A nuclear plant in southern Japan on Wednesday obtained the final permit needed to restart its reactors, paving the way for it to become the first to go back online under new safety standards introduced after the 2011 Fukushima disaster. news.yahoo.com

Almost all of the contaminated water stored on the Fukushima Daiichi plant site in Japan has been treated to remove strontium, and in some cases even more nuclides, Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) announced today. world-nuclear-news.org

The Tennessee Valley Authority’s Inspector General said that French nuclear engineering firm Areva over-billed the TVA by more than $1.2 million for assessment work at the unfinished Bellefonte Nuclear Power Plant in Hollywood, Alabama. nuclearstreet.com

Nuclear envoys from South Korea, Japan and the United States agreed Wednesday to step up pressure — including possible sanctions — on North Korea to abandon nuclear weapons, while keeping diplomatic options “open.” news.yahoo.com