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• State Of Washington Lambastes Trump Administration Plan To Reclassify Nuke Waste Associated Press 1/9/19
• Here’s What Happened When The Government Lost Control Of The Biggest Nuclear Cleanup In The US Buzzfeed News 7/19/18
• A Letter from Tim Powell: Toshiba withdraws from STP Units 3 and 4 Bay City Sentinel 6/7/18
• Toshiba scraps project to build ABWRs in Texas World Nuclear News 5/31/18
• Orano, WCS Aim to Revive Spent Fuel Storage Project Exchange Monitor 03/14/18
• New ownership could revive Texas waste plan E&E News 2/01/18
• WCS is bought by private equity firm Midland Reporter-Telegram 1/26/18
• French regulator highlights safety risks at nuclear reactors globally Reuters News 10/16/17
• Trumpf administration renews license of South Texas nuclear plant San Antonio Business Journal 09/29/17
• As Historic Flooding Grips Texas, Groups Demand Nuclear Plant Be Shut Down Common Dreams 08/30/17
• Power outages add to woes in water-soaked Texas EE News 08/29/17
• Texas sues feds — including Rick Perry — for failing to license nuclear waste facility The Texas Tribune 03/16/17
• Debate held on bringing high-level radioactive waste to west Texas CBS7 News 02/10/17
• Public Citizen: Andrews nuke waste site an open target for terrorism Midland Reporter-Telegram 02/09/17
• Plan to bring high-level nuclear waste to West Texas gains steam Odessa American 02/03/17
• Senate committee postpones Zinke, Perry votes The Hill 01/23/2017
• Feds sue to block acquisition of Dallas radioactive waste company Texas Tribune 11/18/16
• ‘Learning Curve’ as Rick Perry Pursues a Job He Initially Misunderstood New York Times 01/18/2017
• WCS: Environmental study amid application process makes sense The Midland Reporter 11/05/16
• PG&E to close Diablo Canyon, California’s last nuclear power plant LA Times 6/21/16
• Editorial The solution to storing San Onofre’s spent nuclear fuel The Los Angeles Times Editorial Board 11/30/2015
• Entergy Announces Second Nuclear Plant Closure in Less Than a Month Associated Press 11/02/2015
• DOE Seeks More Information on Private Interim Nuclear Waste Storage Facilities
  POWER Magazine 10/31/16
• Judge clears Energy Future to move ahead on selling Oncor to Hunts Dallas Morning News 09/17/2015
• Culberson County Supports Nuclear Waste Plan, Judge Says Hudspeth County Herald 6/19/15
• DOE speaks up on recertification Albuquerque Journal 6/18/15
• Georgia Power executives to testify on nuclear plant Savannah Morning News 5/31/15
• Company answers U.S. call for solutions, setting off N.M. political spat E&E Daily News 04/30/15
• NRC increases oversight of Comanche Peak nuclear power plant Penn Energy 04/29/15
• CB&I to cut more than 300 jobs after contract ends Houston Business Journal 04/28/15
• Fission may fizzle as nuclear power reacts to economics Houston Chronicle 04/03/15
• Radioactive Fukushima Water Leak Was Unreported for Months: Official NBC News 02/25/15
• Texas company announces plans for first high-level nuclear storage site EE News 02/11/15
• Areva And Wcs Sign Agreement For Independent Interim Used Nuclear Fuel Storage Site AVEVA Press Release 02/09/15
• Boxer: Nuclear regulators haven’t learned from Fukushima The Hill 12/03/14
• Andrews County Considering Proposal to Store ‘High-Level Nuclear Waste’NewsWest 9 12/01/14
• Sampling detects contamination at WIPP The Associated Press 11/06/14
• Chicago Hosts U.S.-Canada Energy Summit; Cook County Board Opposes Canadian Nuclear Dump Progress Illinois 10/17/14
• $240 million WIPP recovery plan aims at 2016 reopening Associated Press 09/30/2014
• Loving County to feds: Send us your nuclear waste — and $28 billion The New York Times 09/07/14
• What happened at WIPP? Santa Fe Reporter 07/23/2014
• Wisconsin Reactor’s Demise Shows Nuclear Towns’ Plight Bloomberg News 7/06/14
• Radiation Releases Continue from Nuclear Waste Isolation Project Dissident Voice 7/06/14
• Radiation leak leads to layoffs at Los Alamos Associated Press 7/03/14
• LANL report admits errors in packing waste Santa Fe The New Mexican 7/03/14
• WIPP radiation leak leads to layoffs at LANL Santa Fe The New Mexican 7/02/14
• Waste Control Specialists in Andrews Looking to Expand in the Future, Lower Liability Claims NewsWest 9 6/18/14
• Stealthily loading West Texas up with radioactive waste Dallas Morning News Editorial 6/18/14
• Five Suspect LANL Waste Containers Sent to Waste Control Specialists Site in Texas NuclearStreet 6/12/14
• Five Highly Acidic Radioactive Waste Containers Stored in Andrews, Spokesman Says Public is Not in Dangera NewsWest 9 6/11/14
• Concerns aplenty on nuclear waste San Antonio Express-News Editorial 05/30/2014
• Texas nuclear site increases monitoring of containers similar to 1 that leaked at federal site Associated Press 05/20/2014
• New Mexico nuclear waste site halts shipments of toxic materials to Texas Reuters 05/10/14
• LANL waste shipments suspended Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety (CCNS) 05/09/14
• DOE: Could Be 3 Years to Fully Reopen NM Nuke Dump Associated Press 05/09/14
• Toshiba writes down value of stake in Texas nuclear projectToshiba writes down value of stake in Texas nuclear project Reuters 05/07/14
• Examining the fallout from Texas nuclear waste proposal Austin American-Statesman 04/19/14
• Court Thwarts Sierra Club’s Hazardous Waste Challenge Texas Tribune 04/16/14
• Talk begins of high-level radioactive waste in Andrews AO Online 04/13/14
• Inspectors re-enter New Mexico nuclear waste site after leak Reuters 4/3/14
• Gov. Rick Perry backs storage site for Texas nuclear waste Associated Press 04/02/12
• Los Alamos Waste Arrives in West Texas Texas Tribune 04/01/14
• Loving County Judge Discusses Nuclear Waste Proposal Hudspeth County Herald 03/27/14
• Waste heads to Texas while WIPP gets in shape World Nuclear News 3/21/14
• Workers prepare return to New Mexico nuke dump Associated Press 03/22/14
• 35 workers training to re-enter underground mine at troubled nuclear-waste dump Associated Press 03/22/14
• LOS ALAMOS TRU TO BE STORED AT WASTE CONTROL SPECIALISTS Los Alamos Study Group 03/21/14
• Nuclear waste from New Mexico lab may go to Texas Associated Press 03/20/14
• LOS ALAMOS NUCLEAR WASTE HEADS TO TEXAS TEMPORARILY AFTER RADIATION LEAKS NextGov 03/20/14
• Los Alamos lab turns to Texas to temporarily store radioactive waste Reuters News 03/20/14
• Fools Rush In Karen Hadden OpEd Fort Worth Weekly 02/26/14
• Nuclear Waste Storage on Texas Lawmakers’ Agenda Texas Tribune 02/12/14
• Speaker Joe Straus Opens the Door to ‘High-Level’ Radioactive Waste in Texas Texas Observer 01/31/14
• Harold Simmons, GOP Mega-Donor, Dead at 82 Texas Tribune 12/29/13
• Entergy Arkansas nuclear reactor offline after transformer fire Reuters 12/09/13
• Fukushima Fallout Damaged the Thyroids of California Babies Counterpunch 11/19/13
• Comanche Peak Nuclear Plant Expansion Shelved Nuclear Street News 11/11/13
• Comanche Peak expansion suspended Fort Worth Star-Telegram 11/08/13
• EFH bankruptcy delayed Fort Worth Star-Telegram 11/08/13
• Nuclear waste storage at plants is debated Charlotte Observer 11/04/13
• 159 Comanche Peak safety violations noted in federal report Dallas Morning News 10/15/13
• Comanche Peak’s declining value proves costly for once-flush Somervell County Fort Worth Star-Telegram 10/08/13
• Hearing on Implementing the Nuclear Waste Policy Act Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy (113th Congress) 09/10/2013
• Entergy to Close, Decommission Vermont Yankee Entergy Press Release 08/27/13
• West Coast of North America to Be Hit Hard by Fukushima Radiation WashingtonsBlog 08/20/13
• 107 U.S. Nuclear Reactors Vulnerable to Attack Texas Energy Report 08/15/13
• Appeals Court Blocks Attempt by Vermont to Close a Nuclear Plant New York Times 08/14/13
• Quarrels Continue Over Repository for Nuclear Waste New York Times 07/27/13
• San Onofre Nuclear Plant Closing: A harbinger of things to come for the U.S.’s aging nuclear fleet?
  Texas VOX 6/07/13
• SMidAmerican decides against Iowa nuclear plant DesMoines Register 6/03/13
• Bill Allowing Hotter Waste in Texas Passes House Texas Tribune 05/22/13
• Austin group uses old law to oppose STP Bay City Tribune 5/04/13
• Hotter Radioactive Waste Could Be Coming To Texas StateImpact Texas 5/01/13
• Texas Nuclear Reactor Restarts, Four Months After Fire Texas Tribune 04/23/12
• Paper: WIPP workers “not permitted to speak” ENENews 04/22/2014
• Nuke bill raises opposition from environmentalists Lubbock Avalanche-Journal 04/17/13
• Bill would stop New Mexico residents from challenging Texas waste dump Austin American-Statesman 04/16/13
• Texas Nuclear Reactor Restarts, Four Months After Fire Texas Tribune 04/13/13
• One Dead, Three Injured In Arkansas Nuclear Power Plant Accident International Business Times 03/31/13
• Bay area lawmaker calls for Duke Energy to refund customers Bay News 9 2/15/13
• Duke Energy announces closing of Crystal River nuclear power plant Tampa Bay Times 2/15/13
• Brief fire prompts shutdown of reactor at Bay City nuke plant FuelFix Blog Houston Chronicle 1/8/2013
• Why Japan’s ‘Fukushima 50’ remain unknown BBC News 1/3/2013
• Simmons PAC Fined for Illegal Contributions Associated Press 1/2/13
• Reactor is shut down at Comanche Peak nuclear plant Fort Worth Star-Telegram 11/3/12
• Oyster Creek nuclear plant shuts down due to Hurricane Sandy flooding The Register Citizen 10/30/12
• U.S. to study cancer risks near 6 nuclear plants Los Angeles Times 10/24/12
• Texas Sierra Club Fight Over Radioactive Waste Heats Up Texas Tribune 10/21/12
• Report: South Texas Project faces flood risk San Antonio Express-News 10/18/12
• Japan utility agrees nuclear crisis was avoidable Associated Press 10/12/12
• Harold Simmons’ Waste Company Pays County, State Texas Tribune 9/12/12
• Two-year hiatus in US licensing World Nuclear News 09/07/12
• Fuel to be removed from San Onofre reactor San Diego Reader 08/28//2012
• NRC puts nuclear licensing decisions on hold AP News 08/09/2012
• Government suspends nuclear license decisions Houston Chronicle 08/07//2012
• Heat Sends U.S. Nuclear Power Production To 9-Year Low Bloomberg News 07/26/12
• Tokyo Rally Is Biggest Yet to Oppose Nuclear Plan New York Times 7/16/11
• Troubled Calif. nuclear plant may be too pricey to fix Associated Press 07/05/12
• Two Texas billionaires are nation’s top Super PAC donors San Antonio Express-News 06/27/12
• NRC Petitioned To Stop Final Licensing Decisions For Nearly Three Dozen Nuclear Reactors In Wake Of Waste Confidence Ruling PRNewswire-USNewswire 6/18/12
• Japan looks set to power up nuclear reactors despite protest Global Post 06/11/12
• Japan looks set to power up nuclear reactors despite protestJapan PM says 2 nuke reactors must be restarted Associated Press 06/08/12
• Markey Releases New Whistleblower Allegations, Other Documents Citing Lack of Confidence in NRC Inspector General Congressman Edward J. Markey Press Release 06/04/12
• Severe Nuclear Reactor Accidents Likely Every 10 to 20 Years, European Study Suggests 5/27/12
• Texas regulators give approval to bury nuke waste BusinessWeek 4/26/12
• Radwaste site’s water risks ruled secret Que Que – San Antonio Current 4/18/12
• Radioactive waste may soon travel on DFW highways Fort Worth Star-Telegram 4/15/12
• Exelon’s ‘Nuclear Guy’: No New Nukes Forbes 3/29/12
• Texas radioactive dump to open to nation The QueQue Blog, San Antonio Current 3/28/12
• Water level in Fukushima plant’s No. 2 reactor only 60 cm The Japan Times 3/27/12
• Mexicans concerned, anxious about WIPP radiation release ENENews 03/27/2014
• Texas officials approve radioactive waste dump Austin American Statesman 3/23/12
• Radioactive Waste Coming to Texas for Storage KUT Austin 3/23/12
• Texas company could bury 1st nuke waste in April Fort Worth Star-Telegram 3/19/12
• Call for an end to nuclear power in San Antonio, Reactor safety and concerned scientists, CPS Energy plans and public opinion San Antonio Current 3/14/12
• Uranium Resources, Inc. Reviews 2011 Results and Provides Project Plans for 2012 SunHerald 3/09/11
• Fukushima disaster anniversary protest to rally for an end to nuclear power in San Antonio San Antonio Current 3/9/12
• South Texas 2 reactor to return by mid-April Reuters News Service 03/01/12
• Study: Japan feared ‘devil’s chain reaction’ at nuke plant MSNBC 02/28/12
• Japan Weighed Evacuating Tokyo in Nuclear Crisis New York Times 2/27/12
• Top Republican Donor Runs Into PAC Trouble The Caucus Blog New York Times 2/24/12
• Billionaire’s PAC Admits Error, Seeks Refunds Texas Tribune 2/23/12
• Groups: Southern Company Does Not Have Real “Skin in the Game” if Vogtle Reactor Loan Guarantee Defaults NC Warn 2/23/12
• NRC approves Exelon-Constellation merger Penn Energy 2/16/12
• Alarm after ‘unusually high’ radiation levels at U.S. nuclear site ENENews 02/16/2014
• Federal Regulators Approve Two Nuclear Reactors in Georgia NY Times 2/09/12
• After Fukushima: Enough Is Enough NY Times Helen Caldicott OpEd 12/02/11
• Atomic-Free Japan by April Roils Debate on Reactor Restarts, Blackout Risk Bloomberg News 9/18/11
• Report: U.S. nuclear renaissance unlikely after Fukushima Money & Company Los Angeles Times 12/28/11
• Department of Justice Sues Luminant for Failing to Clean Up Coal PlantsTEPCO says it ‘no longer owns’ Fukushima fallout The Australian 12/27/11
• CPS pursues shift from coal to natural gas San Antonio Express-News 11/21/11
• Nuclear waste sites come to fruition in Andrews Odessa American 11/13/11
• Officials prepare for opening of radioactive waste facility OA Online 11/10/11
• ABWR fit for aircraft impact World Nuclear News 11/02/11
• Tepco Detects Nuclear Fission at Fukushima Dai-Ichi Station Bloomberg Businessweek 11/02/11
• Perry says he’s changed on energy loans Politico 10/30/11
• House Dems to Republicans: What about nuclear loan guarantees? The Hill 10/26/11
• Hit by a $1 billion liability verdict in Japan, Hitachi negotiates new reactor deal with Lithuania Bellona 10/17/11
• Hearings on licensing new Plant Vogtle reactors begin Tuesday Augusta Chronicle 9/24/11
• Milton Lee returns as Perry’s dump pick San Antonio Current Blog – The Que Que 9/21/11
• Tepco Reports Second Deadly Radiation Reading at Fukushima Nuclear Plant Irish Weather Online 9/16/11
• Perry Donor’s Radioactive Waste Site Deal Scrutinized NPR All Things Considered 9/15/11
• Exclusive: Perry sought to sideline nuclear waste site critic Reuters News 9/01/11
• Meet the Shady Dallas Mega-Billionaire Industrialist Pouring Money into Rick Perry’s Coffers Alternet 8/29/11
• Alabama Nuclear Reactor, Partly Built, to Be Finished New York Times 8/18/11
• Groups team up to fight nuclear relicensing The Commons 8/17/11
• Economics hinder US new build World Nuclear News 8/16/11
• Tepco Reports Second Deadly Radiation Reading at Fukushima Nuclear Plant Bloomberg News 8/3/11
• Tepco Says Highest Radiation Detected at Fukushima Dai-Ichi San Francisco Chronicle 8/01/11
• Beneby making mark at CPS Energy San Antonio Express News 7/02/11
• NRC and industry rewrite nuke history AP 6/28/11
• Nuclear Energy Institute spent $545k lobbying AP 6/28/11
• Populations around US nuke plants soar AP 6/27/11
• What The Fukushima Is Going On In Omaha? Local Talk News 6/27/11
• GAO: leaks at aging nuke sites difficult to detect AP News 6/22/11
• Fukushima Nuclear Plant Remains ‘Ticking Time Bomb’ After Japan Disaster: Michio Kaku, Theoretical Physicist Huffington Post 6/22/11
• Tritium leaks found at many nuke sites AP 6/21/11
• Fixing America’s Nuclear Waste Storage Problem The Nation Magazine 06/20/11
• US nuke regulators weaken safety rules AP 6/20/11
• Fukushima nuclear plant may have suffered ‘melt-through’, Japan admits The UK Guardian 6/08/11
• Germany Nuclear Power Plants To Be Entirely Shut Down By 2022 Huffington Post 5/30/11
• Proposed Andrews Truck Route Debate Heats Up KWES NewsWest 9 05/22/11
• Japan’s nightmare-in-progress overshadowed by media mush Vancouver Courier 05/19/11
• U.S. Was Warned on Vents Before Failure at Japan’s Plant New York Times 05/18/11
• In Japan Reactor Failings, Danger Signs for the U.S. New York Times 05/17/11
• EPA Halts Extra Radiation Monitoring; Focus Shifts To Imported Seafood Forbes Magazine Jeff McMahon Blog 05/04/11
• NRG’s David Crane: No new nukes but the solar business looks hot Todd Woody for Forbes 04/25/11
• 25 Years After Chernobyl Collection of Various News Articles April, 2011
• Japan’s Tepco: History of nuclear disaster cover-ups Aliran Monthly 04/22/11
• Toshiba N-reactor contract for U.S. plant seen as kaput Yomiuri Shimbun 04/21/11
• NRG Energy halts S. Texas nuclear plant expansion Austin Business Journal 04/21/11
• Tea Party, Green groups find common cause Dallas Morning News 04/20/11
• NRG Withdraws From Texas Nuclear Project World Nuclear News 04/20/11
• NRG will no longer invest in STP expansion San Antonio Express-News 04/20/11
• NRG Decides to Give Up Its $331 Million of Investment after Japan’s Catastrophe TopNews NZ 04/20/11
• NRG Energy Provides Clarity on Nuclear Project: No More Money GigaOm 04/1911
• Japan: TEPCO to pay 1 million yen per household in provisional damages International Business Times 04/15/11
• Japan’s Onagawa Nuclear Plant Loses Power in Latest Quake Environment News Service 04/08/11
• Japan Nuclear Plant Crisis Could Last Months Huffington Post 04/03/11
• Japan’s Government Needs to Move Quickly Huffington Post 04/03/11
• Nuclear industry’s other big hurdle: finance MarketWatch 04/01/11
• The Possible Cost of An U.S. Nuclear Disaster CNN 04/01/11
• Solar’s woes minimal in comparison By Lanny Sinkin Guest OpEd – San Antonio Express-News 3/31/11
• Japan radiation fears stall body removal UPI 03/31/11
• Meltdown fears at Fukushima, radiation spreads ABC News 03/31/11
• Japan’s Nuclear Rescuers: ‘Inevitable Some of Them May Die Within Weeks’ Fox News 3/31/11
• A Texas-Sized Plan for Nuclear Waste Mother Jones Magazine 3/29/11
• At U.S. Nuclear Sites, Preparing for the Unlikely New York Times 3/28/11
• Disaster-hit Japan faces protracted nuclear crisis Reuters News 3/27/11
• “Safe” Radiation is a Lethal TMI Lie 03/27/11
• Department of Public Health: Small amounts of radiation detected in state Boston Globe 3/27/11
• Groups Seeking Full Fukushima Radiation Data From DOE, NRC Salem News 3/25/11
• Nuclear industry shielded from big disaster costs CNNMoney 3/25/11
• Texas nuclear plant expansion in doubt CNNMoney 3/23/11
• NRG first to slow US nuclear work after Japan Reuters News Service 03/22/11
• CPS’ talks on nuclear power halted San Antonio Express-News 03/22/11
• South Texas Project’s expansion slowing down San Antonio Express-News 03/21/11
• NRG, Toshiba Slow Work On Texas Nuclear Plant Pending New Rules Wall Street Journal 03/21/11
• Three Mile Island’s residents remain on alert three decades after nuclear crisis Washington Post 03/19/11
• Texas town weighs risks, benefits of nuclear plant CNN 3/19/11
• Timing Is Everything Austin Chronicle 3/18/11
• China suspends all new nuclear plants, orders safety review Washington Post 3/16/11
• Unsteady markets start climb back amid nuke crisis Herald Sun 03/16/11
• Japanese explosions threaten plans for nuclear expansion in Texas Dallas Morning News 03/16/11
• Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Situation in Texas? RT America March 16, 2011
• Japan’s disaster chills plan for Texas nuclear plant Houston Chronicle 3/14/11
• Would new Texas reactors be safer than Japan’s? Houston Chronicle 3/15/11
• Tokyo Electric to Build US Nuclear Plants: The No BS Info on Japan’s Disastrous Nuclear Operators 3/15/11
• CPS halts talks on buying nuclear power San Antonio Express-News 03/15/11
• Tokyo Electric to Build US Nuclear Plants: The No BS Info on Japan’s Disastrous Nuclear Operators Truthout.org 3/14/11
• South Texas Project deal dubious in wake of quake Austin American-Statesman 03/14/11
• Nuclear Meltdown in Japan Indy Media News 3/13/11
• Nuke Means No Austin Chronicle 03/11/11
• After 50 Years, Nuclear Power is Still Not Viable without Subsidies, New Report Finds
  Union of Concerned Scientists 02/23/11
• CPS-NRG arm twist The QueQue San Antonio Current 3/09/11
• Nuclear foes rip CPS negotiations San Antonio Express-News 3/09/11
• Prosecutors: Saudi man planned attack for years Associated Press 2/26/11
• U.S. Pushes, but Reactors Are Lagging New York Times 1/31/11
• Nuclear power roadblock: Natural gas NPR’s Marketplace 1/25/11
• Trust wastes away in radioactive dump decision Dallas Morning News Editorial 1/07/11
• Texas Welcomes Nuclear Discards Wall Street Journal 1/05/11
• Judge to RadWaste Commission: ‘Not So Fast’ Texas Observer 12/30/10
• Judge halts radioactive dump plan for now Associated Press 12/30/10
• Last-Minute Choice by Texas and Vermont New York Times 12/30/10
• Douglas Officials Will Vote To Expand Nuclear Waste Dump VPR News 12/27/10
• High-Level Worries Fort Worth Weekly 12/22/10
• Don’t Trash Texas – Unless You Pay Perry $1.1 Million

– Lobby Watch Texans for Public Watch 12/20/10

• Shumlin Says Proposal Could Squeeze VT Out Of Nuclear Waste Dump Vermont Public Radio -NPR 12/14/10
• Don’t make Texas the nation’s radioactive waste dump San Antonio Express News Guest OpEd 12/10/10
• Nuclear ‘Renaissance’ Is Short on Largess New York Times 12/10/10
• Comanche Peak expansion thrown into doubt Fort Worth Star-Telegram 12/09/10
• New York relying much less on Indian Point for energy New Jersey Newsroom 12/07/10
• Texas Proposal Spurs Race to Dispose of Nuclear Waste New York Times 12/02/10
• Jinxed Plant Slows A Nuclear Rebirth Wall Street Journal 12/02/10
• Controversial rules for Texas landfill could impact decommissioning of Vermont Yankee VTDigger.org 12/01/10
• Report says nuke commission needs funding change The Associated Press 11/23/2010
• After the Nuclear Plant Powers Down New York Times 11/22/2010
• Nuclear demand on hold Washington Times 11/14/10
• Opponents of nuclear plant expansion call for more study Fort Worth Star-Telegram 10/28/2010
• Reactor under microscope Southern Maryland Newspapers 10/20/2010
• Smith: Power plants suck Austin American-Statesman 10/07/2010
• CPS Energy to announce new solar deal San Antonio Express-News 10/06/2010
• Water needs of proposed Colorado River power plant churn opposition Austin American-Statesman 10/06/10
• Over 100 attend NRC meeting Lake Country Sun 09/23/2010
• Lake Granbury water levels a point of concern at Comanche Peak hearing Fort Worth Star-Telegram 9/22/10
• Luminant cheers decision on Comanche Peak plans Fort Worth Star-Telegram 8/9/10
• ERCOT market monitor: Wholesale price drops in 2009 helped consumers, hurt market SNL Financial LC 7/31/10
• Stewart Brand is Wrong About Nukes — And Is Losing Huffington Post 7/26/10
• GAO report highlights loan guarantee flaws Ethanol Producer Magazine 7/10/10
• No room for error at radioactive waste site Dallas Monring News Editorial 6/30/10
• Texas reworking plan for radioactive waste shipments Fort Worth Star-Telegram 6/29/10
• Texas Mulls More Nuclear Reactors Texas Tribune 6/28/10
• Two more violations found at nuclear waste dump Associated Press 6/27/10
• Texas commission to retool nuclear waste plan Associated Press / Dallas Morning News 6/15/10
• Protestors Outnumbered During WCS Protest in Andrews NewsWest 9 6/12/10
• WCS Meeting Brings Out Local Protest CBS7 9 6/12/10
• San Antonio Creates $50 Million Sustainable Energy Research Institute Environmental News Service 6/9/10
• Texas commissioners hold hearing on nuclear waste Associated Press/Dallas Morning News 6/12/10
• We must protect Texas from others’ radioactive waste Karen Hadden Guest OpEd Austin American Statesman 6/10/10
• Atomic Waste Gets ‘Temporary’ Home Wall Street Journal 6/2/10
• FPL customers to receive nearly $14 million refund Orlando Sun Sentinel 6/2/10
• Proposal to truck radioactive waste through Texas to be considered soon Fort Worth Star-Telegram 5/29/10
• Will an “Emergency” Military Vote Tomorrow Fund More Nukes?? Harvey Wasserman 5/26/10
• ANALYSIS: A Nuclear Lesson for Oil? CleanSkies.com 5/21/10
• Residents support expansion of STP Bay City Tribune 5/10/10
• Strong Majority Of Texas Voters Opposed To Radioactive Waste Landfill Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club 4/29/10
• SACE Wins Vogtle Nuke Lawsuit SACE Press Release 4/30/10
• Atomic debate stirred over expansion of Comanche Peak nuclear plant Dallas Morning News 4/15/10
• Power company, opponents clash over Comanche Peak expansion Forth Worth Star-Telegram 4/15/10
• The Human Costs of Nuclear Power Huffington Post 4/11/10
• CPS deal died of multiple causes San Antonio Express News 4/06/10
• Beyond Nuclear report on leaking reactors finds regulator ignoring oversight Beyond Nuclear 4/20/10
• Vermont consultants urge delay of Texas nuke dump expansion rule San Antonio Current QueBlog 4/15/10
• Obama’s Nuclear Madness and the Future of ‘Clean’ CleanEdge.com 3/10
• Nuclear power risky, expensive Corpus Christi Caller-Times 3/5/10
• Vermont Senate Votes to Close Nuclear Plant New York Times 02/24/10
• NRG, Texas Utility End Project Dispute Wall Street Journal 02/17/10
• CPS, partner might settle lawsuit today San Antonio Express-News 02/17/10
• Nukes Aren’t the Answer Common Dreams 02/15/10
• Rate Hike: Council vote on electric/gas bump Thursday morning San Antonio Current QueBlog 02/15/10
• Unit at nuclear plant shut down Houston Chronicle 02/4/10
• Harold Simmons Is Dallas’ Most Evil Genius D Magazine Feb/2010
• Will Obama guarantee a new reactor war? Free Press 1/30/10
• Plans for 2 new nuclear reactors appear to be in jeopardy Dallas Morning News 1/30/10
• Texas judge warns CPS in Texas nuclear dispute Reuters 1/29/10
• CPS and NRG are headed toward Splitsville San Antonio Express-News 01/29/10
• Nuclear lawsuit under way San Antonio Express News 1/26/10
• Nuclear power roadblock: Natural gas NPR’s Marketplace 1/25/11
• Federal judge halts nuclear suit San Antonio Express-News 01/20/10
• Yucca Haunts Admin’s Lagging Efforts on Nuclear Waste Study Panel Greenwire.com 01/11/10
• CPS general manager leaves nuclear meeting San Antonio Express-News 01/11/10
• San Antonio CPS, SAWS lawsuits have tie Bay City Tribune 1/11/10
• CPS says its stake in STP is protected San Antonio Express-News 01/09/10
• Bad business compounds bad politics at CPS San Antonio Express-News 01/08/10
• Operation:CPS – The mysterious death of a done nuclear deal San Antonio Current 01/06/10
• Mayor wants nuclear partners to settle San Antonio Express-News 01/04/10
• Four finalists for CPS board announced San Antonio Express-News 01/04/10
• CPS agrees to pay share of nuclear costs San Antonio Express-News 12/30/09
• Court clash starts in CPS’ fight over project San Antonio Express-News 12/30/09
• Councilman shone in nuclear debate San Antonio Express-News 12/27/09
• CPS seeks $32 billion in STP damages San Antonio Express-News 12/24/09
• Loan Program May Stir Nuclear Industry New York Times 12/24/09
• CPS partner says it’s time for decision San Antonio Express-News 12/16/09
• New numbers at CPS Energy suggest we can take a pass on nukes, spend decade developing alternatives San Antonio Current QueBlog 12/15/09
• Radioactive Waste Commission Punts Texas Observer 12/11/09
• Geis warns fiscal crisis looming at CPS Energy San Antonio Express-News 12/10/09
• External review needed at CPS San Antonio Express-News 12/08/09
• CPS Energy to release results of investigation WOAI 12/08/09
• CPS Energy chairwoman Geis resigns San Antonio Express-News 12/08/09
• CPS Energy Board Chair resigns after weeks of pressure San Antonio Current Queblog 12/08/09
• CPS internal report reveals scandal’s details San Antonio Express-News 12/08/09
• CPS asks court to ‘clarify’ nuclear pact San Antonio Express-News 12/07/09
• Conspiracy theory puts NRG on the grassy knoll San Antonio Express-News 12/06/09
• CPS’ partner told mayor of higher price San Antonio Express-News 12/06/09
• Costs Cloud Texas Nuclear Plan Wall Street Journal 12/5/09
• A culture of secrecy persists at CPS Energy San Antonio Express-News 12/04/09
• The high price of a deal gone bad: Rebuilding CPS leadership San Antonio Express-News 11/22/09
• Solar is ready to answer S.A.’s energy needs San Antonio Express-News 11/21/09
• CPS partner: Nuclear deal costs too high for S.A. (updated story) San Antonio Express-News 11/20/09
• CPS board shares blame in fiasco San Antonio Express-News 11/20/09
• UPDATE 1-CPS Energy share in new NRG nuclear units may fall Reuters 11/19/09
• Nuclear project still alive San Antonio Express-News 11/16/09
• CPS Execs return from Operation Cacahuates Japonés San Antonio Current queblog 11/16/09
• CPS Energy suspends 2 execs in probe San Antonio Express-News 11/03/09
• CPS secrecy strains relations with City Council San Antonio Express-News 11/01/09
• Diablo Canyon had an undetected problem for 19 months New Times 10/28/09
• Nuclear cost estimate rises by as much as $4 billion (updated story) San Antonio Express-News 10/28/09
• Suburban Cities Threaten to Scuttle Nuclear Expansion WOAI 1200 News Radio 10/27/09
• Suburban Cities Threaten to Scuttle Nuclear Expansion WOAI 1200 News Radio 10/27/09
• Nuclear cost estimate rises by as much as $4 billion San Antonio Express-News 10/27/09
• Fitch Rates San Antonio, Texas’ $380MM Elec & Gas Jr Lien Revs ‘AA+’; Outlook Stable Business Wire 10/22/09
• Groups call on Council to reject $400 million for nukes until alternatives are studied San Antonio Current – Queblog 10/19/09
• What CPS won’t tell you about nuclear power – 3 part Series – San Antonio Current
  • Nukes mean mines- Part 1 9/16/09
  • Risky Business – Part 2 9/30/09
  • Until the end of the world – Part 3 10/14/09
• Higher CPS bill will add to families’ struggles San Antonio Express-News 10/12/09
• Nuclear plant has crack Tampa Bay Tribune 10/09/09
• CPS has dropped the ball on alternatives to nuclear San Antonio Express-News 10/2/09
• Atomic Numbers; Is CPS cooking the books for nuclear power San Antonio Current – 9/30/09
• Water helps fuel debate on the STP San Antonio Express-News 9/11/09
• Castro reboots nuclear debate San Antonio Express-News 8/9/09
• New mayor brings new energy to the nuclear debate San Antonio Express-News 8/9/09
• Mayor tells CPS to rethink nuke options San Antonio Express-News 8/6/09
• Nuclear plan facing opposition on many fronts San Antonio Express-News 8/6/09
• Mayor Castro may be Houdini after all San Antonio Express-News 7/7/09
• Special report: CPS Energy’s nuclear expansion plans San Antonio Express-News
• Energy Future Holdings’ debt rating is downgraded
  Fort Worth Star-Telegram
• Scientists checking Nevada Test Site groundwater San Jose Mercury-News 8/01/09
• Nuclear plans hurting power companies’ credit ratings Grist.org 7/31/09
• PSE&G plan takes solar energy public Philadelphia Inquirer 7/29/09
• Exelon Nuclear will close Victoria office, eliminate local community outreach position Victoria Advocate 7/28/09
• Nuclear reactors too expensive – OpEd Matt Johnson San Antonio Express-News 7/7/09
• CPS plans to sell excess energy San Antonio Express-News 7/01/09
• Lee’s electric company San Antonio Current 6/30/09
• CPS $13 billion nuke figure spins against renewables San Antonio Current 6/30/09
• Proposed nuclear reactors to cost up to $13 Bln Associated Press 6/30/09
• Exelon delays plans Victoria Advocate 6/30/09
• South Texas nuke plant gets government loan boost San Antonio Express-News 6/17/09
• Funds to shut nuclear plants fall short Associated Press 6/17/09
• Vermont Yankee to power down to fix leak Brattleboro Reformer 6/09/09
• Exelon still looking for leak’s cause Chicago Sun-Times News 6/09/09
• Nuclear plant to be multibillion-dollar choice San Antonio Express-News 6/07/09
• Half-Life of a Radioactive Waste Scheme The Texas Observer 6/4/09
• Gov’t posts sensitive list of US nuclear sites AP News 6/3/09
• New Nuclear Generation: Ratings Pressure Increasing Moody’s Global June 2009
• The Dumping Ground Counterpunch 5/27/09
• Southeast U.S. Water Goes to Power Plants, Report Says Water & Wastewater News 5/18/09
• DOE narrows list of projects for nuclear loan help AP News 5/15/09
• DOE focuses on 4 companies for nuclear loan help Chicago Tribune 5/15/09
• Recount Doesn’t Change Results in Andrews County Bond Election NewsWest 9 5/14/09
• Andrews County judge verifying signatures on recount petition Midland Reporter-Telegram 5/12/09
• Andrews voters narrowly approve controversial bond issue KCBD 5/11/09
• Group Demands Recount in WCS Bond Election NewsWest 9 5/11/09
• West Texas county to vote on funding nuke site AP 5/07/09
• $75 Million Dollar Bond Election Passes in Andrews NewsWest 9 5/09/09
• In Bondage to Radioactive Waste The Texas Observer 5/7/09
• WCS Disposal Site Stirs Controversy Among Environmentalists News West 9 4/30/09
• Texas company: We want nation’s radioactive waste Forbes 4/14/09
• NRC Sees No Difference Between Foreign and Domestic Waste KCPW 4/14/09
• Fort Worth lawmaker airs concerns about low-level nuclear waste being transported on Texas roads Fort Worth Star-Telegram 4/12/09
• ‘Even the Mafia was more circumspect’: Glenn Shankle goes from regulator to lobbyist The Texas Observer 4/9/09
• WCS pushing Andrews election Odessa American Online 4/10/09
• Opponents Seek to Halt Nuclear Plant License KERA News 4/08/09
• Good to Glow Texas Observer 4/04/09
• Cracking the corporate media’s Iron Curtain around death at Three Mile Island Harvey Wasserman April 1, 2009
• CPS and climate politics: By the numbers San Antonio Queblog 3/30/09
• Three Mile Island at 30: Nuclear Power’s Pitfalls Time Magazine 3/27/09
• Andrews County sets bond election to finance Waste Control Specialists’ project Midland Reporter-Telegram 3/23/09
• Three Mile Island; 30 years of what if… Tribune Review 3/22/09
• NRC Decision on Depleted Uranium Draws Rebuke on Hill New York Times 3/20/09
• Kicking carbon out of homes, before the sea swallows us whole San Antonio Queblog 3/17/09
• Science suggests Australia’s present drought and wildfires may be tracking to Texas. And guess who’s fidding?San Antonio Queblog 3/13/09
• Radioactive Risks for West Texas Mudville News 3/10/2009
• Environmental Groups Protesting Radioactive Waste Storage in Andrews KWES9 3/6/09
• Concerned Representatives Speak Out on Radioactive Waste CBS 7 News 3/6/09
• Andrews dump site OA Online 3/6/09
• Environmentalists fight planned nuclear plant San Antonio Business Journal 2/23/09
• Cancer questions grow around Fermi nuclear plant The Michigan Messenger 2/17/09
• Another Spectacular $50 Billion No Nukes Victory for the Forces of Solartopia
  Harvey Wasserman 2/12/09
• Why is that $50 billion radioactive antique toilet still in the stimulus Harvey Wasserman 2/10/09
• A $50 Billion Nuke Power Bomb is Dropping Toward Obama’s Stimulus Harvey Wasserman 1/31/09
• Nuclear Fallout Fort Worth Weekly 1/21/2009
• Exclusive analysis, Part 1: The staggering cost of new nuclear power Climate Progress, 1/5/2009
• Texas can take lessons from Finland’s nuclear power plant delays Dallas Morning News 12/21/08
• The Half-Life of the Lesser Evil; Dr. Chu’s Nuclear Prescription Counterpunch 12/15/08
• City Council likely to pay consultant to look into nuclear plant expansion; Austin buying into expansion unlikely, mayor says. Austin American Statesman 12/17/2008
• CPS Energy’s plans cover many bases San Antonio Express 12/13/2008
• Pushing nukes at the NRC; SA’s power plants skirt pressure test as federal regulators exempt industry from terrorism studies San Antonio Current 11/19/08
• Duke doubles cost estimate for nuclear plant Charlotte Business Journal 11/04/08
• Rethinking energy San Antonio Express 8/26/08
• Efficiency, renewable energy are much cheaper than nukes San Antonio Express 8/12/08
• Tougher Regional Energy Efficiency Goals Proposed: Would save money, reduce the need for more CPS Energy capacity WOAI News Radio 8/11/08
• Drought claims lake – Local landowner can’t see how Exelon could sustain dry timesVictoria Advocate 8/10/08
• Aggressive efficiency program could power San Antonio’s future San Antonio Express 8/11/08
• Why we never need to build another polluting power plant Salon Magazine 7/28/08
• Concern over French nuclear leaks BBC News 7/24/08
• Nuke plant still at 25 percent power after mishap Boston Globe 7/13/08
• CPS alternative program: Wind blows savings to customers San Antonio Express 7/13/08
• Once-cheap energy hurts S.A., report says San Antonio Express 6/11/08
• Half-Trillion Dollars for Nukes! Common Dreams 5/29/08
• Robert Rivard: A new energy economy in S.A. could be the next big thing San Antonio Express 5/24/08
• CPS Energy Makes Change To Rate Hike Distribution KSAT 5/8/08
• Balancing green and pro-nukes; Former head of Greenpeace backs use of nuclear energy Victoria Advocate 5/8/08
• Forget Nuclear Rocky Mountain Institute 4/28/08
• What Nuclear Renaissance? The Nation Magazine 4/24/08
• Guerra: CPS Energy could save megawatts, money by focusing on efficiency San Antonio Express 4/15/08
• Carlos Guerra: Don’t be sold a bill of CPS Energy goods San Antonio Express 4/11/08
• A Shift in the Debate Over Global Warming New York Times 4/06/08
• NRG’s estimate for Texas nuclear reactors still climbing; NRG says its plans for South Texas will now cost $8 billion Dallas Morning News 3/27/08
• NRC Indicates Security Problem At Three Mile Island In Letter WGAL 3/26/08
• NRG Energy Sets Up an Entity to Build Nuclear Plants New York Times 3/26/08
• Foes claim nuke plant cost estimate lowballed San Antonio Express 3/24/08
• UPDATE 1-NRC will not order 8 reactors to shut early (NRG – South Texas Project) Reuters 3/04/08
• Nuclear plants running into snags in application process Dallas Morning News 3/04/08
• Nuclear plants were down during Florida power outage – Power restored after massive blackout darkens much of Florida AFP 2/26/08
• NRC postpones public comments on STP units Bay City Tribune 2/19/08
• David Hendricks: Alarm bells should be ringing over nuke project San Antonio Express 2/13/08
• Austin will not join nuclear expansion: Too little information, too much risk, consultant finds Austin American Statesman 2/08/08
• South Texas nuke foe Lanny Sinkin returns FuelFix 02/06/2008
• NRC hears STP backers, detractors Bay City Tribune 2/06/08
• Nuke proposal meeting draws fans and foes San Antonio Express 2/05/08
• Bay City debates nuclear power in its backyard; Commission hearing on proposed plant expansion draws strong support and opposition Houston Chronicle 2/05/08
• Public can voice opinions on STP expansion; Nuclear Regulatory Commission to hold second round of meetings Victoria Advocate 1/31/08
• Three Mile Island License Up for Renewal Houston Chronicle 1/28/08
• Drought could force nuke-plant shutdowns Houston Chronicle 1/23/08
• Nuclear revival rekindles waste concerns Associated Press 1/18/08
• With Nuclear Rebirth Come New Worries Associated Press 1/15/08
• Cost, timeline of nuclear reactors keeps Georgia Power negotiating Atlanta Journal-Constitution 1/17/08
• Nuclear Costs Explode The Tampa Bay Tribune 1/15/2008
• Victoria on the Road to Nuclear Power – Excelon chooses site south of the city Victoria Advocate 1/08/08
• Nuke plant won’t suck Victoria dry, officials say Victoria Advocate 1/08/08
• Nuke investment will require vote Austin American Statesman 01/09/08
• Shifting Layers Over Arctic Blamed for Ice Melt Discovery News 01/02/08
• Debate begins over environment Victoria Advocate 12/19/07
• River water will become key issue; Plant would have rights to more river water than Victoria Victoria Advocate 12/19/07
• Exelon to seek license for nuclear power plant in Victoria County Associated Press 12/19/07
• Bloomberg article on nuclear plants in Texas 12/17/07
• How risky is the new era of nuclear power? USA Today 12/12/07
• A sampling of nuclear safety problems USA Today 12/12/07
• Nuclear Power in a Warming World Union of Concerned Scientists December 2007
• Plan to Build Reactors Is Running Into Hurdles New York Times 12/05/07
• A nuclear power revival in the United States? New York Times 12/04/07
• US utilities sceptical over nuclear plants Financial Times 11/18/07
• Hooked on Subsidies Forbes November 26, 2007
• Silver Lining to ‘The Nuclear Renaissance’; There may never be a better time to sell the nuke Good Life Magazine November 2007
• CPS approves $206 million for nukes, use police to keep community out 10/29/07 Southwest Workers Union Blog 10/30/07
• Melt down at CPS nuke vote San Antonio Current Blog 10/29/07
• CPS to study reactors San Antonio Express News 10/29/07
• Nuke plant revival debated San Antonio Express News 10/27/07
• A precursor to Austin’s upcoming nuke debate Austin American Statesman 10/27/07
• Nuclear power and water scarcity Science Alert 10/26/07
• Concerns Over Nuclear Power Expansion KXAN36 10/26/07
• Austin leaders appeal to San Antonio on nuclear plant KLBJ 590AM News 10/26/07
• CPS must die San Antonio Current 10/24/07
• CPS Energy may make history with new nuclear reactors San Antonio Express News 10/20/07
• Review on first COL application shows learning curve just beginning Inside NRC 10/15/07
• NRC Seeks Comments On Whether New Reactors Should Be Designed To Withstand Airplane CrashFoster Electric Report 10/10/07
• NRC Releases Findings Into Sleeping Guards CBS3 Philadelphia News 10/09/07
• Video shows nuclear plant guards sleeping on the job Raw Story 10/04/07
• GAO: NRC faces challenges tied to licensing Electric Power Daily 10/03/07
• NRG, a merchant, is first in three decades to file to build nuclear, but utilities lining up Electric Utility Week 10/01/07
• Nuclear power’s promise? Lower rates – someday Houston Chonicle 9/27/07
• With NRG Filing, DOE Moves Nuke ‘Risk Insurance’ The Energy Daily 9/26/07
• Is This Nuclear Plant Safe? Anonymous photographs raise new alarms about the Vermont nuclear reactor.
  The Valley Advocate 9/06/07
• Nuclear plants protested outside ‘Simpsons’ premiere News 8 Austin 7/27/07
• Mercifully, Fall Out Boy Wasn’t Invited The Texas Observer blog 07/27/07
• PR Nuke Flacks Do the Kashiwazaki Quake Death Spin Huffington Post 7/26/07
• LANL Plutonium Reported in Santa Fe Drinking Water, While Dignitaries Celebrate First Plutonium Pit CCNS News 7/06/07
• Improving Government Oversight; Unlearned Lessons from Year-plus Reactor Outages Union of Concerned Scientists Oct. 2006
• Will the Nuke Mushroom? The Austin Chronicle 06/30/06
• Illinois Sues Exelon for Radioactive Tritium Releases Since 1996 Environmental News Service 3/21/06
• 4 Uranium reserves WISE/NIRS Nuclear Monitor February, 2005
• Federal inspectors, plant operators discuss nuke plant leak Associated Press 07/28/2003
• Larry Sinkin, et al., vs. STNP The Texas Observer 4/17/81
• Half-life National Geographic – July 2002