Antinuclear

This week – the less positive news about nuclear.

Some bits of good news.
Global Life Expectancy Rises by 6.2 Years After Drop in Deaths from Stroke, Diarrhea, and Respiratory Infections     Saving Migratory Fish, One Culvert at a Time.

TOP STORIES. Aukusing for War: The Real Target Is China .
The $97 billion mess – spent nuclear fuel reprocessing in Japan.
Xi Jinping’s Thoughts on China’s Nuclear Weapons.
America’s Nuclear War Plan in the 1960s Was Utter Madness. It Still Is.

Inside Sellafield behind the razor wire gun- toting guards and blast barriers at the toxic nuclear site – also at 

 Nuclear regulators should weigh climate change risk to power plants, report says. 

Spent nuclear fuel mismanagement poses a major threat to the United States. Here’s how..

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AUSTRALIA.

• Nuclear energy is an ugly duckling in every possible respect: Too late, too costly, too toxic. 
• Peter Dutton to press ahead with nuclear despite opposition in regional Australia. Australia’s Liberal National Coalition “in a panic” about response to confused and unpopular nuclear power plan. Peter Dutton vows to bring small nuclear reactors online in Australia by mid 2030 if elected. Dutton’s perks for nuclear plan. Coalition to release nuclear incentive package. “No feasible pathway:” Liberal MP Matt Kean quits Coalition-based charity because of its obsession with nuclear. Matt Kean admonished by federal Opposition for criticising nuclear direction. States reject Dutton’s push for nuclear power. 
• A hard job for the Australian government to find credible spruikers for a nuclear waste dump. 
• ‘Poison portal’: US and UK could send nuclear waste to Australia under Aukus, inquiry told. AUKUS: Perth councils demand public alert of any safety incidents related to nuclear subs at HMAS Stirling.
• Killing Aid Workers: Australia’s Muddled Policy on Israel. Updated Climate Council statement re nuclear power.

Climate. Climate change requires kind of collective effort that British people made during Second World War . ‘Simply mind-boggling’: world record temperature jump in Antarctic raises fears of catastrophe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXwmCLqQESQ

Nuclear.  I find it overwhelming – the enthusiasm of the world’s leaders  for ever more deadly nuclear weaponry – in view of  The day of nuclear Armageddon.

Noel’s notes. NATO – dancing macabrely to World War 3?  Why I am really a CONSERVATIVE, and you should be, too.  Ethics, intelligence, literature, and nuclear reprocessing.

NUCLEAR ISSUES.

CLIMATE. Nuclear energy cannot lead the global energy transition. Portents of a nuclear war on a burning planet. Climate change and nuclear waste are a toxic stew. Nuclear Power Plants: NRC Should Take Actions to Fully Consider the Potential Effects of Climate Change. Nuclear regulator delinquent on climate.

ECONOMICS. Russia’s state-owned energy company Rosatom is drumming up new nuclear business in Africa. United Arab Emirates in talks to invest in European nuclear power infrastructure. The cost of Europe’s new nuclear power plants.

ENVIRONMENT. Ecocide a ‘Critical Dimension of Israel’s Genocidal Campaign’ in Gaza: Probe. 3 B 1 Say no to small modular reactors: Stop normalizing the exploitation of nature. Radiation. Russia declares ‘state of emergency’ after radiation detected in eastern city of Khabarovsk
ETHICS and RELIGION. Holy See: ‘Nuclear deterrence is an illusion’.

EVENTS. 11 April WEBINAR Nuclear exploitation: how uranium mining harms communities.    https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_iThP7xYKRVy6XxQ46hOwpA#/registration

HEALTH. St. Louis-area residents make plea for compensation for illnesses tied to nuclear contamination.

LEGAL UK govt lawyers conclude Israel in breach of humanitarian law. Sprawling Sellafield Nuclear Waste Site Prosecuted for Cybersecurity Failings. Lawsuit challenges $1 billion in federal funding to sustain California’s last nuclear power plant.

MEDIA. An interview with Annie Jacobsen, author of ‘Nuclear War: A Scenario’. ‘Oppenheimer’ finally opens in Japan, the only nation to experience horror of nuclear war

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.  US Secretary of State Blinken says Ukraine will be NATO member. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddI8OJKTWxc Japan confirms experts met in China to ease concerns over discharge of treated radioactive water. The Case for Nuclear Diplomacy (doesn’t mention the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons!)

SAFETY.  M6.0 earthquake hits coast of Japan’s Fukushima: Japan Meteorological Agency. EDF confirms cracks on 1.3 GW Paluel 2 reactor. TEPCO plans new installations at Fukushima nuclear plant, to deal with radioactive leakage. Mystery of America’s first fatal nuclear disaster – explosion of small nuclear reactor. Russia urges IAEA to publicly reveal Ukrainian attacks on nuclear plant. Ukrainian artillery cuts last backup power line to Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant.

WAR and CONFLICT. The day of nuclear Armageddon: Newly declassified documents reveal in macabre minute-by-minute detail what the end of the world would like. And why those vaporised instantly by an atomic bomb will be the lucky ones… The Looming Ukraine Debacle. Ukrainian counteroffensive ‘biggest debacle in modern military history’ – David Sacks. West helping Ukraine attack deep inside Russia – CNN.

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. U.S. Nuclear Weapons Costs, Projections Continue to Rise. ‘Obscene’: Biden Quietly OKs More 2,000-Pound Bombs, Warplanes for Israel. Ukraine aid will bankrupt future US generations – congressman.

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