Yoshitatsu Uechi recalls with disgust the disregard for worker safety, the makeshift plans and the cost-cutting measures, including the use of adhesive tape on key equipment, at his job at Fukushima last year building tanks to hold contaminated water. ajw.ashai.com

The Fukushima government and the Fukushima Medical University signed a secrecy pact with the International Atomic Energy Agency. fukileaks.com

South Korea’s nuclear commission has approved the restart of three nuclear reactors that were suspended after being found to have used substandard parts approved under fabricated quality certificates. mainichi.jp

Ed Lyman of the Union of Concerned Scientists will be a member of a Nuclear Regulatory Commission panel discussing the storage of spent nuclear fuel rods at a meeting on January 6, 2014. allthingsnuclear.org