The final report expected from the United Nations’ International Atomic Energy Agency on the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident that occurred in March 2011, says the three-reactor meltdown was due, in part, to the lack of a response to concerns that a tsunami event could hit the plant, Japanese media are reporting. nuclearstreet.com

Two offline nuclear power plants in the northeast returned to service following the Memorial Day weekend after routine refueling and maintenance outages that cost a total of $160 million. nuclearstreet.com

The Cigar Lake uranium project in northern Saskatchewan is now officially in commercial operation, Cameco has announced. world-nuclear-news.org

The first of four steam generators has been lowered into place at unit 2 of the Taishan nuclear power plant in China’s Guangdong province. It is the first Chinese-made steam generator for an EPR reactor to be installed. world-nuclear-news.org