nuclear-news

Non-corporate, and even some corporate, nuclear news this week

Some bits of good news –  

Chile made waves with its conservation plans.   Teen leaders take on child marriage in Bangladesh.  

 Virunga National Park Sees Hundreds of Elephants Return and Rare Gorilla Twins Born During Hopeful Year.

TOP STORIES. Israel launches strikes on nuclear sites as Iran warns of retaliation.

Doomsday Double Standard: U.S. Silent on Israel, Loud on Rivals.

Trump’s $200 billion Iran spending request reveals scale of US war plans.

US/Israel War against International Law.

Nuclear Power Equals Trump ProfitsThe Nightmare of Fukushima 15 Years Later.
Renewables are taking the wind out of new nuclear’s sails – ALSO AT 

Renewables are taking the wind out of new nuclear’s sails.

From the archives – Iran’s president vows to never build a nuclear bomb in his United Nations General Assembly speech.

Climate. Oceans take in a lot of heat as Earth’s energy imbalance hits record – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=574S9kGALng What a recent court win reveals about the Trump administration’s unlawful attacks on climate science.

Noel’s notes. Titanic misconceptions that things will be OK

AUSTRALIA. The high costs of Albo’s rubber-stamp war in the Middle-East.                                                                 How climate and renewables “disinformation networks” are fuelling a major national security threat.      Western Australia submarine’s base the only reason for AUKUS.                                                                              The war against Iran:Lessons still unlearned.                                                                                                                   The weakest link: Australia’s submarine hopes depend on the UK, but Britannia no longer rules the waves.    The Iran war is Australia’s margin call.      

 Trump is the most dangerous man in the world 

NUCLEAR-RELATED ITEMS

ART and CULTURE War Becomes Spectacle in Trump’s Horrific Propaganda Promoting War in Iran. The Inheritance of Fear: From the Cold War to Trump’s World.

CLIMATE. Fears huge nuclear dump buried under concrete dome could be unleashed into the sea. Coastal erosion raises questions over protection for £40bn Sizewell C nuclear plant.

CIVIL LIBERTIES. Conscientious objector and human rights defender Yurii Sheliazhenko detained.

ECONOMICS. ‘Worst case scenario’: Wall St craters, oil surges as nuclear sites hit. Does SMR Stand for Spending Money Recklessly? Ontario’s nuclear push risks another costly policy failure. A Great British Nuke-Off in Wales?

EDUCATION. Taxpayers to cough up  £65.6 million for nuclear “industry-informed” education in British universities. Deader than a doornail –UK’s new nuclear.

ENERGY. Energy fallout from Iran war signals a global wake-up call for renewable energy.

ENVIRONMENT. Nuclear Power: The Real Effects 14m (Gordon Edwards 2026).

ETHICS and RELIGION. Sure, killing kids is fine, just don’t put American boots on the ground! ‘We Won’t Die for Israel’: Military Members Seek a Way Out as U.S. War Expands.Pentagon Whistleblower Criticizes “Bloodthirst” of Iran War, Says Hegseth Is Enabling War Crimes – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQOYVX8fWiw Secretive tech mogul Peter Thiel brings his Antichrist lectures to the Vatican’s doorstep | DW News

EVENTS. Tell the Ukrainian Government to Drop Prosecution of Peace Activist Yurii Sheliazhenko

HEALTH. ‘Robust and consistent’ signal: Cancer mortality rates higher near nuclear power plants.

LEGAL. Iranian man freed pending further inquiries after UK nuclear submarine base arrest.

MEDIA. NEW FILM – ORWELL: 2+2=5. Orwell, Trump and the persistence of fascism: ‘He was giving us a warning’ – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tKAaEqoJq0

Fox News’ united front in support of Trump’s Iran war may be breaking down.

Israel’s primary role in Iran war scrubbed from mainstream media.

Pete Hegseth’s War on Journalists (and Iran Too).

Russia summons Israeli envoy over missile strike on journalists in Lebanon- Zakharova: “Cannot be called accidental”.

New Film: Earth’s Greatest Enemy

PERSONAL STORIES. The Warmongers Will Never Admit They Were Wrong And Will Never Learn From Their Mistakes.

POLITICS. Sizewell C Inquiry. The Deafening Abdication of Four Ex-Presidents on Trump. Republican Lawmakers Led By Nancy Mace Begin To Break With Trump On Iran War: ‘We Were Misled’. US Congress near totally complicit in Trump’s criminal Iran war.

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. Macron slams ‘unacceptable’ Israeli attacks on Lebanon. Iran’s Retaliation Reignites Discontent With US Military Bases in Middle East.

SAFETY. Nuclear Deregulation – DOGE Goes Nuclear: How Trump Invited Silicon Valley Into America’s Nuclear Power Regulator. IAEA Database: About 55% of Nuclear and Other Radioactive Material Thefts Since 1993 Occurred During Transport Nuclear plant told to improve after ‘near misses

SECRETS and LIES.Trump White House plagiarized Iran war manifesto from Israel-aligned think tank.Israel’s Mossad promised it could ignite regime change in Iran, says report.Tremors in MAGA: Joe Kent, the Iran War and the Antisemitism Smear.A MAN and woman have been arrested after attempting to enter Faslane naval base.

SPINBUSTER. On lost Iran war Trump mimicking Hitler’s delusion at end of WWII.

TECHNOLOGY. Inside the Dirty, Dystopian World of AI Data Centers. Next-gen nuclear has a chicken-and-egg problem. UK bets big on homegrown fusion and quantum — can it lead the world? The Depletion of Judgment Capital.

WASTES.

Decommissioning. ‘Significant milestone for nuclear sector’ as Hunterston B relicensed for decommissioning. Nuclear decommissioning in the UK.

A Sunken Nuclear Submarine Is Leaking Radiation Into the Ocean. How Worried Should We Be?

Fife Council approve Babcock plan for nuclear waste storage building.

This Infamous Radioactive ‘Tomb’ Is Leaking, And Experts Are Worried.

Drone video from inside a Fukushima reactor shows a hole in pressure vessel, likely fuel debris.

Third and final shipment of vitrified waste from the UK to Germany.

WAR and CONFLICT .

• Operation Epic Flurry. Iran says it never requested US energy strike pause: Escalation proceeding on all fronts.
• Donald Trump’s ‘new’ 15‑point plan is the biggest sign yet that Washington fears it is losing this war.
• Greenpeace warns Trump’s threat to bomb Iran’s power grid risks humanitarian and nuclear disaster .
• Operation Epic Fury and US Unreadiness for War. Trump’s battle plan for Iran.
• A War Built on Lies, Sold by Lobbyists, with Innocent Children as its Price.
• Why US likely losing war on Iran.
• Trump ready to put boots on the ground in Iran.
• No Good Exit
• Russian hospitals hit, strikes on kindergartens: Does Ukraine think everyone’s distracted by Iran?
• ‘Iran Posed No Imminent Threat’: Trump’s Counterterrorism Director Resigns in Protest.
• Iran Is Forcing The World To Care About US-Israeli Warmongering.

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. Israel wants to destroy Iran’s nuclear program- But should it have nuclear weapons itself?

Switzerland Just Exposed Project Ranger’s Weakness. Switzerland Blocks Arms Sales to U.S. Over Iran War.

UK’s Astute nuclear submarine timeline is very unlikely to be met.

A Remotely-Piloted Weapon That Targets Civilians in War Zones.

March 31, 2026 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Weekly Newsletter