Swiss Voters Save Their Nukes

http://www.forbes.com/sites/rodadams/2016/11/29/swiss-voters-save-their-nukes/#5d60999b3b59

Fukushima cost estimates nearly double, approaching $200 billion

Compensation and decontamination costs soar; decommissioning still likely to rise.

http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/11/fukushima-cost-estimates-nearly-double-approaching-200-billion/

 

Does Climate Policy Matter?

Evaluating the Efficacy of Emissions Caps and Targets Around The World

http://thebreakthrough.org/issues/Climate-Policy/does-climate-policy-matter

Earth Isn’t Doomed Yet. The Climate Could Survive Trump Policies.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/29/business/economy/trumps-climate-policies-may-work-out-in-the-planets-favor.html?smid=tw-share&_r=1

Politics of the Nuclear Suppliers Group

http://dailytimes.com.pk/opinion/25-Nov-16/politics-of-the-nuclear-suppliers-group

The future of nuclear energy

http://phys.org/news/2016-11-future-nuclear-energy.html

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup November 29, 2016

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Nuclear Roundup November 29, 2016

A compilation of quality nuclear policy news published on the Web, around the world. Iran Nuclear Deal U.S., Western Allies Push Iran on New Measures to Bolster Nuclear Deal http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-western-allies-push-iran-on-new-measures-to-bolster-nuclear-deal-1480020406 Will Donald Trump destroy the Iran deal? http://www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_will_donald_trump_destroy_the_iran_deal_7194 How Iran Hopes the Nuclear Deal Will Revive Its Economy http://nationalinterest.org/feature/how-iran-hopes-the-nuclear-deal-will-revive-its-economy-18531 United States Rubio deflects on Trump and the nuclear codes http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/marco-rubio-trump-nuclear-codes-231856 Donald Trump and the nuclear danger https://www.ft.com/content/8715175e-b550-11e6-ba85-95d1533d9a62 Presidential Command and Control in the Age of Trump http://www.armscontrolwonk.com/archive/1202204/presidential-command-and-control-in-the-age-of-trump/ The future of nuclear energy http://phys.org/news/2016-11-future-nuclear-energy.html America’s Chernobyl’: Inside the most toxic place in the nation http://www.today.com/video/-america-s-chernobyl-inside-the-most-toxic-place-in-the-nation-819787843950 Cutting-Edge Technology Enabling International Nuclear Explosion Monitoring to be Showcased on Capitol Hill https://nnsa.energy.gov/mediaroom/pressreleases/cutting-edge-technology-enabling-international-nuclear-explosion-monitoring International U.N. Is Poised to Tighten Sanctions on North Korea Over Nuclear Programs http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-n-is-poised-to-tighten-sanctions-on-north-korean-over-nuclear-programs-1480386729 Seoul to reinforce military organization in charge of N. Korean WMD threats http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2016/11/27/78/0301000000AEN20161127000600315F.html Russian senator promises nuclear response to NATO expansion https://www.rt.com/politics/368146-russian-senator-promises-nuclear-response/ Report: Nuclear material said stolen from Iran could yield 'dirty bomb' http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Report-Iran-says-nuclear-material-stolen-could-yield-dirty-bomb-473776 The Strange Story of Russia and China's Cold War Nuclear Weapons Break-Up http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/the-strange-story-russia-chinas-cold-war-nuclear-weapons-18518 Politics of the Nuclear Suppliers Group http://dailytimes.com.pk/opinion/25-Nov-16/politics-of-the-nuclear-suppliers-group Japan Gets Serious About THAAD http://thediplomat.com/2016/11/japan-gets-serious-about-thaad/ Japan shows why the world needs fracking — and nuclear power https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2016/11/27/japan-shows-why-the-world-needs-fracking-and-nuclear-power/?utm_term=.9b02976a5151 Safety research to occur alongside Monju decommissioning http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0003376852 Brexit’s nuclear fallout: 3,000 cubic metres of Oxfordshire waste https://www.ft.com/content/6ee1ba76-b324-11e6-a37c-f4a01f1b0fa1 General Interest OPLAN 2045: Preparing for nuclear disarmament http://thebulletin.org/oplan-2045-preparing-nuclear-disarmament10189 Scientists are turning nuclear waste into super-efficient diamond batteries http://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-are-turning-nuclear-waste-into-super-efficient-diamond-batteries Nuclear Plant Security http://allthingsnuclear.org/dlochbaum/nuclear-plant-security New, Groundbreaking Revelation Brings Us Closer to Nuclear Fusion https://futurism.com/new-groundbreaking-revelation-brings-us-closer-to-nuclear-fusion/ Brian Henderson: Experimenting with physics and policy http://news.mit.edu/2016/brian-henderson-experimenting-with-physics-and-policy-1121 How Would You Know If a Nuclear War Started? http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/columns/straight-dope/article/20845021/how-would-you-know-if-a-nuclear-war-started Send Jodi Lieberman items of interest for the Nuclear Roundup at brodnica67@gmail.com. Receive this message as a forward? Subscribe to the Nuclear Roundup here.

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Iter decommissioning to be studied

Iter decommissioning to be studied
A consortium led by Amec Foster Wheeler has been awarded a contract to examine the future decommissioning of the Iter fusion reactor, currently under construction at Cadarache in the south of France.http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/WR-Iter-decommissioning-to-be-studied-2911165.html

Construction to start on Finnish repository

Construction to start on Finnish repository
The excavation of an underground used nuclear fuel final disposal facility at Olkiluoto, Finland, is set to begin next month. Last week the country's Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/WS-Construction-to-start-on-Finnish-repository-2911164.html

Saudi Arabia and South Korea to cooperate in nuclear regulation

Saudi Arabia and South Korea to cooperate in nuclear regulation
A memorandum of understanding aimed at promoting cooperation on nuclear safety regulation was recently signed between South Korea's Nuclear Safety and Security Commission and Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy. http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/NP-Saudi-Arabia-and-South-Korea-to-cooperate-in-nuclear-regulation-2811165.html

Engineers enclose radioactive remains of Chernobyl 4

Engineers enclose radioactive remains of Chernobyl 4
The process of sliding the arched structure into place to shield the damaged unit 4 of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine has been completed, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has announced. London-based EBRD said a ceremony in Chernobyl today marked the successful conclusion of the sliding operation, which it described as a key milestone before finalisation of the international program to transform Chernobyl into an environmentally safe and secure state by November 2017.http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/WR-Engineers-enclose-radioactive-remains-of-Chernobyl-4-29111601.html

NBC News: Welcome to 'the Most Toxic Place in America'

 NBC News:

Welcome to 'the Most Toxic Place in America'

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/welcome-most-toxic-place-america-n689141

Nuclear Advocacy Network joining Nuclear Matters

Exciting Changes Ahead for Nuclear Advocacy!                                                                                  As we announced a few weeks ago, the Nuclear Advocacy Network will be joining Nuclear Matters on December 1, 2016. You are a valued member of the Nuclear Advocacy Network and we want to be sure you stay connected to our nuclear advocacy community. If you have not already done so, please click here to opt into Nuclear Matters information, advocacy opportunities, and specific calls to action. We appreciate your support and membership in the Nuclear Advocacy Network and look forward to keeping you informed as a Nuclear Matters advocate. Sincerely, Nuclear Advocacy Network

The Future of OPEC: It Won’t Die, But It Will Become a Different Animal

The Future of OPEC: It Won’t Die, But It Will Become a Different Animal

Arid Saudi could need '$50 billion' in water investment

 

Arid Saudi could need '$50 billion' in water investment
http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Arid_Saudi_could_need_50_billion_in_water_investment_999.html

First Power Begins from Major UK Tidal Power Project MeyGen

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2016/11/first-power-begins-from-major-uk-tidal-power-project-meygen.html

Soon, Nuclear Waste To Generate Clean Electricity

http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/soon-nuclear-waste-to-generate-clean-electricity-1631190

Global Spent Nuclear Fuel Dry Storage Cask Market Consumption 2016 Competitive Analysis by Popular Marketing Channels, Cost Effective Strategies & Results

http://www.newsmaker.com.au/news/173328/global-spent-nuclear-fuel-dry-storage-cask-market-consumption-2016-competitive-analysis-by-popular-marketing-channels-cost-effective-strategies-results#.WDyQwpKXSNY

Richard Nixon's Annual Message to Congress on the State of the Union, January 1970

9 - Annual Message to the Congress on the State of the Union. January 22, 1970

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=2921

The long history of “recently discovered” nuclear safety issues – German Energy Transition

The long history of “recently discovered” nuclear safety issues – German Energy Transition

NEI Nuclear Notes: Caldicott off the Mark on the Nuclear Fuel Cycle

NEI Nuclear Notes: Caldicott off the Mark on the Nuclear Fuel Cycle

Pilgrim’s Progress: Inside the American Nuclear-Waste Crisis - The New Yorker

Pilgrim’s Progress: Inside the American Nuclear-Waste Crisis - The New Yorker

Energy Poverty Is Much Worse for the Poor Than Climate Change

Forcing poor people to forego economic development in order to prevent climate change is 'morally dubious'

http://reason.com/archives/2016/11/25/energy-poverty-is-much-worse-for-the-poo

Berkeley’s institutional fear of low dose radiation traced to a suffocated rat

http://atomicinsights.com/berkeleys-institutional-fear-low-dose-radiation-traced-suffocated-rat/

Change at EPA could reduce the high cost of nuclear energy & improve grid cleanliness

http://atomicinsights.com/change-epa-reduce-high-cost-nuclear-energy-improve-grid-cleanliness/

Three nuclear science deniers express their concerns about climate science denial

http://atomicinsights.com/three-nuclear-science-deniers-express-concerns-climate-science-denial/

Ft. Calhoun Death Certificate Has Been Filed With NRC. No Possible Mothball Option

http://www.forbes.com/sites/rodadams/2016/11/22/ft-calhoun-death-certificate-has-been-filed-with-nrc-no-possible-mothball-option/#332bbfca35b2

Japan shows why the world needs fracking — and nuclear power

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2016/11/27/japan-shows-why-the-world-needs-fracking-and-nuclear-power/?utm_term=.56be975c620d

Fukushima nuclear plant decommission, compensation costs to almost double

Fukushima nuclear plant decommission, compensation costs to almost double

https://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/fukushima-nuclear-decommission-compensation-costs-to-almost-double

Fukushima Update 11/28/16

Fukushima Update 11/28/16 –

A UN official says a Fukushima accident cancer rise is “inconceivable”… More evidence for Fukushima having no effect on North America’s coast… The NRA judges domestic nuclear components to be safe… Fukushima accident recovery cost estimates soar… A new Fukushima-related thyroid cancer fund offers financial aid to fifteen prefectures… A new Fukushima evacuee student bullying case crops up in Tokyo… A new Fukushima evacuee student bullying case crops up in Tokyo… Last week’s Tohoku aftershock quake renews nuclear angst in the Kansai region.

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

NRC Blog Update: NRC Begins Significant Activity under Heightened Oversight at Pilgrim Nuclear Plant

NRC Begins Significant Activity under Heightened Oversight at Pilgrim Nuclear Plant by Moderator Neil Sheehan Public Affairs Officer Region I A significant activity at the Pilgrim nuclear power plant gets underway today when a team of inspectors arrives at the Plymouth, Mass., facility to examine a variety of aspects of its operation. Included on the 20-member team will be inspectors tasked with evaluating the state of equipment reliability, human performance, plant procedures and the plant’s corrective action program. What’s more, the team will look carefully at the plant’s safety culture. Among other things, safety culture encompasses the willingness of plant employees to raise safety concerns without fear of reprisal. This inspection is being performed as part of NRC increased oversight of Pilgrim, which was initiated in September 2015. That occurred after performance issues triggered a change in where the plant falls on the agency’s Action Matrix. The matrix uses inspection findings and performance indicators to guide the level of scrutiny at each plant. The “95003” inspection process spells out the steps to be taken by the NRC staff to ensure a plant’s owner has taken the appropriate actions to remedy deficiencies. Two earlier team inspections, carried out in January and April, were also part of this oversight regimen. The inspection beginning today will involve three weeks of on-site reviews. Any findings coming out of the evaluation will be made available in a report due out within 45 days of the inspection’s conclusion. More information on the NRC review activities regarding Pilgrim can be found on a webpage devoted to that subject. Moderator | November 28, 2016 at 10:00 am | Tags: Action Matrix, inspection report, NRC, nuclear power plant, PIlgrim | Categories: Operating Reactors | URL: http://wp.me/p1fSSY-1Z8

Did You Know? Radwaste Solutions

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Radwaste Solutions The magazine of radioactive waste management and facility remediation Beginnings Radwaste Solutions magazine was created by ANS in 1994 to provide expanded coverage of the fastest growing segments of the nuclear industry—worldwide decommissioning, environmental remediation, and waste management.    Scope Editorial coverage, typically in the form of full-length feature articles, focuses on the generation, handling, treatment, transportation, storage, and disposal of radioactive waste. Articles are contributed by professionals working with utilities, and those involved in U.S. Department of Energy site work, medicine, law, academia, consulting, commerce, and all levels of government. Archive Radwaste Solutions subscribers have free access to the online archive of all 123 issues of the magazine, from 1994-present, in the ANS Digital Nuclear Library. Check out a Sneak Peek View the Table of Contents, sample feature articles, and the full Index to Articles (1994-2015) online. Looking Ahead to 2017 Next year's editorial focus will include Waste Management, Transportation, Decontamination & Decommissioning, Environmental Remediation, and the 13th Annual Buyers Guide. Now that You Know—Subscribe! Professional ANS members get a significantly reduced Radwaste Solutions subscription rate. (Students receive an online subscription free with their membership.) Subscribing to Radwaste Solutions is easy: add the subscription to your 2017 ANS membership renewal, purchase a subscription in the online store, or call the Membership Department at 708-352-6611 and press 4. Unsubscribe from these messages.

Want to Minimize Radiation from Power Generation? Build More Nuclear

http://www.theenergycollective.com/mzconsulting/2393871/want-to-minimize-radiation-from-power-generation-build-more-nuclear?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The+Energy+Collective+%28all+posts%29

The Energy Collecttive Daily: Want to Minimize Radiation from Power Generation? Build More Nuclear

Want to Minimize Radiation from Power Generation? Build More Nuclear | The Energy Collective Daily

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• Want to Minimize Radiation from Power Generation? Build More Nuclear
• Geopolitical Overhaul: What Will A Post-Obama World Look Like?
• Taking a More Comprehensive Look at Coal Subsidies
• The Future of OPEC: It Won’t Die, But It Will Become a Different Animal
• Swiss Reject Plan for Early Close of Nation’s Nuclear Plants
• Maria Korsnick Describes Nuclear Industry Strategy Under Incoming Trump Administration
• After the 2016 Autumn Statement: The Low Carbon Transition, Still Blowing in the Wind?

Need for nuclear energy is great

http://www.knoxnews.com/story/opinion/readers/2016/11/28/need-nuclear-energy-great/94438018/

Switzerland's push to keep last nuke operating highlights global debate

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/switzerlands-push-to-keep-last-nuke-operating-highlights-global-debate/431139/

Obama to Push Nearly 100 New Regulations Before Leaving Office

Obama to Push Nearly 100 New Regulations Before Leaving Office

https://pjmedia.com/trending/2016/11/27/administration-to-push-nearly-100-regs-before-obama-leaves-office/

Federal regulators to begin review of Pilgrim nuclear plant Monday

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/11/27/federal-regulators-begin-review-pilgrim-nuclear-plant-monday/huy9P4V3Wh9ijyGGMnLwpL/story.html

Maria Korsnick describes nuclear industry strategy under incoming Trump Administration

http://atomicinsights.com/maria-korsnick-describes-nuclear-industry-strategy-incoming-trump-administration/

China To Receive Second Shipment Of American Natural Gas

http://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/China-To-Receive-Second-Shipment-Of-American-Natural-Gas.html

Iran Loses Nuclear Device, Sparks GCC Worry

http://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Iran-Loses-Nuclear-Device-Sparks-GCC-Worry.html

High costs, dead reactor threaten future of Three Mile Island

http://www.eveningsun.com/story/news/2016/11/25/high-costs-dead-reactor-threaten-future-tmi/94225706/?from=global&sessionKey=&autologin=

Nuclear Industry Challenged: Solar And Wind Winning The Low Carbon Competition

http://seekingalpha.com/article/4026366-nuclear-industry-challenged-solar-wind-winning-low-carbon-competition

Secretary Of Defense Carter Presents The DoD Distinguished Public Service Award To Secretary Of Energy Moniz

Secretary Of Defense Carter Presents The DoD Distinguished Public Service Award To Secretary Of Energy Moniz By By U.S. Department of Energy,   /  Friday, November 25, 2016 10:00 AM WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of Defense Ash Carter honored Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz with the Department of Defense Distinguished Public Service Award, the department’s highest civilian honor. Secretary Carter presented the award to Secretary Moniz at a ceremony at the Department of Energy (DOE) headquarters in Washington, D.C., in recognition of Secretary Moniz’s leadership Keep reading →http://breakingenergy.com/2016/11/25/secretary-of-defense-carter-presents-the-dod-distinguished-public-service-award-to-secretary-of-energy-moniz/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=38243199&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--c3wH-XIFENuKIZijHdtzU01aV1UxRNbYqThneE2Dqhdmx7o_9fqI1q1sdqkgguAxDX8XKzfR9vhkzDuNSoehAuMxX7w&_hsmi=38243199

High costs, dead reactor threaten future of Three Mile Island

http://www.ydr.com/story/news/2016/11/25/high-costs-dead-reactor-threaten-future-tmi/94225706/?from=global&sessionKey=&autologin=

Thorium: a future option for nuclear?

Thorium: a future option for nuclear?

http://energytransition.de/2016/11/thorium-a-future-option-for-nuclear/