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Lead:

• USEC Posts Half-Billion Dollar Loss for 4th Quarter of 2011: American Centrifuge Write-offs

Opinions:

• KEVIN JIANJUN TU: China’s Nuclear Crossroads
• JEAN-FRANÇOIS BÉLAND: Now is the Time for Canada to Invest in Nuclear Energy

Above The Fold:

• USEC Officials Say 2012 Will Be Key To Company's Future

People, Politics:

• House Oversight Members Accuse Jaczko Of Contradicting Testimony
• Report: Vermont Yankee Closing Would Cost Over 1,000 Jobs, Millions in Tax Revenue

International:

• Japanese Cabinet To Meet On Reactor Restart
• German Court Rejects Legal Protection Against Nuclear Fuel Tax
• Energy Secretary: No Truth In UK Plans To Call Nuclear ‘Renewable’
• Romania Extends Offer Deadline for New Reactors

Japan:

• NHK Report: Temperatures Spike At Fukushima Unit 2 Reactor
• Tokyo's Anti-Nuclear Mayor Hoping to Spearhead Watershed Change in Japan's Energy Mix
• Survey: Most Japanese Towns Undecided On Nuclear Stress Tests
• Government Probe Into Nuclear Fuel Disposal Costs Finalized

People, Politics:

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• Georgia Commissioner Seeks Market-Based Reforms for Nuclear Waste Management
• Whitfield: Paducah Uranium Enrichment Bill Remains 'Stymied'
• Series Of Incidents At San Onofre Nuclear Plant Draws Attention Of Critics
• Developing Senate Plan Would Bolster Government Ability To Regulate Cybersecurity Of Critical Industries Including Nuclear

Business:

• Extract Resources Seeking to Expand Suitors As Chinese Zero In
• EDF: No Issue Producing Necessary Power During Current Cold Wave

International:

• Edano Emerges as Key Factor in Japan's Nuclear Future
• UK's Horizon Completes Purchase Of Land For Nuclear Development
• EU Climate Chief: Use Rio+20 Conference To Overhaul Idea Of Growth
• Ontario's Power Glut Means Possible Temporary Nuclear Plant Shutdowns
• South Korea on Track for Nuclear Deals with Turkey
• Seoul Prepares For Nuclear Security Summit
• Retired Finnish Nuclear Safety Boss Hired By Russia's Rosatom

Japan:

• Rokkasho Reprocessing Furnace Prompts Further Delay

People, Politics:

• New Mexico's Carlsbad Juxtaposes Its Salt Beds as Post-BRC Elixir

Business:

• China Inc. Poised to Pounce on More Uranium: Australia's Extract Resources in the Bullseye
• NRC Delays Review Of PSEG Nuclear Permit Application For New Salem County Reactor Due To Lack Of Resources

International:

• Japanese Power Utilities Face Serious Supply Problems As Severe Cold Weather Increases Consumption
• New UK Energy Secretary To Walk The Same Nuclear Tightrope As His Predecessor
• BDI Says German Nuclear Exit Threatens Jobs
• Russia: Fire At Moscow Nuclear Institute No Risk
• Officials: U.N. Nuclear Inspectors’ Visit To Iran Is A Failure

Best Of The Blogs:

• International Nuclear Markets Gain Momentum: IDAHO SAMIZDAT

Opinions:

• ERIC LOEWEN: Nuclear Plants Are Powerful Economic Engines
• CLINT WOLFE: Take advantage of SRS strengths for Nuclear storage

Japan:  

• Suspect: Falsified Labor Deals Rampant At Japan's Nuclear Plants

People, Politics:

• Senators Take Skeptical Look At Nuclear Waste Recommendations
• Western House Members Express Concern Over DOE-USEC Uranium Tails Plan
• Worn Pipes Shut California Reactors
• Tests Show No Radiation Increase At Byron Nuclear Plant
• San Onofre Radiation Risk Called Minimal
• San Onofre Plant Worker Falls In Reactor Pool – No Major Radiation Exposure
• Former Sen. Domenici Defends Blue Ribbon Commission Report
• White House Gives Up More Solyndra Docs

Business:

• TVA's Watts Bar II Completion May Slide Into 2014: Ripple Effect on Bellafonte Schedule
• Delays And Cost Overruns Hit Watts Bar Work
• Entergy Seeks $4.6 Million to compensate for Vermont Yankee Legal Fees
• Newspaper Report: Steag Plans to Keep Its Nuclear Unit

Right Column:

• ČEZ Contracts BNP Paribas To Search For Czech Temelín Financing Partner

Opinions:

• REP. JOHN SHIMKUS: Nuclear Must Be Part of an 'All-of-the-Above' Energy Strategy
• ANDREW HOLLAND, AMERICAN SECURITY PROJECT: BRC Report — A Reset to 30 Years Ago

Japan:

• More Radioactive Water Leaks Found At Fukushima
• Reuters: Fukushima Bolsters Japanese Push For Utilities Reform
• Japanese Cabinet Approves Bills For Nuclear Safety Reform

People, Politics:

• Florida State Senator Files Amendment To Repeal Nuclear Cost Recovery Statute
• BRC Co-Chairs Peddle Consent-Based Approach to Senate Committee
• Rep. Stearns Expects WH Solyndra Docs Imminently, Plans More Hearings
• House Members Want Justice To Intervene In Solyndra Fight With Obama

Business:

• CGNPC Says Kalahari Minerals Offer Declared Unconditional
• Tepco President Rebuked by Rescue Fund Chief on Utility Rate Increase
• In Electricity Market: Who’s Got the Power?

International:

• EDF's Fessenheim Reactors: At the Intersection of the Debate Over France's Nuclear Future
• Spain Says U.S. To Help In Nuclear Clean-Up of 1966 Accident
• Russian-French Joint Venture: Alstom To Supply Turbine Island For Baltic Nuclear Power Plant
• Ed Davey Confirmed As New UK Energy Secretary
• Kazakhs Aim To Grow 2012-15 Uranium Output To 25,000 Tonnes
• Kazakhstan Furthers Diversification Into Value-Added Nuclear Fuel Products
• Energy-Poor Albania Wants Nuclear Power Plant, Neighboring Montenegro Opposes

Japan:

• Japan Asks IAEA Nuclear Crisis Support Network To Add New Category

People, Politics:

• NRC on the Verge: Vogtle COL Vote Scheduled for Feb 9
• Santorum Favors Yucca: 'Ratepayers In My State Have Paid A Lot Of Money To Have That Facility'
• Vermont AG: VY Decision Could Have Far-Reaching Ramifications
• Anti-Nuclear Group Tells State Board To Start Over On Vt. Yankee Permit

Business:

• TEPCO To Lift Corporate Electricity Rates Despite Backlash

International:

• New Nuclear Proponent Huhne Resigns as U.K. Energy Secretary Over Decade-old Traffic Incident Row
• Report: Japan To Join Global Nuclear Compensation Pact
• Czech Scientists Help Upgrade Nuclear Reactors For The U.S Navy
• Kazakhstan Says Uranium Production Increased by 9% Last Year

Opinions:

• GEORGE MONBIOT: We Cannot Wish Britain's Nuclear Waste Away

Japan:

• TEPCO: Fukushima Reactor Leaks, Radiation Remains Contained

People, Politics:

• NRC: 'Unusual' Wear On New Tubes At San Onofre Nuclear Plant
• Nuclear Regulator Estimates Low Level Of Tritium Released At Stalled Northern Illinois Reactor
• Video: Shimkus: One Man (Harry Reid) Not Representative Of Local Nevada Support for Yucca
• NRC Research Study: Low Risk From Major Accident Consequences
• White House To Release Post-Solyndra Review Of Green-Energy Loans

Business:

• Duke Energy Spending On Lee Nuclear Plant Reaches $261 Million
• Customer Revolt Brews As TEPCO Seeks Higher Rates
• PG&E Loses Bid To Charge Customers For Diablo Canyon Seismic Study

International:

• IAEA Calls for Tougher Anti-Disaster Plan in Japan Nuclear Plants
• Russia Sees Privatization Of Rosatom As Part Of A Plan For Industrial Modernization
• Disposal Of Russian Third Generation Nuclear Subs Suspended

Best Of The Blogs:

• Two Fast Moving Stories With Surprising Twists: IDAHO SAMIZDAT
• Japan Stressed Out Over Future Of Its Nuclear Reactors: IDAHO SAMIZDAT

Opinion:

• Jon Ralston: How to Win Nevada – ‘The Media are More Obsessed with Yucca Mountain Than Most Regular Folks…'

Japan:

• TEPCO Says 8.5 Tons Of Water Leaked From Fukushima No. 4 Reactor
• Japanese Governor Wants Nuclear Safety Pledge In Writing
• Japan Sticks To 40-Year Limit For Nuclear Reactor Operations

People, Politics:

• San Onofre Stands Down While 'Radiation Leak' Repaired: Edison — No Threat or Harm to Public or Workers
• Yucca Mountain Looms As Issue In GOP Nevada Primary
• Expert: Small San Onofre Leak Not Surprising
• BRC Hearing Gets 'Testy' over Yucca: BRC Co-Chair Hamilton, Energy Committee Members Face-off
• NRC Rejects Indian Point Fire Safety Plan
• Gov. Shumlin Meets Vermont Yankee Advocates Behind Closed Doors

Business:

• Fukushima Leads To 61% Plunge In Hitachi's April-Dec. Profit
• AREVA Pushes Back Plans For Idaho Enrichment Plant
• China Guangdong Moves Closer To Kalahari Purchase
• Exelon Restores Offsite Power To Illinois' Byron 2 Reactor

International:

• Reuters: Southeast Asia Goes Slow On Nuclear, Despite Energy Shortage
• New Generation Of Nuclear Reactors Could Consume Radioactive Waste As Fuel
• U.N. Nuclear Monitor Agency Announces Second Visit to Iran
• Rosatom Negotiating With Serbia to Take Part in Belene Nuclear Project
• Kazakhstan Ups 2011 Uranium Output To 19,000 Tonnes

Opinions:

• DAVID ROPEIK: A Democratic Solution to the Problem of Nuclear Storage

People, Politics:

• Blue Ribbon Co-Chair: U.S. Nuclear-Waste Overhaul Will Take Years
• NRC Official: Tiny Amount Of Radiation 'Could Have' Escaped From San Onofre Nuclear Plant
• NRC Report: Public Health Risks From Major Nuclear Accident 'Very Small'
• Chu: Several U.S. Nuclear Repositories Likely Needed
• Blue Ribbon Commission Head: Lack Of Nuclear Storage Site A ‘Serious Failure Of The American Government’

Business:

• B&W Confirms It Will Compete for DOE SMR Funding
• Nuclear Energy Boosts Fortum Power Unit In Q4
• Fennovoima Receive bids From AREVA and Toshiba For New Finnish Plant

International:

• GDF Suez Urges Clearer EU Government Rules On Energy
• IAEA, Iran To Meet Again After 'Good' Talks
• Nuclear Reactors In A Post-Fukushima World: Moving The Safety Envelope To The Edge

Japan:

• NISA Stress Test Advisers: Japan’s Nuclear Safety Tests Ignore Fukushima Lessons
• U.N. Body Chairman: No Big Fukushima Health Impact Seen
• Reuters: Nuclear Crisis Bolsters Japan Push For Utilities Reform
• Furnace Malfunction Hobbles Aomori Spent Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Plant

People, Politics:

• Whitfield: Paducah Enrichment Facility Hung Out to Dry
• Study: Reactors in Central, Eastern U.S. Face Greater Earthquake Threat
• House Energy and Commerce Committee To Examine Blue Ribbon Report
• Nuclear Officials Investigate Possible Leak At California's San Onofre Plant
• Entergy CEO asks Vermont PSB To Reconvene For VY Resumption

Business:

• AREVA Eagle Rock Schedule Contingent on Securing 'Investment Partners'
• Rio Tinto Accepts Chinese Bid for Kalahari Shares
• Areva And Partners Submit Commercial Bid For A New EPR Nuclear Plant To Fennovoima
• Forgemasters Shows Its Nuclear Credentials To A Global Audience

International:

• IAEA Calls for Tougher Anti-Disaster Plan in Japan Nuclear Plants
• Japan's January Nuclear Plant Usage Falls To 10.3 Percent
• Chinese To Resume Nuclear Approvals But At Slower Rate
• French Report Faults Indecision on Nuclear Industry
• Russia’s Nuclear Unclarity: Baltic Energy Expansion In Doubt