Professor Takamitsu Sawa’s says that Japanese universities have failed to develop because of financial disparities in professors’ pay and status. japantimes.co.jp

Fukushima ‘globally enhanced’ cesium-137 levels in the air by 2 to 3 orders of magnitude (100 to 1000 times). enenews.com

Areva has presented Azerbaijan government officials with its proposals to construct a nuclear research reactor in the Central Asian country. world-nuclear-news.org

Iran has failed to address concerns about suspected atomic bomb research by an agreed deadline, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Friday, a setback to hopes for an end to an international stand-off over Tehran’s atomic activity. reuters.com