Japan:
¶ The chairman of TEPCO says the company needs to restart reactors at Niigata. [The Japan Times]
¶ Former Prime Minister Kan and a number of lawmakers are pushing for immediate decommissioning of 12 reactors. They also want to end use of nuclear power by 2025, while decommissioning all reactors that reach the age of 40. [The Japan Times]
World:
¶ The French nuclear safety authority has issued a list of 900 upgrade requirements reactors must meet because of Fukushima. Électricité de France officials say it will cost them €10 billion ($12.5 billion). They are also looking at spending €45 billion to keep old reactors going past age 40. [Platts]
¶ There has been a large increase in renewable energy production in the UK, and a decline in demand. [Business Green]
US:
¶ Entergy is ending health care coverage of locked-out union employees at Pilgrim on Saturday night. [MarketWatch]
¶ The Connecticut Attorney General opposes the relicensing of nuclear reactors at Indian Point until a thorough investigation is made of environmental impacts. [Hartford Courant]
¶ Southern California should get through the summer without blackouts. [CBS]
¶ The NRC is investigating safety culture at Palisades because of a letter from a whistleblower. [ABC 57 News]
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