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"Nuclear 'Renaissance' Held Up by Fight Between DOE and OMB" [1]

"The awards of $18.5 billion in federal loan guarantees for new nuclear plant projects remain held up by an ongoing dispute within the Obama administration over the financial risk the new reactors pose for the government and taxpayers, according to industry and government officials."

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Source: ClimateWire [5], 11/17/2009
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At Los Alamos, Secrecy Is the Opposite of Safety [6]

The U.S. Department of Energy scrambles to delay a report by the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board about a significant threat of radiation release from Los Alamos National Laboratory, a citizen watchdog group discovered.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [7]
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Energy & Fuel [8]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [2]
Government [9]
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National (U.S.) [4]
California [10]
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IG Finds Former NRC Commissioner Hid Ethics Violations [11]

The Project on Government Oversight used FOIA to get reports and documents from an NRC Inspector General's investigation of Jeffrey Merrifield.

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Energy & Fuel [8]
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"House Panel OKs Bill To Ban Importing Foreign N-Waste" [12]

"A House subcommittee endorsed Tuesday a bill to ban importing foreign, low-level radioactive waste — which would block an EnergySolutions proposal to import 20,000 tons of it from Italy, process it in Tennessee and dump it in Utah's western desert."

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Source: Deseret News [13], 11/04/2009
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"Deal Drafted on Nuclear Fuel for Iran's Research Reactor" [14]

"VIENNA -- A draft agreement on providing Iran with fuel for a civilian nuclear research facility that could defuse tension over Iran's nuclear program has emerged from nearly three days of talks supported by the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA."

Nuclear Power & Radiation [2]
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International [15]
Source: ENS [16], 10/23/2009
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"Obama's Radioactive Regulator" [17]

"Why did the White House pick a cheerleader for nuclear energy to oversee the industry?"

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Source: Mother Jones [18], 10/21/2009
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"The Dilemma of Aging Nuclear Plants" [19]

"Nuclear industry operators are pushing to extend the life of their plants to 60 or even 80 years. Running plants longer is one way to recoup their investment but it has safety implications."

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International [15]
Source: NYTimes [20], 10/20/2009
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"U.S. Rejects Nuclear Plant Over Design of Key Piece" [21]

"The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Thursday that it had rejected a design by Westinghouse for a new reactor because a key component might not withstand events like earthquakes and tornadoes."

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Source: NYTimes [22], 10/16/2009
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"Political Headwinds Hit a Reactor Project on the Chesapeake" [23]

Constellation Energy's proposed Calvert Cliffs 3 plant in Maryland, long a poster child of the industry's hoped-for "nuclear renaissance," faces some doubts at the Maryland State Public Service Commission.

Nuclear Power & Radiation [2]
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Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [24]
Source: ClimateWire [25], 09/21/2009
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"Nuclear Power’s Cost Competitiveness Remains a Critical Question" [26]

Despite all the buzz surrounding nuclear power in Washington, a new study tallying the costs suggests nuclear's many uncertainties could push it out of the realm of being cost-competitive. Laura Shin reports for SolveClimate.

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Source: SolveClimate [27], 09/19/2009
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[5] http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/11/16/16climatewire-nuclear-renaissance-held-up-by-fight-between-37277.html
[6] https://www.sej.org/publications/watchdog-tipsheet/at-los-alamos-secrecy-is-opposite-safety
[7] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication/watchdog-tipsheet
[8] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy
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[10] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/california
[11] https://www.sej.org/publications/watchdog-tipsheet/ig-finds-former-nrc-commissioner-hid-ethics-violations
[12] https://www.sej.org/headlines/house-panel-oks-bill-to-ban-importing-foreign-n-waste
[13] http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705341746/House-panel-OKs-bill-to-ban-importing-foreign-N-waste.html
[14] https://www.sej.org/headlines/deal-drafted-nuclear-fuel-irans-research-reactor
[15] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international
[16] http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/oct2009/2009-10-21-01.asp
[17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/obamas-radioactive-regulator
[18] http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2009/10/obamas-radioactive-regulator
[19] https://www.sej.org/headlines/the-dilemma-aging-nuclear-plants
[20] http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/business/global/20renuke.html?ref=energy-environment
[21] https://www.sej.org/headlines/us-rejects-nuclear-plant-over-design-key-piece
[22] http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/16/science/earth/16nuke.html?ref=energy-environment
[23] https://www.sej.org/headlines/political-headwinds-hit-a-reactor-project-chesapeake
[24] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mid-atlantic
[25] http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/09/18/18climatewire-political-headwinds-hit-a-reactor-project-on-84809.html
[26] https://www.sej.org/headlines/nuclear-power%E2%80%99s-cost-competitiveness-remains-a-critical-question
[27] http://solveclimate.com/blog/20090918/nuclear-power-s-cost-competitiveness-remains-critical-question
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