Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2012. Japan Voters Return Pro-Nuclear Party to Power Industry/Regulatory/Political U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has recommended requiring engineered filters to the containment vents for Mark I and Mark II boiling water reactors as a post-Fukushima response. A staff paper released this week for the commission’s consideration said[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2012. The United States is deeply concerned by reports that dozens of civilians, including women and children, were killed or wounded in Yarmouk, an area of Damascus home to 150,000 Palestinian refugees, as a result of aerial bombardment and fighting between Syrian government forces and armed opposition[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2012. Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT Secretary’s Health / Status of Accountability Review Board Report SYRIA Statement by Farouk al-Shara / Update on Regime Violence AFGHANISTAN Track Two Dialogue / Hosted by a Paris-Based Think Tank EGYPT Update on Referendum IRAN Statement by Foreign Minister Salehi /[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2012 – 1:17 P.M. EST MR. CARNEY:  Good afternoon, everyone.  Thanks for being here.  I think as you know, the President and Speaker of the House had a meeting here at the White House a little earlier today.  Conversations continue.  I have no readout of that meeting[Read More…]