Nuclear news – week to 15 July
Some bits of good news – Ancient conservation practice restoring the Middle East. Restoration of Maple River offers hope for future conservation initiatives. China cleans up its air and water.
TOP STORIES
NATO SUMMIT: Collectively Losing Their Minds. For 75 Years, NATO Has Been Terrorizing the Globe. German Parliamentarian in Washington Says No to NATO – Yes to Peace.
The Atlas Network and the Council for National Policy: America’s global revolution. The Atlas Network’s transnational revolution. https://johnmenadue.com/the-atlas-networks-transnational-revolution/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZ_AG6irJ_g
Climate. Temperatures 1.5C above pre-industrial era average for 12 months, data show.
Noel’s notes. The NATO statement – absurdity and collective suicide? The insanity of rampant mindless new technology.
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AUSTRALIA.
- Experts argue for an Australian ban on nuclear weapons ahead of UN Summit.
- Book – “Nuked” on Aukus ‘fiasco’ says decision to embrace pact will ‘haunt’ Labor for years.
- South Australia’s renewable triumph is stunning proof that Dutton’s nuclear plans are a folly. No room for nuclear: AGL Energy, Australia’s biggest supplier of AGL baseload power, says flexibility is key as it plans to dump coal for renewables in a decade.
- Aboriginal supporter of right-wing racism, Warren Mundine’s interests in mining uranium -not doing too well.
- The Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) just exploded their argument that the “Atlas Network” is tinfoil hat conspiracy.
- Don’t make my home a nuclear power hub– nuclear reactors in Latrobe Valley unsafe and unrealistic ALSO AT https://antinuclear.net/2024/07/12/2-a-dont-make-my-home-a-nuclear-power-hub-nuclear-reactors-in-latrobe-valley-unsafe-and-unrealistic/
- Decoded: Defence Department’s deadly deceits.
- Power-hungry data centres are booming in Australia. Can the grid cope?
- Game of Mates. The Australian War Memorial and its military industrial conflicts of interest.
- More Australian nuclear news at https://antinuclear.net/2024/07/09/nuclear-and-associated-news-to-16-july
NUCLEAR ITEMS
| ATROCITIES. The Lancet study estimates death toll in Gaza 186,000 or even more. Counting the dead inGaza: difficult but essential. ‘Horrific Massacre’: Israel Bombs Gaza School Used as Refugee Camp, Killing Dozens. | CLIMATE. Texas Nuclear Power Plant Hit By Hurricane Beryl. | ECONOMICS.Analyst Says Nuclear Industry Is ‘Totally Irrelevant’ in the Market for New Power Capacity.New Brunswick’s nuclear-powered rate hikes.New nuclear is ‘too expensive’ for UK zero-carbon energy target.EDF pulls out of competition to build mini-nuclear reactors in Britain.€130 Billion Nuclear Dream in Europe Meets Financial Reality. |
| EMPLOYMENT. With global race to decarbonize electricity sector, demand for skilled nuclear workers heats up.https://nuclear-news.net/2024/07/09/2-b-with-global-race-to-decarbonize-electricity-sector-demand-for-skilled-nuclear-workers-heats-up/ | ENERGY.“The Sun has won”: exponentially growing solar destroys nuclear, fossil fuels on price.Solar power will lead globally- says Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI). South Australia locks in federal funds to become first grid in world to reach 100 per cent net wind and solar. U.S. Solar and Wind Power Generation Tops Nuclear for First Time. | ENVIRONMENT. NATO’s nuclear bases have poisoned water and fish. |
| ETHICS and RELIGION. The false equivalency of nuclear disarmament and nuclear abolition. | EVENTS. 13 – 25th July PROTEST ACTION AT LAKENHEATH -Stop nuclear weapons returning to Lakenheath UK –sign on at https://lakenheathallianceforpeace.org.uk/sign-up/ 24 July. Rally – Washington – Stop the Gaza Genocide | HISTORY.July 16 – New Mexico anniversaries – of first nuclear weapons test, and of Church Rock radioactive waste disaster. The dirty history of ‘Nukey Poo’, the reactor that soiled the Antarctic. ALSO AT https://antinuclear.net/2024/07/12/2-a-the-dirty-history-of-nukey-poo-the-reactor-that-soiled-the-antarctic/ |
| LEGAL. First Nation challenges nuclear waste decision in federal court. | MEDIA. The Corporate News Media at Work, Julian Assange And The Criminalization of Journalism: A Story Of Moral Injury And Moral Courage. Book “Nuked” , on Aukus ‘fiasco’ says decision to embrace pact will ‘haunt’ Australia’s Labor for years. NATO member to fight ‘pro-war propaganda’ – official. 16 July marks 79 years since the Trinity test. | OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . Anti-nuclear protestors to march from Norwich to Lakenheath. First Nations and allies resist proposed radioactive waste repository. Hundreds of Scientists Urge Biden to Cancel $100 Billion Nuclear Weapons Boondoggle. |
| POLITICS.Biden’s press conference and the war hysteria of American imperialismUS Mayors for Peace Call for Dialogue in a Time of Nuclear Danger. Tracking Dissent: US Officials Who Have Resigned Over The War on Gaza.Newly Signed Bill Will Boost Nuclear Reactor Deployment in the United States. Joe Biden Just Signed a Popular, Bipartisan Nuclear Power Bill. Advocates Say It’s a Sign of Things to Come. Biden signs ADVANCE Act. Now what?Scottish Nuclear Free Local Authorities Convenor seeks ‘respect’ for Scotland’s stance on nuclear power | POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.NATO Washington Summit Declaration – a delusional March of Folly.NATO: From Cold War Defensive Coalition to Global Military Behemoth- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vDfxo653cY NATO at 75: obsolete but still risking nuclear war, seeking dragons to slay.Medea Benjamin DISMANTLES Biden NATO Reelect Pitch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJDvmAWcuUIInside the NATO Summit in Washington, D.C. Serbia’s Nuclear Energy Quest Opens Geopolitical Flash Point For China, Russia, And The West. |
| SAFETY. US bases in Europe on high alert for possible terrorist attack: US Department of Defense. | SECRETS and LIES. US-made missile suddenly ‘transformed’ into a ‘Russian’ one and killed 40 civilians. Sellafield bosses ignored and punished this whistleblower. | SPINBUSTER. Kiev missile attack. What happened? [i] |
| TECHNOLOGY. Hinkley Point C, the £46 billion mega-project digging tunnels under the sea Blow to Miliband’s nuclear ambitions as top mini-nuke lab faces closure. Point Lepreau nuclear power plant has a generator ‘issue,‘ says NB Power. Utility doesn’t know how long it will take to fix. | WASTES. Radioactive Real Estate: Finding a Forever Home for Nuclear Waste. Ignace, Ontario, betrayed by Council, on nuclear waste decision, Radioactive Waste: Symposium Primer -Samuel Lawrence Foundation – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4c28c3jLY0 Water leaks reported at Germany’s Asse II radwaste facility. Decommissioning. Radiation levels assessed for on-site burial plan at old nuclear power station |
| WAR and CONFLICT. Gaza deal must allow Israel to keep fighting -Netanyahu. How Netanyahu Has Systematically Foiled Talks to Release Hostages From Hamas Captivity. US war games in Pacific seek global participation in imperialist maneuvers. | WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. Pentagon keeps commitment to Sentinel nuclear missile as costs balloon. Wall Street Journal finally admits high-tech Western weapons ‘useless’ in Ukraine conflict. Russian Officials Vow Response to US Missile Deployment to Germany. |
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