel - 'Dozing' security guard resigns - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel - More layoffs at USEC project in Oak Ridge - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - Safety Partnership forum Feb. 1 - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - Ted Sherry joins ORNL - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - Ed Westcott, Oak Ridge icon - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - 'Dozing' security officer admits violations, resigns; WSI says photos taken in unclassified area at ORNL - Frank Munger
- Florence Times Daily - Cracks in TVA safety culture - Ben Montgomery
- Huntsville Times - NRC offers tough assessment of Browns Ferry nuclear plant maintenance programs - Brian Lawson
- News Courier - NRC: No significant issues at nuke plant - Adam Smith
- Augusta Chronicle - Savannah River Site leaders predict bright nuclear future - Rob Pavey
- Augusta Chronicle - NRC plans Feb. 8 Plant Vogtle meeting in Atlanta
- Augusta Chronicle - Blue Ribbon Commission suggests nuclear waste program overhaul - Rob Pavey
- Augusta Chronicle - Cheap natural gas, not Japan crisis has more impact on new nuclear reactors, expert says - Sarita Chourey
- Aiken Standard - BRC's report suggests changes about nuclear waste - Anna Dolianitis
- News & Observer - Nuke plant accident due to poor training - John Murawski
- Platts - NRC staff says renewables can't replace proposed Calvert Cliffs-3 nuclear plant - Jim Ostroff
- York Daily Record - TMI set to sound sirens next week
- York Dispatch - Exelon Nuclear to test new sirens - Christina Kauffman
- Asbury Park Press - Make plant safer, or close it now - Janet Tauro
- Press of Atlantic City - Scientists consider, 'If Fukushima happened in South Jersey ...' - Sarah Watson
- Boston Globe - In funding spat, Duxbury cancels nuclear emergency training - Robert Knox
- Huffington Post - Entergy, Vermont Nuclear Plant Owner, Refusing State Testing Request
- Vermont Public Radio - Vermont Yankee Refuses State's Request To Test For Radioactive Tritium - John Dillon
- Newburyport Daily News - NRC to review request to halt nuke plant's relicensing - Angeljean Chiaramida
- DOE - Tapping into Wave and Tidal Ocean Power: 15% Water Power by 2030 - Hoyt Battey
- DOE - Secretary Chu Highlights Innovation at Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico - Ginny Simmons
- NAS - Project Update: Evaluation of Space Radiation Cancer Risk Model
- Energy Department - NOTICES Meetings: TransCanada Alaska Company, LLC; Notice of Public Scoping Meeting for the Planned Alaska Pipeline Project Page 4290 [FR DOC# 2012-1732]
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission - RULES List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: MAGNASTOR® System, Revision 2 Page 4203 [FR DOC# 2012-1770]
- Asia-Pacific: Arirang News - Decontaminating Highly Radioactive Areas to Put on Hold
- Asia-Pacific: BBC News - Japan did not keep records of nuclear disaster meetings
- Asia-Pacific: Bloomberg - Atomic-Free Japan by April Roils Debate on Reactor Restarts, Blackout Risk - Yuriy Humber
- Asia-Pacific: Bloomberg - Japan's Post-Fukushima Reactor Checks Are 'Insufficient,' Advisers Say - Yuriy Humber
- Asia-Pacific: Bloomberg - Japan Has 3 Reactors With 6.4% of Total Capacity Online - Tsuyoshi Inajima
- Asia-Pacific: The Guardian - Experts cast doubt on Japan nuclear plant tests - Justin McCurry
- Asia-Pacific: IAEA - IAEA Mission Reviews Safety Assessment at Ohi Nuclear Power Plant
- Asia-Pacific: NPR - Japan's 'Nuclear Alley' Conflicted Over Reactors
- Asia-Pacific: Reuters - Update 3-Japan says can avoid summer power cuts even if nuclear offline - Kentaro Hamada
- Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri - 10 disaster teams failed to take minutes
- Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri - Less polluted areas to come 1st / Govt releases decontamination schedule for Fukushima Prefecture
- Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri - DPJ seriously blundered by not recording meetings
- Asia-Pacific: Denki Shimbun - Progress in Rokkasho reprocessing plant project
- Asia-Pacific: Denki Shimbun - Japan down to four operating nuclear reactors
- Japan Times - NRC briefed NISA on contingencies; Tepco in dark - Minoru Matsutani
- Japan Times - Fukui's 'Nuclear Alley' conflicted over restarting reactors
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - Summer power curbs said unlikely
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - Nuclear foes defy order to remove tents from the grounds of METI - Minoru Matsutani
- Asia-Pacific: JapanToday - Chugoku Electric shuts Shimane No. 2 reactor, leaving Japan with only 3 reactors online
- Mainichi Daily News - Antinuclear activists refuse to move tents from gov't land
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Decontamination schedule sheds no light on when evacuees can return
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Power policy remains mired in power play
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Fukushima agricultural group proposes tougher restrictions on rice planting
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Testing centers inundated with requests to check gravel for radiation
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Bathhouse mural painter honors Fukushima hometown lost to nuke crisis
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Japan aims to end decontamination work in some evacuation areas by 2014
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - TEPCO to spend 1 tril. yen over 10 yrs toward scrapping reactors
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Only 3 reactors online in Japan after Chugoku Electric halts unit
- East Asia: Arirang News - Russia Believes 6-party Talks Will Resume Without Difficulty
- East Asia: Yonhap News - N. Korea renews commitment to gas pipeline project with Russia
- Southeast Asia: Free Malaysia Today - Fears still linger over Lynas plant - Stephanie Sta Maria
- South Asia: Daily Bhaskar - Kudankulam: Anti-nuclear forum stages protest - Huffington Post
- South Asia: IBNLive - Koodankulam a national shame, says Binayak Sen
- Europe: Aberdeen Press and Journal - Probe after workers' boots contaminated - Iain Grant
- Europe: BBC News - Traces of radiation found on Dounreay workers' shoes
- Europe: Press Association - Contamination found at nuclear site
- The Scotsman - Probe into Dounreay contamination scare
- Europe: Westmorland Gazette - Should Cumbria hold on to nuclear waste? - Rachel Ryan
- Europe: World Nuclear News - Poll: New nuclear power 'best for Britain'
- Europe: World Nuclear News - Areva's ups and downs
- Europe: Bloomberg - Spain Suspends Subsidies for New Renewable Energy Power Plants - Ben Sills
- Middle East: Kuwait News Agency - IAEA lauds Kuwait contribution to nuclear fuel bank project - Abdelwahab Al-Gueyed
- Middle East: AFP Google - UN atomic agency urges Iran to cooperate
- Middle East: AFP Google - 'Onus on Iran' to prove nuclear intentions: UN chief
- Middle East: Arab Times - Iran dash to N-arms seen unlikely
- Middle East: Asia Times - Growing elite opposition to strike on Iran - Jim Lobe
- Middle East: Bikya Masr - Iran would consider Russian proposal aimed at ending nuclear dispute - Farshid Motahari
- Middle East: Bloomberg - Iranian Lawmakers to Debate Halt of Oil Sales to Europe as EU Sets Embargo - Caroline Alexander
- Middle East: Bloomberg - Ahmadinejad Says Iran Open to Renewed Talks With West on Nuclear Program - Ladane Nasseri
- Middle East: Bloomberg - Barak Says Iran Determined to Advance Nuclear Military Program - Simon Kennedy
- Middle East: Bloomberg - IAEA's Amano Says Not Sure 'Iran Has Declared Everything' - Simon Kennedy and Jonathan Tirone
- Middle East: CNN - What does the future hold for Iran? - Kyle Almond
- Middle East: Council on Foreign Relations blog - The World Next Week: What Will IAEA Inspectors Find in Iran? - James M. Lindsay
- Middle East: The Guardian - Iran to restart IAEA nuclear talks - Julian Borger
- Middle East: The Guardian - Iraq makes sanctions against Iran ineffective - Nima Khorrami Assl
- Middle East: The Guardian - Israel calls for tougher Iran sanctions - Larry Elliott
- New York Times - Iran Says It Could Terminate European Oil Sales Next Week - Rick Gladstone
- Middle East: Press Association - UN weapons experts going to Iran
- Middle East: Reuters - Oil industry sees China winning, West losing from Iran sanctions - Dmitry Zhdannikov
- Middle East: Reuters - Iran could ban EU oil exports next week: lawmaker - Hashem Kalantari
- Middle East: UPI - Sanctions part of 'soft war,' Iran says
- Middle East: Xinhua News - Iran has not dodged negotiations: president
- Middle East: IRNA - IAEA inspectors to arrive Tehran Saturday
- Middle East: Press TV - Anti-Iran sanctions, dead end: Russia
- Middle East: Press TV - Israel demands tougher Iran sanctions
- Middle East: Press TV - 'US targets scientists to pressure Iran' - Interview with Franklin Lamb
- Middle East: Press TV - Amano changes tune on Iran
- Middle East: Press TV - 'US-led sanctions on Iran unjustified' - Interview with Stefan Simanowitz
- Middle East: Press TV - 'Hardline US policy makes Iran war likely'
- Middle East: Press TV - Polls show Americans oppose Iran war
- Middle East: Press TV - 'EU sanctions on Iran lead nowhere'
- Middle East: Press TV - 'EU oil war on Iran is psychological'
- Middle East: Tehran Times - Russia, Turkey say more sanctions will not help resolve Iran nuclear issue
Updated - Thursday, January 26, 2012
- Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future - Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future Issues Final Report to Secretary of Energy
- Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future - BRC Report to the Secretary of Energy - January 2012 (pdf-4.84M)
- Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) - Reid Statement on Blue Ribbon Commisson's Final Report
- Senator Dean Heller(D-NV) - Heller Statement on the Blue Ribbon Commission Report on America's Nuclear Future
- Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-NV1) - Berkley Backs Blue Ribbon Commission Call for End of Yucca Mountain, Elimination of Laws Targeting Nevada as Nation's Nuclear Garbage Dump
- Las Vegas Review-Journal - Expert panel recommends new tack on nuclear waste - Steve Tetreault
- Las Vegas SUN - Commission: Store nuclear waste where it's wanted - Karoun Demirjian
- Reno Gazette-Journal - Federal panel: Start now to replace Nevada nuke waste site
- AP Google - Panel: Start now to replace Nevada nuke site - Matthew Daly
- CNN - Panel: Search for nuclear waste dump could last up to 20 years - Mike M. Ahlers
- Discovery News - Wanna Nuke Waste Site? A panel suggests towns volunteer to host dumps that would last for generations.. - Eric Niiler
- Forbes - Obama's Nuclear Commission Issues Final Report, Urges Immediate Action On Atomic Waste - Christopher Helman, Forbes Staff
- The Hill blog - Federal commission urges permanent nuclear waste storage strategy - Andrew Restuccia
- Huffington Post - Yucca Mountain Project: Failed Nuclear Waste Site Should Be Replaced, Panel Says
- New York Times - Revamped Search Urged For a Nuclear Waste Site - Matthew L. Wald
- NPR - How To Find A New Nuclear Waste Site? Woo A Town - Christopher Joyce
- Power Engineering Magazine - Blue Ribbon Commission issues report on used nuclear fuel
- Reuters - U.S. needs long-term site for nuclear wast: panel - Ayesha Rascoe
- Energy Collective - NRC's Waste Confidence Update - Dan Yurman
- Orange County Register - Feinstein answers residents' questions - Lois Rothschild
- Seattle Times - Inslee should join fight to proceed with Yucca Mountain nuclear-waste repository - Bob Ferguson and Bill Lampson
- Tri-City Herald - New safety standards post Fukushima could cost $30M - Annette Cary
- Los Alamos Monitor - Meeting Update 01-26-12
- DesMoinesRegister blog - Iowa nuclear bill resurrected; moves ahead - Jason Clayworth
- Dubuque Telegraph Herald - Lawmaker: Nuclear bill will pass
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - Y-12's Dyer, McGinty get NNSA honors - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - New preservation plan by week's end - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - USEC layoffs in Oak Ridge - Frank Munger
- Biloxi Sun Herald - NRC tells TVA to do more than sand baskets at dams
- Huntsville Times - NRC offers tough assessment of Browns Ferry nuclear plant maintenance programs - Brian Lawson
- Florence Times Daily - Is Browns Ferry safe? - Ben Montgomery
- Tampa Bay Times · - Progress Energy looking to cancel main construction contract for building Levy County nuclear plant - Ivan Penn
- Augusta Chronicle - Blue Ribbon Commission suggests nuclear waste program overhaul - Rob Pavey
- Aiken Standard - Part 1: National Nuclear Science Week is reason to celebrate - MARC MILLER, Ph.D.
- Aiken Standard - Part 2: Local nuclear presence growing to meet energy needs - Mindy Mets
- Aiken Standard - Part 3: Career opportunities abound in nuclear technology - Anne Rice
- Aiken Standard - Part 4: SRS will continue to lead in nuclear technology - DAVID MOODY, Ph.D.
- Aiken Standard - Part 5: Commitment and partnership essential for future nuclear workforce - SUSAN WINSOR, Ph.D.
- Lynchburg News and Advance - Two counties offer differing views on uranium mining - Rex Springston
- Patriot-News - Three Mile Island nuclear plant finds unexpected flaws in new steam generators - Donald Gilliland
- Palladium Times - NRC cites FitzPatrick for violations - Aaron Curtis
- Old Colony Memorial - Nuclear Power and the Threat to Drinking Water: Pilgrim in Hot Water - Frank Mand
- Bennington Banner - Vermont attorney general's losses criticized - Dave Gram
- BurlingtonFreePress - State asks PSB to hear Vermont Yankee case - Terri Hallenbeck
- Vermont Journalism Trust - Shaffer: Energy plan relies too much on fossil fuels - Howard Shaffer
- Vermont Journalism Trust - Occupy Burlington says SHUT DOWN VT YANKEE!
- Vermont Journalism Trust - Kunin: States should maintain role in nuclear oversight - Gov. Madeleine Kunin
- All Things Nuclear - Frontline's “Nuclear Aftershocks” and Lochbaum Interview - David Wright
- AP Google - Term 'states' rights' heard anew in election cycle - Allen G. Breed
- Eurasia Review - How Sea Water Could Corrode Nuclear Fuel
- Reuters - Pentagon cuts reshape military, trim costs - David Alexander and Jim Wolf
- Reuters - Analysis: More, not less, oil this year despite Iran ban - Christopher Johnson and Peg Mackey
- Salem-News - Nuclear Power is Clean -- as Long as you Ignore 'Safety'! - Ace Hoffman
- Truthout - Sickened and Still Waiting for Justice: 9/11 First Responders and Cold War Nuclear Weapons Workers Battle for Fair Compensation - Antoinette Bonsignore
- DOE - A Critical Step Toward Sustainable Nuclear Fuel Disposal
- NRC - NRC Issues Confirmatory Orders to Palisades Plant Owner Entergy and Plant Operator
- NRC - NRC Confirms Actions to be Taken at FitzPatrick Nuclear Plant to Address Violations Involving Radiation Protection Program
- Energy Department - NOTICES Meetings: DOE/NSF High Energy Physics Advisory Panel Page 4027 [FR DOC# 2012-1671]
- Energy Department - NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Nevada Pages 4027-4028 [FR DOC# 2012-1698]
- Energy Department - NOTICES Meetings: Biological and Environmental Research Advisory Committee Page 4028 [FR DOC# 2012-1693]
- Asia-Pacific: ABC - Japan loses track of radioactive cows - Mark Willacy
- Asia-Pacific: Deutsche Welle - Japan's TEPCO to be nationalized amid IAEA inspection - Sarah Berning
- Asia-Pacific: Eurasia Review - Fukushima Is So Yesterday - OpEd - William A. Collins
- Asia-Pacific: The Independent - Revealed: secret evacuation plan for Tokyo after Fukushima - David McNeill
- Asia-Pacific: New York Times - Japan: Nuclear Contamination Cleanup Near Stricken Plant to Start in Spring - Martin Fackler
- Asia-Pacific: Reuters - Table-Japan nuclear plant ops (Shimane No.2 enters turnaround) - Osamu Tsukimori and Risa Maeda
- Asia-Pacific: Reuters - Japan's stricken nuclear operator set for $13 billion bailout - Kentaro Hamada and Linda Sieg
- Asia-Pacific: Reuters - Feature-Japanese town's dependence on nuclear plant hushes criticism - Yoko Kubota
- Asia-Pacific: TIME - Japan Reactor To Undergo Safety Approval - Mari Yamaguchi
- Asia-Pacific: UPI - Fukushima radiation could be ocean risk
- Asia-Pacific: Washington Post - Japan losing hope for its pricey "dream reactor" - Chico Harlan
- Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri - Suspect cattle still untested / Location of nearly 3,000 cows in radiation scare remains unknown
- Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri - TEPCO's capital to be boosted by 1 tril. yen
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - Hibakusha embark on no-nukes sea voyage
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - Freedom of press hurt by nuclear crisis: group - Hiroko Nakata
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Veteran nuclear experts regret Fukushima crisis, but still see need for reactors
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - TEPCO rate hike would drive some steelmakers into red
- Asia-Pacific: Tokyo Times - Japan's 'Nuclear Alley' conflicted over reactors
- Asia-Pacific: Tokyo Times - More Japanese companies to join Fukushima cleanup
- East Asia: Reuters - North Korea's new nuclear plant a safety worry: expert - Jeremy Laurence
- East Asia: Yonhap News - S. Korea to open integrated information center on N. Korea
- South Asia: IBNLive - Kudankulam: Anti-nuclear forum stages protest - Financial Times
- South Asia: Pakistan Nation - Ban Ki-moon's untenable assertion - Mohammad Jamil
- South Asia: Pakistan Observer - Pak made a mistake by not opposing Indo-US N-deal - Akhtar Jamal
- Europe: Greenpeace UK blog - No easy ride for EDF's plans for new nuclear
- Europe: Plymouth Herald - Views sought on N-sub plans
- East Europe: Bloomberg - CEZ May Seek Investor for $10 Billion Temelin Reactor Project - Ladka Bauerova
- Russia: Moscow Times - 29 Fetuses Found at Uranium Site
- Middle East: Antiwar - Avoiding a 'Dumb War' With Iran - Philip Giraldi
- Middle East: BBC News - Nuclear row: Iran President Ahmadinejad offers talks
- Middle East: CounterPunch - Nuclear Iran--Bring on the Sanctions; Send in the Clowns - Robert Fisk
- Middle East: Financial Times - Iran nuclear stance rings alarm bells at Davos - Gideon Rachman
- Middle East: The Guardian - Iran won't build nuclear weapon in 2012, says draft Isis report
- Middle East: Ha'aretz Daily - 'Senior IDF officer told cabinet Israel cannot stop Iran's nuclear program' - SunHerald
- Middle East: New York Times - Ahmadinejad Says Iran Is Ready for Nuclear Talks - J. David Goodman
- Middle East: Reuters - Update 1-Iran may cut oil sales to EU before July - Hashem Kalantari
- Middle East: Reuters Africa - IAEA talks in Tehran to test Iran's nuclear defiance - Fredrik Dahl
- Middle East: Reuters Africa - China says EU ban on Iran oil not "constructive" - Chen Aizhu and Tracy Zheng
- Middle East: Xinhua News - China says sanctions on Iran not constructive
- Middle East: Xinhua News - News analysis: Difficulties mounting, Iran likely to make concessions in near future - Du Yuanjiang, He Guanghai
- Middle East: Xinhua News - Interview: EU sanctions to hurt, but not cripple Iran's economy: Iranian expert
- Middle East: IRNA - IAEA inspectors to visit Iran
- Middle East: Press TV - US general: Iran war 'really destabilizing'
- Middle East: Press TV - 'West losing credibility over sanctions'
- Middle East: Press TV - 'West's sanctions target Iranian nation'
- Middle East: Press TV - Ban stresses diplomacy on Iran N-issue
- Middle East: Press TV - 'Regional states vigilant over Iran oil ban'
- Middle East: Press TV - 'Oil ban ineffective on Iran policies'
- Middle East: Press TV - China: EU Iran sanctions blind pressure
- South Africa: Engineering News - Nuclear to come under the spotlight at February conference - Kelvin Kemm
Updated - Wednesday, January 25, 2012
- Las Vegas Review-Journal blog - President Obama comes to Las Vegas -- shish, boom bah! - Sherman Frederick
- Tri-City Herald - Hanford truck crash spills soil, injures driver
- Summit County Citizens Voice - Battle over nuclear energy looms in Utah
- Messenger Index - photo: Haunting voices of the past
- Forbes - Nuke Us: Meet The Town That Wants America's Worst Nuclear Waste - Christopher Helman
- KOAT Albuquerque - Los Alamos Lab Responds To Lujan's Cancer Claims
- New Mexico Business Weekly - Technically speaking, nuclear engineers make the most in New Mexico
- The Republic - Lujan's fight for sick Los Alamos lab workers becomes personal battle - Kate Nash
- Bismarck Tribune - State to start tracking radioactive oil waste - Lauren Donovan
- Wichita Eagle - Recent Wolf Creek shutdown triggers federal inspection - Rick Plumlee
- cbs4qc - Key lawmaker thinks nuclear bill will be approved
- Knoxville News Sentinel - Frank Munger: Y-12/Pantex HQ could go to Amarillo
- Knoxville News Sentinel - Editorial: TVA takes stand on safety by idling contract workers
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - Was mercury project a success? Y-12 says it may take a year to answer that question
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - Chu leads DOE's post-SOTU road show
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - DOE responds to security allegations, says it will monitor WSI's investigation 'very closely'
- Oak Ridger - 'A Nuclear Family' — New TV series about Y-12 plant begins Thursday
- The Tennessean - TVA nuclear protection can't withstand worst-case flood, feds say - Anne Paine
- WESH Orlando - Construction Begins On Semi-Secret Air Force Project
- Atlanta Journal Constitution - Georgia Power's rates a key part of Southern's fourth-quarter profit - Kristi E. Swartz
- Augusta Chronicle - Energy plan could boost small reactor research at SRS - Rob Pavey
- Columbia Regional Business Report - SCE&G issues debt offering of $250M
- Chatham Star Tribune - Letter: Uranium risks far outweigh benefits - Jesse Andrews
- Chatham Star Tribune - Letter: Wealthy shouldn't delay uranium project - Larry Roach
- Chatham Star Tribune - This week brought good news and bad - Sen. Frank Ruff/State Senate, 15th District
- Chatham Star Tribune - Second week of the 2012 session - Del. Matt Fariss/House of Delegates, 59th District
- Chatham Star Tribune - second week of the General Assembly session - Del. James E. Edmunds II/House of Delegates, 60th District
- Chatham Star Tribune - Letter: 'Killing the goose to feed the gander' - Michael Edwards
- Chatham Star Tribune - Del. Marshall's General Assembly report - Del. Danny Marshall (R) 14th House District
- Chatham Star Tribune - Letter: 'Uranium is economic game-changer - Kenneth O. Shelton
- Asbury Park Press - Report: Water of millions in peril from nuclear plants - Michael Symons
- Milford Daily News - Chesto: Six years later, Pilgrim still awaits license renewal - Jon Chesto
- Patriot Ledger - Activists say Pilgrim is too close to drinking water supplies - Jon Chesto
- Phoenixville.Patch - Exelon: 'Limerick Generating Station Operates Conservatively' - Teresa McMinn
- York Daily Record - Equipment wear questioned at TMI - Sean Adkins
- Barnegat.Patch - Oyster Creek Stands By Closure Plan Following Federal Court Ruling - Elaine Piniat
- OpEdNews - Help Vermonters Combat Federal Overreach - Dan DeWalt
- Yes Vermont Yankee - The Decision and the Next Decisions plus Some Relevant Links
- Vermont Journalism Trust - Sorrell says state's case rested on reliability concerns - Alan Panebaker
- Vermont Public Radio - Shumlin Still Mulling Over Appeal of Vermont Yankee Ruling - John Dillon
- WCAX - Shumlin answers questions on Vt Yankee - Susie Steimle
- WCAX - Not everyone a fan of Vt. Yankee's legal victory - Jennifer Reading
- Windham County Commons - Letter: Why would I choose to spend my birthday getting arrested? - Cate Woolner
- Windham County Commons - Letter: Why support a state that enabled VY in the first place - Hattie Nestel
- Windham County Commons - Local lawmakers say VY case is far from over - Randolph T. Holhut
- Windham County Commons - 'Clocks cleaned' - Olga Peters
- WPTZ The Champlain Valley - Shumlin Defends His Approach to Yankee
- BusinessJournalism - The future of energy: Environmental impact - Colin Tetreault
- Environment News Service - State of the Union: Obama Opens Public Land and Waters to Energy Industry
- The Guardian - State of the Union 2012: Barack Obama's environment agenda in review - Suzanne Goldenberg
- Heritage Foundation - State of the Union 2012: Heritage Reaction Roundup - Mike Brownfield
- National Review - Broken Promises on Energy Independence - Ilario Pantano
- Washington Post - Obama's 2012 State of the Union: Energy, environment - Juliet Eilperin
- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists - Energy.gov: Where information goes to die - Dawn Stover
- Daily Telegraph - US forced to defend Manhattan Project park to Japan - Julian Ryall
- Homeland Security Newswire - Nuclear plant safety questions amid U.S. House primary
- Meri News - Intensive research needed for safer handling of nuclear waste - Vishnu Mohan
- Public Citizen - Citizens Urge President Obama to Sign Executive Order Requiring Government Contractors to Disclose Political Spending
- World Nuclear News - US energy demand to outstrip nuclear growth
- World Nuclear News - USA balances trade and proliferation concerns
- GAO - Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Risk Assessments, DHS Should Establish More Specific Guidance for Their Use, GAO-12-272
- NNSA - M & O Contract Recompete Site
- NRC - NRC to Send Augmented Inspection Team to Wolf Creek Nuclear Generating Station
- NRC - NRC to Discuss Safety and Environmental Review Process for Grand Gulf Nuclear Plant License Renewal Application
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Confirmatory Orders: Accurate NDE & Inspection, LLC; Confirmatory Order Pages 3800-3804 [FR DOC# 2012-1502]
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Meeting: Sunshine Federal Register Notice Pages 3804-3805 [FR DOC# 2012-1600]
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission - PROPOSED RULES Withdrawal of Proposed Rule and Closure of Petition for Rulemaking: Withdrawal of Proposed Rule and Closure of Petition for Rulemaking: Organization of Agreement States and Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Radiation Control Pages 3640-3646 [FR DOC# 2012-1523]
- UN: IAEA - Workshop on Nuclear Infrastructure Development Begins in Vienna
- UN: Xinhua News - UN calls for progress from disarmament body
- Asia-Pacific: Bloomberg - Tepco Rises After Report on State-Fund Injection - Tsuyoshi Inajima
- Asia-Pacific: Bloomberg - Tepco Idles Unit Cutting Japan Nuclear Capacity to 8.1% - Tsuyoshi Inajima
- Asia-Pacific: CNN - Fukushima's exclusion zone a ghost town - Kyung Lah
- Asia-Pacific: Epoch Times - Japan's Nuclear Temp Workers Exposed to Unmeasured Risks - Jack Phillips
- Asia-Pacific: Reuters - Rpt-Update 2-Japan's stricken nuclear operator set for $13 bln bailout - sources - Kentaro Hamada and Linda Sieg
- Asia-Pacific: Reuters - Tokyo Elec to accept Y1 trln public fund injection -sources
- Asia-Pacific: UPI - Japan taking center stage at Fukushima
- Asia-Pacific: Washington Post - After earthquake, Japan can't agree on the future of nuclear power - Chico Harlan
- Asia-Pacific: Washington Post - Nuclear reactors staying idle
- Asia-Pacific: World Nuclear News - Trade figures reveal cost of Japan's nuclear shutdown
- Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri - Japan records 2.5 trillion yen trade deficit
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - Radioactive gravel tied to more prefabs
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - Asian quest for energy security - Michael Richardson
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Nuclear power boosters used climate change to ride to energy supremacy
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Village in Fukushima no-go zone to call for residents to return permanently by March
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Sunflower oil pressed from nuke disaster no-go zone seeds almost radiation-free
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Setagaya decontamination work continues 3 months after radioactive radium found
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - TEPCO to continue halt of new recruitment in spring 2013
- Asia-Pacific: Tokyo Times - More Japanese companies to join Fukushima cleanup
- Asia-Pacific: The Diplomat - Taiwan's Nuclear Future? - Henry Philippens
- East Asia: Yonhap News - N. Korea denounces planned S. Korea-U.S. joint military drills
- South Asia: Bloomberg - Solar Cheaper Than Diesel Making India's Mittal Believer: Energy - Natalie Obiko Pearson
- South Asia: The Diplomat - The Coming U.S.-India Train Wreck - Richard Fontaine
- South Asia: The Hindu - A precarious Indo-Pak nuclear balance - Happymon Jacob
- South Asia: Zee News - 'Anti-KNPP protestors received foreign funds'
- Europe: Holyhead and Anglesey Mail - Hundreds protest against nuclear power station plans - Elgan Hearn
- Europe: News & Star - West Cumbria not committed to underground nuclear repository, meeting told - Caroline Ivison
- Europe: Reuters - Failed deal and spying claims haunt France's Areva - Caroline Jacobs
- East Europe: Belarusian Telegraph Agency - Belarus might take part in creating international nuclear research center
- Russia: Bloomberg - Putin Says U.S. Seeks 'Vassals' Not Allies as Campaign Heats Up - Ilya Arkhipov and Henry Meyer
- Middle East: NYU Local - Rage, Illness, and US Weaponry In Fallujah - Michael Youhana
- Middle East: AFP Google - Iran-China trade soars to top $45 bn: report
- Middle East: BBC News - IMF warns over risk of Iran oil price shock
- Middle East: Bloomberg - Iran Considers Preemptive Ban of Oil Sales to Europe, Mehr Says - Ladane Nasseri
- Middle East: Platts - Iran dismisses 'irrational' EU oil ban, has other markets
- Middle East: Reuters - Iran won't move toward nuclear weapon in 2012: ISIS report - Tabassum Zakaria and Mark Hosenball
- Middle East: Reuters - IMF: halt in Iran oil could push crude up 30 percent - Lesley Wroughton and Timothy Gardner
- Middle East: Reuters - Obama: No options off table on Iran nuclear program - Laura MacInnis
- Middle East: Reuters - Even without Hormuz blockade, Iran has options - Peter Apps
- Middle East: Xinhua News - Russia, Turkey call for resumption of talks on Iran's nuclear program
- Middle East: Xinhua News - News Analysis: Will EU sanctions bring Iran to heel?
- Middle East: Press TV - Frustrated US rambles on Iran: Gary Sick?
- Middle East: Press TV - 'EU sanctions pretext for Iran war' - Interview with Ralph Schoenman
- Middle East: Press TV - 'Obama anti-Iran threats, propaganda'
- Middle East: Press TV - Britain in war and peace with Iran
- Middle East: Press TV - Japan urges diplomacy on Iran N-issue
- Middle East: Press TV - 'KSA oil offset offer breaches OPEC law'
- Middle East: Press TV - Statoil exempted from EU ban on Iran oil
- Middle East: Press TV - 'EU will suffer most from Iran oil ban'
- Middle East: Press TV - Russia urges early renewal of Iran talks
- Middle East: Press TV - 'EU in for severe crisis due to Iran ban'
- Middle East: Press TV - Israel hails EU embargo on Iran's oil
- Middle East: Press TV - 'Israel lies about Iran to escape crimes'
- Middle East: Press TV - UK's Hague questioned over Iran assasination
- Middle East: Press TV - Iran oil ban jeopardizes market: Russia
- Middle East: Press TV - Belarus censures EU sanctions on Iran
- West Africa: Ghana Broadcasting Corporation - Arrest of Atomic Energy officials implicates Ghana
- West Africa: Modern Ghana - Demolition At Kwabenya - Atomic Boss, 36 Others Arrested - Michael Gyasi Ampofo
Updated - Tuesday, January 24, 2012
- New York Times blog - Wanted: Parking Space for Nuclear Waste - Matthew L. Wald
- Longview Daily News - Editorial: Yucca Mountain on the horizon for GOP candidates
- Tri-City Herald - Hanford: Truck hauling waste tips over - Annette Cary
- Tri-City Herald - Study to look at putting natural gas pipeline under Columbia River - Annette Cary
- Tri-City Herald - Board raises issue about corrosion at vit plant - Annette Cary
- Tri-City Herald - Change to state radioactive waste permit system proposed - Annette Cary
- KIVI-TV - Report: Fallout from Fukushima coincides with spike in Boise infant mortality rate - Mac King
- Emmett Messenger-Index - Janet: Will the downwinders finally be heard?
- Grand Junction Sentinel - Water deal big win for nuke plant - Gary Harmon
- Salt Lake Tribune - A mountain of nuclear waste - Linda Pentz Gunter
- Salt Lake Tribune - Nuclear testing fallout victims recognized this week - Judy Fahys
- St. George Daily Spectrum - Downwinders hope Day of Remembrance spurs change - David DeMille
- Blog For Arizona - A layman's rebuttal of Al Melvin's "Nuclear waste recycling is wonderful" argument - David Safier
- White Mountain Independent - Legislators blast decision to close lands to uranium mining
- truthout - Why Spend Billions on an Unnecessary Nuclear Weapons Facility? - Dana Liebelson
- Minot Daily News - Officials to test Minot proppant after oilfield waste found radioactive - Dave Caldwell
- Quad City Times - Utility board analysis gives nuclear power plan opponents more ammunition - James Q. Lynch
- Sioux City Journal - Regulators: Nuclear plan could cost Iowa residents - Mike Glover
- Knoxville News Sentinel - Guard allegedly found asleep at Oak Ridge nuke facility - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - So, how's business at the ORNL hotel? Not so good, actually . . . at least not yet - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - Sieminski to head Energy Info Administration; Jones to oversee toxic substances at EPA - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - Govt's Oak Ridge security contractor probes sleeping guard, other allegations at high-stakes nuclear facility - Frank Munger
- Gainesville Sun - Lee Bidgood, Jr.: Keep Levy County nuclear-free
- Augusta Chronicle - NRC questions failure rate of new Vogtle reactor operators - Rob Pavey
- Montgomery News - Limerick nuke plant's need for $100M may lead to rate hike - Evan Brandt
- Pottstown.Patch - Report To Detail Limerick Nuke Plant's Impact On Drinking Water - Teresa McMinn
- WNEP-TV - Last Chance to Speak Up on PPL Power Line Proposal - Raegan Medgie
- Newburyport Daily News - Letter: NRC has failed to protect public - Nick and Cynthia Costello
- GoLocalProv - New Report Shows Nuclear Power Threatens Thousands of Rhode Islanders
- Brattleboro Reformer - Vt. Law School to hold forum on VY ruling
- Brattleboro Reformer - Nuclear Politics - Meg Mott
- Columbus Free Press - Court to Vermont: "Drop Dead" - Harvey Wasserman
- Huffington Post - States Should Maintain Role in Nuclear Oversight - Madeleine M. Kunin
- MSN Philippines News - US changes tack on nuclear deals: newspaper
- OpEdNews - A Way Around The Federal Nuclear Power Fix - Karl Grossman
- The Republic - Vermont Law School to hold forum on Vermont Yankee ruling
- Valley Advocate - Letters: What Do You Think?
- Valley Advocate - Judge Overturns Vermont Nuke Law - Stephanie Kraft
- Vermont Journalism Trust - Harvey: Murtha decision may backfire on nuclear proponents - George Harvey
- Vermont Public Radio - Kunin: Vt Yankee History - Madeleine M. Kunin
- vt.Buzz - Vermont Yankee reverberations resound - Terri Hallenbeck
- All Things Nuclear - Fission Stories #76: Whodunnit? - Dave Lochbaum
- Bloomberg - Oil Trades Near $100 on Speculation Iran Will Respond to European Embargo - Ben Sharples
- The BLT - Lynch Named Energy Department's Acting General Counsel - Jenna Greene
- CNN - Huge solar storm to shower Earth with radioactive particles
- IEER - What's New at IEER
- Nuclear Engineering - DOE announces funding plan for small modular reactors
- PhysOrg - Chemists find new material to remove radioactive gas from spent nuclear fuel
- Platts - Modeling errors found in GEH reactor design, US NRC OK schedule under threat - Yanmei Xie
- Reuters - Pentagon budget to cut military, cancel programs - David Alexander and Andrea Shalal-Esa
- U.S. PIRG - Nuclear Power Plants Threaten Drinking Water for 49 Million Americans
- DOE - Secretary Chu and Energy Department Officials to Travel Across America to Discuss the Obama Administration's Commitment to Energy Innovation and Manufacturing
- DOE - President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts
- Energy Department - NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Cancellation of the Environmental Impact Statement for the Mountaineer Commercial Scale Carbon Capture and Storage Project, Mason County, WV Pages 3459-3460 [FR DOC# 2012-1351]
- Energy Department - NOTICES Reimbursement for Costs of Remedial Action at Active Uranium and Thorium Processing Sites Pages 3460-3461 [FR DOC# 2012-1352]
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Facility Operating Licenses: Biweekly Notice; Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations Pages 3508-3513 [FR DOC# 2012-1215]
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Meeting: Sunshine Federal Register Notice Pages 3513-3514 [FR DOC# 2012-1526]
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Regulatory Guides: Protection Against Turbine Missiles Page 3514 [FR DOC# 2012-1335]
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Request for Action Against Omaha Public Power District and Nebraska Public Power District Page 3515 [FR DOC# 2012-1370]
- Canada: Montreal Gazette - Feds exploring plans to bury nuclear waste in Ontario - Ian MacLeod
- Canada: Owen Sound Sun Times - Radiation monitor goes off at nuclear plant
- Oceania: The Australian - Labor policy shift on uranium favours Toro - Andrew Burrell
- Asia-Pacific: Financial Times - Japan needs all the help it can get with clean-up - Mure Dickie
- Asia-Pacific: Global Research - Nuclear Radiation Levels from Fukushima Are RISING
- Asia-Pacific: Nuclear Engineering - Kashiwazaki-Kariwa 1&7 stress test results published
- Asia-Pacific: Salem-News - Fukushima Radiation Spreads Worldwide
- Asia-Pacific: UPI - IAEA team arrives in Tokyo
- Asia-Pacific: World Nuclear News - IAEA double-checks Japanese tests
- Asia-Pacific: Denki Shimbun - Utility industry to establish independent nuclear safety organization
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - Fallout from Fukushima No. 1 on rise
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - Tepco down to one operating nuclear reactor
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - Roos says A-bomb park reflective, not celebratory - Tucson Citizen
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - TEPCO to shut down another reactor, to leave only 1 in service
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Japan, Ukraine to launch talks on nuclear cooperation this week
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Electric power industry extended donations to major political parties
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Minutes of past gov't meetings on Fukushima crisis to be created
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Cash-strapped TEPCO asks for extra 500 bil. yen in loans from creditor bank
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - TEPCO to invite other firms to invest in 6 non-nuclear plants
- East Asia: Reuters - Japan task force kept no records of nuclear crisis response - Yoko Kubota and Shinichi Saoshiro
- East Asia: Dong-A Ilbo - `China can enter P`yang in 2 hours in case of contingency`
- South Asia: Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses - How Accurate is the NTI Nuclear Materials Security Index? - Ch. Viyyanna Sastry and Rajiv Nayan
- South Asia: Rediff - India to pay for Iran's oil in gold
- South Asia: Times of India - India becomes 6th nation to join elite nuclear submarine club - Rajat Pandit
- Europe: Farmers Guardian - Support for farmer refusing to sell land for power station - Barry Alston
- Europe: The Guardian - Plans for Sellafield plutonium reactor rejected - Rob Edwards
- Europe: News & Star - Underground nuclear dump would change Lake District forever - claim
- Europe: Reuters UK - UK nuclear watchdog toughens stance on waste reuse - Oleg Vukmanovic
- Europe: STV.tv - £600,000 storm damage cost for Dounreay
- Europe: Western Daily Press - Housing and traffic crisis fears over Hinkley Point nuclear power station proposal
- Europe: Western Daily Press - Fire alert on nuclear sub at Devonport
- North Europe: Barents Observer - Nuclear giant sails Scandinavia - Thomas Nilsen
- North Europe: YLE News - Posiva: No room for Fennovoima waste in nuclear cave - Wif Stenger
- North Europe: World Nuclear News - More approvals for Finnish U plans
- East Europe: Czech Position - CEZ talks up guaranteed nuclear power prices to support Temelín - Chris Johnstone
- Russia: Ria Novosti - Rosatom Managers Sacked, Fined over Corporate Party
- Middle East: BBC News - William Hague: UK doesn't want Iran conflict
- Middle East: BBC News - Iran escalation 'could see UK forces sent to Gulf'
- Middle East: BBC News - Iranian oil ban may result in 'race for the bomb'
- Middle East: Der Spiegel - Iran Embargo 'Elevates Dangers to Global Economy'
- Middle East: Financial Times - Editorial: Nuclear option
- Middle East: FrontPage Magazine - 'Unprecedented' EU Sanctions on Iran a Farce - Rick Moran
- Middle East: The Guardian - Iran will not accept these sanctions - it will respond - Tom Rogan
- Middle East: The Independent - Robert Fisk: We've been here before - and it suits Israel that we never forget 'Nuclear Iran'
- Middle East: OpEdNews - Europe at war with Iran - Pepe Escobar
- Middle East: Ria Novosti - Obama Vows to Stop Iran Nuclear Program by All Means - Saul Loeb
- Middle East: UPI - IAEA calls on Iran to cooperate
- Middle East: Xinhua News - U.S. urges Iran to comply with IAEA team
- Middle East: ABNA - Amano admits: No proof IRI seeks nuclear arms
- Middle East: IRNA - NZ disarmament expert: Western anti-Iran claims are a deception - Bob Rigg
- Middle East: Press TV - 'Saudi Arabia unable to offset Iran oil'
- Middle East: Press TV - EU puts Bank Tejarat on sanctions list
- Middle East: Press TV - 'Iran sanctions reek of EU extremism'
- Middle East: Press TV - 'West seeks ME domination by sanctions' - interview with Stephen Lendman
- Middle East: Press TV - Iran, bias, and the bomb - Mahdi Fadlallah Kassem
- Middle East: Press TV - EU3 ready for 'serious' talks with Iran
- Middle East: Press TV - 'West after hegemony by Iran sanctions'
- Middle East: Press TV - 'Iran sanctions, provocation for war' - Interview with Jeff Gates
- Middle East: Press TV - 'EU ban on Iran oil, political game'
- Middle East: Press TV - 'EU embargo targets ordinary Iranians' - Interview with Mohammad Marandi
- Middle East: Press TV - Mossad kills Iranian scientists: Poll
- Middle East: Press TV - 'EU oil embargo on Iran will backfire' - Interview with Carol Turner
- Middle East: Press TV - 'Sanctions reinforce Iran's resolve'
- Middle East: Tehran Times - China hires at least two supertankers for Iranian oil, data show
Updated - Monday, January 23, 2012
- Las Vegas Review-Journal blog - Illinois senator, Yucca Mountain proponent, suffers stroke - Steve Tetreault
- Las Vegas SUN - Q+A: Marvin E. Quasniki, puppet presidential candidate - Karoun Demirjian
- Idaho Statesman - Sobering report places responsibility for plutonium contamination on Idaho lab managers - Rocky Barker
- Deseret News - Panel: U.S. nuclear waste problem can be managed - Amy Joi O'Donoghue
- Insciences - Sandia chemists find new material to remove radioactive gas from spent nuclear fuel
- Santa Fe New Mexican - Luján's fight for sick LANL workers becomes a personal battle - Kate Nash
- Jamestown Sun - Nuclear plant idea merits study
- Amarillo Globe-News - B&W Pantex got $33.4M from fedsto run plant - Bobby Cervantes
- Chicago Tribune - Regulators: Nuclear plan could cost Iowa residents - Mike Glover
- Kansas City Business Journal - Firms win $80M in contracts to help with NNSA plant move - Brenna Hawley
- Missouri News Horizon - NRC: Waiting on OPPD, Nuke Plant "Has A Lot of Work" Ahead - Joe Jordan
- WTOL - Davis Besse future a topic in Kaptur-Kucinich race - John Seewer
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - Help for sick nuclear workers (and their families) - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - HEU reactor fuel - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - DOE promoting modular nuclear reactors - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - Tennessee Science Bowl set for March 3 - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - Changes at NNSA's Sandia site office - Frank Munger
- Orlando Sentinel - Progress puts nuke surcharge behind it - Kevin Spear
- Palm Beach Post - Questions raised about Florida Progress nuke settlement - Jim Saunders
- Palm Beach Post - Group appeals to Florida Supreme Court in effort to block nuclear plant prepayment fees - BySusan Salisbury
- Power Engineering Magazine - Nuclear cost recovery order challenged in Florida
- Tampa Bay Times - Many unanswered questions in Crystal River nuclear plant settlement - Ivan Penn
- Tampa Bay Times - Settlement deal lets Progress Energy avoid Crystal River accountability - Robert Trigaux
- Tampa Bay Times - Editorial
- Lynchburg News and Advance - Southside split on uranium-mining proposal - Rex Springston
- Virginian Pilot - Necessary delay on uranium decision
- Lacey.Patch - Oyster Creek Stands By Closure Plan Despite Federal Court Ruling - Elaine Piniat
- Wicked Local Plymouth - Report claims local drinking water at risk from nuclear power plants
- Keene Sentinel - The Yankee ruling
- The Neutron Economy - Why the Vermont Yankee case matters - Steve Skutnik
- Vermont Public Radio - Hanna: Vermont Yankee Ruling - Cheryl Hanna
- Vermont Public Radio - Vt. Lawmakers Continue To Weigh Options After Vermont Yankee Decision - Samantha Fields
- World Nuclear News - Small is beautiful for federal funds
- Energy Department - NOTICES Boundary Revisions: Notice of 229 Boundary Revision at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant Page 3255 [FR DOC# 2012-1214]
- Energy Department - NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Acquisition of a Natural Gas Pipeline and Natural Gas Utility Service at the Hanford Site, Richland, WA, and Notice of Floodplains and Wetlands Involvement (DOE/EIS-0467) Pages 3255-3257 [FR DOC# 2012-1139]
- Energy Department - NOTICES Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Disposition of the Bannister Federal Complex, Kansas City, MO, and Notice of Wetlands Involvement Pages 3259-3261 [FR DOC# 2012-1207]
- Energy Department - NOTICES Transfers of Land Tracts: Transfer of Land Tracts Located at Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico Pages 3257-3259 [FR DOC# 2012-1208]
- National Nuclear Security Administration - NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Disposition of the Bannister Federal Complex, Kansas City, MO, and Notice of Wetlands Involvement Pages 3259-3261 [FR DOC# 2012-1207]
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Codes and New and Revised ASME Code Cases: Receipt of Request for Action Page 3288 [FR DOC# 2012-1213]
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission - RULES American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Codes and New and Revised ASME Code Cases: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Codes and New and Revised ASME Code Cases; Corrections Pages 3073-3075 [FR DOC# 2012-1212]
- Canada: Sault Star - Cameco's requests to nuclear commission opposed by Northwatch - Dan Bellerose
- Oceania: ABC - New WA Labor leader stirs up uranium debate
- Oceania: The Australian - Chinese one step closer to uranium buyout
- Asia-Pacific: ABC - Falling radiation permits search for bodies near Fukushima - Mark Willacy
- Asia-Pacific: Bloomberg - IAEA May Open Permanent Office at Japan Nuclear Accident Site - Jacob Adelman
- Asia-Pacific: PEJ News - The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster – One Year - Later
- Asia-Pacific: Platts - Japan's Tepco undecided on spinoff or sale of thermal power business - Takeo Kumagai
- Asia-Pacific: Reuters Africa - Update 1-Japan to double guarantee on loans to Tepco - Nikkei - Ashutosh Pandey
- Asia-Pacific: Reuters - IAEA begins review of Japan's nuclear stress tests - Shinichi Saoshiro
- Asia-Pacific: Reuters - Tokyo Electric to delay maintenance on 1 reactor - Osamu Tsukimori
- Asia-Pacific: Xinhua News - IAEA delegation talk with Japan on nuclear stress tests
- Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri - YIES / Hosono: Contribute to world through decommissioning - Hiromu Namiki
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - Tainted stone tied to 60 buildings so far
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - IAEA team, NISA hold first talks on stress tests
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Radioactive crushed stone used in around 60 Fukushima buildings
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Gov't withheld estimates showing electricity surplus to boost nuclear power: critics
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Nuclear researchers receiving questionable donations from industry, gov't
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - 60 percent opposed to consumption tax hike: Mainichi poll
- Asia-Pacific: MajiroxNews - What was the response to the Fukushima nuclear disaster? We don't know.
- Asia-Pacific: RocketNews24 - University of Tokyo Estimates 70% Chance 7.0 Earthquake To Hit Tokyo Within 4 Years
- East Asia: Bloomberg - South Korea Has 92 Percent of Nuclear Capacity Online - Sangim Han
- South Asia: Daily News & Analysis - Shiv Sena forced to put Jaitapur N-plant protest on hold - Alok Deshpande
- South Asia: Deccan Herald - India gets nuclear submarine from Russia - Kalyan Ray
- South Asia: The Hindu - Centre's expert group to meet State panel, people
- South Asia: Hindustan Times - India joins elite nuclear sub club - Rahul Singh
- South Asia: IBNLive - India drawn to Iran's favourable oil terms: Reddy
- South Asia: Indian Express - Finally, India gets n-sub from Russia - Manu Pubby
- South Asia: Yahoo!7 News - India sails new nuclear submarine home
- Europe: Engineer Live - Lawyers sent complaint to European Commission about subsidies for nuclear power
- Europe: Gloucestershire Gazette - Oldbury Power Station set to shut last reactor next month - Marion Sauvebois
- Europe: NW Evening Mail - West Lakes 'faces being ruined by nuclear dump'
- Europe: Institute of Science in Society - The True Costs of French Nuclear Power - Susie Greaves
- Europe: Reuters Africa - Dutch utility puts off plan for nuclear power plant - Gilbert Kreijger
- Europe: World Nuclear News - Mixed news on Netherlands new build
- Middle East: AFP Google - Tougher EU sanctions on Iran 'important': Israel
- Middle East: AFP Google - Russia says unilateral sanctions on Iran 'do not help'
- Middle East: antiwar.com - Why Iran and North Korea Are Different - John Glaser
- Middle East: BBC News - Ashton: Sanctions should encourage Iran 'to negotiate'
- Middle East: BBC News - What will be the impact of the EU ban on Iranian oil? - Jonathan Marcus
- Middle East: BBC News - Iran 'must come to the table' on nuclear issue
- Middle East: BBC News - Will sanctions on Iran affect the price of oil?
- Middle East: Bloomberg - Qatar Prime Minister Opposes Any Kind of Action Against Iran - Robert Tuttle
- Middle East: Bloomberg - Iran May Shut Hormuz, Will React to Sanctions, Press TV Reports - Emre Peker
- Middle East: Financial Times - Key UN nuclear visit will be test for Iran - James Blitz, Tom Burgis, Joshua Chaffin and Najmeh Bozorgmehr
- Middle East: The Guardian - Iran oil sanctions spark war of words between Tehran and Washington - Ian Traynor in Brussels and Nick Hopkins
- Middle East: New York Times - Iran Urged to Negotiate as Europe Agrees on New Sanctions - Stephen Castle And Alan Cowell
- Middle East: OpEdNews - NPR and PBS Anti-Iranian Propaganda - Stephen Lendman
- Middle East: OpEdNews - A winning Strategy For Iran, and for the World - Scott Baker
- Middle East: Platts - US welcomes EU sanctions on Iran, hopes they lead to nuclear talks - Kate Dourian
- Middle East: Press Association - Hague plea to Iran on nuclear talks
- Middle East: Reuters Africa - Spain says Saudis promise to make up for loss of Iran oil - Julien Toyer and David Brunnstrom
- Middle East: Reuters - U.S. tightens grip on Iran's financial system - Rachelle Younglai
- Middle East: Reuters - Obama says EU sanctions show united front against Iran - Alister Bull
- Middle East: Reuters - France, Germany, Britain urge Iran to talk "seriously" - Yann Le Guernigou and John Irish
- Middle East: Reuters - Russia hopes Iran nuclear talks will resume soon - Alexei Anishchuk
- Middle East: Reuters Africa - Russia alarmed by EU ban on Iranian oil, sanctions
- Middle East: Reuters - Russia hopes Iran nuclear talks will resume soon - Alexei Anishchuk
- Middle East: Reuters - Update 2-EU states agree gradual ban on Iran oil, sanctions on central bank - Justyna Pawlak and David Brunnstrom
- Middle East: Reuters - Factbox: EU sanctions against Iran - Justyna Pawlak
- Middle East: Xinhua News - EU holds talks on Iran oil embargo
- Middle East: Xinhua News - EU to draw sanctions on Iranian central bank, oil exports
- Middle East: Press TV - 'Iran sanctions will fizzle'
- Middle East: Press TV - Hague terms Iran oil embargo legitimate
- Middle East: Press TV - 'Iran sanctions will backfire on West'
- Middle East: Press TV - IAEA: Iran visit to resolve key issues
- Middle East: Press TV - EU imposes sanctions on Iran oil
- Middle East: Press TV - US mounts pressure on Iran using Africa
- Middle East: Press TV - 'Iran war rhetoric is ridiculous'
- North Africa: Egyptian Gazette - Opinion: Nuclear fallout - Ramadan A. Kader
Updated - Sunday, January 22, 2012
- Las Vegas SUN - Keeping poison out of our water - Larry Brown
- Tri-City Herald - New supercomputer crunches data at PNNL - Annette Cary
- Salt Lake City Weekly - One Step Closer to a Nuclear Reactor in Utah - Sarah Kramer
- Arizona Republic - Arizona should begin nuclear recycling - Al Melvin
- Arizona Republic - Uranium-mining ban was a grand decision - Roger Clark
- NBC4i - Senator Brown Roundtable On Piketon Plant and Jobs For Pike County - Nadia Bashir
- Augusta Chronicle - Cost savings proposed for MOX project at Savannah River Site - Rob Pavey
- Aiken Standard - Nuclear Science Week begins Monday - Anna Dolianitis
- Danville Register & Bee - Legislators wrong to seek delay - Michael Notestein, Richard Spence, Kenneth Hicks, Doug Motley, Fred Ingram, Wayne Roach Sr., Junior Inge, Galen Motley
- Danville Register & Bee - Facts put VUI on defensive - Roy Ford
- Daily News Transcript - After six years, operators of the Pilgrim nuclear plant in Plymouth still waiting for license renewal - Jon Chesto
- New London Day - Three Rivers, Millstone offering scholarships
- BurlingtonFreePress - Editorial: Voice of the Free Press: After court loss, let the Public Service Board have its say
- Salem-News - Reactor Reax- Roundup of Nuclear-Related Stories
- Oceania: Radio New Zealand - Concern at continued closure of French Polynesia's nuclear weapons test sites
- Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri - Priority must be given to avoiding energy crisis
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - Off-clock radiation exposure ignored
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - Deliver us from nuclear waste - Franz Pichler
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Gov't not adding up nuclear workers' radiation doses when not at work
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Gov't kept Fukushima crisis worst-case scenario under wraps for months
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - No radioactive threat expected from tsunami debris
- Southeast Asia: Tuoitrenews - Vietnam to spend $96 mln on training nuclear experts
- South Asia: Deccan Chronicle - German helped get funds for nuke stir
- South Asia: Express Tribune - The Bomb: Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan - Pervez Hoodbhoy
- Europe: Herald Scotland - New safety fears for Ayrshire nuclear power station
- Europe: Herald Scotland - Why is the sea glowing green at Hunterston? - Rob Edwards
- Middle East: BBC News - EU Iran sanctions: Nations poised to ban Iran oil imports
- Middle East: BBC News - EU prepares to ban imports of Iranian oil - Russell Padmore
- Middle East: Bloomberg - European Union Likely to Agree on Iranian Oil Ban - Gregory Viscusi and Ewa Krukowska
- Middle East: Bloomberg - Iran Says Negotiations, Not Sanctions, Key to Resolving Nuclear Standoff - Ladane Nasseri
- Middle East: Bloomberg - Iraq Oil Minister in Tehran Says OPEC Must Avoid Politics - Ladane Nasseri
- Middle East: Reuters - EU readies ban on Iran oil imports, central bank sanctions - Justyna Pawlak
- Middle East: Reuters Africa - Analysis-Iran's softer Gulf words don't mean nuclear shift - Robin Pomeroy
- Middle East: Xinhua News - Iran dismisses Sarkozy's remarks on Iranian nuclear program
- Middle East: IRNA - No justification of sanctions against Iran: MP
- Middle East: Press TV - Greece wants 'eased' ban on Iran oil
- Middle East: Press TV - 'Stop madness on Iran nuclear program'
- Middle East: Press TV - IAEA chief pledges cooperation with Iran
- Middle East: Press TV - Iran pres. dismisses US-led sanctions
- Middle East: Tehran Times - Mehmanparast dismisses Sarkozy's remarks on Iran's nuclear program?
- North Africa: Egypt Independent - Military discusses raid on nuclear plant construction site - Hesham Omar Abdel Halim
Updated - Saturday, January 21, 2012
Updated - Friday, January 20, 2012
- Pahrump Valley Times - Deadline looms on dust control agreement with EPA - Mark Waite
- CounterPunch - The Radioactive Waste Crisis - Linda Pentz Gunter
- San Luis Obispo Tribune - PG&E chairman announces company will spent millions on improvements - David Sneed
- Boise Weekly - Iconic Anti-Nuclear Activist Visits Boise - George Prentice
- Deseret News - State officials grant use of water for nuclear plant in Green River - Amy Joi O'Donoghue
- Salt Lake Tribune - Utah gives green light to nuclear power plant - Judy Fahys
- CBS News - Water rights approved for proposed Utah nuke plant - Josh Loftin
- The Examiner - Utah opens door to nuclear plant - Alison Peek
- Platts - Planned Utah nuclear project receives water rights from state
- Williston Daily Herald - CCS says radioactive material taken to Colorado - Jacob Brooks
- Williston Daily Herald - No option for haulers on rejected radioactive substances: Health concerns unaddressed - Dustin Ingram
- Omaha World-Herald - Neighbors question Ft. Calhoun's safety - Nancy Gaarder
- Amarillo Globe-News - Some Pantex workers now eligible for compensation - Bobby Cervantes
- Missouri News Horizon - Restart of Troubled Nuke Plant Appears Later than Sooner - Joe Jordan
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - NNSA taps Erhart as federal manager for Y-12/Pantex - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - This is not how to report a fire at a nuclear weapons plant - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - UCOR's lineup of staff-aug subcontractors - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - Y-12 outsources uranium work to Lynchburg - Frank Munger
- Bloomberg - Progress to Record $288 Million in Costs for Florida Accord - Jim Polson
- Tampa Bay Times - Progress Energy reaches settlement in broken nuclear plant case - Ivan Penn
- Charlotte Observer - Backers, critics of Duke's Lee nuclear plant clash at hearing - Bruce Henderson
- Danville Register & Bee - Letter: Hypocritical stance on mining - Larry Roach
- Lynchburg News and Advance - Gov. to Va. legislators: Keep uranium moratorium in place
- Richmond Times Dispatch - Governor seeks more study on uranium mining - Rex Springston
- Roanoke Times - Governor wants to keep ban on mining uranium, for now - Michael Sluss
- World Nuclear News - Virginia Governor delays moratorium decision
- Philadelphia Inquirer - U.S. cedes the lead on nuclear energy - Reese Palley
- Lower Hudson Journal - Indian Point 2 reactor goes back online; pump seal that caused shutdown will be tested - Timothy O'Connor
- Boston Globe - Vt. lawmakers mull strategy after nuke defeat
- Brattleboro Reformer - Entergy asks that utility suit be moved to federal court - Bob Audette
- BurlingtonFreePress - Vermont officials weigh next move in Vermont Yankee case - Terri Hallenbeck
- BurlingtonFreePress - Timeline of events at Vermont Yankee nuclear plant
- New York Times blog - First Round: Entergy 1, Vermont 0 - Matthew L. Wald
- Rutland Herald - Entergy wins case against state of Vermont - Susan Smallheer
- Vermont Journalism Trust - Judge's decision in Vermont Yankee case raises questions about the efficacy of an appeal - Alan Panebaker
- Vermont Journalism Trust - Judge rules against state, says Entergy can continue to operate Vermont Yankee - Anne Galloway
- Vermont Public Radio - Despite Entergy's Court Win, Yankee Still Needs State Permit - John Dillon
- Windham County Commons - Vermont gets 'clocks cleaned' in 'bad loss' - Olga Peters
- WCAX - Does Vt have grounds for appeal in Yankee ruling? - Jennifer Reading
- WCAX - Vt Yankee ruling won't impact GMP - Keith McGilvery
- WCAX - What's next in Vt Yankee saga? - Susie Steimle
- WCAX - Local residents weigh in on Vt Yankee ruling - Gina Bullard
- WCAX - Lawmakers, VPIRG react to Vermont Yankee Ruling - Keith McGilvery
- WPTZ The Champlain Valley - Vermont Yankee Allowed To Stay Open -- For At Least 20 More Years - Lauren Victory
- World Nuclear News - Vermont Yankee wins right to keep generating
- Bloomberg - Editorial: Help Next-Generation Nuclear Advance During Building Lull
- Platts - US DOE launches major funding program for small nuclear reactors - Yanmei Xie
- DOE - Regional Competitions Begin for the 22nd Annual National Science Bowl
- DOE - Energy Department Takes First Step to Spur U.S. Manufacturing of Small Modular Nuclear Reactors
- DOE - After 15 Years, A New Top Earning Patent At Ames Lab
- DOE - Utility to Purchase Low-Carbon Power from Innovative Clean Coal Plant
- DOE - Green Button: Providing Consumers with Access to Their Energy Data
- NAS - Project Update: Review of the Department of Labor's Site Exposure Matrix (SEM) Database
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Knowledge and Abilities Catalog for Nuclear Power Plant Operators: Knowledge and Abilities Catalog for Nuclear Power Plant Operators: Advanced Boiling Water Reactors Pages 3009-3010 [FR DOC# 2012-1063]
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Order Prohibiting Involvement in NRC-Licensed Activities: In the Matter of Mr. Francis Guilbeau; Order Prohibiting Involvement in NRC-Licensed Activities Pages 3010-3013 [FR DOC# 2012-1060]
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission - PROPOSED RULES Meetings: Notice of Public Meeting and Request for Comment on the Branch Technical Position on the Import of Non-U.S. Origin Radioactive Sources Pages 2924-2926 [FR DOC# 2012-1209]
- Canada: Wawatay News - Battle lines drawn on nuclear waste storage
- Asia-Pacific: BBC News - New video of Fukushima nuclear reactor interior
- Asia-Pacific: Reuters UK - Update 1-TEPCO to be nationalized for 10 years - Kyodo - Ashutosh Pandey
- Asia-Pacific: UPI - Contaminated water in Japan reactor pits
- Asia-Pacific: UPI - Radiation intake by Fukushima families up
- Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri - Water falling like rain inside N-reactor
- Asia-Pacific: Denki Shimbun - Nuclear accident causes a 17% hike on electricity rate
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - Editorial: Bolstering Japan-India ties
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - Japan asks Washington to grant waiver on latest Iran oil sanctions
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - 3/11 memorial to be held in Tokyo
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - Kansai Electric facing heavy loss
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - Tepco may be run by outside directors
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Panel's report on 'black rain' contradicts court rulings and angers survivors
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - TEPCO urged to compensate for tainted building material in Fukushima
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - TEPCO left backup power for nuclear data equipment detached for 4 months
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Radioactive gravel also used in construction of private house in Fukushima
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - High levels of cesium found in ash in wood stoves of homes in Fukushima
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Editorial: Gov't nuclear power plant tests mired in doubt
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - TEPCO captures images inside crippled Fukushima reactor for 1st time
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Japan to seek data from Ukraine on effects of Chernobyl accident
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Stronger oversight of TEPCO mulled with outside directors
- East Asia: Yonhap News - S. Korea calls for dialogue with N. Korea amid lingering tensions
- East Asia: Yonhap News - S. Korean nuclear envoy returns home after tripartite talks with U.S., Japan
- Southeast Asia: Xinhua News - Cambodia asks 5 states to sign SE Asian nuclear free zone by 2012
- Europe: BBC News - UK 'subsidising nuclear power unlawfully' - Richard Black
- Europe: News & Star - Call for referendum on Cumbrian nuclear dump site - Andrew Clarke
- Europe: Herald Scotland - Dounreay nuclear material 'must be sent to Cumbria'
- Europe: NW Evening Mail - Nuclear dump 'may be forced on area'
- Europe: Scotland Courier - Nuclear Decommissioning Authority reveals plan to move Dounreay material through heart of Scotland - Alan Richardson
- Europe: Financial Times - Areva confirms private investigator was hired - James Boxell
- Europe: Nuclear Engineering - TWI wins Andra closure tender
- Europe: Platts - Spain starts process to reverse Garona nuclear plant closure order - Luca Baratti
- North Europe: The Local Sweden - Swedish nuclear safety needs improving: report
- East Europe: Voice of Russia - MIR + Temelin - Oleg Nekhai
- Russia: Pravda - Thousands of tons of nuclear wastes to travel across Russia - Natalia Sinitsa
- Russia: Ria Novosti - Russia's Bulava Carrying Sub to Enter Service by June
- Middle East: AFP Google - Iran must show 'sincerity' for nuclear talks: US
- Middle East: BBC News - Israel's fears of a nuclear Iran - James Reynolds
- Middle East: BBC News - Viewpoint: China's Iran Dilemma - Minxin Pei
- Middle East: Bloomberg - Germany's Westerwelle Urges Iran to Begin 'Serious Dialogue' - Nicole Gaouette and Viola Gienger
- Middle East: Bloomberg - U.S., Europe Trying to Provoke Armed Conflict, Iran Envoy Says - Henry Meyer
- Middle East: France 24 - Britain revokes licence of Iran's Press TV
- Middle East: The Guardian - An Iran war is brewing from mutual ignorance and chronic miscalculation - Simon Tisdall
- Middle East: Hurriyet Daily News - US and Russia: How best to resolve Iran's nuclear puzzle? - Elkhan Nuriyev
- Middle East: The Independent - EU's toughest sanctions yet put Iran on final warning over nuclear programme - Kim Sengupta
- Middle East: New York Times - U.S. General Visits Israel for Discussions on Iran - Ethan Bronner
- Middle East: Reuters - U.S. carrier to test limits of Iranian rhetoric - Phil Stewart
- Middle East: Reuters - Update 2-Britain pulls plug on Iran's Press TV - Keith Weir
- Middle East: Reuters - EU states to assure Greece on Iran oil ban - Sebastian Moffett and Justyna Pawlak
- Middle East: Reuters - Major powers open to serious talks with Iran - Arshad Mohammed and Ramin Mostafavi
- Middle East: Reuters - IAEA rejects Iran accusation over scientist's killing - Fredrik Dahl
- Middle East: Reuters - EU's Ashton to reiterate possibility of Iran talks - Arshad Mohammed
- Middle East: Reuters - Time running out for Iran diplomacy: Sarkozy - John Irish and Daniel Flynn
- Middle East: Washington Post - U.S. military chief in Israel for talks on Iran - Joel Greenberg
- Middle East: Xinhua News - Mixed reactions to new sanctions on Iran - Yamei Wang
- Middle East: Xinhua News - Russia refunds Iran over canceled missile sale
- Middle East: Xinhua News - Turkey seeks stronger ties with Iran despite Western sanctions
- Middle East: Xinhua News - Turkey, Iran calls on quick resumption of Iranian nuclear talks
- Middle East: IRNA - All options on table if IR Iran under serious threat: Khazaei
- Middle East: IRNA - Iran pursues path of dialogue with P 5+1: Diplomat
- Middle East: Press TV - 'US psywar against Iran will backfire'
- Middle East: Press TV - EU still divided on Iran oil sanctions
- Middle East: Press TV - 'Killing Iran experts, act of desperation'
- Middle East: Press TV - 'UN bodies leak info on Iran N experts'
- Middle East: Press TV - 'IAEA leaks Iran secret data to US'
- Middle East: Press TV - Iran raps West's dialog-pressure bids
- Middle East: Tehran Times - Tehran-5+1 dialogue should start if West has sincere intention: Salehi
- Middle East: Tehran Times - 'Iran must reconsider IAEA cooperation if info continues to be leaked'
- Middle East: Tehran Times - Iranian MPs to write to UN over nuclear assassinations
- North Africa: Egyptian Gazette - It's time to go nuclear - Amina Abdul Salam
- North Africa: Egypt Independent - Egypt probes reports of stolen radioactive material
Updated - Thursday, January 19, 2012
- Sacramento News & Review - Nuclear-power shake-up - Darwin BondGraham
- Tri-City Herald - Hanford to remain budget steady; PNNL's might dip - Annette Cary
- Tri-City Herald - Fluor Hanford purchaser to pay $14,700 - Annette Cary
- Hanford News - USA Today recaps vit plant controversy
- Idaho Statesman - Idaho's Snake River Alliance to mark anniversary of nuclear bomb tests with vigil next week - Dan Popkey
- KIVI-TV - Final accident report released for November contamination incident at INL - Jaclyn Brandt
- Nuclear Engineering - November accident at INL was 'preventable,' report concludes
- Reuters - Federal panel faults Idaho lab for radiation exposure mishap - Laura Zuckerman
- Salt Lake City Weekly blog - Speak up about blended nuclear waste in Utah - Eric Peterson
- Indian Country Today - Cancer-Riddled Wind River Reservation Fights EPA Over Uranium Contamination - Tristan Ahtone
- Grand Rapids Press - Editorial: Federal government should fund MSU nuclear facility
- Toledo Blade - Safety of Davis-Besse comes down to a question of faith - Tom Henry
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - Electrical problem shuts down ORNL reactor; restart postponed until March 26 - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - Stabilizing 60-yr-old nuke landfill - Frank Munger
- Aiken Standard - Newt Gingrich makes stop in Warrenville - Rob Novit
- Charlotte Observer - Worries, support for new nuclear plant - Bruce Henderson
- Danville Register & Bee - Lawmakers support McDonnell's uranium plan - Tara Bozick
- Richmond Times Dispatch - Two groups of Southside leaders say go slow on uranium-mine proposal - Rex Springston
- Roanoke Times - Lawmakers press for uranium regulations - Michael Sluss
- Virginian Pilot - Gov. McDonnell: Keep uranium ban this year - Julian Walker
- Norristown Times Herald - Limerick nuke plant's need for $100M may lead to rate hike - Evan Brandt
- Daily Peekskill - Indian Point's Leaky Coolant Pump Being Repaired - Jessica Glenza
- Lower Hudson Journal - Letter: Seeing a safe future for Indian Point - Dion Sunderland
- Lower Hudson Journal - Letter: Want to feel secure? Visit Indian Point - Richard Eimert
- Lower Hudson Journal - Letter: Tapping the Hudson a ridiculous idea - Carol Markiet
- OpEdNews - Strategies Against Indian Point - Remy Chevalier
- Windham County Commons - Federal judge rules for Entergy on all counts
- AP Google - Federal judge: Vt. nuclear plant can remain open - Dave Gram
- BurlingtonFreePress - Federal judge: State can't shut down Vermont Yankee in March - Adam Silverman
- NEI Nuclear Notes - Aftermath of Frontline's “Nuclear Aftershocks”
- New York Times - A Judge Rules Vermont Can't Shut Nuclear Plant - Matthew L. Wald
- Platts - Virginia governor asks legislature to keep uranium mining ban in place in 2012 - Yanmei Xie
- Vermont Public Radio - Judge Says Federal Law Pre-empts State's Effort To Close Yankee
- PR Newswire - Statement From Entergy on Vermont Yankee Ruling
- Homeland Security Today - DoE Seeks to Amend Atomic Energy Act to Reclassify Certain Data - Anthony Kimery
- PR Web - 2 Million Nuclear Regulatory Documents Acquired by Certrec
- Energy Department - NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Hanford Pages 2713-2714 [FR DOC# 2012-946]
- Energy Department - NOTICES Meetings:Page 2714 [FR DOC# 2012-951] Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Oak Ridge Reservation Page 2714 [FR DOC# 2012-948]
- Energy Department - NOTICES Meetings:Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technical Advisory Committee (HTAC) Page 2714 [FR DOC# 2012-951]
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Facility Operating Licenses: Facility Operating License Amendment from Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC., Catawba Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2 Pages 2766-2771 [FR DOC# 2012-945]
- Canada: Nuclear Engineering - The Canadian plan
- Oceania: Environment News Service - French Senate OKs Return of Nuclear Test Atolls to French Polynesia
- Oceania: Radio New Zealand - Tahiti veterans expect Paris to stop Moruroa restitution
- Asia-Pacific: Asia Times - Nuclear drive defies cloud - Suvendrini Kakuchi
- Asia-Pacific: Bloomberg - Tepco Loans Hinge on Repayment Ability, Bank Lobby Says - Shigeru Sato
- Asia-Pacific: CBS News - First images from Japanese reactor show radiation
- Asia-Pacific: Huffington Post - Fukushima Nuclear Reactor Images Show Radiation, Rusty Metal Inside Reactor - Mari Yamaguchi
- Asia-Pacific: Reuters - Update 1-Japan's push to restart nuclear plants sparks public anger - Shinichi Saoshiro and Risa Maeda
- Asia-Pacific: Reuters - Japan's Chugoku Elec to shut nuclear reactor Jan. 27 - Osamu Tsukimori
- Asia-Pacific: Reuters - Olympus endoscope scrutinizes leaking nuclear reactor - Kaori Kaneko
- Asia-Pacific: Reuters Africa - Update 1-Govt denies agreeing Tepco hike in household fees - Taiga Uranaka
- Asia-Pacific: World Nuclear News - First images from within Fukushima containment
- Asia-Pacific: Xinhua News - TEPCO pays 330 mln USD as 1st compensation to Fukushima victims
- Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri - Restarting nuclear reactors should not be delayed
- Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri - NISA endorses Oi stress tests / Draft report says Nos. 3, 4 reactors 'ready' for major quake
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - Camera peeks inside reactor - Kazuaki Nagata
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - Scientists say they can find melted reactor fuel - Minoru Matsutani
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - Dairy firms to do own fallout checks
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Most households living in high-radiation apartment building want to move
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Reactivation of nuclear reactors depends on political decision
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Nuke safety agency under fire for hasty approval of reactor reactivation
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - TEPCO uses endoscope to look inside crippled Fukushima reactor
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Panel concludes hard to expand A-bomb 'black rain' area due to lack of data
- Asia-Pacific: Tokyo Times - Battle for control of Asia's seas goes underwater
- Asia: World Nuclear News - Second AP1000 reactor vessel installed
- East Asia: Xinhua News - Top diplomats of S. Korea, Japan and U.S. to hold talks over DPRK issues
- East Asia: Xinhua News - TEPCO pays 330 mln USD as 1st compensation to Fukushima victims
- East Asia: Yonhap News - Foreign ministers of S. Korea, U.S., Japan to hold talks on N. Korea
- East Asia: Yonhap News - Israeli expert urges S. Korea to reduce imports of Iranian oil
- South Asia: IBNLive - Centre goes after NGOs to put down K-movement
- Europe: Utility Week - Opponents submit complaint over UK 'nuclear subsidies' to EU
- Europe: BBC News - Concern over nuclear rail plan
- Europe: BBC News - Concern over plan to move nuclear fuel from Dounreay to Sellafield
- Europe: BBC News - Councillors hear Dounreay-Sellafield nuclear rail plan
- Europe: Belfast Telegraph - State-sponsored killing is not warfare, it is murder - Adrian Hamilton
- Europe: East Lothian Courier - Nuclear watchdog's Torness questions - Bryan Copland
- Europe: The Guardian - Anti-nuclear campaigners plan legal challenge to new British power stations - Terry Macalister
- Europe: Highland News - Secrecy over nuclear waste trains through Highlands
- Europe: Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph - Nuclear waste site fight will continue
- Europe: NW Evening Mail - People have their say on underground Cumbria nuclear dump
- Europe: Nuclear Engineering - Nuclear as the last resort – why and how? - Steve Kidd
- Europe: STV.tv - Plans outlined for rail transport of nuclear fuel - Leanna MacLarty
- Europe: Times & Star - Nuclear Debate: Radiation Free Lakeland - Marianne Birkby
- Europe: Whitehaven News - Your chance to have say on nuclear waste - Alan Irving
- Europe: Whitehaven News - Letters: West Cumbria must not be taken for granted by the Government
- Europe: Financial Times - 'Atomic Anne' leaves Areva under a cloud - Tony Barber
- Europe: Washington Post - In France, vintners erase a notorious past - Edward Cody
- Europe: Reuters - Pressure mounts on German government over energy shift - Vera Eckert and Christoph Steitz
- Europe: Fox Business - Spain May Extend Garona Nuclear Plant's Life Until 2019
- Europe: Kuwait News Agency - Disarmament conf. due to hold first 2012 public plenary
- North Europe: Stockholm News - Nuclear plants to get better protection
- East Europe: Czech Position - Czech gov't Temelín point man: build new nuclear plants on old army sites
- East Europe: News.Az - 'Armenia must ensure the security of Metsamor nuclear power plant'
- East Europe: Waste Management World - Bulgaria: Getting the Deal Through - Environment 2012 - PART 1 - Vessela Mirkova and Elena Rangelova
- Russia: Moscow Times - Lavrov Warns U.S. on Missile Deal - Nikolaus von Twickel
- Middle East: Asia Times - US meets resistance to Iranian sanctions - Ardeshir Ommani
- Middle East: Bloomberg - Iranian Central Bank Said to Face Asset Freeze by 27-Nation European Union - Ewa Krukowska and Jonathan Stearns
- Middle East: Bloomberg - Iran Asks EU to Determine Time and Place for Nuclear Talks - Emre Peker and Ladane Nasseri
- Middle East: Bloomberg - Iran's UN Envoy Says Closing Strait of Hormuz Is an Option If Threatened - Peter Hirschberg
- Middle East: Bloomberg - IAEA's Amano Urges Iran to Open Nuclear Facilities, FTD Says - Tony Czuczka
- Middle East: Business Week - Barak Says U.S. Chief Not Coming to Press Israel on Iran Strike - Calev Ben-David
- Middle East: The Economist - Beleaguered but still unbowed
- Middle East: Huffington Post - On Iran, U.S. Needs More Clarity - Alan Elsner
- Middle East: Reuters - Iran says scientist's killer may have used U.N. info - Soren Larson and Patrick Worsnip
- Middle East: Reuters - EU states still divided over details of Iran oil embargo - Justyna Pawlak and Julien Toyer
- Middle East: Reuters - Wrapup 6-Iran warns region against 'dangerous' stance on Hormuz - Tulay Karadeniz
- Middle East: Reuters - IAEA to press Iran over nuclear concerns - Dana Schaefer and Marc Jones
- Middle East: Reuters - Update 2-China's Wen defends Iran oil, warns on nuclear aims - Chris Buckley
- Middle East: Reuters - All sides willing to resume Iran nuclear talks-Turkey - Ece Toksabay
- Middle East: Reuters - Iran warns region against "dangerous" stance on Hormuz - Ibon Villelabeitia
- Middle East: Reuters - Update 2-Japan likely to cut Iran imports in 3 mths, industry head - Osamu Tsukimori and Stanley White
- Middle East: Sky News Australia - Rudd warns China to stop buying Iran oil
- Middle East: Yahoo!7 News - Australia urges China to stop buying Iran oil: minister
- Middle East: UPI - U.S. open to diplomacy with Iran
- Middle East: Xinhua News - Turkey, Iran calls on quick resumption of Iranian nuclear talks
- Middle East: Xinhua News - Iran promises to study Russia's proposals over nuclear issue
- Middle East: Xinhua News - Japan seeks exception on Iran sanctions
- Middle East: Xinhua News - China expresses concern over rising tensions in Gulf region
- Middle East: Xinhua News - US: No special preparations to deal with Iran
- Middle East: Xinhua News - Russia warns against EU proposal of oil embargo on Iran
- Middle East: Xinhua News - Turkey offers to host Iran nuclear talks
- Middle East: Press TV - US army chief in Israel for Iran talks
- Middle East: Press TV - 'Iran seeks peace but confronts threats'
- Middle East: Press TV - Leader visits slain scientists' families
- Middle East: Press TV - China defends oil trade with Iran
- Middle East: Press TV - 'UN must stop being West handmaiden'
- Middle East: Press TV - Russia slams push for war against Iran
- Middle East: Press TV - Turkey best venue for P5+1 talks: Iran
- Middle East: Press TV - Turkey insists on Iran-IAEA talks
- Middle East: Press TV - China rejects N accusations against Iran
- Middle East: Press TV - 'Iran, Russia in consensus on intl. issues'
- North Africa: Bikya Masr - Radioactive material stolen from nuclear power plant in Egypt
- North Africa: Bloomberg - Radioactive Material Stolen From Plant Site in Egypt, Ahram Says - Mariam Fam
- North Africa: Egypt Independent - Protests at nuclear power station construction site escalate
- North Africa: Reuters Africa - Update 1-Radioactive material said stolen from Egyptian plant - Fredrik Dahl
- South Africa: AllAfrica - Kenya: Stop Knocking Nuclear Energy, It Might Turn Out to Be the Country's Salvation - Basett Buyukah
- South Africa: Botswana Sunday Standard - Pilikwe radiation facility goes ahead despite public disapproval - Reuben Pitse
Updated - Wednesday, January 18, 2012
- Legal Documents
- State of Nevada - Preliminary Brief of Intervenor, The State of Nevada (pdf-1.01M)
- News
- Pahrump Valley Times - DOE set to cut county $3.8M check - Mark Waite
- Post and Courier - Q&A with Mitt Romney
- Tri-City Herald - DOE official looking at expanding research of small nuclear reactors - Annette Cary
- USA Today - Problems plague cleanup at Hanford nuclear waste site - Peter Eisler
- USA Today - Cleaning up a radioactive mess - H. Darr Beiser
- Idaho Statesman - Anti-nuclear activist Macy comes to Boise - Rocky Barker
- PR Newswire - International Isotopes Inc. Depleted Uranium Project Nuclear Regulatory Commission Licensing Remains on Course
- Reuters - Federal panel faults Idaho lab for radiation exposure mishap - Laura Zuckerman
- UPI - Problems cited at nuclear cleanup site
- Salt Lake Tribune - Blended waste decision now up for public comment - Judy Fahys
- Westword blog - Rocky Flats, which once manufactured plutonium triggers, still produces secrets - Patricia Calhoun
- KCAU - Utility says Neb. nuke plant on tract for restart
- Lincoln Journal Star - Fort Calhoun shows off recovery efforts since Missouri River flood waters recede - Algis J. Laukaitis
- Omaha World-Herald - 'Substantial progress' at Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station - Nancy Gaarder
- Detroit Free Press - Editorial: On Lake Michigan's shore, no room for lax nuclear safety
- The Chattanoogan - TVA Has Temporary Work Stoppage At Watts Bar After Safety Concern
- Knoxville News Sentinel - Frank Munger: Pay freeze doesn't halt raises at Y-12
- Knoxville News Sentinel - ORNL squeezes benefits to cut costs - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel - State says 'no validity' to allegations against nuke firm - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - Change: Mason talks about lab benefits - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - Incinerator stands silent - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - ORNL revamps benefits program; employees will pay more, get less in some cases - Frank Munger
- News Courier - NRC hosts Browns Ferry meeting
- Post Newsweek - FPL: Nuclear facility upgrade to create jobs
- Tampa Bay Times - Progress Energy's rate increase to pay for nuclear plant comes under scrutiny - Ivan Penn
- Augusta Chronicle - Drug screens bar 80 workers from Vogtle site - Rob Pavey
- Rome News Tribune - Residents urged to be part of radon, uranium study - S. Heather Duncan
- Williston Daily Herald - Where is the radioactive waste going?
- Bloomberg - NRC Vote for New Southern Reactors 'Imminent,' Fertel Says - Brian Wingfield
- Chatham Star Tribune - Letter: Proof positive needed on uranium mining - Hunter Austin
- Chatham Star Tribune - Letter: Time to move forward on uranium - Michael Notestein, Richard Spence, Kenneth Hicks, Doug Motley, Fred Ingram, Wayne Roach Sr., Junior Inge, Galen Motley
- Chatham Star Tribune - Letter: Burden of proof on uranium mine - Gerald Grubbs
- Chatham Star Tribune - Letter: Uranium lobbyists need to back off - Phillip Lovelace
- Free Lance-Star blog - More study sought on uranium mining - Chelyen Davis
- Richmond Times Dispatch - PRO: Moratorium on uranium mining should be lifted - Robert J. Bodnar
- Richmond Times Dispatch - CON: Leave the ban on uranium mining in place - Cale Jaffe
- Richmond Times Dispatch - Two Southside groups urge legislature to keep uranium mining ban - Rex Springston
- Roanoke Times - Legislature may not act on uranium issue during this year's session - Michael Sluss
- Virginian Pilot - Advocates ask McDonnell for more study of uranium mining - Julian Walker
- WSLS - Virginia Beach to release second uranium report - Tara Bozick
- WSLS - Update: Groups want uranium mining ban to stay
- Southern Maryland News - NRC investigates Calvert Cliffs - Meghan Russell
- Pottstown Mercury - Limerick nuke plant's need for $100 Mil may lead to rate hike - Evan Brandt
- Asbury Park Press - Runyan: Find new use for nuclear plant - Jon Runyan
- Asbury Park Press - Solutions needed today for safer nuclear power
- Anderson Independent Mail - Nuclear regulators applaud safety upgrades at Oconee plant - Anna Mitchell
- Palladium Times - Barclay refutes safety claims concerning Indian Point - Aaron Curtis
- Brattleboro Reformer - Vernon rep talks about nuclear bill - Chris Garofolo
- Environment News Service - Obama Rejects TransCanada's Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline
- Green Power & Wellness Radio - Have 14,000 Americans already died from Fukushima's radioactive fallout? - Harvey Wasserman
- HNN Huntingtonnews - OpEd: French Scientists: Childhood Leukemia Spikes Near Nuclear Reactors - John LaForge
- POGO blog - Eight Reasons to Scrap CMRR-NF, the Energy Department's Billion-Dollar Nuclear Facility - Dana Liebelson
- DOE - Deputy Secretary Poneman Statement on Second Meeting of the U.S. – South Africa Bilateral Energy Dialogue?
- DOE:IG - Audit Report: Recovery Act Funded Projects at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, OAS-RA-L-12-02
- NAS - Project Update: - Analysis Of Cancer Risks in Populations Near Nuclear Facilities: Phase 1
- NAS - Project Update: - Improving the Assessment of Proliferation Risk of Nuclear Fuel Cycles
- NAS - Project Update: - Review of the Department of Labor's Site Exposure Matrix (SEM) Database
- NRC - NRC Names New Resident Inspector at Cooper Nuclear Station
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS); Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Regulatory Policies and Practices; Notice of Meeting Pages 2571-2572 [FR DOC# 2012-807]
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Meetings:Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Planning and Procedures; Notice of Meeting Page 2572 [FR DOC# 2012-810]
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Meetings:Sunshine Federal Register Notice Page 2572 [FR DOC# 2012-943]
- UN: IAEA - Women: A Driving Force In Nuclear Power Programmes
- Asia-Pacific: Bloomberg - Tepco Cut Backup Power at Fukushima Before Crisis, Sankei Says - Chisaki Watanabe
- Asia-Pacific: Bloomberg - Iran Wants Nuclear Talks in Turkey, Foreign Minister Salehi Says - Emre Peker
- Asia-Pacific: Bloomberg - U.S. Envoy Einhorn Says Japan Agrees on Need to Increase Pressure on Iran - Sachiko Sakamaki and Andy Sharp
- Asia-Pacific: Bloomberg - India Still Buying Oil From Iran Amid U.S. Sanctions It Opposes - Abhijit Roy Chowdhury and Rakteem Katakey
- Asia-Pacific: Bloomberg - IAEA Team to Visit Iran for Talks on Nuclear Program, Mehr Says - Ladane Nasseri
- Asia-Pacific: Inter Press Service - Pushing Nuclear Exports After Fukushima - Suvendrini Kakuchi
- Asia-Pacific: PEJ News - After Fukushima, fish tales - Alex Roslin
- Asia-Pacific: Reuters - Japan govt set to allow Tokyo Elec to hike household rate -Asahi - Taiga Uranaka
- Asia-Pacific: Reuters - Factbox: Incidents involving Iran's nuclear work - David Cutler
- Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri - Panel: evacuation system unreliable / Government group says SPEEDI cannot accurately predict radiation spread
- Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri - Patchwork quilts bringing warmth to disaster areas
- Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri - N-reactor lifespan to be 60 yrs
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - Electricity goes out at nuke plants
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - Radioactive gravel finds way to school
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - Nuke opponents warn of more Fukushimas - Eric Johnston
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - Facing a dystopian future - Kevin Rafferty
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - Reactor life spans may run 60 years
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Editorial: Gov't urged to clarify where radioactive gravel has been used
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Designated nuclear inspection body has board members from nuclear industry
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Anger spreads as radioactive gravel traced to schools, public road
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Radiation-tainted stones used in paths near housing in Fukushima town
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Japan to consult with U.S. in reviewing nuclear fuel cycle policy
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Nuclear reactor operation period could be up to 60 years
- Asia-Pacific: Tokyo Times - Longer life for Japan's nuclear reactors
- Asia: Newswire.Mongolia - Nuclear Energy Agency Chief Resigned
- Asia: Xinhua News - China to monitor radiation in drinking water around nuclear plants
- Asia: Xinhua News - China strives for energy efficiency
- East Asia: Bloomberg - Kansai Electric Rises After Report Stress Tests to Be Approved - Tsuyoshi Inajima
- East Asia: Mainichi Daily News - Japan, S. Korea, U.S. to explore early ministerial talks on N. Korea
- East Asia: Xinhua News - DPRK accuses U.S. of posing nuclear threat to world
- East Asia: Arirang News - Nuclear Security Summit Participants Agree to Minimize Private Use of HEU
- East Asia: Arirang News - S. Korea, U.S., Japan Discuss N. Korea After Kim Jong-il's Death - Choi You-sun
- East Asia: Korea Herald - Path open to N. Korea for dialogue: U.S. and allies
- East Asia: Yonhap News - Negotiators agree to minimize civilian use of HEU ahead of nuclear summit
- East Asia: Yonhap News - Path for dialogue with N. Korea open: allies - Lee Chi-dong
- South Asia: IBNLive - Kalam bats for nuclear energy
- South Asia: Times of India - 'India's nuclear plants highly safe & secure'
- Europe: Platts - Draft EU nuclear safety peer review report due April 25: Ensreg - Siobhan Hall
- Europe: BBC News - Meeting to hear Dounreay-Sellafield nuclear rail plan
- Europe: BBC News - Kings Cliffe radioactive waste protesters lose appeal
- Europe: The Guardian - Dip in nuclear power support after Fukushima proves shortlived - Damian Carrington
- Europe: The Independent - Northamptonshire radioactive waste dump battle lost - John Aston
- Europe: Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph - Campaigners lose nuclear dump appeal
- Europe: Press Association - Brown urges beach radiation action
- Europe: Press Association - Support for nuclear power 'back up'
- Europe: World Nuclear News - Fukushima a 'temporary blip' for UK support
- Europe: Platts - French power tariffs could rise by 30% by 2016 says regulator - Robin Sayles
- Europe: Bloomberg - Siemens to Pump $1.3 Billion Into Gas Turbines to Fend Off GE - Richard Weiss
- Europe: Deutsche Local - Cost of nuke phase-out 'could near €2 trillion'
- Europe: Reuters - German shift from nuclear a Herculean task -execs - Christoph Steitz and Vera Eckert
- North Europe: Nuclear Energy Insider - Final repositories: deep knowledge in the Nordics - Jason Deign
- Russia: Bellona - Comment: Mobile nuclear meltdowns: Coming soon to a town near you? - Vladimir Slivyak
- Middle East: AFP Google - UN to probe 'military angle' to Iran nuclear drive
- Middle East: AFP Google - Iran's Salehi visits Turkey for nuclear talks
- Middle East: BBC News - Iran nuclear: Russia's Lavrov warns against attack
- Middle East: Bloomberg - China 'Completely Rejects' Iran's Development of Nuclear Weapons, Wen Says - Robert Tuttle
- Middle East: Bloomberg - Barak Says U.S. Army Chief Won't Press Israel on Iran Strike - Calev Ben-David
- Middle East: CBS News - Russia: New sanctions against Iran too stifling
- Middle East: Global Research - Economic, military pressures on Iran escalate global tensions - Bill Van Auken
- Middle East: Global Research - Israel admits that Iran does not have a nuclear weapons program - Amos Harel
- Middle East: Ha'aretz Daily - U.S. rejects Israeli assessment that Iran sanctions are ineffective - Natasha Mozgovaya
- Middle East: Hurriyet Daily News - Russia defies West, US on Iran and Syria crises
- Middle East: Hurriyet Daily News - A toxic Iranian ménage à trois - Anno Bunnik
- Middle East: Hurriyet Daily News - A Middle East nuclear threat the world forgot
- Middle East: The Independent - Russia warns that Iran strike could trigger 'chain reaction' - Shaun Walker
- Middle East: Platts - Chinese premier Wen Jiabao says not worried about oil trade with Iran
- Middle East: Politico - The top 5 U.S. misconceptions on Iran - Hooman Majd
- Middle East: Reuters - Iran still has path to end nuclear dispute: W.House - David Alexander
- Middle East: Reuters - Iran says in touch with powers on new talks, EU denies it - Robin Pomeroy and Ramin Mostafavi
- Middle East: Reuters - Iran says negotiations under way to hold new nuclear - Tulay Karadeniz
- Middle East: Ria Novosti - Russia Warns Against Iran Attack (Wrapup) - Marc Bennetts
- Middle East: Xinhua News - Russia opposes military strikes, sanctions against Iran
- Middle East: Xinhua News - Iranian FM suggests nuclear talks be held in Istanbul
- Middle East: Xinhua News - U.S. steps up pressure on Japan to cut Iran oil imports
- Middle East: Xinhua News - Sri Lanka: No fuel shortage due to U.S. oil sanctions on Iran
- Middle East: Xinhua News - Iran says ready for nuclear talks with world powers: FM
- Middle East: Xinhua News - Iran to block Strait of Hormuz in response to U.S. threats: ambassador
- Middle East: Xinhua News - Japan to cut Iranian oil imports, but concerned about sanctions
- Middle East: Xinhua News - IAEA to visit Iran at end of January
- Middle East: Xinhua News - S Korea faces U.S. pressure over anti-Iran sanctions
- Middle East: Xinhua News - India to continue buying oil from Iran despite U.S. sanctions
- Middle East: IRNA - Iran ready to start nuclear talks: Turkey's FM
- Middle East: IRNA - Salehi: Istanbul may be venue of Iran-G5+1 nuclear talks
- Middle East: IRNA - Iran sues CIA, Mossad, MI6 for assassination of scientists
- Middle East: Press TV - India rejects US think tank report on nuclear safety
- Middle East: Press TV - China rejects N accusations against Iran
- Middle East: Press TV - 'EU agrees in principle on Iran oil ban'
- Middle East: Press TV - Assassination, euphemism for terrorism
- Middle East: Press TV - 'Spy agencies link terrorists, intl. bodies'
- Middle East: Press TV - Lavrov condemns sanctions against Iran
- Middle East: Press TV - Iran: Talks with P5+1 may be in Turkey
- Middle East: Press TV - 'US sanction on Iran, act of aggression' - Interview with Mohammad Marandi
- Middle East: Press TV - Barak: Israeli attack on Iran 'far away'
- Middle East: Press TV - Lavrov slams Iran sanctions as grueling
- Middle East: Press TV - Iran urges measures to end terror acts
- Middle East: Press TV - 'Iran set for talks despite terror bid'
- Middle East: Press TV - Iran nuclear official in Moscow for talks
- Middle East: Tehran Times - Russia warns sanctions can derail talks with Iran
- Middle East: Tehran Times - IPPNW condemns assassination of scientists: report
- North Africa: Ria Novosti - Egypt Dismantles Equipment at Looted Nuclear Plant Site
Updated - Tuesday, January 17, 2012
- The Oregonian - Are 'green energy' policies thwarting job growth? Yes, the strategy is sabotaging an economic recovery - Mark J. Perry
- KUOW - Gregoire Reacts To Leaked Hanford Waste Report - Austin Jenkins
- KUOW - Hanford Nuclear Safety Manager Questions Waste Treatment Plant - Anna King
- KUOW - Report: Hanford Tanks May Have More Plutonium Than Estimated - Anna King
- Idaho Statesman - Plans for uranium de-conversion plant move forward for International Isotopes of Idaho Falls - Sandra Forester
- Cañon City Daily Record - Public comment period begins today - Rachel Alexander
- La Junta Tribune Democrat - Hemp study pushed by lawmakers could aid toxic cleanup - Debi Brazzale
- ACP - Letter from Dr. Chu, DOE Chairman to Congress, Re: American Centrifuge Project (pdf-372K)
- House Representitives - Congress' reply to Dr, Chu, Re: American Centrifuge Project (pdf-429K)
- Decatur Daily - NRC to hold public meeting at Browns Ferry
- Knoxville News Sentinel - Hot tank excavated at ORNL - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - State finds 'no validity' to allegations against IMPACT Services - Frank Munger
- Knoxville News Sentinel blog - Who's that knocking at ORNL's front door? Yep, it's China (again and again) - Frank Munger
- The Tennessean - OpEd: Unprotected nuclear fuel could mean disaster - Kathleen Ferris
- Greenville News - NRC wants details on Oconee Nuclear emergency safeguards - Anna Simon
- Bloomberg - EDF Withdraws Opposition to Exelon-Constellation Merger in U.S. - Kari Lundgren
- Global Research - Fukushima Radiation Spreads Worldwide
- PBS NewsHour - After Fallout of Fukushima, 'Frontline' Explores Nuclear Energy's Future - Gwen Ifill
- New York Times blog - A Fresh Look at Nuclear Power, from Fukushima to the Hudson - Andrew C. Revkin
- Washington Times - Editorial: NIMBY nation - Obama: It's not doable unless it's renewable
- World Nuclear News - Records tumble for uranium producers
- Old Colony Memorial and Plymouth Bulletin - Frontline examines implications of the Fukushima event for Pilgrim
- Alliance for Nuclear Accountability - DOE Seeking More Reactors to Use Controversial Plutonium Fuel (MOX)
- FCNL - Nuclear Calendar Update
- Liberal Democrat Voice - Opinion: Depleted Uranium Weapons – a new area of Liberal Democrat policy? - Lev Eakins
- NRC - NRC Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Appoints New Member
- NRC - NRC Schedules Meeting Jan. 26 to Discuss Inspection at Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant
- Energy Department - NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Paducah Pages 2282-2283 [FR DOC# 2012-831]
- Energy Department - Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Northern New Mexico Page 2283 [FR DOC# 2012-681]
- Energy Department - Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Portsmouth Page 2283 [FR DOC# 2012-677]
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Facility Operating Licenses; Application Withdrawals: Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.; Notice of Withdrawal of Application for Amendment to Facility Operating License Pages 2327-2328 [FR DOC# 2012-664]
- UN: IAEA - IAEA Review Mission to Visit Japan
- Canada: CNSC - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission News Update
- Canada: Owen Sound Sun Times - Huron-Kinloss wants to find out about storing used nuclear fuel
- Canada: Power Engineering - Information Update - Steam generator processing: an excellent example of responsible and safe nuclear waste management practices.
- Canada: Waterloo Record - Saugeen Shores delays bid to host spent N-fuel repository - Frances Barrick
- Canada: World Nuclear News - Federal cash for legacy waste clean-up
- Oceania: Radio New Zealand - French Senate to debate restitution of Pacific nuclear test sites
- Asia-Pacific: ABC - Japan delayed release of radiation details - Mark Willacy
- Asia-Pacific: BBC News - Tepco raises electricity prices for corporate clients
- Asia-Pacific: Bloomberg - New Fukushima Investigation Promises to Dig Deeper Into Nuclear Crisis - Tsuyoshi Inajima and Kanoko Matsuyama
- Asia-Pacific: Business Week - Fukushima Probe No. 3 Gives Taste of Confrontations to Come - Tsuyoshi Inajima, Kanoko Matsuyama
- Asia-Pacific: Global Research - Fukushima: Radioactive Houses and Roads in Japan. Radioactive Building Materials Sold to over 200 Construction Companies
- Asia-Pacific: Nuclear Engineering - Crane barge clears Fukushima Daiichi intake canal
- Asia-Pacific: Nuclear Engineering - Japan plans to limit reactor lifetime to 40 years
- Asia-Pacific: Reuters - Japan to allow reactors to operate up to 60 yrs - Rie Ishiguro and Risa Maeda
- Asia-Pacific: Reuters - Slideshow: Fukushima ghost towns
- Asia-Pacific: Reuters - Update 4-Tepco to hike business charges by avg 17 pct - Kentaro Hamada and Yoko Kubota
- Asia-Pacific: USA Today - High radiation found in condos miles from Fukushima plant - Michael Winter
- Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri - Building contamination spreads / Radioactive materials used to repair road and waterway in Fukushima
- Asia-Pacific: Denki Shimbun - Power industry takes objection to 40-year limit for nuclear reactor operation
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - State seeks to keep power to order No. 1 plant evacuations
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - Loyalty alone is not enough - Hugh Cortazzi
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - Tepco pushes April 1 17% business rate rise
- Asia-Pacific: Japan Times - U.S. forces given SPEEDI data early
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Government tries to find structures where radioactive gravel was used
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - TEPCO sees no board member as responsible for Fukushima disaster
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Radiation-dispersal data was provided to U.S. before Japanese public
- Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News - Gov't to retain powers to order evacuation in crisis-hit areas
- Asia-Pacific: Tokyo Times - New probe vows to cut deeper in Japan nuke crisis
- Asia-Pacific: Focus Taiwan - New planet named after 'father of Chinese physics' - Hsu Chih-wei and Elizabeth Hsu
- Asia: The Atlantic - China's Dilemma on Iran
- Asia: The Examiner - China, Saudi Arabia agree to increase nuclear cooperation - Zachary Keck,
- Asia: Reuters - China may resume approving nuke plants in H1 - media - Chen Aizhu
- East Asia: AFP Google - US urges South Korea to cut Iranian oil imports
- East Asia: Arirang News - S. Korea, US and Japan Map Out Next Steps on N. Korea
- East Asia: Chosun Ilbo - U.S., Japan, S.Korea Discuss Restarting Six-Party Talks
- East Asia: Chosun Ilbo - U.S. Asks S.Korea to Cut Iran Oil Imports
- East Asia: Chosun Ilbo - U.S. Official in Seoul for Talks on Iran Sanctions
- East Asia: Dong-A Ilbo - US diplomat asks S. Korea to reduce oil imports from Iran
- East Asia: Dong-A Ilbo - Kim Jong Nam: NK sank the Cheonan
- East Asia: Korea Herald - Korea to reduce oil imports from Iran in steps - Song Sang-ho
- East Asia: Korea Times - Iran envoy urges Korea to follow own interests - Philip Iglauer
- East Asia: Korea Times - US presses Seoul to cut Iranian oil - Kim Young-jin
- East Asia: Yonhap News - PM returns home after energy diplomacy in Middle East - Oh Seok-min
- East Asia: Yonhap News - Path for dialogue with N. Korea open: allies - Lee Chi-dong
- East Asia: Yonhap News - S. Korea, U.S., Japan discuss next steps on N. Korea - Lee Chi-dong
- East Asia: Yonhap News - S. Korea renews hope for talks with N. Korea
- East Asia: Yonhap News - U.S. calls on S. Korea to reduce purchase of Iranian oil
- East Asia: Yonhap News - S. Korean economy faces tough external conditions: minister
- Southeast Asia: Free Malaysia Today - Lynas must finalise waste disposal plan first before being given license - Jin Hou Soo
- Southeast Asia: Viet Nam News - Restoring trust in nuclear energy
- South Asia: AFP Google - India says continuing to buy oil from Iran - Pratap Chakravarty
- South Asia: OilPrice - Proposed Indian Nuclear Power Plant in Zone Subject to Earthquakes - John Daly
- South Asia: Hindustan Times - Will continue to buy oil from Iran: India to US - Jayanth Jacob
- South Asia: Hindustan Times - Nuclear power body plays down Jaitapur quake fears
- South Asia: Hindustan Times - India rejects US think tank report on nuclear safety
- South Asia: IBNLive - Our N-safety record is impeccable, says India
- South Asia: IBNLive - NPCIL dismisses US geologist's claims on Jaitapur site
- South Asia: IBNLive - NPCIL 2 LAST
- South Asia: Times of India - N-lab pumps waste into Neela Hauz: DJB - Abhinav Garg
- South Asia: TwoCircles - Seismicity study was done before selecting Jaitapur: NPCIL
- South Asia: Bangladesh Daily Star - Rooppur N-power plant to operate from 2018: Russian envoy
- Europe: BBC News - Appeal bid over Kings Cliffe rad