Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview broadcast on Monday that he told U.S. President Donald Trump that Russia is prepared to extend the New START nuclear treaty that expires in 2021. Cnbc.com

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has confirmed that Iran has filed a lawsuit against the United States over the reimposition of sanctions against Tehran by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration, claiming the move violates the nuclear treaty Tehran signed with the United States and five other world powers. Rferl.com

Fluor Corporation announced Tuesday that the U.S. Navy’s Naval Sea Systems Command and the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) have jointly awarded contracts to Fluor Marine Propulsion, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fluor, to manage the Naval Nuclear Laboratory beginning October 1, 2018. Nuclearstreet.com

Nuclear solutions company Framatome, owned by EDF (75 percent), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (19.5 percent) and Assystem (5 percent), said it had completed refurbishment of 31 reactor coolant pumps in three southeastern U.S. nuclear energy facilities. The announcement said the work began in 2002 and was completed by June of this year. Nuclearstreet.com