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What's News
Updated - Thursday, August 28, 2008

• KRNV - Nevada delegation gets 4,000 signatures to stop "fatally flawed" Yucca project
• Las Vegas Review-Journal - 4,000 sign anti-Yucca petition
• AP Guardian - Energy policy makes strange bedfellows - Hugh Jackson
• Las Vegas SUN - Add attack dog, energy maven to Reid's titles - Lisa Mascaro
• Salt Lake Tribune - Utah is poised to join suit over foreign N-waste - Judy Fahys
• Salt Lake Tribune - Letter: Why not nuclear? - Steven C. Barrowes
• San Luis Obispo Tribune - Two new steam generators arrive at Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant
• Honolulu Advertiser - Army successfully burns 1,200 acres
• Birmingham News - TVA seeks reinstatement of construction permit for two unfinished nuclear reactors at Bellefonte - Kent Faulk
• Platts - TVA wants Bellefonte-1, -2 construction permits reinstated
• Knoxville News Sentinel - What would be the cost of DOE's "branding"? - Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel - Final cleanup of ORNL reactor on hold - Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel - Taleyarkhan punished
• Knoxville News Sentinel - (Bureau)Crat fight: More silliness at DOE - Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel - Stamp of approval for nuclear weapons - Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel - TVA considers project at Bellefonte - Larisa Brass
• The Tennessean - TVA seeks re-issue of Bellefonte permits - Anne Paine
• Charleston Post Courier - Scana releases power generator design-build costs - John P. McDermott
• Lynchburg News and Advance - Nuclear Regulatory Commission seeks input on whether to open up - Ray Reed
• Patriot-News - TMI license transfer sought - Garry Lenton
• New York Times - Purdue, Citing Research Misconduct, Punishes Scientist - Kenneth Chang
• Mid-Hudson News - New Indian Point siren system up and running
• Valley Advocate - Nuke Fight Nears Decisive Moment - Eesha Williams
• DOE - Australia, Iceland and the U.S. Launch International Partnership to Promote Advanced Geothermal Technologies
• Energy Department - NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Savannah River Site, 50798–50799 [E8–19973]
• Energy Department - NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Savannah River Site, 50799 [E8–19974]
• Health and Human Services Department - NOTICES Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort, 50819 [E8–19966]
• Health and Human Services Department - NOTICES Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort, 50819–50820 [E8–19967]
• Veterans Affairs Department - NOTICES Gulf War and Health; Determination of Presumption of Service Connection Concerning Illnesses Discussed in National Academy of Sciences Report, 50856–50869 [E8–19971]
• Canada: CanWest News - Chalk River reactor can't meet global isotope needs: AECL - Tobin Dalrymple
• Canada: CBC News - Ont. nuclear facility can meet isotope demand if needed: AECL
• Pacific: Reuters - Australia approves uranium mine expansion plan
• Pacific: ABC - Greens condemn SA uranium expansion
• Pacific: News Limited - Garrett changes tune on uranium - Cathy Alexander
• Pacific: Sydney Morning Herald - Russia says uranium deal unaffected
• Asia-Pacific: Radio Taiwan - 4th Nuclear Power Plant to be test-operated by late 2009
• Asia: AFP Google - Hong Kong and China sign nuclear, gas energy deals
• East Asia: The Hankyoreh - Editorial: Deeper investment in six-party process
• East Asia: KBS - U.S. Envoy : NK Nuke Talks Not Broken Off
• East Asia: Korea Times - Nuke Talks Have Not Broken Down: Vershbow - Jung Sung-ki
• East Asia: Yonhap News - Seoul to drop 'enemy' label against N. Korea in white paper - Byun Duk-kun
• South Asia: Asia Times - India's nuclear deal headed for fiasco - Praful Bidwai
• South Asia: The Economist - America's nuclear deal with India - Time To Decide
• South Asia: Reuters - Top U.S. and Pakistan military officials talk strategy - David Morgan
• South Asia: UPI - Pakistan tightens nuclear security
• South Asia: The Hindu - Moscow eyes naval build up in West AsiaAtul Aneja
• South Asia: The Hindu - N-deal a priority: US
• Europe: BBC News - Hutton warns over energy policy
• Europe: Cumberland News - Sellafield site takeover still on course
• Europe: Financial Times - Saving Britain's nuclear future
• Europe: AFP Google - Gov't wants deal 'quickly' between British Energy, EDF: report
• Europe: Reuters UK - British Energy optimistic about EDF
• Europe: Reuters - MF Global sets up London nuclear fuel trading desk
• Europe: Deutsche Welle - US Army to Close 15 Small Military Facilities in Germany
• Europe: AFP Google - Areva faces 50 pct cost rise for Finnish nuclear reactor: report
• Europe: Reuters UK - Update 1-Areva's Finnish nuclear costs rise sharply -paper
• Europe: YLE News - YLE Accused of Libel over Nuclear Construction Story
• East Europe: Baltic Course - Website of the Baltic-Polish nuclear power plant project is lauched - Petras Vaida
• Russia: BBC News - Putin blames US for Georgia role
• Russia: AFP Google - US mulls scrapping nuclear pact with Russia
• Russia: AFP Google - Russia missile test heightens standoff with West
• Russia: AFP Google - Putin assails US over Georgia conflict
• Russia: AFP Google - Russia wins backing from China, Central Asia over Georgia
• Russia: AFP Google - Miliband warns Russia over new Cold War
• Russia: Reuters - Business worried as U.S. weighs Russia sanctions - Doug Palmer
• Russia: Reuters - U.S. weighs sanctions, Russia nuclear deal at risk - Jeremy Pelofsky
• Russia: Barents Observer - The last radioactive lighthouses get solar technology
• Russia: Barents Observer - Russian nuclear sub tested
• Russia: St.Petersburg Times - Nuclear Plant For Kaliningrad - Maria Antonova
• Russia: RIA Novosti - Washington's nuclear maneuver - Cbc
• Middle East: Reuters - Russia links its help on Iran to Georgia row - Conor Sweeney
• Middle East: IRIB News - IRI slams UNSC action against IRI's N-issue
• Middle East: IRNA - Indonesia backs Iran's peaceful nuclear program
• Middle East: IRNA - Envoy condemns UNSC unlawful actions against Iran's N-case
• Middle East: PRESS TV - Russia backs Iran's peaceful N-program
• Middle East: PRESS TV - 'Iran nuclear rights must be Preserved'
• Middle East: PRESS TV - 'UNSC suffers from serious shortcomings'
• Middle East: PRESS TV - Ahmadinejad's aide, US hold cyber debate
• Middle East: World Nuclear News - Jordan signs uranium agreement
• South Africa: SA Business Report - Recycling nuclear fuel is SA priority - Wendell Roelf
• West Africa: AP Google - Iran, Nigeria to share peaceful nuclear technology - Bashir Adigun
• West Africa: Reuters Africa - Iran offers nuclear help to Nigeria's power sector - Camillus Eboh

Updated - Wednesday, August 27, 2008

• Las Vegas SUN - Letter: Nuclear energy needed to close gap - Henry Schmid
• Reno Gazette-Journal - Letter: Nuclear power is answer to oil woes - Bobby Craig
• Pahrump Valley Times - Switzerland next on nuclear waste foreign tour - Mark Waite
• Pahrump Valley Times - NRC won't throw out Yucca plan application - Steve Tetreault
• Pahrump Valley Times - Nye County manager adjusts - Mark Waite
• Seattle Times - Editorial: I-297: What a waste
• Tri-City Herald - B Reactor preservation important to our future
• Tri-City Herald - On this day: Aug. 27, 1964
• Hanford News - Research District workshop set today - Pratik Joshi
• Hanford News - Nuclear ban likely to be pulled - Matt Batcheldor
• Hanford News - Jury: Worker covered up damage at Ohio nuclear plant - John Seewer
• Twin Falls Times-News - SRA yet to be served with nuke suit
• Gallup Independent - Red Valley keeps an eye on RECA--Say compensation is available, but hard to get - Kathy Helms
• The Chattanoogan - TVA Asks NRC To Reinstate Bellefonte Construction Permits
• Knoxville News Sentinel - Stamp of approval for nuclear weapons - Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel - TVA asks NRC to reinstate nuclear plant construction permits - Larisa Brass
• Knoxville News Sentinel - EnergySolutions facilities earn OSHA recognition
• Knoxville News Sentinel - Munger: The future is now for SNS watchers - Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel - The big wait at SNS - Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel - Yep, the Libyan stuff is still in Oak Ridge - Frank Munger
• Oak Ridger - Region holds key to energy solutions - John Huotari
• AP Google - TVA asks NRC to renew build permits for 2 reactors - Duncan Mansfield
• Times-Journal - TVA nuclear plan a boost to DeKalb County
• Lakeland Ledger - Nuclear Gets A Boost
• Reuters - FPL St. Lucie 1 Florida reactor back to full power
• Myrtle Beach Sun News - Regulators to discuss hearings for reactor request
• Charleston Post Courier - Nuclear surge needs waste plan
• Minnesota Public Radio - Xcel promotes nuclear power at State Fair
• AP Google - Purdue reprimands fusion scientist for misconduct
• Environment News Service - Ohio Nuclear Engineer Convicted of Lying About Cracks in Reactor
• Toledo Blade - Ex-engineer found guilty of concealing Davis-Besse dangers - Tom Henry
• UPI - Engineer guilty of nuclear coverup
• AP Google - New siren system in service at NY nuclear plant
• Mid-Hudson News - New IP sirens to be activated today
• Mid-Hudson News - NRC to monitor performance of new IP siren system
• Valley Advocate - Nuke Fight Nears Decisive Moment--Under pressure from the public, the Vermont Legislature can close the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant - Eesha Williams
• Brattleboro Reformer - NRC denies union's request to intervene in license transfer - Bob Audette
• Brattleboro Reformer - Maintenance error leads to temporary evacuation of VY reactor building - Bob Audette
• Keene Sentinel - Radiation levels raised at Vt. Yankee - Anika Clark
• Keene Sentinel - The radiation level in a coolant system at the Vermont Yankee plant rose for two hours today
• Rutland Herald - Yankee workers evacuated--Radiation levels rise in reactor building - Susan Smallheer
• Vermont Public Radio - Radiation spike at Yankee plant blamed on human error
• DOE - GLAST Observatory Renamed for Fermi, Reveals Entire Gamma-Ray Sky
• NAS - Project Update: Evaluation of Quantification of Margins and Uncertainty (QMU) Methodology Applied to the Certification of the Nation's Nuclear Weapons Stockpile
• NRC - NRC to Monitor Performance of New Notification System for Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant
• International Trade Administration - NOTICES Civil Nuclear Trade Advisory Committee; Establishment and Solicitation of Nominations for Membership, 50593–50595 [E8–19839]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 50646–50647 [E8–19835]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Establishment Of Atomic Safety And Licensing Board: Florida Power And Light Co., 50647 [E8–19834]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, 50647 [E8–19844]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Notice Of Consideration Of Approval Of Transfer Of Early Site Permit ; Conforming Amendment; Opportunity For A Hearing: Dominion Nuclear North Anna, LLC, 50647–50649 [E8–19836]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Notice Of Consideration Of Issuance Of Amendment To Facility Operating License, Proposed No Significant Hazards Consideration Determination; Opportunity For, 50649–50651 [E8–19838]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Order Modifying License: Alaska Industrial X-Ray, Inc., 50651–50655 [E8–19831]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Order Prohibiting Involvement In NRC Licensed Activities: Kenneth J. Vandiver, 50655–50657 [E8–19832]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Order Prohibiting Involvement In NRC Licensed Activities: Patrick A. Kelly, 50657–50659 [E8–19833]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Supplement to Interim Staff Guidance (COL/ESP-ISG-004), 50659–50660 [E8–19830]
• Canada: Canadian Press - Nuclear facility in Chalk River, Ont., can meet isotope demand if needed: AECL
• Canada: Whitecourt Star - Nuclear plant supported, census reveals - Brigette Jobin
• Canada: Windsor Star - Radioactive material found in Quebec trash
• Pacific: ABC - Indigenous group rejects uranium mining ban proposal
• Pacific: ABC - Labor accused of changing stance on Territory nuclear dump
• Pacific: ABC - Premier promises laws to ban uranium mining
• Pacific: ABC - Uranium explorer to meet traditional owners
• Pacific: The Australian - Aborigines 'denied uranium riches' in Western Australian
• Asia-Pacific: China Post - Taipower gets nod for nuclear waste dump in Taipei County
• Asia-Pacific: Energy Business Review - IPS wins contract to provide critical upgrades to Taiwan Power's Kuosheng NPP
• East Asia: Washington Post - N. Korea, Angry Over Terror List, Threatens to Rebuild Nuclear Program - Blaine Harden
• East Asia: Daily Yomiuri - Don't be deceived by N. Korea's tactics
• East Asia: AP Google - Pro-N. Korea paper: Nuclear tension could spike - Jae-Soon Chang
• East Asia: AP Google - Russia: NKorea should continue nuclear shutdown
• East Asia: AFP Google - US accuses North Korea of violating nuclear accord
• East Asia: Reuters - North Korea still holds plutonium card: analysts - Jon Herskovitz
• East Asia: RIA Novosti - Russia concerned over N. Korea's suspension of nuclear disablement
• East Asia: Xinhua News - U.S. shrugs off DPRK's halt to nuclear disabling
• East Asia: Chosun Ilbo - Korea and U.S. Carefully Assess Pyongyang's Nuclear Ambitions
• East Asia: Chosun Ilbo - What Does N.Korea Hope to Gain?
• East Asia: KBS - Japan to Seek Solidarity for NK's Disablement
• East Asia: KBS - US Concerned about NK's Suspended Disablement
• East Asia: Korea Times - US Committed to Dismantling NK Nukes Under Bush Regime
• East Asia: Korea Times - 10 More Nuclear Plants to Be Built - Oh Young-jin
• East Asia: Yonhap News - S. Korea-U.S. war games cast dark cloud over nuclear talks: NK daily - Shim Sun-ah
• South Asia: The Hindu - India waiting for new NSG draft
• South Asia: The Hindu - 'No plans to change N-agreement due to NSG concerns'
• South Asia: UPI - Commentary: Disturbed nukes? - Arnaud De Borchgrave
• South Asia: UPI - India awaits approval for nuclear power
• South Asia: Financial Times - Pakistan aims for nuclear acceptance - Farhan Bokhari
• Europe: Financial Times - A nuclear impasse
• Europe: John O'Groat Journal - Anger at £8.5m cut in Dounreay budget - Iain Grant
• Europe: Whitehaven News - First fuel element removed – only 39,000 to go
• Europe: Whitehaven News - Is Sellafield handover under threat? - Alan Irving
• Europe: Whitehaven News - Sellafield profits from Chapelcross closure - Alan Irving
• Europe: Whitehaven News - Middle of a muddle while NMP waits at the door...
• Europe: Whitehaven News - Reactor's final de-fuelling misson begins
• Europe: Helsingin Sanomat - Building union threatens strike at Olkiluoto nuclear reactor site
• Europe: Panorama - Nuclear power: It is in Spain where they have the problems
• Europe: IAEA - In Zaragoza, It´s Water, Water Everywhere
• Russia: AP Google - Western nations warn Russia to `change course' - Jim Heintz
• Russia: AP Google - US-Russian deal on nuclear access may be shelved - Catrina Stewart
• Russia: AFP Google - Miliband warns Russia over new Cold War
• Russia: Moscow Times - Surprise Nuclear Plant in Kaliningrad - Maria Antonova
• Middle East: IRIB News - Commander urges US to leave Iraq
• Middle East: PRESS TV - Ahmadinejad: Powers should stop bullying
• South Africa: Reuters - SAfrica seeks firms to reprocess nuclear fuel - Wendell Roelf
• South Africa: IOL - Koeberg to reprocess spent fuel overseas

Updated - Tuesday, August 26, 2008

• Las Vegas Review-Journal - Poll says Yucca not key to voters--23 percent say dump a major influence - Keith Rogers
• Las Vegas SUN - Poll: 43% in Nev. say nuke dump won't affect vote
• AP Google - World's first nuclear reactor now a landmark - Shannon Dininny
• Hanford News - B Reactor named National Historic Landmark - Annette Cary
• Hanford News - Tourism officials excited about B Reactor status - Ingrid Stegemoeller
• Hanford News - Nuclear powered Columbia Generating Station back on track - Chris Mulick
• Hanford News - World's first nuclear reactor now a landmark - Shannon Dininny
• Carlsbad Current-Argus - Radioactive and Hazardous Materials Committee meeting scheduled
• EP Magazine - Company Gets Draft LLRW Disposal License
• Knoxville News Sentinel - Nuclear football: Y-12's boss is a Buckeye - Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel - Twists, turns & North Korea - Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel - New legislative fellow from ORNL on senator's staff - Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel - Jacobs, CH2M Hill get UPF support contracts - Frank Munger
• Oak Ridger - DOE appoints new members to OR Site Specific Advisory Board
• Bradenton Herald - Lockheed admits Tallevast water spill traced to unapproved pipe - Donna Wright
• Palm Beach Post - FPL wants nuclear power to be counted as alternative energy - Christine Stapleton
• Asheville Citizen-Times - French firm rakes in TVA cash--Some critical of AREVA nuclear contracts - Anne Paine
• Chicago Daily Herald - W. Chicago homeowner sues seller, agent over thorium issue - Jake Griffin
• AP Google - Jury: Worker covered up damage at Ohio nuke plant - John Seewer
• Toledo Blade - Former FirstEnergy engineer guilty on 3 of 5 counts
• Asbury Park Press - Cooling towers only alternative
• Lower Hudson Journal - Indian Point spinoffs won't cost New York taxpayers, attorney general says - Jonathan Bandler
• New York Times - Entergy's Indian Point Plan Could Tax Taxpayers - Danny Hakim
• New York Times - Study Maps Faults for New York Quakes - Kenneth Chang
• UPI - Demand for nuclear engineers rising
• DOE - DOI Designates B Reactor at DOE's Hanford Site as a National Historic Landmark
• Health and Human Services Department - NOTICES Determination Concerning a Petition to Add a Class of Employees to the Special Exposure Cohort, 50330 [E8–19732]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Biweekly Notice: Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations, 50356–50368 [E8–19369]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Consideration of Approval of Transfer of Facility Operating License, Conforming Amendment; Opportunity for a Hearing: Amergen Energy Co., 50368–50370 [E8–19733]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Consideration of Approval of Transfer of Facility Operating License, Conforming Amendment; Opportunity for a Hearing: Amergen Energy Co., 50370–50371 [E8–19735]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Consideration of Approval of Transfer of Facility Operating License, Conforming Amendment; Opportunity for a Hearing: Amergen Energy Co.; Oyster Creek Generating Station, 50371–50373 [E8–19736]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 50373 [E8–19826]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 50373–50374 [E8–19828]
• Canada: CanWest News - Canada 'monitoring' Dutch reactor shutdown
• Asia-Pacific: Daily Yomiuri - Toshiba to tie up with S. Korean nuclear firm
• East Asia: BBC News - N Korea 'stops nuclear disabling'
• East Asia: Los Angeles Times - North Korea suspends dismantling of nuclear program - Barbara Demick
• East Asia: New York Times - N. Korea Makes Plutonium Threat - Choe Sang-Hun
• East Asia: Washington Post - N. Korea Stops Nuclear Reactor Disablement - Blaine Harden
• East Asia: AP Google - NKorea says it halts nuclear reactor disablement - Kelly Olsen
• East Asia: AP Google - China, SKorea agree to keep working on NKorea deal - Kwang-Tae Kim
• East Asia: AFP Google - US accuses NKorea of violating six-nation nuclear accord
• East Asia: AFP Google - NKorea halts denuclearisation
• East Asia: AFP Google - NKorea halts denuclearisation
• East Asia: AFP Google - China, SKorea to press for NKorea's nuclear disarmament
• East Asia: AFP Google - US, NKorea fail to break nuclear deadlock
• East Asia: Reuters AlertNet - Chronology-Rocky path of North Korea nuclear deal
• East Asia: Reuters - Factbox: Key facts about North Korea's Yongbyon
• East Asia: Reuters - Instant View: Reaction to N.Korea's announcement
• East Asia: Reuters - S.Korea, China urge cooperation over North Korea - Jack Kim
• East Asia: Reuters UK - N.Korea to suspend nuclear disablement - Jack Kim
• East Asia: UPI - N. Korea halts work on disabling reactors - Reuters
• East Asia: UPI Asia - Lee asks Hu to mediate with North Korea - Lee Jong-Heon
• East Asia: Korea Times - North Korea Halts Disabling Nuclear Plant - Jung Sung-ki
• East Asia: Korea Times - US, NK Fail to Break Nuclear Deadlock in Talks
• East Asia: Seoul Times - N. Korea Says it Suspended Nuke Disablement
• East Asia: Yonhap News - N. Korea threatens to halt denuclearization
• Southwest Asia: Hürriyet - Turkey resorts to nuclear energy to meet its increasing demand
• South Asia: The Hindu - No plans to change N-agreement: US - Palm Beach Post
• South Asia: The Hindu - Left, JD(S) and Muslim groups slam nuke deal
• South Asia: The Hindu - India nuke deal is prime focus of US nuclear policy: Rice
• South Asia: PTI - India nuke deal is prime focus of US nuclear policy: Rice
• South Asia: The National - The CIA and the AQ Khan nuclear network - Paul Woodward
• Europe: Cumberland News - Reactor's final de-fuelling misson begins
• Europe: The Scotsman - Drive to clear Dounreay of radioactive hazards goes under the sea - John Ross
• Europe: Reuters UK - Update 1-Spain's 500 MW Garona nuclear plant back on line
• Europe: Newsroom Finland - Finnish union issues strike notice on nuclear site
• Russia: Reuters AlertNet - Medvedev sees military response to U.S. missile shield
• Middle East: AP Google - Obama would step up pressure on Iran over nukes - Beth Fouhy
• Middle East: IRIB News - FM unveils codes of IRI-G5+1 modalities
• Middle East: IRNA - Mottaki unveils codes of Iran, G5+1 modalities
• Middle East: PRESS TV - Iran, EU working toward fresh talks
• Middle East: PRESS TV - 'Iran must aim for greater victories'
• Middle East: PRESS TV - 'CIA used Swiss to hinder Iran's N-work'
• Middle East: PRESS TV - Israel seeks further Iran pressure

Updated - Monday, August 25, 2008

• Inyo Register - County to begin mounting Yucca offense - Mike Gervais
• AP Google - World's first nuclear reactor now a landmark
• Reuters - Energy Northwest Wash Columbia reactor up to 60 pct
• UPI - Nuke reactor designated historic landmark
• Tri-City Herald - Energy: Nuclear plant restarts after outage - Chris Mulick
• Tri-City Herald - Hanford: B Reactor named National Historic Landmark - Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald - NRC to meet in Richland to discuss vit study
• Idaho Press-Tribune - Nuke plant sues over 'defamation'
• Reuters - OPPD Neb. Fort Calhoun reactor back at full power
• Knoxville News Sentinel - POGO questions new security policy at DOE nuke sites - Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel - 100 tons of weapons material off the books - Frank Munger
• Reuters - FPL Fla. Turkey Point 4 reactor back at full power
• Reuters - Shut by Fay, FPL Fla St Lucie reactor up to 1 pct
• Reuters - Progress Fla Crystal River reactor shut after trip
• Lynchburg News and Advance - Webb's Correct on Nuclear Power's Role
• Roanoke Times - Editorial: Reduce, reuse, recycle -- nuclear waste?
• Roanoke Times - Danger ahead with uranium mining - W. G. Nunn
• Cherry Hill Courier Post - Oyster Creek may shut over towers - Todd B. Bates
• Press of Atlantic City - Licensing board wants more tests of Oyster Creek leak containment "drywell" - Ben Leach
• NY Newsday - NY state says nuke plant kills too many fishBy - Jim Fitzgerald
• Huffington Post - Energy for Dummies: The GOP's Secret Weapon Is A Clueless Media - David Fiderer
• American Heritage - Atomic Aftermath--The world struggles to understand America's deadliest invention - Andrew J. Rotter
• Wired News - Controversial Nuke Research Quietly Returns... - David Hambling
• DOE - DOE Announces $26 Million to Develop Energy Efficient Processes for U.S. Industry
• DOE - Senior DOE Official in South Carolina for Nuclear Energy Conference
• DOE - DOE-Sponsored Public Meetings and Workshops
• NAS - Project Update: Beryllium Alloy Exposures in Military Aerospace Applications
• Energy Department - NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board Chairs, 50004 [E8–19632]
• Energy Department - NOTICES Meetings: Nuclear Energy Advisory Committee, 50004 [E8–19631]
• Energy Department - NOTICES Records of Decision: Nuclear Weapons Nonproliferation Policy Concerning Foreign Research Reactor Spent Nuclear Fuel; Proposed, 50004–50006 [E8–19630]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission - PROPOSED RULES Natural Resources Defense Council; Receipt of Petition for Rulemaking; Reopening of Public Comment Period, 49965 [E8–19609]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Meetings: Steering Committee on Multimedia Environmental Modeling, 50060–50061 [E8–19614]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Withdrawal of Application for Amendment to Facility Operating License: Florida Power Corp., 50061 [E8–19611]
• Veterans Affairs Department - NOTICES Meetings: Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans Illnesses, 50068–50069 [E8–19616]
• Canada: UPI - Bruce Power nuclear plant progresses
• Asia: UPI - Generator installed at China nuclear plant
• East Asia: BBC News - N Korea tops Seoul summit agenda
• East Asia: AP Google - China, SKorea agree to keep working on NKorea deal - Kwang-Tae Kim
• East Asia: AFP Google - Hu arrives for SKorea summit
• East Asia: AFP Google - North Korea vows to bolster "war deterrent"
• East Asia: Reuters - S.Korea, China urge cooperation over North Korea - Jack Kim
• East Asia: Dong-A Ilbo - Pres. Lee to Hold Summit with China Today
• East Asia: KBS - Lee-Hu Summit Focuses on Economy, NK Nuke Issue
• Southeast Asia: AFP Google - US sub could have leaked radiation in Singapore: govt
• Southeast Asia: UPI - Japan to work with Thailand on nuclear
• Southeast Asia: Xinhua News - Singapore says radiation leak by U.S. submarine will not affect public safety
• Southwest Asia: Hürriyet - Vinci, Suez potential bidders for Turkish nuclear license
• South Asia: New York Times - In Nuclear Net's Undoing, a Web of Shadowy Deals - William J. Broad and David E. Sanger
• South Asia: Bloomberg - India Wants Unconditional Exemption on Nuclear Deal (Update2) - Archana Chaudhary
• South Asia: Reuters UK - India and U.S. begin reworking draft nuclear deal - Krittivas Mukherjee
• South Asia: Chandigarh Tribune - N-Deal--US: We'll push for clean waiver - Ashok Tuteja
• South Asia: The Hindu - Mulford seeks to reassure India - Siddharth Varadarajan
• South Asia: The Hindu - US knew NSG meet would fail: Bardhan
• South Asia: India Statesman - N-deal appears headed for rough weather
• South Asia: PTI - India wants Nuke coop but not at any cost: Kakodkar
• Europe: The Guardian - Nuclear power: British Energy's largest investor presses for its merger with Centrica - David Teather
• Europe: Financial Times - Atomic overtures - Bertrand Benoit
• Europe: Financial Times - EDF leads for British Energy - Ed Crooks and Kate Burgess and Matthew Green
• Europe: AFP Google - CIA used Swiss to thwart foreign nuclear programs: report
• Europe: AFP Google - Britain still backs British Energy-EDF tie-up: minister
• Europe: Reuters UK - Government still prefers EDF deal for British Energy
• Europe: Reuters - Update 2-Spain nuclear plants halted, watchdog calls meeting - Martin Roberts
• Europe: PR-Inside - 2nd Spanish nuclear plant forced to shut down
• East Europe: Focus News - Kozloduy NPP used in a smear campaign targeting Bulgaria
• East Europe: Reuters - Slovak generator launches nuclear plant tender
• Russia: Financial Times - US ready to put Russian nuclear deal on ice - Daniel Dombey
• Russia: Reuters - U.S. should shelve nuclear deal: Russian official
• Middle East: Reuters - Iran launches submarine production line
• Middle East: RIA Novosti - Has the Iranian atom become a bargaining chip?
• Middle East: Xinhua News - Iran designs 2nd nuke power plant
• Middle East: IRNA - Iran, Russia determined to complete Bushehr power plant
• Middle East: IRNA - PLO official denounces US colonial approach in Middle East
• Middle East: PRESS TV - Iran designing 2nd nuclear power plant
• Middle East: PRESS TV - Iran begins new submarine production
• Middle East: PRESS TV - Iran-IAEA cooperation 'continuous'
• Xinhua News - Jordan to buy nuclear reactor from France

Updated - Sunday, August 24, 2008

• Las Vegas Review-Journal - Democrats applaud selection of Biden--Obama's decision may appease Nevadans who backed Clinton - Molly Ball
• Deseret News - Nuclear plant proposal fuels worries - Stephen Speckman
• Yuma Sun - Less costly ways to go green - Gary Knox
• Yuma Sun - Letter: Nuclear reactors energy answer - Stuart H. Jones
• Seattle Times - Hanford wastewater cleanup recipe: molasses, cooking oil - Shannon Dininny
• Casper Star Tribune - Uranium regulators prepare for mining rush - Dustin Bleizeffer
• Houston Chronicle - Entergy pushes nuclear spinoff--It would be good for shareholders, but others wary - Alan Sayre
• Kingsport Times News - Nuclear power option still alive at TVA despite Phipps Bend debacle - Hank Hayes
• Knoxville News Sentinel - Barnett: What reviving Cold War will end up costing us - Thomas P.M. Barnett
• Greenville News - Feds ease off terms of plutonium deal - Tim Smith
• The State - Nuclear power concerns raised - Chuck Crumbo
• Chicago Tribune - Abandoned nuclear reactors generate new surge of tourism - Hugo Martin
• Syracuse Post Standard - New nuke plant years in future--Process to build new reactor in Oswego County could take more than a decade. - John Doherty
• Barre Montpelier Times Argus - Letter: Nothing safe or clean about nuclear power - Lea Wood
• East Asia: AP Google - North Korea slams South Korea-US war games
• East Asia: Korea Times - Lee, Hu to Hold Summit Today - Kang Hyun-kyung
• East Asia: Yonhap News - N.K. media criticize Lee's remarks on war exercises
• South Asia: Radio New Zealand - NZ nuclear stance causes problem for India
• South Asia: Economic Times - India should end nuclear deal with US: Swamy
• South Asia: The Hindu - Manmohan must fulfil all assurances: Yechury - Khaleej Times
• South Asia: Pakistan Nation - Supporting nuclearisation - Dr Ahmad Rashid Malik
• Europe: The Independent - Nuclear waste containers likely to fail, warns 'devastating' report - Geoffrey Lean
• Europe: The Independent - Tobacco firms kept quiet on polonium role in cigarettes - Andy Rowell
• Europe: London Times - Think Tank: Renewables backed by nuclear is energy key - Veronica Mcdermott
• Europe: AFP Google - Spanish nuclear plant closed after fire in electrical generator
• Europe: Reuters - Update 1-Fire halts Spain's Vandellos II nuclear plant
• Russia: IceNews - Norway to remove Murmansk wreck - Olafur Olafsson
• Middle East: BBC News - Iranian leader backs Ahmadinejad
• Middle East: AP Google - Iran: 2nd nuclear power plant in design stage
• Middle East: AP Google - Iran's supreme leader defends Ahmadinejad - Ali Akbar Dareini
• Middle East: Reuters - Iran says designing new nuclear power plant
• Middle East: Gulf Daily News - Radiation warning system urged - Rebecca Torr
• Middle East: Gulf News - Nuclear power 'only for peaceful means'
• Middle East: Khaleej Times - UAE nuclear policy fully transparent
• Middle East: IRIB News - IRI to respond to IAEA within commitments
• Middle East: IRNA - Tehran to respond to IAEA within its commitments: Saeedi
• Middle East: IRNA - Enemies threats against Iran, baseless: minister
• Middle East: IRNA - Kireinko to discuss Bushehr power plant in Tehran
• Middle East: PRESS TV - Iran simulates US Army weaknesses
• Middle East: PRESS TV - 'West seeks to impede Iran's progress'
• Middle East: PRESS TV - US seeks control over Pak nukes - Kaveh Taghavi
• Middle East: PRESS TV - Iran, Russia to discuss N-plant launch

Updated - Saturday, August 23, 2008

• Las Vegas Review-Journal - Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Yucca application challenge fails--Federal regulators reject petition from Nevada - Steve Tetreault
• Las Vegas SUN - Letter: What I would ask the candidates - Todd W. Byington
• Pahrump Valley Times - Counties join to study Mina route
• Platts - Yucca Mountain application rejection would be premature: US NRC
• CQPolitics - Obama Picks Biden as Running Mate - Jonathan Allen
• AP Google - Reaction to Obama choosing Biden as running mate
• Energy Central - Geothermal Energy's Potential - Ken Silverstein
• Salt Lake Tribune - Top military brass to stress handling of nukes at Hill AFB
• Seattle Times - At Hanford Reach, nuclear plant preserved nature - Linda Shaw
• Seattle Times - Nuclear plant remains closed as workers investigate leaky pipe
• Tri-City Herald - Hanford pigeon shoot subject of PETA attention - Annette Cary
• IdahoStatesman - Mercury-emitting mine in Nevada shuts down - Rocky Barker
• Twin Falls Times-News - Elmore County nuclear plant company sues watchdog group - Nate Poppino
• AP Google - Train catches fire after derailment in Oklahoma - Murray Evans
• Knoxville News Sentinel - ANWAG objects to advisory board appointment - Frank Munger
• Charleston Post Courier - Clyburn, Graham speak up for nuclear power - David Slade
• St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Letter: Nuclear power is not safe or sustainable - Barbara Jennings
• Toledo Blade - Jury reconvenes next week in Davis-Besse trial - Tom Henry
• Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Parks nuke dump site to be cleaned in one-foot layers - Mary Ann Thomas
• Platts - NRC extends Oyster Creek license renewal request
• Lower Hudson Journal - Study warns of earthquake risk - Jane Lerner
• Lower Hudson Journal - Indian Point's new sirens win long-sought approval - Jonathan Bandler
• Lower Hudson Journal - DEC: Indian Point should consider cooling towers - Gerald McKinstry
• Mid-Hudson News - New Indian Point siren system to go online next week
• AP Google - Study finds new earthquake dangers for NYC - Jim Fitzgerald
• Platts - New siren system to debut at Indian Point next week
• UPI - Nuke plant increases NYC earthquake risk
• Brattleboro Reformer - Nuclear scientist: VY audit team on the right track - Bob Audette
• OhmyNews International - Will Controlled Nuclear Fusion Ever Work? - Hartmut Kaiser
• Pacific: Sydney Morning Herald - Nukes biggest threat to world: Keating
• South Asia: AFP Google - India will not accept conditions to clinch US nuclear deal: report
• South Asia: Reuters UK - India won't accept conditions on U.S. nuclear deal-report
• South Asia: Xinhua News - Nuclear Suppliers Group fails to agree on nuclear trade with India
• South Asia: The Hindu - Pranab: we will not accept any prescriptive terms
• South Asia: The Hindu - U.S. draft is another surrender: CPI (M)
• South Asia: The Hindu - Nuclear deal fate 'uncertain' - Siddharth Varadarajan
• South Asia: The Hindu - We will get NSG waiver, says Minister - C. Jaishankar
• South Asia: The Hindu - Next stop Washington, for Menon
• South Asia: Sahara Samay - NSG meeting was constructive: Menon
• Europe: BBC News - Charge over anti-nuclear protest
• Russia: Wall Street Journal - Russian Nuclear Pact Stalls - Jay Solomon
• Middle East: OpEdNews - Willy Pete or DU? Deformities in Iraq are Surging - Mac McKinney
• Middle East: AFP Google - Khamenei praises Iran's resistance in nuclear row
• Middle East: IRIB News - Moscow against any new anti-Iran resolution
• Middle East: IRNA - Moscow against any new anti-Iran resolution: envoy
• Middle East: PRESS TV - Israel launches joint military drill
• Middle East: PRESS TV - Iran prepares to launch satellite
• Middle East: PRESS TV - 'Nuclear stance protects Iran's dignity'
• Middle East: PRESS TV - Russia: Iran N-plant operational in '08
• Middle East: PRESS TV - Cleric urges scientific cooperation

Updated - Friday, August 22, 2008

• AP Google - Nevada's objection to nuke dump rejected for now
• Las Vegas Review-Journal - Presidential Campaign: New ad hits McCain on Yucca--Obama TV spot is second on nuclear waste repository - Molly Ball
• Las Vegas Review-Journal - NRC declines to throw out Yucca application
• In Business Las Vegas - Yackira remains bullish on utility's master plan - Stephanie Tavares
• Nuclear Engineering - Yucca Mountain cost estimate climbs
• Las Vegas Review-Journal - Presidential Campaign: New ad hits McCain on Yucca--Obama TV spot is second on nuclear waste repository - Molly Ball
• Honolulu Advertiser - Army to conduct prescribed burn--Scorching at Schofield firing range clears area, helps detect uranium
• Hanford News - Areva to add uranium recovery operation - Annette Cary
• Hanford News - Olympia reconsiders nuclear free zone ordinance
• Hanford News - Nuclear power plant shuts down
• Hanford News - Vegetable oil new Hanford cleanup tool - Shannon Dininny
• Seattle Post Intelligencer - Wash nuclear power plant shuts down
• Tri-City Herald - Columbia Generation Station goes off-line - Nuclear Engineering
• Science Daily - Radioactive Waste Recycling No Longer A Pain In The Ash
• Rocky Mountain News - Labor Dept.: Rocky's reporting unfair, inaccurate - David W. James
• Rocky Mountain News - Temple: We stand by our reporting - John Temple
• New York Times - Ads on Nuclear Threat Removed From Convention Airports - Larry Rohter
• Chattanooga Times Free Press - Tennessee Valley Authority boosts conservation budget fourfold as public reels before rate hike - Dave Flessner
• Knoxville News Sentinel - Getting loaded at Y-12 - Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel - Gordon expects NRC to OK nuke import license - Frank Munger
• The Tennessean - TVA doesn't know what new Bellefonte reactors would cost - Anne Paine
• Augusta Chronicle - Group objects to early site permit - Rob Pavey
• Augusta Chronicle - Contractor hires six new managers - Rob Pavey
• Anderson Independent Mail - Lake levels expected to continue dropping - Ray Chandler
• Reuters - Progress N.C. Harris reactor exits back at full power
• Bemidji Pioneer - Commentary: Keep uranium in the ground - Winona LaDuke
• Minneapolis Star Tribune - Company news: Bloomington office of Weber Shandwick
• Wisconsin State Journal - Kevin Kamps: Atomic waste problem far from solved
• Reuters - AEP Mich. Cook 2 reactor back at full power
• Reuters - NY nuclear plant likely a quake risk: study
• Dayton Daily News - Former Mound Lab workers to hold picnic Saturday
• Toledo Blade - Davis-Besse arguments to wind up today - Tom Henry
• Asbury Park Press - Panel to look at corrosion at nuke plant - Todd B. Bates
• Mid-Hudson News - New Indian Point siren system to go online next week
• AP Google - Sirens at NY nuclear plant finally win approval
• Scientific American - Could a big earthquake reduce Manhattan to rubble someday? - Adam Hadhazy
• Brattleboro Reformer - Entergy's management questioned - Bob Audette
• Brattleboro Reformer - Oversight panel frets over VY audit timeline - Bob Audette
• UPI - Radiation from nuclear plants is down
• New York Times - F.D.A. Allows Irradiation of Some Produce - Gardiner Harris
• NRC - NUREG/CR-6973: Technical Basis for Assessing Uranium Bioremediation Performance
• Defense Department - NOTICES Meetings: U.S. Nuclear Command and Control System Comprehensive Review Advisory Committee, 49653 [E8–19498]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Draft Regulatory Guide; Granting Extension of Comment Period: An Approach for Determining the Technical Adequacy of Probabilistic Risk Assessment Results for Risk-Informed Activities, 49711–49712 [E8–19635]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Interim Staff Guidance: Assessment of Normal and Extreme Winter Precipitation Loads on the Roofs of Seismic Category I Structures, 49712 [E8–19554]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Committee On Reactor Safeguards, 49713–49714 [E8–19485]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Order Imposing Additional Security Measures: All Licensees Authorized to Manufacture or initially Transfer Items Containing Radioactive Material for Sale or Distribution, etc., 49714–49721 [E8–19545]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Regulatory Issue Summary 2008-18 Information on Requests for Extending Use of Expiring Transportation Packages; Availability, 49721–49722 [E8–19553]
• Canada: Nuclear Engineering - Maple cancelled - David Mosey
• Canada: Times and Transcript - Uranium drill holes will be fixed: Minister - Mary Moszynski
• Pacific: Melbourne Herald Sun - Nuclear lobby can't see the light - Olga Galacho
• Asia: Xinhua News - China's first commercial nuclear power plant installed steam generator for expansion
• East Asia: AP Google - Nuclear exporters to discuss India trade ban - Veronika Oleksyn
• East Asia: AFP Google - US, NKorea hold talks to break nuclear impasse
• East Asia: AFP Google - Nuclear suppliers fail to reach consensus on US-India deal - Reuters
• East Asia: Reuters India - U.S. envoy met N.Koreans for nuclear talks
• East Asia: Xinhua News - U.S., DPRK officials to meet in New York
• South Asia: BBC News - Key India nuclear talks continue
• South Asia: Washington Post - U.S. Push to Expand India's Nuclear Trade Draws Skepticism - Glenn Kessler
• South Asia: AP Google - Nuclear group delays decision on India trade ban - Veronika Oleksyn
• South Asia: Reuters India - Nations can't agree India nuclear pact, set Sept talks - Mark Heinrich
• South Asia: Reuters India - Nuclear suppliers propose terms for U.S.-India deal - Mark Heinrich
• South Asia: Calcutta Telegraph - Vienna blow to nuclear deal - NSG puts off decision, cloud on US passage during Bush reign - K.P. Nayar
• South Asia: Chandigarh Tribune - NSG meet inconclusive--To reconvene on Sept 4 - Ashok Tuteja
• South Asia: The Hindu - Conditions mooted for Indian nuclear waiver - Siddharth Varadarajan
• South Asia: The Hindu - U.S. Inc. lobbies for India at NSG
• South Asia: The Hindu - Finding a fix to the NSG's code of Omerta - Siddharth Varadarajan
• South Asia: The Hindu - India says NSG clearance is U.S. responsibility - Siddharth Varadarajan
• South Asia: The Hindu - No NSG decision on India waiver, next meet in Sept
• South Asia: The Hindu - NSG resumes discussions on waiver to India
• South Asia: The Hindu - 'Impose conditions before granting waiver to India'
• South Asia: Hindustan Times - India hopeful of getting waiver from NSG, but it could take time - Amit Baruah
• South Asia: PTI - NSG draft waiver text could be amended: US
• South Asia: PTI - Pak will not obstruct Indo-US nuke deal: Qureshi
• Europe: BBC News - Anti-nuclear protest at dockyard
• Europe: Birmingham Mail - West Brom plays host to children fighting radiation illness - Tony Deeley
• Europe: John O'Groat Journal - Milestone reached in reactor clean-up
• Europe: Nuclear Engineering - UK sets sights on sites
• Europe: Nuclear Engineering - Escalating costs of new build: what does it mean?
• Europe: Financial Times - Troublesome Areva reactor in clear after safety doubts - Peggy Hollinger and Robert Anderson
• Europe: IceNews - Finland halts work on nuclear reactor over safety concerns - A. Rienstra
• Europe: Newsroom Finland - Finnish nuclear watchdog to carry out "special inspection" at Olkiluoto
• Europe: YLE News - Extra Inspection of Nuclear Construction Site Planned
• Europe: Nuclear Engineering - New nuclear countries: how can they do it?
• East Europe: Georgetown Voice - Chernobyl's concrete ghost town - Chelsea Paige
• Middle East: IRIB News - Bullying powers use N-issue as excuse
• Middle East: IRIB News - IRI, IAEA talk in a scientific atmosphere
• Middle East: IRNA - Rafsanjani: Bullying powers use nuclear issue as an excuse
• Middle East: IRNA - Green MPs urge German gov't to halt contentious US-India atomic deal
• Middle East: PRESS TV - Activists campaign against war on Iran
• Middle East: PRESS TV - West using Iran's N-case to bully world
• Middle East: PRESS TV - Sanctions on Iranian banks futile
• Middle East: PRESS TV - Iraq: We will not be war launch pad
• West Africa: Reuters UK - Update 1-Cameco takes stake in Niger uranium explorer
• South Africa: African Energy News Review - German report raises questions about PBMR safety
• South Africa: Bloomberg - Eskom Shuts Generator at Koeberg Nuclear Plant for Maintenance - Garth Theunissen
• South Africa: Reuters - Update 1-SNC Lavalin gets S.Africa nuclear plant contract - Reuters
• South Africa: Reuters Africa - Eskom shuts unit at nuclear station for maintanance
• South Africa: World Nuclear News - Koeberg maintenance the least of Eskom's tasks

Updated - Thursday, August 21, 2008

• KVBC - Reid: Road to the presidency is through the West - Linda Wieland
• Las Vegas Review-Journal - Erin Neff: State must do more than just talk about renewables
• Las Vegas SUN - Nevada political roundup: Ad targets McCain on Yucca - Michael Mishak
• Las Vegas SUN - Nevada lawmaker says McCain using race
• PolitickerNV - Obama ad attacks McCain on YuccaBy Daniel Trudeau
• Berkeley Daily Planet - Health Officials Say Campus Bay Safe for Current Use, Not Homes - Richard Brenneman
• Los Angeles Times - Nukes to the rescue? - Jerry Taylor and V. John White
• Reuters - PG&E to replace transformer at Calif. nuclear plant
• Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Army plans to burn 1,200 acres at Schofield
• Statesman Journal - U.S. would benefit from nuclear power - John C. Ringle
• World Nuclear News - Areva to 'decaffeinate' ash to recover uranium
• Tri-City Herald - Hanford: B Reactor news expected Monday - Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald - Vegetable oil in recipe for Hanford cleanup - Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald - Hanford employees fired over alleged fraud - Annette Cary
• Tri-City Herald - HAMMER facility helps manage a scary world
• Hanford News - Correction: Uranium mining lawsuit
• Hanford News - FDA: Irradiated spinach, lettuce OK to kill germs - Lauran Neergaard
• Alamogordo Daily News - Sen. Domenici bid farewell at Alamogordo luncheon; retiring statesman fears for U.S. future - Elva K. Osterreich
• Carlsbad Current-Argus - Slow, steady key words at WIPP - Kyle Marksteiner
• Casper Star Tribune - NRC chairman touts Wyoming uranium mine - Dustin Bleizeffer
• The Coloradoan - Nuclear talk electrifying - Mike Fox
• Rocky Mountain News - Feds: Stories about nuke workers flawed - Laura Frank
• The Examiner - Anti-nuke billboard removed from Denver airport
• Rocky Mountain News - Rocky responds to the Department of Labor
• Platts - TVA's 2009 budget to include funds to expand generating capacity
• Greeneville Sun - History Exhibit To Open In Knoxville
• Knoxville News Sentinel - Ostendorff's take on UPF - Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel - Big news for Y-12 on horizon? - Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel - Radioactive treasure hunt: In search of orphan sources - Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel - Does USA really have a brainpower advantage? - Frank Munger
• Knoxville News Sentinel - Ex-CIA chief studies up on energy - Darren Dunlap
• Knoxville News Sentinel - TVA raising rates 20% - Larisa Brass
• Oak Ridger - 'Major' waterline break at Y-12 plant confirmed
• Miami Herald - Flooding idles St. Lucie nuclear reactor - Aaron Clark
• Palm Beach Post - Fay-related flooding prompts FPL to shut St. Lucie nuclear unit - Susan Salisbury
• Sarasota Herald-Tribune - The trouble with nuclear power--Plants Are Generally Safe, But High Costs And Risks Remain
• TCPalm - Flooding forces St. Lucie Nuclear Plant to shut down 1 reactor - Keona Gardner
• Augusta Chronicle - New SRS contractor announces six senior manager changes - Rob Pavey
• The State - State regulators to hold hearing on nuclear request - Chuck Crumbo
• Reuters - Progress N.C. Harris reactor starts to exit outage
• Wilmington Star-News - Repair tested at Wake County nuclear power plant - Jim Brumm
• WCCO - Hearing Planned On Monticello Nuclear Plant
• Wisconsin State Journal - Dan Goldstein: Nuclear accident letter misleading
• MonroeNews - What's next in the long licensing process to build a new Fermi ?
• MonroeNews - Nuclear plant plan generates questions - Charles Slat
• Reuters - AEP Mich. Cook 2 reactor exits outage
• Press of Atlantic City - Oyster Creek workers exposed to less radiation than those at other plants
• Environment News Service - Earthquake Zone Intersection Threatens Indian Point Nuclear Plant
• Syracuse Post Standard - Public can join in reactor talk - John Doherty
• Brattleboro Reformer - NRC says exposure rate falls - Bob Audette
• BurlingtonFreePress - My Turn: At Yankee, money ruins everything - Michael Granger
• Vermont Public Radio - Electric utilities want more renewable power - Ross Sneyd
• USA Today - Letter: Reliance on nuclear for power passes buck to future generations - Jim Ryan
• CDC:NIOSH - What's New on the NIOSH Web Site
• DOE - Senior Department of Energy Official to Deliver Remarks at DOE's Hanford Site
• NRC - NRC Licensing Board to Webcast Sept. 3 Session on Lee Reactor Application as Part of Pilot Program
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Director's Decision: Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., 49495 [E8–19374]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Carolina Power and Light Co.; Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1, Wake County, NC, 49496 [E8–19377]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Southern Nuclear Operating Co.; Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Site, GA, 49496 [E8–19371]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board: Crow Butte Resources, Inc., 49496–49497 [E8–19383]
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NOTICES Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board: Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc., 49497 [E8–19380]
• Canada: Telegraph-Journal - N.B.'s nuclear twin gets new lease on life - David Shipley
• Canada: Times and Transcript - Gov't must fix uranium damage: Opposition - Mary Moszynski
• Pacific: Courier Mail - Ziggy Switkowski says Queensland needs nuclear energy
• East Asia: New York Times - Big Dreams for North Korean Industrial Park - Martin Fackler
• East Asia: Chosun Ilbo - Korea Developing 'SMART' Nuclear Reactor
• East Asia: Chosun Ilbo - Chief Korean Negotiator Returns from Talks with U.S. and China
• East Asia: Korea Times - WFP Asks Seoul to Join in $60 Million Aid to N. Korea - Kim Sue-young
• South Asia: BBC News - Key India nuclear meet in Vienna
• South Asia: Bloomberg - Indian Atomic Accord Discussed by Nuclear Suppliers (Update1) - Jonathan Tirone
• South Asia: New York Times - Don't Loosen Nuclear Rules for India - Edward J. Markey and Ellen O. Tauscher
• South Asia: Washington Post - U.S. Push to Expand India's Nuclear Trade Draws Skepticism - Glenn Kessler
• South Asia: AP Google - Nuclear exporters mull lifting India trade ban - Veronika Oleksyn
• South Asia: AP Google - Nuclear exporters to discuss India trade ban - Veronika Oleksyn
• South Asia: AFP Google - No green light for US-India nuke deal just yet: diplomat
• South Asia: AFP Google - US set to push India nuclear deal at suppliers group meet
• South Asia: AFP Google - No green light for US-India nuke deal just yet: diplomat
• South Asia: AFP Google - Nuclear Suppliers Group discusses India-US nuclear deal
• South Asia: Reuters India - Update 1-Nuclear suppliers meet on U.S.-India trade deal - Mark Heinrich
• South Asia: Reuters India - U.S.-India nuclear deal faces crucial meeting
• South Asia: Reuters India - Factbox - Nuclear Suppliers Group
• South Asia: Calcutta Telegraph - N-waiver critics bind US in knot - K.P. Nayar
• South Asia: Chandigarh Tribune - 3 NSG countries question waiver - Ashok Tuteja
• South Asia: Economic Times - Germany has interest in getting waiver for India at NSG
• South Asia: The Hindu - NSG critics focus on non-proliferation benchmarks - Siddharth Varadarajan
• South Asia: The Hindu - Naysayers set to delay India decision - Siddharth Varadarajan
• South Asia: The Hindu - Naval exercises with U.S. in October - Sandeep Dikshit
• South Asia: The Hindu - Nuclear power expensive compared to others: Yechury
• South Asia: The Hindu - 'No member country opposes waiver for India'
• South Asia: The Hindu - DMK and CPI(M) hit out at each other
• South Asia: The Hindu - NSG meets to consider waiver for India
• South Asia: PTI - India holds special briefing for NSG members
• Europe: BBC News - Atomic body backs rail proposal
• Europe: Cumberland News - International conference at Sellafield
• Europe: World Nuclear News - First look at damaged Windscale pile
• Europe: Financial Times - Areva reactor project given all-clear - Peggy Hollinger and Robert Anderson
• Europe: Hemscott - Finland seeks details on nuclear safety checks
• Europe: Newsroom Finland - Finnish gov't requests another report on Olkiluoto from nuclear watchdog
• East Europe: Moscow News - Repairs completed on Chernobyl protective shell
• Russia: AP Google - Lieberman wants Russia tossed out of G-8 - Vanessa Gera
• Russia: Los Angeles Times - The Cold War, reheated--It's 1981 again, and the Russians are once again the bad guys. - Rosa Brooks
• Russia: Wall Street Journal - Russia's Nuclear Threat Is More Than Words - Gabriel Schoenfeld
• Middle East: AFP Google - US sanctions not hampering business: Iran bank chief
• Middle East: Financial Times - Iran gets around US bank sanctions - Najmeh Bozorgmehr
• Middle East: IRIB News - IRI, IAEA talk in a scientific atmosphere
• Middle East: IRIB News - IRI,IAEA to continue talks - Saeedi
• Middle East: IRIB News - Russia welcomes IRI's coop for regional stability
• Middle East: IRNA - Constructive Iran-IAEA negotiations to continue - Saeedi
• Middle East: PRESS TV - US missiles for Russia not Iran
• Middle East: PRESS TV - Russia, Syria back Iran nuclear right
• Middle East: PRESS TV - US pushing NSG over India deal
• Middle East: PRESS TV - Iran holds talks ahead of IAEA report
• Middle East: PRESS TV - Israel retracts war on Iran threats
• Middle East: PRESS TV - 'Iran war doomsday scenario for PG'
• Middle East: PRESS TV - Iran: Talks with IAEA constructive

Updated - Wednesday, August 20, 2008

• Las Vegas SUN - Union group protests outside McCain office
• Las Vegas SUN - Six Questions for: Daryl Thome--Member, Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Advisory Committee - Joe Schoenmann
• San Francisco Chronicle - Water deal for proposed nuclear plant in SJ Valley
• Seattle Times - State won't appeal ruling on Hanford initiative
• Tri-City Herald - HANFORD: Vegetable oil being used to treat contamination - Annette Cary
• Hanford News - Historic B Reactor under new roof
• Hanford News - Hanford waste initiative dead after no appeal made - Annette Cary
• Hanford News - PNNL to test high-tech security system at Americans games - John Trumbo
• Hanford News - PNNL names science, tech deputy director
• Hanford News - Top nuclear regulator checks on industry in West - Judith Kohler
• Idaho Business Review - U of I, Areva partner on 'green' nuclear waste treatment - Zach Hagadone
• Idaho Business Review - Next generation nuclear plant inches ahead - Zach Hagadone
• Carlsbad Current-Argus - WIPP proceeding with caution in safety review
• Denver Post -