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Some Key Sources for Reporting on Nuclear Issues [1]

Here you'll find links to Japanese News Agencies; International News Sources; International and National Nuclear Agencies; Nuclear Industry Trade Groups; and Environmental, Anti-Nuclear, and Scientists' Groups
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [3]
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Public [4]
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Upcoming Decisions on US Nuclear Program [5]

Will the newly budget-conscious GOP-dominated 112th Congress fund all the nuclear loan guarantees currently available or in the pipeline? Signals from the Obama administration — even after the Japan meltdown — are that it will push forward with its nuclear plans, despite budget deficits and safety perils.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [3]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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"Japan Meltdown: Could It Happen Here?" [6]

The aging fleet of US nuclear power reactors have some technological similarities to the reactors failing in Japan. Could similar loss-of-cooling events happen at some US reactors — whether caused by earthquake, tsunami, terrorist attack, electrical outage, flooding, equipment failure, or some other problem?
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
People & Population [7]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Disasters [8]
Region:
Asia [9]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Spy Agency To Release Trove of Satellite Photos — But Can Public See Them? [10]

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is about to release millions of feet of film containing aerial images that have been declassified. Such images have in the past been a boon to environmental research. It remains to be seen whether the contractors will charge prices that effectively prevent use by journalists and the public.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Natural Resources [12]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Safety Board Objects to Shutdown of Gulf Rig Tests [13]

According to the AP, the Chemical Safety Board, which has been monitoring the testing, wanted further tests to confirm whether a fundamental design flaw may have contributed to failure of the blowout preventer's control pods
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [8]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Sunshine Week Focuses on Freedom of Information and "Local Heroes" [14]

Sunshine Week is spearheaded by the American Society of News Editors with funding from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the Gridiron Club — with collaboration by a large number of coalition member groups.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [15]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Is Corporate Ghostwriting of Journal Articles a Threat to Environmental Information? [16]

Before picking up stories based on journals in the environmental sciences, reporters might pause to ask about those journals' policies on transparency and potential conflict of interest. And then ask about enforcement, and any relevant conflict declarations on the article in question.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Health [17]
Economy & Business [18]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Utah Governor Signs Controversial Bill Cutting Public Access to Info [19]

Former National Freedom of Information director Coalition Charles N. Davis said the bill "puts Utah in a class of one, alone in an anti-democratic zone in which the governors enjoy almost carte blanche over what information they deign to share with the rabble.”
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [15]
Region:
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [20]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Supreme Court Strikes Down Misuse of FOIA 'Personnel' Exemption [21]

In the case of Milner v. Department of the Navy, the court rejected an expansive interpretation of the FOIA exemption on personnel matters. And in another FOIA case decided March 1, the Supreme Court ruled that corporations do not have a right of personal privacy that can prevent the federal government from disclosing records about them.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [22]
Government [15]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Feds Unveil New Rural Atlas [23]

USDA's atlas provides data, at the county level, on scores of agricultural, demographic, and economic topics. Or on the national map, pick any given category and get an initial feel for national patterns, then click on individual counties for more detail. All data can be downloaded so you can work with it any way you want, and maps can be downloaded for your use.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
People & Population [7]
Visibility:
Public [4]
- Read more about Feds Unveil New Rural Atlas [23]

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