[see yesterday's items]

* List of 277 documents released Saturday by NRC PDR

Today's source articles

* AEP says nuclear plant unit briefly in emergency plan
Reuters/Forbes
Cook unit 2 briefly entered into an emergency plan on Friday following a filter leak on RCP seal cooling water system.

* State completing largest-ever homeland security report
Matt Apuzzo, Associated Press
Potential targets are called "assets." Depending on the level of security, assets can be "hard" or "soft." Nuclear plants are hard assets. This article discusses the Connecticut state target inventory and its uses, especially in identifying local needs. The article notes that most local police need varous types of training, but gives example of a department that has long worked with local nuclear plant emergency plan which is quite well trained in emergency response.

* Lift boat gives FP&L a leg up in upgrading water discharge pipe
Suzanne Wentley, Stuart News (Florida)
The cooling water discharge pipe at St. Lucie extends about a quarter-mile into the ocean. It was originally supported by sand and gravel, which has slowly washed away over the years. The plant has contracted with Underwater Engineering Services to replace the remaining aggregate with a concrete base. This article is about one of the unusual boats that will participate in the work -- a "lift boat" such as used by treasure hunters in local waters.

* B. Energy shareholders to OK AmerGen sale - source
Reuters/Forbes
British Energy shareholders are set to approve, Monday, the sale of its 50 percent stake in Amergen. An extraordinary general meeting has been called to conduct the vote. The sale, to Exelon, which is BE's current Amergen partner, is expected to bring around US$277 million in cash.

* Libya's decision good lesson for North Korea
Daily Yomiuri (Japan)

* Decision Delayed on Site of Nuclear Fusion Plant
Reuters

* Deadly Legacy
Patrice St. Germain, St. George Daily Spectrum

* Bishop: Lessons from freshman year
Christopher Smith, Salt Lake Tribune

* Toxic waste turns a profit in the Owyhee desert
Ken Dey, Idaho Statesman

* The siteÕs nuclear past
Idaho Statesman

* Nockamixon law targets nuclear facilities
Dalondo Moultrie, Allentown Morning Call

* A Joint Communique from Today's Ministerial Meeting for ITER Follows U.S. Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham's Remarks
U.S. Newswire

* Japan Vows to Pursue Nuclear Fusion Bid
Las Vegas SUN

* Opposition pushes DPP on nuclear referendum
Crystal Hsu, Taiwan News

* N.Korea Voices Plan to Apply Own Laws to Nuclear Reactor Building Site
Chosun Ilbo

* Selection of Nuclear Waste Dump Site
Kang Hee-joon, Korea Times

* Litigation plans to fight waste at nuke site
de.indymedia

* Nuclear Program in Iran Tied To Pakistan
Joby Warrick, Washington Post

* Iran filled with fear and frankness
Robert Collier, San Francisco Chronicle

* Russia upbeat about Iran nuke policy
IRIB

* Israel could consider destroying Iran's nuke programme:Radio
Deepika

* Arabs push for Israel to disarm
BBC News

* U.S.: Libya Eager to Dismantle Weapons
John J. Lumpkin, Las Vegas SUN

* Libya Made Progress in Nuclear Goal
Peter Slevin And Walter Pincus, Washington Post

* 'A Long Slog' Led to Libya's Decision
Glenn Frankel, Washington Post

* The meeting that brought Libya in from the cold
Peter Beaumont, Kamal Ahmed and Martin Bright, The Observer

* Libyans to reveal just how close they were to making a nuclear bomb
Andrew Buncombe and Francis Elliott, The Independent