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Nuclear and climate news to 23 April

It’s getting monotonous, as well as scary,  – news reports on all the sabre rattling going on, mainly about North Korea, but also about Syria and Iran. The upshot of all this: –  risk of ‘catastrophic’ nuclear accident increases.  – communities fearful of nuclear war, especially in South Korea, and luxury bunkers in high demand by the filthy rich. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3hbtM_NJ0s

Spin  for “new nukes” – Generation IV nuclear reactors – ramps up.

Decline in the size of the world’s nuclear arsenals, due to cuts by Russia and USA.

As predicted, world’s atmosphere now has 410 parts per million C02

NORTH KOREA Confusion on North Korean situation. RUSSIA ‘moves troops and equipment’ to North Korea border. USA spy plane over North Korea, increases preparations for THAAD antimissile system in South Korea. USA considers show of strength, shooting down North Korea missile tests.  CHINA praises US on nuclear issue, criticizes North Korea. North Korea Threatens Nuclear Strike On Australia.

USA.

• American State Dept certifies that Iran is complying with nuclear deal. Tillerson slams the deal anyway! US threat to ditch Iran nuclear deal.  Trump might want to rip up Iran nuclear agreement, but actually, he can’t.
• Trump’s changed attitude to NATO – he now wants it bigger and tougher.
• USA is building a nuclear missile that is more accurate than ever.  Simultaneous North Korean and American nuclear weapons tests. Double standards? US Conducts Successful Field Test Of  New Nuclear Bomb  New military posture review for Trump’s Pentagon.
• Trump Administration doesn’t know what to do about the Paris Climate Agreement.
• Trump plans for the nuclear industry put Americans in danger – Sen. Ed Markey speaks out! Videos.
•  Donald Trump “paranoid and delusional”, says a group of mental health experts. Bill in USA Congress aims to facilitate removal of a President.
• Demolition of Hanford Plutonium Finishing Plant to begin soon. Citizens not happy with U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission safety report. Delay in legal order to move plutonium stockpiled in South Carolina. Three Mile Island nuclear station could close anytime soon.
• Trump administration plans to eliminate climate data collection.

GREENLAND New and worrying studies on Greenland ice.

JAPAN. Japan to decommission 5 nuclear reactors – but where to put the wastes. Niigata governor dashes TEPCO’s hopes for reactor restarts in 2019. Six years after Fukushima – women and children still suffer most.

FRANCE. France’s next president is in for a big nuclear headache.

SOUTH AFRICA. Eskom seeks exemptions from nuclear procurement rules and regulations. South Africa’s Democratic Alliance will fight Eskom’s rushed nuclear procurement process.

BANGLADESH. Tragic climate change effects already there, in Bangladesh.

RUSSIA. Russia’s claims of ability to carry out Electronic Warfare.  Secret Floating Nuclear Power Plant to be fuelled all too close to city of St. Petersburg.

April 23, 2017 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina's notes