NucNews Headlines - collected December 1-31, 2006
Full text of articles can be found at http://nucnews.net by date

---- NUCLEAR

Small Nuclear War Could Lead to Cooldown
Scientists Say Even a Regional Nuclear War Could Do Severe Environmental Damage
By ALICIA CHANG
December 12, 2006 Associated Press
http://abcnews.go.com/US/print?id=2717336

Sustainable nuclear energy moves closer
United Press International, December 12, 2006
http://www.politicalgateway.com/news/read/52633

Sustainable nuclear reactors
15 décembre 2006, Roland Piquepaille's Technology Trends
http://www.primidi.com/2006/12/15.html#a1700
http://blogs.zdnet.com/emergingtech/?p=435

Atomic War or Peace
by Albert Einstein
The Atlantic Monthly | November 1947
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/194711/einstein-atomic

Eight Nations Now Building ICBM Nuclear Missiles
by Martin Sieff
UPI Senior News Analyst
Washington (UPI) Dec 26, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Eight_Nations_Now_Building_ICBM_Nuclear_Missiles_999.html

Research on nuclear waste yields encouraging results
Indigenous technique attracts foreign researchers
Andhra Pradesh, Staff Reporter
Wednesday, Dec 27, 2006 The Hindu
http://www.hindu.com/2006/12/27/stories/2006122721630200.htm

Nuclear Disarmament Gets Critical
by Praful Bidwai
(Inter Press Service) December 30, 2006
http://www.antiwar.com/bidwai/?articleid=10241

In Our Pages: 100, 75, & 50 years ago
Published: December 30, 2006 International Herald Tribune
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/12/29/opinion/OLD30-31.php

---- accidents and safety

No radiation leaked; Nuclear plant's cooling pump explodes; fire quickly snuffed
The San Luis Obispo Tribune
December 13, 2006
http://www.topix.net/content/kri/1336559798373878466601046060132862747362

Nuke plants can't withstand plane crash
UPI Fri, 15 Dec 2006
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/14115.html

Mishap in dismantling nuclear warhead
December 16. 2006 KAZINFORM
http://www.inform.kz/showarticle.php?lang=eng&id=147058

No radiation in I-95 wreck
The exit where a truck carrying uranium overturned is reopened
Jean P. Fisher and Catherine Clabby, Staff Writers
Dec 23, 2006 News & Observer
http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/524653.html

Explosion reported at Colorado uranium mine
Posted 12/26/2006 (AP)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-12-26-mine-explosion_x.htm

---- africa

Dwindling Resources Force Africa to Mull Nuclear Power
Sat, Dec 02, 2006 Iran Daily
http://www.iran-daily.com/1385/2722/html/energy.htm - s192003

Rising Interest in Nuclear Power Brings New Life to Uranium Mining
Firm's Boom Helps Namibian Town, Worries Environmentalists
By Craig Timberg
Washington Post Foreign Service
Wednesday, December 6, 2006; A16
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/05/AR2006120501360_pf.html
---- asia

Seoul offers to help Indonesia develop nuclear plants
JAKARTA (AFP) Dec 04, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/2006/061204083157.vuwc70nd.html

Indonesia’s nuke bid okayed
Sapa-AFP December 8, 2006
http://www.sundaytimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=338095

---- australia

States urged to lift uranium mining ban
December 1, 2006 Sydney Morning Herald
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Business/States-urged-to-lift-uranium-mining-ban/2006/12/01/1164777754676.html

MPs in 'green' N-power push
Steve Lewis, chief political correspondent
December 04, 2006 Australian
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20866037-2702,00.html

Uranium value-adding poses moral questions: expert
Monday, December 4, 2006 Australian Broadcasting
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200612/s1804029.htm

Uranium mining impediments should be removed: report
Monday, December 4, 2006 Australian Broadcasting
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200612/s1803471.htm

Australian Panel Approves Uranium Deal with China
REUTERS AUSTRALIA: December 7, 2006
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/39371/story.htm

Australia to export uranium to China
2006-12-07 (Source: Shanghai Daily)
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-12/07/content_5448877.htm

Australia sends first uranium shipment to Taiwan
Zee News, Dec 18, 2006
http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=342816&ssid=51&sid=bus

Controversy on uranium shipment to Taiwan
December 18, 2006 Source: AAP
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20944545-31037,00.html

Greenpeace angry after nuclear waste transported through Sydney
Monday, December 18, 2006 Ausralian Broadcasting
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200612/s1813471.htm

Nuclear cargo safe says regulator
December 18, 2006 The Age
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/ansto-says-nuclear-cargo-is-safe/2006/12/18/1166290443999.html

Green power price rise 'just scare tactics'
By Jessica Marszalek and Jade Bilowol
December 27, 2006 03:15pm
Article from: AAP
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20978262-1702,00.html

Beattie rebuffs power price 'scare'
December 27, 2006 The Age
http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Beattie-rebuffs-power-price-scare/2006/12/27/1166895349212.html

Australia will consider nuclear power: Howard
India News
Friday, December 29, 2006
http://www.indiaenews.com/australia/20061229/34039.htm

Australia Looks to Nuclear-Powered Future
By Phil Mercer
Sydney
29 December 2006 VOICE OF AMERICA
http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-12-29-voa17.cfm?rss=politics

PM urges Australia to go nuclear
12-29-2006, 05h37
SYDNEY (AFP)
http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=157180

Poll shows Australian PM out of step with public opinion on atomic power
The Associated Press
Published: December 29, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/12/29/asia/AS_GEN_Australia_Nuclear.php

Howard's nuclear backyard blitz opens election bidding
Katharine Murphy
December 30, 2006 The Age
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/pms-nuclear-blitz-opens-election-bidding/2006/12/29/1166895479310.html

Nuclear power is 'safer than sharks'
By Nicolette Burke
December 30, 2006 Daily Telegraph
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20989823-2,00.html

Support falls for nuclear power
By Steve Lewis and Joseph Kerr
December 30, 2006 The Australian
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20988702-2,00.html

NSW rejects PM's call to overturn nuclear ban
Saturday, December 30, 2006 Australia Broadcasting
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200612/s1819595.htm

---- britain

Cut Trident by 50%, say Lib Dems
MPs are to vote on plans for Trident next year
Friday, 1 December 2006 (BBC)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6199278.stm

How Trident works
Fact file: Trident missile
Monday, 4 December 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4438392.stm

Nuclear stockpiles cut to placate Trident opponents
By Ben Russell, Political Correspondent
01 December 2006 UK Independent
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2029290.ece

Radiation Poison Reportedly Found in 2nd Man
By SARAH LYALL
December 1, 2006 New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/01/world/europe/01cnd-spy.html?_r=1&ei=5094&en=397af4f08e16a748&hp=&ex=1165035600&partner=homepage&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin

Former Spy's Wife Positive for Radiation
By DAVID STRINGER
Associated Press Writer
December 1, 2006
http://www.spokesmanreview.com/ap/story.asp?AP_ID=D8LO9TUO0

'A NEW BOMB.. AN OLD FIGHT'
Clarke's nuke blast
By Rosa Prince, Political Correspondent
r.prince@mirror.co.uk
1 December 2006 UK Mirror
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_headline=%2Da-new-bomb%2D%2D-an-old-fight%2D%26method=full%26objectid=18190271%26siteid=94762-name_page.html

Two Others Test Positive for Radiation, British Officials Say
By Mary Jordan and Sarah Delaney
Washington Post Foreign Service
Saturday, December 2, 2006; A08
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/01/AR2006120100481_pf.html

BA planes, passengers deemed safe from radiation
December 2, 2006 (CNN)
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/12/02/uk.spywrap.0610/index.html

THE BRITISH CONNECTION
By Torcuil Crichton
December 03, 2006 UK Sunday Herald
http://www.sundayherald.com/news/specialreports/display.var.1054801.0.the_british_connection.php

Blair Faces Backlash Over Nuclear Deterrent Replacement
by Phil Hazlewood
London (AFP) Dec 03, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Blair_Faces_Backlash_Over_Nuclear_Deterrent_Replacement_999.html

Britain to cut nukes by up to a quarter: report
LONDON (AFP) Dec 04, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/2006/061204001626.c4s283h3.html

Blair to announce retention of Britain's nuclear deterrent
LONDON (AFP) Dec 04, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/2006/061204133037.wmmru2xa.html

Blair 'will need Tory support on Trident'
By Ben Russell, Political Correspondent
04 December 2006 UK Independent
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2037479.ece

Blair defies rebels over replacement for Trident
Anthony Browne and Michael Evans
December 04, 2006 UK Times
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,170-2485471,00.html

Williams attacks Blair plans for Trident fleet
By Jonathan Petre, Religion Correspondent
05/12/2006 UK Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/12/04/ntrident04.xml

Blair to Renew Britain's Nuclear Arsenal
December 05, 2006 — By Adrian Croft and Katherine Baldwin, Reuters
http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=11777

British Press Chastise Blair For Rushing Trident Decision
by Prashant Rao
London (AFP) Dec 05, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/British_Press_Chastise_Blair_For_Rushing_Trident_Decision_999.html

'Conflict of interest' over nuclear waste
Saturday 9th December 2006
By Rob Edwards, Environment Editor, UK Sunday Herald
http://www.sundayherald.com/news/heraldnews/display.var.1066467.0.conflict_of_interest_over_nuclear_waste.php

Why Britain wants new nukes
It has announced a $39 billion overhaul, spurring calls to bolster global nuclear weapons regulation
By Mark Rice-Oxley | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
http://rss.csmonitor.com/~r/feeds/world/~3/59933551/p07s02-woeu.html

British Energy Delays Start of Four Nuclear Reactors (Update6)
By Lars Paulsson and Eduard Gismatullin
Dec. 20, 2006 (Bloomberg)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=aliZXJNHTqNU

Consultation exercise a switch off
24 December 2006 UK Evening Star
http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content/eveningstar/news/story.aspx?brand=ESTOnline&category=News&tBrand=ESTOnline&tCategory=News&itemid=IPED22%20Dec%202006%2007%3A45%3A40%3A447

Trouble-torn Thorp to be out of action until the summer
By Tim Webb
UK Independent 24 December 2006
http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/article2099913.ece

Sizewell A set for grid shut-down
Returning the site to brown or green filed status could take 100 years
Friday, 29 December 2006 (BBC)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/6216639.stm

Nuclear stations to close as costs of safety checks mount
Christine Buckley, Industrial Editor, UK Times
December 29, 2006
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,5-2521884,00.html - cid=OTC-RSS&attr=Business

List of plants closing (photo) http://images.thetimes.co.uk/TGD/picture/0,,379153,00.jpg

Nuclear shutdown on New Year's Eve
29 December 2006 | 23:55
UK Evening Star
http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content/eveningstar/news/story.aspx?brand=ESTOnline&category=News&tBrand=ESTOnline&tCategory=News&itemid=IPED28%20Dec%202006%2011%3A56%3A22%3A230

Britain Closes 2 Oldest Nuclear Plants
The Associated Press
December 31, 2006
http://www.topix.net/content/ap/2523196007424916338107755611821869672236

Reactors shut-down at Sizewell A
Returning the site to brown or green filed status could take 100 years
Sunday, 31 December 2006 (BBC)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/suffolk/6221459.stm

---- business

Westinghouse plans new facility in Pa. instead of N.C.
Daniel Lovering
Sunday, 01.07.2007 Charlotte, NC, WBT Radio News
http://www.wbt.com/news/detail_wbt.cfm?article_id=28690

Westinghouse will expand its nuclear operations in the Pittsburgh area
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News (December 6, 2006)
http://pepei.pennnet.com/news/display_news_story.cfm?Section=WireNews&Category=HOME&NewsID=141692

Hitachi to build nuclear energy factory in North America
Sat Dec 9, 2006 (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061210/bs_afp/japanusenergynuclearcompanyventurehitachige_061210030135

UTEK Sells Its Nuclear Detection Unit
Monday December 11, 2006 Associated Press
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/061211/utek_divestiture.html?.v=1

USEC Signs $130 Million Long-Term Contract With Nuclear Management
Monday December 11, 2006 (AP)
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/061211/usec_contract.html?.v=1

Areva looks to France-China talks after Westinghouse blow
PARIS (AFP) Dec 18, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/2006/061218140618.i8oy98gt.html

Yellowcake fever to heat up
By Ben Sharples
December 21, 2006 Australian
http://www.news.com.au/business/story/0,23636,20961474-462,00.html

France awards sub deal to DCN, Areva
December 22, 2006 Associated Press
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2006/12/22/france_awards_sub_deal_to_dcn_areva/?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+News

BBC Broadcast Showcases Thorium Power's Discussions in India
MCLEAN, Va., Dec. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/
http://www.andhranews.net/intl/web/31-24.asp

---- canada

Sanctioning Nukes?
Canada's nuclear exports and the Korean conflict
Fri, 2006-12-08 The Dominion, Canada
by Stephen Salaff
http://www.dominionpaper.ca/foreign_policy/2006/12/08/sanctionin.html

Canada likes idea of nuclear power for oil sands
Thu Dec 21, 2006 (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061221/wl_canada_nm/canada_oilsands_nuclear_col_1

Great Lakes area's nuclear waste vexes U.S., Canada leaders
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Associated Press
http://www.gazetteextra.com/nuclearplantwaste122606.asp

Hydro-Quebec to view Point Lepreau refurbishment
December 26, 2006 Associated Press
http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/articles/2006/12/26/hydro_quebec_to_view_point_lepreau_refurbishment/?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+News

Ottawa favours Candu reactors
KAREN HOWLETT AND MURRAY CAMPBELL
Toronto Globe and Mail Update, December 26, 2006
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20061226.wnuclear25/BNStory/National/home

Lake Huron is no place for nuclear waste
Proposed site of Ontario storage facility too close to Great Lake
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
http://www.thetimesherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061227/OPINION01/612270333

Thunder Sword Provides Information Supporting Nuclear Energy as an Important Source of Energy
December 27, 2006 CNW
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/December2006/27/c2334.html

Canadian agency orders review of nuke-dump plan
Broad range of experts to test Bruce proposal
By NICOLE GERRING
Times Herald
Friday, December 29, 2006
http://www.thetimesherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006612290301

Concern over Ontario nuclear waste storage plan spills across U.S. border
December 29, 2006 SNL Financial
By Dave Todd
http://www.snl.com/interactivex/article.aspx?CdId=A-5153037-11881

---- china

China issues revised regulations on nuclear export controls
Xinhua 2/12/2006
http://english.eastday.com/eastday/englishedition/nation/userobject1ai2481890.html

China woos further nuclear cooperation with IAEA
2006-12-06 (Xinhua)
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-12/06/content_5444743.htm

Reactors? We'll Take Thirty, Please
Westinghouse, GE, and their nuclear rivals are chasing $50 billion in Chinese power-plant deals
OCTOBER 3, 2005
BUSINESS WEEK
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_40/b3953066.htm

China opts for US firm over French in nuclear energy deal
BEIJING (AFP) Dec 16, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/2006/061216132632.utf8set3.html

Westinghouse Wins Massive China Nuclear Deal
By REUTERS
December 16, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/business-china-nuclear-westinghouse.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin

China awards massive nuclear deal
China is stepping up its research and development of nuclear power
Sunday, 17 December 2006 (BBC)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/business/6187491.stm

Westinghouse wins China nuclear reactor bid
By Keith Bradsher
Sunday, December 17, 2006 International Herald Tribune
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/12/17/business/nuke.php

Beijing, Washington Sign Reactors Pact
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: December 17, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-China-Energy-Westinghouse.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Westinghouse deal kicks off Chinese drive for nuclear energy drive
12-18-2006 (AFP)
http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=155782

Nuclear power renaissance
2006/12/24
The China Post
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/p_detail.asp?id=98328&GRP=i&onNews=

---- depleted uranium

Ammunitions plant fire raises concerns
By: Arnold Wyrick
Nov 30, 2006 KFVS
http://www.kfvs12.com/Global/story.asp?S=5747011&nav=0RWl'

Christian group to protest ATK's uranium arms
Cliff Kindy, Christian Peacemaker Teams
December 01, 2006
http://www.times-news.com/opinion/local_story_335103743.html

Stop Depleted Uranium Weapons
by Christian Peacemakerr Teams ( cetchison@allegany.edu or RhoadsPrtg@aol.com )
Saturday Dec 2nd, 2006 3:56 PM
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/12/02/18334692.php

US and Israel targeting DNA in Gaza?
Part 1 of 3: The DIME bomb, yet another genotoxic weapon
By James Brooks
Online Journal Contributing Writer
Dec 5, 2006, 01:19
http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_1502.shtml

US and Israel targeting DNA in Gaza?
Part 2 of 3: The DIME bomb, yet another genotoxic weapon
By James Brooks
Online Journal Contributing Writer
Dec 6, 2006, 01:16
http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_1507.shtml

‘Radioactive traces at site of downed Helios plane’
By Elias Hazou
December 6, 2006 Cyprus Mail
http://www.cyprus-mail.com/news/main.php?id=29501&cat_id=1

US and Israel targeting DNA in Gaza?
Part 3 of 3: The DIME bomb, yet another genotoxic weapon
By James Brooks
Online Journal Contributing Writer
Dec 7, 2006, 00:22
http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_1512.shtml

Hutchison's battle for Gulf War vets continues
Dallas News TEXAS WATCH
05:10 PM CST on Friday, December 8, 2006
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/washington/columnists/tgillman/stories/121006dnnattexwatch.c06e294.html

Depleted Uranium Missiles Found In Serbia
December 12, 2006 6:09 a.m. EST
Komfie Manalo - All Headline News Correspondent
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7005829371

Explosive Controversy Heats Up In Tracy
John Iander Reporting
Dec 14, 2006 (CBS13)
http://cbs13.com/topstories/local_story_348215850.html

CA Developer, activist appeal bomb testing permit
John Upton/Tracy CA Press Thursday, 14 December 2006
http://tracypress.com/content/view/6287/2/

U.S. shouldn't use depleted uranium
Saturday, December 16, 2006 Pantagraph
http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2006/12/17/opinion/letters/121846.txt

DOE completes transfer of uranium hexafluoride to Ohio
Associated Press
Mon, Dec. 18, 2006
http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/news/state/16268568.htm

---- europe

Finnish nuclear reactor project 18 months behind schedule
HELSINKI (AFP) Dec 04, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/2006/061204102713.kpg02yum.html

49 pct of Lithuanians support new nuclear plant: poll
VILNIUS (AFP) Dec 04, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/2006/061204103710.b8zbxei5.html

Lithuanian parliament panels approve new nuke project
VILNIUS (AFP) Dec 06, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/2006/061206131940.yn4lk4ok.html

Further delay in construction of Olkiluoto-3 nuclear reactor - Finland
6.12.2006 Helsingin Sanomat
http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Further+delay+in+construction+of+Olkiluoto-3+nuclear+reactor/1135223464390

Italy Likely Next EU Country To Build Nuclear Pwr -Expert
(Dow Jones) 12-06-06
http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20061206%5cACQDJON200612061258DOWJONESDJONLINE000961.htm&

Lithuania wants Poland in nuclear project, Estonia, Latvia object
VILNIUS (AFP) Dec 07, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/2006/061207165038.9pnuum34.html

Temelin nuclear unit shutdown following false signal
PRAGUE (AFP) Dec 07, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/2006/061207155329.nn17yn4v.html

Swedish nuclear reactor restarted after fire repairs
The Associated Press
Monday, December 11, 2006
STOCKHOLM, Sweden
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/12/11/europe/EU_GEN_Sweden_Nuclear.php

French President Reaffirms '4th Generation' Nuclear Pwr Plans
12-20-06 Dow Jones
http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20061220%5cACQDJON200612200851DOWJONESDJONLINE000659.htm&

Tunisia, France strike deal on peaceful use of nuclear energy
(Comtex Community Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)
Dec 14, 2006 (Xinhua via COMTEX)
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-tunisia-france-strike-deal-peaceful-use-nuclear-energy-/2006/12/14/2172080.htm

Closing of nuclear reactors raises strong emotions in Bulgaria
Bulgaria, on eve of EU membership, struggles over closing nuclear reactors
By Matthew Brunwasser
Friday, December 15, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/12/15/business/wbnuke.php

Head of nuclear construction project says schedule may be too tight
TVO says scheduling was carefully thought out
Friday 12.1.2007 Helsingin Sanomat, Finland
http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Head+of+nuclear+construction+project+says+schedule+may+be+too+tight/1135223763189

German Government Plans New Nuclear Waste Dump
Nuclear waste facilities often face protests
20.12.2006 Deutsche Welle
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,2285163,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

German Energy Giant Reopens Debate on Nuclear Phase-out Plan
Germany is committed to phasing out its 17 nuclear plants
26.12.2006 Deutsche Welle
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2291357,00.html

EU Commission open to use of nuclear energy -paper
Reuters Tuesday December 26, 2006 (Reuters)
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/26122006/325/eu-commission-open-use-nuclear-energy-paper.html

Bulgaria shuts two reactors to enter EU
Wed, 27 Dec 2006 UPI
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/16080.html

Bulgaria shuts two more nuclear reactors ahead of EU entry
SOFIA (AFP) Dec 21, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/2006/061221162331.mf8z8nks.html

EU Commission Open to use of Nuclear Energy - Paper
REUTERS FRANCE: December 27, 2006
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/39618/story.htm

Bulgaria Fumes as EU Demands Nuke Reactor Shutdowns
Story by Michael Winfrey
REUTERS BULGARIA: December 28, 2006
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/39642/newsDate/28-Dec-2006/story.htm

Foil-wrapped radioactive parts to be dumped in Germany
by Diet Simon, Sunday December 31, 2006 Melbourne Indymedia
sofa-ms@web.de
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2006/12/135118_comment.php

---- india

Indian PM Warns Against Sensitive Provisions In US Nuclear Deal
by Staff Writers
Washington (AFP) Dec 06, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Indian_PM_Warns_Against_Sensitive_Provisions_In_US_Nuclear_Deal_999.html

US Congress completes final legislation for Indian nuclear deal
WASHINGTON (AFP) Dec 08, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/2006/061208002826.pjnaf134.html

Congress Passes U.S.-India Civilian Nuclear Cooperation Bill
Passage secures administration goal with world's largest democracy
Source: Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State
Payvand's Iran News ... 12/9/06
http://www.payvand.com/news/06/dec/1086.html

Cheers, worry in India as US passes nuclear bill
Sat Dec 9, 2006 (Reuters)
By Mark Williams
http://za.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-12-09T151727Z_01_BAN955031_RTRIDST_0_OZATP-INDIA-USA-NUCLEAR-20061209.XML

Congress OKs U.S.-India Nuke Deal
Monday, December 11th, 2006
Democracy Now! Headlines
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/12/11/155220

India government's left allies slam U.S. nuclear deal
By Simon Denyer
REUTERS December 11, 2006
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20061211-0453-india-usa-nuclear.html

India welcomes US nuclear deal, but will not allow "interference"
NEW DELHI (AFP) Dec 12, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/2006/061212165948.53zzzigd.html

Tough talks ahead as US-India nuclear deal set to become law
by P. Parameswaran Wed Dec 13, 2006 (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061213/pl_afp/usindianuclearpolitics_061213144148

India Unshakable Against Nukes Singh Tells Japan
by Staff Writers
Tokyo (AFP) Dec 14, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/India_Unshakable_Against_Nukes_Singh_Tells_Japan_999.html

PM seeks Japan support for nuke needs
By: Agencies
December 14, 2006
http://www.mid-day.com/news/nation/2006/december/148465.htm

India's nuclear energy hopes from Japan go up in smoke!
By Smita Prakash, Dec.15, 2006 (ANI)
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/93520.php/Indias-nuclear-energy-hopes-from-Japan-go-up-in-smoke!

India's top nuclear scientists oppose US deal
NEW DELHI (AFP) Dec 16, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/2006/061216103913.pe6sogls.html

Oslo undecided about allowing India access to nuclear technology
Amit Baruah
Saturday, Dec 16, 2006 The Hindu
http://www.thehindu.com/2006/12/16/stories/2006121606291200.htm

PM: Japan will be on our side in NSG
Rajat Pandit, 17 Dec, 2006 TIMES NEWS NETWORK
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/PM_Japan_will_be_on_our_side_in_NSG/articleshow/825495.cms

Bush Enacts Civil Nuclear Agreement With India
WASHINGTON, DC, December 18, 2006 (ENS)
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/dec2006/2006-12-18-06.asp

Key Provisions of India Nuclear Deal
By The Associated Press
Monday, December 18, 2006
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2006/12/18/national/w091229S40.DTL

India's PM defends nuclear deal with US
NEW DELHI (AFP) Dec 18, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/2006/061218123815.p1dsyjm8.html

Bush signs nuclear deal with India
By DEB RIECHMANN, ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
Modified: Dec 19, 2006
http://dwb.newsobserver.com/24hour/politics/story/3449921p-12646330c.html

Indian PM defends nuclear deal with US
Bruce Loudon, South Asia correspondent
19dec06 The Australian
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/printpage/0,5942,20949752,00.html

India's main Hindu nationalist opposition criticizes nuclear deal with United States
The Associated Press
Published: December 19, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/12/19/asia/AS_GEN_India_US_Nuclear.php

Bush India Statement Raises Congress Concerns
By REUTERS December 21, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/washington/politics-nuclear-india-usa.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin

Police hunt launched after uranium stolen in India
RANCHI, India (AFP) Dec 23, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/2006/061223110935.0ok6qpwy.html

Police launch hunt for stolen uranium in India
Sunday, December 24, 2006 (AFP)
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\12\24\story_24-12-2006_pg4_15

Decks cleared for two more PHWRs
Nod awaited for units at Rawatbhatta
T.S. Subramanian
Sunday, Dec 24, 2006 The Hindu
http://www.thehindu.com/2006/12/24/stories/2006122404371000.htm

Two more NPCIL reactors at Kudankulam
GAYATRI RAMANATHAN / Kudankulam (Tamil Nadu) December 26, 2006
http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?autono=269227&leftnm=3&subLeft=0&chkFlg=

---- iran

Blix says security guarantees for Iran could end nuclear crisis
Wed Dec 13, 2006 (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061213/wl_mideast_afp/irannetherlandsnuclearproliferationblix_061213141114

Iran within four years of nuclear bomb: Israel spy chief
Mon Dec 18, 2006 (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061218/wl_mideast_afp/mideastisraeliran_061218145804

Iran Demands UN Action To Force Israel To Forego Nuclear Weapons Sign NPT
(AFP) Dec 19, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Russian_FM_Optimistic_On_Iran_Nuclear_Problem_999.html

Iran wants 60,000, not 100,000, centrifuges: agency
Mon Nov 20, 2006 (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061120/wl_nm/nuclear_iran_centrifuges_dc

Russian FM Optimistic On Iran Nuclear Problem
by Staff Writers
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Dec 21, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Russian_FM_Optimistic_On_Iran_Nuclear_Problem_999.html

Target Iran: Former UN Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter and Investigative Journalist Seymour Hersh on White House Plans for Regime Change
Thursday, December 21st, 2006 Democracy Now!
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/12/21/143259

U.S. Says Captured Iranians Can Be Linked to Attacks
By SABRINA TAVERNISE
New York Times December 27, 2006
http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/sf/nyt12_27_6_1.htm

Former Iran Leaders Speak Out Against Nuclear Policy
by Staff Writers
Tehran (AFP) Dec 28, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Former_Iran_Leaders_Speak_Out_Against_Nuclear_Policy_999.html

Iran Becomes Regional Superpower
by Pyotr Goncharov
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 29, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Iran_Becomes_Regional_Superpower_999.html

Iran: Missile industry won’t be hurt by sanctions
Dudi Cohen, 12.25.06 YNet
http://www.ynetnews.com/Ext/Comp/ArticleLayout/CdaArticlePrintPreview/1,2506,L-3344335,00.html

---- iraq / inspections

Baghdad under nukes? We need the truth!
The disaster of Forward Base Falcon
ACDN wrote to Mohamed ElBaradei, Kofi Annan and Ban Ki-moon
Publication date : 27 December 2006
http://acdn.france.free.fr/spip/article.php3?id_article=260&lang=en

---- israel

Israel creates new ministry to deal with Iran threat
JERUSALEM (AFP) Dec 03, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/2006/061203124423.k6g0y293.html

Traces of Israeli Uranium found in Lebanon
Khiam bomb crater tests positive for uranium
Global Research, December 7, 2006
The Daily Star
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=20061207&articleId=4083

Israelis piqued by Gates nuclear "confirmation"
By Dan Williams Thu Dec 7, 2006 (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/nuclear_israel_gates_dc

Israel to keep mum on nuclear weapons capacity
JERUSALEM (AFP) Dec 07, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/2006/061207124045.0bffcx9h.html

Gates testimony / Preserving Israel's nuclear ambiguity
By Ze'ev Schiff
Mon., December 11, 2006 Haaretz
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/798771.html

PM puts Israel on nuclear list for first time
by Marius Schattner Mon Dec 11, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061211/wl_mideast_afp/mideastisraelgermany_061211213706

In interview, Israeli leader alludes to nuclear weapons
By Greg Myre
Tuesday, December 12, 2006 International Herald Tribune
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/12/12/news/israel.php

Olmert's nuclear slip creates uproar in Israel
JERUSALEM (AFP) Dec 12, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/2006/061212190340.xufg5j7x.html

Gulf states demand UN action on Israeli nuclear arms
KUWAIT CITY (AFP) Dec 12, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/2006/061212171735.ywzbwd8l.html

Olmert Admits Israel Has Nuclear Weapons
Tuesday, December 12th, 2006
Democracy Now! Headlines
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/12/12/1459211

Peres: Ambiguity has achieved its goal
By GIL HOFFMAN, Dec. 12, 2006 Jerusalem Post
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1164881879510&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Mounting Calls For UN Action Over Israeli Nuclear Arms
by Jailan Zayan
Cairo (AFP) Dec 13, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Mounting_Calls_For_UN_Action_Over_Israeli_Nuclear_Arms_999.html

Why Israel maintains nuclear ambiguity
Ehud Olmert's apparent admission that Israel has nukes calls into question the country's longtime vow of silence.
By Joshua Mitnick | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
December 14, 2006
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1214/p07s02-wome.htm

Israel Facing Stark Choices Over A Nuclearized Iran
by Joshua Brilliant
Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Dec 28, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Israel_Facing_Stark_Choices_Over_A_Nuclearized_Iran_999.html

---- japan

DPJ might back collective defense
Kyodo News
Thursday, Nov. 30, 2006
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/member/member.html?appURL=nn20061130f1.html

Japan Pledges To IAEA To Shun Nukes
by Staff Writers
Tokyo (AFP) Dec 01, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Japan_Pledges_To_IAEA_To_Shun_Nukes_999.html

China says ties with Japan at "new starting point"
Sun Dec 3, 2006 (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061203/wl_nm/china_japan_ties_dc

Japanese executives admit nuclear exports
TOKYO (AFP) Dec 04, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/2006/061204035906.v43bjsnq.html

Japan's former PM weighing nuke talks in NKorea: report
TOKYO (AFP) Dec 07, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/2006/061207013043.eduhpm6l.html

Tohoku Elec finds improper nuclear data handling
Dec 8, 2006 (Reuters)
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/061208/3/2u2f0.html

Japanese power company shut down nuclear plant after leak
8th December 2006
UK Daily Mail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=421374&in_page_id=1811&ito=1490

Kyuma hedges support for U.S.
Defense chief now questions SDF's steps following 9/11
Kyodo News
Friday, Dec. 8, 2006
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/member/member.html?appURL=nn20061208a3.html

PM's Japan visit: Nuke talks, FTA on agenda
12 Dec, 2006 Times of India
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/PMs_visit_to_Japan_Nuclear_cooperation_FTA_on_agenda/articleshow/792240.cms

Indian PM presses Japan for investment, nuclear alliance
TOKYO (AFP) Dec 14, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/2006/061214125442.dtntblkg.html

India 'unshakable' against nukes, PM tells Japan
TOKYO (AFP) Dec 14, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/2006/061214095925.zhl9pchx.html

Report: Japan looked into developing nuclear warhead
Updated 12/25/2006 (AP)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-12-24-japan_x.htm

Japan not capable of producing nuclear warheads in near future
www.chinaview.cn 2006-12-25 17:10:17
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-12/25/content_5530264.htm

Report: Japan nuclear reactor shuts down, no leakage
Posted 12/26/2006 (AP)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-12-26-japan-nuclear_x.htm

How Long For Japan To Build A Deterrent?
December 28, 2006 Arms Control Wonk
http://www.armscontrolwonk.com/

Japan And The Atomic Bomb
by Anatoly Koshkin
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 29, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Japan_And_The_Atomic_Bomb_999.html

New Book Reveals Long-Suppressed First Dispatches from A-bombed Nagasaki
By Greg Mitchell
Published: December 29, 2006 Editor and Publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003525696

Power firms struggling to generate public trust
(From The Yomiuri Shimbun, Dec. 30, 2006)
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/editorial/20061230TDY04005.htm

---- korea

Report: N.Korea offers uranium to Russia
Associated Press Sun, Dec. 03, 2006
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/world/16152495.htm

N Korean nukes boost U.S. air power role
AUDREY McAVOY
Associated Press
Mon, Dec. 04, 2006
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/world/16160425.htm

U.S. Offers North Korea Aid for Dropping Nuclear Plans
By HELENE COOPER and DAVID E. SANGER
December 6, 2006 NY Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/06/world/asia/06korea.html?ei=5070&en=a2f32613d8b3db4c&ex=1168318800&pagewanted=print

No US Nukes in S. Korea: Roh
By Ryu Jin
jinryu@koreatimes.co.kr
Staff Reporter
12-08-2006 Korea Times
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/200612/kt2006120817213010220.htm

S. Korea to built 8 more nuclear power plants
December 11, 2006 Xinhua
http://english.people.com.cn/200612/11/eng20061211_331203.html

U.S. sees signs N.Korea may deal on nuclear issue
By Arshad Mohammed and Sue Pleming
Wed Dec 13, 2006 (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061213/pl_nm/korea_north_usa_dc_6

US Offering North Korea Written Security Guarantees
by Staff Writers
Seoul (AFP) Dec 14, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/US_Offering_North_Korea_Written_Security_Guarantees_999.html

KEDO closes final deal on liquidation of N. Korean nuclear reactor project
bdk@yna.co.kr, Dec. 14, 2006 (Yonhap)
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/Engnews/20061214/630000000020061214141113E2.html

Nation that Can Not Feed Itself Puts Nuclear Weapons First
Seoul (AFP) Dec 15, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Nuke_Free_North_Korea_A_Fantasy_Despite_Six_Nation_Talk_Hype_999.html

Nuke-Free North Korea A Fantasy Despite Six-Nation Talk Hype
by Karl Malakunas
Beijing (AFP) Dec 17, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Nuke_Free_North_Korea_A_Fantasy_Despite_Six_Nation_Talk_Hype_999.html

N. Korea declares itself a nuclear power
By ALEXA OLESEN, Associated Press Writer Mon Dec 18, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061218/ap_on_re_as/koreas_nuclear_27

Korea Truce Village At Peace
by Lee Jong-Heon
Panmunjom, South Korea (UPI) Dec 20, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Korea_Truce_Village_At_Peace_999.html

US, North Korea Meet Directly As Nuke Talks Enter Crucial Phase
Washington (AFP) Dec 19, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/US_North_Korea_Meet_Directly_As_Nuke_Talks_Enter_Crucial_Phase_999.html

Korea - 'Nuke talks yield new consensus'
December 21, 2006 People's Daily Online
http://english.people.com.cn/200612/21/eng20061221_334632.html

N. Korea nuclear talks end without breakthrough, no new meeting scheduled
(AP) 12/22/2006
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-12-21-north-korea-nuclear_x.htm

Ministry says Korea's tech is top-notch
December 26, 2006 Jongang Daily
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200612/25/200612252116424709900090509051.html

South Korea Says US Must Be More Flexible On North Korea
by Staff Writers
Seoul (AFP) Dec 28, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/South_Korea_Says_US_Must_Be_More_Flexible_On_North_Korea_999.html

South Korean White Paper Defines North As Serious Threat
by Staff Writers
Seoul (AFP) Dec 29, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/South_Korean_White_Paper_Defines_North_As_Serious_Threat_999.html

Power company keeps its original promise
Utilities Firm Relocating to Gyeongju
December 30, 2006
by Ser Myo-ja,Kim Joon-sool <mailto:myoja@joongang.co.kr> http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?biid=2006123023738

Environment groups reject nuclear proposal
Saturday, December 30, 2006 Australia Broadcasting
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200612/s1819523.htm

---- mideast

Egypt May Develop Nuclear Weapons
1/5/2007 United Press International
http://www.nrdc.org/news/newsDetails.asp?nID=2423

Arab media: Mubarak surprised Olmert regarding nukes
Roee Nahmias
Published: 01.05.07, YNet
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3348813,00.html

Gulf states weigh nuclear program
By Hassan M. Fattah
December 11, 2006 International Herald Tribune
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/12/11/news/gulf.php

Israel supports Arabs on N-power
Abraham Rabinovich, Jerusalem
December 12, 2006 The Australian
http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20912216-2703,00.html

Iran Offers to Transfer Nuke Technology
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
December 16, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Iran-Nuclear.html?pagewanted=print

Iran offers Arab states nuclear technology
TEHRAN (AFP) Dec 16, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/2006/061216131327.icqpi6lz.html

---- missile defense

Ballistic Missile Defense: Israel's missile dilemma
Both competing systems have problems
Dec/7/2006 UPI
By Martin Sieff
UPI Senior News Analyst
http://wpherald.com/articles/2460/1/Ballistic-Missile-Defense-Israels-missile-dilemma/Both-competing-systems-have-problems.html

Dual Missile Test Fails Off Hawaii
Dec 08 2006
By DAVID BRISCOE
Associated Press Writer
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/12/08/D8LSF6R04.html

A Missile Defense System Is Taking Shape in Alaska
By WILLIAM YARDLEY
New York Times
December 10, 2006
http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/fairenough/nyt702.html

Russian Military Chief Warns Of US Anti-Missile Shield Impact
by Staff Writers
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 14, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Russian_Military_Chief_Warns_Of_US_Anti_Missile_Shield_Impact__999.html

Ballistic Missile Defense: U.S. on collision course with Russia
U.S. plans to deploy ABM systems in Central Europe
Dec/15/2006
By Martin Sieff
UPI Senior News Analyst
http://wpherald.com/articles/2612/2/Ballistic-Missile-Defense-US-on-collision-course-with-Russia/Russia-determined-to-overcome-BMD-deployments-in-Europe.html

---- pakistan

Pakistan tests ballistic missile
The Ghaznavi missile was tested at an undisclosed location
Saturday, 9 December 2006 (BBC)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6164559.stm

---- russia

Belarus President Supports Nuclear Power Plant Plan
01.12.2006 MosNews
http://www.mosnews.com/news/2006/12/01/belarusatom.shtml

Russian nuclear industry on path of systemic change
01/ 12/ 2006 (RIA Novosti commentator Tatiana Sinitsyna)
http://en.rian.ru/analysis/20061201/56328729.html

Russia, Indonesia sign deal on nuclear power cooperation
01/ 12/ 2006 (RIA Novosti)
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20061201/56330342.html

Polonium tightly controlled in Russia-atomic chief
01 Dec 2006 08:42:25 GMT
Source: Reuters
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L01851439.htm

In New Video, Late Russian Spy Says Putin Ordered Russian Journalist Death
Friday, December 1st, 2006
Democracy Now! Headlines
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/12/01/1455255

Gaidar had 'no radiation poison'
By Richard Galpin
BBC News, Moscow
Saturday, 2 December 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6202884.stm

Kremlin intrigue feeds theories on poisoned-spy case
Who was behind ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko's highly public demise?
By Fred Weir | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
December 05, 2006
http://rss.csmonitor.com/~r/feeds/world/~3/57214713/p01s02-woeu.html

Russia upgrades nuclear missiles
The system is said to give Russia nuclear parity with the US
BBC Tuesday, 5 December 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/6209236.stm

Russian Lawmakers Tentatively Approve Bill on Nuclear Restructuring
Wednesday December 6, 2006 (AP)
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/061206/russia_nuclear.html?.v=1

Russia to airlift bomb-grade uranium from Germany
Thursday December 7, 2006 - REUTERS
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10414246

Russia to create international nuclear fuel cycle center
Xinhua December 07, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200612/07/eng20061207_329391.html

Russia, Kazakhstan start uranium venture
Web posted at: 12/8/2006
Source ::: REUTERS
http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=Rest+of+the+World&month=December2006&file=World_News2006120882733.xml

Russia and Kazakhstan: nuclear partnership
December 11 2006 (RIA Novosti commentator Tatyana Sinitsyna)
http://en.rian.ru/analysis/20061211/56779827.html

Russia to deliver nuclear fuel to Iran
MOSCOW (AFP) Dec 12, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/2006/061212205605.z1ur52m7.html

Russia to spur Bushehr nuclear project
14/ 12/ 2006. (RIA Novosti political commentator Pyotr Goncharov)
http://en.rian.ru/analysis/20061214/56941733.html

From Russia, With Polonium
A London poisoning case suggests a dangerous leakage of nuclear materials
Thursday, December 14, 2006 Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/13/AR2006121302009_pf.html

Russia's Techsnabexport to develop uranium deposit in Australia - 1
15/ 12/ 2006 (RIA Novosti)
http://en.rian.ru/world/20061215/57002526.html

Russia airlifts enriched uranium out of Germany
Reuters
December 17, 2006
By Louis Charbonneau
http://www.topix.net/content/reuters/2132637711386742603936073300722018425737

Moscow research facility shuts down six of 12 nuclear reactors
18/ 12/ 2006 (RIA Novosti)
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20061218/57089469.html

Russia To Get New Mobile ICBMs
by Alexander Bogatyryov
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Dec 18, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Russia_To_Get_New_Mobile_ICBMs_999.html

Germany returns shipment of enriched uranium to Russia
18/ 12/ 2006 (RIA Novosti)
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20061218/57093237.html

Russia airlifting enriched uranium out of Germany
18 Dec 2006 Source: Reuters
By Louis Charbonneau
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L17891030.htm

Russia Can Play Topol-M Trump Card
by Alexander Bogatyryov
Moscow (UPI) Dec 20, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Russia_Can_Play_Topol-M_Trump_Card_999.html

Fortum to Buy Nuclear Fuel
Bloomberg Tuesday, December 26, 2006
http://www.sptimes.ru/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=19897

Rosatom’s enterprises scrap 18 subs a year since 2000
27.12.200 Itar-Tass
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=11122953&PageNum=0

Russia, U.S. may sign agreement on civilian nuclear power in 2007
27/ 12/ 2006 (RIA Novosti)
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20061227/57947948.html

New NPP project slated for launch in Russia next year
30/ 12/ 2006 (RIA Novosti)
http://en.rian.ru/business/20061230/58188665.html

---- security

Spy case raises questions on radiation response
Nuclear expert: We can't handle one incident, let alone a dirty bomb
MSNBC, Dec 1, 2006
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15986779/

For sale: Isotope used to kill ex-spy
By KEAY DAVIDSON
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
Saturday, December 2, 2006
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/294472_poison02.html

Polonium-210, Fiction and Fact
by Gordon Prather
December 2, 2006 Antiwar.com
http://www.antiwar.com/prather/?articleid=10094

'Terrorist attacks' repelled at TMI
NRC conducts 2 simulated raids on nuclear plant
Monday, December 04, 2006
BY GARRY LENTON
Of The Patriot-News
http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/116520180465840.xml&coll=1&thispage=3

US to scan containers for nukes at foreign ports
WASHINGTON (AFP) Dec 08, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/2006/061207230110.e7flokkp.html

U.S. to Expand Cargo Scans to Detect Nuclear Material
By ERIC LIPTON
December 8, 2006 New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/08/us/08cargo.html?ei=5088&en=c04339aa7719a149&ex=1323234000&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=print

U.S. and Foreign Regulators Consider Tightening Controls on Deadly Polonium 210
By WILLIAM J. BROAD
New York Times
December 10, 2006
http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/fairenough/nyt701.html

Nuclear regulators consider tighter control on radioactive materials
PM - Friday, 15 December , 2006 Australia Broadcasting
Reporter: Emma Griffiths
http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2006/s1812884.htm

The White House's Cold-War Cleanup Plan
by David Kestenbaum
All Things Considered, December 18, 2006 NPR
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6642883&ft=1&f=1003

Police hunt launched after uranium stolen in India
Ranjana Shukla
AFP December 23, 2006
http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20061223-072909-7281r

Nuclear Firms Seek Rules to Combat Attacks
By MATTHEW L. WALD
New York Times
December 25, 2006
http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/sf/nyt12_25_6.htm

Nuclear traffic doubles since '90s
12/25/2006 USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-12-25-nuclear-traffic_x.htm

Nuclear traffic up since 1990s
Experts worry about terrorists
December 26, 2006
BY RICHARD WILLING
USA TODAY
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061226/NEWS07/612260377/1009

Industry Leaders: Build Stronger U.S. Nuclear Facilities
NewsMax.com Wires
Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2006
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2006/12/26/103408.shtml
Also:
'Build N-reactors to withstand terror-attacks'
Press Trust of India Tuesday, December 26, 2006
http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=78680

NRC fails to act on 2001 petition
TMI Alert wants entrance guards
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
BY GARRY LENTON
Of The Patriot-News
http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/116714133118980.xml&coll=1

So Where Are All The Dirty Bombs?
December 28, 2006 Defense Tech
Edited by Noah Shachtman
http://www.defensetech.org/archives/003103.html

---- space

Talk of Satellite Defense Raises Fears of Space War
U.S. Says Attacks on Crucial Systems Are Possible, Warns It Would Respond Forcefully
By Marc Kaufman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, December 17, 2006; A12
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/16/AR2006121600791_pf.html

Nuclear material secretly moved
Updated 12/18/2006
By Peter Eisler, USA TODAY
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-12-18-nuclear-material-moved_x.htm?csp=34

Uranium move eliminates big terror target
Updated 12/18/2006
By Peter Eisler, USA TODAY
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-12-18-nuclear-material-inside_x.htm

Russia Can Play Topol-M Trump Card
by Alexander Bogatyryov
Moscow (UPI) Dec 20, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Russia_Can_Play_Topol-M_Trump_Card_999.html

Win the Space Race by Not Running It
by Frida Berrigan
Foreign Policy in Focus December 23, 2006
http://www.antiwar.com/orig/berrigan.php?articleid=10212

---- terrorism

Bill to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism Introduced in Congress
WASHINGTON, DC, December 8, 2006 (ENS)
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/dec2006/2006-12-08-09.asp - anchor2

The sadistic poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko
Don Murray
Dec. 19, 2006 (CBC)
http://www.cbc.ca/news/reportsfromabroad/murray/20061219.html

Thorium Power Attends White House Bill Signing Ceremony: Company's Principals Observe Official Opening of Nuclear Trade Relations Between United States and India
Dec. 19, 2006 PRNewswire-FirstCall
http://www.andhranews.net/intl/web/22-31.asp

"Holy Grail" of terrorist targets moved in secret convoy
By: Katie Allison Granju, Producer
Last updated: 12/19/2006 2:26:30 PM
By Peter Eisler, USA TODAY
http://www.wbir.com/news/national/story.aspx?storyid=40594

Anti-terror rules for trains in works
December 20, 2006 Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen
http://www.ble.org/pr/news/headline.asp?id=17580

---- treaties

The Growing Nuclear Fuel-Cycle Debate
Oliver Meier reporting from Vienna
November 2006 Arms Control Association
http://www.armscontrol.org/act/2006_11/NAFuel.asp?print

Kazakhstan pursues nuclear nonproliferation policy
ASTANA. December 27. KAZINFORM. /Muratbek Makulbekov/
http://www.inform.kz/showarticle.php?lang=eng&id=147334

---- ukraine

Kazakhstan, Ukraine to broaden contacts in nuclear power sector, transport
ASTANA. Dec 14, 2006 (Interfax-Kazakhstan)
http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/politics/28.html?id_issue=11646988

---- u.n.

IAEA chief warns against isolation of Iran, North Korea
KYOTO, Japan (AFP) Dec 03, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/2006/061203112552.i4r3wpy5.html

SA renews nuclear pledge
December 05 2006 South Africa Independent Online
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=iol1165352077406B252

IAEA head: Security of nuclear energy challenges humanity
December 09, 2006 Xinhua
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200612/09/eng20061209_330375.html

IAEA Says Israeli Nuclear Status None Of Its Concern
by Staff Writers
Vienna (RIA Novosti) Dec 14, 2006
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/IAEA_Says_Israeli_Nuclear_Status_None_Of_Its_Concern_999.html

Iran demands UN action to force Israel to forego nuclear weapons, sign NPT
Tue Dec 19, 2006 (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061220/wl_mideast_afp/mideastisraelnuclearweaponsiranun_061220022215

UN Approves Iran Nuclear Sanctions
Tuesday, December 26th, 2006
Democracy Now! Headlines
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/12/26/1518235

---- u.s. nuc weapons

U.S. seeks to make stolen nukes useless
Bush has told weapons labs to render bombs terrorist-proof. But critics say theft risk is low and more urgent issues are being ignored.
By Ralph Vartabedian
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
December 5, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-nukes5dec05,0,325807,print.story?coll=la-headlines-nation

Bush picks new US nuclear weapons chief
WASHINGTON (AFP) Jan 05, 2007
http://www.spacewar.com/2006/070105185405.ezngmjf9.html

Where the nukes are: 20 miles from downtown Seattle
By Tom Brown
Seattletimes.com
Friday, December 8, 2006
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003463152_webnuke06.html

Study shows plutonium in warheads last longer than expected
By H.Josef Hebert
The Associated Press
Friday, December 8, 2006
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003463152_webnuke06.html

Where the bombs are - NRDC: Nuclear Notebook
By Robert S. Norris and William M. Arkin
September 1992 pp. 48-49 (vol. 48, no. 07)
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
http://www.thebulletin.org/article_nn.php?art_ofn=sep92norris

Panel Seeks Consensus On U.S. Nuclear Arsenal
By Walter Pincus
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, December 16, 2006; A08
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/15/AR2006121501807_pf.html

---- u.s. nuc facilities

Memo: Administration tried to cut payouts to nuke workers
Updated 12/5/2006 By Peter Eisler, USA TODAY
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-12-04-nuke-workers_x.htm

Nuclear Power Revival Could Encounter Hurdles
Tight Uranium Supplies, Scarce Processing Facilities May Hurt Bush Energy Plan
By JOHN J. FIALKA
December 5, 2006 Wall Street Journal; Page A4
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB116528163961740669-wMz_E3hqPBuln8wDINXaJz9Mjq0_20071204.html?mod=rss_free

Stalled funding could hurt new nuke plants
Fri, 15 Dec 2006 Earth Times
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/14116.html

NRC: Nuclear workers fear retribution
By JIM FITZGERALD, Associated Press Writer Thu Dec 21, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061221/ap_on_re_us/nuclear_plant_2
http://www.topix.net/content/ap/1811842860218921829412311780292724460096

---- arizona

More problems turn up at nuclear Palo Verde power plant
Mark Shaffer
Dec. 7, 2006 Arizona Central
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/1207biz-paloverde-ON.html
http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/1208biz-paloverde1208.html

Palo Verde nuclear plant problems prod oversight
12.08.2006 Tucson Citizen
news@tucsoncitizen.com
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/35134.php

APS Replaces Head of Nuclear Unit
Pinnacle West's APS Unit Names New President, Replaces Head of Nuclear Unit
Thursday December 14, 2006 (AP)
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/061214/az_aps_executives.html?.v=1

Feds give Palo Verde N-plant carrot, stick on cooling devices
By Bob Christie
The Associated Press
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 12.27.2006
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/related/162062.php

---- california

Dog park to be tested for radiation
A portion of the property in Brentwood was used to dump radioactive waste. VA officials say they doubt the site is harmful.
Los Angeles Times
By Amanda Covarrubias
December 06, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-brentwood30nov30,1,5843208.story?ctrack=1&cset=true

Lab seeks a new role
Lawrence Livermore's Site 300 wants to be home of National Bio and Agro-defense Facility
By Mike Martinez, STAFF WRITER
Inside Bay Area 12/11/2006
http://www.insidebayarea.com/trivalleyherald/ci_4818285

Cooling pump explodes at nuclear plant
12/13/2006 (AP)
http://www.fox6.com/news/state/story.aspx?content_id=C7103A66-FF01-4EA2-B8E4-7B2A325BD60B&rss=state

Panel OKs nuclear plant repairs
By Tim Reiterman <tim.reiterman@latimes.com>
Los Angeles Times
December 14, 2006
http://www.topix.net/content/trb/1738339462085880812310898143121206220032

Fresno Nuclear Energy Group Moving Forward in Hopes of Building New Nuclear Plant
D. Nail, N. Chin
Story Updated: Dec 14, 2006
http://www.kmph.com/home/4912871.html

Group proposes nuclear reactor in Fresno
The Associated Press
Fri, Dec. 15, 2006
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/16248688.htm

Edison investigates air leak in San Onofre reactor
Edison International reduced output over the weekend at the San Onofre 3 nuclear reactor
By EDWARD KLUMP
Bloomberg News
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/money/abox/article_1398245.php

---- connecticut

Connecticut Yankee To Leave A Legacy
Hartford Courant
By GARY LIBOW
December 02, 2006
http://www.topix.net/content/trb/0675708747412633237801116758092750293208

Millstone worker dropping state complaint
Associated Press
Published December 20 2006
http://www.norwalkadvocate.com/news/local/state/hc-20082707.apds.m0080.bc-ct--milldec20,0,4426480.story

---- florida

Florida could get another nuke plant
December 12, 2006 Florida Today
http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061212/BREAKINGNEWS/61212023/1086

Progress Energy may build nuclear plant in Levy County
Tuesday, December 12, 2006 (AP)
http://www1.wsvn.com/news/articles/local/MI35024/

FPL Energy plans to buy another nuclear power plant
South Florida Business Journal - December 20, 2006
http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2006/12/18/daily30.html?from_rss=1

Nuclear plant change proposed
BY SCOTT BLAKE
FLORIDA TODAY
December 27, 2006
http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061227/BUSINESS/612270357/1003/rss03

---- georgia

Green groups challenge proposal seeking two new reactors
The Associated Press
By GREG BLUESTEIN
December 11, 2006
http://www.topix.net/content/ap/1933768199213441714702712594852879828262

---- indiana

Southern Indiana company tapped to build new nuclear reactors
December 06. 2006 (AP)
http://www.southbendtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061206/News01/61206016

---- kentucky

Radioactive Find Prompts Survey of Kentucky Area
December 04, 2006 — By Associated Press
http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=11776

---- michigan

Park at ex-nuke site on hold
Funding request pulled, but idea not dead
December 2, 2006
BY TINA LAM
DETROIT, MI, FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061202/NEWS05/612020357/1007/NEWS

---- missouri

U.S. university drops plans to double nuclear reactor's capacity
The Associated Press
Tuesday, December 5, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/12/05/america/NA_GEN_US_Nuclear_Reactor.php

---- nevada

Yucca coalition presses Reid on 'abusing' powers
Project supporters challenge senator to schedule votes
By STEVE TETREAULT
STEPHENS WASHINGTON BUREAU
Dec. 01, 2006 Las Vegas Review-Journal
http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Dec-01-Fri-2006/news/11160651.html

Nuclear waste rail line to Yucca Mountain divides Nevada towns
Ed Vogel
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Wed, Dec. 06, 2006
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/16177753.htm

Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Plan Challenged
Dec 22, 2006 Associated Press
http://kutv.com/local/local_story_356221055.html

Nevada seeks to nix govt nuclear waste storage plan
"Planned storage of seven times the annual emplacement rate at Yucca Mountain is nothing more than an unlawful interim storage site in embarrassingly thin disguise "
Reuters
December 22, 2006
By Tom Doggett
http://www.topix.net/content/reuters/2778199922082998724726780134680874009380

---- new hampshire

Nuke plant emergency alert system unveiled
By Laura Mellow
hamptonunion@seacoastonline.com
December 26, 2006 Sea Coast Online
http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/hampton/12262006/nhnews-hu-sea-nukeplant1226.html

---- new york

Nuclear power plant back on line after nonradiated water leak repair
NY Journal News December 1, 2006
http://www.nyjournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061201/UPDATE/612010448

Indian Point 2 resumes output
By BRUCE GOLDING
THE NY JOURNAL NEWS
(Original publication: December 2, 2006)
http://www.nyjournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061202/NEWS01/612020347/1214

Spano looking for congressional help on Indian Point
By GREG CLARY
NY JOURNAL NEWS
December 6, 2006
http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061206/NEWS02/612060341/1017

Time to get after Indian Point staffers who muzzle workers
NY Journal News December 26, 2006
http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006612260312

---- north carolina

N.C. nuclear reactor remains offline
No cause known for Christmas Day auto-shutdown
The Associated Press
Thu, Dec. 28, 2006
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/news/local/16333413.htm

---- north dakota

N.D. nuke site may reopen as museum
Updated 12/28/2006
By Judy Keen, USA TODAY
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-12-27-ndakota-nuke-site_x.htm

---- ohio

Fermi makes fixes after 2 violations
December 10, 2006
ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006612100593

---- pennsylvania

$5.3B deal to benefit Western Pa.
By Bonnie Pfister
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Sunday, December 17, 2006
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_484604.html

NRC Looking for Comment on Nuke Gate Guard Petition
By The Associated Press
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
http://www.wlanonline.com/cc-common/mainheadlines2.html?feed=118645&article=1568558

TMI Security Comments Wanted
WHP CBS 21, December 27, 2006
http://www.whptv.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=346f2623-94e0-4647-a317-a1af3c4786a6

Panel to mull guards at TMI
Federal nuclear group: Public opinion on adding guards will be weighed, agency will make final decision
By TOM JOYCE
Daily Record/Sunday News
Article Launched: 12/27/2006
http://www.ydr.com/newsfull/ci_4906947

---- south carolina

Nuclear plant leaders discuss emergency plan
Tuesday, Dec 12, 2006 SC Now
http://www.scnow.com/midatlantic/scp/news.apx.-content-articles-FMN-2006-12-12-0006.html

---- tennessee

TVA: Key step taken to restore Browns Ferry nuclear reactor
Associated Press Fri, Dec. 15, 2006
http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/news/local/16250851.htm

DOE removal project done early
Uranium hexafluoride relocated within budget, reducing radiation hazard
By FRANK MUNGER, munger@knews.com
December 18, 2006 Knoxville News
http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/local_news/article/0,1406,KNS_347_5221153,00.html

Official calls for updated nuclear plan in Limestone
By Chris Paschenko
chris@decaturdaily.comˇ 340-2442
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2006 Decatur AL Daily News
http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/061219/nuclear.shtml

Uranium transfer to Piketon complete
Tuesday, December 19, 2006 (AP)
http://www.chillicothegazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061219/NEWS01/612190334/1002/NEWS01

In Vieques, Puerto Rico, La Lucha Continua
Residents struggle for control after the U.S. Navy's departure.
Liv Gold
November/December 2006 issue of Dollars & Sense: The Magazine of Economic Justice
http://www.dollarsandsense.org/archives/2006/1106gold.html

Secret nuclear find revealed
Highly radioactive material found in 2005 at Oak Ridge junkyard moved to safe site
By FRANK MUNGER, munger@knews.com
December 25, 2006 Knoxville News
http://www.topix.net/r/05KQAC65=2B9p3CnEOW2BSxTShPhMZXYpOUTeVP5cRLcMRsMSmxUdbi0gvQ5T8k7YB8bLZfS34VPyrIDnxk=2Bt6C8vgWNQ=2F72WuEpbVcelRmBLdYY9wUw4CA1NaYQJ4gUyf0

---- utah

Blighted Homeland
A peril that dwelt among the Navajos
During the Cold War, uranium mines left contaminated waste scattered around the Indians. Homes built with the material silently pulsed with radiation. People developed cancer. And the U.S. did little to help.
By Judy Pasternak, Times Staff Writer
judy.pasternak@latimes.com
November 19, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-navajo19nov19,0,4003854,full.story?coll=la-home-headlines

---- vermont

Vermont Yankee nuclear plant under watch by NRC
Wed Dec 20, 2006 (Reuters)
http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?type=bondsNews&storyID=2006-12-20T202008Z_01_N20421653_RTRIDST_0_UTILITIES-OPERATIONS-ENTERGY.XML

NRC to scrutinize shipments from Vermont Yankee
Published: Thursday, December 21, 2006
The Associated Press
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200661221008

---- washington

Hanford contracts could steer cleanup for next 10 years
By SHANNON DININNY, 12/01/2006 Associated Press
http://www.kgw.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D8LNPQSG1.html

Vegetation may aid Hanford cleanup
Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash. (December 3, 2006)
http://ww.pennnet.com/news/display_news_story.cfm?Section=WireNews&Category=HOME&NewsID=141519

Plan Issued for Monument Encircling Hanford Nuclear Site
WASHINGTON, DC, December 11, 2006 (ENS)
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/dec2006/2006-12-11-09.asp - anchor1

Energy Dept. Plans Further Cleanup of Nuclear Waste in Washington State
By Steve Peacock, ThePeacockReport.com; 12/24/2006
http://tpr.typepad.com/thepeacockreport/2006/12/washington.html

---- wisconsin

WE Energies Sells Nuclear Plant For $1 Billion
(AP) Dec 20, 2006
http://wfrv.com/topstories/local_story_354093308.html

FPL to buy Wisconsin nuclear plant
BY JIM POLSON AND RENEE LAWRENCE
Bloomberg News Wed, Dec. 20, 2006
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/16281974.htm

---- us nuc waste

US reactors should store nuclear waste -regulator
Wed Dec 6, 2006
by Lisa Lambert (Reuters)
http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?type=bondsNews&storyID=2006-12-06T233524Z_01_N06478252_RTRIDST_0_NUCLEAR-YUCCA.XML

Tune for cleanup of U-233 changes
Nuke material to be disposed of, and cost to do so has nearly tripled to $379M
By FRANK MUNGER, munger@knews.com
December 11, 2006 Knoxville News
http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/local_news/article/0,1406,KNS_347_5205123,00.html

Radioactive Waste Streams: Waste Classification for Disposal
December 13, 2006 Open CRS
http://opencrs.cdt.org/document/RL32163
Federation of American Scientists: CRS Report for Congress
http://opencrs.cdt.org/getfile.php?rid=54954

NRC head: Permanent waste solution needed
Fri, 15 Dec 2006 Earth Times
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/14096.html

Showdown on nuke waste storage
With power in the Senate shifting to the Democrats, opponents of a Nevada repository push for keeping the material at nuclear reactor sites.
By David Whitney - Sacramento Bee Washington Bureau
Published 12:00 am PST Tuesday, December 19, 2006
http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/94694.html

Waste site needed
By Staff Reports ˇ - Rock Hill SC Herald 12/27/06
http://www.heraldonline.com/105/story/10695.html

---- MILITARY

Peace Breaks Out on Christmas Eve
Julie M. Fenster
American Heritage, Thursday December 22, 2005
http://www.americanheritage.com/events/articles/web/20051222-alfred-anderson-scotland-truce-christmas-world-war-i-civil-war-carols.shtml

Faded letter leaves record of famous truce
By: DAVID FRIED - Staff Writer
Friday, December 23, 2005 North County Times, San Diego, CA
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/12/24/news/top_stories/22_28_5912_23_05.txt

Short Peace In A Terrible War
12/24/2005 The Nation Blogs
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat?bid=1&pid=44799

The Christmas Truce
By Aaron Shepard
Printed in Australia’s School Magazine, Apr. 2001
http://www.aaronshep.com/stories/061.html

Christmas in the Trenches by John McCutcheon
http://www.worldwar1.com/sfcitt.htm

---- africa

Corpses Contaminate Nile After Sudan Clashes - UN
Story by Alaa Shahine
REUTERS SUDAN: December 4, 2006
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/39318/story.htm

Over 1,000 Rebels Join Congo Army In Disarmament Plan - UN
Dow Jones Newswires 12-20-06
http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20061220\ACQDJON200612201527DOWJONESDJONLINE000969.htm

Eritrea: Country and Ethiopia Top Africa in Army Sizes
New Vision (Kampala)
Posted to the web December 29, 2006
http://allafrica.com/stories/200612290562.html

---- arms

Say Hello to the Goodbye Weapon
By David Hambling|
Dec, 05, 2006 Wired News
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/1,72134-0.html

US casts sole ‘no’ vote against proposed treaty restricting arms trade
By Kaleem Omar
Sunday, December 10, 2006 Pakistan International
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=34913

Black-Market Weapon Prices Surge in Iraq Chaos
By C. J. CHIVERS
New York Times
December 10, 2006
http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/fairenough/nyt709.html

France says finding too many Chinese arms in Africa
14 Dec 2006 Reuters
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L14574602.htm

Israel arms sales peak despite Lebanon war fallout
17 Dec 2006 Reuters
By Dan Williams
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L17852188.htm

---- balkans

Kosovo officials arrested after huge weapons haul
Thu Dec 21, 2006 (Reuters)
By Fatos Bytyci
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldnews&storyID=2006-12-21T113441Z_01_L21763637_RTRUKOC_0_US-SERBIA-KOSOVO-WEAPONS.xml

---- biological weapons

MD Biodefense Lab: Terror Target?
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
WBAL Radio and The Associated Press
http://wbal.com/news/story.asp?articleid=52369

---- britain

Conservative British MP in U.S. to Challenge Extraordinary Rendition; 3,000 Published Flight Logs Expose New CIA Rendition Activities
Wednesday, December 6th, 2006 Democracy Now!
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/12/06/1429257

MPs warn over US fighter jet deal
Britain is expected to take 138 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft
Friday, 8 December 2006 (BBC)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6219122.stm

CIA is undermining British war effort, say military chiefs
Confidential report speaks of 'serious tensions' in the coalition over strategy in Iraq and Afghanistan
By Robert Fox
Published: 10 December 2006 UK Independent
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2062489.ece

Britain turns to Bechtel as it plans giant nuclear waste site
By Tim Webb
UK Independent
17 December 2006
http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/article2081538.ece

MoD tests drugs for ‘supertroops’
Jonathan Leake
December 17, 2006 UK Sunday Times
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-2509065,00.html

---- business

Census Counts 100,000 Contractors in Iraq
Civilian Number, Duties Are Issues
By Renae Merle
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, December 5, 2006; D01
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/04/AR2006120401311_pf.html

---- europe

EU constitution losing support
Germany will take over the EU rotating presidency in January from Portugal
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2006 Aljazeera
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/8E1D7D43-8042-494A-93C0-8069625BA8B4.htm

---- iraq

Spy Chief Cites Perils in Iraq
By KATHERINE SHRADER, Associated Press Writer
Friday, December 1, 2006 12 50 PM
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/12/01/national/w125044S94.DTL
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2006-12-01-negroponte_x.htm

Baghdad says civilian deaths up 44 percent in November
Compiled by Lebanon Daily Star staff
Saturday, December 02, 2006
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=77325

Al-Maliki says Iraq will call for regional conference on stabilizing country
Updated 12/5/2006 (AP)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2006-12-05-iraq_x.htm

Panel's Hamilton: Iraq war costs could top $1 trillion
06 Dec 2006 Reuters
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/WAT006679.htm

IRAQ STUDY GROUP: How Big a Change?
By William D. Hartung
Senior Fellow, World Policy Institute
December 6, 2006
From: "Frida Berrigan" <mailto:BerrigaF@newschool.edu>

Oil for Sale: Why the Iraq Study Group is Calling for the Privatization of Iraq's Oil Industry
Thursday, December 7th, 2006 Democracy Now!
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/12/07/1452236

Iraqi-American in Najaf: Al Qaeda Would Leave Iraq Upon U.S. Troop Withdrawal
Thursday, December 7th, 2006 Democracy Now!
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/12/07/1452232

Saddam trial witnesses recall gas attack
Posted 12/7/2006 (AP)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2006-12-07-saddam-trial_x.htm

---- landmines

Years After War in Kosovo, Land Mines Scar Albania
By Barbara Frye
Special to The Washington Post
Sunday, December 10, 2006; A26
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/09/AR2006120900353_pf.html

---- latin america

Latin America takes leftward swing
FRANK BAJAK
Associated Press
Mon, Dec. 04, 2006
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/world/16163016.htm

---- spies

Pentagon Intelligence Chief to Step Down
By LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press Writer
Friday, December 1, 2006
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2006/12/01/national/w154317S03.DTL

Ex-spy claims Litvinenko was targeted
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, Associated Press Writer Fri Dec 1, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061201/ap_on_re_eu/russia_poisoned_spy

Meeting the Italian who lives as if he is in a Cold War spy novel
By Peter Popham in Rome
02 December 2006 UK Independent
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2032665.ece

Putin wanted Blair to gag poisoned spy
David Cracknell, Mark Franchetti and Jon Ungoed-Thomas
UK Sunday Times, December 03, 2006
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-2484059,00.html

Robert Gates' Former CIA Branch Chief and a CIA Analyst Who Testified Against Him on the Politicization of Intel During Iran-Contra
Tuesday, December 5th, 2006 Democracy Now!
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/12/05/1452228

Secret Agents Spilling Secrets
The Washington Post
Friday, December 8, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/08/AR2006120800932_pf.html

In the Polonium Poison Mystery, an Odd Italian Footnote
By IAN FISHER
New York Times
December 9, 2006
http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/sf/nyt12_9_6_1.htm

---- un

Bolton Resigns As UN Ambassador Ending Controversial 16-Month Term
Democracy Now! Tuesday, December 5th, 2006
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/12/05/1452222

Bush: 'I'm not happy' about Bolton's resignation
December 5, 2006 (CNN)
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/04/bolton.resigns/index.html?section=cnn_latest

---- us

From skies to streets, woman warriors face the enemy and change military landscape
12/2/2006 By Sharon Cohen, Associated Press
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-12-02-women-war_x.htm

Rumsfeld called for major tactical changes in Iraq shortly before resigning as defense chief
Updated 12/3/2006 (AP)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-12-02-rumsfeld_x.htm

Rumsfeld’s Memo of Options for Iraq War
New York Times
December 3, 2006
http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/fairenough/nyt672.html

Review Finds Army Mishandled Friendly-Fire Case
Internal Report Cites Problems Including the 'Inadvertent' Destruction of Key Evidence
By Josh White
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, December 3, 2006; A17
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/02/AR2006120200894_pf.html

Iraq war has cost US 350 billion dollars
Sun Dec 3, 2006 (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061203/pl_afp/usiraqpoliticsreport

Robert Gates Unanimously Confirmed by Senate Armed Services Committee; Testifies U.S. is Not Winning Iraq War
Wednesday, December 6th, 2006 Democracy Now!
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/12/06/1429253

Billions Later, Plan to Remake the Coast Guard Fleet Stumbles
By ERIC LIPTON
New York Times
December 9, 2006
http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/fairenough/nyt693.html

---- war crimes

Cluster bomb use deemed 'war crime' by UN team
Associated Press, THE JERUSALEM POST Dec. 1, 2006
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1164881798411&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FPrinter

New Zealand cancels arrest warrant for Israeli general
By Donald Macintyre in Jerusalem
02 December 2006 UK Independent
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2032688.ece

---- POLICE / PRISONERS / COURTS / JUSTICE

---- homeland security / national intelligence

ACLU: New Airport Security Screening “Virtual Strip Search”
Friday, December 1st, 2006
Democracy Now! Headlines
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/12/01/1455255

---- human rights

Civil Liberties Board Has 1st Session
By HOPE YEN, Associated Press Writer
Tuesday, December 5, 2006
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2006/12/05/national/w105716S78.DTL

---- immigration / refugees

Immigrant Worker Spends 13 Months in Louisiana Prison Without Seeing Attorney, Judge
Friday, December 1st, 2006
Democracy Now! Headlines
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/12/01/1455255

---- justice

High Court Vets False Claims Act
Marcia Coyle
The National Law Journal
December 1, 2006
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1164896312740

---- torture

The U.S. Has a History of Using Torture
By Alfred W. McCoy
12-04-06
http://hnn.us/articles/32497.html

---- POLITICS

---- us politics

Like Hitler and Brezhnev, Bush is in denial
Robert Fisk: 01 December 2006 UK Independent
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/fisk/article2029238.ece

Is President Bush Sane?
by Paul Craig Roberts
Antiwar.com December 2, 2006
http://www.antiwar.com/roberts/?articleid=10093

Amid Hints Bush Will Change Policy, Clues He Won’t
By DAVID E. SANGER, Dec. 4, 2006 NY Times
http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/sf/nyt12_4_6_3.htm

The US counter-terror nerve centre
By Frank Gardner
Security correspondent, BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6210090.stm

Confirming Gates: Why the Rush?
by Ray McGovern, December 5, 2006 Antiwar.com
http://www.antiwar.com/mcgovern/?articleid=10100

Transcript - The Nomination Hearing for Robert M. Gates
New York Times
December 5, 2006
http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/fairenough/nyt681.html

Tony Snow: Bush Disagrees With Gates, Says We Are 'Winning'
By E&P Staff
Published: December 05, 2006
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003468542

Senate Panel Approves Defense Secretary Nominee Robert Gates
Wednesday, December 6th, 2006
Democracy Now! Headlines
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/12/06/1429241

Iraq Study Group: A Response From 'Out of Iraq' House Caucus Co-Founders Barbara Lee and Lynn Woolsey
Thursday, December 7th, 2006 Democracy Now!
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/12/07/1452222

McKinney introduces bill to impeach Bush
Posted 12/9/2006 By Ben Evans, Associated Press
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-12-09-mckinney-impeachment_x.htm

---- voting

Agency: Electronic Voting “Cannot be Made Secure”
Friday, December 1st, 2006
Democracy Now! Headlines
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/12/01/1455255

----- ENERGY

Next Generation Windows Open to Energy Savings
WASHINGTON, DC, December 4, 2006 (ENS)
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/dec2006/2006-12-04-09.asp - anchor6

Gas emission cuts will hurt
By Matthew Warren
December 04, 2006 The Australia