Yesterday, UCS sent a letter to Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) chairman Stephen Burns urging the NRC to quickly issue new versions of two outdated security documents that play a critical role in defining how nuclear plants can be adequately protected against terrorist attacks. allthingsnuclear.org

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Moscow was ready to talk to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s new administration about nuclear weapons and Syria, saying the two countries could together solve many of the world’s problems. reuter.com

The U.S. Department of Energy is likely to miss another deadline under its 1995 agreement to remove nuclear waste stored in Idaho, according to information from agency and state officials. kboi2.com

Trump is a pathologically self-absorbed man, seemingly unaware that other people exist other than as irritants to his whims. He clearly relishes power, and the ability to lay nuclear waste to whole civilizations is the ultimate power. chicagotri