The non-corporate nuclear news – week to 13 December
Some bits of good news –
What Happened When Tennessee Unleashed Its River.
Giving Away Money Is Good for You.
1 Million Turtle Nests Counted on India’s Coast– ‘Crazy High’ Number is 10x More Than Decades Ago
TOP STORIES.
Nuclear power will never be “beneficial”.
Britain’s nuclear submarine fleet ‘no longer fit for purpose’-ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/12/09/1-a-britains-nuclear-submarine-fleet-no-longer-fit-for-purpose/
When it all comes crashing down: The aftermath of the AI boom.
Israel’s biggest con trick: Hiding the true numbers it has killed in Gaza. U.S. Military Budget Bill Would Ramp Up Israel Aid to Fill In ‘Gaps’ When Other Countries Impose Embargoes Over Genocide.
The Moral Urgency of Compromise in Ukraine.
Climate. Climateflation: the food system in crisis.
Environment. UN environment report ‘hijacked’ by US and others over fossil fuels, top scientist says.
AUSTRALIA.
- Marles’ new Defence agency – rearranging deck chairs on the HMAS Titanic.
- The people and environment of South Australia must be protected from Federal imposed storage of AUKUS High-Level nuclear waste.
- The Colby Review, AUKUS and Lopsided Commitments.
- Segal Secrets: docs reveal Antisemitism Envoy’s big pay day.
- Will the lights go out if we don’t have baseload? – “No, absolutely not,” say those whose job it is to keep them on.
NUCLEAR-RELATED TOPICS
ECONOMICS.
- Cashing in on war: Why stealing Russia’s assets actually makes things worse for the EU.
- Reeves’ £150 cut in UK’s energy bills will be nuked by Sizewell costs, ex-Labour donor claims.
- Japan pulls out of Vietnam nuclear project, complicating Hanoi’s power plans.
- American-owned consortium assumes control of Canada’s premier nuclear research facility.
- Why this nuclear energy stock could face a meltdown in 2026. South Carolina’s abandoned nuclear plants could be revived as company offers $2.7 billion.
- Oil and gas industries join with nuclear to fight renewable energy.
- Nuclear power?- Its account is (almost) OK.
- Schemes of Bankruptcy: The United Nations, Funding Dues and Human Rights.
| EMPLOYMENT. Fears raised that specialist Vulcan MoD work could shift to Sellafield |
| ENERGY.Nuclear (in)flexibility, nearly 100% electricity from solar PV and offshore wind surge! Claims that we can go back to some of old tech for a better future! Report: Small Modular Distractors: Why a European SMR strategy hinders the energy transition. Britain’s AI boom is running straight into an energy wall. Renewables deliver nearly two thirds of power fed to grid in Germany, not including self-consumption. Building energy resilience in an uncertain world. |
| ENVIRONMENT. As the UK looks to invest in nuclear, here’s what it could mean for Britain’s environment. |
| HEALTH. Nuclear Kills Kids. |
| HISTORY. Manufactured Narratives: A Century of Distortion and Dispossession in Palestine |
| INDIGENOUS ISSUES. The ‘Nuclearity’ of the Marshall Islands, and the Threat of US Testing |
| LEGAL. Sizewell C sea defences at centre of High Court challenge. Activists fight plans for nuclear power station over threat to rare bird- ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/12/11/1-b1-activists-fight-plans-for-nuclear-power-station-over-threat-to-rare-bird/ |
| MEDIA. New York Times Wants The US Military Built Up For War With China. |
| OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . Delays in constructing Hinkley C nuclear power station highlighted by protestors. Campaigners call for absolute protection for Welsh national parks from nuclear plants. Nuclear Free Local Authorities Policy Briefing 330: NFLA Progress Report, October – December 2025. |
| POLITICS. Nuclear Notebook: The changing nuclear landscape in Europe.Ontario’sNuclear Folly. Tony Blair’s digital ID dream, brought to you by Keir Starmer. The UK wants to unlock a ‘golden age of nuclear’ but faces key challenges in reviving historic lead. U.S. Nuclear Fusion Industry Asks for Federal Help. Zelensky’s rush to elections is an effort to cling to power and keep the money flowing. |
| POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. A New UN Secretary-General Needs the Blessings of the US–or Get Vetoed. The Authoritarian Stack –How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next. Russia says it awaits an answer from the US on New START as nuclear treaty ticks down. THE NEXT WARS WERE ALWAYS HERE: How Post 9/11 Law and the Monroe Doctrine Converged in the Caribbean. Trump’s Monroe Doctrine 2.0 Outlines Imperial Intentions for Latin America. Venezuela and the colonial enterprise. Trump gives Zelensky ‘days’ to respond to peace plan – Financial Times. Zelensky resists ceding Donbas, after abandoning it years ago. US House passes $800mn aid package for Ukraine. Trump says Ukraine should hold elections . Trump scores an own goal for FIFA. Perfectly Appropriate: Trump, Infantino and the FIFA Peace Prize .Across the world we are marking 5 years since the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons became international law. |
| RADIATION. All French nuclear power plants are releasing tritium, according to Criirad. |
| SAFETY. Japan inspects nuclear sites as seismologists warn of another large quake.Iran says bombed nuclear sites present radiation risk. |
| SECRETS and LIES.The Story They Forgot to Tell: Ten Years of Ukraine’s Corruption and the Media’s Convenient Timeline. Zelensky ‘systematically sabotaged’ Ukraine anti-corruption efforts: Report. FBI Labels Antifa a Major Terror Threat, but Lawmakers Say Evidence Is Lacking as Trump’s Obsession Distracts From Far-Right Extremism. |
| TECHNOLOGY. Search for UK fusion plant engineering partner to restart in 1-2 years after failed first attempt. |
| WASTES. Further delay in Finnish repository licence review. |
| WAR and CONFLICT. Mayors for Peace Briefing . Venezuela charges Washington with ‘theft, piracy’ after seizure of oil tanker. War Crimes Prosecutor Reed Brody on Trump’s Boat Strikes – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uswKsQ4q2g US should exit lost Ukraine war, obsolete NATO – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/12/13/1-b1-us-should-exit-lost-ukraine-war-obsolete-nato/ THE EUROPEANS: BLIND TO REALITY, DEAF TO ALL WARNINGS & HEADED FOR DISASTER |
| WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. Britain’s “borrowed bombs”. Rosyth earmarked as temporary repair base for new fleet of UK submarines. Submarines in for repairs at Rosyth could contain nuclear weapons. China’s New Underwater Drones Could Blindside the U.S. Navy.Danger of letting AI into the nuclear weapons chain of command. The War Department Unleashes AI on New GenAI.mil Platform. Israel firm Elbit to help build Trump’s Golden Dome. ‘Genocide is not an Oakland value:’ inside Oakland’s grassroots campaign to end military shipments to Israel. Making Sense of The Après-Ukraine. |
Non-corporate nuclear-related news – week to 7 December
Some bits of good news- A roadmap for ending plastic pollution was published. Antarctica’s shrinking ozone hole ‘signals hope’. One Year Later: A Dam Removal and a River’s Rebirth, The Nationwide Movement Turning Guns into Garden Tools
TOP STORIES.What Defeat Looks Like.
Russia Dangles Business Ties To U.S. at Europe’s Expense – Kremlin pitched White House on investments and industry to end war – today’s Wall Street Journal.
Von der Leyen pushes ahead with reparations loan for Ukraine as Belgium maintains its opposition.
Trump’s AI Push May Hinge on Renewable Energy.
Climate. What’s behind the massive death toll in floods across Southeast Asia –and why it should serve as a warning. ‘Deeply disappointing’: Experts slam Cop30 for ignoring climate’s impact on food supply.
Noel’s notes. Why my work is clearly biased. The obscenity of Christmas, and how to fix it?
AUSTRALIA.
Australia’s New Censorship Is Voluntary – and That’s Why It’s Dangerous.
The Moral Hazard of Being US Deputy-Sheriff .
No fog, no war – Hegseth’s war crimes put Australian soldiers at risk.
US submarines carrying nuclear weapons could dock in Australia despite ban, Senate told.
Labor backs ‘practical’ nuclear disarmament, Wong says.
Government backflips on nuclear-capable submarines under AUKUS .
The architecture of a vassal: how US bases in Australia project power, not protection.
Follow the money – A radioactive farce of failed land purchases.
Australia’s most advanced renewable grid is its most secure, but NSW must scramble as it nears “no coal” scenario.
South Australia averages 100 pct wind and solar over week, 90 pct over last 28 days.
Solar and wind reach 100 pct of demand in biggest isolated grid, as batteries allow it to keep its thermals on.
NUCLEAR TOPICS
| ART and CULTURE. On Becoming The First Species To Go Extinct From Politeness. |
ATROCITIES.
Gaza Denied the Right to Heal: Ceasefire Fails, New ‘Green-Zone’ Plan Threatens Modern Ghettos and Collective Imprisonment. International tribunal finds Israel guilty of genocide, ecocide, and the forced starvation of the Palestinians in Gaza.
A Ceasefire in Name Only: Gaza’s Prolonged Purgatory. Amnesty: So-Called Gaza ‘Ceasefire’ becoming Smokescreen for continued Israeli Genocide
ECONOMICS.
- Europe could be on the hook for $160 billion to keep Ukraine afloat.
- UK energy bill payers will hand £2bn a year to EDF for new power stations.
- Former Heads of CIA, MI5, Mossad and CSIS Profit From Israel’s Genocide.
- Russia’s economy is not about to explode..
| EDUCATION. Educators Worry Palestine Censorship Could Reshape Public Education Entirely. |
| ENERGY. Inside the power-hungry data centres taking over Britain-ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/12/03/1-b1-inside-the-power-hungry-data-centres-taking-over-britain/ Use less energy : Demand-led policy scenarios show promise. |
| ENVIRONMENT. UK is running out of water – but data centres refuse to say how much they use– ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/12/04/1-b1-uk-is-running-out-of-water-but-data-centres-refuse-to-say-how-much-they-use/ New mini nuclear reactors are jeopardised by wildlife fears – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/12/07/2-b1-new-mini-nuclear-reactors-are-jeopardised-by-wildlife-fears/ |
| ETHICS and RELIGION. A line crossed, a standard shattered. |
| EVENTS. PETITION, No solutions for nuclear waste – no new nuclear power plants!Week of Protest sees 100 Actions Demanding No War with Venezuela |
| HEALTH. ‘A New Form of Genocide’: Gazans Feel Little Relief from Israeli Strangulation Since the Ceasefire. |
| HUMAN RIGHTS.Outrage after footage of Israeli soldiers executing two Palestinians in Jenin goes viral.After Canadian Police Raid Homes, Six Peace Activists Face Charges. |
| LEGAL.Together Against Sizewell C (TASC)’s new legal challenge against Sizewell C’s secret flood defences. Legal Experts Accuse Hegseth of ‘War Crimes, Murder, or Both’ After New Reporting on Boat Strike Order. Hegseth ‘Responsible’ for ‘Murder’: Family Files Formal Complaint Over Killing of Colombian Fisherman. First strike on small, unarmed boat off Venezuela, not second, makes Trump and Hegseth war criminals. Microsoft Faces Reckoning for Assisting Israel’s Genocide in Gaza. |
MEDIA. Earth’s Greatest Enemy, the second feature film project by Abby Martin, is a groundbreaking anti-imperialist environmental documentary –https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rphBWk15_h4
MAGA media scramble to defend Pete Hegseth.
PERSONAL STORIES. Israel Is Quietly Expanding Its Occupation of Gaza Under Cover of “Ceasefire”
| RADIATION. $400 Million DOE Bailout for “SMRs” at Palisades. CT scans: benefits vs cancer risks. The mysterious black fungus from Chernobyl that may eat radiation |
| SAFETY. Bombed Chornobyl shelter no longer blocks radiation and needs major repair – IAEA Chernobyl nuclear plant’s shield damaged: UN agency. U.N. nuclear agency returns to Chernobyl to check damage from recent Russian drone attack. Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant temporarily lost power overnight, IAEA says. Decommissioning. Fifth Belgian reactor is permanently shut down. UK Government’s nuclear taskforce does not radiate authority –ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/12/07/2-b1-uk-governments-nuclear-taskforce-does-not-radiate-authority/ Hinkley Point C contractor issued notice after ‘significant fire safety shortfalls‘ . British Energy Ruled Out Nuclear At Heysham Due to Geological Fault. Incidents. Illegal drone shot down at nuclear submarine base. French navy shoots at 5 drones buzzing nuclear submarine base, AFP reports. Opponents ‘vehemently disagree’ on omitting transport from nuclear assessment. |
| SECRETS AND LIESUkraine’s Energoatom, Holtec International, and the US retreat from fighting corruption abroad. How Israeli-Linked Operatives and Firms Are Embedded in U.S. Cyber Systems. |
| SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. Europe militarizes its space agency. Star Wars redux: the false promise of space-based missile defense. |
| SPINBUSTER. Michael Mann To Bill Gates: What World Are You Living In? |
| TECHNOLOGY. Do we really want to bust net zero targets for AI cat pics? -ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/12/07/2-b1-do-we-really-want-to-bust-net-zero-targets-for-ai-cat-pics/ |
| WASTES. Ministry Of Defence looking at ‘various sites’ for sub dismantling project. Towards a transparent and responsible management of radioactive waste. |
| WAR and CONFLICT. France & UK Still Insist On Sending Troops To Ukraine, In Effort To Sabotage Trump Peace Plan. Trump’s buried complicity in lost US proxy war against Russia No Quarter: The White House’s New ‘War’ Lets the President Kill First — and Pardon Drug Lords Later. Trump and Rubio’s Venezuela Play: Regime Change Under the Guise of the Drug War. The New Officer Class: How Silicon Valley Executives Were Sworn Directly into the Heart of the U.S. Army. Israeli army shells east of Gaza Strip, detonates buildings despite ceasefire. Israel is violating all its ceasefire agreements and escalating on all fronts. |
| WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. South Korea’s nuclear submarine gamble raises prospect of underwater arms race in Asia. Israel’s threat of nukes shows us who is running U.S. foreign policy. The looming missile crisis in the Arctic. |
Non corporate-nuclear-military-politics-media-complex news this week
Some bits of good news –
Nations hatched a plan to abandon fossil fuels
Rewilding in Scotland‘s Highlands
Crop yields soar thanks to solar panels.
The Nationwide Movement Turning Guns into Garden Tools.
TOP STORIES.
The Nuclear Cult.
Confronting The Media’s Gaza Group-Think.
Security Council Shamefully Grants Colonial Domination Over Palestine to the US.
Nuclear’s Costly Comeback Meets Harsh Market Reality.
What? Peace in Our Time in Ukraine? Zelensky to Trump on US peace plan: ‘No peace with Russia till we win back all lost territory’– ALSO AT…… https://nuclear-news.net/2025/11/25/3-a-zelensky-to-trump-on-us-peace-plan-no-peace-with-russia-till-we-win-back-all-lost-territory/
From the archives. Millions of fish killed this winter at Bruce Power nuclear plant
Climate. Beyond the negative headlines, some truly good things came out of Cop30. How the United Nations has under-predicted the rate of global temperature rise.
‘It’s like arguing with robots’: negotiators on the state of Cop30 talks. COPout 30 Backpedals on Climate Action. Fossil Fuels at COP30: Sacred, Profane and Unmentioned.
AUSTRALIA Water is under pressure in the Great Artesian Basin – ALSO AT https://antinuclear.net/2025/11/23/water-is-under-pressure-in-the-great-artesian-basin/
Nuke Submarine ‘community consultation’ PORT ADELAIDE COMMUNITY OPPOSING AUKUS (PACOA)SUBMISSION TO ANI CONSULTATION.
Michael West Media scoops the prize pool in the 2025 Walkey Awards-(SATIRE)
NUCLEAR TOPICS
ART and CULTURE. Palestinians Will Not Let the Genocide Kill Their Hopes: The Forty-Seventh Newsletter (2025).
| ATROCITIES. UN Condemns ‘Brazen’ Israeli Killing of Surrendering Palestinians in West Bank –https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZjnVw_fyLU Trump Gaza Plan Condemned as ‘Concentration Camps Within a Mass Concentration Camp’. Over 92 Percent of Homes in Gaza Are Rubble– How Do We Even Start Rebuilding? Thanks to US, in Gaza it’sdeath by a thousand planes. When medics become targets: Ukrainian strikes on Russian rescue workers and the silence of western media. |
| ECONOMICS. Hinkley Point C nuclear power station will add £1bn a year to energy bills -ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/11/29/3-a-hinkley-point-c-nuclear-power-station-will-add-1bn-a-year-to-energy-bills/ UK ‘most expensive’ in the world for nuclear projects due to complex regulation, taskforce finds. UK Energy bills to rise to pay for nuclear plant and discount scheme. Trump’s Westinghouse nuclear deal comes with unresolved questions. |
| EDUCATION. Torness Power Station welcomes female school pupils. |
| EMPLOYMENT. Fears raised that specialist Vulcan MoD work could shift to Sellafield |
| ENERGY. We must embrace reality with cheap green energy – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/11/28/2-b1-we-must-embrace-reality-with-cheap-green-energy/ The50-Year Wind Farm That Ended a Nuclear Myth. |
ENVIRONMENT. Attacking nature protections with fudged figures is not the solution to slow growth: rivers charity responds to Hinkley Point C report.
UK’s new nuclear body urges scrapping nature protections for new projects.
Does ‘fish disco’ show we’re dancing to the wrong tune on regulations? – ALSO EXTRACT AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/11/27/1-b1-does-fish-disco-show-were-dancing-to-the-wrong-tune-on-regulations/
Officials make alarming discovery outside of shutdown nuclear facility: ‘Significant’.
New Mexico Environment Department Requires Los Alamos National Laboratory to Stop All Injection Operations into Regional Drinking Water Aquifer.
HEALTH. Minnesota’s aging nukes pose national threat. |
| LEGAL. Soldiers Must Disobey Unlawful Orders Under Trump — It’s Their Legal Duty. Leavitt Says “All” MilitaryOrders by Trump Must Be “Presumed to Be Legal”. |
| MEDIA. The Seven Richest Billionaires Are All Media Barons. Right-wing media praise Trump’s made-up excuses for war against Venezuela. International Uranium Film Festival 2025. The Unseen Battle: Why Access to Alternative Media is a Modern Necessity |
| OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . Oldbury nuclear reactor plans spark safety concerns at Lydney meeting. |
| PERSONAL STORIES. He once said he was a genius: Now he wants to immortalise himself. How Does It Feel When Your City Is Destroyed? Marco Rubio: From ‘Perfect Little Puppet’ to Most Dangerous Man Alive. |
| POLITICS. The USA: A democracy on life support. UK government adds nuclear energy to sovereign green bond framework. Due to legal considerations UK government is now pausing its planned nuclear regulatory reforms. Sir Keir Starmer to create commission with power to overrule environmental regulators through environmental red tape- ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/11/27/1-a-sir-keir-starmer-to-create- Labour’s nuclear tax to blame for rising energy bills, says Octopus says. Japan approves restart of world’s biggest nuclear power plant – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/11/24/3-b1-japan-approves-restart-of-worlds-biggest-nuclear-power-plant/ Ontario’s Nuclear Announcement Locks Us Into a High-cost, High-risk Energy Path, ‘Elbows up’ means ‘lots of things,’ Canada’s energy minister says after pressed on U.S.-based nuclear contract. |
| POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. Trump’s Ukraine peace plan D.O.A with neocon Rubio as Secretary of State, National Security Advisor. Rubio Neo-Conned Trump’s Ukraine Peace Plan. Fighting for Peace and Fighting for War in Ukraine. “Ukraine Agrees on ‘Essence’ of Peace Deal; Trump Meeting Expected Soon”. The EU counter-proposal to Trump’s peace plan keeps the door ajar for Ukraine to join NATO. ZELENSKY: CAUGHT BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE. Press-hating president kisses up to press-murdering crown prince. From Libya to Palestine: The UN’s Betrayal Of Arabs and Muslims. European Leaders Condemn Trump’s Military Escalation Against Venezuela. China warns of severe consequences if Japan fails to retract its threats of military intervention over Taiwan. Stepping back from the brink-How the UK could help lead the world away from the nuclear precipice. Hiroshima Declaration and Declaration on the Rights of Nuclear Victims 2025/ China releases arms control white paper in new era; ‘document injects positive energy, safeguards developing nations’ rights. |
| PUBLIC OPINION. Poll Shows 70 Percent in US Disapprove of Striking Venezuela as Trump Mulls War. |
| RADIATION. Prawns, sneakers and spices: What we know about Indonesia’s radioactive exports. |
| SAFETY. Reservations over a dash for nuclear– UK’s “Nuclear Regulatory Taskforce”- ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/11/29/2-b1-reservations-over-a-dash-for-nuclear-uks-nuclear-regulatory-taskforce/ Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant needs cooperation agreement in event of Ukraine peace, says IAEA. Incidents. Risks of Restarting Duane Arnold nuclear plan. Visiting bombed nuclear sites is dangerous, Iran FM says. |
| SECRETS AND LIES Navy’s legal threats in bid to try and and keep nuclear pollution secret. British military trained in Israel amid Gaza genocide. Were The Brits Behind Bloomberg’s Russian-US Leaks? Zelensky covering up ‘dire’ frontline situation – Moscow. Iranian nuclear scientists sell products with Croydon-made parts -ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/11/28/2-b1-iranian-nuclear-scientists-sell-products-with-croydon-made-parts/ |
| TECHNOLOGY. Elon’s last grift. DARPA Going Hard on Insect-Sized Spy Robots. |
| WAR and CONFLICT.Video shows Israeli forces killing two Palestinian men after apparent surrender https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZjnVw_fyLU Israel is violating ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon, and Trump is allowing it. The“Arsenal of Freedom” is a Dangerous Fantasy for Armchair Warriors. US military orders that should be disobeyed.From WMDs to “Narco-States”: How the US Sells Wars the Intelligence Doesn’t Support. |
| WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. Britain will have to obey US orders on nuclear jets, CND conference hears. The White House Ignored Legal Warnings—Now Latin America Faces Its Largest Military Buildup Since 1962. Israel accelerates production of Iron Dome with US aid money. |
A long list of nuclear news this week
Some bits 0f good news Egypt becomes the seventh country in the Eastern Mediterranean Region to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem.
Colombia bans all new oil and mining projects in its Amazon.
TOP STORIES. Trump’s new radiation exposure limits could be ‘catastrophic’ for women and girls.
How Holtec International became an expanding (and controversial) nuclear power -(long, but worth it)
The Invention of “Ethical AI”.
UN Security Council Gives US ‘Mandate’ Over Palestine .
Israel’s unrelenting, underreported ethnic cleansing of West Bank Palestinians.
Climate. Pledges to triple renewables, reduce methane and double efficiency will deliver huge climate savings.
AUSTRALIA.
- ‘Inadequate’: Audit call on $368bn AUKUS cost estimate.
- Australia Flags Indians Over $368 Billion Nuclear Submarine Espionage Fears: Did “Qatar Fiasco” Play A Part?
- Coalition of the unlikely: How Australia and China could save the planet.
- What Australia can learn from China to become the world’s ‘cleaner’ rare earth refiner.
- ABC News advances its alliance with Murdoch’s Sky News.
- Supporting genocide- Australian funds risk breaking international law.
TOPICS
| ART and CULTURE. Quiet, Piggy: How Calling a Female Reporter Livestock Became Just Another Tuesday in the Death of American Democracy (Part 2) |
| ATROCITIES Israel Launches Major Attacks Across Gaza, Killing at Least 28 Palestinians, Including Many Children. At Least 13 Palestinians, ‘Mostly Children,’ Killed by Israel in Lebanon Massacre. ‘We lose many patients’: Inside Gaza’s last hospitals. IDF Kills Two 15-Year-Old Boys in the West Bank, Israeli Settlers Torch Mosque. Israel Moved Gaza’s Yellow Line And Then Shelled Palestinians For Being On The Wrong Side. |
| CIVIL LIBERTIES. ‘National Security Threat’? 95-Year-Old Human Rights Scholar Richard Falk Interrogated for Hours by Canada. |
| ECONOMICS.Nordic nations’ Ukraine burden ‘unsustainable’ – Sweden. Nuclear Stocks Crash, With A Potential Payoff Still Years Away. Google Boss Says Trillion-Dollar AI Investment Boom Has ‘Elements of Irrationality’. Nuclear levy will increase UK energy bills from December. OpenAI Oligarch Pre-Emptively Demands Government Bailout When AI Bubble Bursts. US to Own Nuclear Reactors Stemming From Japan’s $550 Billion Pledge. Trump officials announce $1bn loan to restart Three Mile Island nuclear plant |
| EDUCATION. Lancaster University to create £2m nuclear power station control room simulator. |
| EMPLOYMENT. Geoffrey Hinton: They’re spending $420 billion on AI – It pays off only if they fire you. Health Care Workers Spoke Out for Their Peers in Gaza. Then Came Backlash. |
| ENERGY. Russian Attacks Cripple Ukraine’s Nuclear Power Output. |
| ENVIRONMENT. China has built first undersea data center — a breakthrough in ecocidal technology posing as “sustainable”. |
| ETHICS and RELIGION. Zionists Are Freaking Out About Losing Control Of The Narrative. |
| EVENTS. 21 – 23 November –Uranium Film Festival in Las Vegas! |
| LEGAL.The Knesset and the ‘Post–9/11 Method’.Austria appeals taxonomy ruling.A multi-million dollar dispute rages over Olkiluoto 3 – Only lawyers will win.State Finds No Exemption for Holtec on Nuclear Wastewater Release. Environmentalists FILE FEDERAL LAWSUIT AGAINST HOLTEC’S UNPRECEDENTED PALISADES ATOMIC REACTOR RESTART, |
| MEDIA. ‘Radioactive patriarchy’ documentary: Women examine the impact of Soviet nuclear testing. For New York Times, Trump’s Gulf Corruption Is the New Normal. |
| OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . Campaigners come together to challenge Britain’s disastrous nuclear expansion. Torness nuclear power station was opposed at every stage. Rio Rancho residents sound alarm over hypersonic missile plant. |
| PUBLIC OPINION. Will public perception derail Europe’s nuclear renaissance? |
| RADIATION. US Department of Energy Seeks to Eliminate Radiation Protections Requiring Controls “As Low As Reasonably Achievable”. |
| SAFETY. A nuclear meltdown at Zaporizhzhia would imperil the entire region- ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/11/21/1-b1-a-nuclear-meltdown-at-zaporizhzhia-would-imperil-the-entire-region/. IAEA warns of safety importance of substations. TEPCO’s Kashiwazaki nuclear plant hit with another security flaw. Kashiwazaki Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant (KK) – even more dangerous than Fukushima |
SECRETS and LIES.
The Censored History of Able Archer 83. Nuclear waste today; consumer products tomorrow?
Ukraine’s energy sector corruption crisis – what we know so far and who was involved. US senator accuses Trump of ‘silence’ on huge Ukraine corruption scandal.
The scandal Zelensky can’t escape: Inside Ukraine’s biggest corruption story. Zelensky remains a creature of the corruption plaguing Ukraine. Ukraine’s ‘EnergyGate’ scandal explained: Why it spells danger for Vladimir Zelensky.
Emails Reveal Epstein’s Ties to Mossad—But Corporate Media Looked Away.
The Palestine Laboratory: Exporting Occupation Technology (w/ Antony Loewenstein) | The Chris Hedges Report.
| SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. ‘The war of tomorrow will begin in space‘: Macron. |
| TECHNOLOGY.Starmer’s nuclear revolution is about PowerPoints, not power- ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/11/21/1-b1-starmers-nuclear-revolution-is-about-powerpoints-not-power/ The Sandoval County Rocket and Missile Complex Deal Was Done Before the Public Ever Had a Say. |
| URANIUM. Iran’s foreign minister says his nation is no longer enriching uranium. France’s EDF again sends spent uranium to state-owned Russian firm for recycling. |
| WASTES. The Mind-Bending Challenge of Warning Future Humans about Nuclear Waste. |
| WAR and CONFLICT.Ukraine targeting Russian nuclear power plants amid frontline losses .US Launches a Series of Airstrikes in Somalia, Civilians Reported Killed.Eva Bartlett: “Israel was born of violence”.Why nuclear war is closer than ever: historian SERHII PLOKHY. |
| WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES.Lucky Dip: Drone companies await spending bonanza as UK’s Defence Investment Plan (DIP) to be revealed. A New Gold(en) Mine for Arms Contractors. Less for Health Care, More for the Pentagon. North Korea says Seoul-US submarine deal will trigger ‘nuclear domino’ effect. Japan edges towards hosting nuclear weapons. |
This week’s non-corporate nuclear news
Some bits of good news – COP30 won’t save us, but China might. Egypt defeated an ancient disease. New forest fund shows promise at Cop30
TOP STORIES.
One month in, the ‘ceasefire’ in Gaza exists only in name.
Non Government Organisations Warn that Recent Executive Orders Would Harm Public Health, Disproportionately Impacting Women and Children.
Finally Some Accountability for Georgia’s Costly Nuclear Power Mistake.
Trump’s Ploy at the UN Is American Imperialism Masquerading as a Peace Process.
Michael Mann to Bill Gates: You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it.
US conducts its Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) test.
The remnants of Chernobyl are still present in the Black Sea.
Climate. US Oil Executives Flock to COP30. Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says.
Noel’s notes. Why my work is clearly biased.
AUSTRALIA. The people and environment of South Australia must be protected from Federal imposed storage of AUKUS High-Level nuclear waste. Call for inquiry Into AUKUS nuclear subs.
Gareth Evans says Australia should lead nuclear arms control talks.
NUCLEAR ITEMS
| CLIMATE. 6 main issues for COP 30 – and nuclear is no climate solution. Rich countries have lost enthusiasm for tackling climate crisis, says Cop30 chief. |
| ECONOMICS.Legalising the theft of Russian assets. Bechtel Chief Says U.S. Must Subsidize Trump’s Nuclear Revival. Sizewell C. – Taxpayers likely to see ‘no return’ on £6.4bn public funds put in as equity Marketing. EDF boss vows to speed up nuclear projects and narrow gap to Asian peers -ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/11/13/1-b1-edf-boss-vows-to-speed-up-nuclear-projects-and-narrow-gap-to-asian-peers/ EDUCATION. Manchester launch for Labrats nuclear test education programme, |
ENERGY.
- Could SMRs add supply-side grid flexibility? – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/11/17/3-b1-could-smrs-add-supply-side-grid-flexibility/
- Why should Scotland pay billions for nuclear when renewables exist? – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/11/16/3-b1-why-should-scotland-pay-billions-for-nuclear-when-renewables-exist/
- Proposed solar farm could help make Island ‘centre of excellence’ – minister.
- Zelensky blames ex-energy chief for failure to protect power grid– ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/11/13/2-b1-zelensky-blames-ex-energy-chief-for-failure-to-protect-power-grid/
| ENVIRONMENT. Toxic plume from Los Alamos National Laboratory spreads to nearby pueblo.Lab Chromium Contamination Confirmed on San Ildefonso Pueblo Land.. |
| HEALTH. NFLAs welcome Remembrance Day award of medal to nuke test ‘Sniffers’, but fight not over as groundcrews exposed to radiation remain forgotten. |
| HISTORY. Rare US Peace President: Warren G. Harding |
| LEGAL.Beyond Nuclear brings interim storage case back to Supreme Court. Residents outraged as US nuclear plant gets greenlight to dump radioactive waste into major river: ‘Potential long-term consequences’. Three firms to appear in court over Hinkley Point C death and serious injury incidents- (not radialogical) |
| MEDIA. Spoiler alert: deterrence doesn’t work.Golden Rule: The Journey for Peace – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhrSXF74SYo BBC News Has a Long Record of Disinformation– But This Time It Chose the Wrong Target. |
| OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . Rosyth councillor doesn’t want Trident submarines at yard. |
| SAFETY. Russia deliberately ‘endangering nuclear safety in Europe’ says Kyiv. Belgium flounders as 5 drones buzz nuclear power plant. 3 drones reportedly spotted flying over Belgian nuclear power plant. Los Alamos National Laboratory Reneges on Active Confinement Ventilation Systems at Plutonium Facility, PF-4. |
| SECRETS and LIES. AI Warlord”+: Eric Schmidt – Money, Media and Maim. The Empire Only De-Escalates In One Area So It Can Escalate In Another, And Other Notes. |
| SPINBUSTER. AI Companies Are Encouraging Users To Believe Chatbots Are People, And It’s Insanely Creepy. On The Rapidly Spreading Delusion That AI Chatbots Are Conscious. |
| TECHNOLOGY. Google on Christmas Island: Data Centres and Imminent Militarisation. |
| URANIUM. Declassified cable reinforces proliferation concerns about high-assay low-enriched uranium fuel (HALEU). |
| WASTES. New U.S. nuclear power boom begins with old, still-unsolved problem: What to do with radioactive waste. Decommissioning. Brian Goodall says no to next stage of submarine dismantling. |
This week: Much non-corporate nuclear and related news
Some bits of good news –
China’s air quality policies have swiftly reduced pollution, improved life expectancy.
Green sea turtle saved from extinction in major conservation victory.
Quiet Revolution: Education in Vietnam Drives Poverty Reduction
TOP STORIES. Gaza to become a tax-free ‘billionaire haven’ according to Jared Kushner and Zionist billionaires.
Why Tony Blair governing Gaza would result in more war crimes.
Trump orders CIA to attack Venezuela: US military kills innocent people in war based on lies. Why hasn’t Trump been arrested for mass premeditated murder in the Caribbean?
Tomahawks, Raytheon, and Zelensky’s $90 billion shopping list at the White House.
European leaders are unable to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia yet unwilling to face the political consequences of peace in Ukraine.
Straight from the horses’ mouths: Nuclear is a dead end.
Moscow puts money on the table to raise nuclear subs from Arctic seabed.
Climate. World’s oceans losing their greenness through global heating, study finds. Coral die-off marks Earth’s first climate ‘tipping point’, scientists say. Climate disasters in first half of 2025 costliest ever on record, research shows. UN CLIMATE TALKS -Revealed: Only a third of national climate pledges support ‘transition away from fossil fuels’ .
AUSTRALIA.
- All the way with Donald J. – Albo supporting mass murder.
- AUKUS. Deal of the century! … For the Americans.AUKUS proves why Australia is no longer a middle power with sovereignty and autonomy.AUKUS: Revolving door, spiralling down. Australia to make next billion-dollar AUKUS payment ‘shortly’, says minister. Desperately seeking submariners: why keeping nuclear-powered boats afloat will be Australia’s biggest Aukus challenge.
- Unconstitutional “evil”. Albo’s plan for more government secrecy.
- Chris Hedges talks with Dave about journalism, censorship and empire. Inchoate Blobs: The National Press Club Cancels Chris Hedges.
- Trump’s public snub of Kevin Rudd leaves Albanese in an awkward spot.
- Could Australia’s trash become Donald Trump’s treasure? Turning our waste into critical minerals.
US, Australia sign rare earths deal as
Trump promises nuclear-powered attack submarines.
NUCLEAR-RELATED ITEMS
| ARTS and CULTURE. The madness of Trump’s vision for America.‘ You and the Atom Bomb’: how George Orwell’s 1945 essay predicted the Cold War and nuclear proliferation. |
| ATROCITIES. Vaunted Trump Ceasefire? – Israel has a genocidal Palestinian ethnic cleansing to complete. Israeli soldiers reveal thousands of tons of aid ‘buried, burned’ in Gaza as famine took over strip. They Said The Massacres Would Stop When The Hostages Were Released- They Haven’t Stopped. Fascist Israeli minister Smotrich calls Gaza genocide a “real estate bonanza”. |
ECONOMICS.
- ED MILIBAND’S NUCLEAR NIGHTMARES.
- Deloitte to pay $34mn over audit work on US nuclear fiasco- ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/10/20/3-b1-deloitte-to-pay-34mn-over-audit-work-on-us-nuclear-fiasco/
- Inside Oklo: the $20bn nuclear start-up without any revenue – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/10/25/2-b1-inside-oklo-the-20bn-nuclear-start-up-without-any-revenue/
- Livret A: Will part of French savings soon be used to finance nuclear power? – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/10/21/1-b1-livret-a-will-part-of-french-savings-soon-be-used-to-finance-nuclear-power/
- Interest growing in nuclear-powered shipping, BUT – high costs and the nuclear WASTE problem.
| EMPLOYMENT. Trump Furloughs Top Nuclear Weapons Staff (What Could Go Wrong?) Fears raised that specialist Vulcan MoD work could shift to Sellafield |
| ENERGY. After Spain’s blackout, critics blamed renewable energy- It’s part of a bigger attack. Reward scheme for using less power at peak times could help lower US bills. Bristol Airport generates record amount of renewable energy. |
| ENVIRONMENT. Israel’s Untold Environmental Genocide. |
| ETHICS and RELIGION. They Tell Us To Fear Muslims While The US Empire Terrorizes The World. Criminalising an idea: the dangerous fiction of “ANTIFA, the organisation”. It is now antisemitic to object to Israeli football hooligans causing violence in your city. |
| LEGAL. International Court of Justice Finds Israelis Broke Law by Starving Palestinians of Gaza. |
| MEDIA. To Media, Gaza Ceasefire Holds Despite Repeated Israeli Strikes. Pentagon Creates New Legion of PR Toadies. Western Media Use ‘Peace’ Prize to Fuel War Propaganda. The power (and fun) of protest! |
| OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . Tireless advocacy delivers victory. Request for an Immediate Stop to the Transportation of Radioactive Waste to Chalk River. |
POLITICS.
- The Trump Administration’s Military Occupation of America.
- Senate should invoke War Powers Act to prevent Trump invasion of Venezuela. Trump says he will inform Congress of plans to strike land-based cartel targets in Venezuela.
- The Palestinian Authority may become a casualty of the Trump plan and the new Western consensus.
- UK Government planning for nuclear power in Scotland in anticipation of a Labour 2026 victory. UK Government look at bypassing SNP amid block on ‘billion pound’ nuclear investment. A Genuinely Just Transition: Kill Off Sizewell C – Shaft Reform UK. Parliamentary Committee calls for clear direction on Oldbury and Wylfa, and a “one-stop shop” to finally overcome excessive cost and delays in deployment of nuclear energy.
| POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. Trump-Zelensky meeting was ‘bad’ – Axios. |
| PLUTONIUM. US offers nuclear energy companies access to weapons-grade plutonium -ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/10/25/2-b-1-us-offers-nuclear-energy-companies-access-to-weapons-grade-plutonium/ |
| SAFETY. Local ‘ceasefire’ area declared at Ukrainian nuclear plant for damage repairs.Incidents. Foreign hackers breached a US nuclear weapons plant via SharePoint flaws.NRC: Individual fell into ‘reactor cavity’ at Palisades Nuclear Plant |
| SECRETS and LIES. Gaza ceasefire is an illusion – starvation and killings still continuing. Why there can be no peace for Palestinians. The Great Narco Pretext: Trump Readies for Regime Change in Venezuela. The Rise of the Thielverse and the Construction of the Surveillance State (w/ Whitney Webb) – The Chris Hedges Report. |
| SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. Mainers will not benefit from coastal rocket launch sites . |
| SPINBUSTER. NUCLEAR MISINFORMATION. |
| TECHNOLOGY. Amazon spills plan to nuke Washington…with X-Energy mini-reactors. |
WASTES. Russia to Raise Cold War Nuclear Submarines From Arctic—What’s Hiding on the Seabed? Radioactivity and nuclear waste under scrutiny in Peskotomuhkati homeland .
The Bloc Québécois is calling for an immediate halt to the transfer of radioactive waste to Chalk River, on the shores of the drinking water source for millions of Quebecers – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/10/21/1-b1-the-bloc-quebecois-is-calling-for-an-immediate-halt-to-the-transfer-of-radioactive-waste-to-chalk-river-on-the-shores-of-the-drinking-water-source-for-millions-of-quebecers/
True cost of UK’s nuclear waste disposal facility £15bn higher than recent Treasury figures
| WAR and CONFLICT.Gaza Officials Say Israel Has Violated Ceasefire 80 Times in First 10 Days. Israel Launches Wave of Heavy Airstrikes Across Gaza, Killing at Least 45. Trump furious War Chief Hegseth didn’t kill all on Venezuelan boat No. 6 he sent to Davy Jones Locker. A US Strike in Caribbean Leaves Survivors, Reports Say. Slouching Towards Peace. Ukraine Says It Struck a Chemical Plant Inside Russia With British-Provided Storm Shadow Missiles. EU and Ukraine to offer Trump ‘peace plan’ with no territorial concessions – Bloomberg. |
| WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. Trump: “Thank you so much, Bibi, Excellent work.” Pay attention to the nuclear threat on our doorsteps. Trump rejects Zelensky on Tomahawks, but Washington’s war lobby refuses to “lose”. |
This week: Much non-corporate nuclear and related news
Some bits of good news –
China’s air quality policies have swiftly reduced pollution, improved life expectancy.
Green sea turtle saved from extinction in major conservation victory.
Quiet Revolution: Education in Vietnam Drives Poverty Reduction
TOP STORIES. Gaza to become a tax-free ‘billionaire haven’ according to Jared Kushner and Zionist billionaires.
Why Tony Blair governing Gaza would result in more war crimes.
Trump orders CIA to attack Venezuela: US military kills innocent people in war based on lies. Why hasn’t Trump been arrested for mass premeditated murder in the Caribbean?
Tomahawks, Raytheon, and Zelensky’s $90 billion shopping list at the White House.
European leaders are unable to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia yet unwilling to face the political consequences of peace in Ukraine.
Straight from the horses’ mouths: Nuclear is a dead end.
Moscow puts money on the table to raise nuclear subs from Arctic seabed.
Climate. World’s oceans losing their greenness through global heating, study finds. Coral die-off marks Earth’s first climate ‘tipping point’, scientists say. Climate disasters in first half of 2025 costliest ever on record, research shows. UN CLIMATE TALKS -Revealed: Only a third of national climate pledges support ‘transition away from fossil fuels’ .
AUSTRALIA.
- All the way with Donald J. – Albo supporting mass murder.
- AUKUS. Deal of the century! … For the Americans.AUKUS proves why Australia is no longer a middle power with sovereignty and autonomy.AUKUS: Revolving door, spiralling down. Australia to make next billion-dollar AUKUS payment ‘shortly’, says minister. Desperately seeking submariners: why keeping nuclear-powered boats afloat will be Australia’s biggest Aukus challenge.
- Unconstitutional “evil”. Albo’s plan for more government secrecy.
- Chris Hedges talks with Dave about journalism, censorship and empire. Inchoate Blobs: The National Press Club Cancels Chris Hedges.
- Trump’s public snub of Kevin Rudd leaves Albanese in an awkward spot.
- Could Australia’s trash become Donald Trump’s treasure? Turning our waste into critical minerals.
US, Australia sign rare earths deal as
Trump promises nuclear-powered attack submarines.
NUCLEAR-RELATED ITEMS
| ARTS and CULTURE. The madness of Trump’s vision for America.‘ You and the Atom Bomb’: how George Orwell’s 1945 essay predicted the Cold War and nuclear proliferation. |
| ATROCITIES. Vaunted Trump Ceasefire? – Israel has a genocidal Palestinian ethnic cleansing to complete. Israeli soldiers reveal thousands of tons of aid ‘buried, burned’ in Gaza as famine took over strip. They Said The Massacres Would Stop When The Hostages Were Released- They Haven’t Stopped. Fascist Israeli minister Smotrich calls Gaza genocide a “real estate bonanza”. |
ECONOMICS.
- ED MILIBAND’S NUCLEAR NIGHTMARES.
- Deloitte to pay $34mn over audit work on US nuclear fiasco- ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/10/20/3-b1-deloitte-to-pay-34mn-over-audit-work-on-us-nuclear-fiasco/
- Inside Oklo: the $20bn nuclear start-up without any revenue – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/10/25/2-b1-inside-oklo-the-20bn-nuclear-start-up-without-any-revenue/
- Livret A: Will part of French savings soon be used to finance nuclear power? – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/10/21/1-b1-livret-a-will-part-of-french-savings-soon-be-used-to-finance-nuclear-power/
- Interest growing in nuclear-powered shipping, BUT – high costs and the nuclear WASTE problem.
| EMPLOYMENT. Trump Furloughs Top Nuclear Weapons Staff (What Could Go Wrong?) Fears raised that specialist Vulcan MoD work could shift to Sellafield |
| ENERGY. After Spain’s blackout, critics blamed renewable energy- It’s part of a bigger attack. Reward scheme for using less power at peak times could help lower US bills. Bristol Airport generates record amount of renewable energy. |
| ENVIRONMENT. Israel’s Untold Environmental Genocide. |
| ETHICS and RELIGION. They Tell Us To Fear Muslims While The US Empire Terrorizes The World. Criminalising an idea: the dangerous fiction of “ANTIFA, the organisation”. It is now antisemitic to object to Israeli football hooligans causing violence in your city. |
| LEGAL. International Court of Justice Finds Israelis Broke Law by Starving Palestinians of Gaza. |
| MEDIA. To Media, Gaza Ceasefire Holds Despite Repeated Israeli Strikes. Pentagon Creates New Legion of PR Toadies. Western Media Use ‘Peace’ Prize to Fuel War Propaganda. The power (and fun) of protest! |
| OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . Tireless advocacy delivers victory. Request for an Immediate Stop to the Transportation of Radioactive Waste to Chalk River. |
POLITICS.
- The Trump Administration’s Military Occupation of America.
- Senate should invoke War Powers Act to prevent Trump invasion of Venezuela. Trump says he will inform Congress of plans to strike land-based cartel targets in Venezuela.
- The Palestinian Authority may become a casualty of the Trump plan and the new Western consensus.
- UK Government planning for nuclear power in Scotland in anticipation of a Labour 2026 victory. UK Government look at bypassing SNP amid block on ‘billion pound’ nuclear investment. A Genuinely Just Transition: Kill Off Sizewell C – Shaft Reform UK. Parliamentary Committee calls for clear direction on Oldbury and Wylfa, and a “one-stop shop” to finally overcome excessive cost and delays in deployment of nuclear energy.
| POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. Trump-Zelensky meeting was ‘bad’ – Axios. |
| PLUTONIUM. US offers nuclear energy companies access to weapons-grade plutonium -ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/10/25/2-b-1-us-offers-nuclear-energy-companies-access-to-weapons-grade-plutonium/ |
| SAFETY. Local ‘ceasefire’ area declared at Ukrainian nuclear plant for damage repairs.Incidents. Foreign hackers breached a US nuclear weapons plant via SharePoint flaws.NRC: Individual fell into ‘reactor cavity’ at Palisades Nuclear Plant |
| SECRETS and LIES. Gaza ceasefire is an illusion – starvation and killings still continuing. Why there can be no peace for Palestinians. The Great Narco Pretext: Trump Readies for Regime Change in Venezuela. The Rise of the Thielverse and the Construction of the Surveillance State (w/ Whitney Webb) – The Chris Hedges Report. |
| SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. Mainers will not benefit from coastal rocket launch sites . |
| SPINBUSTER. NUCLEAR MISINFORMATION. |
| TECHNOLOGY. Amazon spills plan to nuke Washington…with X-Energy mini-reactors. |
WASTES. Russia to Raise Cold War Nuclear Submarines From Arctic—What’s Hiding on the Seabed? Radioactivity and nuclear waste under scrutiny in Peskotomuhkati homeland .
The Bloc Québécois is calling for an immediate halt to the transfer of radioactive waste to Chalk River, on the shores of the drinking water source for millions of Quebecers – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/10/21/1-b1-the-bloc-quebecois-is-calling-for-an-immediate-halt-to-the-transfer-of-radioactive-waste-to-chalk-river-on-the-shores-of-the-drinking-water-source-for-millions-of-quebecers/
True cost of UK’s nuclear waste disposal facility £15bn higher than recent Treasury figures
| WAR and CONFLICT.Gaza Officials Say Israel Has Violated Ceasefire 80 Times in First 10 Days. Israel Launches Wave of Heavy Airstrikes Across Gaza, Killing at Least 45. Trump furious War Chief Hegseth didn’t kill all on Venezuelan boat No. 6 he sent to Davy Jones Locker. A US Strike in Caribbean Leaves Survivors, Reports Say. Slouching Towards Peace. Ukraine Says It Struck a Chemical Plant Inside Russia With British-Provided Storm Shadow Missiles. EU and Ukraine to offer Trump ‘peace plan’ with no territorial concessions – Bloomberg. |
| WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. Trump: “Thank you so much, Bibi, Excellent work.” Pay attention to the nuclear threat on our doorsteps. Trump rejects Zelensky on Tomahawks, but Washington’s war lobby refuses to “lose”. |
News that’s not from the nuclear-military-industrial-political-complex
Some bits of good news.
An English wind farm became a marine habitat. China’s air quality policies have swiftly reduced pollution, improved life expectancy
TOP STORIES
The Trumpanyahu Administration Is Already Sabotaging The Ceasefire. Chris Hedges: Trump’s Sham Peace Plan. Will Trump’s ceasefire plan really lead to lasting peace in the Middle East?– There’s still a long way to go.
‘WHAT WILL JESUS SAY?’- TONY BLAIR, BIG TECH AND THE ISRAEL CONNECTION.
Nobel Peace Prize winner supports Israel’s genocide & Trump’s war on Venezuela – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks9uDtd7Msc
Trump to Zelensky…’I haven’t got a weapon to spare’ – https://www.youtube.com/shorts/22IP2SaWxy8
President Trump’s radical attack on radiation safety.
Climate. Antarctica may have crossed a tipping point that leads to rising seas. Global climate crosses more dangerous tipping points, heading for ecosystem collapse.
Long nuclear articles – Birth defects in the Chernobyl Region. Nuclear Power in Canada. “Cumulative effects of radioactivity from Fukushima on the abundance and biodiversity of birds”.
AUSTRALIA.
- Trump’s Gaza peace move raises questions over AUKUS priorities.
- Australian Politicians Ignore Israel’s Brutality Against Our Citizens.
- Inside Australia’s covert F-35 parts pipeline to Israel.
- Zionists v Keane, Riemer, Kostakidis – Australia’s massive test cases for free speech. Free speech questioned as National Press Club cancels Gaza address.
- Australia Peace and Neutrality: A Path to Regional Stability.
- How overseas allies can peacefully help Americans access the truth.
- AUKUS Anxiety.
NUCLEAR ITEMS
| ART and CULTURE. The play’s the thing. “A House of Dynamite”: Battling a nuclear nightmare – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wpw2QHJNco |
| ATROCITIES. More Than 200 Bodies Dug Out of the Gaza Rubble Since Ceasefire Went Into Effect. Israeli Soldiers Torched Food, Homes, and a Critical Sewage Treatment Plant in the Wake of Ceasefire Announcement. Israel Returns Palestinian Prisoners’ Bodies With ‘Signs of Torture, Mutilation, and Execution’ Palestinians freed from Israeli prison denied reunion with families as Trump claims a ‘forever’ peace. Israel Tortured And Sexually Humiliated Greta Thunberg., |
ECONOMICS.
- UK small businesses and charities say nuclear levy could add thousands to bills.
- After robbing EU taxpayers, Zelensky uses blackmail to get inside the Bloc.
- ‘It’s going to be really bad’: Fears over AI bubble bursting grow in Silicon Valley. The Troubling Data on Data Centers.
- Nuclear stocks mixed after U.S. Army launches program to deploy small reactors.
| EDUCATION. Exposed! The University of Sheffield’s role in Britain’s nuclear weapons. |
| EMPLOYMENT. Key US nuclear agency to send 80% of workforce home as shutdown drags on. Italy’s Second General Strike for Gaza Brought 2 Million Workers into the Streets. |
| ENERGY. ‘Solar for All’ should mean just that. Why big tech’s nuclear plans could blow up. How productivity gains could slash energy demand by a quarter by 2050. |
| ENVIRONMENT. Boldness is needed to take on toxicity of nuclear power – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/10/13/1-b1-boldness-is-needed-to-take-on-toxicity-of-nuclear-power/ |
| ETHICS and RELIGION. PATRICK LAWRENCE: Let Us Now Bury the Truth (Again). |
EVENTS.
URGENT ACTION NEEDED to Help Protect the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board! International Repair Day 2025 will focus on software obsolescence
| HEALTH. Radiation. Generational RADIATION IMPACT Project |
| HUMAN RIGHTS. The 9,100 Palestinians left behind in Israeli prisons after the ‘peace’ deal |
| LEGAL. NFLAs join European anti nuclear groups in urging appeal in taxonomy case. |
MEDIA.
- Palestinians’ Fate: Victims of Genocide While Alive, Vastly Uncounted By the Media When They Are Killed.
- From AI to TikTok to TV, This Pro-Israel Billionaire Is Expanding Power in US.
- Chicago Tribune avoids giving Donald Trump “great credit” for enabling Israeli genocide in Gaza for 9 months.
- Can Pro-Israel Billionaires Succeed by Buying More US Media Platforms?
- Media Refuse To Sign Up As Propagandists For Trump’s Pentagon.
- Our world is combustible’: Kathryn Bigelow on AI, Andy Warhol and nuclear Armageddon
OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR [and to allied technologies]. Campaigners warn of ‘dangerous experiment’ as nuclear plans face backlash.
Mainers: you have a chance to nip this Wiscasset data center idea in the bud.
They Fought Amazon’s $3.6B AI Data Center.
| SAFETY. Gravelines: the Safety Expertise Department of ASNR’s damning opinion calls into question the EPR2 – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/?p=320225 Be prepared: Time to consider emergency planning at Llynfi nuclear site. Work to restore link to Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant begins this week, Russian official says. The UN nuclear watchdog seeks a local truce to restore power to the Zaporizhzhia plant. |
| SECRETS and LIES. How Jared Kushner Played Trump to Grease Own Pocket: Wolff. Democratic lawmakers request probe into Jared Kushner after Reuters Saudi report. Samantha Power secretly colluded with Israel to enhance UN role, leaked emails show. Nobel Peace Prize winner supports Israel’s genocide & Trump’s war on Venezuela. Grossi says progress made on restoring Zaporizhzhia power. The £1m man: why did Boris Johnson take his donor to Ukraine? |
| SPINBUSTER. Idle boasts and blatant lies: Debunking Trump’s egregious distortions in Knesset speech. Small reactors, big problems: the nuclear mirage behind AI’s energy hype. |
| TECHNOLOGY. Nuclear: Flamanville EPR unable to resolve all its technical problems. |
| WASTES. Decommissioning. The astronomic costs of decommissioning Sellafield . TEPCO weighs scrapping 2 reactors at Niigata nuclear power plant . Holtec Backs Down, Reveals Achilles’ Heel For U.S. Nuclear Resurgence. The end of support for Windows 10 is creating an e-waste disaster. |
| WAR and CONFLICT. Israeli Officials Are Openly Saying They Plan To Resume Attacks On Gaza. Israeli Defense Minister Says IDF Will Destroy Gaza Tunnels Once Hamas Releases Israeli Captives. Trump Says He’s Mulling Land Strikes On Venezuela, Confirms CIA Covert Ops. Trump’s military escalation against Venezuela repeats the Iraq War blueprint. |
| WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. Trump downplays hopes he will supply Ukraine with US missiles after meeting with Zelenskyy. Putin and Trump, between the war of deadly Tomahawks and the peace of disarmament “START 3″ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/10/15/2-b1-putin-and-trump-between-the-war-of-deadly-tomahawks-and-the-peace-of-disarmament-start-3/ Japan Weighs Nuclear-Powered Submarines Amid Regional Tensions. |
This week’s non-corporate nuclear news
Some bits of good news
Nigeria launches its largest-ever public health campaign, aiming to immunise around 106 million children against measles, rubella and polio by early 2026.
Dr. Jane Goodall leaves behind her last words. Hope for Wildlife – 150 Species Begin to Recover Across England.
TOP STORIES
When Maria Corina Machado Wins the Nobel Peace Prize, “Peace” Has Lost Its Meaning.
Gaza Deal Requires A Permanent End To Israel’s War on Gaza. Beware Trump’s Ceasefire Deal Absent Meaningful UN Action to Halt Israel’s Genocide.
Putin’s UnPeaceful Atom.
Trump warns of new strikes if Iran revives nuclear work.
Trump dreams of nuclear as he axes grid projects. The LAST American President- Got democracy?
German Nuclear Operator’s Insolvency Could Shift Dismantling Costs to Taxpayers.
New nuclear push brings old dangers back — and bigger than ever’
Climate. ‘Humanitarian’ visa must be created for Pacific Islanders displaced by climate crisis, experts say. The before and after images showing glaciers vanishing before our eyes
Noel’s notes Vladimir Putin and a world without Russia.
AUSTRALIA.
- The National Press Club of Australia, Caving to the Israel Lobby, Cancels My Talk on Our Betrayal of Palestinian Journalists.
- View from The Hill: Two years of a distant war have brought much damage to Australian society.
- A crack in the AUKUS public relations pressure hull! ‘Folly’ of nuclear submarines plan floated.
- Coalition committed to nuclear.
- Australian Capital Territory went first and fastest to 100 per cent renewables: It now looks like the smartest policy of all. South Australia unveils first auction as world’s most advanced renewables grid seeks long duration storage.
Long nuclear articles:
- Aspermy, sperm quality and radiation in Chernobyl birds
- “Life cycle energy and greenhouse gas emissions of nuclear energy: A review” by Yash Baheti
- “Norio Hirai “I Want You to Know What a Nuclear Power Plant Is“” by Yasuo Akai
NEWS ITEMS
| ARTS and CULTURE. The Total Trumpification of America. |
| ATROCITIES. After 2 years, Israel genocidal ethnic cleansing of Gaza has failed. |
| CIVIL LIBERTIES. Billionaire Larry Ellison says a vast AI-fueled surveillance system can ensure ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’-ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/10/11/3-b1-billionaire-larry-ellison-says-a-vast-ai-fueled-surveillance-system-can-ensure-citizens-will-be-on-their-best-behavior/ |
| ECONOMICS. Inside JPMorgan’s Investment Bank, Nuclear Hype Raises Concerns. US and investors gambling on unproven nuclear technology, warn experts – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/10/07/2-b1-inside-jpmorgans-investment-bank-nuclear-hype-raises-concerns/Ukraine has just generated another cash sink for Western taxpayers. EDF Weighs Edison IPO To Boost Nuclear Expansion Funding. |
| EDUCATION. University of Stirling hosts Hiroshima and Nagasaki exhibition. |
| EMPLOYMENT. Workers shut down Italy again in solidarity with Palestine. Sellafield nuclear workers to strike over pay. |
| ENERGY.World Nuclear Industry Status Report Energy overview- a nuclear dead end?Flamanville EPR: EDF anticipates limited power until 2031.Data Centers PILLAGE ELECTRICITY For AI Video Slop.Poll suggests most Reform UK voters back investment in renewable energy |
| ENVIRONMENT. Water. 45K gallons of radioactive water to be dumped into Hudson River from Indian Point nuclear plant. RADIOACTIVE material was accidentally released at Scotland’s Dounreay nuclear. |
| ETHICS and RELIGION. In its 250th year, America’s genocide support has forever destroyed its worldwide moral authority. |
| MEDIA. The Wall Street Journal Has Many Ways to Deny Genocide. UK Parliament blocks Declassified, citing our Gaza ‘standpoint’.Book: No To Nuclear – Why Nuclear Power Destroys Lives, Derails Climate Progress, and Provokes War.The People versus Murdoch: the rise of independent media. |
| OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . Nuclear victims hold global forum in Hiroshima. Arrests as protesters target Christchurch aerospace summit. |
| PERSONAL STORIES. Donald Trump’s battle for relevance. |
| PLUTONIUM. U.S. Dept. of Energy steps up plutonium pit manufacturing at Savannah River Site. 1000s of nuclear bombs? – Russia exits US nuke pact to reclaim 34 tons of plutonium. |
| POLITICS. After “Greater Israel,” Netanyahu calls for a “Super-Sparta” and “finishing the job in Gaza”.Right-wing Czech politician who promised to cut aid to Ukraine takes lead in parliamentary election .Boosting Nuclear Power Is Not Nation-Building. |
| POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. Nobel Peace Prize’s hypocrisy. What we know about the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire and what comes next. The Gaza ceasefire deal could be a ‘strangle contract’, with Israel holding all the cards. Trump Says Israel and Hamas ‘Signed Off on the First Phase’ of Gaza Plan. Everything Before AND After October 7 Explains Why October 7 Happened. . Hamas just accepted Trump’s ‘peace’ plan – Here’s what it didn’t accept. Support of Trump’s Gaza peace plan ignores major flaw. Patrick Lawrence: Power and Justice. Israel illegally detained UK citizens, and Starmer did nothing.For Haecho and the global citizens aboard the humanitarian flotillas’ safe return and for a Free Palestine! Trump Swears At Netanyahu As Israel’s Standing in the U.S. Continues to Decline. Grossi: Iran Is Not Seeking Nuclear Weapons; My Report Did Not Trigger the Attack. Iran says nuclear cooperation with IAEA ‘no longer relevant’. Back to Great Power Rivalry and Nuclear Risk as Russia Quits US Plutonium Pact. Kremlin welcomes Trump’s comments to extend nuclear arms pact. Trump says Putin’s offer on nuclear arms control ‘sounds like a good idea’. Peace Without Denuclearisation? – Kim Challenges U.S. To Rethink Nuclear Stance. |
| SAFETY. Russian Nuke Plant Latest To Suffer War-Inflicted Damage.Is Russia’s Putin gambling with the safety of Ukraine’s nuclear stations? Nuclear disaster fears as expert highlights ‘fragile’ Zaporizhzhia power plant system.Another ageing Royal Navy nuclear-armed submarine completes a 200-day patrol amid fears absence of replacements will make epic voyages ‘the new normal’ |
| SECRETS and LIES. The Israeli media is reporting on a ‘secret clause’ in the Gaza ceasefire deal that no one is talking about.Not surprising: Biden hid report on Ukraine scandal, docs reveal. |
| SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. Peace is Possible – The Weaponization of Space with Bruce Gagnon. |
| SPINBUSTER. They Really Think They’ll Be Able To Propagandize The World Into Liking Israel Again. |
| TECHNOLOGY. Can AI Solve the Nuclear Fusion Energy Puzzle? |
| WASTES. Holtec abandons nuclear waste project in New Mexico. |
| WAR and CONFLICT. Israel Attacks Another Group of Civilian Ships Bound for Gaza. 5 Days in Israel’s Desert Prison: Jewish Flotilla Activist David Adler on Harrowing Detention Ordeal – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_pM-ZDaPAA Israel Says No Gaza Ceasefire in Place Despite Trump’s Call for a Stop to the Bombing.Report: Netanyahu Ordered Drone Attack on Gaza Aid Flotilla Boats in Tunisia. Panic in Israel as Hamas agrees to release all of the hostages.I srael Droned Flotilla Activists And Then Abused Greta Thunberg. Hegseth Says Four ‘Narco-Terrorists’ Killed in Latest US Attack on Venezuela Boat. |
| WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. The case for some non-nuclear submarines.UK aerospace firm supplying Israel’s defence ministry.A Philadelphia company’s obscured support for killing Palestinians with autonomous flying bombs. |
A big week in the non-corporate nuclear news
Some bits of good news –UNESCO Adds an Area the Size of Bolivia to Reserves That Protect 5%of the World’s Land.Marshall Islands Experience Explosion of Wildlife One Year After Invasive Rats Were Removed.
Thousands–Including Many Visitors– Volunteer in Taiwan to Help Flood Victims Following Typhoon.
Swiping less, living more. How to take control of your digital life.
TOP STORIES The U.S. is now a fascist state. What Trump’s new order on domestic terrorism really means – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKvBzvVYlKw
Theatre of the absurd – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlXPfKAAnUo
A breakdown of Tony Blair’s bizarre proposal to run Gaza. Israeli Defense Minister says half a million Palestinians in Gaza City will be considered ‘terrorists’ if they don’t evacuate.
Trump says Israel can ‘finish the job’ in Gaza if Hamas rejects latest ceasefire plan.
“Arrest the War Criminal”: Thousands Protest Netanyahu in NYC as He Addresses U.N –https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVY7eY12voI
The New Nuclear Fever, Debunked.
From the archives. Leah McGrath Goodman, Tony Blair and issues on torture (with added radiation)
Climate. Small or big, new nuclear reactors are not climate solutions. Does the fight against climate change need nuclear power?
AUSTRALIA. Dan Tehan fails to grasp difference between baseload and firming as he spouts nonsense on nuclear. Nuclear energy sank the Coalition at the election — can it power their comeback? Coalition in ‘overwhelming agreement’ on nuclear future, energy spokesman says. Nuclear energy to remain a central focus for Coalition. Deputy leader Ted O’Brien confident nuclear will be part of Coalition’s energy policy.
NUCLEAR ITEMS
CIVIL LIBERTIES. Under Trump, Criticism Is Now Criminal.
Israel Raids Global Sumud Flotilla, Abducts Over 400 Volunteers, Group Says.
| CLIMATE. Does the fight against climate change need nuclear power? Wildfires are getting deadlier and costing more. Experts warn they’re becoming unstoppable.. |
| ECONOMICS. A hungrier, poorer and more anxious Iran awaits ‘snapback’ of UN sanctions over its nuclear program. Wall Street Warns of Nuclear Tech Bubble. Newcleo, Europe’s largest nuclear startup in financial difficulty-ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/09/29/4-a-newcleo-europes-largest-nuclear-startup-in-financial-difficulty/ |
| ENERGY. We don’t need gas or nuclear to power data centres, says Octopus Energy boss. Solar becomes main source of electricity in the EU for first time. Here comes the sun! –The solar energy revolution – podcast . Renewables blow past nuclear when it comes to cheap datacenter juice |
| ETHICS and RELIGION. ‘Listen to the cry of the Earth’: Pope Leo takes aim at climate change sceptics.. |
| EVENTS. 10 October – 18 October – Peace Camp: Salir de Casa por Gaza. |
| HISTORY. 80 years demonizing Russia long enough…time for détente |
| LEGAL US Military Doctrine – Goodbye to Geneva . .Starmer’s new nukes break Non-Proliferation Treaty, legal experts say. |
| MEDIA. How the media tears up its own rulebook to hide Israel’s atrocities. When Palestinians in Israeli Captivity, US Media Almost Never Take Note. The War Department’s War on Media. Book Review: A Call to Arms About the Threat of Anti-Science. |
| OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . No to nuclear in the Llynfi valley – Community campaign resists reactors built for data centres. Powering forward the Transatlantic Nuclear Free Alliance. |
| PERSONAL STORIES. Jane Goodall, the Gentle Disrupter Whose Research on Chimpanzees Redefined What It Meant To Be Human. Time to stop propping up mentally and physically disintegrating president. |
| PLUTONIUM. U.S. to gift Plutonium-239 to private nuclear industry. |
| POLITICS. ‘Deeply Un-American’: Trump Tells Generals to Use US Cities as Military ‘Training Grounds’ Theatre of the absurd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlXPfKAAnUo The Ultimate Test of Allegiance. Changing the rules: Ministers may scrap nuke dump Test of Public Support. |
| POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. UN Nuclear Ban Treaty Gets Majority of States on Board Following Kyrgyzstan’s Signing. A Serious Proposal: Russia and China Call for Global Strategic Stability. Will Tony Blair rule over Gaza? Palestinian Subordination: Donald Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan. Trump’s 20-Point Gamble: A bold bid to end the Gaza War – or a recipe for stalemate? Israel’s Netanyahu addresses Empty UN Chamber with Genocidal Claims after Mass Walkout. Steve Witkoff’s Latest ‘Peace Plan’ Is A Scam. Iran won’t risk Russia, China’s ire by quitting nuclear treaty, expert says. Iran angry as sweeping UN sanctions take effect after failure of nuclear talks. UN sanctions reimposed on Iran over alleged nuclear deal violation. UN Security Council rejects Russia and China’s last-ditch effort to delay sanctions on Iran |
| SAFETY.Russian nuclear submarine surfaces near UK territory in ‘explosive hazard’ Russian nuclear submarine: Fears as K-159 nuke vessel, that sank over 20 years ago, rusty and resting on seabed with highly radioactive fuel. Flamanville fiasco: EDF blamed by the Nuclear Safety Authority- ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/09/29/4-b1-flamanville-fiasco-edf-blamed-by-the-nuclear-safety-authority/Danger déjà vu. Power fully restored to Chernobyl site. The 750 kV power line at Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant shows no signs of major damage: new satellite investigation by Greenpeace. IAEA Races to Restore Power at Besieged Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Plant. IAEA issues fresh warning over drones near nuclear plants. Suffolk County Council has no evacuation plan in case of a RAF Lakenheath nukes incident Money to oversee nuclear weapons safety will start running low after 8 days, US Energy secretary says. |
| SPINBUSTER. The ‘Golden Age of nuclear’ deal is all a veneer . . Paper reactors and paper tigers. Britain remade – with a lot of nuclear? Expect A Huge Fuss About The October 7 Anniversary As The World Turns Against Israel. |
| TECHNOLOGY. Are We Waking Up Fast Enough to the Dangers of AI Militarism? |
| WASTES. DOE can’t pin down costs, schedules for nuclear cleanups — audit. Nuclear waste in a landfill? Decommissioning. Nuclear reactor Tihange 1 to cease operations after fifty years.Secrets of the deep, deep tunnels where nuclear waste is buried -ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/09/30/5-b1-secrets-of-the-deep-deep-tunnels-where-nuclear-waste-is-buried/ UK Government names six decommissioning sites being considered for new nuclear. |
| WAR and CONFLICT .Hamas Agrees to Release Hostages, Trump Calls on Israel to Stop Bombing- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1Tnl8etV9A After Bombing Boats, Trump Tells Congress US Is in ‘Armed Conflict’ With Drug Cartels. As UN Turns 80, Trump Continues US Violation of Charter’s Limits on Use of Force. Israel Launches Major Airstrikes on Yemeni Capital, Killing at Least Nine. Trump says Hamas ‘ready for peace’, tells Israel to stop bombing Gaza. Netanyahu’s General Assembly Tirade Telegraphs A Resumption of Israel’s War On Iran. Nuclear Testing Threats are Returning & Saber Rattling is Getting Louder, warns UN Chief.Can Warriors Stop Endless Wars? |
| WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. Exposing JFK Airport’s hidden arms pipeline to Israel. |
Lots of nuclear news – NOT from the nuclear-corporate-political-media-military-complex
Some bits of good news – Conservation efforts paying off for Yellow River basin ecology Ocean treaty “a landmark victory” for the high seas. Australia is getting a new national park
TOP STORIES. 50 States One Israel – Wikipedia.
Trump’s visit proved the utter corruption of our political and media class.Nuke Power is Trump/Fascist Power…and an Epic Global Failure.
‘Inevitable’ that nuclear waste facility will go ahead without local consent says former minister.
The horrors I’ve seen of Ukrainian, NATO-backed, shelling of completely civilian areas of the Donbass throughout 2022 (and 2019, 2023…)
Trump’s nuclear ‘renaissance’ rests on risky plan for radioactive waste.
Fukushima recovery plagued with setbacks.
Living with the legacy of France’s nuclear weapons testing.
Climate. Global drying, Gaia & Abrupt Change
AUSTRALIA.Two leaders, two realities: Trump vs Albanese at the UN. Australian Submarine Agency lobbies Fremantle locals amid protest over AUKUS defence hub
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Illawarra groups want Port Kembla ruled out for AUKUS nuclear submarine base.Global report confirms and details nuclear power’s stagnation: Someone needs to tell the Coalition
Opposition to proposed nuclear submarine base at Port Kembla. Islamophobia in Australia, antisemitism’s ignored cousin.
NUCLEAR ITEMS
| ATROCITIES. The Real Violent Extremists Are The Freaks Who Run The US Empire. |
| CIVIL LIBERTIES. This Ridiculous, Dangerous Antifa Order Is McCarthyism All Over Again—Possibly Worse. |
| ECONOMICS. Nuclear power’s record year masks future sustainability challenges, says report. EDF: Court of Auditors warns of a model running out of steam. While EDF must invest 460 billion euros over 15 years, its economic model is taking on water.- ALSO AThttps://nuclear-news.net/2025/09/25/3-b1-edf-court-of-auditors-warns-of-a-model-running-out-of-steam/ |
| ENERGY. Sorry, Donald Trump and Keir Starmer – Scotland doesn’t need nuclear – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/09/27/2-a-sorry-donald-trump-and-keir-starmer-scotland-doesnt-need-nuclear/ |
| ENVIRONMENT. Sizewell C taking the axe to two century-old trees/ |
| ETHICS and RELIGION. Imagine There Was A Violent Cult Committing Atrocities With Impunity. |
| EVENTS. PETITION. Say No to Nuclear Financing – World Bank and ADB, Why Turn Away from the Right Path? |
| HEALTH. Here’s What Life Is Like Inside One of Gaza’s Last Remaining Hospitals. |
| LEGAL. Federal Judge Strikes Down New York’s “Save the Hudson” Nuclear Discharge Ban.David versus Goliath: the battle of a small indigenous community against a federal radioactive waste dump |
| MEDIA. ‘Near Daily’ Israeli Assaults on Lebanon Have Become Non-News for Western Media.UN Declares Genocide in Gaza While 250 US Lawmakers Are in Israel. The Shift: 50 States, One Israel. Trump Turns Pentagon Into Department of War on First Amendment. ‘Media Really Took at Face Value What Trump Said About This Boat and Its Occupants’: CounterSpin interview with Alex Main on Venezuelan boat assault. |
| OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . Nuclear Free Local Authorities join global call on World Bank to abandon plans to back new nuclear. Cumberland Council is Looking Like Last Line of Defence Against Lake District Coast Nuclear Dump So Why Won’t They Hold A Full Vote and Full Debate ? Remembering the fight to make Sebastopol a “nuclear-free zone”. |
| SAFETY.Nuclear choices. Quake less alarming than tsunami threat to China’s coastal nuclear power plants. Incident. Safety fears as external power to Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant still out after three days. Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant loses all off-site power, risking safety. UK Minister cites national security and public safety in dismissing 148-home scheme near nuclear weapons facility. Three formal ‘special measures’ notices remain in place amid ongoing safety issues at Dounreay. |
| SECRETS and LIES. Iran says it obtained secret files on Israel’s nuclear program. Iran publishes alleged leak of Israeli nuclear sites, experts and secret files. |
| SPINBUSTER. Cato Institute: Nuclear power’s hamster wheel. |
| TECHNOLOGY. Small Nuclear Reactors Will Not Save The Day.Underground data fortresses: the nuclear bunkers, mines and mountains being transformed to protect our ‘new gold’ from attack.‘Life and death’: Penny Wong’s nuclear AI warning to UN Security Council. |
WASTES. Confusion About a Second Repository for Radioactive Wastes.
| WAR and CONFLICT. Trump Claims Ukraine Can Retake All Territory Captured by Russia, May Be Able to ‘Go Further’ With nuclear pact in peril, Trump embraces prolonged war in Ukraine. Spain and Italy, not US, protecting 22 Americans on Global Sumud Flotilla targeted for destruction by Israel.In move that could Bring in NATO, Spain joins Italy in Sending Rescue Ship for Sumud Gaza Aid Flotilla. Trump to Netanyahu: ‘Here’s another $6 billion to polish off those pesky Palestinians. What’s In a Name? The “Defense” Department Has Always Been About War. Three dead after Ukraine bombs Crimea wellness resort – governor. |
| WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. Trump administration plans nearly $6B in arms sales to Israel: Report. Iran’s president vows to never build a nuclear bomb in his UNGA speech. Canada keeps bankrolling Ukraine’s war crimes. North Korea building nuclear weapon stockpile, says Seoul. Fighter jets purchase would put UK in breach of nuclear treaty, says CND. Why President Trump should put off the new nuclear arms race for one more year. |
The non-corporate nuclear news – 8 -20th September
Some bits of good news –Humanity enters the age of rewilding. Humanity will shrink, far sooner than you think China’s green “Marshall Plan” is reshaping global energy.
TOP STORIES
The dangerous new Washington consensus for more nuclear weapons.
The Building of the First Atomic Bombs Impacted Workers and Residents, Too.
Israel has officially moved on from destroying Hamas to erasing
Palestine.Zelensky has insulted Trump: Is he suicidal?
Who are Britain Remade?
More hype about Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), but they may curb nuclear development .
Climate. Human-made global warming ‘caused two in three heat deaths in Europe this summer‘. Kenya’s Ruto says western leaders have broken ‘climate blood pact’– ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/09/11/1-b1-kenyas-ruto-says-western-leaders-have-broken-climate-blood-pact/
Aid cuts cast long shadow over key Africa climate talks. Protect Arctic from ‘dangerous’ climate engineering, scientists warn.
Environment. Key oceans treaty crosses threshold to come into force.
AUSTRALIA.
Nuclear subs base: Will it be Newy or The Gong? Could Australia defend itself?
US Threat to World Peace, AUKUS, and Dollar Sovereignty.
Australia rooftop solar hits 26.8 GW as home battery uptake surges.
NUCLEAR ITEMS
ECONOMICS Why Starmer’s nuclear ‘golden age’ risks becoming a lot of hot air – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/09/20/1-b1-why-starmers-nuclear-golden-age-risks-becoming-a-lot-of-hot-air/
U.S. Firms Boost UK Nuclear Sector with Major Deals . US and UK companies ink nuclear deals ahead of Trump visit.
Sweden Looks to Lend $23 Billion to New Nuclear Power Projects.
| ENVIRONMENT. ‘Sizewell C oak tree felling would be devastating’. |
| ETHICS and RELIGION. Ending a War That Never Should Have Started.Holy See tells nations at UN to end threat of nuclear weapons, even as deterrence.. |
| EVENTS. 22 September – Spazio Europa, Rome – Global Launch of the World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2025 To attend in person, please register here, The event will be live-streamed on YouTube here. Note: The full 589-page report will be available for free download as of 22 September 2025 at 10:00 CET here |
| HEALTH. Why a national cancer study near US reactors must be conducted before any new expansion of nuclear power. |
| LEGAL. A killing at sea marks America’s descent into lawless power.Campaigners continue to need their day in court, says NFLA Secretary. |
| MEDIA. Trump masters the art of “dobbing” on an Australian journalist.Israeli Lawmakers Demanded Better PR to Conceal Gaza Famine: Google Obliged. New York Times misstates Palestinian death toll, downplays genocide.Read this book! |
| PERSONAL STORIES. I am ANTIFA .Israeli Forces Bomb, Loot, Vandalize Our Homes in Gaza: We Long for Normal Life.Trump not Commander in Chief…he’s Violence Inciter in Chief. |
| POLITICS. Will the US Continue to Aid, Abet, and Arm Genocide in Gaza? Political witch hunts and blacklists: Donald Trump and the new era of McCarthyism. Iran hardliners reject IAEA deal, but IRGC outlet voices support. What You Need to Know About the £38 Billion Sizewell C Nuclear Project in the UK. U.S. Nuclear Reactors will NOT Build a Strong Canada. https://nuclear-news.net/2025/09/20/1-u-s-nuclear-reactors-will-not-build-a-strong-canada/ |
| POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. Europe has discombobulated Trump’s Ukraine war peace plan. UN genocide report puts Starmer in the dock. The future of Gaza as seen from the White House. Iran, allies submit draft IAEA resolution to ban attacks on nuclear sites. IAEA chief notes progress in Iran talks over nuclear site inspections. China, Russia urge Europe to halt UN snapback after Iran-IAEA deal. Saudi pact puts Pakistan’s nuclear umbrella into Middle East security picture. Saudi Arabia, nuclear-armed Pakistan sign mutual defence pact. |
| SAFETY.UK Ministry of Defence dismiss MP’ s call for inquiry into trident bases nuclear leaks – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/09/20/1-b1-uk-ministry-of-defence-dismiss-mp-s-call-for-inquiry-into-trident-bases-nuclear-leaks/ UK hands over its nuclear safety conditions to Trump’s administration? – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/09/20/1-b1-uk-hands-over-its-nuclear-safety-conditions-to-trumps-administration/ Can the UK fast-track nuclear power without cutting corners on safety? Case for Military Proportionality: Disabling Nuclear Plants. IAEA reports “serious safety risks” at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. Nuclear Sites Dotted Across Ukraine Pose Threat of Radiation Disaster. Chernobyl shelter repairs: ‘Difficult choices’ lie ahead. Plans to close Suffolk rail crossings for a Sizewell C upgrade will have a “huge impact” on residents and businesses. |
| SECRETS and LIES. Antifa Nation. |
| SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. Communities Push Back against SpaceX in Tamaulipas. |
| SPINBUSTER. Rolls Royce “Small” nuclear reactors are not at all small! – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/09/20/2-b1-rolls-royce-small-nuclear-reactors-are-not-at-all-small/ |
| TECHNOLOGY. Small Modular nuclear reactors sound great, but won’t be ready any time soon. |
| WASTES.Backlash against UK nuclear push with uncertainty over radioactive wastedisposal a key issue. Plutonium, Public Money and a Perilous Nuclear Dump on the Lake District Coast, a Letter to Cumberland Council’s “Nuclear Issues Board”. Academic agrees with NFLA’s position on management of deadly radioactive waste. Two down: Whicham joins Millom in withdrawing from undemocratic and discredited community partnership. First of four containers of tritium waste at LANL has been vented. Construction starts of Belgian disposal facility |
| WAR and CONFLICT. The Department of War Is Back! Israel Bombs Doha, Reportedly Targeting Hamas Negotiators Discussing US Proposal. Israel bombed Qatar to assassinate Hamas’s lead ceasefire negotiators. US Considers Bombing Venezuela as It Deploys F-35 Fighter Jets to Puerto Rico. |
| WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. The Military-Industrial Complex.UK Labour must not award Elbit a £2 billion military deal . Spain Announces Arms Embargo on Israel and Other Steps ‘to Stop the Genocide in Gaza’. Pakistan nuclear weapons, 2025. |
The non-corporate nuclear news – week to 8 September
Some bits of good news – Solar is taking off across Africa in a big way. Green energy approvals smash records in the UK. Golden eagle chick ‘a symbol of hope’ in Scotland.
TOP STORIES.
The World Has Failed to Stop Israel: Our Only Choices Now: Leave or Die. Is Israel quietly expanding its nuclear arsenal? Satellite images raise suspicion.
The world moves on without Trump.
Attacks on nuclear plants are being normalised – and the consequences could be disastrous.
Why NuScale Power Stock Slid 31% Last Month.
Nuclear power is failing, and AI can’t rescue it.
Climate. These countries are sinking into the sea: What happens when they disappear forever? World’s largest iceberg is finally about to disappear 40 years after breaking away from Antarctica.
AUSTRALIA. SSN AUKUS – Heading for a quagmire (Part II).
Secret antisemitism research: Envoy Jillian Segal hides evidence?
Nuclear likely to remain part of Coalition’s energy policy as Dan Tehan warns Australia risks being left ‘stranded’.
NUCLEAR ITEMS.
ECONOMICS.
- Small reactors: cash flow alert for Newcleo, Europe’s largest nuclear start-up.
- Rolls-Royce denies report of IPO ( Initial Public Offering) plans for small nuclear reactor unit. Rolls-Royce explores small nuclear reactor unit funding options including IPO (Initial Public Offering).
- The final furlong: EDF announces further lifetime extension for aging AGR reactors.
- Nuclear sector says credible GDF plan needed for investor confidence as £1.4bn contract readied.
- Euratom: €9.8 billion for nuclear research in the next EU budget.
- Microsoft joins World Nuclear Association amid rapid AI expansion plans.
| EDUCATION. Extra funding revealed to fuel nuclear fusion energy training and research. |
| ENERGY. Nuclear outpaced fourteen to one by wind and solar in Europe. Japan shocks the world — Solar panels as strong as 20 nuclear reactors unveiled.. |
| ENVIRONMENT. Why are saltmarshes such effective carbon sinks? Widened recall of radioactively contaminate shrimp. Is fishmeal from Fukushima-affected fish the source of Indonesian shrimp’s radioactive contamination? Jellyfish cause partial shutdown at French nuclear plant. |
| EVENTS, 26 September – Nuclear Abolition Day – International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons |
| HEALTH. Will Cancer Prove to be Another Weapon in Israel’s War in Gaza?Nuclear-armed states should come clean after 80 years of nuclear testing harm. |
| OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . “We gave for France… now that’s enough”: La Hague residents reject Orano’s nuclear pools project. A Folly Too Far? |
| POLITICS.U.S. Government Is Taking Historic Steps To Restart Nuclear Plants. South Carolina’s dormant nuclear volcanoes. Trump supports nuclear power as it is ‘more American’ than wind, solar, US official says.Trump Is Renaming the Defense Department the Department of War. Nuclear roadblocks – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/09/07/2-b1-nuclear-roadblocks/ Donald Trump orders ‘take down’ of 44-year-old peace vigil opposite White House.UKRAINIAN NEOFASCISM – War Time Developments: Part 1 ‘Azov’ and Part 2 ‘Right Sector’.Fukushima and the Politics of Nuclear Disaster Recovery. |
| POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. One by one, leaders learn that grovelling to Trump leads to disaster: When will it dawn on Starmer? China’s SCO Summit Highlights West’s Growing Ideological Isolation, + Zelensky’s Desperate Gambit. Coalition of the unwilling gets stuck in Groundhog Day. NATO. has outlived its purpose – Jeffrey Sachs. Russia is ready to discuss nuclear fuel at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia with US – RIA. The NEW, new world order. The U.S. visa cancellations for Palestinians marks another step towards West Bank annexation. Nuclear crisis looms as Iran faces sanctions snapback, expert warns. Iran FM Araghchi warns Europe against ‘reckless’ approach to nuclear deal |
| PLUTONIUM. £154m plan hatched to move UK’s 140-tonne cache of powdered plutonium from nuclear reactor waste at Sellafield. |
| SAFETY. Incidents. Ukraine drones hit training centre at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Russian management says. It’s past time to start protecting U.S. nuclear power reactors from drones. EDF’s Heysham 1 and Hartlepool nuclear plants to operate for further 12 months. Jellyfish Force another French Nuclear Reactor to Shut Down. |
| SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. A new arms race in space must be stopped in its tracks .Golden Dome is already a turning point for American space policy. |
| SPINBUSTER. Pentagon Document: U.S. Wants to “Suppress Dissenting Arguments” Using AI Propaganda. |
WASTES. Government ‘replanning’ £53.3bn geological disposal facility project. Nuclear industry says waste site is key. Memorial unveiled at former RAF airbase threatened by nuke waste dump. The Nuclear Waste Problem Haunting UK Energy Expansion.
Decommissioning. Sizewell C | Public on the hook for decommissioning costs of up to £12bn. Sizewell C Funded Decommissioning Programme: Contingent Liability. Anglesey planners to consider relocation of Wylfa building,
Project 2025 agenda revives Nevada’s Yucca Mountain fears.
| WAR and CONFLICT. Israel beginning mass mobilization to take Gaza City – Jerusalem Post.NFLAs join nuclear test appeal to French and Algerian Governments. Renaming Defense Dept. War Dept. wrong but accurately describes deranged US perpetual war policy. |
| WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. European military-industrial output for Ukraine outpaces the US. War spending is ever greater.Satellite images show construction at site linked to Israel’s suspected nuclear weapons programme. These fools plan to win a nuclear war: Flight tests begin on US Air Force’s new ‘doomsday plane’ |
This week’s non-corporate nuclear news
Some bits of good news – Small Chinese County Reverses Desertification with Arduous Tree-Planting Method Across 240,000 Acres. WHO Declares Kenya Free of This Deadly Tropical Parasite After Decades of Suffering.
Washington State Protects the Old-Growth Forests of Tomorrow, Creates 77,000 Acres of ‘Legacy Forests’.
TOP STORIES.
The Detached Cruelty of Air Power– From Guernica to Gaza Mass Killers Have Been Above It All.
How France’s nuclear dream became a financial nightmare.
Is the UK’s giant new nuclear power station “unbuildable”? -ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/08/30/1-a-is-the-uks-giant-new-nuclear-power-station-unbuildable/
Unaudited Power: The Military Budget That Nobody Controls.
Dauntingly long, and with an inflammatory title, this article is nevertheless a compelling read – Gaza to Donbass: How Israel and Ukraine Built a Fascist, Transnational War Machine.
AUSTRALIA. Think Tanker Demands for AUKUS: What Australia Should do with US Submarines.
Point of Order: Antisemitism Summit raises ethics eyebrows.
NUCLEAR ITEMS
ART and CULTURE. Atomic Bill and the Payment Due.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Trump & the Russophobes.
ATROCITIES. Entire UN Security Council Except US Says Gaza Famine ‘Man-Made’ as 10 More People Starve to Death.
Eighteen Palestinians Starve to Death in Gaza Over Three Days Due to Israeli Siege – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p5UVrz1KLg
Report: Smotrich Told IDF Chief That Anyone Who Doesn’t Evacuate Gaza City Can ‘Die of Hunger or Surrender’.
Why has Donald Trump not spoken out about the famine in Gaza? | Inside Story.
| ECONOMICS. The World Bank can now fund nuclear energy projects: Here’s what’s next.The lunacy of Britain’s Sizewell C nuclear project – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/08/31/2-a-the-lunacy-of-britains-sizewell-c-nuclear-project/On fusion liability, UK Energy Minister completely sidelines the issue. |
| ENVIRONMENT. ‘It doesn’t make sense’: Marine biologist on Kenya’s proposed nuclear power plant. |
| EVENTS. 2nd September CND Webinar – From Hiroshima to Today: Jeremy Corbyn & Caroline Lucas report back – Register here. 9th September (7 – 8 pm AEST) – ZOOM- What Remains: Nuclear Legacies of the Montebello Islands. Please join us by registering here. 15 September – Webinar -AUKUS – End it Now! – https://events.humanitix.com/aukus-end-it-now |
MEDIA. Israel’s Killing of Journalists Follows a Pattern of Silencing Palestinian Media That Stretches Back to 1967. Israel Bombs Gaza Hospital, Kills 5 Journalists from AP, Al Jazeera, Reuters, NBC – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k9PdldBcwY
Chicago Tribune letters again avoid reality of Ukraine’s impending battlefield defeat.
| OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . Ecological Justice group explains impacts of the nuclear project on Alberta. |
| PERSONAL STORIES. The evolution of Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the Israel-Ukraine connection. |
| PLUTONIUM. Government allocates £154m for plutonium disposal. |
| POLITICS. Peace in Ukraine spells disaster for mainstream political parties in Europe. Why won’t 519 other congresspersons join Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green and 13 other congresspersons in condemning US enabled Israeli genocide in Gaza? East Lothian Council calls for a study into new nuclear at Torness. |
| POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. Russia outsmarts France with nuclear power move in Niger. Iran accuses Europe of surrendering nuclear deal to Trump’s veto. UN inspectors back in Iran as IAEA chief gets protection over Tehran threat. Iran parliament presses government to apply law limiting IAEA cooperation. |
SAFETY. OUR NUCLEAR WORLD: PICK YOUR TARGET.
Fears are rising about the safety of a nuclear power plant in Russia after a Ukrainian attack overnight. What will happen if the Ukrainian Armed Forces attempt to strike the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant?- ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/08/31/2-b1-what-will-happen-if-the-ukrainian-armed-forces-attempt-to-strike-the-kursk-nuclear-power-plant/
Donald Trump’s assault on U.S. nuclear watchdog raises safety concerns- ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/08/30/1-b1-donald-trumps-assault-on-u-s-nuclear-watchdog-raises-safety-concerns/
Japan exploring whether AI could help inspect its nuclear power plants.
| SECRETS and LIES. UK aware of Israel’s ‘terror’ for over 20 years.Russian engineer-physicist Ozharovsky spoke about deportation from Mongolian- ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/08/31/2-b1-russian-engineer-physicist-ozharovsky-spoke-about-deportation-from-mongolia/ |
| SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. Is Nasa’s nuclear moon plan sheer lunacy? |
| SPINBUSTER. Alberta Revives Its Nuclear Energy Dreams. |
| TECHNOLOGY. Indonesia Bets On Thorcon’s Molten Salt Reactor, But History Suggests Trouble Ahead. The nuclear fusion delusion -Government proposals re Nuclear Fusion Siting Policy. How AI and surveillance capitalism are undermining democracy. |
| WASTES. ‘Nuclear Priests’ could warn future people about wastes under the Irish Sea – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/08/27/2-a-nuclear-priests-could-warn-future-people-about-wastes-under-the-irish-sea/ Wastewater release from Fukushima nuclear plant enters third year. Podcast | The 30-year journey to an underground facility for long-term nuclear waste storage. Assessment of Asse storage chamber conditions begins. Radioactive waste burning by nuclear transmutation: CoRWM position paper. |
| WAR and CONFLICT. Russia reports blaze at one of its biggest nuclear power plants. Ukraine Drone Strikes Hit Russia’s Nuclear Plant & Fuel Terminal | War Escalates – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVmxyRaffmU |
| WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. An Elbit-Bain Consortium is Nightmare Fuel: the UK Government Must Not Award £2bn Contract to These Corporate Horrors. Biggest nuclear tests in history: Tsar Bomba, Castle Bravo and their global impact. |
Non-corporate nuclear news – too long this week-sorry
Some bits of good news – How Australia Enlisted the Whole Country to Protect Its Biodiversity.
Lessons for a Warming World From Kashmir’s Cooling Caves. Offshore wind farms act as ‘de facto marine reserves’. Weaving a story of hope with nature recovery
TOP STORIES.
Democrats bashing Trump, Putin summit ensuring continued destruction of Ukraine. It’s not ‘Who lost Ukraine?’ It’s ‘Who destroyed Ukraine?
Does Trump have the guts to end America’s lost proxy war against Russia?
Stopping The Gaza Holocaust Is The First Step Toward A Healthy World.
From the archives. Conveniently forgotten and ignored – the 8 years war in Ukraine up to 2022. Setting the record straight on the background to events in Ukraine. The West initiated the Ukraine crisis, and will have to work to fix it.
Climate. Temperature records broken as extreme heat grips parts of Europe. Hellish’: heatwave brings hottest nights on record to the Middle East.
AUSTRALIA. Australia’s F-35 exports a “facilitation of war crimes”: US expert.
‘Disarm now’: Anti-nuke advocate’s message to world leaders at Pine Gap protest.
New report on British nuclear submarines should raise alarm bells across Australia. The nuclear-powered submarine crisis.
Government-funded nuclear is fine for Dan Tehan, but not renewables or climate initiatives.
NUCLEAR ITEMS
| ATROCITIES. Over 100 Children Have Died of Severe Hunger Amid Israeli Siege: Gaza Health Ministry. Israel’s govt issues ‘death sentence’ to remaining captives.Palestinians Displaced in West Bank by Israeli Settlers Ask: Where Can We Go? |
| CLIMATE. Heat Waves Are a Growing Threat to Europe’s Nuclear Power Supply. |
| CIVIL LIBERTIES. Pentagon to Create ‘Domestic Civil Disturbance Quick Reaction Force’. |
| ECONOMICS. Nuclear developers turn to Special Purpose Acquisition Companies – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAJTkL99anI&t=22s Rolls-Royce making fortune from ‘untested new nuclear market’.The cost of the UK’s strategic nuclear deterrent. Nuclear legacy costs far outweigh Germany’s environmental protection investments.. |
| ENERGY. Equinix enters into multiple advanced nuclear deals to power data centers– ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/08/16/1-b1-equinix-enters-into-multiple-advanced-nuclear-deals-to-power-data-centers/ |
| ENVIRONMENT. Swarm of jellyfish shuts nuclear power plant in France. A Mob of Alien Creatures Just Took 4 Nuclear Reactors Completely Offline. Government faces calls to investigate Faslane nuclear leak. Radioactive water ‘leaked into’ loch from Faslane nuclear base. Rachel Reeves to cut ‘bats and newts’ in boost to developers- ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/08/18/1-b1-rachel-reeves-to-cut-bats-and-newts-in-boost-to-developers/ |
| ETHICS and RELIGION. Vonnegut on Nagasaki: “The most racist, nastiest act by this country, after human slavery” |
| EVENTS. PETITION: Urgent: Insist Cumberland Council Fulfill Their Nuclear Democratic Duty |
| HEALTH. Nuclear wasps fallout explodes as worker from bomb factory blows the lid on the true threat of the crisis… while battling FIVE cancers. |
| LEGAL. Netanyahu’s Plan To Occupy Gaza Violates World Court Ruling That Israeli Occupation is Illegal. TASC’s new legal challenge against Sizewell C’s secret flood defences. Judicial review sought at High Court into flood barriers. Quebec engineering body finds former SNC-Lavalin CEO guilty on multiple counts of misconduct. |
| MEDIA. Israel Assassinates More Journalists To Hide Its Planned War Crimes. Slaying and Censoring the Journalists: The Murder of Anas al-Sharif. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6w0NF5Htbs Cowardly Israeli Murder of 5 Journalists, including Anas al-Sharif, Smearing them as Hamas. |
| OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . Hundreds rally in Taipei against restart of No. 3 nuclear power plant. |
| PERSONAL STORIES. Anas Al-Sharif’s Final Message.My years reporting on Gaza broke me down- Why did it take so long for the world to become outraged? |
| POLITICS. Smotrich Announces Major West Bank Settlement Expansion To ‘Bury the Idea of a Palestinian State’. Coulport nuclear leaks spark alarm among local nuclear campaigners -ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/08/16/1-b1-coulport-nuclear-leaks-spark-alarm-among-local-nuclear-campaigners/ Scottish independence can rid us of nuclear abomination. Switzerland moves to lift ban on new nuclear power plants – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/08/17/2-b1-switzerland-moves-to-lift-ban-on-new-nuclear-power-plants/ Taiwan set to hold referendum on restarting last nuclear reactor. |
| POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY . Breaking the Ice in Alaska: Why Diplomacy Still Matters. Review of the Alaska meeting – The goal is always domination. Trump on Summit with Putin: We Made Great Progress Today. Trump meets with Putin: the non-event that was sold as history. No ceasefire, no deal: What summit means for Trump, Putin and Ukraine. The Alaskan Summit: Possible Agenda and Outcomes.War’s final act: Zelensky’s dangerous play to crash Russia-US talks. Zelensky Rejects Idea of Ceding Territory to Russia as Trump and Putin Prepare for Alaska Summit. EU’s Kallas urges ‘pressure on Russia’ ahead of Putin-Trump talks . The West is in panic as Israel’s plan for ‘full control’ of Gaza heralds a new Nakba. Tehran faults UN nuclear watchdog over response to Israeli, US attacks. Iran’s nuclear chief urges IAEA to condemn Israeli terrorism. |
| SAFETY.UN nuclear watchdog official to visit Iran in a bid to improve ties but no inspections planned. Incident. Serious nuclear incident’ took place at Scottish Navy base – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/08/17/2-b1-serious-nuclear-incident-took-place-at-scottish-navy-base/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD2b-rM-aeQ Dumbing down: UK Taskforce charged with pushing nuclear deregulation . UK Labour eye ‘utterly reckless’ bonfire of nuclear energy regulations. Nuclear Reactor Faces 18 Hours Without Cooling as “Pipes Burst Like Burning Arteries” Following Technician’s Mistake in Shocking Safety Breakdown. |
| SECRETS and LIES. Declassified: CIA’s Covert Ukraine Invasion Plan.Israel Is Beginning To Choke On Its Own Lies. A Shield of Lies: Netanyahu’s Battle Against the World. ‘A million calls an hour’: Israel using Microsoft cloud for mass surveillance of Palestine. Ministry of Defence urged to publish full details of Faslane incident– ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/08/18/1-b1-ministry-of-defence-urged-to-publish-full-details-of-faslane-incident/ |
| SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. Reckon you can put a nuclear reactor on the Moon? |
| SPINBUSTER. Trump Declares Victory After Putin Summit: The Spin Begins. |
| URANIUM. Russian uranium being used at Sizewell B site in Suffolk. |
| WASTES. Geological disposal facility for nuclear waste could cost £54bn and ‘appears unachievable’. Unproven and costly: Nuclear Waste Dump ‘Red’ Rated as Unachievable. |
| WAR and CONFLICT. Russia says it prevented a Ukrainian drone attack on the Smolensk nuclear power plant – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/08/18/1-b1-russia-federal-says-it-prevented-a-ukrainian-drone-attack-on-the-smolensk-nuclear-power-plant/Russia makes battlefield breakthrough in urgent push for land.Kaliningrad Gambit: NATO’s Last Desperate Bluff /Spark for World War III? |
| WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. Germany’s Merz to Israel’s Netanyahu: ‘No more genocide weapons for you.’ In major shift, Germany ends arms exports to Israel amid Netanyahu’s Gaza takeover plan. US flies nuclear bombs to Britain. Don’t believe the hype about nuclear weapons. The ‘third nuclear age’ is a politically motivated label that seeks to justify a renewed arms race. |
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