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 The non-official nuclear news this week.

Note-  I am sorry, victims of this overload.  This is miles too long. In future I am going to have to cull. It has been a bit of a busy week.

TOP STORIES. Trump Has Bombed Iran: What Happens Next Is His Fault.Trump’s attack on Iran is ‘unconditional surrender’ to Israel.

Clearing up the confusion about Iran and uranium enrichment.

 Jeffrey D. Sachs: Stop Netanyahu Before He Gets Us All Killed. 

Trump says US intelligence ‘wrong’ about Iran not building nuclear bomb. Trump Threatens to Bomb Iran to Smithereens for “Playing By the Rules”. 

UK Nuclear power is not a done deal.

Rosatom: A company at war.

Cross your fingers, Australia, and hope the AUKUS deal collapses

AUSTRALIA. Australia backs US strikes on Iran while urging return to diplomacy.  Why Richard Marles Backs the U.S. War Machine. 

Warmongering Marles commits Australia to US war against China amid Iran mayhem.  Going to war with China will be an unequivocal disaster for Australia. 

AUKUS collapse offers Australia the chance to navigate an innovative future.Why the AUKUS ‘dream’ was never realistic and is likely to die.

NUCLEAR ITEMS. 

ARTS and CULTURE. Weaponized Stupidity – How Nonsense Became a Strategy of Control.

CLIMATE. Climate misinformation turning crisis into catastrophe, report says. Nuclear power plant warning as heatwave hits France. Three years left to limit warming to 1.5C, leading scientists warn. Why 2024’s global temperatures were unprecedented, but not surprising..

EMPLOYMENT, UK’s Bakers’ union rejects new nuclear reactors, calls for socialist Green New Deal- ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/?s=UK%27s+Bakers+Union

ENERGY. Why I can’t trust carbon capture or nuclear power to save us.

ENVIRONMENT. What are the nuclear contamination risks from Israel’s attacks on Iran?Anxiety grips Gulf Arab states over threat of nuclear contamination and reprisals from Iran. Sizewell C nuclear’s ecological cost may be far greater than the financial one. Labour’s nuclear dream has destroyed my home: inside the Sizewell C planning row- ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/06/19/1-b1-labours-nuclear-dream-has-destroyed-my-home-inside-the-sizewell-c-planning-row/

ETHICS and RELIGION. Ghoulish US Congresspersons applaud dastardly Israeli attack on Iran.

EVENTS. 25 June – RAF Fairford Protest: Don’t Bomb Iran! PETITION: Launch a Parliamentary Inquiry into AUKUS.

HISTORY. Israel – Iran: The Confrontation.

LEGAL . Rogue States: The illegality of the U.S.-backed Israeli attacks on Iran.Supreme Court clears the way for temporary nuclear waste storage in Texas and New Mexico.

MEDIA. Working Hard to Justify Israel’s Unprovoked Attack on Iran. Why won’t the BBC report on Israel’s nuclear weapons? The real threat to Israel is Netanyahu.

OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . It’s good to talk: US-UK anti-nuclear alliance forged from film discussion.

PERSONAL STORIES. The prophecy – about Donald Trump.The World’s Most Dangerous Man and His Enabler.

POLITICS.House Progressives Back War Powers Resolution as Trump Ratchets Up Rhetoric Against Iran. Labour’s £14bn ‘fixation’ with new nuclear power ‘won’t cut bills or help climate’. Westinghouse lobbies for site in Wales as Starmer backs nuclear renaissance – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/06/20/2-b1-westinghouse-lobbies-for-site-in-wales-as-starmer-backs-nuclear-renaissance  Sizewell C and Britain’s nuclear renaissance.Trump’s Nuclear Plan Faces Major Hurdles. Ford’s nuclear obsession is robbing Ontario of its true clean energy future. Niger to nationalise uranium project co-owned with France’s Orano.

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. Trump Suggests He Wants Regime Change in Iran. Trump speculates about ‘regime change’ in Iran as Tehran vows ‘decisive response’ to US attack. Trump Praises ‘Excellent’ Israeli Strikes on Iran. Israeli and U.S. intelligence differ on status of Iran’s nuclear program. Israel publicly confirms its military involvement in Ukraine.

SAFETY.Nuclear peril.Major radiation warning as Israel says it’s ‘on verge of destroying 10 nuclear sites’. Israeli strikes on Iran nuclear sites ‘risk radioactive releases’.Where is scrutiny of UK’s nuclear submarine plans?Improvements required following Barrow nuclear submarine site fire.

SECRETS and LIES. We Are, Of Course, Being Lied To About Iran. After Iraq There’s No Excuse For Buying The War Lies About Iran. Hidden History: How Israel Acquired Nukes.

SPINBUSTER. A golden nuclear age. The nuclear mirage: why small modular reactors won’t save nuclear power.Stop Sizewell C campaigner slams Labour lies over nuclear power.

TECHNOLOGY. Spending billions on unclean, risky energy? What a nuclear waste!. Small modular nuclear reactors are NOT a “cutting edge” technology. Small Modular Nuclear Reactors (SMRs) are nothing but a Big Boondoggle. Scotland wants no part in further dangerous nuclear experiments.

URANIUM. How effective was the US attack on Iran’s nuclear sites? A visual guide. Officials Concede They Don’t Know the Fate of Iran’s Uranium Stockpile.

WASTES. Inside Britain’s top nuclear bunker – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/06/21/1-b1-inside-britains-top-nuclear-bunker/

WAR and CONFLICT. Trump Announces ‘Successful’ Attack On Iranian Nuclear Sites. Chris Hedges: War With Iran. Trump Bombs Iran, Then Demands Iran Agree to End the War. Ted Cruz Suggests US Is Involved in Israeli Strikes on Iran, Despite US Denials. WHAT I HAVE BEEN TOLD IS COMING IN IRAN Report: Trump Privately Approved Plans To Attack Iran But Has Withheld Final Order. US Reportedly Assesses Only a Nuclear Bomb Could Destroy Iran Nuclear Facility. Trump Rejects Intel on Iran’s Nuclear Program, Raising War Fears. NewsReal: Israel Attacks Iran, Seeks Regime Change- Will Trump Take US Into War? US assisted Israeli war on Iran just another US regime change operation. Israel claims it damaged Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility “significantly.” But questions remain. Israeli missile defense at risk of collapse in coming days: WashPo. How Iran Turned Israel’s Iron Dome Against Itself Using Clever Jamming. ‘We now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran’: Trump. The Guardian view on Israel, the US and Iran: you can’t bomb your way out of nuclear proliferation. Israel’s Bombing Won’t Stop Iran from Going Nuclear.

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES.Alternative Defence Review UK. USA participated in Israeli air defense using Patriot and THAAD systems .Iran and Israel at War. Was Iran months away from producing a nuclear bomb? Israel Buckles as Iran War Shifts to New Drag-Out Phase. Juan Cole: The Current Iran War Will Likely End Soon, But the Arms Race Will Heat Up.

June 24, 2025 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Weekly Newsletter