The mostly non-corporate nuclear news -week to 24 January

Some bits of good news

– How Community Solar Turned a Superfund Site into Savings in Illinois. How Hamburg Combats Loneliness With ‘Culture Buddies’How a Tiny Australian Town Relocated 500,000 Flying Foxes …and didn’t harm a single one.

TOP STORIES

.Every Nation in the World Should Reject Trump’s Absurd and Dangerous ‘Board of Peace’ . Kushner Reveals Dystopic Plan to Build Data Centers on Ruins of Gaza Genocide.

Betrayed: How Liberals Supported Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979 and Turned Against the Progressive Shah.

Guterres warns of ‘powerful forces’ undermining ‘global cooperation’.

Zionist Billionaires Openly Acknowledge Manipulating The US Government.
Europe Economic Panic.

Summary comments on the Deep Geologic Repository (DGR) Project for Canada’s Used Nuclear Fuel.

Climate. Anti-climate opinion columns becoming a regular feature in UK newspapers.

Noel’s notes. The brave journalists of the old-fashioned media.

AUSTRALIA.

Australia should reconsider alliance with ‘fiercely unpredictable’ US, former foreign ministers say. Paul Keating’s words ring true.
“We kill enemies”:Spy firm Palantir secures top Australian security clearance.
Oppose Israel’s Abuses While You Still Can.
They’re Trying To Sneak Israel’s President Into Australia Without Anti-Genocide Protests.
Revealed: Australian taxpayers subsidising the IDF, illegal settlements in Israel.
Parliament Passes New Hate Speech Laws, What It Really Means. Australia’s Frightening New “Hate Speech” Laws Are Clearly Aimed At Pro-Palestine Groups.
How Did Australia Get Here?
Sussan Ley tries to rewrite history.
Australia’s worst heatwave since black summer made five times more likely by global heating, analysis finds.

NUCLEAR-related ITEMS

ATROCITIES. A Cruel Truce: Israel’s Ongoing Demolition of Gaza. Deconstructing Trump’s Gaza ‘Peace’ Plan (w/ Norman Finkelstein) | The Chris Hedges Report.

CLIMATE. Who Needs CO2 to Heat the Planet When You Have Nuclear?

ECONOMICS. DAVOS: THE RULE OF THE RICH.

EDUCATION. Government funding for Saskatchewan SMR test facility. World’s Largest Nuclear Station or Lower Electricity Bills?

EMPLOYMENT. Fears raised that specialist Vulcan MoD work could shift to Sellafield

ENVIRONMENT. Why the Nuclear Regulatory Review is flawed – and how it could turn the nature crisis into a catastrophe. Nature groups question UK’s Fingleton nuclear review. Plans to ease nuclear build rules could spell disaster for nature, says Wildlife Trusts.

ETHICS and RELIGION. The Magic System Of Zionism. Zionism: The Etymological and Ideological Unpacking of a “Political Pathogen”

EVENTS. 31st January –Challenging the War Machine – a DECLASSIFIED UK SUMMIT. Mayors for Peace Joint Appeal.

LEGAL. The end of sovereign immunity: America’s new doctrine of capture.

MEDIA. Labeling Kidnapping a ‘Capture,’ Media Legitimate Violation of International Law. Everyone Wants Peace Until They Get Hit With The War Propaganda.

OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . Canada’s Nuclear project with locals opposed will get federal review .

POLITICS. 15 years after Fukushima, Japan prepares to restart the world’s biggest nuclear plant.

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.
Trump Lashes Out At Norway Over Nobel Peace Prize In Latest Push To Annex Greenland.
Russia Blasts US at UN Security Council Over Iran. The Regime Change Machine Is Turning on Iran Again.
IAEA chief warns Iran nuclear standoff ‘cannot go on forever’.

A Board of Peace built on the rubble of Gaza. Keir Starmer to rule over Gaza?Venezuela, the Revival of Regime Change.
Netanyahu Is Visiting Trump For The FIFTH Time This Year, And Other Notes.
Celebrating Five Years of the Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty.

RADIATION. HIGH LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE REMAINS UNAPPROACHABLE AND EXTREMELY TOXIC FOR HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF YEARS. Loosening radiation exposure rules won’t speed up nuclear energy production.

SAFETY. Today in History – January 24: Pure luck stops two nuclear bombs destroying US city.
Chernobyl power plant LOSES external power supply after Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, IAEA warns. Chernobyl cooling systems have lost power but meltdown risk is low.
IAEA chief says nuclear accident risk in Ukraine outweighs fear of atomic weapons. Ukraine and Russia agree temporary ceasefire to allow repairs to Zaporizhzhia nuclear power line.

TEPCO postpones 1st reactor restart since Fukushima due to alarm trouble. Nuclear reactor owned by Fukushima plant operator TEPCO to shut down again hours after restart.
Britain to extend life of ageing nuclear plants to keep the lights on-ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2026/01/22/2-b1-britain-to-extend-life-of-ageing-nuclear-plants-to-keep-the-lights-on/All the president’s yes-men?

SECRETS and LIES. Welcome to the Peace IPO: Gaza, Rebranded as a Prospectus.Iran & Israel Secretly Agreed Not To Attack Each Other Through Russian Backchannel.60 years since the Palomares nuclear disaster – “The residents were constantly misinformed”.The Mirage of the Enemy: Deconstructing Contemporary Media Bias.Nuclear lapses overshadow reactor restarts in post-Fukushima Japan – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2026/01/24/1-b1-nuclear-lapses-overshadow-reactor-restarts-in-post-fukushima-japan/The secret nuclear influencer in the heart of Moscow.

SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. This country wants to build a nuclear power plant on the moon.

SPINBUSTER. 3 Myths About the Shah of Iran — “Dictator, CIA Puppet, Brutal”.

WASTES. What Canada’s nuclear waste plan means for New Brunswick.Trump Could Offer Deals to U.S. States to Store Nuclear Waste. Trump offers states a deal to take nuclear waste.

WAR and CONFLICT
Is the end now in sight for the war in Ukraine? All Unquiet on the Ukrainian Front.
Danish MP Warns US Takeover of Greenland Will Start a War.
It wasn’t Trump’s mind or morality that stopped his Iran attack.
US Evacuating Some Troops From Middle East Bases as It Considers Attacking Iran.
US aggression.UK support: The ‘special relationship’.

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. As Trump Uses Military to Threaten Democracy, NYT Declares Military Needs More Resources.
Study reveals ‘persistent danger’ from Israel’s white phosphorus strikes in southern Lebanon.