TEPCO reported last week that roughly 10% of the frozen wall is not working. Currently only certain sections are being actively frozen with other sections to possibly be frozen as they determine the cause and effect of the initial work. fukuleaks.org

The IAEA Low Enriched Uranium Storage Facility – or ‘bank’ – is scheduled to be ready for operations by September 2017, following the conclusion of a partnership agreement between the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Ulba Metallurgical Plant in Kazakhstan this week. world-nuclear-news.org

The Oglala Sioux Tribe and activists scored a win on May 26, when federal administrative judges ruled that Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has failed to take “a hard look” at cultural resources in recommending renewal of a uranium mining license for Crow Butte Mine, near here. The decision delays permitting. nsweekly.com

Exelon announced today that it will move forward with the early retirement of two nuclear power plants in Illinois – Clinton and Quad Cities – due to a lack of progress on the state’s energy policy. world-nuclear-news.org