US Energy Dept. estimated Fukushima release up to 10,000 times larger than nuclear regulators predicted. enenews.com

The Chinese nuclear regulator has approved the preliminary safety analysis report of the CAP1400 reactor design following a 17-month review. world-nuclear-news.org

PPL shut down unit 2 at its Susquehanna nuclear plant over the weekend after indications of additional turbine blade cracking that has bedeviled both of the Pennsylvania reactors in recent years.  nuclearstreet.com

China General Nuclear Power Holding Corp. submitted the only non-binding bid for Romania’s $7.7 billion construction project for two new nuclear reactors at the Cernavoda plant on the Black Sea coast. bloomberg.com