Antinuclear

Recent nuclear news – to 14 July

Some bits of good news –  Once extinct, giant river otters return to Argentina –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBN2zz8jlUQThe UN’s climate budget will climb by 10% next year.  

Nine Eastern European states (Poland, Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Estonia, Slovakia and Latvia) have multiplied solar capacity five-fold in five years.

TOP STORIES .The Persecution of Francesca Albanese. 

Aid as ambush: The horrifying new face of Israel’s Gaza war. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDkXM9Sahjw

Rep. Green cracks open America’s decades long denial of Israel’s illegal nuclear arsenal . 
“More nuclear-powered weapons testingcoming up in the Arctic”

Seizing Zaporizhzhia: A Meltdown in Nuclear Governance.

France and Switzerland shut down nuclear power plants amid scorching heatwave.

Climate. UN expert urges criminalizing fossil fuel disinformation, banning lobbying. What Greenland’s Ancient Past Reveals about Its Fragile Future. 

The Australia-Tuvalu climate migration treaty is a drop in the ocean.

AUSTRALIA. Federal Labor is taking up powers to impose AUKUS N-sub nuclear wastes on communities across SA, WA and the NT.

Why Zionist Influence in Australia Silences Truth.. Antisemitism Again! | The West Report – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTIMfcrQ1hI . 

Australians recruited for Israel’s ‘weaponised aid’ project in Gaza. Australia has exported F-35 fighter jet parts directly to Israel.

NUCLEAR ITEMS

ATROCITIES. Israeli Defense Minister Orders Plan To Build Concentration Camp for Gaza’s Civilian Population.UN Report calls out multinationals profiteering from Gaza genocide.In Gaza, survivors accuse Britain of complicity.

CLIMATE. SIZEWELL C, RISING SEA LEVELS AND EDF’s SILENCE.EDF shuts down Golftech nuclear plant due to high river temperature.

CIVIL LIBERTIES. U.S. sanctions U.N. expert critical of Israel’s war in Gaza.

ECONOMICS. Republicans and Democrats Finally Agree on Nuclear-It’s the Industry That’s the Problem.China lifts a nearly 2-year ban on seafood from Japan over Fukushima wastewater.

EDUCATION. Sellafield supporting Whitehaven Science Fair -(nuclear lobby infiltrates education).

EMPLOYMENT. Staff walk out at Hinkley Point C over alleged ‘bullying’.

ENERGY. Nuclear waste to nuclear reactor: The case of Russia in Kazakhstan.Nuclear Reliability- an uncertain route.Why new nuclear power is a bad way to balance solar and wind.

ENVIRONMENT. Nuclear waste near nature reserve plan ongoing.

EVENTS, War Abolisher Awards Presentation 2025 -Awards to Ralph Nader, Roger Waters, and Francesca Albanese.

HEALTH. Ailing Leaders Heighten Nuclear War Concerns.

LEGAL. Trump sanctions on UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese are illegal and represent further U.S. complicity in genocide. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXITQ-Zjnps

MEDIA. “Return to Fukushima”.

POLITICS.Tehran stands by Leader’s fatwa banning nuclear weapons: Parliament. Calls for stricter rules, as nuclear industry steps up lobbying efforts. Nuclear comeback? Japan’s plans to restart reactors hit resistance over radioactive waste. New nuclear power plant in Switzerland not before 2050. UK Moves Closer to Approving Sizewell C Nuclear Plant Project. Trawsfynydd unlikely for new nuclear development, council hears.- ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/07/13/2-b1-trawsfynydd-unlikely-for-new-nuclear-development-council-hears/

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.China backs Southeast Asia nuclear ban; Rubio, Lavrov at ASEAN meeting. Putin urges Iran to accept ‘zero enrichment’ nuclear deal with US – Axios. Iran says cooperation with UN nuclear watchdog will take ‘new form’. Iran tells IAEA to end ‘double standards’ before nuclear talks can resume. Iran cuts ties with UN nuclear watchdog after US and Israeli strikes. The Trumpanyahu Administration. Instigating Murder.  Israel ‘not an ally’, says former British ambassador.

PUBLIC OPINION. Atomic bomb survivors in Japan fear nuclear weapons could be used again: poll

SAFETY.Why the US must protect the independence of its nuclear regulator.America’s largest airport reveals ‘plan’ to build NUCLEAR REACTOR on its land.SHUT IT DOWN before it MELTS DOWN!!!Corrosion-hit Civaux most modulated 1.5 GW French unit – study .Zaporizhzhia loses off-site power for first time in 19 months/

SECRETS and LIES. Australia obstructed probe into deadly ‘Rainbow Warrior’ bombing. Palantir’s Shadow War On Iran. Spying on Iran: How MI6 infiltrated the IAEA. Sellafield nuclear power plant safety fears as ‘potentially deadly nitrogen gas leaks’

SPINBUSTER. Energy Scotland’s John Proctor responds to The Herald’s pro-nuclear spread. Hoping for nuclear to boost the economy –will not end well-ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/07/13/2-b1-energy-scotlands-john-proctor-responds-to-the-heralds-pro-nuclear-spread/

TECHNOLOGY. Flamanville EPR shut down, no restart date announced.What is an EMP?

URANIUM. Iran’s Conversion of Uranium Hexafluoride to Uranium Metal Not a Bottleneck to an Iranian Nuclear Weapon. Iran’s uranium enrichment: myths, realities, and what Canada should understand- ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/07/02/2-b1-irans-uranium-enrichment-myths-realities-and-what-canada-should-understand/

WASTES. Tepco plans to move spent nuclear fuel from Fukushima to Mutsu facility.We must count the real costs of nuclear power. From Scotland to Cumbria – Not All Waste Is Equal.

WAR and CONFLICT. Russia says Ukrainian drones attacked training centre at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. Trump to Ukraine: ‘Squander another half million casualties to prevent defeat on my watch’  Operation Midnight Hammer: Were Iran’s Nuclear Facilities Damaged? The attacks on Iran didn’t achieve anything more than harm nonproliferation.

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES.A new nuclear arms race. ‘An Arsenal of Profiteering’: Military Contractors Have Gotten Over Half of Pentagon Spending Since 2020. US Army Building New Air Bases, Ammunition Depots For Israel. US Approves $510 Million Arms Deal for Israel.

July 14, 2025 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Weekly Newsletter