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This week in nuclear news

Some bits of good news – Whale Reunions, Green Hydrogen and Other Good News on the Climate.

A disappointing development. Up until very recently, I would not have considered posting news items from New Corpse, or any other pro-Trump or very right-wing source.

Now that has changed. I am finding that “progressive” people now seem obliged to support Joe Biden and the U.S. Democrats – even if they’re leading us to nuclear annihilation.

Sorry, everyone  (- of course I don’t want Quanon and Trump to be in power in 2024), but if right-wing nutters happen to be the ones opposing nuclear war , or telling unpleasant truths about Ukraine, –   then I ‘m supporting their views on those matters. And it’s about time that “progressives” woke up.

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CLIMATE. Preparing for COP27 Climate Summit – an urgent shake-up of international finance system is needed.

CIVIL LIBERTIES. Facing the Warmongers: An Assange Update.

Coronavirus. WHO Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dashboard.

ECONOMICS. 

• The real war is, “people vs. the banks” The risk of nuclear weapons use could ground all commercial planes.
• ‘Technology geriatrics’ will not ensure survival of nuclear power, says analyst. 
• Europe is still quietly importing Russian nuclear energy. 
• Georgia nuclear plant Vogtle’s cost now forecast to top $30 billion. 
• Growing the economy – but growth of what? 
• Pure-play” clean-energy” Brookfield Renewable Partners goes dirty as it partners with Cameco and the nuclear industry. 
• EDF nears cut-price deal for GE nuclear turbine unit with Russian contracts..

EDUCATION. Russia reacts to Azov neo-Nazi’s platform at prestigious US university.

EMPLOYMENT. Strikes disrupt power output at French nuclear plants.

ENERGY. Nuclear Power Is a Dead End. We Must Abandon It Completely. Low operating costs make the case for investing in utility-scale renewable projects . Germany, France, Italy, conserve energy, but the UK government rejects energy conservation. France’s national embarrassment: half of its nuclear reactors to remain out of action for months

ENVIRONMENT. How nuclear testing leaves lasting environmental scars.

ETHICS an RELIGION. Death by Nationalism?

HEALTH. Health Implications of re-licensing the Cameco nuclear fuel manufacturing plant . Young girls up to 10 times more vulnerable to ionizing radiation, especially girls up to 5 years old. France should pay for study on genetic impact of its Pacific nuclear tests. Finland’s pharmacies run out of iodine pills as Russian nuclear fears increase.

HUMAN RIGHTS.  Japan: Support for those displaced by Fukushima nuclear disaster must be unconditional, says UN expert.

LEGAL. Austria Sues EU Executive Over Green Label for Gas, Nuclear. EU Taxonomy Labelling Gas and Nuclear as ‘Green’ Faces Legal Challenges.

MEDIA. Ukraine is preparing a law on full control over the media, as the last vestiges of press freedom disappear in Kiev.

NUCLEAR REACTORS. Anti-nuclear campaigners have raised fears about a plan to turn Trawsfynydd into a test-bed for a new generation of mini nuclear power plants. The strange case of small modular reactors. Small modular nuclear reactors risky venture for Saskatchewan.

POLITICS. German Greens lay out nuclear power extension position amid coalition infighting. Tulsi Gabbard dares to challenge Washington’s war machine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAIFiAG8av0&t=38s

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL AND DIPLOMACY.
Cuban Missile Crisis 60th anniversary: How world teetered on nuclear abyss. We Survived The Last Nuclear Standoff Through Compromise And De-Escalation.  Ukraine has de facto joined NATO says Ukraine’s defense minister. Russia open to talks with West: Lavrov. Caitlin Johnstone: US Rejects Moscow’s Offer to Talk. A conversation with Paul Keating: Australia’s strategic interests, alliances and standing up for ourselves.

PROTEST. World-Wide Backing as Parliament Encircled for Assange. Protests in 40+ US Cities Demand Deescalation as Poll Shows Surging Fear of Nuclear War.

SAFETY. Maintenance on eight French nuclear reactors delayed by strike. Stockpiling iodine tablets in Europe, as fears rise over dangers in Zaporizhzhia nuclear station. Japan preparing the way for continued extension of the operating lifetime of its nuclear reactors.  Japan’s push to extend nuke reactor life past 40 yrs doesn’t add up.

SECRETS AND LIES.  Japan’s TEPCO ‘exaggerates’ nuclear wastewater safety with faulty dosimeter.       US Government Secretly Injected Humans With Plutonium.

WASTES. Plutonium and high-level nuclear waste. Radioactive waste from WWII nuclear weapons found in Missouri school. Nuclear Power Isn’t Clean — It Creates Hellish Wastelands of Radioactive Sewage.

WAR AND CONFLICT.

• “Nuclear Sharing” – USA’s obscene system to turn non-nuclear weapons countries into nuclear attackers/targets. Vasily Arkhipov saved the world . 60 years of luck -why did the nuclear arms race escalate? The world doesn’t want another Cuban Missile Crisis. We are on a path to nuclear war.
• West prepping nuclear crisis plans – UK media.
• The misconception about Putin’s big red nuclear button.
• Beware of Nuclear False Flag Blaming Russia.
• France won’t retaliate with nuclear weapons if Russia uses them in Ukraine.
• Belarus has no intention to go to war with neighbors, but it will defend itself — defense minister.
• Ukraine held talks with Britain for destruction of Crimean bridge. Crimean Bridge Attack: Ukraine’s Sabotage Teams Take Orders From Washington, Senior Official Reveals. NYT: Senior Ukrainian official confirms Ukraine orchestrated truck bomb attack on Crimean Bridge.
• Putin Says No Need For Further Massive Air Strikes On Ukraine, Foresees End To Mobilization.
• We’re Being Pushed Toward Nuclear War On A Fiction: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix.
• 70 years since Operation Hurricane: the shameful history of British nuclear tests in Australia

WEAPONS AND WEAPONS SALES.

• Across Europe, USA and NATO to hold a show of their nuclear weapons .
• Ukraine Rises from Near Zero to Major Recipient of US Arms. Biden authorizes more weapons for Ukraine. U.S. tax-payers’ aid to Ukraine $67.5 billion – Taiwan will be the next beneficiary. Ukraine gets highly anticipated arms from Germany – Spiegel.
• Elon Musk Demands Pentagon Foot Starlink-Ukraine Bill After Being Told To ‘F**k Off’. Musk caves in – says Space X will continue to ‘just keep funding Ukraine govt for free’ with Starlink.
• US lawmakers propose halting arms sales to Saudi Arabia. Even a small nuclear test by North Korea would be a big US worry.   

October 17, 2022 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized | 1 Comment