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Nuclear news for the last week of March

Some bits of good news.   More Teens Than You Think Understand the Positive and Negative Aspects of Smartphones–Survey. India makes significant progress on malaria. Renewables blew gas away in the UK. 

TOP STORIES

UK Court Gives Biden Chance to Dodge Assange Appeal by “Assuring” His Rights . 

Spending Unlimited – The Pentagon’s Budget Follies Come at a High Price.

“Nuclear comes last”

Air attacks on Ukraine have again put the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant(ZNPP), under Russian control, in danger. ALSO AT ……… 

Nuclear waste clean-up company to be prosecuted over alleged cyber blunders, lax security. 

THE R.A.F’S NUCLEAR FLIGHTS OVER BRITAIN AND THE ATLANTIC.

Is Nuclear Fusion Really The Ultimate Solution to AI’s Crazy Power Use?

Climate. Oil company chief urges investment in fossil fuels, as world heats at a record pace. Antarctic sea ice ‘behaving strangely’ as Arctic reaches ‘below-average’ winter peak.    Copernicus online portal offers a terrifying view of climate emergency.

Noel’s notes.   Sellafield scandals – a case study in why the nuclear industry must be shut down.     A world run by 11 year-old boys?  The tiresome spin of the nuclear lobby in Australia.

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AUSTRALIA.

• Australian government seeks top quality PR team to persuade Aborigines that a nuclear waste dump is a good thing.   
• The AUKUS Cash Cow: Robbing the Australian Taxpayer.       Australia’s move on nuclear submarines raises concern. 
• Nuclear ranks last on list of good investments by big institutions. IFM Investors steers clear of nuclear projects.
•  Liberal Coalition twisting itself into knots over nuclear policy. Opposition’s nuclear policy must be based on facts. ‘They don’t have a plan’: Chris Bowen slams Opposition push for nuclear. 
• UN Security Council ceasefire resolution a turning point in Gaza war.

NUCLEAR ISSUES

ART and CULTURE. Decades of Dissent: Anti-Nuclear movement explored in LSE Library exhibition, London.

CIVIL LIBERTIES. The Empire Slowly Suffocates Assange Like It Slowly Suffocates All Its Enemies.

Arrested for peaceful protest against Israeli-owned military technology company.

ECONOMICS.

• UK’s ever more expensive nuclear submarines will torpedo spending plans for years to come.
• ‘Nuclear Dinosaurs’ Roam New Brunswick, Ontario as ‘Jurassic’ Partnership Looms.
• Nuclear energy everywhere costs an arm and a leg.
• EDF Names New Head of Nuclear Plant Projects Amid Cost Overruns.
• United Arab Emirates signals interest in European nuclear energy investments. 
• Famous UK seaside town ‘decimated’ by £46bn nuclear power station and huge Pontins change.

EDUCATION. Nuclear and weapons industry propaganda to schools. Missing Links in Textbook History: War

EMPLOYMENT. Sellafield’s head of information security to step down.

ETHICS and RELIGION. A Genocide Foretold.

EVENTS. The First Annual Plutonium Trail Caravan is on Saturday April 6th – Join Us!

LEGAL. Assange Extradition Delayed Unless US Provides ‘Assurances’ He Won’t Be Executed for Revealing the Truth. Chris Hedges: The Crucifixion of Julian Assange. Purgatorial Torments: Assange and the UK High Court. Now there are three court challenges against Ontario nuclear waste disposal facility. The Decision That Wasn’t A Decision. The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) will prosecute Sellafield Ltd on charges of security offences. British nuclear site Sellafield to be prosecuted for cybersecurity failures. Court Allows Ageing Japanese Nuclear Plants to Continue Operations.

MEDIA. This is how nuclear war would begin – in terrifying detail. ‘My jaw dropped’: Annie Jacobsen on her scenario for nuclear war. Review: Annie Jacobsen’s ‘Nuclear War: A Scenario’ Will Make You Start Worrying And Hate The Bomb. The Rising Nuclear Threat: Readers respond to the “At the Brink” series of Opinion articles Einstein’s vision for peace. Oppenheimer: Monaghan man, Daniel A. McGovern, who captured nuclear devastation.

OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . Scotland’s National Party attacks £200m extra for nuclear deterrent and industry.

POLITICS. Whaat! Romania’s state-owned Nuclearelectrica to partner with NuScale to build small nuclear reactors- U.S, government to give $1.52 billion loan guarantee to Holtec to resuscitate Palisades Nuclear Plant. IAEA Warns Of Iraq-Like Scenario For Iran Without Transparency

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.  New NATO member Finland admits US pact ‘restricts sovereignty’. Biden claims binding UN Security Council Gaza ceasefire resolution is ‘non-binding.’

PUBLIC OPINION. Most Americans now disapprove of Israel’s military action in Gaza new poll reveals as tensions rise between allies.

SAFETY. Atomic blackmail – Russia-Ukraine war and Ramberg’s theory of vulnerability. NRC admits San Onofre Holtec nuclear waste canisters are all damaged. Special nuclear flights between the US and UK: the dangers involved. Security concerns as UAE Eyeing Investments in Europe’s Nuclear Energy Sector.

SECRETS and LIES. IAEA Unaware Of Secret Iranian Nuclear Site Targeted By Israel.

SPINBUSTER.ChatGPT’s boss claims nuclear fusion is the answer to AI’s soaring energy needs. Not so fast, experts say. Cancer “epidemic” in the Young as Radioactive Wastes are Increasingly Dispersed to the Environment meanwhile Nuclear given “green” status in Brussels..

TECHNOLOGY. Weaponizing Reality: The Dawn of Neurowarfare. New nuclear reactor types will not solve waste and safety issues.

WASTES. UK nuclear watchdog takes Sellafield nuclear waste operator to court over alleged IT breaches. Experts from Japan and China held talks on treated radioactive wastewater. Decommissioning. How much will extra decades of nuclear decommissioning work at Dounreay cost? Dounreay decommissioning date ‘never achievable’ says Caithness councillor Also at https://nuclear-news.net/2024/04/01/1-b1-dounreay-decommissioning-date-never-achievable-says-caithness-councillor/.

WAR and CONFLICT. Putin says Russia will not attack NATO, but F-16s will be shot down in Ukraine. Atrocities. Israel Remains Intent on Genocide Despite World Court Orders. Michigan Republican congressman says Gaza should be destroyed with nuclear bomb ‘like Nagasaki and Hiroshima’, as he slams US for sending humanitarian aid.

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES.Biden Is Quietly Funding Nuclear Weapons Upgrades That Could Imperil the Planet. The Nuclear Explosion That Makes US Aid to Israel Illegal. US secretly sending more bombs to Israel – Washington Post.. U.S., Germany Supplied 99% of Israel Weapons Import Despite Pressure: Data.France will help Brazil develop nuclear-powered submarines, Macron says.Nabbed Australian Protestors Stopping Military Shipment to Israel.UK to test new ‘Astraea’ nuclear warheads without detonation.

April 1, 2024 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina reviews | energy, nuclear, nuclear weapons, nuclear-energy, nuclear-power