The founding chair of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons predicts that a treaty banning nuclear arms will go into effect this year. www3.nhk.or.jp

The U.S. Strategic Command, which oversees America’s nuclear and missile arsenal, boasted in a New Year’s Eve tweet that it’s ready if ever needed “to drop something much, much bigger” than the Times Square ball. Pbs.com

Kenya is edging closer to marking a milestone in generation of nuclear energy after concluding the process of analysis and selection of potential sites. Nation.co.ke

Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) exited the emergency classification level called a “notification of an unusual event” (NOUE) at its Cooper Nuclear Station. NPPD initially declared the NOUE at 9:04 a.m. Saturday after discovering a hazardous gas environment in the basement of the plant. While investigating the gas, safety and plant personnel detected a fire within a pipe chase. Nuclearstreet.com