The federal government’s nuclear medical facility in southern Sydney should be replaced or rebuilt owing to safety concerns, an independent report says. Theguardian.com

French nuclear service giant Orano said Monday that “near industrial scale” tests are under way to verify a vitrification process that could be part of the solution for radioactive sludge and mineral absorbents at the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Generating Station in Japan. Nuclearstreet.com

Vice President Mike Pence declined to say Tuesday whether nuclear weapons should remain banned from space, saying that the ban is in the interest of the world but that President Trump is determined to project U.S. strength. Washingtonexaminer.com

A convention has been signed in French Polynesia to commission a history commemorating the legacy of the French nuclear weapons tests. Radionz.co.nz