Japan:
¶ Fukushima University is opening a radiation research center to study the effects of the Fukushima Disaster. [The Japan Times]
¶ TEPCO has successfully removed two fuel assemblies from the Fukushima Daiichi Unit 4 spent fuel pool. [The Japan Daily Press]
¶ A second reactor at Ohi is now running. [Power Engineering]
US:
¶ NRC region 2 is now headed by a person who calls his experience in post-Fukushima Japan as “almost biblical.” [Toledo Blade]
¶ A recent power reduction at VY was due to low water levels and high temperature in the Connecticut River. [Brattleboro Reformer]
¶ San Onofre has a troubling history of safety issues. [Voice of San Diego]
¶ The Duke-Progress merger puts the future of construction of new nuclear reactors into question. [thegreenenergycollective]
¶ A reactor at Limerick was shut down because of an electrical problem in a transformer. [Reuters]
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