Japan:
¶ Closing down all fifty nuclear plants in Japan would result in a loss to Japanes utilities of ¥4.4 trillion ($55 billion). [The Japan Times]
¶ The Japanese Nuclear and Industrial Safety Administration has admitted it was negligent and is apologizing for shoddy management. [The Asahi Shimbun]
US:
¶ The Vermont Yankee nuclear plant is running at 36% of permitted power because of a problem that produced smoke in the reactor building. An Entergy spokesman said they did not know what the cause was, but they did know it had nothing to do with safety. [Keene Sentinel]
¶ The Massachusetts Attorney General is appealing the Pilgrim license renewal, saying the NRC abused its discretion in issuing the license without considering the Fukushima Disaster. [Fox News Boston]
¶ The NRC has determined that the problem at San Onofre stems from design flaws and says it is not possible to know whether one or more of the steam generators needs to be replaced. The flaws are said to have resulted from bad computer modeling. [Newser]
¶ The 24 groups and individuals, including the New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution, have joined to file a petition to stop the NRC from licensing or relicensing plants until the waste issue is resolved. [Clean Energy News]
¶ San Diego Gas & Electric has completed a 500 kV transmission line to link a solar farm in the Imperial Valley to San Diego. [Utilities Network]
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