If North Korea launched a nuclear attack, the death toll would be costly: perhaps as bad as 2.1 million deaths in Tokyo and Seoul alone. Time.com

The U.S. has moved closer to selling dozens of state-of-the-art missiles to Japan as part of President Donald Trump’s pledge to boost military support for Pacific allies opposed to nuclear-armed North Korea. Newsweek.com

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has amended three regulations covering nuclear facilities and uranium mines to apply the lessons learned from the Fukushima accident of 2011. The amendments include updates to radiation protection requirements during emergencies, and programs to ensure workers are prepared to respond effectively in emergency situations. World-nuclear-news.org

Quoted by the Interfax news agency, Putin told delegates at the International Forum on Energy Efficiency in Moscow: “We are now putting into operation the next nuclear icebreaker, Sibir, which will cut ice three meters thick, and two more [icebreakers] will be launched. And then, in a few years, we plan to put into operation an icebreaker that will be able to cut through ice with no limit on thickness.” World-nuclear-news.org