Nurse says many Japanese are getting abortions to avoid ‘inconvenient’ babies and there have been a high number of stillbirths.  enenews.com

Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has formally informed the Canadian government that it will complete further studies on its proposed deep geologic repository (DGR) for low- and intermediate-level nuclear wastes by the end of the year. world-nuclear-news.org

Russia’s nuclear regulator and Jordan’s Energy and Minerals Regulatory Commission (EMRC) recently signed an agreement to cooperate in the field of nuclear and radiation safety regulation. world-nuclear-news.org

The United States will respond strongly in the case of a further North Korean nuclear test, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday, days after the North’s failure to launch what the United States believes was an intermediate-range ballistic missile. reuters.com