The IAEA held an expert mission in Mongolia this month to assist the country in assessing their practices for nuclear management, human resource processes, training and competence development, knowledge capture and transfer, organizational culture and collaboration. Iaea.org

Many people trusted that Secretary of Defense Mattis would be able to rein in the dangerous impulses of his erratic boss who, as commander-in-chief, has the authority to order the use of military forces—including nuclear weapons. Allthingsnuclear.org

Integral Molten Salt Reactor developer Terrestrial Energy announced Thursday that it has signed on BWXT Canada Ltd. for a design services to support development of key components of the company’s Generation IV IMSR power plant. Nuclearstreet.com

French nuclear services company Framatome is developing a mobile solution to reliably analyze the content of final storage containers of low and medium radioactive waste. The work is being done in partnership with AiNT GmbH and Faunhofer INT with support of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Framatome said. Nuclearstreet.com