The National Nuclear Security Administration, a semi-autonomous agency of the US Department of Energy (DOE), has issued a contract termination notice to the consortium building the a mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel fabrication facility at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina. About 70% complete, the facility was intended to dispose of 34 tons of weapons-grade plutonium by turning it into fuel for commercial nuclear reactors. World-nuclear-news.org

Hitachi Nuclear Energy Europe, Ltd., (HNE) said Monday that it had appointed three additional partners to support delivery of Wylfa Newydd project in the United Kingdom, noting that each of the three were “a significant UK employer.” Nuclearstreet.com

The construction of a nuclear research reactor in Zambia with Russia’s assistance is expected to begin in 2019, Shadreck Luwita, Zambia’s ambassador to Russia, told Sputnik following the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Investment Forum in Moscow. Sputniknews.com

China is building more nuclear-armed submarines to stay one step ahead of the U.S. and other adversaries.  Popularmecahnics.com