[see yesterday's items]

* List of new documents today from NRC PDR

* India to build 3,980 MWe of new n-capacity; 500 MWe prototype fast breeder

* Vermont Yankee - state questions uprate credit sought for containment pressure

Today's source articles

* Nevada's legal team outlines arguments against Yucca Mountain
Erica Werner, Las Vegas SUN

* Guinn, other governors call for full tax funds -- States wants more money for federal land
Suzanne Struglinski, Las Vegas SUN

* Goshute Tribal Leaders Indicted for Theft of Tribal Funds
John Hollenhorst, KSL-TV

* Entergy: No state OK needed for storage
Susan Smallheer, Rutland Herald

* Nuclear plant asks more time
Houston Chronicle

* New plant sale secured for USECs rival
Joe Walker, Paducah Sun

* 'Landfill is no small thing'
John LeMay, Bennington Banner

* Date of Yankee hearing changed
Toby Henry, Brattleboro Reformer

* Mario Cuomo Sues Author for $15 Million
New York Lawyer

* RULES Spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste; independent storage; licensing requirements: Approved spent fuel storage casks; list, 70423-70426 [03-31207]
Nuclear Regulatory Commission

* PROPOSED RULES Spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste; independent storage; licensing requirements: Approved spent fuel storage casks; list, 70463-70464 [03-31208]
Nuclear Regulatory Commission

* NOTICES Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Carolina Power & Light Co., 70545-70546 [03-31209]
Nuclear Regulatory Commission

* NOTICES Meetings: Non-LWR containment functional performance options; workshop, 70546-70547 [03-31210]
Nuclear Regulatory Commission

* Japan Fishing Village Hopes for Nuclear Project
Planet Ark

* North Korea Resolute on Nuclear Program
Sang-hun Choe, Las Vegas SUN

* NKorea says will build nuclear bombs until US accepts terms
SpaceDaily

* New minister sticks to revised nuke site plan
Korea Herald

* Focus: Ensuring a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula
People's Daily

* Sellafield 'needs another probe'
Peter Cardwell, Belfast Telegraph

* TVO Orders New Nuclear Plant
YLE24

* Areva, Siemens sign deal to build nuclear reactor in Finland
SpaceDaily

* Chief slams BE's 'unreliable' N-plants
Brian O'Connor, Evening Standard

* Closures hit British Energy
Tessa Thorniley, Daily Telegraph

* Decision day for fusion project
Dr David Whitehouse, BBC News

* Terror laws come under spotlight
BBC News

* Japan and Russia signed contract on one nuclear submarine dismantling
Bellona

* Upper Chamber of Russian Parliament approved MNEPR agreement on December 10
Bellona

* Kay Plans to Leave Search for Iraqi Arms
Dana Priest and Walter Pincus, Washington Post

* Blair is accused by MPs of putting spin on weapon reports
Andrew Grice, The Independent

* Head of America's Iraq WMD hunters wants to quit team
David Rennie, Daily Telegraph

* Iran Opens Nuke Activities to Inspections
William J. Kole, Las Vegas SUN

* Iran to Open Nuclear Facilities to U.N.
Vanessa Gera, Las Vegas SUN

* Bush to Monitor Iran Nuclear Commitment
Barry Schweid, Las Vegas SUN

* Iran to Sign Inspection Pact on Atomic Sites
Nazila Fathi, New York Times

* Iran signs nuclear protocol deal
Reuters

* The Additional protocol to the UN nuclear NPT
IranMania

* "Heavy Water Project" making progress
IranMania

* Nuke watchdog praises Iran
ABC