Radiation News Roundup for July 1, 2013 Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Saturday it has detected high levels of radioactive substances, including strontium, emitting beta rays in groundwater taken from a well at the Fukushima nuclear plant that is about twenty feet from the sea . japantimes.co.jp Construction of an incinerator is underway at the Fukushima Daiichi plant to burn the low-level waste (LLW) being generated from the clean-up and decommissioning of the site. world-nuclear-news.org Holtec formally applied for the Department of Energy's funding for small modular reactor development today after announcing an agreement with URS Corp. to help engineer the 160 megawatt plant. nuclearstreet.com Three advanced reactors moved forward in Canada's process for approving new nuclear plant designs last week, including the Westinghouse AP1000 and Candu EC6 designs under consideration for the Darlington site. nuclearstreet.com
