Japan:
¶ A video featuring the manager of Fukushima Daiichi at the time of the disaster will be aired on August 11. He describes the workers who stayed at the plant to cool reactors down as “saints in hell.” [The Japan Times]
¶ Three reactors are being studied as potential candidates for restarting, but it is not clear how the restarts will proceed while a new nuclear regulatory agency is being founded. [The Daily Yomiuri]
¶ The Japanese government has chosen five candidates for leadership of the new nuclear regulatory agency. [Fox]
¶ Workers hired as cleanup contractors have been exposed to four times as much radiation as utility employees. [Asahi Shimbun]
US:
¶ Areva is building a new US technical center and cooperating with Northrop Grumman to provide cybersecurity support for nuclear facilities. [World Nuclear News]
¶ The TVA is considering using MOX fuel made from old nuclear bombs. [Power Industry News]
¶ S&P is downgrading Duke Energy because of lack of transparency in the replacement of the new CEO after the recent merger of Duke with Progress Energy. [Reuters]
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