DTE Energy had to notify state and federal officials after its Fermi 2 nuclear power plant in southeast Michigan recently sent higher-than-normal chlorine amounts into Lake Erie, according to The Associated Press and the Monroe News. Mlive.com

After watching his En Marche party torpedo the opposition in last month’s legislative election, French President Emmanuel Macron spent Tuesday on a nuclear-armed submarine. Cnn.com

Russian President Vladimir Putin accepted the resignation this week of the general in charge of Russia’s nuclear weapons arsenal, the Kommersant newspaper reported July 7. Themoscowtimes.com

Energy Secretary Rick Perry is preparing a draft order that would require utilities to buy some electricity supply from coal-fired or nuclear power plants. Wbur.org