A complex remote cutting job is underway at Sellafield to enable the removal of cladding waste from an outdated silo. Engineers are using an innovative jet to remove plates of steel while maintaining an inert atmosphere important for safety. world-nuclear-news.org

Two New York State departments said this week they had been directed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to investigate last Friday’s oil spill at the Indian Point Energy Center. nuclearstreet.com

The Kyushu Electric Power Company in Japan shut down one of the country’s three operating nuclear reactors Thursday for a scheduled maintenance outage that was agreed to in the heightened safety awareness prompted by the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power station 150 miles northeast of Tokyo. nuclearstreet.com

Donald Trump isn’t taking a position for the time being on the highly contentious, decades-old proposal to build a federal nuclear waste repository in Nevada. thehill.com