A new study says children living near the Fukushima nuclear meltdowns have been diagnosed with thyroid cancer at a rate 20 to 50 times that of children elsewhere, a difference the authors contend undermines the government’s position that more cases have been discovered in the area only because of stringent monitoring. apnews.myway.com

32 Bq/Kg of Cs-134/137 detected from vacuum cleaner dust in Tokyo of this year. fukushima-diary.com

Why Westinghouse looks to nuclear-averse Australia for new business (and why it may be at just the right time). bizjournal.com

Annual maintenance. That’s Duke Energy’s explanation for warning sirens around the Harris Nuclear Power plant going off at seemingly random times over the past week. abc13.com