Antinuclear

Antidotes to the media-nuclear-military-corporate-complex news this week

Some bits of good news – 27 years after their existence was confirmed, Brazil has begun demarcating land for one of the Amazon’s most vulnerable uncontacted peoples.   

A community saved an English river. ‘David Attenborough Effect’: Meet the wildlife artists inspired by the legendary broadcaster

Significant story of the week – Media Myopia As We Hurtle Towards Climate Oblivion.

TOP STORIES. 

Nobody Sincerely Believes Cuba Threatens The United States. 
A national analysis of the impact of proximity to nuclear power plants on lung, breast and colon cancer mortalities in the U.S., 2000–2020. 
The American epoch of oil is collapsing. What comes next could be ugly.

The Nuclear Lie at the Center of U.S. Foreign Policy 

The Aging Empire versus Slowing Empire: Trump-Xi Meeting.
 128 years of US exploitation, degradation of Cuba continues on steroids – Walt Zlotow.
 Labour accused of making nuclear sector ‘more dangerous’ after capture by ‘vested interests’. 
Death will kill with its poisonous wings 

Climate. Media Myopia As We Hurtle Towards Climate Oblivion. Heatwaves in high 40 degrees Celsius are ‘new normal’ for India and Pakistan, scientists warn.

Noel’s notes. Will there be global war over Taiwan? – Sociology matters.         Why does Substack, like everyone else, want me to put an App on my phone?

AUSTRALIA.

Israel Kidnapped Gaza Flotilla Activists, A Father Demands Answers | The West Report. 

Israel Is Running Australia and No One Is Talking About It.

NUCLEAR-RELATED ITEMS

ARTS and CULTURE. The West’s Descent Toward Totalitarianism. 

ECONOMICS. Spending watchdog warns £38bn cost of Sizewell C nuclear plant is ‘risky’   Power from Sizewell C will be more expensive than Hinkley Point, says UK watchdog
5 Stocks That Benefit From the Government’s $94 Million Spending Spree on Nuclear Reactors – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2026/05/21/1-b1-5-stocks-that-benefit-from-the-governments-94-million-spending-spree-on-nuclear-reactors/

Questions grow in Belgium over plan to nationalize Engie nuclear plants.. 

EDUCATION. Trump Describes Executions to Kids, While MAGA Bans Lessons Causing “Discomfort” . 

ENVIRONMENT.The President of Peace Makes War on the Planet.

ETHICS and RELIGION The Messiah Has Landed – Not. Never again – Worst antisemitism comes from Zionists, says Australian Jew.

EVENTS. 1 June Webinar – The High Cost of Nuclear Power –  Registe

HEALTH. Does Proximity to Nuclear Power Plants Increase Cancer Risk?

HISTORY. Cuba Has a Rich History of International Solidarity – US Wants to Extinguish It. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSkOxYkBsB4

HUMAN RIGHTS. “Don’t Be Bothered by Their Screams”: Ben-Gvir Proudly Posts Video of Police Dragging Members of the Flotilla Team. Julian Assange Free Speech and Democracy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQwe73OcXMo

LEGAL. ICC Targets Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich For War Crimes— He Responds by Promising More War Crimes. International Criminal Court (ICC) Issues Arrest Warrants For Five Additional Senior Israeli Officials. Did Trump Just Create a Political Slush Fund With Taxpayer Money? Mirrors of Greed: Elon Musk, OpenAI and the Tech Brat Battle.

MEDIA. ‘Independent’ Cuban Media Pushing Regime Change. ‘Buffer Zone’ Is Media’s Euphemism for Israeli Occupation. Republicans should be worrying about millions of fools voting for treason and criminal war destroying the economy – Walt Zlotow.

OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . Kenyan communities protest planned nuclear plant near Lake Victoria.

PERSONAL STORIES. “Without Weapons, We Can Do Anything”: Remembering Razan al-Najjar. The children who learn war before they learn the world. The Spoiled Prince of Kiev: Zelensky has deceived and ruined his country with Western help.

POLITICS. American Democracy Does Not Exist. Trump is the joke….. that is no longer funny. As support for Israel declines in the U.S., the ‘Special Relationship 2.0’ is starting to take shape. Pete Hegseth “War Crimes Secretary” Called Out. On Iran war he opposed then supported, Secretary of State Rubio channeled wrong predecessor– Walt Zlotow.

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. Conference at UN to review nuclear nonproliferation treaty fails to reach agreement After Offering ‘No Tangible Concessions’ in Iran Peace Talks, Trump Issues Latest Violent Threat. Trump‑Xi summit: Cautious Progress On Trade, Ties And Some ‘Win‑Wins’. Trump overseeing decline of US world dominance…and that’s good. US President Donald Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping end unipolar age in Beijing. Latvia prime minister resigns over “straying” Ukraine drones.

RADIATION. Very low doses of ionising radiation statistically still give children increased cancer risk. Newly Released Tritium Review Analyzes LANL Tritium Reports, Highlights Infant Doses. CHANGES TO RADIATION PROTECTION STANDARDS – FOR WORSE OR FOR BETTER ?

SAFETY. The military threat to nuclear power plants around the world. Grossi warns at Security Council against attacks on nuclear plants. Danger at Europe’s largest nuclear plant ‘near point of no return’ after deadly attack.  Reactor to be halted after radioactive steam detected in northeastern Japan nuclear plant. UK Nuclear Regulatory Review. Incident – Drone Strikes Nuclear Power Plant in UAE — This Could Get Bad. First attack on Arab nuclear site sends warning to Gulf, US. T he police force protecting our nuclear sites keeps losing classified stuff.

SECRETS and LIES. Declassified: UK Knew NATO Expansion ‘Would Provoke’ Russia War.

SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. With launches slated to grow a hundredfold, Space Force seeks more sites, money, people, and AI.

SPINBUSTER. Another study shows the stupidity of Scottish nuclear.

TECHNOLOGY. Why Small Modular Nuclear Reactors Are a Dead End.

WASTES.  Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) is crucial to ‘nuclear renaissance’ Government told. Scotland the Dump. Survey begins to determine remote island’s suitability for nuclear disposal site.

WAR and CONFLICT. World War Trump (everywhere, Somalia too)

• Fading western imperial war$ on Iran, Palestine, Lebanon, Cuba & more.
• Pentagon quietly shut legally required program to prevent civilian deaths by military, watchdog finds.
• From Asia to the Middle East, US Bombs Are a Failed Foreign Policy Choice.
• Strike near UAE reactor revives concerns over nuclear plant safety in wartime.
• UAE blames Iran or proxies for strike near nuclear plant, as Trump tells Tehran ‘clock is ticking’. The United Arab Emirates said a drone strike caused a fire at the perimeter of its Barakah nuclear power plant.
• Epic Interruptus: The Iranian Snare and American Defeat.
• How Russia signals nuclear resolve with civilian nuclear energy infrastructure. 

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES.

White Elephant in Space: The Extortionate Expense of Golden Dome. Golden Dome or Golden Scam?

Russian nuclear weapons, 2026.

‘He asked if I would defend them’: Trump shares key details of Xi meeting.

Biden left Trump a poison pill that sabotaged his criminal Iran war,

May 24, 2026 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Weekly Newsletter