Radiation News Roundup for Jun 29, 2013

Japan’s first shipment of mixed uranium-plutonium oxide (MOX) fuel since the Fukushima nuclear crisis broke out on March, 11, 2011, arrived early Thursday at the Sea of Japan port of Takahama, Fukui Prefecture. japantimes.co.jp

Work to remove melted fuel from the three crippled reactors at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant could start in 2020. japantimes.co.jp

Two Pacific Northwest National Laboratory employees inhaled small amounts of radioactive tritium while doing work in the Hanford 300 Area last month. bellinghamherald.com

Managers of Cooper Nuclear Station sought to assure federal regulators Wednesday that they are responding to employee performance problems at the plant. omaha.com