[see yesterday's items]

* Iraq-Korea missile dealings - sounds like they were indeed acting as an axis

* Iraq - 1999 marked WMD turning point for impatient Saddam

* Iraq - African nation (other than Niger) did offer uranium

* Iraq - if no more scuds, why continue to produce its fuel?

* Iraq - "remarkable record of what was concealed from UN inspectors and not declared"

* Iraq - HY-2 missile range was increased to 180 km, and efforts to increase to 1,000 km

* Iraq - scientists who talk with Kay's group get shot; this tends to hinder the search

* Iraq missile program assisted by companies & govts, including EU

* Iraq - weapons-lab work embedded in intelligence organization

* Iraq - 5-7 years away from n-weapon

* Iraq - the two mobile labs showed no evidence of actually producing CBW

* Iraq - Saddam may have been deceived by his weapons scientists

* Iraq - Kay's team could take another 6-9 months

* Iraq was systematically deceiving and evading WMD inspections

* Iraq - secret biological weapons research discovered

* Iraq - unmanned aerial vehicles and US route mapping software

* Iraq - Saddam was committed to obtining nuclear weapons

* Iraq - Saddam destroyed many records

* Iraq - fear of Saddam is still a factor inhibiting WMD investigation

* Iraq - Bush rejected "imminence" test as too risky, and has been proved correct

* Iraq - Bush was right about WMD threat, even if no stockpiles are found

Today's source articles

* Presentation of Jim Hall to the National Academy of Sciences Study Committee on Transportation of Radioactive Waste, July 25, 2003, Las Vegas, Nevada
State of Nevada (pdf-34K)

* Presentation of Robert Loux to the National Academy of Sciences Study Committee on Transportation of Radioactive Waste, July 25, 2003, Las Vegas, Nevada
State of Nevada (pdf-72K)

* Presentation of Robert Halstead on Yucca Mountain Transportation Risk and Impact Issues to the National Academy of Sciences Study Committee on Transportation of Radioactive Waste, July 25, 2003, Las Vegas, Nevada
State of Nevada (pdf-168K)

* Presentation of Robert Halstead on Yucca Mountain Transportation Access Issues to the National Academy of Sciences Study Committee on Transportation of Radioactive Waste, July 25, 2003, Las Vegas, Nevada
State of Nevada (pdf-1.94M)

* Presentation of Dr. James David Ballard to the National Academy of Sciences Study Committee on Transportation of Radioactive Waste, July 25, 2003, Las Vegas, Nevada
State of Nevada (pdf-95K)

* Presentation of Dr. Marvin Resnikoff to the National Academy of Sciences Study Committee on Transportation of Radioactive Waste, July 25, 2003, Las Vegas, Nevada
State of Nevada (pdf-557K)

* Effort aims to steer money toward dump
Steve Tetreault, Las Vegas Review-Journal

* Editorial: Location, location, location
Las Vegas SUN

* Deal moves NRC selection ahead
Suzanne Struglinski, Las Vegas SUN

* Where I Stand -- Mike O'Callaghan: Fair Act of 2003 isn't fair at all to sick workers
Las Vegas SUN

* Report: Nuclear Labs Vulnerable to Attack
News Journal

* U.S. Nuclear Labs Remain Easy Pickings for Terrorists
NewsMax

* Rules baffle backers of initiatives
Rebecca Walsh, Salt Lake Tribune

* Call it radioactive
Seattle Post Intelligencer

* Richland firm is blueprint for success
Jeff St. John, Tri City Herald

* State, DOE talks over transuranic wastes stall
Hanford News

* House aims to halt DOE proposal
John Stang, Hanford News

* Superfund depletion won't hurt Hanford
John Stang, Hanford News

* Officials push bills to study B Reactor
John Stang, Hanford News

* EPA grant to aid fight for cleanup
Joey Bunch, Denver Post

* GAO investigates sick workers compensation program
Kathy Helms-Hughes, Elizabethton Star

* DOE bid to redefine high-level radioactive waste fails
Kathy Helms-Hughes, Elizabethton Star

* Study plays down quake risk in W. Kentucky
James Malone, Louisville Courier Journal

* Bechtel Jacobs rejects project cleanup bid
Frank Munger, Knoxville News Sentinel

* Pass the cigars, Y-12 has a new hole in the ground
R. Cathey Daniels, Oak Ridger

* Progress Energy expanding storage for fuel rods
Charlotte Observer

* Seabrook Nuclear Plant Shut Down For Refueling
WMUR

* Phosphate fiasco sparks new rules
Greg Martin, Charlotte Sun-Herald

* Public hearing tonight on GEMS landfill cleanup
Shawn Menzies, Gloucester County Times

* Trucking security rules updated
Robert Howk, Alaska Journal of Commerce

* Answers please, Mr Bush
The Guardian

* Report IG-0622: Audit Report on "The Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Facility Contract at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory"
DOE (pdf913K)

* Secretary of Energy Presents Gold Award to Joseph S. Mahaley
DOE

* NRC Denies Petition to Reference Prior Licensing Information in New Nuclear Power Plant Applications
NRC

* NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Plasma Physics Junior Faculty Development Program, 57677-57678 [03-25269]
Energy Department

* NOTICES Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.: Florida Power Corp., 57714-57715 [03-25243]
Nuclear Regulatory Commission

* NOTICES Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.: Southern Nuclear Operating Co., 57715 [03-25242]
Nuclear Regulatory Commission

* RULES Hazardous materials: Editorial corrections and clarifications, 57629-57634 [03-24814]
Research and Special Programs Administration

* The Last Nuclear Moment
Avner Cohen, New York Times

* Minimizing Uranium Risks
Paul M. Longsworth, Washington Post

* Pair of Pickering reactors taken off line again
Rob Ferguson, Toronto Star

* Aide says Brazil poised to enrich, export uranium
Forbes

* Nuclear plant supporter wins election
Japan Times

* US illusions about North Korea
Ted Galen Carpenter, Taipei Times

* Japan regrets N Korea's reported move on reactor
Japan Today

* No end in sight for North Korean nuclear crisis
Pakistan Daily Times

* Asian leaders head for ASEAN summit
GoAsiaPacific

* India building nuclear attack platform in space
Iftikhar Gilani, Pakistan Daily Times

* Nuclear Power Plant Construction Snarled in Politics
Deepika

* Thaksin asked to revoke permit for reactor
Anchalee Kongrut Ranjana Wangvipula, Bangkok Post

* British Energy finance chief steps down
Ananova

* Brussels to warn Ukraine on nuclear sites
Andrew Beatty, EUobserver

* Interview With President Putin
New York Times

* 2 Arms hunters pursuing tips on anthrax, Scuds
David Ho, Pittsburgh Tribune Review

* What happened to looted Iraqi nuclear material?
Brett Wagner, Yahoo! News

* Vanishing credibility
Jules Witcover, Baltimore Sun

* Derelict chemical plant seen as symbol of search
Charles Hanley, Everett Herald

* Bush's "New Deal" Oh, Pioneers!
Bridget Gibson, CounterPunch

* Where Did Iraq's Weapons Go?
Michael O'Hanlon, YaleGlobal

* Weapons report undercuts key terror claim
Paul Sperry, WorldNetDaily

* Why ÒNo WMDs FoundÓ IsnÕt The Point
William A. Mayer, Michnews

* Iraq did pursue banned weapons programs
San Diego Union Tribune

* 'Admitting, once and for all'
Musa Keilani, Al-Jazeerah

* How Blair was puzzled by his predicament on the eve of war with Iraq
Ewen MacAskill and Richard Norton-Taylor, The Guardian

* Cook's diary revelations prompt calls for war inquiry
Nigel Morris, The Independent

* Putin Says U.S. Faces Big Risks in Effort in Iraq
Steven Lee Myers, New York Times

* War in Iraq could be cruel and fruitless
Russia Journal

* Russian Defence Minister accuses the west of double standards towards Iran
Pravda

* Iran to Give IAEA Details of Imported Nuke Parts
Paul Hughes, Reuters

* Tehran not bound by IAEA deadline: Salehi
Pakistan Daily Times

* Iran releases nuclear data
BBC News

* IAEA begins key Iran probe after deal on site visits
PakTribune

* Libya paves its way in from the cold
The Guardian