Two Japanese nuclear power utilities have received bail outs from Japan’s state backed bank. fukuleaks.org

Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) has flatly refused a proposal by the Nuclear Damage Compensation Dispute Resolution Center (ADR) to increase compensation payments for psychological damage suffered by people from the Fukushima Prefecture town of Namie, near the company’s crippled nuclear power plant. mainichi.jp

Westinghouse this week announced it plans to market a modified version of its AP1000 reactor with enhancements aimed at markets with elevated earthquake risk. nuclearstreet.com

A follow-up mission has found that operators of the twin-unit Kozloduy nuclear power station in Bulgaria have achieved the level of “resolved” or “satisfactory progress” in all of the recommendations and suggestions made by an International Atomic Energy Agency Operational Safety Review Team (Osart) mission in 2012. nucnet.org