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Australian news, and some related international items

Nuclear news in this week of genocide

Some bits of good news.  Largest Dam Removal in History Begins Restoring Salmon and California Tribal Way of Life.   The world’s largest offshore wind farm powered up.            Global poverty reduction efforts are back on track.

TOP STORIES. This Way for the Genocide, Ladies and Gentlemen.  Some Israeli actions ‘against international law’ – EU. What is Jericho missile system? Israel’s potential ‘doomsday’ nuclear option.   

How “Dumb Money” Nukes Boil & Bankrupt The Earth.  US weapons costs way beyond $886billion: call for nuclear weapons spending blowout -USA congressional commission.   

The case of Yaroslav Hunka, and its echoes in Australia’s history.     

Climate. How criminalisation is being used to silence climate activists across the world.

Christina notes. The monstrous lie – that Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians is OK. Meanwhile, in Australia, Trumpian style lies and subterfuge have undermined a wonderful plan to bring a voice from Australia’s First Nations people into the Parliament. Cunning false arguments from the Opposition Coalition, quietly promoted by mining interests, and their pro-nuclear Aboriginal spokesman, Warren Mundine have prevailed, on Murdoch media and social media to defeat the referendum on an Aboriginal Voice included in the Constitution.  Nuclear and other polluting industries are readily heard by the politicians – but First Nations people – back into their colonial box!

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AUSTRALIA. 

CIVIL LIBERTIES. Israel-Hamas war – another excuse to shut down free speech. France uses teargas on banned pro-Palestinian rally . Glenn Greenwald: Pro-Palestine Protests Outlawed in France/Germany. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsMJVHttAGI&t=6   Past Time to End the Persecution of Julian Assange.

ECONOMICS. Motor fault, legal problems, future delays …. giant costly Vogtle nuclear project struggles on.

ENERGY. Endless electricity and water use: the Artificial-Intelligence-Blockchain-Data Centre -Nuclear-NuScale nightmare to come.

ENVIRONMENT. Deadly radioactive dust. Public comments sought on waste water permit for Fermi 2 nuclear plant. Sunken Nuclear Submarine May Be Leaking Radiation Into The Ocean.

EVENTS. WEBINAR. Thursday, October 19 Is New Nuclear a Good Investment for Ontario.

HEALTH. Fresh stock of iodine tablets for Swiss living near nuclear plants.

HISTORY. The Arab-Israeli war 50 years ago brought us close to nuclear Armageddon. What the media forgets to tell you about Israel and Gaza.

LEGAL. ‘Humanity Must Prevail’ in Gaza, Says UN Official as Refugee Shelters Become IDF Targets. 

Judicial review will hear appeal against UK govt’s consent for Sizewell C nuclear. Boss of Sizewell nuclear project calls for “curbing protestors powers’ to block them in the courts. New Mexico could try again to challenge nuclear waste storage project in court,

MEDIA. Propaganda Blitz: How Mainstream Media is Pushing Fake Palestine Stories. ‘The Day After’ Director Returns to Sound the Alarm with ‘How to Stop a Nuclear War‘. SOS – The San Onofre Syndrome: Nuclear Power’s Legacy.

NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY. Ten reasons why nuclear power has no future. New Brunswick small nuclear tech could be used for nuclear war: physicist.

OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . Protest: Keep Space For Peace – Croughton US Base, 7 October 2023. – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2dxft1P_XM      PETITION: Stop calling uranium mined fuels “clean energy”.

POLITICS. UK Labour should follow Welsh government and commit to nuclear weapon prohibition, fringe meeting hears.       Skills gap and grid connections key hurdles in UK’s nuclear energy ambitions, says Great British Nuclear chair.           Sweden: Vattenfall going too slow on developing nuclear reactors?.

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. US bails on Ukraine…but doesn’t tell Zelensky. Time to implement UN decisions on Palestine – Lavrov. Fascism in the West to Enable Genocide in Palestine . US diplomats told to avoid calls for Gaza ‘ceasefire’. . The nuclear dispute driving a wedge between France and Germany.

PUBLIC OPINION. Ukrainians joining Americans in supporting negotiated end to Russo Ukraine war. Half of China’s people are worried about Fukushima water release: poll.


SAFETY. Zelensky pledged not to directly attack nuclear plant in Zaporizhzhia, says IAEA chiefSlovenian nuclear plant to stay closed until leak fixed. South Carolina nuclear plant gets warning over another cracked emergency fuel pipe. Regulators reject request to shutter nuclear reactor. Finland’s government wants to yet again extend the operating licenses of 2 old nuclear reactors – Olkiluoto 1 and 2. Fukushima Up Close, 13 Years Later.Question from Jamaica: are we being the world’s guinea pig for SMR nuclear power?

SECRETS and LIES. Israeli army says it does not have ‘confirmation’ about allegations that ‘Hamas beheaded babies’ Biden says he saw evidence of Hamas ‘beheading’ Israeli children; White House clarifies. How To Explain U.S. Empire’s Support For Israel Right Or Wrong? Was the massacre in a Ukrainian village in fact a false-flag provocation by the Kiev regime?     Are more weapons that USA will send to Ukraine likely to end up in the hands of Hamas ?           Canada funding Ukrainian groups that celebrate WW2 Nazis – media.

  SPINBUSTER. The US Is Just As Culpable As Israel For The Atrocities Committed In Gaza.   Who finances RePlanet and its love for nuclear energy?         Critics are sceptical over County Council’s ‘nuclear engagement officer role’ funded by the industry.       Interest, but skepticism, on nuclear microreactors, fusion , and thorium .

WASTES. Fukui governor accepts utility’s nuclear fuel plan, comes under fire . Decommissioning: Vermont Yankee nuclear plant teardown ahead of schedule, but removal of the spent fuel is a problem. Nuclear reactor that operated for only 9 years will take many (expensive) decades to decommission .          UK’s old nuclear submarines, dead for over 40 years, and a new plan for turning them into “tin cans and razor blades”.

WAR and CONFLICT. Why are we avoiding the ‘what if’ of nuclear war? 

We condemn atrocities from both Hamas and Israel – Veterans for Peace, and Roots Action. It’s Not The ‘Israel-Hamas War’, It’s The Israel-Gaza Massacre. THE PLAN TO WIPE OUT HAMAS. “Collateral damage” is unintentional, but Israel’s bombing of Gaza kids IS INTENTIONAL. Ministry confirms Israel’s deployment of white phosphorous bombs against Gaza. Flashback: Israel’s 2009 firing of white phosphorous mutilated & murdered Palestinian civilians. In 1981, Israel Bombed Nuclear Reactor In Iraq. Why It’s Relevant Today,

Israel Is Using Starvation as a Weapon of War Against the Palestinian People: Jewish Voices for Peace. Report From Gaza: Fears That Israeli Army Is Preparing for Ethnic Cleansing. Israeli Army Bombs a Single Neighborhood in Gaza 450 Times in 24 Hours.       Israel Accused of ‘Blatant War Crime’ as Human Rights Watch Confirms White Phosphorus Used in Gaza.           This is one scary opinion about the Israeli-Palestine war – “Get Ready, Because The U.S. Is Going To War In The Middle East”.        

 Ukraine admits to conducting 3 commando raids against the city that hosts Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant.

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. Ex-CIA analyst ‘100% sure’ Hamas using US-supplied weapons. Are Hamas fighters using American weapons meant for Ukraine? White House hopes to merge Ukraine and Israel aid – media. Israel’s nuclear weapons and their history. EU facing ‘huge shortage’ of ammunition – media. Zelensky fears Israel will distract from Western weapons aid to Kiev. 

NATO will hold a major nuclear exercise next week as Russia plans to pull out of a test ban treaty.       Drone Warfare in the Nuclear Age.            Entrenched Belief in Nuclear Deterrence as Defence Keeps Fear of Annihilation Alive, UN First Committee Hears in Thematic Debate.

October 17, 2023 Posted by | Christina reviews | Leave a comment

This week – in nuclear news

Some bits of good news.  Rooftop solar capacity has increased by an unprecedented 349% in South Africa in just over a year.    The all-female, grassroots network moving millions away from fossil fuels’       Positive news: A ship powered by rubbish docked in the UK. The pitter patter of tiny beaver feet returned to the UK capital.

TOP STORIES.      Journalism Itself Is Locked Up In Belmarsh. 

French tax-payers up for €20bn or more per year, in mountain of costs to keep nuclear fleet going. 

Tragic Nuclear Submarine Accident in China Sparks Global Concern. 

Define ‘Nazi’: Western media muddies history to cover up Canada’s SS scandal. 

Depleted Ukrainium: What Comes After Failure? 

5 animal species that became radioactive after being exposed to nuclear fallout zones.

Climate. World could be heading for hottest October on record – after hottest July, August and September ever. World breaches key 1.5C warming mark for record number of days. The Pope speaks out against climate deniers.

Nuclear. Event: 14 October 12-2pm ET Join Us WARHEADS TO WINDMILLS – ONLINE FORUM.  The Palestine -Israel disaster – who knows where this is now headed?

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AUSTRALIA. France attempts to pressure Australia to stop engaging with UN nuclear weapons ban treaty. Pacific island States support the Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons – a problem for Australia in joining AUKUS nuclear military alliance. Accident on nuclear submarine would leave Australia ‘unavoidably’ responsible, says US report. Jacqui Lambie’s nuclear response to secret flights for submarine project. BAE lands £4bn contract for Aukus nuclear attack submarines.

Class action launched against British Government over nuclear bomb tests in Australia’

Why Nazis still call Australia home.  Who Is Anthony Pratt, the Billionaire Trump Allegedly Shared Nuclear Secrets With? Nuclear-Powered Fixations: The Trump-Pratt Disclosures. Is nuclear energy feasible in Australia (and how much would it cost)?

Australian towns battle fire and flood back-to-back.

CLIMATE. Reconciling With Truth Requires Listening… what about nuclear waste?

ECONOMICS. Aukus: UK defence giant BAE Systems wins Australian £3.95bn nuclear submarine contract. Which Companies Will Benefit Most From Modernization Of The U.S. Nuclear Arsenal? Hyped up uranium investors face political fallout risk.

EDUCATION. Military space groups in New Mexico expand recruitment and STEM education for children.

 ENERGY.  Wind and solar are only forms of power generation rising globally, study finds. Solar oversupply leads southwest Japan utility to offer limited ‘free’ power.

ENVIRONMENT. Oceans. Fukushima nuclear plant starts 2nd release of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea. How safe is the release of treated radioactive water from Fukushima plant? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjO4fF68FAQ .          Groups Demand DOE Environmental Impact Statement Before Agency Bails Out Palisades Zombie Reactor Restart.

ETHICS and RELIGION. Ukraine ‘very cheap way’ to fight Russia, NATO state claims.

HEALTH. More Los Alamos National Laboratory Workers Test Positive for Radiation Exposure. Fukushima Study Links Low-Dose Radiation to Diabetes. Low-Dose Radiation Affects Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Human Aortic Endothelial Cells by Altering Gene Expression under Normal and Diabetic Conditions.

HISTORY. The Origins of Ukraine’s Fascists & Why It Matters, w/ Historian Tarik Cyril Amar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C7DE2KFJHs

LEGAL. Georgia Power will pay $413 million to settle lawsuit over nuclear reactor cost overruns.

MEDIA. New York Times provides American State Propaganda disguised as news. Portland filmmaker on ‘Downwind,’ a powerful documentary about nuclear tests on U.S. soil. All This Death Is The Fault Of The Western Press.

NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY. UK small #nuclear competition: Rolls Royce in, Bill Gates snubbed.

OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . Protest. Protesters call on Scottish Government to withdraw spaceport support.     Environmentalists suffer another setback in fight to shutter California’s last nuclear power plant.

POLITICS. Maybe Branding U.S. Wars Democrat or Republican Wasn’t Such A Good Idea. US Speaker McCarthy’s was ousted, partly due to the Ukraine issue: the next showdown is due on 17 November. US public support declines for arming Ukraine, Reuters/Ipsos poll shows. Zelensky names battalion after 1930s fascist sympathizer.

Senators Express Concerns Over Reports That Saudis Want US Support for Nuclear Program.

Green Party candidate for Waverley Valley pledged to challenge UK Government over Sizewell C nuclear . 

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. Nuclear renaissance in Europe ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtCJl4lZ-T8              France seeks European subsidies for its nuclear industry – fears “discrimination against nuclear”

The US deal to normalise relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel brings risks of a Middle East nuclear arms race. In nuclear push, Saudi Arabia could play US, China off each other. Saudi nukes: A desire for energy, weapons, or just leverage?

Mexican president criticizes US aid to Ukraine. Ex-EU boss says Ukraine too corrupt to join.

NATO member calls for ‘security umbrella’ to cover Ukraine. Jeffrey Sachs: Beyond the Neocon Debacle in Ukraine. Russia says Japan did not inform it fully about radioactive Fukushima water.

North Korea slams nuclear watchdog as ‘paid trumpeter’ for USA.

SAFETY. 

SECRETS and LIES. New Canadian Nazi scandal forces Viceroy to apologize – media. Ukrainians who helped elderly neighbours in Russian occupation are being convicted of collaboration. Trump blabbed nuclear submarine secrets to Australian billionaire member of Mar-a-Lago club, report claims. The CIA’s “Information War” is Now Globalized?

SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. Star Wars? Learned professor speaks of threat to peace in space

SPINBUSTER. Really? “Not About Nato” | “Never About NATO” | “Nothing to do with NATO” | UKRAINE WAR – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf5xEBwBhds Lincolnshire: a green and nuclear promised land.

TECHNOLOGY. AI Goes to War.

WASTES. As Japan releases more Fukushima water, what about the rest of the plant? At nuclear power plants around the Pacific, radioactive wastewater is being dumped. UK’s Nuclear Waste Service has said that a willing community could trump unsuitable geology.

WAR and CONFLICT. The Military Industrial Complex Is Making Hundreds Of Billions Of Dollars, And They Need A Military Draft In The U.S. To Take Things To The Next Level. Russia not looking for ‘more territory’ – Putin.

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. Hardening Ourselves into Weapons . No weapons left for Ukraine in Europe – Politico. Britain Has Run Out of Military Equipment to Give to #Ukraine. US is pushing Russia ‘toward using’ nuclear weapons by arming Ukraine, Belarus leader says. Why The US Canceled Project Pluto: The Super Weapon That Never Was.

Why Russia, China, and the U.S. Are Suddenly Expanding Their Nuclear Weapons Test Sites.

October 9, 2023 Posted by | Christina reviews | Leave a comment

Nuclear news – week to 2nd October

Some  bits of good news –  Brazil – Major win for the protection of Indigenous Rights. Indonesia – Deforestation halted on Awyu Indigenous Lands

TOP STORIES      It’s Time to Admit the Truth About the War in Ukraine—and Course Correct. People Are Dying For Inches In Ukraine, The “World’s Largest Arms Fair”.   Canada’s Honoring of Nazi Veteran Exposes Ottawa’s Longstanding Ukraine Policy. The Mad Propaganda Push To Normalize War Profiteering In Ukraine.

Is World War III About to Start? Part II: Are the Military-Industrial Complex and Deep State Driving Us to War? 

France pushes pro-nuclear momentum to host global talks at OECD, to get tax-payer funding for the nuclear industry. 

Climate. Antarctic sea ice at lowest winter level ever.   Portuguese youhs sue UK and 32 others for climate change failure. The solar world we might have had. ‘We’re not doomed yet’: climate scientist Michael Mann on our last chance to save human civilisation.

Chistina notes. Don’t let’s be beastly to the Nazis.

Nuclear. Not strictly nuclear – but could lead to nuclear war. All-too easy acceptance of Nazi philosophy, Nazi influence, in Ukraine’s fight against Russia. The recent Canadian experience of national leaders fawning all over a Nazi war criminal is a reminder of Nazi influence around the world – and Australia has its share, too.  Over-zealous hatred of Russia, and Russia’s reaction to this,  could tip things over into nuclear war 

AUSTRALIA. Nuclear power is a non-starter . Uranium clean-up way over budget, running late… sounds like true nuclear power. Nuclear power on Surf Coast “incomprehensible”, says Greens MP. Australia does not need a new “nuclear medicine” factory – clean, safe, cyclotrons can do the job. New nuclear medicine factory to replace ageing site at Lucas Heights reactor. Sydney smashes 1 October heat record as Victoria fights bushfires.

CLIMATE. A “New Cold War” on an Ever-Hotter Planet.

ECONOMICS. France’s nuclear power sector is not delivering. Governments have unpopular decisions to make to achieve their nuclear aims.

EDUCATION. UK’s nuclear lobby to take over education site?

ENERGY. Solar and wind farms can easily power the UK by 2050, scientists say. Chart: China’s solar export dominance grows with surging European orders.

Microsoft May Go Nuclear to Support Its Energy-Hungry Artificial Intelligence. UK risks power supply crunch in January as nuclear plants halt.

ENVIRONMENT. Water. Microsoft Is Using a Hell of a Lot of Water to Flood the World With AI. Oceans. Japan to release second batch of wastewater from Fukushima nuclear plant next week

ETHICS and RELIGION. Vatican at U.N. : Risk of nuclear war is ‘at its highest in generations’.

HISTORY. Monuments to Ukrainian Nazis in Canada.

LEGAL. US Flouts International Law With Pacific Military Claims.

MEDIA. Mainstream “Newsweek” Wakes up to Reality: “$113 Billion in Modern Arms Hardly Dented Russian Lines”. Film examines France’s nuclear history in Algeria.

NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY. Trudeau warned of nuclear weapon risk over emerging small modular reactors. A mature design or junk?          EDF plan for Sizewell C continues to rely on controversial EPR reactor.     The Cyber Threat to Nuclear Non-Proliferation.      Microsoft Sees Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear Energy as Dynamic Duo.

OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR : Protests. ‘The World Is at Stake’: Defuse Nuclear War Kicks Off Nationwide Week of Action, Greenpeace disrupts nuclear power meeting in Paris.

PLUTONIUM. Nuclear experts raise new concerns about industry-led policy proposals to separate plutonium in Canada

POLITICS. Editorial: Japan city’s rejection of nuclear waste site probe casts doubt on gov’t stance.

Ottawa yet to decide whether reprocessing spent nuclear fuel should be allowed in Canada. Flagging Support: Zelenskyy Loses Favour in Washington. Robert Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr Will Run For President As An Independent: REPORT.

Democrat congressman Adam Schiff funneled millions to defense contractors after taking donations.    North Korean parliament enshrines nuclear ambitions in constitution.    Scottish independence would end the UK’s nuclear delusion. Byron Blake Critical assessment of nuclear energy in Jamaica’s future

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.

SAFETY. Bring radiation regulations up to international standards, say Nuclear Free Local Authorities.    

Fresh concerns over Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant: Emerging Europe this week. ‘Unprecedented nuclear crisis’ at Russian-controlled power plant with 148 attacks.

SECRETS and LIES. Canadian Parliament Gives Standing Ovation to Man Who Served in Waffen SS. German ambassador applauded Ukrainian Waffen SS Nazi – Berlin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko3catBWKb8 . Nazigate: Canada’s top general won’t apologize for applauding Ukrainian Waffen-SS vet. The Zelensky lie is coming to an end.

Chinese Balloon Was Not Spying, US Government Admits Months Later. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgWv3kXUn10&t=31s

SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. Star-crossed States: No result from the UN Working Group on Reducing Space Threats. Elon Musk’s satellites litter the heavens as astonishing video shows how 5,000 Starlink aircraft are whizzing around the Earth and will soon outnumber the stars.

SPINBUSTER. New Brunswick Indigenous communities and Canadians need facts about Small Modular Nuclear Reactors, not sales hype.

WASTES. Nuclear waste ship makes unprecedented port call at Novaya Zemlya

What will happen to 140-tonne stockpile of combustible sodium at Dounreay? UK government decides not to take Allerdale further in GDF nuclear waste siting process due to limited suitable geology. Many years for UK government to find a nuclear waste site with suitable geology and a willing community. British communities torn between the lure of government bribes and the realities of hosting toxic radioactive trash virtually forever. 

Japan city forgoes applying for government survey on nuclear waste site. Finland’s nuclear waste: delay in completing the review of operating licence application and safety assessment. Fate of Indian Point Wastewater Still Unclear.

WAR and CONFLICT. Kiev’s counteroffensive is unlikely to achieve its goals – US officials to New York Times. New York Times Says ‘Evidence Suggests’ Ukrainian Missile Misfire To Blame For Market Tragedy. US and UK involved in attack on Crimea – Russia.        Caitlin Johnstone: Neocons Love the Ukraine War.

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. UN warns of ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ in growing nuclear arms race. Pentagon discloses military deal with Elon Musk. Return of US nuclear weapons to UK would be an escalation, says Russia.        NUCLEAR BRINKMANSHIP IN AI-ENABLED WARFARE: A DANGEROUS ALGORITHMIC GAME OF CHICKEN.

October 2, 2023 Posted by | Christina reviews | Leave a comment

Nuclear news – week to 25 September

A bit of good news. Water voles are back in the swim of things on the River Ver.

TOP STORIES. 

A powerful minority makes the nuclear decisions, in a strategy of concealment. 

Alarmed by Risk of Nuclear Escalation among Major Powers, Speakers in General Assembly Warn Growing Distrust, Divisions Are Driving Multilateral System towards Dysfunction.

Andreyeva Bay cleanup slows to a snail’s pace since invasion of Ukraine. In 2023, the risky part of Andreyeva Bay nuclear cleanup starts. 

We’re Being Prepared For The Ukraine War To Last Into The 2030s. 

Top nuclear experts urge Biden to not allow Saudi uranium enrichment in mega-deal.Climate. Introducing Southern Frontlines – news on the climate crisis from Latin America and the Caribbean


Nuclear. So much stuff about impending war – it’s almost exhausting, but little concern for the soldiers,

On the strictly nuclear front –  I’m amazed that the Western media can go on about nuclear submarines, and pretty much ignore their waste problem. The Russian experience – Andreyeva Bay – should give everyone pause to worry about this.

Christina notes. The harrowing truth about the war in Ukraine.    Wonderful nuclear submarines!! Let’s not spoil the joy by thinking about their WASTES.

AUSTRALIA. Mission to Free Assange: Australian Parliamentarians in Washington. South Asian leader slams AUKUS pact. The push for nuclear energy in Australia is driven by delay and denial, not evidence. Push for nuclear energy ignores glaring problem.


Nuclear too costly, too slow, too risky for Australia. Modelling shows estimated cost of Peter Dutton’s nuclear energy plan. Bowen demolishes case expensive for nuclear power.  ‘Build renewables, not nuclear’: energy execs reject reactors.

Australia must do more than pay lip service to nuclear disarmament.  Let’s Label #USPropaganda – Call it out.-  Our crews at Boeing and disrupting General Mick Ryan.   

CLIMATE. Elephant In The Climate Room: Rocket Launches.

ECONOMICS. 

ENVIRONMENT. Water. Cooling system at Zaporizhzhya stabilised – but military action in the area continues

ETHICS and RELIGION. On The Idiotic Notion That It’s Brave To Support Nuclear Brinkmanship In Ukraine. Pope says world on brink of nuclear war like 1962 Cuban missile crisis.

HEALTH. Mental health. The Ukrainian Morale in the Battlefield: A Snapshot

HISTORY. Our nuclear legacy and the weight of history.

LEGAL. Sizewell C seeks outside investment as Together Against Sizewell C Limited (TASC) granted permission to appeal against the project. Campaigners win permission to appeal against Sizewell C Nuclear Power Station ruling. Nuclear bomb test veterans relaunch legal action.

MEDIA. New York Time’s Incredibly Low Bar for Labeling Someone ‘Pro-Putin’.

NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY. Bill Gates’ nuclear firm Terrapower fears falling behind in Small Nuclear Reactor race.

OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . Floating for Peace on the Golden Rule. Time to arrest deployment of nuclear weapons in Constable’s County, Nuclear Free Local Authorities tell Ministers. If Fukushima water is safe, store it in Japan, says Prime Minister of Solomon Islands. In Kenya, police break up an environmental meeting that was explaining nuclear hazards.

PERSONAL STORIES. Nuclear test veteran from Ipswich among first to receive medal.

POLITICS.   UK. Conflating councils with communities causes confusion in nuclear dump areas. Sizewell C nuclear, if built, will be late and obsolete. Tory MP inexplicably asks for nuclear powered frigates. EDF and French government clash over nuclear strategy. Building Irish nuclear energy plants ‘does not make economic sense’, Eamon Ryan, Green Party leader. USA -another reason to oppose expanding nuclear power.       

USA.  “Republicans for Ukraine”s refreshingly honest Ukraine war ad

Crown prince confirms Saudi Arabia will seek nuclear arsenal if Iran develops one.

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.

SAFETY. Possibly contaminated iron scraps from near Fukushima plant sold

SECRETS and LIES. This War Wasn’t Just Provoked — It Was Provoked Deliberately.        New York Times exposes Zelensky lie about Donbass missile strike.      US government and media lying about Ukrainian counteroffensive – Seymour Hersh.     Canadian parliament and its visitor Zelensky applaud Nazi Waffen SS veteran (VIDEO).

WASTES. South Korea will expand the number of spots for water testing amid concerns over the release of nuclear waste from Japan’s crippled Fukushima power plant. China not invited to participate in nuclear water testing – Chinese embassy in Japan.

WAR and CONFLICT. The President’s Power To Launch Nuclear Weapons Highlights A Troubling Paradox In U.S. Strategy. ‘Biden’s phase’ of Ukraine war is beginning. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KIqR3ORYLE Cannon Fodder: Number of Ukrainian Amputee Soldiers Going Through the Roof. NATO Chief Admits NATO Expansion Was Key to Russian Invasion of Ukraine.      Is World War III About to Start? Part I: Drift Toward War.

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. Pentagon exempts Ukraine operations from potential government shutdown. The risk that nuclear weapons could be used is tremendous – Finnish President on war in Ukraine. White House Close To Providing Kiev With Cluster-Armed ATACMS.    Ukraine could get long-range missiles armed with U.S. cluster bombs. Poland Says It’s No Longer Arming Ukraine Amid Grain Spat.

Russia shows N Korea’s Kim hypersonic missiles, nuclear-capable bombers. Maintaining the USA nuclear arsenal,  at $750 billion over the next decade. Yes, nuclear weapons are immoral. They’re also, practically speaking, useless. Okinawa Disproves The US Narrative About Overseas Bases.

September 25, 2023 Posted by | Christina reviews | Leave a comment

TODAY. Wonderful nuclear submarines!! Let’s not spoil the joy by thinking about their WASTES

Well, nobody knows what to do with them, you see. So the supposedly brilliant men who run the world have us convinced that we need nuclear submarines – to defend ourselves. But how are we going to defend ourselves from the thousands’ year toxicity of their ionising radiation?

The picture above gives a hint of the problem of nuclear submarine wastes on Russia’s Kola Peninsula. For 35 years, highly radioactive fuel assemblies have been stored in these rusty, partly destroyed steel pipes. Some 22,000 spent fuel assemblies are stored in the tanks, coming from 90-100 reactor cores powering the Soviet Navy’s Cold War submarines – about two times the amount of fissile material inside the exploded Chernobyl reactor in Ukraine.

Well – that’s the naughty Russians, isn’t it? So international countries, led by Norway, had to pay $billions to try to clean up their mess, which endangers Europe.

But surely the West is fine in their submarine waste management?

Throughout the Cold War, the Soviet Union and the United States built more than 400 nuclear submarines.  Nuclear wastes from US submarines are also currently held in temporary storage, after 30 years and $7 billion, without arriving at a permanent storage solution. Britain has a number of dead nuclear submarines – but nowhere to put their wastes.

And that’s not counting the sunken nuclear submarines that continue to pollute the oceans with radiation

But let’s not worry , because the brilliant men are enthusing us about NEW nuclear submarines. And, after all, these heroes will probably be dead and gone when the radioactive shit hits the fan, whether by accident, or by the slow poisoning of future generations.

And anyway, Rafael Grossi has us convinced that releasing radioactive water into the seas is just fine.

September 20, 2023 Posted by | Christina reviews | Leave a comment

Nuclear news this week – (miles too long)

Some bits of good news.  Why tackling biodiversity loss could solve the climate crisis.     A believed-extinct butterfly flitted back to the Scottish hills

TOP STORIES. Chris Hedges: Craig Murray on the ‘Slow Motion Execution’ of Assange. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x9Bltb7ZYE

Nuclear submarines challenge trains 10 year old children for war. The Discharge of Fukushima’s Radioactive Water could be a Precedent for Similar Actions. 

Hyping Ukraine Counteroffensive, US Press Chose Propaganda Over Journalism. 

What is the Digital Prison?

Climate. Global stocktake UN urges radical changes in climate policy plans at Cop28. Fossil fuel industries have captured global UN negotiations on climate change. Antarctic sea-ice at ‘mind-blowing’ low alarms experts.

Christina notes. Blatant hypocrisy and lies from Rafael Grossi and the International Atomic Energy Agency. Digital confusion.

AUSTRALIA. 

ART and CULTURE. Nuclear Free Local Authorities back councillor’s call to preserve bunker as museum to folly of nuclear war.

CLIMATE. Don’t underestimate ravages of climate crisis when storing nuclear waste. Kings Bay nuclear submarine hub dodged a bullet named Hurricane Idalia.

ECONOMICS. A new French fairy tale: “Cheap” nuclear electricity in France is not what it appears. Marketing. Top candidate for head of European Investment Bank cautions about defense, nuclear investments. USA can’t get investors for Small Nuclear Reactors: no problem – flog them off to Ghana!       ‘War Is Good for Business,’ Declares Executive at London’s Global Arms Fair.

EMPLOYMENT. 1000 Sellafield Ltd. contractors to be balloted for strike by Unite.

ENERGY. Ukraine plans up to 1GW wind farm in Chernobyl nuclear disaster zone. Endless energy use needed for endless data storage – so, small nuclear reactors for Sweden. Windfarm bid withdrawn after Ministry of Defence raises nuclear testing station concerns. Solar energy boost for France. Renewables boost in Germany: turning the corner after a bad year?

ENVIRONMENT. Earth ‘well outside safe operating space for humanity’, scientists find. Radioactive discharge from Fukushima nuclear plant raising concerns on California coast.

ETHICS and Religion If The US Really Was What It Pretends To Be. “A world free from nuclear weapons is possible”. The US Air Force Is Clearing Out Jungles In The Pacific To Prepare For War With China.

HUMAN RIGHTS. JULIAN ASSANGE AND THE END OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY.

INDIGENOUS ISSUES. British activists join Nuclear Free Local Authorities in supporting Swedish Sami against uranium mining. Uranium Mining Protections Needed Across the West. Forced removal of Chagos islanders gave the US a nuclear base and the UK a deal on nuclear weapons.

LEGAL. French nuclear cartel fined €31m. Small island nations take high-emitting countries to court to protect the ocean.

MEDIA. Fukushima’s nuclear waste: Stigmatising Russia, approving Japan.

NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY. Small modular nuclear reactors for Ukraine (safe?)

OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . Peace boat’s message is clear: Golden Rule mission urges support for nuclear ban treaty. Activists want California nuclear reactor closed over safety concerns

POLITICS. 

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. 

PUBLIC OPINION. A push-back against Western influence is reportedly prompting countries to reject the pro-Ukraine agenda.

RELIGION. Kiev orders closure of Christian churches

SAFETY. 

SECRETS and LIES. 

SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. Pentagon’s new plan to counter China includes swarms of smart satellites. 7 October – 14 October KEEP SPACE FOR PEACE WEEK.

SPINBUSTER. Blinken: US Does Not Oppose Ukrainian Attacks Inside Russia With US-Supplied Missiles.

WASTES. Decommissioning. September 14, 2023: Dounreay decommissioning end date that proved to be unachievable.

WAR and CONFLICT. NATO’s Steadfast Defender Drills Near Russia Signal Bloc’s Shift to ‘War Footing’, Pentagon blames Russian e-warfare for failed Ukraine counteroffensive.

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. 

WOMEN. Women with medical education to be banned from leaving Ukraine and forced to sign up for military service – Kyiv Post.

September 18, 2023 Posted by | Christina reviews | Leave a comment

The week in nuclear news

Park in Beijing April 2023

Some bits of good news.  Chinese people are living two years longer thanks to ‘war on pollution,’ report says.  From Blacktop to Green: Cities Are Depaving for a Cooler Future. 

TOP STORIES. 

Climate. World meteorologists point to ‘vicious cycle’ of heatwaves and air pollution.

Christina notes. Social media is becoming more influential, while corporate media is more than ever in the grip of powerful government and business interests. Trying to make the best use of Substack. Continuing through the maze of social media.  About how to use Substack – (I recommend reading their instructions). The labyrinth of social media – The promise and the pitfalls.

AUSTRALIA. Educating the US Imperium: Australia’s Mission for Assange.   Lifetime War Abolisher of 2023 award to David Bradbury.  Nuclear shift and net zero feud stir Nationals’ leadership tensions.   Australia’s Navy Pursues Nuclear Submarines and AI-Powered Ghost Sharks.

ARTS and CULTURE. Exhibition for nuclear-free world opens online.

CLIMATE. The Bugey and Saint-Alban sites could reduce their production due to the heat. The Pentagon is the Elephant In the Climate Activist Room.

ECONOMICS. Today Hinkley C contract would cost £180 per MWh around 3xs the cost of offshore wind. “A Good Investment”: The Ukraine War and the US Arms Racket

EMPLOYMENT. Unite urges employer to pay a fair wage and avoid nuclear plant shutdown. Health and safety concerns raised with Dounreay management.

ENERGY. How a nuclear disaster spurred Fukushima to become a renewables leader. Could new nuclear kill one of the world’s most promising offshore windmarkets?

ENVIRONMENT. Disproportionately High Contributions of 60 Year Old Weapons-137Cs Explain the Persistence of Radioactive Contamination in Bavarian Wild Boars.

ETHICS and RELIGION. Senators brag that only Ukrainians die in US proxy war against Russia. Act, or die: the climate and nuclear juggernaut.     The Four Billionaires Who Want to Control the Universe.      If Everyone Understood That The US Deliberately Provoked This War.    Japan’s Insane Immoral, Illegal Radioactive Dumping.

HEALTH. Radiation. Important new British Medical Journal article increases our perception of radiation risks.

INDIGENOUS ISSUES. Nuclear Waste Dump Threatens Kichi Sìbì (Ottawa River). The deep roots of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste fight — and why it continues to this day.

LEGAL. RADIOACTIVE TSUNAMIS: NUCLEAR TORPEDO DRONES AND THEIR LEGALITY IN WAR. Japan’s nuclear-contaminated water discharge should consider hazard accountability and compensation mechanisms.        Vinci and Bouygues among six firms fined €31m for bid rigging in nuclear work.        Residents file suit to halt wastewater release from Fukushima plant.

MEDIA. US Intelligence Official: Media Misleading Americans About Ukraine’s Battlefield Success.

PERSONAL STORIES. Ukrainian POWs Say Families of Dead Denied Compensation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn_671tZmLQ

 POLITICS.  Illinois legislators have a lot to learn about nuclear power.   Nuclear energy touted at West Virginia Chamber forum, but key cost, oversight and waste management questions linger. Oregon hasn’t said never to nuclear power, but it should.

Guam nuclear energy ban focus of hearing. Japan announces emergency relief for seafood exporters hit by China’s ban over Fukushima water. Public opinion. USA & NATO responsible for Ukraine war, German & French public say in poll. Ukrainian Dissident Resists NATO’s Proxy War.

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. 

PROTESTS. South Korea: Mass protests continue against Fukushima nuclear waste dumping.

SAFETY. IAEA warns of nuclear safety threat as combat spikes near Ukraine power plant. Ukraine war realises predictions of nuclear power plant threat, says Leicester civil safety expert.    Nuclear reactors: Malaysia lacks maintenance culture. Generators of Kudangulam nuclear power plant stuck in sea.

SECRETS and LIES. Russian hackers suspected to have leaked sensitive UK military and defence material on the dark web including information about nuclear submarine base and chemical weapons lab.    Ukraine wasted $17 million on faulty drones – media.

URANIUM. Does Europe need Niger’s uranium?

WASTES. UK and Japan’s governments funding research on problem of nuclear waste. Plutonium. UK / ‘No Easy Options’ For Disposal Of Plutonium Stockpile, Says Report

WAR and CONFLICT. America is not worried about the huge losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine . Nation-States as “Business Models”: Ukraine as Another Neoliberal Privatization Exercise. Scott Ritter: A comprehensive Ukrainian defeat is the only possible outcome of its conflict with Russia. NATO isn’t able to help Ukraine win. Ukraine – health care women compulsory military service.      Counter-offensive threatened by slow Western aid – Zelenskyy.

NATO Chief Openly Admits Russia Invaded Ukraine Because Of NATO Expansion. Slow mindless grind towards nuclear Armageddon?

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. 

September 11, 2023 Posted by | Christina reviews | Leave a comment

to 4th September – nuclear news this week

Some bits of good news. How UNESCO is supporting Afghan girls and women with literacy classes.    Wind-powered shipping is back as a quiet revolution sweeps the seas.  Plant-based filter removes up to 99.9% of microplastics from water.

TOP STORIES. 

Australian Teachers in boycott of nuclear submarine project. 

US Victim of Own Propaganda in Ukraine War. Sen. Blumenthal: US Getting Its ‘Money’s Worth’ in Ukraine Because Americans Aren’t Dying.    Nuclear “lobbying” blurs into bribery

Climate. The extreme summer weather that scorched and soaked the world.

Nuclear and war. Over the years, I have been surprised, and encouraged, at the interest that people have shown in stories about ETHICS.  Some pretty shocking stories about Ethics have come up this week –  the number of influential politicians and journalists who actually rejoice in the carnage of the Ukraine war –  because it’s all making money for American shareholders while cleverly organised not to risk any American lives – only Ukrainian ones – who apparently don’t matter.

AUSTRALIA. Only Idiots Believe The US Is Protecting Australia From China. Challenging Australia’s blind allegiance to USA against China.

Nuclear power is no alternative.     Australian Financial Review gets it not quite right about why nuclear power is the wrong solution.  ‘Big question-mark over new nuclear’: German utility CEO.  NUCLEAR WASTE – PLANNING RESPONSIBLY FOR THE FUTURE.  Allowing Tassie to host nuclear vessels would make state a ‘target’: Woodruff.

CLIMATE. Chinese government acknowledges problems for nuclear power due to climate change.

ECONOMICS. 

ENERGY. The UK Government’s seventh Energy Secretary in the space of four years has “a huge amount of catching up to do” to kickstart a renewables revolution.     Focus on renewables, not nuclear, to fuel Canada’s electric needs

ENVIRONMENT. Radiation. Fukushima floodgates: dilution of the wastewater will not alter the total amount of radionuclides released. Brink of catastrophe: Japan as Pacific polluter. The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Still Casts a Shadow Over Japan. We are all Hibakusha- the global footprint of nuclear fallout.

Nuclear weapons testing cause of radioactivity in wild boars, study says.

ETHICS and RELIGION. US Officials Keep Boasting About How Much The Ukraine War Serves US Interests. Rocket-Launching Billionaires Promise a New Pie in the Sky. Archbishop Caccia recalls harm done by nuclear energy.

LEGAL. Federal appeals court blocks plan to ship nuclear waste to West Texas. Top prosecutors back compensation for those sickened by US nuclear weapons testing.

 MEDIA. Why is The New York Times Burning Peace Activist Jodie Evans at the Stake?        Critics Picked Up on Oppenheimer’s All-Too-Timely Warning on Nuclear War. ‘Then the black rain fell’: survivor’s recollections of Hiroshima inspire new film.

NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY. Hinkley Point C Nuclear Station will need daily 4,200 Olympic swimming pools’ amount of cooling water.

OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . A bottomless pit of public money for the UK government’s nuclear vanity project.          ‘Unrealistic and irrational’: Government announces Sizewell C nuclear station £341m speed-up despite local backlash in Suffolk.    Anger over claims RAF Lakenheath could host US nuclear weapons.

POLITICS. An Argument for the Relevance of RFK, Jr.       ‘Peaceful Atom’ Sparks Fierce Debate In Kazakh Village Slated To Host Nuclear Power Plant.         German Chancellor Scholz speaks out against new nuclear power, Deutschlandfunk reports. Chancellor Scholz dismisses talk of keeping nuclear energy option open in Germany.

UK Government’s investment in Sizewell C nuclear plant passes £1bn. Money thrown at Sizewell C to win hearts and minds.. South Koreans worry about Fukushima water: more disapprove of President Yoon.      Peace a winning strategy for Democrats in ‘24.

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. 

SAFETY. Atomic Blackmail: Ukraine war realises predictions of nuclear power plant threat, says Leicester civil safety expert.     Over 100 security incidents at UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) nuclear weapons body.      USA Nuclear Regulatory Commission ready to remove “barriers” so as to speed up licensing of new untested nuclear reactors.

WASTES. Germany facing up to its nuclear waste problem.

WAR and CONFLICT. Ukraine’s army is running out of men to recruit, and time to win. Ukraine conflict may be lengthy – Canadian PM. The Economist says West enables Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian civilian targets. NATO’s ‘proxy war’ blues: How the US-led campaign to use Ukraine to ‘cripple’ Russia has failed. 

Report: US, Israel to Conduct Joint Drills Simulating Attacks on Iran. Living on a War Planet.

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. 

September 4, 2023 Posted by | Christina reviews | Leave a comment

Week to 28 August – nuclear news

A bit of good news.  Welcome to the world’s first zero-waste island.  Ecuador voted to just stop oil.

TOP STORIES

At Fukushima Daiichi, decommissioning the nuclear plant is far more challenging than water release. Fukushima waste-water decision disregards scientific evidence, violates the human rights of Pacific region communities.

Lauding Lise Meitner, Who Said ‘No’ to the Atomic Bomb. #StepUp4Disarmament on International Day against Nuclear Tests. NASA joins the lunatic fringe.              Elon Musk’s Shadow Rule

Ukraine Providing an Important Testing Ground For Space-Based Weapons.         Sustainability has lost its meaning as the nuclear lobby triumphs.

Climate. Why Scotland must get real on climate crisis: The time has passed for protecting the public from reality. China’s summer of climate destruction.

Nuclear. I felt a bit desperate, watching all the rejoicing about India sending a rocket to the moon. Don’t people realise that all this space research, (at tax-payers’ expense) is geared towards weaponry in space?  Another upsetting news item today – intrepid journalist Ronan Farrow, in a terribly long article, explores and exposes the powerful influence of Elon Musk over the American government.  It is a scary thought.

Christina notes. The nuclear lobby is gearing up for a takeover of COP 28.

AUSTRALIA. Rex Patrick demolishes Richard Marles’ slick lies about AUKUS and the nuclear submarines. All the way with Anthony A – Labor locks in AUKUS support despite union opposition. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MlVW8qJ-TEACHERS ACT AGAINST SCHOOLS NUCLEAR SUBS PROGRAM.

Green light for nuclear ships, submarines in Tasmanian port. South-east Australia marine heatwave forecast to be literally off the scale.

Coalition’s campaign for nuclear energy implausible, experts say. Ontario nuclear model may not suit Australia. Australian Financial Review’s sloppy journalism makes a nonsense of its case for nuclear SMRs.

ARTS and CULTURE. What ‘Downwinders inherited at Trinity.

CLIMATE. EDF Warns of French Nuclear Output Cuts in Weekend Heat Wave. France issues ‘red alert‘ over heatwave in south. France heatwave curbs cooling water supply to St Alban nuclear plant.

ECONOMICS. French Winter Power Twice as Pricey as Germany’s on Nuclear Woes. Georgia’s new nuclear reactors a cautionary tale. Why the US and Europe Still Buy Russian Nuclear Fuel.

China bans Japanese seafood after Fukushima wastewater release.

ENERGY Degrowthers Gain Support as Planet Cooks. Power-starved North Korea turns to solar energy to keep the lights on. French energy regulator: Nuclear alone not enough for carbon neutrality

ENVIRONMENT. Japanese fishing industry leader is “greatly concerned” over the pending disharge of Fukushima radioactive water into the ocean. Japan’s nuclear wastewater – should we be worried?. ‘Animals could become MUTATED’ from the 1.3 million tons of radioactive waste dumped from Japan’s nuclear power plant in the Pacific. Endless fallout: the Pacific idyll still facing nuclear blight 77 years on. Marshall Islands sea turtle found to have nuclear contamination.

Hinkley Point C: Millions of fish under threat after permit change.

Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety Urges State Legislature to Protect the Española Aquifer from LANL Pollutants.

ETHICS and RELIGION. Nuclear deterrence is a dangerous fraud . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH6xkjMNdnk&t=116s

HEALTH. Exposure to Low-Dose Ionizing Radiation Linked to Solid Cancer Mortality.

LEGAL. Texas nuclear waste storage permit invalidated by US appeals court.

MEDIA.   Chicago Tribune should support Vivec Ramasramy’s call for end to perpetual war in Ukraine 

NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY.       The ageing nuclear reactors. How to keep them going for decades, (best to forget coming climate extremes). On the warpath: AI’s role in the defence industry.

OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . Fukushima: What are the concerns over waste water release? For the sake of Suffolk, Nuclear Free Local Authorities urge Centrica to ‘Say Non to Sizewell C’. Calls for West Sussex to be made a nuclear free zone.

PERSONAL STORIES. Respect for hibakusha, and hope in younger generations

POLITICS.  Much hype, enthusiasm, tax-payers’ largesse, for Britain’s “new nuclear”. (What could possibly go wrong?)  The role of nuclear in the UK’s energy mix. Sizewell C project descends into farce. Kudankulam Nuclear plant will destroy Southern Tamil Nadu, warns Vaiko.

Senate extends nuclear liability-limiting law without public scrutiny. Here’s why we should care.

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.

SAFETY. French nuclear watchdog ASN issues first lifespan extension to 40-year-old reactor. Cattenom nuclear plant reports ‘significant safety event‘.

SECRETS and LIES. Why we cannot trust the International Atomic Energy Agency.

SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. Threat from the skies: India steps up the fight against a major space danger.

WASTES. The Fukushima nuclear plant will start releasing treated wastewater. Here’s what you need to know.. Fukushima: wastewater from ruined nuclear plant to be released from Thursday, Japan says. Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station is still continuing to release radioactive materials. More nuclear challenges await Japan after Fukushima water release. More countries take actions to handle Japan’s nuclear-contaminated water dump, while US ‘double-standard exposed hypocrisy’.

North County Report: What’s the Deal with San Onofre’s Nuclear Power Plant? . Decommissioning. Dismantling of deactivated Fort Greely nuclear power plant to resume.

WAR and CONFLICT. US derides wimpy Ukrainians that have become ‘casualty adverse’. US and Ukraine ‘at odds’ over counteroffensive tactics – WSJ .  Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Has Failed—It’s Time to Reevaluate.

Ukraine will ‘capitulate unconditionally’ – Scott Ritter. Zelensky Cracks Down on Draft Dodgers, Forces Men to Fight & Die in This War . German officials believe Ukraine destroyed Nord Stream – media. UN warns Ukraine over attacks on Russian civilian targets.

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. Biden’s rival, Robert F. Kennedy Junior, labels F-16s for Ukraine ‘a disaster for humanity’. ‘Powerful’ Ukrainian brigade loses US-made demining vehicles – Forbes, (but plenty more available) US to reduce military aid to Ukraine in 2024 – WSJ.

End Nuclear testing Forever, Says Secretary-General in Message for International Day. Neocon Dark Money Front Launches Desperate Ad Blitz, as Support for Ukraine Forever War Craters. Japanese students urge end to nuclear weapons in 1st visit to U.N. Geneva in 4 years.

August 28, 2023 Posted by | Christina reviews | Leave a comment

Week to 21st August – in nuclear news

A bit of good news. Montana Rules a Healthful Environment Is a Constitutional Right.

TOP STORIES 

Nuclear Power Plants as Targets of War — A New Worry?.

Ukraine likely to fail in key counteroffensive aim, says US intelligence. Amid ‘staggering’ Ukrainian toll and souring US polls, Biden seeks billions more for war. Why the Glut of ‘Wonder Weapons’ to Ukraine Won’t Make a Difference. 

Huge study of nuclear workers in France, the United Kingdom, and the United States confirms low dose radiation as a cause of cancer. Risk of cancer death after exposure to low-dose ionizing radiation underestimated, suggests nuclear industry study.

Climate.  Climate Scientists warn nature’s ‘anaesthetics’ have worn off, now arth is feeling the pain, as ocean heating hits record.

Nuclear.  You’d think that the  fact that the Ukraine ‘counter-offensive’ is stalling might induce a Western mindset more favorable to the idea of a negotiated end to the war.  Not so  -the US-NATO plan is for more, and more lethal weapons.  It might even put off the idea of a war against China. But no  -and sadly, in Australia the mood among the “top people” is all for throwing $billions at preparing for the China war.  (The bottom people aren’t consulted) 

Christina notes. Bribery and Blackmail: these are the tools for continuing success of the nuclear industry.  Perfecting “planned obsolescence” – how the USA and its allies’ taxpayers are locked into perpetual buying of useless weapons.

AUSTRALIA. 

CLIMATE. The nuclear icebreakers enabling drilling in Russia’s Arctic .

ECONOMICS. 

ENERGY. US climate law introduces billion-dollar ‘game-changer’ for nonprofits.

ENVIRONMENT. Anger as Hinkley Point C allowed to discharge sewage into Bristol Channel and drop fish protection.

ETHICS and RELIGION. The Oppenheimer Imperative: Normalising Atomic Terror. Japanese and US Bishops pledge partnership for a nuclear-free world. Poisoning the planet. Big Brave Western Proxy Warriors Keep Whining That Ukrainian Troops Are Cowards.

HEALTH. Japan mothers’ group fears Fukushima water release could revive health concerns.

LEGAL. Marshall Islands reacts to US expansion of nuclear compensation.

MEDIA. The Connection between Oppenheimer and Gentilly-2: Edward Teller and the H bomb

NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY. Risks of further delays at Hinkley Point C, EDF warns. Even the UK’s very first small nuclear reactor could  could not be decided upon until 2029   . Nuclear Fusion: Energy Breakthrough or Ballyhoo?.

OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . South Korea’s opposition party to file UN complaint against Japan over nuclear waste .

PERSONAL STORIES. The Financial Legacy of the Nuclear Tests on Bikini Atoll/

POLITICS. 

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. 

PROTESTS. Gwynedd anti-nuclear march ‘sent powerful message’. Japanese citizens’ group protests nuclear discharge.

SAFETY. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Risky Rule Change Ignores History. More Nuclear Emergency Planning Needed, Not Less. 

Power-Line Cut Raises Alarm Over Russian-Held Nuclear Plant In Ukraine, But Expert Says Little Has Changed. Russia And Ukraine Trade Blame Over Outages At Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Plant.

SECRETS and LIES. Most ‘experts’ pushing for endless conflict in Ukraine share a common benefactor.

WASTES. Japan’s nuclear plants are short of storage for spent fuel. A remote town could have the solution.

WAR and CONFLICT. Ralph Nader: Develop an Exit Strategy for the Endless War in Ukraine. The Inevitable Defeat: Retired US Colonel Speaks Candidly On Ukraine’s Losing Battle Against Russia. Back in another quagmire – in Biden’s relentless “Big Muddy” of Ukraine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXnJVkEX8O4   US, Finland Negotiating Defense Agreement That Would See Deployment of American Troops.

Niger is Far From a Typical Coup.

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. 

August 21, 2023 Posted by | Christina reviews | Leave a comment

This week in nuclear news

Some bits of good news:  For Outdoor Workers, Learning About Heat Protection Is a Lifesaver.    Climate leaders on what brings them hope.  A rare monkey came back from the brink.

TOP STORIES

Atomic Bombing of Japan Was Not Necessary to End WWII. US Gov’t Documents Admit It.       Racism and the choice to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Target China

US/France Threaten Intervention in Resource-Rich Niger: Fears of War in West Africa.

Counting the dead at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

The terrible emptiness of “Oppenheimer”.

 Climate,   July was world’s hottest month on record, climate scientists confirm. Four fifths of humanity ‘hit by heat linked to climate change’ in July. 

Virtually certain’ extreme Antarctic events will get worse without drastic action, scientists warn.    Antarctica ‘suffering’ because of burning fossil fuels, say scientists. Antarctica could become ‘global radiator’ if ice loss continues at the current rate . 

Nuclear.  “Oppenheimer” continues to make its impact. The USA pulls quite a swiftie on Australia. as the AUKUS ‘Security’ deal quietly organises for American nuclear submarine’s highly toxic radioactive wastes to be dumped on Australia, (just as Aboriginal group has won a legal battle against nuclear waste dumping). Racism is becoming a more obvious feature of the nuclear industry worldwide.

Christina notes. The “modern” nuclear industry manages its radioactive sewage in a medieval way. The Australian Labor Party embraces militarism– has it lost its soul?

AUSTRALIA. 

CLIMATE. Is it “Hello” or “Goodbye” to Great British Nuclear Power?

CIVIL LIBERTIES. McCarthyism Is Back, and It’s Coming for the Peace Movement.

ECONOMICS. 

EDUCATION. United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) held a public youth pitch event “‘Peace & XX’ Ideation – Nuclear Disarmament and Sustainable Futures”

EMPLOYMENT. Hinkley nuclear site workers win after unofficial walkouts. Hinkley Point C unrest continues as steel erectors down tools.

ENERGY. TVA should focus on a better grid and renewable, not nuclear, energy .

ENVIRONMENT. Fish Hell – impacts of sea water nuclear cooling systems . Agency to test for tritium in fish after Fukushima water discharge,

ETHICS and RELIGION. ‘Oppenheimer’ depicts a man becoming powerful—and irrelevant. Nuclear weapons since Oppenheimer: Who’s in control?. 

U.S. group marks 1945 atomic bombings, at interfaith service in Hiroshima, urges abolishing nuclear weapons and building better world. Sombre ceremony outside Manitoba Legislature illuminates push to eradicate nuclear weapons.

HEALTH. Reducing the risks of nuclear war — the role of health professionals. Medical Journals Issue Urgent Call for Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. Carcinogens found at Montana nuclear missile sites as reports of hundreds of cancers surface. Radiation. Additional information on tritium. Still more information about Tritium .

MEDIA. Nevada’s atomic fallout: How nuclear explosions in the Silver State reverberate through lives today. The Illusory Truth Effect And The “Unprovoked” Invasion Of Ukraine. YouTube Deletes military analyst Scott Ritter’s Channel.  Famed director Oliver Stone gets it so very wrong about nuclear power . 

NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY. Nuclear fusion – a step forward, but is it in a sensible direction? Small Modular reactors– a US view.

OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . 

POLITICS. Democracy Needs Healthy Debates About War And Peace. Poll Shows Majority of Americans Oppose Further Aid in Ukraine. 

 Biden vows to compensate New Mexico residents sickened by nuclear weapons radiation after 1945 testing. Illinois Gov. Pritzker vetoes bill that would have allowed new nuclear construction. 

Sweden to clear obstacles for new nuclear reactors. Sweden criticised over plan to build at least 10 new nuclear reactors.

Public participation for the Flamanville EPR reactor commissioning project (INB 167).  Philippines House panel OKs bill outlining nuclear damage compensation.  Who decides whether Bataan should go nuclear?.

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. As Threat Remerges, Global Community Must Speak as One, Commit to Nuclear-Free World, Secretary-General Says on Anniversary of Hiroshima Bombing. The BRICS Revolt: How Ukraine War Eroded U.S. Authority.

PROTESTS. Demonstrators protest development of nuclear weapons in Oak Ridge. Ten arrested at protest against nuclear weapons at Volkel airbase. Anti-nuclear protesters at Faslane charged after blocking entrance. In South Korea, activists march against Tokyo’s waste plan.

SAFETY. Dounreay inspectors raise further red flag about sodium storage. Ukrainian Minister Warns Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Plant ‘One Step Away’ From Blackout. Ukraine: Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant initiates reactor shutdown following water leak, reports IAEA. 2 minor earthquakes strike near North Korea’s nuclear test site.

SECRETS and LIES. Zelensky Fires All Military Enlistment Office Chiefs Over Corruption Allegations. Secret Pakistan cable documents US pressure to remove Imran Khan. Sweden’s “Energiforsk” should remove misleading reports on nuclear power”.

WASTES. Scottish ministers test attitudes to building radioactive waste facilities near homes. Hearing on the Chalk River Megadump . Theddlethorpe nuclear waste site: Public to vote by 2027. 

Chinese UN mission releases working paper on Fukushima nuclear-contaminated wastewater issue, urging Japan to discharge in responsible manner. Concrete tomb filled with deadly nuclear waste is leaking as it’s starting to crack.

WAR and CONFLICT. Ukrainian counteroffensive ‘highly unlikely‘ to succeed, US officials tell CNN.   Ukraine fights narrative battle as counteroffensive stalls – NBC.       Zelensky fears peace pressure from West – NYT.    Ukraine facing ‘difficult’ autumn – foreign minister. Poland admits Ukraine’s counteroffensive won’t succeed.

‘Oppenheimer’ the movie versus our nuclear reality. A warning from the Caribbean – none of us is safe from nuclear disaster. At Nagasaki Memorial, Guterres Cautions of Nuclear Disaster Risk .

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. Rapid Dragon: the US military game-changer that could affect conventional and nuclear strategy and arms control negotiations.     We don’t need nuclear cruise missiles at sea.     Another Washington declaration: U.S. nuclear weapons on the Korean Peninsula, Egypt rejects multiple US requests to arm Ukraine: Report.

August 14, 2023 Posted by | Christina reviews | Leave a comment

To 7 August – nuclear news this week

A bit of good news – The largest landfill in Latin America has now been restored into a thriving mangrove ecosystem.

TOP STORIES

Wilfred Burchett: The Atomic Plague,

Those who will fire the nuclear weapons are thoroughly trained to have no hesitation. We must stop them.

US rejects Australian plea to drop Assange case.

UK government must come clean, to tax-payers and consumers, on the financial figures before signing up to new nuclear programme. ( Full report. See in particular paras 41 -44)

Senate passes $886 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA): No audits necessary.

Dangers of Tritium.

Aggressive U.S. Push for Military Supremacy in the Arctic Could Trigger Nuclear War.

Climate. A Vital Atlantic Ocean System Could Collapse Sooner Than Previously Thought . The Chilling Truth: Antarctica Just Lost an Ice Mass the Size of My Country .

Nuclear. Well – It’s been THAT memorable week – the 78th anniversary. I can’t add to the many fine stories this week. Except to note that all nuclear-weapons nations are sticking to their policies, and the nuclear industry is enthusiastically propagandising -because we all know that small nuclear reactors etc have nothing to do with military use, don’t we?.

 Christina notes. Forget Oppenheimer. The real nuclear hero is Joseph Rotblat.     The persecution of Wilfred Burchett and Julian Assange  .

 AUSTRALIA. 

CLIMATE. Nuclear war would be more devastating for Earth’s climate than cold war predictions – even with fewer weapons. What you won’t learn about in Oppenheimer: the potential effects of a nuclear winter.

ECONOMICS. How the “Nuclear Renaissance” Robs and Roasts Our Earth.       First new US nuclear reactor in 3 decades may well also be its last.          Nuclear power’s landmark project stumbles across the finish line. The unpalatable facts of the costs to consumers of electricity from new nuclear power. The High Costs and Failures of Nuclear Reactors.

ENERGY. The digital data industry is an energy-and-water-guzzling climate disaster. For Scotland, energy is our best argument for independence.

EMPLOYMENT. Hinkley Point scaffolders begin industrial action over pay and shift patterns.

ENVIRONMENT. Environment Agency allows Hinkley Point C permit variation to remove fish deterrent system. Nuclear Weapons: Devastation Inside the U.S. Do right by the whales.           Water. Water Wars: Cooling the Data Centres. Environment Agency grants contentious Hinkley C water discharge permit.

ETHICS and RELIGION. Scared to Death! Oppenheimer and the threat of nuclear destruction. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xthzy1PxTA&t=5s

HISTORY. Western Media Has Falsely Presented the Donbas’ Drive For Autonomy as Being Instigated By Moscow.

LEGAL. Judge tosses charges against executive in South Carolina nuclear debacle, but case may not be over.

MEDIA. Like ‘the tolling of a distant temple bell’, Ibuse Masuji’s Black Rain remembers the horrors of Hiroshima and warns of the inhumanity of war. ‘Barbenheimer’ highlights U.S. ignorance of nuclear reality.        Greg Mitchell on “Oppenheimer” & Why Hollywood Is Still Afraid of the Truth About the Atomic Bomb.      Why no Hollywood movie on Nagasaki A Bombing? Humans Might Be About to Break the Ocean? Don’t Stop the Presses.

OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . Campaigners against Sizewell C nuclear plan welcome call for financial clarity from Science, Innovation and Technology Committee.       

Together Against Sizewell environmental group angry at the coming destruction of marine life, as acoustic fish deterrent will not be installed at Hinkley Point C nuclear.         Pacific anti-nuclear groups condemn Fiji’s Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka for backing Fukushima wastewater stance.

PERSONAL STORIES. Oppenheimer’s nuclear fallout: How his atomic legacy destroyed my world.

POLITICS.

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. 

PROTESTS. Protests held in Tokyo against nuclear water discharge,

SAFETY. UN nuclear watchdog finds no explosives at Zaporizhzhia plant.       Russia’s Kola nuclear power plant turns 50. That is not necessarily something to celebrate.        Non-compliant fire program halts decommissioning of Whiteshell Nuclear Laboratories.

URANIUM. Niger stops uranium and gold export to France.

WASTES. 

WAR and CONFLICT    When facts cut through the fog of war.       Is the US preparing to dump the proxy war in Ukraine so it can start another in Taiwan?     Nuclear catastrophe threat is ‘great and growing’, warn over 100 top medical journals.      Veterans, descendants of nuclear testing era urged to apply for British medal.      

 Decades Later, the U.S. Government Called Hiroshima and Nagasaki ‘Nuclear Tests’, Japan marks 78th anniversary of US atomic bombing on Hiroshima, calls nuclear deterrence ‘folly’. Japan condemns Russia nuclear threat on Hiroshima anniversary.

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES

The Sky’s the Limit on Nuclear Weapons Spending, But What Does It Really Get Us? US cluster munitions will bring more pain and death to Donbass civilians, and Washington doesn’t care. Kiev’s broken record: no matter what advanced weaponry the West sends, there is no magic wand to conjure a Ukrainian victory. Military Initiative by Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States (AUKUS) is Another Major Step in Prospective War on China. How Have Nuclear Weapons Evolved Since Oppenheimer and the Trinity Test?  

August 7, 2023 Posted by | Christina reviews | Leave a comment

TODAY. Forget Oppenheimer. The real nuclear hero is Joseph Rotblat

If only other scientists had followed his example.

If only scientists could learn from Joseph Rotblat, and abandon their dogmatic belief that science is “neutral”

To the end of his life, he believed scientists have personal responsibility for their inventions.

Yeah – you’ve never heard of him, have you? That’s because we have all been brainwashed, in the patriarchy, into believing that heroes are brave tough guys. Joseph Rotblat was brave, but, alas, not a tough guy. So – he don’t qualify.

Robert Oppenheimer might have regretted it later, but he was in favor of using the atomic bomb, seeing it as a terror weapon, that would need to be used only once

Leo Szilard was a “wimp” who did not want the atomic bomb to be dropped on Hiroshima.

But Joseph Rotblat went further than Slizard. In 1943, when it was clear that Germany was not developing atomic weapons, Rotblat saw the danger of atomic warfare, and risk of a nuclear clash with Russia. Rotblat abandoned his role in the Manhattan Project, and left America. USA army intelligence tried hard to depict Rotblat as a Russian agent

After the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Rotblat was determined to prevent the development of future nuclear weapons. He devoted the rest of his life to protesting nuclear testing and weapons production.

During the post-war period, Joseph Rotblat did an enormous amount of work in the cause of peace, dialogue and disarmament through the Pugwash movement, with which he shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1995.

Joseph Rotblat passed away on August 31, 2005. To the end of his life, he believed scientists have personal responsibility for their inventions. Rotblat implored: “Above all, remember your humanity.”

August 3, 2023 Posted by | Christina reviews | Leave a comment

Nuclear news – week to 31 July

Some bits of good news –   Syrian refugees in Jordan empowered through heritage restoration work, employed by UNESCO.     “A Thousand Colours”  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz4pLmi6tDY   This new UNESCO-Khalili Foundation film “A Thousand Colours” aims to humanize the notion of cultural diversity. Why is cultural diversity important? What are some of the current challenges that undermine it? And what can we do to protect and promote cultural diversity? These are some of the questions addressed by the short film, which gathers testimonies from a number of key global actors including UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors and advocates.  Saving the world is cheaper than ruining it.

TOP STORIES

If Albanese’s such a buddy of Biden’s, why is Assange still in jail? Australia Agrees To Build US Missiles; US Dismisses Australian Concerns About Assange.

William Hartung, Cashing in on a Perpetual Nuclear Arms Race.

Why investing in new nuclear plants is bad for the climate. Small Modular Nuclear Reactors (SMRs) are supported by ideology alone.

Aboriginal Australians defeat nuclear dump,

Western media as cheerleaders for war.

Climate. ‘Era of global boiling has arrived,’ says UN chief . ‘Project 2025’: plan to dismantle US climate policy for next Republican president.

Nuclear. Militarism rules – not always nuclear-related, but pretty much so. I am currently feeling overwhelmed by the speed of my own country, Australia, in its hurtling rush to be a servant of the USA’s NUCLEAR-MILITARY-COMPLEX. No voice from the people – just a straightout government sellout.

Christina’s Notes. Jobs! jobs! jobs! – IN THE DEATH INDUSTRY.  Aliens in outer space – a little sad on watching earthlings.

CIVIL LIBERTIES. AUSMIN and Assange: The Great Vassal Smackdown

ECONOMICS.   Money talks: 109 global institutions restrict investments in nuclear weapons.        There’s no such thing as a new nuclear golden age–just old industry hands trying to make a buck. Keeping contentious nuclear plant open could cost Californians $45B: report.        As UK’s Hinkley nuclear plants costs rise to £32 billion ($41.5 billion) EDF Sees Higher Risk of Delays.  Government must back Rolls-Royce on nuclear, says ex-boss Sir John Rose.


EDUCATION. University of New Mexico Course Expands Understanding of Nuclear Impact.

ENERGY. Oppenheimer and nuclear energy: Is India and the world moving away from this power source? Old Nuclear Weapons Sites Targeted for Clean Energy Projects.

ENVIRONMENT. Failed Fukushima System Should Cancel Wastewater Ocean Dumping.

HISTORY. St. Louis link in ‘Oppenheimer’ is latest reminder of city’s nuclear legacy. Oppenheimer sent ‘chilling message’ to Jawaharlal Nehru about US building a deadly weapon, ‘begged’ him not to give access to raw material available in India.

LEGAL. Key British Assange supporter says Wikileaks founder could cut deal to secure freedom.

MEDIA. Oppenheimer’s Long Shadow- Reads on the atomic bomb and its creator. Nauseating subservience of Australia’s media and politics to American militarism. Readers disgusted with pro militarism report on Australia getting a “missiles industry”.    Australian media’s alarm over Chinese spy ship highlights stark double-standard.   

NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY. To avoid nuclear instability, a moratorium on integrating AI into nuclear decision-making is urgently needed: The NPT PrepCom can serve as a springboard

OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . 90 Seconds to Midnight – nuclear weapons are still a threat, not a lesson in history.

POLITICS. 

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.

SAFETY. The misguided push to weaken nuclear safety standards is gaining steam. The Global Crisis at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Site Demands Immediate United Nations Intervention. Will this experimental nuclear reactor escape federal scrutiny? Aware people in Suffolk are astonished that very few people or organisations are consulted about changes to Sizewell C Nuclear’s Emergency Plan.

SECRETS and LIES. UPDATE – The Zaporozhiya Nuclear Plant: Zelenskiy’s Next Simulacra? CIA-Linked Security Company Targeted Former Ecuador President Who Granted Assange Asylum.

SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. NASA solving climate crisis by facilitating escape to Mars? Funny How The UFO Narrative Coincides With The Race To Weaponize Space. Legal action over dangerous crowding of satellites and debris in space. NASA is planning to use nuclear power for the first human trip to Mars. Military interest in nuclear-powered space travel, but solar-powered is just as good, -and safer.

WASTES. IAEA report on Fukushima waste-water is wrong – nuclear scientist. Not in our backyard: Securing a referendum over Canada’s plan for a nuclear waste dump. AUKUS nuclear dump deal decades in the making by nuclear evangelists with prescience.

WAR and CONFLICT. Overnight drone attack on Moscow injures one and temporarily closes an airport as Russia suffers ‘consequences’. US admits to pushing Ukraine into a fight it can’t win .     Discarding Illusions, Ending Wars.       Nuclear weapons on the table if Ukraine counteroffensive succeeds: Russia’s Medvedev.       Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow is ‘international terrorism’ – Russia’s Foreign Ministry. 

 70 Years Later, The Korean War Must End. Washington’s looming war against China. The vanishing profession of preventing nuclear war.

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. Trident nuclear project can’t be delivered, says watchdog.      Bombs away: Confronting the deployment of nuclear weapons in non-nuclear weapon countries.         Following the pattern of weapons to Ukraine, Pentagon to send $1billion of weapons to Taiwan .        What would George Washington do? He would have audacity to end nuclear weapons.

August 1, 2023 Posted by | Christina reviews | Leave a comment

TODAY. Jobs! jobs! jobs! – IN THE DEATH INDUSTRY

Quite suddenly, any vestige of Australia being an independent country has disappeared overnight.

An entire continent has been handed over to the American military machine, by Australia’s cowardly and self-serving politicians.

And the Australian media exultantly choruses “ Jobs! Jobs ! Jobs! “

I have often wondered why that chorus is repeated endlessly – in awed, religious, joy?

If you work in a caring industry, or in nurturing animals, plants, the environment, in growing food or in one of the many jobs that support life – you can derive some pride in your work. It’s good to be paid some money, but it’s especially good to be able to derive some dignity, self-respect, genuine joy, in knowing that you are genuinely contributing to well-being – to the common good.

It’s a matter of integrity – dare I mention this? – some spiritual satisfaction. You can hold your head up high.

Where is the integrity in making killing machines, things for massacring thousands of people, destroying the land and animals?

And just to make sure that the Americans really mean it, we have the odious Antony Blinken now emphasising that the USA will certainly punish our courageous Australian truth-teller Julian Assange.

PM Albanese, and wimp Foreign Minister Penny Wong just kow tow and agree!

July 30, 2023 Posted by | Christina reviews | Leave a comment

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