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This week: The other side of news on nuclear and related issues

Some bits of good news–    Trees Reveal Climate Surprise: Bark Removes Methane from the Atmosphere

    Global population predictions offer ‘hopeful sign’ for planet, UN says.      UNICEF and UNWRA work together in Gaza.

TOP STORIES. 

79 years since the unthinkable. 

The Great Global Computer Outage Is a Warning We Ignore at Our Peril . 

Eastern Europe’s purchase of US nuclear reactors is primarily about military ties, not climate change. 

How Many Nuclear Bombs Has The US Air Force Lost?

Climate. Extreme ‘heat dome’ hitting Olympics ‘impossible’ without global heating. Largest wildfire in US grows to cover area bigger than Los Angeles

Noel’s notes. “People of a generally nervous disposition” worry about mishaps with nuclear bombs.        Who will honestly face up to the problem of nuclear wastes? Rolling Stewardship as a practical option.

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AUSTRALIA.   Nuclear is a toxic idea … here’s why.        Australia should avoid small nuclear reactors until 2040s, engineers warn.       AUKUS servility just one facet of poor governance.      Israel lobby ramps up scare campaigns in fear of truth.        America’s war machine: Unless Australia acquires nuclear weapons, why acquire AUKUS subs?   Lots more Australian nuclear news at https://antinuclear.net/2024/08/01/australian-nuclear-news-headlines-29-july-5-august-2/

ARTS and CULTURE. 2-3 August, and 6-8 August Hiroshima Seen: Survivors and Witnesses Picture the Nuclear Age.       The pictures worth a thousand words.

CLIMATE. Atomic Fallacy: Why Nuclear Power Won’t Solve the Climate Crisis. Californians defy evacuation orders as wildfire threatens homes. As record heat risks bleaching 73% of the world’s coral reefs, scientists ask ‘what do we do now?’

ECONOMICS. 

• Point Lepreau nuclear station – a heavy financial burden that keeps getting heavier-ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2024/07/30/3-b1-point-lepreau-nuclear-station-a-heavy-financial-burden-that-keeps-getting-heavier/  
• NuScale Power plunges after report says it is under SEC investigation. 
• U.S. company HOLTEC approaches South Yorkshire with £1.3bn offer to start Small Nuclear Reactor production.
•  Rolls Royce – the “burning platform”?         Rolls-Royce to sell stake in mini-nukes arm ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2024/08/05/1-b1-rolls-royce-to-sell-stake-in-mini-nukes-arm/ 
• Government partnership is needed if Dutch pension fund PME is to make “risky” nuclear investment.
• ‘Ultra-cheap energy for every household’: could a different kind of tariff change everything?.

EDUCATION. Some UK higher education rejoices in the nuclear and military partnership.

ENERGY. UK Electricity System Operator (ESO)s Future Energy Scenarios for a green UK – nuclear power is uncertain.  This. nuclear waste site could soon host a massive solar installation. California achieves 100% renewable energy for 100 days.  How much electricity comes from the Sun on summer days in the UK? Renewables are crushing gas-fired power.

ENVIRONMENT. Oceans. Link between unexploded munitions in oceans and cancer-causing toxins determined.

ETHICS and RELIGION. Project 2025 – A New Pax Romana

LEGAL. Assange, CIA Surveillance and Spain’s Audencia Nacional.

MEDIA. Mass Media Goons Are Still Reporting That Biden Is Getting Tough On Netanyahu.

 The Hidden Ties Between Google and Amazon’s Project Nimbus and Israel’s Military.

OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . Japan, U.S. urged to work for nuclear abolition at symposium. 

Blackwater Against New Nuclear Power Group (BANNG)campaigners say company’s claims over Bradwell B are false.

PERSONAL STORIES. 

‘True horror’: Japan’s Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor campaigns for a nuclear-free world. 

Canada and the Atom Bomb: Remembering As an Act of Resistance.

POLITICS. US Congressmen Say ‘No War With Iran!’ Trump could win back the nuclear codes-Biden should put guardrails on the nuclear arsenal—now.  Americans! How to make your vote count in November, and save the world in the process. Kamala: We need a ceasefire and arms embargo NOW!  UK – the Ed Milliband Nuclear Nonsense Show. Generic Design Assessment Step 1 of the Holtec SMR: statement of findings.                  Bruce County Council nuclear endorsement undermines local democracy.

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.  Putin warns the US of Cold War-style missile crisis.  Nagasaki decides against inviting Israel to commemorate nuclear bombing of Japan amid war on Gaza. Understanding China’s Approach to Nuclear Deterrence.  The Abrahamic Alliance: Reality or work of fiction?  Behind a Nuclear Cooperation Agreement With Washington -Singapore not committed to nuclear power

SAFETY. Japan nuclear watchdog panel decides against restarting Tsuruga reactor.  US nuclear plant unfit for quick resurrection, former lead engineer says.

SECRETS and LIES. Greasing Palms: The Thales Blueprint for Corruption. Britain’s nuclear submarine software built by Belarusian engineers.

TECHNOLOGY. Is the dream of nuclear fusion dead? Why the international experimental reactor is in ‘big trouble’

WASTES. Burying radioactive nuclear waste poses enormous risks. 

Is Manitoba willing to accept nuclear waste risks?  

Japan continues search for its first nuclear waste disposal site by screening tiny rural town.

WAR and CONFLICT.

• US Will ‘Certainly’ Defend Israel If Attacked By Iran In Wake Of Haniyeh Killing.     US deploys 12 warships to Middle East as Israel escalates attacks in region. 
• Iran vows revenge after Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh killed in Tehran.   Major escalation’: Israel bombs densely populated area of Beirut, Hezbollah says commander survived the attack. 
• Israeli Forces Have Killed 366 UN Workers and Family Members in Gaza: Leaked Report. “Unspeakable”: Doctors Back from Gaza Say Death Toll “Much Higher,” Push Harris, Biden for Ceasefire. 
• Where Is the Biden Plan to End the War in Ukraine? 
• Putin often cites Russia’s ‘nuclear doctrine’ governing the use of atomic weapons. But what is it? 
• The US might lose a war with China, congressional commission says.

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. 

First NATO F-16’s delivered to Ukraine  (nuclear capable). 

Replacing the UK’s nuclear deterrent: The Warhead Programme–  without appropriate Parliamentary scrutiny.

 ‘Nuclear weapons money could tackle climate change‘- Martha Wardrop, Scottish Greens.

August 5, 2024 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina's notes