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The definitely unofficial nuclear news for the week ending 11 July

Some bits of good news –    Scientists hailed the world’s ‘greatest forest recovery’.       Blue and fin whales are returning to seas that whaling emptied. 

Ugandan Coffee Growers Shrug Off Drought Thanks to Regenerative Agriculture

  Can provocative climate messaging on OnlyFans cut through social media’s noise?

TOP STORIES.
 Here’s why Labour’s nuclear plans are wrong for Scotland – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2026/07/11/2-a-heres-why-labours-nuclear-plans-are-wrong-for-scotland/.

NATO vassals buy Trump ‘unity’ with $160 billion bribe. 

NATO IS FAILING UKRAINE. 

Flatteries and falsehoods – A multi-million dollar PR campaign can’t hide nuclear power’s ugly truth. 

Trump Sweetens the Nuclear Energy Pot, But Will Anyone Play?.

Climate. The cities most at risk from extreme heat, ranked.                 The Heat Is the Story—Climate Change Is the Cause. If this is Climate Change, then bring it on!’ (NOT!)

Noel’s notes. As UK’s Prime Minister fades away, will his beloved Small Nuclear Reactor dream fade too?

AUSTRALIA.

  More Australian news at https://antinuclear.net/2026/07/08/australian-nuclear-related-news-week-to-11-july/

Cooperation yes, uranium no: planned uranium sales to India would facilitate certain nuclear waste and risk and possible nuclear weapons. 

Former WA health chief warns AUKUS inquiry of ‘nuclear disaster waiting to happen’  

23 July Nuclear Weapons Survivors film screening – Adelaide!   

Vile abuse, targeted by Murdoch – The cost of speaking out against Israel. 

NUCLEAR-RELATED ITEMS

ATROCITIES. The Zionist Plan for a Concentration Camp in Gaza.

CLIMATE. Scottish climate campaigners condemn new nuclear power plans.ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2026/07/09/2-b1-scottish-climate-campaigners-condemn-new-nuclear-power-plans/

ECONOMICS.

• Local protests derail US data centre ‘monstrosity’ backed by Wall Street giant.
• Nuclear Propulsion in Shipping: Challenges Ahead.
• The UK’s countryside could be filled with small nuclear reactors after billionaire announces £35bn new investment. Great British Energy –  Nuclear offers £1bn contract for SMR partner. SGE unveils plans for 4.2GW UK Small Modular Reactor fleet. AtkinsRéalis (formerly SNC Lavalin) signs Sizewell civil works agreement. Consultation to strengthen UK nuclear manufacturing.
• Marketing. Trilateral cooperation agreement on SMR deployment

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

ENERGY. The clear winner of Trump’s war in the Middle East is… China, says new report. £8.2bn Scottish datacentre development running out of steam?

ENVIRONMENT. Stirling nuclear site plan mooted in new report as politicians hit out -PICTURE We’re being asked to save two buckets of water a day.- meanwhile data centres drink a town’s worth

EVENTS. July 16 – 19H BST ATOMIC TIES Webinar!! PICTURE 19 July Livestream – A WORLD WITHOUT NUCLEAR WEAPONS

HISTORY. Why Israel fears a US-Iran Deal far more than Conflict.

INDIGENOUS ISSUES. Ainu land rights in crosshairs as Hokkaido communities debate nuclear waste.

LEGAL. Plaintiffs Demand Release of Critical Documents and Extension of Public Comment Period on Expanded Plutonium Bomb Core Production.

MEDIA. Francesca Albanese: “The World Is Not Sleeping—It Is Looking Away”.

POLITICS.

• USA Report From House Dems: Trump Used 250th Planning to Hide Corruption.
• Clearwater ship has been ejected from 250 Hudson sail by US government.
• UK Labour ‘scaremongering’ to push Scotland into new nuclear, experts say -ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2026/07/11/2-b1-labour-scaremongering-to-push-scotland-into-new-nuclear-experts-say/ SNP call for temporary ban on AI data centre developments- ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2026/07/10/1-b1-snp-call-for-temporary-ban-on-ai-data-centre-developments/.  Scotland could freeze datacentre projects in challenge to UK’s AI strategy.                                                                                                        UK Government scraps public consultation on data centres and major infrastructure projects. MSP says ‘no’ to nuclear power plant as UK Government eyes Fife. Dunfermline MSP speaks out at possible Longannet nuclear site.
• Canada Canadian nuclear site question would become ‘how’ not ‘whether’ under new law . Radioactive Taxpayer Cash Cow, Canada 2026.
• This EU state’s anti-Russian crusade has become a strategic dead end.

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. Zelensky honoring Ukrainian WWII fighters who massacred Poles and Jews not a good way to get Polish help in lost war against Russia. Deferring a Crisis: The Iran-US Ceasefire Cracks. As in Gaza, the Israel-Lebanon ‘peace’ agreement is designed to fail 

RADIATION. Changes to radiation protection in the USA -could have been worse but are still bad

SAFETY. Extensions to improvement notices following asbestos shortfalls at Torness. Sizewell B nuclear power plant granted a 20-year life extension.

SECRETS and LIES. Revealed: Cleaning up: Ukrainian Woman suspected of Monaco bombing found shot dead near Kyiv. Labour minister dodges question on SNP Government and UK nuclear plans – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2026/07/11/2-b1-labour-minister-dodges-question-on-snp-government-and-uk-nuclear-plans/ landmark Scottish AI project has no prospect of meeting renewables promise. GBE-N ‘doesn’t hold’ breakdown of proposed £20bn budget for SMR contract.

SPACE. SpaceX just launched the 1st-ever nuclear-powered commercial satellite. We condemn the attempted offshore rocket launch by the military, Hanwha, and the Jeju Provincial Government!.

SPINBUSTER. The Patriot Trap.

TECHNOLOGY. Agreement could see Odin prototype microreactor built at Berkeley. New images reveal details about Last Energy’s Welsh micro reactor plans.

WASTES. Spent fuel emerges as weak point in Japan’s nuclear renaissance.. Japan begins 21st release of Fukushima nuclear-contaminated wastewater into ocean.

WAR and CONFLICT. U.S. launches ‘powerful strikes’ on Iran after tanker attacks in Strait of Hormuz. Gaza’s 1000-Day Siege: A Catastrophic Humanitarian Collapse Across Health, Food, and Human Life. Israel isn’t leaving Lebanon and Syria may be next. As America Celebrates 250 Years, More U.S. Troops Are Refusing to Fight.

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. Cut the Pentagon, Save the Planet: The $1.5 Trillion Climate Solution We Can’t Ignore. Trump Says He Supports Ukraine’s Long-Range Attacks Inside Russia, Will Allow Ukraine To Produce Patriot Missiles. The hypersonic hypocrisy of Pacific nuclear politics. Hawaii Bearing Huge Brunt of U.S. Military Buildup Directed Against China. As Hawaii Hosts International War Games, Residents Question Costs of Militarism.

July 13, 2026 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Weekly Newsletter