Radiation News Roundup May 11, 2016 Shikoku Electric Power Company of Japan decided on Tuesday to decommission a reactor at the Ikata Nuclear Power Plant, in accordance with a new law mandating the shutdown of older plants. sputniknews.com A new study has revealed significant contamination of soil and water in North Dakota from radioactive materials, heavy metals and corrosive salts as a result of oil and gas wastewater spills. rt.com Southern California Edison (SCE) said Tuesday that the 2014 decision on San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station decommissioning costs was fair and legal, but that it would fully participate in the re-opened public process that revisits that decision. nuclearstreet.com An Indian Point Nuclear Generating Station spokesman said that Entergy's plant used standardized guidelines in its severe accident mitigation analysis for the two reactors that have been targeted by New York State's governor as too risky for their location, which is 40 miles north of New York City. nuclearstreet.com
