Antinuclear

Nuclear news and more – week to 2 December.

Some bits of good news.  Scientists develop a plastic that dissolves at sea.        Cop29 offered some silver linings.  More Than 30 Stranded Whales Rescued in New Zealand by People Lifting Them on Sheets.

TOP STORIES

Project 2025 calls for massive changes to Hanford nuclear cleanup. France is weighing zero-interest loan for 6 nuclear reactors, sources say.

Civil and military nuclear programmes: will they be derailed by skills shortages? 

Decommissioning old nuclear sites to cost £130bn in blow to Miliband.

Climate. Huge COP29 climate deal too little too late, poorer nations say. ‘Unprecedented’ climate extremes are everywhere – Our baselines for what’s normal will need to change.

Environment. What Project 2025 Would Do to the Environment – and How We Will Respond.

Noel’s notes. SMRs underground – long drop nuclear toilets? – a chance to use that beaut new word – enshittification. Ecology be damned -we won’t know what’s hit us after January 20th

AUSTRALIA. ABC chair Kim Williams says investment in national broadcaster the best counter to ‘flood’ of misinformation. Australia’s top environment groups – Submission to Government Inquiry into Nuclear Power Generation in Australia.

NUCLEAR ITEMS.

ATROCITIES. Israel Attacks Kill 155 Palestinians in Gaza Over 72 Hours. Israel Has Killed Over 1,000 Doctors and Nurses in Gaza. Israeli snipers ‘shoot Palestinians for sport’.

CIVIL LIBERTIES. The Antisemitism Awareness Act Is the Death Knell for Free Speech.

ECONOMICS. Is Europe Ready for a Nuclear Renaissance? France postpones financing decision of 6 new reactors – report.

EDUCATION. Christian Nationalism Marches on With ‘Bible-Infused’ Texas Curriculum.

EMPLOYMENT. Hinkley Point C: Hundreds down tools over concerns. Only 20% of Great British Nuclear staff employed permanently-ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2024/12/02/1-b-only-20-of-great-british-nuclear-staff-employed-permanently/

ENERGY. Hunterston ‘industrial revolution’ on our doorstep – liquid air energy storage.

ENVIRONMENT. Just Don’t Mention (or Measure) the Pu (Plutonium). Plans to turn land in Somerset into a saltmarsh should be scrapped..

EVENTS. 5 December -Adelaide, Australia – STOP PETER DUTTON’S NUCLEAR REACTOR THREATS -Peaceful protest outside Federal Government’s Inquiry into nuclear power generation in Australia

HEALTH. ‘No plans’ for specific nuclear test veteran compensation. Plutonium. Suspected case of plutonium contamination in Rome plant.

INDIGENOUS ISSUES.Listening to Indigenous views. Indigenous views on nuclear energy and radioactive waste .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i7XtIGFqyY

LEGAL. Today in Imperial Recklessness & Insanity. The United States Raises a Middle Finger to the International Criminal Court.

MEDIA. War Crimes in Lebanon: Human Rights Watch Says Israel Used U.S. Arms to Kill 3 Journalists.

POLITICS. As America barrels toward war with Russia….Where’s Biden? From Genocide Joe to Omnicide Joe. Donald Trump’s quick trip to absolute dictatorship.

Inside Project Esther, the right wing action plan to take down the Palestine movement. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPar-qf5FwY

EDF’s controversial River Severn saltmarshes plan should cease, says County Council leader.

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. “Israel Wants Wars”: Gideon Levy on Lebanon Ceasefire, Gaza & Gov’t Sanctions Against Haaretz– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i12aMIxc8As

Iran and Europe seek to break nuclear impasse before return of Trump. Iran to hold nuclear talks with France, Germany, UK. Iran says it could end ban on possessing nuclear weapons if sanctions reimposed.

PUBLIC OPINION Game changer: world turns against Israel – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJSWAun9Xnc

SAFETY.

• IAEA warns of impact on nuclear safety of attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.
• Unidentified drones continue to fly over US military bases in UK. Mystery drone spotted over British aircraft carrier.
• Security planning for small modular reactors ‘not where it should be’, academic says= ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2024/12/02/1-b1-security-planning-for-small-modular-reactors-not-where-it-should-be-academic-says/
• Indonesia’s nuclear energy push pits growth against safety concerns.
• Very ambitious’: regulator’s view of 2027 Bridgend nuke power plant plan. Channel Islands sign nuclear incident agreement. Small nuclear reactors are at risk from military attacks, so should be built underground.
• Why Bunkers Won’t Save The Super Rich.

SECRETS and LIES. UK Government urged to end secrecy over ‘worrying’ drone sightings near nuclear-linked air bases.  The secret audit that crucifies most French nuclear start-ups ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2024/11/26/3-b1-the-secret-audit-that-crucifies-most-french-nuclear-start-ups/

TECHNOLOGY. The entanglement of fusion energy research and bombs.Iran deploys advanced centrifuges in defiance of IAEA resolution.

URANIUM. Ironic Dependency: Russian Uranium and the US Energy Market

WASTES. The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) Siting Process Fails to Achieve its Goal. South Bruce spared, but Ignace selected for Canadian nuclear waste dump.

WAR and CONFLICT. Israeli army pushes deeper into south Lebanon as ceasefire violations intensify. Ceasefire Falters as Israel Launches Airstrikes, Artillery Shelling on Southern Lebanon.

Mass Desertions Over Radiation Could End the War in Ukraine. Ukraine has lost almost 500,000 troops – Economist. Mass desertions crippling Ukrainian army – AP. White House Pressing Ukraine To Draft 18-Year-Olds for War . Ukrainians And Americans Are Done With This War, But It Keeps Escalating Anyway.

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. Biden seeking extra $24bn for Kiev – Politico. G7 finalizing $50 billion loan to Ukraine – Washington. White House finally confirms greenlight for deep Russia strikes. Russia Prepares to Respond to the Armageddon Wanted by the Biden Administration. Transfer of nukes to Kiev would be viewed as attack on Russia – Medvedev.

Biden administration advancing $680m arms sale to Israel, source says.

The Technology for Autonomous Weapons Exists. What Now?.

December 3, 2024 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized