The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has concluded a five-day Site and External Events Design (SEED) mission to South Korea. The SEED team reviewed methods and criteria for evaluating seismic safety at the Wolsong and Shin Wolsong nuclear power plants, which are operated by Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP). World-nuclear-news.org

RUSSIAN bombers have been flown on a huge drill through East Asia, sparking panic in a region already on edge due to North Korean chaos. Espress.co.uk

In order to support Member States’ educational, vocational and training infrastructure development, the IAEA continues to hold multiple workshops in Nuclear Power Human Resources Planning (NPHR). Ieaa.com

Exelon Corp. has laid off 296 contract workers at its three nuclear power plants in Pennsylvania, though it says those workers will be hired back under a new contractor. Stateimpact.npr.org