[see yesterday's items]

* Pu pit plant siting criteria includes local enthusiasm; Savannah River may be ahead

* Pu pit plant $4-billion capital cost, 1,500 jobs

* Pu pit plant - site decision expected in 2004

* Pu Pit Plant - Bigger Econ Boost than Any Previous SRS Project

* Pu Pit Plant - SRS transport disadvantage balanced by other factors

* Pu Pit Plant - SRS, Pantex and WIPP are top contenders

Today's source articles

* Nevada gov says Bush backing no problem despite nuclear dump issue
Las Vegas SUN

* Editorial: Energy bill
Las Vegas Review-Journal

* Nuke Plant Guarantees Out of Energy Bill
H. Josef Hebert, Las Vegas SUN

* Board sets hearing on waste proposal
Provo Daily Herald

* Cargo surveillance systems beefed up
Sean Holstege, Oakland Tribune

* State fears feds' power play
Les Blumenthal, Tacoma News Tribune

* Dominion Explains Need For Bunkers
Patricia Daddona, New London Day

* Fernald releases uranium into river
Dan Klepal, Cincinnati Enquirer

* Accelerated Cleanup Band to perform
Oak Ridger

* Company Legally Dumps Uranium-Tainted Water Into Great Miami
ONN

* S.C. leaders lobby for nuclear plant
Sammy Fretwell, The State (Columbia SC)

* Briefs(#3): Columbia -- Sununu to lobby for nuclear facility in S.C.
Myrtle Beach Sun News

* Lawmakers seek info on nuclear waste deal
David Mace, Barre Montpelier Times Argus

* Politicians promote SRS for pit plant
Josh Gelinas, Augusta Chronicle

* Former New Hampshire governor to lobby for SRS pit facility
Jacob Jordan, Augusta Chronicle

* Sanford, feds discuss new SRS role
Dan Hoover, Greenville News

* NRC questions design at Oconee Nuclear Station
Augusta Chronicle

* Nuclear plant flaw fans unease
Myrtle Beach Sun News

* More input sought on radioactive water
Lawrence Hajna, Cherry Hill Courier Post

* Environmental group shut out of GEMS meeting
Shawn Menzies, Gloucester County Times

* Glen Cove Revitalization Efforts Honored
Pat Burson, Newsday

* TMI reactor cap arrives at HIA
Sean Adkins, York Daily Record

* Whatever you say, Mr. President, sir . . .
John Young, Atlanta Journal Constitution

* Border Breach? Customs Fails to Detect Depleted Uranium Ñ Again
ABC News

* Navy may put off Vinson's overhaul
Peter Dujardin And David Lerman, Hampton Roads Daily Press

* Edward Teller, 'Father of H-Bomb,' Dies
Ron Harris, Las Vegas SUN

* Edward Teller Is Dead at 95; Fierce Architect of H-Bomb
Walter Sullivan, New York Times

* Quotes From the Memoirs of Edward Teller
Las Vegas SUN

* James Edward Carothers
Adam Ashton, Tri-Valley Herald

* Secretary Abraham's Letter Regarding Energy Legislation
DOE

* DOE to Award $12.3 Million for Energy Efficient and Clean Energy Projects
DOE

* Statement by Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham on Dr. Edward Teller
DOE

* Report: Nuclear Security: Federal and State Action Needed to Improve Security of Sealed Radioactive Sources. GAO-03-804
GAO (pdf-10M)

* Highlights
GAO

* NRC Proposes $3,000 Fine Against Patterson Wireline of Trinidad, CO
NRC

* NRC to Begin Special Inspection of Davis-Besse Reactor Test
NRC

* NOTICES Meetings: Source Term Modeling Peer Review Committee, 53404 [03-23020]
Nuclear Regulatory Commission

* NOTICES Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.: Exelon Generation Co., LLC, 53401-53402 [03-23019]
Nuclear Regulatory Commission

* NOTICES Indiana Michigan Power Co., 53402-53404 [03-23018]
Nuclear Regulatory Commission

* WNA News Briefing Update
WNA

* State wants nuclear dump scrapped
Melbourne Age

* State wants nuclear dump scrapped
Ninemsn

* SA calls for N dump scrapping
News Limited

* Public get say on nuclear waste dump licence
ABC

* Reactor in Hokkaido to be shut down
Japan Times