NucNews Headlines - collected May 1-31, 2006 Full text of articles can be found at http://nucnews.net by date ---- NUCLEAR Is uranium the new gold for 2006? April 10, 2006 BY TERRY SAVAGE SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST Chicago Sun Times http://www.chicagoredstreak.com/output/currency/cst-fin-terry10.html Will fusion power be a reality? Posted by nthier at May 2, 2006 02:08 PM http://www.thier.ca/cbc/archives/2006/05/will_fusion_pow.html ---- accidents and safety Lucky find reveals nuke-tank flaws By Hal Bernton and Warren Cornwall Seattle Times staff reporters Monday, May 1, 2006 http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002963879_hanfordwhistleblowers.html?syndication=rss Chernobyl and the nuclear lobby Monday, May 1st, 2006 http://www.spectrezine.org/weblog/?p=213 Sellafield Nuclear plant charged over radioactive leak Publisher: Ian Morgan Published: 04/05/2006 Press Association http://www.24dash.com/news/7/5402/index.htm AZ: Fatal truck accident involves radioactive waste materials Kevin Curran 12 News May. 7, 2006 02:32 PM http://www.azcentral.com/12news/news/articles/seligmanupdate05072006-CR.html Workers at Minnesota Nuclear Plant Contaminated 08 May 2006 Madison, WI, Indymedia http://madison.indymedia.org/feature/display/32257/index.php Nuclear industry adopts new groundwater policy May 9, 2006 BY H. JOSEF HEBERT, ASSOCIATED PRESS http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/groundwater09.html Industry to address tritium spill issue Published May 9, 2006 Chicago Tribune http://www.topix.net/r/05KQAC65=2B9p3CnEOW2BSxTUWRWfNMXJKaPjJpEnckpzsqpNgiGu6L8NpSNCTg99G6Bl2MAxldRwPhDiZsOnMjzJnMM=2B47l8P=2BjGI3Vp=2F1mUSbpNxUgZr=2F=2FI9pmrXQfG5emPO4lUl3mS9jYfskYx5NuQ=3D=3D Nuke Waste Site Calamity Reflects Industrial Crisis Radioactive leaks, faulty construction and doubts over untested technology plague Department of Energy contractor Bechtel’s cleanup of an atomic bomb waste site. by Megan Tady May 9, 2006 New Standard http://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/3144 Senator Obama says nuclear self-regulation inadequate Chicago Tribune By Hal Dardick May 09, 2006 http://www.topix.net/content/trb/0478919683267357041318150381550910870404 Obama still to press spill bill despite nuclear industry plan By Hal Dardick Chicago Tribune staff reporter Published May 10, 2006 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-0605100115may10,1,7379047.story?coll=chi-newslocalchicago-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true Radioactive water: Nuke operators promise to closely monitor leaks 05.10.2006 Associated Press http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/11992.php Nuclear Industry Adopts New Detection, Disclosure Policy on Radioactive Water May 10, 2006 — By H. Josef Hebert, Associated Press http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10429 Bulgarian nuclear accident questioned SOFIA, Bulgaria, May 10, 2006 (UPI) http://www.upi.com/SecurityTerrorism/view.php?StoryID=20060509-033422-7380r Improved Tritium Monitoring Is Proposed Nuclear industry unveils voluntary monitoring policy on inadvertent tritium releases Glenn Hess May 11, 2006 Chemical and Engineering News http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/84/i20/8420tritium.html Source of Indian Point leak found By GREG CLARY gclary@lohud.com NY JOURNAL NEWS May 11, 2006 http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006605110353 Radioactive water leaks from Japanese nuclear plant Posted 5/16/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-05-16-japan-nuke-leak_x.htm Nuclear waste train in rail crash Tuesday, 23 May 2006 (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/5007782.stm Nuclear waste train in crossing crash The train was on its way to the Sizewell A nuclear plant (Filed: 23/05/2006) UK Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/05/23/unuclear.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/05/23/ixnews.html Greenpeace Says Nuclear Waste Seeping into Groundwater from French Storage Site May 31, 2006 — By Ingrid Rousseau, Associated Press http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10571 ---- africa Malian heads African nuclear science research body May 09, 2006 Africast http://news.africast.com/africastv/article.php?newsID=58637 ---- asia Calculating the costs of nuclear energy Monday, April 10, 2006 Peak Oil http://peakoil.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=13845 Taipower invites experts to check nuclear power plant 2006/5/8 The China Post staff and CNA http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/detail.asp?GRP=E&id=81832 Afghanistan wants 'nuclear weapons free' Asia Tuesday, May 23, 2006 Zee News (India) http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?rep=2&aid=297022&sid=SAS ---- australia Nuclear no cure for climate change, scientists warn By Wendy Frew Environment Reporter May 2, 2006 Sydney Morning Herald http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/05/01/1146335671432.html?from=rss Australia Goes Nuclear By Richard Tonkin at 5 May 2006 http://www.yourdemocracy.net.au/drupal/node/2633 End debate on N-power: Flannery Amanda Hodge May 05, 2006 The Australian http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,19030942-30417,00.html INTERVIEW - Australia PM Says Will Not Sell Uranium to India Story by Michelle Nichols REUTERS AUSTRALIA: May 12, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/36333/story.htm PM not keen on US nuclear waste plan May 16, 2006 - 8:34AM http://www.theage.com.au/news/World/Howard-rejects-nuclear-waste-idea/2006/05/16/1147545294173.html Australia Premiers line up to reject nuclear plant Wednesday, May 24, 2006 Australia Broadcasting http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200605/s1646553.htm Nuclear power economically viable: ANSTO Friday May 26, 2006 http://au.news.yahoo.com/060526/21/z4gf.html ---- brazil Brazil joins world's nuclear club Brazil says its technology is some of the most advanced in the world By Steve Kingstone BBC News, Sao Paulo Saturday, 6 May 2006 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4981202.stm Brazil Officially Starts First Uranium Enrichment Facility RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, May 8, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/may2006/2006-05-08-04.asp http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0509-01.htm Brazil realizes its nuclear ambitions By Carmen Gentile in Rio de Janeiro for ISN Security Watch (16/05/06) http://linkfilter.net/cgi-bin/lf.fpl?cmd=go;id=112243 Brazil joins "nuclear club" Friday, May 26, 2006 by Antonio Rosell Insight News http://www.insightnews.com/articles.asp?mode=display&articleID=2452 ---- britain Report reveals nuclear plant picture scares Mon 1 May 2006 The Scotsman http://business.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1343&id=651742006 Bahamas Needs Help to Monitor Environmental Threats by Sir Arthur Foulkes May 02, 2006 Bahama Pundit http://www.bahamapundit.com/2006/05/bahamas_needs_h.html Incinerator plans under attack By Rob Edwards, Environment Editor Sunday Herald - 07 May 2006 http://www.sundayherald.com/print55576 UK atomic group may go on block for £450m By Katherine Griffiths, City Correspondent (Filed: 08/05/2006) UK Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2006/05/08/cnatom08.xml&menuId=242&sSheet=/money/2006/05/08/ixcitytop.html UK 'doesn't need nuclear' for future, claims WWF Tue 9 May 2006 The Scotsman http://business.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1343&id=696842006 UK: Residents in nuclear waste talks Tuesday, 9 May 2006 - BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/berkshire/4753097.stm Fine Gael need to clarify position on nuclear fuel Published: 9 May, 2006 Sinn Fein http://www.sinnfein.ie/news/detail/14159 US group 'will slash UK nuclear clean-up costs' By Michael Harrison, Business Editor Published: 11 May 2006 UK Independent http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/article363724.ece Potential Energy – fuelling the nuclear energy debate Monday 15 May 2006 Institute of Physics http://www.iop.org/news/1135?rss=2.0 Sellafield - Still a Danger - Sinn Féin to hold conference to promote closure of Sellafield 15 May, 2006 Sinn Féin http://www.sinnfein.ie/news/detail/14236 Areva urges Government to give go-ahead for nuclear reactors By Michael Harrison, Business Editor 15 May 2006 UK Independent http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/article484463.ece Britain Alarmed by Russian Nuclear Reactors 15.05.2006 MosNews http://www.mosnews.com/news/2006/05/15/britainalerted.shtml Nuclear waste consultation begins Monday, 15 May 2006 (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/berkshire/4771663.stm Blair Rocks Britain With Pro-Nuclear Vow Wednesday, May 17, 2006 NEI Nuclear Notes http://neinuclearnotes.blogspot.com/2006/05/blair-rocks-britain-with-pro-nuclear.html Blair Says Nuclear Power Back on the Agenda with a Vengeance LONDON, UK, May 17, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/may2006/2006-05-17-01.asp Blair Presses the Nuclear Button · New generation of atomic stations endorsed by PM · Failure to act would be 'a dereliction of my duty' by Patrick Wintour and David Adam Published on Wednesday, May 17, 2006 by the Guardian / UK http://www.guardian.co.uk/nuclear/article/0,,1776499,00.html Nuclear battle with Wales looms as Blair puts N-power plants back on agenda May 17 2006 Tomos Livingstone, Western Mail IC Wales / Trinity Mirror http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/newspolitics/tm_objectid=17088806&method=full&siteid=50082&headline=nuclear-battle-with-wales-looms-as-blair-puts-n-power-plants-back-on--agenda---name_page.html Nuclear power won't need tax cash JOHN BOWKER DEPUTY CITY EDITOR Wed 17 May 2006 The Scotsman http://business.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=733262006 New reactors can be ready by 2017, says industry · French firm says UK could reap benefits of its designs · Timetable ignores waste disposal issue, say critics Terry Macalister and David Adam Wednesday May 17, 2006 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/nuclear/article/0,,1776411,00.html Blair decision challenges Cameron's green agenda Will Woodward, chief political correspondent Wednesday May 17, 2006 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/nuclear/article/0,,1776521,00.html Cabinet split over cost of nuclear energy · Cabinet split over cost of nuclear energy · Ministers balk at 'eye-wateringly large' price of new power stations Patrick Wintour, political editor Thursday May 18, 2006 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/nuclear/article/0,,1777263,00.html Blair's toxic legacy It could have been renewable energy, but the PM has decided nuclear waste will provide him with a more enduring monument. May 18, 2006 UK Guardian By Jeremy Leggett http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/jeremy_leggett/2006/05/nuclear_power_somehow_a_fittin.html Labour opens door for new Scots nuclear plants * Labour to contest Holyrood election with 'nuclear manifesto' * Decision marks change from previous Executive policy * Tony Blair has indicated he wants rapid decisions on new power plants HAMISH MACDONELL SCOTTISH POLITICAL EDITOR Thu 18 May 2006 The Scotsman http://business.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1343&id=738342006 Former minister launches anti-nuclear fight By Rob Edwards, Environment Editor 21 May 2006 UK Sunday Herald http://www.sundayherald.com/55786 Blair attacked over 'secret nuclear agenda' By Andy McSmith Published: 24 May 2006 http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article570936.ece Britain Gives Go-Ahead for Sizewell Nuclear Shutdown REUTERS UK: May 26, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/36551/story.htm Short clean-up contracts prompt safety warning By Rob Edwards 28 May 2006 UK Sunday Herald http://www.sundayherald.com/55982 ---- business Nuclear engineers in high demand Published Monday, May 1, 2006 (AP) http://www.islandpacket.com/news/state/regional/story/5706556p-5111713c.html http://www.charlotte.com/mld/thestate/business/14477631.htm?source=rss&channel=thestate_business Babcock to buy nuclear, airport services co Alstec for 45 mln stg 05.09.2006, 04:46 AM AFX News Limited http://www.forbes.com/business/feeds/afx/2006/05/09/afx2730682.html US DOE facilitates nuclear projects with risk insurance rule 10 May 2006 Power Group Online http://pepei.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?ARTICLE_ID=254679&p=6 ---- canada One injured in Canada nuclear power plant accident OTTAWA, May 5, 2006 (AFP) May 05, 2006 http://www.physorg.com/news66059948.html NTI endorses uranium mining on Inuit-owned land New draft policy embraces nuclear power because it does not release greenhouse gas SARA MINOGUE, May 5, 2006 Nunatsiaq News http://www.nunatsiaq.com/news/nunavut/60505_06.html ---- china China seeks nuclear-powered energy security Junichi Miura / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer (May. 8, 2006) http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/world/20060508TDY08002.htm Chinese nuclear industry short of manpower: expert May 08, 2006 Xinhua http://english.people.com.cn/200605/08/eng20060508_263684.html China faces shortage of nuclear workers Tuesday, 09 May 2006 (United Press international, May 8, 2006) http://www.zoomchina.com.cn/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5320&Itemid=81 China's 'two-faced' nuclear stance By Todd Crowell May 10, 2006 Asia Times http://atimes.com/atimes/China/HE10Ad01.html China connects country's largest nuclear plant 15 May 2006 Power Engineering http://pepei.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?ARTICLE_ID=255033&p=6 ---- depleted uranium Uranium’s Effect On DNA Established 7 April 2006 Source: Northern Arizona University http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20060307010324data_trunc_sys.shtml Mission Accomplished By Felicity Arbuthnot Palestine Chronicle Monday May 01, 2006 http://www.palestinechronicle.com/story.php?sid=05010603147 Depleted Uranium - Far Worse Than 9/11 Depleted Uranium Dust - Public Health Disaster For The People Of Iraq and Afghanistan By Douglas Westerman 05/01/06 "Vital Truths" / Information Clearing House http://informationclearinghouse.info/article12903.htm VIEQUES - Clean up Navy's mess Sat, May. 06, 2006 By ED MORALES pmproj@progressive.org http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/opinion/14514185.htm Congressman wants to see plans to clean up uranium storage site Sat, May. 06, 2006 Associated Press http://www.kten.com/Global/story.asp?S=4864723 Senate supports Vets' Right to know Act 5/7/2006 Eureka Reporter http://www.eurekareporter.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?ArticleID=10921 Death Made In America: Impacts of Depleted Uranium Contamination on Afghanistan's Children May 9, 2006 by Dr. Mohammed Daud Miraki Rense.com The Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG) http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=DAU20060509&articleId=2412 U.S. House of Representatives Passes Rep. McDermott Amendment Possible DU Health Effects on Soldiers Will Be Studied 2006-05-11 | UN Observer http://www.unobserver.com/layout5.php?id=2336&blz=1 No sign of 2003 war syndrome By Nic Fleming, Medical Correspondent (Filed: 16/05/2006) UK Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/05/16/wirq216.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/05/16/ixuknews.html World is blind to real situation in Iraq: activists By ERIC JOHNSTON, Staff writer The Japan Times: Saturday, May 27, 2006 http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060527a8.html ---- europe France Presses Ahead with Nuclear Power by Eleanor Beardsley NPR Morning Edition, May 1, 2006 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5369610 The Nuclear Debate Editorial, Wednesday, May 03, 2006 Spain Herald http://www.spainherald.com/3501.html France Can Phase Out Nuclear Power and Achieve Low Carbon Dioxide Emissions French Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rising Despite Nuclear Power, New Study Finds Subsidies for Plutonium and Pro-Nuclear Policies Inhibiting Secure, Low-Carbon Future For Release on May 4, 2006 Contact: Arjun Makhijani or Annie Makhijani, 301-270-5500 - Institute for Energy and Environmental Research http://www.ieer.org/reports/energy/france/ Romanian Authorities Approve Construction of Belene Nuclear Power Plant 11:35 - 18 May 2006 Greece Reporter http://www.reporter.gr/fulltext_eng.cfm?id=60518113551 Greenpeace report reveals French dairy cattle given water contaminated by leaking nuclear dumpsite Radioactivity in ground water over seven times European safety limits 23 May 2006 Greenpeace press release http://www.greenpeace.org/international/press/releases/greenpeace-report-reveals-fren Spanish Nuclear Industry Hopes for Reprieve Story by Julia Hayley REUTERS SPAIN: May 26, 2006 http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/36552/story.htm Normandy Aquifer Seven Times More Radioactive Than French Limit PARIS, France, May 29, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/may2006/2006-05-29-02.asp ---- india India moves towards using more indigenous fast-breeder reactors and thorium-based reactors as it has largest reserves of thorium in the world Media Release May 3, 2006 India Daily http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/8413.asp India lists nuke plants for separation NEW DELHI, May 11, 2006 (UPI) http://www.upi.com/Energy/view.php?StoryID=20060512-010000-8201r Nuclear separation plan: An update posted by Siddharth Varadarajan 11 May 2006 http://svaradarajan.blogspot.com/2006/05/nuclear-separation-plan-update.html Ballistic Missile Defense: South Asia's arms race May 11, 2006 By Martin Sieff UPI Senior News Analyst http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20060511-014531-6948r Democrat proposes India nuclear deal compromise By Carol Giacomo, Diplomatic Correspondent Thu May 11, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060511/pl_nm/nuclear_india_usa_dc_2 Pakistan And India Race Rockets by Martin Sieff UPI Senior News Analyst Washington May 12, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Pakistan_And_India_Race_Rockets.html India's longest-range missile ready for test launch Sun May 14, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060514/wl_sthasia_afp/indiamilitarymissile_060514115342 India says it can test nuclear-capable missile at any time Updated 5/15/2006 (AFP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-05-15-agni_x.htm India says it can test nuclear-capable missile at any time 5/15/2006 NEW DELHI (AFP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-05-15-agni_x.htm?csp=34 India's US nuclear deal hangs by a thread May 16, 2006 By Kaushik Kapisthalam Asia Times http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/HE16Df01.html US, India Try to Rescue Nuclear Deal By REUTERS May 16, 2006 http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-nuclear-india-usa.html?pagewanted=print Bush administration to meet lawmakers to push Indian nuclear deal Wed May 17, 2006 by P. Parameswaran WASHINGTON (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060517/wl_asia_afp/usindianuclear_060517011335 ---- iran Russia's atomic proposal still on table: Iran By Parisa Hafezi Sun Apr 30, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060430/ts_nm/nuclear_iran_dc_48 Iran's Nuclear Time Bomb by Amir Oveissi, UPI Outside View Commentator Washington (UPI) May 01, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Irans_Nuclear_Time_Bomb.html US, Europe push for strong UN action on Iran nuclear standoff Tue May 2, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060502/ts_afp/irannuclearpolitics_060502163556 Iran threatens Israel if US acts "evil" By Edmund Blair Tue May 2, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060502/ts_nm/nuclear_iran_dc_7 The Security Council Deadline Myth by Gordon Prather May 2, 2006 Antiwar.com http://www.antiwar.com/prather/?articleid=8925 Britain, France Introduce Iran Resolution By NICK WADHAMS The Associated Press Wednesday, May 3, 2006; 10:54 PM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/03/AR2006050301547_pf.html Russia Ready To Back Franco-British Resolution On Iran If Its Amended by Staff Writer United Nations (AFP) May 04, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Russia_Ready_To_Back_Franco_British_Resolution_On_Iran_If_Its_Amended.html Iran slams 'artificial crisis' 5 may 06 [Herald Sun, Australia] http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,19033215%5E1702,00.html Defiant Iranian president pledges mass atomic fuel production BAKU (AFP) May 05, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060505092415.mqugqawg.html Iran threatens not to recognize NPT if its rights not accepted Source: Xinhua May 07, 2006 http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200605/07/eng20060507_263641.html Raid on nuclear fuel market By Rudo de Ruijter Independent researcher 05/07/06 "ICH" http://informationclearinghouse.info/article12964.htm US War Doctrine And Iran by Pyotr Romanov UPI Outside View Commentator Washington (UPI) May 08, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/US_War_Doctrine_And_Iran.html Iran breaks silence with US to offer nuclear 'solutions' David Fickling and agencies Monday May 8, 2006 UK Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,1770119,00.html US dismisses Ahmadinejad letter, no deal on Iran nuclear program Tue May 9, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060509/pl_afp/irannuclearpolitics_060509115507 U.N. Security Council to present Iran with nuclear options Updated 5/9/2006 Associated Press http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-05-09-iran-nuclear_x.htm Iran Says It Won't Exit Nuclear Treaty By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS, Associated Press Writer Tue May 9, 2006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060509/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_nuclear Text of Ahmadinejad's letter to Bush WASHINGTON (AFP) May 09, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060509164701.bc4yj5xd.html Iran Letter Does Not Change US Position by Staff Writers Washington (AFP) May 09, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Iran_Letter_Does_Not_Change_US_Position.html Iran's Grand Bargain Last month, Iran demonstrated that it has already enriched uranium sufficiently to produce nuclear fuel, so the further enrichment to weapons-grade uranium is now simply a matter of time. by Martin Walker Editor emeritus Lisbon, Portugal, (UPI) May 09, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Irans_Grand_Bargain.html 'We can' Iran will not budge in its quest for nuclear energy and the signs are it will not have to, reports Amira Howeidy from Tehran 4 - 10 May 2006 Al Ahram http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/793/re4.htm Bush says Iran letter doesn't answer key question about nuclear ambitions Posted 5/10/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-05-10-bush-iran_x.htm Fear-mongering on Iran softens U.S. nuke threats By John LaForge Published: May 10, 2006 http://www.madison.com/tct/opinion/column/index.php?ntid=83425&ntpid=0 Ahmadinejads Letter Possible 11th Hour Ploy by Claude Salhani UPI International Editor Washington (UPI) May 10, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Ahmadinejads_Letter_Possible_11th_Hour_Ploy.html Iran denies 'uranium traces' report US is seeking a tough Security Council resolution against Iran Friday 12 May 2006, AP http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/AAD38B06-5825-4358-9408-FF8DDB166402.htm US must address Iran security concerns: IAEA Fri May 12, 2006 Reuters http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060512/ts_nm/nuclear_iran_iaea_dc_1&printer=1;_ylt=A86.I0gnjWVEEkoAug5g.3QA;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1bHE0BHNlYwN0bWE- Diplomats: New traces of weapons-grade uranium found in Iran Posted 5/12/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-05-12-iranianuranium_x.htm US must address Iran security concerns: IAEA Fri May 12, 2006 (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060512/ts_nm/nuclear_iran_iaea_dc_1 Iran ready to talk to anyone but Israel Associated Press, THE JERUSALEM POST, May 13, 2006 http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1145961337308&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FPrinter Iran's nuclear ambitions overshadow summit of Muslim leaders Posted 5/13/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-05-13-d8_x.htm Iran to conduct nuclear activities under UN control - Ahmadinejad RIA Novosti 13/ 05/ 2006 http://en.rian.ru/world/20060513/48076190.html U.N. Finds New Uranium Traces in Iran By WILLIAM J. BROAD May 13, 2006 New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/13/world/middleeast/13iran.html?pagewanted=print Afghanistan offers to mediate in Iran nuclear row 14 May 2006 Reuters http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L14773301.htm EU pledges 'bold' nuclear offer for Iran by Leon Bruneau Mon May 15, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060515/wl_afp/irannuclearpoliticseu_060515215920 Iran Rejects European Plan By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: May 15, 2006 http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/15/world/middleeast/15iran.html Solving The Iran Crisis Russian Style Moscow (UPI) May 16, 2006 by Gennady Yevstafyev United Press International http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Solving_The_Iran_Crisis_Russian_Style.html EU3 to Offer Iran Nuclear Reactor: Diplomats By REUTERS May 16, 2006 http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-nuclear-iran-eu.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin Russia, China: Don't Use Force in Iran By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS May 16, 2006 http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-China-Russia-Iran-Nuclear.html?_r=1&oref=login&pagewanted=print Countries that oppose Iran have 'mental problems': Ahmadinejad Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad suggests the rest of the world gets some help. Photo courtesy of AFP. by Staff Writers Tehran (AFP) May 18, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Countries_that_oppose_Iran_have_mental_problems_Ahmadinejad.html Iran using Chinese-made feedstock for enriched uranium: diplomats by Michael Adler Vienna (AFP) May 18, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Iran_using_Chinese-made_feedstock_for_enriched_uranium_diplomats.html EU aims to offer Iran atomic plants, fuel-diplomat Fri May 19, 2006 BERLIN (Reuters) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060519/pl_nm/nuclear_iran_usa_dc Iran Nuclear Plans May Be Environmental Hazard, UAE Says May 23, 2006 — By Heba Kandil, Reuters http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10510 Avoiding War With Iran by Rep. Ron Paul Antiwar.com May 23, 2006 http://www.antiwar.com/paul/?articleid=9022 Russia, China welcome U.S. offer on Iran By EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press Writer Wed May 31, 2006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060601/ap_on_re_mi_ea/un_iran_nuclear_1 ---- iraq / inspections IAEA acts to clean up Iraq atom site, 1,000 at risk Mon Apr 24, 2006 (Reuters) http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyID=2006-04-24T181619Z_01_L24181131_RTRIDST_0_SCIENCE-NUCLEAR-IRAQ-CONTAMINATION-DC.XML Iraqi Nukes: Fallout From U.S. Strikes Michael Hirsh May 1, 2006 Newsweek http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12440710/site/newsweek/ Iran Intelligence War Robert Parry May 01, 2006 TomPaine.com http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/05/01/iran_intelligence_war.php Ex-WMD Inspector: Politics Quashed Facts By CHARLES J. HANLEY (AP Special Correspondent) > From Associated Press May 13, 2006 11:03 AM EDT http://enews.earthlink.net/article/pol?guid=20060513/446559c0_3421_1334520060513-498278195 ---- israel Israel crosses the threshold By Avner Cohen and William Burr May/June 2006 pp. 22-30 (vol. 62, no. 3) © 2006 Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists http://www.thebulletin.org/article.php?art_ofn=mj06cohen Israel has power to defend itself from nuclear Iran Thu May 4, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060504/wl_mideast_afp/israelirannuclearpolitics Israel seen as world's sixth nuclear power LONDON (AFP) May 09, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060509161728.yw4j8si4.html Israel Seen As Worlds Sixth Nuclear Power by Staff Writers London (AFP) May 10, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Israel_Seen_As_Worlds_Sixth_Nuclear_Power.html Glider triggers alert at Israeli nuclear plant by Staff Writers Jerusalem (AFP) May 22, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Glider_triggers_alert_at_Israeli_nuclear_plant.html ---- japan Japanese Constitution survey shows 77% oppose changing Article 9 The Japan Times: Thursday, May 4, 2006 http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060504a6.html Japan court backs nuclear plant Locals worry about the effects of a quake on the plant By Chris Hogg BBC News, Tokyo Tuesday, 9 May 2006 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4753655.stm JT-60 Tokamak Reactor Doubles Plasma Confinement Record Wednesday, May 10, 2006 Free Republic | Sven Olsen http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1630073/posts Kansai Elec may restart accident-hit nuclear unit TOKYO, May 11, 2006 (Reuters) http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060511/3/2kdr2.html TEPCO to shut nuclear power unit due to oil leak TOKYO, May 15, 2006 (Reuters) http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060515/3/2kk3s.html US Military Aircraft Met With Protests in Japan Friday, May 26th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/05/26/1410214 Japan approves US troop shake-up Okinawans have long complained about the presence of US bases By Chris Hogg BBC News, Tokyo Tuesday, 30 May 2006 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5028636.stm Hiroshima memorial honors Chinese victims HANS GREIMEL Associated Press Wed, May. 31, 2006 http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/world/14708982.htm ---- korea North Korea refuses to return to six-party nuclear talks Monday, May 08, 2006 Pakistan Daily Times http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5c05%5c08%5cstory_8-5-2006_pg4_12 N. Korea Appears to Restart Nuclear Reactor - Report By REUTERS May 14, 2006 http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-nuclear-korea-north.html?pagewanted=print NK resumes nuclear work Sunday, May 14, 2006 (Reuters) http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/05/14/nkorea.nuclear.reut/index.html?section=cnn_latest U.N.'s Annan Urges Negotiators to Resume North Korea Nuclear Talks Monday, May 15, 2006 Associated Press http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,195487,00.html U.S. Nuclear Negotiator to Visit S. Korea Tue May 16, 2006 By BO-MI LIM, Associated Press Writer http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060517/ap_on_re_as/koreas_us_nuclear_1 ---- mideast Nuclear Energy In Turkey Published: 5/8/2006 turkishpress.com http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=122557 US Confusion Over Future Directions In Iran by Arnaud De Borchgrave UPI Editor-at-Large Washington (UPI) May 09, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/US_Confusion_Over_Future_Directions_In_Iran.html Pakistan supplied nukes to Syria By Bill Gertz The Washington Times Published May 13, 2006 http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20060513-103743-5873r Turkish nuclear power station plan attracts 11 bids ANKARA, May 15, 2006 (Reuters) http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060515/3/2kky3.html Russia offers to build Turkey's first nuclear plants May 16, 2006 MOSCOW, (AFP) http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060516121032.2ra9kfzq.html Judy-Baby vs TIME by Gordon Prather, May 20, 2006 Antiwar.com http://www.antiwar.com/prather/?articleid=9012 ---- missile defense Canadian Prime Minister Harper Defies Ballistic Missile Defense Critics by Martin Sieff UPI Senior News Analyst Washington (UPI) May 03, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Canadian_Prime_Minister_Harper_Defies_Ballistic_Missile_Defense_Critics.html U.S. Is Proposing European Shield for Iran Missiles By MICHAEL R. GORDON Published: May 22, 2006 NY TIMES http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/22/world/middleeast/22missiles.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&pagewanted=all ---- pacific NZ, U.S. links delicate on nuclear ban May 09, 2006 Xinhua http://english.people.com.cn/200605/09/eng20060509_264241.html Indonesia eyes nuclear power by 2015 Reuters Posted Monday , May 15, 2006 at 19:08 http://www.ibnlive.com/news/indonesia-eyes-nuclear-power-by-2015/10538-2.html ----- pakistan Pakistan frees nuclear scientist Pakistan scientists allegedly leaked sensitive technology Sunday 30 April 2006 Aljazeera + Agencies http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/8E35811C-06B0-488B-AE3A-E3D00C873276.htm Pakistan Announces End to Nuclear Proliferation Probe By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 02 May 2006 http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-05-02-voa66.cfm Pakistan Says Nuclear Proliferation Chapter Is Closed 'everyone got what they wanted' by Staff Writers Islamabad (AFP) May 03, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Pakistan_Says_Nuclear_Proliferation_Chapter_Is_Closed.html N-waste dumped in open: lawmaker Published: Wednesday, 24 May, 2006, 10:30 AM Doha Time http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=88038&version=1&template_id=41&parent_id=23 ---- russia China and Russia to construct floating nuclear power plants 28-03-06 Alexander's Gas and Oil Connections http://www.gasandoil.com/goc/news/ntr61602.htm Russia Plans Nuclear Power Expansion by Gregory Feifer NPR Morning Edition, April 28, 2006 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5368231 Atomic Energy Agency Head Denies Privatization of Russian Nuclear Facilities 05.04.2006 MosNews http://mosnews.com/news/2006/04/05/nonuclearprivatization.shtml U.S. Nuclear Reactor Delinked From Russian by Pamela Hess May 5, 2006 (UPI) http://www.postchronicle.com/news/security/article_21217375.shtml Russian, Kazakh govts. to consider nuclear integration plan 15/ 05/ 2006 (RIA Novosti) http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060515/48174461.html Moscow court says ex-nuclear minister's custody extension legal 15/ 05/ 2006 (RIA Novosti) http://en.rian.ru/world/20060515/48123087.html Nuclear agency head to discuss nuclear cooperation on U.S. visit 15/ 05/ 2006 (RIA Novosti) http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060515/48175344.html Rosatom plans to build a second Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant SOSNOVY BOR, Northwest Russia—Rosatom head Sergei Kirienko and officials in the Leningrad Region, which includes St. Petersburg, plan to build a second nuclear plant station on the grounds of the already dilapidated Leningrad Nuclear Power plant(LNPP). Rashid Alimov, 2006-05-22 11:31 Translated by Charles Digges BELLONA http://www.bellona.no/en/international/russia/npps/leningrad/43040.html This map of the General plan of the development of St Petersburg shows the areas of possible radioactive contamination should an accident occur at the LNPP, taking into account the direction of the wind. ZAKS http://www.bellona.no/data/b/0/43/04/1_1407_1.jpg Russia hopes for U.S. business support on nuclear fuel issue 23/ 05/ 2006 (RIA Novosti) http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060523/48461146.html ---- security Scanner in works to detect nuclear weapons Livermore lab, others working on reliable device for U.S. ports Keay Davidson, San Francisco Chronicle Science Writer Monday, May 8, 2006 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/05/08/MNGJLINAFR1.DTL&feed=rss.news Weld nuclear storage site hit with tornado drill By Ben Ready The Longmont, CO, Daily Times-Call 5/11/2006 http://www.longmontfyi.com/region-story.asp?ID=7649 Secret Document Reveals New Breed of Nuclear Reactors Vulnerable to Terrorist Attack MAY 19, 2006 Common Dreams http://www.commondreams.org/news2006/0519-02.htm ---- space Vandenberg Events From May 2005 to May 2006 From: Sheila Baker Date: Sat May 20, 2006 1:42am Vandenberg Events Since Last May 2005 Gathering Moscow angered by US plan for 'star wars' bases in Europe to counter threat of Iran By Rupert Cornwell in Washington Published: 24 May 2006 UK Independent http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article570954.ece ---- terrorism IAEA Director Says Nuke Terrorists a Worry Fri May 12, 2006 Associated Press http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060513/ap_on_re_eu/netherlands_elbaradei A matter of when, not if Nicholas Shakespeare reviews "Nuclear Terrorism" by Graham Allison (Filed: 14/05/2006) UK Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/05/07/boall30.xml&sSheet=/arts/2006/05/07/bomain.html Revealed: plan to tackle nuclear terrorists By Rob Edwards Environment Editor 14 May 2006 UK Independent http://www.sundayherald.com/55684 ---- treaties Spot the rogue Prem Shankar Jha May 4, 2006 Hindustan Times http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1690822,00120001.htm Iran threatens to pull out of nuclear treaty Updated 5/7/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-05-07-un-intervention_x.htm US presents draft treaty banning fissile material for arms by Staff Writers Geneva (AFP) May 18, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/US_presents_draft_treaty_banning_fissile_material_for_arms.html U.S. Proposes New Disarmament Treaty By ALEXANDER G. HIGGINS The Associated Press Thursday, May 18, 2006; 8:55 PM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/18/AR2006051800223_pf.html Israel and U.S. at odds over nuclear treaty proposal By Aluf Benn, Haaretz Correspondent 19/05/2006 http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/717636.html Seven Governments Sign Nuclear Fusion Agreement BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 24, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/may2006/2006-05-24-04.asp ---- u.n. Time to Shut-down the UN? Everyone knows Bush’s grand-plan for the Middle East, so why are the IAEA and Security Council pretending that the administration is genuinely interested in Iran’s fictitious nuclear weapons program? By Mike Whitney PalestineChronicle.com Monday May 01, 2006 http://www.palestinechronicle.com/story.php?sid=05010601837 Bolton's UN Job May Depend on Fate of Iran Nuclear Resolution May 9, 2006 (Bloomberg) http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=aC5tB2IHWvzw&refer=top_world_news U.N. nuclear chief: world must alter ideas By WILLIAM C. MANN, Associated Press Writer Thu May 25, 2006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060526/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/elbaradei_1 'Nukes breed nukes,' ElBaradei warns by Staff Writers Washington (AFP) May 25, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Nukes_breed_nukes_ElBaradei_warns.html ---- u.s. nuc weapons The Worlds 60 Year Flirtation With Nuclear Arms The atom bomb is completely MAD by Staff Writers Paris (AFP) May 01, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/reports/The_Worlds_60_Year_Flirtation_With_Nuclear_Arms.html Battle Over a Bomb Is a Pentagon push to exploit the explosive power of hafnium based on bad science? By Najeeb Hasan, May 5, 2006 http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/10.23.03/hafnium-0343.html Attorney: 'Divine Strake' bomb test postponed May 6, 2006, KRNV http://www.krnv.com/global/story.asp?s=4867094&ClientType=Printable Mushroom Cloud Blast in Nevada Delayed By KEN RITTER, Associated Press Writer Tue May 9, 2006 ttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060510/ap_on_re_us/mushroom_cloud Controversial Nevada Bomb Test Delayed Democracy Now! Headlines for May 10, 2006 http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/05/10/1345200 Hatch wants pledge blast will be safe By Robert Gehrke The Salt Lake Tribune 5/10/2006 http://www.sltrib.com/ci_3804293 April 18, 2006: America's Step Off the Nuclear Edge Take the nuclear option off the table now! by Jorge Hirsch, May 12, 2006 Antiwar.com http://www.antiwar.com/orig/hirsch.php?articleid=8980 WHY NUCLEAR WEAPONS SHOULD MATTER By David Krieger Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 14:24:51 -0700 From: David Krieger The Reemergence Of The Cold War By F.H. Knelman, Ph.D. 05/16/06 "Information Clearing House" http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13061.htm DECLARATION OF JOHN BURROUGHS RE DIVINE STRAKE John Burroughs, May 23, 2006 Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy http://lcnp.org/disarmament/nuketesting/strake_declaration.htm Government withdraws environmental finding, Divine Strake test delayed Andrew Lichterman 26 May 2006 DisarmamentActivist.org http://disarmamentactivist.org/category/divine-strake/ Mushroom cloud blast in Nevada delayed indefinitely By KEN RITTER May 26, 2006 ASSOCIATED PRESS http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nevada/2006/may/26/052610438.html Nevada blast plan implodes Feds postpone test indefinitely to double-check the risks By Robert Gehrke The Salt Lake Tribune SATURDAY May 27, 2006 http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_3871339 Congress balks at Pentagon 'war on terror' missile · Senators fear using rocket could spark nuclear war · Risk that warhead could be mistaken for nuke Julian Borger in Washington Tuesday May 30, 2006 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1785582,00.html ---- u.s. nuc facilities Nuclear compensation program questioned 4/9/2006 Associated Press http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-04-09-nuclear-workers_x.htm?csp=34 Senator says Nevada Test Site workers given benefit of the doubt Las Vegas Review Journal; May 5, 2006 Headwaters News Headlines http://www.headwatersnews.org/stories/2006/05/20060505_2.phtml NRC May Change Risk-Based Requirements for Nuclear Power Reactors May 5, 2006 Stevens Publishing Corporation http://www.ohsonline.com/Stevens/OHSPub.nsf/frame?open&redirect=http://www.ohsonline.com/stevens/ohspub.nsf/NewNews/6672653E8E62C79D86257165004B4AE8?Opendocument U.S. Public More Friendly Toward Nuclear Power Despite Risks Clean-air, energy benefits seen as outweighing safety concerns By Andrzej Zwaniecki Washington File Staff Writer 05 May 2006 http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2006&m=May&x=20060505130229SAikceinawz0.766369&t=livefeeds/wf-latest.html NRC staff to present review of plants Sunday, May 14, 2006 Special to Today's Sunbeam http://www.nj.com/news/sunbeam/local/index.ssf?/base/news-1/1147602054241810.xml&coll=9 New American Nuclear Society President from INL May 15, 2006 By Tommy Noel KIDK TV/Newswatch 3 http://www.kidk.com/x69622.xml Universities Report Increased Enrollment in Nuclear Science and Engineering Monday, May 15, 2006 NEI Nuclear Notes http://neinuclearnotes.blogspot.com/2006/05/universities-report-increased.html Nuclear Regulators to Hear Riverkeeper, Greenpeace Concerns ROCKVILLE, Maryland, May 16, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/may2006/2006-05-16-09.asp#anchor7 Fears over new generation of nuclear power stations 17/05/2006 Ian Morgan 24dash.com http://www.24dash.com/news/58/5848/index.htm Employees at Progress Energy’s Brunswick Plant Earn Top Industry Practice ‘Best of Best’ Award Other Companies Also Win Top Industry Practice Awards May 18, 2006 Nuclear Energy Institute http://www.nei.org/index.asp?catnum=4&catid=945 Change In Attitude About Nuclear Power By David Louie ABC7/KGO-TV/DT http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=business&id=4185762 Nuclear backers' energy surges They say alternative would ease concern over global warming David R. Baker, San Francisco Chronicle Staff Writer Friday, May 19, 2006 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2006/05/19/BUG7BIU58Q1.DTL&type=business House scales back Bush nuclear power bid By H. JOSEF HEBERT, Associated Press Writer Wed May 24, 2006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060525/ap_on_go_co/house_nuclear_3 The Joys Of Going Nuclear? Jessica Holzer, 05.25.06 Forbes http://www.forbes.com/2006/05/24/nuclear-power-plants-cx_jh_0525nukes.html?p ---- alabama NRC finds no major safety issues at Athens nuclear plant 5/2/2006, Associated Press http://www.al.com/newsflash/regional/index.ssf?/base/news-21/1146629959117380.xml&storylist=alabamanews 20-year licenses set for nuclear plant May 3, 2006 Knoxville News-Sentinel http://pepei.pennnet.com/news/display_news_story.cfm?Section=WIREN&Category=HOME&NewsID=134107 Closed for Safety in 1985, Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Relicensed Today WASHINGTON, DC, May 4, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/may2006/2006-05-04-09.asp#anchor1 NRC renews three Alabama nuclear plant licenses for another 20 years 8 May 2006 PennWell Corporation http://pepei.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?ARTICLE_ID=254444&p=6 ---- california $19 million PG&E study draws fire from public Shareholders, not ratepayers, should foot the bill on the question of extending Diablo's license, speakers say By David Sneed dsneed@thetribunenews.com Fri, May. 05, 2006 San Luis Obispo Tribune http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/14506639.htm Avoiding nuclear buildout Dry-cask storage project begins at Diablo Canyon By April Charlton / Staff Writer / acharlton@timespressrecorder.com May 5, 2006 Times Press-Recorder http://www.timespressrecorder.com/articles/2006/05/08/news/news01.txt Photo: The dry-cask storage area, seen at left left in this conceptual image provided by Pacific Gas and Electric Co., is adjacent to the raw-water storage reservoirs. http://www.timespressrecorder.com/content/articles/2006/05/08/news/news01.jpg Appeal of Diablo plan gains steam The San Luis Obispo Tribune David Sneed May 09, 2006 http://www.topix.net/content/kri/2710843416079385522142905331031797679709 2005 Diablo plane incident unlikely, NRC official says May 11, 2006 San Luis Obispo Tribune By David Sneed dsneed@thetribunenews.com http://www.topix.net/content/kri/3984536089098007005934230251390175370288 Ameren shuts down nuclear plant after high vibrations in turbine CHRISTOPHER LEONARD Associated Press Fri, May. 12, 2006 http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/business/14564466.htm ---- colorado Disaster drill at nuclear site earns ‘A-minus’ By Ben Ready For the Loveland CO Reporter-Herald 5/12/2006 http://www.lovelandfyi.com/region-story.asp?ID=5144 ---- connecticut Like Pulling Teeth Want to know if Millstone radiation causes cancer in kids? Don't ask the governor. Ask the Tooth Fairy. by Carole Bass - May 25, 2006 New Haven Advocate http://newhavenadvocate.com/gbase/News/content?oid=oid:156439 ---- florida House sees future in nuclear power The Orlando Sentinel David Fleshler May 04, 2006 http://www.topix.net/content/trb/0041855035385759149615461516160104444909 Lawmakers send energy plan to Bush, despite opposition ANDREA FANTA Associated Press Fri, May. 05, 2006 http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/14512997.htm FERC audit finds FPL out of compliance May 15, 2006 By Kathleen Hart SNL Financial LC http://www.snl.com/interactivex/article.aspx?CdId=A-4194032-12392 ---- georgia Plant Vogtle May Have Two New Reactors By Michael Buczyner, michaelb@nbc26news.com May 12, 2006 WAGT-TV NBC 26 Augusta, Georgia http://www.nbc26news.com/news/local/2789246.html ---- idaho Judge: DOE must remove nuclear waste By CHRISTOPHER SMITH, Associated Press Writer Fri May 26, 2006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060526/ap_on_sc/nuclear_cleanup_1 ---- illinois Nuclear plant `emergency' unnecessary U.S. review prompts Exelon to revise policy By Robert Manor Chicago Tribune staff reporter Published May 9, 2006 http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0605090036may09,1,6490063.story?track=rss&ctrack=1&cset=true Clinton nuke plant deemed safe By Edith Brady-Lunny eblunny@mchsi.com Wednesday, May 10, 2006 Pantagraph.com http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2006/05/10/news/doc446242524e015187238061.txt Court issues cleanup plans for Exelon after tritium leaks (Crain’s) May 24, 2006 By Lorene Yue http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=20743 ---- louisiana Meeting set to discuss safety at River Bend May 16, 2006 Baker - Zachary bureau 2theadvocate.com, WBRZ http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/2809381.html ---- minnesota Xcel Energy shuts down reactor By News staff and wire report May 1, 2006 Inside Denver http://www.insidedenver.com/drmn/energy/article/0,2777,DRMN_23914_4664364,00.html ---- missouri High marks for Callaway nuke plant Posted: Friday, May 05, 2006 KRCG (Missouri) http://www.krcg.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=7943 Bad vibrations prompt power-down at nuclear plant By COLIN E. SUCHLAND The Fulton MO Sun Sunday, May 14, 2006 http://www.fultonsun.com/articles/2006/05/14/news/231news12.txt Ameren's Callaway plant ends outage, records 90% power May 15, 2006 St. Louis Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2006/05/15/daily3.html?from_rss=1 ---- nevada EPA Nuclear Dump Radiation Limit Expected This Year May 2, 2006 Associated Press http://www.klastv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4847941&nav=168Y Nevada Attorney Endorses Private Takeover of Yucca Mountain Project Tuesday, May 02, 2006 http://neinuclearnotes.blogspot.com/2006/05/nevada-attorney-endorses-private.html Continuing The Myths and Facts Debate Thursday, May 11, 2006 NEI Nuclear Notes http://neinuclearnotes.blogspot.com/2006/05/continuing-myths-and-facts-debate_11.html Yucca funding advances House panel OKs request but slashes nuclear waste reprocessing plan By STEVE TETREAULT STEPHENS WASHINGTON BUREAU May 12, 2006 Las Vegas Review-Journal http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/May-12-Fri-2006/news/7368085.html ---- new hampshire Irrational exuberance over nuclear 'solution' Concord NH Monitor editorial May 01. 2006 8:00AM http://www.cmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060501/REPOSITORY/605010304 ---- new jersey Hope Creek nuclear reactor back on line Wednesday, May 10, 2006 By BILL GALLO JR. Staff Writer http://www.nj.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/news-1/114724927246030.xml&coll=9 http://www.nj.com/news/sunbeam/index.ssf?/base/news-1/114724927246030.xml&coll=9 Oyster Creek relicensing: Risk studies unconvincing Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 05/12/06 http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006605120397 Nuclear group has singular focus Sunday, May 14, 2006 Gloucester County Times By Trish Graber tgraber@sjnewsco.com http://www.nj.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/news-3/1147601790228850.xml&coll=8 ---- new mexico Los Alamos Nuclear Whistle-Blower Is Reassigned He will oversee safety training nationally. He says he is being muffled and the lab will suffer. By Ralph Vartabedian Los Angeles Times Staff Writer May 1, 2006 http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/fuj/latimes30.htm Americans Ponder Rumsfeld's Resignation May 2, 2006 (Angus Reid Global Scan) http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/11735 In Navajo country, a battle brews over proposed power plant SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press Thu, May. 11, 2006 http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/news/state/14552257.htm Groups Threaten Los Alamos With Clean Water Act Lawsuit ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, May 24, 2006 (ENS) http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/may2006/2006-05-24-09.asp#anchor3 ---- new york Not reassured about Indian Point By GARY SHAW (Original publication: May 1, 2006) NY Journal News http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006605010354 NY State comptroller demands major inspection of Indian Point 5/3/2006, 6:27 p.m. ET By JIM FITZGERALD The Associated Press http://www.silive.com/newsflash/metro/index.ssf?/base/news-18/114669566062490.xml&storylist=simetro Ginna plant gets safety approval from NRC Annual report has some 2005 concerns, none serious Misty Edgecomb Staff writer MEDGECOM@DemocratandChronicle.com May 10, 2006 NY Democrat and Chronicle http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006605100346 Nuclear facility needs assessment May 17, 2006 The NY Journal News http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006605170340 ---- north carolina Asheville hearing to weigh nuclear power proposal by Dale Neal, DNEAL@CITIZEN-TIMES.COM published May 31, 2006 Asheville Citizen Times http://citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200660530081 ---- ohio Labor College plans radioactive waste handling course May 5, 2006 Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen http://www.ble.org/pr/news/newsflash.asp?id=4294 ---- oregon Answers to your Trojan concerns Sunday, May 14, 2006 Oregonian http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/114748174057760.xml&coll=7 PGE to implode nuclear cooling tower at the end of this month Tower riddled with problems since the '70s will finally fall May 15, 2006 By SARAH SKIDMORE The Associated Press http://www.mailtribune.com/archive/2006/0515/biz/stories/nuclear_tower.htm Trojan Implosion in Oregon Thursday, May 18, 2006 NorthWest Cable News http://www.nwcn.com/news/digitalextra/stories/NW_051806DENtrojanimplosionLJ.53f4963d.html Nuclear power plant tower imploded Charges go off on a cooling tower at the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Sunday, May 21, 2006 (AP) http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/21/oregon.nukeplantimplosion.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest http://komotv.com/news/story.asp?ID=43542 Images: http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2006/US/05/21/oregon.nukeplantimplosion.ap/story.nuclear.implode.01.ap.jpg http://www.komotv.com/news/images/trojan_implosion_052106.jpg Oregon nuclear plant tower now rubble May 21, 2006 (UPI) http://www.topix.net/r/05KQAC65=2B9p3CnEOW2BSxTaA2zqe=2BZ45q=2FG2OyCCQz=2Bo3yEkrJZlqLL3lNl2C4YWpXcqm43ZC=2B45SScqDxh5AhsfGoHvoqj03exV9beCJeOG=2BpZExVccylXNJgWdQuf=2Ff In the Northwest, Nuclear Power Takes a Hit By Blaine Harden Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, May 22, 2006; A02 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/21/AR2006052100933_pf.html Crews work to clear site of Trojan implosion Monday, May 22, 2006 By KRISTINA BRENNEMAN and TERESA BELL / KGW.com http://www.topix.net/r/0Wb=2BlEbBZcsbzAHL4GaZweiTI4jdh1DA=2Fl2Gsr3F792ciBxztGWNr0ub=2Fa0YWVH5zlXqKjzwBHtEwNw44ZlflRP04gvzpDy8wT01tgA6l1hm=2BwI9aM7xV0Ut5l9J9mTqbcsM42hAmGgfijP=2BtzWnJXw=3D=3D ---- pennsylvania Water safe, but state keeps wary eye on tritium at landfills By GENARO C. ARMAS The Associated Press May 1, 2006 11:58 AM http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/103-05012006-649900.html ---- south carolina Plutonium waiting on West Coast for return to SRS Material that powered Saturn probe called health, blast risk Monday, May 8, 2006 - 6:00 am By Paul Alongi STAFF WRITER, Greenville News palongi@greenvillenews.com http://www.greenvillenews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060508/NEWS01/605080320 ---- tennessee NRC grants 20-year license extension to TVA's Browns Ferry units May 05, 2006 3:25 PM SNLi By Andrew Engblom http://www.snl.com/interactivex/article.aspx?CdId=A-4158509-10343 Nuclear waste shipped off But processing operation may be halted if dispute with DOE over labor isn't solved By FRANK MUNGER, munger@knews.com May 5, 2006 Knoxville News Sentinel http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/local_news/article/0,1406,KNS_347_4674785,00.html Oak Ridge decommissioning of the K-25 and K-27 buildings LOC CAP discusses concerns on ETTP ponds, D&D strategy By: Ellen Rogers | Oak Ridger Staff ellen.rogers@oakridger.com May 15, 2006 http://www.oakridger.com/stories/051506/new_20060515016.shtml ---- utah SLC Leaders Join Nuclear Waste Storage Opposition kutv.com May 03, 2006 http://www.topix.net/content/cbs/1084563352411911790909980366842542453465 Objections To Waste Site Right Of Way Outlined kutv.com May 03, 2006 http://www.topix.net/content/cbs/2820537732067019995516663054631875888522 Panel pans Skull Valley storage plan Tom Busselberg 04.MAY.06 Davis County Clipper http://www.clippertoday.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=14637&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1005&hn=clippertoday&he=.com No to nuclear storage, LDS say Church reaffirms stance on proposed Utah site By Joe Bauman Friday, May 5, 2006 Deseret Morning News http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,635205027,00.html LDS Church adds objection to nuclear waste in Utah ALAN CHOATE - Daily Herald Saturday, May 06, 2006 http://www.harktheherald.com/content/view/177880/ Nuke waste may devalue land May 06, 2006 Utah Daily Herald http://www.harktheherald.com/component/option,com_smf/topic,14253 Nuclear-waste storage has great safety record Saturday, May 6, 2006 Ogden, UT, Standard http://www.standard.net/standard/79918 The Church Announces Opposition to Nuclear Waste Storage in Utah 5/7/2006 Mormon Wasp http://mormonwasp.blogspot.com/2006/05/church-announces-opposition-to-nuclear.html BLM Closes Public Comment On Nuclear Waste Site May 8, 2006 Associated Press http://kutv.com/local/local_story_128213942.html Utah attacks PFS nuclear waste plan State joins thousands in sending comments to BLM By Joe Bauman Deseret Morning News Tuesday, May 9, 2006 http://www.desnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,635205912,00.html BLM closes public comment on nuclear waste site PAUL FOY - The Associated Press Tuesday, May 09, 2006 http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/178068/ ---- vermont State withdraws concerns about nuclear power boost By Lisa Rathke, Associated Press Writer | May 2, 2006 http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2006/05/02/state_withdraws_concerns_about_nuclear_power_boost/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+City+Weekly State pulls VY uprate objections By ANDY ROSEN, Brattleboro Reformer Staff Wednesday, May 3, 2006 http://www.reformer.com/headlines/ci_3778475 Despite Snags Yankee Finishes Power Increase 20 Percent Increase Approved POSTED: 7:17 pm EDT May 4, 2006 http://www.wptz.com/news/9163505/detail.html Nuclear plant gets OK for final stage of power increase By David Gram, Associated Press Writer, May 4, 2006 http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2006/05/04/nuclear_plant_gets_ok_for_final_stage_of_power_increase/?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+News+%2F+Local Nuclear plant power boost completed; tests look OK By David Gram, Associated Press Writer | May 5, 2006 http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2006/05/05/nuclear_plant_power_boost_completed_tests_look_ok/?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+News+%2F+Local PSB asked to reconsider VY dry cask storage By ANDY ROSEN, Reformer Staff Thursday, May 11, 2006 http://www.reformer.com/localnews/ci_3808970 Court denies stay of Yankee power boost May 25, 2006 Rutland Herald By DANIEL BARLOW Southern Vermont Bureau http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060525/NEWS/605250371/1003 Short cuts VY output By ANDY ROSEN, Brattleboro Reformer Staff Thursday, May 25, 2006 http://www.reformer.com/portlet/article/html/fragments/print_article.jsp?article=3862563 NRC vetoes lone commissioner’s safety concerns By Kathryn Casa | Vermont Guardian Posted May 31, 2006 http://www.vermontguardian.com/local/052006/NRCVeto.shtml ---- washington GAP Exposes Errors, Cover-up at Hanford May 1, 2006 Common Dreams Tom Carpenter, GAP Nuclear Oversight Director http://www.whistleblower.org/ http://www.commondreams.org/news2006/0501-01.htm Hanford cleanup hering May 9 in Seattle THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Monday, May 1, 2006 http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420AP_WA_Hanford_Cleanup.html?source=rss Low-radioactivity landfill opening at Hanford Associated Press Last updated: Wednesday, May 03rd, 2006 http://www.kxly.com/index.php?sect_rank=2§ion_id=560&story_id=2093 Hanford landfill moves forward Published Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006 By Annette Cary, Tri-City Herald staff writer http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/story/7688188p-7599456c.html Bechtel rebuts '60 Minutes' claims Published Friday, May 5th, 2006 By Annette Cary, Tri-City Herald staff writer http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/story/7694962p-7606001c.html Port decides not to handle uranium for nuclear fuel KELLY KEARSLEY May 8th, 2006 01:00 AM Tacoma, WA News Tribune http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/5723596p-5124121c.html House calls for reforms at vit plant Published Friday, May 12th, 2006 By Annette Cary and Les Blumenthal, Tri-City Herald staff writers http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/story/7719677p-7630748c.html Feds recommend Hanford slowdown Monday, May 15th, 2006 By Annette Cary, Tri-City Herald staff writer http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/story/7730703p-7642337c.html ---- us nuc waste The heavy burden of storing nuclear waste May 5, 2006 LA Times letters http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-le-friday5.1may05,0,4707392.story Temporary Nuclear Storage May Be Needed By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS May 16, 2006 http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Nuclear-Waste.html?pagewanted=print ---- ACTIVISTS Thousands rally for greater Basque autonomy 4/1/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-04-01-basquerally_x.htm Rights activist sentenced to five years prison in Syria 2 April 2006 Khaleej Times http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2006/April/middleeast_April47.xml§ion=middleeast&col= Anti-war protesters interrupt Hillary Clinton's speech at university Sunday April 9, 2006 PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (AP) http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/4/9/apworld/20060409121607&sec=apworld Thousands of Protesters, Journalists, Lawyers Arrested in Nepal as Mass Pro-Democracy Demonstrations Continue Against King Friday, April 14th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/14/147237 Peace Activist Seeks Delaware House Seat Monday, April 17, 2006 By RANDALL CHASE, Associated Press Writer http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/04/17/politics/p021403D55.DTL Thousands yell "Down with monarchy" at Nepal protest Tue Apr 18, 2006 Agence France Presse http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060418/wl_afp/nepalunrest_060418135228 Protesters force Bush to move Stanford meeting Fri, Apr. 21, 2006 Mercury News http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/14400850.htm Members of anti-war `Granny Peace Brigade' reject plea deal Fri, Apr. 21, 2006 BY HELEN PETERSON New York Daily News http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/nation/14394318.htm 'Human shield' fights fines April 21, 2006 KERHONKSON, N.Y. (AP) Washington Times http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20060420-110858-8949r.htm Neil Young's anti-war album assails Bush 2006-04-20 (Xinhuanet) http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-04/20/content_4453244.htm The Peace Patriots: New Film Documents Dissent in a Time of War Tuesday, April 25th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/25/1343222 Greek protesters gassed during Rice visit Tuesday, April 25, 2006 ABC News http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200604/s1623612.htm Tens of Thousands Expected for DC Demonstration Against Darfur Genocide Friday, April 28th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/28/1440201 Raging Grannies Acquitted in New York Friday, April 28th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/28/1440208 Meet Bush's latest enemy in the war on Iraq: the Raging Grannies of Tucson, Arizona 'Peace grannies' part of growing anti-war network Elderly women tried to enlist in place of young Saturday April 29, 2006 Oliver Burkeman Emma Brockes New York The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1764087,00.html April 29, 2006 March for Peace, Justice and Democracy Jackie Cabasso, May 1, 2006 Disarmament Activist http://disarmamentactivist.org/2006/05/20/april-29-2006-march-for-peace-justice-and-democracy/ Thousands of Protesters Demand End to Darfur Genocide in Largest Public U.S. Outcry Since Conflict Began Monday, May 1st, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/05/01/1336252 New York protesters seek Guantanamo base shutdown 01 May 2006 Reuters http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N01140658.htm Top US senator accuses FBI of spying on anti-war groups WASHINGTON, May 2 (AFP) May 02, 2006 http://www.spacewar.com/2006/060502204506.kdf8ece9.html World War I critics get pardons Saying 'This is a rich man's war' sent man to prison Wednesday, May 3, 2006 (AP) http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/05/03/montana.pardons.ap/ Why Kent State is important today By Michael Corcoran | May 4, 2006 New York Times / Boston Globe http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/fairenough/bost03.html Rumsfeld Heckled by Former CIA Analyst By SHANNON McCAFFREY, Associated Press Writer Thu May 4, 2006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060504/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/rumsfeld Damu Smith 1952-2006: Legendary Peace Activist Dies After Battle with Colon Cancer Friday, May 5th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/05/05/1431253 Activists to wage 'war for peace' if U.S. attacks Iran By Agence France Presse (AFP) Friday, May 05, 2006 http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=24168 Retired CIA Analyst Ray McGovern Takes on Rumsfeld Over Justification for Iraq Invasion Friday, May 5th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/05/05/1432203 UK: Can anti-war protestor continue five-year vigil? Publisher: Jon Land Published: 07/05/2006 http://www.24dash.com/content/news/viewNews.php?navID=57&newsID=5485 Petition Sign Ons Needed Now From: "Bill Smirnow" Date: Wed May 10, 2006 3:39pm The German Anti-War Movement, 1943 by David Rosinger May 10, 2006 LewRockwell.com http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig7/rosinger2.html Mothers Say No To War: Peace Activists Plan Mother’s Day Protest Outside White House Friday, May 12th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/05/12/1354211 2nd Rally for International Disarmament - Nuclear, Biological and Chemical 2nd RID-NBC, Saintes, France, 6-8 May 2006 From: "ACDN" Date: Fri May 12, 2006 10:10pm Mothers protest Iraq war at White House Sat May 13, 2006 (AFP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060513/ts_alt_afp/usiraqmotherswar Nuclear group has singular focus Sunday, May 14, 2006 Gloucester County Times By Trish Graber http://www.nj.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/news-3/1147601790228850.xml&coll=8 http://www.nj.com/news/gloucester/local/index.ssf?/base/news-3/1147601790228850.xml&coll=8 Opposition Grows to Army’s 700-Ton Bomb Test in Nevada Monday, May 15th, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/05/15/1334235 U.S. Antiwar Activists Launch Campaign Supporting Conscientious Objectors Haider Rizvi OneWorld US Tue., May. 16, 2006 http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/132939/1/4536 FBI Launches Criminal Civil Rights Investigation of NYPD Over RNC Protests Wednesday, May 17th, 2006 Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/05/17/158253 On the ground at Parliament Square: democracy’s last stand Oscar Beard | 18.05.2006 Indymedia http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/05/340836.html DAWN activist briefly detained by CIA police outside John Negroponte's home Saturday, May 20, 2006 http://jsmacdonald.blogspot.com/2006/05/dawn-activist-briefly-detained-by-cia.html Day of Action Organized to Save Public Access & Net Neutrality Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/05/23/1358246 France: Claude Piéplu, artist, big-hearted man, friend and activist for Nuclear Disarmament passed away 25 May 2006 ACDN http://acdn.france.free.fr/spip/article.php3?id_article=196&lang=en Judge tells feds to expedite info on Cal anti-war protest ACLU, others want to know why nonviolent demonstrations are included in terrorist database By Michelle Maitre, STAFF WRITER 05/26/2006 Oroville CA Mercury Register http://www.orovillemr.com/ci_3867893 Judge orders DOD to speed up FOIA request on monitoring of student protesters [JURIST] Joshua Pantesco at 12:42 PM ET http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2006/05/judge-orders-dod-to-speed-up-foia.php Met criticised over cost of removing Iraq placards By Jason Bennetto Published: 26 May 2006 UK Independent http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article601341.ece Burma locks door on Suu Kyi's hopes of freedom By Jan McGirk in Bangkok Published: 27 May 2006 UK Independent http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article620175.ece Amnesty: Microsoft helped Israeli Police in Vanunu probe Human rights group says company complied with request by Israel police to hand over information on nuclear whistleblower Ynet (05.28.06, 21:09) http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3256136,00.html War draws older generation to streets Dozens of seniors in Seal Beach protest American activity in Iraq. By TERI SFORZA The Orange County Register Sunday, May 28, 2006 http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1159605.php Silent Vigil protest at the home of John Negroponte - Report Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 07:22:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Jim Macdonald Anti-war protesters hit with pepper spray Tue May 30, 2006 Associated Press http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060530/ap_on_re_us/port_protest 600,000 Students Walk Out of Classes in Chile Wednesday, May 31st, 2006 Democracy Now! Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/05/31/1330235 Anti-war protesters return to Wash. port Posted 5/31/2006 (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-05-31-port-protesters_x.htm War protesters in Olympia blasted with pepper spray — again Wednesday, May 31, 2006 Associated Press http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003030556_webolyprotest31.html