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* [npp-US-Prairie Island] Prairie Island ISFSI license renewal application did not pass NRC acceptance review, Steve Schulin, nuclear.com
* [npp-US-reactor safety] Feb 9, 2012 - ACRS to be briefed by NRC staff and NEI on implementation of post-Fukushima task force recommendations, Steve Schulin, nuclear.com
* [npp-US-Palisades] Dave Lochbaum's 'bathtub effect model' praised by NEIS' Linda Lewison, Steve Schulin, nuclear.com
* [npp-US-Browns Ferry/MOV] Browns Ferry violation - 2 valves were not recognized as safety-related, Steve Schulin, nuclear.com
* [npp-US-Crystal River] Crystal River (March 2011) - a loud noise was heard from the fuel hoist while withdrawing a fuel assembly from the reactor core, Steve Schulin, nuclear.com
January 24, 2012 - New items today.
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January 22, 2012 - New items today.
January 21, 2012 - New items today.
Top stories
* [Fukushima-world-nuclearbiz] Stocks related to the nuclear power industry lost a third of their value in the week after Fukushima, and continued downward after that, David Gillie, ETF Digest/The Street (via @Atomicrod)
* [Fukushima-world-npp] Japan Times editorial gushes about Global Conference for a Nuclear Power Free World, editorial is titled "Protesting nuclear power" (thanx @NuclearUpdate and @nuclearnewsbot)
* [Fukushima] Informative collection of 57 photos, most from Jan 2012, with descriptions and locations, coded to accompanying site map, TEPCO, Current Status of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station by photographs, Jan 20, 2012 ( @Enformable)
* [Fukushima-unit 2] Details of the endoscopy at Fukushima Daiichi Reactor 2, TEPCO(via @Enformable)
* [Fukushima-occupational radiation] Fukushima worker doses monitored when engaged in work around the facility, but not during nearby decontamination work or while off-duty, excerpt from Kyodo article titled "Cabinet kept alarming nuke report secret") - thanx @FukushimaEng
* [Fukushima-Japan-tourism] While the radiation issue is more serious and long-term for Japan, getting its currency exchange rate under control (the yen is at an all time high of about 75 to the dollar) is going to be the first step toward any tourism recovery, Gary A. Warner, travel editor, Orange County Register - thanx @FukushimaEng
* [Fukushima-radiation-food] Japanese Struggle to Protect Their Food Supply, Martin Fackler, New York Times (via @FukushimaEng, @fairewinds, and Nevada ANP)
* [Fukushima-regional cleanup] Municipal govt of Kashiwa, in Chiba Prefecture to the west and south of Tokyo, recently shut down one of its main incinerators, because it can't store any more than the 200 metric tons of radioactive ash it already has that is too contaminated to bury in a landfill, Russ Baker, Business Insider, excerpt from article titled "Fukushima Update: Why We Should (Still) Be Worried" (via @ChristinaMac1 and @Enformable)
* [Fukushima-contaminated soil storage] Fukushima - local municipalities oppose national government's desire to build intermediate storage facility for radioactive soil in the Futaba district, NHK (via @Enformable)
* [Fukushima-TEPCO] Tepco to be nationalised for 10 years, Reuters/Peak Oil
* [Fukushima-film] Japanese filmmaker's portrait of a mayor without a town who is desperately trying to keep together a community scattered across different emergency shelters - Funahashi Atsushi's "Nuclear Nation", at Berlin Film Festival, Ed Meza, Chicago Tribune (thanx @Enformable)
* [Fukushima-film] Japanese filmmaker dismayed that his countrymen are complacent about the dangers of radiation - Sion Sono's Land of Hope began shooting last week, Gavin J. Blair, The Hollywood Reporter (via @Enformable)
* [npp-US-newbuild-Blue Castle] Nuclear power: Allocating Green River water is folly, Salt Lake Tribune (via Nevada ANP)
* [npp-US-newbuild-SMRs] Federal funds to help charge Westinghouse reactor project, Erich Schwartzel, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (via Nevada ANP)
* [npp-US-Oyster Creek] U.S. District Court case [re Vermont Yankee] will not impact on Oyster Creek plant's closure plan, Bob Vosseller, Asbury Park Press (via Nevada ANP)
* [npp-US-Vermont Yankee] The fat lady, Brattleboro Reformer (via Nevada ANP)
* [npp-US-Vermont Yankee] Entergy asks to move cooling tower suit to federal court, Susan Smallheer, Vermont Today (via Nevada ANP)
* [npp-UK] The cost of nuclear electricity in UK is at least halved by the govt capping of liability for accidents, Orchard Times, citing complaint by the Energy Fair group (via @SoNuke)
* [npp-newbuild-India] India's first PFBR to go critical early 2013, Zee News (via Nevada ANP)
* [npp-risk] Despite disasters risk in nuclear energy lowest: Kakodkar, Deccan Herald (via Nevada ANP)
* [npp-Japan-Ohi] Stress tests show that Kansai Electric's Ohi units could withstand an earthquake nearly two times more powerful than the maximum estimated earthquake, and a 37-foot high tsunami, Silvio Marcacci, Earth & Industry website, excerpt from article titled "How Fukushima Has Changed Nuclear Power in Japan" (via @nuclearnewsbot)
* [npp-Japan-NISA] NISA authorization does not mean the reactors can be restarted, however. Further review must be completed by Japan's Nuclear Safety Commission with input from the International Atomic Energy Agency, and government officials and local communities will also have a say, Silvio Marcacci, Earth & Industry website, excerpt from article titled "How Fukushima Has Changed Nuclear Power in Japan" (via @nuclearnewsbot)
* [npp-Japan] Japan's Trade and Industry Minister recently hinted the government may consider nationalizing all nuclear reactors unless utilities assume more responsibility for operational risks and pay higher insurance premiums to pay accident costs, Silvio Marcacci, Earth & Industry website, excerpt from article titled "How Fukushima Has Changed Nuclear Power in Japan", citing Taku Kato, Bloomberg, Jan 6 article titled "Japan May Nationalize Nuclear Power Plants, Edano Tells Yomiuri" (via @nuclearnewsbot)
* [Iran-wardrums] A strike on Iran will only benefit Iran, Nadine Elali, NOW Lebanon blog (via @CustosDivini)
* [Iran-Turkey] Turkish-Iranian warming loses credibility as claims of terrorism emerge; intelligence that an Iranian military unit is preparing to organize attacks in Turkey is leading to controversy in the Turkish media, adding to suspicions over growing tension in Iranian-Turkish relations, Today's Zaman (via @CustosDivini)
* [Iran-assassination-IAEA] Iran envoy criticizes UNSC silence over assassination of scientists, IRNA (via Nevada ANP)
* [Iran-India] India, Iran to trade oil in rupees, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)
* [Iran-Japan] Japanese ambassador to Iran said, "I think Iran's nuclear activities are 100 percent peaceful", PNA and U.S. News Agency / Asian, excerpt from article titled "Oil sanctions on Iran will affect world's economy: Japanese envoy" (via @SoNuke)
* [North Korea] N. Korea builds up Kim Jong Un as nuke visionary, Associated Press (via @NKoreaReports)
* [North Korea-Japan] North Korea Releases Two Japanese Detained Last Year, Matsubara Says, Sachiko Sakamaki, Bloomberg (via @NKoreaReports)
* [n-weapons-n-plants-Iran-North Korea] Reactors and Bombs: How North Korea and Iran can militarize 'civilian' nuclear plants, Henry Sokolski, The Weekly Standard (via @CustosDivini and @NuclearPolicy)
* [n-weapons-IAEA] IAEA Chief Outlines 2012 Priorities, IAEA (via Nevada ANP)
* [n-weapons-UN-US] How the U.S. Manipulates Key U.N. Appointments, Thalif Deen, IPS News (via Nevada ANP)
* [radiation-hormesis] Philosophy prof casts aspersions on hormesis, Calabrese; recommends science funded by govt only, Kevin C. Elliott, Environmental Health News
* [site-Oak Ridge] World's best collection of everything atomic, Frank Munger, Knoxville News Sentinel blog (via Nevada ANP)
* [n-investing-uranium mining] Global X Uranium ETF (URA) tracks the Solactive Global Uranium Index and is perhaps the best way for investors to have exposure to renewed growth of nuclear power, David Gillie, ETF Digest/The Street (via @Atomicrod)
* [energy-fossil fuels] U.S. Direct Fossil Fuel Subsidies are Half a Trillion Dollars Annual, Peak Oil (via Nevada ANP)
January 20, 2012 - New items today.
Top stories
* [npp-Japan-Hamaoka] Meltdown at Hamaoka plant certain if power supply knocked out for 3 days, Tomomi Abe, The Asahi Shimbun (via IAEA Daily Press Review)
* [Fukushima-Japan-npp]
Official: Japan could have zero operational reactors by this summer, Wall Street Journal (via NEI email; title here is NEI's - original is "Japan Girds for Summer Power Cuts")
NEI's highlight: Japan could have no reactors running when demand for electricity rises this summer, said Yukio Edano, the country's trade minister. Edano didn't commit to a schedule for the restart of the reactors. "If we make a decision [that we'll restart the reactors] first or if we try to come to a conclusion by a certain time, it means we aren't really checking safety and we really can't obtain understanding from the people," he said.
* [Fukushima-Japan-npp] Gov't nuclear power plant tests mired in doubt, Mainichi Daily News editorial (via Nevada ANP)
* [Fukushima] Water falling like rain inside N-reactor, Daily Yomiuri (via Nevada ANP)
* [Fukushima] Scientists say they can find melted reactor fuel; Muons hold key, team believes, but authorities have yet to seek their help to peer inside crippled reactors, Minoru Matsutani, The Japan Times (via IAEA Daily Press Review)
* [Fukushima-Japan-electricity prices] Nuclear accident causes a 17% hike on electricity rate, Denki Shimbun (via Nevada ANP)
* [Fukushima-Japan-npp-Kansai] Kansai Electric facing heavy loss, Japan Times (via Nevada ANP)
* [Fukushima-radiation-firewood] High levels of cesium found in ash in wood stoves of homes in Fukushima, Mainichi Daily News (via Nevada ANP)
* [Fukushima-radiation] Radiation intake by Fukushima families up, UPI (via Nevada ANP)
* [Fukushima-radiation-food] Radioactive cesium content higher in Fukushima fruits, mushrooms, The Asahi Shimbun (via IAEA Daily Press Review)
* [Fukushima-radiation-construction materials] Fears over radioactive gravel from Fukushima; Pressure is growing on Japanese authorities to determine exactly where radioactive gravel from a quarry close to the exclusion zone around the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant has been used in construction projects, Julian Ryall, London Telegraph (via IAEA Daily Press Review)
* [Fukushima-TEPCO] TEPCO to be nationalized for 10 years - Kyodo (Update 1), Ashutosh Pandey, Reuters UK (via Nevada ANP)
* [Fukushima-Chernobyl] Japan to seek data from Ukraine on effects of Chernobyl accident, Mainichi Daily News (via Nevada ANP)
* [npp-US-newbuild-AP1000] AP1000 cooling after loss of electrical power - example of passive safety design feature, excerpt from Bloomberg editorial
* [npp-US-newbuild-SMR] Energy Department Takes First Step to Spur U.S. Manufacturing of Small Modular Nuclear Reactors, DOE (via Nevada ANP)
* [npp-US-newbuild-Utah-Blue Castle] Water rights approved for proposed Utah nuke plant, Josh Loftin, CBS News (via Nevada ANP)
* [npp-US-newbuild-William States Lee] Backers, critics of Duke's Lee nuclear plant clash at hearing, Bruce Henderson, Charlotte Observer (via Nevada ANP)
* [npp-US-Vermont Yankee] Judge blocks Vermont from shutting down nuclear plant, Michael Winter, USA TODAY (via IAEA Daily Press Review)
* [npp-US-Vermont Yankee] Vermont officials weigh next move in Vermont Yankee case, Terri Hallenbeck, BurlingtonFreePress (via Nevada ANP)
* [npp-US-Vermont Yankee] Entergy asks that utility suit be moved to federal court, Bob Audette, Brattleboro Reformer (via Nevada ANP)
* [npp-US-Vermont Yankee] Despite Entergy's Court Win, Yankee Still Needs State Permit, John Dillon, Vermont Public Radio (via Nevada ANP)
* [npp-US-Indian Point] Power density - to replace Indian Point (250 acre site) with windmills would require 770 square miles, excerpt from Robert Bryce op ed, Wall St Jrl
* [npp-US-Crystal River] Progress Energy reaches settlement in broken nuclear plant case, Ivan Penn, Tampa Bay Times (via Nevada ANP)
* [npp-US-Diablo Canyon] PG&E chairman announces company will spent millions on improvements, David Sneed, San Luis Obispo Tribune (via Nevada ANP)
* [npp-US-Fort Calhoun] Restart of Troubled Nuke Plant Appears Later than Sooner, Joe Jordan, Missouri News Horizon (via Nevada ANP)
* [npp-US-Fort Calhoun] Neighbors question Ft. Calhoun's safety, Nancy Gaarder, Omaha World-Herald (via Nevada ANP)
* [npp-economics] Natural gas price is down from $13/Mbtu in 2008 to $3/Mbtu; undercuts nuclear plant economics, excerpt from Bloomberg editorial
* [npp-US] U.S. cedes the lead on nuclear energy, Reese Palley, Philadelphia Inquirer (via Nevada ANP)
* [npp-newbuild-Egypt] It's time to go nuclear, Amina Abdul Salam, Egyptian Gazette (via Nevada ANP)
* [npp-India] 'Weak links in security of India's coastal n-plants', Deccan Herald (via CSIS)
* [npp-India-Japan] Bolstering Japan-India ties, Japan Times editorial (via Nevada ANP)
* [npp-Spain] Spain starts process to reverse Garona nuclear plant closure order, Luca Baratti, Platts (via Nevada ANP)
* [npp-Sweden] Swedish nuclear safety needs improving: report, The Local Sweden (via Nevada ANP)
* [npp-UK] UK 'subsidising nuclear power unlawfully', Richard Black, BBC News (via Nevada ANP)
* [Iran] Considering the "Rally Round the Flag Effect" in Iran, Eli Jacobs, Center for Strategic and International Studies
* [Iran] Why we should look at things from Iran's side, Dan Gardner, The Ottawa Citizen (via IAEA Daily Press Review)
* [Iran-China] China warns Iran against nuclear weapons, UPI (via @nuclearnewsbot)
* [Iran-Russia-US] US and Russia: How best to resolve Iran's nuclear puzzle?, Elkhan Nuriyev, Hurriyet Daily News (via Nevada ANP)
* [Iran-Russia] Russia refunds Iran over canceled missile sale, Xinhua News (via Nevada ANP)
* [Iran-wardrums-Israel] Israel may have taken a step back from bombing Iran - but for how long? The chair of the US joint chiefs of staff who is in Israel to discuss Iran will warn of the dire consequences of a military strike, Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian (via IAEA Daily Press Review)
* [Iran-wardrums] Not quite too late, The Economist (a CSIS top story)
* [Iran-wardrums-France] Time running out for Iran diplomacy - Sarkozy, Reuters (via CSIS)
* [Iran-wardrums] How the West Should Answer Iran's Nuclear Aggression, Ray Takeyh, Council on Foreign Relations (via CSIS)
* [Iran-wardrums] U.S., Europe Trying to Provoke Armed Conflict, Iran Envoy Says, Henry Meyer, Bloomberg (via Nevada ANP)
* [Iran-wardrums] An Iran war is brewing from mutual ignorance and chronic miscalculation, Simon Tisdall, The Guardian (via Nevada ANP)
* [Iran-US-warships] U.S. carrier to test limits of Iranian rhetoric, Phil Stewart, Reuters (via Nevada ANP)
* [Iran-assassination-IAEA] IAEA rejects Iran accusation over scientist killing, Reuters (via CSIS)
* [Iran-assassination-IAEA] 'IAEA leaks Iran secret data to US', Press TV (via Nevada ANP)
* [Iran-assassination-IAEA] 'Iran must reconsider IAEA cooperation if info continues to be leaked', Tehran Times (via Nevada ANP)
* [Iran] 'What We Know Suggests the Development of Nuclear Weapons', Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic (via CSIS)
* [Iran-EU] EU's toughest sanctions yet put Iran on final warning over nuclear programme, Kim Sengupta, The Independent (via Nevada ANP)
* [Iran-oil-EU] EU still divided on Iran oil sanctions, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)
* [Iran-UK] Britain pulls plug on Iran's Press TV (Update 2), Keith Weir, Reuters (via Nevada ANP)
* [Iran-US] When did the U.S. navy become the Iranian Coast Guard?, Joshua Keating, Foreign Policy (via CSIS)
* [North Korea-South Korea] S. Korea calls for dialogue with N. Korea amid lingering tensions, Yonhap News (via Nevada ANP)
* [North Korea] North Korea credits new leader Kim Jong Un with past nuclear testing, Washington Post (via CSIS)
* [North Korea-US] US warns against N Korea 'provocation', Agence France Presse (via @NKoreaReports)
* [n-weapons-China] The defensive nature of China's "underground great wall", Hui Zhang, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists website (via @BulletinAtomic)
* [n-weapons-US] How Obama can slash defense budget: Cut unnecessary nuclear weapons programs, Daryl G. Kimball and Tom Z. Collina, Christian Science Monitor (via Arms Control Association)
* [n-weapons-HEU] Nuclear Summit States Look to Limit Use of HEU, Global Security Newswire (via CSIS)
* [n-weapons-Pakistan-China] The limits of the Pakistan-China alliance, Lisa Curtis and Derek Scissors, Reuters (via CSIS)
* [uranium mining-Virginia] Virginia Uranium's Response: VUI welcomed McDonnell's position, saying a regulatory framework would help them build "the safest uranium mine in the world right here in Virginia", Danville Register & Bee subhead to top front page story "GOV.: KEEP THE BAN", by Tara Bozick
* [site-Idaho National Lab]
Report: Safety lapses contributed to INL radiation incident, Associated Press (via NEI email; title here is NEI's - original is "Report Says Radiation Exposure Was Preventable")
NEI's highlight: A radiation-exposure incident at the Idaho National Laboratory involving 16 workers was preventable, the Department of Energy's Office of Health, Safety and Security said in a report. Ineffective training and the lack of safety measures played roles in the November incident, the report stated.
* [n-weapons-history-Japan-WWII] Panel's report on 'black rain' contradicts court rulings and angers survivors, Mainichi Daily News (via Nevada ANP)
* [n-waste-Canada] Battle lines drawn on nuclear waste storage, Wawatay News (via Nevada ANP)
* [n-waste-UK] Nuclear Decommissioning Authority reveals plan to move Dounreay material through heart of Scotland, Alan Richardson, Scotland Courier (via Nevada ANP)
* [n-waste-US-spent fuel] The Radioactive Waste Crisis, Linda Pentz Gunter, CounterPunch (via Nevada ANP)
* [energy-oil-China-Brazil] China gets jump on U.S. for Brazil's oil; Two export pacts a coup for Beijing, Kelly Hearn, Washington Times front page story
* [energy-oil-radiation] No option for haulers on rejected radioactive substances: Health concerns unaddressed, Dustin Ingram, Williston Daily Herald (via Nevada ANP)
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January 19, 2012 - New items today.
Top stories
* [npp-US-Vermont Yankee] Federal judge: State can't shut down Vermont Yankee in March, Adam Silverman, BurlingtonFreePress (via Nevada ANP)
* [npp-US-NRC] NRC - 33 engineers are now full time on Fukushima followup matters; NRR chief Eric Leeds told Oconee that licensing actions will take longer because so many NRC staffers have been diverted,
* [npp-US-newbuild] NEI exec touts unique safety features of new reactors, Leslie Kass, interviewed by Bruce Gellerman, Living on Earth (via NEI email; title here is NEI's - original is "Nuclear Power Comeback?")
* [npp-US-newbuild-SMR] DOE looks at expanding research of small nuclear reactors, Annette Cary, Tri-City Herald (via CSIS)
* [npp-US-newbuild-Vogtle] Why Georgia needs nuclear power, Prof. Nolan Hertel, Georgia Tech, Savannah Morning News (via NEI email)
* [npp-US-Diablo Canyon] Nuclear-power shake-up; Judge rules that PG&E cannot pass costs of relicensing Diablo Canyon on to ratepayers. Meanwhile, the plant's seismic vulnerability remains uncertain, Darwin BondGraham, Sacramento News & Review (via Nevada ANP)
* [npp-US-Indian Point] Seeing a safe future for Indian Point, Dion Sunderland, letter to White Plains Journal News (via Nevada ANP)
* [Fukushima-Japan-npp] Nuke safety agency under fire for hasty approval of reactor reactivation, Mainichi Daily News (via Nevada ANP)
* [Fukushima-Japan-npp] Restarting nuclear reactors should not be delayed, Daily Yomiuri (via Nevada ANP)
* [Fukushima-Japan-npp] NISA endorses Oi stress tests / Draft report says Nos. 3, 4 reactors 'ready' for major quake, Daily Yomiuri (via Nevada ANP)
* [Fukushima] TEPCO uses endoscope to look inside crippled Fukushima reactor, Mainichi Daily News (via Nevada ANP)
* [Fukushima] First images from within Fukushima containment, World Nuclear News (via Nevada ANP)
* [Fukushima-radiation] Japan 'Betrayed Citizens' Over Radiation Danger, Mark Willacy, Australia ABC (via IAEA Daily Press Review)
* [Fukushima-radiation-construction materials] Most households living in high-radiation apartment building want to move, Mainichi Daily News (via Nevada ANP)
* [npp-newbuild-Czech] Czech gov't Temelín point man: build new nuclear plants on old army sites, Czech Position (via Nevada ANP)
* [npp-newbuild-Egypt] Protests at nuclear power station construction site escalate, Egypt Independent (via Nevada ANP)
* [npp-newbuild-India-Kudankalum] Centre goes after NGOs to put down K-movement, IBNLive (via Nevada ANP)
* [npp-newbuild-Kenya] Kenya: Stop Knocking Nuclear Energy, It Might Turn Out to Be the Country's Salvation, Basett Buyukah, AllAfrica (via Nevada ANP)
* [npp-newbuild-UK] Anti-nuclear campaigners plan legal challenge to new British power stations, Terry Macalister, The Guardian (via Nevada ANP)
* [npp-Germany] Pressure mounts on German government over energy shift, Vera Eckert and Christoph Steitz, Reuters (via Nevada ANP)
* [npp-India] Former president of India touts safety of nuclear plants, The Times of India (via NEI email; title here is NEI's - original is "'India's nuclear plants highly safe & secure'")
* [npp-UK] Support for new U.K. reactors grows, survey finds, Damian Carrington, The Guardian (via NEI email; title here is NEI's - original is "Dip in nuclear power support after Fukushima proves shortlived; A new, exclusive opinion poll shows public support for replacing the UK's ageing nuclear plants has recovered, although some citizens are far less convinced than others")
* [Iran] Former Israeli Intelligence Chief Says Iran Can Build Bomb Now if it Wants, AP (via IAEA Daily Press Review; title here is IAEA's - original is "US top officer heads to Israel amid conflicting views over Iranian nuclear program")
* [Iran-IAEA] UN to probe 'military angle' to Iran nuclear drive, Agence France Presse (via IAEA Daily Press Review)
* [Iran-US-Ros-Lehtinen] Talks with Iran a 'foolish waste of time': US lawmaker, Agence France Presse (via IAEA Daily Press Review)
* [Iran-assassination] Not-So-Covert Iran War Buys Time but Raises Tension, William Maclean, Reuters (via IAEA Daily Press Review)
* [Iran-wardrums] Incidents Involving Iran's Nuclear Work, David Cutler, Reuters (via IAEA Daily Press Review)
* [Iran-sanctions] Iran sanctions won't work, Ivan Eland, Washington Times (via CSIS)
* [Iran-sanctions] The myth of an "isolated' Iran, Pepe Escobar, Asia Times (via CSIS)
* [Iran-Russia] Iran bonds with Russia on nuclear issue, Atul Aneja, The Hindu (via CSIS)
* [Iran-China] China rejects N accusations against Iran, Press TV (via Nevada ANP)
* [Iran-EU] Iranian Central Bank Said to Face Asset Freeze by 27-Nation European Union, Ewa Krukowska and Jonathan Stearns, Bloomberg (via Nevada ANP)
* [n-weapons-Russia-US] RF, US not on threshold of arms race, Lavrov says, Itar-Tass (via CSIS)
* [n-weapons-missile defense-Russia-US] Lavrov Warns U.S. on Missile Deal, Nikoulas von Twickel, Moscow Times (a CSIS top story)
* [n-weapons-India-Pakistan] Jittery about Pakistan's tactical nukes, India admits to and refines 'Cold Start', Rupee News (via CSIS)
* [site-Idaho National Lab] November accident at INL was 'preventable,' report concludes, Nuclear Engineering (via Nevada ANP)
* [uranium mining-Virginia] Gov. McDonnell: Keep uranium ban this year, Julian Walker, Virginian Pilot (via Nevada ANP)
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