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What a week in non-corporate nuclear news!

Some bits of goodnews –    

Chile eliminates leprosy  Kazakhstan is rebuilding habitat for the return of wild tigers more than 70 years after the species vanished from Central Asia. Croatia Declared Landmine-free After More Than 2 Decades of Demining Efforts

  Green energy gave the UK’s flat economy a boost

TOP STORIES. Preemptive War, Permanent Emergency: The Real Cost of Trump’s Iran Strike.

Negotiation to Detonation.Trump’s 3 day ‘quickie’ war turning into a 3 year catastrophe.This Illegal US-Israeli Attack on Iran Is Also an Assault on the United Nations.
Trump’s War of Choice: Oman Reveals Iran Agreement Was Imminent. – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg5sXQDR8NY

‘Bombs Will Be Dropping Everywhere’: Trump Launches Illegal Regime Change War Against Iran.

Climate. Global sea levels have been underestimated due to poor modelling, research suggests 

AUSTRALIA.  The Mushroom Treatment: A Government That Treats You With Contempt Cannot Be Trusted.                                                                       Australia and the “Epstein Coalition”- Invasion of Iran a disaster.                            The Ghost in the Kill-Chain:The Invisible Cost of “Surgical” War.              More Australian nuclear news at https://antinuclear.net/2026/03/07/this-weeks-australian-nuclear-news-2/

NUCLEAR-RELATED ITEMS

ECONOMICS. U.S. and Japan Ponder Nuclear Energy Project in Massive $550 Billion Deal.

ENERGY. Nuclear power falls below half its historic peak share of global electricity generation. Study: Energy Efficiency Can Address Surging Electricity Needs at Half the Cost of Gas Plants.

ENVIRONMENT. Conservationists challenge effectiveness of £700 million fish safety system. Water. Could a huge data centre revitalise Ayrshire – or ruin it?

ETHICS and RELIGION. A Catholic guide to understanding the war with Iran.Good grief…Jesus freaks taking over military indoctrination. The US War Machine Is Run By Deranged Armageddon Cultists. Iran Is Morally Superior To The United States. U.S. Military Leaders Tell Troops Trump Is Waging Iran War To Bring Forth Second Coming Of Jesus.

EVENTS. 14 March – Protesters to rally at Faslane base in anti-nuclear demonstration. Advocating for a nuclear free beach – https://www.samuellawrencefoundation.org/

HEALTH. Two pieces of news re Radiation and Health.

OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . Welsh Anti-Nuclear Alliance relaunched amid concerns over new projects planned for Wales.

POLITICS.

• Kucinich: “Iran Could Be the Graveyard of the American Empire”
• As Trump Bombs Iran, We Need to Reckon With the American War Machine.
• Tulsi Gabbard’s Own Testimony Resurfaces as Iran War Narrative Escalates
• Labour panned as nuclear project ‘to cost more than Scotland’s block grant’. Residents invited to have say on Hunterston nuclear forum.

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.

• In Iran, Israel’s morbid military cult now has the US fully in its grip.
• IAEA says no evidence Iran is building a nuclear bomb.
• Trump Threatens Full Trade Embargo Over Spain’s Refusal to Be Complicit in Iran Attacks.
• Stop Trump’s New Mass-Murder Spree.
• Iran Demands Emergency United Nations Action Amid ‘Criminal Aggression’ by US, Israel.
• Trump Says He Must Have a Say in Picking Iran’s New Leader.
• “America First” in the Middle East: A Strategy of Domination, Not Conflict Resolution.
• US Attacks in Venezuela and Greenland Lay Groundwork for Billionaire Fiefdoms.
• UN nuclear watchdog says it’s unable to verify whether Iran has suspended all uranium enrichment.

SAFETY.NRC buckles to White House and licenses dangerous TerraPower reactor. Natural Resources Defense Council supports restart of NextEra’s Duane Arnold nuclear station, a known danger. Coastal erosion risks to planned Sizewell C nuclear power station. Sellafield recruitment opens for Authorised Firearms Officers. Incident – New Addition to List of Nuclear Near Catastrophes. Capenhust-based nuclear facility faces prosecution after uranium leak.

SECRETS and LIES. When will US, Israel stop censoring massive damage to US facilities and Israel? Debunking the lies of the Iran War. Mendacious Rationales: The Lies Behind Operation Lion’s Roar.

SPINBUSTER. According to Pete Hegseth – “They are toast”. Golden pipedreams – UK Advanced Nuclear plan.

TEPCO planning to send probe into Fukushima nuke reactor. Japan Eyes Pacific Island for Nuclear Waste Disposal Site.TEPCO removing empty tanks to advance Fukushima plant decommissioning work.

WAR and CONFLICT.

• Who Bombed Girls’ School in Iran? Reporter Nilo Tabrizy on What We Know About Massacre of 175 People – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4zE2pAqJck
• America’s Thelma & Louise Moment: Rubio Shows How Israel and Trump Drove Off the Cliff Together.
• A War for Oil: Economist Michael Hudson on U.S. Quest to Control the World’s Oil Trade.
• President Trump Says He May Have ‘Forced Israel’s Hand’ Into Iran War.
• NewsReal: Historic Miscalculation? US & Israel ‘Decapitate Iranian Regime’, Yet Iran is Striking Back HARD.
• Iran says Natanz nuclear site hit in US-Israeli strikes
• Beyond Nuclear condemns attack on Iran.
• US-Israeli War on Iran is NOT About Nuclear Weapons– It’s About Imperialism.
• Trump’s unprovoked attack on Iran risks terror, turmoil and the spread of nuclear weapons – the consequences will be dire.
• Exiled Iranian Denounces War: ‘The People Will Suffer, Not Gain!’
• International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) condemns strikes against Iran, calls for return to negotiations.
• Trump Says ‘Heavy and Pinpoint Bombing’ of Iran Will Continue “As Long As Necessary”.
• US and Israeli attack on Iran: At least 51 girls reported killed in strike on school.
• Trump calls for regime change in Iran as US and Israel launch‘massive’ strikes.
• A War With Iran Would Not Be a One-Off Event But a Disastrous Ongoing Rupture.

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES

‘Not One Damn Penny’: Pentagon Expected to Ask Congress for Billions to Fund Iran War.

Macron plans to deploy nuclear weapons to Britain.  France to increase its number of nuclear warheads, Macron says – as it happened.  France officially enters Nuclear Arms Race. Golden Dome to Rio Rancho: Public Infrastructure, Private Weapons, Public Consequences. Nuclear flashpoints to fallout.

March 9, 2026 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Weekly Newsletter