Workers with the United Security Professionals Local 2 union who supply heavy armed security for the Monticello Nuclear Power Plant and the G4S security solutions company have reached an impasse in contract negotiations. Knsiradio.com

A group of academics, politicians and anti-nuclear campaigners have registered their “collective dismay” at the decision to restart one of the country’s oldest nuclear reactors, nearly 18 months after it was shut down to investigate cracks in its graphite core. Scotsman.com

Reports of a second blast from a deadly Russian rocket engine test may be wrong, and the signals could stem from unrelated mining activity, the Norwegian monitor that first presented the double explosion theory said. Themoscowtimes.com

Operators of nuclear facilities act promptly on the findings of IAEA Operational Safety Review Team (OSART) missions, a recent IAEA analysis has shown.  Iaea.org