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Nuclear news for the first week of 20246

Some bits of good news .   Wild and Wonderful Saiga is No Longer Endangered with a Million Roaming Now in Central Asia.    10 Things that Give us HOPE for 2024.

TOP STORIES. How Long Can Israel Defy the World?  

Rokkasho redux: Japan’s never-ending nuclear reprocessing saga.  

Bill Introduced in US Congress Calls for US to Drop Charges Against Julian Assange.

From the archives: Japan’s nuclear companies bribed local governments: consumers eventually pay.

Climate. What a farce! Another veteran of the oil and gas industry to lead the next round of COP 29 climate talks.

Nuclear. I try to stay off the topics of Israel and Ukrainian wars – but that’s tricky, as we teeter on the nuclear brink.  Japan’s  earthquake disaster lingers, – their nuclear reactors are OK, but it’s early days.

Noel’s notes: Japan’s earthquake: The world must not be conned by the irrational optimism of the nuclear lobby. The subtle ways that the nuclear lobby manipulates corporate media: example KISHA CLUBS OF JAPAN.

AUSTRALIA. Nuke policy quietly nuked: Australia to fund US nuclear weapon delivery program.  Funding the imperium: Australia subsidises U.S. nuclear submarines. 

US officials monitored pro-Assange protests in Australia for ‘anti-US sentiment’, documents reveal.  Legendary Australian journalist John Pilger dies, aged 84. Uranium ship sneaks into ‘nuclear free’ Fremantle port, sparking concern by wharfies over safety.

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ECONOMICS. EDF using Pontins Brean Sands has ‘big determinantal impact’ on local economy, tourism firm fears. COP28’s Nuclear Energy Promise Is Still a Long Way Off. Nuclear Fuel: Russian Cutoff Would Upend Global Market.

EMPLOYMENT. Mass layoffs at small nuclear reactor companies. Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLAs) call upon nuke cops chief to issue statement on ‘toxic’ Sellafield allegations.  

ENERGY. ‘Renewable surge powers all UK homes in 2023’.  More than half of eligible schools enlist in new solar scheme in Ireland. Nuclear weapons test treaty fears sink plans for major wind farm.  UK Nuclear Output Slumps to 42-Year Low . Swedish nuclear outage extended by 3 weeks . Germany’s coal power production drops to lowest level in 60 years in2023 after nuclear exit.

ENVIRONMENT. NRC still concerned with Air Force’s monitoring of thorium contamination at Kirtland.  A ‘natural alternative’ plan for protecting fish from Hinkley nuclear station’s cooling system.    Hinkley Point C proposes new wetland reserve to protect fish from cooling system.

HEALTH. Prolonged impact of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Accident on health and society.

MEDIA. Burial review – deep dive into underworld of nuclear power and its toxic legacy. https://youtu.be/fw4Fp7e-9PM?si=SaQXhz1FobT2K3yb 

BBC Panorama to feature RAF Lakenheath nuclear weapons saga- BBC Two on Thursday, January 18.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZcg409HYIc 

All CNN Gaza Coverage Seen by Bureau Monitored by Israeli Defense Force Before Publication.

PERSONAL STORIES. A Visit to Belmarsh Prison, Where Julian Assange Awaits His Final Appeal Against Extradition to the US.

POLITICS. Kim Jong Un announces launch of new spy satellites, nuclear resolutions for 2024.

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. 

• The real reason why the USA pushed for the world to “triple nuclear power” at COP 28.  
• Iran Says Prospect for Talks Over Nuclear Deal ‘Still Exists’.
•  India, Pakistan exchange list of nuclear installations under 1988 bilateral pact. 
• “The coming US-Saudi nuclear deal: Keep it honest,” The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists. “Improving Saudi-Israeli Ties Shouldn’t Breed Nuclear Bombs,” The Hill,  
• European Parliament resolution of 12 December 2023 on small modular reactor.

SAFETY.  Japan earthquake casts cloud over push to restart nuclear plants. Japan earthquake raises concerns over restarting country’s nuclear plants. We care about Japan’s disaster situation and are concerned about nuclear safety. Operational Ban Lifted on Major Japan Nuclear Plant. 

Nuclear concerns as a magnitude-7.6 earthquake hits north central Japan, prompting tsunami warnings. How Japanese earthquake has chilling echoes of 2011 tsunami disaster that killed at least 20,000 and caused nuclear meltdown.  In Quake-Scarred Japan, 2011 Fukushima Disaster Still Looms Large. Following earthquake, Japan’s nuclear reactors escaped serious problems – THIS TIME.  “Forbidden news”- Water Containing Radioactive Materials Spills Over atKashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant .    Japan Earthquake: Water Levels Rose At Shika Nuclear Plant After Monday’s Tsunami, Says Report.  Systems to supply power to nuclear plant in Ishikawa partially unusable. Radioactive water spills over after quakes hit Japan. 

•  Fears after warning of ‘rotting’ nuclear infrastructure on Clyde. 
• Nuclear disasters–in–waiting, 
•  IAEA says its inspectors are denied access to parts of Ukraine nuclear plant .. 
• Incident: Hackers use LinkedIn to target UK nuclear waste firm. 
• Volcanic hazard to planned Natrium fast nuclear reactor – even the NRC admits.  
• Diablo Canyon nuclear plant must be shut down.

SECRETS and LIES.  More nuclear corruption?

SPINBUSTER. Another Voice: Nuclear (yet again).

TECHNOLOGY. DOE docs: Carbon removal proposal bets on rare nuclear reactors.

WASTES. Nuclear waste site a potential danger to all who live here. Nuclear waste could threaten rare spot where endangered mussel thrives, experts say.  UK’s Nuclear Waste Service (NWS) to grant £millions to the 3 Community Partnerships, to seek a site for nuclear waste dump.  Challenging questions concerning UK’s Geological Disposal Facility (GDF)Test of Public Support.

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. US Foreign Policy Is a Scam Built on Corruption. Once Again, Biden Bypasses Congress to Approve Arms Sale to Israel. Ukraine war – NATO provides a new bonanza for Raytheon and MBDA Germany weapons companies. American weapons company Lockheed Martin scores again with sale of more F-35s to South Korea.   “Civil nuclear power” has always been a cover story for wasting public money on nuclear weapons. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgQ1PtkZvGU

January 8, 2024 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina reviews