The Japan-Nuclear Emergency Assistance Center has received a new robot that can be utilized to survey nuclear disaster sites contaminated with high levels of radiation and may someday be a mainstay in nuclear plants. ajw.asahi.com The contaminated water is increasing faster than TEPCO can build the new tanks in the Fukushima site. fukushima-diary.com Washington state and the Department of Energy have rejected each other's proposals amending an agreement on waste cleanup at the Hanford site. nuclearstreet.com The Department of Energy is a step closer to identifying the source of a February radiation alarm that has kept the New Mexico nuclear waste repository closed to shipments. nuclearstreet.com
