Counteracting the spin: nuclear and associated news this week
Some bits of good news– People power: seven grassroots conservationists who are ‘saving the world’ Air pollution is falling again in China. Planting Trees and Equity in the Arizona Desert.
TOP STORIES The Slow-Motion Execution of Julian Assange Continues. Assange Wins Right to Appeal on 1st Amendment Issue. Julian Assange’s five-year battle against extradition to the US continues as he WINS last-ditch legal battle to lodge appeal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvwHt70oJJ4
38 Years After Chernobyl Disaster, 12% of Belarus’s Territory Is Still Contaminated
From the archives. The longer-term consequences of a nuclear war.
Climate. Isle of Wight-size iceberg breaks from Antarctica. We’ve underestimated the ‘Doomsday’ glacier – and the consequences could be devastating. 2024 looks like producing a sizzling summer in the North of this planet.:
- AccuWeather Summer 2024 U.S. Forecast: Sizzling Summer Temperatures.
- Periods of abnormally high temperatures will become more common and intense in Russia.
- Canada risks more ‘catastrophic’ wildfires with hot weather forecast
It’s so hot in Mexico that monkeys are dropping dead from trees.
Noel’s notes. UK’s political omnishambles – a damper on the nuclear lobby. Turning Point, The Cold War and the Bomb. Episode 3- Institutional Insanity. The insanity of DEFENSE: with climate change, Defense becomes our real enemy.
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AUSTRALIA. Renewables and storage still cheapest option, nuclear too slow and costly in Australia – CSIRO. Coalition’s brave nuke world a much harder sell after new CSIRO report. CSIRO puts cost of new nuclear plant at $8.6bn as Coalition stalls on policy details. Australia can learn from the American experience with nuclear power. Western Australia Liberals reject Peter Dutton’s nuclear plan. Dutton’s devoid-of-details nuclear plan an atomic failure. The ‘first-of-its-kind’ premium that could add billions to Peter Dutton’s nuclear power plan. Powering ahead: Dutton to name nuclear sites within weeks. Peter Dutton to reveal nuclear power locations ‘soon’ amid energy debate.
Lidia Thorpe warns new laws will turn Australia into “the world’s nuclear waste dump“.
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NUCLEAR ISSUES
CLIMATE. Sites with radioactive material more vulnerable as climate change increases wildfire, flood risks. Nuclear sites, including Hanford, feeling the heat as climate change stokes wildfires drought.
Wildfire closes 20+ miles of highway across Hanford nuclear site Saturday night.
ECONOMICS. Militarism will inevitably lead America to bankruptcy ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2024/05/21/3b1-militarism-will-inevitably-lead-america-to-bankruptcy/
European Investment Bank’s (EIB) financing for nuclear reactor construction remains off the agenda.
UK Nuclear Plant Sizewell Continues Fundraising Before Election. Soaring costs are likely for planned Wylfa nuclear station, but EDF, Westinghouse, Kepco clamour to build it. ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2024/05/23/2-b1-soaring-costs-are-likely-for-planned-wylfa-nuclear-station-but-edf-westinghouse-kepco-clamour-to-build-it/ Wylfa nuclear power plan- a financial basket case- and no developer will take on the risks. Hinkley C – don’t say I didn’t warn you
EDUCATION. University of Sheffield gets into the nuclear debt web, partnering with Rolls Royce to make “small” nuclear reactors.
Yet another university co-opted by the nuclear industry.
Follow the Money: How Israel-Linked Billionaires Silenced US Campus Protests.
| ENERGY. Solar and wind generation will soon pass nuclear, hydro.Electricity grids creak as AI demands soar.Huge nuclear ship spotted docked off Welsh coast. Q&A – Germany’s nuclear exit: One year after. | HEALTH. Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) set to expire soon, while many nuclear test victims await justice . | HISTORY. In 1939 the Soviet Union ‘planned to send a million troops to stop Hitler if Britain and France agreed pact’. |
| MEDIA.Antony Blinken orders crack down on Gaza-related nuclear leaks – Politico.Endless Trump reporting in USA media, but very little reporting of genocide in Gaza.Israel blocks Associated Press from livestreaming of Gaza under new censorship law, US urges it to reverse decision. Israel says it will return video equipment seized from AP.“Nuclear War: A Scenario”: An Absolute Must-Read. ALSO AT https://wordpress.com/post/nuclear-news.net/273842 | OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . Nuclear-free councils hit out at ‘mad delusion’ of new reactor. Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLAs) join Stop Sizewell in urging 120 local authorities not to back Sizewell C. Protest continues against Japan’s further discharge of nuke-contaminated water. |
| POLITICS. Uncertainty in UK: Will a Labour government really tread that troubled nuclear power path? UK Election! And no Final Investment Decision project. Sizewell C nuclear: Uncertainty surrounds final investment decision as parliamentary session shortened. SNPs Stephen Flynn claims Labour ‘will divert £20bn of Scotland’s oil cash’ to build nuclear power plants in England. Joe Biden’s Deceptive Declarations on Gaza are contradicted by his actions. Crisis of radioactive waste mismanagement in the Ottawa River watershed” | POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.Iran’s new leaders stand at a nuclear precipice. Iran appoints nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri as interim foreign minister.Moscow to ‘mirror’ West, NATO approaches, including nuclear weapons: Russia.US-Saudi officials meet for security and nuclear deal.North Korea vows to boost nuclear posture after US subcritical nuke test.In Nuclear Crosshairs, Guam Still Doesn’t Control Its Own Affairs.Asian neighbors wary of China’s plans to deploy floating nuclear plants.Who was to blame for the failure to properly survey the geology at Hinkley? |
| SAFETY. UN watchdog warns on nuclear trafficking. Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant’s main power line down for hours, no safety threat. Officials set up road closures around Sunnyside Community Hospital for radiation concerns. | SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. Why US Opposes Efforts to Keep Space Weapons-Free. | TECHNOLOGY. Altman-Backed Oklo Sees Data Centers Boosting Nuclear Demand, (though OKLO SMR design not yet approved) |
| URANIUM. Russian uranium ban reopens threat of uranium mining escalation in US. | WASTES. No nuke waste down under: NFLAs spokesperson seeks reassurance British nuclear subs will still be decommissioned at Rosyth. | WAR and CONFLICT. Ukrainian missiles hit Crimea as Russia launches nuclear drills in area. Ukraine war briefing: France flies nuclear-capable missile as Russia holds drills. |
WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES.
- North Korea says it forced to take measures to increase nuclear deterrence.
- US military aid to Ukraine is ‘grift’ – Blackwater founder to Tucker Carlson.
- In a letter to President Joe Biden and top members of his administration, Veterans For Peace asserts that U.S. law requires the cutoff of all weapons shipments to Israel. Blinken Pushing To Let Ukraine Hit Russian Territory With US Weapons.
- Ukraine: Stoltenberg calls for lifting restrictions on the use of NATO weapons to strike in Russia. Let Ukraine freely strike Russia with Western arms – NATO chief.
- Senators Quiz Navy Leaders on Proposed Sea-Launched Nuclear Cruise Missile
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