Nuclear cleanup at Fukushima plant stymied by water woes. ajw.ashani.com

Kansai Electric Power Co. is making arrangements to conduct special checks that would enable two reactors at its Takahama nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture to operate beyond the operational limit of 40 years, sources said. japantimes.co.jp

A robotic examination of an in-service condensate storage tank at a US nuclear power reactor has been successfully completed.  world-nuclear-news.org

Russia's foreign ministry said yesterday that the circumstances surrounding the arrest in the USA of Russian citizen Vadim Mikerin and the actions of US intelligence and law enforcement agencies "raise serious questions." world-nuclear-news.org