The creator of a slogan on signboards touting a “bright future” from nuclear energy opposes plans to remove them from a deserted town in Fukushima Prefecture, saying they bear an important new message. ajw.asahi.com

Kansai Electric Power Company and the Japan Atomic Power Company (JAPC) have decided to decommission three nuclear power plants shut down after the Fukushima accident of 2011 rather than applying to restart them. world-nuclear-news.org

South Korea said Tuesday that North Korea was behind the cyber-attacks and hacking attempts that included online postings of Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Company Ltd. data and demands to shut down nuclear reactors. nuclearstreet.com

Construction of the Chernobyl New Safe Confinement on the site of the 1986 nuclear accident is entering its final stage, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said yesterday. world-nuclear-news.org