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Nuclear news – not the industry handouts

Some bits of good news –  ‘Friendship benches’ are coming to England.

Power to the people: the rise of community energy

How an Ancient Yemeni Tradition Is Reviving Bee Populations.

TOP STORIES.

 Trump’s Iran talks can succeed if the administration embraces reality rather than myth. Trump has threatened Iran over an ultimatum that likely cannot be met.

From the archives – ‘How Many Nuclear Bombs Has The US Air Force Lost?

Climate. Arctic sea ice hit a record low as global powers eye shipping routes.

Noel’s notes. The irrational optimism of the nuclear power lobby.

AUSTRALIA. 

• Community groups furious Coalition nuclear plan would go ahead even if locals oppose it. 
• As the debate around renewables and nuclear continues, here is what the experts say. 
• How US Dependence is Not in Our Best Interest. 
• What if a Fukushima-sized nuclear accident happened near you?  – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIModFC_9kI 
• Nuclear would funnel up to 200 Gigalitres away from Australian farms annually.
• Going nuclear will decimate jobs in regions first, stop billions in new investment. 
• Israeli Defence Force courts Australian universities amid anti-war protests.
• More Australian nuclear news at https://antinuclear.net/2025/04/10/australian-nuclear-news-7-14-april/

ATROCITIES. Israel is About to Empty Gaza . How Israel hunts and executes Palestinian medics.

ECONOMICS. Moltex Canada pushes on with nuclear project as U.K. parent struggles. European Commission plans a new subsidy scheme for “innovative nuclear technologies”. TEPCO’s rehabilitation plan delays expose limits to nuke power reliance. Up to date costs of Sizewell C nuclear are over  £40 billion, not the  £20 billion  quoted- ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/?s=Up+to+date+costs+of+Sizewell+C+nuclear New EDF boss at mercy of ‘to-do list’ that ousted his predecessor -ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/?s=New+EDF+boss+at+mercy

ENERGY. Forget Sizewell C nuclear – go for a warm home plan. ‘An incredibly powerful tool’: Can AI solve its own energy problem? Spain’s Nuclear Shutdown Set to Test Renewables Success Story- ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/04/14/1-b1-spains-nuclear-shutdown-set-to-test-renewables-success-story/

ENVIRONMENT. Impacts of Dounreay radioactive discharges to be focus of new research – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/?s=Impacts+of+Dounreay+radioactive+discharges EDF urged to tackle ‘nuclear rats’ infestation at Somerset power plant site. Nuclear Energy Expansion Faces Water Resource Challenges.

ETHICS and RELIGION. The Journey Beyond Nukes Begins with an Apology.

EVENTS. In Chicago: Testimonies of Korean Atomic Bomb Victims and International People’s Tribunal Promotion Events.

HISTORY. We thought it was the end of the world’: How the US dropped four nuclear bombs on Spain in 1966

LEGAL. The top Republicans in the Arizona Legislature want the federal government to cut back regulations on the nuclear energy industry.

MEDIA. Media Find Ways to Minimize Israel’s Murder of Paramedics. When will progressive media acknowledge and condemn US enabled genocide in Gaza.

OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR .Attacked, demonized and forced into hiding. Nuclear waste returns to Germany amid protests. The 2025 Nuclear-Free Future Awards. Youth Leading the Charge for a Nuclear-Free Future. Raising Funds to Stop Lake District Coast Sub-Sea Nuclear Dump. NFLAs ‘shout up’ for National Parks to be spared from nuclear development.

POLITICS .Labour leader to improve investment for nuclear plant.   Keir Starmer set to approve nuclear plant in bid to power up economic growth. £2.7bn more taxpayer funding for Sizewell C confirmed- ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/?s=%C2%A32.7bn+more+taxpayer+funding. Belarus should reinstate its nuclear-weapon-free status, NGOs urge at the Human Rights Council. Impeachment of Yoon Suk-yeol threatens South Korea’s nuclear energy policy momentum. Texas Budget Throws a Lot of Tax Dollars at Unproven Nuclear Technology.

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.  Iran says ‘indirect talks’ have taken place with US over nuclear programme – with more to follow. Iran and US to enter high-stakes nuclear negotiations – hampered by a lack of trust. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62hN3E5ZCwA Russia pledges to help resolve Iran-US nuclear tensions. Trump claims US held direct nuclear talks with Iran.  Trump says Iran ‘in great danger’ if nuclear talks with US fail. Iran may expel UN nuclear inspectors over US threats. European rulers are hyping the Russian threat and war for political survival.

SAFETY.  Ukraine works to repair Chornobyl containment structure damaged in Russian drone strike. Ukraine is seeking solutions to the Chernobyl nuclear reactor’s damaged confinement vessel . Assessment result on the condition of the shelter at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (ChNPP) is due in May-ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/04/14/2-b1-assessment-result-on-the-condition-of-the-shelter-at-the-chornobyl-nuclear-power-plant-chnpp-is-due-in-may/ Newest French reactor faces further delays due to new issues – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/04/14/1-b1-newest-french-reactor-faces-further-delays-due-to-new-issues/ Declassified MoD document reveals US Visiting Forces across Britain are exempt from nuclear safety rules.Hartlepool Nuclear site moved into enhanced regulatory attention. Starmer appoints ex-Office of Fair Trading chief to lead nuclear regulatory taskforce. Disconnection of nuclear plants during severe space weather highlighted as risk to grid stability.

SECRETS and LIES.  Nuclear missile ‘cover-up’ fears as secret pact allowing US to bring deadly weapons to UK revealed. Tory peer helped secure meeting with minister for Canadian nuclear firm he advises. Manager at Hinkley Point C accepted a quad bike as a bribe, tribunal hears. Ex-Hinkley boss called ‘greedy toad’ over bribes .Ambassador does not deny Russian attempts to track UK subs. ‘Better that Ukrainians don’t know the truth’ – Kiev’s spy chief.

SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. ESA’s new documentary paints worrying picture of Earth’s orbital junk problem.

TECHNOLOGY.  The Flamanville EPR nuclear reactor will not be able to deliver its full power without major works – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/04/12/1-a-the-flamanville-epr-nuclear-reactor-will-not-be-able-to-deliver-its-full-power-without-major-works/ Radiation Monitoring – Scottish university in ‘world-first’ for nuclear technology. UK Government convenes AI Energy Council, but could be ignoring hidden climate impacts in supply chains.

WASTES. Nuclear waste sparks fury in Germany.

WAR and CONFLICT. Russia holds all the cards.

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. Inside the New Mexico lab where the U.S. is moving into the most terrifying chapter of the nuclear arms race. Walt Zlotow: Trump, Hegseth off by nearly 1 trillion on national security budget. To Secure U.S. Energy Dominance, the Department of Defense Selects Eligible Companies for the Advanced Nuclear Power for Installations Program.

April 14, 2025 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Weekly Newsletter | Leave a comment

Nuclear news this week – not industry handouts

Some bits of good news. 

Girl Goals: What Has Changed for Girls?Adolescent girls’ rights over 30 Years 

Fighting malnutrition in Burundi: Mothers of Light are rays of hope . 

A study found we underestimate how kind the world really is

TOP STORIES. Once seen as a symbolic protest, the nuclear ban treaty is growing teeth. Nuclear war threat: why Africa’s pushing for a complete ban. 

Nuclear Threat Beneath The Seas. 

Walt Zlotow – Why do so many leaders remain stupid about Ukraine war?  

SMRs most expensive of all electricity technologies per kW generation. 

PLANT VOGTLE The True Cost of Nuclear Power in the United States –Extract at ​
https://nuclear-news.net/2025/04/04/plant-vogtle-the-true-cost-of-nuclear-power-in-the-united-states/

Climate. Global warming is ‘exposing’ new coastlines and islands as Arctic glaciers shrink . Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer. Average person will be 40% poorer if world warms by 4C, new research shows.

AUSTRALIA. Trump tariffs spark questions over US alliance. This ain’t no April fools: Nuclear support melts down in proposed nuclear communities. More Australian nuclear news at https://antinuclear.net/2025/04/01/australian-nuclear-news-april-1st-7th/

NUCLEAR ITEMS.

ATROCITIES. International pressure forces Israel to change account of Gaza medics’ killing. What really happened in Bucha? The questions Western media won’t ask.

ECONOMICS.

• Cost of EPR2  : Reporterre publishes a censored alert. Mini nuclear reactor rush has a short half-life – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/04/06/2-b1-cost-of-epr2-reporterre-publishes-a-censored-alert/
• Buyer sought for nuclear energy developer as it collapses into administration.
• Miliband pours £2.7bn into Sizewell nuclear power projectafter EDF cuts stake. https://nuclear-news.net/2025/04/06/2-b1-cost-of-epr2-reporterre-publishes-a-censored-alert/ UK Treasury confident Sizewell C nuclear power investors will soon be ‘teed up’ – crunch time for Sizewell. ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/04/03/1-b1-uk-treasury-confident-sizewell-c-nuclear-power-investors-will-soon-beteed-up-crunch-time-for-sizewell/
• UPDATE ON THE BANKRUPTCY OF USNC – Ultra Safe Nuclear.
• ‘Greedy landlords are cashing in and forcing us out of town’.

EDUCATION. Hinkley C nuclear power station site teaches A Level students about “clean” energy !!

ENVIRONMENT. ‘They’re everywhere’: workers warn of rat infestation at Somerset nuclear plant.

EVENTS. Local Communities Say NO to Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL Expansion); Public Comments Due on Thursday, April 10th. “Getting people to do what they can from where they are”: NFLAs support Democracy Day inspiring peace activists to make Councils anti-nuke allies-14-26 April – Lakenheath Peace Camp https://nuclearactive.org/

HISTORY. ‘Bringing calm and hope’: President Carter’s role at Three Mile Island

LEGAL. Deloitte seeks to avoid liability over US nuclear fiasco – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/04/06/2-b1-deloitte-seeks-to-avoid-liability-over-us-nuclear-fiasco/   Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) rejects intervenors’ Palisades “zombie” nuke reactor restart petition & hearing request.

MEDIA. Canada supplied uranium for atomic bombs in WWII — 80 years later, the cleanup continues – film Atomic Reaction.

OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . The great trek for justice.

Resistance to nuke dump grows in South Copeland.

POLITICS. 

• Germany’s  Conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU)  mulls reactivation of nuclear power plants. 
• Democracy should not be an April Fools’ Day Joke! ‘Another significant show of confidence’ in Sizewell C, – making the total of taxpayers’ money going into the project a staggering £6.4bn).
• Federal regulator approves Canada’s first small modular reactor.

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. Iran rejects ‘meaningless’ direct talks with US. With US bombers at the ready, can Trump cut a deal with Iran and avoid a war? Trump’s bombing threat over Iran nuclear programme prompts backlash. Military confrontation ‘almost inevitable‘ if Iran nuclear talks fail: French FM. Iran rejects direct talks with the US over its nuclear programme. Trump Threatens Iran With ‘Bombing’ If Nuclear Deal Is Not Reached. 

EUROPE’S DESPERATE GAMBIT. If the Europeans are serious about peace, they should invite Zelensky to fewer meetings. TRUMP’S PURSUIT OF A UKRAINIAN PEACE: Early Results and Future Prospects. 

Why Ontario won’t consider the nuclear option in its fight over Trump’s tariffs. 

China or America-Who is the warmonger? 

The West has big plans for nuclear power: Will geopolitics play ball

SAFETY.  Unsafe for Russia to restart Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, says Ukraine energy chief.

Pearl Harbor update brings nuclear risk. 

Nuclear site given more time to fix safety breach.

SECRETS and LIES. 

• Britain sent over 500 spy flights to Gaza. 
• Biden Lied About Everything, Including Nuclear Risk, During Ukraine Operation. 
• Meltdown: the toxic culture that helped destroy the Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC).
• Russian sensors suspected of attempting to spy on the UK’s nuclear submarines have been found hidden in the seas around Britain – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/04/07/1-russian-sensors-suspected-of-attempting-to-spy-on-the-uks-nuclear-submarines-have-been-found-hidden-in-the-seas-around-britain/

SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. Swarms of satellites are harming astronomy. Here’s how researchers are fighting back.

TECHNOLOGY. Bavarian SMRs & Hydrogen Vans: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

URANIUM. Uranium stocks dumped as market ‘paralysis’ intensifies.

WASTES Inside the bizarre race to secure Earth’s nuclear tombs.  Cumbria could be only option for nuclear disposal.  Millom nuclear waste plans ‘currently detrimental’ to locals-ALSO AT  https://nuclear-news.net/2025/04/06/2-b1-millom-nuclear-waste-plans-currently-detrimental-to-locals/   Recycling Nuclear Waste: A Win-Win or a Dangerous Gamble?  Plutonium The true story of the demon core – https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9FEFGlBZBwg

WAR and CONFLICT. It’s Official: Ukraine Conflict is British ‘Proxy War‘. Germany deploys troops to Russia’s doorstep for first time since the Nazis.  Hegseth Orders Pentagon To Focus on Preparing for War With China Over Taiwan. Hegseth Circulated Secret Pentagon Memo On Preparing For War With China.

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. The future of Europe won’t be shaped by mushroom clouds – why nuclear weapons don’t provide security – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4Cx5O1yfoo  Britain is aiding Israel’s nuclear force. UK nuclear deterrent: the mutual defense agreement is at risk in a Trumpian age.

April 8, 2025 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Weekly Newsletter | Leave a comment

Nuclear news – week to 25 February

Some bits of good news. Nine Asian countries have halved child mortality since 2000.  The Global South is deploying renewables twice as fast as the Global North.  Arctic Cleanup removes 130 tons of trash and aims to improve trash cleanups worldwide

—very difficult now to stay off the subjects of Ukraine and Israel, but I have tried… (both are so on the nuclear brink)

TOP STORIES. Democrats want nothing to do with making peace in Ukraine and possibly preventing nuclear war.
President Trump Wants to Cut the Pentagon Budget in Half. How?Trump Looks to Correct a Disastrous 1990’s Mistake. 

Conveniently forgotten and ignored – the 8 years war in Ukraine up to 2022 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYKetrodpoY

From the archives. Restless radioactive remains are still stirring in Chernobyl’s nuclear tomb.

Climate, World’s glaciers melting faster than ever recorded.

Noel’s notes. A dramatic development in the Ukraine situation.

NUCLEAR ITEMS

ECONOMICS

• UK’s Hinkley Point C nuclear plant yet to attract new investors, says EDF boss. UK government in “poor negotiating position” as Centrica vague about investing in the new Sizewell C nuclear power station.
• Uncertain nuclear partnership: Negotiations between ČEZ and Rolls-Royce.groups raise $1.5bn amid race to power AI boom. At Great Cost: The companies building nuclear weapons and their financiers show 260 profiteers from the nuclear weapons industry.
• X-Energy threatens to pull out of building nuclear plants in Britain. Amazon-backed nuclear power developer X-Energy threatens to move investment away from UK.
• Rolls-Royce ‘resists pressure’ to put Czech parts in mini-nuclear reactors. .

MEDIA. Film Review- Special Operation: The Invasion of Chornobyl.

PERSONAL STORIES. Heartbreaking tale of American deformed by nuclear radiation who was abandoned and viewed as a ‘monster’.

POLITICS. French State Spars With EDF Over Multibillion-Euro Reactor Plan . UK Government Revisiting the nuclear roadmap Inquiry, UK’s first new nuclear site since the 1970s begins licensing. Starmer’s shortsighted push for more nuclear power. Louth MP welcomes council’s decision to pull out of nuclear waste dump group. Greens opposed to nuclear power plant plans. UK to Partner with Big Tech on Nuclear Powered Data Centers . Technogarchy Goes to Washington..

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. Amid ‘clear’ threat of nuclear war, Guterres tells Security Council multilateral off-ramp is essential. Trump can’t denuclearize North Korea. South Korea’s next leader should pursue risk reduction instead. Hating Trump no reason to oppose Trump Ukraine peace initiative.

SAFETY. Incidents.  IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine.  Efforts continue to eliminate fires in Chernobyl shelter’s roof. Nuclear expert issues Chernobyl update after it emerges fires are still burning. Damage to Chernobyl shelter being assessed after drone strike – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC3Wz5oX68I “Radioactive Russian Roulette” at San Onofre: Exposing Critical Safety Failures. NFLA Policy Briefing 313: Correspondence with the Nuclear Regulator over AGR Extensions .5.0-magnitude quake strikes off Japan’s Fukushima: JMA.

SECRETS and LIES. Burying The CIA’s Assange Secrets.

TECHNOLOGY. Dr. Gordon Edwards Testifies on the BWRX-300 Reactor Design Feb 9 2025.  Pioneering micro nuclear reactors to be built in Britain,

WASTES. Debris extracted from Fukushima nuclear plant revealed to media.  So Called Small Modular Reactors Would Be Nuclear Nightmares. Nuclear waste dump agency pumps money into community projects in Mablethorpe. Ancient historic sites under threat from South Copeland nuke waste dump- ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/02/19/1-b-ancient-historic-sites-under-threat-from-south-copeland-nuke-waste-dump/NWMO closing Teeswater office, to dispose of DGR site lands.

WAR and CONFLICT. US Strategic Bombers Fly Near Gaza as Israel Threatens To Open ‘Gates of Hell’

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. New Zealand’s Rocket Lab ‘ready to serve’ Pentagon. Why it would be a bad idea for the Trump administration to conduct a “rapid” nuclear test. Donald Trump wants to end nuclear weapons funding.

February 24, 2025 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Weekly Newsletter | Leave a comment