[see yesterday's items]

* List of new documents today from NRC PDR

Today's source articles

* Nuclear repository hits new legal snag -- Ruling forces Energy Department to take time, respond to law firm's contract challenge
Steve Tetreault, Las Vegas Review-Journal

* Letter: No nuke waste at Yucca; no tower at Summerlin
Lance T. Weil, Las Vegas SUN

* Official warns of more delays
Steve Tetreault, Pahrump Valley Times

* Members named to impacts advisory board
Pahrump Valley Times

* Nye plays David to Clark's Goliath
Pahrump Valley Times

* Who's minding the Nye County store?
Mark Waite, Pahrump Valley Times

* National Briefing: West
Matthew L. Wald, New York Times

* 'I've seen the light' on nuclear waste, Dean tells Las Vegans
Erin Neff, Las Vegas Review-Journal

* State to test for uranium at shuttered mine site -- Documents raise concerns about potential pollution
Scott Sonner, Las Vegas Review-Journal

* BLM, USFWS concerned about uranium at old Yerington mine
Scott Sonner, Las Vegas SUN

* Presidential hopeful Dean questions nuclear dump on Vegas visit
Christina Almeida, Las Vegas SUN

* Column: Nuke power still bad option
Margaret Krome, Capital Times

* Senate Confirms Leavitt as EPA Chief
Eric Pianin, Washington Post

* Leavitt's leaving
Lee Davidson, Deseret News

* Reaction to Leavitt
Deseret News

* Editorial: New EPA chief
Las Vegas Review-Journal

* Mayor and challenger oppose proposed radioactive shipment to Envirocare
Casper Star-Tribune

* Mayor, Pignanelli decry bill's change in hot-waste standard
Judy Fahys, Salt Lake Tribune

* Letter: Envirocare paranoia
Robert and Andrea Parrish-DeBirk, Salt Lake Tribune

* Mayor and Opponent Oppose Proposed Radioactive Shipment
KSL-TV

* With year-end in sight, a look at area priorities
Tri City Herald

* Governor orders WIPP permit change
Walter Rubel, Carlsbad Current Argus

* $7M approved for nuclear medicine plant
Walter Rubel, Carlsbad Current Argus

* Fernald silo cleanup drags on
Dan Klepal, Cincinnati Enquirer

* Third Attempt At Fernald Silo Cleanup Proves Costly
ONN

* DOE reclassification of WIPP waste blocked
Oak Ridger

* Alexander, Duncan support pulling sick workers from DOE
R. Cathey Daniels, Oak Ridger

* TVA cuts needed to woo USEC
Bill Bartleman, Paducah Sun

* Power for USEC an issue
C.D. Bradley, Paducah Sun

* NRC worker now at utility
Jim Mackinnon, Akron Beacon Journal

* Trashing of report defended -- State officials say consultant's view of FirstEnergy was among dozens destroyed under new policy
Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Akron Beacon Journal

* Fort Dix missile site cleanup resumes
Sarah Winkelman, Bordentwo Register News

* FPL vows to cut rate of emissions
David Fleshler, South Florida Sun-Sentinel

* Electrical fire closes Cooper Nuclear Station
St. Joseph News Press

* Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant Completes Refueling
WNNE-TV

* Schools prepare for a nuke disaster
Scott Neville, Pictorial Gazette

* Letter to Wayne D. Lanning, NRC from Norm Cohen, UNPLUG Salem Campaign - re: letter that reviewed the findings of the special inspection of the tritium leak at Salem Unit 1
UNPLUG Salem (pdf-17K)

* Expert: New titans in energy emerging
John Sullivan, The Advertiser

* Commentary: A Complete Waste of Energy
Jerry Taylor and Dan Becker, Los Angeles Times

* Flawed environmental policy
Margo Thorning, Washington Times

* Ethanol feud fuels standstill on energy bill
Philip Brasher, Des Moines Register

* Bush Tries to Break Energy Bill Logjam
Caren Bohan, Reuters

* DOE Launches Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology Education Effort in Nation's Schools; Supports Bush's Hydrogen Initiative
U.S. Newswire

* Departments of Energy, State and Transportation to Host Inaugural Meeting of International Partnership for the Hydrogen Economy
U.S. Newswire

* The Department of Energy Continues to Accelerate Cleanup with Safer Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel
U.S. Newswire

* The Department of Energy Continues to Accelerate Cleanup with Safer Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel
DOE

* DOE Launches Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology Education Effort in Nation's Schools
DOE

* NRC Judge Grants Hearing in Case of Bucks County Irradiator
NRC

* NRC Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards to Hold November Meeting in Rockville, Maryland
NRC

* NOTICES Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: DOE/NSF Nuclear Science Advisory Committee, 61659 [03-27231]
Energy Department

* Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory BoardÑ Savannah River Site, SC, 61659 [03-27232]
Energy Department

* NOTICES Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.: Dominion Nuclear North Anna, LLC, 61705 [03-27216]
Nuclear Regulatory Commission

* NOTICES Entergy Nucelar Operating Co., 61705 [03-27215]
Nuclear Regulatory Commission

* The Growing Dilemma of Curbing Nuclear Weapons
Terrell E. Arnold, UN Observer

* World primary energy consumption in 2002
Nagy çrp‡d Zolt‡n, NucNews (pdf-118K)

* Canada steps up security around nuclear plants
David Ljunggren, Reuters

* Vessel with nuclear waste en route to Cape Horn?
Uruguay MercoPress

* Republic of the Marshalls Islands Embassy: Compact Passes U.S. House of Representatives
Yokwe

* Top Chinese leader in N Korea
BBC News

* Wu to Meet Pyongyang Leader
Kwon Kyung-bok, Chosun Ilbo

* KEDO Suspends NK Reactor Project
Korea Times

* Russia welcomes DPRK's readiness to consider US security offer
Xinhua News

* China Tells N.Korea Dialogue Only Way to End Nuclear Crisis
Reuters

* Korean nuclear issue be solved through dialogue: China's top legislator
Xinhua News

* Vietnam seeks Russian help in nuclear energy expert training
Xinhua News

* Nuclear awareness programme 1 Nov
India News Today

* State Council demands to handle dangerous wastes properly
People's Daily

* BNFL criticised over 'misleading' environmental claims
Ananova

* Nuclear advert 'misleading'
BBC News

* Environmentalists protest upcoming nuclear waste shipment from France
SpaceWar

* World's N-Regulation Chief Visits Bulgarian Plant
Novinite

* Radioactive substance seized in Latvia is strontium: official
SpaceDaily

* Britain will pay to keep Russian nuclear subs afloat: official
Channel News Asia

* Russia looses tender to build nuclear reactor in Finland
Bellona

* Imandra defuels Charlie II class submarine at Nerpa
Bellona

* Iraqis Removed Arms Material, U.S. Aide Says
Douglas Jehl, New York Times

* Weapons Searchers May Switch to Security
Eric Schmitt and Douglas Jehl, New York Times

* U.S. Takes Softer Tone on Iran, Once in the 'Axis of Evil'
Steven R. Weisman, New York Times

* Intelligence Veteran Faults Iraq Arms Data
Sonni Efron and Greg Miller, Los Angeles Times

* Capitol Dodgers
David Corn, TomPaine

* How the brain behind Bush deceived the world
Richard Cohen, Melbourne Age

* A Change of Heart in Tehran? Is It Time to Talk?
Elaine Sciolino, New York Times

* US eyes limited talks with Iran
BBC News

* White House expects Iran to keep its nuclear commitments
SpaceDaily

* Richard L. Armitage: U.S. Policy and Iran -- Testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Scoop

* Majlis will ratify NPT draft
Irib

* Iran to inform IAEA of deal to snap inspections
Jordan Times

* EU Should Stand by Its Commitments: Khatami
Tehran Times

* Can you trust a liar?
Curtis Doebbler, Al-Ahram