More than 500 Australia firefighters are struggling to tackle a massive bushfire, with several residents urged to seek shelters as evacuation is now "too late". Scenes of the blaze, which started yesterday, have been described as "apocalyptic" after the fire ripped through nearly 2,500 hectares of land close to the suburbs of Sydney. Firefighters failed to stop the out-of-control blaze from burning through a major military base - and a nuclear reactor is the next at-risk location. Express.co.uk

Argentina's nuclear regulator has extended the operating licence of the Atucha 1 nuclear power reactor. The licence extension allows the 44-year-old 362 MWe (gross) pressurised heavy water reactor - the first nuclear power plant in Latin America - to operate until 2024. World-nuclear-news.org

New Jersey legislators yesterday passed bills establishing a zero emissions certificate (ZEC) programme that will recognise and compensate eligible nuclear power plants for their zero-carbon attributes and contribution to fuel diversity. World-nuclear-news.org

The Office for Nuclear Regulation in Britain said that AWE pic, which operates the country's Atomic Weapons Establishment program had met the standards set out in two Improvement Notices sent to the company in February 2017. Nuclearstreet.com