Lots of nuclear news this week – not industry handouts

Some bits of good news – The Eastern Tropical Pacific Marine Corridor is now bigger and better, thanks to international cooperation. Heartening’ reduction in Australian ocean plastic.
TOP STORIES.Murder in Broad Daylight :REPORTING FROM THE CLIMATE WAR ZONE.
The Conservative Argument Against Nuclear Power in Japan.

Noel’s notes. Is Elon Musk a halfwit ? Donald Trump flounders about on the Ukraine situation.

AUSTRALIA.

NUCLEAR ITEMS

ART and CULTURE. Elon Musk and the dangerous myth of omnigenius.

ATROCITIES. ‘Only Hellfire’: Israel Says Lifesaving Aid, Troop Withdrawal Off the Table for Gaza.

CLIMATE. Nuclear Energy Means Climate Action Delay: O’Donnell and Winfield.

ECONOMICS. UPENN REPORT: TARIFFS LIKELY NAIL IN COFFIN OF U.S. SMALL NUCLEAR REACTORS. – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/04/18/2-b1-upenn-report-tariffs-likely-nail-in-coffin-of-u-s-small-nuclear-reactors/

Third tender submitted in UK Small Nuclear Reactor selection process.

CND Cymru has highlighted the continued lack of investment in communities and people, while billions are to be spent subsidising the nuclear industry.

‘Risk of insolvency’ at parent company of N.B. nuclear developer. A nuclear play in New Brunswick is facing a fragile outlook.

EDUCATION. Westinghouse and McMaster University deepen eVinci microreactor collaboration. Ministry of Defence awards £2.6m contract for nuclear apprentice training.

EMPLOYMENT. Navy’s nuclear submarine hiring crisis as sailors forced to spend record 204 days underwater.

ENERGY. TIDES, NUKES AND BIRDS.

Trump’s Latest Executive Order is Blatant Attack on States’ Rightful Action to Protect Communities and the Climate.

Sellafield Construction of new “Box Encapsulation Plant” Requires Dumping Nearly 1 Million Litres of Contaminated Water into the River Calder Every Day For An Unknown Length of Time.

ETHICS and RELIGION. What Would Jesus Do?Saying It’s Antisemitic To Oppose Genocide Is Like Saying It’s Anti-Catholic To Oppose Pedophilia – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWgBxGWxqLM

EVENTS. Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), to blockade RAF Lakenheath after US exemption to British nuclear safety rules revealed – 26 April.
Second Annual WIPP Plutonium Trail Caravan on Saturday, April 26th.

LEGAL. GOP states sue NRC to deregulate SMR licensing. Lawsuit on Nuclear Regulation.

MEDIA. Documentary – “Atomic Secrets“. A picture paints a thousand words: Shocking aerial images of Sizewell C devastation.
Why Is The BBC Middle East Desk Run By A Mossad Collaborator?

PERSONAL STORIES. “I Want A Death That The World Will Hear” — Journalist Assassinated By Israel For Telling The Truth
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNG5dyZXpZ8

POLITICS. Ukrainian-born US lawmaker says Ukraine should cede land to Russia, demand Zelensky’s resignation. Ukraine’s Extension Of Martial Law Exposes Zelensky’s Fear Of Losing Re-Election.
DOGE’s staff firing fiasco at the nuclear weapon agency means everything but efficiency.
During Canada’s leaders’ debate, Carney praised a nuclear firm he bought while at Brookfield. Canada’s Liberal energy plan: more corporate, less climate?
The removal of Trident must remain a core SNP policy.

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. Germany: One exit and back? The role of nuclear power in the Merz coalition.
Trump playing Dr. Jekyll Mr. Hyde.
Saudi Arabia, US on ‘pathway’ to civil nuclear agreement.
Iranian minister says nuclear deal possible if US does not make ‘unrealistic demands’. US Energy Secretary says. Hopes for Iran nuclear talks tempered by threats and mixed messages. Trump envoy demands Iran eliminate nuclear programme in apparent U-turn.

SAFETY. Kyiv working to repair Chornobyl nuclear site damaged by drone attack

SECRETS and LIES. CIA: Undermining and Nazifying Ukraine Since 1953.

SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. Gender Stunts in Space: Blue Origin’s Female Celebrity Envoys.

WASTES. DOE report: Cost to finish cleaning up Hanford site could exceed $589 billion.Robot starts 2nd mission to retrieve debris at Fukushima nuclear plant.

WAR and CONFLICT. Israel’s escalating West Bank assault is part of a larger plan to split the territory in two.UK deeply involved in Ukraine conflict – The Times.

WOMEN. I’ve got a rocket for these space cadets and their pantomime of feminism.