Radiation News Roundup January 27, 2014

A evacuation drill was held that included three prefectures near the Genkai nuclear plant in Kyushu, Japan. fukuleaks.org

The Tokyo Electric Power Company said it will need until the end of May to detoxify thousands of tons of water that continues to become contaminated as it seeps into basements areas of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station that was devastated by an 8.9-magnitude earthquake on March 11, 2011. nuclearstreet.com

A spokesman for Sweden's nuclear power regulator Stralsakerhetsmyndigheten, known as SSM, said the agency had stopped processing plans for new nuclear power plants in the country to comply with statements from the new minority-run government, which took over after September's elections. nuclearstreet.com

A Massachusetts nuclear power plant shut down automatically Tuesday after the blizzard moving through the region interrupted power flow, but there was never any danger to the public, authorities said.  economictimes.indiatimes.com