Antinuclear

The non-corporate nuclear news this week

Some bits of good news –   This City Turned Its Rooftops into a Climate Shield.   Wales passed a ‘life-changing’ homelessness bill.  a form of blindness.

TOP STORIES. 

Trump Advisers Want Israel To ‘Attack Iran First’ For Better Optics: Politico.

National analysis of cancer mortality and proximity to nuclear power plants in the United States.

Year 4: The Timeline That Tells the Tale

“Selling a dream”: the French nuclear start-up that ran aground.

AUSTRALIA. 

AUKUS & potential terrorism threats.

•  Is Australia-US Alliance Hurting Australia? 
• Jewish groups call on Tony Burke to cancel Israeli journalist visa. 
• Good enough for Gina Rinehart should be good enough for Palantir. 
• Australia invests $310m to fast-track parts for first AUKUS nuclear submarines.

NUCLEAR-RELATED ITEMS.

ATROCITIES. ‘Flagrant War Crime’: Investigation Recreates 2025 Israeli Massacre, Cover-Up of 15 Gaza Aid Workers.                            Israeli troops fired900+ rounds at Gaza medics – report

CLIMATE. Rapid UK coastal erosion throws spotlight on £40bn nuclear plant- ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/?s=+Rapid+UK+coastal+erosion+throws+spotlight

ECONOMICS. The priciest electricity in the world -ALSO AT. https://nuclear-news.net/2026/02/26/1-b1-the-priciest-electricity-in-the-world/  Sizewell C power to cost almost double today’s prices – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2026/02/27/2-b1-sizewell-c-power-to-cost-almost-double-todays-prices/ How will free-spending Ford pay for Ontario’s $400-billion nuclear plans? – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2026/02/28/2-a-how-will-free-spending-ford-pay-for-ontarios-400-billion-nuclear-plans/ Hinkley Point C faces further delays as costs continue to mount.  EDF pledges new £15bn UK investment as falling energy prices hit profits.

ENERGY. The End of Baseload Power as We Know It . Nuclear energy is a distant prospect – wind and solar are here now. Renewables projected to overtake gas on cost within five years, report finds . Fuel shortage threatens US nuclear resurgence, warns top supplier.- ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/?s=Fuel+shortage+threatens+US+nuclear+resurgence  Fuel Supply Gap Could Hold Back U.S. Nuclear Energy Renaissance.

EVENTS 
 Webinar “Debunking Nuclear Hopium – Small Modular Nuclear Reactors, Advanced Nuclear Reactors, and Fusion”  at https://www.grassrootsinfo.org/forums

HEALTH. Middle-aged women ‘most at risk of cancer’ from nuclear power plants.

INDIGENOUS ISSUES. The hidden health crisis tied to America’s nuclear arsenal: How Native American families suffer the grisly side-effects from uranium mines.

LEGAL. Appeal court refuses TASC’s appeal against the High Court’s Sizewell C JR application decision.

MEDIA.New Book: The Dangers of Ionising Radiation Israel Responsible for Two-Thirds of Journalist Deaths in 2025: Press Freedom Group

OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . No to uranium mining in Greenland. Britain must rethink its disastrous nuclear expansion – public protest can make it happen!

POLITICS Schumer, Jeffries blink…Senate, House to vote on War Powers Resolution next week to stop Trump’s criminal war on Iran .  Democratic congressional leaders are working to stop War Powers Resolution opposing Trump’s criminal Iran war.

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. “The Surgery of the World”: Netanyahu Arrives in Washington to Deliver the Final Blow to Diplomacy and Ignite a Major War.                                DOOMSDAY: The Suicide Pact Nobody Voted For.                                                                  US-UK tech talks restart with a focus on nuclear projects– ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2026/02/28/3-b1-us-uk-tech-talks-restart-with-a-focus-on-nuclear-projects/

SAFETY . ‘Making America Unsafe Again’: Alarm Over Environmental Review Exemption for Nuclear Reactors.               UK regulators to begin formal assessment of TerraPower’s 345MWe sodium-cooled fast reactor.            Nuclear power station workers ‘failed to ensure safety‘ after incident.                                                       Babcock CEO responds to Rosyth nuclear handling concerns.

SECRETS and LIES. National Endowment for Democracy leader cut off in Congress after boasting of ‘deploying’ 200 Starlinks to Iran amid violence.

SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. SpaceX and Blue Origin abruptly shift priorities amid US Golden Dome push

SPINBUSTER. The Innate and Inseparable Ties Between Nuclear Weapons and Energy

WASTES. Decommissioning. The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) group Strategy Effective from March 2026

WAR and CONFLICT. Could Hungary’s fight over oil change course of Ukraine War?

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. Hegseth Demands Anthropic Let Military Use AI However It Wants—Even for Autonomous Killer Drones and Spying On Americans– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CFkZOmAUFE The Bombs Which Polish the Skulls of the Dead. Nuc­lear waste leaks show the need for focus on renew­ables. Zelenskyy says he’d accept nuclear weapons from UK, France ‘with pleasure’

March 1, 2026 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Weekly Newsletter