Nuclear news this week
Some bits of goodnews – The world has probably passed “peak air pollution”. Solar overtakes coal in Europe for the first time in 2024. Nine new protected areas across South America.
TOP STORIES.
As China and the U.S. Race Toward A.I. Armageddon, Does It Matter Who Wins?
How Australia’s CANDU Conservatives Fell in Love with Canadian Nuclear.Trump Says He’ll Audit the Pentagon-Will it prove to be a bridge too far?–
It’s money that has stopped nuclear power, not planning problems.
Climate. Hottest January on record shocks scientists. Half a degree rise in global warming will triple area of Earth that is ‘too hot for humans’. Greenland ice sheet cracking more rapidly than ever, study shows. Children ‘gripped by climate change anxiety’
Noel’s notes. Swallow the nuclear spin, baby, swallow the spin! My favourite despicable Australian politician (Richard Marles).
AUSTRALIA. Explained: Why nuclear power has been banned in Australia for more than 25 years. Honest Government Ad | Nuclear – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBqVVBUdW84 Lies, damned lies and Coalition energy economics: Dutton’s latest nuclear claim slammed . More Australian nuclear news at https://antinuclear.net/2025/02/04/australian-nuclear-news-headlines-february-4-11/
NUCLEAR ITEMS
| CLIMATE. UAE Turns to Satellites to Shield Region’s Only Nuclear Plant From Climate Risks. |
| ECONOMICS. France’s top audit body questions feasibility of EDF’s nuclear plans. New UK data sends nuclear warning for Australia . |
| EMPLOYMENT. Nuclear delusion in Ynys Môn will deny islanders green jobs. |
| ENERGY. With calls for nuclear, are Scottish Labour stuck in the 70s? |
| ENVIRONMENT. Concern UK’s AI ambitions could lead to water shortages. Requiem for the trees. |
| EVENTS. 15 – 29 March – 2025 Virtual Film Festival: The Untold Stories of Nuclear Weapons |
| POLITICS. ‘Build baby build’, says UK PM as he sets out nuclear plan. NUCLEAR NIGHTMARE: SOLAR REVOLUTION.UK Government rips up rules to fire-up nuclear power. Starmer pledges to ‘build, baby, build’ as green groups criticise nuclear plans. Starmer’s “anti-democratic” push to put Nuclear Reactors incommunities without consultation. The twelve ideal sites for mini nuclear reactors, according to an expert. Planners recommended against nuclear plant in 2019 citing fears for Welsh language. Is “Bad Faith”‘s Council for National Policy the Atlas Network’s half-brother? |
| POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. Trump, Who Tore Up Iran Nuclear Deal, Calls for Iran Nuclear Deal. Trump says he wants new nuclear deal letting Iran ‘prosper’. Trump and the global nuclear order |
| SAFETY.Ministers will relax rules to build small nuclear reactors – ALSO AT…. https://antinuclearinfo.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=298129&action=edit&calypsoify=1 Russian attacks near Ukrainian nuclear infrastructure heighten scrutiny of Kyiv’s preparedness. IAEA chief, in Kyiv, warns of nuclear risk from attacks on Ukraine grid.If DOGE goes nuclear. Incident. Two workers contaminated with radioactive material at Borssele nuclear plant |
| SECRETS and LIES. Hinkley Point plays down reports of suspected ‘spy’ at nuclear power plant. Engineer who worked on Hinkley Point C nuclear project quizzed on suspicion of being a Russian spy. |
| SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. Falling space debris is increasingly threatening airplanes, researchers say. |
| SPINBUSTER. UK’s new government taxonomy will greenwash nuclear.A former Miss America takes her nuclear sales pitch to audiences in Australia. |
| TECHNOLOGY. Google deletes policy against using AI for weapons or surveillance. OpenAI Strikes Deal With US Government to Use Its AI for Nuclear Weapon Security. |
| URANIUM. Uranium fever collides with industry’s dark past in Navajo country. |
| WASTES. Nuclear Dump “Reveal” of “Areas of Focus.” A Nuclear Dump Anywhere is a Nuclear Dump Everywhere – #GDFOFF. Threat of nuke dump falls on Cumbrian and Lincolnshire rural communities. Hidden history of RAF airfield may be lost in latest nuke dump plan. Council votes to end Holderness nuclear waste talks. |
| WAR and CONFLICT. Doomsday Clock Needs Adjusting. |
| WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. The national missile defense fantasy—again. Trump Asks Congress To Approve $1 Billion Arms Transfer to Israel. Local opinion: Raytheon pushes The Doomsday Clock closer to midnight. Top Pentagon contractors poised for gains as Trump pushes missile shield expansion. US failed to track weapons sent to Ukraine – Reuters. Elon Musk Can Find His $2-Trillion Federal Spending Cut in Nuclear Weapons. Elon Musk On The Future Of Warfare – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfs11RIKtI8 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vows to further develop nuclear forces |
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