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The week that has been , in nuclear news

Some bits of good news –    Removal of over 200 dams in Europe has restored free flowing streams and migratory fish.   Norway turns its back on gas and oil to become a renewable superpower.

Curiouser and curiouser. In Australia, and presumably in other ”developed” countries, the focus on squabbling political personalities, and on sporting celebrities, pretty much dominates the news, except for the continued coverage of Ukraine, seen through an American filter.   Meanwhile, strangely lost in the background is the pandemic story, with new case numbers rocketing world-wide. Then there’s global heating – noted effects in California and Northern Australia –  but what about India, Pakistan, Kenya, Bangladesh?

It is strange, and worrying, that the pandemic, climate change, and the heightened nuclear dangers have  somehow slipped below the radar of public consciousness – but those threats are still there, even if it’s not nice to talk about them.

The Danger of Ignoring Julian Assange https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6bVl47kdNk

Ending the War of Attrition in Ukraine.    Forgetting the apocalypse: why our nuclear fears faded – and why that’s dangerous.

Strategic partnership: U.S. pushes ASEAN to join crusade against Russia, China, Myanmar.   

The Insanity Of Expanding Nuclear Energy.       Poisoned legacy: why the future of power can’t be nuclear.

John Kerry warns a long Ukraine war would threaten climate efforts

Underwater drones could be the end of nuclear submarines. Underwater drones herald sea change in Pacific warfare.

UKRAINE. The horrible dangers of pushing a US proxy war in Ukraine – Atomic energy chief: Ukraine’s nuclear safety situation ‘far from being resolved‘. UN: There is ‘credible’ information Ukrainian forces are torturing Russian POWs  .

EUROPE. GT: NATO’s northward expansion risks turning Europe into powder keg — Anti-bellum

NATO activating Black Sea battle groups — Anti-bellum

USA, 

• Tulsi Gabbard Says Biden Is Risking Nuclear War With Russia Over Ukraine.   Pentagon-Funded Think Tank Simulates War With China On NBC.     The Export and Proliferation of Nuclear Technology . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4nqUg3TOo0       $6 Billion to Keep Uncompetitive Nuclear Plants Alive.
•  Anti- Russian hysteria.       Alaska: U.S. revamps army for Arctic war with Russia, China.      U.S. leads NATO war games in the Balkans .
• US military wants nuclear rocket ideas for missions near the moon. . 
• Devious nuclear zealots at it again in Ohio – new Bill to lead to subsidising ”next-generation nuclear reactors’‘. 
•  COST OVERRUNS AT GEORGIA NUCLEAR REACTORS OFFER CAUTIONARY TALE  Westinghouse Electric’s parent company wants to put the nuclear company on the market.  Talen Energy subsidiary files for bankruptcy, company still plans nuclear data center,  Company says.
•  Company Agrees to Further Tests of Nuke Plant’s Wastewater. 
•  US House passes extension of Radiation Exposure Compensation Act.  
•   Meet the nuclear booster who could unseat an energy appropriator. 
• Timely release of Netflix documentary on Three Mile Island nuclear accident.

UK.

•   Drones seized at UK nuclear bases after a ‘swarm’ and reports of ‘red lights’. 
•  The future of nuclear waste: what’s the plan and can it be safe? 
•   Kwasi Kwarteng: Nuclear push may increase energy bills, minister admits.   Regulated Asset Base system will transfer nuclear’s financial risks to the UK public, rather than the nuclear companies.   Uncertain funding for Britain’s plans for new nuclear reactors.    Boris Johnson’s UK ”nuclear renaissance” – now desperate for funding, pleads to USA.    Cost of living: Ministers consider delaying nuclear power decommissioning to help ease crisis.
•   Energy saving and renewables to create many more jobs than nuclear could.
• ‘Criminalising our right to protest’: UK green groups’ anger over public order bill

FINLAND. Why Finland will seek NATO membership and why I still think we shouldn’t — IPPNW peace and health blog

RUSSIA. Putin could use nuclear weapon if he felt war being lost – US intelligence chief.

FRANCE. French nuclear output down 20.2% in April.

ISRAEL. Yes, Israel Has Submarines Armed With Nuclear Weapons (We Think).   

AUSTRALIA. Radioactive: Inside the top-secret AUKUS nuclear submarines deal. AUKUS nuclear submarine fallout: double-dealing and deception came at a diplomatic cost.nnnAustralian readers condemn the Morrison government’s AUKUS deal

May 16, 2022 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina's notes