[NukeNet] Top Nuclear Stories (April 10-14th)

[roger Herried]

*Top Nuclear Stories (April 10-14th)*

Nuclear Reactor News

Defects found in nuclear reactor the French want to build in Britain - 
Home News, UK - The Independent 
<http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/defects-found-in-nuclear-reactor-the-french-want-to-build-in-britain-808461.html> 

AFP: Protests as French PM visits Japan nuclear plant 
<http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5g4F8Fjk8Vt_AAPq_JYzfWgxXW-pQ>
2 killed in Gas leakage at Khushab nuclear plant - PakTribune 
<http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?199263>
World Politics Review | British, Russian Support May Not Save Ambitious 
Nuclear Power Club 
<http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/article.aspx?id=1921>
Energy debate rages on in Latvia as atomic plant prepares to close : 
Energy Environment 
<http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/197830,energy-debate-rages-on-in-latvia-as-atomic-plant-prepares.html> 

Peterborough Examiner - Ontario, CA: GE-Hitachi withdraws from nuclear 
reactor bid process 
<http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=978938&auth=BRENDAN+WEDLEY%2FExaminer+Staff+Writer> 

Georgia Power signs deal for nuclear plants - Atlanta Business 
Chronicle: 
<http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2008/04/07/daily38.html>
Tri-State to seek partners for southeast Colorado nuclear plant 
<http://www.platts.com/Nuclear/News/6853172.xml>
NIRS: NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ELECTRICITY: A SIMPLE COSTING MODEL 
<http://www.nirs.org/neconomics/nuclearpowerplantelectricitycostslusk.pdf>
Canada's AECL pulls out of UK nuclear reactor study | Industries | 
Consumer Goods & Retail | Reuters 
<http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssConsumerGoodsAndRetailNews/idUSL0764306520080407> 

''Unusual event'' at Waterford nuclear power complex -- Water 
Restrictions, Waterford -- Newsday.com 
<http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/connecticut/ny-bc-ct--millstoneincident0407apr07,0,7340189.story> 

Analysis of reactor won't be released | APP.com | Asbury Park Press 
<http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080407/NEWS/804070375>

Nuclear Health and Safety News

Newswire.com - Subcommittee Investigates CDC's Handling of Beryllium 
Exposure Investigation <http://media-newswire.com/release_1063306.html>
Up to 800 people checked after Spain radioactive leak | Industries | 
Industrials, Materials & Utilities | Reuters 
<http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idUSL1475395820080414?sp=true> 

Project: Assessing Medical Preparedness for a Nuclear Event - A Workshop 
<http://www8.nationalacademies.org/cp/projectview.aspx?key=48909>
Still no compensation for former Joliet plant workers :: The 
SouthtownStar :: News 
<http://www.southtownstar.com/news/892880,041408blockson.article>
HANFORD: New Web service launched for ill workers | Tri-City Herald 
<http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/156116.html>
Mod Admits Old War Planes Contaminated Dalgety Bay (from Sunday Herald) 
<http://www.sundayherald.com/news/heraldnews/display.var.2192975.0.mod_admits_old_war_planes_contaminated_dalgety_bay.php> 

Radiation At Solway Range Hits New High (from Sunday Herald) 
<http://www.sundayherald.com/news/heraldnews/display.var.2192940.0.radiation_at_solway_range_hits_new_high.php> 

Northumberland Today - Professor tells the other side of Port Hope 
uranium issue 
<http://www.northumberlandtoday.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=982215&auth=Joyce+Cassin> 

Is Hill's confession enough? Some say no - Salt Lake Tribune 
<http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_8900464>
NIOSH Seeks Public Comments on Beryllium Alert | Occupational Health & 
Safety <http://www.ohsonline.com/articles/60801>
Whitehaven News: Radioactive milk found on farm near Sellafield 
<http://www.whitehaven-news.co.uk/news/1.83652>
Former western Pa. nuclear workers could get compensation earlier - The 
York Daily Record <http://ydr.inyork.com/ci_8871211>
The Enquirer - Bill would aid ex-Fernald workers 
<http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080410/NEWS01/304100119> 

SOLANCONEWS.com -- NRC to Discuss Results of Safety Conscious Work 
Environment Inspection at Peach Bottom 
<http://www.solanconews.com/Gov/Articles/2008/080410_NRC_peachbottom.htm>
Deseret Morning News | Depleted uranium sent to burn plant 
<http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695269153,00.html>
Outside View: Ukraine fears of nuke safety - UPI.com 
<http://www.upi.com/International_Security/Energy/Analysis/2008/04/09/outside_view_ukraine_fears_of_nuke_safety/2621> 

Ill ex-nuke workers to get money, benefits - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 
<http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_561415.html>
More time needed on Flats aid cases, advisory panel says : Local News : 
The Rocky Mountain News 
<http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/apr/09/more-study-needed-flats-workers-request-panel-says> 

Board recommends easing requirements for compensating ill Hanford 
workers | Tri-City Herald : Mid-Columbia news 
<http://www.tri-cityherald.com/901/story/151262.html>
Labor Department to hold Livermore meetings for atomic weapons workers - 
East Bay Business Times: 
<http://eastbay.bizjournals.com/eastbay/stories/2008/04/07/daily57.html>
ITAR-TASS: Putin favors equal rights of citizens affected in Mayak, 
Chernobyl accidents 
<http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=12561444&PageNum=0>
NRC to give fatigued nuclear workers some relief 
<http://www.palmbeachpost.com/business/content/business/epaper/2008/04/07/0407nukeworkers.html> 

Group hopes to ease claims process for nuclear workers : Rocky Flats 
Nuclear Workers : The Rocky Mountain News 
<http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/apr/07/group-hopes-to-ease-claims-process-for-nuclear> 


Nuclear Security News

FPL fined over sleeping security guards - 04/10/2008 - MiamiHerald.com 
<http://www.miamiherald.com/breaking_business/story/490579.html>

Nuclear Fuel Cycle News

Future uranium mine may affect Finke Desert Race - ABC News (Australian 
Broadcasting Corporation) 
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/14/2215899.htm?section=business> 

Author warns of uranium danger 
<http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/booksandthearts/story.html?id=347ef66a-d534-4820-8706-71ebd7478426> 

helena ir: JeffCo to test uranium levels 
<http://www.helenair.com/articles/2008/04/13/top/65lo_080413_uranium.txt>
Namibia: The Impact Of Uranium 
<http://www.namibian.com.na/2008/April/letters/08F8EAA698.html>
Areva, Mitsubishi Heavy plan nuclear fuel supply venture | Latest News | 
News | Hemscott 
<http://www.hemscott.com/news/latest-news/item.do?newsId=62865436454351>
Nova Scotia News - Chester wants uranium mining ban made law 
<http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1049016.html>
Monju reactor's future uncertain / Spate of problems likely to doom Oct. 
target for restart of operations :The Daily Yomiuri 
<http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20080411TDY04303.htm>
More information is needed before taking a stand on Nunn mine | Opinion 
Page | The Tribune 
<http://www.greeleytrib.com/article/20080410/TRIBEDIT/929912824/-1/TRIBEDIT> 

Canon city Daily Record: Uranium hearing set for May 27 
<http://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/default.aspx?tabid=71&pDesc=3149,1,1>
Will the U.S. recycle nuclear materials for fuel? | Green Tech blog - 
CNET News.com 
<http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9916189-54.html?tag=newsmap>
AFP: Next-generation nuclear fuel may be too hot to handle: report 
<http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iusqcwzzYvUrUMDUqaDrr6itA1zg>
Greeley City Council hears arguments from Powertech, CARD in work 
session Tuesday | News | The Tribune 
<http://www.greeleytrib.com/article/20080409/NEWS/50591593>
India looks at Namibia for uranium supply - UPI.com 
<http://www.upi.com/International_Security/Energy/Briefing/2008/04/10/india_looks_at_namibia_for_uranium_supply/8277> 

Inspections ordered at Monju plant (The Daily Yomiuri) 
<http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/features/science/20080409TDY02305.htm>
Chillicothe Gazette - Old uranium may be worth billions if sold 
<http://www.chillicothegazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080408/NEWS01/804080305> 

Cantwell blasts old mining law : ICT [2008/04/07] 
<http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096416961>
States disagree on uranium mining - Salt Lake Tribune 
<http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_8835429>
Green Left - Labor to push uranium expansion 
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/2008/746/38604>

Nuclear Waste News

Moving Nuclear Waste 
<http://www.thecheers.org/article_2702_Moving-Nuclear-Waste.html>
BarentsObserver : Kara Sea dump sites monitored 
<http://www.barentsobserver.com/kara-sea-dump-sites-monitored.4474958-16149.html> 

Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter - Towns: Plants should pay for storing 
nuclear waste 
<http://www.htrnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080412/MAN0101/804120422/1984> 

RIA Novosti - Opinion & analysis - Dangerous radioactive dump sites in 
Kara Sea <http://en.rian.ru/analysis/20080411/104883828.html>
Afghan minister statement on nuclear waste dumping highly irresponsible: 
Pak - PakTribune <http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?199311>
NRC Issues "Fact Sheet" on EnergySolutions Italian Waste Proposal - KCPW 
<http://www.kcpw.org/article/5769>
The Prague Post Online : Deeper underground 
<http://www.praguepost.com/articles/2008/04/09/deeper-underground.php>
Radioactive waste of 1966 nuclear accident found - Expatica 
<http://www.expatica.com/es/articles/news/Radioactive-waste-of-1966-nuclear-accident-found.html> 

Environmental Capital - WSJ.com : Moving Mountains: A New Option for 
Nuclear Waste? 
<http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2008/04/10/moving-mountains-a-new-option-for-nuclear-waste/?mod=WSJBlog> 

SEISMIC SHIFT: SENATOR PUSHES NEW MEXICO -- NOT YUCCA MT. -- AS 
ALTERNATE SITE FOR NATIONâEUR^(TM)S HIGH LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE DUMP | 
Politicker NV 
<http://www.politickernv.com/jkcooper/1182/seismic-shift-senator-pushes-new-mexico-not-yucca-mt-alternate-site-nation-s-high-leve> 

"Senate nuke energy champ wants alternative to Yucca Mountain" by Vegas 
News - Las Vegas Sun 
<http://www.lasvegassun.com/blogs/news/2008/apr/09/senate-nuke-energy-champ-wants-alternative-yucca-m> 

DOE continuing to make strides on nuclear waste cleanup - General News 
<http://ohmygov.com/blogs/general_news/archive/2008/04/07/doe-continuing-to-make-strides-on-nuclear-waste-cleanup.aspx> 


Nuclear Policy News

Fairness call for new nuclear age - Blackpool Today 
<http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/business/Fairness-call-for-new-nuclear.3976225.jp> 

Warsaw Business Journal - Nuclear Nation? 
<http://www.wbj.pl/?command=article&id=40768&type=wbj>
On rare stage, nuclear sides face off - The Boston Globe 
<http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/04/13/on_rare_stage_nuclear_sides_face_off> 

AFP: EDF readies British Energy bid worth 11 billion pounds 
<http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jEqAe5zQWcqYJYOe_G3ROc6rBi1w>
Negative reaction to nuclear power plan - icWales 
<http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/wales-news/2008/04/11/negative-reaction-to-nuclear-power-plan-91466-20749401> 

Greenpeace costs BE atomic plan at £25bn | The Guardian 
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/apr/12/britishenergygroupbusiness.nuclear?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews> 

An Earth Day look at nuclear energy - Newburyport, MA - The Newburyport 
Current 
<http://www.wickedlocal.com/newburyport/fun/entertainment/x224951947>
Foreign giants in nuclear site talks | This is Money 
<http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/investing-and-markets/article.html?in_article_id=440192&in_page_id=3&position=moretopstories> 

CHRONOLOGY: The ups and downs of bid target British Energy | Reuters 
<http://www.reuters.com/article/pressReleasesMolt/idUSL1759378020080410?sp=true> 

RWE made $22 billion bid proposal for B.Energy: source | Reuters 
<http://www.reuters.com/article/ELECTU/idUSL1010192620080410>
The UK needs to rethink its 'romantic' energy policy or face disaster - 
Telegraph 
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/04/10/cnenergy110.xml> 

Sierra Club: Enabling the Nuclear Renaissance is Backward Energy Policy 
<http://www.sierraclub.org/flip/downloads/loanguarantees-nuclear.pdf>
AFP: European power groups mull British Energy takeover: report 
<http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5j2dbP6DiDpoqI9wKutuM4n2J_U_A>
Nils Pratley: This nuclear solution looks unstable | Business | The 
Guardian <http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/apr/08/2>
Speaker urges Utahns to rethink nuclear power - Salt Lake Tribune 
<http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_8835438>
Government failing to fund UK's nuclear clean-up, say MPs - Times Online 
<http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/utilities/article3695001.ece> 

Funding for clean-up of nuclear sites is unsustainable, say MPs | 
Environment | The Guardian 
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/apr/07/nuclearpower.energy>
Worried about energy? You should be 
<http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/view/columns/4936214.html>
Daily Herald | Nuclear repeal plan a bad idea 
<http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=167488&src=>

Nuclear Weapons News

Israel and U.S. sign nuclear cooperation agreement - Haaretz - Israel 
News <http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/974486.html>
Protesters, police meet again : Local News : Knoxville News Sentinel 
<http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/apr/14/protesters-police-meet-again>
The cost of nuclear weapons : Opinion : Ventura County Star 
<http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/apr/14/the-cost-of-nuclear-weapons> 

MyFox Colorado | Rocky Flats Protesters Reunite 
<http://www.myfoxcolorado.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=6291683&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1> 

Regional Nuclear War Would Affect Entire Globe - Yahoo! News 
<http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/regionalnuclearwarwouldaffectentireglobe> 

Bush pushes for seed money for missiles in space | Politics | Reuters 
<http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN0948264520080409>

Department of Energy News

KOB.com - Lawsuit alleges LANL waste caused manâEUR^(TM)s death 
<http://kob.com/article/stories/S409134.shtml?cat=500>
Local News | Probe sought in lapses at Hanford waste plant | Seattle 
Times Newspaper 
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004339019_hanford10m.html> 

New Radiation Suit Filed Against Los Alamos Lab 
<http://world-wire.com/news/0804090001.html>
HANFORD: DOE sends 1,000 pounds of plutonium off site | Tri-City Herald 
: Mid-Columbia news <http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/151358.html>
knoxnews.com | Protest Sunday at Y-12: rules of engagement 
<http://blogs.knoxnews.com/knx/munger/2008/04/protest_sunday_at_y12_1.html>
Energy department nixes drilling within half-mile of blast site 
<http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/content/news/stories/2008/04/07/040808_7a_Project_Rulison.html> 

DOE budget falls short of required funding for Hanford cleanup work | 
Tri-City Herald : Mid-Columbia news 
<http://www.tri-cityherald.com/901/story/149957.html>

Nuclear Editorial and Opinions

PATRICK MOORE: Nuclear power: Massachusetts is facing up to carbon 
choices - Quincy, MA - The Patriot Ledger 
<http://www.patriotledger.com/opinions/x1403477302>
Daily Herald | Nuclear power push beyond irresponsible 
<http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=168886&src=>
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