As Japan’s current government tries to force through reactor restarts, the process is running into some harsh reality. The NRA has found two major problems and it came out that Toshiba has been significantly falsifying their financial statements to hide major losses. fukuleaks.org

Nuclear power generation will play a role in helping Japan meet its post-2020 greenhouse gas emissions targets. The country has announced its intended contribution towards a possible global climate agreement later this year. world-nuclear-news.org

The operating life of the Krško nuclear power plant in Slovenia will be extended by 20 years following an agreement between Slovenia and neighboring Croatia, which jointly own the plant. It was also agreed that a dry storage facility for used fuel will be built at the site. world-nuclear-news.org

A new ‘ultra pure‘ nickel alloy has been used to create a reactor vessel, which Rosatom says could potentially last 120 years. world-nuclear-news.org