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Another week in the non-corporate nuclear news

Website of the week – NUCLEAR WASTE WATCH

Theme of the week –  British Prime Minister to bow out just as his pet policy  -small nuclear reactors – is reaching crisis point – look out for the onslaught of panicky pro nuclear propaganda.
Some bits of good news – Heatwaves made the case for more urban green.     China restores over 10m hectares of desertified land in 14th Five Year Plan. Ghana launches mass campaign against neglected tropical diseases.

TOP STORIES.

 Empire Managers Invent Fake Threats So We Won’t Fight The Real Monsters. 
Record heatwave cripples Europe’s energy supply as nuclear reactors are taken offline.
When the right denies the true danger of heatwaves, ask yourself this: whose children’s lives is it willing to risk. 
Four US presidents steered European NATO into decline in furtherance of US proxy war against Russia.
American Sovereignty: The USA + Israel = The Department of Forever War.
We’re up against forces that have all the money in theworld’: Erin Brockovich on her battle against AI datacentres.
Israel Is An Apartheid State – And Its Weird Marriage Laws Show Us How.
US moves to eliminate longtime radiation safety principle for nuclear power.

Climate. World Bank drops climate financing targets following pressure from US. Will the heatwave spark action, or further inflame the culture wars?

 If you aren’t terrified by this heatwave, you should be.

AUSTRALIA. Pacific nuclear survivors urge Australia to sign and ratify UN treaty banning nuclear weapons ahead of key conference.

Friends of the Earth Adelaide has made a submission to the AUKUS Public Inquiry. 

Royal Commission on cohesion hears only half the story. 

More Australian news at https://antinuclear.net/2026/06/24/this-week-in-australian-news/

NUCLEAR-RELATED ITEMS

ATROCITIES. Obliterating Gaza’s Children: The Damning UN Report. The Gaza Ethnic Cleansing Agenda Continues To Roll Forward. They’re Still Pushing The Ethnic Cleansing Of Gaza. Netanyahu’s War on Humanity: Ethnically Cleansing the Palestinian West Bank.

CLIMATE. Swiss nuclear power station shut down as river warms.

ECONOMICS. Billionaire to invest £35bn in small modular nuclear reactors rollout across UK. EDF agrees to sell US, Canada unit to to private equity firm KKR – must raise cash to maintain its 57 aging reactors and finance the construction of six new units.

EDUCATION. University of Manchester and United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory (UKNNL) sign landmark nuclear partnership agreement.

ENERGY. The World Is Racing to Develop New Nuclear Fuels.

EVENTS. 30 July – WEBINAR (Free) – Is Nuclear Power the Solution to Climate Change?

INDIGENOUS ISSUES.Anishinabek Nation stands united in unequivocal opposition to the transportation of nuclear waste through the entire Anishinabek Nation territory.

LEGAL White Flag Judgments: Palestine Action, Protest and the UK Courts

MEDIA . CNBC Helps SpaceX Pull Off Trillion-Dollar Pump-and-Dump.  New York Times Reported Iran Deal From Pro-Israel, Pro-War Perspective.

OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . The Golden Rule and Crew are ready – Summer 2026 voyage.

POLITICS.

• The plot to subvert the  midterms is getting stranger and more dangerous. U.S.-Israel Military Merger Delayed: Here’s Why and How You Can Stop It.
• Say goodbye to independent assessments of nuclear projects in Canada. Nuclear Power is NOT the Solution – It’s the Problem! NO CANDU! Canada’s Nuclear Energy Strategy a “Cash Cow” for the Nuclear Industry.
• Jeffrey Sachs: The Greater Israel Project is Collapsing.
• Scottish National Party blocks new nuclear power. ‘Changes nothing’: Scottish government hits back at Westminster nuclear study. Westminster’s nuclear obsession will cost us dearly – Scotland. No nuclear energy in Scotland – Greens. MSP says ‘no’ to nuclear power plant as UK Government eyes Fife.
• UK: Inside Labour Together’s secret war against Jeremy Corbyn.
• New nuclear plants a difficult option for Switzerland.
• Lithuania to lift ban on nukes, president says. 

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.

• UN Peacebuilding Week: Military Expenditure Soars as Funding for Civilian Protection and Prevention Collapses.
• Poland revokes the Order of the White Eagle it had awarded to Volodymyr Zelensky.
• The state of nuclear power in 2026
• Russia Closes Border Crossings With Several NATO States After Finland Lifts Nuclear Ban.
• Iran trumps US on Hormuz.
• The AI Cold War: How Silicon Valley Is Selling Fear of China to Protect Its Monopoly. 

PUBLIC OPINION. Poll shows many Danes worried about planned nuclear reactors at Barsebäck, near Copenhagen.

RADIATION. RADIATION TRAINWRECK -NRC deregulating radiation standards? US looking at easing restrictions on radiation exposure at the nation’s nuclear power plants.

SAFETY. More issues reported during manufacture of Sizewell C’s reactor vessels than Hinkley Point C’s. Regulator says additional scrutiny was not required over Hinkley Point C bullying concerns.

SECRETS and LIES. We’re Expected To Remember October 7 But Never Ask Questions About It.

SPINBUSTER. Israel rebrands scheme to ethnically cleanse Gaza of Palestinians as ‘Freedom of Movement Plan’: Report. The new nuclear madness is climate criminality.

TECHNOLOGY. AI is changing biological and nuclear risks; governance must change accordingly. Gaza: How We’re Learning to see the AI-Driven Genocide. The emerging AI battlespace: Counter-AI threats to AI-powered satellite remote sensing analysis. Polish tycoon backs Britain’s £35bn mini nuclear reactors plan. – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2026/07/04/6-b1-polish-tycoon-backs-britains-35bn-mini-nuclear-reactors-plan/

WASTES
. National interest in nuclear site gets mixed reaction. Nuclear Waste Transportation and Burial Plan Could be “Pre-Approved.

WAR and CONFLICT. Europe and Russia Edge Toward Direct War as Nuclear Fears Grow. Russia hearing the European clamour for war, announces it is ready.

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. The Pentagon’s Budget Redirected Would Exceed Our Wildest Dreams. Starmer Lied: Britain Is Cutting £11 Billion from Frontline Defence What’s in Keir Starmer’s defence investment plan? Key points – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2026/07/04/3-b1-whats-in-keir-starmers-defence-investment-plan-key-points/ All of our submarines are missing.

July 5, 2026 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Weekly Newsletter