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Nuclear news to 2nd July

Some bits of good news –Nature restoration, rewilding and battery innovations: Positive environmental stories from 2024   A Living Seed Bank Is Preserving the Amazon’s Incredible Plants.    

UK activists won a ‘stunning’ victory against big oil.   

TOP STORIES

Julian Assange Is Finally Free, But Let’s Not Forget the War Crimes He Exposed. Julian Assange: Free at last, but guilty of practicing journalism. ‘Julian Assange Is Free’: WikiLeaks Founder Strikes Plea Deal With US. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4DF_Ag8NWeI?si=O-gRYvFVhtIaWfrG Assange Is Free, But US Spite Will Chill Reporting for Years. 

Most important issue facing US, world, largely absent from presidential debate.  

Save Ukraine from American meddling. 

The Suspect Body Count: The Death Toll in Gaza is Much Higher Than We’re Being Told

From the archives. The persecution of Wilfred Burchett and Julian Assange.

Climate. Wildfires ravaging Arctic Circle – EU monitor. Deaths mount as Pakistan swelters in heatwave. Newly identified tipping point for ice sheets could mean greater sea level rise.

Noel’s notes. Australia’s Liberal-National Party really communist – wants a NATIONALISED NUCLEAR industry!   The Assange case – a win for journalism? Sort of.   Time to abandon the hypocrisy about Israel’s nuclear weapons – they are now a perilous target.

AUSTRALIA. Heaps of media about Peter Dutton’s plan to set up government-run-and funded nuclear industry – see all the article links at FROM 25 JUNE THE MOST RECENT AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR NEWS.  

The Coalition’s nuclear fantasy serves short-term political objectives – and its fossil fuel backers. Hidden costs? Cheaper energy? ‘Farcical’ locations? Debunking the hype around nuclear. How the media facilitates Dutton’s nuclear lies. 

LABOR AGAINST WAR says nuclear power and nuclear submarines and their wastes should have no part in Australia. Nuclear option ‘not enough’ to avoid rush for more wind and solar. Nuclear more costly and could ‘sound the death knell’ for Australia’s decarbonisation efforts, report says.

 Defence Minister Richard Marles takes on reality, comes off second-best in growing Thales scandal.

More news about Julian Assange – at Julian Assange News. 

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NUCLEAR ISSUES

CLIMATE. Climate-Nuclear Nexus.

CIVIL LIBERTIES. The State Failed to Break Assange

ECONOMICS.

• Australian Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s nuclear plan could cost as much as $600bn and supply just 3.7% of Australia’s energy by 2050, experts say.
• Nuclear power’s financial problems exposed in new report. Very late and over budget:
• Why newest large nuclear plant in US is likely to be the last.
• UK’s nuclear plant will cost nearly three times what was estimated.

More ECONOMICS. CEO, staff suddenly depart New Brunswick reactor developer ARC Clean Technology.

EDUCATION. Small Modular Nuclear Reactors cost concerns challenge industry optimism.

ENERGY. “They just fit in with what we do:” Australian farmers reap rewards as they play host to wind and solar. Big Tech is turning to nuclear power because it needs more energy for AI.

ENVIRONMENT. The $91 billion wasted on nuclear weapons last year could transform ecosystem restoration.

EVENTS. Confronting NATO’s War Summit in Washington – 6 July

HISTORY. How Israel Became a Nuclear Power.

LEGAL. Why cost should not be an obstacle to compensating nuclear survivors Why WikiLeaks founder will plead guilty – and what happens next.

MEDIA. The Release of Julian Assange: Plea Deals and Dark Legacies. Webinar # 7 June 20, 2024 – What’s the harm? Julian Assange is finally free, but no thanks to the media. Radiation, Radioactive Emissions and Health.

OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . A vigil behind bars: pair who protested US nuclear bombs in Germany serving time.  Greenpeace activist climbs on top of Conservative election campaign bus. Uranium and the Grand Canyon – A Call to Close and Cleanup the Pinyon Plains Uranium Mine.

POLITICS. Congress’s Nuclear Addiction. U.S. Congress Votes To Bar State Department From Citing Gazan Health Ministry. Australia: Peter Dutton’s nuclear power plans are an ironic backflip to nationalisation for the Liberal Party. UK Election: A Different Kind of Nuclear Bomb. Nuclear weapons spending report reveals corporate intervention in UK nuclear policy – CND. Labour plans for nuclear expansion in Scotland are flying under the radar ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2024/06/30/2-b1-labour-plans-for-nuclear-expansion-in-scotland-are-flying-under-radar/

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. Iran Says Cooperation With UN Nuclear Watchdog Limited to Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). The Australian Opposition party’s nuclear strategy relies on Trump winning the USA election, and tearing up global climate politics.

SAFETY. What does Chevron mean for nuclear? The USA courts can now supercede the safety role of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Scary truths on civilian nuclear power are coming to the fore. UK’s Nuclear weapons pose a risk to proposed new homes.

SECRETS and LIES. UK government hires scandal-ridden Fujitsu company to account and track its nuclear waste!.

SPINBUSTER. Complete BS from the IAEA about the non-existent “global consensus” on nuclear power.

TECHNOLOGY. Do thorium reactors prevent nuclear weapons proliferation risks?

WASTES. Japan starts 7th discharge of Fukushima nuclear-contaminated wastewater despite opposition.

WAR and CONFLICT. Unable to back down, Israel and Hezbollah move closer to all-out war. Israeli Defense Minister Vows to Return Lebanon to ‘Stone Age’. Israel’s main goal is the extermination of Palestinians – retired NATO colonel . Ukraine hit Russia’s space communications and early warning center. IDF Report Found Multiple Cases of Friendly Fire Deaths on Oct 7. The Nordic region from peace zone to war zone – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LahVN_wmftU Ukraine hit Russia’s space communications and early warning center. IDF Report Found Multiple Cases of Friendly Fire Deaths on Oct 7. WAR OR PEACE: Towards a Ukrainian Peace or a Direct NATO-Russian War. How far can American money push the Kiev regime’s suicidal war with Russia?

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. Test site activity sparks fears of more nuclear blasts. The US nuclear arms control community needs a strategic plan. US can’t trace $62 million of military aid sent to Ukraine – watchdog..

July 2, 2024 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina's notes | nato, nuclear, nuclear energy, nuclear weapons, Russia