Japan’s atomic watchdog summoned the boss of Fukushima operator TEPCO on Friday for a public dressing-down over sloppy standards at the crippled nuclear plant, as yet another problem with radiation-polluted water emerged. phys.org

Health physicist in U.S. worried about people inhaling hot particles of uranium, plutonium and other radioactive isotopes from Fukushima. enenews.com

Nuclear power plant licensing decisions — already delayed by a 2012 court ruling — could be pushed back further by the federal government shutdown, NRC officials said this week. nationaljournal.com

U.S. ex-bomber pilot believes that the U.S. still has a need for its nuclear weapons. washingtonpost.com