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Short nuclear news round-up -week to 5 January 2025

Some bits of good news – 86 Stories of Progress from 2024

 A 12-year-old schoolgirl has designed a solar-powered blanket for the homeless. ALSO AT  https://nuclear-news.net/2025/01/04/1-a-12-year-old-schoolgirl-has-designed-a-solar-powered-blanket-for-thehomeless/

TOP STORIES

 2025, Iran is back in the U.S. crosshairs for regime change. 

Japan, US to communicate on possible use of nuclear weapons. 

Arms control is essential to prevent the total devastation of nuclear war. 

Protect your girls: We show that biological sex IS a factor in radiation outcomes, WIDELY. 

JIMMY CARTER: Commemorations by nuke watchdogs

Climate. A snapshot of climate devastation’: Study claims 2024’s biggest climate disasters cost $200bn – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/01/01/2-b1-a-snapshot-of-climate-devastation-study-claims-2024s-biggest-climate-disasters-cost-200bn/ Skiing in France is slowly dying ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2024/12/31/2-b1-skiing-in-france-is-slowly-dying/deal for Ukraine ?

Noel’s notes.  Iran and the “right to have nuclear weapons“.  Is it realistic for Donald Trump to boast of a quick peace deal for Ukraine?

AUSTRALIA. The $80 billion question buried in Dutton’s nuclear power plan. The Coalition’s coal-keeper plan. Can true nuclear independence be achieved without ending the US Alliance? More Australian nuclear news at https://antinuclear.net/2024/12/31/australian-nuclear-news-30-december-6-june/

NUCLEAR ITEMS

ECONOMICS. Sizewell C faces calls for more scrutiny of costs ahead of Final Investment Decision. Government urged to review Sizewell C nuclear plant over ballooning cost. Armed with Canadian taxpayer support, AtkinsRéalis and Westinghouse are competing to export nuclear reactors. Which one will prevail? -ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/01/04/1-b1-armed-with-canadian-taxpayer-support-atkinsrealis-and-westinghouse-are-competing-to-export-nuclear-reactors-which-one-will-prevail/

ENVIRONMENT. Some Types of Pollution Are More Equal than Others.Radiation is normal at Cesar Chavez Park, but it’s a different story underground, tests show.

ETHICS and RELIGION. The Moral Bankruptcy of the West.

EVENTS. Petition: Scrutinise Sizewell C

HEALTH. Where is the ‘mature debate’ about the health impacts of nuclear power? – ALSO AT https://antinuclear.net/2025/01/03/where-is-the-mature-debate-about-the-health-impacts-of-nuclear-power/ Cellphone radiation warning as researchers reveal new risk factor.

MEDIA. Examining Annie Jacobsen’s “Nuclear War: A Scenario”. BBC staffers reveal editor’s ‘entire job’ to whitewash Israeli war crimes.

PERSONAL STORIES. Toshiyuki Mimaki: Let’s save humanity from nuclear weapons. One Week in the Carter Presidency: Brokering Peace and a Nuclear Crisis -ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2024/12/31/2-b1-one-week-in-the-carter-presidency-brokering-peace-and-a-nuclear-crisis/

POLITICS.Nuclear power had a strong year in 2024, but uncertainty looms for 2025. No change in Iran’s nuclear doctrine, top security official says.  US relaxes green hydrogen rules in race to boost nuclear sector  -ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/01/04/2-b1-us-relaxes-green-hydrogen-rules-in-race-to-boost-nuclear-sector/

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. Iran says ready to enter talks soon with the West to agree on a new nuclear deal. Next nuclear talks between Iran and three European countries due on Jan 13.With successful Syrian regime change, will US set sights on Iran regime change 2.0? – https://nuclear-news.net/2024/12/31/2-b1-with-successful-syrian-regime-change-will-us-set-sights-on-iran-regime-change-2-0/ A Trump-Putin Deal Over Ukraine Does Not Look Good for Europe.Can Trump Trump China (or Vice Versa)?

RADIATION. Improved way to gauge radiation doses developed for Fukushima, (they studied only 30 people)

SAFETY. Incidents. The Time Navy Lt. Jimmy Carter Was Lowered Into A Partially Melted-Down Nuclear Reactor

SECRETS and LIES. EU officials will claim ignorance of Israel’s war crimes: a leaked document shows what they knew.

SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS.   The Quiet Crisis Above: Unveiling the Dark Side of Space Militarization

Departing Air Force Secretary Will Leave Space Weaponry as a Legacy.

TECHNOLOGY. Here comes Yakutia, Russia’s newest nuclear icebreaker.

WASTES. WIPP’s Legacy Transuranic Waste Disposal Plan Demonstrates DOE’s Broken Promises. Decommissioning: Pickering A nuclear power plant bites the dust!

WAR and CONFLICT. Biden discussed plans to strike Iran nuclear sites if Tehran speeds toward bomb. Syrian minorities under threat as security forces carry out raids against ‘remnants of Assad militias’.

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. Trump Wants Greenland to Deploy Medium-Range Missiles Aimed at Russia . US Has Given Israel $22 Billion in Military Aid Since October 2023. Biden spending last month shoveling billions to get more Ukrainians killed for nothing. Biden Administration Announces Nearly $6 Billion in New Ukraine Aid. Canada’s atomic legacy

January 6, 2025 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina reviews