Antinuclear

Australian news, and some related international items

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 CeasefireChris Hedges: Trump’s Sham Peace PlanWill 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.

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.

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.

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.

POLITICS.
Trump Keeps Admitting That He Is Bought And Owned By The World’s Richest Israeli
MAGA Melts Down Over Trump Giving Qatar a Military Base in U.S.

Labour investing in nuclear due to fear of Scottish independence– ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/10/14/2-b1-labour-investing-in-nuclear-due-to-fear-of-scottish-independence/
‘Scotland will not be UK’s nuclear playground’, says Kate Forbes.
Exempt charities from nuclear levy on energy bills, UK government is urged.

The not-so-secret history of Netanyahu’s support for Hamas.
POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. 
Israeli Historian Ilan Pappé: Despite Ceasefire, Palestinians Still Face “Elimination, Genocide
Israeli Government Votes to Implement Trump Peace Plan for Gaza as Hamas Pledges to Uphold It .
Yemen’s Houthis To ‘Monitor’ Israel Compliance With Gaza Ceasefire Deal.

Peace in the Middle East and the defeat in Ukraine will prove extremely embarrassing for Britain.

 Worlds Extinguished: Hostage Returns, Central Casting and the Gaza Ceasefire.
Moniz’s Proposal for a Regional Nuclear Consortium with Iran.
Monique Barbut, Minister for Ecological Transition, raises doubts among nuclear industry– ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/10/17/1-b1-monique-barbut-minister-for-ecological-transition-raises-doubts-among-nuclear-industry/

Outsized and Eccentric: The Farce Behind the Nobel Peace Prize.
 The Nobel that wasn’t Trump’s: Why Oslo chose a Venezuelan rebel over a peacemaker.
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.

October 18, 2025 Posted by | Weekly Newsletter | Leave a comment

This week’s non-corporate nuclear 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.

Long nuclear articles:

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.

October 12, 2025 Posted by | Weekly Newsletter | Leave a comment

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.

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.
PLUTONIUMU.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 WalkoutSteve 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.

October 5, 2025 Posted by | Weekly Newsletter | Leave a comment

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 KemblaIslamophobia 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”.
POLITICS.
Israel’s takeover of Gaza City to add $7.5BN to Israel’s and US’s taxpayer burden.
Scotland SNP defence plans ‘risk EU and NATO membership’, analyst warns.
Miliband poised to overrule local opposition to build nuclear waste dumps – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/?s=Miliband+poised+to+overrule+

US senator says he is concerned energy secretary acting in nuclear firm’s interestNuclear as nation-building is a bad idea.

Mark Carney has significant financial interests in nuclear power.
POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.
UN at 80: Civil Society Must Have a Say in the Struggle for Renewal.
Global majority of countries now signed onto the UN nuclear ban treaty.
 World leaders urged to prevent nuclear war, end the nuclear arms race and achieve global nuclear abolition. 
Disarmament over destruction: A renewed push for a world without nuclear weapons.

The recognition of Palestine: what it does, what it doesn’t do, and why now. Britain recognises Palestine. Now what?
The genie of ‘Israeli First’ dominance is out of the bottle.
Iran, U.S. signal possible easing in nuclear tensions.
 Russia, Iran sign nuclear power plants deal as sanctions loom.

 UN sanctions on Iran set to return as nuclear diplomacy fades. How Iran Just Proved the West Doesn’t Want a Nuclear Deal: Another War for Israel Near. Iran hits out ahead of UN vote on nuclear sanctionsUN security council fails to prevent ‘snapback’ nuclear sanctions on Iran.

South Korea would accept a Trump-Kim deal to freeze nuclear programme, president tells BBC
.Putin just gave Trump the opportunity to maintain nuclear restraint. Will he seize it? Russia willing to extend New Start nuclear treaty – Putin.

US-UK deal nuclear signed to speed up reactor approval, as companies announce cross-border partnerships
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.

September 27, 2025 Posted by | Weekly Newsletter | Leave a comment

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.

ENVIRONMENTSizewell 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.
MEDIATrump masters the art of “dobbing” on an Australian journalist.Israeli Lawmakers Demanded Better PR to Conceal Gaza Famine: Google ObligedNew 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 LIESAntifa 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.

September 21, 2025 Posted by | Weekly Newsletter | Leave a comment

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 DieIs 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.

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 PlantsSouth 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, WEAPONSnew 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 CONFLICTIsrael 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’

September 9, 2025 Posted by | Weekly Newsletter | Leave a comment

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 LIESUK 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 CONFLICTRussia 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 SALESAn 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.

September 3, 2025 Posted by | Weekly Newsletter | Leave a comment

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 archivesConveniently 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

ATROCITIESOver 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?
CLIMATEHeat 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 leakRadioactive 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 defencesJudicial review sought at High Court into flood barriers.
Quebec engineering body finds former SNC-Lavalin CEO guilty on multiple counts of misconduct.
MEDIAIsrael Assassinates More Journalists To Hide Its Planned War Crimes. Slaying and Censoring the Journalists: The Murder of Anas al-Sharifhttps://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 SALESGermany’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.

August 20, 2025 Posted by | Weekly Newsletter | Leave a comment

Not the corporate nuclear news -this week

Some bits of good news – Superpowers united on a shared green energy visionJapanese ‘Rental Grandmother’ Service Provides Much-Needed and Much-Loved Purpose for Older WomenUK’s Rarest Breeding Birds Raise Chicks for First Time in Six Years

Remembering Hiroshima 80 years on – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgU-Vc958-k

Jeremy Corbyn: Nuclear Disarmament Now. 

Why no Hollywood movie on Nagasaki A Bombing? 


As Netanyahu moves toward full takeover of Gaza, Israel faces a
 crisis of international credibility.
Trump’s Suicidal Nuclear Brinksmanship.The new space race: How the US, China, and Russia are all vying to be the first to build a nuclear reactor on the MOON.

Environment and health. The Lancet Countdown on health and plastics.

AUSTRALIA. Australia to chart its own course on Palestinian statehood, without Trump’s say-so. 

Dare To Hope. Julian Assange Joins Historic Anti-Genocide March Across Sydney’s Harbour Bridge. 

The lethal legacy of Aukus nuclear submarines will remain for millennia – and there’s no plan to deal with it. The AUKUS Submarine Deal is Dead. AUKUS delusions– More rivets pop in submarine drama. 

Those left behind: The long shadow of Britain’s nuclear testing in Western Australia.


NUCLEAR ITEMS.

ARTS and CULTURE. Patrick Lawrence: Yes, It’s a Genocide.
ATROCITIES. The Genocidal Partnership of Israel and the United States.1,500 Killed While Seeking Aid in Gaza Since May: UN.
CLIMATE. Europe’s electricity system tested by heatwaves as air-conditioning use soars – nuclear power plants affected- ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/08/07/2-a-europes-electricity-system-tested-by-heatwaves-as-air-conditioning-use-soars-nuclear-power-plants-affected/

ECONOMICS. EDF shifts nuclear strategy to domestic projects.

How industry is positioning itself for the giant Golden Dome budget.

EMPLOYMENT. Miliband’s Nuclear Quango Chief In Line for £200,000 for Working Three Days a Week. Sellafield nuclear plant contractors to strike. Sizewell C to give jobs to hundreds of ex-offenders.

ETHICS and RELIGION. The Satanic Nature of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

The Christian Zionist View of Foreign Policy Is Holy War. Chris Hedges: The Gaza Riviera.

To Future Generations: They Knew-They All Knew What Was Happening In Gaza.

HEALTH. The Bombs Still Ticking.“Memories that do not heal”: the legacy of uranium mining at Laguna Pueblo.
HISTORYHiroshima’s fading legacy: the race to secure survivors’ memories amid a new era of nuclear brinkmanship.SEEDS OF PEACE -AUGUST 2025.Atomic testament: Yoshito Matsushige and the first photos of Hiroshima’s nuclear toll.
MEDIA. When the Press Becomes the Enemy: The Erosion of Media Independence in Trump’s America. YouTube bans prominent Zelensky critic.
OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR No Nukes for Power, Posturing or Destruction.

POLITICS. Weekly Briefing: A tipping point for Israel’s legitimacy.

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. Nuclear Roulette.

80 years since Hiroshima and Nagasaki — time for a nuclear-free world for a peaceful, sustainable future.

Zelensky and the EU increasingly desperate over the inevitable outcome of the conflict.

As the world hurtles ever closer to nuclear oblivion, where is the opposition?

SAFETY. Trump’s Nuclear Energy Overhaul Sparks Alarms Over Safety.Fire safety improvements required at Dungeness A.
SECRETS and LIESUkraine hacks Russian submarine as Moscow expands Arctic presence.Microsoft helping Israel spy on millions of Palestinians since 2021: Report.
SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS.Who’s Protecting the Moon? We may not survive a nuclear war but some plan to carry on. Nasa to put nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030 – US media. A NASA Nuclear Reactor On The Moon? Bold Proposal Is Unfeasible By 2030– Here’s Why.
From boots to orbits: Army develops space skills amid growing battlefield reliance on satellites.
SPINBUSTER. 80 Years of Lies: The US Finally Admits It Knew It Didn’t Need to Bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
TECHNOLOGY. A Second CANDU Reactor for Point Lepreau? Let’s Ponder.
WASTES. Tepco wraps up latest round of treated water release in Fukushima.

WAR and CONFLICT.

Israeli military plans to occupy Gaza City in major escalation of war. Israel Preparing To Escalate Military Offensive in Gaza. Occupation and Slaughter: Netanyahu and Taking Over Gaza.

Trump and Zelensky, two cornered rats with no way out of Ukraine catastrophe.

Threat of Nuclear War Is Rising, But Scientists Say the Public Can Change That.

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES.

No more Hiroshimas. Hiroshima anniversary: mayor says Ukraine and Middle East crises show world ignoring nuclear ‘tragedies.

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Expands Nuclear Bomb Production, Rejects Cleanup, Still Plans to Release Tritium.

$10 billion, 10 year US Army contract elevates Palantir to defense contracting royalty.

Pete Hegseth Doesn’t Want to Talk About Golden Dome

August 13, 2025 Posted by | Weekly Newsletter | Leave a comment

The non-corporate nuclear news -week to 4 August

Some bits of good news –Canada will protect an area larger than Germany.  Timor-Leste, one of the poorest countries in the world, has eliminated malaria. India set a new record for solar and wind in first six months of the year


TOP STORIES
Hiroshima’s history lesson


Israel’s Genocidal Intentions Have Been Obvious This Whole Time
Genocide’s hard When You’ve Got a PR War to Win.Netanyahu Is Reportedly Planning to Annex Gaza Strip, With Trump Admin’s Backing.

Trump, or Violence as Diplomacy.

Sizewell C nuclear costs could hit £100bn including financing, modelling shows -ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/08/04/1-a-sizewell-c-nuclear-costs-could-hit-100bn-including-financing-modelling-shows/

A global call to action.

ClimateMelting glaciers threaten to wipe out European villages – is the steep cost to protect them worth it?

AUSTRALIA. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Israel’s denial of starvation in Gaza ‘beyond comprehension. The Moral Compass is Broken. 

Senate launches inquiry into who is funding fake astroturf anti-renewables groups

“We can do that:” Australian Energy Market Operator says the country’s power system can be run on 100 pct renewable energy. Plunging cost of solar batteries ensures renewables remain lowest cost option for Australia, CSIRO says. 

Albanese government substantially expands renewable energy scheme amid 2030 target concerns.

NUCLEAR ITEMS

ATROCITIES. ‘Designed as Death Traps’: Fmr. Green Beret Who Worked at Gaza Food Sites Reveals Rampant War Crimes.
CLIMATE. Russian nuclear submarine base hit by tsunami – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/08/02/1-b1-russian-nuclear-submarine-base-hit-by-tsunami/

ECONOMICS. Sizewell C will cost more than Hinkley: Is it worth it? – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/08/03/2-a-sizewell-c-will-cost-more-than-hinkley-is-it-worth-it/

Sizewell C | Subsidy scheme shows public exposed to up to £54.6bn of costs.

All energy costs rise but small nuclear most reactive.

Russia’s Nuclear Ambitions Face Funding Crisis.

TEPCO logs net loss in April-June on Fukushima plant cleanup.

Marketing. AtkinsRéalis eyeing U.S. market for nuclear technology push -ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/07/31/1-b1-atkinsrealis-eyeing-u-s-market-for-nuclear-technology-push/

EDUCATION. Sizewell C to build further education campus in Leiston..
ENVIRONMENT. As plans for Sizewell C power station moves forward, those who live nearby must deal with the environmental fallout of 22,000 lost trees.Radioactive wasps discovered at South Carolina nuclear facility.

Plastics, Profits and Power: How petrochemical companies are derailing the Global Plastics Treaty.
Radiation dangers at “Sea Fest” in Cumbria. Plastification of our Brains: Cannot be good… – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wi864FymjNY

ETHICS and RELIGION. “Release Israeli hostages? Get serious: We’ve got a genocide to complete”.

Trump ‘shocked, shocked’ Palestinians are starving in Gaza.

Time to De-Zionize the Israeli Mind.

Anti-nuclear weapons demo takes place at Faslane base.

LEGAL. Legal trickery: Israel has changed how land ‘ownership’ works in the West Bank. Tepco ordered to pay ¥100 million in damages over 2011 disaster.
MEDIAAs Gaza starves, journalists sell their cameras for food.Media Largely Ignored Gaza Famine When There Was Time to Avert Mass Starvation.
Physicists unleashed the power of the atom — but to what end? – book review.
POLITICSZelensky’s end goal is in sight, and so is his end. Sen. Lindsey ‘Ghoulish’ Graham compares Israeli genocide in Gaza favorably to America’s WWII atomic bombings. United States: Pro-nuclear Energy Laws Sweep Through State Legislatures.
POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. Israel’s international isolation has begun.
Trump Shows Strong Support for Israel as Palestinians in Gaza Starve to Death.

Russia is staying quiet on Trump’s nuclear move. Never before has a US leader chosen to engage in nuclear brinkmanship of this kind. Not With a Bang, but With a Truth Social Post. Trump puts Putin on ‘Double Secret Probation’ for not ending Ukraine war..
SAFETY. IAEA reports hearing explosions, sees smoke near Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant.Mystery grows around state of Russian nuclear submarine base that is just 75 miles from epicentre of 8.8-magnitude megaquake.Metsamor could trigger next global nuclear emergency and Armenians denying it.
SECRETS and LIES. US, UK in secret talks with Ukrainian officials to ‘replace Zelensky’: Report.The CIA Built Hundreds of Covert Websites: Here’s What They Were Hiding.
SPINBUSTER.UK Government abandons plan to greenwash nuclear in a new taxonomy.

Nuclear power drive obsesses over baseload: Do we need it? – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/?s=Nuclear+power+drive+obsesses+over+baseload

Abuse of Ubuntu in nuclear money grabbing. 
Report Slams Canada’s “Systematic Deception” Over Weapons Transfers to Israel.
Small Modular Reactors: Déjà Vu All Over Again.

Trump’s Fantasy Bid for the Nobel Peace Prize/
TECHNOLOGY. U.S. Nuclear Energy Plans Could Proliferate Weapons.
Energy firm newcleo will suspend its programme to develop lead-cooled fast reactors (LFR) in Britain -ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/08/03/2-b1-energy-firm-newcleo-will-suspend-its-programme-to-develop-lead-cooled-fast-reactors-lfr-in-britain/ 
URANIUM. Russia eyes Niger’s uranium mines as West African nation ditches France. Court hears Uzbek group attempted to sell nuclear bomb material uranium on black market.
WASTES. The Enduring Problem of Nuclear Reactor Waste.Debris removal at Fukushima nuclear plant pushed back to 2037 or later.
WAR and CONFLICT. Israeli Navy Seizes Second Gaza-Bound Freedom Flotilla Vessel in 2 Months.Trump Deploys Nuclear Subs Amid War of Words With Russia’s Medvedev.
WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES.Canada still arming Israel despite official ban, report finds.Trump moves nuclear submarines after ex-Russia president’s tweet.French nuclear weapons, 2025.An unwanted visitor to Britain’s shores – a harbinger of death.

August 4, 2025 Posted by | Weekly Newsletter | Leave a comment

This week’s NON-CORPORATE nuclear news

Some bits of good news – Giant bird once hunted to extinction returns to Scotland after 500 years

New Bamboo Plantations Are Healing Villages Choked by Toxic Ash from Coal Plants in India .  What Happens When You Give Teens No-Strings Cash?

Israel’s genocide is big business – and the face of the future. Chris Hedges: The Gaza Riviera. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PslOp883rfI 

We’re having a heatwave -and nuclear power can’t cope. 

Trillion dollar AUKUS subs plus nuclear waste in perpetuity?

Sizewell C loans could see project cost rise above Hinkley to £47.7bn

Climate. Welcome to Disaster World. Greenpeace hails Italian court ruling allowing climate case against energy company Eni to continue.

AUSTRALIAAUKUS Submarine Regulations: FoE Adelaide submission. Australia won’t receive Aukus nuclear submarines unless US doubles shipbuilding, admiral warns. 

Out of Step with the World: Australia’s Refusal to Recognise Palestine is a Moral Failure . . Sanction Israel Now – APH Convergence. Jillian Segal and the Israel Lobby’s TERRIFYING Plan for Australia –https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1b7J7pzgNo An Israel voice to Parliament? | Scam of the Week.

NUCLEAR ITEMS.

ATROCITIES. 
“Precisely Designed Mass Starvation”: Aid Access as Weapon in Israel’s War on Gaza, Researchers Find.
 “One Meal Every Three Days”: Journalist & Aid Worker Back from Gaza on Stark Reality on the Ground. Intentional Policies: Dystopian Killing Fields and Starvation in Gaza.

CULTURE and ARTTom Lehrer, acclaimed musical satirist of cold war era, dies aged 97. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIoBrob3bjI

ECONOMICS. Investment decision to be made on Sizewell C nuclear- ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/07/24/1-b1-investment-decision-to-be-made-on-sizewell-c-nuclear/

Ed Miliband admits Sizewell C cost has almost doubled to £38bn. Sizewell C’s Final Investment Decision has only crawled over the line (- with the public purse).

EDF not repeating its costly Hinkley nuclear blunder – for Sizewell C, the UK tax-payers will cop the costs.

Centrica really can’t lose at Sizewell – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/07/24/1-b1-centrica-really-cant-lose-at-sizewell/

EDF shifts nuclear strategy to focus on domestic projects.

ETHICS and RELIGION. It’s A Genocide, But It’s Also So Much More Than That – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77JnyN3lo3cGaza Isn’t Starving, It Is Being Starved.
HEALTH. Nuclear waste exposure in childhood associated with higher cancer incidence. Why Starmer’s nuclear power push raises cancer fears – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/07/25/1-b1-why-starmers-nuclear-power-push-raises-cancer-fears/
HISTORY. Origins of Israel’s nuclear ambiguity lie in a secret deal forged between Richard Nixon and Golda Meir – podcast.The Kyshtym disaster: Russia’s hidden nuclear crisis.
LEGAL. Belgian court bans military shipments to Israel in activist victory.Israel is changing the legal system governing the West Bank to accelerate annexation: report.
MEDIAGoogle Helped Israel Spread War Propaganda to 45 Million Europeans.Ukrainian bots want the BBC to endorse war crimes.Four Major News Agencies Warn Gaza Staff Face Starvation Due to Israeli Blockade.
POLITICS .Israel just drew a new map – without saying it out loud.

SNP slam ‘toxic’ Sizewell-C costs for Scottish energy bills ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/07/28/1-b1-snp-slam-toxic-sizewell-c-costs-for-scottish-energy-bills/ Why Nuclear Power in Scotland is not Needed, Economic, Wanted or Safe.

Reaction to Sizewell C deal: too expensive, too slow
East Suffolk Council Statement following Sizewell C Final Investment Decision announcement. 
How Britain enticed investors to back its costly new nuclear plant – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/07/24/1-b1-how-britain-enticed-investors-to-back-its-costly-new-nuclear-plant/ 
On the hook! Taxpayers to foot much of £38 billion bill for Sizewell C farce. 
Ministers prepare to reduce UK stake in Sizewell C nuclear project- ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/07/24/1-b1-ministers-prepare-to-reduce-uk-stake-in-sizewell-c-nuclear-project/ 
A heroic endeavour’: Sizewell C’s £38bn plan to keep the lights on – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/07/28/1-b1-a-heroic-endeavour-sizewell-cs-38bn-plan-to-keep-the-lights-on/  

Anas Sarwar urged to break silence on Labour’s ‘nuclear tax’ for ScotsIran to resume nuclear programme as a matter of ‘national pride’

.Pushing Military Spending and Neoliberal Austerity, French PM Emulates Trump.
POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY
Trump’s Ukraine Plan: Power Play or Exit Strategy? Trump has backed himself into a corner on Ukraine. US congresswoman labels Zelensky ‘dictator’.Predictably, there was no progress in Istanbul peace talks.

US and Israel Quit Gaza Ceasefire Talks in Doha as Palestinians Starve to Death. Anti-Genocide Protesters Block Hundreds of Israeli Tourists From Disembarking in Greek Port.

 Iran holds ‘frank’ nuclear talks with European powers amid sanctions threat
SAFETY. Incidents. French submarine-maker targeted by hackers. Chinese hackers gain access to US oversight of nuclear weapons in widespread Microsoft hack: report. 5 worst nuclear disasters from around the world. The real story of Chernobyl, the worst nuclear disaster in history.

Trump axes nuclear waste oversight panel. US Nuclear Industry Revival on the Horizon.
The next Chernobyl? Soviet-era nuclear power plant is branded a ‘ticking time bomb’ that could go off at ‘any moment’

Time to Step Up – Campaigner calls on MP to challenge decision to give fusion indemnity over accident liabilities.
The Flamanville EPR is still shut down: we know more after the visit of the nuclear regulator.
SECRETS and LIES. From hero to zero- When western leaders realised that Zelensky isn’t a corruption-fighting democrat.
Dell’s complicity in Israel’s genocide. They Intend To Keep Lying About Gaza Until They’ve Emptied It Out. They’re Starving Civilians To Steal A Palestinian Territory, And They’re Lying About It.
Tory peer apologises for helping set up ministerial meeting for a nuclear firm he advises.

Ed Miliband put up your energy bills (for Sizewell nuclear)– and hoped you wouldn’t notice.
SPINBUSTER. MAGA Going to Israel for Propaganda Training.
TECHNOLOGY. Fusion energy start-up claims to have cracked alchemy– ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/07/25/1-b-fusion-energy-start-up-claims-to-have-cracked-alchemy/
UK Government drops plans to include smaller nuclear fusion energy plants in NSIP regime.
WAR and CONFLICTGrave Nation: Ukrainian Cemetery Mega-Project Reveals Dimming Military Hopes.
WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. The inside story of how America sent nuclear weapons to Britain. US nuclear weapons ‘on UK soil’ for first time in 17 years- ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/07/24/1-b1-us-nuclear-weapons-on-uk-soil-for-first-time-in-17-years/

Does Israel have secret nuclear weapons?- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBRWQvICQ9w 
How civil nuclear power funds nuclear weapons – video.
Entering a Golden Age for War Profiteers.

July 29, 2025 Posted by | Weekly Newsletter | Leave a comment

Nuclear news this week (not the corporate spin)

Some bits of good news – 4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment –  In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.  

Sweden becomes the first country in the world to ensure all egg-laying chickens are cage-free — without any laws requiring it. 

 Two more nations defeated a debilitating disease

TOP STORIES.

Israeli Minister: ‘Gaza must be in Ruins for Decades,’ as Airstrike Kills Children seeking Water.

Trump’s Weapons Magic Show is Smoke & Mirrors Masterclass. Trump Asked Zelensky If He Could Strike Moscow If the US Provided Longer-Range Weapons. 

Nuclear waste exposure in childhood associated with higher cancer incidenceNew Study on Cancers near NPPs: additional comments.

Poisone.d water and scarred hills

From the archives. Toxic radioactive legacy of rare earths processing plan.

ClimateWildfires: Could this be the worst year ever? – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/07/15/2-b1-wildfires-could-this-be-the-worst-year-ever/

 ‘Keeping us hooked on fossil fuels’: how can we negotiate with autocracies on the climate crisis?

AUSTRALIA. Australia must rethink AUKUS and assert its sovereignty. Australia Unveils Plan To Fight “Antisemitism” By Crushing Free Speech.

ECONOMICS.


EDUCATION
. Local website reveals city’s secret nuclear weapons programme. The Militarization and Weaponization of Media Literacy-NATO Invades the Classroom.
EMPLOYMENT. Workers at Hinkley Point C nuclear plant stage wildcat strike over alleged bullying. Construction workers walk out at Hinkley Point C
ENERGY. Nuclear power is a parasite on AI’s credibility.
ETHICS and RELIGION. 80 Years After Trinity
HEALTH. Ian Fairlea critiques New Study on Cancers near UK nuclear facilities. Mental health.Cognitive collapse and the nuclear codes: When leaders lose control
HISTORY. 80 Years Ago: The First Atomic Explosion, 16 July 1945.
HUMAN RIGHTS. Francesca Albanese: “A revolutionary shift is underway”.
MEDIA. Remembering the radical anti-nuclear Greenham Women’s Peace Camp.The New York Times Finally Stops Avoiding The G-Word.
OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . “They want to impose a whole nuclear world on us without asking our opinion”: activists fight against the Orano nuclear fuel pools project. – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/07/21/1-b-they-want-to-impose-a-whole-nuclear-world-on-us-without-asking-our-opinion-activists-fight-against-the-orano-nuclear-fuel-pools-project/
Northern Ontario residents oppose plan to dump radioactive material near drinking water source.
PERSONAL STORIES. Ex-UN Special Rapporteur Says Francesca Albanese Deserves Nobel Prize, Not US Sanctions.
POLITICSWe’ll stop Nimbys from blocking nuclear power stations, say Tories- ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/07/20/2-b1-well-stop-nimbys-from-blocking-nuclear-power-stations-say-tories/Call for evidence on building nuclear for a new UK “golden age of clean energy abundance”.

THE END FOR ZELENSKY?
POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.In a historic gathering, 12 countries announce Israel sanctions and renewed legal action to end Gaza genocide.

Trump sprang Ukraine surprise on NATO states – Reuters.

Iran to hold nuclear talks with European powers on Friday. Trump threatens to bomb Iran again if it builds new nuclear plants. Iran says nuclear site attack proved military option is futileIran pushes back on EU pressure as clock ticks on nuclear talks.

SAFETY.

SECRETS and LIES. Rotten Apple: Dozens of Former Israeli Spies Hired by Silicon Valley Giant.
SPINBUSTER. The next four phases of Ukraine’s collapse -ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/07/15/2-b1-the-next-four-phases-of-ukraines-collapse/Continued at The phases of Ukraine – continued – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/07/16/3-b1-the-phases-of-ukraine-continued/
The first US atomic rush was a bust- Will Trump’s big nuclear-for-AI plans fare any better?
TECHNOLOGY. Sizewell’s Exploding Budget Exposes Europe’s Nuclear Blindspot.Miliband bets on nuclear fusion in bid to lead (?)clean power race – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/07/19/1-b1-miliband-bets-on-nuclear-fusion-in-bid-to-lead-clean-power-race/
WASTES. Nuclear: more than 3,000 radioactive drums discovered off the coast of Brest! -ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/07/21/1-a-nuclear-more-than-3000-radioactive-drums-discovered-off-the-coast-of-brest/Tonnes of nuclear waste from Gentilly-1 secretly rolled down Quebec roads.

WAR and CONFLICT. U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran could fuel a new wave of nuclear proliferation. New reports cast doubt on impact of US strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites.

Japanese Doctor Picked for U.N. Panel on Nuclear War Impact.

Hiroshima to Today: Confronting the Nuclear Threat.

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES.

July 22, 2025 Posted by | Weekly Newsletter | Leave a comment

Recent nuclear news – to 14 July

Some bits of good news –  Once extinct, giant river otters return to Argentina –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBN2zz8jlUQThe UN’s climate budget will climb by 10% next year.  

Nine Eastern European states (Poland, Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Estonia, Slovakia and Latvia) have multiplied solar capacity five-fold in five years.

TOP STORIES .The Persecution of Francesca Albanese. 

Aid as ambush: The horrifying new face of Israel’s Gaza war. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDkXM9Sahjw

Rep. Green cracks open America’s decades long denial of Israel’s illegal nuclear arsenal 
“More nuclear-powered weapons testingcoming up in the Arctic”

Seizing Zaporizhzhia: A Meltdown in Nuclear Governance.

France and Switzerland shut down nuclear power plants amid scorching heatwave.

Climate. UN expert urges criminalizing fossil fuel disinformation, banning lobbying. What Greenland’s Ancient Past Reveals about Its Fragile Future. 

The Australia-Tuvalu climate migration treaty is a drop in the ocean.

AUSTRALIA. Federal Labor is taking up powers to impose AUKUS N-sub nuclear wastes on communities across SA, WA and the NT.

Why Zionist Influence in Australia Silences Truth.. Antisemitism Again! | The West Report – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTIMfcrQ1hI . 

Australians recruited for Israel’s ‘weaponised aid’ project in Gaza. Australia has exported F-35 fighter jet parts directly to Israel.

NUCLEAR ITEMS

ATROCITIES. Israeli Defense Minister Orders Plan To Build Concentration Camp for Gaza’s Civilian Population.UN Report calls out multinationals profiteering from Gaza genocide.In Gaza, survivors accuse Britain of complicity.
CLIMATE. SIZEWELL C, RISING SEA LEVELS AND EDF’s SILENCE.EDF shuts down Golftech nuclear plant due to high river temperature.
CIVIL LIBERTIESU.S. sanctions U.N. expert critical of Israel’s war in Gaza.
ECONOMICS. Republicans and Democrats Finally Agree on Nuclear-It’s the Industry That’s the Problem.China lifts a nearly 2-year ban on seafood from Japan over Fukushima wastewater.
EDUCATION. Sellafield supporting Whitehaven Science Fair -(nuclear lobby infiltrates education).
EMPLOYMENT. Staff walk out at Hinkley Point C over alleged ‘bullying’.
ENERGY. Nuclear waste to nuclear reactor: The case of Russia in Kazakhstan.Nuclear Reliability- an uncertain route.Why new nuclear power is a bad way to balance solar and wind.
ENVIRONMENT. Nuclear waste near nature reserve plan ongoing.
EVENTSWar Abolisher Awards Presentation 2025 -Awards to Ralph Nader, Roger Waters, and Francesca Albanese.
HEALTH. Ailing Leaders Heighten Nuclear War Concerns.
LEGAL. Trump sanctions on UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese are illegal and represent further U.S. complicity in genocidehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXITQ-Zjnps
MEDIA. “Return to Fukushima”.
POLITICS.Tehran stands by Leader’s fatwa banning nuclear weapons: Parliament.
Calls for stricter rules, as nuclear industry steps up lobbying efforts.
Nuclear comeback? Japan’s plans to restart reactors hit resistance over radioactive waste.
New nuclear power plant in Switzerland not before 2050.
UK Moves Closer to Approving Sizewell C Nuclear Plant Project. Trawsfynydd unlikely for new nuclear development, council hears.- ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/07/13/2-b1-trawsfynydd-unlikely-for-new-nuclear-development-council-hears/
POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.China backs Southeast Asia nuclear ban; Rubio, Lavrov at ASEAN meeting.
Putin urges Iran to accept ‘zero enrichment’ nuclear deal with US – Axios.

Iran says cooperation with UN nuclear watchdog will take ‘new form’. Iran tells IAEA to end ‘double standards’ before nuclear talks can resume. Iran cuts ties with UN nuclear watchdog after US and Israeli strikes.

The Trumpanyahu Administration.
Instigating Murder. 
Israel ‘not an ally’, says former British ambassador.
PUBLIC OPINION. Atomic bomb survivors in Japan fear nuclear weapons could be used again: poll
SAFETY.Why the US must protect the independence of its nuclear regulator.America’s largest airport reveals ‘plan’ to build NUCLEAR REACTOR on its land.SHUT IT DOWN before it MELTS DOWN!!!Corrosion-hit Civaux most modulated 1.5 GW French unit – study .Zaporizhzhia loses off-site power for first time in 19 months/
SECRETS and LIESAustralia obstructed probe into deadly ‘Rainbow Warrior’ bombing.
Palantir’s Shadow War On Iran. Spying on Iran: How MI6 infiltrated the IAEA.
Sellafield nuclear power plant safety fears as ‘potentially deadly nitrogen gas leaks’
SPINBUSTER. Energy Scotland’s John Proctor responds to The Herald’s pro-nuclear spread. Hoping for nuclear to boost the economy –will not end well-ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/07/13/2-b1-energy-scotlands-john-proctor-responds-to-the-heralds-pro-nuclear-spread/
TECHNOLOGY. Flamanville EPR shut down, no restart date announced.What is an EMP?
URANIUM. Iran’s Conversion of Uranium Hexafluoride to Uranium Metal Not a Bottleneck to an Iranian Nuclear Weapon. Iran’s uranium enrichment: myths, realities, and what Canada should understand- ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/07/02/2-b1-irans-uranium-enrichment-myths-realities-and-what-canada-should-understand/
WASTES. Tepco plans to move spent nuclear fuel from Fukushima to Mutsu facility.We must count the real costs of nuclear power. From Scotland to Cumbria – Not All Waste Is Equal.
WAR and CONFLICT. Russia says Ukrainian drones attacked training centre at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. Trump to Ukraine: ‘Squander another half million casualties to prevent defeat on my watch’ 
Operation Midnight Hammer: Were Iran’s Nuclear Facilities DamagedThe attacks on Iran didn’t achieve anything more than harm nonproliferation.
WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES.A new nuclear arms race.
‘An Arsenal of Profiteering’: Military Contractors Have Gotten Over Half of Pentagon Spending Since 2020.
US Army Building New Air Bases, Ammunition Depots For Israel. US Approves $510 Million Arms Deal for Israel.

July 14, 2025 Posted by | Weekly Newsletter | Leave a comment

The not-so-respectable (but true) nuclear news this week

Some bits of good news –  

China is building the world’s largest national parks system. A new report from UNESCO shows that girls’ access to education has surged worldwide, with gender parity now in most regions. 

Renewables and EVs are keeping the net zero dream alive, said experts

TOP STORIES From Iran to Everywhere, We Live in Terror of the “Peaceful Atom Apocalypse”
Trump’s rap sheet is long, but this may top them all.

 US didn’t destroy Iran’s nuclear programme: Here’s what new intel says – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKOOtS_Vvak Trump Claims Iran Nuclear Sites ‘Totally Destroyed’—But That Clashes With Vance And Experts.
How the US and Israel Used Rafael Grossi to Hijack the IAEA and Start a War on Iran

US State Department Spokeswoman Says Israel Is Greater Than America.
Plutonium Levels in Sediments Remain Elevated 70 Years After Nuclear Tests
How Trump dumped the Ukraine war into Europe’s lap.

Climate. Wreckers, money woes and mutirão: 10 things we learned about Cop30 from Bonn climate talks. ‘It looks more likely with each day we burn fossil fuels’: polar scientist on Antarctic tipping points. As NATO Countries Pledge to Up Defense Spending, Will Food and Climate Security Have a Seat at the Table? Why do we pretend heatwaves are fun – and ignore the brutal, burning reality?

Noel’s notes. The nauseating spectacle of European leaders grovelling before Trump at the NATO summit.

AUSTRALIA Australian foreign policy is in the doldrums . A Vassal’s Impulse: Australia Backs US Strike on Iran

Time for Australia to sign non-nuclear treaty -ALSO AT …..https://antinuclear.net/2025/06/28/time-for-australia-to-sign-non-nuclear-treaty/ 

Why is Australia Supporting the US Attack on Iran? Statement on military attacks on nuclear facilities in Iran. 

Aukus will cost Australia $368bn- What if there was a better, cheaper defence strategy?.

NUCLEAR ITEMS

ART and CULTURE. PATRICK LAWRENCE: ‘Completely & Totally Obliterated’
ATROCITIES. Netanyahu Says It’s Antisemitic For Israeli Soldiers To Describe Their Own Atrocities.The Chris Hedges Report: Starvation and Profiteering in Gaza (w/ Francesca Albanese) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbakVaOGgOk&t=267s
ECONOMICS. The Five Percenters: NATO’s Promise of Warhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7hF3WzljRYEDF chief weighs asset sales as Paris pushes for new nuclear focus – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/06/26/1-b1-edf-chief-weighs-asset-sales-as-paris-pushes-for-new-nuclear-focus/ 

Policy Exchange launches its new high level international Nuclear Enterprise Commission today.
EMPLOYMENT. How Torness will decommission and what it means for jobs ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/06/28/1-b-how-torness-will-decommission-and-what-it-means-for-jobs/
ENERGY. Nuclear- a viable UK option? There are alternatives..
ENVIRONMENT. Radiation risks from US strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites seen as minimal.
ETHICS and RELIGION. Three Blows Against Zionism in a Single Day. Meet the Israeli fanatic running Ted Cruz’s office.
MEDIA. New York Times Gave Green Light to Trump’s Iran Attack by Treating It as a Question of When.
‘They Cooked Up Their Own Intelligence’ Chris Hedges on Israel’s war on Iran – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8dzL3biesA

Why BBC editors must one day stand trial for colluding in Israel’s genocide. BBC chief downplays Britain’s military support for Israel.
OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR Greenham Common women urge new generation to ‘rise up’ against nuclear threat 

Why Trump’s Golden Dome must be opposed – Bruce Gagnon & Dae-Han Song – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxOoOA8fhi0.

‘Are we safe, if nuclear weapons are here?’: trepidation in Norfolk village over new jets.

PERSONAL STORIES. The president who talks like a child

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. Donald Trump dominated extraordinary NATO summit that saw European defence spending increase – NATO chief calls Trump ‘Daddy’.

Zelenskyy clings to NATO hopes as Trump meeting looms.

Trump claims ceasefire reached between Israel and Iran.

Why does the U.S. get to play nuclear cop?

Trump reiterates Iran nuclear talking points despite swirling questions.

US strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites ‘marks perilous turn’: Diplomacy must prevail, says Guterres.

SAFETY.Trump’s “Unleashing Atomic Power” is Unhinged.‘Conspicuous’ Small Modular Nuclear Reactors need fresh police funding model, security expert warns.Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility’s recommendations opposing the proposed30-year operating licence extension for the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station (DNGS).
SECRETS and LIES. How Iran could build a bomb in secret – despite Trump’s $30bn offer.
Why Limit Iranian Enrichment Peacefully When You Can Bomb Them Instead?

Holtec: Criminality, Corruption, Incompetence, and Inexperience – (brief outline at https://nuclear-news.net/2025/06/24/2-b1-holtec-criminality-corruption-incompetence-and-inexperience/)

Trump rejects leaked intelligence that says strikes did not destroy Iran nuclear programme.
TECHNOLOGY.The Unspoken Aspects of Iran’s Nuclear Program.EPR nuclear reactors are just not performing well at all – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/06/27/2-b1-epr-nuclear-reactors-are-just-not-performing-well-at-all/

Torness ideal for small modular nuclear reactor, says Britain Remade- ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/06/28/1-b1-torness-ideal-for-small-modular-nuclear-reactor-says-britain-remade/
URANIUM. Iran could resume enriching uranium within months, UN nuclear watchdog boss says.
WAR and CONFLICT. Why Israel caved quickly without achieving any of its war goals.
“Midnight Hammer” – a Fordow’s Bunker Buster or just Busted [i]
Strike Set Back Iran’s Nuclear Program by Only a Few Months, U.S. Report Says.
War on Iran Is Fight for US Unipolar Control of World.
War With Iran: Made in Britain?
WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES.Iran Shows Us Why The US And Israel Should Not Be Allowed To Have Nukes.
The Growing Nuclear Arsenals and Sharpened Rhetoric.
Israeli, US bombing of Iran a failure of epic proportions.
The US strikes on Iran will increase nuclear weapons proliferation
William Hague: Long term, this makes an Iran bomb likelier -ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/06/26/1-b1-william-hague-long-term-this-makes-an-iran-bomb-likelier
Did the US wipe out Iran’s nuclear programme? What researchers know.
UK to purchase US jets capable of carrying nuclear weapons – ALSO AT ……https://nuclear-news.net/2025/06/26/1-b1-uk-to-purchase-us-jets-capable-of-carrying-nuclear-weapons/

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Nuclear news this week – NOT the corporate version

Some bits of good news – French Polynesia Just Created The World’s Largest Marine Protected Area.      Resurgent tuna and rebounding elephants: the dogged conservation efforts bearing fruit

TOP STORIES.

Refresher On The Rules For Discussing Israeli Wars- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNxx-zNsDBg

Sources: US Will Enter Israel’s War With Iran.

Israel Starts Bombing Iran, IRGC Chief Reported Killed – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMT1c2JHPQ4

‘We Are Preparing for War’ With China ‘Threat’, Says US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLOTTVI_LAA

It’s austerity from Reeves – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwQxdCLjL9s 

Miliband’s Sizewell plan in meltdown over potential cost – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/06/13/2-a-milibands-sizewell-plan-in-meltdown-over-potential-cost/

Climate. How the ‘evil twin’ of the climate crisis is threatening our oceans. Could Britain face a winter ice age? How temperatures could one day plummet due to climate change.

From the archives. Why can’t Iran have nuclear weapons?

AUSTRALIA. AUKUS: A Very Antipodean StupidityAUKUS faces bigger tests than Trump’s ‘America first’ review, US and UK experts warn. Group of Australian MP’s Call for AUKUS Inquiry, US launches AUKUS review to ensure it meets Donald Trump’s ‘America First’ agenda.

NUCLEAR ITEMS.

ECONOMICS.

US suspends export licences for nuclear equipment suppliers selling to China .

ENERGY. GB Energy handed £2.5bn bill for funding small modular reactors .
ENVIRONMENT. Revealed: three tonnes of uranium legally dumped in protected English estuary in nine years
ETHICS and RELIGION. The ‘unsustainable’ reason behind who can have nuclear weapons, and who can’t.
HISTORY. Securing the nuclear nation, (Russia).
LEGAL. Firm fined £26k after worker exposed to radiation at Teesside site. Hinkley Point C | Court rules that nuclear developers must follow environmental information law. Campaigners launch legal challenge against Sizewell C’s ‘secret’ flood defences.
MEDIA. Fox News Just Helped Netanyahu Spread The Lie That Iran Tried To Assassinate Trump https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzDRij_M05g
OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR Protect the Lake District Coast and Irish Sea from an Unprecedented Atomic Experiment. Cumbrians receive postal call to back nuke dump democracy petition. NFLAs welcome new group opposed to nuke waste dump in South Copeland. Group protest against Sizewell C ahead of Spending Review.
POLITICS.
The Spring Statement Combines Austerity with Dangerous Military Spending.
Ed Miliband presses the nuclear button for Berkeley.
Six years late and £28bn over budget, this project signals disaster for Ed Miliband’s nuclear plansUK taxpayers to spend billions more on Sizewell C nuclear plant._ ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/06/13/2-b1-uk-taxpayers-to-spend-billions-more-on-sizewell-c-nuclear-plant/
Sizewell C nuclear plant gets £14bn go-ahead from government.
GB Energy’s promised £8.3bn budget raided to pay for small nuclear reactors.
Lincolnshire council pulls out of nuclear waste disposal siting process.
UK Greens react to plans for new nuclear plant at Sizewell.
 Scotland to prioritise renewable energy over nuclear power.
POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. Condemning the Right to Self Defence: Iran’s Retaliation and Israel’s PrivilegeThe Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPoA), destroyed by President Trump, would have prevented the current  attacks between Israel and Iran .
Pacific Rim countries say no to U.S.-China war.
SECRETS and LIESIran says it will release Israeli nuclear secrets as pressure grows to reimpose sanctions.
SPINBUSTER. When did nuclear power become “clean”?
URANIUM. Russia said on Wednesday it stood ready to remove highly enriched uranium from Iran– ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/06/14/1-b1-russia-said-on-wednesday-it-stood-ready-to-remove-highly-enriched-uranium-from-iran/
WASTES.  Sizewell C Nuclear not just a waste of money – a waste of time, too!

Survey Results Show Tremendous Dissatisfaction with Nuclear Waste Project and Proponent https://nuclear-news.net/2025/06/15/2-b1-survey-results-show-tremendous-dissatisfaction-with-nuclear-waste-project-and-proponent/
WAR and CONFLICT
Injustice of nuclear-weapons state Israel‘s striking Iranian nuclear sites.
Israel’s Netanyahu banks on TACO Trump as he Launches War on Iran to disrupt Negotiations.
The whole planet is being kept hostage by a death cult.
SPECIAL BULLETIN: Israel Launches Major Strikes on Iran.
Israel Launches ‘Operation Rising Lion’ To Strike Iran’s Nuclear Program, Netanyahu Vows To Eliminate Threat.
Satellite imagery reveals damage to key Iran nuclear sites.
Israeli attack could drive Iran to seek nuclear weapons, IAEA chief warns. ‘TO THE POINT OF UNINHABITABILITY’ .

Zelensky’s spectacular Operation Spiderweb has backfired spectacularly.
WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES.
Hidden Costs: Nuclear Weapons Spending in 2024.
World entering new era as nuclear powers build up arsenals, SIPRI think tank says.
European Commission assesses nuclear investment needs of around €241 billion by 2050.
Paris wants to manufacture drones in Ukraine.
Here is why you should support the Global Network’s Golden Dome statement. Golden Dome Idiocy.
 Nuclear submarines plan is an expensive mistake – there are better things for UK to spend money on: Andy Brown.

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