[see yesterday's items]

* Statement by David Kay on the Interim Progress Report on the Activities of the Iraq Survey Group (ISG)

Today's source articles

* Nuclear expert punished for using iridium to hurt business partner
Xinhuanet reports from New China that a businessman was sentenced to death after being found guilty of attempting to murder his business partner. His choice of murder weapon was a radioactive Iridium source, which he and an accomplice (who was sentenced to 15 years in prison) installed in the victim's office ceiling. The victim, and 74 others in the hospital where the office was located, were sickened, including a pregnant nurse, before the radioactive material was discovered. The partners had been jointly managing a laser medical center in the Guangdong province hospital since 1997.

* House to vote on nuclear waste reclassification
Suzanne Struglinski, Las Vegas SUN

* Bush's Nevada trip to be first as president
Las Vegas SUN

* Editorial: A Porker of an Energy Plan
Los Angeles Times

* Cold War History: U-2 pilot's son spreads word
Keith Rogers, Las Vegas Review-Journal

* White Mesa Mill is ready and able to handle Moab waste
Ron F. Hochstein, Salt Lake Tribune

* Lawmakers want Hanford historic site
The Olympian

* Cotter Corp. nearing EPA approval to take Superfund waste
Casper Star-Tribune

* Attitudes on safety play role in restart
Jim Mackinnon, Akron Beacon Journal

* Lingering safety issues are snag at Davis-Besse
John Funk and John Mangels, Cleveland Plain Dealer

* NRC expresses doubt about plant operators
Tom Henry, Toledo Blade

* NRC finds 'troubling' mistakes at Davis-Besse
Jennifer Funk, Fremont News Messenger

* Sick defense workers face backlog -- Compensation program moving slowly
Toledo Blade

* Ill Paducah nuclear-weapons workers may face 7-year delay for compensation
Nancy Zuckerbrod, Louisville Courier Journal

* Under pressure, TVA unveils plan to reduce its debt
Duncan Mansfield, Louisville Courier Journal

* Oak Ridge facility stockpiling antinuke drugs
Frank Munger, Knoxville News Sentinel

* K-25, Y-12 National Park designations sought
R. Cathey Daniels, Oak Ridger

* Welcome to Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Jeffrey Wadsworth, Oak Ridger

* All about energy
Oak Ridger

* Researching materials
Oak Ridger

* Getting modern
Oak Ridger

* An Atom's Worth Of Information:
Oak Ridger

* An Atom's Worth Of History:
Oak Ridger

* Supercomputers on fast track for upgrades
Oak Ridger

* OR Lab helps to safeguard the nation
Oak Ridger

* New Mouse House caps years of planning
Oak Ridger

* Realizing the potential of the genome revolution
Oak Ridger

* SNS fires string-of-pearls research
R. Cathey Daniels, Oak Ridger

* Doubling the power, doubling the fun
R. Cathey Daniels, Oak Ridger

* DOE, state sign agreement to hasten cleanup at plant - By Joe Walker
Paducah Sun

* Editorial: Rescue Needed -- Sick workers mired in DOE swamp
Paducah Sun

* Pollution lawsuit filed against Coronet plant
Ron Matus, St. Petersburg Times

* Senator puts radium on radar
Larry Wheeler, Pensacola News Journal

* Orange supervisors need to guard residents' safety
Lucy Colby, Free Lance-Star

* Cleanup Deal in Glen Cove
Pat Burson, Newsday

* Report: Millstone Boosting Economy
Georgina Gustin, New London Day

* Three reactors back on line
Bridgeton News

* Actor Tackles Nuclear Disarmament in D.C.
Lolita C. Baldor, The Guardian

* Gorbachev teaches Cold War lesson
Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

* Energy Department-Funded Projects Win 35 Research and Development Awards
DOE

* Meeting Between NRC and North Jersey Hospital is Postponed
NRC

* NRC to Conduct Special Inspection of Fuel Handling Incident at Byron
NRC

* NRC Oversight Panel to Meet with Davis-Besse Officials October 7-8
NRC

* NOTICES Meetings: Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee, 56824 [03-25003]
Energy Department

* NOTICES Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory BoardÑ Fernald Site, OH, 56824 [03-25001]
Energy Department

* NOTICES Nuclear Energy Research Advisory Committee, 56824-56825 [03-25006]
Energy Department

* NOTICES Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Plateau Resources Ltd., 56852-56853 [03-24982]
Nuclear Regulatory Commission

* Scores of States May Build Nuclear Weapons -ElBaradei
Louis Charbonneau, Reuters

* Venue of meeting on nuclear weapons proscription
Juan Diego Nusa Pe–alver, Radio çngulo

* Bruce nuclear reactors set to steam in weeks
Joe Matyas, London Free Press

* Canadian hauler cited
Chad Selweski, Macomb Daily

* Poll: Kiwis still say 'no nukes'
Deborah Hill Cone, National Business Review

* Sentence in radiation poison case
CNN

* N. Korea Says It Is Making Nuclear Bombs
Sang-Hun Choe, Las Vegas SUN

* North Korea Says Processed Nuclear Rods for Bombs
Martin Nesirky, Reuters

* North Korea Says It Is Using Plutonium to Make A-Bombs
James Brooke, New York Times

* DPRK has no plans on nuclear exports
Viet Nam News Agency

* Part 4: Historic city tightens up
Miao Ye, Asia Times

* North Korea claims to build nuclear arms
Ser Myo-ja, Joong-Ang Ilbo

* Seoul Regrets NK Claim on A-Bomb Progress
Seo Soo-min, Korea Times

* North Going Forward With Nuke Program
Kim In-gu, Chosun Ilbo

* Nuclear chief defends surprise approval
The Nation

* Kazakhstan officially launches Zarechnoye uranium project
Interfax

* Russia to invest $14.5 mln in Kazakh uranium mine
Interfax

* British Energy nuclear stations could go for £1 each
Michael Harrison, The Independent

* Bid to Halt Breaking Up of Nuclear Subs
Katie Dawson, Western Morning News

* MEPs' call for revision of Euratom treaty warmly welcomed by environmental NGOs
Euractiv

* Nuke issues not linked
Sofia Echo

* Date for EC Peer Review on Bulgaria's Nuke Specified Oct 8
Novinite

* Fraud linked to nuclear power plant construction
Slovak Spectator

* Russian military issues warning to NATO
Malaysia Star

* Russia follows US in small nukes plan
ABC

* Truth may be slowly emerging about Iraq
James O. Goldsborough, San Diego Union Tribune

* Officials Say Bush Seeks $600 Million to Hunt Iraq Arms
James Risen and Judith Miller, New York Times

* Senate Remarks: Fundamental Flaws in the Bush Plan for Iraq
Senator Robert C. Byrd (D-WV)

* MI6 flaws exposed by former diplomat
David Leigh, The Guardian

* 'No Iraq weapons found' - report
BBC News

* 'There are no shining weapons' -- Survey report draws a blank
Julian Borger, Richard Norton-Taylor and Ewen MacAskill, The Guardian

* Defiant Iran begins nuclear talks
CNN

* Iran, IAEA nuke inspectors meet ahead of crucial probe
IranMania

* Whom Does The Iranian Nuclear Program Threaten?
Pravda

* Iran faces critical decision
Jim Muir, BBC News

* Don't be fooled. The Iraqi maelstrom won't save Iran
Jonathan Steele, The Guardian

* IranÕs Nuclear Strategists
World Press Review

* Khatami: Iran to continue cooperation with nuclear watchdog
Al Bawaba

* Heavy metal lightly guarded in Niger
Bruce Stanley, Washington Times