North Korean state media warned on Tuesday of a nuclear attack on the United States at any sign of American aggression as a U.S. Navy strike group steamed toward the western Pacific. nbcnews.com

The Baden-Württemberg ministry of environment has issued German utility EnBW a permit to decommission and dismantle unit 1 of its Philippsburg nuclear power plant. Meanwhile, dismantling of unit 1 at its Neckarwestheim plant has now officially begun. World-nuclear-news.org

Australia wishes to export uranium to India “as soon as possible”, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said today. Turnbull made his comments during an official visit to India. World-nuclear-news.org

The French government has called for the closure of the Fessenheim nuclear power plant in eastern France, taking the initiative less than a week after the owner of the plant, EDF, said it would keep the plant open past the retirement of the current administration. Nuclearstreet.com