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FAA fines two India cos. For uranium cargo - BostonHerald.com - 0 views

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    "The Federal Aviation Administration has fined two Indian companies $422,500 for sending a radioactive shipment of depleted uranium as cargo on a passenger-carrying British Airways flight from Mumbai to Logan International Airport in 2008. The FAA alleges that IIS & Allied Services and its freight forwarder, Gallant Freight & Travels, failed to declare the hazardous nature of the shipment, which wasn't properly packaged or labeled. Radioactive materials are not allowed to be shipped as cargo aboard passenger aircraft, with some exceptions. The depleted uranium was destined for QSA Global Inc. in Burlington."
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News Tribune - News - NCI - Nuclear plant detects, corrects tritium leak - 0 views

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    "A radioactive form of hydrogen called tritium was found leaking out of a storage tank this week at the Exelon Nuclear generating station south of Marseilles, plant officials said Thursday in a press release. "We have identified the source of the tritium leak and are taking actions to make repairs," said La Salle Site Vice President Dave Wozniak. "This finding has no impact on public health or safety." Workers performing regular monitoring discovered tritiated water near the base of a tank. Exelon notified state and federal regulatory agencies. On Wednesday workers sampled water at the base of a tank that stores water from the plant and found tritium. The plant is transferring water from the tank to temporary containers. Workers will inspect the empty tank and make necessary repairs, Exelon said. There is no indication that tritiated water has left the station property, Exelon said."
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Georgia Power request tops $1 billion  | ajc.com - 0 views

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    "Georgia Power wants to raise rates by $1.02 billion over 26 months starting in January, eventually pushing up a typical family's power bill by nearly $18 per month. The phased increase would start with a $615 million hike in January, adding $10.88 to a typical monthly residential bill, or about 10 percent. Five smaller increases would follow, the last in February 2013. The company laid out its request Thursday in a filing to the state Public Service Commission, which will hold hearings in coming months before a vote Dec. 21. The increases would be on top of special charges already approved by the PSC to help Georgia Power pay for two new nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle. Those charges will add about $1.30 to bills next year, with that amount growing to about $9 a month in 2017."
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Harkin to Dept. of Labor: Reopen nuke worker's case « Iowa Independent - 0 views

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    "U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin has officially asked the Department of Labor to reopen the medical compensation claim of Michael Fellinger, a former Ames Laboratory worker who died of lung disease in 2008, most likely caused by exposure to radiation as part of his work. U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin (Lauren Victoria Burke/WDCPIX.COM) In a June 28 letter addressed to Shelby Hallmark, the director of the Office of Worker's Compensation Programs with the Department of Labor, Harkin requested the case - which has been denied by the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program - be reopened and sent to an independent third party for review."
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Editorial: No room for error at radioactive waste site | News for Dallas, Texas | Dalla... - 0 views

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    "Cracked asphalt provides a stark reminder of the nonexistent margin for error at a controversial radioactive waste dump in West Texas. When state inspectors visited the site in Andrews County, they found cracks up to an inch wide in asphalt near canisters of radioactive material. While cracked asphalt is fairly inconsequential - and pretty much par for the course - when it comes to our city streets, it can be a dangerous proposition at a radioactive waste dump. A spokesman for Dallas-based Waste Control Specialists, which operates the low-level radioactive waste site, dismissed the cracks as superficial and said they have been repaired. But as the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has noted, that asphalt pad is an important safeguard against ground contamination. "
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Group wants second look at LANL area | Albuquerque, N.M. | KRQE News 13 - 0 views

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    "- An organization long critical of Los Alamos National Laboratory's plan for a new nuclear facility says the National Environmental Policy Act needs to be followed before the building can move ahead. The Los Alamos Study Group contends the project is on a larger scale than alternatives analyzed seven years ago and has not been subjected to a NEPA analysis. The watchdog group is sending a letter to Energy Secretary Steven Chu and National Nuclear Security Administration head Tom D'Agostino about their concerns. The group says reasonable alternatives to the project were never analyzed."
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Green River nuclear plant announces major funding source | The Salt Lake Tribune - 0 views

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    "The company behind plans for Utah's first nuclear power plant, Salt Lake City-based Blue Castle Holdings Inc., has secured an agreement for $30 million in private equity financing from the New York-based LeadDog Capital LP. The money would come over three years to help develop the reactors to potentially generate 4,500 megawatts of power at a new, Emery County industrial park at Green River. In exchange, LeadDog will receive newly issued common stock from the Utah company. Blue Castle, headed by former Utah County legislator Aaron Tilton, said this week the project has attracted the interest of more than 15 utilities. "This agreement provides Blue Castle with a flexible financing option that allows the company to raise and deploy capital when necessary and only under optimum conditions," Tilton said in a statement. "The structure of this capital is very complimentary to our licensing schedule.""
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NRC sets schedule for Yucca Mountain appeals - News - ReviewJournal.com - 0 views

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    "The Nuclear Regulatory Commission set ground rules Wednesday for appeals of this week's ruling that sidetracked plans to scrap a Yucca Mountain nuclear waste license. The agency issued a one-page order setting a July 9 date for appeals and arguments on why the decision issued by an agency legal panel should not be overturned. Follow-up briefs are due July 16. Attorneys and officials who follow the Yucca Mountain case interpreted it as a sign that the commission wants to address the issue sooner rather than later. It was widely expected that the leaders of the regulatory agency would have the final word after the initial ruling. Based on the schedule for legal briefs and the amount of time taken for the commission to resolve a matter last year in the Yucca case, it is possible that a final decision could come around mid-August, according to Charles Fitzpatrick, an attorney representing Nevada."
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AFP: Green group urges Thailand to shelve nuclear plans - 0 views

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    "Environmental campaigners on Wednesday urged Thailand to shelve its nuclear power proposals, warning that the cost of the project could be much greater than expected. Greenpeace said the government's provisional plans to build five nuclear plants could face "huge cost overruns" and pressed authorities to instead focus on renewable energy. Campaign manager Tara Buakamsri said official estimates for the initial cost of the development was around 15.4 billion dollars, but cautioned that international spending levels for reactors suggested the outlay could be more like 20 billion dollars. Thailand is exploring the feasibility of tapping atomic power to help meet its growing energy needs, but it has faced strong local opposition to the siting of reactors."
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Tale of two nuclear whistleblowers - 0 views

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    "Reliable sources have revealed that as a result of a secret trial, Iranian nuclear whistleblower Amid Nasri has been sentenced to 18 years in solitary confinement. Nasri, a former worker at an Iranian uranium enrichment plant, revealed to the Sunday Times in London that Iran was developing nuclear materials as part of a program to create nuclear weapons. Lured to Rome by a strikingly beautiful Iranian secret agent, Nasri was kidnapped by the secret service and returned to Iran for trial. "
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Kyodo News - Hiroshima A-bomb victims protest Japan-India nuclear pact talks - 0 views

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    "A group of atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima on Wednesday protested over the start of talks between Japan and India aimed at sealing a bilateral civilian nuclear cooperation pact, saying the move runs counter to attempts at nuclear disarmament. To access full stories on Kyodo News English website, it is necessary to subscribe. Please contact Kyodo's International Department in Tokyo via e-mail at kokusai@kyodonews.jp or call 03-6252-8301. If you are outside Japan, please contact Kyodo News International in New York at kni@kyodonews.com or call +1-212-508-5440. Currently we offer subscriptions to only corporate clients such as newspapers, magazines, trade publications, research institutes, government and international organizations."
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Judges say DOE can't withdraw Yucca application; setback for state, administration - Po... - 0 views

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    "That's what a panel decided today, granting petitions from other states and saying the federal law does not grant authority to DOE to abandon application. Surely will be appealed. The decision is at right."
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AFP: Russia furious over Cold War-style US spy arrests - 0 views

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    "Russia angrily hit back on Tuesday at US claims that it had smashed a Moscow-organised spy ring, saying the accusations were reminiscent of the Cold War and could damage efforts to improve relations. The US Justice Department said 10 "deep-cover" suspects, accused of infiltrating US policymaking for the Kremlin, had been detained on suspicion of seeking details of US nuclear weapons and foreign policy."
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Russia's Atomflot reports ready for long-overdue decommissioning of old icebreakers, nu... - 0 views

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    "After a long period of inaction due to tight financing, the Russian nuclear fleet operator Atomflot gears up for decommissioning several of its old nuclear vessels - starting with the 1977-built nuclear icebreaker Siberia. Spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste have been removed from the ship, and works done to ensure the hull bottom is watertight. Next in line are the icebreaker Arktika and the nuclear maintenance vessels Lotta, Lepse, and Volodarsky. Alexey Pavlov, 29/06-2010 - Translated by Maria Kaminskaya Each nuclear icebreaker has its own finite useful life period - an estimated time frame that the vessel can remain in service. It is impossible to keep extending the life span of an icebreaker's various mechanisms without risking an increased incidence of equipment malfunctions and system failures. The first to be laid to rest on Atomflot's roster of nuclear icebreakers was the icebreaker Lenin: The veteran icebreaker is now permanently moored in the far northern city of Murmansk, retrofitted to function as a museum. Lenin's successors will be sent for complete dismantling, beginning with the Siberia. The vessel, which was put into commission in 1977 and broke Arctic ice until it was taken out of service in 1992, has been awaiting decommissioning for 18 years. Until very recently, Russia had no sufficient means to allocate to the costly procedure."
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Guangdong Nuclear to Start Trial Run at Lingao Plant in Southern China - Bloomberg - 0 views

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    "China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group Co. will start trial operations of a nuclear reactor at the Lingao plant that will supply electricity to the country's southern region and cut coal use. Commercial operations of the reactor, part of a phase-two expansion of Lingao, are expected to start in October and a second unit will commence in 2011, the government-controlled nuclear power supplier said in a statement posted on the website of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission today. "
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Floating NPP to be set afloat - BarentsObserver - 0 views

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    "The world's first floating nuclear power plant will be set afloat on Wednesday. The plant will be operational in the Russian Arctic by the end of 2012. The solemn ceremony marking the launching of the plant will take place at the Baltic shipyard in St. Petersburg on Wednesday June 30, reports the press office of Russia's State nuclear Agency Rosatom. After put on sea, the floating nuclear power plant, named Akademik Lomonosov, will be completed and undergo different stages of testing before it will sail to the north during the autumn 2012."
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Wind Could Supply 25% of Germany's Power Needs as Nuclear Plants Retired - Bloomberg - 0 views

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    "Germany can generate 25 percent of its electricity from wind by 2020 if the government sticks to its plan of phasing out nuclear power, the nation's wind industry lobby group said. Wind turbines onshore may reach 45,000 megawatts of installed power capacity, while offshore equipment will provide another 10,000 megawatts a decade from now, BWE said today in an e-mailed statement. Germany's coalition government is debating an extension to the planned phase-out of the country's 17 nuclear power plants. Under an existing law, most of the plants will be shut down a decade from now. "
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Anti-uranium protesters win legal costs from SA Government - ABC News (Australian Broad... - 0 views

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    "A court has ordered the South Australian Government to pay the legal bills of nine people who were assaulted and unlawfully detained during an anti-uranium protest. The Supreme Court had already awarded more than $700,000 in damages. Back in April, it found eight protesters, a news cameraman and a girl were unlawfully detained and assaulted during a protest at the Beverley mine in South Australia's far north-east, a decade ago. Police locked some of the group in a shipping container and the girl, who was 11, had capsicum spray used on her. "
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Is It Time to Restart the Uranium Industry in the U.S.?: Scientific American - 0 views

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    "In Colorado's far western reaches is a valley called Paradox. Unlike most, it is cut crosswise through the middle. The Dolores River runs perpendicular through it, creating a geologic anomaly that is also the valley's namesake. Brilliant orange cliffs cradle the valley floor under the white gaze of Utah's La Sal Mountains. Sagebrush plains and irrigated hay fields are broken only by herds of cows and the tiny hamlets of Bedrock and Paradox. Within the region's perplexing geology run rich veins of uranium, fuel for the nation's incipient nuclear renaissance. A proposal to build the nation's first uranium mill in 25 years has divided the community there between those who see good jobs and a stable economy and neighbors fearful of uranium's history of health impacts, environmental harm and unstable prices. Both sides recognize that the proposed Piñon Ridge uranium mill - fed by ore from up to 41 nearby mines - could transform this quiet corner of Colorado into the fountainhead of the nuclear fuel industry."
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Platts: US Senate Republicans offer bill to boost natural gas, nuclear - 0 views

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    "Two Republican US senators Monday introduced a bill that would increase the use of natural gas, nuclear power and electric vehicles as a means of reducing the US power sector's air emissions and building domestic energy supply without specifically targeting greenhouse gas emissions. Senators Richard Burr of North Carolina and Saxby Chambliss of Georgia, said their bill (S. 3535) would move the country toward cleaner domestic fuel sources through financial incentives. According to a bill summary, the measure would expand US use of natural gas with incentives for vehicles run by the fuel, including requirements for federal purchases of natural-gas fueled vehicles and extending income tax credit for vehicle purchases. For nuclear power, the bill would increase loan guarantees, provide a 15-year accelerated depreciation period for new plants, a 10% investment tax credit and launch a policy for recycling spent nuclear fuel. "
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