Antinuclear

Week to 23 December – news counteracting the nuclear-military-industrial-media complex

Some bits of good news 

– Incredible progress in reducing infant mortality in South Asia – UNICEF, 

India extended health coverage to millions of elderly citizens, The green economy defied sceptics

TOP STORIES

 Syria Today, Iran Tomorrow, and Inevitably China. 

Finding the Unmentionable: Amnesty International, Israel and Genocide.          Israel’s War on Gaza Is a War on Children. 

AI goes nuclear. 

SpaceX Wants to Increase Launches at Boca Chica Without a Full Environmental Review. 

Olkiluoto 3 has been a financial catastrophe for Areva, Siemens. 

Dutton said a reactor’s waste would fill a Coke can: Try 27,000 of them.

Climate. World’s largest iceberg on the move again after months spinning on the spot.

Noel’s notes. ‘Tis the season to be fake about nuclear power, AI, plastic leaves, and a lot of other things.

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AUSTRALIA. The LNP’s nuclear policy is working just fine.    Don’t want nuclear power’: Wild scenes as protestors storm Perth’s CBD during inquiry into nuclear energy. 

The Coalition is playing voters for mugs once again with its nuclear costings.      Coalition’s nuclear plan will hit Earth with 1.7bn extra tonnes of CO2 before 2050.         The glaring gaps and unanswered questions in the Coalition’s nuclear plan and costings. More Australian nuclear news headlines at https://antinuclear.net/2024/12/17/australian-nuclear-news-headlines-17-23-december/

NUCLEAR ITEMS

ART and CULTURE. Power, control and symbolic masculinity: How Freud might diagnose the pro nuclear lobby

ATROCITIES. Israel’s Crime of Extermination, Acts of Genocide in Gaza.

CLIMATE. Major report joins dots between world’s nature challenges.

ECONOMICS.Privatizing Syria: US Plans to Sell Off A Nation’s Wealth After Assad.U.S. Corporate Land Grab in Ukraine Underlies War With Russia.France’s most powerful nuclear reactor joins grid after €13bn holdup. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32XKveP01x4Foreign company withdraws from plans for Swedish nuclear power.

ENVIRONMENT. Risky Revival: How Michigan’s Palisades nuclear plant could impact agriculture . Will the legacy of nuclear power ever disappear from our coasts?.

LEGAL. Nuclear company Orano seeks arbitration over Niger mining licence.

POLITICS. Martial Law Fiasco Casts Doubt Over Korea’s Nuclear Power Push. Starmer backs minister accused of embezzling billions in Bangladesh.

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. Israel, not the ‘liberators’ of Damascus, will decide Syria’s fate. Blinken Confirms the US Is in Direct Contact With al-Qaeda-Linked HTS. Blinded to Syria. How Washington and Ankara Changed the Regime in Damascus.

SAFETY.

• Europe fears nuclear catastrophe: This plant sets off all alarms due to risk of explosion.
• Nuclear Power Plants Report Massive Uptick In Drone Sightings. Drone Incursions Closed Wright-Patterson Air Force Base’s Airspace Friday Night.
• Missing nuclear package sparks major search after ‘very dangerous’ radioactive container vanishes on its way to Spanish airport.
• Aldermaston nuclear bomb factory makes explosives error.
• Incidents. Radioactive spill reported in Northeast Ohio nuclear power plant. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Releases Report Confirming Radioactive Material Lost in Transit — Shipping Container Arrives Damaged and Empty in New Jersey.

SECRETS and LIES. “I don’t care if its tainted money”: Council leader’s telling admission in Nuclear Waste Services cash grab debate.

SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. US Space Force conducts ‘simulated on-orbit combat’ training.

TECHNOLOGY. Nuclear shipping will face significant challenges.

Decommissioning. ‘Long journey ahead’ for nuclear plant clean-up. Final German nuclear power plant enters dismantling phase.

WAR AND CONFLICT On Ukraine war, will Trump channel JFK or LBJ? Pentagon admits massive surge of US troops in Syria. Overnight Israeli Strike In Syria So Large It Caused Earthquake. Trump And Israel Can’t Wait To Start Bombing Iran.

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. With no real enemies, US poised to spend $1.8 trillion for national security in 2025. Despite 100% Pentagon Audit Failure Rate, House Passes $883.7 Billion NDAA. Israel’s not-so-secret nuclear weapons.

December 23, 2024 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina reviews