A district court Wednesday ordered the state and the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to pay a combined ¥419 million ($3.78 million) in damages to evacuees from the 2011 nuclear disaster. Japantimes.co.jp

U.K. makers of nuclear material, weapons and sensitive technologies are being urged by the government to get new export licenses to prepare for a no-deal exit from the European Union. Bloomberg.com

After the doldrums of the post-Fukushima era, the uranium market is making a comeback with more and more nuclear reactors coming online, under construction or in the planning stages. Today’s uranium fundamentals are showing the possibility of a coming supply shortage in the face of renewed demand. Investingnews.com

In 2017, Russia and Zambia signed a deal to cooperate in the construction of a nuclear science and technology centre in Zambia, which is expected to begin in 2019. Sputnik spoke on the issue as well as on additional prospects for cooperation between the two countries with Zambian Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Malanji. Sputniknews.com