Decontamination soil bags are already starting to be torn in Fukushima. Fukushima-diary.com Unknown groundwater breaking into the common pool where the fuel rods from Unit 4 are being transferred. Fukushima-diary.com An environmental agency in Vermont issued a draft permit last week that would allow the state's only nuclear plant to operate under slightly tighter water discharge limits until its closure at the end of the year. Nuclearstreet.com Researchers in Finland and North Carolina have developed a technique that allows near-real-time monitoring of concrete deterioration that could potentially be used for containers holding nuclear material. Nuclearstreet.com
