Nuclear news and more – not industry handouts
Some bits of good news
UNICEF has almost single-handedly prevented the collapse of Afghanistan’s healthcare system. Armenia and Azerbaijan agree treaty terms to end almost 40 years of conflict
‘ All the birds returned’: How a Chinese project led the way in water and soil conservation.
TOP STORIES.Israel Makes Its Most Explicit Statement Of Genocidal Intent Yet.Chris Hedges: The Last Chapter of the Genocide.
What is the fate of Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant after Trump talks?Zelensky rejects Trump nuclear plan.
How bloated energy supply projections are usually wrong – a history of energy efficiency tells us why.
Climate. Climate impacts may be starting to spiral, but a sub-1.5C world is ‘still possible’. More than 150 ‘unprecedented’ climate disasters struck world in 2024, says UN.
Noel’s notes, Nuclear power is such a mess – Zaporizhzhia plant as the shining example.
AUSTRALIA.
- Complicity of Labor and Liberal in Israel’s genocide of Palestinians – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVzoFd7EwOA
- A Little More Conversation? Nuclear Power In Australia: A Little More Conversation?
- International ‘nuclear tombs’ are being built, but how do we warn future generations of what’s inside?
- Dutton’s seat a target in $2m union war against nuclear.
- Nuclear policy blocking Liberal gains. Liberal supporters launch election ad campaign against Peter Dutton’s plan to build nuclear power plants. Australia: Liberals Against Nuclear launches campaign to return party to core values. “Desperate” Liberals urge Dutton to “stop this stupid nuclear palaver”. ‘Vandals in the White House’ no longer reliable allies of Australia, former defence force chief says. Nuclear policy blocking Liberal gains. Desperate” Liberals urge Dutton to “stop this stupid nuclear palaver” Australia: Liberals Against Nuclear launches campaign to return party to core values. – More Australian nuclear news at https://antinuclear.net/2025/03/19/australian-nuclear-news-18-24-march/
| ATROCITIES. With Trump’s ‘Thumbs Up’, Netanyahu restarts Gaza genocide. |
| CLIMATE. No Virginia, NUCLEAR REACTORS DO RELEASE carbon into the atmosphere. |
| ECONOMICS. Macron ousts EDF boss accused of giving French industry ‘the middle finger’. Macron Ousts EDF CEO as Tension Rises on French Power Costs. Hinkley Point C nuclear will cost at least £75 billion – highly unlikely that Sizewell C will be any cheaper.Idle Lepreau nuclear plant threatens to post worst operational year in 4 decades. |
| EMPLOYMENT. Subsidies attract companies, but not workers, to Fukushima zones. |
| ENVIRONMENT. Nuclear Severnside…is this our future? –https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz9CaHbM-9oMillions of fish killed this winter at Bruce Power nuclear plant.27-year-old chemist discovers a process for recycling rare earths.Niobium – A Radioactive Sword of Damocles Hangs over Brazil’s Northern Amazon.Radioactive Mussels May Pose Threat to Food Chain in Pennsylvania. Red light for the greenway. |
| HEALTH. Radiation exposure victims fight for compensation as nuclear weapons funding soars.i |
| LEGAL. “We will not back down:” Court tells Greenpeace to pay billion dollar damages bill to oil and gas company. SCOTUS Ruling Could Shape the Future of Nuclear Waste Storage.Hold Southern California Edison (SCE) Accountable: From Wildfires to Nuclear Waste.Federal Court Orders Reconsideration of Nuclear Waste Facility Approval, Citing Inadequate Indigenous Consultation. |
| MEDIA. Memoirs of Mohamed ElBaradei: “The Age of Deception”. Before Our Very Eyes, Fake Wars and Big Lies: From 9/11 to Donald Trump. |
| OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . Time to take urgent action to help Stop Sizewell C. Most Scots disagree with Anas Sarwar about building new nuclear plants.Nuclear regulators hear concerns about plan to restart Three Mile Island reactor. |
| POLITICS. French government ousts head of nuclear power group EDF – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/03/24/1-b1-french-government-ousts-head-of-nuclear-power-group-edf/ EDF may get state loan for six new reactors. Labour ‘utterly wrong’ to double down on costly and immoral nuclear weapons, Scottish Greens say. UK Government ramps up nuclear threats ahead of CND Barrow protest . UK Regulators get targets to cut red tape and boost the economy.Reeves to outline plan to cut regulation costs and boost growth. BAE: Barrow MP hits out at planned nuclear protest. Canada Pours Nearly $450M into New Nuclear Subsidies. |
| POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.‘Never forget’: Pacific countries remember nuclear test legacy as weapons ban treaty debated. The Phony Ceasefire. Walt Zlotow Trump pushing Ukraine peace for simple reason: he has no cards to play either. Britain wants Ukraine’s minerals too. The fight for control of Ukraine’s nuclear reactors. Trump offers to take control of Ukraine’s nuclear plants in call with Zelensky. Trump: best protection for Ukraine’s nuclear power is US takeover. Aaron Mate on how NATO provoked Russia in Ukraine and undermined peace.Trump eyeing Crimea as ‘international resort’ – HershKatz: Israel To Begin Annexing Gaza. US wants to negotiate with Iran on nuclear programme: US envoy. |
| SAFETY. In the shadow of a nuclear bargaining chip, Ukrainians fear disaster. – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/03/20/1-a-in-the-shadow-of-a-nuclear-bargaining-chip-ukrainians-fear-disaster/House Of Commons Public Accounts Committee: Decommissioning Sellafield – Sellafield is the most dangerous place in the U.K. Leak is Sellafield’s ‘biggest environmental issue’. |
| SECRETS and LIES. German media told to conceal Nazi symbols in Ukraine – Moscow.Whistleblowers at nuclear sites may face bullying and threats, MPs warn. |
| SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. Star wars: alarm at space agency’s 130 meetings with Ministry of Defence, High radiation, low gravitation: The perils of a trip to Mars.Mars Attacks: How Elon Musk’s plans to colonize Mars threaten Earth. |
| SPINBUSTER. Nuclear plant boss Julia Pyke: ‘It’s a tough gig, developing big infrastructure projects in the UK’- ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/03/19/2-nuclear-plant-boss-julia-pyke-its-a-tough-gig-developing-biginfrastructure-projects-in-the-uk/ |
| WASTES. Ministry of Defence under fire over nuclear clean-up in Scotland. Louth and Horncastle MP welcomes council pulling out of nuclear waste site partnership. “South Copeland Community Partnership Area of Focus” on nuclear waste is unravelling . County council set to withdraw from nuclear waste facility group. Questions asked in Cumberland on two key nuke dump concerns. Engie Finalises Agreement To Extend Operation Of Two Belgium Nuclear Plants – Transfer of waste liabilities reduces company’s exposure to future costs .Decommissioning: Sellafield decommissioning to continue for at least a century – robot dogs play a part.Thin-wall canisters do not really stop radiation from nuclear wastes . |
| WAR and CONFLICT. Israel Restarts Large-Scale Bombing of Gaza, Over 400 Killed. After Ukraine, Iran?1 |
| WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. One Trident sub could ‘incinerate 40 Russian cities’: Why Putin should fear Britain’s nuclear arsenal. UK will not shy away from nuclear weapons, John Healey tells Russia. UK nuclear deterrent could do ‘untold damage’, Healey warns.Trump’s threats reignite talk of nuclear bombs in Iran. |
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