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Nuclear news for week ending 18 December

A bit of good news. Staying in Gaza as an act of love: Stories from the Catholics who risk their lives to serve. Blossom Dearie Christmas wish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTub-8WIXfg

TOP STORIES.  

Nuclear push- will it unravel?   Wins, losses and participation trophies for US nuclear power in 2023. 

Sad Clown with the Circus Closed Down*: Zelenskiy’s Demise. 

Israel Is Wiping Out Gaza’s Journalists: A Tribute. 

COP28 — The End Of The 1.5°C Fantasy.   Failure of Cop28 on fossil fuel phase-out is ‘devastating’, say scientists. 

Australia’s Defence Minister Marles is wrong – Australia IS taking US and UK nuclear waste!  Nuclear energy is not viable for Australia, for a number of reasons.

From the archives. As the world starts to panic over climate change, nuclear evangelists offer spurious solutions.

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Climate.     COP28 fossil fuel pledges will not limit global warming to 1.5C, says IEA. COP 28 ‘s fundamentally weak agreement to “call on parties to contribute” to action on climate change. At COP 28, fossil fuels targeted for the first time, but with a weak pledge.   Cop28 president says his firm will keep investing in oil.

Nuclear. I’m trying hard to keep the Israel and Ukraine news out of this newsletter. That is hard, because the trajectory of each is bringing us closer to the nuclear brink. It’s like pre World War 1.

Christina notes. The demise of Vladimir Zelensky – when will the USA throw him under a bus? Netanyahu’s Israel breathes new life into the modern Nazi movement. What I want for Christmas – for people, especially the media, to tell the truth a bit more often.

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CLIMATE. Does nuclear power generate GHG CO2 emissions? COP 28 and the nuclear energy numbers racket. Nuclear power – a ‘dangerous distraction’ from real climate action. The danger of rising tides to the Dungeness nuclear site, and to planned small nuclear reactors for Sussex.

ECONOMICS. EDF told not to expect UK to step in to fund Hinkley Point C flagship nuclear project. China’s CGN Halts Funding for UK’s Hinkley Nuclear Plant. The Uncertain Costs of New Nuclear Reactors: What Study Estimates Reveal about the Potential for Nuclear in a Decarbonizing World. Grand plan to triple nuclear energy with small nuclear reactors, but where’s the funding? France scores diplomatic wins on banks and nuclear in new EU rules.

EDUCATION. Subsidy for nuclear energy, but what about nuclear waste? Inside the Youth-Led Fight for a Demilitarized Future.

ENERGY. German nuclear plant to be replaced by Europe’s biggest battery.

ENVIRONMENT. Fukushima: Japan’s Triple Threat in Spades.

HEALTH. Fukushima nuclear plant worker exposed to radiation.

INDIGENOUS ISSUES. Bribery to indigenous people – by Canada’s nuclear lobby.

MEDIA. Criticize Israel? You’re fired.      Causing Gaza Blackouts, Israel Benefits from Media Double Standards.        Sellafield nuclear site exposés are long overdue.     Matthew Modine on His Role in ‘Oppenheimer’ and Producing Nuclear Testing Doc ‘Downwind’: ‘This Insanity Hasn’t Stopped’.          Kristen Stewart Warns the World Is “Dangerously Close” to Nuclear Catastrophe.

POLITICS. 

• U.S. Congress passes bill barring imports of Russian uranium for nuclear power, (but this ban can be waived as needed.) 
• Nebraska team launches study of Congress and nuclear weapons policy. 
•     Chris Hedges: The Death of Israel.  Bernie Sanders Votes No on Giving Israel Aid to Continue ‘Inhumane War’ on Gaza  INTERNS ACCUSE CONGRESS OF SUPPRESSING CALLS FOR CEASE-FIRE. 
• Member for Dublin urges swift action on Sellafield nuclear threat.
• Australia: Labor’s new AUKUS bill declares Osborne in SA, Stirling in WA as nuclear zones. 

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. 

• UN Members Support Gaza Cease-Fire in Overwhelming 153-10 Vote. Biden Intends To Keep Participating In The Incineration Of Gaza.  Is Biden taking the Iran nuclear deal off life support? 
• Iran Dismisses Fears Over Its Nuclear Program. 
• China drops out of British nuclear power program. 
• The UN Nuclear Ban Treaty is Leading Resistance to Nuclear Autocracy. As nuclear powers restart the arms race, unarmed nations call for reason. 
• Dreams of a nuclear revival overtaken by reality.

SAFETY.  Sellafield staff ‘used home computers to beat security failings’. Nuclear plants and the war in Ukraine.

SPINBUSTER. HOW BIDEN’S STATE DEPARTMENT CONCEALS ITS “HUMAN RIGHTS BLACK HOLE” IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

WASTES. Cumbrian councils urged to poll public over controversial nuclear dump plan. Theddlethorpe nuclear waste site: Informed decision needed, says council..

WAR and CONFLICT. UN General Assembly votes to demand immediate ceasefire in Gaza.  Ukraine’s 200 Fighter Jet Demand Could Lead To Nuclear Catastrophe.

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. The Chris Hedges Report: The Weapons Israel Tests on Palestinians Will Be Used Against All of Us. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PEWDLunejA  Nearly Half of All Israeli Munitions Dropped on Gaza are Imprecise ‘Dumb’ Bombs.   

Ukraine asking US for military aid that doesn’t exist – New York Times.  Ukraine was never going to win – US senator. Why Zelensky’s ‘Fantasy’ of Building Military-Industrial Hub in Ukraine is Doomed.  

Why the Pentagon is a multitrillion-dollar fraud. French nuclear submarine visits Scotland. South Korea military says North fires ballistic missile.

December 18, 2023 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina's notes