Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has signed a decree on aligning nuclear power legislation in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). In a statement on Medvedev’s official website on 22 April, the government said national laws in some countries of the CIS vary in relation to the civilian nuclear energy industry and the construction of nuclear power facilities. World-nuclear-news.org

Yukiya Amano, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), spoke yesterday about the “remarkable contribution” nuclear applications make to “so many areas of our lives” at the opening of the agency’s first International Conference on Radiation Science and Technology (ICARST 2017). The event is being held this week at the IAEA’s headquarters in Vienna. World-nuclear-news.org

In a whistle-blower case, a company that supplied rebar to the government for construction of the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication and Reactor Irradiation Services facility in Aiken, South Carolina, has agreed to pay $4.6 million to a settle a lawsuit alleging that it failed to provide the quality controls for the rebar stipulated in the contract. Nuclearstreet.com

North Korea on Tuesday reportedly conducted a huge live-fire drill that involved up to 400 artillery pieces, which may have been supervised by the country’s leader, Kim Jong Un, as the U.S. added a nuclear-powered submarine to its fleet of vessels powering toward the region. Foxnews.com