"Recycled Radioactive Metal Contaminates Consumer Products"
"Thousands of everyday products and materials containing radioactive metals are surfacing across the United States and around the world."
Source: Scripps, 06/04/2009
Nuclear Power & Radiation
List of Nuclear Sites Released in Flub
The Government Printing Office web site apparently took down the publication after discovery of the mistake -- but the entire report is still available on the site of the Federation of American Scientists' Project on Government Secrecy.
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"In Finland, Nuclear Renaissance Runs Into Trouble"
A power plant under construction on a Finnish island was supposed to be the showpiece of a nuclear renaissance. But it is way behind schedule and over budget.
Source: NYTimes, 05/29/2009
"Feds Ready to Spend $2 Billion on Hanford Cleanup"
The economic stimulus will bring another $2 billion in cleanup funds to the Hanford nuclear reservation in Washington state.
Source: AP, 05/28/2009
"Court Allows Foreign Nuclear Waste Shipment to Utah"
"A Salt Lake City-based company can import Italian nuclear waste for disposal in Utah, a federal judge ruled Friday."
Source: NYTimes, 05/19/2009
"Nuclear Cleanup Awards Questioned"
A flood of new stimulus money going into nuclear cleanup problems is raising issues of abuse.
Source: WashPost, 05/18/2009
"Obama to Name Reid Ally as NRC Chairman"
"President Barack Obama on Wednesday named a former adviser to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to head the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, giving opponents of a nuclear waste repository in Reid's home state of Nevada another well-placed ally."
Source: AP, 05/14/2009
TOLEDO BLADE COVERS DAVIS-BESSE NUCLEAR COVER-UP TRIAL
A federal jury in Toledo may soon be deciding whether some company officials engaged in a cover-up of safety problems at the Davis-Besse nuclear power plant. Although the story has gotten little national attention, the Toledo Blade's Tom Henry has covered the trial in detail.
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AREVA Bans Pens, Cameras, Recorders at SEJ's Lynchburg Nuclear Tour
AREVA, the world's largest builder of nuclear reactors, banned pens, recorders and cameras during a field trip to the company's Lynchburg facilities organized by SEJ during its 2008 annual meeting held in Roanoke, VA.
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