[see yesterday's items] * List of new documents today from NRC PDR

Today's source articles

* Counties mull pact for Yucca waste routes in Nevada
Las Vegas Sun

* Y-12 awaits IAEA facility decision
R. Cathey Daniels, Oak Ridger

* Watchdog group raises cleanup contract concerns
R. Cathey Daniels, Oak Ridger

* Research at Boswell focuses on reducing mercury
Sally Sedgwick, Grand Rapids Herald Review

* E.P.A. Nomination Advances but Senators Vow Tough Vote Ahead
David Stout, New York Times

* More Money OKd for Weapons Worker Program
Newsday

* Congress Authorizes Transfer of $9.7 Million To Benefit DOE's Worker Compensation Program
U.S. Newswire

* Province practices nuclear emergency response
Canada NewsWire

* Plutonium to be dumped in South Australia
Catherine Hockley, Australia Advertiser

* North Korea rejects S Korean call for new six-way talks
Pakistan Daily Times

* Confrontation or Partners?
Pavel Felgenhauer, Moscow Times

* Minatom seeking sponsors for floating nuclear plant construction
Bellona

* Chernobyl victims need coordinated international help, Annan says
UN News Centre

* Bush & Co. Use the Orwell Sales Strategy
James P. Pinkerton, Newsday

* How Soon Is Now?
David Corn, TomPaine

* Only possesion of nuclear weapon can stop unilateral attacks!
Muslehuddin Ahmad, Bangladesh Daily Star

* UN nuclear chief warns Iran
BBC News

* Iran dragging its feet on nuclear issue, says UN inspection chief
SpaceDaily

* No extension of deadline for Iran, nuclear chief says
Angus Mcdowall, The Independent

* Yucca Routes: Three rural counties mull pact
Keith Rogers, Las Vegas Review-Journal

* State officials scramble as local authorities plan Yucca cooperation
KRNV

* Push is on for Pahrump college
Mark Waite, Pahrump Valley Times

* Workers exposed to deadly element
San Jose Mercury News

* Edison Moves Closer to Disposal of San Onofre Nuclear Reactor
Dan Weikel, Los Angeles Times

* SoCal Edison prepares to ship defunct reactor to South Carolina
Columbia State

* Future Of Envirocare Radioactive Waste Discussed At State Capitol
KSL-TV

* Waste hearing sparks criticism of senator
Jerry Spangler, Deseret News

* Leavitt poised to move a step closer to EPA
Christopher Smith, Salt Lake Tribune

* Task force takes public comment on hot waste
Judy Fahys, Salt Lake Tribune

* Letter: Citizen action needed
Richard Oxman, Salt Lake Tribune

* Perma-Fix Environmental launches new revenue stream in $4.7 million order
Armando Duke, Axcess Business News

* INEEL Sick Worker Compensation
KPVI-TV

* Senior OSHA leader levels charges
Tom Ramstack, Washington Times

* State Hopes To Lure Uranium Enrichment Operation To Piketon
ONN

* NRC verifies Davis-Besse nuke reactor is leakproof
Toledo Blade

* Bottom of reactor found to be leak-free
John Funk, Cleveland Plain Dealer

* Contaminated clothing source of OR investigation
Frank Munger, Knoxville News Sentinel

* Nuclear vessel begins trek to S.C.
John Flesher, Detroit News

* Lowey against license renewal
NY Journal News

* Millstone officials report 'unusual event'
WFSB

* Yankee to update evacuation time study
Toby Henry, Brattleboro Reformer

* Pet Projects Flood Energy Bill Before Crucial Wednesday Session
Carl Hulse, New York Times

* 45 Public Interest Organizations Call on Congress to Save Important Consumer Protection Act in Energy Bill
Public Citizen

* Journalists Ordered to Give Sources to Scientist
Richard B. Schmitt, Los Angeles Times

* Name Sources, Judge Orders Five Reporters
Christopher Marquis, New York Times

* Gore says U.S. seaports, nuclear plants at risk
China Post

* Veteran speaks on depleted uranium risks
Karla Rivas, Merge Media

* Fact-Free News
Harold Meyerson, Washington Post

* Bush Campaign Raises A Record $49.5 Million
Thomas B. Edsall and Sarah Cohen, Washington Post

* NRC Announces Availability of Application for Early Site Permit at Clinton Nuclear Plant Location
NRC

* PROPOSED RULES Rulemaking petitions; Hee, Terrence O., Ion Technology, 59346-59347 [03-25986]
Nuclear Regulatory Commission

* NOTICES Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Rio Algom LLC, 59420-59421 [03-25987]
Nuclear Regulatory Commission

* NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 59421 [03-26134]
Nuclear Regulatory Commission

* NOTICES Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.: FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co., 59419-59420 [03-25988]
Nuclear Regulatory Commission

* NATO Launches New, Modern Strike Force
New York Times

* Nato launches new strike force
IrishExaminer

* Nato's flying squad
Angus Roxburgh, BBC News

* 50th anniversary of Australian atomic test
Nance Haxton, ABC

* Effects of first Aust nuclear test still being felt
Nance Haxton, ABC

* Silence marks Maralinga test
ABC

* Death toll call marks nuclear test anniversary
ABC

* Mining company remains silent in Senate uranium inquiry
ABC

* Camp builds N-dump campaign
Jim Green, Green Left

* 2nd nuclear power plant under construction in E.China
People's Daily

* Chinese Experts Call For More Clean Energies To Curb Pollution
People's Daily

* China launches its first manned spacecraft
People's Daily

* China hails its first man in space
BBC News

* N.Korea rebuffs South on nuclear row
Paul Eckert, Reuters

* NK Reiterates Accusations On US
Sinchew-i

* Kyrgyzstan urges donors to write off part of its debt in order to address environmental problems
ENN

* US advises Pak to restrain nuclear tests
Times of India

* Pakistan tests third nuclear capable missile in two weeks
Shahid Hussain, Gulf News

* Support for end of nuclear trains
News Shopper

* EC investigates A-base radioactive waste levels
Reading Evening Post

* Support for Nuclear Power on the Rise
YLE24

* No increased radioactivity in Serbia
Serbia Info

* Ex-Aide: Powell Misled Americans
Scott Pelley, CBS News

* Mystery of the vanishing weapons
Alan Reynolds, Washington Times

* UN wants access to Iran military sites - diplomats
Louis Charbonneau, Reuters

* Tehran developing uranium centrifuges, says opposition group
Jonathan Steele, The Guardian

* "IAEA should examine all info on Iran's nuke program"
IranMania