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Fri Aug 29

• The last radioactive lighthouses get solar technology: The last five strontium-fuel led lighthouses along the Barents Sea coast are now being replaced with solar technology. All together, 153 of the radioactive lighthouses have been removed as part of a Russian-Norweg ian project. Since year 2000, Murmansk regional authorities have together with the Norwegian Finnmark county governor removed all the radioactive lighthouses (RITEGs) from the Russian Barents Sea coast. As many as 85 of the lighthouses were located in Murmansk Oblast, while 68 of them were in Arkhangelsk Oblast. Annotated link http://www.dii go.com/bookmar k/http%3A%2F%2 Fwww.barentsob server.com%2Ft he-last-radioa ctive-lighthou ses-get-solar- technology.450 3988-16149.htm l
• knoxnews.com |Final cleanup of ORNL reactor on hold: The 1950s-era Tower Shielding Reactor was defueled a few years ago, and since then it's remained in a "surveill ance and maintenance&qu ot; mode. There's no date yet for final cleanup, but DOE said it will be a part of the proposed Integrated Facilities Disposition Program, which still awaits funding. Annotated link http://www.dii go.com/bookmar k/http%3A%2F%2 Fblogs.knoxnew s.com%2Fknx%2F munger%2F2008% 2F08%2Ffinal_c leanup_of_reac tor_on_ho.html
• Whitehaven News: First fuel element removed ? only 39,000 to go: THE final defuelling of one of the reactors at Chapelcross began last week. The first fuel element was removed from the core of Reactor 1, beginning the active commissioning of the newly-upgraded fuel route. About 40,000 fuel elements will be systematically removed from all four reactors and dispatched for reprocessing at the Sellafield site in west Cumbria.
• Drive to clear Dounreay of radioactive hazards goes under the sea - The Scotsman: WORK to remove one of the most persistent problems affecting the clean-up of the Dounreay nuclear site has begun beneath the waves off Caithness. A remotely operated vehicle is combing the seabed to find the worst of the radioactive particles that have caused concern for more than quarter of a century. Up to £25 million will be spent on covering an area the size of 60 football pitches and on monitoring up to the 2020s.

Sun Aug 10

• Future Of Connecticut Yankee Site Remains Unclear -- Courant.com: It may not be pristine wilderness, but most of the trademark characteristic s that define a nuclear power plant are long gone from Haddam Neck ? no dome-shaped nuclear reactor and no electricity coursing into the power grid. Now that the Connecticut Yankee nuclear power plant is no more, now that the only artifacts of the sixth nuclear power plant built in the U.S. are a nuclear waste storage area and a warehouse, what comes next? Can there be a second act for land that once housed a nuke plant? Annotated link http://www.dii go.com/bookmar k/http%3A%2F%2 Fwww.courant.c om%2Fnews%2Flo cal%2Fhc-futur eofcy0808.arta ug08%2C0%2C680 9079.story

Mon Aug 4

• Sellafield has public 'blank cheque' - Home News, UK - The Independent

Fri Aug 1

• Whitehaven News: Chapelcross closure moves a step closer: The Nuclear Installations Inspectorate (NII) has given formal consent for a three-and-a-ha lf year programme to remove all fuel from the Scottish plant to commence. Chapelcross ceased generation in 2004 and preparations for de-fuelling the reactors including design, manufacturing, installation and the commissioning of a £30m upgrade to the de-fuelling route have now been completed. Annotated link http://www.dii go.com/bookmar k/http%3A%2F%2 Fwww.whitehave n-news.co.uk%2 F1.212902

Thu Jul 24

• UK taxpayers might foot bill for decommissionin g new reactors
• US Senate panel passes $33.3-bil Energy and Water funding bill: Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository would be funded at $108 million less than requested, and maintain its current level of $386 million. Environmental clean-up, both for defense and non-defense related sites, would receive a total of just over $6 bil
• UK nuclear clean up costs up 30% since 2003: MPs report

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