Radiation News Roundup June 16, 2016 The frozen wall at Fukushima Daiichi has seen some minor progress amid ongoing problems with freezing portions of the wall. The diagram of the section near unit 1 below shows slight improvement in freezing in the problematic area. The small sections that had been red on previous diagrams still shows as red but more of the general area has gotten colder. fukuleaks.org Acknowledging that India is “inching closer” to get membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group, Chinese official media today said if New Delhi is admitted into the elite grouping, “nuclear balance” between India and Pakistan will be broken. indianexpress.com The Omaha Public Power District has voted to shutter the nation's smallest nuclear power plant in Fort Calhoun. abcnews.go.com Swedish utility Vattenfall has decided to invest in safety upgrades to enable the three reactors at the Forsmark plant to continue operating beyond 2020. The decision follows the government's announcement last week that it will abolish a tax on nuclear power. world-nuclear-news.org
