The Japanese Environment Ministry on Tuesday drew up a basic plan to use soil contaminated with radioactive substances from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant to build roads. japantimes.co.jp

Two ships loaded with plutonium and highly enriched uranium from the Japan Atomic Energy Agency’s Fast Critical Assembly reactor arrived Tuesday at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site near Aiken, South Carolina. japantimes.co.jp

US utility Exelon said it intends to apply for an additional 20-year extension to the operating licence for the Peach Bottom nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania. If granted, the extension would see the two-unit plant complete 80 years of operating service. world-nuclear-news.org

A joint statement issued by the White House and India associated with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Washington, said that preliminary work on a six-reactor deal involving Westinghouse AP1000 technology in India would commence forthwith. nuclearstreet.com