[see yesterday's items]

* List of new documents today from NRC PDR

Today's source articles

* Energy bill said to cost treasury $32b over decade
H. Josef Hebert, AP/Nashua Telegraph
The GOP bill includes about $23-billion in tax breaks over ten years, and about 2/3 of those will go to oil, gas and coal industry.

* Energy bill has help for Nevada
Doug Abrahms, Reno Gazette-Journal (NV)
A 1.8 cent/kWh production credit is expected to spur geothermal energy -- perhaps six new plants in Nevada over next five years. The tax credit will effectively drop production costs to about 4 cents/kWh, which is enough to make it competitive.

* The True Costs Of Environmental Policy
Darren Rumack, Cornell Daily Sun
"...the Board of Water and Light in Lansing, Mich. began buying green power two years ago. Under a new program, customers could get half of their power from green sources, but at an extra cost of $7.50 a month. Exactly 700 of the company's 100,000 customers signed up for the program."

* EPA Plan Would Ease Rules on Nuke Waste
Chicago Tribune (subscription required)

* Plan for crises, scientists told
Times Picayune

* SLO isn't model for home of Simpsons
San Luis Obispo Tribune (CA)

* Millstone 2 undergoes repairs to reactor vessel
Stamford Advocate

* Ireland calls for review of Euratom treaty
David Cochrane, Politics.ie (Ireland)

* CEO of EGL AG points to employees as key differentiator
The Wall Street Transcript

* US, EU may clash this week over Iran nuclear programme
Mathaba.Net (Africa)

* Mossad warns of Iranian nuclear threat
Jerusalem Post

* Iran urges nuke watchdog to resist pressure
Reuters

* Pakistan wary of growing China-India ties
Asia Times Online (Hong Kong)

* Vietnam's first nuclear power plant is under way of planning
Vietnam Economic Times

* Reid says NRC, Energy officials meeting to cover nuke dump flaws
KRNV

* Nevadans want to hear about private meetings
Suzanne Struglinski, Las Vegas SUN

* Yucca Mountain: Secret sessions upset Reid, state officials
Keith Rogers, Las Vegas Review-Journal

* Chemists' new findings raise concerns about Yucca
Las Vegas Review-Journal

* Last-minute glitches in Nevada nuclear-waste burial plan
Las Vegas SUN

* EPA Plan Would Ease Rules on Nuke Waste
Nancy Zuckerbrod, Las Vegas SUN

* Yucca Mountain Safety Questioned
Jon Summers, KLAS

* Energy bill includes $580 million for Yucca Mountain
Suzanne Struglinski, Las Vegas SUN

* Energy bill gives big boost to geothermal power
Samantha Young, Las Vegas Review-Journal

* Energy Bill May Challenge Some Sectors
Brad Foss, Las Vegas SUN

* Editorial: Mixed bag on national energy plan
Las Vegas SUN

* Nuclear Energy Would Get $7.5 Billion in Tax Subsidies; US Taxpayers Would Fund Nuclear Relapse if Energy Bill Passes
NIRS

* Put backroom energy bill out of the country's misery
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

* U.S. Puts Fusion Bid At Top Of Spend List
Earl Lane, Newsday

* Radioactive Waste Plan Attacked -- EPA Suggests Storing Low-Level Material in Landfills
Eric Pianin, Washington Post

* Alliance fights N-waste plan -- Group says taking Ohio tailings would be risky for Utah
Geoffrey Fattah, Deseret News

* Government may ship waste to Utah to save time, money
N.S. Nokkentved, Provo Daily Herald

* Missing nuclear gauge found near Tualatin store
The Oregonian

* Study backs city-owned PGE
Scott Learn, The Oregonian

* Energy Department tearing down Hanford plutonium facility
KATU

* Hutchison endorses plutonium pitch
Greg Rohloff, Amarillo Globe News

* Program introduces 300 students to ORNL science
Paul Parson, Oak Ridger

* Editor's License: Amidst aura of security, he labored, lobbied to inform
Dick Smyser, Oak Ridger

* More nuclear power needed to clean up air, Alexander says
Anne Paine, The Tennessean

* New round of radium tests
Elizabeth Bluemink, Pensacola News Journal

* Nuclear fallout -- Program to compensate those who suffered cancer after working on government projects triggers anger, frustration
John F. Bonfatti, Buffalo News

* VEM will release study to public
Toby Henry, Brattleboro Reformer

* Story sparks talk of Westinghouse sale
Thomas Olson, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

* Cold War Comeback? The nuclear threat from within
Ellen Tauscher, San Francisco Chronicle

* Environmental, consumer and public policy organizations to challenge President BushÕs launch of the International Partnership for the Hydrogen Economy
Public Citizen

* Scientists find mystery particle
Dr David Whitehouse, BBC News

* Secretary Abraham, Energy Ministers Participate in Fuel Cell Vehicle Drive and Ride
U.S. Newswire

* Public Meeting November 20 on License Renewal Application for D.C. Cook Nuclear Plant
NRC

* NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board - Rocky Flats, 65050 [03-28765]
Energy Department

* NOTICES Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.: National Nuclear Security Administration Advisory Committee, 65050-65051 [03-28764]
Energy Department

* PROPOSED RULES Hazardous waste: Low-level radioactive waste; management and disposal, 65119-65151 [03-28651]
Environmental Protection Agency

* PROPOSED RULES Low-level radioactive waste, management and disposal; framework, 64993 [03-28496]
Nuclear Regulatory Commission

* NOTICES Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Maine Yankee Atomic Power Co., 65094-65095 [03-28748]
Nuclear Regulatory Commission

* NOTICES Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Maine Yankee Atomic Power Co., 65095 [03-28749]
Nuclear Regulatory Commission

* NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 65095-65096 [03-28883]
Nuclear Regulatory Commission

* NOTICES Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.: Duke Energy Corp., et al., 65089-65092 [03-28751]
Nuclear Regulatory Commission

* NOTICES Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.: Southern Nuclear Operating Co., Inc., 65092-65094 [03-28750]
Nuclear Regulatory Commission

* NOTICES Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.: STP Nuclear Operating Co., 65094 [03-28752]
Nuclear Regulatory Commission

* The U.N. nuclear watchdog and its governing board
Reuters

* Japan's troubled TEPCO sees its net profit almost halved
SpaceDaily

* TEPCO wants all reactors on line by end-March
Reuters

* TEPCO H1 profit slumps after reactor closures
Edwina Gibbs, Reuters

* IEA urges Japan to restore public confidence in nuclear energy
Japan Today

* Japan must regain public trust in nuclear energy: IEA
SpaceDaily

* China willing to cooperate with IAEA
Times of India

* Sino-Pakistan nuclear power cooperation is for peaceful purpose
China Daily

* U.S., Japan Agree to Pressure N. Korea
Natalie Obiko Pearson, Las Vegas SUN

* Turn the screws on North Korea: Ishiba
Nao Shimoyachi, Japan Times

* 60 Injured in Violent Outbreak Over Nuclear Waste Facility
Byun Duk-Kun, Korea Times

* 'Six-way talks alone may not resolve nuclear issue'
Sim Sung-tae, Korea Herald

* N. Korea at fault over KEDO project freeze
Daily Yomiuri

* US will use nukes if necessary to defend S Korea: Rumsfeld
Hindustan Times

* CIA denies CIA report of aiding PakistanÕs Nuclear programme
Hi Pakistan

* Chernobyl fallout still contaminating food chain
Neue ZŸrcher Zeitung

* Sub dismantling under fire
BBC News

* Nuclear exercise planned
Glasgow Evening Times

* EU Expert Finds Bulgaria's Nuke Units 3, 4 Safe
Novinite

* Bulgaria's N-plant Peer Review Goes into 2nd Day
Novinite

* Bulgaria wants compensation for closing nuclear plant
SpaceDaily

* Minatom releases sub decommissioning figures and admits to problems reprocessing naval fuel
Charles Digges, Bellona

* Avoiding A Critical Inquiry
John D. Rockefeller IV, Washington Post

* A truly foolish adventure
Robert Manne, Melbourne Age

* Powell Shops for Support on Iran, Iraq
Barry Schweid, Las Vegas SUN

* Powell Praises Iran on Nuclear Decisions
Paul Geitner, Las Vegas SUN

* Powell in rift with EU over Iran
BBC News

* Mossad: Nuclear Iran is Greatest Threat in Israel's History
Arutz Sheva