The non-corporate nuclear-related news this week

Some bits of good news

France launches its largest ever rewilding project in the Dauphiné Alps.

Chile’s dark skies look set to stay that way.

Colombia Cedes Vast Amazon Land to Indigenous Peoples as Deforestation Surges

TOP STORIES.

As Landmark Treaty Expires, No Binding Limits on US-Russia Nuclear Arsenals.

The right to have nukes.

The Future of Los Alamos Lab: More Nuclear Weapons or Cleanup?

If You Think Our Rulers Do Bad Things In Secret, Wait Til You See What They Do Out In The Open.

Left to Bleed: How Israeli Forces Treat the Killing of Palestinian Children as Routine.

WANTED: Volunteers to host nuclear waste, forever.

Climate. These US states want polluters to pay for the rising insurance costs of climate disasters.

Noel’s notes. The complex, long-form writers – but is anybody listening?

AUSTRALIA. Aussie Flotilla Team to Gaza Announced. . In Australia The Police Beat You Up For Opposing Genocide. Selective context: Why Isaac Herzog’s visit deepens Australia’s moral failure. Albanese v Albanese.

For more see Australian nuclear-related news this week

NUCLEAR-RELATED ITEMS

ATROCITIES. Israel Destroyed Gaza’s Hospitals – Now It’s Banning Doctors Without Borders.

ECONOMICS. Electricity: A confidential EDF report anticipates an explosion in costs and risks.

EMPLOYMENT. Nuclear weapons workers vote for strike action. Dounreay workers among 200 allowed to leave Nuclear Restoration Services’ UK in early exit scheme

ENERGY. Nuclear Power –A White Elephant in the Energy Debate.

ENVIRONMENT ‘Green laws hold up nuclear plans —but we can’t say where’– ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2026/02/14/4-b1-green-laws-hold-up-nuclear-plans-but-we-cant-say-where/ A Business Necessity: Align With Nature or Risk Collapse, IPBES Report Warns. Trump nixes nukes from environmental reviews. £700m plan with ‘fish disco’ could save 90% of marine life, says Hinkley Point C study. New Mexico Environment Department Takes Necessary Action on Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Hexavalent Chromium Plume.

ETHICS and RELIGION. Rot at the Top: The Elite’s Darkest Secrets Spill Out.

EVENTS. 19 February – VIRTUAL EVENT-Decision Time: AI and Our Nuclear Arsenal

HEALTH. Residential proximity to nuclear power plants and cancer incidence in Massachusetts, USA (2000–2018).

INDIGENOUS ISSUES. Submissions to the Federal Court of Appeal about UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) .Sizewell C opponents to appeal High Court decision. Palestine Action protesters found not guilty of Elbit burglary.

MEDIA. Leading PapersCall for Destroying Iran to Save It. Whitehaven’s Polluted Harbour is “Riviera of the North” NuSpeak Lives.

OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . An environmental coalition defends Environmental Justice (EJ) against the Canadian Nuclear Waste Management Organization’s (NWMO) latest Deep Geological Repository (DGR) scheme.

POLITICS.

Is the UK keeping up with the nuclear revival? – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2026/02/14/4-b1-is-the-uk-keeping-up-with-the-nuclear-revival/ REVEALED: Labour said Scottish nuclear study could be seen as ‘waste of money’.
France slashes renewable energy targets, expands nuclear power with new law.
Japan Restarts Nuclear Power at Kashiwazaki Kariwa After 14 Years. Japan to restart world’s biggest nuclear plant on Monday.
The West Bank- Israel’s atrocities in clear sight, but out of mind.
Sixth Trump meeting with his de facto boss…good day to fire him.
Our Leaders Couldn’t Fix Our Problems If They Wanted To (And They Don’t Want To). US Military Helping Trump to Build Massive Network of ‘Concentration Camps,’ Navy Contract Reveals.

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.

Russia says it will stick to limits of expired nuclear treaty if US does the same.
Without an economic reset with Russia, a peace deal for Ukraine may render Britain and Europe weakened relics of a unipolar past.
Collapsing Empire:US Bows To African Revolutionaries.
Bad Beginnings:The End of New START. Last arms control treaty expires.
Iran’s Comprehensive Peace Proposal to the United States. Trump warns Iran of ‘very traumatic’ outcome if no nuclear deal. Trump is not threatening war on Iran over its nuclear program, but because it challenges U.S. dominance. Has Trump been trumped by large, powerful, resolute Iran? Why Iran–US negotiations must move beyond a single-issue approach to the nuclear problem. Iran offers to dilute enriched uranium in exchange for full sanctions relief. Iran suggests it could dilute highly enriched uranium for sanctions relief.

RADIATION. Shrimp with a side of cancer? – Radioactive contamination is real.

SAFETY. Russian nuclear agency insists it can run seized Ukrainian atomic power plant. France must start to plan nuclear closures – safety chief.

SECRETS and LIES. UK ignores corruption scandals when awarding major military contracts.

SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. Hegseth calls for U.S. space dominance.

SPINBUSTER. Ontario – Lecce’s nuclear spin –and the $3.3 billion he forgot to mention EDF makes distorted claims about Hinkley C fish deterrent.

TECHNOLOGY. US campaign puts case for disposal, not reprocessing, of used nuclear fuel.

WASTES. Hanford begins removing waste from 24th single-shell tank.

WAR and CONFLICT.

66 years after France’s firstnuclear test in Algeria, justice is still denied.
Eight Decades Later, It Remains One World or None. On the road to nuclear war. The risk of nuclear war is rising again- We need a new movement for global peace.
Over 2,000 Britons served for Israel amid Gaza genocide.
The Calculus of Conflict: How Russia’s Military Doctrine is Reshaping Modern Warfare .

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES.