Shut down the radiation-damaged Heysham nuclear reactors now
The issue
On December 3rd, 2025, at 11:23 pm our house shook and we heard an explosive, grinding noise. We learnt it was an earthquake of 3.3 magnitude on the Lancashire and Cumbria border that was felt across the whole region. The nuclear power plants of Heysham 1 and 2 on the coast opposite Silverdale and on a geological fault line, were at the epicentre. Another lucky escape….
We the undersigned urge the closure of Heysham 1 and 2 nuclear power stations. These nuclear reactors are now 36 years old and have been given repeated life extensions above and beyond their ‘safe’ lifetime of under 30 years. The graphite cores are cracking due to 36 years of bombardment with radiation.
For many years Heysham’s nuclear reactors have not been fit for purpose, with embrittlement and cracking due to radiation bombardment. The solution from the Office for Nuclear Regulation has been to reluctantly adjust safety limits year on year to accommodate this increasing graphite degradation.
Given what is at stake – the safety of Lancashire, Cumbria and even our overseas neighbours – safety should override the monetary concerns of closure of 2 nuclear plants. But at Heysham, safety isn’t paramount.
The graphite has repeatedly come close to breaching safety levels, in which case the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) would have to prosecute or even shut down the plant. Instead, each time, the regulators have bent to requests from EDF energy, to increase the volume of “allowed” cracks.
What could go wrong?
Dr Ian Fairlie a consultant on radiation in the environment has said the worst case scenario could be that:
“cracks in graphite bricks affect stability of reactor core
● if sudden blockage of cooling channel, or outages, or sudden steam surges, or earth tremors – could result in a serious accident – ie releases of radioactive gases
● + if other safety systems failed at same time there could be a catastrophic accident – ie Chornobyl”
Every single minute that Heysham 1 and 2 operates is a gamble.
A major accident at Heysham would more than tip the balance of any financial concerns over closure. The fallout would cause enormous hardship in the rural and urban conurbations of Lancaster and the South Lakes with potentially disastrous impacts including financial, environmental and public wellbeing.
We urge the protection of Lancashire, Cumbria and our overseas neighbours by the closure of Heysham 1 and 2 now.
Notes:
Shutting down Heysham 1 and 2 reactors would not mean a major loss of jobs (there may even be more jobs) as the shut reactors would have to be looked after for another decade at least, even before the long process of decommissioning could begin.
December 3rd 2025 Earthquake https://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/25671677.everything-know-house-shaking-earthquake-south-cumbria/
Geological Fault rules out new nuclear build at Heysham say British Energy -2002 https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/5973788.fault-rules-new-build-heysham/
Office for Nuclear Regulation “Graphite Brick Cracking Network” https://www.onr.org.uk/our-expertise/our-research/graphite-brick-cracking-network
Heysham 1 Justifications for Life Extensions despite graphite degradation https://impact.ref.ac.uk/casestudies/CaseStudy.aspx?Id=37232#:~:text=The%20lifetimes%20of%20Hartlepool%20and,accurate%20determination%20of%20residual%20stresses
Office for Nuclear Regulation – Heysham 2 “Review and Consideration of EC 371321/371221 – Safety Case for Operation with Keyway Root Cracking Beyond a Core Burn-up of 16.5 TWd” https://www.onr.org.uk/media/voiegdi3/202406022-2.pdf
Heysham extension “deeply irresponsible” say Green Party councillors – Lancaster City Council https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/greens-concerned-over-extension-of-lives-of-heysham-nuclear-plants/
Endorse the Nuclear Abolition Day Appeal
15 October. Joint Appeal for Nuclear Abolition Day -presentation to the UN on October 15 will be live on UNWebTV
Endorse the Nuclear Abolition Day Appeal
Support for the Appeal: Alyn Ware
On behalf of the NuclearAbolitionDay.org Working Group
www.nuclearabolitionday.orgWe are delighted that the Appeal has been endorsed by more than 800 organizations and over 1400 individuals from 107 countries including Nobel Laureates, former high-level officials (foreign ministers, UN officials, military officers…), parliamentarians, local body representatives, academics/scientists, religious leaders, medical professionals, youth leaders, educators, business leaders, artists and many others from diverse fields.
On September 23, 2026 we sent the Appeal and list of endorsers to all UN Members via their Missions to the United Nations in New York, and also to Disarmament Divisions of many of the Foreign Ministries of respective States.
The Appeal was also widely discussed at Towards a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World, the global, online event which we organized on September 25-26 to commemorate the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. You can view opening statements at this event by:
- H.E. Izumi Nakamitsu, UN Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs;
- Michael Douglas, Academy Award Winning Actor and UN Messenger of Peace; and
- Hon. Oscar Arias, President of Costa Rica 1986 to 1990 and 2006 to 2010, Nobel Peace Laureate1987;
(Click on their name to watch their statement)
The recordings of the full sessions of the event are available at the Nuclear Abolition Day 2026 YouTube playlist.
Presentation of the Appeal to the United Nations, Oct 15:
Dr. Deepshikha Kumari Vijh, core member of the working group for the Nuclear Abolition Day, will present the Appeal to the 81st Session of the UN General Assembly First Committee (Disarmament and International Security). This committee is where UN Member States take action on disarmament issues. Dr Vijh will present the appeal to a special plenary of the committee on October 15th, in the afternoon session that runs from 3pm – 6pm Eastern Time, USA. You can watch the session and the presentation live on UNWebTV.
Nuclear Abolition Day quotes and social media action:
We thank endorsers who submitted quotes for Nuclear Abolition Day. These provide a wealth of reflection, ideas and inspiration for the global abolition of nuclear weapons. We also thank all of you who did the social media action Stop Nuclear Weapons: Peace is in our Hands – a positive, public action that was undertaken in a variety of interesting locations around the world.
Once again, we thank you for your action to promote nuclear disarmament in conjunction with Nuclear Abolition Day 2026. We encourage you to visit the Nuclear Abolition Day News page or subscribe to the UNFOLD ZERO newsletter for articles and updates.
Mushroom cloud rises over Liverpool as protesters call on Burnham to stop growing nuclear risks
Protesters from the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament have unveiled a 20-foot mushroom cloud at St. George’s Plateau in Liverpool, calling on the government to stop increasing the risk of nuclear war and to instead focus on the real security issues facing Britain.
Protestors performed a symbolic ‘die-in’ underneath the mushroom cloud, highlighting the accelerating threat of nuclear weapons being used again in war.
In fact, this year, the hands of the Doomsday Clock were moved to 85 seconds to midnight, the closest the Clock has ever been to midnight in its history. Atomic scientists say that the rising risks to humanity and the planet are due to countries expanding their nuclear weapons and the breakdown of international arms control treaties.
CND calls on Prime Minister Andy Burnham to reverse the deadly role that Britain is playing globally through expanding its nuclear capability and authorising US nuclear weapons to be stationed in this country. The action coincides with his first speech to the Labour Party Conference as Britain’s Prime Minister.
The government is pushing ahead with replacing Britain’s current fleet of nuclear-armed submarines and buying 12 nuclear-capable F-35A fighter jets from the US, both in breach of its commitments under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Last year, overwhelming evidence suggested that US nuclear weapons are now stationed at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk.
Hand-in-hand with this nuclear expansion, the government is increasing military spending whilst cutting spending to essential public services, overseas aid and climate action. The Defence Investment Plan, announced by the government in June, added an extra £15 billion to Britain’s annual military budget over the next four years. At least £7 billion of these increases have been funded through cuts to public services and climate action. Reports suggest the government plans to make even further cuts to public services in the autumn statement.
CND is calling on the government to reverse this deadly war drive and nuclear expansion and instead invest in saving lives not destroying them. These alternatives are laid out in CND’s new ‘People not Nukes’ report, which outlines how the £240 billion earmarked for Britain’s new nuclear weapons could be redirected into more productive areas of the economy which would transform areas like education, public health, and climate action.
CND General Secretary Sophie Bolt said:
“This protest is a wake-up call to the British government – who seem intent on dragging Britain towards nuclear war. Replacing Britain’s nuclear-armed submarines, expanding its nuclear capability by buying US nuclear-capable fighter jets – all this is increasing the threat of nuclear weapons being used in war. And it only ties us all the more closely to the Trump administration. Giving permission to the US to station its nuclear weapons in Britain makes us a target in any nuclear war between the US and Russia.
“War and militarism is only driving climate breakdown and a global recession. To reduce the threats we face, we need a total change in direction from Burnham’s government, focusing on dialogue and diplomacy, abiding by its international obligations to disarm its nuclear weapons and tackling the real security threats we face.
“Halting the replacement of Britain’s nuclear weapons would release at least £240 billion over the next thirty years. Our ‘People not Nukes’ campaign shows that, redirected, this money can help transform society, provide real security we need and help make the world safer. This is what Burnham needs to focus on.”
3 – 10 October -Keep Space for Peace Week
Every October the GN calls for global actions to support “Keep Space for Peace Week” https://space4peace.org/keep-space-for-peace-week/
In 1999 the United Nations General Assembly declared that October 4-10 every year would be designated as ‘World Space Week’ to “celebrate the contributions of space science and technology to the betterment of the human condition” – we ask people to recognise this as a time to Keep Space for Peace
Each year the GN provides a poster for use to highlight the Week of Actions and posts a list of the actions organised by our members.
The Global Network’s annual Keep Space for Peace Week comes at a time when the Trump administration is moving to spend trillions of ‘unavailable dollars’ on his new pet project – Golden Dome. We are now facing the latest twist in the big-tech agenda for war in and from space.
Pistol Pete Hegseth has declared that the US must dominate space and has no ‘interest in orbital equity or orbital parity’. These words signal a dangerous declaration of coming space wars against nations like China, Russia, India and more.
Of course this will cost us the Earth in more ways than one.
The development, construction and implementation of the proposed systems would generate thousands of tons of CO2 and accelerate climate change. The rocket launches involved would also degrade the ozone layer and pollute the ground and upper atmosphere.
In addition, the American Physical Society has estimated that the cost of Golden Dome would be trillions. Trump has said he wants to add Canada to the coverage area and even hinted adding Europe. Each addition adds massive costs to the proposed project which only makes the aerospace industry happy.
Trump recently stated that the Congress must vote to turn over Medicare and Medicaid coverage to the states because the feds can’t afford these vital programs due to our current wars. States don’t have the funds either!
This brutal austerity agenda includes privatising the Veterans Administration, Post Office, Social Security and selling off national parks and forests.
We urge you to help the Global Network during Space Week to illuminate these serious dangers and contradictions of the Golden Dome and the broader militarization and nuclearization of space.
One good resource is our library of videos on nearly every aspect of the space issue. It would help to share some of these between now and October 3-10.
Please spread the news, you can also download and use this years poster:
Health workers demand action against genocide and militarization at ManiFiesta 2026
At ManiFiesta 2026, health workers called for action against genocide and militarization, citing a professional duty to uphold the right to health.
Peoples Health Dispatch, September 20 2026, https://breakthroughnews.org/2026/09/20/health-workers-demand-action-against-genocide-and-militarization-at-manifiesta-2026/
Health is always a prominent topic at Belgium’s ManiFiesta, a two-day festival organized by the Workers’ Party of Belgium (PTB) in the beginning of September. Discussions range from the organization of health services or workshops led by progressive health organizations like Medics for the People (MPLP-GVHV) and Viva Salud. This September, the program covered local priorities such as health coverage and hospital reform – along with Israel’s ongoing assault on Gaza’s healthcare system and the threat of militarization across Europe.
Health workers should oppose rearmament
Addressing the question of why health workers should be concerned by Europe’s armament drive, Juliette Mattijsen of the People’s Health Movement (PHM), Nadja Rakowitz of the Association of Democratic Doctors (vdää*) in Germany, and Tim Joye of Medics for the People emphasized the different ways hospitals, health centers, and medical studies are being reshaped.
Not only are governments imposing cuts on health budgets to enable increased defense spending, as Mattijsen illustrated – some are structurally changing what the health system is supposed to be about.
As the Merz administration in Germany rushes to build Europe’s mightiest army, Rakowitz explained, it is tabling plans for underground hospitals and an overhaul of triage systems. The goal of these reforms is supposedly to ensure wounded soldiers – from a battlefield that still only exists in the imagination of regional politicians – are cared for swiftly and returned to combat as soon as possible. In Belgium, Joye added, plans are being circulated to introduce war medicine into medical school curricula, and professional congresses have made this their topic of choice.
If European governments have their way, the speakers warned, health systems in the region will increasingly lose their focus on patients and add further strain on service provision. To prevent this, the panel suggested, health workers themselves – nurses, doctors, dentists, and others – must mobilize and actively oppose this dangerous trend.
In Palestine, medics provide more than health care
At another panel hosted by Viva Salud, the focus shifted to Palestine. Gaza’s health services have been militarized by the Israeli occupation, which has turned health infrastructure and workers into direct targets.
Sama Jaber of the Awda Association and Hanne Bosselaers, a Medics for the People general practitioner who participated in the 2025 solidarity flotillas to Gaza, focused their interventions on the relevance of organizing and providing healthcare under occupation.
In Palestine, Jaber pointed out, the formation of medical practitioners is a collective feat. By persevering in their work during a genocide, health workers in Gaza are now giving back to the communities who accompanied them along the way. “Being a health worker in Palestine today means sharing genocide conditions, but also upholding the right to health,” she said.
For Bosselaers, the steadfastness of Palestinian comrades has been an inspiration since her first visits to Gaza approximately 15 years ago and the twinning process she supported with a health center in Beit Hanoun. Today, she emphasized, Israeli attacks have leveled Beit Hanoun to the ground – yet health workers have not given up their work.
Doctors and other health workers in Europe need to recognize this unbreakable spirit, Bosselaers said, and support their peers by joining movements at home. This should mean standing by Palestinians’ demands for liberation, she added, but also joining networks struggling against other forms of attack on healthcare: opposing commercialization, austerity, and militarization.
Call to support boycott, divestment and sanctions
Health workers around the world should direct their efforts into directly supporting the health system in Palestine, the panelists pointed out. This does not mean replacing hospitals with large international NGO operations or flying in and taking over, Bosselaers insisted, as is often seen in humanitarian medicine. Instead, she and Jaber suggested, the priority should be mobilizing against the occupation and campaigning for an end to Israel’s impunity.
In this, they echoed Palestinian physician and political leader Mustafa Barghouti, who addressed the panel through a video message. Barghouti invited health workers in Europe to stand firm in their support of Gaza, particularly by supporting boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaigns. By doing so, he said, they will also recognize the efforts of their peers in Palestine, who are doing more than healthcare today, “helping people persevere in their steadfastness.”
As the genocide continues, Barghouti insisted, health workers in occupied Palestine know their efforts are directed at supporting people in remaining on their land – starting from the most common health procedures. “If you help a woman safely deliver a baby,” he said, “you’re helping her stay in Palestine.”
People’s Health Dispatch is a monthly bulletin published by the People’s Health Movement and Peoples Dispatch. For more articles and to subscribe to People’s Health Dispatch, click here.
26 September International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
United Nations, September 2026
Achieving global nuclear disarmament is the highest disarmament priority of the United Nations. It was the subject of the General Assembly’s first resolution in 1946, which established the Atomic Energy Commission (dissolved in 1952), with a mandate to make specific proposals for the control of nuclear energy and the elimination of atomic weapons and all other major weapons adaptable to mass destruction. The United Nations has been at the forefront of many major diplomatic efforts to advance nuclear disarmament since. In 1959, the General Assembly endorsed the objective of general and complete disarmament. In 1978, the first Special Session of the General Assembly Devoted to Disarmament further recognized that nuclear disarmament should be the priority objective in the field of disarmament. Every United Nations Secretary-General has actively promoted this goal.
Yet, today an estimated 12,187 nuclear weapons remain. Countries possessing such weapons have well-funded, long-term plans to modernize their nuclear arsenals. More than half of the world’s population still lives in countries that either have such weapons or are members of nuclear alliances. While the number of deployed nuclear weapons has appreciably declined since the height of the Cold War, not one nuclear weapon has been physically destroyed pursuant to a treaty. In addition, no nuclear disarmament negotiations are currently underway.
Meanwhile, the doctrine of nuclear deterrence persists as an element in the security policies of all possessor states and many of their allies. The international arms-control framework that contributed to international security since the Cold War, acted as a brake on the use of nuclear weapons and advanced nuclear disarmament, has come under increasing strain. On 2 August 2019, the United States’ withdrawal spelled the end of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, through with the United States and the Russian Federation had previously committed to eliminating an entire class of nuclear missiles. Furthermore, the Russian Federation announced on 21 February 2023 that it will suspend its participation in the Treaty on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (“New START”). The extension of New START until February 2026 had provided an opportunity for the possessors of the two largest nuclear arsenals to agree to further arms control measures, however it expired on 5 February 2026 without a successor arrangement. Consequently, for the first time since the 1970s, no agreed limits constrain the strategic nuclear arsenals of the United States and the Russian Federation.
Frustration has been growing amongst Member States regarding what is perceived as the slow pace of nuclear disarmament. This frustration has been put into sharper focus with growing concerns about the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of the use of even a single nuclear weapon, let alone a regional or global nuclear war.
The General Assembly commemorates 26 September as the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. This Day provides an occasion for the world community to reaffirm its commitment to global nuclear disarmament as a priority. It provides an opportunity to educate the public – and their leaders – about the real benefits of eliminating such weapons, and the social and economic costs of perpetuating them. Commemorating this Day at the United Nations is especially important, given its universal membership and its long experience in grappling with nuclear disarmament issues. It is the right place to address one of humanity’s greatest challenges; achieving the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons.
In accordance with General Assembly resolution 68/32 and subsequent resolutions, the purpose of the International Day is to further the objective of the total elimination of nuclear weapons through enhancing public awareness and education about the threat posed to humanity by nuclear weapons and the necessity for their total elimination. In so doing, it is hoped that these activities will help to mobilize new international efforts towards achieving the common goal of a nuclear-weapon-free world……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… https://www.un.org/en/observances/nuclear-weapons-elimination-day
Memories of Greenpeace and its anti-nuclear campaign
By Sarah Millington, 16 Sept 26, https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/26552830.memories-greenpeace-anti-nuclear-campaign/
GREENPEACE Day is observed every year on September 15, marking the 1971 voyage that launched the global environmental organisation.
A group of activists sailed from Vancouver, Canada, to protest against US nuclear weapons testing at Amchitka Island in Alaska.
Although they did not stop the test itself, their dramatic action attracted international attention and marked the birth of what would become one of the world’s most influential environmental organisations.
Greenpeace has a long association with Cumbria through its anti-nuclear campaigning around Sellafield. For decades, the organisation has raised concerns about radioactive waste, nuclear fuel reprocessing and the environmental impact of operations at the site.
In April 1995, around 250 Greenpeace activists entered and occupied parts of the Sellafield reprocessing plant in a protest timed to coincide with international nuclear non-proliferation talks.
PLEASE OPPOSE HR 8255 AND S.3639 – bills would accelerate satellite deployment, with no environmental review or safeguards
15 Sept 26, https://ncstd5li.quorum.us/campaign/169331/
Why It Matters:
US Congress is fast-tracking two bills — HR 8255 and S.3639 — to launch of hundreds of thousands of satellites without any meaningful health or environmental review.
These bills would accelerate satellite deployment despite a myriad of potential yet unexamined harms. Applications for a million orbital data centers have already been submitted to the FCC. The number of total satellites under review by the FCC for all purposes is much greater. Yet the FCC has no meaningful process for health or environmental review. The FCC has NEVER assessed the health or environmental impacts of satellites, and the GAO has already found that this outdated approach needs to be reexamined. These bills would further incentivize the FCC to continue to ignore otherwise legally required analysis and public involvement on environmental and human health impacts.
Effects from satellites include:
- Significant increase in electromagnetic radiation, which in turn raises the risk of harm to people, animals and plants
- Toxic metals released when satellites burn up, poisoning air, food and water
- More rocket‑fuel pollution already appearing in ecosystems
- Severe orbital crowding — Starlink logged 25,000 collision‑avoidance maneuvers in 6 months
- Hundreds of thousands of satellites falling back to Earth each year polluting the earth
- Loss of dark, night skies with adverse ecological, biological, cultural and scientific effects
- More rare-earth mining, which is linked to unsafe conditions for workers and child labor
- No meaningful process for health or environmental review
What We’re Asking For:
Urge your U.S. Senators and Representatives to oppose HR 8255 and S.3639 by filling out the form.
Your Voice Matters:
Your outreach as a constituent directly influences how Congress evaluates and prioritizes legislation. By speaking up, you can help ensure satellite expansion doesn’t outpace health and environmental protections — and that these bills aren’t advanced without the safeguards our communities and planet need.
25 June – THE PUKE ON NUKES
Thursday, June 25, 2026
8 PM ET • 7 PM CT • 5 PM PT • 2 PM HST
Registration required: https://tinyurl.com/PukeOnNukes
Lynda Williams, from Nuclear Free Hawaiʻi — physicist, activist, journalist, and performance artist known as The Physics Chanteuse* — has written breaking investigative articles exposing NRC and DOE deregulation under Trump executive orders. She’ll break down what’s happening — from uranium enrichment in Paducah to DISA Technologies’ attempt to extract uranium from abandoned mine waste on Navajo lands to the Techno fascist billionaires building off-grid SMRs to power AI surveillance data centers.
She’ll also report on her experience serving on the Hawaiʻi state working group on the viability of nuclear energy and touring her one-woman show Atomic Cabaret, using music and performance to motivate political action.
Lynda Williams is a physicist, investigative journalist, activist, and performance artist known as The Physics Chanteuse. She has performed for scientists and general audiences around the world, touring her one-woman show Atomic Cabaret most recently in the UK and Europe. Currently, she is working on analyzing and writing about NRC and DOE deregulation, a video blog/podcast called Nuke Puke, and a memoir, The Physics Bitch.
Protect Sazan Island from the Trump family!
To Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama:“Do not let Sazan Island and the Vjosa–Narta landscape become the playground of billionaires. One of the last pristine sites in the Mediterranean should be protected, and ordinary Albanians should benefit from its natural beauty, not the ultra-rich!”
A few days ago, when locals went out for a walk along the pristine beach on Albania’s southern coast, they found large, barbed-wire-topped fences blocking their path. Heavy machinery was already tearing into the sand.
When citizens stood up to the private guards, they were violently dragged away. That’s when the protests erupted.
Nature is for everyone to enjoy, not a luxury commodity to be sold off to the highest bidder. And right now, Albanians are fighting for that right alone against one of the richest families in the world, the Trumps.
Let’s join their calls and help them deliver a massive victory for nature. When we hit 500,000 signatures, we’ll make sure Prime Minister Edi Rama sees it and demands a total halt to the project.
Mediterranean wildlife at risk
The 10,000-room luxury resort is going to be built within the Vjosa–Narta Protected Landscape, a critical habitat for more than 70 endangered species and over 200 bird species, including flamingos and Dalmatian pelicans. Its waters are among the last refuges for the endangered Mediterranean monk seal and an important nesting ground for loggerhead sea turtles.
Protest to be held at Calderbridge nuclear waste meeting
A PROTEST is set to be held in Calderbridge today, as concerned activists
ask why land off the Copeland coast is under consideration for an
underground nuclear waste store. Activists of ‘Lakes Against Nuclear Dump’
(LAND) have told Newsquest Cumbria that they will be protest outside the
Mid-Copeland GDF Partnership meeting at Calderbridge and Ponsonby Village
Hall today. Between 1pm and 3.30pm, the activists will be invited to join
LAND outside the meeting to colour in a giant postcard of an area off the
Copeland coast, which will then be handed to the partnership board.
Community partnerships formed in Mid and South Copeland in 2021 to speak to
residents about the Geological Disposal Facility (GDF), discussing the
potential economic benefits and its role in providing a permanent solution
for the UK’s radioactive waste. Meanwhile, Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) has
been conducting preliminary tests to determine whether the Mid Copeland and
South Copeland search areas contain the correct geology for the underground
nuclear waste store.
After narrowing its search to the area off the coast,
NWS has submitted a report to the Secretary of State for Energy Security
and Net Zero, Ed Milliband. Mr Milliband will hear that the area out to sea
could contain the necessary geology and it will be for him to decide
whether to progress to more detailed investigations. Mid and South Copeland
are now the only areas being considered for a GDF.
Carlisle News & Star 8th June 2026, https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/26169800.protest-held-calderbridge-nuclear-waste-meeting/
10 June – Assessing Canada’s Investments in Small Modular Nuclear Reactors
Join us for IPPNWC’s June Speaker Series! https://mailchi.mp/ippnwcanada/speaker-series-tonight-wq3kuusxkm-14196944?e=02ebf7a205
We are so pleased to be joined by MV Ramana and Gordon Edwards for our June Speaker Series, where they will present on “Assessing Canada’s Investment in Small Modular Nuclear Reactors. This discussion will expand wonderfully on the Dr. Ramana and Edwards’ presentations at IPPNWC’s prescription for health event the weekend prior, which you can register for here.
M.V. Ramana is the Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global and Human Security and Professor at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. He is the author of “Nuclear is not the Solution: The Folly of Atomic Power in the Age of Climate Change” (Verso books, 2024), “The Power of Promise: Examining Nuclear Energy in India” (Penguin Books, 2012), and co‑editor of “Prisoners of the Nuclear Dream” (Orient Longman, 2003). He is a member of the International Panel on Fissile Materials (IPFM), the International Nuclear Risk Assessment Group (INRAG), and the team that produces the annual World Nuclear Industry Status Report. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Leo Szilard Award from the American Physical Society.
Gordon Edwards is a mathematician, physicist, nuclear consultant, and president of the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility (www.ccnr.org). He is based in Montreal. As an educator, he aims to make complex nuclear issues understandable to those who are not trained in the physical sciences while adhering to rigorous scientific principles. As an intervenor for over fifty years in inquiries, proceedings and court cases in every province and territory of Canada, as well as in other countries, he has gained a reputation as one of Canada’s foremost independent experts on a wide range of nuclear issues. He served as science advisor to Physicians for Global Survival for many years
This event is a collaboration with our friends at Doctors for Planetary Health West Coast- thank you to Linda and co for your generous support in organising! We are also grateful to John Guilfoyle who will be moderating, and Tim Takaro will be joining to share a land acknowledgement- this month is a true team effort!
We hope you will join us June 10th at 5PM PT/ 8 PM ET! You can register for the meeting here. We look forward to seeing you!
Global Appeal To Endorse Palestinian Right Of Return Of Refugees
Workers’ World. May 30, 2026, https://scheerpost.com/2026/05/30/global-appeal-to-endorse-palestinian-right-of-return-of-refugees/
Please join the global appeal to organizations to endorse the Palestinian refugees’ call to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the enforcement of U.N. Resolution 194 pursuant to Article 15 of the Rome Statute Concerning the Ongoing Denial of the Right of Return of Palestinian Refugees by signing the following petition.
We, the undersigned, call upon the Office of the Prosecutor of the ICC to initiate an investigation pursuant to Article 15 of the Rome Statute into the ongoing crimes associated with the forced displacement of the Palestinian people and the systematic denial of their right to return to their homes and lands since 1948.
The mass displacement of Palestinians during the Nakba was not a closed historical event. The continued prevention of refugees from returning to their homes, villages and properties constitutes an ongoing and continuous crime under international law. This prolonged policy of exclusion, dispossession, persecution and denial of fundamental rights has subjected millions of Palestinian refugees to decades of statelessness, discrimination and injustice.
We affirm that the ongoing denial of the right of return may constitute crimes against humanity under the Rome Statute, including persecution, forcible transfer of population, apartheid and other inhumane acts. Furthermore, the continued destruction and depopulation of Palestinian villages and the systematic obstruction of return may also amount to war crimes and could rise to the level of genocide when examined within the broader framework of intent, destruction and erasure of a protected national group.
This petition further asserts that the ICC possesses territorial jurisdiction over these crimes, because their effects continue to extend into the territory of State Parties to the Rome Statute, including the State of Palestine and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, where millions of Palestinian refugees continue to reside.
We therefore urge the Office of the Prosecutor to:
- Recognize the ongoing forced displacement and denial of return as continuing international crimes under the jurisdiction of the Court.
- Open a preliminary examination and investigation into policies and practices that prevent Palestinian refugees from exercising their internationally recognized right of return.
- Accept and document testimonies of Palestinian refugees as part of an official legal process aimed at preserving evidence and advancing accountability.
- Uphold and reinforce the principles established in international law, including U.N. General Assembly Resolution 194, which affirms the right of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes and receive restitution and compensation.
- Contribute to international efforts seeking justice, accountability and a just and lasting resolution to the Palestinian refugee question.
We believe that justice delayed cannot erase the rights of millions of refugees whose displacement remains an open wound in modern history. The continued denial of return is not merely a political issue but a matter of international criminal accountability and fundamental human rights.
The voices and testimonies of Palestinian refugees must no longer remain outside the framework of international justice.
Palestinian refugees’ associations and depopulated villages in collaboration with One Democratic State of Palestine, Law for Palestine, have launched a global appeal to organizations (human rights, international law, Palestine solidarity movements and antiwar, anti-imperialist movements; labor, women’s and students’ unions; political parties and leaders) to endorse the Palestinian refugees’ call to the ICC for the enforcement of U.N. Resolution 194 by signing this statement at tinyurl.com/EnforceUN194.
7 June – WEBINAR -Get Inspired by Protests Against Military Bases!
WEBINAR – https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QOJuFnibTF6eUmBt-tL8-A
As militarization pushes itself into almost every corner of our lives, as weapons become more powerful, as military bases across the world become nuclear armed, we know this is not about defense. This is about imperialism hand in hand with capitalism. It is about land grabs, resource extraction, pollution and climate change. It is about turning our communities into targets and deforming the future of our children.
Many brave women across the world have stood firm to defy this onslaught of aggression. We bring you the voices of meaningful protest from some of those standing in the front line of defiance.
Saturday – June 6, 2026 – appr. 2 hrs including Q&A
16.00 Central European time (CET) – 10.00am New York time – 23.00 Tokyo time – 24.00/midnight Australia time
Speakers
· South Korea – Sung-Hee Choi – Women Cross DMZ – “People’s protests against the naval base and militarization of Jeju”
· Philippines – Corazon Fabros – IPB – protests against US military bases.
· New Zealand – Liz Remmerswaal – active in WILPF, World BEYOND War – videoclip/protests against US military bases
· Australia – Margaret Prestorius – Wage Peace – videoclip/ protests against US military bases
· Italy – Patrizia Sterpetti – WILPF – Public Prosecutor complaint/illegal
· Japan – tba possession and transfer of nuclear bombs
· UK – Sophie Bolt – Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament/CND – protests at military bases
· Germany – Kristine Karch – Stopp Air Base Ramstein – Peace week camp and demonstration at the base, June 2026
· Spain – Juan José Ruiz – active for peace – Neither Yankees nor Spaniards, bases out!
· France – Marie Sigogneau – Sortir du nucléaire pays nantais – Nuclear Exit Nantes Region – Protests against nuclear facilities
· Ireland – Veterans for Peace, Irish Peace and Neutrality Alliance – Edward Horgan – weekly protests at Shannon airport in 2025 and 2026
· Netherlands – tba
Organised by
Global Women for Peace United Against NATO – GWUAN
Supported by
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND)
No to War – No to Nato network
Stop Airbase Ramstein
Mujeres de Negro/Women in Black Madrid
WIPLF Italy
Sortir du Nucleaire Pays Nantais, France
Women for Peace – Finland
IWA – International Women’s Alliance
World Beyond War
United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC)
Host and moderator
Hosted by: UNAC
Moderator: Annachiara Canetta, World BEYOND War
on behalf of Global Women United for Peace against NATO
One linktree for all our media https://linktr.ee/WomenAgainstNATO
1 June Webinar – The High Cost of Nuclear Power
June 1 from 7:00 to 8:30pm.
Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility (GBPSR) invites you to hear our experts critique the misguided push in the U.S. to expand nuclear power and discuss how we can advocate for a better energy future together.
Come learn how nuclear energy will lead to unacceptable, unjustifiable and unnecessary health, safety and energy costs in Massachusetts and in the U.S. on a virtual symposium
Background: Nuclear power has significant economic, health, and environmental costs and poses safety hazards that far exceed those of any other type of energy. We will discuss why “new nuclear” is a poor investment for Massachusetts and for our country and how investing in nuclear power could interfere with the transition to an affordable, healthy renewable energy future.
Presenters:Dr. Philip Landrigan, Boston College, Global Public Health program Dr. Benjamin Sovacool, Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability Dr. M.V. Ramana, U. of British Columbia, School of Public Policy and Global AffairsModerator: Dr. Caren Solomon, Deputy Editor at the New England Journal of Medicine Register
1 This Month
23-25 October – on Zoom – World BEYOND War’s annual global conferenc
Shut down the radiation-damaged Heysham nuclear reactors now
To see nuclear-related stories in greater depth and intensity – go to https://nuclearinformation.wordpress.com
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