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Friday, April 14, 2017

Guest column: Investment in our nuclear energy future needed now more than ever | Post Register

Guest column: Investment in our nuclear energy future needed now more than ever | Post Register

NRC discusses Indian Point: Editorial Spotlight

NRC discusses Indian Point: Editorial Spotlight

Top Stories - Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Who Is Stephen Burns? - AllGov - News

Top Stories - Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Who Is Stephen Burns? - AllGov - News

Johnson City Press: NRC to hold public meeting for Nuclear Fuel Services license review

Johnson City Press: NRC to hold public meeting for Nuclear Fuel Services license review

The Energy Collective Daily: The Coal-Free 2degreesC Scenario: Within Reach and Chaper Than Told by IEA




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The Coal-Free 2°C Scenario: Within Reach, and Cheaper Than Told by IEA | The Energy Collective Daily

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Westinghouse Nuclear’s Bankruptcy: A Sign of Market Meltdown in the US?


Westinghouse Nuclear’s Bankruptcy: A Sign of Market Meltdown in the US?


https://www.greentechmedia.com/squared/read/westinghouse-nuclear-bankruptcy-a-sign-of-the-market-meltdown

Westinghouse A Bankruptcy of Nuclear Proportions


Westinghouse A Bankruptcy of Nuclear Proportions

http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article58754.html

Cost of Westinghouse collapse turns up heat on Scana, Southern


Cost of Westinghouse collapse turns up heat on Scana, Southern


https://www.eenews.net/energywire/2017/04/14/stories/1060053088

Exelon Forms International Operations Venture With JAPC - News - Nuclear Power News - Nuclear Street - Nuclear Power Plant News, Jobs, and Careers

Exelon Forms International Operations Venture With JAPC - News - Nuclear Power News - Nuclear Street - Nuclear Power Plant News, Jobs, and Careers

Exelon Chief Nuclear Officer Says Efficiency, Innovation and State Policy Reforms Are Key to Nuclear’s Future | Business Wire

Exelon Chief Nuclear Officer Says Efficiency, Innovation and State Policy Reforms Are Key to Nuclear’s Future | Business Wire

Nevada asks to intervene in Texas lawsuit over Yucca Mountain – Las Vegas Review-Journal

Nevada asks to intervene in Texas lawsuit over Yucca Mountain – Las Vegas Review-Journal

Nuclear a key battleground ahead of French elections: S&P Global Platts Special Report

Nuclear a key battleground ahead of French elections: S&P Global Platts Special Report

A Bankruptcy That Wrecked Global Prospects Of American Nuclear Energy

A Bankruptcy That Wrecked Global Prospects Of American Nuclear Energy

Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Friday, April 14, 2017



Friday, April 14, 2017

 
Siegfried S. Hecker
 
The first Russian explosive device to land on US soil wasn’t delivered by a Russian missile, as Americans feared might happen throughout the Cold War. It was delivered by FedEx.
 

 
Sharon Burke, Danny Cullenward, Alice Hill, John P. Holdren, Roger Pielke, Jr., Raymond Pierrehumbert, Steven W. Running, Richard Somerville, David Titley, Kevin Trenberth
 
President Donald Trump’s March 28 Executive Order on Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth is but the latest in a series of rollbacks intended to dismantle the Obama administration's climate change policies. Read the new commentaries on how those changes will affect everything from climate mitigation to national security.
 
 
 
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Charles P. Blair, Brooke V. Higgins
 
Why is Assad’s use of chemical weapons more barbaric than his far more lethal use of conventional munitions?
 
 
 
Dana Nuccitelli
 
A new study finds that scientists don't lose credibility among the public when they advocate for policies relevant to their expertise. Like the sign says: "What do we want? Evidence-based change. When do we want it? After peer review."

 
 
Elisabeth Eaves
 
Been meaning to leaf through that 500-page profile of Vladimir Putin by Fiona Hill, the White House’s new Russia expert? In case it slipped to the bottom of your list, the Washington Post’s Carlos Lozada read it for you.
 
 
 
April 22nd is not just Earth Day, it's the global March for Science. Find out everything you need to know about attending in your area, or about attending digitally through an online stream. The Bulletin will be present at the March for Science Chicago, and we'll have a booth at the Science Expo at the end of the march route. Stop by and visit. And be sure to catch the Bulletin's Rachel Bronson, Sonny Garg, and Daniel Holz in a "Fireside Chat," hosted by the March for Science Chicago, on Tuesday, April 18th.
 
 
 
Bob Frye's The Nuclear Requiem is now airing on PBS nationwide. WYCC has a broadcast scheduled for 8 p.m. on April 30th, with WTTW airing it on the same day at 6 p.m.
Or watch online anytime at PBS. Check out the film's website or Facebook page for more details.

 
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Plans to bury San Onofre’s nuclear waste near iconic beach have surfers, opponents on edge – Orange County Register

Plans to bury San Onofre’s nuclear waste near iconic beach have surfers, opponents on edge – Orange County Register

Area 45: North Korea | Hoover Institution

Area 45: North Korea | Hoover Institution

PICTURED: Trump's ‘powerful’ NUCLEAR warship ready to strike North Korea ‘within 48 hours’

PICTURED: Trump's ‘powerful’ NUCLEAR warship ready to strike North Korea ‘within 48 hours’

CIA helped unravel nuclear smuggling network used by Pakistani scientist AQ Khan: Mike Pompeo - The Economic Times

CIA helped unravel nuclear smuggling network used by Pakistani scientist AQ Khan: Mike Pompeo - The Economic Times

LISTEN: Ask who benefits if we go down the route of nuclear- Kumi Naidoo

LISTEN: Ask who benefits if we go down the route of nuclear- Kumi Naidoo

Some U.S. Nuclear Workers Are Staying Home on Westinghouse Woes - Bloomberg

Some U.S. Nuclear Workers Are Staying Home on Westinghouse Woes - Bloomberg

South Africa: Nuclear Needs a Rigorous Review Process

South Africa: Nuclear Needs a Rigorous Review Process

North Koreans prepare to celebrate the 'Day of the Sun' as tension mounts preemptive strike before 'nuclear bomb test' - Mirror Online

North Koreans prepare to celebrate the 'Day of the Sun' as tension mounts preemptive strike before 'nuclear bomb test' - Mirror Online

TEPCO hopes to restart Niigata nuclear power plant in 2019:The Asahi Shimbun

TEPCO hopes to restart Niigata nuclear power plant in 2019:The Asahi Shimbun

Nuclear Power Plants: Innovative Technologies for Instrumentation and Control Systems | springerprofessional.de

Nuclear Power Plants: Innovative Technologies for Instrumentation and Control Systems | springerprofessional.de

Southern California Edison : SAN ONOFRE A nuclear waste plan stirs fear near beach | 4-Traders

Southern California Edison : SAN ONOFRE A nuclear waste plan stirs fear near beach | 4-Traders

Manila News.Net - Satellite photos show NKorea nuclear site set for test

Manila News.Net - Satellite photos show NKorea nuclear site set for test

Nuclear Power Bums, Bailouts and Bankruptcy

Nuclear Power Bums, Bailouts and Bankruptcy

Russia starts pre-commissioning Leningrad II unit 1

Russia starts pre-commissioning Leningrad II unit 1

Lawmakers push back on Yucca Mountain

Lawmakers push back on Yucca Mountain


http://www.rgj.com/story/news/politics/2017/04/13/lawmakers-push-back-yucca-mountain/305137001/

Go nuclear on climate change - Editorials - Ohio

Go nuclear on climate change - Editorials - Ohio

Here's America's Plan for Nuking its Enemies, Including North Korea


Here's America's Plan for Nuking its Enemies, Including North Korea

When America says "all the options are on the table" when responding to the reclusive Communist country, Operations Plan 8010 is the literal nuclear one.



http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/9056/heres-americas-plan-for-nuking-its-enemies-including-north-korea?utm_source=Federation+of+American+Scientists&utm_campaign=bfb5171c64-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_21&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_56a7496199-bfb5171c64-199338577

U.S. Drops ‘Mother of All Bombs’ on ISIS Target in Afghanistan

U.S. Drops ‘Mother of All Bombs’ on ISIS Target in Afghanistan


http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/u-s-targets-isis-afghanistan-large-non-nuclear-bomb-n746106?utm_source=Federation+of+American+Scientists&utm_campaign=bfb5171c64-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_21&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_56a7496199-bfb5171c64-199338577

The Impact of the Iran Nuclear Agreement


The Impact of the Iran Nuclear Agreement


http://www.cfr.org/iran/impact-iran-nuclear-agreement/p39032?utm_source=Federation+of+American+Scientists&utm_campaign=bfb5171c64-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_21&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_56a7496199-bfb5171c64-199338577

Climate Change: Legal Issues, & More from CRS

Climate Change: Legal Issues, & More from CRS

Federal laws and regulations underlying the U.S. government’s approach to climate change, and litigation regarding their scope and implementation, are discussed in a new report from the Congressional Research Service. See U.S. Climate Change Regulation and Litigation: Selected Legal Issues, April 3, 2017.

“Risk Avoidance” Leads to Over-Classification

“Risk Avoidance” Leads to Over-Classification



https://fas.org/blogs/secrecy/2017/04/risk-avoidance/?utm_source=Federation+of+American+Scientists&utm_campaign=bfb5171c64-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_21&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_56a7496199-bfb5171c64-199338577

Understanding Nuclear Weapons Risk

http://www.unidir.org/files/publications/pdfs/understanding-nuclear-weapon-risks-en-676.pdf

Legendary Climate Scientist Likes a GOP Proposal on Global Warming


Climate

Legendary Climate Scientist Likes a GOP Proposal on Global Warming

James Hansen, the “father of climate change awareness,” wants the same carbon fee–and-dividend strategy proposed by Republicans

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/legendary-climate-scientist-likes-a-gop-proposal-on-global-warming/

Thursday, April 13, 2017

Assessment of White House April 17, 2017 Intelligence Report of April 11, 2017 Theodore A. Postol

Assessment of White House April 17, 2017 Intelligence Report of April 11, 2017 Theodore A. Postol

https://www.scribd.com/document/344995943/Report-by-White-House-Alleging-Proof-of-Syria-as-the-Perpetrator-of-the-Nerve-Agent-Attack-in-Khan-Shaykhun-on-April-4-2017#from_embed

Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup April 13, 2017


Nuclear Roundup
April 13, 2017
A compilation of quality nuclear policy news published on the Web, around the world.

Iran Nuclear Deal

Iran’s missile tests not linked to UN resolution on nuclear deal: Qassemi

http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2017/04/12/517815/Iran-missile-tests

United States

Walden, Upton, and Shimkus Ask POTUS to Fill Nuclear Regulatory Commission Vacancies

http://energycommerce.house.gov/sites/republicans.energycommerce

International

North Korea May Be Preparing Its 6th Nuclear Test

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/04/12

China’s nuclear get-out clause over defence of North Korea

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2087320/china-not-obliged-defend-n-korea-if-its-attacked-say

Russian nuclear-capable planes fly by Japan: report

http://thehill.com/policy/international/328471-russian-nuclear-capable-planes-fly-by-japan-report

Non-proliferation politics

https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/198269-Non-proliferation-politics

Ms. Mary Alice Hayward, Deputy Director General of IAEA Management, Supports the United Nations - Nuclear Young Generation (UN-NYG)

https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/ms-mary-alice-hayward

New Web-Based System Streamlines Safeguards Information Exchange With IAEA

https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/new-web-based-system-streamlines-safeguards-information-exchange-with-iaea

General Interest

The Week the World Almost Ended

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/cover_story

Ending nuclear lawlessness

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/ending-nuclear-lawlessness/article17960731.ece

Contained Nuclear Fusion On Earth Isn't Just Possible -- It's Been Done Repeatedly

https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2017/04/12/contained-nuclear-fusion-on-earth-isnt-just-possible-its-been-done-repeatedly/#5b0578f94cfd

How to Make the Nuclear Button Safer

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/13/opinion/how-to-make-the-nuclear-button-safer.html?emc=edit_tnt_20170413&nlid=16873935&tntemail0=y
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North Korean nuclear site 'primed and ready': analysts - CNN.com

North Korean nuclear site 'primed and ready': analysts - CNN.com

Toshiba's Slide Into Obscurity - Bloomberg Gadfly

Toshiba's Slide Into Obscurity - Bloomberg Gadfly

America's Nuclear Sites' Security Is Falling Apart | The Daily Caller

America's Nuclear Sites' Security Is Falling Apart | The Daily Caller

Regulators hold hearing on SC nuke project amid bankruptcy

Regulators hold hearing on SC nuke project amid bankruptcy

$subtitles.get($x) A utility that co-owns nuclear reactors under construction in South Carolina is set to explain to state regulators where the project stands following the bankruptcy of its contractor. … Continue Reading http://www.pennenergy.com/articles/pennenergy/2017/04/nuclear-power-regulators-hold-hearing-on-sc-nuke-project-amid-bankruptcy.html?cmpid=enl_pennenergy_pennenergydailypower_2017-04-13&email_address=micheletkearney@gmail.com&eid=288118515&bid=1723604

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