Antinuclear

Nuclear news and more – week to 10 September

Some bits of good news – Norway’s Forests Have More Than Tripled in a Hundred Years.  Zimbabwe’s endangered black rhinos are finally making a comeback.  LIXIL-UNICEF partnership improves sanitation and hygiene for 12.7 million people.
TOP STORIES.

Starmer permanently ties UK nuclear arsenal to Washington.

The billions for Sizewell C show Labour’s shameful nuclear hypocrisy.

The US empire is hidden in plain sight.       The US Empire Can Exist Only In A Continuous State Of Mass Military Violence. 

Climate. Summer 2024 was world’s hottest on record.    African nations are losing up to 5% of their GDP per year with climate change, a new report says.      ‘Dangerously hot’ weather roasts US west as brutal summer continues.

Noel’s notes. Yah wouldn’t know it was happening – USA military might and toxic nuclear waste quietly infiltrating Australia? The Anglophone nations ganging up to dominate the rest of the world, mindlessly obeying the USA.

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    AUSTRALIA  Basing US Nuclear Subs at Stirling on Garden Island makes Western Australia a nuclear target, while risking “catastrophic conditions” in a N-Sub reactor accident.            Submission- G.H. Toll -re new agreement on  Naval Nuclear Propulsion- Australia should pursue an independent non aligned foreign policy.      The massive new projects propelling South Australia towards 100 per cent net renewables.         More Australian news headlines at https://antinuclear.net/2024/09/05/australian-nuclear-news-headlines-sept-5-9/

NUCLEAR ITEMS

CLIMATE. Developing a plan B for nuclear power in Washington, to cope with global heating.

ECONOMICS. “Subsidy for UK nuclear build calls funding into question”. NuScale Power: Cash Burn, Dilution And Insider Selling.

ENERGY. South Australia is aiming for 100% renewable energy by 2027. It’s already internationally ‘remarkable’ Renewables beat nuclear – even with full balancing included.

ENVIRONMENT. How much water does nuclear really need?  ALSO AT https://antinuclear.net/2024/09/05/2-a-how-much-water-does-nuclear-really-need/

EVENTS. 20 -22 September #NoWar2024 Conference: Resisting the USA’s Military Empire. 21-22 September. Peace, Nature and Co-operation in the Baltic and Arctic. International Online/Offline Conference & Round Table Discussions

HEALTH. Leukaemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma mortality after low-level exposure to ionising radiation in nuclear workers (INWORKS): updated findings from an international cohort study.

HISTORY. Declassified files reveal plans for nuclear power plant in Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

LEGAL. An arms embargo on Israel is not a radical idea — it’s the law.

MEDIA. Chernobyl Roulette by Serhii Plokhy review – gripping account of wartime chaos at Ukraine’s nuclear plant. Physicist MV Ramana on the problem with nuclear power,

POLITICS.Israel’s plan for Gaza comes into view . Inside UK Labour’s plans for a new nuclear age -ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2024/09/05/1-b1-inside-uk-labours-plans-for-a-new-nuclear-age/ A staggering £5.5bn more of UK taxpayers’ money to be thrown at this white elephant, Sizewell C nuclear.  Ed Miliband considers scrapping planned nuclear plant. Ynys Môn MP calls for UK Government clarity on Wylfa site. Will new UK nuclear power station plan be scrapped? SNP activists whoop as leader John Swinney tells party conference an independent Scotland will give up nuclear deterrent and rejoin the EU. Controversy Surrounds Kazakhstan’s Nuclear Referendum,

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. Iran desperately needs a nuclear deal to save its battered economy. Netanyahu to Biden…’We can’t complete the genocidal ethnic cleaning of Gaza without you.’ Japan PM hopeful Kono calls for US assurances to deter nuclear ambitions.

RADIATION. Rare photos show Earth’s fatal hotspot that can kill any human standing nearby in just five minutes. The scientific nature of the linear no-threshold (LNT) model used in the system of radiological protection.

SAFETY.Seismic Showdown Coming at Diablo Canyon.AEA’s Grossi says Zaporizhzhia cooling tower likely to be demolished. New images raise concerns over state of UK nuclear submarines. Former Palisades engineering director has misgivings about the plant’s historic restart effort.

SECRETS and LIES. ICC prosecutor says world leaders ‘threatened’ him over Israel arrest warrants. Boris Johnson faces ‘serious questions’ over new business with uranium entrepreneur. Victoria Nuland, former US deputy secretary of state, confirms West told Zelensky to abandon peace deal.

SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. Whoopsie, SpaceX Blew Up Two Rockets and Punched a Massive Hole in One of Earth’s Layers

ECHNOLOGY.Small Modular Nuclear Reactors (SMRs) in Canada. Delays, debts and false promises — inside France’s nuclear nightmare – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2024/09/06/2-a-delays-debts-and-false-promises-inside-frances-nuclear-nightmare/ Why nuclear-powered commercial ships are a bad idea. France still faces problems in starting up long-delayed super-expensive Flamanville nuclear reactor. France’s newest nuclear reactor shuts itself down. Nuclear Fusion’s public-relations drive is obscuring the challenges that lie ahead.

WASTES. Complex compensation scheme represents tacit admission that nuke dump causes blight. Which rural area will take the UK’s nuclear waste? A robot resumes mission to retrieve a piece of melted fuel from inside a damaged Fukushima reactor. TEPCO restarts debris extraction attempt at Fukushima plant.

WAR and CONFLICT.  America’s New Nuclear War Plan: Time to Panic? | Amb. Jack Matlock, Col. Larry Wilkerson, Ted Postol. Project 2025’s stance on nuclear testing: A dangerous step back. Netanyahu ‘torpedoed’Palestinian peace talks – CNN. 9700 Ukrainian Soldiers Killed Invading Russia.

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES.Nuclear Roulette: The U.S. Nuclear Employment Guideline. US arms advantage over Russia and China threatens stability, experts warn. White House pushes for AUKUS to move to ‘pillar two’ weapons focus. Ukrainian Tipping Points: UPDATE. Israeli Official: Without US Aid, Israel Couldn’t Sustain Gaza Operations for More Than a Few Months . Israel’s nuclear arsenal poses major threat to global peace’. UK suspends 30 arms exports to Israel over Gaza war crimes concerns. South Africa halts artillery shells to Poland over fears they will be used against Russia.Indian nuclear weapons, 2024. North Korea’s Kim Jong Un says country to increase number of nuclear weapons, KCNA says.

September 10, 2024 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized