Antinuclear

The non-corporate nuclear news – 8 -20th September

Some bits of good news –Humanity enters the age of rewilding.    Humanity will shrink, far sooner than you think    China’s green “Marshall Plan” is reshaping global energy.  

TOP STORIES

The dangerous new Washington consensus for more nuclear weapons. 

The Building of the First Atomic Bombs Impacted Workers and Residents, Too.

Israel has officially moved on from destroying Hamas to erasing

Palestine.Zelensky has insulted Trump: Is he suicidal?

Who are Britain Remade?

More hype about Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), but  they may curb nuclear development .

Climate.   Human-made global warming ‘caused two in three heat deaths in Europe this summer‘.     Kenya’s Ruto says western leaders have broken ‘climate blood pact’– ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/09/11/1-b1-kenyas-ruto-says-western-leaders-have-broken-climate-blood-pact/ 

Aid cuts cast long shadow over key Africa climate talks. Protect Arctic from ‘dangerous’ climate engineering, scientists warn.

Environment. Key oceans treaty crosses threshold to come into force.

AUSTRALIA.

 Nuclear subs base: Will it be Newy or The Gong? Could Australia defend itself? 

US Threat to World Peace, AUKUS, and Dollar Sovereignty. 

Australia rooftop solar hits 26.8 GW as home battery uptake surges.

NUCLEAR ITEMS

ECONOMICS Why Starmer’s nuclear ‘golden age’ risks becoming a lot of hot air – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/09/20/1-b1-why-starmers-nuclear-golden-age-risks-becoming-a-lot-of-hot-air/

U.S. Firms Boost UK Nuclear Sector with Major Deals . US and UK companies ink nuclear deals ahead of Trump visit.

Sweden Looks to Lend $23 Billion to New Nuclear Power Projects.

ENVIRONMENT. ‘Sizewell C oak tree felling would be devastating’.

ETHICS and RELIGION. Ending a War That Never Should Have Started.Holy See tells nations at UN to end threat of nuclear weapons, even as deterrence..

EVENTS. 22 September – Spazio Europa, Rome – Global Launch of the World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2025 To attend in person, please register here, The event will be live-streamed on YouTube here. Note: The full 589-page report will be available for free download as of 22 September 2025 at 10:00 CET here

HEALTH. Why a national cancer study near US reactors must be conducted before any new expansion of nuclear power.

LEGAL. A killing at sea marks America’s descent into lawless power.Campaigners continue to need their day in court, says NFLA Secretary.

MEDIA. Trump masters the art of “dobbing” on an Australian journalist.Israeli Lawmakers Demanded Better PR to Conceal Gaza Famine: Google Obliged. New York Times misstates Palestinian death toll, downplays genocide.Read this book!

PERSONAL STORIES. I am ANTIFA .Israeli Forces Bomb, Loot, Vandalize Our Homes in Gaza: We Long for Normal Life.Trump not Commander in Chief…he’s Violence Inciter in Chief.

POLITICS. Will the US Continue to Aid, Abet, and Arm Genocide in Gaza? Political witch hunts and blacklists: Donald Trump and the new era of McCarthyism. Iran hardliners reject IAEA deal, but IRGC outlet voices support. What You Need to Know About the £38 Billion Sizewell C Nuclear Project in the UK. U.S. Nuclear Reactors will NOT Build a Strong Canada. https://nuclear-news.net/2025/09/20/1-u-s-nuclear-reactors-will-not-build-a-strong-canada/

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. Europe has discombobulated Trump’s Ukraine war peace plan. UN genocide report puts Starmer in the dock. The future of Gaza as seen from the White House. Iran, allies submit draft IAEA resolution to ban attacks on nuclear sites. IAEA chief notes progress in Iran talks over nuclear site inspections. China, Russia urge Europe to halt UN snapback after Iran-IAEA deal. Saudi pact puts Pakistan’s nuclear umbrella into Middle East security picture. Saudi Arabia, nuclear-armed Pakistan sign mutual defence pact.

SAFETY.UK Ministry of Defence dismiss MP’ s call for inquiry into trident bases nuclear leaks – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/09/20/1-b1-uk-ministry-of-defence-dismiss-mp-s-call-for-inquiry-into-trident-bases-nuclear-leaks/ UK hands over its nuclear safety conditions to Trump’s administration? – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/09/20/1-b1-uk-hands-over-its-nuclear-safety-conditions-to-trumps-administration/ Can the UK fast-track nuclear power without cutting corners on safety? Case for Military Proportionality: Disabling Nuclear Plants. IAEA reports “serious safety risks” at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. Nuclear Sites Dotted Across Ukraine Pose Threat of Radiation Disaster.  Chernobyl shelter repairs: ‘Difficult choices’ lie ahead.   Plans to close Suffolk rail crossings for a Sizewell C upgrade will have a “huge impact” on residents and businesses.

SECRETS and LIES. Antifa Nation.

SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. Communities Push Back against SpaceX in Tamaulipas.

SPINBUSTER. Rolls Royce “Small” nuclear reactors are not at all small! – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/09/20/2-b1-rolls-royce-small-nuclear-reactors-are-not-at-all-small/

TECHNOLOGY. Small Modular nuclear reactors sound great, but won’t be ready any time soon.

WASTES.Backlash against UK nuclear push with uncertainty over radioactive wastedisposal a key issue. Plutonium, Public Money and a Perilous Nuclear Dump on the Lake District Coast, a Letter to Cumberland Council’s “Nuclear Issues Board”. Academic agrees with NFLA’s position on management of deadly radioactive waste. Two down: Whicham joins Millom in withdrawing from undemocratic and discredited community partnership. First of four containers of tritium waste at LANL has been vented.  Construction starts of Belgian disposal facility

WAR and CONFLICT.  The Department of War Is Back! Israel Bombs Doha, Reportedly Targeting Hamas Negotiators Discussing US Proposal. Israel bombed Qatar to assassinate Hamas’s lead ceasefire negotiators. US Considers Bombing Venezuela as It Deploys F-35 Fighter Jets to Puerto Rico.

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES.  The Military-Industrial Complex.UK Labour must not award Elbit a £2 billion military deal . Spain Announces Arms Embargo on Israel and Other Steps ‘to Stop the Genocide in Gaza’. Pakistan nuclear weapons, 2025.

September 21, 2025 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Weekly Newsletter