An army of workers, 6,000 or so, battles daily on the front line of the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant to get the site ready for the decades-long process of decommissioning the reactors. They make as little as $100 a day. asahi.com

The National Nuclear Security Administration announced in a statement that from Tuesday through Friday, a low-flying helicopter will be measuring “naturally occurring background radiation” over an area in Boston covering 13 square miles. boston.cbslocal.com

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has made available the International Atomic Energy Agency’s final report on an International Physical Protection Advisory Service (IPPAS) mission to Canada last year. The mission concluded that Canada has a mature and well-established nuclear security regime. world-nuclear-news.org

The Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC) in Hyderabad, India, set a world record for nuclear fuel production in 2015-16 with 1,503 metric tons of fuel produced. nuclearstreet.com