The government of the United Kingdom has approved the  £18bn Hinkley Point C nuclear power project after imposing “significant new safeguards” to protect national security. bbc.com

The completed, but never commissioned Bataan nuclear power plant n the Philippines could have an unlikely new sponsor, Slovenia, which is reportedly poised to assist in the rehabilitation and commissioning of the plant where construction was completed in 1984, two years prior to the Chernobyl disaster. nuclearstreet.com

Unilateral sanctions will not help resolve issues on the Korean Peninsula, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Japanese counterpart over the phone in the aftermath of a fresh round of nuclear testing in North Korea last week. cnbc.com

Scientists expect one of Japan’s most active volcanoes to erupt within the next 25 years. The Sakurajima volcano is situated on Kyushu Island, a mere 49 km away from the Sendai nuclear power plant. rt.com