Week to 25 November – nuclear and related news
Some bits of good news –‘My Life Changed Completely’: How Kenya Turned Us vs. Them Into Water for All.
The global energy transition will cost a lot less than we think.
He’ll try, but Trump can’t stop the clean energy revolution.
China’s desertified land area shrinks by 65 million mu since 2012.
TOP STORIES. Trump’s Cabinet Picks Aren’t Looking Good For Peace In Ukraine. On Way Out, Reckless Biden Allows Deep Russia Strikes.
UK Sees Privatization ‘Opportunities’ in Ukraine War
Beyond one million
years: The intrinsic radiation hazard of high-level nuclear wastes.
The 1.5C Climate Goal Is Dead. Why Is COP29 Still Talking About It?
Nuclear fusion: neither imminent nor relevant to climate change.
Climate. ‘The sixth great extinction is happening‘, conservation expert warns – ‘Window of time to save climate is closing’. Climate crisis to blame for dozens of ‘impossible’ heatwaves, studies reveal. ,COP29: Baku breakthrough disappoints, but should still trigger a fresh wave of climate finance.
Noel’s notes. Danger of a nuclear catastrophe as Ukraine sends missiles to Kursk area in Russia
AUSTRALIA. Albanese government gives firm ‘no’ to joining UK-US agreement to advance nuclear technology, Signing US/UK nuclear deal would shred Australia’s credibility: Turnbull. Trump, AUKUS and Australia’s Dim Servitors. Nuclear is not really back. More Australian nuclear news at https://antinuclear.net/2024/11/20/australian-nuclear-news-headlines-18-25-november/
NUCLEAR ITEMS
| CLIMATE. Nuclear reactor cooling systems threatened by global heating. |
| CIVIL LIBERTIES. Germany and US Are in a Race to the Bottom on Suppressing Pro-Palestine Speech. USA. House Passes Chilling ‘Nonprofit Killer’ Bill With 15 Democrats Voting ‘Yes’. |
| ECONOMICS. Nuclear Industry Association members seek to expand into weapons sector. Great British Nuclear to put £1.8bn worth of mini-nuke contracts up for grabs. Shares in nuclear reactor company OKLO bite the dust. The enriched uranium market is all at sea, with USA the largest importer of Russian material ALSO AT …https://wordpress.com/post/nuclear-news.net/292122 |
| EMPLOYMENT. East Suffolk Council offering grants to convert homes to accommodate nuclear workers.. |
| ENERGY. Big batteries and EVs to the rescue again as faults with new nuclear plant cause chaos on Nordic grids.Solar power: Germany’s national, federal highways could host 54 GW of PV. |
| ENVIRONMENT. Thornbury MP fights for Hinkley Point environmental protections. Somerset church would ‘become’ island if ‘ham-fisted’ Hinkley saltmarsh plans go-ahead. |
| HEALTH. Gender and Ionizing Radiation: Towards a New Research Agenda Addressing Disproportionate Harm ALSO AThttps://nuclear-news.net/2024/11/23/1-a-gender-and-ionizing-radiation-towards-a-new-research-agenda-addressing-disproportionate-harm/ ‘Starmer – meet us before it’s too late,’ nuclear test veterans say. Britain’s Nuclear Bomb Scandal: Our Story review – how the UK’s atomic testing programme devastated lives. Radiation: Call to Action! Stop LANL Tritium Venting and Protect the Most Vulnerable. Why iodine pills are not a silver bullet to protect against nuclear radiation. NFLA submarine champion raises concerns over Clyde Tritium contamination. |
| LEGAL.International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0hLXFsYW8oPilgrim Worker Claims He Was Poisoned by Radiation.Regulators update guidance on contamination of ground and water on nuclear licensed sites. |
| MEDIA. NY Times killed investigation of Israeli hooligans, internal email reveals – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7dcM22hPOENew Book. The Scientists Who Alerted Us To The Dangers of Radiation. |
| POLITICS. Russia’s Revised Nuclear Doctrine and the NATO-Russia Ukrainian War. Who Is Authorizing Biden’s Nuclear Brinkmanship While The President’s Brain Is Missing? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zeoPWJ_s3s Biden’s Missile . Crisis: Trump’s Election Is Also a Win for Tech’s Right-Wing “Warrior Class”. Iran warns West: abandon pressure or face more uranium enrichment. What would Iran do: A race to the bomb or a deal with Trump? Immoral Senate votes down resolutions to end US weapons fueling Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Scandal-ridden company SNC Lavalin, now calling itself AtkinsRéalis, strongly lobbying Ontario government to build its Candu nuclear reactors. Norfolk MP criticised for ‘anti-nuclear’ stance for Bacton. |
| POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. High-Precision, Long-Range NATO Missiles Against Russia: Why Now? Iran has offered to keep uranium below purity levels for a bomb, IAEA confirms.European states vow to arrest Israeli PM. US one shy of becoming an Ace in blocking genocide ceasefire resolutions in UN. In 14-1 UN Security Council Vote, Lone US Veto Kills Gaza Cease-Fire Resolution. Trump opposes Israel annexation of West Bank, Republican sources say. Households receive chilling leaflet urging them to prepare for war and grim nuclear attack. |
| SAFETY. Power Out at Ukraine Atomic Plants After Russian Missile Strikes. Congress wants to turn the nuclear regulator into the US industry’s cheerleader—again. Reading road sees suspected nuclear warhead convoy. Japan / Blow For Nuclear Programme As Regulator Blocks Tsuruga-2 Restart. |
| SECRETS and LIES. UK Defence secretary to seek ‘missing’ nuclear test records. |
| SPINBUSTER. Nuclear Propaganda Exposed. Nuclear hype ignores high cost, long timelines. |
| TECHNOLOGY. Why EDF’s Hinkley C nuclear power plant will probably not be running before 2035.Will New Brunswick choose a “small, modular” nuclear reactor – that’s not small at all (among other problems)? Nuclear ‘Renaissance’ Recalls Past Boondoggles, Legacy of Failures. |
| WASTES. Decommissioning: Hunterston B decommissioning approved |
| WAR and CONFLICT. Report: Ukraine Fires British Storm Shadow Missiles Into Russia. Report: Biden Allows Ukraine To Strike Russia With Long-Range US Missiles.Russia Says US Missile Defense Base in Poland Is a Potential Target. Israeli strikes hit ‘component’ of Iran’s nuclear programme: Netanyahu. UN report is shows threat of nuclear war is ever present. |
| WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES.Report: US and European Officials Discussed Giving Ukraine Nuclear Weapons. Fleet of drones is spotted over major US airbase in Britain where they are building facilities to house nuclear weapons. |
Submissions to Parliamentary Inquiry into nuclear power generation in Australia – (Part one).
The Committee will inquire into matters referred to in the resolution of appointment and is required to present its final report by no later than 30 April 2025. https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House/Select_Committee_on_Nuclear_Energy/Nuclearpower
Submissions to this Inquiry have now closed, and are being published at https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House/Select_Committee_on_Nuclear_Energy/Nuclearpower
So far, 202 submissions have been published. My plan is to go through them all. So far, I have read through just the first 20 submissions 19 by male writers, one female. 12 were opposed to nuclear power, 7 were in favour of nuclear power, and one was unable to be read.
Arguments were around topics of energy needs, indigenous concerns, environmental impacts, and radioactive waste. I plan to outline these as I read through more submissions.
Nuclear is not really back
Think the Cop29 climate summit doesn’t matter? Here are five things you should know,
Adam Morton in Baku, Guardian, Sat 23 Nov 2024
…………………………………………………..Some media outlets went to great lengths this week to claim that nuclear energy was at the centre of Cop29 talks, and Bowen had been embarrassed by Australia not signing up to a UK-US civil nuclear deal.
Take it from a reporter on the ground: this has no basis in fact.
The UK made a mistake by listing on a press release Australia and another nine countries that it said it expected would sign up to a Generation IV International Forum on nuclear. That sentence were quickly removed once it was pointed out that no one had checked and it wasn’t true. Instead, Australia will continue as an observer, as it was in the forum’s previous iteration.
The slip-up had no obvious impact on the relationship between the countries – Bowen and his UK counterpart, Ed Miliband, held an event to sign a renewable energy agreement shortly after the story broke. And nuclear has been barely visible as an issue at the talks.
Thirty-one countries have signed up to a side pledge to triple nuclear power capacity by 2050, with six new countries joining at Cop29. But the global focus is renewable energy. Cop28 agreed global investment in renewables needs to be tripled by 2030, and the bulk of the non-fossil energy investment is going that way.
Only one country that signed the pledge to triple nuclear, Slovakia, has started work on planning a new plant in the past year. And those plants take about 20 years to build…………………………………………………………. fact.”
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/22/think-the-cop29-climate-summit-doesnt-matter-heres-five-things-you-should-know
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