Around 71 percent of Fukushima Prefecture residents remain dissatisfied with the central government’s handling of the nuclear disaster four years after the triple meltdown forced hundreds of thousands to flee their homes, a survey showed. ajw.asahi.com

It was a year of renewal and milestones at the Idaho National Laboratory, which celebrated 2014 with a video that runs through its many fields of research, including ongoing testing labs and major initiatives to develop fuel systems that make greater use of the power within the fission process. nuclearstreet.com

French nuclear powerhouse Areva on Wednesday said it would combine cost cutting with a sharper focus on nuclear power growth to overcome daunting financial difficulties that include losses of about $5.4 billion in 2014. nuclearstreet.com

Westinghouse Electric Company said 42 of its fuel assemblies will be loaded into Unit 3 at the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant after inspections showed that the company’s fuel assemblies had performed well through at least three fuel cycles at the plant. nuclearstreet.com