Nuclear news and more -week to 7 October
Some bits of good news –
Humanitarian action for children – the work of UNICEF (United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund) in 2024 UNICEF a great example of a caring agency that never gives up.
Tripling renewable energy worldwide by 2030 is within reach. Rooftop solar is trending in Australia.
Barcelona is turning subway trains into power stations.
California bans all plastic bags at grocery stores.
TOP STORIESMedia Urge Expansion of Ukraine War—Nuclear Risk Be Damned.
Israel Planning Major Attack on Iran. Biden says he would not back Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear sites.
Pentagon “goes to school” -William Hartung, The Battle for the Soul of American Science.
Russia revisits nuclear doctrine to allow attacks on non-nuclear states in response to Western weapons in Ukraine- ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/?s=Russia+revisits
Finally Free, Assange Receives a Measure of Justice From the Council of Europe.
Unrealisable Justice : Julian Assange in Strasbourg. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai34Uxnv_4s
Climate. Huge Arctic wildfires release 100m tonnes of greenhouse gas in a year. EDF summer heat cuts double but below 9-year median.
Noel’s notes. In praise of Joe Biden – an unfashionable opinion.
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AUSTRALIA. What nuclear power in the United States tells us about the Coalition’s controversial energy policy
Hey Australia, Ontario is no model for energy and climate policy.
Big Super is still investing in nuclear weapons: report More Australian nuclear news at https://antinuclear.net/2024/09/30/australian-nuclear-news-oct-1-7/
NUCLEAR ITEMS
| ATROCITIES. Urgent Action by S. Korean Civil Society in Solidarity with Palestine. |
| CLIMATE. Sorry, AI won’t “fix” climate change – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2024/10/03/1-a-sorry-ai-wont-fix-climate-change/ Hurricane Helene Floods Closed Duke Nuclear Plant in Florida. Hurricane Helene sends a warning. Jane Fonda: Nuclear power at Three Mile Island is no climate solution. Greenpeace warns of flooding risks at France’s biggest nuclear plant. |
| CIVIL LIBERTIES. ‘Pursuit of truth will live on’: Assange speaks to the world. |
ECONOMICS. Sizewell C nuclear project hit by fresh delays as investment talks drag on ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2024/10/05/1-b1-sizewell-c-nuclear-project-hit-by-fresh-delays-as-investment-talks-drag-on/
Czechs take stake in Rolls-Royce vehicle in boost for SMRs ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2024/10/07/1-b1-czechs-take-stake-in-rolls-royce-vehicle-in-boost-for-smrs/
NUCLEAR power is a fiscal sinkhole ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2024/10/07/1-b1-nuclear-power-is-a-fiscal-sinkhole/
| ENERGY. Ukrainian energy minister censured over nuclear plan, response to power grid attacks. South Australia sets spectacular new records for wind, solar and negative demand. |
| ENVIRONMENT. ‘Environmental impact’ of Hinkley Point C debate due.Oceans: IAEA to have marine sampling near Fukushima plant with China, others, |
| ETHICS and RELIGION. Israel’s Ideology of Genocide Must be Confronted and Stopped. Royal Navy chief apologises for ‘intolerable’ misogyny in Submarine Service. |
| EVENT. 10 October – Space Demilitarization – Live Q&A. Beyond the Battlefield: Demilitarizing Space for Global Peace A Live Q&A on Space Militarization and Demilitarization REGISTER. |
| HEALTH. Radon, even at levels below EPA guideline for mitigation, is linked to childhood leukemia. |
| HUMAN RIGHTS. Assange: ‘I’m Free Because I Pled Guilty to Journalism’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vCm6ybW2WA |
| LEGAL.Trial in New Hampshire of protesters against Elbit Systems – supplier of weapons for Israel..DOE Plutonium Pit Plan Found To Violate Environmental Law.Nuclear Waste Storage Site in Texas Draws Supreme Court Review. US Supreme Court to hear nuclear waste storage dispute. Sellafield ordered to pay nearly £400,000 over cybersecurity failings. |
| MEDIA. ‘Western Press Obscured the Sheer Terror of What Israel Had Carried Out’: CounterSpin interview with Mohamad Bazzi on Lebanon pager attacks. Meta Is Aggressively Censoring Criticism Of US-Israeli Warmongering. ‘Petrobromance,’ Nuclear Priesthood, and Police Repression: Feminist Confrontations of Violent Industries, and Movements to Abolish Them. |
| POLITICS. Donald Trump encourages Israel to strike Iran’s nuclear sites. Kazakhstan’s Nuclear Power Vote: Many Questions, But Just One On The Ballot, |
| POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. Israel has given no assurances it won’t target Iran’s nuclear facilities, top State Department official tells CNN. “Hit Iran’s Nuclear Sites First”: Donald Trump’s Advice To Israel. France asserts itself against Netanyahu over Lebanon: Macron calls for Arms Embargo against Israel. |
SAFETY.
- DoJ Notified of Suspected Faulty Welds on Subs, Aircraft Carriers at Newport News Shipbuilding. Lawmakers to Investigate Faulty Sub, Carrier Welding at Newport News Shipbuilding.
- Construction of Ontario nuclear reactor should move forward despite incomplete design, ! regulator says.
- Nuclear power for AI: what it will take to reopen Three Mile Island safely. Corrosion exceeds estimates at Michigan nuclear plant US wants to restart, regulator says.
- UN Nuclear Watchdog Warns on Ukraine Plant After Power Failure.
- Russia intercepts drone near Kursk, no damage to nuclear plant, governor says.
- Incident: Ukraine kills nuclear plant’s pro-Russian security chief with car bomb.
- Sellafield Fined for Cybersecurity Failures at Nuclear Site.
- Suffolk radiation emergency evacuation plans updated to include potential Sizewell C incidents.
| SECRETS and LIES. Refurbished Three Mile Island Payment Structure Is Not Quite What It Seems. |
| SPINBUSTER. It is Time to Expose the Great British Nuclear Fantasy Once and for All. What reports got wrong about China’s ‘sunken nuclear submarine’. At last – one corporate newsmedia admits there is no “cloud” – only dirty great steel structures. ALSO AT ……. |
| WASTES. Decommissioning. First civil nuclear site decommissioned in the UK. UK Government seeks software to track radioactive waste as nuclear site decommissioned. |
WAR and CONFLICT. Glenn Greenwald: Who is Really Dragging the US Into Israel’s Wars? – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSJh4A_go6E
Nuclear Annihilation Threatened by Revival of 20th Century McCarthy Era Cold War & Red Scare.
The Israeli Government Must Be Stopped. Israel may launch symbolic attack on Iran nuclear-related facilities, says Ehud Barak. Netanyahu’s dangerous gambit to start nuclear war.
Sullivan: US Will Ensure Iran Faces ‘Severe Consequences’ for Attacking Israel.
Russia’s Nuclear Doctrine Change Is More Cautious Than It May Appear. The guns of August killed 15 million…the missiles of October could kill 8 billion. Prof. Jeffrey Sachs: D.C. Doesn’t Care About Ukraine War MASS DEATHS – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho7IOATIf9s
WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. Recognition of “double madness” at the International Day for Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. Governments urged to ‘stop gambling with humanity’s future’ and eliminate nuclear weapons.
Inside the State Department’s Weapons Pipeline to Israel.
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