The past week in nuclear-related news

Some bits of good news – The Whimsical Floating Schools of Kashmir

Rural Communities Unite To Protect Their Immigrant Neighbors.

 Australia’s clean energy transition is going better than almost anyone realises.

TOP STORIES.

 UN watchdog warns Ukraine war remains world’s biggest threat to nuclear safety.

The UN is Being Undermined by the ‘Law of the Jungle’ 

The US Is Pushing So Many Regime Change Agendas It’s Hard To Keep Up. The ‘Peace President’ Who Bombed 10 Countries and Wants $1.5 Trillion for War – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Div95RNXX0M 

The U.S. plan for Gaza has nothing in it for Palestinians.      Trump’s October 10 ceasefire, Board of Peace, simply continues Israeli Palestinian genocide in slow motion. Greenland Is Not a Prize

Is Zelensky still the most reckless, dangerous leader in the world? They poisoned us‘: grappling with deadly impact of nuclear testing.

Another miserable year for nuclear power as renewables surge.

Climate. How climate change is threatening the future of Winter Olympics

Noel’s notes. Harsh realities in the world of journalism.

AUSTRALIA. 

• The Afterlife of Failed Prime Ministers.     The Preaching Pentecostal: Scott Morrison in Israel. 
• United Israel Appeal- Charity channels tax free donations direct to IDF soldiers.     Hate speech- Protecting Israel’s reputation in Australia just got cheaper. 
• UK to deploy nuclear-powered submarine to Australia. 
• ‘From day one, an absolute pleasure’: Nuclear science expert receives Australia Day honour. 
• Australia’s New AUKUS Protest Police, and the Quiet Redefinition of Dissent. 
• Australia’s Lack Of Speech Protections Means We Should Be MORE Hostile To Speech Regulation.
•  *&^%$#@!  /  * Day Northern Water Desalination Plant.

NUCLEAR-RELATED ITEMS. To see nuclear-related stories in greater depth and intensity – go to https://nuclearinformation.wordpress.com/

ARTS and CULTURE. The United States of Consumption.

EMPLOYMENT. From Net Zero to Nuclear: the skills gap that could stall UK growth. Fears raised that specialist Vulcan MoD work could shift to Sellafield

ENERGY. Is nuclear clean, renewable energy? Scottish communities need obstacles to local energy removed .

ENVIRONMENT. The War Intervention: AI, Data Centers, and the Environment. Fingleton Review UK: NGOs rail against controversial nuclear report ‘inaccuracies’.

ETHICS and RELIGION. The US’s Multi‑Front War: A House of Cards. No Healthy Person Wants To Rule The World Or Become A Billionaire.

EVENTS. Stop the AUKUS nuclear submarines! Online public meeting Feb 11. Follow No Nuclear Subs SA on facebook, instagram, X/Twitter

HISTORY. Michael Parenti (1933-2026): 1918.

LEGAL. Rubio Dodges Accountability at Senate Hearing as Deadly Boat Strikes Continue. Rambling Toward Chaos: Trump and the Nuclear Precipice.                                                           Tribunal says Swahili ban at nuclear firm was discrimination.

MEDIA. The BBC pushes the case for an illegal war on Iran with even bigger lies than Trump’s. After Trump Declared Gaza War ‘Over,’ Media Lost Interest.

POLITICS.What does the US want from Iran? Tracking one month of Trump’s changing demands. As Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ presses forward, Palestinians in Gaza fear what lies ahead. Is Trump a Useful Idiot?-Project 2025 Is in Power Now. Democrats vote to hand Trump hundreds of billions for immigration crackdown and global war. The ridiculous 2026 “National Defense Strategy“. Project 2025 : The Architecture of an American Upheaval. Inside Japan’s Controversial Shift Back to Nuclear Energy.

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. Barring last-minute nuclear deal, US and Russia teeter on brink of new arms race. Resisting Trump. Europe Rides the Tiger: Jeffrey Sachs on NATO, Trump, and the Collapse of the “Rules‑Based Order Trump shamelessly plays the Russia/China bogeyman card for Greenland grab. The Global Billionaire Steal: Wealth, Authoritarianism and Media. U.S. Department of Energy signs additional OTAs to accelerate nuclear reactor pilot projects.

SAFETY. Since 2021, EDF has detected more than80 significant cracks on its French nuclear reactorsThe Trump administration has secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules.A High-Stakes Effort to Relax Radiation Limits and Restart Nuclear Growth.

SECRETS and LIES. Leaked Nuclear Secrets: China Arrests Top Military Leader Close to Xi Jinping. We are back in the Middle Ages’: How the EU literally starves dissenting experts like Jacques Baud.

SPINBUSTER. Artificial intelligence will not revive the nuclear industry.

TECHNOLOGY. Government by AI? Trump Administration Plans to Write Regulations Using Artificial Intelligence.

WASTES. Slow worms blamed for holding up Britain’s nuclear deterrent.

WAR and CONFLICT. Trump May Launch Strikes on Iran — Regime Change, Not Nukes, Is the Goal – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6913gyCwTQ Upcoming Trump attack on Iran likely to kill thousands of Americans and Israelis. It is now 85 seconds to midnight. Ukraine KILLED 5520 CIVILIANS in the Donetsk Peoples Republic alone since February 17, 2022, and KILLED 9894 DPR CIVILIANS since 2014 (not including Lugansk or elsewhere in Russia). The Gratuitous Barbarity of Trump’s So-Called ‘Board of Peace’. The Funeral of Hegemony. Aldermaston named on Russia nuclear war UK ‘strike list’.

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. Doomsday Clock setting feels more like 8 or 7 seconds to midnight than 87 seconds. Over 2 Million Ukrainians Are Dodging The Draft. War is Silicon Valley’s new business. US military moves Navy, Air Force assets to the Middle East: What to know. A Note On the 2026 US National Defense Strategy and Extended Deterrence. Brian Goodall concerned about nuclear subs at Rosyth

February 1, 2026 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Weekly Newsletter