Nuclear/climate news this week

After days of denial from Iran, President Rouhani on Saturday admitted to “human error” in bringing down the Boeing 737, and the Guards’ aerospace commander General Amirali Hajizadeh accepted full responsibility. Rouhani agreed with Qatar and Pakistani leaders on de-escalation and dialogue as ‘only solution’ to solve the crisis with US. As Europe tries to preserve the Iran nuclear deal, Donald Trump is currently a bigger headache for Europe than Iran is.

The global importance of Australia’s bushfires – climate impacts wildfires, and wildfires impact climate. The concentration of climate-heating greenhouse gases is at a record high. Nations are not meeting their already inadequate climate commitments, and if Trump is re-elected in 2020, America will continue to lead the way in sabotage of action on climate.

A bit of good news – Fukushima Japan Vows to Achieve 100% Renewable Energy Use in 20 Years.

The idea of a “Nuclear Second Strike”: NOT morally justifiable , NOT ‘acceptable.’

World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2019 dispels the illusion of nuclear power as a fix for climate change.

Small Modular Nuclear Reactors – a wasteful distraction from real efforts to combat climate change.

Expensive but necessary – protecting nuclear reactors from cyber threats.

USA. U.S. Senate must reaffirm that the power to make war rests with Congress, NOT the President. Trump urges Britain, Germany, France, Russia and China to dump the Iran nuclear deal. Trump’s unpredictability on Iran adds to weapons proliferation dangers. Donald Trump’s latest unwise move –setting up a massive nuclear crisis with Iran. Pro -war opinion in Washington Post, -but the author is, quietly, a board member of weapons company Raytheon. Fact check: Amy Klobuchar falsely claims Iran is ‘announcing’ it will develop a nuclear weapon. We must halt war funding and slash the giant Pentagon budget.

U.S. Republican law-maker opposes Canada storing high-level nuclear waste near Lake Huron . Fukushima Nuclear Disaster | Increased Thyroid Cancer in U.S.

IRAN. Two earthquakes strike near Iran nuclear plant. Don’t Worry About Iranian Nukes Anytime Soon, Nuclear Experts Say.

EUROPE. Angela Merkel urges all parties to back Iran nuclear deal.

UK.

‘Error of judgement’: UK police recall guide which listed Extinction Rebellion among extremist groups.
UK nuclear weapons programme £1.3bn over budget.
Jeremy Corbyn was smeared for rejecting the use of nuclear weapons – but he was right. UK Leading Labour leadership candidate Rebecca Long-Bailey would use nuclear weapons.
UK’s planned Sizewell power station likely to become a ‘nuclear island’.
UK’s competition watchdog to investigate Jacobs’ acquisition of Wood Nuclear Limited.

NORTH KOREA. North Korea said it was ‘deceived’ by the US in 18 months of nuclear talks. North Korea’s nuclear capabilities already expanding rapidly.

RUSSIA. Is Russia’s 100- Megaton Nuclear Torpedo More Trouble Than Its Worth?

AUSTRALIA. Australia stuck in the climate spiral – producing pollution, burning from pollution. Australia’s $multi-billion climate whammy: Ross Garnaut was right. In 2008, the Garnaut Climate Change Review predicted this bushfire situation. The $billions cost of Australia’s climate disasters. Australia’s costly failure to address global warming risk mitigation.

NEW ZEALAND. New Zealand veterans await nuclear radiation genetic testing study.

UGANDA. Nuclear energy for Uganda – a bad option.

PORTUGAL. CHEESE INSTEAD OF URANIUM – film record of a community decision.

CANADA. Canadians got a false alert about a nuclear power plant incident.

January 13, 2020 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina's notes

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