Security Risk & Resilience Insider Insight into Digital, Operational, & Physical Security Risk

Security Risk & Resilience Insider

Insight into Digital, Operational, & Physical Security Risk

http://paper.li/e-1468621880?edition_id=dcecab90-4adb-11e6-a2e5-002590a5ba2d

Closing Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant Will Cost Money And Raise Carbon Emissions - Forbes

Closing Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant Will Cost Money And Raise Carbon Emissions - Forbes

Closing Diablo Canyon a big loss for California

Northwest Clean Energy Blog

Closing Diablo Canyon a big loss for California

https://northwestcleanenergy.com/2016/07/15/closing-diablo-canyon-a-big-loss-for-california/

In this post, Meredith Angwin describes how California authorities have kicked the can down the road about closing Diablo Canyon.  If the current agreement holds, the nuclear plant will close in about eight years.  Reading the small print on the agreement, however, we can see that  (1) Southern California is at risk for rolling blackouts this summer, even with Diablo Canyon operating and (2) PG&E doesn't even claim to have a plan for replacing Diablo Canyon power with other low-carbon sources. 

Much About Politics But Little About Fish

Yes Vermont Yankee.  

Much About Politics But Little About Fish

http://yesvy.blogspot.com/2016/07/much-about-politics-but-little-about.html#.V4J4XDYXH3E

A review of water permits for nuclear plants, and how these permits are often more politically-motivated than fish-motivated.  The fish are doing fine. http://yesvy.blogspot.com/2016/07/much-about-politics-but-little-about.html#.V4pszo6XQkh

700 nuclear engineers in China made good progress on detailed Molten salt nuclear reactor designs

700 nuclear engineers in China made good progress on detailed Molten salt nuclear reactor designs

http://nextbigfuture.com/2015/10/700-nuclear-engineers-in-china-made.html

Eerie images inside Fukushima's exclusion zone five years after the nuclear disaster

Abandoned shops, discarded laundry and traffic lights signalling to empty streets: Eerie images inside Fukushima's exclusion zone five years after the nuclear disaster

• Photographer Keow Wee Loong explored four towns in Fukushima with friends after sneaking in during the night
• The area was evacuated in March 2011 and has been abandoned since then. It's still cordoned off from the public 
• People who left the area went very quickly. They abandoned their clothes in the dryer and left fully-stocked shelves

By Qin Xie For Mailonline

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3686045/Abandoned-shops-discarded-laundry-traffic-lights-signalling-streets-Eerie-images-inside-Fukushima-s-exclusion-zone-five-years-nuclear-disaster.html#ixzz4EWFyI6W7
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3686045/Abandoned-shops-discarded-laundry-traffic-lights-signalling-streets-Eerie-images-inside-Fukushima-s-exclusion-zone-five-years-nuclear-disaster.html

Without nuke power, climate change threat grows: Column

http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/07/15/nuclear-diablo-canyon-plant-closing-energy-power-california-environmentalists-column/87090886/

A brief history of the nuclear triad

A brief history of the nuclear triad

http://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/2016/07/15/brief-history-nuclear-triad/

Upgrades At US Nuclear Bases In Europe Acknowledge Security Risk

http://fas.org/blogs/security/2015/09/nuclear-insecurity/

Did Dr. Mark Z. Jacobson just call anyone supporting nuclear energy a zealot?

https://thompson.energy/2016/07/15/did-dr-mark-z-jacobson-just-call-anyone-supporting-nuclear-energy-a-zealot/

The Cruel Market — Nuclear Pain and Environmental Loss

The Cruel Market — Nuclear Pain and Environmental Loss

http://www.insidesources.com/the-cruel-market-nuclear-pain-and-environmental-loss/

Former Japan nuclear regulator lashes out over earthquake standards | Reuters

Former Japan nuclear regulator lashes out over earthquake standards | Reuters

Are Fossil Fuel Interests Bankrolling The Anti-Nuclear Energy Movement?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kensilverstein/2016/07/13/are-fossil-fuel-interests-bankrolling-the-anti-nuclear-energy-movement/#3a566a8531c7

Showing Up and Speaking Up for Diablo Canyon and Nuclear Energy in California

Showing Up and Speaking Up for Diablo Canyon and Nuclear Energy in California
http://www.theenergycollective.com/rodadams/2382772/showing-up-and-speaking-up-for-diablo-canyon-and

Renewable Energy Cannot Substitute for Nuclear: A Georgia Perspective

https://northwestcleanenergy.com/2016/07/15/renewable-energy-cannot-substitute-for-nuclear-a-georgia-perspective/

Time For A Reality Check: More Delays Are Coming For Georgia Power’s New Vogtle Reactors

Time For A Reality Check: More Delays Are Coming For Georgia Power’s New Vogtle Reactors
http://www.theenergycollective.com/djwamsted/2382457/time-for-a-reality-check-more-delays-are-coming-for-georgia-powers-new-vogtle-reactors

World Nuclear Industry Status Report

Has nuclear power generation gone up or down, and by how much? What has been the impact of China's energy efforts? What countries are closing or tapering down their nuclear power plants, and what countries are still gung-ho for this energy source? Just how far have renewables come along? The answers to all these questions and more can be found in the annual World Nuclear Industry Status Report—one of the definitive sources for information on the nuclear industry and its trajectory—whose launch event at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan can be seen on video.

Publication Name: 

World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2016

http://thebulletin.org/world-nuclear-industry-status-report9656

Basis for a breakthrough in Pyongyang statement?

http://thebulletin.org/north-koreas-nuclear-weapons-what-now/basis-breakthrough-pyongyang-statement

The future of the Iranian nuclear deal is still uncertain

http://thebulletin.org/future-iranian-nuclear-deal-still-uncertain9655

China media again touts plans to float nuclear reactors in disputed South China Sea

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-southchinasea-ruling-china-nuclear-idUSKCN0ZV0UH

China planning nuclear plants in S China Sea

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2016/07/16/2003651125

China to build offshore nuclear power platforms in South China Sea - media

http://russianconstruction.com/news-1/24348-china-to-build-offshore-nuclear-power-platforms-in-south-china-sea-media.html

Beijing to build nuclear reactors in disputed region of south china sea: state media reports

http://www.ibtimes.co.in/beijing-build-nuclear-reactors-disputed-region-south-china-sea-state-media-reports-686787

Work on Russian-assisted nuclear power plant in Vietnam to begin in 2023

http://rbth.com/news/2016/07/15/work-on-russian-assisted-nuclear-power-plant-in-vietnam-to-begin-in-2023_611821

Exelon: Point of no return is two weeks after nuclear plant shutdown

http://www.wjbc.com/2016/07/15/exelon-point-of-no-return-is-two-weeks-after-nuclear-plant-shutdown/

Watts Bar 2 should be fully online by summer's end -- TVA

http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060040321

Pilgrim Requests Extension from NRC for Post Fukushima Order

http://www.capecod.com/newscenter/pilgrim-requests-extension-from-nrc-for-post-fukushima-order/

Power patrol: Behind the scenes with NRC inspectors at Three Mile Island

http://www.cpbj.com/article/20160715/CPBJ01/160719876/power-patrol-behind-the-scenes-with-nrc-inspectors-at-three-mile-island

Study: Election Coverage Skewed By "Journalistic Bias" | Election 2016 | FRONTLINE | PBS

Study: Election Coverage Skewed By "Journalistic Bias" | Election 2016 | FRONTLINE | PBS

Lone Wolf Attacks Are Becoming More Common -- And More Deadly | Gunned Down: The Power of the NRA | FRONTLINE | PBS

Lone Wolf Attacks Are Becoming More Common -- And More Deadly | Gunned Down: The Power of the NRA | FRONTLINE | PBS

NRC Blog Update: GAO and the Fake Licensees

GAO and the Fake Licensees

Leave a comment Posted by NRC on July 15, 2016

Duncan White
Senior Health Physicist
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a report today on a “covert operation” they conducted to test the NRC and some states on the process of issuing licenses for possession and use of radioactive materials.
First some facts: GAO established a fake company and made three attempts to obtain a license. GAO was successful in only one case. As part of their operation, GAO then altered the license and placed orders for radioactive material with two companies that could have resulted in GAO receiving double the quantity of material authorized in the license. That quantity of material would have posed a higher potential risk than what was actually authorized in the unaltered license, and would have required additional security measures.
In the language of radioactive materials categories (see box), the fake GAO company had a valid license for a Category 3 quantity, but used a modified copy of that license to order a Category 2 quantity.
It is important to note that the public’s safety was never at risk because GAO never actually obtained radioactive material.
The license GAO obtained was granted by one of our Agreement States (the 37 states that regulate radioactive materials under agreements with us). After we learned of the GAO actions, we immediately made sure that the Agreement State knew the license was obtained under false pretenses and revoked it, and notified manufacturers and distributors of the revocation. We also made sure that the 36 other Agreement States knew about the issue.
Our next step was to figure out what went wrong. Working with the Agreement State that issued the license, we found that the licensing staff did not complete all the required steps of the pre-licensing procedures. In GAO’s other two attempts, the licensing officials who correctly denied GAO’s fake company a license – in another Agreement State and in an NRC regional office – did follow all the steps of those procedures.
Knowing the root cause helped us to focus our corrective actions. The NRC and all the Agreement States responded with steps to improve training and underscore the importance of following procedures. All licensing and inspection staff at the NRC and in the Agreement States completed this re-training in December 2015.
NRC and Agreement State officials also formed joint working groups to see what additional lessons can be gathered from the GAO operation. These groups have been meeting since January 2016. Among their tasks, the groups are reviewing the pre-licensing guidance and evaluating new strategies to improve license verification and transfer procedures for the quantity and type of material involved in the GAO sting.
The groups will also consider GAO’s specific recommendations. Once this work is completed, the NRC staff will present to our management and Commissioners any policy questions that emerge from the reviews, including whether we think changes are needed to the current security and tracking requirements for radioactive materials.
The NRC takes radioactive materials security very seriously. We participate with 13 other federal agencies on a U.S. Government task force that has evaluated the security of radiation sources in the U.S. over the past 10 years. This group has identified no significant gaps in source security and recommended no legislative changes.
Based on this comprehensive, ongoing review, we believe current NRC regulations for licensing radioactive sources remain adequate for protection of safety and security, consistent with the risks they pose. Nonetheless, the NRC is doing what it can to see what lessons from the GAO operation can be applied to strengthen radioactive materials security.

http://lobelog.com/regional-implications-of-the-jcpoa/#more-35030

Regional Implications of the JCPOA

by Gary Sick
What are the regional implications of the Iranian nuclear deal (the JCPOA)?
A good place to start may be to ask what has not happened since the JCPOA was signed:

Entergy in Talks with Exelon to Sell FitzPatrick Nuclear Plant

http://www.power-eng.com/articles/2016/07/entergy-in-talks-with-exelon-to-sell-fitzpatrick-nuclear-plant.html?cmpid=enl-poe-weekly-july-15-2016&cmpid=enl_PE_Weekly_2016-07-15&eid=288118515&bid=1465036

EIA: Gas-Fired Generation to Reach Record Level in 2016

http://www.power-eng.com/articles/2016/07/eia-gas-fired-generation-to-reach-record-level-in-2016.html?cmpid=enl-poe-weekly-july-15-2016&cmpid=enl_PE_Weekly_2016-07-15&eid=288118515&bid=1465036

BP’s big bill for the world’s largest oil spill reaches $61.6 billion

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/bps-big-bill-for-the-worlds-largest-oil-spill-now-reaches-616-billion/2016/07/14/7248cdaa-49f0-11e6-acbc-4d4870a079da_story.html?wpisrc=nl_heads-draw6&wpmm=1

Closing Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant Will Cost Money And Raise Carbon Emissions

Closing Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant Will Cost Money And Raise Carbon Emissions

Pacific Gas & Electric Company recently announced its decision to close its well-running, low-carbon, low-cost nuclear reactors at Diablo Canyon, because of political pressure from the state of California and especially its Lt. Governor. But contrary to their vow to replace the nuclear energy with renewables, they are actually going to replace it mostly with natural gas so carbon emissions will increase about 30%. Fortunately, the costs will go onto the shoulders of taxpayers, not ratepayers, so no one will notice the increased costs.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2016/07/15/closing-diablo-canyon-nuclear-plant-will-cost-money-and-raise-carbon-emissions/#187538f876fb

Closing Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant Will Save Money And Carbon

Amory B. Lovins , 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/amorylovins/2016/06/22/close-a-nuclear-plant-save-money-and-carbon-improve-the-grid-says-pge/#a12114d4ceaa

Iran says has agreed with France to join nuclear fusion project | Reuters

Iran says has agreed with France to join nuclear fusion project | Reuters

Fitch: US Nuclear Retirements Continue Amid Low Power Prices | Business Wire

Fitch: US Nuclear Retirements Continue Amid Low Power Prices | Business Wire

Renewable Power Push Threatens Last Two New England Reactors - Bloomberg

Renewable Power Push Threatens Last Two New England Reactors - Bloomberg

SNL: EPA: Clean Air Act lacks tools to save struggling nuclear industry | SNL

SNL: EPA: Clean Air Act lacks tools to save struggling nuclear industry | SNL

US Is Delaying Iran’s Return to Global Economic Community « LobeLog

US Is Delaying Iran’s Return to Global Economic Community « LobeLog

http://lobelog.com/us-is-delaying-irans-return-to-global-economic-community/#more-35006

US Is Delaying Iran’s Return to Global Economic Community

by Peter Jenkins and Peter Oborne
It is a year on Thursday since Iran and the West struck their historic nuclear deal. It is in deep trouble – and the fault lies with the United States.
Iran promised to cut back its peaceful nuclear program. In return Washington undertook to relax its sanctions against Iran and open the way for its return to the global economic community.

Hinkley Point C subsidy scheme being investigated by National Audit Office | Business | The Guardian

Hinkley Point C subsidy scheme being investigated by National Audit Office | Business | The Guardian

The molten salt reactor’s come-back | SFEN, Société Française d'Énergie Nucléaire

The molten salt reactor’s come-back | SFEN, Société Française d'Énergie Nucléaire

OPINION: Nuke plants at risk, and that hurts climate

OPINION: Nuke plants at risk, and that hurts climate

Articles: North Korea Poses EMP Threat

Articles: North Korea Poses EMP Threat

Will the Iran Nuclear Deal Survive?

http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/will-the-iran-nuclear-deal-survive

The Iran Nuclear Deal: Prelude to Proliferation in the Middle East?

The Iran Nuclear

Deal: Prelude to

Proliferation in

the Middle East? 

 

 

http://www.brookings.edu/research/reports2/2016/05/iran-deal-regional-proliferation

http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Research/Files/Reports/2016/05/iran-deal-regional-proliferation/The-Iran-Nuclear-Dealwebv4.pdf?la=en

Fukushima Update 7/14/16

Fukushima Update 7/14/16 –

Minamisoma City is now fully re-opened to residents… A symposium on communicating food safety held in Tokyo … Kyodo News posts that the unit #2 re-solidified fuel (corium) is in the reactor… An accidental spill of mildly-contaminated water occurred at F. Daiichi… A major nuclear accident class action suit is rejected by a Tokyo District Court… Tokyo’s Fukushima decommissioning body hints at a sarcophagus… Tokyo plans background checks on nuclear workers… The Otsu Court rejects the Kansai Electric Co. appeal on the Takahama station injunction against restarts.

http://www.hiroshimasyndrome.com/fukushima-accident-updates.html

TVA's Nuclear Vision: In with the New, Out with the Old

TVA's Nuclear Vision: In with the New, Out with the Old

New regs for Friday: Nuclear, police, acquisitions | TheHill

New regs for Friday: Nuclear, police, acquisitions | TheHill

Nuclear: Highly dangerous, tightly controlled

Nuclear: Highly dangerous, tightly controlled

Doomed to Cooperate – Russia, The U.S. And Nuclear Weapons After The End Of The Soviet Union

Doomed to Cooperate – Russia, The U.S. And Nuclear Weapons After The End Of The Soviet Union

For 25 years following the 1986 Reagan-Gorbachev summit in Reykjavik, American nuclear scientists, and their Russian counterparts, worked to secure nuclear weapons and nuclear materials in the waning days of the old Soviet Union and the tumultuous aftermath of its dissolution in 1991. As Sig Hecker writes in Doomed to Cooperate, the effort that became known as the lab-to-lab collaboration worked because of the mutual respect and unwavering commitment of scientists who understood that diplomacy and science together would achieve what saber-rattling never could.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2016/07/12/doomed-to-cooperate-russia-the-u-s-and-nuclear-weapons-after-the-end-of-the-soviet-union/#28791eaf2c67

State board approves $2.5M to help Nevada fight Yucca Mountain waste dump plan

http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nevada/state-board-approves-25m-help-nevada-fight-yucca-mountain-waste-dump-plan

Reprieve for FitzPatrick? Entergy in talks to sell, not shutter, New York nuclear plant | Utility Dive

Reprieve for FitzPatrick? Entergy in talks to sell, not shutter, New York nuclear plant | Utility Dive

Best alternative energy source is nuclear

Best alternative energy source is nuclear

Another Inconvenient Truth: It’s Hard to Agree How to Fight Climate Change - The New York Times

Another Inconvenient Truth: It’s Hard to Agree How to Fight Climate Change - The New York Times

Power Industry Report Shows CO2 Emissions In Decline - News - Nuclear Power News - Nuclear Street - Nuclear Power Plant News, Jobs, and Careers

Power Industry Report Shows CO2 Emissions In Decline - News - Nuclear Power News - Nuclear Street - Nuclear Power Plant News, Jobs, and Careers

Taxpayers facing extra £24bn bill for nuclear power station | News | The Times & The Sunday Times

Taxpayers facing extra £24bn bill for nuclear power station | News | The Times & The Sunday Times

Hinkley Point 'still worth the cost' as price tag soars - BBC News

Hinkley Point 'still worth the cost' as price tag soars - BBC News

Subsidy for Hinkley nuclear power station quintuples to £30bn

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b8e24306-48e5-11e6-8d68-72e9211e86ab.html#axzz4EPVZPa6D

NY PSC staff proposes up to $7.6B in subsidies for upstate nuclear plants

NY PSC staff proposes up to $7.6B in subsidies for upstate nuclear plants
https://www.snl.com/Interactivex/article.aspx?CdId=A-37062880-12843

How Technology From the 50s Could Answer Our Growing Energy Problem

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sherry-gray/post_12583_b_10942568.html

Why Does Nuclear Energy Account For Less Than a Fifth of Our National Energy Mix?

https://morningconsult.com/opinions/nuclear-energy-account-less-fifth-national-energy-mix/

How America Could Go Dark

Dozens of break-ins examined by The Wall Street Journal show how orders to secure the power grid have still left tens of thousands of utility substations vulnerable to terrorist saboteurs

http://www.wsj.com/articles/how-america-could-go-dark-1468423254

Nuclear advocates eye former coal plant sites for small reactors

http://midwestenergynews.com/2016/07/13/nuclear-advocates-eye-former-coal-plant-sites-for-small-reactors/

Nuclear competitiveness falling with rise of renewables, says government watchdog

http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/analysis/2464823/nuclear-competitiveness-falling-with-rise-of-renewables-says-government-watchdog

How Did Southern California Keep the Lights on During an Historic Heatwave? We Need to Know

How Did Southern California Keep the Lights on During an Historic Heatwave? We Need to Know

UK Energy Minister underlines nuclear's role

UK Energy Minister underlines nuclear's role
The UK's decision to leave the European Union has not changed the country's commitment to investing in low-carbon energy, including new nuclear, nor its efforts to tackle climate change, Energy Minister Andrea Leadsom told members of parliament today. Meanwhile, a report issued by the National Audit Office says the UK "lacks a proven, skilled supply chain to support the construction of a new power station".http://world-nuclear-news.org/UK-Energy-Minister-underlines-nuclears-role-despite-Brexit-14071602.html

Exelon ready to make investment in New York plants

Exelon ready to make investment in New York plants
Entergy is discussing a potential sale of the James A Fitzpatrick nuclear power plant to Exelon, offering the possibility of keeping the single-unit plant in operation beyond 2017. Exelon has confirmed that it will invest millions of dollars to keep Fitzpatrick and its other nuclear power plants in upstate New York in operation if a support mechanism proposed by the New York State Department of Public Service last week is approved.http://world-nuclear-news.org/C-Exelon-ready-to-make-investment-in-New-York-plants-1407167.html

DOE Releases Final Request for Proposal for Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Transportation Services Procurement

DOE Releases Final Request for Proposal for Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Transportation Services Procurement

July 14, 2016 - 1:00pm

Media Contact:

• Bill Taylor, 575-234-7591

Cincinnati -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center (EMCBC) today issued a Final Request for Proposal (RFP) for Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Transportation Services. An Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract, utilizing Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) task orders, that may include separate Contract Line Item Numbers (CLINs) (within Task Orders) for specified cost reimbursable (no fee) items such as State permits and Use fees, New Mexico Gross Receipts Tax, fuel, and a safe driving bonus. The Final RFP is established as a total Small Business set-aside with a five year ordering period. The current WIPP Transportation Services contracts held by CAST Specialty Transportation, Inc. and Visionary Solutions, LLC will expire on January 12, 2017 and July 27, 2017, respectively.
The WIPP Transportation Services are for providing facilities, personnel, and equipment to operate a local terminal within the Greater Carlsbad, NM area (10 mile perimeter of Carlsbad) and provide transportation and maintenance services necessary to support the WIPP. This includes, but is not limited to, carrier services for the safe transport of contact-handled (CH) and remote-handled (RH) transuranic (TRU) wastes and mixed hazardous constituents, including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and asbestos, between various DOE sites across the country and other defense-related TRU waste generator sites to the WIPP site, near Carlsbad, New Mexico.
Additional information is available via the procurement website at: https://www.emcbc.doe.gov/SEB/wipp_transportation_services/index.php
DOE has requested that all proposals be submitted to the designated procurement address(es) no later than August 29, 2016.

Hooked! The Unyielding Grip of Fossil Fuels on Global Life

Hooked!
The Unyielding Grip of Fossil Fuels on Global Life
By Michael T. Klare
Here’s the good news: wind power, solar power, and other renewable forms of energy are expanding far more quickly than anyone expected, ensuring that these systems will provide an ever-increasing share of our future energy supply.  According to the most recent projections from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) of the U.S. Department of Energy, global consumption of wind, solar, hydropower, and other renewables will double between now and 2040, jumping from 64 to 131 quadrillion British thermal units (BTUs).
And here’s the bad news: the consumption of oil, coal, and natural gas is also growing, making it likely that, whatever the advances of renewable energy, fossil fuels will continue to dominate the global landscape for decades to come, accelerating the pace of global warming and ensuring the intensification of climate-change catastrophes.
Click here to read more of this dispatch.http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/176164/tomgram%3A_michael_klare%2C_fossil_fuels_forever/#more

Study shows bulk of fuel still in crippled Fukushima No. 2 reactor

http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2016/07/421290.html

PGSFR: An Advanced Fuel Cycle and Power Solution for Korea | ANS Nuclear Cafe

PGSFR: An Advanced Fuel Cycle and Power Solution for Korea | ANS Nuclear Cafe

A Conversation with Jessica Lovering | ANS Nuclear Cafe

A Conversation with Jessica Lovering | ANS Nuclear Cafe

Who is Qualified to Determine Nuclear Plant Safety? | ANS Nuclear Cafe

Who is Qualified to Determine Nuclear Plant Safety? | ANS Nuclear Cafe

The Fracturing Of Chevron Deference

http://breakingenergy.com/2016/07/13/the-fracturing-of-chevron-deference/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=31647941&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9BBESotU_4x0H47qYwYiSanQpjAhWdGytM9VOYFDYomH0fVVK0xZgY1aWcFTDbBr9BLIhwwbbA323XCXwYV8Y_ZGX64g&_hsmi=31647941

Energy Department Announces Up To $15 Million To Help Improve The Security And Resilience Of The Nation’s Power Grid

Energy Department Announces Up To $15 Million To Help Improve The Security And Resilience Of The Nation’s Power Grid By By U.S. Department of Energy,   /  Wednesday, July 13, 2016 5:00 PM WASHINGTON – As part of the Obama Administration’s commitment to protecting America’s critical infrastructure, U.S. Deputy Energy Secretary Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall today announced new funding to strengthen and protect  the nation’s electric grid from cyber and physical attacks. The Energy Department will provide up to $15 million, subject to congressional appropriations, to support efforts by the American Keep reading → http://breakingenergy.com/2016/07/13/energy-department-announces-up-to-15-million-to-help-improve-the-security-and-resilience-of-the-nations-power-grid/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=31647941&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8nBx9hqZ7JlGquojvGSaeF1s9MTj6HhOFhakqkeJuYCBIrBmvKubut8vzVTchm51x1G3o3OpADT8zLrfBbXpTuPPDAVw&_hsmi=31647941

Small Nuclear for the Future?

Small Nuclear for the Future?

Reactor size does matter according to 75% of nuclear powers top executives. In Nuclear Energy Insider’s exclusive report, three-quarters of industry executives expect their focus on Small Modular Reactors to increase over the next 5 years; signalling a shift away from large scale reactors.
But with only 60% thinking the UK is ready for them, this report outlines what the industry’s key decision makers think must be done to ensure commercial deployment is achieved.
Access your complimentary copy of the industry’s SMR UK report and keep up to date with the views of nuclear energy’s key decision makers right here
http://1.nuclearenergyinsider.com/LP=12963?utm_campaign=4749%2014JUN16%20TA.htm&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elqTrackId=ca8bc3babb56405384bc42050979025a&elq=f121421b1cca4ef5a04121da9c2e18f7&elqaid=20189&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=8904
If you have any comments or questions, then please do let me know.
Many thanks,
John
John Furness
Senior Industry Analyst
Nuclear Energy Insider
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GE Hitachi Selected to Lead U.S. Department of Energy Advanced Nuclear Technology Research Project

GE Hitachi Selected to Lead U.S. Department of Energy Advanced Nuclear Technology Research Project

In Wake of Deal to Save Fitzpatrick, James Hansen & Other Scientists, Environmentalists Urge New York to Protect Nuclear Plants

http://www.environmentalprogress.org/big-news/2016/7/13/in-wake-of-deal-to-save-fitzpatrick-james-hansen-other-scientists-environmentalists-urge-new-york-to-protect-nuclear-plants

Department of Energy Awards $8 Million To Westinghouse For Nuclear Research The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected Westinghouse Electric Company and its research partners to receive $8 million in awards over the next three years to fund a series of nuclear power research projects. A total of 11 different projects are to receive funding, the company said. The awards support Westinghouse research in a number of areas including the area of self-powered wireless sensors and laser-based 3D printing. “This is a valuable opportunity for Westinghouse to advance our most innovative nuclear technologies while collaborating across the industry with the best minds in the most advanced research facilities,” said Jim Brennan, Westinghouse senior vice president of the Engineering Center of Excellence. “Our priority is to develop technology for existing nuclear facilities and advanced nuclear plants to assure the vitality and economic viability of the nuclear fleet.” Read more and comment 
http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2016/07/13/department-of-energy-awards-_2400_8-million-to-westinghouse-for-nuclear-research-071301#.V4aqvY6XQkh

Japanese Nuclear Sector Suffers More Setbacks

http://www.powermag.com/japanese-nuclear-sector-suffers-more-setbacks/

The owner of the closed Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant is seeking to ship hundreds of thousands of gallons of radioactive water to an Idaho processing facility

http://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/324448e00b0b42629f30e1a8b2292041/VT--Nuclear-Plant-Water

Standoff Didn't Stop Turkey, Russia From Working Together on Nuclear Power

Russia and Turkey have maintained the implementation of joint projects in the sphere of nuclear energy, as well as of energy transportation even during downturn in bilateral relations, Turkish Minister of Economy Nihat Zeybekci told Sputnik on Wednesday.

http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160713/1042893046/turkey-russia-minister-interview.html

Russian, Chinese Officials Discuss Space Cooperation, Nuclear Power

http://sputniknews.com/business/20160713/1042861796/russian-chinese-officials-space-nuclear.html

Entergy in talks to sell New York nuclear power plant

http://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2016/07/entergy_nuclear_plant_sale.html

UK regulators provide update on reactor design assessments

UK regulators provide update on reactor design assessments
UK regulators expect to complete the Generic Design Assessment process for the Westinghouse AP1000 and Hitachi-GE's UK Advanced Boiling Water Reactor in March and December of 2017, respectively. In its quarterly GDA report for February to April 2016 issued yesterday, the Office for Nuclear Regulation also said it has "developed 'entry criteria' to provide transparency on the factors that underpin our decision on readiness to commence GDA" for China General Nuclear's HPR1000 design.http://world-nuclear-news.org/RS-UK-regulators-provide-update-on-reactor-design-assessments-13071601.html

Hinkley Point C awaits EDF board vote; UK backs new build after Brexit

Hinkley Point C awaits EDF board vote; UK backs new build after Brexit
http://analysis.nuclearenergyinsider.com/hinkley-point-c-awaits-edf-board-vote-uk-backs-new-build-after-brexit?utm_campaign=NEI%2013JUL16%20Newsletter%20Subject%20Line%20A.htm&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua 

US reactor closures raise urgency of new decommissioning rules

US reactor closures raise urgency of new decommissioning rules
http://analysis.nuclearenergyinsider.com/us-reactor-closures-raise-urgency-new-decommissioning-rules?utm_campaign=NEI%2013JUL16%20Newsletter%20Subject%20Line%20A.htm&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua

SMR developers shrug off Brexit fears to deepen ties with UK suppliers

SMR developers shrug off Brexit fears to deepen ties with UK suppliers
http://analysis.nuclearenergyinsider.com/smr-developers-shrug-brexit-fears-deepen-ties-uk-suppliers?utm_campaign=NEI%2013JUL16%20Newsletter%20Subject%20Line%20A.htm&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua

SNL: EPA: Clean Air Act lacks tools to save struggling nuclear industry | SNL

SNL: EPA: Clean Air Act lacks tools to save struggling nuclear industry | SNL

Fertel fights for nuclear energy future - Daily Energy Insider

Fertel fights for nuclear energy future - Daily Energy Insider

Critically Assessing Energy Modeling in the United States: Reflections on the E.I.A. and Renewable Energy Forecasts

Critically Assessing Energy Modeling in the United States: Reflections on the E.I.A. and Renewable Energy Forecasts

FirstEnergy moves toward full ownership of second unit at Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station - Pittsburgh Business Times

FirstEnergy moves toward full ownership of second unit at Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station - Pittsburgh Business Times

Why Does Nuclear Energy Account For Less Than a Fifth of Our National Energy Mix? - Morning Consult

Why Does Nuclear Energy Account For Less Than a Fifth of Our National Energy Mix? - Morning Consult

Hold Fast to Linear No-Threshold for Radiation Protection | NRDC

Hold Fast to Linear No-Threshold for Radiation Protection | NRDC

Entergy aims to sell FitzPatrick nuclear plant by mid-August | syracuse.com

Entergy aims to sell FitzPatrick nuclear plant by mid-August | syracuse.com

NRC Blog Update: Part II: How the NRC Uses a Defense-in-Depth Approach Today to Protect the Public

Part II: How the NRC Uses a Defense-in-Depth Approach Today to Protect the Public

3 Comments Posted by Moderator on July 13, 2016

Mary Drouin
Senior Program Manager
Division of Risk Assessment, Performance and Reliability Branch
Defense-in-depth is a central theme in the NRC’s regulatory oversight of the nuclear power industry. As our agency historian, Tom Wellock, discussed in Monday’s post, the concept of defense-in-depth emerged during the trench warfare of World War I. The idea of multiple lines of defense was applied to nuclear safety in the 1950s as the leading concept for protecting the public from the consequences of a nuclear reactor accident.
The NRC’s predecessor agency, the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, spelled out defense-in-depth in a 1957 report called WASH-740, Possibilities and Consequences of Major Accidents in Large Nuclear Power Plants. “Should some unfortunate sequence of failures lead to destruction of the reactor core … no hazard to the safety of the public would occur unless two additional lines of defense were also breached,” the report said.
These words are at the heart of defense-in-depth as it has been practiced for six decades: multiple layers of defense to protect against accidents and their effects to ensure the risk to the public is acceptably low.
In a recent report issued this spring, Historical Review and Observations of Defense-in-Depth (NUREG/KM-0009), the NRC looks at how the concept has evolved in practice over the years. It also includes views from other government agencies and the international community.
As the report explains, defense-in-depth recognizes that our knowledge is imperfect. Although we plan for all conceivable accidents, the unexpected may still occur. Even if we have anticipated an event, its characteristics and impacts may be unpredictable. Our design and operation of nuclear plants need to be robust enough to compensate for this lack of knowledge. Defense-in-depth offers multiple layers of protection in case one or more layers fail.
So we don’t just rely on preventing an accident; we also need strong defenses to mitigate the effects of any accident that does occur. This applies to nuclear power plants, waste management and security as well.
In practice, defense-in-depth addresses three principles that should be factored into the design and operation of systems and components to provide additional confidence that an accident would not compromise the defensive layers:

• Redundancy means more than one component performs the same function – for example, having multiple pumps instead of a single one;

• Independence means these multiple components rely on separate and distinct attributes to function – the multiple pumps have separate piping from the water tank to where they discharge, and are housed in separate compartments; and

• Diversity means the multiple components performing the same function rely on different design features to operate – motor-driven pumps versus steam-powered pumps.

In reactor safety, the layers of defense might be:

• Maintain reactor stability by limiting the ability of events to disrupt operation (with protective measures such as fire-safe or flood-tight doors, seismically designed buildings)

• Protect the reactor should operation be disrupted (emergency reactor core cooling with redundant pumps)

• Barrier integrity to guard against a release of radioactivity to the environment (leak-tight containment structures, filtered vents, containment sprays) and

• Protect the public if a release does occur (emergency preparedness plans)

This versatile framework can apply whether the risk to the public comes from the reactor, spent fuel pool, nuclear waste or security threats.

PG&E launches distributed energy resource projects testing technology to unlock benefits of the grid

http://www.pennenergy.com/articles/pennenergy/2016/07/pg-e-launches-distributed-energy-resource-projects-testing-technology-to-unlock-benefits-of-the-grid.html?eid=288118515&bid=1460729

Virginia group says new nuclear plant would be boondoggle

Virginia group says new nuclear plant would be boondoggle

Your Industry News | Dominion's scheme for $19.2 billion nuclear reactor results in massive pain for Virginia ratepayers

Your Industry News | Dominion's scheme for $19.2 billion nuclear reactor results in massive pain for Virginia ratepayers

NRA seeks background checks on nuclear workers to prevent terror attacks - The Mainichi

NRA seeks background checks on nuclear workers to prevent terror attacks - The Mainichi

New nuclear reactor builds fall to zero in H1 2016 - Report - The Financial Express

New nuclear reactor builds fall to zero in H1 2016 - Report - The Financial Express

Cuomo's nuclear subsidy plan will be watched closely outside New York

Cuomo's nuclear subsidy plan will be watched closely outside New York

Ministry of National Defense of the People's [...] (via noodls) / PLA Chemical Defense Institute helps build national nuclear emergency team

Ministry of National Defense of the People's [...] (via noodls) / PLA Chemical Defense Institute helps build national nuclear emergency team

FirstEnergy seeking full ownership of second unit at Beaver Valley nuclear plant | Energy News | timesonline.com

FirstEnergy seeking full ownership of second unit at Beaver Valley nuclear plant | Energy News | timesonline.com

Czechs may lift ban on deliveries to Iranian nuclear plant | Prague Monitor

Czechs may lift ban on deliveries to Iranian nuclear plant | Prague Monitor

Congressional Energy Roundup « Breaking Energy - Energy industry news, analysis, and commentary

Congressional Energy Roundup « Breaking Energy - Energy industry news, analysis, and commentary

Energy And America’s Best Interest – #EIAConf

http://breakingenergy.com/2016/07/12/energy-and-americas-best-interest-eiaconf/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=31600098&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-84Xj6PWBwgpA1OsIPIckOyFVSAsjoGeXCHmgdK7fs9H2e2nVWetcwH3aIkmwLd3L676ZgZzrQmmNxd4b0sNUEfEczL0g&_hsmi=31600098

California Renewables Mandates And "Non-bypassable Charges" Make Diablo Canyon Closure Agreement A Winner For PG&E - Atomic Insights

California Renewables Mandates And "Non-bypassable Charges" Make Diablo Canyon Closure Agreement A Winner For PG&E - Atomic Insights

House bill would compensate Zion for storage of 'stranded' nuclear waste - Lake County News-Sun

House bill would compensate Zion for storage of 'stranded' nuclear waste - Lake County News-Sun

Yucca Mountain project history told from the inside | PV Times

Yucca Mountain project history told from the inside | PV Times

As Millstone goes, so goes the cost of electricity in state - Journal Inquirer: Business

As Millstone goes, so goes the cost of electricity in state - Journal Inquirer: Business

Exclusive: Exelon would save FitzPatrick nuclear plant if state OKs subsidies | syracuse.com

Exclusive: Exelon would save FitzPatrick nuclear plant if state OKs subsidies | syracuse.com

Another Inconvenient Truth: It’s Hard to Agree How to Fight Climate Change - The New York Times

Another Inconvenient Truth: It’s Hard to Agree How to Fight Climate Change - The New York Times

Satire: ‘The Chairman Will See You Now’

https://whchronicle.com/?p=3393

Guest Post: I ran Israel's Atomic Energy Commission. I know the Iran deal is working.

It’s hard to believe it, but it’s been a year since the United States and five other major powers signed an agreement with Iran to defang its nuclear program.

At the time, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was making dire warnings that the agreement might confront Israel with the specter of a second Holocaust. He urged American Members of Congress to reject the agreement -- casting it as a disaster for Israeli security.

Yet while the PM made his opinions known loud and clear, many senior Israeli military and intelligence officers, nuclear experts and strategic analysts were quietly arguing that this was a good deal for Israel that would actually make us much safer. As one of these experts, I did not hesitate to speak out openly about my strong support for the agreement.

As the former Director General of the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission, I was one of more than a dozen Israeli security and nuclear experts who, with J Street’s help, came to the United States to make this case directly to US lawmakers. Thanks in part to our efforts -- your efforts and mine -- we succeeded in defeating those who tried to undermine diplomacy and kill the agreement.

Since the deal was signed, Iran has reduced its stockpile of low-enriched uranium by 98 percent -- leaving them with an amount far below what is needed to build even one bomb. They have dismantled 12,000 centrifuges, blocking their capacity to enrich uranium. They have agreed to an increased presence of IAEA inspectors on the ground, the installation of the most modern monitoring equipment and unprecedented surveillance of the entire uranium and centrifuge supply chains. Finally, they have removed and disabled the core of the plutonium reactor they had almost finished constructing in Arak and filled it in with cement.

Simply put, every single one of their pathways to a nuclear weapon has been blocked. The deal has been a major success. Don’t just take my word for it -- listen to what other senior Israeli security leaders have to say.

• IDF Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Gadi Eisenkot: “The deal has actually removed “the most serious danger to Israel’s existence for the foreseeable future, and greatly reduced the threat over the longer term.”

• Former Mossad chief Ephraim Halevy: “This agreement closes the roads and blocks the road to Iranian nuclear military capabilities for at least a decade. And I believe that the arrangements that have been agreed between the parties give us a credible answer to the Iranian military threat, at least for a decade, if not longer.”

• Former head of Israeli Military Intelligence Amos Yadlin: “The agreement rolls back the Iranian nuclear program to the point of a breakout time of one year, reduces the scope of the program, and places it under a verification regime that is much more invasive than the current system and includes access to military facilities. For at least the next ten years, the threat of nuclear armament in Iran has been reduced.”

• Lieutenant General Moshe Ya’alon, Israel’s Defense Minister until quite recently, made clear last month that Israel does not face an existential threat from Iran.

These colleagues of mine know what they’re talking about. For decades they were responsible for Israel’s security. We all know that this agreement wasn’t perfect -- no agreement could be. Iran remains a threat to Israel and to the region -- and the deal, focused on stopping Iran’s nuclear program, could not also address its support for terror. We felt that our top priority had to be ensuring that a malign actor like Iran cannot gain access to nuclear weapons.

Now, thanks to the incredible monitoring and verification work of IAEA inspectors, this deal ensures that Iran cannot gain access to the bomb. It gives us -- Israelis and Americans -- time, and incredible insight and access into what Iran is and isn’t doing. It has disrupted and dramatically rolled back a nuclear program that was extensive and accelerating, and instead given us space to develop new defensive systems against any future threats. And it’s accomplished all that without the need for a dangerous and disastrous war -- without needing to put Israeli soldiers and civilians in harm’s way.

After a year, the truth is plain. With all due respect to Prime Minister Netanyahu, he was flat out wrong -- and my colleagues and I were right.

This was and remains a good agreement. It’s made Israel and the world safer.

For that, I know that all of us are thankful.

- Uzi Eilam
Former Director of Israel's Atomic Energy Commission

France's 'underground Chernobyl' moves step closer

http://www.thelocal.fr/20160712/frances-underground-chernobyl-moves-a-step-closer

America's Next Nuclear Power Renaissance Is Here | US News Opinion

America's Next Nuclear Power Renaissance Is Here | US News Opinion

NY nuclear plan would cost $1B over 2 years

NY nuclear plan would cost $1B over 2 years

Replacing California Nuclear with Renewables

Replacing California Nuclear with Renewables

PSEG Nuclear's Salem-2 unit in New Jersey connects to grid - Electric Power | Platts News Article & Story

PSEG Nuclear's Salem-2 unit in New Jersey connects to grid - Electric Power | Platts News Article & Story

New Yorkers express fears of Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant at documentary screening | Crain's New York Business

New Yorkers express fears of Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant at documentary screening | Crain's New York Business

Japan Court Upholds Reactor Shutdown In New Blow To Nuclear Industry

Japan Court Upholds Reactor Shutdown In New Blow To Nuclear Industry

Upstate Energy Jobs - Upstate Energy Jobs Coalition Applauds PSC for Proposal to Support Upstate Nuclear Power Plants in Clean Energy Standard

Upstate Energy Jobs - Upstate Energy Jobs Coalition Applauds PSC for Proposal to Support Upstate Nuclear Power Plants in Clean Energy Standard

Court again nixes appeal to restart 2 Takahama nuclear reactors - The Mainichi

Court again nixes appeal to restart 2 Takahama nuclear reactors - The Mainichi

Japan: Court upholds injunction on Kansai Electric's Takahama nuclear reactors

Japan: Court upholds injunction on Kansai Electric's Takahama nuclear reactors

NKorea keeping nuclear test site ready: US

http://www.thedailystar.net/world/asia/nkorea-keeping-nuclear-test-site-ready-us-1252543

Iranian official briefs public about implementation of nuclear deal

http://en.trend.az/iran/politics/2556465.html

Situation of storing and treatment of accumulated water including highly concentrated radioactive materials at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (260th Release)

http://www.noodls.com/view/9D4F24B5ED46B13E55B52AD7AC2D7C632923BB9E

Tribunal Rejects Beijing’s Claims to South China Sea

Court in The Hague says ‘nine-dash’ line contravenes U.N. convention on maritime law

http://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-claim-to-most-of-south-china-sea-has-no-legal-basis-court-says-1468315137?

China's South China Sea Claims Dashed by Hague Court Ruling

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-12/china-no-historic-right-to-south-china-sea-resources-court-says

Beijing defiant ahead of court ruling on its claims in South China Sea

Global Times, a nationalist Communist party tabloid, warns ‘provocateurs are doomed to fail’ in hours before verdict is handed down

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/12/china-defiant-ahead-of-court-ruling-on-its-claims-in-south-china-sea

We Are The Empire Of U.S. Military Interventions, Alien Disaster Movies, and Star Wars

Tomgram: William Astore, We Have Met the Alien and He Is Us

Imagine a secret government facility buried deep in the bowels of a mountain; a deluxe bomb shelter -- encased within dense, almost fissure-less rock -- for top government officials to ride out doomsday.

I did. A lot.

I spent an inordinate amount of time as a child reading everything I could find about a top secret complex -- a White-House-in-waiting, hospital, television studio, government offices, subterranean reservoirs, and who knows what else -- all entombed in a Virginia mountain. It was difficult for a youngster to locate much on it in those pre-Internet days, but what I did find out about Mount Weather fascinated me.

Looking back, I realize that I was captivated, and perhaps subconsciously unnerved, by the prospect of World War III. That future conflict was seemingly omnipresent, looming large in the pop cultural broth in which my brain was regularly bathed. Red Dawn and The Day After offered two possible scenarios for how such a war might be fought -- Vietnam-style in the U.S.A. or as a full-scale nuclear exchange between America and the Soviet Union. The president of that moment suggested that we might be spared the atomic devastation of The Day After through mammoth spending on a space-based missile defense system that, in the cinematic spirit of the moment, critics dubbed “Star Wars.” WarGames, on the other hand, indicated that some combination of dumb luck, a smart computer, and an impossibly young Matthew Broderick would -- at the very last moment -- save the day. (Thanks, Ferris Bueller!) And what child of the 1980s can forget that moment when your last city was destroyed in Atari’s “Missile Command”?

A survey of 1,000 grammar and high-school students conducted by an American Psychiatric Association task force from 1978 to 1980 found “the imminent threat of nuclear annihilation has penetrated deeply into their consciousness.” Their answers to questionnaires “showed that these adolescents are deeply disturbed by the threat of nuclear war, have doubt about the future, and about their own survival,” wrote John Mack, a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and a member of the task force. I don’t recall being distressed by the prospect myself, but it certainly caught my attention.

While I was reading and re-reading John Bradley’s lavishly illustrated coffee-table book, World War III: Strategies, Tactics, and Weapons, and playing with my G.I. Joes, TomDispatch regular William Astore was heading deep into another secret government facility buried within a mountain, another ground zero designed to withstand (but by then likely to be incinerated in) a nuclear holocaust. Today, Astore takes us from his younger days at shadowy Cheyenne Mountain to the darkened recesses of the cinema, where a steady diet of "space operas" and "alien disaster movies," from the iconic Star Wars to the recent U.S. box-office bomb Independence Day: Resurgence, provide a window on the twenty-first-century American experience and a funhouse mirror offering unflattering reflections of ourselves and our foundering, floundering wars. Nick Turse

We Are The Empire
Of U.S. Military Interventions, Alien Disaster Movies, and Star Wars
By William J. Astore
Perhaps you’ve heard the expression: “We have met the enemy and he is us.” Cartoonist Walt Kelly’s famed possum, Pogo, first uttered that cry. In light of alien disaster movies like the recent sequel Independence Day: Resurgence and America’s disastrous wars of the twenty-first century, I’d like to suggest a slight change in that classic phrase: we have met the alien and he is us.
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