Next month, Saudi Arabia will announce the finalists of a sweepstakes. The prize? Multibillion-dollar contracts to build a pair of nuclear power reactors in desolate stretches of desert along the Persian Gulf. Washingtonpost.com

Glasgow’s forgotten nuclear warning system. Glasgowlive.co.uk

Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom unveiled plans this week to build up to 600 megawatts of wind energy in the Krasnodar region in southern Russia in what appears to be part of the company’s tentative diversification within renewable energy. Bellona.org

The International Atomic Energy Agency reached a compliance milestone this week, noting on its website that, for the 200^th time a review team had been sent out to inspect a nuclear power plant to judges its safety and security. Nuclearstreet.com