The Ikata Unit 1 reactor in Japan will be permanently shut down. The nearly 40 year old reactor needs 200 billion yen in upgrades and repairs if it were to ever be allowed to restart. The fuel savings the power company claims it would gain from running the plant is only 10 billion yen. fukuleaks.org

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is calling on the Department of Energy to stop a shipment of nuclear material that is scheduled to be stored in her state, according to CNN. thehill.com

Japan’s government said Monday that it will stick to its policy of not possessing nuclear weapons, after U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump said he would be open to the idea of Japan and South Korea having their own atomic arsenals. washingtonpost.com

The public concern about the consequences of a nuke disaster was always pitted against nuclear energy’s supposed economic benefits.  timesunion.com