Radiation News Roundup December 21, 2014 The ongoing dumping of highly radioactive water from Fukushima into the Pacific Ocean constitutes a potential trigger to a process of global radioactive contamination. globalresearch.ca 5.9 magnitude earthquake hits Japan's Honshu island and rocks Fukushima reactor. ibtimes.co.uk Westinghouse Electric Company and nuclear plant operator Electricite de France (EDF) said Thursday they had signed a long-term contract for the U.S. firm to supply “several thousand tons” of reactor fuel to be used in French power facilities. nuclearstreet.com Volume 4 of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's report on the 8.600-page Department of Energy application to operate a federal nuclear waste repository in Nevada unveils two fatal flaws for the project that the Barack Obama administration has put on hold, anyway. nuclearstreet.com
