North Korea’s pledge to dismantle its Punggye-ri nuclear test site sounds like a big step forward but verifying whether that will actually happen will be difficult, underlining the complexities of any deal it may strike with the United States. Kfgo.com

If the Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station is deactivated, the first reactor at the plant will go offline by May 2021 while the second reactor would go offline by October of the same year. Timesonline.com

The Philippines Department of Energy has submitted its recommendation to the President on the country’s nuclear energy policy. The policy will include a decision on the future of the mothballed Bataan nuclear power plant. World-nuclear-news.org

A review team from the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency completed an operational safety review of Unit 3 of the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant on April 25, concluding that management was committed to safety improvements for long-term operations of the plant. Nuclearstreet.com