More than two months after a mysterious radioactive cloud was detected over Europe, Russia’s nuclear industry went public Friday in an attempt to dispel fears that one of its facilities had released a plume of ruthenium-106. Npr.org

Just like what’s happening in Washington, in Trenton they’re pushing through a bill that hurts the middle class while giving rich corporations massive subsidies. Governor Christie and the Legislature are acting like Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell by trying to push this nuclear deal during the lame-duck session without proper scrutiny or oversight. This deal would be the biggest energy tax and corporate subsidy in state history and will undercut renewable energy. Northjersey.com

Ukraine will get a loan of 250 million U.S. dollars from the U.S. institutions for a construction of a facility for nuclear waste near the destroyed Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the Ukrainian government said on Thursday in a statement. Xinhuanet.com

North Korea said it is a “pipe dream” for the United States to think it will give up its nuclear weapons, and called the latest U.N. sanctions to target the country “an act of war” that violates its sovereignty. Cbsnews.com