Recent nuclear news

This newsletter short, as I have been ill in hospital for nearly a week. (Fine now.) It did give me time to think. One thought: people liken the Russian advance on the Donbass, invasion of Ukraine, to the Nazis in WW2. That is so incorrect. So wrong to equate this situation to the evil philosophy of “Aryan superiority” that engulfed Germany from 1933 to 2 Sept 1945.

Climate. Scientists monitoring ‘doomsday’ glacier in Antarctic warn climate change happening faster than ever before. Ecological tipping points could occur much sooner than expected, study finds.

Christina notes. Cool thinking is needed on the Ukraine situation. Would Russia really blow up a nuclear plant that it controls? Two ruthless killer regimes, who hate each other, are now to cosy up for the benefit of the “peaceful” nuclear industry. What could possibly go wrong? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWa7BJAmzYY

TOP STORIES

European Parliamentary Assembly rapporteurs warn against extradition to the United States of Julian Assange. Biden Would Need His Pound of Flesh From Assange.

By excluding Russia from markets in Europe, USA ‘s nuclear industry plans to sell its small and large nuclear reactors to Poland,Romania, Slovakia, Estonia, the Czech Republic and Ukraine .

Daniel Ellsberg’s message to us, and to future generations.

The Silent Slaughter of the Flower of Ukraine’s Youth. 2 important Russo Ukraine war stories: 1 covered 24/7; 1 covered up.

World’s Largest Fusion Project Is in Big Trouble, New Documents Reveal.0

AUSTRALIA. Nuclear indoctrination for Australian school-children – normalising nuclear submarines. Nuclear power safer than wind, Sussan Ley tells Liberal Party meeting. The Labor Party Victorian state conference and AUKUS. Former Labor cabinet minister condemns $368b AUKUS deal.

CLIMATE. A heating world can’t afford a cold war. Nuclear-based fantasies are holding back real climate action. Diversion from urgent climate action. How the European nuclear lobby undermines the EU’s energy future.

CIVIL LIBERTIES. Zelensky bans Russian books.

ECONOMICS. Building nuclear plant would increase costs in the need for guards, police and rescue workers. Marketing. China joins the rush to market nuclear power to Turkey. United Arab Emirates keen to become an exporter of nuclear reactors and nuclear technology. Chinese Boycott Over Fukushima Nuclear Plant Water Release Sinks Japanese Cosmetics.

EMPLOYMENT. Royal Navy struggles to attract recruits for nuclear-armed subs. Big enlistment bonuses offered to UK sailors entering the nuclear field.

ENERGY. NFLA message to energy minister – ‘Community energy is great; back it’.

ENVIRONMENT. What is the new ‘returning zone’ to be created in disaster-hit Fukushima?.

HEALTH. Radiation. Chinese astronauts install radiation-exposure experiment outside Tiangong space station .

INDIGENOUS ISSUES. We need to wake up’: Algonquin leaders sound alarm over planned nuclear waste facility near Ottawa River. A nuclear site is on tribes’ ancestral lands. Their voices are being left out on key cleanup talks.

LEGAL. Judge Who Ruled Against Assange Built Career as Barrister Defending UK Government. Legal challenge against Sizewell C nuclear power plant rejected,

NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY. Nuclear Fusion: A Clean Energy Revolution Or A Radioactive Nightmare?

OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR. Suffolk campaigners vow to continue fighting Sizewell C. Nuclear Waste Transportation Draws Opposition in West.

PERSONAL STORIES. The Loving Truth-Teller That Was Daniel Ellsberg.

POLITICS. Humza Yousaf vows to rid independent Scotland of nuclear weapons. Starmer must drop support for flagship £20bn nuclear power station, says former Gordon Brown adviser. Sweden reverses its long-standing nuclear-free policy. Riverkeeper celebrates bipartisan Assembly passage of bill to stop radioactive wastewater discharges into the Hudson River; Governor Hochul must sign.

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. Will upcoming NATO summit launch forever war in Europe? Saudi Arabia demands own nuclear program in exchange for ties with Israel. Central Europe’s nuclear plans – fraught with problems.

SAFETY. Russia asks IAEA to ensure Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant security. IAEA Director General Grossi discusses nuclear safety with Russia’s Director of Rosatom, at Zaporizhzhia, in new consultations. Watchdog group has concerns over nuclear micro-reactor plans.

WASTES. ‘Truly shocking’: UK has enough plutonium to make almost 20,000 nukes. £485m clean-up operation for UK’s 10 nuclear reactors. The Biden administration is pouring billions into the nuclear industry-the payoff isn’t certain, US navy accused of cover-up over radioactive shipyard waste. New Mexico leaders fear nuclear waste could endanger oil and gas in the Permian Basin. Is Fukushima wastewater release safe? What the science says.

WAR and CONFLICT. Key moments of aborted Wagner revolt in Russia. “Brink of catastrophe” should Wagner Group “bandits” get their hands on nuclear weapons. Ukraine sustains massive single-day losses – Russian MOD. Russian MP believes Ukrainian counteroffensive will end in July . Kiev planning strike on Russia with Western-made missiles – Moscow. Ukraine counter offensive – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76KAD8djBBg Eyewitness Donbas: Why the Majority Reject Ukraine’s Counter-Offensive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS4DwwsSIG4Here’s how NATO trainers knowingly sent Ukrainian troops to their deaths in this month’s counteroffensive against Russia. SCOTT RITTER: On Horseradish & Nuclear War. The Reverse Cuban Missile Crisis. Khren Im – To the USA and Biden ….if this continues, it is lights out for humanity. Keep nuclear threats off the table.

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. NATO arsenals ‘empty’ – Stoltenberg (need to ramp up production). Ukraine’s “spring counteroffensive not making progress: will NATO resort to deploying tactical nuclear weapons for Ukraine? Prodding the Pentagon. Is Russia planning to use nuclear weapons? Ukraine Can Develop Nuclear Weapons ‘Within a Short Time’: Ex-Zelensky Aide.

A $31 Billion Missile Program! US Looks To Reintroduce Nuclear Sea-Launched Cruise Missile Costing Equal To 10 Virginia-Class Subs. Amid China Tensions, US Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier, USS Ronald Reagan, To Make A Rare Vietnam Port Call.