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To 4 November – nuclear news, and more

Some bits of good news – Public health wins in Kenya, Uganda, Bangladesh, and Tanzania.   Peace on the horizon between China and India.

 A decline in carbon emissions in China is still in play.  

People power – 30 years of renewable energy: one company’s success story

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TOP STORIES. 

The Rise and Fall of NuScale: a nuclear cautionary tale. 

“Ford Watch: The Largest Nuclear Expansion in Canada’s History”. 

New Nuclear – Unaffordable, Undesirable and Unachievable

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Climate. UK lobbyists accused of ‘greenwashing’ oil-rich Azerbaijan before Baku COP summit

Record levels of heat-related deaths in 2023 due to climate crisis, report finds. Half of world’s biggest cities to face severe climate risks by 2050, LSEG finds.  Why were the floods in Spain so bad? A visual guide.  Climate Researchers Warn: Warmer Climate Could Lead To “Cold Waves Across Northern Europe”!

Noel’s notes. Canadians are waking up to the nuclear scam– Why are the media and other nations pretending that nuclear is just dandy?

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AUSTRALIA. 
Australian Civil Society Statement for COP29Baku, Azerbaijan.  Australia votes at the UN General Assembly. More Australian news at  https://antinuclear.net/2024/10/24/australian-nuclear-news-21-28-october/

NUCLEAR ITEMS 

ATROCITIES. Banning United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) is a new way to kill children, aid groups warn. Oxfam reaction to Knesset decision. Israeli Knesset Passes Bill To Ban UN Palestinian Relief Agency.

CLIMATE. New Paper: Nuclear Weapons and Our Climate.

CIVIL LIBERTIES. Witnesses say the Israeli army is using facial recognition technology in its assault on north Gaza.

CULTURE. The Mainstream Western Worldview Pretends The Global South Does Not Exist. Israel will eventually pay price for Gaza genocide going on for a year: Turkish President Erdogana- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtoWptrhPOM

ECONOMICS.

• Next ERA No Longer Bullish on Nuclear SMRs.
• Lepreau nuclear headaches could add up to an extra $150M.
• Ontario’s huge nuclear debt and other things Dutton doesn’t understand about cost of electricity.

• Race to build Britain’s first mini-nukes delayed again in Budget.
• Ultra Safe” Nuclear Corp.-Major Microreactor Developer Enters Bankruptcy
• Sizewell C nuclear project proceeds by stealth – vast sums of public money spent, with no public disclosure about its true cost.
• Czech watchdog prohibits nuclear power contract signing amid appeals.
• IEA: Global clean tech market set to be worth $2tr a year by 2035.

EVENTS. CND to protest return of US nuclear weapons to Britain ahead of US presidential election. PETITION. Call for Peacekeeping Forces to Stop Israel’s Genocide

INDIGENOUS ISSUES. Saugeen Ojibway Nation stands firm on nuclear waste decision despite South Bruce vote

LEGAL. South Africa Files 750 Pages of ‘Overwhelming’ Evidence in ICJ Genocide Case Against Israel.

MEDIA. Israel Kills Five Journalists in Sunday Gaza Attacks. Israel kills the journalists-Western media kills the truth of genocide in Gaza . Despite History of Fabrication, Press Uncritically Covers IDF-Provided Documents on Hamas. 101 BBC journalists say it is biased against Palestine. Atomic Reaction – a highly recommended feature-length documentary film.

OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR .South Bruce Deep Geological Repositary (DGR) opposition promises to keep fighting. Gravelines nuclear power plant: EDF refuses to respond on flood risks and tries to silence whistleblowers. Campaigners slam chancellor Rachel Reeves for £2.7 billion pledge to nuclear power station. After two months, Nuclear Free Local Authorities receive vague response on Advanced’ Gas-Cooled Reactors (AGRs).

POLITICS.

• Settlers prepare for ’resettlement in Gaza’.
• Labour just railroaded a secretive US-UK nuclear treaty renewal deal. Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLAs) believe UK budget is opportunity to lobby Ministers to ditch Sizewell C. Will Susan Holt’s new government continue New Brunswick’s nuclear fantasies ?  
•   Launch of papers on UK’s unachievable nuclear programme.
• New Brunswick’s nuclear plant’s ongoing troubles an early threat to Holt government finances. South Bruce Municipality narrowly votes to host underground nuclear waste disposal site.

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.

• Ukraine and Russia in talks about halting strikes on energy plants.
• UK urged to break with France, North Korea and Russia on UN nuclear war resolution.
• WILL THE 2024 U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION BRING AN END TO THE WAR IN UKRAINE?.

SAFETY. Reeves urged not to cut Sellafield funds amid concern at rise in ‘near misses’. The non-proliferation considerations of nuclear-powered submarines. Onagawa nuclear plant’s restart sparks concerns over evacuation routes.

SECRETS and LIES. Yeah, Yeah, United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Is Hamas. Everyone Israel Hates Is Hamas. Lest we forget – Nuclear Power Runs on Dirty Money: The Corporate Scandal of the Proposed National Nuclear Subsidy.  Congress Must Investigate Corruption in Nuclear Energy Industry.

SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS.
 ExoAnalytic observes 500 pieces of debris from Intelsat 33e breakup

WASTES.

• The global nuclear industry has no idea how to decommission Fukushima nuclear plant, but hopes that a tiny robot might help. Nuclear fuel debris retrieved at Tepco Fukushima plant.

• France wrestles with the idea that nuclear wastes might be useful, “retrievable” for future generations.
• South Bruce voters narrowly approve being host to nuclear waste.
• Technical troubles delay new tests at huge Eastern WA radioactive waste melter.
• The Wylfa nuclear power station site needs “better storage facilities for waste” .
• NGOs call for more secure interim storage facilities for Germany’s nuclear waste.
• Safety analysis is not yet approved for Sweden’s nuclear waste dump plan, despite the hype.

WAR and CONFLICT. South has raised risk of nuclear war, North Korea says.

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. Report: US Sitting on Nearly 500 Reports of US Weapons Killing Civilians in Gaza. Department of Defense Releases Fiscal Year 2024 Military Intelligence Program Budget – just the bare $29.8 billion. Why ‘British’ nuclear weapons are really very American.

November 4, 2024 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina reviews