Radiation News Roundup Feb 13, 2015 Environment Minister Tamayo Marukawa on Friday withdrew remarks she reportedly made about the government’s radiation decontamination target following the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. japantimes.co.jp The US will drill a borehole more than 16,000 feet (4.8km) into rock in North Dakota to test a new method proposed by UK researchers for storing radioactive waste. globalconstructionreview.com Leak of tritium “getting worse” at Indian Point nuclear plant near NYC. enenews.com The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) on Friday said it would not pursue building two additional reactors at the Bellefonte Nuclear Plant in northeast Alabama that already has two mothballed reactor projects on site. nuclearstreet.com
