Lots of nuclear news – NOT from the nuclear-corporate-political-media-military-complex
Some bits of good news – Conservation efforts paying off for Yellow River basin ecology Ocean treaty “a landmark victory” for the high seas. Australia is getting a new national park
TOP STORIES. 50 States One Israel – Wikipedia.
Trump’s visit proved the utter corruption of our political and media class.Nuke Power is Trump/Fascist Power…and an Epic Global Failure.
‘Inevitable’ that nuclear waste facility will go ahead without local consent says former minister.
The horrors I’ve seen of Ukrainian, NATO-backed, shelling of completely civilian areas of the Donbass throughout 2022 (and 2019, 2023…)
Trump’s nuclear ‘renaissance’ rests on risky plan for radioactive waste.
Fukushima recovery plagued with setbacks.
Living with the legacy of France’s nuclear weapons testing.
Climate. Global drying, Gaia & Abrupt Change
AUSTRALIA.Two leaders, two realities: Trump vs Albanese at the UN. Australian Submarine Agency lobbies Fremantle locals amid protest over AUKUS defence hub
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Illawarra groups want Port Kembla ruled out for AUKUS nuclear submarine base.Global report confirms and details nuclear power’s stagnation: Someone needs to tell the Coalition
Opposition to proposed nuclear submarine base at Port Kembla. Islamophobia in Australia, antisemitism’s ignored cousin.
NUCLEAR ITEMS
| ATROCITIES. The Real Violent Extremists Are The Freaks Who Run The US Empire. |
| CIVIL LIBERTIES. This Ridiculous, Dangerous Antifa Order Is McCarthyism All Over Again—Possibly Worse. |
| ECONOMICS. Nuclear power’s record year masks future sustainability challenges, says report. EDF: Court of Auditors warns of a model running out of steam. While EDF must invest 460 billion euros over 15 years, its economic model is taking on water.- ALSO AThttps://nuclear-news.net/2025/09/25/3-b1-edf-court-of-auditors-warns-of-a-model-running-out-of-steam/ |
| ENERGY. Sorry, Donald Trump and Keir Starmer – Scotland doesn’t need nuclear – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/09/27/2-a-sorry-donald-trump-and-keir-starmer-scotland-doesnt-need-nuclear/ |
| ENVIRONMENT. Sizewell C taking the axe to two century-old trees/ |
| ETHICS and RELIGION. Imagine There Was A Violent Cult Committing Atrocities With Impunity. |
| EVENTS. PETITION. Say No to Nuclear Financing – World Bank and ADB, Why Turn Away from the Right Path? |
| HEALTH. Here’s What Life Is Like Inside One of Gaza’s Last Remaining Hospitals. |
| LEGAL. Federal Judge Strikes Down New York’s “Save the Hudson” Nuclear Discharge Ban.David versus Goliath: the battle of a small indigenous community against a federal radioactive waste dump |
| MEDIA. ‘Near Daily’ Israeli Assaults on Lebanon Have Become Non-News for Western Media.UN Declares Genocide in Gaza While 250 US Lawmakers Are in Israel. The Shift: 50 States, One Israel. Trump Turns Pentagon Into Department of War on First Amendment. ‘Media Really Took at Face Value What Trump Said About This Boat and Its Occupants’: CounterSpin interview with Alex Main on Venezuelan boat assault. |
| OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . Nuclear Free Local Authorities join global call on World Bank to abandon plans to back new nuclear. Cumberland Council is Looking Like Last Line of Defence Against Lake District Coast Nuclear Dump So Why Won’t They Hold A Full Vote and Full Debate ? Remembering the fight to make Sebastopol a “nuclear-free zone”. |
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| SECRETS and LIES. Iran says it obtained secret files on Israel’s nuclear program. Iran publishes alleged leak of Israeli nuclear sites, experts and secret files. |
| SPINBUSTER. Cato Institute: Nuclear power’s hamster wheel. |
| TECHNOLOGY. Small Nuclear Reactors Will Not Save The Day.Underground data fortresses: the nuclear bunkers, mines and mountains being transformed to protect our ‘new gold’ from attack.‘Life and death’: Penny Wong’s nuclear AI warning to UN Security Council. |
WASTES. Confusion About a Second Repository for Radioactive Wastes.
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Illawarra groups want Port Kembla ruled out for AUKUS nuclear submarine base
By Penny Burfitt, 26 Sept 25, https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-26/port-kembla-declaration-against-aukus-nuclear-submarine-base/105815986
In short:
More than 40 organisations have signed a declaration calling on the federal government to rule out Port Kembla as a future nuclear submarine base.
The site was shortlisted as a possible location for an east coast base in 2022, but local groups say it would harm the community and industry.
What’s next?
The federal government says it will not make a decision on the location of the east coast base until later this decade.
More than 40 organisations have called on the federal government to rule out Port Kembla as a future location for a nuclear submarine base under the AUKUS deal.
The Port Kembla Declaration — signed by 43 local, state and national organisations — was launched as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese locked in a meeting with US President Trump in October, amid uncertainty around the future of the AUKUS deal.
The declaration was unveiled at a memorial to the historic Dalfram strike at the port.
The 1938 anti-war strike saw wharfies at Port Kembla refuse to load pig iron onto steamships bound for Japan, including the Dalfram, amid concerns about its use in the military conflict with China at the time.
“We’re here in the same spirit, to launch the Port Kembla Declaration,” South Coast Labour Council president Tina Smith said.
“Port Kembla is not for sale, we want no nuclear base here.”
The declaration was signed by trade unions, church groups, local Australian Greens branches, Health Cities Australia and dozens of other groups.
It raises concerns about health, safety, industry jobs and transparency around plans for the site, as well as the potential for Wollongong to become a military target if the base goes ahead.
“You’ve got one of the major trading ports in the country that would be impacted — I don’t think it makes any sense to anybody,” the NSW Maritime Union’s Garry Keane said.
“Our union has always supported peace over confrontation and the Dalfram dispute is a prime example of that — we will stand by those principles and do everything we can to oppose a nuclear submarine base in Port Kembla.”
In 2023, defence, government and industry figures told the ABC that Port Kembla, shortlisted as a possible site for a new east coast submarine base by the Morrison government in 2022, was the strongly favoured option.
Wollongong Against War and Nukes president Gem Romuld said in the absence of any consultation or clarity since then, the community was using the declaration to make its stance clear.
“We’re concerned that plans are being made behind closed doors to advance the case for a nuclear submarine base in Port Kembla,” she said.
“The government is not transparent about this, and we’re concerned that they could go ahead with an announcement and override local opposition to establish a base here at any time.”
Planning for ports raises questions
In August, the NSW Department of Planning refused a Freedom of Information application by former South Australian Senator Rex Patrick for records pertaining to a submarine base at either Newcastle or Port Kembla.
In documents shared with the ABC, the department’s solicitor said that “premature disclosure” of the requested information could prejudice cabinet deliberations, as the records included information which revealed “the methodology of analysis used for inputs into the final business case being prepared for cabinet on this issue”.
NSW Planning Minister Paul Scully dismissed as baseless any speculation that the government was secretly preparing a business case for Port Kembla at the time.
In a statement, the state government reinforced the position, denying any work was being done on a case for Port Kembla or Newcastle.
“These documents all relate to the Perrottet government and cabinet relations from that period,” a spokesperson said.
The federal government said in a statement it had agreed in principle to establishing an east coast facility for Australia’s future submarine capability.
“A decision won’t be taken until later in the decade,” a spokesperson said.
Ms Romuld said the declaration did not just oppose a base in Port Kembla, but also supported opposition in Newcastle or other ports.
“We’ll work with other communities … along the east coast as well,” she said.
“We’re saying not here, not anywhere.”
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