TEPCO says Fukushima spent fuel removal task is even worse than anticipated. enenews.com
Construction on Vietnam's first nuclear power plant at Phuoc Dinh in the southern Ninh Thuan province will not commence later this year as previously planned. world-nuclear-news.org
Washington has been pressing Tokyo to return over 300 kg of mostly weapons-grade plutonium given to Japan for research purposes during the Cold War era. japantimes.co.jp