Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has publicly announced that he would like to have 30,000 residents return to their houses in the Fukushima area despite grave radiation concerns.  voiceofrussia.com

Families still fearful of Fukushima radiation exposure have kept their young children indoors for much of their short lives.  businessinsider.com

A federal court this week awarded $123 million to Duke Energy and Energy Northwest to cover the cost of storing several years worth of spent fuel after the Department of Energy promised to begin moving it to the mothballed Yucca Mountain repository in 1998. nuclearstreet.com

An investigative agency within the government has recommended that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission consider upgrading an emergency communications system that might not work in the event of a power outage. nuclearstreet.com