Nuclear news – Australia and more – week to 13 December
A bit of good news – Once devastated Pacific reefs see amazing recovery.
Coronavirus. COVID is running rampant in China and its hospitals are overwhelmed. Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): Weekly Epidemiological Update
Climate. Climate Honesty – Ending Climate Brightsiding, ( but also including revolutionary technology – mirrors to reflect the sun’s energy back into space). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw85K7MjwYk Climate change could force 1.2 billion to move by 2050. Is the world even remotely ready?
Nuclear. Is the West playing some sort of Russian roulette with the war in Ukraine? Supplying Zelensky with long range missiles, that Ukraine is now using to target sites within Russia – this amounts to some sick sort of game of chicken. How far can we push Putin into using even more devastating methods against Ukraine? Of course nobody’s going to use “tactical” supposedly sorta “little”” nuclear weapons, are they?
Do the men who run the world ever consider the psychology of the macho military men who are mad keen to use the most powerful weapons? So much easier and quicker to make such a decision , compared with the dreary task of negotiating an end to the horror, an end which would mean conceding to some of Russia’s not unrealistic demands. Meanwhile Zelensky and co are being bolstered with all sorts of honours and acclaim – encouraged to continue in their ultranationalistic and probaly suicidal dream of complete victory over Russia.
AUSTRALIA.
- Call for Parliamentary vote required before Australia goes to war. War veterans call for Parliamentary vote on going to war, but most politicians OK with Prime Minister’s power to alone make that decision. Aukus will lock in Australia’s dependence on US, intelligence expert warns.
- Australia a”pot of gold” for America’s military section to wage war in space. Nuclear submarines will be ‘massively expensive’ – (even Australia’s right-wing is waking up to this!) Undue influence of the arms industry.
- Nuclear power does not stack up for Australia – PM Albanese. South Australia’s premier, Peter Malinauskas, is in ‘furious agreement’ with PM that nuclear power would not work for Australia. Nuclear off table as states seek power fix.
- Dangerous radiation mishaps surge across NSW hospitals and medical centres.
- Mining lobby tricks government with its big taxpayer fairytale.
CIVIL LIBERTIES. Biden faces growing pressure to drop charges against Julian Assange.
ECONOMICS. Another dodgy Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) set up to promote small nuclear reactors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAJTkL99anI&t=22s
EDUCATION. Nuclear lobby continues to capture universities.
ENERGY. Every home and community could be a power station’: the Nuclear Free Local Authorities’s future renewable energy vision for Wales. How to scale rooftop community solar in cities, UK policy changes: windfalls and renewables.
ENVIRONMENT. ‘Humanity has become a weapon of mass extinction‘. Past time for action — France should clean up atomic mess in Algeria. Commitments to nuclear HS2 and Sizewell C undermine UK Government promises on climate.
HEALTH.
- What are the risks and treatments if nuclear power plant radioactivity is released?
- Radiation: Missouri Community and Its Children Grappling With Exposure to Nuclear Waste. US military atomic cleanup crews were sent out in the wake of American nuclear testing, and many paid a heavy price, veterans say. Plutonium: Plutonium’s Fatal Attraction. The ‘Demon Core,’ The 14-Pound Plutonium Sphere That Killed Two Scientists.
- Large Multinational Study Shows Link Between CT Radiation Exposure and Brain Cancer in Children and Young Adults.
LEGAL. Revealing He Too Had Manning Leaks, Ellsberg Dares Justice Dept to Prosecute Him Like Assange. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nHA0zhYma8
NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY. ‘New’ Nuclear Reactors Will Make Us a Guinea Pig Nation. Will small modular reactors seed a nuclear renaissance? THE ROBOTS OF FUKUSHIMA: GOING WHERE NO HUMAN HAS GONE BEFORE (AND LIVED).
OPPOSITION TO NUCLEAR. Ineos Grangemouth refinery: Anti-nuclear campaigners will put up a huge fight against any attempt to build small nuclear reactors – Dr Richard Dixon.
POLITICS.
- Lawmakers reject bid to audit US aid for Ukraine. Five ways the Biden DOE is spending tax-payers money big on nuclear energy .
- UK Tories getting nervous about nuclear power plans? Hypocrites: Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) decries government ministers for promising wind turbines, but not new nuclear projects, must have ‘local support’.
- If Finland joins NATO, it needs a new nuclear weapons policy.
- European Commission supports French government in funding for small nuclear reactors.
- Objections to nuclear power in Taiwan.
POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. Macron: Russia Needs Security Guarantees ‘Essential’ To Ending The War. USA and UK welded together firmly in the grip of the nuclear lobby, with their Small Nuclear Reactor folly. UN: Israel must take ‘immediate steps’ to give up nuclear weapons. Japanese prime minister may seek in-depth nuclear abolition talks at Hiroshima G7 summit.
SAFETY.Why nuclear-powered France faces power outage risks. France: EDF extends nuclear outages by up to 42 days. Finland warns of power outage risk over nuclear plant startup delay – Olkiluoto 3 reactor unreliable? Slovakia’s new nuclear power plant delayed due to a technical fault. US imposes sanctions on six Pakistan companies for unsafeguarded nuclear activities. TVA sends calendars to households near nuclear plants with preparedness tips in case of emergencies.
SECRETS and LIES. How the Global Spyware Industry Spiraled Out of Control.
SPINBUSTER. Watch Stella Assange Slap The Mustache Off John Bolton’s War Criminal Face.
WASTES. The world’s deepest nuclear clean-up – the Dounreay shaft. Nuclear waste permit ‘more stringent’ New Mexico says as feds look to renew for 10 years.
WAR and CONFLICT. NATO Chief Voices Fear Of War With Russia While US Greenlights Drone Strikes On Russian Territory. Putin: Nuclear risk is rising, but we are not mad. Ukraine war: Red Cross appeal, Kremlin sees Crimea attack ‘risks’. Maligned in Western Media, Donbass Forces are Defending their Future from Ukrainian Shelling and Fascism. PETER HITCHENS: The arrogance and folly in Ukraine that could yet send us hurtling towards nuclear catastrophe.’ Warfare Development Conference: NATO touts successful operations on four continents.
WEAPONS INDUSTRY. Are the bombs are back in town? US atomic weapons in Britain would make nuclear war more likely. U.S. provides more missiles to Ukraine in new $275 million arms package Weapons interoperability and “sovereignty”: Polish state bank backs purchase of $4b more in U.S. arms . What could possibly go wrong?
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