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Nuclear-related news – week to 2 May

Some bits of good news –  
Nightingales coming back to England     
An infectious eye disease was eradicated in Australia.  57 governments gathered for the first
 conference on transitioning away from fossil fuels.  
(These 3 articles come from Positive News – a helpful. positive resource)

TOP STORIES. 

Adi Roche: My nightmare is that the next Chernobyl event occurs at Chernobyl itself.
Yanis Varoufakis on Palantir and its 22 points.
Charles III and Britain’s pathological obsession with Russia. 
Genocide—and Complicity: Washington Insider Says the Word They Avoid – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iCZtbIPmss 
From the 1953 Coup to Today: Jeffrey Sachs Explains America’s Endless War on Iran.

Climate. Hope is contagious and science is king: 10 big lessons on ending the fossil fuel era. Nations have chance to break ‘fossil fuel mindset’: Mary Robinson. 

Toxins plus climate harms likely cause of reduced fertility, study finds.

Noel’s notes. If scientific facts are uncomfortable to us, well don’t worry – they can be changed.

AUSTRALIA.How AUKUS is Becoming the Largest Wealth Transfer in Australian History – and Why the Government Won’t Tell You the Cost.

 UK parliament’s AUKUS inquiry report questions if Britain can keep nuclear submarine promises.

 Antisemitism Royal Commission dilemma: not all Jews think the same. 

The Enforcement- The lobby that bought Australian democracy. Antisemitism and Israel: A challenge to the Australian narrative.

Australia’s “Antisemitism Envoy” Makes It Clear That Israel’s Critics Are The Real Target. 

More Australian news at https://antinuclear.net/2026/04/28/australian-nuclear-related-news-week-to-2nd-may/

NUCLEAR-RELATED ITEMS

ATROCITIES. Settler pogroms in Palestine are part of Israel’s illegal expansion policy. Obliteration Ecocide from Gaza to Lebanon and Beyond.

ECONOMICS. Nuclear Fusion’s Funding Rush Comes With a Catch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAJTkL99anI Norway says “nuclear renaissance” too expensive. EU economic sanctions ramp up NATO war plan on Russia.  The US Tech Giant Where Employees Wear Israeli Defense Fprce Uniforms To Work

ENERGY. Renewables Mix Beats Nuclear on Price in Future Energy Systems. Perspectives on nuclear power.

ENVIRONMENT. The Buzz About Chornobyl, 40 Years Later – How Do We Tell the Bees?

ETHICS and RELIGION. US and Israel Claimed to Be Fighting for Iranian Minorities — While Bombing Them. Trump to America…’No dough for the Commons. I need it for my criminal wars’. Who Decides What Is a Just War? – Imperial Violence and the Lies We Tell About Peace.

EVENTS. 19 May – Webinar- Webinar: No Nuclear Weapons in Australia

HEALTH. LEST WE FORGET – REMEMBERING THE HUMAN IMPACT OF THE CHORNOBYL DISASTER.

MEDIA. Israel Kills Journalist in Lebanon After “Hunting” Down Her and a Colleague. Nuclear Abolition- A Scenario

PERSONAL STORIES. ‘I miss our land. Chernobyl broke us’: The families who lost their homes after world’s worst nuclear accident. No contact, no fresh air: 206 days aboard a nuclear submarine. Is President Trump mentally unstable? (Part 2).

POLITICS.

• What are Palantir’s 22 points?
• Entire NSF science advisory board fired by Trump administration.
• Key US science panels are being axed — and others are becoming less open.
• Dangerous and expensive, nuclear power is a dead end for Scotland – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2026/05/02/4-b1-dangerous-and-expensive-nuclear-power-is-a-dead-end-for-scotland/
• Why should Scotland wait 15 years for nuclear power we don’t need?
• UK nuclear industry in lobbying blitz ahead of Scottish election – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2026/04/29/1-a-uk-nuclear-industry-in-lobbying-blitz-ahead-of-scottish-election/
• Rosyth councillor Brian Goodall wants public consultation on Trident nuclear submarines. 

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.

• Iran’s Supreme Leader Says It Won’t Give Up Nuclear Assets In Rare Public Statement.
• State Dept. spills the beans…’Bibi made Trump do it’
• Starmer’s Talking Points: King Charles III Visits Washington.
• In the Strait of Hormuz, Iran Is the Pretext—China Is the Target.
• Jeffrey Sachs: Trump’s Failure in Iran Exposes the Crumbling Myth of U.S. Hegemony.
• American “Micro-Militarism: Or How Defeat in the Iran War Will Accelerate American Global Decline.
• A new nuclear arms race is accelerating – There’s only one way to stop it.
• Can the NPT Keep Nuclear Weapons from Spreading? (MBN)

PUBLIC OPINION. Poll Finds Just 4 Percent of Democrats Support Increasing Military Aid to Israel.

SAFETY. US to give $100 million to repair damaged Chornobyl nuclear shelter, Kyiv says. Inside Chornobyl: 40 years after disaster, nuclear site still at risk. More costs for Europe in the never-ending effort to keep Chornobyl safe. US NRC Approves 20-Year Lifetime Extensions For St. Lucie Nuclear Plants.

SECRETS and LIES. Three Recent Examples Of AI Being Used For Empire Propaganda. ‘Spies inside the Holy See’: Report reveals US espionage campaign targeting Pope Leo XIV. 40 years after Chernobyl, Stasi files reveal scale of Soviet misinformation.

SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. Satellites launched for coming war on China.

SPINBUSTER. Greg Jackson brands new nuclear a ‘fantasy future’.

WASTES. Inside the bizarre race to secure Earth’s nuclear tombs.

WAR and CONFLICT. ‘Spring 2026’ Flotilla Sets Sail From Sicily To Break Gaza Blockade.- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzP1tn_hEHc&t=95s Deadly strike by Ukraine at Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant as chilling warning issued.

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. Why Expanded Plutonium Pit Production is Wrong. Reining In The Pentagon – Can the Military-Industrial Beast Be Tamed? Iran didn’t have a nuclear weapon before this war – But you can see why it would develop one now,

May 3, 2026 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Weekly Newsletter