Radiation News Roundup Jul 01, 2015

Back in 2011 PM Kan told Fukushima evacuees they could go home very soon. This was probably not what he meant. fukuleaks.org

The Japanese government will raise the maximum permissible radiation dose for people including local government officials and bus drivers who will give evacuation guidance to local residents or transport materials in the event of a nuclear accident from the current 1 millisievert per year. mainichi.jp

The main clean-up contractor at the US Department of Energy's (DOE's) Idaho Site, has entombed an historic nuclear reactor in place and treated the reactor's remaining sodium coolant six months ahead of schedule and under budget. world-nuclear-news.org

A number of agreements were signed yesterday between Chinese and French nuclear energy companies aimed at strengthening their cooperation in the nuclear fuel cycle and power reactors. world-nuclear-news.org