The French Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) in a preliminary report, says that construction will be allowed to continue at the Flamanville Unit 3 construction project despite anomalies of high carbon concentrations found in steel used for the vessel bottom head of the European Pressurized Reactor. Nuclearstreet.com

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) and the UAE’s Nawah Energy Company have agreed to cooperate in the sharing of experience in the operation of Korean-designed APR1400 nuclear power reactors. South Korea’s first APR1400 unit entered commercial operation in December 2015, while four such reactors are due to start up in the UAE by 2020. World-nuclear-news.org

North Korea has claimed its new air defense system is capable of intercepting U.S. warplanes and missiles seeking to disarm or destroy Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons stockpile. Newsweek.com

Connecticut’s Senate passed a bill Wednesday morning that could allow the state to buy power from Dominion Energy Inc’s Millstone nuclear power plant. Reuters.com