14 May – online event From Bombs to Data Centres: the Face of Nuclear Colonialism
By@GRNHM_NVDA, https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/from-bombs-to-data-centres-the-face-of-nuclear-colonialism-tickets-1987783314403?aff=oddtdtcreator
Overview
Dive into hidden stories connecting the UK’s nuclear history and the tech powering our digital world
The Western Shoshone are the indigenous population of the territory in Nevada occupied in the1950s by the US without Shoshone consent for a Nuclear Test Site. This site is where the UK tested (exploded) its Trident missile systems until as recently as 1991. To date, no formal monitoring of human health has been conducted, nor any tracking of impacts on local ecosystems. PM Zabarte has new information to share with the international community on the lingering presence of plutonium on Shoshone land, and evidence of an historic cover-up of radioactive contamination from the test site. Moreover, there are multinational consortia today proposing a vast nuclear waste dump, lithium mines, and nuclear-powered AI data centres on Shoshone and adjoining Native American territories.
The historic and contemporary exploitation of indigenous communities, cultures, and territories by imperial nations and extractive industries is increasingly a part of public discourse; however, the story of modern-day nuclear colonialism by the UK upon the Western Shoshone Nation is almost unknown.
Pine Ridge Uranium is the real threat, not Tehran
Black Hills Uranium Is More Dangerous. Tell Burgum: Stop the Extraction.
Trump is bombing Iran over uranium enrichment 6,000 miles away. He’s fast-tracking uranium extraction in the Black Hills on Lakota treaty land, above the aquifer that feeds Pine Ridge. Two fast tracks. Two manufactured crises. Both bypassing the consent of the governed. Tell Secretary Burgum the real uranium threat is here.
This administration has put two things on a fast track to destruction. One is a war in Iran. The other is a uranium mine in the Black Hills. Both manufactured crises. Both bypassing democratic oversight. Both moving at the speed of executive order, because if either one slowed down long enough for the people to weigh in, the answer would be no.
Congress never authorized the war in Iran. They’ve voted four times to stop it. Overruled. The Lakota people never consented to uranium extraction from treaty land. They’ve fought it for 20 years. Overruled.
On February 27, 2026, the U.S. Forest Service approved new drilling around Pe’ Sla — the ceremonial heart of He Sapa, the Black Hills — over formal tribal objections, with no environmental review, under a document falsely claiming there are “no known Native American or Alaska Native religious or cultural sites within the project area.” About land a half-mile from Pe’ Sla.
Now the Bureau of Land Management has opened a 30-day comment window on the Dewey-Burdock uranium project — 50 miles from Pine Ridge, in Lakota treaty territory. The 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty appears in the review exactly zero times. The document resolving cultural harm to Lakota sacred sites won’t be signed until six weeks after the comment period closes.
They will go to war over uranium in Iran. They will not protect our water from uranium 50 miles from Pine Ridge.
In the end, the only backstop on this runaway train is the consent of the governed. Use it.
Tell Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum:
1. Reverse the Pe’ Sla drilling permit — now
2. Remove Dewey-Burdock from the FAST-41 federal fast-track program
3. Suspend all extractive permits on treaty lands until full tribal consultation and a complete Environmental Impact Statement are done
The Black Hills are not for sale. Mni wiconi — water is life
Korean Atomic Bomb Victims Launch U.S. Speaking Tour
The International People’s Tribunal on 1945 US Atomic Bombings
Key Highlights:
- First- and second-generation Korean atomic bomb victims will undertake a U.S. speaking tour from April 21 to May 3, visiting major cities
- Survivors will share their long-overlooked experiences and call for a U.S. apology and compensation for the 1945 atomic bombings
- “Victims exist, but no one takes responsibility” — testimonies highlight ongoing inter-generational suffering and struggle for redress more than 80 years after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
- Organizers will invite global civil society to participate in the upcoming International People’s Tribunal on the 1945 Atomic Bombings (“A-Bomb Tribunal”), to be held in Seoul from November 13 to 15, 2026.
- A UN side event (April 30) and NGO presentation at the NPT Review Conference in New York (May 1) will address the issue of the long-overdue redress for Korean atomic bomb victims…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. https://abombtribunal.campaignus.me/34/?q=YToxOntzOjEyOiJrZXl3b3JkX3R5cGUiO3M6MzoiYWxsIjt9&bmode=view&idx=170803318&t=board
27 April – Bangor University UK Dr David Toke talks on Chernobyl & Fukushima
Come to Neuadd Rathbone, College Road, Bangor University, Monday evening
27 April at 6:00 pm to a special meeting organised by CADNO/PAWB to note
that 15 years have passed since the Fukushima nuclear disaster, and 40
years since the nuclear explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power station in
Ukraine which led to many European countries being polluted, including
Cymru. Photographs taken by the photographer Lis Fields of the effects of
the Fukushima disaster will be on display and we hope to have her company
online. The evening’s main speaker will be the campaigning academic, Dr
David Toke from Aberdeen University. David has written extensively about
the dangers of nuclear power and its extortionate cost. He also has strong
warnings for us about modular nuclear reactors such as the one Rolls Royce
wants to build at Wylfa
PAWB 10th April 2026, https://www.stop-wylfa.org/
14 April – Zoom -Nuclear Power is Not the Solution
Nuclear Power is Not the Solution – (Apr 15, 2026 01:00 AM in Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney)
Join the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) on Tuesday, April 14th for a timely webinar exploring the risks associated with nuclear power and challenging the myth that it offers a simple, safe, carbon-free solution to the climate crisis. Taking place in the context of the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and the upcoming Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference, this discussion will reflect on past lessons while looking ahead to a nuclear-free future.
Taking place in the context of the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and the upcoming Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference, this webinar will explore the risks associated with nuclear power and challenge the myth that it offers a simple, safe, carbon-free solution to the climate crisis.
Expert speakers include:
- Linda Pentz Gunter, Beyond Nuclear, highlighting overall dangers of nuclear power
- Dr. Paul Saoke, IPPNW Kenya, highlighting reflections from his 2025 book on extractive practices of uranium mining across the continent
- Tim Jusdon, Nuclear Information and Resource Service, highlighting nuclear power expansion in response to AI energy needs
- Vladimir Slyviak, Ecodefense, highlighting Zaporizhzhia and risks in war zones
- Moderator: Laura Wunder, IPPNW Germany
Petition to revoke the licensing of the Near Surface Nuclear Disposal Facility (NSDF) at Chalk River.
The word is getting around that dumping a million cubic metres of long-lived radioactive waste 1 km from the Ottawa River is not a great idea, particularly without the free, prior and informed consent of Kebaowek First Nation, on whose unceded territory this flawed project would be located.
A new e-petition calls on the Government of Canada “to issue a directive under Section 19 (1) of the Nuclear Safety and Control Act to order the CNSC to revoke the licensing of the NSDF at Chalk River.” A very good idea.The link is
https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7247
Just one small correction — most of the radionuclides in the waste will remain radioactive for millennia, so the radioactivity will not “wear off” in 300 years.
5 March -Online – Reversing nuclearization:
Reversing nuclearization:
From nuclear weapons in Belarus and NATO host countries to a European-Nuclear-Weapon Free Zone
Online: Thursday March 5
11am-12:30pm Eastern Time USA / 5pm-6:30pm CET
Commemorating the anniversaries of the 1954 Bravo nuclear test (Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day) and of Belarus’s 2022 decision to rescind its nuclear-weapon-free status.
Event outline:
The risks of a nuclear war by accident, miscalculation or intent have increased with various escalatory actions, including the US-Israel attack on Iran, deployment by Russia of nuclear weapons to Belarus, announcement by the U.S. President of a possible resumption of nuclear testing, expiration of the New START agreement and various provocative statements regarding possible use of nuclear weapons in current conflicts including in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The Human Rights Committee affirmed in October 2018 that the threat or use of nuclear weapons is “incompatible with respect for the right to life” (under the UN Convention on Civil and Political Rights) and “may amount to a crime under international law”, and that “all States must refrain from developing, producing, testing, acquiring, stockpiling, selling, transferring and using nuclear weapons.”
This has opened the door to raising the issue of human rights and nuclear weapons policies of specific countries in the Human Rights Council. A number of submissions to the Council on this issue have proposed the establishment of regional nuclear-weapon free zones in the Arctic, Europe and North-East Asia as common security approaches to the issue. These include a submission on Belarus’ nuclear policies.
March 1 is the anniversary of the Bravo Test – the most destructive nuclear weapons test ever conducted by the United States (in 1954). February 27 is the anniversary of the date in 2022 that the Belarus government changed the constitution of Belarus, rescinding its status as a nuclear-weapon-free country.
The March 5 event marks these two days, and revives the proposal originally made by Belarus in 1990 for the establishment of a European Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone. This was similar to other proposals for a European NWFZ (see A Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone in Europe Concept – Problems – Chances).
19 February – VIRTUAL EVENT-Decision Time: AI and Our Nuclear Arsenal
12:45 p.m. Central / 1:45 p.m. Eastern https://pages.thebulletin.org/ai-in-nuclear-command-and-control?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Can%20the%20%22ick%20factor%22%20stop%20alt%20meat%3F&utm_campaign=20260212%20Thursday%20Newsletter
Command and control of nuclear weapons is a delicate and complicated system, designed to prevent error while ensuring reliability under high-pressure conditions. In environments where vast amounts of data shape high-stakes outcomes, artificial intelligence has become a natural consideration.
The integration of a rapidly evolving technology raises fundamental questions about responsibility, data quality, and system reliability. When a single error could have irreversible consequences, how can confidence be built around the integration of machine learning into systems that have long relied on human judgment and oversight? What guardrails should be maintained? Where are there opportunities for international collaboration and consensus?
Join the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and the Outrider Foundation as a group of experts examine the current state of AI in nuclear command and control, identify where the greatest risks reside, and explore the policies that must be considered now to govern this technology in the years ahead.
12 February – Webinar The Big Push: New Nuclear Projects in Canada
Thursday, February 12, 7 pm Eastern | 2nd of 4 sessions in the 2026 Nuclear Waste Online webinar series
Join a webinar on the push for new nuclear generation in Canada. Go to Northwatch.org to register or use the registration link https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZfWOf1GITqSRIZX8CB-A9w
From construction underway for not-so-small “Small Modular Reactors” at the Darlington site to plans for new mega-reactors at the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station, Peace River and now Wesleyville, the nuclear industry is running a seeming juggernaut nuclear expansion campaign and governments are on nuclear spending sprees. Join this session to hear about nuclear expansion plans in Canada, from New Brunswick to Alberta.
This is the second in a four part webinar series.Join every Thursday in February. Go to Northwatch.org to register and for details of all four sessions.
Mayors for Peace Joint Appeal
January 20, 2026, https://www.mayorsforpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/file-2601-MfP_Joint-Appeal_January-2026_E.pdf
The milestone year of 2025—marking 80 years since the end of World War II and the atomic
bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the first use of nuclear weapons in human history—has come
to a close, and a new year, 2026, has begun. Over the past year, Mayors for Peace undertook a wide
range of peace initiatives. In particular, in August, the 11th General Conference of Mayors for Peace
was convened in Nagasaki City, where member cities from around the world engaged in extensive
discussions and renewed their shared determination to achieve a world without nuclear weapons.
Yet today, as power struggles over territory and economic influence initiated by nuclear-armed major
powers intensify, the global situation is growing ever more precarious. Distrust among states is
deepening, regional tensions are worsening in Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, and Asia, and
armed conflicts continue to spread, claiming the lives of countless innocent civilians. Moreover, as
the long-standing taboo against the use of nuclear weapons is being seriously eroded, momentum
toward nuclear disarmament and the abolition of nuclear weapons has stagnated.
Under these circumstances, the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START Treaty)—the
only remaining nuclear disarmament and arms control treaty in force between the United States and
the Russian Federation—is set to expire in February 2026. We strongly urge both governments, which
together possess approximately 90 percent of the world’s nuclear warheads, to continue to honor the
limits of the treaty on an agreed basis and to demonstrate commendable leadership by advancing
nuclear disarmament. At the same time, we are gravely concerned that the collapse of this significant
arms control framework between the world’s nuclear superpowers could trigger an intensified global
arms race, including in nuclear weapons.
January 22 of this year marks five years since the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
entered into force in 2021. This treaty, a powerful international norm that prohibits the development,
testing, use, and threat of use of nuclear weapons, is a ray of hope amid the present depressing
situation. It was born from the heartfelt appeal of the hibakusha— “No one else should suffer as we
have.” We call upon all states to acknowledge the catastrophic and inhumane consequences of nuclear
weapons and to sign and ratify the treaty without delay.
Comprising local government leaders responsible for protecting the safety and security of their
citizens, Mayors for Peace now includes approximately 8,600 member cities in 166 countries and
regions worldwide and has worked for over 40 years toward the abolition of nuclear weapons. We
urge all policymakers to make every possible diplomatic effort to pursue the peaceful resolution of
conflicts through dialogue and to take concrete steps toward the realization of a peaceful world free from nuclear weapons.
MATSUI Kazumi , Mayor of Hiroshima , President of Mayors for Peace
SUZUKI Shiro
Vice President of Mayors for Peace
Mayor of Nagasaki
31st January – Challenging the War Machine – a DECLASSIFIED SUMMIT
DECLASSIFIED SUMMIT – https://secure.declassifieduk.org/page/180663/event/1?ea.tracking.id=496tbt7d&ea.url.id=8990610
Declassified UK will host its first ever summit, Challenging the War Machine, on Saturday 31 January 2026 at EartH in Dalston, London.
The one-day summit will bring together journalists, activists, academics, campaigners and members of the public to examine how the UK’s war machine operates and, crucially, how we challenge it.
Challenging the War Machine is open to anyone interested in understanding the structures and systems that underpin the drive to war, and how we challenge it. We will firstly assess the crisis we are in and thereafter we’ll be answering questions such as –
How do we challenge the drive to war? How do we challenge the propaganda machines of the legacy media & cultivate independent media? How do we challenge UK support for Israel? How do we build an active majority against war and militarism?
Challenging the War Machine marks a major milestone for Declassified UK, bringing its reporting off the page and into a shared physical space for dialogue.
The summit will feature Declassified UK journalists and contributors alongside a wide range of independent media organisations and movement groups, including:
Organisations – Action on Armed Violence, Alborada, CAAT – Campaign Against the Arms Trade, CND – Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Code Pink, Demilitarise Education, Drone Wars, Forces Watch, IMA – Independent Media Association, Irish Pages Press, Media Revolution, New Internationalist, PYM – Palestinian Youth Movement, Red Pepper Magazine, Shadow World Investigations, Stop The War, The Bristol Cable, The Canary.
Speakers – Ahmed Alnaouq, Alex Gordon, Andrew Feinstein, Anna Stavrianakis, Chris Kunzler, Dan Lambert, Des Freedman, Hamza Yusuf, Inès Khoury, Jason Hussein, Kate Hudson, Laura Webster, Lindsay German, Lowkey, Pablo Navarrete, Peter Oborne, Shahd Abusalama, Sophie Bolt.
The Declassified UK team – Mark Curtis, Laura Pidcock, Vicki Thomas, Phil Miller, John McEvoy, Dania Akkad, Martin Williams, Alex Morris and Hanna-Johara Dokal.
Join us – 9.15am-6pm | 31 January 2026 | EartH, Stoke Newington Rd, London N16 8BH
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No solutions for nuclear waste – no new nuclear power plants!
Greenpeace Switzerland, November 30, 2025
To date, there is no long-term safe solution for the storage of nuclear waste anywhere in the world. This is shown in a new study commissioned by Greenpeace Switzerland. It makes clear that the option planned in Switzerland—burying the nuclear waste in a clay layer north of the cantons of Zurich and Aargau—is fraught with numerous uncertainties.
Here are three reasons why Switzerland must phase out nuclear power as quickly as possible and reduce the production of highly radioactive waste.
1. Burying nuclear waste is not a solution
The Greenpeace study summarizes the findings of over 800 scientific papers on the deep geological disposal of highly radioactive nuclear waste from the last 15 years. It reveals several new problems that are still poorly understood even by experts. These include phenomena such as the mutual weakening of various safety barriers, as well as processes (such as heat and radiation exposure, colloids, cracks, etc.) that could accelerate the spread of radioactive materials in the soil and groundwater.
Overall, it is clear that none of the “solutions” discussed so far for the deep geological disposal of these highly radioactive materials – neither in clay nor in granite formations – can guarantee that the radioactivity will remain safely contained in the long term. This finding is particularly worrying given that the Federal Council is considering a return to nuclear energy.
2. Swiss deep geological repository does not meet safety requirements
The report questions the safety of the planned deep geological repository. The National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste (Nagra) intends to store the highly radioactive waste in thick-walled steel containers, which are to be embedded in an Opalinus Clay layer at a depth of approximately 900 meters. The repository is designed to contain the radioactivity for one million years.
However, the study shows that certain processes could undermine the safety of the repository after only 1,000 or 2,000 years. Given these uncertainties, the optimism of the project’s proponents seems disconcerting.
The Federal Council also seems keen to present the public with a final plan as quickly as possible – for political and financial reasons. In other words, the problem should be resolved as quickly as possible in order to revive nuclear energy in Switzerland.
This is dangerous: We must not make any hasty decisions.
3. The safest way: No new waste – therefore no nuclear power
The reality is that Switzerland currently lacks a safe solution for the long-term storage of high-level radioactive waste. Continuing to pursue the planned deep geological repository in the Northern Lägern region, despite so many doubts, is not a good idea.
Furthermore, there is no disposal strategy whatsoever for a potential new reactor – a point that neither the Federal Council nor the proponents of nuclear energy ever openly address.
Given this situation, we must stop the production of highly radioactive waste as quickly as possible and prevent the problem from worsening through new nuclear power plants. Therefore, please sign our petition: https://www.greenpeace.ch/de/handeln/atomkraft-nie-wieder/
Week of Protest sees 100 Actions Demanding No War with Venezuela.
Protest actions took place in 100 locations during the week of November 15 – 23. Protests occurring across the U.S. and Canada as well as in Australia, Britain, the Dominican Republic, Germany, Greece, Mexico, Napal and Pakistan. In the U.S., protesters also called for an end to federal troops in our streets and a number of protests also raised the issue of ending the genocide in Gaza and Sudan. Click here to see a list of the actions.
Holding the Memories Webinar
| Join us for our webinar co-hosted with Labrats, Holding the Memories: Communities Leading the Fight for Nuclear Archival Justice a panel presentation exploring barriers to accessing nuclear archives and expose the power of community-held memory. |
WHEN
NEW YORK Wednesday November 19, 4pm, EST
LONDON Wednesday November 19, 9pm, GMT
MELBOURNE Thursday, November 20, 8am, AEST
FIJI/MARSHALL ISLANDS Thursday 20 Nov – 9am FJT & MHT
For more timezones please view here
View or event on our new website and help us share the webinar out on Instagram, Facebook & Linkedin
REGISTER – https://events.humanitix.com/holding-the-memories
Featuring:
- Dimity Hawkins (Nuclear Truth Project, Australia)
- Alan Owen (LabRats International, UK)
- Karina Lester (Yankunytjatjara-Anangu community leader, Australia)
- Dr Chris Hill (University of South Wales, UK)
- Dr Jon Hogg (University of Liverpool, UK)
Building on the Nuclear Truth Project’s Challenging Nuclear Secrecy report (2025), this international collaboration brings together affected community members, nuclear justice advocates and organisations from the UK and Australia.
The webinar will explore barriers to accessing nuclear archives and expose the power of community-held memory.
Focusing on British nuclear weapons testing in Australia and the Pacific (1952–1963), the discussion will focus on archival access as a core part of nuclear justice, victim assistance, and environmental restoration.
How do communities impacted by nuclear weapons testing overcome systemic barriers to accessing official records of harm to Peoples and Country?
Join us to learn how memory is held — and fought for — by those most affected.
22 October – Event for UN Disarmament Week -The Scientific Future of Nuclear War
Wednesday October 22. 10am New York Time / 4pm Central Europe Time
Join Youth Fusion and Dr. Maria Cetto, esteemed Youth Fusion Elder and newly appointed expert to the UN Independent Scientific Panel on the Effects of Nuclear War. This critical initiative, announced by the UN Secretary-General, is currently working to assess the devastating global consequences of nuclear war and produce a report to guide international action.
We will explore how the risks of nuclear war and approaches to preventing it are perceived across generations and how scientific evidence and advocacy efforts intersect to inform public awareness and political action. Dr Cetto and Youth Fusion will be joined by Emilio Meryn, a young Cambridge physicist, and advocacy representatives, creating a cross-disciplinary and intergenerational exchange.
For more information contact Camilla Braito.
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