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Nuclear – the not so wonderful news this week

Some bits of good news. The Beautiful Place that Stopped Big Bottled Water.    A Tidal Wetland Restoration of Epic Proportions. 

TOP STORIES. 

Annie Jacobsen: ‘What if we had a nuclear war?’

What are the risks at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant after drone attack? –ALSO AT … https://nuclear-news.net/2024/04/10/3-a-what-are-the-risks-at-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-power-plant-after-drone-attack/    

What’s Inside the President’s Nuclear Football?

Climate. Heatwaves now last much longer than they did in the 1980s. What if global emissions went down instead of up?- ALSO AT …… https://nuclear-news.net/2024/04/12/2-b1-what-if-global-emissions-went-down-instead-of-up/         Swiss women win landmark climate victory at European Court of Human Rights.

Nuclear. I’m quite fascinated that the UK is using Fujitsu’s software in its nuclear lab –    after the total scandal and shemozzle of Fujitsu’s software in the UK Post  Offices –  more about that next week.

Noel’s notes. Australia is EVER so grateful to the global nuclear lobby!   The nuclear lobby’s new “prime wheeze” – Community Interest Companies.

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AUSTRALIA. 

• Coalition nuclear plan flips back to SMRs after latest meeting with lobbyists. Dutton’s decaying nuclear energy plans have the briefest half-life. Dutton proposes higher nuclear energy bills. Nuclear lobby manipulates ABC’s 7.30 Report. Coalition nuclear plan would force consumers to wait 20 years longer for 30% higher electricity bills. Cook by-election candidate Simon Kennedy says locals are ‘comfortable’ living near nuclear reactors. 
• Former PM Paul Keating on a craven acceptance of US strategic hegemony in Asia. 
• The cost of needless secrecy on nuclear. What’s the scam? 
• No decisions on site for nuclear waste dump as spin doctor sought – ALSO AT…https://antinuclear.net/2024/04/15/1-a-no-decisions-on-site-for-nuclear-waste-dump-as-spin-doctor-sought/ 
• Secret Agreements: The Australian-Israel Defence Memorandum of Understanding.

NUCLEAR ISSUES

CLIMATE. Nuclear energy ‘now an obstacle to delivering net zero’ – Greenpeace.

CIVIL LIBERTIES. Flicker of Hope: Biden’s Throwaway Lines on Assange.

ECONOMICS.

• Banks Unwilling To Finance $5 Trillion Global Nuclear Development.
• Fresh blow for UK nuclear as the City snubs Sizewell C. Sizewell C Fiasco Part 4: Much more expensive than renewables- Unknown cost or period for Investors – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4ICw23iYY0
• Rolls Royce misses out on government funding for their small nuclear reactors.
• Hinkley Point C Nuclear joins Community Interest Company “Passion for Somerset”. Why you probably shouldn’t become a Community Interest Company.

EDUCATION. U.S. adds to the $1billion already granted to education for the nuclear industry.

ENERGY. Finland: Grid Limitations Force Olkiluoto-3 to Curtail Output.

HEALTH. St. Louis Residents Seek Compensation for Illnesses Tied to Nuclear Contamination.

LEGAL. Kevin Gosztola: Correcting the Record on the Assange Case. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2xPL230qCY UK Government decision to withhold nuclear power plant information unlawful.

MEDIA. Books. Nuclear Lies, Cover-Ups and Secrecy

OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . Past anti-nuclear activists in Europe speak out against current plans. Non-proliferation experts urge US to not support nuclear fuel project.  Tax day and war resistance. Sizewell C Nuclear : too destructive, too costly, too late.

PERSONAL STORIES. Five Years At Belmarsh: A Chronicle Of Julian Assange’s Imprisonment.

POLITICS.UK government could still replace Fujitsu in key nuclear contract.UK revamps Sizewell C nuclear funding to avoid delays.Hunterston: Scottish National Party see no nuclear future due to terrorism risk – ALSO AT …https://nuclear-news.net/2024/04/13/1-b1-hunterston-scottish-national-party-see-no-nuclear-future-due-to-terrorism-risk/Keir Starmer slammed over staunch defence of nuclear weapons.The Scottish National Party support signing an international treaty banning nuclear weapons, post independence.In an Ontario town split over a nuclear dump site, the fallout is over how they’ll vote on the future. Ballooning costs and secret projects at Canada’s federal nuclear labs

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.US Declines Israel’s Invitation To Start WW3 (For Now).There Is No Grudge That Cannot Be Resolved, China’s Xi Jinping Tells Former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou in Momentous Beijing Meeting. The Mutually Reinforcing U.S. and Israeli Empires. The US and Japan’s Mission to Push Next Generation Nuclear Power . Former Australian PM Paul Keating on a craven acceptance of US strategic hegemony in Asia.

PUBLIC OPINION. Ukraine fatigue: Kiev and the West are tiring of war and each other

SAFETY. Zaporizhzhia: Russia claims Ukrainian drone hit dome of nuclear powerplant. Nuclear power plants in war zones: Lessons learned from the war in Ukraine. Attacks on Ukrainian nuclear facilities ‘must cease immediately’: UN atomic watchdog. UN nuclear watchdog’s board sets emergency meeting after Zaporizhzhia attacks. Ukraine: Briefing on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant: The ‘Sum Of All Fears’. Towards an international regulatory framework for AI safety: lessons from the IAEA’s nuclear safety regulations.

SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. Not enough war on the ground, the US is taking it to space. U.S. Space Command adopts multipronged approach to prepare for ‘a conflict that has never happened’. Rolls Royce taps funding for nuclear-powered space missions.

TECHNOLOGY. Getting bigger but not safer or cheaper – the myth of Rolls Royce and its very big non-modular reactor.U.S. nuclear industry upbeat on small reactors, despite setback. Death by Algorithm: Israel’s AI War in Gaza.

URANIUM. Production of Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) threatens our environment, health, and safety.

WASTES.   First Images Inside Fukushima’s Nuclear Reactor Show “Icicle-Like”Structures

WAR and CONFLICT. Amid Serious Iran-Israel Tension, The Nuclear Elephant Is In The Room. US, Philippines, Japan, and Australia Conduct First Joint Military Exercise in South China Sea. Brutal, chaotic war – norms, conventions and laws of conduct are being erased. Israel Prepares For Potential Strike On Iranian Nuclear Sites. Will Biden’s zero sum game approach to foreign conflict bumble US into regional/nuclear war in Europe and Middle East? The Longer it Takes the West to Accept that Ukraine is Losing, the Worse Things Will Get for Ukraine.

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES.Civil and military nuclear mutuality.Increased activity at nuclear test site in northern Russia: expert. Patrick Lawrence: ‘Automated Murder’: Israel’s ‘AI’ in Gaza. ‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza. Israel’s ‘Where’s Daddy?’ AI system helps target suspected Hamas militants when they’re at home with their families, report says. BUSINESS AS USUAL FOR BRITAIN’S WEAPONS EXPORTS. The Math on Ukraine Doesn’t Add Up Secret Agreements: The Australian-Israel Defence Memorandum of Understanding.

April 15, 2024 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina's notes