Antinuclear

This week in non-corporate nuclear news

Some bits of good news   –  Attenborough Showcases Wildlife Thriving in the Capital    Coming soon: a national park at ‘the end of the world’    A renewables conundrum was cracked.

TOP STORIES. “President of the World”is not a joke – it’s a warning. 
US 21st Century regime change ops: Failure, Failure, Failure, Failure, Failure… To Be Determined.

Japan’s ‘most dangerous’ nuclear power plant admits to manipulating earthquake safety data. 
The French Resistance at Bure: the campaign to oppose a nuclear waste dump.

New Imperial War: The U.S. Assault on Venezuela Exposes a Desperate Empire.

Climate. Trump Abandonment of Global Treaties, Including Landmark Climate Deal, ‘Threatens All Life on Earth’
.                  ‘These disasters are not ‘natural”: Heatwaves, wildfires, droughts, and storms cost more than $120bn in 2025.                                                                                Microplastics are making it harder for oceans to absorb greenhouse gases, study warns.

AUSTRALIA.

• When demanding a Royal Commission isn’t enough.                   Royal Commission Must Rise Above Politics: Global Flotilla’s Juliet Lamont.         Labor’s Bondi Backflip: When Fear Trumps Justice.
•  Revealed: Australia’s secret Anti-Protest Force for US Department of War. 
• Are nazis in Chris Minns hate speech sights … or just Palestinian peace protestors? 
• The Media’s Role in Manufacturing Consent in US-Venezuela Relations.                                            The Venezuela Playbook: How Australian Media Sold Us Another War.

NUCLEAR-RELATED ITEMS

ATROCITIES. Genocide in Gaza, Apartheid in the Palestinian West Bank: UN Report. ‘Year of bloodshed’: West Bank authorities record nearly 24,000 army, settler attacks on Palestinians in 2025

CLIMATE. It is not the Earth’s future at stake in the climate crisis – it is ours.

ECONOMICS. Top 15 US Billionaires Gained Nearly $1 Trillion in Wealth in Trump’s First Year. The cost of America’s nuclear revival – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2026/01/09/1-b1-the-cost-of-americas-nuclear-revival/  Meta Is Making a Big Bet on Nuclear With Oklo1 . Microsoft wants to resurrect Three Mile Island – It will never happen. Following U.S. coup in Venezuela, the CIA’s former station chief is advertising support for corporate exploitation of the country’s oil

EDUCATION. Academic Freedom on Life Support: Trump’s War on Knowledge Exposed

EMPLOYMENT. Fears raised that specialist Vulcan MoD work could shift to Sellafield

ETHICS and RELIGION. Impunity: Venezuela, Palestine, and the End of International Law. Pope Leo again condemns “zeal for war,” deepening rift with Trump.

LEGAL. Former SNC-Lavalin CEO stripped of his licence, fined $75K over corruption breaches. Report: Nuclear Power Isn’t Viable In Hawaiʻi

MEDIA. Editorial Boards Cheer Trump Doctrine in Venezuela.Bombshell: A Story of Truth in the Face of Censorship.

OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . Three things ICAN is looking forward to in 2026.

POLITICS. Venezuela declares state of emergency, calls for international solidarity.  Marco Rubio, Senate Complicity, and the Open Return of Empire.  WE’LL CONTROL THE OIL! — TRUMP BOASTS AFTER SECRET RAID AS WASHINGTON POST CHEERS ARREST. DePetris’ Trump foreign policy accomplishments more dubious than prideful.  What chaos will Trump unleash in 2026?Zelensky Names Canada’s Chrystia Freeland, Notable Anti-Russia Hawk As Top Advisor. Nuclear Power: Private Sector –Question for UK government.

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. Why the coalition should be willing to say no to Zelensky.‘ No more annexation fantasies’ Greenland PM responding to Trump’s threats. US will ‘fix’ Cuba and Nicaragua – Republican senator. A game of chicken between the US and Denmark.Delcy Rodríguez swears to uphold sovereignty of the nation as acting president of Venezuela.  British and European leaders have shown themselves weak and complicit in the kidnapping of Maduro.  Venal Reactions: US Allies Validate Maduro’s Abduction.  Rubio Says “Not a War” as Trump Threatens Half the Hemisphere.                                “We’re Going to Run the Country:” Preparing an Illegal Occupation in Venezuela.  I stand with the people of Venezuela.  Maduro’s kidnapping marks the return of spheres of influence to geopolitics. Golden Dome changes both NATO and the EU .The Unbroken Thread: China’s Civilisational-State vs. The West’s Contractual Empire – A Study in Divergent Destinies

SAFETY. Watchdog halts nuclear plant safety review after seismic data found to be fabricated. Japanese nuclear power station rocked by 6.2 magnitude earthquake. New UK roads police team for major construction work

SECRETS and LIES. CIA Played Instrumental Role in Maduro Kidnapping.

SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. Caught between Trump and Musk’s rockets, a Mexican village despairs.

URANIUM. US DOE Awards $2.7B for Uranium Enrichment in Nuclear Power Push.

WAR and CONFLICT.‘We’ll Hit Them Very Hard’: Trump Threatens Iran Again as Iran Protest Death Toll Rises. Analysts Warn Venezuela Invasion Could Empower Trump to Take Actions Elsewhere.  Fears of Wider War Over Venezuela Oil as US Seizes Russian-Flagged Tanker.  Venezuelan leader Maduro lands in New York after capture by US troops – live. J effrey Sachs: U.S. Attacks Venezuela & Kidnaps President Maduro – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhZuTOuwKGA

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. Plunging Toward Armageddon: U.S. and Russia on the Brink of a New Nuclear Arms Race. Babcock to provide dock for new Dreadnought nuclear subs: will they be carrying nuclear weapons? After more than 20 years without sailing, a Russian nuclear giant returned to the sea, and the most disturbing detail is not its size.

January 10, 2026 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Weekly Newsletter