Russia has said it will build two new nuclear icebreakers in a bid to make a rapidly melting trade route through the Arctic accessible to shipping traffic on a year round basis. Bellona.org

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission recently denied an emergency petition to postpone the license extension for the NextEra Energy Seabrook nuclear power plant. Seacoastonline.com

Nuclear fuel debris removal at Fukushima plant could start with No. 2 reactor. Japantimes.co.jp

A contract for the supply of fuel for the Rooppur nuclear power plant under construction in Bangladesh was signed today between TVEL JSC – the nuclear fuel manufacturer of Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom – and the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC). World-nuclear-news.org