The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued a confirmatory order to Westinghouse following the May 2016 discovery of an accumulation of uranium-bearing material at a fuel fabrication facility. The regulator has said it will not issue a civil penalty or cite the company for violations because of the commitments Westinghouse has made under the order. World-nuclare-news.org

The US government should hold “a structured conversation” with the country’s nuclear industry on ways to restore and develop the sector, according to an essay from Mark Hibbs, senior fellow of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s nuclear policy program. World-nuclare-news.org

For the first time since 2012, processed and treated transuranic waste is leaving Oak Ridge’s Transuranic Waste Processing Center for permanent disposal at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad, New Mexico, the program’s Office of Environmental Management said. Nuclearstreet.com

North Korea’s leader has delayed a decision on firing missiles towards Guam while he watches US actions a little longer, the North’s state media said on Tuesday, as South Korea’s President said Seoul would seek to prevent war by all means. Independent.co.uk