Radiation News Roundup Aug 04, 2015 A worker reported to the Fukushima onsite office saying he felt unwell. He was transported to Iwaki hospital and died soon after arriving. TEPCO has given no further details about what kind of work he was doing or his cause of death. fukuleak.org The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has launched a special inspection at Honeywell Metropolis Works in Illinois to assess a uranium hexafluoride (UF6) leak that occurred during maintenance activities on 1 August. world-nuclear-news.org The final version of President Obama’s Clean Power Plan does not include aid to existing nuclear power plants at risk of closing because they can’t compete with cheaper natural gas and renewables—a list that includes some of the nation’s most controversial reactors, including Indian Point and Three Mile Island. forbes.com Iran has filed a complaint with the International Atomic Energy Agency alleging that the U.S. has already broken terms of the nuclear weapons deal, citing comments made by White House press secretary Josh Earnest. washingtontimes.com
