With 22 nuclear power plants already running across the country and producing nearly 6,780 MW power, officials of Nuclear Power Corporation India Limited (NPCIL) believe that the country is way behind its target to have 16 per cent power production from nuclear energy. Tribuneindia.com

One of Britain’s nuclear deterrent submarines has suffered an “unusual” amount of damage as pictures emerge of HMS Vengeance returning from patrol with around 30 per cent of her sonar panels missing. Telegraph.co.uk

The Embalse nuclear power plant in Argentina has returned to service for another 30 years of operation following completion of upgrade work, Nucleoeléctrica Argentina announced on 4 January. The Embalse plant, which entered commercial operation in 1984, will resume supply of electricity to the national grid “very soon”, the company said, following tests at different power levels required before commercial operation can start. World-nuclear-news.org

Pope Francis said on Monday that the existence of nuclear weapons is functional to a logic of fear that has to do not only with parties in conflict, but with the entire human race. Plenglish.com