Today’s Google headlines on nuclear issues – weapons and Iran dominate the stories.
30 Nov 20, Todays news headlines – 92 articles on nuclear issues.
41 of these concerned nuclear weapons and issues around international diplomacy, and the upcoming Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
By far the most often mentioned topic was the assassination of Iran’s top nuclear weapons expert, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh ( pictured at left).
In general, articles about nuclear weapons tend to be factual accounts of national policies and weapons development. There are also articles with strong opposition to nuclear arms and testing.
Articles on so-called non military nuclear issues. Most (29) of these have been in support of, or promoting nuclear power. During the past week there has been a plethora of articles enthusing over small nuclear reactors (SMRs) . Today, of the 19 articles advocating new nuclear power, 9 were focussed on small nuclear reactors. Other pro nuclear themes were – reassurance that radiation is not such a worry, space research, fusion, hydrogen, and nuclear as climate solution.
Anti-nuclear articles (18) argued against new nuclear power, especially small reactrors, on grounds of costs, wastes, safety , climate uselessness, comparison with renewables.
4 “neutral” articles just set out information on decommissioning reactors, UK policy,health issues.
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