North Korea will have enough material for about 20 nuclear bombs by the end of this year with enhanced uranium-enrichment facilities and an existing stockpile of plutonium, according to new assessments by weapons experts. aljazeera.com

The production of a replica part of the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) used in unit 1 of Switzerland’s Beznau nuclear power plant has shown that aluminum oxide inclusions in the vessel formed during its manufacture, utility Axpo said. The unit has been offline for more than a year whilst the safety of its vessel is investigated. world-nuclear-news.org

Terrestrial Energy USA has been invited by the US Department of Energy (DOE) to submit the second part of its application for a US federal loan guarantee to support the licensing and construction of its Integrated Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR). world-nuclear-news.org

Theresa May is poised to give the go-ahead to the £18bn Hinkley Point C nuclear plant, but is expected to seek to drive a tougher bargain with China over the controversial project. theguardian.com