Nuclear news -week to 26 September

Some bits of good news – Good News on AIDS, Ocean Conservation in Indonesia, and Clean Air Zones in Spain.Coronavirus. World –

over 609 million confirmed cases and over 6.5 million deaths. USA 395 117 new cases . The highest numbers of new weekly deaths were reported from the United States of America. President Joe Biden says “The pandemic is over” . As the Americans say – Go figure

26 September – International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons: dismantle the warheads and build a common security. International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons 2022: History, Significance and Celebration.

SCOTT RITTER: Reaping the Whirlwind

‘Naïve’ to think Russia will lose war, says Dr Jordan Peterson – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnxxELn00gk The Ukraine war could open the nuclear Pandora’s box. The deadly game of nuclear escalation. Unlocked: NATO prolongs the Ukraine proxy war, and global havoc. World powers must take Putin’s threat seriously, stop the escalation and seek a diplomatic solution.

Small modular reactors: What is taking so long?

World’s richest countries fall short on renewable energy targets.

UKRAINE. Holding ground, losing war. War fears at another Ukraine nuclear site . In effect if not juridically, Ukraine was becoming a member of the NATO alliance.THE WORLD SPLIT APART.

Vladislav Ugolny: Ukraine is targeting civilians for retribution in the east while its Western backers turn a blind eye. HISTORIC CONTEXT OF THE REFERENDA IN UKRAINE.

JAPAN. Fukushima: Japan attempts to safely remove nuclear fuel from crippled reactors.

UK.

Nuclear industry Beating Retreat at Bradwell? Is UK government’s nuclear power policy scientifically feasible? – asks House of Commons Science and Technology Committee .
Busting The Times’ spin on “Great British Nuclear” and “a new atomic age for the UK”. UK government PR exercise “Great British Nuclear” headed for financial failure.
UK government to change the rules – so that billions of pounds of pension funds can go to dodgy new nuclear projects.
Sizewell C: Planning shake-up – getting rid of environmental assessment ‘runs roughshod over objectors’.
Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) want government assurances about new rules on compensation liability for nuclear accidents.
UK’s nuclear waste cleanup operation could cost £260bn. Operation Sellafield: inside Britain’s deadliest clean-up job.
Liz Truss could break fracking election pledge to bypass local opposition.
Hinkley Mud still needs more testing for radiation. Continuing campaign to stop the dumping of Hinkley nuclear power station mud off Cardiff coast.

USA.
- Brainwashed for War With Russia.
- 64 years later, the Golden Rule takes to the water again to challenge nuclear arms.
- US Media Held Murdered Russian Journalist to a Dangerous Standard.
- Nukes Are Our Corporate Death Wish…the Sun is the People’s Cure.
- Nuclear Weapon Development and Manufacturing Needs More Cybersecurity, Watchdog Says.
- Getting serious about the threat of high altitude nuclear detonations.
- NuScale Faces Class Action Lawsuit Brought by Former Employees.
- Pentagon opens sweeping review of clandestine psychological operations.
- Nevada files motion regarding Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Project, launches dedicated website with educational resources.
- A Nebraska county of only 625 people contained nearly 100 deep underground nuclear missiles, so the US Air Force halted a green-power project that would have revitalized its
- economy. It was set to be Nebraska’s largest wind project.

PACIFIC ISLANDS. Marshall Islands calls off talks after no US response on nuclear legacy plan. At U.N., Micronesia denounces Japan plan to release Fukushima water into Pacific.

RUSSIA. Moscow unlikely to use nuclear weapons, say ex-Russian generals. Putin flirts again with grim prospect of nuclear war – this time he might mean it.

POLAND. Poland distributes iodine pills as fears grow over Ukraine nuclear plant.

SOUTH KOREA. US-S.Korea to stage joint military drills with nuclear-powered US carrier.

GERMANY. Environment Minister reaffirms the phaseout of nuclear power.ITALY. Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni favours return to nuclear power and increased gas production.

NEW ZEALAND. New Zealand will push for total ban on nuclear weapons – Jacinda Ardern. World shouldn’t give up on nuclear disarmament, says Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb_CkO2tD80

BELGIUM. Belgium shuts down one reactor, in line with its “40 years life” rule for nuclear reactors.

AUSTRALIA Aukus plan to expedite Australia’s nuclear sub construction an act of nuclear proliferation under ‘naval nuclear propulsion’ cover: Chinese mission to UN .