Japan nuclear expert says that is simply impossible to remove all the melted nuclear fuel from Fukushima. enenews.com

Seventy years have passed since the United States shocked the world by dropping atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. As nuclear powers gather this week to discuss a landmark disarmament treaty, the now-fragile survivors warn this may be their last chance to use their personal horror to hurry that work along. news.yahoo.com

Sweden’s state-owned energy company Vattenfall said Tuesday that it would close two of its oldest nuclear reactors, Ringhals 1 and 2, seven years ahead of schedule due to economic reasons. nuclearstreet.com

The Perry nuclear power plant, 35 miles north of Cleveland, Ohio, has been restarted with the new fuel type that operators expect will mean fewer rod replacements in future refueling outages. nuclearstreet.com