French nuclear engineering company Assystem has made an offer of €125 million ($136 million) to Areva and EDF to take a 5% stake in Areva’s nuclear fuel cycle activities, referred to as ‘NewCo’. French utility EDF agreed in July 2015 to take a stake of between 51% and 75% in Areva’s reactor unit in a government-backed plan to revitalise France’s nuclear power industry. Strategic investors will be able to take minority stakes in the business. World-nuclear-news.org

Tokyo Electric and Power Company, owner of the Fukushima Daiichi generating station that suffered a triple-reactor meltdown after the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, said Thursday that is was seeking partners to help re-establish itself in the nuclear power business. Nuclearstreet.com

KIM JONG-un is “highly likely” to conduct another nuclear test as war tensions with the US reach boiling point, according to analysts. Dailystar.co.uk

Bulgaria is seeking private investors to build a nuclear power plant on the Danube River, which was canceled five years ago, Prime Minister Boiko Borisov said during a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday. Usnews.com