[see yesterday's items]

* List of new documents today from NRC PDR

* Proliferation between states, not middlemen, is the problem

* NPT ineffective because no punishment mechanisms

* Ocean - only 1/10th of 1% has been searched for species; many more to be identified

* Alabama - summary of performance as agreement state - 2003

Today's source articles

* Poll: 65 percent of Nevadans oppose nuclear waste dump at Yucca
Las Vegas SUN

* Nuclear Waste Dump Opening May Be Delayed
Las Vegas SUN

* Ruling keeps pressure on DOE over conflict
Suzanne Struglinski, Las Vegas SUN

* Dean 'sees the light' on nuclear waste
Dan Kulin, Las Vegas SUN

* Quick and Dirty: Take that, nuke dump
Las Vegas Mercury

* Editorial: Dean's pandering
Las Vegas Review-Journal

* Editorial: Yucca work too critical for any bias
Las Vegas SUN

* Editorial: Dean's reassessment
Las Vegas SUN

* Nuclear Weapons: Effort would move claims by workers
Tony Batt, Las Vegas Review-Journal

* Lawmakers criticize pace of program to help nuclear workers
Nancy Zuckerbrod, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

* Feds criticize Arco on mine cleanup
Scott Sonner, Las Vegas Review-Journal

* Arco agrees to test for uranium at old Nevada copper mine
Scott Sonner, Las Vegas SUN

* Teller's name may adorn Laboratory
Ian Hoffman, Tri-Valley Herald

* Rocky opposes 'hotter' waste
Lee Davidson, Deseret News

* INEEL moving waste to new leakproof landfill
Idaho Statesman

* Bechtel to receive $1.2 million for removing spent fuel
Steven Friederich, Idaho State Journal

* Second Takes
Idaho State Journal

* State consumer guru touts work Fedor claims coverup in Edison deal
James Drew, Toledo Blade

* One shipment left for OR spent nuclear fuel
R. Cathey Daniels, Oak Ridger

* Funding proposed for ORNL passes through conferees
Oak Ridger

* Lower rate offered to USEC from TVA
Bill Bartleman, Paducah Sun

* Judge orders a hearing on an irradiator
Walter F. Naedele, Philadelphia Inquirer

* Workers got huge doses of radiation
Sara Shipley, St. Louis Dispatch

* Report cites massive radiation at plant
Washington Times

* Former inmates protest controversial dermatologist
Penn Live

* Not your typical load of garbage
Bay News9

* GE Nuclear moves HQ out of San Jose
San Jose Business Journal

* TMI claims a world record
Sean Adkins, York Daily Record

* Security takes priority at state's nuclear plant
John Milburn, Lawrence Journal World

* Lacey leaders discuss impact of N-plant
Andrew Johnson, Press of Atlantic City

* Home Safe Home
Morton H. Halperin, TomPaine

* The Need for a Balanced National Energy Policy
Albert Thumann, Energy Pulse

* Externalities cost in electric power generation
Paolo Fornaciari, Energy Pulse

* NRC, PSEG to Discuss Licensing Exams for Hope Creek Nuclear Plant Operators
NRC

* NRC Invites Public to Submit Nominations for the Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste
NRC

* NRC Has Added a Third Resident Inspector at Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station
NRC

* Dr. Margaret Chu's response to Board's letter on corrosion
NWTRB (pdf)

* RULES Spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste; independent storage; licensing requirements: Approved spent fuel storage casks; list Withdrawn, 61734-61735 [03-27330]
Nuclear Regulatory Commission

* NOTICES Domestic licensing proceedings and issuance of orders; practice rules: Spent nuclear fuel transportation; safeguards and security plans requirements, 61836-61838 [03-27331]
Nuclear Regulatory Commission

* NOTICES Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Pacific Gas & Electric Co., CA, 61838-61839 [03-27328]
Nuclear Regulatory Commission

* NOTICES Meetings: Reactor Safeguards Advisory Committee, 61839-61840 [03-27333]
Nuclear Regulatory Commission

* NOTICES Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.: Exelon Generation Co., LLC, 61835 [03-27329]
Nuclear Regulatory Commission

* NOTICES Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.: Southern Nuclear Operating Co., 61835-61836 [03-27332]
Nuclear Regulatory Commission

* RULES Hazardous materials: Hazardous materials transportationÑ Loading, unloading, and storage, 61905-61942 [03-27057]
Research and Special Programs Administration

* 40 countries able to make nukes: IAEA
Pakistan Daily Times

* China, N. Korea Agree to New Nuke Talks
Ted Anthony, Las Vegas SUN

* N. Korea to hold new nuclear talks
CNN

* Grim fate for N. Korean prisoners
Mike Chinoy, CNN

* N Korea 'to resume nuclear talks'
BBC News

* Snub for North Korea? U.S. vows to keep Japan under 'nuke umbrella'
Japan Times

* N. Korea agrees to talks, US 'encouraged'
China Daily

* 'North Korea uses nukes for leverage'
Seo Hyun-jin, Korea Herald

* Jeju forum to discuss regional peace
Korea Herald

* Kazakh minister dismisses idea of nuclear black market
Mark Huband, Financial Times

* ÔBush needs to manufacture fear for re-electionÕ
Anthony Boadle, Indian Express

* Experts: Environment a key issue
China Daily

* Strike UnionÕs Safety Pledge
Alan Irving, Whitehaven News

* Blueprint for West CumbriaÕs Future
Whitehaven News

* BE on spot over sudden closures
Robert Lea, Evening Standard

* British Energy Warning after Shutdowns
Graeme Evans, The Scotsman

* British Energy did not mislead the City, says FSA
Jill Treanor, The Guardian

* Reactor closures hit British Energy
Geoff Gibbs, The Guardian

* Bulgaria Seeks Renewed Talks on N-Plant Safety
Novinite

* Environment ministry unveils options to transform Czech power sector
Chris Johnstone, Prague Business Journal

* Environmentalists protest upcoming nuclear waste shipment from France
TerraDaily

* Swedish nuclear agency opens inquiry after blackout incident
SpaceDaily

* Nuclear watchdog raises safety questions over French reactor design
SpaceDaily

* France says nuclear defence strategy not changing, just context
SpaceDaily

* Eyes Wide Shut
Maureen Dowd, New York Times

* Credibility questions continue on Iraq campaign
Bob Deans, News Journal

* Analysis - Pentagon Hawk Released -- Straws in the Wind?
Jim Lobe, IPSnews

* Blair says war in Iraq was 'test case'
CBC News

* U.N. Still Analyzing Iran Nuclear Papers
Las Vegas SUN

* Russia eyes sending nuke fuel
Irib

* Iranian scientists complete training at Russian plant
IranMania

* Dealing with IranÕs nuclear program
Lebanon Daily Star

* Iran: It's not just about nukes
George Perkovich, Singapore Straits Times

* UN nuclear watchdog chief says Iran report appears comprehensive
Channel News Asia

* Iran 'meeting' UN nuclear demands
BBC News

* Iran on Course to Force Its Way Into the Nuclear Club
Amir Taheri, Arab News