A lot of nuclear and related news this past week

Some bits of good news – 27 New UK Tree Cities of the World. How Stockholm Is Sprouting Healthy Trees From Concrete. Degraded Lands Transformed into Productive Farms: With Science, We Can Create Wonders. Once feared extinct, Australia’s most endangered marsupial has had a comeback

TOP STORIES .

“Difficult-to-Return” zones.

Jeffrey Sachs: Negotiating a Lasting Peace in Ukraine. Zelensky’s hostility to peace triggered White House meltdown.

British journalists are celebrating the lack of opposition to war in parliament.

Failure After Failure: Let’s Ditch Small Modular Reactors.

We’ve failed to stop climate change — this is what we need to do next ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/03/09/1-a-weve-failed-to-stop-climate-change-this-is-what-we-need-to-do-next/

Climate. Earth’s strongest ocean current could slow down by 20% by 2050 in a high emissions future. Global Ocean Treaty two years on: Australia’s chance for international cooperation.

Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from 36 fossil fuel firms, study shows. UK’s richest can boost climate action but need to cut outsized emissions – study.

First Trump threatened to nuke hurricanes. Now he’s waging war on weather forecasters.

Noel’s notes. Does the Deep State really exist? And if so, is it being dismantled?

AUSTRALIA. Surface tension: could the promised Aukus nuclear submarines simply never be handed over to Australia?
How US Military Bases in Australia Threaten Our Future & How to Remove Them., More Australian nuclear news at https://antinuclear.net/2025/03/05/australian-nuclear-news-headlines-week-to-11-march/

NUCLEAR ITEMS.

CLIMATE. Nuclear Power Is the Cuckoo in the Climate Policy Nest.Turbine, cooling: these unforeseen events that keep the Flamanville EPR at a standstill.

ECONOMICS. East Lindsey District Council wants to claim costs for nuclear waste site work.

EDUCATION. University of Suffolk co-opted by the nuclear industry..

EMPLOYMENT. EDF considers plans to revive ‘fish disco’ at Hinkley Point plant ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/03/06/3-b1-edf-considers-plans-to-revive-fish-disco-at-hinkley-point-plant/

ENERGY. Most Contaminated U.S. Nuclear Site Is Set to Be the Largest Solar Farm.

ENVIRONMENT. Air Force picks remote Pacific atoll as site for cargo rocket trials. Radioactive pollution is increasing at Britain’s nuclear bases. Fish disco plan revived to protect salmon from Hinkley Point C ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/?s=%E2%80%98Fish+disco%E2%80%99+plan+revived Has common sense finally prevailed at Hinkley Point C?

EVENTS. Uranium’s Poison Power in Leafy Cheshire –Remembering Fukushima.

INDIGENOUS ISSUES. Mi’kmaw Chiefs send stinging rebuke to Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston.

LEGAL. Fukushima victims angered, saddened by TEPCO acquittals. 9-year lawsuit fails to stop Ikata nuclear plant operationsSupreme Court steps into debate over where to store nuclear waste.Nuclear waste at Chalk River: opponents defeated in court – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/03/08/1-b1-nuclear-waste-at-chalk-river-opponents-defeated-in-court/

OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . Campaigners attend East Lindsey District Council meeting to call on Lincolnshire County Council to withdraw from Geological Disposal Facility process.

PERSONAL STORIES. Nuclear fallout: why Karina Lester is calling on Australia to sign the treaty banning atomic weapons.

POLITICS

How the Media Walked us into Autocracy (w/ Ralph Nader) The Chris Hedges Report –https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQZuzIzY8YQ
Doug Ford: Rip up the GE-Hitachi US nuclear contract.
Nuclear Policy in Scotland. Nuclear energy has no role in Scotland’s green future. Changing nuclear policy would make ‘SNP as bad as Tories’, MSP warns – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/03/10/1-b1-changing-nuclear-policy-would-make-snp-as-bad-as-tories-msp-warns/
UK Government slaps down Ian Murray over UN nuclear weapons summit. Keir Starmer’s plan for UK growth – the Ukraine war. Conservatives’ push to identify ‘suitable sites’ for nuclear reactors in Telford and Wrekin is defeated. Keir Starmer faces backbench rebellion over ‘shortsighted’ cuts to aid budget. Keir Starmer tells SNP to reverse nuclear weapons opposition.

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.

Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons States agree – the ban is the alternative to reckless nuclear deterrence and proliferation as Third Meeting of States Parties draws to a close.
Trump plans to make Ukraine a US economic colony, exploiting its critical minerals.
US Threatens Possible Military Response After Tehran Rejects Nuclear Outreach.
The Russians aren’t coming, the Russians aren’t coming.
Europe’s Face-Saving Theater on Ukraine.
Macron’s Offer: France and the Delusions of Nuclear Deterrence.
Zelensky reverses hardline position on peace talks.
Russia agrees to help US in negotiations with Iran over nuclear program, Bloomberg reports.
Non-Proliferation Treaty ‘struggling’ in new nuclear age, expert warns. One empty seat. UK fails again to send representation to UN nuke conference.
UK urged to prepare for Donald Trump halting Trident partnership ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/03/09/2-b1-uk-urged-to-prepare-for-donald-trump-halting-trident-partnership/ UK Government ignoring international law on nuclear weapons – experts ALSO At https://nuclear-news.net/2025/03/09/2-b-1-uk-government-ignoring-international-law-on-nuclear-weapons-experts/
Delays in Trident renewal put our deterrent in peril.

SAFETY.Ripping up the rules on nuclear power heightens the risk to us all.Cybersecurity in the Nuclear Industry: US and UK Regulation and the Sellafield Case .Is giving old reactors new life the future of nuclear energy?Continued Incidents Raise Concerns Over Nuclear Security, Says UN More than 145 Reports Added to IAEA Incident and Trafficking Database in 2024.

SECRETS and LIES. Israeli technician accused of offering country’s nuclear secrets to Iranian regime.

TECHNOLOGY. The SMR Gamble: Betting on Nuclear to Fuel the Data Center Boom.

URANIUM. Fearing toxic waste, Greenland ended uranium mining. Now, they could be forced to restart – or pay $11bn.

WASTES. American companies profit from Canada’s radioactive waste.Supreme Court wrestles with nation’s frustrating search for nuclear waste storage.East Lindsey overwhelmingly backs GDF withdrawal call to Lincolnshire County Council. Bank Head Estate residents attend public meeting over nuke dump blight. ‘Vote out!’: Protestors win motion at ELDC full council to urge county council to withdraw from nuclear dump talks.

WAR and CONFLICT. UN summit ‘delivers strongest condemnation yet’ of nuclear deterrence.

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES.

More Guns, Less Butter: Starmer’s Defence Spending Splash . Britain’s nuclear weapons fiasco is a nightmare for Rachel Reeves. Britain’s nuclear submarines bill spirals by £5bn. US support to maintain UK’s nuclear arsenal is in doubt, experts say.
US poised to house nuclear weapons in Britain for first time in two decades.
Potentially ‘catastrophic’ use of AI in nuclear weapons systems raised by former Royal Navy boss.
Air Force Activates Key Unit for Nuclear Modernization at VSFB.
Trump Pauses All Military Aid to Ukraine.
It’s time to ditch Virginia subs for AUKUS and go to Plan B.