Japan:
¶ Additional nuclear plant restarts are likely to be delayed because of political parties postponing consideration of the personnel of the new nuclear regulatory agency. The current issue is a leak of a list of names of proposed personnel to the press. [Daily Yomiuri]
¶ Ohi Unit 4 is now generating power for the grid. It is expected to be at full power on July 25. [Power Engineering]
¶ The Japan Times considers how numbers of people in demonstrations are reported differently by different media outlets. Low estimates are sometimes as small as 10% of the high estimates. [The Japan Times]
US:
¶ The California Energy Commission is planning for electricity supply without San Onofre in 2013 and 2014, perhaps. Meanwhile, the utility is considering applying to the NRC to be allowed to operated at 70% power for six months as a test. [North Country Times]
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