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This week – exposing and counteracting nuclear-military-industrial spin

Some bits of good news.  World leaders gathered in the UN headquarters in New York and adopted the Pact for the Future, cementing the shift away from fossil fuels as the fundamental norm for climate action. 
After a two-year project by UNICEF and the German government, Torit, a city in South Sudan, is now efficiently providing clean water to over 80% of its population.

TOP STORIES. Selling War: How Raytheon and Boeing Fund the Push for NATO’s Nuclear Expansion. 

Global status report highlights parlous state of nuclear power sector.Opening Pandora’s Electronic Box.Welcome to Planet Vogtle! The Lessons of Georgia’s Nuclear Boondoggle.

 Tritium into the air?

Sizewell C now: from farce to drama.
 Labour backs nuclear – but at what cost? – ALSO AT  https://nuclear-news.net/2024/09/22/1-a-labour-backs-nuclear-but-at-what-cost/ 

The 2024 World Nuclear Industry Status Report now released.

Climate. Online Misinformation Harming Climate Change Effort: UN Chief.

Hunger. When Will It Be Enough? Humanitarian organizations call for urgent action from World Leaders as the people of Sudan face unprecedented starvation and violence [EN/AR]

Noel’s notes. Nuclear socialism in its glory – in The West?

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AUSTRALIA. Peter Dutton refuses to divulge costs of going nuclear at anticipated ‘could it work’ speech. Peter Dutton and the pursuit of fame . The UK’s nuclear waste problem. Nuclear debate stalls as detail goes missing in action. “Catastrophic:” Coalition plan to stop renewables and push nuclear will result in massive supply gaps. 

AUKUS boss insists project remains on track despite frustrations and staff upheaval within submarine agency.   

 South Australia joins Denmark in elite club of two, “pushing the boundaries” of renewable energy integration. More Australian nuclear news headlines at https://antinuclear.net/2024/09/21/australian-nuclear-news-headlines-16-23-september/        

NUCLEAR ITEMS

ARTS and CULTURE. Nuclear Free Local Authorities want to lament, not ‘celebrate’ nuclear legacy.
ATROCITIES.
 22,500 Palestinians Now Have Life-Changing Injuries Due to Israel’s Genocide.    

CLIMATE. Data center emissions probably 662% higher than big tech claims. Can it keep up the ruse? 

ECONOMICS.

Call for banks to back nuclear energy projects. World’s biggest banks pledge support for nuclear power/                                   

Western, Russian nuclear industries still intertwined, report says.

Nuclear in Australia would increase household power bills.

Hinkley Point C: Building Britain’s first nuclear reactor in 30 years.

Serbia picks EDF, Egis for study on introduction of nuclear energy.

New logo for Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) represents a costly conversation.

MIT Coalition for Palestine Announces Major Divestment Win.

EDUCATION. ‘The Genocide Gentry’: Weapon Execs Sit on Boards of Universities, Institutions

ENERGY.

• As Biden deliberates, Ukraine’s nuclear plants are increasingly at risk – Stuck in the crosshairs are key substations.
• Three Mile Island nuclear reactor to restart to power Microsoft AI operations.
• Global Solar Installations on Track for Another Record Year. Record solar boom.
• Is the new UK government prepared to rise to the challenge of investing in energy efficiency measures and reducing the country’s energy use?

ENVIRONMENT. Hinkley Point C must deploy mandated protections for fish. A Suffolk wildlife and conservation charity has called for “greater transparency” from Sizewell C in relation to its wildlife compensation schemes.

ETHICS and RELIGION. Jewish Council disappointed at Australia’s UN abstention, calls for strong international action to prevent Israeli war crimes.

New Book Explores the Intersection of God and Nuclear Weapons.

HEALTH. 
Radiation. Radiation levels mysteriously spike along Norway’s border with Russia – as it’s claimed activity has been seen at test site for Putin’s ‘Flying Chernobyl’ nuclear missile

LEGAL. Nuke waste confusion continues with D.C. Circuit ruling.

MEDIA. ‘Genocide Can and Should Never Be Just a Normal Story’ CounterSpin interview with Gregory Shupak on Palestinian genocide.

Australian film-maker refused entry into India.

Nuclear horror still haunts us Threads tapped into our fear of apocalypse.

POLITICS. Patrick Lawrence: The ‘War Party’ Makes Its Plans. Biden, Harris sacrificing endless thousands of Ukrainians to retain presidency November 5. The experts comment: Key nuclear questions that the US presidential candidates should answer.

‘Obvious Conflict of Interest’: Report Reveals 50+ US Lawmakers Hold Military Stocks.

One big factor could decide if one of Wales’ biggest (nuclear) projects can happen.

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.

• With US $billions and diplomatic support, Ukraine and Israel are destroying themselves. Negotiate with Moscow to end the Ukraine war and prevent nuclear devastation.
• Israel’s Collapse Is Imminent Amid Escalation In Lebanon. World demands end to Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestine, in landslide UN vote. The World’s Chance To Confront US-Israeli Genocide.
• Miliband urged by US nuclear giant to abandon large reactors in favour of mini-nukes.
• The World Would Be Better off Without NATO, Revisited. Biden’s Grand Alliance against Russia in Ukraine beginning to recognize the N word…Negotiations.
• US Military Policy Is Stoking the Risk of Nuclear War on Korean Peninsula.

SAFETY. Safety level at Scotland’s largest nuclear site raised to ‘enhanced’ after leaks found. Scottish nuclear base staff using pagers adds to Trident fears.

New iodine tablets for communes near French nuclear power sites.

SPINBUSTER. More nuclear reactors? Denying the risks, IAEA’s Grossi promotes unrealistic nuclear power plans.

The UK government deserves an award for the biggest load of nuclear propaganda BS yet!. Nuclear waste group spends £4,600 on logo to show it IS listening toTheddlethorpe views.

TECHNOLOGY. UK Government designates data centres as Critical National Infrastructure (Whaa-aa-t!).

Microsoft deal propels Three Mile Island restart, with key permits still needed.

Unrealistic expectations for So-Called Novel Nuclear Reactor Concepts. 

URANIUM. Surge in Russian uranium sent to China.

WASTES.

• TEPCO again halts work to collect melted nuclear fuel.
• The challenge of long-lived alpha emitters in the Chalk River legacy wastes.
• Dounreay nuclear wastes : new snake like robot to access off limits areas.
• Germany’s dirty secret: Its leaking nuclear waste dump.
• Decommissioning: Hinkley Nuclear plant’s decommissioning could take 95 years.

WAR and CONFLICT

• Are the World’s Ongoing Conflicts in Danger of Going Nuclear? Nuclear War in Ukraine Is a Distinct Possibility. Why Putin’s nuclear saber-rattling on Ukraine sounds different this time. Putin ally warns West of nuclear war over Ukraine. Ukraine hits Russia with “massive drone attack” on military depot in Toropets, causing huge explosion.
• Ukrainian Tipping Points – UPDATE 4: US Blocks Long-Range Missile Attacks Until After Elections? The NATO/Ukraine Defeat in Kursk (and Beyond). French officials fear WWIII – Le Monde.
• Israel Unleashes Hell On South Lebanon With Giant Mystery Bomb As War Escalates. Failed Machismo: Israel’s Pager Killings. Israel Admits It Probably Killed Israeli Hostages in Gaza Airstrike in November. ‘An Act of Terror’: Israel Behind Pager Explosions That Killed 11, Wounded Thousands.
• US Navy chief unveils plan to be ready for possible war with China by 2027.
• Nuclear danger is growing- Physicists of the world, unite!

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. North Korea inadvertently gives away location of nuclear weapons facility, with pictures of Kim Jong-un visit.

Germany will not lift restrictions on long-range weapons for Kiev.

Turkey needs to acquire nuclear arms to stop Israel, urges Erdogan’s chief fatwa giver.

UN overwhelmingly votes to sanction Israel, impose arms embargo.

September 23, 2024 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina reviews