Antinuclear

Counteracting the nuclear-military-corporate-media – week to 9 December

Some bits of good news:China completes its own version of a Great Green Wall.    Christian institutions divest from fossil fuels.    Incredible progress on AIDS for Africa and India .

TOP STORIES. Amnesty International investigation concludes Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza .

Gender and radiation: New report shows girls most at-risk group.
Biden’s Nuclear Going Out of Business Sale.

Climate . Just listen to Radio Ecoshock – it is way ahead of everyone else in climate information. Just Shut Up about Climate. Countdown to an ice-free Arctic:New research warns of accelerated timelines. Younger people at greater risk of heat-related deaths this century – study.

Plastic pollution. ‘Big Oil must be dancing for joy‘: Anger builds at failure to deliver Global Plastics Treaty. ‘The process is broken’: Major oil producing countries kill UN plastics treaty over cap on production.

Noel’s notes.  Misplaced jubilation as UK’s old brittle nuclear reactors allowed to crack on   Surprise ! surprise! – the nuclear lobby has co-opted an ex-politician with a dubious history – Tony Blair.

Plastic pollution. International talks on curbing plastic pollution fail to reach agreement.

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AUSTRALIA.
 The question of nuclear in Australia’s electricity sector
. Nuclear energy questioned again as new CSIRO report finds it will push up power prices. A sneak preview of Peter Dutton’s nuclear costings. 
Peter Dutton cops backlash over push to build seven nuclear power stations in Australia. The seven ways the Federal Coalition could cook the books on nuclear costings

Nuclear energy debate draws stark gender split in Australia ahead of next year’s election.

 Nuclear energy inquiry draws emotional response in Port Augusta. 

Senior Netanyahu Adviser Served in Victorian Court facing Genocide Charges. ‘Nothing to see here’ says Australia as third Thales corruption case starts globally. More Australian nuclear news headlines at https://antinuclear.net/2024/12/03/australian-nuclear-news-2-9th-december/

NUCLEAR ITEMS.

ATROCITIES. Gaza’s Civil Defense Says Nearly 100 Killed by Israeli Attacks Over 24 Hours

ECONOMICS. Tony Blair is wrong to love nuclear energy -ALSO AT …. Why NuScale Power Stock Slumped Today. Key partner quits EDF’s Nuward small nuclear reactor project- ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2024/12/06/1-b1-tony-blair-is-wrong-to-love-nuclear-energy/ UK Seeks More Investors as Sizewell Funding Talks Drag On. Starmer to court United Arab Emirates for British nuclear power investment.

EDUCATION. Midlands Regional Hub for Nuclear Skills officially launched.

ENERGY.The LA Times Makes the Case for Shutting the Diablo Canyon Nukes.Meta misguided in calling for massive nuclear energy scale-up.Baseload power generators not needed to guarantee supply, say science and engineering academies.Cost of switching off UK wind farms soars to ‘absurd’ £1bn.

ENVIRONMENT. Radioactive sea spray is dosing communities.

ETHICS and RELIGION. What happened to integrity and honor in the age of Technocracy?

HEALTH. Cancer mortality in the USA and atmospheric nuclear weapons test fallout ratio – Identifying the principal origin of the global cancer epidemic.Relationship Between Urinary Uranium and Cardiac Geometry and Left Ventricular Function: The Strong Heart Study.

INDIGENOUS ISSUES. Nuclear industry selects site in northwestern Ontario for waste disposal amidst regional opposition.

LEGAL. Campaigners lose bid to challenge Sizewell C licence decision in High Court.

POLITICS. The First Seven Billionaires Trump Has Tapped for Top Jobs. Gabbard has more intelligence than entire Intelligence Service she’s slated to head. Trump’s Pro-Israel Dream Team: Patel Nomination Caps Hawkish Cabinet. Britain’s Energy Secretary Follows Tech Giants In Pursuit Of New Nuclear Power Stations

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.Assad Is Out, Woke Al-Qaeda Is In. Zelensky Says He’s Willing To Cede Territory in Exchange for NATO Protection. Biden to Zelensky: ‘Our $210 billion not enough…send 18 year olds to die in our Russian proxy war. Iran’s uranium enrichment ‘worrisome’ – nuclear watchdog.

SAFETY. EDF set to extend life of UK nuclear plants as Government replacement plans falter. EDF Brings Sizewell Back Online, Balancing UK’s Nuclear Grid. Delays to nuclear plants giving Sizewell B a new lease of life – ALSO AThttps://nuclear-news.net/?s=Delays+to+nuclear+plants UK underestimates threat of cyber-attacks from hostile states and gangs, says security chief.Drugs found in control room at Dungeness Nuclear Power Station. NRC Finds Apparent SecurityViolations at Pilgrim.

SPINBUSTER. Tony Blair think tank says UK needs to build new nuclear ‘at pace’ -ALSO AT  https://nuclear-news.net/2024/12/06/1-a-tony-blair-think-tank-says-uk-needs-to-build-new-nuclear-at-pace/ . TONY BLAIR: STILL A NUCLEAR NUTTER!

TECHNOLOGY. Hinkley update: mixed reaction as first reactor drops into place. The Moltex Reactor and used CANDU Fuel.

URANIUM. Niger takes control of French nuclear firm’s uranium mining operations. Green Group Sounds Alarm Over Meta’s Nuclear Power Plans

WASTES.Backfilling of Gorleben salt mine (former German nuclear waste dump) starts.Putin’s huge, rusting nuclear battlecruisers symbolise Russian naval decline.Lincolnshire county councillors demand answers on Nuclear Waste Services’ (NWS) proposed Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) at Theddlethorpe. Canada’s nuclear waste problem is not solved . Licensing of Finnish repository further delayed.Decommissioning: Explosives speed Sizewell A turbine hall decommissioning.

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. These Billionaires Subsidize the Israeli Military Through a US Nonprofit. We used to laugh at North Korean nuclear submarine boasts- Not any more. The growing arsenals.

WAR and CONFLICT.  Netanyahu Takes Credit for Assad’s Overthrow, Israel Seizes Golan Heights ‘Buffer Zone’

December 9, 2024 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized