A nuclear safety drill is to be held from Monday to Wednesday next week at the Ma-anshan Nuclear Power Plant in Pingtung County, focusing on the potential effects of an earthquake, Atomic Energy Council Deputy Minister Liu Wen-chung (劉文忠) said on Monday. Taipeitimes.com

Top North Korean, Chinese diplomats meet in Pyongyang amid stalled nuclear talks with U.S. japantimes.co.jp

Iran is refusing to cooperate with a UN investigation into its alleged storage of nuclear equipment and radioactive material in Tehran by the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency, according to The Wall Street Journal.  Jpost.com

The Trump administration, in a global first, issued sanctions on Iran’s space program, which has long operated as a front for Tehran’s advanced work on nuclear capable ballistic missile technology. freebeacon.com