In an unprecedented food monitoring campaign for radionuclides, the Japanese government took action to secure food safety after the Fukushima nuclear accident. pubs.acs.org

The Japanese Atomic  Energy  Agency  ignored an alarm on a radioactive liquid waste tank for a year, allowing the waste to leak at  the materials testing reactor in Ibaraki. fukuleaks.org

Nuclear units in the Russian navy have engaged in exercises in the international waters underneath the North Pole, a move which analysts believe is a thinly veiled response to yesterday’s news that NATO is to reinforce its eastern European border with Russia. newsweek.com

India and France can reach an understanding on the vexed issue of civil nuclear liability in the same manner as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama ended the stalemate on this subject, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Thursday. firstpost.com