TODAY. Relief – Hiroshima Day is over – now to our glorious $2 trillion nuclear weapons “modernization”!
August 7th. Hiroshima day is over. We can all breathe a sigh of relief. No need to be sad any more , about nuclear bombing. (Oh wait – there’s Nagasaki Day on the 9th. No matter, there’s very little coverage of that, and the people who count – the smart young people, probably have neder heard of it,
The good thing is – industry races on! Especially the USA nuclear weapons industry. Ain’t that great! They’re going to spend $2 trillion on “modernizing” nuclear weapons. And if Donald Trump gets in, backed by the Heritage Foundation, well – it will be more than $2 trillion.
I mean – think of the jobs jobs jobs! Think of the return to shareholders!
(Think of the American national debt – Nah – don’t go there. That is communist -style thinking and negativity)
No we don’t need negativity. Some people moan about not spending enough money on combatting climate change, on cleaning up plastic pollution, on preserving biodiversity, or even on feeding the world’s refugees and the hungry second-rate peoples.
No – positivity is the way to go. A positive approach to later on having a war against the evil Chinese and the evil Russians.
This week: The other side of news on nuclear and related issues
Some bits of good news– Trees Reveal Climate Surprise: Bark Removes Methane from the Atmosphere
Global population predictions offer ‘hopeful sign’ for planet, UN says. UNICEF and UNWRA work together in Gaza.
TOP STORIES.
79 years since the unthinkable.
The Great Global Computer Outage Is a Warning We Ignore at Our Peril .
Eastern Europe’s purchase of US nuclear reactors is primarily about military ties, not climate change.
How Many Nuclear Bombs Has The US Air Force Lost?
Climate. Extreme ‘heat dome’ hitting Olympics ‘impossible’ without global heating. Largest wildfire in US grows to cover area bigger than Los Angeles
Noel’s notes. “People of a generally nervous disposition” worry about mishaps with nuclear bombs. Who will honestly face up to the problem of nuclear wastes? Rolling Stewardship as a practical option.
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AUSTRALIA. Nuclear is a toxic idea … here’s why. Australia should avoid small nuclear reactors until 2040s, engineers warn. AUKUS servility just one facet of poor governance. Israel lobby ramps up scare campaigns in fear of truth. America’s war machine: Unless Australia acquires nuclear weapons, why acquire AUKUS subs? Lots more Australian nuclear news at https://antinuclear.net/2024/08/01/australian-nuclear-news-headlines-29-july-5-august-2/
| ARTS and CULTURE. 2-3 August, and 6-8 August Hiroshima Seen: Survivors and Witnesses Picture the Nuclear Age. The pictures worth a thousand words. | CLIMATE. Atomic Fallacy: Why Nuclear Power Won’t Solve the Climate Crisis. Californians defy evacuation orders as wildfire threatens homes. As record heat risks bleaching 73% of the world’s coral reefs, scientists ask ‘what do we do now?’ |
ECONOMICS.
- Point Lepreau nuclear station – a heavy financial burden that keeps getting heavier-ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2024/07/30/3-b1-point-lepreau-nuclear-station-a-heavy-financial-burden-that-keeps-getting-heavier/
- NuScale Power plunges after report says it is under SEC investigation.
- U.S. company HOLTEC approaches South Yorkshire with £1.3bn offer to start Small Nuclear Reactor production.
- Rolls Royce – the “burning platform”? Rolls-Royce to sell stake in mini-nukes arm ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2024/08/05/1-b1-rolls-royce-to-sell-stake-in-mini-nukes-arm/
- Government partnership is needed if Dutch pension fund PME is to make “risky” nuclear investment.
- ‘Ultra-cheap energy for every household’: could a different kind of tariff change everything?.
| EDUCATION. Some UK higher education rejoices in the nuclear and military partnership. | ENERGY. UK Electricity System Operator (ESO)s Future Energy Scenarios for a green UK – nuclear power is uncertain. This. nuclear waste site could soon host a massive solar installation. California achieves 100% renewable energy for 100 days. How much electricity comes from the Sun on summer days in the UK? Renewables are crushing gas-fired power. |
| ENVIRONMENT. Oceans. Link between unexploded munitions in oceans and cancer-causing toxins determined. | ETHICS and RELIGION. Project 2025 – A New Pax Romana | LEGAL. Assange, CIA Surveillance and Spain’s Audencia Nacional. |
MEDIA. Mass Media Goons Are Still Reporting That Biden Is Getting Tough On Netanyahu.
The Hidden Ties Between Google and Amazon’s Project Nimbus and Israel’s Military.
OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . Japan, U.S. urged to work for nuclear abolition at symposium.
Blackwater Against New Nuclear Power Group (BANNG)campaigners say company’s claims over Bradwell B are false.
PERSONAL STORIES.
‘True horror’: Japan’s Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor campaigns for a nuclear-free world.
Canada and the Atom Bomb: Remembering As an Act of Resistance.
| POLITICS. US Congressmen Say ‘No War With Iran!’ Trump could win back the nuclear codes-Biden should put guardrails on the nuclear arsenal—now. Americans! How to make your vote count in November, and save the world in the process. Kamala: We need a ceasefire and arms embargo NOW! UK – the Ed Milliband Nuclear Nonsense Show. Generic Design Assessment Step 1 of the Holtec SMR: statement of findings. Bruce County Council nuclear endorsement undermines local democracy. | POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. Putin warns the US of Cold War-style missile crisis. Nagasaki decides against inviting Israel to commemorate nuclear bombing of Japan amid war on Gaza. Understanding China’s Approach to Nuclear Deterrence. The Abrahamic Alliance: Reality or work of fiction? Behind a Nuclear Cooperation Agreement With Washington -Singapore not committed to nuclear power |
| SAFETY. Japan nuclear watchdog panel decides against restarting Tsuruga reactor. US nuclear plant unfit for quick resurrection, former lead engineer says. | SECRETS and LIES. Greasing Palms: The Thales Blueprint for Corruption. Britain’s nuclear submarine software built by Belarusian engineers. | TECHNOLOGY. Is the dream of nuclear fusion dead? Why the international experimental reactor is in ‘big trouble’ |
WASTES. Burying radioactive nuclear waste poses enormous risks.
Is Manitoba willing to accept nuclear waste risks?
Japan continues search for its first nuclear waste disposal site by screening tiny rural town.
WAR and CONFLICT.
- US Will ‘Certainly’ Defend Israel If Attacked By Iran In Wake Of Haniyeh Killing. US deploys 12 warships to Middle East as Israel escalates attacks in region.
- Iran vows revenge after Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh killed in Tehran. Major escalation’: Israel bombs densely populated area of Beirut, Hezbollah says commander survived the attack.
- Israeli Forces Have Killed 366 UN Workers and Family Members in Gaza: Leaked Report. “Unspeakable”: Doctors Back from Gaza Say Death Toll “Much Higher,” Push Harris, Biden for Ceasefire.
- Where Is the Biden Plan to End the War in Ukraine?
- Putin often cites Russia’s ‘nuclear doctrine’ governing the use of atomic weapons. But what is it?
- The US might lose a war with China, congressional commission says.
WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES.
First NATO F-16’s delivered to Ukraine (nuclear capable).
Replacing the UK’s nuclear deterrent: The Warhead Programme– without appropriate Parliamentary scrutiny.
‘Nuclear weapons money could tackle climate change‘- Martha Wardrop, Scottish Greens.
Counteracting the nuclear spin, and more – week to 29 July
Some bits of good news. The Gambia’s decision to uphold ban on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) a critical win for girls’ and women’s rights. Oceana Canada Celebrates Major Conservation Victory: Underwater Mountains off the Coast of B.C. Now Permanently Protected, under indigenous guidance. Great Green Wall has revived Africa’s degraded landscapes
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TOP STORIES.
What the top UN court’s ruling means for Israel. Netanyahu Commands, US Obeys.
Rolling stewardship of nuclear waste.
Young Changemakers Advocate for Nuclear-Free Future through Educational Journey in Kazakhstan.
Climate. Severe heatwave in Iran forces shops and public institutions to close
Noel’s notes. Militarism: How NATO is co-opting women and young people – with a veneer of peace and fun. The digital system threatens the nuclear industry – it’ll get worse with AI. Absolutely fed up with Facebook and Google’s censorship of nuclear issues.
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AUSTRALIA. Dutton’s nuclear delusion an exercise in stupidity. Czech nuclear deal shows CSIRO GenCost is too optimistic, and new nukes are hopelessly uneconomic. Aussies react to Dutton’s Nuclear Policy – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o4S335dXM4
Canada rejects AUKUS nuclear submarine deal. AUKUS and the pride of politicians.
From the archives. Gina Rinehart’s threat to the proud independence of Australia’s Fairfax newspapers.
Respect and responsibility: Jabiluka safe as uranium mining lease for Kakadu site not renewed8.
Lots more Australian news at https://antinuclear.net/2024/07/23/australian-nuclear-news-headlines-22-29-july/
NUCLEAR ITEMS
CLIMATE. Hungary to allow nuclear plant to exceed Danube water temperature limit. Huge wildfire rips into California.
ECONOMICS.
- Critical AUKUS contract doubles in price and now a year late.
- ‘ Regulated Asset Base’ system mulled in Japan to add nuke plant construction costs to rates.
- Point Lepreau nuclear station down till at least September, costing utility extra $71M ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2024/07/24/3-b1-point-lepreau-nuclear-station-down-till-at-least-september-costing-utility-extra-71m/ A New Brunswick reaction to the exorbitant costs of Point Lepreau nuclear power station.
- Spain: Nuclear Industry Reels After Tax Increase.
- UK / New Energy Minister Underlines ‘Absolute Support’ For SMRs, But Less Certain On Wylfa Plans.
- French nuclear giant ORANO slips into the red following Niger-French breakup. EDF looks towards future projects after flagging tough second half.
| EDUCATION. Bangor University to collaborate with Rolls Royce and the University of Oxford to develop nuclear power for space. | ENERGY. Solar doesn’t need a toxic “friendship” with nuclear power. | ETHICS and RELIGION. A letter to the children of tomorrow. “Nuclear disarmament is a right to life issue” – Catholic Archbishop John C Wester. |
EVENTS. 30 July Webinar: Halt Holtec – the Nuclear Mafia Atomic People will be broadcast on Wednesday 31 July on BBC Two and BBC iPlaye 6 August WEBINAR. Never Again! Remembering the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
| LEGAL. A $36.8 billion lesson from Georgia– “The most expensive electricity in the world”Potential claims against NANO Nuclear Energy Inc. The World Court Has Cleared the Fog Hiding Western Support for Israel’s Crimes.Hundreds protesting Netanyahu visit arrested at US Capitol. Two legal actions against the hasty commissioning of Flamanville nuclear reactor. | MEDIA. BBC correspondent exposes ‘collapse of journalistic norms’ after 7 Oct. Meta’s Policy On Zionism Exposed: Cyberwell Scrambles After Israel Ties Revealed. U.S. media downplays and ignores ICJ ruling declaring Israeli occupation illegal. We published an analysis from a leading economist on soaring nuclear costs. Facebook removed it |
OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . Nuclear energy not the way to go: coalition Taiwan. UK Nuclear Free Local Authorities back joint statement condemning AUKUS nuclear proliferation. Nuclear Free Local Authorities congratulate marchers on Lakenheath protest.
| PEACE. 2024 Golden Rule Voyage Begins! | PERSONAL STORIES. ‘Atomic bomb hell must never be repeated’ say Japan’s last survivors. | PLUTONIUM. Is nuclear waste able to be recycled? Would that solve the nuclear waste problem? |
| SAFETY Safety warnings as cracks rise at Torness nuclear plant. Japan Nuclear Restart Suffers Major Setback. | TECHNOLOGY. Humans should teach AI how to avoid nuclear war—while they still can. | WASTES. Radioactive Wastes from Nuclear Reactors. |
| WAR and CONFLICT. Israel nearing ‘all-out war’ – foreign minister. Washington gives Netanyahu ‘full backing’ to expand war on Lebanon: Israel Report. While Netanyahu is feted in U.S. Congress, Israeli airstrike hits a school sheltering people in Gaza, killing at least 30. Scottish parliamentarian highlights ‘nuclear annihilation risk’ in major UN speech | WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. Will US defend Japan with nukes or turn it into the line of fire? US Forces Japan to be upgraded to warfighting command. Tit for tat? Putin warns Russia may resume production of intermediate-range nuclear weapons. EU sets date of transfer of Russian money to Ukraine for arms purchases. |
This week – nuclear news to 22 July
Some bits of good news. Support for parents and children from birth. Montenegro signs the Declaration on Children, Youth and Climate Action
TOP STORIES.
Nuclear industry faces acute cybersecurity threats – report.
International Court of Justice Tells Israel to End Occupation of Palestinian Territories, Pay Reparations.
- History of Ionizing Radiation and Human Health.
- ‘Low level’ ionizing radiation, and the history of debate about its effects.
- Time to confront to cover-up of the harm of low-level radiation.
- History of the medical profession’s role in illnesses and death caused by nuclear radiation. (Originals at https://ionizingradiationandyou.blogspot.com/)
From the archives. An unacceptable risk to children
Climate. 27 Ways Heat Can Kill You – Update 2024
Noel’s notes. The cover-up of the danger of nuclear radiation and health, but who is speaking for our grandchildren? Nuclear power -costs, wastes, etc, but what about the children? More American media madness.
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AUSTRALIA.
- Behind the plans for Australia to become a nuclear dumping ground and leverage synergies with the US military alliance and civilian nuclear.
- What are the steps (and the COSTS) to building nuclear power stations – by Peter Farley
- Greens up pressure against nuclear.
- Dutton’s Quixotic Proposal: Nuclear Lunacy Down Under.
- Can the Voices model help communities fight off nuclear reactors? Agriculture ministers raise ‘serious’ concern over nuclear plans,
- Australia: Opposition’s nuclear power plans open the door for nuclear weapons.
- Australia’s secret support for the Israeli assault on Gaza, through Pine Gap.
- How close are we to chaos? It turns out, just one blue screen of death. Lots more Australian nuclear news at https://antinuclear.net/2024/07/17/australian-nuclear-news-headlines-week-to-22-july/
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NUCLEAR ITEMS.
| ART and CULTURE. The chilling map that shows the devastation of a nuclear attack on Scotland. | ATROCITIES. Israeli soldiers tell story of savage cruelty in Gaza – one given blessing by the West. | CIVIL LIBERTIES. Never Forget Julian Assange. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZLbFkv7I4k |
| ECONOMICS. Premier of New Brunswick Higgs suggests New Brunswick’s Small Nuclear Reactors may not win race to commercialization. ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2024/07/19/2-b1-premier-of-new-brunswick-higgs-suggests-n-b-s-smrs-may-not-win-race-to-commercialization/ France’s EDF faces fresh setback after losing Czech nuclear bid. | ENERGY. China is installing the wind and solar equivalent of five large nuclear power stations per week. Nuclear does not mean reliable power for Australia – by Peter Farley. |
| ENVIRONMENT. EDF’s plans to create new saltmarsh. | EVENT. Cold War Scotland – Exhibition National Museum of Scotland24 July. Rally – Washington – Stop the Gaza Genocide . |
| HEALTH. Radiation.New Book. The Scientists Who Alerted us to Radiation’s Dangers.Mounting evidence of cancer risk from low dose radiation in childhood, or in the uterus.Specific Radioactive Elements and Their Effects on Health – (Original at https://ionizingradiationandyou.blogspot.com/) | INDIGENOUS ISSUES. In New Mexico, a Walk Commemorates the Nuclear Disaster Few Outside the Navajo Nation Remember. | LEGAL. Overwhelming ICJ Ruling against Israeli Occupation Highlights Need for UN Action. ActionAid welcomes the historic judgment of the International Court of Justice. |
| MEDIA. With Media Enamored by US Presidential Race, Israeli Massacres in Gaza Get Even Deadlier. | OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . Anti-nuclear weapons activists to camp outside RAF base for ten days. Nuclear Free Local Authorities challenge UK government on New Cleo’s application for “justification” of its small nuclear “fast” reactor. Nuclear convoys travelling to Coulport should be peacefully stopped |
| PERSONAL STORIES. Testimonies from the Mawasi massacre: 90 people buried in the sand. | PLUTONIUM . North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Complex: New evidence of increased activity |
| POLITICS.J.D. Vance unlikely to advance peace advancing to Vice Presidency.UK: Ed Miliband unveils plans for mini-nuclear reactors ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2024/07/22/1-b1-uk-ed-miliband-unveils-plans-for-mini-nuclear-reactors/Campaigners against Sizewell C hopeful new MPs will take their concerns to parliament.Absent but not missed: No mention of nuclear in King’s Speech.80 CANADIAN ORGANIZATIONS CALL ON FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO RESCIND APPOINTMENT OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY AGENCY PRESIDENT. | POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.AUKUS – Australia-United Kingdom-United States nuclear pact endangers us all.Saudi Arabia wants to fully recognize Israel in exchange for arms, nuclear facility — Biden.Nuclear-weapon states are disregarding political commitments accepted under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), |
| SAFETY. Major failure at southern Russia’s largest nuclear plant, 1 power unit shut down.‘Near miss’ incident reported at nuclear waste site near Carlsbad. High hopes and security fears for next-gen nuclear reactors | SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. Space-Based Warfare: America’s Dominance Challenged.Please, No Weapons and Wars in Space. |
| SPINBUSTER. Shiny New MP’s Fizzingly Push For More Nuclear Waste – Hotter the better! And a Complaint to Advertising Standards – Standards? What Standards!. | TECHNOLOGY. Massive IT outage spotlights major vulnerabilities in the global information ecosystem. Small Modular Nuclear Reactors (SMRs)– Dirty Dangerous Distractions from Real Climate Action. | WASTES. Pacific leaders, Japan, agree on Fukushima nuclear wastewater discharge (not everyone is happy). Fukushima plant ends 7th round of treated water release into sea. |
| WAR and CONFLICT. Nuclear War Is Imminent. Exposing the Myth of the ‘Good War’US Ally South Korea Threatens Nuclear-Armed North Korea With Regime Destruction. | WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES.Democrats to Keep Unconditional Military Aid to Israel in Party Platform. NATO’s Obscure Relations With Israel and its weapons industry. NATO/US Complicity in Israel’s Relentless Genocide of Gaza. Israel using water as weapon of war as Gaza supply plummets by 94%, creating deadly health catastrophe: Oxfam. North Korean nuclear weapons, 2024. China Stops Arms Control Talks With the US Over Arms Sales to Taiwan. Russia Says It May Deploy Nuclear Missiles in Response to New US Missile Deployment to Germany. |
Nuclear news – week to 15 July
Some bits of good news – Ancient conservation practice restoring the Middle East. Restoration of Maple River offers hope for future conservation initiatives. China cleans up its air and water.
TOP STORIES
NATO SUMMIT: Collectively Losing Their Minds. For 75 Years, NATO Has Been Terrorizing the Globe. German Parliamentarian in Washington Says No to NATO – Yes to Peace.
The Atlas Network and the Council for National Policy: America’s global revolution. The Atlas Network’s transnational revolution. https://johnmenadue.com/the-atlas-networks-transnational-revolution/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZ_AG6irJ_g
Climate. Temperatures 1.5C above pre-industrial era average for 12 months, data show.
Noel’s notes. The NATO statement – absurdity and collective suicide? The insanity of rampant mindless new technology.
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AUSTRALIA.
- Experts argue for an Australian ban on nuclear weapons ahead of UN Summit.
- Book – “Nuked” on Aukus ‘fiasco’ says decision to embrace pact will ‘haunt’ Labor for years.
- South Australia’s renewable triumph is stunning proof that Dutton’s nuclear plans are a folly. No room for nuclear: AGL Energy, Australia’s biggest supplier of AGL baseload power, says flexibility is key as it plans to dump coal for renewables in a decade.
- Aboriginal supporter of right-wing racism, Warren Mundine’s interests in mining uranium -not doing too well.
- The Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) just exploded their argument that the “Atlas Network” is tinfoil hat conspiracy.
- Don’t make my home a nuclear power hub– nuclear reactors in Latrobe Valley unsafe and unrealistic ALSO AT https://antinuclear.net/2024/07/12/2-a-dont-make-my-home-a-nuclear-power-hub-nuclear-reactors-in-latrobe-valley-unsafe-and-unrealistic/
- Decoded: Defence Department’s deadly deceits.
- Power-hungry data centres are booming in Australia. Can the grid cope?
- Game of Mates. The Australian War Memorial and its military industrial conflicts of interest.
- More Australian nuclear news at https://antinuclear.net/2024/07/09/nuclear-and-associated-news-to-16-july
NUCLEAR ITEMS
| ATROCITIES. The Lancet study estimates death toll in Gaza 186,000 or even more. Counting the dead inGaza: difficult but essential. ‘Horrific Massacre’: Israel Bombs Gaza School Used as Refugee Camp, Killing Dozens. | CLIMATE. Texas Nuclear Power Plant Hit By Hurricane Beryl. | ECONOMICS.Analyst Says Nuclear Industry Is ‘Totally Irrelevant’ in the Market for New Power Capacity.New Brunswick’s nuclear-powered rate hikes.New nuclear is ‘too expensive’ for UK zero-carbon energy target.EDF pulls out of competition to build mini-nuclear reactors in Britain.€130 Billion Nuclear Dream in Europe Meets Financial Reality. |
| EMPLOYMENT. With global race to decarbonize electricity sector, demand for skilled nuclear workers heats up.https://nuclear-news.net/2024/07/09/2-b-with-global-race-to-decarbonize-electricity-sector-demand-for-skilled-nuclear-workers-heats-up/ | ENERGY.“The Sun has won”: exponentially growing solar destroys nuclear, fossil fuels on price.Solar power will lead globally- says Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI). South Australia locks in federal funds to become first grid in world to reach 100 per cent net wind and solar. U.S. Solar and Wind Power Generation Tops Nuclear for First Time. | ENVIRONMENT. NATO’s nuclear bases have poisoned water and fish. |
| ETHICS and RELIGION. The false equivalency of nuclear disarmament and nuclear abolition. | EVENTS. 13 – 25th July PROTEST ACTION AT LAKENHEATH -Stop nuclear weapons returning to Lakenheath UK –sign on at https://lakenheathallianceforpeace.org.uk/sign-up/ 24 July. Rally – Washington – Stop the Gaza Genocide | HISTORY.July 16 – New Mexico anniversaries – of first nuclear weapons test, and of Church Rock radioactive waste disaster. The dirty history of ‘Nukey Poo’, the reactor that soiled the Antarctic. ALSO AT https://antinuclear.net/2024/07/12/2-a-the-dirty-history-of-nukey-poo-the-reactor-that-soiled-the-antarctic/ |
| LEGAL. First Nation challenges nuclear waste decision in federal court. | MEDIA. The Corporate News Media at Work, Julian Assange And The Criminalization of Journalism: A Story Of Moral Injury And Moral Courage. Book “Nuked” , on Aukus ‘fiasco’ says decision to embrace pact will ‘haunt’ Australia’s Labor for years. NATO member to fight ‘pro-war propaganda’ – official. 16 July marks 79 years since the Trinity test. | OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . Anti-nuclear protestors to march from Norwich to Lakenheath. First Nations and allies resist proposed radioactive waste repository. Hundreds of Scientists Urge Biden to Cancel $100 Billion Nuclear Weapons Boondoggle. |
| POLITICS.Biden’s press conference and the war hysteria of American imperialismUS Mayors for Peace Call for Dialogue in a Time of Nuclear Danger. Tracking Dissent: US Officials Who Have Resigned Over The War on Gaza.Newly Signed Bill Will Boost Nuclear Reactor Deployment in the United States. Joe Biden Just Signed a Popular, Bipartisan Nuclear Power Bill. Advocates Say It’s a Sign of Things to Come. Biden signs ADVANCE Act. Now what?Scottish Nuclear Free Local Authorities Convenor seeks ‘respect’ for Scotland’s stance on nuclear power | POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.NATO Washington Summit Declaration – a delusional March of Folly.NATO: From Cold War Defensive Coalition to Global Military Behemoth- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vDfxo653cY NATO at 75: obsolete but still risking nuclear war, seeking dragons to slay.Medea Benjamin DISMANTLES Biden NATO Reelect Pitch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJDvmAWcuUIInside the NATO Summit in Washington, D.C. Serbia’s Nuclear Energy Quest Opens Geopolitical Flash Point For China, Russia, And The West. |
| SAFETY. US bases in Europe on high alert for possible terrorist attack: US Department of Defense. | SECRETS and LIES. US-made missile suddenly ‘transformed’ into a ‘Russian’ one and killed 40 civilians. Sellafield bosses ignored and punished this whistleblower. | SPINBUSTER. Kiev missile attack. What happened? [i] |
| TECHNOLOGY. Hinkley Point C, the £46 billion mega-project digging tunnels under the sea Blow to Miliband’s nuclear ambitions as top mini-nuke lab faces closure. Point Lepreau nuclear power plant has a generator ‘issue,‘ says NB Power. Utility doesn’t know how long it will take to fix. | WASTES. Radioactive Real Estate: Finding a Forever Home for Nuclear Waste. Ignace, Ontario, betrayed by Council, on nuclear waste decision, Radioactive Waste: Symposium Primer -Samuel Lawrence Foundation – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4c28c3jLY0 Water leaks reported at Germany’s Asse II radwaste facility. Decommissioning. Radiation levels assessed for on-site burial plan at old nuclear power station |
| WAR and CONFLICT. Gaza deal must allow Israel to keep fighting -Netanyahu. How Netanyahu Has Systematically Foiled Talks to Release Hostages From Hamas Captivity. US war games in Pacific seek global participation in imperialist maneuvers. | WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. Pentagon keeps commitment to Sentinel nuclear missile as costs balloon. Wall Street Journal finally admits high-tech Western weapons ‘useless’ in Ukraine conflict. Russian Officials Vow Response to US Missile Deployment to Germany. |
TODAY. The insanity of rampant mindless new technology
It’s not that I’m against new technology. It has many benefits. It’s just that there can be too much of a good thing.
As an illustration, I’m looking at the plan to employ “human-like” robots to provide companionship to lonely aged people, in particular, to those with dementia. In Australia, there’s a government-encouraged plan that is developing these robots. The robots are meant to provide cheery company and entertainment, to groups of old people and to individuals. They can initiate games, blow bubbles, and provide a stream of wisecracking banter (I heard a sample of this on Australia’s ABC Radio National).
above – “Nadine” – robot, Japan
Just what a dementia person needs- NOT! The last thing that a demented person needs is smart-aleck wisecracks. What they do need is a gentle touch, a human hand leading them for a walk, very little talk, and simple talk, not stuff that will add to their confusion. What they need is empathy – and that’s one thing that a robot cannot give.
Of course, the robot gobbles up electricity. And that must cost a bit, but presumably cheaper than paying a human to do this task?
The companion robot is just one example of the useless bits of new technology that waste not only our time, but also huge amounts of electricity and water.
Consider how many trillions of unnecessary emojis, emails, digital posts of all kinds, must be increasingly stored in those dirty great steel data containers that are deceptively called “the cloud” . The big deception is that we’re supposed to think that there’s some kind of innocuous beneficial vapour, into which all our digital rubbish just fades away.
That massive dirty digital steel rubbish “cloud” bank is forever guzzling electricity and the necessary cooling water.
As artificial intelligence races away, and the squillionares like Jeff Bezos rule the world, unhindered wasteful new technology is leading us towards a collective insanity. The nuclear lobbyists must be licking their lips – as electricity usage booms with AI, the argument for nuclear energy booms, too.
There would be many ways to limit our digital use, if only there was a general acceptance of the idea of moderate use, and the motivation to be more frugal in our digital management.
Rampant energy use for completely wasteful purposes not only destroys employment for humans, but it also leads to the toxic world of nuclear power, (and of course, its twin, nuclear weapons.)
Nuclear and associated news -week to 8th July
Some bits of good news. Conservation and economic development go hand in hand, more often than expected. Peru has protected 6,449 hectares of an endemic fog oasis that hosts hundreds of rare and threatened species.
TOP STORIES
Trump has a strategic plan for the country: Gearing up for nuclear war.
How do you convince someone to live next to a nuclear waste site?
Nuclear power would put our energy security into Russian hands– ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2024/07/05/1-a-nuclear-power-would-put-our-energy-security-into-russian-hands/
Climate. Climate hazards impact more than four-fifths of cities worldwide, study finds. How record-breaking Hurricane Beryl is a sign of a warming world.
Noel’s notes. Australia further in the grip of the USA, with the Amazon data spy hub – paid for by Aussie tax-payers. The world must stop creating nuclear garbage.
AUSTRALIA. Australians being kept in the dark about Pine Gap expansion. Australia to build ‘top-secret’ cloud for intelligence agencies in $2bn deal with Amazon. Political Mastermind: a toxic waste of everyone’s time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4HGJ42c2Kg With its nuclear energy policy, Peter Dutton seems to have forgotten the Liberal Party’s core beliefs. See more Australian news at Australian nuclear news headlines this week.
NUCLEAR ISSUES
| ATROCITIES. Israel Has Forcibly Displaced 1.9 Million Palestinians in Gaza. | CLIMATE. Can the climate survive the insatiable energy demands of the AI arms race? | ECONOMICS. French nuclear giant scraps SMR plans due to soaring costs, will start over. EDF’s Nuward U-turn shows risk of betting on Small Nuclear Reactors – analysts. Labour must act fast to fire up Rolls-Royce nuclear reactor deals.Too uncertain, too slow: funds rule out financing Australia’s Dutton nuclear plan. |
| EMPLOYMENT. Talent Shortage Threatens Europe’s Nuclear Renaissance. | EVENTS. 10 July Rally to oppose nuclear mega-dump and support Kebaowek First Nation – at noon in Ottawa https://www.stopnuclearwaste.com/ | LEGAL. Why Julian Assange couldn’t outrun the Espionage Act. | MEDIA. Book. Nuclear is Not the Solution. The Folly of Atomic Power in the Age of Climate Change. |
POLITICS.
- Now Keir Starmer Has to Decide If He’d Use Nukes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQO6rJsVNkw . Tory accused of exaggerating chances of new nuclear plant. SCOTTISH GREENS WILL OPPOSE ALL PLANS FOR NEW NUCLEAR ENERGY. Work to show UK nuclear ‘environmentally sustainable’ incomplete, 16 months after government announcement. ‘Letters of last resort’: deciding response to a nuclear attack among first of Starmer’s tasks.
- Trump Advisers Call for U.S. Nuclear Weapons Testing if He Is Elected. . Congressional group on nuclear arms sets July hearing for embattled missile program.
- Starmer’s role in Assange’s prosecution.
- Masoud Pezeshkian: Iranian reformer who wants to end Tehran’s nuclear stand-off.
- Public Vote on Nuclear Power Plant Sparks Debate in Kazakhstan.
| POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.Europe is Quietly Debating a Nuclear Future Without the US.Trusting the ‘Five Eyes’ OnlyUkraine to be warned it’s ‘too corrupt’ for NATO .What does Iran’s Nuclear Policy look like with the new president? | SAFETY. Russia might restart the Zaporizhzhia Ukrainian nuclear plant it seized. | SECRETS and LIES. Former New Brunswick energy minister joins nuclear industry after resigning in June. Australian Opposition leader Dutton’s claim about G20 nuclear energy use doesn’t add up. |
| SPINBUSTER. The nuclear and renewable myths that mainstream media can’t be bothered challenging. The overblown hype of the nuclear “bros”. | TECHNOLOGY.The commissioning of the Flamanville EPR, nuclear reactor is proving difficult.Unable to effectively operate its lone existing nuclear reactor, New Brunswick is betting on advanced options ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2024/07/04/1-b1-unable-to-effectively-operate-its-lone-existing-nuclear-reactor-new-brunswick-is-betting-on-advanced-options/World’s Largest Nuclear Fusion Reactor Delayed . ITER nuclear fusion reactor hit by massive decade-long delay and €5bn price hike. Fusion power could transform how we get our energy — and worsen problems it’s intended to solve.Constellation Energy plans restart of Three Mile Island nuclear plant. |
| WAR and CONFLICT. Ukrainian drones injure Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant workers, say Russian-backed officials.Tensions with Iran spotlight Israel’s hidden nuclear arsenal.The obsolescence of war. | WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES.You Don’t Want to Live in America’s ‘Nuclear Sponge’ .NATO Members Agree To Give Ukraine $43 Billion in Military Aid for 2025. US announces more than $2 billion package for Ukraine.US nuclear missile program costs soar to around $160 billion, sources say. Trump allies are peddling a catastrophic idea for U.S. nuclear weapon policy.Philippines Says US Will Pull Out Controversial Mid-Range Missile System. |
Nuclear news to 2nd July
Some bits of good news –Nature restoration, rewilding and battery innovations: Positive environmental stories from 2024 A Living Seed Bank Is Preserving the Amazon’s Incredible Plants.
UK activists won a ‘stunning’ victory against big oil.
TOP STORIES
Julian Assange Is Finally Free, But Let’s Not Forget the War Crimes He Exposed. Julian Assange: Free at last, but guilty of practicing journalism. ‘Julian Assange Is Free’: WikiLeaks Founder Strikes Plea Deal With US. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4DF_Ag8NWeI?si=O-gRYvFVhtIaWfrG Assange Is Free, But US Spite Will Chill Reporting for Years.
Most important issue facing US, world, largely absent from presidential debate.
Save Ukraine from American meddling.
The Suspect Body Count: The Death Toll in Gaza is Much Higher Than We’re Being Told
From the archives. The persecution of Wilfred Burchett and Julian Assange.
Climate. Wildfires ravaging Arctic Circle – EU monitor. Deaths mount as Pakistan swelters in heatwave. Newly identified tipping point for ice sheets could mean greater sea level rise.
Noel’s notes. Australia’s Liberal-National Party really communist – wants a NATIONALISED NUCLEAR industry! The Assange case – a win for journalism? Sort of. Time to abandon the hypocrisy about Israel’s nuclear weapons – they are now a perilous target.
AUSTRALIA. Heaps of media about Peter Dutton’s plan to set up government-run-and funded nuclear industry – see all the article links at FROM 25 JUNE THE MOST RECENT AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR NEWS.
The Coalition’s nuclear fantasy serves short-term political objectives – and its fossil fuel backers. Hidden costs? Cheaper energy? ‘Farcical’ locations? Debunking the hype around nuclear. How the media facilitates Dutton’s nuclear lies.
LABOR AGAINST WAR says nuclear power and nuclear submarines and their wastes should have no part in Australia. Nuclear option ‘not enough’ to avoid rush for more wind and solar. Nuclear more costly and could ‘sound the death knell’ for Australia’s decarbonisation efforts, report says.
Defence Minister Richard Marles takes on reality, comes off second-best in growing Thales scandal.
More news about Julian Assange – at Julian Assange News.
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NUCLEAR ISSUES
| CLIMATE. Climate-Nuclear Nexus. | CIVIL LIBERTIES. The State Failed to Break Assange |
ECONOMICS.
- Australian Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s nuclear plan could cost as much as $600bn and supply just 3.7% of Australia’s energy by 2050, experts say.
- Nuclear power’s financial problems exposed in new report. Very late and over budget:
- Why newest large nuclear plant in US is likely to be the last.
- UK’s nuclear plant will cost nearly three times what was estimated.
| More ECONOMICS. CEO, staff suddenly depart New Brunswick reactor developer ARC Clean Technology. | EDUCATION. Small Modular Nuclear Reactors cost concerns challenge industry optimism. | ENERGY. “They just fit in with what we do:” Australian farmers reap rewards as they play host to wind and solar. Big Tech is turning to nuclear power because it needs more energy for AI. |
| ENVIRONMENT. The $91 billion wasted on nuclear weapons last year could transform ecosystem restoration. | EVENTS. Confronting NATO’s War Summit in Washington – 6 July | HISTORY. How Israel Became a Nuclear Power. |
| LEGAL. Why cost should not be an obstacle to compensating nuclear survivors Why WikiLeaks founder will plead guilty – and what happens next. | MEDIA. The Release of Julian Assange: Plea Deals and Dark Legacies. Webinar # 7 June 20, 2024 – What’s the harm? Julian Assange is finally free, but no thanks to the media. Radiation, Radioactive Emissions and Health. | OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . A vigil behind bars: pair who protested US nuclear bombs in Germany serving time. Greenpeace activist climbs on top of Conservative election campaign bus. Uranium and the Grand Canyon – A Call to Close and Cleanup the Pinyon Plains Uranium Mine. |
| POLITICS. Congress’s Nuclear Addiction. U.S. Congress Votes To Bar State Department From Citing Gazan Health Ministry. Australia: Peter Dutton’s nuclear power plans are an ironic backflip to nationalisation for the Liberal Party. UK Election: A Different Kind of Nuclear Bomb. Nuclear weapons spending report reveals corporate intervention in UK nuclear policy – CND. Labour plans for nuclear expansion in Scotland are flying under the radar ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2024/06/30/2-b1-labour-plans-for-nuclear-expansion-in-scotland-are-flying-under-radar/ | POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. Iran Says Cooperation With UN Nuclear Watchdog Limited to Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). The Australian Opposition party’s nuclear strategy relies on Trump winning the USA election, and tearing up global climate politics. |
| SAFETY. What does Chevron mean for nuclear? The USA courts can now supercede the safety role of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Scary truths on civilian nuclear power are coming to the fore. UK’s Nuclear weapons pose a risk to proposed new homes. | SECRETS and LIES. UK government hires scandal-ridden Fujitsu company to account and track its nuclear waste!. | SPINBUSTER. Complete BS from the IAEA about the non-existent “global consensus” on nuclear power. |
| TECHNOLOGY. Do thorium reactors prevent nuclear weapons proliferation risks? | WASTES. Japan starts 7th discharge of Fukushima nuclear-contaminated wastewater despite opposition. |
| WAR and CONFLICT. Unable to back down, Israel and Hezbollah move closer to all-out war. Israeli Defense Minister Vows to Return Lebanon to ‘Stone Age’. Israel’s main goal is the extermination of Palestinians – retired NATO colonel . Ukraine hit Russia’s space communications and early warning center. IDF Report Found Multiple Cases of Friendly Fire Deaths on Oct 7. The Nordic region from peace zone to war zone – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LahVN_wmftU Ukraine hit Russia’s space communications and early warning center. IDF Report Found Multiple Cases of Friendly Fire Deaths on Oct 7. WAR OR PEACE: Towards a Ukrainian Peace or a Direct NATO-Russian War. How far can American money push the Kiev regime’s suicidal war with Russia? | WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. Test site activity sparks fears of more nuclear blasts. The US nuclear arms control community needs a strategic plan. US can’t trace $62 million of military aid sent to Ukraine – watchdog.. |
Nuclear culture wars – especially in Australia
Australia IS special – the only continent that is one single political state. Although Australia is really very multicultural, its government and business are determinedly white English-speaking.
But the white anglophones who identify with the USA, Britain, and Canada – live far away from those “kindred spirits”. Nearest neighbours are yellow and brown people, who don’t even speak English!
So – Australia has the “cultural cringe” – aw gee we’re not as good as those other anglophones. Only at sport -and even there, we’re losing touch. We MUST become as good as them – TECHNOLOGICALLY. Oh I know – we’d better get Nuclear Power, instead of that girly stuff – renewable energy.
And I do mean “girly stuff”. Worldwide, it is a gender thing. Big strong men like nuclear power, weak uninformed women prefer energy conservation and renewable energy.
It really doesn’t matter which energy form is cheaper, more efficient, faster to implement, safer, cleaner …….. what is important is making Australia look important and technologically a leader, and also a strong opponent to China. We’re already a leader – in renewable energy – but that is sissy stuff, so it doesn’t count.
Now, there will need to be a grand propaganda campaign to get nuclear power into Australia. You see, we have compulsory voting here, which means that all those uniformed women will be voting. So it is going to be a big job to get nuclear into Australia. It will require all the skills of the Atlas Foundation, and its associated Think Tanks, to get the message across to the Australian public – including to wimpy-type men, as well as to women. But with the help of the Murdoch media, and social media – a good pro nuclear lobby should be up to it. Remember Australia’s referendum on an Aboriginal Voice to Parliament got defeated, with all that help last year.
Australia’s media on nuclear power – wading through the quagmire
First of all, I’d like to commend a top article, which analyses the political significance for Peter Dutton, of his extraordinary policy :
Patricia Karvelas: Peter Dutton’s nuclear energy plan breaks all the rules of policy making. Is it genius or career self-destruction?
More recent articles at https://antinuclear.net/2024/06/24/from-25th-june-the-most-recent-australian-nuclear-news/
Below is a list of news articles. Now I have not here included the pro nuclear propaganda ones, nor the ravings of the very right-wing shock jocks of commercial radio – such as Melbourne’s 3AW. But you can find all that stuff on mainstream, mainly Murdoch media. The ABC is doing its best to stay afloat and actually give the facts. I am sure that those brave female TV and radio voices are now under quite vicious attack – Patricia Karvelas, Sarah Ferguson and Laura Tingle
I will try to keep this list up-to date – but that is going to be a daunting task –
National politics Dutton’s plan to nuke Australia’s renewable energy transition explained in full . No costing, no clear timelines, no easy legal path: deep scepticism over Dutton’s nuclear plan is warranted Nuclear plan is fiscal irresponsibility on an epic scale and rank political opportunism. Dutton’s nuclear lights are out and no one’s home. Peter Dutton launches highly personal attack on Anthony Albanese, calling him ‘a child in a man’s body’ while spruiking his new nuclear direction. Peter Dutton vows to override state nuclear bans as he steps up attack on PM. Peter Dutton is seated aloft the nuclear tiger, hoping not to get eaten.
Local politics. Nuclear thuggery: Coalition will not take no for an answer from local communities or site owners.
Climate change policy. Peter Dutton’s flimsy charade is first and foremost a gas plan not a nuclear power plan. Coalition’s climate and energy policy in disarray as opposition splits over nuclear and renewables.
Economics Peter Dutton’s nuclear plan could cost as much as $600bn and supply just 3.7% of Australia’s energy by 2050, experts say . The insane amount it could cost to turn Australia nuclear – as new detail in Peter Dutton’s bold plan is revealed. Nuclear engineer dismisses Peter Dutton’s claim that small modular reactors could be commercially viable soon. Wrong reaction: Coalition’s nuclear dream offers no clarity on technology, cost, timing, or wastes. ‘Peter Dutton’s nuclear plan is an economic disaster that would leave Australians paying more for electrici.ty’. Dutton’s nuclear thought bubble floats in a fantasy world of cheap infrastructure. UK’s nuclear plant will cost nearly three times what was estimated.
Energy, Coalition won’t say how much nuclear power its plan will generate until after an election
Health Nuclear industry workers face significant, inevitable and unavoidable radiation health risks
Indigenous issues, How a British nuclear testing program ‘forced poison’ onto Maralinga Traditional Owners.
Technology. Dutton’s plan to build nuclear plants on former coal sites not as easy as it seems Over budget and plagued with delays: UK nuclear lessons for Australia.
Sabotaging renewables. There’s one real Coalition energy policy now: sabotaging renewables.
Secrecy. Port Augusta mayor and local MP kept in the dark about Liberal Coalition’s plant to site nuclear reactors there.
Site locations for reactors. Peter Dutton reveals seven sites for proposed nuclear power plants. Coalition set to announce long-awaited nuclear details.
Safety. Some of the Coalition’s proposed nuclear locations are near fault lines — is that a problem?
Spinbuster. It’s time to go nuclear on the Coalition’s stupidity. Ziggy Switkowski and another big nuclear back-flip . Does the Coalition’s case for nuclear power stack up? We factcheck seven key claims. A Coalition pie-in-the-sky nuclear nightmare.
Gina Rinehart and co are not the slightest interested in nuclear power plants. Goal is just – dig baby dig – coal, gas, uranium – forever. They can just keep mining forever, and funding the Liberal Coalition’s pointless nuclear mirage. Nobody’s really interested in super-expensive nuclear power plants, big or small. But while Australia is conned into believing that this nuclear power plan is actually real, well – it’ll keep on being dig baby dig. As Helen Caldicott once suggested – if these grasping oligarchs could put a blanket around the sun and sell holes – then they’d be interested in solar power,
Countering the nuclear lobby’s spin – and more, this week
Some bits of good news – Incredible global progress on water, sanitation, and hygiene. The incredible comeback of Britain’s Barn Owls.
TOP STORIES The Military-Industrial Complex Is Killing Us All.
The omnicidal and unnecessary Nuclear Triad.
Energy buffs give small modular reactors a gigantic reality check.
Stockpiling nuclear weapons? That will do nothing for national security, Keir Starmer.
From the archives. Jeremy Corbyn was smeared for rejecting the use of nuclear weapons – but he was right.
Climate. Global warming happening at fastest speed in history. Climate crisis made May heatwaves 1.5C hotter in India, study says.
Noel’s notes. Time to get real about anti-semitism – the renewed danger. A voice of sanity in the UK– Jeremy Corbyn is back! Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War -Episode 5 – War Games – and then Glasnost, a welcome thaw.
AUSTRALIA. Opposition’s nuclear-energy policy would increase defence risk .Dutton to ditch Paris Agreement: analysis reveals nuclear impact on emissions.
Dutton’s nuclear policy a disaster for Australia. Dutton spruiks gas and nuclear to win back Victoria. Experts unite to condemn Coalition nuclear policy meltdown. Peter Dutton proposes decades of delay on climate: Federal Liberals still with no climate plan.
If regional communities don’t want a windfarm, why would they accept a nuclear power station? Resources Minister Madeleine King challenges Peter Dutton to name Western Australia nuclear power station sites.
The network of conservative think-tanks out to kill the switch to renewables.
Eraring deal signals death of baseload power in Australia, and Dutton’s nuclear fantasy.
Submarine boss refuses to answer questions over multi-billion-dollar AUKUS payments, A Detectable Subservience – Australia’s ill-fated nuclear submarine deal? Will Port Adelaide, Fremantle or Port Kembla be the Australian Chernobyl? Lockheed Martin deletes Australian F-35 ties.
Was ABC’s firing of Antoinette Lattouf influenced by a pro-Israel group? | Real Talk – Online.
NUCLEAR ISSUES
| ATROCITIES. Report: Vast Majority of Children Under 5 in Gaza Going Full Days Without Food. | CIVIL LIBERTIES. Journalist, critic of U.S. Ukraine policy, pulled off plane, U.S. seizes his passport. | CULTURE. How Nato seduced the European Left. The anti-war movement has fallen for a progressive circus. |
| ECONOMICS. Should USS Investment Builder invest in nuclear power? | EDUCATION. University of Ghent to cease all collaboration with Israeli institutions. | EMPLOYMENT. Allegations managing director of Scotland nuclear complex was ‘shipped out‘ over long-running pay dispute. |
| ENERGY. The ugly truth behind ChatGPT: AI is guzzling resources at planet-eating rates. | HEALTH. Radiation Exposure Compensation for impacted downwind communities is expiring Friday. Speaker Johnson, bring it to a vote.Samsung workers treated for exposure to radiation in South Korea |
| HISTORY. “In Ukraine, a war for memory.”. | LEGAL. ‘We Want Peace’: Spain Applies to Join ICJ Genocide Case Against Israel. | MEDIA. CNN’s Israel bias has been laid bare. But CNN is the norm, not the exception. |
| POLITICS Keir Starmer’s Trident triple lock: how Britain’s obsession with nuclear weapons has become part of election campaigns. Labour pledges to launch Great British Energy ‘within months’ of general election victory: it includes nuclear power. UK Labour talks up nuclear weapons to banish Corbyn’s shadow. UK’s nuclear deterrent key to Starmer’s plans to keep Britain safe.Scots urged to vote in anti-nuclear MPs to ‘take target off our backs’ We should aim for nuclear disarmament – Plaid leader, UK.Corporate lobbying heats up around governments’ nuclear power plans despite concerns from anti-nuclear advocates….ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2024/06/06/1-b1-corporate-lobbying-heats-up-around-governments-nuclear-power-plans-despite-concerns-from-anti-nuclear-advocates/. 42 House Democrats Help GOP Pass Bill Targeting ICC Officials Over Israel. Dutch government is socialist when it comes to funding nuclear power. | POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. Senior U.S. Diplomats, Journalists, Academics and Secretaries of Defense Say: the U.S. Provoked Russia in Ukraine. Peace talks without Russia ‘laughable’ – John Mearsheimer.Putin warns West over Ukraine armaments, nuclear arsenal in news conference. UN offers nuclear inspection deal to Iran’s new leadership. Nuclear watchdog votes to censure Iran for non-cooperation with inspectors. Why a substantive and verifiable no-first-use treaty for nuclear weapons is possible. |
| SAFETY. Restarting Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant ‘difficult to envisage’ during war, says IAEA chief. | SECRETS and LIES. President Biden’s subliminal D Day speech in France |
TECHNOLOGY. U.S. Micro Nuclear Reactors happy to join with NATO military.
URANIUM. The weapons potential of high-assay low-enriched uranium.
| WASTES. No nuke waste down under: Nuclear Free Local Authorities spokesperson receives assurance MOD still committed to decommissioning British nuclear subs at home. China urges long-term supervision over Japan’s radioactive water discharge. | WAR and CONFLICT. NATO plans Europe-wide escalation of war against Russia. Russia doesn’t need nuclear weapons to succeed: Putin. Ralph Nader -on Joe Biden: Pushing America Deeper into the Russian/Ukrainian War. Guterres warns humanity on ‘knife’s edge’ as AI raises nuclear war threat. Israel kills over 200 Palestinians to rescue 4 captives; U.S. allegedly involved in operation- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJnF2CLbibw |
WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES.
- US Bombs Used in Israeli Massacre of 40 in Gaza Refugee Camp. – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2hjy3e1i2o
- U.S. Considers Expanded Nuclear Arsenal, a Reversal of Decades of Cuts – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2024/06/09/2-a-u-s-considers-expanded-nuclear-arsenal-a-reversal-of-decades-of-cuts/ US issues major nuclear weapons alert amid fears of all-out war: ‘If that day comes…’
- A Nuclear-Armed European Union? A Proposal Under Fire. European Nuclear Deterrent a Harebrained Illegal Proposal.
- Blinken Confirms Biden Change On Policy Toward Ukraine Using U.S. Weapons Inside Russia. France to give fighter jets to Ukraine – Macron.
- What’s Next for Battlefield America? Israel’s High-Tech Military Tactics Point the Way.
- China: US nuclear weapons in South Korea would undermine its security.
- Russia nuclear-powered submarine to visit Cuba amid rising tensions with US.
Counteracting the spin: nuclear and associated news this week
Some bits of good news– People power: seven grassroots conservationists who are ‘saving the world’ Air pollution is falling again in China. Planting Trees and Equity in the Arizona Desert.
TOP STORIES The Slow-Motion Execution of Julian Assange Continues. Assange Wins Right to Appeal on 1st Amendment Issue. Julian Assange’s five-year battle against extradition to the US continues as he WINS last-ditch legal battle to lodge appeal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvwHt70oJJ4
38 Years After Chernobyl Disaster, 12% of Belarus’s Territory Is Still Contaminated
From the archives. The longer-term consequences of a nuclear war.
Climate. Isle of Wight-size iceberg breaks from Antarctica. We’ve underestimated the ‘Doomsday’ glacier – and the consequences could be devastating. 2024 looks like producing a sizzling summer in the North of this planet.:
- AccuWeather Summer 2024 U.S. Forecast: Sizzling Summer Temperatures.
- Periods of abnormally high temperatures will become more common and intense in Russia.
- Canada risks more ‘catastrophic’ wildfires with hot weather forecast
It’s so hot in Mexico that monkeys are dropping dead from trees.
Noel’s notes. UK’s political omnishambles – a damper on the nuclear lobby. Turning Point, The Cold War and the Bomb. Episode 3- Institutional Insanity. The insanity of DEFENSE: with climate change, Defense becomes our real enemy.
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AUSTRALIA. Renewables and storage still cheapest option, nuclear too slow and costly in Australia – CSIRO. Coalition’s brave nuke world a much harder sell after new CSIRO report. CSIRO puts cost of new nuclear plant at $8.6bn as Coalition stalls on policy details. Australia can learn from the American experience with nuclear power. Western Australia Liberals reject Peter Dutton’s nuclear plan. Dutton’s devoid-of-details nuclear plan an atomic failure. The ‘first-of-its-kind’ premium that could add billions to Peter Dutton’s nuclear power plan. Powering ahead: Dutton to name nuclear sites within weeks. Peter Dutton to reveal nuclear power locations ‘soon’ amid energy debate.
Lidia Thorpe warns new laws will turn Australia into “the world’s nuclear waste dump“.
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NUCLEAR ISSUES
CLIMATE. Sites with radioactive material more vulnerable as climate change increases wildfire, flood risks. Nuclear sites, including Hanford, feeling the heat as climate change stokes wildfires drought.
Wildfire closes 20+ miles of highway across Hanford nuclear site Saturday night.
ECONOMICS. Militarism will inevitably lead America to bankruptcy ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2024/05/21/3b1-militarism-will-inevitably-lead-america-to-bankruptcy/
European Investment Bank’s (EIB) financing for nuclear reactor construction remains off the agenda.
UK Nuclear Plant Sizewell Continues Fundraising Before Election. Soaring costs are likely for planned Wylfa nuclear station, but EDF, Westinghouse, Kepco clamour to build it. ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2024/05/23/2-b1-soaring-costs-are-likely-for-planned-wylfa-nuclear-station-but-edf-westinghouse-kepco-clamour-to-build-it/ Wylfa nuclear power plan- a financial basket case- and no developer will take on the risks. Hinkley C – don’t say I didn’t warn you
EDUCATION. University of Sheffield gets into the nuclear debt web, partnering with Rolls Royce to make “small” nuclear reactors.
Yet another university co-opted by the nuclear industry.
Follow the Money: How Israel-Linked Billionaires Silenced US Campus Protests.
| ENERGY. Solar and wind generation will soon pass nuclear, hydro.Electricity grids creak as AI demands soar.Huge nuclear ship spotted docked off Welsh coast. Q&A – Germany’s nuclear exit: One year after. | HEALTH. Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) set to expire soon, while many nuclear test victims await justice . | HISTORY. In 1939 the Soviet Union ‘planned to send a million troops to stop Hitler if Britain and France agreed pact’. |
| MEDIA.Antony Blinken orders crack down on Gaza-related nuclear leaks – Politico.Endless Trump reporting in USA media, but very little reporting of genocide in Gaza.Israel blocks Associated Press from livestreaming of Gaza under new censorship law, US urges it to reverse decision. Israel says it will return video equipment seized from AP.“Nuclear War: A Scenario”: An Absolute Must-Read. ALSO AT https://wordpress.com/post/nuclear-news.net/273842 | OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . Nuclear-free councils hit out at ‘mad delusion’ of new reactor. Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLAs) join Stop Sizewell in urging 120 local authorities not to back Sizewell C. Protest continues against Japan’s further discharge of nuke-contaminated water. |
| POLITICS. Uncertainty in UK: Will a Labour government really tread that troubled nuclear power path? UK Election! And no Final Investment Decision project. Sizewell C nuclear: Uncertainty surrounds final investment decision as parliamentary session shortened. SNPs Stephen Flynn claims Labour ‘will divert £20bn of Scotland’s oil cash’ to build nuclear power plants in England. Joe Biden’s Deceptive Declarations on Gaza are contradicted by his actions. Crisis of radioactive waste mismanagement in the Ottawa River watershed” | POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.Iran’s new leaders stand at a nuclear precipice. Iran appoints nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri as interim foreign minister.Moscow to ‘mirror’ West, NATO approaches, including nuclear weapons: Russia.US-Saudi officials meet for security and nuclear deal.North Korea vows to boost nuclear posture after US subcritical nuke test.In Nuclear Crosshairs, Guam Still Doesn’t Control Its Own Affairs.Asian neighbors wary of China’s plans to deploy floating nuclear plants.Who was to blame for the failure to properly survey the geology at Hinkley? |
| SAFETY. UN watchdog warns on nuclear trafficking. Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant’s main power line down for hours, no safety threat. Officials set up road closures around Sunnyside Community Hospital for radiation concerns. | SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. Why US Opposes Efforts to Keep Space Weapons-Free. | TECHNOLOGY. Altman-Backed Oklo Sees Data Centers Boosting Nuclear Demand, (though OKLO SMR design not yet approved) |
| URANIUM. Russian uranium ban reopens threat of uranium mining escalation in US. | WASTES. No nuke waste down under: NFLAs spokesperson seeks reassurance British nuclear subs will still be decommissioned at Rosyth. | WAR and CONFLICT. Ukrainian missiles hit Crimea as Russia launches nuclear drills in area. Ukraine war briefing: France flies nuclear-capable missile as Russia holds drills. |
WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES.
- North Korea says it forced to take measures to increase nuclear deterrence.
- US military aid to Ukraine is ‘grift’ – Blackwater founder to Tucker Carlson.
- In a letter to President Joe Biden and top members of his administration, Veterans For Peace asserts that U.S. law requires the cutoff of all weapons shipments to Israel. Blinken Pushing To Let Ukraine Hit Russian Territory With US Weapons.
- Ukraine: Stoltenberg calls for lifting restrictions on the use of NATO weapons to strike in Russia. Let Ukraine freely strike Russia with Western arms – NATO chief.
- Senators Quiz Navy Leaders on Proposed Sea-Launched Nuclear Cruise Missile
Counteracting the spin of the military-industrial-nuclear-complex this week
Some bits of good news.
Instead of Taking Millions for Their Land, Texas Family Makes a Park Instead
Beavers Are Back in London — and They’re Thriving. Moroccan Farmers Are Banking Traditional Seeds for a Hotter, Drier Future
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TOP STORIES Julian Assange faces judgment day over US extradition. ‘Bring Julian home’: the Australian campaign to free Assange. https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/instead-of-taking-millions-for-their-land-texas-family-makes-a-park-instead/
Noel’s notes. A DISAPPOINTING NETFLIX SERIES – Turning Point -the bomb and the cold war. Netflix’s “Turning point. The bomb and the cold war”- Episode 2 – Poisoning the Soil. Dominic Cummings the “evil gnome” who makes us think.
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AUSTRALIA. Nuclear subs are coming to Australia -Now the Coalition wants reactors, too-We’re not ready for it. Australia and the AUKUS nuclear waste-dump clause. Australia risks being ‘world’s nuclear waste dump’ unless Aukus laws changed, critics say. Nuclear waste from AUKUS nations could be on cards .
Dutton’s nuclear would spike electricity bills when (if) they start in the 2040s. Going nuclear on power and wages may not be the election winner Peter Dutton thinks it is. Anthony Albanese accuses Coalition of hiding key details on nuclear policy. ‘Hugely expensive’ nuclear a ‘Trojan horse’ for coal, NSW Liberal says as energy policy rift exposed. The 13 leading sites for a nuclear reactor in Australia – including a dam that supplies drinking water for a major city.
Australian war crimes whistleblower David McBride jailed for six years. David McBride goes to prison – and Australian democracy takes a hit.
NUCLEAR ISSUES
| CLIMATE. Mycle Schneider: Nuclear power is not an option. | CULTURE. Amidst genocide and war, anti-Zionism protesters are demonised as ‘extremists‘. War Culture Hates the Ethical Passion of the Young. | ECONOMICS. Nuclear Weapons at Any Price? Congress Should Say No. Nuclear power station risks hitting taxpayers with £20bn bill. Pension funds need ‘compelling’ returns from UK nuclear projects to invest. |
| EDUCATION. UK nuclear lobby further infiltrates universities with government grants for nuclear fusion. | EMPLOYMENT Warning that Dounreay could be facing ‘prolonged’ industrial action over pay dispute. | ENERGY. Tech firms claim nuclear will solve AI’s power needs – they’re wrong. Think before you click – and three other ways to reduce your digital carbon footprint. |
| HEALTH. Radiation. New Brunswick’s nuclear reactor emits high levels of radioactivity, increasing cancer risk. | MEDIA. Nuclear War Will Only Kill People Already Impacted By Nuclear Weapons. That’s Everyone.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeMZcgD8PmA | OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . Protest. RAF Lakenheath protest to make airbase nuclear-free zone. Together Against Sizewell C vows to continue fight after legal challenge rejected by Supreme Court – as the nuclear plant welcomes the news. Indonesia civil society groups raise concerns over proposed Borneo nuclear reactor. |
PERSONAL STORY. The plutonium connection: Why I no longer conduct my research at the University of New Brunswick.
| POLITICS. Ontario’s nuclear option is the wrong path to meet green energy targets. Sen. Lindsey Graham suggests nuking Gaza, says nuking Hiroshima was ‘the right decision’. UK plans new nuclear plant in Scotland despite Scottish government opposition. UK government about to overrule Scotland and impose nuclear stations? UK government planning nuclear site in Scotland – Jack. Scotland’s First Minister Swinney condemns Jack’s menacing idea for nuclear plant in Scotland . We’re all right Jack: No need for nuclear in Scotland. The last thing that Scotland needs is new nuclear power, small or otherwise. LABOUR MUST RULE OUT NEW NUCLEAR REACTOR FOR SCOTLAND. Top Labour donor joins campaign to stop Hinkley nuclear plant. Nuclear Free Local Authorities welcome commitment to recruit new Theddlethorpe GDF Community Partnership Chair at less cost who is local. Welsh Nuclear Free Local Authorities welcome Traws abandonment from New Nuclear plans. | POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. US Says It Won’t Let Iran Build Nuclear Bomb. Dominic Cummings: Zelensky’s no Churchill and Ukraine’s corrupt. Xi outlines solution to Ukraine conflict. US bans China crypto-miner from nuclear base area. China urges US, UK and Australia to stop AUKUS nuclear submarine deal: FM spokesperson. China and Russia Disagree on North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons. |
| PLUTONIUM ALL reactor-produced plutonium is usable in nuclear weapons. | SAFETY. Greenpeace Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) condemn Russian government plans to restart nuclear reactors at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. Military activities near Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP). MISTAKES THAT CAUSED THE CHERNOBYL DISASTER. https://nuclear-news.net/2024/05/20/1-b-all-reactor-produced-plutonium-is-usable-in-nuclear-weapons/). | SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. New report to Congress shows US determined to militarize space |
| SPINBUSTER. “Bouncing-back” and other resilience neologisms championed by the state are inherently at odds with the irreversibility of nuclear waste. Promising the Impossible: Blinken’s Out of Tune Performance in Kyiv. | TECHNOLOGY. EU rebuffs UK attempt to continue collaborating on nuclear fusion experiment -ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2024/05/16/1-b1-eu-rebuffs-uk-attempt-to-continue-collaborating-on-nuclear-fusion-experiment/ Renewable Energy company Neoen to build its biggest battery to shift energy to evening peak in nuclear-dominated Ontario. Small Modular Nuclear Five Times The Price (letter). Canada’s plutonium mishap in India was 50 years ago this week – is history repeating itself now? | URANIUM. Russian uranium ban reopens threat of uranium mining escalation in US. Congress must stop Biden from fueling a Saudi nuclear bomb . |
| WASTES. Nuclear waste to be buried 650ft under the English countryside. ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2024/05/19/2-a-nuclear-waste-to-be-buried-650ft-under-the-english-countryside/ Japan starts 6th discharge of Fukushima nuclear-contaminated wastewater. | WAR and CONFLICT. 450,000 Palestinians flee Rafah as Israeli tanks move in. Israel ‘Has Gone to War Against the Entire Palestinian People‘: Sanders. The US a Direct Partner in the Israeli War. Only ‘two countries’ would survive nuclear war after ‘5 billion die in 72 hours‘, says expert. U.S. rejects China’s proposal to ban first use of nuclear weapons. This is what nuclear war in 2024 would look like. Christmas Island veterans receive nuclear testing medals | WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. The Arsenal of Genocide: the U.S. Weapons That Are Destroying Gaza. Biden Moves Forward Over $1 Billion in Weapons for Israel as Tanks Push Deeper Into Rafah. Blinken to Zelensky: ‘Here’s another $2 billion to get thousands more Ukraine troops killed for nothing. U.S. conducted first subcritical nuclear test since September 2021. Fifty years after Canada’s plutonium mishap in India, is history repeating itself?. G7 goal of nuclear-free world increasingly challenged. |
This week’s Climate Military-Industrial-nuclear-media -complex news
Some bits of good news. Opposing The War Machine Is Cool Again – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us1r9Wsvjts Hake Fisheries’ Remarkable Recovery Is a Sign of Hope for Our Oceans.
TOP STORIES. `
We’ve barely scratched the surface of how energy efficiency can help the energy transition.
The End of the World as We Know It. United States nuclear weapons, 2024 – (long) extracts at- https://nuclear-news.net/2024/05/10/2-a-united-states-nuclear-weapons-2024/ Don’t Believe the Washington War Machine: Putin Is Not Going to Invade Another NATO Ally.
China and the U.S. Are Numb to the Real Risk of War – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2024/05/12/1a-china-and-the-u-s-are-numb-to-the-real-risk-of-war/ Fusion reactor could create ingredients for a nuclear weapon in weeks.
Climate. ‘The stakes could not be higher’: world is on edge of climate abyss, UN warns. Floods in Brazil, Kenya, and Texas USA. Venezuela loses its last glacier as it shrinks down to an ice field. World’s oceans suffer from record-breaking year of heat. Afghanistan flash floods kill more than 300 as torrents of water and mud crash through villages.
Ghent students occupy university building in climate and Gaza protest.
Noel’s notes. Time to rise above the tit-for-tat mentality – “Turning Point: the Bomb and the Cold War” (and this is not an ad) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHuuLo-CSRo&t=4s. What is special about “Turning Point -The Bomb and Cold War”?. “The empire” – an exaggerated, emotive, term?
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AUSTRALIA.
- Federal election 2025: Peter Dutton’s nuclear plans worry voters in Nationals-held seat of Gippsland. Australia doesn’t need nukes: International Energy Agency boss. Coalition MPs dismiss International Energy Agency advice to ditch nuclear plans.
- Radiation Protection Agency to Decide on Nuclear Waste Facility Licence Soon.
- Were Australian weapons used in mass killings by Saudi Arabia?
- Australia votes ‘yes’ at United Nations as Palestinian push for full membership gathers momentum.
- Bungled design blamed for cracks in the lining of ANSTO’s new nuclear waste plant – ALSO AT https://antinuclear.net/2024/05/12/bungled-design-blamed-for-cracks-in-the-lining-of-anstos-new-nuclear-waste-plant/
- Koonibba looks to the future as a rocket launch site, but one elder is concerned about impact on sacred sites.
NUCLEAR ISSUES.
CLIMATE. Fixation on UK nuclear power may not help to solve climate crisis.
ECONOMICS
How long does it take to build a nuclear reactor? We ask France. NuScale, maker of small nuclear reactors, reported revenue of $1.4 million and net loss of $48.1 million for the three-month period ended March 31, 2024. Sizewell C nuclear station ‘absolutely not inevitable‘ says campaigner – Can investors be found?
Sam Altman’s nuclear energy company Oklo plunges 54% in New York Stock Exchange debut. Sam Altman-backed nuclear start-up crashes after Wall Street debut. NuScale Power Corporation (SMR) Reports Q1 Loss, Misses Revenue Estimates.
| EDUCATION. Nuclear lobby infiltrates West Lakes Academy and the Energy Coast University Technical College . | ENERGY. Energy Revolutions – time for a change. Constellation Energy looks to small nuclear reactors for the gross, ever-increasing, energy needs of great steel data containers. | ENVIRONMENT. Hinkley Point C: New public inquiry planned over environmental impact. UK Environment Agency ponders on its concerns over Hinkley Point C nuclear effects on fish and the marine habitat.Inside abandoned ghost town at Fukushima after nuclear power plant meltdown. |
| ETHICS and RELIGION. Let Israel’s Leaders Get Arrested for War Crimes. | LEGAL. The mad waste of public money by UK’s leading nuclear giants to pursue costs against a whistleblower at your expense. Forces of Impunity: The US Threatens the International Criminal Court. | MEDIA. Biden’s war on Gaza is now a war on truth and the right to protest. Israel Bans Al Jazeera Journalists, Network, Joining Syria and Iran as Repressive Regime.New Lines: How Washington is Weaponizing Media. |
| POLITICS.USA politicians threaten to invade International Criminal Court if Israel faces war crimes charges. The Summer of Student Activist Protests.UK’s Nuclear roadmap is a massive detour. UK Taxpayers to fund fast-tracked nuclear fusion reactors.Kremlin says nuclear weapon drills are Russia’s response to West’s statements.Polish industry minister announces massive delay in nuclear power plant project. Canada: Nuclear Waste Petition Tabled in Parliament. | POLITICS INTERNATIONAL AND DIPLOMACYIran warns it will change nuclear doctrine if ‘existence threatened’.France’s mini nuclear reactor plan – Nuward, gets another financial handout from the European Commission.Nuclear Energy: The New Geopolitical Battleground.South Korean state energy monopoly in talks to build new UK nuclear plant– ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2024/05/12/1-b1-south-korean-state-energy-monopoly-in-talks-to-build-new-uk-nuclear-plant/Biden’s Shifting ‘Red Line’ Lets Israel Get Away With Murder. |
| RADIATION. Canada’s federal budget -calls nuclear energy “clean” – the height of absurdity! | SAFETY. Sizewell C in Suffolk granted nuclear site licence. |
| SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. The detonation of even a single nuclear weapon in space could destroy a significant proportion of satellites in orbit around Earth: UK statement at the UN General Assembly.Astronomers in court against Federal Communications Commission and SpaceX. Russia, China plan nuclear power plant on Moon. | TECHNOLOGY. Warren Buffett compares AI to nuclear weapons in stark warning. The UK makes licensing for nuclear fusion easier: developers can lead site selection. Nano Nuclear wants to reinvent the nuclear power business—but it could take a while. Microsoft reportedly planning “Stargate”, a $100billion supercomputer to be powered by several nuclear plants |
| URANIUM. US Congress Restricts Russian Uranium Imports, Unlocks $2.7 Billion for Domestic Fuel.US nuclear industry clamors for waiver process details as Russian uranium ban looms. | WASTES. Nuclear waste at center of testy Nevada Senate race. Japan’s government asks Genkai mayor to accept site survey to host nuclear waste. |
| WAR and CONFLICT. Israeli Invasion of Rafah Appears Imminent After Evacuation Order. Ending the Logic of War. Rafah residents call on the world to act. NATO escalation in Ukraine threatens nuclear war with Russia. Moscow threatens to strike British military facilities following Cameron’s remarks. Medvedev says aim of nuclear exercises is to work out response to attacks on Russian soil. Exactly what happens in the seconds after a nuclear bomb is launched – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=–dDjjOkY9A | WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES.France wants to extend its nuclear umbrella to Europe.US Defenseless Against Russian Hypersonic Missiles and Iranian Drones – Explosive Defence Department Testimony.Military interests are pushing new nuclear power.Students Demanding Divestment: You’re on the Right Side of History.Token gesture: Biden puts hold on approved shipments of ammo to Israel. Hamas will not be defeated for another two to three years: Israeli military sources.Putin orders tactical nuclear weapons drills. Pentagon sees no change in Russia’s strategic nuclear force posture.The Great Ukraine Robbery Is Not Over Yet. The United States Is Expected to Announce a New $400 Million Package of Weapons for Ukraine. |
This week’s news about the military-industrial-nuclear-communications ecosystem
Some bits of good news – The positive impact of conservation action. The ‘Green Nobel Prize’ announced its winners. Solar Balconies Are Booming in Germany and You Can Plug in and Install Them Yourself
TOP STORIES.
72 Minutes Until the End of the World? Is There Life Beyond Nuclear Armageddon?
Five Things the “Nuclear Bros” Don’t Want You to Know About Small Modular Reactors.
University Investments: Divesting from the Military-Industrial Complex.
Bill before Australian Parliament would allow UK and USA to dump decades of high-level nuclear waste in Australia.
Climate. ‘Inside an oven’: sweltering heat ravages crops and takes lives in south-east Asia. Brutal 48C heatwave takes its toll on east Asia. – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2024/05/06/1-b1-inside-an-oven-sweltering-heat-ravages-crops-and-takes-lives-in-south-east-asia/
Noel’s notes. The global nuclear industry – rotten to the core. Small modular reactors – yes -the nuclear lobby will keep hyping them – no matter what!
AUSTRALIA.
- Parliamentarians renew their support for the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cvo1cOMpxE “History is Calling: Australia and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons” .
- Bill lets UK/US “dump nuclear submarine waste here” Critical worker shortage menaces nuclear-powered submarine workforce, Start thinking now about alternatives to AUKUS Pillar 1.
- Staggering rise of clean energy in China a wake-up call to Australia – including on nuclear.
- Nuclear power makes no sense for Australia – but it’s a useful diversion from real climate action.
- Murrumbidgee Council launches survey on establishing nuclear power generator near Coleambally, Darlington Point or Jerilderie. Bowen says Coalition’s nuclear push would put grid reliability at risk due to delays in coal plant closures.
- Off the Books: how the Army privatised SAS elite to dark ops outfit Omni
- Australia and the F-35 supply chain: in lockstep with Lockheed.
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NUCLEAR ISSUES
| ARTS. UK/Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities to join new “Rock Solid2” art exhibition. | CIVIL LIBERTIES. Academic arrested for “statements against Zionism” as Israel intensifies anti-genocide crackdown.Enforcing Silence on Genocide. | CULTURE.Israel’s Defenders Talk So Much About Feelings Because They Can’t Talk About Facts |
| ECONOMICS.Industrial action by nuclear submarine workforce hits Rolls Royce.UK government pushing institutional investors to support Sizewell C nuclear project. A new nuclear energy law will likely mean higher utility bills. Georgia’s Vogtle 2 nuclear reactors cost over $30Billion, – but were meant to cost $14Billion | ENERGY.G7 Countries Task IRENA to Monitor Group’s Renewable Energy Progress.Germany records 50 hours of negative electricity prices for April, largely due to renewables.California hits stunning new solar and battery records in postcard from energy future. Huge success of renewable energy in California – over 100% of demand for many days |
| ETHICS and RELIGION. Israel ‘undoubtedly’ committing genocide says Holocaust scholar Amos Goldberg. | HEALTH. Dounreay & Scottish Nuclear Policy.. ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2024/05/01/2-b1-dounreay-scottish-nuclear-policy/ | INDIGENOUS ISSUES. First Nations leaders voice opposition to nuclear power plants.Land Defence Alliance stands united against the burial of nuclear waste.Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) responds to Land Defence Alliance protest. | HUMAN RIGHTS. New US Antisemitism Law Turns Critics Against Israeli Genocide Into Criminals. |
| LEGAL. INTERNATIONAL DARK SKY ASSOCIATION vs. FCC AND SPACEX. How Israel violates International Law in Gaza: expert report. | MEDIA. The Vow from Hiroshima film is coming on PBS, this month. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RcSCgUBrUc New Book – The Scientists Who Alerted Us to the Dangers of Radiation. Gaza Journalists Killed by Israel Honored on World Press Freedom Day. As Peace Protests Are Violently Suppressed, CNN Paints Them as Hate Rallies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOBEHXtWMRI |
| POLITICS. Inside story: Will Iran’s supreme leader revise his ‘nuclear fatwa’? US Presidential candidate arrested at anti-Israel protest. France’s Macron wants to build 14 new Nuclear reactors by 2050. 6 is more realistic. France Increases State Funding for Advanced Nuclear R&D Project. UK / Parliamentary Committee Chair Criticises Lack Of Clarity On SMR Plans. Why UK Government nuclear quango has ruled out Trawsfynydd from initial mini-nuke rollout. The breadth and depth of the nuclear lobby in Canada. | POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. Why Iran may accelerate its nuclear program, and Israel may be tempted to attack it. US vs China, Israel vs Iran, India vs Pakistan: Asia plays with fire as nuclear war safety net frays. |
| SAFETY. Alarm over nuclear safety lapses on the Clyde. Fears raised over Wales accident risk involving aircraft carrying nuclear materials. IAEA’s top nuclear salesman-cum-watchdog, Rafael Grossi, to visit Iran | SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS.Dead satellites are filling space with trash. That could affect Earth’s magnetic field. Nukes in space: Why a very very stupid idea just became more likely. |
| TECHNOLOGY. A Closer Look at Two Operational Small Modular Reactor Designs. Can floating nuclear power plants help solve Northern Canada’s energy woes?. (ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2024/05/05/2-b1-can-floating-nuclear-power-plants-help-solve-northern-canadas-energy-woes/) Small reactors don’t add up as a viable energy source. Small modular reactors aren’t the energy answer for remote communities and mines. ARC might need to redesign its SMR technology: former president + US bans import of enriched uranium + more to the story | URANIUM. US cutoff of Russian uranium imports viable but costly to replace. | WASTES. The undersea nuclear graveyard now more costly than HS2. Barrels Of Radioactive Waste Turn Up Off The Coast Of California. To find a place to store spent nuclear fuel, Congress needs to stop trying to revive Yucca Mountain. Toxic sewage discharged at Chalk River nuclear lab. Nuclear-waste compensation (?bribery) numbers raise eyebrows. |
| WAR and CONFLICT. The Israel-US game plan for Gaza is staring us in the face. Israel’s Finance Minister Smotrich calls for ‘total annihilation’ of Gaza. CodePink – Tell President Biden: WE WANT COOPERATION, NOT CONFLICT! NATO using war games to ‘prepare for conflict’ – Moscow. | WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES.Zelensky wants ten more years of US funding. NATO state rejects €100 billion Ukraine war chest ‘madness’. US Air Force pays $13 billion for new ‘doomsday’ planes that protect president during a nuclear attack . The Fight Over THAAD in Korea. |
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