President Donald Trump is dropping strong hints and suggestions that he would like to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un again this year. In his annual New Year’s address , Kim said the same. Nationalinterest.org

Both of Louisiana's nuclear power plants have been federally relicensed to operate into the 2040s, Entergy announced Monday. Theadvocate.com

Resona Holdings Inc., a major financial group in Japan, has announced a policy of not extending loans to borrowers that are involved in the development, production or possession of nuclear weapons. Mainichi.jp

India currently expects to bring 21 new nuclear power reactors with a combined generating capacity of 15,700 MWe into operation by 2031, the country's minister of state for the Department of Atomic Energy and the Prime Minister's Office told parliament yesterday. World-nuclear-news.org