Radiation News Roundup November 18, 2014

Tokyo Electric Power Co. appears unable to stem the flow of radioactive water from the No. 2 reactor building to underground tunnels at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant, officials said. japantimes.co.jp

The prime ministers of India and Australia have underlined their commitment to implementing agreements that will enable Australian uranium to be exported to India. world-nuclear-news.org

The US House of Representatives on has passed legislation to authorize Department of Energy (DoE) research on whether low-dose ionizing radiation poses a risk. world-nuclear-news.org

An agreement has been signed for the construction and installation of the MBIR multipurpose fast neutron research reactor, which will be built at Russia’s Scientific Research Institute of Atomic Reactors (NIIAR) near Dimitrovgrad in western Russia, state nuclear corporation Rosatom said. nucnet.org