This week’s antidotes to the corporate-nuclear-military-industrial-media-complex

Some bits of good news – The lengths to which health workers go to reach every child with vaccines.   Clean energy just put China’s CO2 emissions into reverse for first time.

In the Netherlands, Anyone Can Turn a Slice of Sidewalk Into a Garden

TOP STORIES . 

The real reason politicians back nuclear power instead of renewables –ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/05/18/2-a-nuclear-in-decline-edf-accumulates-excesses-the-state-takes-the-hit-and-the-french-pay-the-bill-without-flinching/

 Nuclear in decline: EDF accumulates excesses, the State takes the hit and the French pay the bill without flinching– ALSO AT 
https://nuclear-news.net/2025/05/18/2-a-nuclear-in-decline-edf-accumulates-excesses-the-state-takes-the-hit-and-the-french-pay-the-bill-without-flinching/ 

Ontario’s Costly Nuclear Folly.
Why small modular reactors do not exist – history gives the answer.
Status and Trends of the Global Nuclear Industry: A Cruel Reality Check.

The Balance of Power in the Russo-Ukraine War– Russia is in the driving seat –
ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/05/18/2-a-the-balance-of-power-in-the-russo-ukraine-war-russia-is-in-the-driving-seat/k

Climate, Want to know how the world really ends? Look to TV show Families Like Ours – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aRYRz6-shE. 

Global sea levels are rising faster and faster. It spells catastrophe for coastal towns and cities.    Techno-optimism alone won’t fix climate change.

Noel’s notes. Let’s give Trump credit where credit is due.

AUSTRALIA. Treaty the planet’s best chance to get rid of its worst weapons. Can Australia pay off Turkey to host COP31? The Brits did. Labor’s got a new mandate to act.- Still condones war crimes. Why? More Australian nuclear news at https://antinuclear.net/2025/05/19/australian-nuclear-news-12-19th-may/

NUCLEAR ITEMS

ECONOMICS. Critics Slam Cost of Ontario SMR Plan, Question Dependence on U.S.

Uranium. What does the Cour des Comptes Report mean for Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C?

Airlines update nuclear war insurance plans as escalation threats grow – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/05/19/1-b1-airlines-update-nuclear-war-plans-as-escalation-threats-grow/

French nuclear company Orano explores sale of Niger uranium assets.

ENERGY. Solar and wind make up 98 pct of new US generation capacity in Trump’s first three months.

ETHICS and RELIGION. Never, Ever Let Anyone Forget What They Did To Gaza. Chris Hedges: The New Dark Age Pope Leo Breaks Silence on Ukraine, Gaza, and Middle East Violence | DRM News |

EVENTS Petition to Deny LANL’s Request to Release Radioactive Tritium into the Air.

HUMAN RIGHTS. Nuclear veterans hand ‘evidence dossier’ to police.

LEGAL. Hinkley Point C court hearing over complying with UK environmental information law begins.

MEDIA. US mainstream media still censoring US enabled Israeli genocide in Gaza. Multiple Western Press Outlets Have Suddenly Pivoted Hard Against Israel.

PODCAST. NUCLEAR HOTSEAT podcast – Nuclear Radiation Cancer Zone: Piketon Ohio’s Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant.

POLITICS. Can the UK’s 24GW of new nuclear by 2050 target be met? Revisiting the Nuclear Roadmap. Why SNP national council must pass this motion on nuclear weapons – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/05/19/2-b1-why-snp-national-council-must-pass-this-motion-on-nuclear-weapons/

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.

Iran proposes partnership with UAE and Saudi Arabia to enrich uranium. Beyond Iran: a new nuclear doctrine for the Persian Gulf.

False promises, real costs: The nuclear gamble we can’t afford.

Trump should not threaten sanctions when he talks to Putin. Zelensky now needs to shut up and let his negotiating team get to work. The stakes are high for these important Ukraine-Russia-US talks. Zelenskyy says he is willing to meet Putin in Istanbul for peace talks. Peace For Ukraine – The disastrous derailment of early peace efforts to end the war.

Donald Trump Decouples the United States from Israel. Trump, Planes and the Arabian Gulf Tour.

PLUTONIUM. Sellafield Plutonium treatment plant moves a step closer to completion

PUBLIC OPINION. Ontarians overwhelmingly say no to new nuclear. 80% of Ontarians want the province to cancel its contract for GE-Hitachi nuclear reactors.

SAFETY. A home guard to protect British nuclear power plants against enemy attacks -ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/05/19/1-b1-a-home-guard-to-protect-british-nuclear-power-plants-against-enemy-attacks/ Safety failures reported at Hinkley Point C days before environmental trial begins. Too Great a Risk. Hinkley Point C site served notice after crane ‘component failure’. Inspection at the Flamanville EPR: the nuclear watchdog points out serious shortcomings. European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) secures contribution from France to help restore site safety at Chornobyl.  Don’t vent tritium gas

SECRETS and LIES. How Donald Trump’s Crypto Dealings Push the Bounds of Corruption- ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/05/19/1-b1-how-donald-trumps-crypto-dealings-push-the-bounds-of-corruption/

SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. US loosens some rules for offensive counterspace ops, wargaming.China and Russia plan to build nuclear power station on moon.

SPINBUSTER. New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s Major Nuclear Power Push.

TECHNOLOGY. AWS says Britain needs more nuclear power to feed AI data center surge.

URANIUM. Uranium enrichment to 93% is Iran’s right under Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty , lawmakers tell UN watchdog

WASTES. The US buried millions of gallons of wartime nuclear waste – Doge cuts could wreck the cleanup.Andra updates French repository cost estimate

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES
 Emmanuel Macron open to stationing French nuclear weapons in other European nations.– ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/05/16/2-b1-emmanuel-macron-open-to-stationing-french-nuclear-weapons-in-other-european-nations/

May 19, 2025 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized