[NukeNet] Top Nuclear Stories for the last 4 days

roger Herried rogerh at energy-net.org
Sun Mar 2 15:59:23 EST 2008


*Top Nuclear Stories for the last 4 days *

   1.


              The Herald Online: Eskom ‘must halt nuclear investigation
              at Thyspunt‘
              <http://www.theherald.co.za/herald/news/n03_06032008.htm>

   2.


              South Africa: The Herald Online: Erwin announces plan for
              14 pebble-bed reactors
              <http://www.theherald.co.za/herald/news/n04_06032008.htm>

   3.


              Whitehaven News: Calls for public vote on N-dump
              <http://www.whitehaven-news.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=802470>


   4.


              Whitehaven News: Scientists study radiation link
              <http://www.whitehaven-news.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=802521>


   5.


              Uranium sell-off to help pay for £72bn clean-up |
              Environment | The Guardian
              <http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/mar/07/nuclearpower.nuclear>


   6.


              Atomic-test veterans to sue Government | The Australian
              <http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23334380-12377,00.html>


   7.


              Toshiba to open up U.S. nuclear power business |
              Technology | Reuters
              <http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSWEN436120080306>


   8.


              News Analysis: U.S. general's call for new nuclear weapons
              raises concerns over arms race_English_Xinhua
              <http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/06/content_7734529.htm>


   9.


              Atlantic Free Press - Breaking the Nuremberg Code: The US
              Military’s Human-Testing Program Returns
              <http://atlanticfreepress.com/content/view/3529/32>

  10.


              4 more reactor orders on tap, Westinghouse CEO says -
              Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
              <http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/business/briefs/s_555732.html>


  11.


              Zion officials look into dismantling nuclear plant
              <http://www.bnd.com/326/story/273844.html>

  12.


              USEC downblends uranium from Russian nukes - UPI.com
              <http://www.upi.com/International_Security/Energy/Briefing/2008/03/06/usec_downblends_uranium_from_russian_nukes/2570>


  13.


              Nuclear power revival has terrible consequences
              <http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/view/letters/4795124.html>


  14.


              Russian nuclear fuel imports called threat to Paducah
              plant's future
              <http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080306/NEWS01/803060389/1008/NEWS01>


  15.


              NRC to hold public meetings on plans for Bellefonte
              nuclear site - The Huntsville Times - al.com
              <http://blog.al.com/breaking/2008/03/nrc_to_hold_public_meetings_on.html>


  16.


              Idaho officials question radioactive leak reporting |
              KTVB.COM | Idaho News
              <http://www.ktvb.com/news/localnews/stories/ktvbn-mar0608-radioactive_leak.2a9f12b2.html>


  17.


              LocalNews8.com Idaho Falls, Pocatello - Energy Department
              to ship nuclear waste to Idaho for treatment
              <http://www.localnews8.com/Global/story.asp?S=7978541>

  18.


              HANFORD: DOE expects to miss 18 cleanup deadlines in next
              2 years | Tri-City Herald
              <http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/110613.html>

  19.


              Cleanup of sites gets short shrift | ajc.com
              <http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/stories/2008/03/06/nucleared_0306.html>


  20.


              Richland WA one of five finalists for uranium plant
              <http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420ap_wa_uranium_enrichment.html>


  21.


              Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2008: Modernizing
              Spent Fuel Management in the U.S.
              <http://www.heritage.org/Research/EnergyandEnvironment/bg2113.cfm>


  22.


              Guardian Newspapers: Nigeria: Agency restates commitment
              to nuclear power
              <http://www.guardiannewsngr.com/energy/article03//indexn3_html?pdate=050308>


  23.


              Arab League vows to drop out of NPT if Israel admits it
              has nuclear weapons - Haaretz - Israel News
              <http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/961275.html>

  24.


              Feed Article | Business |Tiny Estonia could go nuclear,
              sees oil shale hope
              <http://www.guardian.co.uk/feedarticle?id=7360432>

  25.


              Lies, Omissions and Nuclear Waste | The Dominion
              <http://www.dominionpaper.ca/articles/1749>

  26.


              Nuclear Deja Vu | Danger Room from Wired.com
              <http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/03/nuclear-deja-vu.html>

  27.


              Independence of CDC Scientists in Question - The
              Washington Independent -
              <http://www.washingtonindependent.com/view/independence-of-cdc>


  28.


              Ahead of the Bell: Uranium Enrichment
              <http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8V77U602.htm>

  29.


              Study says nuclear power isn’t as “safe and clean” as Bush
              claims | Cleantech.com
              <http://media.cleantech.com/2560/study-says-nuclear-energy-might-feed-on-itself-instead-of-powering-the-world>


  30.


              Arms Control Association: Arms Control Today: Bush Calls
              for More GNEP, MOX Facility Funds
              <http://www.armscontrol.org/act/2008_03/GNEP.asp>

  31.


              Burlington Free Press.com | Richmond petition calls for
              closure of Vermont Yankee
              <http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080304/NEWS02/80304125>


  32.


              Brown Daily Herald - Regulators criticize warning of
              nuclear risks
              <http://www.browndailyherald.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticlePrinterFriendly>


  33.


              Radioactive dump could get OK despite proximity to
              groundwater | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
              <http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/business/5595605.html>


  34.


              San Luis Obispo County’s website | 03/05/2008 | At Diablo,
              tons of work to do
              <http://www.sanluisobispo.com/183/story/295489.html>

  35.


              Importing Italy's nuke junk? Regulators extend comment
              period - Salt Lake Tribune <http://www.sltrib.com/ci_8459016>

  36.


              High radiation exposure linked to heart disease -
              Telegraph
              <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS>

  37.


              AlterNet: The Democrats' Dirty Secret: Presidential
              Candidates Backed by Nuclear Powerhouses
              <http://www.alternet.org/module/printversion/77876>

  38.


              Victoria Advocate - Goliad Co. threatens to sue uranium
              company
              <http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/regionstate/story/204107.html>


  39.


              Vanguard Online: Why Nigeria has not started nuclear plant
              -NNRA
              <http://www.vanguardngr.com/index.php?option=com_content>

  40.


              RIA Novosti - World - Repair work starts on Chernobyl
              protective shelter
              <http://en.rian.ru/world/20080304/100599299.html>

  41.


              AU: The Age: Govt to review nuclear veterans' claims -
              <http://news.theage.com.au/govt-to-review-nuclear-veterans-claims/20080304-1wtt.html>


  42.


              Appeal delays Oyster Creek plant's relicensing
              <http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/183/story/97652.html>

  43.


              Officials clean up radioactive material
              <http://www.jacksonholestartrib.com/articles/2008/03/04/news/regional/59186065bbc0c8a98725740100796cd4.txt>


  44.


              Deseret Morning News | Monticello lung cancer deaths
              'elevated'
              <http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695258454,00.html>

  45.


              ReviewJournal.com - DIVINE STRAKE: Judge rejects
              downwinders' request <http://www.lvrj.com/news/16209462.html>

  46.


              Evening News 24 - New hope for H-Bomb test veteran
              <http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline>


  47.


              Sellafield produces very little of anything - apart from
              headaches for its operators | Greenpeace UK
              <http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/blog/nuclear/sellafield-produces-very-little-20080303>


  48.


              Marshall Islands: Nuclear Tests and Sacrifices Remembered
              :: Everything Marshall Islands ::
              <http://www.yokwe.net/modules.php?name=News>

  49.


              McCain's Nuclear Waste
              <http://www.motherjones.com/washington_dispatch/2008/03/john-mccain-nuclear-waste.html>


  50.


              The Courier: A dump site?
              <http://www.thecourier.com/opinion/editoral/2008/Mar/03/ar_ed_030308.asp>


  51.


              NewsAdvance.com | House committee halts uranium study bill
              <http://www.newsadvance.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=LNA%2FMGArticle%2FLNA_BasicArticle>


  52.


              Italian waste | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg, S.C.
              <http://www.goupstate.com/article/20080303/NEWS/803030301/1022/OPINION01>


  53.


              This is the time to reject nuclear arms | ajc.com
              <http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/stories/2008/03/03/bombsed0303.html>


  54.


              West Texas radioactive waste site a hot topic | Chron.com
              - Houston Chronicle
              <http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5586426.html>

  55.


              www.kansascity.com | 03/02/2008 | Nuclear power still has
              too many questions to become immediate fix
              <http://www.kansascity.com/340/story/514244.html>

  56.


              Times-News: Downwinders' efforts stall in Congress
              <http://www.magicvalley.com/articles/2008/03/03/news/local_state/132073.txt>


  57.


              Media-Newswire.com - DOE Amends Decision for the
              Remediation of the Moab Uranium Mill Tailings in Moab,
              Utah <http://media-newswire.com/release_1061793.html>

  58.


              Chris Gregoire and Maria Cantwell - A Toxic Time Bomb in
              the Northwest - washingtonpost.com
              <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/02/AR2008030201860.html>


  59.


              The Sydney Morning Herald: If asked about radiation,
              stall: official tactic
              <http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/if-asked-about-radiation-stall-official-tactic/2008/03/02/1204402275131.html>


  60.


              Nuke Legacy Film to Premier in Marshalls :: Everything
              Marshall Islands :: http://www.yokwe.net
              <http://www.yokwe.net/index.php?name=News>

  61.


              Prince Philip warned not to drink water on nuclear test
              island visit - Sunday Mirror
              <http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/news/sunday/2008/03/02/prince-philip-warned-not-to-drink-water-on-nuclear-test-island-visit-98487-20337367>


  62.


              House committee to discuss uranium study - Roanoke.com
              <http://www.roanoke.com/business/wb/152817>

  63.


              Idaho Press-Tribune: Eastern Idaho worker inhales
              radioactive material
              <http://www.idahopress.com/news/?id=4131>

  64.


              Cleanup may begin on radioactive waste spread by animals
              at Hanford | Tri-City Herald :
              <http://www.tri-cityherald.com/901/story/106285.html>

  65.


              A grand place to mine? - Salt Lake Tribune
              <http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_8420513>

  66.


              New nuclear sites for Britain - Times Online
              <http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/natural_resources/article3465259.ece>


  67.


              No to nuclear power says Italy's centre-left leader
              Veltroni : Energy Environment
              <http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/189237,no-to-nuclear-power-says-italys-centre-left-leader-veltroni.html>


  68.


              France: Where Will All The Deadly Waste Go?
              <http://www.chiefengineer.org/content/content_display.cfm/seqnumber_content/3315.htm>


  69.


              TheStar.com | News | McGuinty must step in over native
              mining dispute <http://www.thestar.com/News/article/308322>

  70.


              The Pueblo Chieftain Online - Cotter quits fight for New
              Jersey waste <http://www.chieftain.com/metro/1204361040/4>

  71.


              State funds sought for perchlorate cleanup | San
              Bernardino County | PE.com | Southern California
              <http://www.pe.com/localnews/sbcounty/stories/PE_News_Local_R_perch01.3fb01db.html>


  72.


              Study: Cancer high by old mill - Salt Lake Tribune
              <http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_8417184>

  73.


              Deseret Morning News | Use of trucks OK'd for cleaning up
              tainted Moab site
              <http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695257755,00.html>

  74.


              Deseret Morning News | Secrets at sea: Cloud of secrecy
              lifting on Dugway Navy's tests of germ and chemical agents
              in the Pacific during Vietnam War (reprint)
              <http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695257503,00.html>

  75.


              The Blacksmith Institute: Chernobyl: Top 10 most
              contaminated cities in the world
              <http://www.blacksmithinstitute.org/site10i.php>





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