Record level of “flesh-eating bacteria” cases in Japan began around 2011 Fukushima disaster. bloomberg.com

A 37 percent drop in natural gas prices since June has lowered what U.S. nuclear and coal plants can charge for electricity, potentially speeding the demise of generators teetering on the brink of closing. bloomberg.com

 Iran’s supreme leader has said the United States cannot be trusted to lift sanctions in a future nuclear deal and that Tehran should instead develop an “economy of resistance.”

Toshiba Corp. is reportedly in talks with the Kazakhstan’s state-run nuclear power concern Kazatomprom for construction of a Westinghouse Electric Company AP-1000 advanced pressurized light water reactor, which would be the first deal of its kind for a Japanese company in the former Russian state. nuclearstreet.com