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 The past week in nuclear news

Some bits of good news. The Revival of Germany’s Carbon-Sequestering Peatlands. Australia’s renewable energy growth doubles in six months.  Three good things: projects clearing up junk that’s hidden from view.

TOP STORIES. Netanyahu’s Quest to Attack Iran’s nuclear facilities with the ‘Mother of all Bombs’.

Anatomy of an AI Coup. 

The Pentagon Is Recruiting Elon Musk To Help Them Win a Nuclear War. 

High-Explosive Drone Pierces Shell Of Chernobyl Nuclear Plant At Very Moment Trump Pushes Ukraine Toward Peace.

Climate.  World’s sea-ice falls to record low. Two-thirds of Americans still believe climate change is impacting the Earth, despite what Trump contends.

Noel’s notes.  Small Nuclear Reactors: Big safety problems, and who pays the piper?  “Jobs Jobs Jobs!” screams the nuclear lobby.

AUSTRALIA.  Dutton’s nuclear disaster: Cheap lies and a $20 billion deficit.    Why are young people like this 18-year-old fronting the pro-nuclear push in Australia?   American or Trump’s values, or are they the same?   Nuclear advocates: Splitting atoms and spinning agendas. Australia’s technocratic drive to nuclear ignorance. more Australian nuclear news headlines at https://antinuclear.net/2025/02/13/australian-nuclear-news-10-17-february/ 22 February – protest AUKUS this Sat near Pt Adelaide event https://www.facebook.com/events/13888580289

NUCLEAR ITEMS

ART and CULTURE. 
 Why Welsh speakers oppose Wylfa nuclear plant.

ECONOMICS.

• The £40bn nuclear project at risk of becoming another British white elephant. ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/02/12/2-a-the-40bn-nuclear-project-at-risk-of-becoming-another-british-white-elephant/
• Can the nuclear industry find a better way to build?
• Octopus Energy launches renewables investment platform for consumers.
• South Korea increases support for domestic nuclear industry.
• NUCLEAR BRIBERY: Nuclear Waste Services funds Cumbrian community projects.
• Marketing. India PM Modi ends foreign tour with nuclear deals in pipeline.

EMPLOYMENT. US government tries to rehire nuclear staff it fired days ago.There really ARE necessary nuclear industry jobs – IN DEMOLISHING NUCLEAR REACTORS!

ENERGY Prioritizing nuclear power and natural gas over renewable energy is a risky move for Ontario’s energy future. Green power– not for us?

ENVIRONMENT ‘Nothing prepared us for Sizewell C devastation‘. Nuclear Free Local Authorities back petition to save fish at Hinkley C. Nuclear waste plan ‘would scar Lincolnshire Wolds‘.

EVENTS.

• 19 February – WEBINAR. International Update: Nuclear Waste Burial Programs in the UK, US and EU | Nuclear Waste Online 2025.
• 21 February WEBINAR . What Scientists Are Telling Us About Radiation that Nuclear Boosters Won’t.
• 22 February Drone Wars Online Day Conference.
• 23 February GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION TO CLOSE BASES. – https://worldbeyondwar.org/closebases/
• Third Meeting of States Parties  to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons .

HEALTH. Doctors fear health fallout from nuclear energy plans

MEDIA.  Media must unshackle itself.

OPPOSITION TO NUCLEAR Opposition mounts to planned nuclear plant as Starmer confirms new policy of ‘Build, baby, build’. Sizewell C campaigners slammed “clueless” Government.

POLITICS. Germany has no realistic way back to nuclear power ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/02/16/2-b1-germany-has-no-realistic-way-back-to-nuclear-power/ Starmer’s latest con job Great British Nuclear competition winners announcement still ‘around Spending Review’ -ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/02/17/1-a-starmers-latest-con-job/ Labour’s growth policy is fantasy fiction. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwT5LLmZYAc  Nuclear waste site plans in Midlands face major setback as council withdraws.

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.Trump open to Iran talks only if it abandons nuclear program, says US official. Start a Lasting Peace in Ukraine Now. Trump: Military Spending Could Be Cut in Half and There’s No Reason To Build New Nuclear Weapons. Trump proposes nuclear deal with Russia and China to halve defense budgets. The resurgence of nuclear power: a conversation with M. V. Ramana. A Nuclear Future is Not Inevitable. Nuclear missing from Europe’s draft Clean Industrial Deal subsidy rules

SAFETY.Oops! Trump accidentally fired hundreds of federal workers who maintain our nuclear weapons. Warning sent about need for strategic policing reform to address security of SMRs. Safety Issues and Impact on Marine Environment of Extension of British Nuclear Plant Lifespan Queried by NGO. Would a fallout shelter really protect you in a nuclear blast?‘ Deeply Concerned’ Dems Want to Know If DOGE Can Access Nuclear Weapons Data. Incident. A drone pierced the outer shell of Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear plant. Radiation levels are normal.

SECRETS and LIES. Engineer who worked on Hinkley Point C nuclear project quizzed on suspicion of being a Russian spy,  The Coventry experiment: why were Indian women in Britain given radioactive food without their consent? Secret terror blueprints for US NSC to ‘help Ukraine resist’ exposed.

WAR and CONFLICT. NFLAs endorse international appeal for justice over French nuclear tests.

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES .A New Military-Industrial Complex Arises. Trump wants Russia, China to stop making nuclear weapons, so all can cut defence spending by half. Trump Promises Billions in Defense Cuts. Will U.S. resume nuclear testing? America’s nuclear gamble: The dangerous push to resume atmospheric testing. Trident nuclear submarine project rated “unachievable” third year running.  UK Government urged to scrap nuclear weapons ‘once and for all’.

February 17, 2025 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina reviews