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This week’s nuclear news- miles too long- sorry!

above – Julian Assange – home with his familySome  bits of good news – People power changes lives – Six months of wins for human rights. Anti-corruption strategies in Nigeria are working.

Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are having a positive spillover effect.

TOP STORIES

The Impact of Nuclear Weapons on Children.79 Years After Hiroshima & Nagasaki: A Grim Reminder of Nuclear Annihilation. 

Mutually assured destruction is an outdated nuclear deterrence doctrine.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVunlJOyfB0

World-Ending Maneuvers? America’s Nuclear Weapons Quagmire. Inside the Nuclear-Weapons Lobby Today.

AUKUS Revamped: The Complete Militarisation of Australia. 

Why US nuclear waste policy got stalled. And what to do about it.

UK’s most dangerous nuclear site pleads guilty after endangering national security.
Germany may take another 50 years to find final repository for waste from shuttered nuclear power.

Climate. Extreme heat in South Korea kills 11 and decimates livestock. ‘It made me cry’: photos taken 15 years apart show melting Swiss glaciers.

Noel’s notes.  Relief – Hiroshima Day is over – now to our glorious $2 trillion nuclear weapons “modernization”!    6th August – a day of respectful remembrance, and a day of absurd nuclear hypocrisy   World “experts” are kicking the nuclear waste can down the road – to our great grandchildren.

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AUSTRALIA. 

• The AUKUS operations are stalled because Australia cannot meet the nuclear waste disposal requirements of the non-proliferation treaty regime.   Australia, US, UK sign nuclear transfer deal for AUKUS subs – AUSTRALIA RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SPENT FUEL WASTES.   Australia is still finding out what it doesn’t know about its secretive AUKUS deal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H8_vQkKkgA       Australia being turned into ’51st US state‘ – former Prime Minister.     Australia makes undisclosed ‘political commitments’ in new AUKUS deal on transfer of naval nuclear technology.   
• Peter Dutton’s nuclear lies – ALSO AT https://antinuclear.net/2024/08/12/peter-duttons-nuclear-lies/    
•  Australian Conservation Foundation’s X account suspended after apparent ‘report bombing’ .  Lots more Australian news at https://antinuclear.net/2024/08/09/australian-nuclear-news-headlines-8-12-august/

NUCLEAR NEWS ITEMS

ATROCITIES. Why We Must Oppose Israel’s Dangerous Gamble Before It’s Too Late. ‘Heinous’: Children Among 100 Killed by Israel Bombing of Gaza School Just Hours After US Weapons Approval. Nothing’s changed since 1948 – except now Israel’s excuses don’t work.

CLIMATE EDF extends heat-related warning cuts at 3 nuclear plants. France Warns of Nuclear Power Cuts as Heat Triggers Water Curbs. IAEA concerned about forest fires near occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.

ECONOMICS. Lemon socialism? – Rolls Royce might like to gracefully get out of Small Nuclear Reactors (SMRs)? UK Government refuses to release Sizewell C’s predicted price tag. Biden’s $1.5 Billion Deal To Resurrect A Nuclear Plant Is Facing Fresh Drama.

EMPLOYMENT. Over two hundred jobs may be lost if Haverigg jail is displaced by nuclear dump.

HEALTH. Red Cross Hospital in Japan continuing to treat nuclear bomb victims – the hibakusha

HISTORY. US atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki remembered amid growing threat of nuclear war. Hiroshima marks 79 years since atomic bombing, as nuclear war fears rise.

PUBLIC OPINION. What do Americans really think about the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Majority of Americans support more nuclear power, but future of large-scale nuclear is uncertain. Radioactive Waste Management – Public Attitudes Survey for Scotland.

SAFETY. IAEA: Cooling pond water levels decreasing at Ukraine nuclear plant. IAEA Director General Statement on Developments in the Russian Federation, (with Kursk Nuclear Power Plant under threat). Nuclear disaster warning for two countries as Putin orders urgent mass evacuation. Will Ukraine’s attack on Russian territory lead to the seizure of the Kursk Nuclear Plant? Russia strengthens security at Kursk nuclear power plant amid Ukraine’s assault in region. It must be no to nuclear – whether energy or weapons.

SECRETS and LIES Biden administration lies on Ukraine war are monstrous. ‘Massive disinformation campaign’ is slowing global transition to green energy. Ukraine and Russia trade accusations over fire at occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. Nine spycops snooped on anti-nuclear protests in Scotland. Spy cop ‘made up absurd bomb plot’ over nuclear waste on railway route. The Trump link to Ohio nuke corruption.

SPINBUSTER. A DUBIOUS PROSPECT? Rolls-Royce looks to sell stake in small nuclear reactor business.

URANIUM. While Cumbrian MPs Blindly Agitate for More Uranium Mining to Feed More Nuclear New Build, Indigenous Australians are celebrating Halt to Poisoning of their Lands 

WASTES. Too short, ill-timed and clumsy: Welsh Nuclear Free Local Authorities critical of Trawsfynydd radioactive waste consultation. Lake District’s Coastal Nuclear Waste Dump Screw Tightens. Radiation monitoring keeps track of nuclear waste contamination. Anti-nuclear Group Criticizes Short Consultation over Trawsfynydd Lake Radioactive Contamination.

WAR AND CONFLICT.

Ukraine war briefing: Main fire at Russia-controlled nuclear plant in Ukraine extinguished. IAEA chief calls for restraint as fighting remains ongoing ‘in the vicinity’ of Russia’s Kursk Nuclear Power Plant.

 Israeli policy means ‘difficult to know’ how close world is to nuclear war, warns International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). Shin Bet said to prepare bunker for Netanyahu, senior leadership amid Iranian threat. Majority of Americans Oppose Using US Troops To Defend Israel .

Nuclear weapons can never bring peace or security – only mass death.

Modernizing Nuclear War’

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES.

• Desperate for escalation, did Zelensky bomb Zaporozhye Nuke Plant in Frustration ? US to send more military aid to Ukraine, as Ukrainian drones target Kursk and the Kursk Nuclear Power PLant
• The United States is launching a new nuclear arms race: to catch up and outsmart Russia and China.
• The Space Force can require private companies to cut off service to their other customers.
• Iran Is Better Positioned to Launch Nuclear-Weapons Program.
• UK’s Astute nuclear submarines stuck in port waiting for maintenance. ALSO AT https://antinuclear.net/2024/08/07/uks-astute-nuclear-submarines-stuck-in-port-

August 13, 2024 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina's notes