Radiation News Roundup May 01, 2015

Like the proverbial canary in a coalmine, avian abundances may paint a grim picture of the effects of nuclear disasters on wildlife. smithsonianmag.com

Government report says that radioactive release “orders of magnitude” worse than predicted at US WIPP nuclear dump. enenews.com

Some $73 million will be spent on "mutually beneficial and critical projects" in New Mexico by the US Department of Energy (DOE) and its contractors under an agreement reached with the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED). The investments will be in lieu of proposed fines for two incidents at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in February 2014. world-nuclear-news.org

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Thursday granted permission for DTE Energy in Michigan to add another nuclear reactor to the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station in the Frenchtown Charter Township in Michigan on the shores of Lake Erie. nuclearstreet.com