Nuclear news this week – 25 March

Some bits of good news –   

• Amid all the climate gloom, let’s not ignore the good news. also at https://nuclear-news.net/2024/03/23/1-b1-amid-all-the-climate-gloom-lets-not-ignore-the-good-news/ 
• Full Recovery for Coral Reef Within 4 Years – The Speed of Restoration They Saw was ‘Incredible. 
• A leading university halted donations from big oil.   
• Finland has retained its status as the ‘world’s happiest nation’ in the latest World Happiness Report. 

TOP STORIES. Julian Assange and the Plea Nibble. Report: Justice Department Considering Plea Deal for Assange. 

House Democrats Tell Biden To Enforce US Law and Suspend Military Aid to Israel.

Dozens of countries pledge support for nuclear power, despite lingering concerns. 

Filling Nuclear Power’s $5 Trillion Hole Is Beyond the Banks.Glorious new financial jargon from the nuclear lobby – the “International Bank for Nuclear Infrastructure (IBNI)”.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Cannot Both Police Proliferation and Promote Nuclear Power.

BASE study: Alternative reactor concepts do not solve the repository problem.
Climate .  

Mainstream climate scientists run the risk of becoming the new climate deniers. Hundreds of groups for climate action reject nuclear power at Brussels Summit.

State of the Global Climate 2023.

Environment. Where have all the insects gone?

Noel’s notes. Antony Blinken would get into bed with the devil, if it meant lucrative sales of USA weapons and nukes to Hell. Desperation of the nuclear lobby! Its new financial fantasy scheme, couched in impenetrable jargon!”  In talking about nuclear matters, why is money the only game in town?

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NUCLEAR ISSUES

ARTS and CULTURE. A One-State Solution Could Transform the World.  

ECONOMICS. 

• Deadlines, costs, production: France’s nuclear company EDF in a moment of truth.
• Bulgarian nuclear experts question economic viability of new nuclear project. 
• Money is “The Achilles Heal” of the nuclear state. 
• New Brunswick’s Point Lepreau nuclear plant ranked as poor performer among international peers. IAEA’s Rafael Grossi in Iraq to market nuclear reactors. 
• The West’s Nuclear Power Revival Could Be Slower Than Hoped. 
• This is why Sizewell C construction poses ‘possible risk’ to new hospital build. 
• The extraordinary financial costs of ‘small’ nuclear power stations.
• Australia moves to prop up Aukus with $4.6bn pledge to help clear Rolls-Royce nuclear reactor bottlenecks in UK. Australia’s  Chief scientist backs renewables, calls nuclear power ‘expensive’ – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxP-6vsditI&t=389s   

ENERGY. For France’s EPR at Flamanville, the objective of loading fuel before the end of March is no longer tenable.

ENVIRONMENT. Oceans. Fourth discharge of treated Fukushima water completed.  Canadian officials found radiation levels in these northern Ontario homes ‘well above’ the safe limit. Their response: ‘¯\_(ツ)_/¯’ also at https://nuclear-news.net/2024/03/23/1-a-canadian-officials-found-radiation-levels-in-these-northern-ontario-homes-well-above-the-safe-limit-their-response-%c2%af_%e3%83%84_-%c2%af/ Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility – Re: Radiation in Elliot Lake homes .

ETHICS and RELIGION. Just Seeing Through The Propaganda Isn’t Enough – We’ve Got To Open Our Hearts As Well.

HEALTH. Nuclear test veterans demand compensation and medical records access.

INDIGENOUS ISSUES. Heavy resistance to Canada’s 1st nuclear waste repository, while Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) says it is safe..

MEDIA. Normalizing starvation and massacres: Flour Massacre Called ‘Aid-Related Deaths’—Rather Than Part of Israel’s Engineered Famine.

PUBLIC OPINION. In Japan, Opposition to restarting nuclear power plants has grown, especially among women

SECRETS and LIES. “Anonymous” claims it has infiltrated Israel’s nuclear plant in Dimona.  AUKUS: Red flag for arms industry corruption.

SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. US and Japan seek UN resolution calling on all nations to ban nuclear weapons in outer space. Space tourists and crew suffer high radiation risks – regulation is needed to protect them. To Mars and Back: Will NASA’s Ambitious Endeavor Be Worth It?

SPINBUSTER. The Lying Piper of Nukeland: the IAEA’s nuclear fairy tales are leading nations — and all of us — into climate catastrophe. Zion Lights and her lying, climate-denying mentor Michael Shellenberger

TECHNOLOGY. The questionable promises behind new nuclear power.

WASTES. 100,000 years and counting: how do we tell future generations about highly radioactive nuclear waste repositories? Japan finishes first-year ocean discharge of nuclear-tainted wastewater amid backlash. Inside Fukushima: Eerie drone footage reveals first ever look at melted nuclear reactor with 880 tonnes of radioactive fuel still inside – 13 years after disaster. The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Opened 25 Years Ago; It Was Supposed to Close Next Week.

WAR and CONFLICT. Ukraine’s losses ‘in the millions’ – retired Polish general. Atrocities. ‘We are the masters of the house’: Israeli channels air snuff videos featuring systematic torture of Palestinians

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES.How Biden’s budget plunged the Aukus submarines pact into doubt. Can the U.S. Develop A Nuclear Bomb Without Ever Testing It? We’re About to Find Out.US Air Force tests very expensive third-stage rocket motor for next nuclear missile NATO Builds Largest Europe Base Near Black Sea. Nuclear weapons: France to restart tritium production with EDF.Nuclear Deterrence At Sea – France Begins Work On ‘Cutting Edge’ Nuke-Powered Ballistic Missile Submarine.Canada to stop arms sales to Israel – Foreign Minister. UK launches ‘national endeavour’ to reinforce nuclear deterrent. Iranian Cleric Calls For Nuclear Arms.

March 26, 2024 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina's notes | climate change, Energy, nuclear, nuclear energy, nuclear power