North Korea appears to have reopened a plant that produces plutonium for its atomic weapons drive, the UN nuclear watchdog has said. the guardian.com

A shipment of plutonium and highly enriched uranium from Japan Atomic Energy Agency’s (JAEA) Fast Critical Assembly reactor has arrived at two US Department of Energy sites. Japan and the USA announced their commitment to remove the material at 2014 and 2016 nuclear summits. world-nuclear-news.org

The Watts Bar Unit 2 reactor near Knoxville, Tennessee shut down early Sunday afternoon two days after it was connected to the grid as start up testing ran into a glitch in the turbine control systems, according to reports. nuclearstreet.com

Premier Lin Chuan was pressed Tuesday on the fate of the First Nuclear Power Plant and the government’s promise of a “nuclear-free homeland” by 2025, a day after the Cabinet indicated the plant could remain in operation. chinapost.com.tw