Nuclear news at the start of 2026
Best wishes for 2026. I know that I should start with something positive. And there are positive things happening, and millions of people working on them. As Anne Frank said so long ago “I believe that people are really good at heart”
Nevertheless, I feel like sounding a note of warning.The mainstream news is barely to be trusted. Journalists are self-censoring so as to hang on to their jobs. “Social media” is all too often anti-social, and is not fact-checked.
Now, going back to my original purpose – the nuclear-free movement,I now feel impelled to start 2026 with this advice:Be especially sceptical of any information derived from the nuclear industry. At best, even where it’s factual, still take it with a big grain of salt.
Some bits of good news – The renewables juggernaut thundered on. Scientists treated the ‘untreatable’.
Uganda rapidly got on top of an Ebola outbreak – all stories from – https://www.positive.news/society/what-went-right-in-2025-the-good-news-that-mattered/
TOP STORIES. Exposing the World Nuclear Association’s Bullshit.What Lies Ahead for Ukraine’s Contested Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant?
Palestine Before Nationalism: What Was Lost – and Why It Matters Now. UN Security Council Abandoned Palestinians- Humanity Must Refuse to Follow Suit. Israel Bans Dozens of Aid Groups from Operating in Gaza, Including Doctors Without Borders. Israel’s Ceasefire Violations in Gaza Continue to Pile Up –
AUSTRALIA.
Israel Bans Aid Groups and Puts Targets on Australian Backs | The West Report –https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9mjGsCU6QU How Zionists are weaponising the courts to silence critics | The West Report – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_175A8ws4ak In Australia it is taboo to speak up for Palestinians, Australia being the only Western country that has no free speech, no Bill of Rights. The Embedded Alliance – Australia, The Retreat from Sovereignty, and the Machinery of External Control. A Statement of Omission.
NUCLEAR-RELATED ITEMS
| ATROCITIES. As Israel bans aid orgs in Gaza, notorious mercenary firm seeks “Targeter”. |
| ECONOMICS. Mini nuclear reactors are already losing their glow. Investors Beware: 2 Nuclear Energy Stocks That May Be Radioactive to Your Portfolio |
| EMPLOYMENT. Fears raised that specialist Vulcan MoD work could shift to Sellafield |
| ENERGY. AI Did Not Demand Centralised Power: Vested Interests Did. |
| ETHICS and RELIGION. Israel And Its Supporters Deliberately Foment Hate And Division In Our Society. The Pro-Israel Propaganda Complex. Catholic diocese urges prayer, public witness against proposed nuclear plant in northern Philippines. |
| HISTORY. When the USSR and China saved humanity: How they won the World Anti-Fascist War. Chris Hedges: Decline and Fall. |
| LEGAL. Pike County mom sues revived nuclear plant, alleging radiation led to daughter’s death. |
| POLITICS. U.S. Plans Largest Nuclear Power Program Since the 1970s . Donald Trump’s first step to becoming a would-be autocrat –hijacking a party. Secretary of State Rubio Believes U.S. Recovered Alien Tech And Gave It To Private Military Contractors. Palestinian factions have come together to thwart Israeli plans in Gaza, for now. Energy bills to rise on New Year’s Day ‘to fund nuclear in England’. Dungeness power station tipped for nuclear return as government ‘aware’ of interest. |
| POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. Russia-US nuclear pact set to end in 2026 and we won’t see another. Poor, beleaguered Venezuela, with new pals China and Russia, may be demolishing two century old US Monroe Doctrine. Trump reaffirms his support for another strike on Iran after meeting with Netanyahu. Trump’s team no longer trusts Netanyahu – Axios. Netanyahu to Press for ‘Another Round of War With Iran’ in Meeting With Trump This Week. Netanyahu Is Visiting Trump For The FIFTH Time This Year, And Other Notes. ‘Pay price for wrongdoing’: China Sanctions 20 US defence firms after Trump approves Taiwan arms sale. Trump, Zelenskyy make ‘95% progress’, but ‘thorny issues’ remain – 5 key points. The West is spending big on nuclear plants again – and taking taxpayers along for the ride– ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/12/31/1-b1-the-west-is-spending-big-on-nuclear-plants-again-and-taking-taxpayers-along-for-the-ride/ Patrick Lawrence: New Year’s Notes on Purported Leaders. |
| PLUTONIUM. Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety (CCNS) Nuclear Literacy Program to Educate Nuevomexicano Communities on the LANL Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Plutonium Pit Production. |
| SAFETY. Safety fears as Japan prepares to restart nuclear plant ‘built on tofu’. Trump regulators ripped |
| TECHNOLOGY. The AI Arms Race Is Cracking Open the Nuclear Fuel Cycle. Electric Vehicles and Nuclear Power Are Fighting Over One Obscure Mineral. |
| WASTES. How are geological repository projects progressing (pronuke bias) |
| WAR and CONFLICT. Russia Hands US Evidence That It Says Confirms Ukraine Targeted Putin’s Residence in Drone Attack. Trump Praises Putin, Promises Peace—Kyiv Still Under Fire. CIA, with Trump’s blessing, is using Ukrainians to sabotage Russia’s energy infrastructure and oil tankers – NYT. WAS RUSSIA’S SPECIAL MILITARY OPERATION “UNPROVOKED”? |
| WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. Russia claims to have moved nuclear-capable missile system into Belarus. Russia ‘Confidently Advancing’ In Ukraine, Over 30 Settlements Captured In December. Ukraine Takes Part in NATO War Games, Further Integrating Into Collective Defense Architecture. Pentagon In Panic: China Just Delivered The Final Blow– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEa9E9vhQ0U.The Trillion Dollar War Machine (w/ William D. Hartung) T he Chris Hedges Report. Why talk of a Japanese nuclear option is resurfacing – and why it alarms critics |
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