Multiple deaths of workers at Fukushima nuclear plants. enenews.com

Vermont Yankee is the latest merchant nuclear power plant to close in the face of competition from cheap natural gas.  csmonitor.com

The technical specifications for Russia’s Generation IV BN-1200 sodium-cooled fast neutron nuclear reactor have been developed and sent for an expert review, project developer Afrikantov Experimental Design Bureau for Mechanical Engineering (OKBM) has said. nucnet.org

Headline speakers at a decommissioning conference in Manchester, England, in May 2015 will include Rebecca Weston, head of business and program integration at Sellafield, and Mark Rouse, managing director of Dounreay Site Restoration Limited (DSRL), organizer Nuclear Energy Insider (NEI) said. nucnet.org