info nuggets - November 10, 2003

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Today's info nuggets

[see yesterday's items]

* List of new documents today from NRC PDR

Today's source articles

* Yucca Mountain - Unclassified Information
KLAS

* Study looks at natural cat litter mineral at Nevada nuke dump
Las Vegas SUN

* 'Science.gov way' puts OSTI on the map with a new address
Paul Parson, Oak Ridger

* Hydrogen Leak At Nuclear Plant Fixed
WNNE

* Loose plug causes NH Seabrook nuke unusual event
Reuters

* Energy Department puts Plasma Physics Lab on priority list
Linda A. Johnson, Newsday

* House delays energy vote
Jim Snyder, The Hill

* New Snags Emerge to Slow Energy Bill
Chris Baltimore And Charles Abbott, Reuters

* The Hydrogen Hallucination
Mark Sardella, SolarAccess

* U.S. investigators document lost radioactive material, raise terror concern
John Solomon, Canadian Press

  • Las Vegas SUN -

    * AP: 'Lost' Radioactive Matter Poses Risk
    John Solomon

    * U.S.: 'Dirty Bomb' Danger Real
    CBS News

    * Feds Find High Risk That Terrorists Can Unleash 'Dirty Bomb' in U.S.
    NewsMax

    * Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham Announces Department of Energy 20-Year Science Facility Plan
    DOE

    * Secretary Abraham and Minister Rumyantsev Sign Joint Statement on the Return of Russian Research Reactor Fuel
    DOE

    * U.S.-Canada Task Force Sets Nov. 18 for Interim Report on August Blackout
    DOE

    * NRC Offers an Opportunity to Intervene in Hearing on Bucks County Irradiator
    NRC

    * NRC Assigns New Senior Resident Inspector to Beaver Valley
    NRC

    * NRC Appoints New Senior Resident Inspector at the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station
    NRC

    * NRC Davis-Besse Oversight Panel to Meet Nov. 12 in Oak Harbor, OH
    NRC

    * World atomic agency to assist Tanzania
    IPPMedia

    * Scientist dispels myths about N-energy
    Times of India

    * Nuclear waste shipment crosses German border late amid protests
    SpaceDaily

    * Nuclear plant closes ahead of schedule
    Expatica

    * Bratoselce clean-up completed
    Serbia Info

    * Russia to have a floating nuke power plant
    Washington Times

    * Russia Ready to Help Iran With A-Plant
    Seth Mydans, New York Times

    * Russia and Iran Appear Closer to Accord on Nuclear Plant
    Seth Mydans, New York Times

    * U.N. says Iran produced small amount of plutonium
    Reuters

    * Iran 'gets mixed nuclear report'
    BBC News

    * U.N. Says No Signs of Iranian Atomic Bomb Program
    Louis Charbonneau, Reuters

    * Iran bows to demands on atomic programme
    Oliver Bullough, Reuters

    * No evidence yet Iran trying to develop nuclear weapons: IAEA report
    SpaceDaily

    * Iran accepts tougher inspections, suspending uranium enrichment
    SpaceDaily

    * Iran gives UN nuclear watchdog letter on tougher inspections
    SpaceDaily

    * Leaks and peeks key to Israel's nuclear ambiguity
    Dan Williams, swissinfo

    * Study sums up questions on nuke effects on Yucca
    Suzanne Struglinski, Las Vegas SUN

    * Study cites natural deposits in Yucca Mountain as barrier
    Keith Rogers, Las Vegas Review-Journal

    * Yucca Mountain site must make use of geological safety net, say IU and Los Alamos scientists
    David Bricker, EurekAlert

    * DOE will continue to handle Test Site compension claims
    Suzanne Struglinski, Las Vegas SUN

    * '76 uranium mystery still causing concerns
    Scott Sonner, Las Vegas Review-Journal

    * Mason Valley residents want toxic waste mystery solved
    Scott Sonner, Reno Gazette Journal

    * Allegations laid out against Envirocare
    Judy Fahys, Salt Lake Tribune

    * Letter: There are alternatives
    Eileen Greene, Salt Lake Tribune

    * Lab wants new work to be a good fit
    Frank Munger, Knoxville News Sentinel

    * Brooks robots take the heat
    Richard Mullins, Democrat and Chronicle

    * Union wary of NavyÕs shipyard plans
    Gregg K. Kakesako, Honolulu Star-Bulletin

    * Small nukes 'cut collateral damage'
    Melbourne Age

    * Re-examining 'Just War' Theory -- Catholic bishops discuss relevancy
    Carol Eisenberg, Newsday

    * The Quest for Affordable Energy
    John P. Holdren, Scientific American

    * NOTICES Decommissioning plans; sites: Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp., 63824-63825 [03-28183]
    Nuclear Regulatory Commission

    * NOTICES Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc., 63825-63827 [03-28182]
    Nuclear Regulatory Commission

    * NOTICES Meetings: Nuclear Waste Advisory Committee, 63827-63828 [03-28180]
    Nuclear Regulatory Commission

    * NOTICES Meetings: Nuclear Waste Advisory Committee, 63828 [03-28181]
    Nuclear Regulatory Commission

    * NOTICES Meetings: Reactor Safeguards Advisory Committee, 63828-63829 [03-28179]
    Nuclear Regulatory Commission

    * NOTICES Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.: Department of Veterans Affairs Medical and Regional Office, 63823-63824 [03-28184]
    Nuclear Regulatory Commission

    * NOTICES Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.: Indiana Michigan Power Co., 63824 [03-28185]
    Nuclear Regulatory Commission

    * Govt quiet on Brigitte nuclear plot
    Melbourne Age

    * Nuclear bombing plot subject of Australian "inquiry": attorney general
    SpaceDaily

    * Ruddock tight-lipped on nuclear plot
    News Limited

    * Activists block nuclear shipment
    News Limited

    * AFP to grill Brigitte in Paris
    Trudy Harris, Martin Chulov and Patricia Karvelas, News Limited

    * Ruddock silent on 'plot to attack reactor' claim
    Sydney Morning Herald

    * Seoul, Beijing Fine-Tune Approach to 6-Way Talks on N. Korean Nukes
    Seo Soo-min, Korea Times

    * Refining plant launched in southern Kazakhstan
    Interfax

    * Germans protesting return of treated nuke waste from France
    Borneo Bulletin

    * Failings, secrets of Soviets recalled
    William Cole, Honolulu Advertiser

    * News Update on IAEA and Iran
    IAEA

    * Rumsfeld retreats, disclaims earlier rhetoric
    Eric Rosenberg, Ocala Star Banner

    * Iran Says It Suspended Nuclear Enrichment
    Mara D. Bellaby, Las Vegas SUN

    * Iran 'suspends uranium programme'
    BBC News

    * Iran accepts IAEA nuclear demands
    Al-Jazeera

    * IAEA to issue report on Iran's nuclear program
    Xinhua News

    * Arafat: Israel Used Depleted Uranium In Palestine
    Scoop

    * Powerful Radioactive Source Secured in C™te d'Ivoire
    IAEA

    [see yesterday's items]



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