TODAY. Limits to Albanese’s autonomy – we need a new Gough!

Well, Australia has decided to walk away from previous policy – and now will abstain from voting on the U.N. Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

That’s not that much, but it’s something.

Except for Gough Whitlam, I can’t recall any Australian Prime Minister diverging from our standard subservience to the USA. And look what happened to Gough!

I think that you can safely bet, that before this new decision about abstaining from voting, Anthony Albanese had a little chat with Joe Biden – along the lines of – “Are you sure that this OK, Joe?” Presumably Joe said “OK, but don’t make a big fuss about it”

You see, ever since World War 2, Australia has feared attack from someone – Russia? China? (It used to be Japan – but now we’re doing military exercises with them) And the USA would save us. Heck they’re saving us so thoroughly thaqt now we’ve got targets all over the place – Pine Gap, Western Australia, Darwin, – and before long – nuclear submarine bases.

Gough Whitlam saw what was happening, and wanted to ask uncomfortable questions about Pine Gap.

Ever since then, it’s been toe the U.S. line on everything military – Iraq, Afghanistan, Ukraine …. China.

The most significant obsequiousness is Australia’s cringing silence on the fate of our courageous citizen – Julian Assange.

We are expected to believe that Albanese is working quietly behind the scenes to free Julian Assange.

Well, I don’t believe that. I think that Albanese will do some deal with Biden that Assange will get home to Australia only if he has been humiliated, made to plead guilty, and eventually returned, a completely broken man, to his homeland.

Well, that would be a pretty gutless effort on Albanese’s part. But – a tad better than the Liberal’s fulsome adoration of America.

Alas, like the Australian Labor Party as a whole, Albanese is pretty limited. We need a new Gough.

October 30, 2022 Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, Christina reviews | Leave a comment

This week’s nuclear news – Australia and more

Some bits of good news : Good News On The 2022 Climate Action Front.
Undersea Cable to Funnel 3 Gigawatts of Solar Energy From Egypt to Power Millions of European Households

AUSTRALIA.

Political Solution for Assange: Jennifer Robinson at the National Press Club.

Just like the Liberal Party, the Australian Labor Party appoints a pro-nuclear stooge (Madeleine King) as Resources Minister.

Concerns in outback SA grow as federal government plans to store defence waste at planned Kimba nuclear dump. The previous Liberal government lied about its Kimba nuclear waste dump plan, but be wary of the new Labor government, too. No Nuclear Waste Dump in SA” Motion passed South Australia Labor Conference Sat 22 Oct 2022.

Scandalous conflicts of interest in Australia’s advice from USA on nuclear submarines.

Victoria deserves praise for promising a rapid shift from coal to renewables. Now comes the hard part.

IINTERNATIONAL

CLIMATE. Nuclear is on the front-line of climate change – and not in a good way – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJh_QheDN3E. Nuclear is Not a Climate Solution – Dr. Arjun Makhijani. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM-jMvUuLE4 Noisy support for an obvious failure.

Doomsday Greenland glacier on the brink as scientist sounds alarm. Least Developed Countries want ‘concrete action’ from rich nations at COP27 Climate Summit . COP27 climate change summit: World leaders urged to act as report reveals 768 million are underfed.

Australian nuclear news – and more

Some bits of good news – Whale Reunions, Green Hydrogen and Other Good News on the Climate.A disappointing development. Up until very recently, I would not have considered posting news items from New Corpse, or any other pro-Trump or very right-wing source.

Now that has changed. I am finding that “progressive” people now seem obliged to support Joe Biden and the U.S. Democrats – even if they’re leading us to nuclear annihilation.

Sorry, everyone (- of course I don’t want Quanon and Trump to be in power in 2024), but if right-wing nutters happen to be the ones opposing nuclear war , or telling unpleasant truths about Ukraine, – then I ‘m supporting their views on those matters. And it’s about time that “progressives” woke up.

AUSTRALIA.

70 years since Operation Hurricane: the shameful history of British nuclear tests in Australia

Opponents of nuclear waste facility march as one in Port Augusta to protest. Friends of the Earth call on Madeleine King, Minister for Resources to overturn the declaration on Kimba nuclear waste site. Most of Australia’s nuclear waste comes from Lucas Heights – should it stay there? Australia’s nuclear waste is growing as battle over dump site heats up.

A conversation with Paul Keating: Australia’s strategic interests, alliances and standing up for ourselves

***********************************************************************************

CLIMATE. Preparing for COP27 Climate Summit – an urgent shake-up of international finance system is needed.

CIVIL LIBERTIES. Facing the Warmongers: An Assange Update.

Coronavirus. WHO Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dashboard.

Australian and some other, nuclear news – week to 11 October.

Some bits of good news – What went right this week: an iconic river reborn, plus more. Around 90 per cent of the plastic in our oceans could be gone by 2040-(they claim, anyway).

A tragic and predictable story. Another Australian, Wilfred Burchett went to Hiroshima in the first days following the atomic bomb. He photographed the victims, the devastation, the horror, done by the USA. and he wrote about it all.
What happened to Burchett’s record of this – it disappeared, then came the never-ending persecution of him, and his banishment from his own country.
They’ll do it more subtly to Assange. They’ll aim to break his spirit and his mental health.
For Australia, America’s lackey – the best face-saving outcome will be – to make Assange plead guilty. Then he spends some time in the cruellest USA prison. then a “kindly” U.S. President magnaminously lets him go to an.. Australian gaol. Some years later, a completely discredited and broken Julian is released, when they’re sure he’s forgotten by the public.
But world-wide journalists won’t forget- they have been shown how they must toe the USA line.

Coronavirus.COVID-19 world weekly cases drop 7% but European nations rise 2% .(Governments in Covid denial?) International task force finds COVID-19 origins ‘most likely zoonotic’ and warns of a failure to reduce animal-to-human transmission.Julian Assange tests positive for COVID-19.

AUSTRALIA.

Rotting in jail’: Thousands march for Julian Assange’s release as his brother urges Anthony Albanese to act. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFzxb0bi4pA

The Australian Radioactive Waste Agency (ARWA) shows that the planned Kimba dump is predominantly for ANSTO’s wastes, NOT for medical wastes.

Energy Resources of Australia’s investor Willy Packer completely wrong on Jabiluka uranium.

Coalition nuclear power bill “dead on arrival,” but somehow the debate lives on.

Nuclear Power: the Right’s giant red herring,

‘Next generation’ nuclear is not a credible energy response – makes no sense for Australia- The Australian Conservation Foundation. ‘Unproven’ small nuclear reactors would raise Australia’s energy costs and delay renewable uptake, report says. ‘Next-generation’ nuclear power a furphy.

What do you think the arms trade is, a charity? Actually yes, that’s what it is.

Never mind Australia’s economic problems, health crisis etc – Weapons for Zelensky is the big need..

Pacific islanders want nuclear legacy aid. Radiation ‘hotspots’: legacy of British nuclear tests lingers on idyllic islands in Western Australia.

Tanya Plibersek should seize the moment. The Murray Darling Basin Plan is hobbled – it’s time for Tanya Plibersek to lead

INTERNATIONAL

Assange protesters rally for his release. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-l5-PXo0qY The CIA, the corporate state, and the persecution of Julian Assange – democracy being destroyed.

Nuclear War and Moral Sanity. Why We Need To Teach Nuclear War. Nothing’s more important than avoiding nuclear war. 2022 Nobel Peace Prize award violates the purpose of the prize .

Media hide the fascist ideology of Ukrainian militia who visit U.S. Congress.

The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2022 (WNISR2022). Nuclear share in energy generation falls to lowest in four decades-report.

The risk of nuclear disaster grows every day.

Radioactive releases from the nuclear power sector and implications for child health.

Particle radioactivity linked to pollution-associated heart attack and stroke death.

Renewables need minerals. Can their pollution and public health challenges be overcome?

UKRAINE.

Ukraine behind Crimean Bridge blast – US media . Crimean Bridge explosion ‘just the beginning,’ Ukraine warns. Lavrov explains why Russia sees Ukraine as a threat – Zelensky asked NATO for a pre-emptive nuclear strike. Zelensky aide attempts to walk back call for ‘preemptive strike’. US comments on Zelensky’s ‘preemptive strike’ appeal.
‘We’re hunting them down and shooting them like pigs’: How the Ukrainians are taking brutal revenge on pro-Russian collaborators
Ukraine War Exposes Risks to Deploying Small Nuclear Reactors. Ukraine’s ZNPP Must Be Urgently Protected, IAEA’s Grossi Says After Plant Loses All External Power Due to Shelling. Zaporizhzhia on the brink: How deteriorating conditions at the nuclear power plant could lead to disaster.
Black pigmentation in Chernobyl’s Eastern Tree Frogs. Crops growing 30 miles outside of Chernobyl are still contaminated with dangerous levels of strontium .

POLAND. Poland suggests hosting US nuclear weapons- ‘nuclear sharing’.

RUSSIA. Are Putin’s nuclear threats really likely to lead to Armageddon?

UK

7,000 form human chain in London to protest treatment of Assange.
The great ratepayer robbery: how UK new nuclear rips off its customers. Liz Truss and Emmanuel Macron get together on promoting nuclear power, especially Sizewell C. Will Sizewell C nuclear really go ahead? EDF’s €60bn debt, and €52bn costs for French nuclear build.
Liz Truss blocks a plan for UK citizens to reduce their energy use. Truss sees energy conservation measures as making Britain a ‘nanny state’.
Scotland government will double down on opposition to new nuclear power stations north of the border. Truss call for Scottish nuclear power is to make up for UK mistakes.
Nuclear fusion – public money wasted on this unproven technology. Britain’s new Energy Secretary suffering from the ‘nuclear fusion delusion’.
Nuclear test veterans: Stik sculpture unveiled at Kent army museum.
First containers sealed into Dounreay low level waste vaults. UK’s Nuclear Free Local Authorities urge the South Copeland Geological Disposal Facility to make meetings more “accessible and transparent”.

Continue reading →

October 10, 2022 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina reviews | Leave a comment

TODAY. For Australia, it really is time to take the toys from the boys.

Australia’s new Treasurer, Jim Chalmers prepares to deliver his first budget. Australia is out of the appalling corruption of the Scott Morrison government, but still well in the grip of the USA military-industrial-corporate complex.

Therefore – despite the desperate needs, spelt out by Jim Chalmers himself – troubled global economy, ballooning deficit, – not to mention aged care crisis, health crisis, flood crisis, homeless crisis – Australia still prioritises weapons spending. Callum Foote writes:

Australia is the fourth largest importer of weapons in the world, behind Saudi Arabia, India and Egypt.

Over the next decade, the Australian government will invest $200 billion in the Defence Force with an eye to support the weapons export industry. In line with these goals, Australian military spending has shot through the roof – from $10 billion in 2000 to just under $50 billion in the last budget. The big winners? Largely foreign multinational defence contractors, and plenty of small local ones too; they’re growing along with the public spending.

Now we’re being told that we have to weapon up – against that evil China who (inexplicably) is supposed to be poised to attack Australia. We’re told to stick to that wonderful Fools-Based-International-Order – (meaning back whatever next military venture USA/NATO decides on)

But we don’t only blow our budget on our own defence – now we are obliged to cater to the whim of Zelensky, with his unrealistic goal of completely defeating Russia, and retaking Crimea into Ukraine. When will this weapons extravaganza party for Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, BAE etc ever stop?

October 7, 2022 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina reviews | Leave a comment

Another nuclear/climate worrying week – Australia and beyond

Matavai Pacific Cultural Arts activist holds a sign asking Pacific governments to “Vote YES for Climate Justice” as the Vanuatu Government and civil society organisations seek an advisory opinion at the International Court of Justice. Greenpeace Australia Pacific, Pacific Island Students Fighting Climate Change (PISFCC) and the Pacific Island Climate Action Network (PICAN) were joined by 40 climate activists for two days of mobilisation training in Suva, Fiji. The training was held in the lead up to the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) in Fiji, where activists will call on PIF leaders to endorse an advisory opinion on climate change from the International Court of Justice.

Some bits of good news – UN declares healthy environment a human right. – and other good developments – collated by Greenpeace. World’s Largest Container Line is Rerouting its Fleet to Avoid Collisions with Endangered Blue Whales.. Patagonia company Gives Away Its Entire $3 Billion Worth to fight climate change . Climate. The world in denial about the climate crisis.Tipping Point Hell Approaches. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxoyaCSWFGs

Coronavirus. The pandemic has gone away – yeah, right! –

Health leaders urge vaccination and return to mask-wearing as hospitalisations rise by 37 per cent in a week.

Nuclear. I got distracted from this main subject this week- because of the climate’s urgent reality. It was about King Charles – being told, by that apparently mindless flibbertigibbet Liz Truss, not to attend the COP 27. And he obeyed . Isn’t that just symptomatic of the whole damn problem? We’re all supposed to be ‘nice’ don’t rock the established boat – even though the bloody boat is on fire!.

AUSTRALIA

War Powers Reform: those in favour say aye … or maybe “no comment”. Who are the war criminals? Taiwan “is not a vital Australian interest — we do not recognise it as a sovereign state”.

Nukes Corp swings into action.

Matt Canavan and 8 Coalition Senators aim to overturn Australia’s ban on nuclear power. ‘Radiation risk’: Nuclear threat discovered off the WA coast.

Energy Resources of Australia’s chairman, two directors, say they’ll resign after pressure from Rio Tinto and traditional owners.

INTERNATIONAL

Here comes the catastrophocene…

“End War in Ukraine” Say 66 Nations at UN General Assembly.

What are tactical nuclear weapons? An international security expert explains and assesses what they mean for the war in Ukraine.

US, UK sabotaged peace deal because they ‘don’t care about Ukraine’: fmr. NATO adviser. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T0zaYncvFQ

These ‘nuclear bros’ say they know how to solve climate change.

UKRAINE.

Zelensky pledges never to talk to Putin.
Interviews With Donetsk Residents After Joining Russia – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq-pM-JPBCQ
JOHN PILGER’S 2014 WARNING ABOUT UKRAINE. Both sides need to acknowledge their mistakes, especially regarding Crimea and the Donbass. “Eva Bartlett describes Ukraine’s unspeakable genocide of Donbass FULL INTERVIEW (Graphic Content Warning)” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TiC0w8JLu4
‘Not wise’ to let Ukraine join NATO – Kissinger. U.S. has not seen acts indicating Russia contemplating nuclear attack. NATO chief throws cold water on Ukraine’s bid to join NATO. The New York Times on Ukraine: Vietnam Déjà Vu.
Missile strike near Ukrainian nuclear plant raises new fears. But the real question is why is it there at all? Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant: Energoatom denies fire in power unit 2. Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant director general detained by Russian patrol (since released).
Zelensky Reveals How Much US Taxpayers Give Ukraine Monthly.
Why Donbass residents voted to join Russia – the pro-Russian point of view.
Chernobyl’s Radiation Turned Its Local Frogs Black.

RUSSIA. Kremlin steps back from call to use nuclear weapons. Russia open to in-person talks with U.S. on nuclear arms treaty. Russia’s oil and gas sanctioned, – but its profitable nuclear trade allowed to roll on!

October 4, 2022 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina reviews | Leave a comment

TODAY. Going blindly into the climate apocalypse

Yeah- I promised myself that my websites and articles would stick to the nuclear threat, and to exposing nuclear lies. Yeah – forget climate – everybody else is doing it.

Trouble is – they’re not!. The rich, powerful, influential people are not paying attention to global heating.

Today – the perfect example of corporate control over our planet’s future! King Charles, of the UK and British Commonwealth of Nations, caves in and obeys Prime Minister Liz Truss – he will now not attend the Cop 27 Climate Summit, where he was scheduled to give a speech.

King Charles will shut up about climate, the environment and our future. That is symbolic of what is happening world-wide –

good, supposedly educated, quite affluent people in the so-called developed world are being “nice”, not rocking the boat, not causing others to be anxious, not discussing unpleasant things like global heating – that would be bad taste!

Never mind that our teenagers don’t read books etc, spend their lives on TikTok, with their dwindling attention spans. But some of them are depressed and suicidal. Could that be because those who do think , see that we are giving them a terrible future?

Meanwhile – in the “undeveloped” i.e poor countries, – well, along with drought, hunger, sea level rise, extreme weather, flooding ……. it is a struggle to stay alive, not much energy to deal with climate change. And anyway, their “betters” – powerful , mainly white, people will make their decisions for them. Just a pity that the “betters” are too busy making money, increasing material “goods”, and entertaining themselves.

I still think that I must stick to nuclear. But then again, perhaps it won’t matter – as extreme weather might put a stop to the nuclear industry, along with everything else. Now there’s a silver lining to the gloomy climate picture!

October 3, 2022 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina reviews | Leave a comment

Australian and more – Nuclear news -week to 26 September

Some bits of good news – Good News on AIDS, Ocean Conservation in Indonesia, and Clean Air Zones in Spain.Coronavirus. World –

over 609 million confirmed cases and over 6.5 million deaths. USA 395 117 new cases . The highest numbers of new weekly deaths were reported from the United States of America. President Joe Biden says “The pandemic is over” . As the Americans say – Go figure.

AUSTRALIA

Aukus plan to expedite Australia’s nuclear sub construction an act of nuclear proliferation under ‘naval nuclear propulsion’ cover: Chinese mission to UN . South Australia’s premier says buying nuclear submarines directly from US would degrade Australian shipbuilding.

25 September – anniversary of nuclear bombing at Maralinga – causing Aboriginal deaths, and later deaths of soldiers exposed to radiation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0MgVjCEwd0

Australia’s foreign minister warns of ‘catastrophic’ impact of Indo-Pacific war during UN address.

Greens Senator Barbara Pocock calls on the Federal Government to suspend work on South Australian nuclear waste site. Kimba community groups need to pose these hard questions to Ministers Madeleine King and Ed Husic.

‘A huge victory’: Traditional owners win court challenge against $4.7b Santos gas project

Crikey and Media Watch v Friendlyjordies and Independent Australia.

Consumers reap rewards of 100 pct renewables as wind and solar farms hand back windfall profits

INTERNATIONAL

26 September – International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons: dismantle the warheads and build a common security. International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons 2022: History, Significance and Celebration.

SCOTT RITTER: Reaping the Whirlwind

‘Naïve’ to think Russia will lose war, says Dr Jordan Peterson – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnxxELn00gk The Ukraine war could open the nuclear Pandora’s box. The deadly game of nuclear escalation. Unlocked: NATO prolongs the Ukraine proxy war, and global havoc. World powers must take Putin’s threat seriously, stop the escalation and seek a diplomatic solution.

Small modular reactors: What is taking so long?

World’s richest countries fall short on renewable energy targets.

UKRAINE. Holding ground, losing war. War fears at another Ukraine nuclear site . In effect if not juridically, Ukraine was becoming a member of the NATO alliance.THE WORLD SPLIT APART.

Vladislav Ugolny: Ukraine is targeting civilians for retribution in the east while its Western backers turn a blind eye. HISTORIC CONTEXT OF THE REFERENDA

.

September 26, 2022 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina reviews | Leave a comment

Nuclear news this week

Some bits of good news – California Begins Covering Canals with Solar Panels to Fight Drought. World’s first 100% hydrogen-powered trains now running regional service in Germany to replace diesel.
End of Covid pandemic ‘in sight’, says World Health Organization

Climate : As resistance grows to the fossil fuel regime, laws are springing up everywhere to suppress climate activists.

Coronavirus. Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): Weekly Epidemiological Update.

Nuclear. Oh dear. I hope that the Zaporizhzhia situation works out safely. Even the IAEA are worried, and their job is to promote the nuclear industry. They also think that Australia’s AUKUS nuclear submarines will be fine – no weapons proliferation implications!

Personal note. I also do hope that the news coverage of the Queen’s death has been adequate, and that everyone is getting enough public holidays etc about this. I can’t get through to TPP Wholesale, to find out when and if they’re restoring our website nuclear-news.net. I guess they’re still in mourning.

AUSTRALIA

Australia needs a non-nuclear submarine – the TKMS TYPE 218SG would be fine – just do it, Richard Marles! China, and others, see the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as biased in supporting AUKUS nuclear submarines plan .

The Defence Strategic Review – Australia is becoming a proxy or is it a patsy for the US in a possible conflict with China. Aw gee shucks – Australia can be IMPORTANT if we lead USA’s attacks with our AUKUS submarines !

Barngarla people say NO to a nuclear waste dump. https://youtu.be/mEn_2_x2fZM

‘Doesn’t seem genuine’: Ex-Pacific leaders question Australia’s climate stance

INTERNATIONAL

Doomsday scenario: Simulation reveals nuclear war with Russia would cause 90 million casualties.

New research on how nuclear war would affect Earth – it won’t matter who is bombing whom.

What’s the real price tag for renewable energy for the planet?

World BEYOND War Volunteers to Reproduce “Offensive” Peace Mural.

US EU LOOMING CRASH, BILLIONS OF US $$ POURING INTO UKRAINE, WAR BETWEEN THE US AND RUSSIA.

China, AUKUS clash over nuclear subs.

Nuclear Power Is Too Risky Even in Peacetime. Ukraine Is the Tip of the Iceberg. Nuclear power still doesn’t make much sense.

Gullible governments – US Energy Department returns to costly and risky plutonium separation technologies.

The madness of some environmentalists sucked in by Edward-Teller style nuclear propaganda.

Extreme hunger is soaring in the world’s climate hotspots – Oxfam

Plunging costs of renewable energy – as nuclear power costs increase. Fast transition to renewables will save the world at least $US12 trillion ($A18 trillion) by 2050.

Study shows ‘unprecedented’ changes to world’s rivers

UKRAINE.

American-backed Ukrainian attack to recapture Zaporizhzia nuclear power plant is a critical part of the Western strategy .

Is Zaporizhzhia safer now?

U.S. Finally Admits Ukraine Bombs Zaporizhzhia’s Nuclear Power Plant. Ukraine’s threatened nuclear power plant has been shut down. Has a crisis been averted? Main power line reconnected to Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant . Back-up power lines restored to the shut-down Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station .

Ukraine cracks downs on civilians – official. (Amazingly, this is reported also in the Washington Post – article headed: “Ukraine hit squads are killing Russian occupiers and collaborators”) Hundreds Of Children Included In Ukrainian Public Kill-List. Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Ukrainian lawmakers to drop media bill .

Caitlin Johnstone: Ukraine crawling with CIA & Co. Zelensky and NATO plan to transform post-war Ukraine into ‘a big Israel’.

JAPAN. Plan to encase a Fukushima nuclear reactor and then flood it.

Tepco to revise power prices for industry, factoring in nuclear restart.

UK.

Why future sea levels matter to Suffolk’s Sizewell nuclear plant. Permit problems for Sizewell C nuclear project? Cooling system could kill millions of fish.
France’s problems with nuclear power now causing electricity shortage in Britain, too.
Scotland, with its renewable energy success, has no need for nuclear power.
If we want to cut energy bills we must stop wasting energy .
Tory Minister Zac Goldsmith who cares about the environment sacked as Environment Minister.
EUROPE. Russia’s uranium exports can continue – exempt from sanctions imposed on other commodities. NATO’s Approach to Russia’s Borders Planned Years Ago.
FRANCE.
France calls for more electricity to be imported from neighbouring countries. Continued drop in France’s nuclear power energy production. EDF’s core profits to take a €29bn hit this year from outages at France’s nuclear reactors.
EDF contractors relax radiation exposure limits to speed up reactor repairs.
32 organisations challenge French government’s decrees setting up Bure district for a nuclear waste dump that is not yet even authorised.
A new window into France’s nuclear history.
France sends reprocessed nuclear fuel to Japan, despite environmental and safety dangers.
France Urges Brussels To Label Nuclear-Produced Hydrogen “Green”.

RUSSIA. Russia’s Stranglehold On The World’s Nuclear Power Cycle. New study reveals Russia’s comprehensive buildup of nuclear missile test-ground at Novaya Zemlya.

JAPAN. Sendai and Genkai nuclear power stations in the path of powerful Typhoon Nanmadol.

40% of Japan’s nuclear plant staff lack experiences of reactivation.

USA. Veteran Intelligence Professionals: Ukraine Decision Time for Biden. U.S. military leaders are reluctant to provide longer-range missiles to Ukraine. ( Zelensky itching to attack Crimea?) US-South Korea Provocations in the Pacific.

The Weapons Industry as a Taxpayer Scam How we got to an $850 billion Pentagon budget – “independent” think tanks are funded by weapons corporations.

Space race – the old macho aim – USA and China to beat each other.

General: Supply chain problems are hurting nuclear modernization.

Plutonium secretly shipped to Nevada removed sooner than expected. Weapons-grade plutonium secretly sent from South Carolina to Nevada removed early. Watchdog sues nuclear agency over Los Alamos National Laboratory evaluations.

CANADA. Walk held to protest storing nuclear waste in Northwest. Walkers Count on Local Politicians to Oppose Nuclear Waste in North West Ontario.

IRAN. Israeli sabotage should not be allowed to kill Iran nuclear deal: Middle East Eye.

TURKEY. Russian state firm signs $9.1bn loan deal to fund nuclear plant in Turkey. Turkey, Russia reach deal resolving nuclear plant dispute.

September 19, 2022 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina reviews | Leave a comment

On the disappearance of our international website – nuclear-news.net

This website is taking over for now

One is tempted to think that it’s a conspiracy by the nuclear lobby.

But no – it’s the good old bureaucratic bungling. First the nuclear-news.net website was registered under Digital Business Media (Australia). But they’ve disappeared – and sent nuclear-news.net to TPP Wholesale, and they sent it to Webcentral Group Limited dba Melbourne It (Australia). Webcentral Group Limited dba Melbourne It (Australia) sent it back to TPP Wholesale – who assure me that they will fix it – (but when?)

September 15, 2022 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina reviews | Leave a comment

This week’s nuclear news

Our international news website nuclear-news.net is out of action now, due to a glitch about the domain name. Webcentral Group Limited dba Melbourne it (Australia) might be fixing this for us. In the meantime the international news is going up on antinuclear.net

A bit of good news – Reasons for (cautious) optimism: the good news on the climate crisis

Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Epidemiological Update. No – it hasn’t gone away.

Nuclear. The media contradiction continues – as anxiety increases over Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear station – so does the increase in propaganda about how safe, – clean – cheap – is nuclear power!

AUSTRALIA

The Defence Strategic Review and the loss of our strategic autonomy to the US. Pine Gap a target as Ukraine invasion raises nuclear war risk, Australian defence expert warns. Don’t mention the war powers: what’s behind Labor’s silence on inquiry?

PM grills Peter Dutton on location of power plants amid Coalition’s nuclear push. One legal win for Aboriginal people in South Australia gives hope to the Barngarla people who are fighting the Kimba nuclear waste dump plan.

INTERNATIONAL

Leni Riefenstahl said her epic films glorifying the Nazis depended on a “submissive void” in the German public. This is how propaganda is done.

The colossal failure of the 10th Non Proliferation Treaty Treaty (NPT) Review Conference. After U.N. conference, nuclear disarmament advocates look to new strategies.

Wow! The nuclear lobby comes up with a new plan “to compel governments to make difficult decisions“.

Small nuclear reactors emerge as energy option, but risks loom.

Researchers agree: The world can reach a 100% renewable energy system by or before 2050.

UKRAINE. All 6 reactors at Zaporizhzhia now completely stopped operating . Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station is still under threat. Kiev spreading ‘propaganda by fear’ – French ex-presidential candidate. On Ukraine’s war on the Donbass, Russia’s denazification operation, & being on Ukraine’s kill list. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1Kp7IpzA5Y Zaporizhzhia: proposals for demilitarised zone around Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant are unprecedented – expert reveals. Putin and Macron trade blame over risk at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant.

Western media continues to ignore Ukraine’s public ‘kill list’ aimed at those who question the Kiev regime. . It’s not okay for grown adults to say the Ukraine invasion was “unprovoked”.

EUROPE. Drying up of Europe’s great rivers – the death knell for France’s nuclear fleet?

UK. UK and Europe cannot depend on nuclear power, with reactors shutting down, just as winter hits. Sizewell C nuclear project might be scrapped as UK faces ‘long winter’ due to energy crisis. A farcical detachment from reality’: Green groups respond to Government’s energy bills plan. Nuclear is the worst possible way to back up wind power.

Sizewell C nuclear plant “will never get built” due to impossibility of raising finance for it.Environment Agency rejects EDF’s appeal against requirement to protect millions of fish from Hinkley C’s huge cooling system.

UK government grants £3.3M funding for Advanced Modular Development and Demonstration Nuclear Reactors. Safety a ‘top priority’ for anti-nuclear groups seeking answers on nuclear rail transport. Public opinion in UK – overwhelming support for solar and wind energy .

NORTH KOREA. Kim Jong Un says North Korea’s new law allowing pre-emptive nuclear strikes is ‘irreversible’.

CANADA. Peaceful Walk Against Nuclear Waste Resumes. Medical nuclear reactors becoming redundant as technetium imaging becoming obsolete?

USA. Race Correction and the X-Ray Machine — The Controversy over Increased Radiation Doses for Black Americans in 1968. Trump’s Top-Secret Document Hoard Included Nuclear Weapons Data. Mishandling of Classified Nuclear Documents Is Bad. Mishandling of the Sole Authority to Use Nuclear Weapons Would Be Much Worse. Navy Seeks Solution for Decommissioned Nuclear Carrier USS Enterprise.

IRAN. Revival of the Iran nuclear deal is not likely any time soon. France, Germany and UK lose faith in negotiations with Iran, to restore the nuclear agreement.

GERMANY. German chancellor rejects calls to reverse nuclear power plant closures. Germany to extend last 2 nuclear power plant lifespans by a few weeks. Operator doubts German plan to keep nuclear plants on standby.

SWITZERLAND. Switzerland plans controversial nuclear waste dump all too close to German border.

SOUTH KOREA. Super Typhoon Hinnamnor Could Slam Straight Into Nuclear Power Plant. Jung Jae Kwon: Questioning the nuclear umbrella.

September 12, 2022 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina reviews | Leave a comment

Nuclear-news.net – international news is migrating to this site

Temporarily, I hope

Digital Business Media (based in Melbourne) is not allowing us to renew the domain name nuclear-news.net. (Due for renewal payment on Sat 3rd Sept. They expired it on Sunday 4th Sept and refused to accept payment on Mon 6th Sept.)

SO – this site is now taking over the international news, (includes some Australian)

For specifically Australian news, please go to https://nuclearnewsaustralia.wordpress.com/

September 8, 2022 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina reviews | Leave a comment

A big week in nuclear news

Unfortunately, right now when alternative news on nuclear issues is needed more than ever, our international website, nuclear-news.net is not available. This is due to a domain name problem, which I hope will soon be fixed. Nuclear-news.net has, for over 12 years, been gathering together those few news items that show the ‘other side’ of nuclear news – in a media landscape dominated by glossy spin from the nuclear lobby – regurgitated by the corporate media.

Indeed – right now – it borders on the hilariously funny – as corporate media pushes nuclear power as safe and clean, while Ukraine, Belarus, even Europe anxiously fear catastrophe at Zaporizhia.

A bit of good news – Humanity’s Moment: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope by Joëlle GergisReviewed by Kara Nicholson

AUSTRALIA.

Our Air Force is already ‘operating against China’. Anti-AUKUS campaign ramps up over U.S.-China war talk.

US admiral issues blunt warning on building Australian submarines in overstretched shipyards. Australian submariners to train onboard British nuclear-powered submarines under AUKUS deal. Britain supports Australia’s nuclear submarines – (UK and USA vying for the sale to Oz?)

AI Group Unveiled: a propaganda service for Defence, big business and the Coalition.

INTERNATIONAL.

Russia and the U.S. are entering ‘dangerous and uncharted’ nuclear territory.

Podcast – How the Western Press has become a propaganda tool of the war industry and the Ukrainian government.

Infographic: The impact of nuclear tests around the world. Can the testing on anti-satellite weapons be banned?.

No energy solution without a radical rethink — World leaders suck in the fossil-nuclear mindset.

$Multibillion costs in the struggle to deal with nuclear wastes across the globe.

A climate scientist on the planet’s simultaneous disasters, from Pakistan’s horror floods to Europe’s record drought

Global fossil fuel subsidies rocket to almost $US700 billion in 2021

UKRAINE.

Zaporizhia. Collective madness — Zaporizhzhia is the poster child for abandoning the use of nuclear power. Very real risks of nuclear catastrophe at Zaporizhia nuclear station, with the memory of Chernobyl ever present. A1 IAEA at Zaporizhia nuclear station: Dr Paul Dorfman assesses the risks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7jdMlL3Ohc Ukraine’s nuclear plant partly goes offline amid fighting. Fighting goes on near Ukraine nuclear plant; IAEA on site. Nikopol under attack: Residents flee fighting near Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

UN thanks Russia for keeping nuclear team safe. Fighting at Ukraine nuclear plant brings chances of a meltdown to a ‘coin toss’, expert says. U.S. Calls For ‘Controlled Shutdown’ Of Zaporizhzhya Plant As IAEA Inspectors Seek Access. New artillery attack as IAEA heads to Ukraine nuclear plant. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ooAMfR7PrQ

Pentagon admits ‘likelihood’ of Ukrainian shelling near nuclear plant. Ukraine accused of targeting possible route of nuclear inspectors. Russia accuses Ukraine of fresh shelling of nuclear plant. Satellite images show damage to buildings right next to Zaporizhzhia nuclear reactors. Russia blames Ukrainian forces for potential disaster.

European Union providing Ukraine with over 5 million doses of potassium iodide tablets. Zelensky aide says UN nuclear watchdog should be mistrusted ‘by default’. If people take part in referendums in Donbass region, Ukraine government will prosecute them as criminal offenders. Ukrainian government wants to sell nuclear energy to Germany .

Moscow says – US Afraid Inhumane Acts Committed by Azov Terrorists Will Be Made Public. International Atomic Energy Agency inspection team on its way to Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

JAPAN. Fukushima town lifts evacuation order, but few former residents want to come back. Fukushima Plants Showing ‘Unusual Growing Patterns’.

PACIFIC ISLANDS. As Japan builds nuclear dumping facilities, Pacific groups say ‘stop‘.

RUSSIA. Gorbachev Ended Cold War, Eased Nuclear Tensions But Trusted US Too Much – Experts.

UK. New nuclear bases and nuclear submarines in Scotland deemed “unachievable” by a UK Government watchdog. Navy officer opposed to nuclear weapons sues UK Ministry of Defence .

You can’t trust Liz Truss (oil and gas devotee) on energy policy for Britain Nuclear power: the accumulating problems. Boris Johnson unveils £1.45billion nuclear submarine. Boris Johnson’s parting gift – a £30 billion nuclear debt. Boris Johnson locking the next Prime Minister into unsustainable nuclear debt. High Court legal challenge to UK government against decision to build Sizewell C nuclear station.

Caroline Lucas, Green Party MP for Brighton Pavilion condemns decision for massively costly Sizewell C nuclear station. Boris Johnson’s legacy of the nuclear fantasy. Compulsory purchase orders of land for Sizewell C nuclear project . Stop Sizewell C urges Boris Johnson’s successor to totally review this costly nuclear project. £3.3 million tax-payer boost for untried non-existent technology . Nuclear power for Britain – a “financial basket case “. UK’s Nuclear Gambit Faces Long Odds Even With Sizewell Approval.

GDF Community Partnership promotes “feel good” books to children., making nuclear waste dump ‘cute and safe’. A concerted push now for renewable energy would save Britons billions of pounds.

USA. Mothers For Peace disappointed that California Governor supports ”lifeline” for Diablo Canyon nuclear power station. USA’s Inflation Reduction Act a tidy little bonanza for the nuclear industry . City of Aiken will receive more than $168M in plutonium storage settlement. Radioactive Waste ‘Everywhere’ at Ohio Oilfield Facility, Says Former Worker.

CANADA. Walk in Ignace protests nuclear waste storage site.

EUROPE. Gas prices and nuclear outages put European grid at breaking point.

SWITZERLAND. Future threat to Europe’s water supplies as Switzerland’s glaciers are rapidly thawing . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-18HL-dpWw

FRANCE. France braces for uncertain winter as nuclear power shortage looms.

PAKISTAN. The ‘horrors of climate change‘ hit Pakistan . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGvggMbBfWY

SOUTH ASIA. South Asian countries facing devastating extreme weather events – seek reparation from rich countries.

IRAN. Iran does not seek to develop nuclear weapons, says President Ebrahim Raisi. Iran seeks stronger U.S. guarantees for revival of 2015 nuclear deal.

September 5, 2022 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina reviews | Leave a comment

Australian nuclear news, and more

Some bits of good news – With all the various omnicidal threats to our planet, it’s a temptation to just give up. But giving up is just not an option. This week, there’ve been two reminders -powerful messages of why we can still hope, and more importantly, still act – in a myriad of ways. Radio Ecoshock replayed It’s wrong to wreck the world. In this broadcast, Kathleen Dean Moore delivers an artful talk about our attack on Nature, and hope of reviving love instead. Alex Smith comments: “Morality” sounds boring. This speech surprised and moved me. It will do the same for you.”Then there’s Dr Jane Goodall – still hopeful about the Earth’s future.

Coronavirus. No it hasn’t gone away – a slight drop in cases and deaths world-wide.

Climate change. The climate crisis is a hunger crisis.

AUSTRALIA.

Australia and China policy- David Bradbury interviews strategy expert Hugh White – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eT8bbdOAog8 . Australian government working with pro-nuclear zealot Jonathon Mead to plan US/UK nuclear submarines for Western Australia. Nuclear bomb tests at Emu Field remain obscured by Maralinga and the mists of time. Terrifying nuclear bomb prediction as world tensions rise.

Refuting the nonsense by Sam Usher of the Australian Radioactive Waste Agency in favour of dumping nuclear waste at Kimba, South Australia. Ranger Mine uranium-contaminated waste trucked to Darwin suburb.

The climate bores. If we want to replace fossil fuels with renewables, we must cut energy consumption.

INTERNATIONAL.

The only thing keeping US and China from war is running dangerously thin.

The West’s false narrative about Russia and China. The blind side to western wars and western war crimes. Civilian casualties in Ukraine-5,000? In Yemen-380,000? But Western Media tells a different story! Ukraine and the Politics of Permanent War – Permanent war requires permanent censorship.

Are Russia and NATO trying to destroy the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty?. Meeting on Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty ends in failure, as Russia blocks final draft.

Commemorate August 29: International Day against Nuclear Tests .

Astronauts Going to Mars Will Receive Many Lifetimes Worth of Radiation.

Busting the absurd pro-nuclear spin of “Ecomodernism”.

Digital damage: Is your online life polluting planet?

UKRAINE.

Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 186 of the invasion. Imperiled Ukrainian nuclear power plant has the world on edge – a safety expert explains what could go wrong. The cost of Ukraine’s de-Russification. The Hidden Truth about the War in Ukraine, and about Crimea and Donbass – Jacques Baud.

Russia-Ukraine war: Ukraine announces mandatory evacuations . Fears of ‘radiation cloud through Europe’ if Ukraine plant blows. Fears of a radiation leak mount near Ukrainian nuclear plant’. Anti-radiation-sickness pills given out amid shelling near Ukrainian nuclear station. UN chief demands halt to “nuclear saber-rattling” at Ukrainian nuke plant. Russia says it destroyed howitzer used to shell Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant.

Zelensky ‘troubled’ as he questions inner circle’s loyalties – Erdogan. Zelensky warns “no more peace talks”, if Donetsk People’s Republic prosecutes captured Neo Nazi fighters for war crimes. ‘We should kill as many Russians as we can’ – Ukrainian envoy. Ukrainian Hit List – targets Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters, Daria Dugina, Kissinger and 1000s of journalists. ‘Peacemaker’ of death: This Ukrainian website threatens hundreds of thousands with extrajudicial killings — some are Americans.

EUROPE.NATO Abandons Diplomacy, Says No Longer ‘At Peace’.

NEW ZEALAND. The world stands on a nuclear precipice – we must avoid catastrophe- Jacinda Ardern.

August 29, 2022 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina reviews | Leave a comment

Nuclear news – Australia and more – this week

A bit of good news – Antibody “master key” discovery could neutralize all COVID variants.

Climate change- The Social, Cultural, and Economic Implications

Nuclear. A strange contradiction going on – with double messaging coming from the nuclear lobby and IAEA. We must bear in mind that the goal of the IAEA is to “assist its Member States, in the context of social and economic goals, in planning for and using nuclear science and technology for various peaceful purposes, including the generation of electricity, and facilitates the transfer of such technology and knowledge in a sustainable manner to developing Member States” – in other words – to promote nuclear power.

So -we are being told that the safe way towards climate action is nuclear power, and especially now , as we need to avoid Russian gas. (Apparently Russian uranium is OK. ) At the same time, the IAEA is warning that the presence of the Zaporizhia nuclear plant in a military zone is a threat to European, even global safety. So – nuclear reactors are safe, but in some circumstances, very unsafe.

AUSTRALIA.

Gem Romuld – ‘Reject the deadly logic of nuclear deterrence’. Richard Marles reaffirms Australia’s commitment to the one-China policy and ‘stabilising’ Canberra-Beijing relations.

Australia is failing to deliver on the UN Rights of Indigenous people.

INTERNATIONAL.

The Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is a fraud as the nuclear Mafia continue to spend $billions on their nuclear arsenals

” The New Space Race is Going Nuclear”. As Threat of Militarisation Rises, International Community Races to Set Standards for Responsible Behaviour in Outer Space. (without much luck!)

Arctic is warming nearly four times faster than the rest of the world – new research. ‘Off the charts’: Glaciers in Europe experience extreme melt.

UKRAINE.