Non-corporate nuclear-related news – week to 14 June

Some bits of good news –   How To End A War: Lessons from Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Juan Manuel SantosMangrove forests stage a comeback. French Polynesia Protects Biodiverse Ocean Area Twice the Size of Arizona Teeming with Life

TOP STORIES. Reactor reboot at world’s largest nuclear plant highlights flaws in Japan’s radioactive waste plans.Is America ready for a nuclear explosion in space? 
‘Burn for us’: The real message of US-EU ‘nuclear sharing’.
 FIFA, Eurovision expelled Russia but Israel has Impunity.
Chas Freeman: The Greater Israel Project Is Collapsing Under the Weight of Endless War.
AI to double data centre power and water consumption by 2030, UN researchers say.

Climate. Record winter temperatures in Antarctic raise fears over speed of climate breakdown

AUSTRALIA.

• Technology unravels strategy and the weakness of AUKUS 
• AUSTRALIA’S SECRET EMBRACE OF U.S. NUCLEAR PLANNING 
• SUBMISSION: Radiation protection for workers and members of the public under AUKUS.
• Freedom Of Information to die? Albanese’s nuclear strike on transparency. 
• From the archives – Freedom Of Information win as Information Commissioner rebukes Defence secrecy. 
• Resisting radioactive racism in Australia. 
• Nuclear test survivor’s daughter calls on First Nations communities to speak up on AUKUS   
• Greens warn nuclear submarines deal risks war with China as Albanese says Aukus ‘full-steam ahead’ .  
• Investigating the Foolish: The AUKUS Public Inquiry is Announced. 
• More Australian news at https://antinuclear.net/2026/06/07/australian-nuclear-news-week-to-13-june/

NUCLEAR-RELATED ITEMS

ATROCITIES. Visual data reveals extent of systematic Israeli white phosphorus attacks on south Lebanon: Report. More Palestinians killed by Israeli military and settlers across occupied West Bank in last 3 years since Gaza hostilities than previous 17 combined – Oxfam. Israel Has Engineered a Deadly Shortage of Medications and Health Care in Gaza.

CLIMATE. A nuclear war between India and Pakistan could destroy the ozone layer.

CIVIL LIBERTIES. Natasha Walter: Labour’s workaday repression of protest doesn’t alarm us – But it should.

ECONOMICS.

• We economists have done the maths: ‘growth’ is a doomed strategy – there is a better way.
• Rolls-Royce strikes nuclear deal with Japan, likely to be tax-payer funded – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2026/06/14/6-b1-rolls-royce-strikes-nuclear-deal-with-japan-likely-to-be-tax-payer-funded/
• Campaigners demand answers over Sizewell C costs and completion date. Are the Sizewell C financing arrangements a model for other European countries? Sizewell C to move work offsite ‘as much as possible’ amid skills crisis. Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) defends Sizewell C funding which puts risk on taxpayer. – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2026/06/12/5-b1-department-for-energy-security-and-net-zero-desnz-defends-sizewell-c-funding-which-puts-risk-on-taxpayer/
• United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) commits £20M to UKI2S fund for fusion innovation .
• Screwed again: small investors to bail out billionaires from SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic. 

EMPLOYMENT. Planned strikes suspended at nuclear site. Industrial dispute on Hinkley C site sees large police presence.

ENVIRONMENT. Hinkley Nuclear plant could be delayed again by demands to protect fish – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2026/06/14/6-b1-hinkley-nuclear-plant-could-be-delayed-again-by-demands-to-protect-fish/

EVENTS. 25 June- THE PUKE ON NUKES. 26 June –  Radiation Trainwreck at the NRC / Join the Protect Better Campaign . Protect Sazan Island from the Trump family!. Protest to be held at Calderbridge nuclear waste meeting.

HISTORY. How Israel Planned The Gaza Genocide Decades Ago. How The CIA Conjured Ukrainian Nationalism. Tortured US history with Iran goes back 73 years, not 47.

MEDIA.

• Western Media Normalize Ethnic Cleansing of Lebanon by Viewing It Through Israel’s Eyes.
• Media’s Ceasefire Fiction Masks Continuing War.
• Revealed: USAID, National Endowment for Democracy & Open Society Quietly Bankroll Cuba’s “Independent” Media In Push for Regime Change.
• Honorable Mention to “HIBAKUSHA – WANDERING SOUL“ 

OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . Sizewell C: the Unanswered Questions.

PERSONAL STORIES. Stewart Lee: Quick – dangerous ideologies are storming the beaches – Has anyone reserved a sun-lounger?

POLITICS.

ROSATOM report.

Trump’s Sedition Act for Israel.

Fusing the US Military and the Israeli Defense Force 

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.

• The view from Moscow: The future of nuclear arms control exists, but the path is hard.
• IAEA board passes resolution demanding Iran report uranium stocks.
• Is the Ceasefire Dead? (w/ Alastair Crooke) -The Chris Hedges Report.
• The Gazafication of Lebanon: How Israel Exports Destruction and Washington Protects It.
• Trump news at a glance: president claims Iran ‘no longer want a nuclear weapon’ amid peace deal hopes.
• 𝐍𝐄𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐘𝐀𝐇𝐔’𝐒 𝐆𝐀𝐌𝐁𝐋𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐃𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐈𝐃𝐃𝐋𝐄 𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓.
• ‘The Humiliation Just Compounds’: Trump Tells Netanyahu Not to Bomb Iran, Then Israel Strikes Anyway. Trump and Netanyahu: The odd couple.
• Why Europe Embraced Authoritarianism For Israel.
• International People’s Tribunal (IPT) invites representatives of the United States Government and the Government of the Republic of Korea to participate in Proceedings on Korean Victims of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic Bombings. 

RADIATION. NUCLEAR HOTSEAT. Women, Children At Greatest Risk from Nuclear Radiation – UN Report by Mary Olson, Dr. Amanda M. Nichols 

SAFETY.

• No electricity at Zaporizhia nuclear power plant after attack, IAEA says.
• Experts Warn Against Handing Impact Assessment of Nuclear Projects Over to Captured Regulator.
• Shipment of nuclear waste from Sellafield heads to Germany, raising safety concerns.
• UK to Extend Life of Sizewell B Nuclear Plant by 20 Years !
• The timeline for restoring operations at the Chornobyl nuclear waste storage facility following Russian shelling remains unknown – IAEA . Power returns to Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant after prolonged outage, IAEA says.
• Incidents. IAEA warning after drone hits used fuel facility near Chernobyl. Another deadly explosion casts shadow over Hanwha Aerospace’s cutting-edge image

SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. Space Force needs to prepare for an ‘in-person’ moon conflict with China, new report argues. United Nations Open-ended working group on the prevention of an arms race in outer space in all its aspects (“OEWG on PAROS”)

SPINBUSTER. The push to lift Ireland’s nuclear ban: Going nuclear or nowhere? Beyond the Propaganda: The French Uniqueness and the New Nuclear Dead End – Excerpts at https://nuclear-news.net/2026/06/14/6-b1-beyond-the-propaganda-the-french-uniqueness-and-the-new-nuclear-dead-end/ Hegseth Compares D-Day Troops to Europe’s Migrants. Israel Could Solve Its PR Problem By Simply Ceasing To Be Evil.

TECHNOLOGY. Can small nuclear reactors deliver for Europe? Nuclear-fusion firm says plant will deliver electricity to grid — but big questions remain.

WAR and CONFLICT.

• US Begins Another Round of Attacks on Iran.
• War crime -US ‘precision strikes’ cut water access to 20,000 people in southern Iran.
• Putin Powerfully Rebuffed The Hawks Who Want Him To Attack NATO.
• Russian drone hits nuclear fuel site near Chernobyl – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2026/06/12/5-b1-russian-drone-hits-nuclear-fuel-site-near-chernobyl/
• Battle for Kiev 2022: The Battle That Never Was [i]. 

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES.

Nuclear weapons spending surges to record high of $119bn, report says .

Britain has become third-largest nuclear weapons spender – CND. UK overtakes Russia as Labour hike nuclear weapon spend by 17 per cent. UK Navy nuclear submarine fleet stuck in dock while awaiting maintenance.

North Korea will never give up its nuclear weapons, says Kim Jong-un’s sister. Kim Jong Un vows to build nuclear-armed navy with ‘secret underwater weapons‘ as he tours warship with his daughter. 

WOMEN. A Collective Call by the Women of the World.

June 15, 2026 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Weekly Newsletter