The week in nuclear news
The past week has seen a bigger than usual burst of news items about small nuclear reactors (SMRs) – with numerous claims about how SMRs are going to be the focus of a nuclear revival that will combat climate change. In country after country, political leaders announce SMRs as a central part of their climate policy, even reversing policies to phase out nuclear power. France is the leading example. There’s even a very interesting logic that goes like this:
‘‘Big nuclear power reactors are unsustainable: therefore small nuclear reactors will be sustainable” – as they say in all those police shows on TV – copy that!
Pandemic
Pandemic Coronavirus around the world.
The climate disaster is here. Climate. Earth is already becoming unlivable. Will governments act to stop this disaster from getting worse?
Some bits of good news.– Solar-Powered Desalination Device Will Turn Sea Water Into Fresh Water For 400,000 People. World’s First Totally-Green Tractor Set to Plow Down European Farming Emissions
AUSTRALIA.
AUKUS nuclear submarines deal must be abandoned. Australia’s nuclear submarines are looking more and more like a mirage. Uncertain delivery date for nuclear submarines. Australia’s existing fleet still in use in 2050? Inquiry to question whether Australia needs nuclear industry to support submarine program. Senate Inquiry quizzes Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) and Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) on infrastructure needs for nuclear submarines.
New push for nuclear energy in Australia, but does it really stand the test? Pro nuclear argument has ‘more holes than Swiss cheese’ – Ian Lowe. Nuclear power is too expensive for Australia. Collapse of the nuclear industry‘s ”golden hope”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvpmGP8P6Mk
‘It makes us sick’: remote NT community wants answers about uranium in its water supply.
INTERNATIONAL.
Bizarre twists in USA’s war on Julian Assange and Wikileaks.
Epidemiology – research on baby teeth gives valuable information on health effects of ionising radiation.
What Does Building A Nuclear Power Station Mean for CO2 Emissions As We Near COP26 ?
Crypto currency and nuclear power – a worrying partnership.
Smoke from nuclear war would devastate ozone layer, alter climate.
The scale of global e-waste .
Vale Sister Megan Rice – an anti-nuclear hero. Libbe HaLevy’s interview with Sister Megan Rice 2019.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_cguuNy-3U
Prince William: Saving Earth should come before space tourism.
Catholic Archbishop at UN urges immorality of nuclear weapons, and of militarising space.
Patients lack knowledge on radiation in medical imaging,
Catholic Archbishop at UN urges immorality of nuclear weapons, and of militarising space.
Patients lack knowledge on radiation in medical imaging,
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