Radiation News Roundup May 27, 2014 The Nuclear Regulation Authority has decided to allow TEPCO to begin building an underground ice wall at the wrecked Fukushima Unit 1 nuclear power plant in June as planned, despite safety concerns about the move. japantimes.co.jp Japanese children planted rice by hand only 37 miles from Fukushima. fukushima-diary.com The Nigerien government and Areva have signed a new partnership that provides Niger with higher sovereign royalty payments from mining operations led by the French state-controlled firm. world-nuclear-news.org Federal regulators are suggesting that instead of frozen fish, a New York nuclear power plant use dead local fish or fish dummies to figurout how the plant affects endangered sturgeon in the Hudson River. usatoday.com
