Nuclear news – NOT from the Military-Industrial-Nuclear-Media complex
I’m trying something a bit different this week – picking out a significant website. Also picking out a significant theme for the week –
WEBSITE – of the week – THE ONENESS of HUMANITY
THEME – of the week – Nuclear reactors shutting down because of climate change – extreme heat, but governments and the nuclear lobby enthuse over new nuclear reactors!
Some bits of good news –
Black Women Farmers Are Reclaiming the Land. Colombia passed a bill to outlaw Female Genital Mutilation. The global green economy has passed $10 trillion in value. How trade bans and local conservation helped save a dazzling blue gecko
TOP STORIESNuclear reactors taken offline in France, as extreme heat pushes river temperatures into danger zone.
In Historic First, Congress Passes Concurrent War Powers Resolution To End Iran War.
Senior U.S. Diplomats, Journalists, Academics and Secretaries of Defense Say: the U.S. Provoked Russia in Ukraine.
Ukrainian-Polish diplomatic crisis over Nazi collaboration exposes NATO war with Russia.
Rising to the challenge – building a global majority against war and nuclear weapons.
Nuclear powered shipping – a golden future or unrealistic claims?
Climate. ‘Extreme’ weather having ‘significant impact’ on Kent’s nuclear power stations.
Covering the Impact of Climate Change—Without Mentioning Climate Change.Noel’s notes. Memory politics – a tragic military strategy in Ukraine.
AUSTRALIA.
- Underestimating the potential impacts of attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
- The tragedy of AUKUS.
- AUKUS has a big waste issue – and not only money.
- Montebello nuclear test 70 years on: Australia still in the dark over UK mega-bomb.
- Australia’s coal and gas exports violate our human rights, group says in new UN case.
- AUKUS and democracy: why both matter.
NUCLEAR-RELATED ITEMS
| ATROCITIES. UN report finds Israel deliberately targets Palestinian children. Israel takes perverse pleasure in torturing, raping, and murdering Palestinian hostages. |
| CLIMATE.Climate change matters. High French river temperatures expected to limit nuclear power output next week. France tries to cope with second premature heatwave in less than a month. Bonn climate talks: Key outcomes from the June 2026 UN climate conference |
| ECONOMICS Bechtel opens Polish office to oversee country’s first nuclear plant, to cost $37 Billion. Sweden has agreed first financing package for new nuclear reactors, PM says US federal loan to jumpstart AP1000 reactor supply chain, with initial $17.5 billion . Governments would have to foot the bill for nuclear shipping. Why X-Energy Stock Collapsed 19.2% This Week. |
| EMPLOYMENT. The hidden reality behind Britain’s homegrown nuclear age – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2026/06/26/2-b1-the-hidden-reality-behind-britains-homegrown-nuclear-age/ |
| ENERGY. Even If the Strait of Hormuz is Open, it Ain’t Open. |
| ETHICS and RELIGION. Root Cause of Criminal War Against Iran: Islamic Law Prohibits Usury. |
| EVENTS. 1st July – Webinar Waste of Space: The Environmental Harm of Military and Civil Space Activity |
| HISTORY. ‘Poles, Russians, and Jews must be exterminated’: The bloody history of Zelensky’s heroes. |
| MEDIA. Edge of Armageddon: why does one of the world’s top thinkers believe we’re nearing nuclear apocalypse? |
OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . U.S. Military Bases Around the World Are Facing Growing Protest From an Emboldened Antiwar Movement.
POLITICS .
- Canada – Federal Initiative to Fast-Track Approvals for Deep Geological Repository a Betrayal of Public Trust.
- Canada Initiates Process to List Major [Nuclear] Projects under the Building Canada Act.
- The NDAA Proposed Merger of the U.S. and Israeli Military is Strategically Unwise and Inherently Unconstitutional.
- Congress Is Preparing to Surrender American Sovereignty on the Eve of America’s 250th Anniversary.
- Reality bites – by Walt Zlotow. Should the State of Israel be defascistized?
- Israel’s Suicidal Rupture with the U.S.
- The Persistence of Israel First. Republican, Democratic criticism of Trump’s Iran peace initiative promotes renewed war not peace.
- This Is Why Trump Was Necessary.
POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.
- Iran deal grants access to nuclear inspectors, IAEA chief says.
- The Collapse of the Sacred Alliance: How Israel Is Losing America.
- Vance: Israeli Officials Need To Realize Trump Is the Only Head of State Still ‘Sympathetic’ to Israel.
- Taking a sledgehammer to the nuclear nonproliferation regime.
- The end of the Polish-Ukrainian love story.
| RADIATION. Radioactive cesium from 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster spread over wide area: study. |
| SAFETY. Substation damage delaying operation of repaired Zaporizhzhia power line, says IAEA. |
| SECRETS and LIES. Pentagon raised threat of Israeli spying on U.S. to highest level, sources say. |
| SPINBUSTER. Words Matter: What does “De-Confliction” Even Mean? |
| TECHNOLOGY. Canada just lowered a 953-tonne slab of steel and concrete into a 35-meter shaft in Ontario and ended a decade of talk, starting the Western world’s first grid-scale small nuclear reactor – [Excerpt] |
| URANIUM. The IAEA Faces a New Nuclear Puzzle Inside Iran. |
| WASTES. CORWM visits Sizewell A and Sizewell B, –92% of pond low level waste is diverted to landfill. Finland buried nuclear waste in copper canisters 430 meters down, but the metal may not survive as long as the promise. Spent Nuclear Fuel Management – The Inventory .Status IAEA produces global mapping tool of used nuclear fuel. Decommissioning. Nuclear Autopsy for Indian Point Decommissioning? |
| WAR and CONFLICT. UN Experts Condemn US Attack on Iran Nuclear Facilities. Washington ‘ends’ Israeli freedom of action inside Lebanon: Report. If Russia retaliated… |
| WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. UK Tests Long-Range Missile for Ukraine. Congress Quietly Moves to Merge U.S. and Israeli Militaries. |
Non-corporate nuclear-related news this week
Some bits of good news – How To End A War: Lessons from Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Juan Manuel SantosMangrove forests stage a comeback. French Polynesia Protects Biodiverse Ocean Area Twice the Size of Arizona Teeming with Life
TOP STORIES. Reactor reboot at world’s largest nuclear plant highlights flaws in Japan’s radioactive waste plans.Is America ready for a nuclear explosion in space?
‘Burn for us’: The real message of US-EU ‘nuclear sharing’.
FIFA, Eurovision expelled Russia but Israel has Impunity.
Chas Freeman: The Greater Israel Project Is Collapsing Under the Weight of Endless War.
AI to double data centre power and water consumption by 2030, UN researchers say.
Climate. Record winter temperatures in Antarctic raise fears over speed of climate breakdown
AUSTRALIA.
- Technology unravels strategy and the weakness of AUKUS
- AUSTRALIA’S SECRET EMBRACE OF U.S. NUCLEAR PLANNING
- SUBMISSION: Radiation protection for workers and members of the public under AUKUS.
- Freedom Of Information to die? Albanese’s nuclear strike on transparency.
- From the archives – Freedom Of Information win as Information Commissioner rebukes Defence secrecy.
- Resisting radioactive racism in Australia.
- Nuclear test survivor’s daughter calls on First Nations communities to speak up on AUKUS
- Greens warn nuclear submarines deal risks war with China as Albanese says Aukus ‘full-steam ahead’ .
- Investigating the Foolish: The AUKUS Public Inquiry is Announced.
- More Australian news at https://antinuclear.net/2026/06/07/australian-nuclear-news-week-to-13-june/
NUCLEAR-RELATED ITEMS
| ATROCITIES. Visual data reveals extent of systematic Israeli white phosphorus attacks on south Lebanon: Report. More Palestinians killed by Israeli military and settlers across occupied West Bank in last 3 years since Gaza hostilities than previous 17 combined – Oxfam. Israel Has Engineered a Deadly Shortage of Medications and Health Care in Gaza. |
| CLIMATE. A nuclear war between India and Pakistan could destroy the ozone layer. |
| CIVIL LIBERTIES. Natasha Walter: Labour’s workaday repression of protest doesn’t alarm us – But it should. |
ECONOMICS.
- We economists have done the maths: ‘growth’ is a doomed strategy – there is a better way.
- Rolls-Royce strikes nuclear deal with Japan, likely to be tax-payer funded – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2026/06/14/6-b1-rolls-royce-strikes-nuclear-deal-with-japan-likely-to-be-tax-payer-funded/
- Campaigners demand answers over Sizewell C costs and completion date. Are the Sizewell C financing arrangements a model for other European countries? Sizewell C to move work offsite ‘as much as possible’ amid skills crisis. Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) defends Sizewell C funding which puts risk on taxpayer. – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2026/06/12/5-b1-department-for-energy-security-and-net-zero-desnz-defends-sizewell-c-funding-which-puts-risk-on-taxpayer/
- United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) commits £20M to UKI2S fund for fusion innovation .
- Screwed again: small investors to bail out billionaires from SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic.
| EMPLOYMENT. Planned strikes suspended at nuclear site. Industrial dispute on Hinkley C site sees large police presence. |
| ENVIRONMENT. Hinkley Nuclear plant could be delayed again by demands to protect fish – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2026/06/14/6-b1-hinkley-nuclear-plant-could-be-delayed-again-by-demands-to-protect-fish/ |
| EVENTS. 25 June- THE PUKE ON NUKES. 26 June – Radiation Trainwreck at the NRC / Join the Protect Better Campaign . Protect Sazan Island from the Trump family!. Protest to be held at Calderbridge nuclear waste meeting. |
| HISTORY. How Israel Planned The Gaza Genocide Decades Ago. How The CIA Conjured Ukrainian Nationalism. Tortured US history with Iran goes back 73 years, not 47. |
MEDIA.
- Western Media Normalize Ethnic Cleansing of Lebanon by Viewing It Through Israel’s Eyes.
- Media’s Ceasefire Fiction Masks Continuing War.
- Revealed: USAID, National Endowment for Democracy & Open Society Quietly Bankroll Cuba’s “Independent” Media In Push for Regime Change.
- Honorable Mention to “HIBAKUSHA – WANDERING SOUL“
| OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . Sizewell C: the Unanswered Questions. |
| PERSONAL STORIES. Stewart Lee: Quick – dangerous ideologies are storming the beaches – Has anyone reserved a sun-lounger? |
POLITICS.
ROSATOM report.
Trump’s Sedition Act for Israel.
Fusing the US Military and the Israeli Defense Force
POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.
- The view from Moscow: The future of nuclear arms control exists, but the path is hard.
- IAEA board passes resolution demanding Iran report uranium stocks.
- Is the Ceasefire Dead? (w/ Alastair Crooke) -The Chris Hedges Report.
- The Gazafication of Lebanon: How Israel Exports Destruction and Washington Protects It.
- Trump news at a glance: president claims Iran ‘no longer want a nuclear weapon’ amid peace deal hopes.
- 𝐍𝐄𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐘𝐀𝐇𝐔’𝐒 𝐆𝐀𝐌𝐁𝐋𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐃𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐈𝐃𝐃𝐋𝐄 𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓.
- ‘The Humiliation Just Compounds’: Trump Tells Netanyahu Not to Bomb Iran, Then Israel Strikes Anyway. Trump and Netanyahu: The odd couple.
- Why Europe Embraced Authoritarianism For Israel.
- International People’s Tribunal (IPT) invites representatives of the United States Government and the Government of the Republic of Korea to participate in Proceedings on Korean Victims of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic Bombings.
RADIATION. NUCLEAR HOTSEAT. Women, Children At Greatest Risk from Nuclear Radiation – UN Report by Mary Olson, Dr. Amanda M. Nichols
SAFETY.
- No electricity at Zaporizhia nuclear power plant after attack, IAEA says.
- Experts Warn Against Handing Impact Assessment of Nuclear Projects Over to Captured Regulator.
- Shipment of nuclear waste from Sellafield heads to Germany, raising safety concerns.
- UK to Extend Life of Sizewell B Nuclear Plant by 20 Years !
- The timeline for restoring operations at the Chornobyl nuclear waste storage facility following Russian shelling remains unknown – IAEA . Power returns to Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant after prolonged outage, IAEA says.
- Incidents. IAEA warning after drone hits used fuel facility near Chernobyl. Another deadly explosion casts shadow over Hanwha Aerospace’s cutting-edge image
| SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. Space Force needs to prepare for an ‘in-person’ moon conflict with China, new report argues. United Nations Open-ended working group on the prevention of an arms race in outer space in all its aspects (“OEWG on PAROS”) |
| SPINBUSTER. The push to lift Ireland’s nuclear ban: Going nuclear or nowhere? Beyond the Propaganda: The French Uniqueness and the New Nuclear Dead End – Excerpts at https://nuclear-news.net/2026/06/14/6-b1-beyond-the-propaganda-the-french-uniqueness-and-the-new-nuclear-dead-end/ Hegseth Compares D-Day Troops to Europe’s Migrants. Israel Could Solve Its PR Problem By Simply Ceasing To Be Evil. |
| TECHNOLOGY. Can small nuclear reactors deliver for Europe? Nuclear-fusion firm says plant will deliver electricity to grid — but big questions remain. |
WAR and CONFLICT.
- US Begins Another Round of Attacks on Iran.
- War crime -US ‘precision strikes’ cut water access to 20,000 people in southern Iran.
- Putin Powerfully Rebuffed The Hawks Who Want Him To Attack NATO.
- Russian drone hits nuclear fuel site near Chernobyl – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2026/06/12/5-b1-russian-drone-hits-nuclear-fuel-site-near-chernobyl/
- Battle for Kiev 2022: The Battle That Never Was [i].
Nuclear weapons spending surges to record high of $119bn, report says .
Britain has become third-largest nuclear weapons spender – CND. UK overtakes Russia as Labour hike nuclear weapon spend by 17 per cent. UK Navy nuclear submarine fleet stuck in dock while awaiting maintenance.
North Korea will never give up its nuclear weapons, says Kim Jong-un’s sister. Kim Jong Un vows to build nuclear-armed navy with ‘secret underwater weapons‘ as he tours warship with his daughter.
| WOMEN. A Collective Call by the Women of the World. |
An overdose of non-corporate nuclear-related news this week
Some bits of good news – Inside Germany’s ‘Schools Without Racism’ Letting a River Act Like a River
The Dartford Warbler’s Quiet Comeback
TOP STORIES.‘Serious incident’ at Europe’s largest nuclear plant – work to stop ‘accident’ ongoing.
The Karaganov Fallacy – Nuclear strike against Europe IS NOT the right answer for Russia.
Ukraine’s military has a real Nazi problem.
The atomic clock is ticking – ALSO AThttps://nuclear-news.net/2026/06/06/3-a-the-atomic-clock-is-ticking/
Climate. Wildfires devastating richer areas but fewer hectares burned globally – study.
Noel’s notes. The costs of nuclear wastes from “in service” nuclear submarines.
Why does Substack, like everyone else, want me to put an App on my phone?
AUSTRALIA
- Australian flotilla survivors describe ordeal after Gaza mission.
- The Virginia-class submarine deal exposes the real purpose of AUKUS.
- A brief history of Australia eating shit on AUKUS – ALSO AT https://antinuclear.net/2026/06/06/2-a-brief-history-of-australia-eating-shit-on-aukus/
- Will AUKUS keep us safe – at what cost?
- AUKUS- From ‘best’ we’ll never get to second hand subs.
- Peter Garrett to head independent inquiry into the Aukus submarine pact.
- Husic breaks ranks to demand rethink of Labor’s support for AUKUS.
- Richard Marles accepts used submarines in AUKUS setback. US to send only used nuclear subs to Australia in amended defence deal.
- Former Ambassador Joe Hockey says he is nervous about AUKUS – and wants Albanese to cold-call Trump.
More Australian nuclear-related news at https://antinuclear.net/2026/06/05/australian-nuclear-news-week-to-6th-june/
NUCLEAR-RELATED ITEMS
| ECONOMICS. Rolls-Royce under fire for outsourcing parts of UK nuclear project toSouth Korea. – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2026/06/06/3-b-1-rolls-royce-under-fire-for-outsourcing-parts-of-uk-nuclear-project-to-south-korea/ Expert Warns of ‘Rubber Stamp’ Approvals as Ontario Expands Nuclear Spending.Canadian nuclear company Bruce Power has launched a CAD1 million (USD722,000)bribery system to win over municipalities |
| EMPLOYMENT. Police at Hinkley Point C as thousands of workers locked out. Up to 2,000 workers temporarily kicked off Hinkley Point C site after protest, |
| ENERGY. Nuclear Power Returns to the Forefront of Quebec’s Energy Debate . Nuclear energy is too slow and too expensive for the energy transition – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2026/06/02/2-b1-nuclear-energy-is-too-slow-and-too-expensive-for-the-energy-transition/ |
| ENVIRONMENT. Race for rare earths sparks concern about environmental damage – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2026/06/05/1-b1-race-for-rare-earths-sparks-concern-about-environmental-damage/ |
| ETHICS and RELIGION. “Our Hands Are Dirty”: Jeffrey Wernick on America’s Founding Principles, Foreign Entanglements and the Moral Cost of Empire. |
| EVENTS. 10 June – Assessing Canada’s Investments in Small Modular Nuclear Reactors – Australians deserve the truth about AUKUS – PUBLIC INQUIRY. Global Appeal To Endorse Palestinian Right Of Return Of Refugees. |
| LEGAL. Why Trump should be indicted. Species at risk score a reprieve. |
| MEDIA. CBS’s Purge of 60 Minutes Sends a Chilling Message to Legacy Journalists Everywhere. ‘What’s happening is horrifying’: the rebel film-maker challenging AI’s march into Hollywood. – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9DAv0D7tnY 15TH INTERNATIONALURANIUM FILM FESTIVAL RIO DE JANEIRO AWARDS. Balancing Act at the New York Times: Nicholas Kristof Wrote About Israel’s Sexual Torture of Prisoners, the Next Day Isabel Kershner Penned More Unverified Rape Allegations Against Hamas. Blood Libels and Sexual Violence: Israel, Palestinian Prisoners and The New York Times |
| PLUTONIUM. Nuclear Startups Are in “Advanced Negotiations” to Buy Cold War Plutonium. |
POLITICS.
- Rolls-Royce is turning a quiet Welsh site into a nuclear bet, and the strange part is how many homes three small reactors could power.
- First Minister pressed over Welsh Government support for Wylfa small modular reactors.
- Nuclear Injustice in New York.
- Trump blasts Netanyahu as Iran Talks Stall over Beirut.
- The UK Is Getting Even Crazier In Defense Of Israel.
- Congress quietly moves to integrate US and Israeli militaries.
- Springtime in Kiev– Again.
- Labour’s plans to limit judicial reviews of nuclear projects would ‘harm democracy’.
- The Big Tech Campaign to Fast Track Nuke Energy– Senators Whitehouse and Booker Take the Lead in Congress.
- Is Israel planning to reoccupy the Gaza Strip? This
- is what’s happening behind the ‘yellow line. Beyond the Yellow Line: Israel Seizes More of Gaza.
- Russia adds four Ukrainian groups and ‘Glory to Ukraine’ salute to register of ‘fascist organizations and associated symbols’.
POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.
- Starve, Strangle, Invade: How Washington’s Siege of Cuba Is Pushing a Nation to the Brink.
- European countries split on Macron’s nuclear deterrence offer.
- Polish politician urges EU veto on Ukraine accession after Zelenskyy’s UPA move.
- Will Trump sideline Israel in order to make a deal with Iran?
- Iran Suspends U.S. Talks as Israel Kills 8 More in Lebanon & Expands Occupation.
- Netanyahu directs army to occupy 70 percent of Gaza.
| PUBLIC OPINION. Around the world, global solidarity and cooperation are remarkably popular. The World Has Rendered Its Verdict on American Power. |
| SAFETY Military action near nuclear plants puts external power needs in spotlight. Net zero fusion project could trigger nuclear disaster, |
| SECRETS and LIES. The Guardian view on NHS records: patients are not raw material for Palantir big tech https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/04/the-guardian-view-on-nhs-records-patients-are-not-raw-material-for-big-techhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H7VOoFwDtU The Disappearing Aid Check: The Future of US–Israel Defense Support. Israeli Authorities Refuse To Return Massive Trove Of Oct 7 Video. What Are They Hiding? Israeli claims about an Iran ‘threat’ were always a lie – Now we have proof. |
| TECHNOLOGY. A safer nuclear fuel is gaining steam — but cost remains a hurdle. Artificial Intelligence (AI) Heralds a Post-human Era of Economic, Social and even Moral Upheavals. Cory Doctorow: Hell is other people – so billionaires are using AI to replace them. Donald Trump Is Going Nuclear. |
| URANIUM North Korea unveils a new plant to produce fuel for nuclear weapons. Canada’s nuclear ambitions need fuel security, not just new reactors. |
| WASTES. Step forward in £4.6 billion Sellafield nuclear decommissioning programme. N-Fuel Removal from Fukushima No. 2 Reactor Pool Begins. Cigéo: years of authorizations for burying 83,000 m³ of nuclear waste-_ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2026/06/03/1-b1-cigeo-years-of-authorizations-for-burying-83000-m%c2%b3-of-nuclear-waste/ |
WAR and CONFLICT.
- Repetitive Folly: Israel’s Futile War in Lebanon Deepens.
- The Israelization of the United States Military Is Proceeding – “Where and How Will it All End? Ask Donald Trump!”
- Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv denies its drone ‘deliberately’ hit Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant.
- Trump Finally Admits Aloud: “We Shouldn’t Have Been in Iran”.
- Why Congress and senior officials must deny Trump a ‘nuclear escape’ in Iran.
WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES .
- The U.S. ally getting nuclear submarines with no AUKUS deal.
- Hegseth Orders Pacific Allies To Arm For China War.
- Arms control, risk reduction, and the art of the possible.
- Trump’s failed Iran war may prevent war with China – Walt Zlotow
Nuclear-related news – not the corporate versions
Some bits of good news –The largest ever private sector school meals commitment will feed 366,000 children across East Africa.
British beavers stop underground station flooding – As floods get worse,Britain Tries a new solution: beavers.
The French City That Champions Its Trees
TOP STORIES.
An Open Letter to Chancellor Friedrich Merz – for peace in Ukraine – Jeffrey Sachs.
Arming for extinction: Barbarism With Better Software: Pope Leo Warns of the AI Future
The climate cost of militarism – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2ZUrzGohCI
The Trump administration’s reckless attack on radiation protection will have long-term consequences for public safety.
Climate Global heating is making hajj ever more dangerous, report finds. Global temperatures to reach near-record highs in next five years, report finds. Extreme Heat Headlines Obscure The Scale Of The Crisis.
AUSTRALIA.
- Nuclear powers are expanding their arsenals instead of disarming- Australia doesn’t have to be complicit in this.
- The Sound of Silence: Australia’s Complicity in the Face of Evidence.
- The Suicide Note: How Australia is Dismantling the Journalism it Needs to Survive.
- “Don’t mention the genocide”
NUCLEAR-RELATED ITEMS
| CLIMATE. Wildfire Crews Race to Keep Fierce California Blaze From Former Nuclear Reactor Site. ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2026/05/28/1-b1-wildfire-crews-race-to-keep-fierce-california-blaze-from-former-nuclear-reactor-site/ |
| CIVIL LIBERTIES. New breed of political prisoner arises in Britain as anti-protest sentences rise. |
| ECONOMICS. Nuclear Power and Other People’s Money. |
| ENERGY. Nuclear needs to build up to 8,000 SMRs just to catch up with wind and solar- By 2035, they might have 5. Energy Department takes steps toward allowing plutonium, historically used in weapons, in nuclear fuel. |
| ETHICS and RELIGION. The culture of power, and normalization of war in the time of artificial Intelligence -extract from Pope Leo’s Encyclical. How do you justify a war? |
| EVENTS. 1 June Webinar – The High Cost of Nuclear Power – Register 2 June Beyond Nuclear and Nuclear Information and Resource Service present an expert briefing on nuclear energy 6 June – WEBINAR -Get Inspired by Protests Against Military Bases! |
| HEALTH. Nuclear test veterans hope for justice as secret files are released -ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2026/05/28/1-b1-nuclear-test-veterans-hope-for-justice-as-secret-files-are-released/ |
| HISTORY. 128 years of US exploitation, degradation of Cuba continues on steroids. |
| HUMAN RIGHTS. Yet Another Escalation In The Empire’s War On Activism And Journalism. |
| INDIGENOUS ISSUES. Federal appeal court upholds First Nations victory to protect wildlife at planned nuclear waste site – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2026/05/30/2-b1-federal-appeal-court-upholds-first-nations-victory-to-protect-wildlife-at-planned-nuclear-waste-site/ |
| LEGAL Anti-nuclear group take on Sellafield for the second time in legal row . Israel Ramps Up Demolitions of Palestinian Homes Ahead of Fall Elections. Legal Victory for Kebaowek First Nation and Allies vs. Proposed Radioactive Megadump. |
MEDIA.
- Warmongers Keep Generating AI Atrocity Propaganda About Iran.
- From Occupation to Erasure: How Legacy Media Failed Gaza.
- With .potential Iranian deal on the horizon, MAGA media’s drawing red lines
- Trump’s government-wide NDA (non disclosure agreement) seeks to silence whistleblowers.
| PERSONAL STORIES. Bully Trump pivots from strong Iran to weak Oman – Walt Zlotow |
| PLUTONIUM. U.S. Turns Cold War Plutonium Into Nuclear Fuel. Trump plan to give start-ups plutonium harvested from Cold War–era nuclear weapons is risky, experts say. |
POLITICS.
- Inside the broligarchy: Is big tech running US politics? Carole Cadwalladr talks to DW News.
- The False Promise of Nuclear Power: Why Scotland Doesn’t Need New Nuclear.
- The Israeli Knesset just voted to dissolve itself, but this won’t end the Gaza genocide
- It’s the genocide, stupid.
- Israel has a master plan to relocate thousands of Palestinian Bedouins to a giant ghetto .
POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.
Can the Imperial Core Be Reformed? Chris Hedges and Aaron Maté on the Collapse of the Global Order.
Cuba Is Not a Failed State – It Is a Besieged State.
Time for US to deescalate confrontation with China over Taiwan.
Trump’s Retaliatory Withdrawal: America Punishes Europe for Refusing to Join Its War with Iran.
| TECHNOLOGY. A troubled nuclear future. |
| WASTES. Europe could source half its critical materials from waste by 2050, study finds. |
| WAR and CONFLICT. Even American war hawks now admit Iran is defeating the US – and it will change the world. Memorial Day: The Glorification of War, Not War’s Victims. |
| WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. Norway becomes ninth country to come under French nuclear deterrence scheme. Deadly drone dangers. Huge injection of public money to build nuclear submarines at Barrow-in-Furness. |
The non-corporate nuclear news – week to 10 May
Some bits of good news –
India is skipping China’s coal boom, and heading directly for green energy.
Scottish seabeds rebound after trawling bans.Teenage pregnancy rates have fallen across the world.‘
TOP STORIES.
Combatants must address root causes to end Ukraine, Iran wars.
Has the US accepted Iran’s demand to settle Hormuz first, nuclear later?
Sachs on U.S. Power in Freefall: “The Most Dangerous Country in the World”
Oil, Empire, and the Price of War: How Energy Became the Ultimate Weapon– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh-E3q6tGEw
Nuclear Scaling Requires Discipline
– Small Modular Reactors Deliver Fragmentation.
Climate. Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere just hit a ‘depressing’ new record.
Environment. The Plague of Plastic: The other Petroleum Curse
Peace – Mother’s Day Pivots to Peace
AUSTRALIA.
- Why Palantir Australia Sparks Growing Privacy Fears.
- Women Deliver Conference – Glimmers of hope amid the doom and gloom? – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnVgG63apzg
- The IDF Kidnapped and Assaulted an Australian Citizen in International Waters | Michael West media.
- Toxic fantasy nuked; one year on from the Federal election.
- Antisemitism. The Royal Conflation Commission is in session.
- Israel: The most dangerous nation on Earth.
NUCLEAR-RELATED ITEMS
| ATROCITIES. FIFA-Backed “Board of Peace” Plan for Gaza Stadium Ignores Needs of Palestinians. Israel is making Palestinians disappear in more ways than one. Israel’s war on water–depriving Palestinians in Gaza of water for at least nearly two decades, if not longer. Israeli violence against Palestinians echoes Holocaust – ex-Mossad chief. |
| CULTURE and ARTS. Nuclear fears resurface among younger generations amid global tensions. |
| ECONOMICS. When will the new nuclear operators be required to put money aside for decommissioning? The billion-dollar boondoggle: how Vogtle became the US’s monument to nuclear folly. Trump calls US seizure of Iranian ships ‘profitable’ amid Hormuz tensions. The AI Mythos: If We Can Destroy the World, Imagine What We Can Do for Your Hedge Fund. |
| ENERGY. Am I the only one who doubts the need for more electricity? Scots are right to back renewables over nuclear energy– ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2026/05/08/1-b1-scots-are-right-to-back-renewables-over-nuclear-energy/ Unfounded Health Concerns Are Powering a Solar Backlash. |
| ENVIRONMENT. The ongoing Fukushima nuclear disaster 15 years on: a photoessay. ‘Fish disco’ not enough to protect nature at nuclear plant, says green quango – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2026/05/04/5-b1-fish-disco-not-enough-to-protect-nature-at-nuclear-plant-says-green-quango/ |
| ETHICS and RELIGION. Peter Beinart on What It Means to Be Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza. Pope Leo rejects claim he supports nuclear weapons after Trump tirade. Trump attacks Pope Leo again ahead of Marco Rubio’s Vatican visit. Joint interfaith statement calls for world free of nuclear weapons. New outrage after Israel demolishes convent in Yaroun, southern Lebanon |
| EVENTS. Korean A-Bomb Victims U.S. Speaking Tour & NPT Engagement Highlights |
| HEALTH. The story of the cooks of Chernobyl, 40 years later. |
| HISTORY. The man who blew up a nuclear power station and disappeared. |
| LEGAL. The Second Global Sumud Flotilla: Israeli Piracy and Abduction on the High Seas. Israeli Attack on Flotilla Violated the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. Iranian Group Submits Evidence of US-Israeli War Crimes to International Criminal Court. |
| MEDIA. Press groups demand records on potentially corrupt Paramount acquisitions. Christiane Amanpour Lays Out Her Fear for CNN With Blistering Attack on David Ellison’s CBS ‘Realignment’. CNN journalist Christiane Amanpour expresses ‘concern’ over the future of the network, citing ‘idealogical realignment at CBS. The mainstream media is finally beginning to echo Americans’ outrage at Israeli slaughter. Dangers to the Fourth Estate: The 2026 World Press Freedom Index. American Press Freedom on the Brink. |
| PERSONAL STORIES. ‘We will never forget giving our Chernobyl children three weeks of fresh air and fun’ Eerie Reminder of Holocaust Past . Donald Trump Claims He’s “The Most Powerful Person To Ever Live” |
- Yukon and Ontario and SMRs – Memorandum of Misunderstanding?
- America’s Suicide Pact.
- INTERVIEW: There are two crazy individuals here, Trump and Netanyahu.
- PATRICK LAWRENCE: Trump’s Trap, Trump’s Sanity.
- Genocide Is Still The Political Test That Matters.
- Labour and SNP row over submarines at Rosyth Dockyard
- Starmer plan to relax nuclear regulation opposed by Holyrood.
POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.
- “Existential”: Israel Quadruples Foreign-Influence Budget To Massive $730M.
- A Nobel Effort: Parliamentary call for common security and nuclear disarmament.
- “Anti-diplomacy” rules in Europe.
- Epic Nonsense: Trump Shelves Project Freedom. Trump’s New Iran Negotiator Is Israel Lobbyist Who Denounced Negotiations With Iran.
- Rapid escalation.
- Iranian proposal rejected by Trump would open strait before nuclear talks, Iran official says.
- Common Security as a credible alternative to nuclear deterrence.
| RADIATION. Infant mortality rates in San Luis Obispo County in proximity to the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant. |
| SAFETY. Nuclear Sector Must Step Up Cybersecurity. Chernobyl at 40: Belarus took the brunt. Belgian state is not prioritising safety in its nuclear policy. |
| SECRETS and LIES. Trump claims his mass murder in the Caribbean saved a million American lives…real number 0. Accountability is optional. Covert NATO initiative turns film into anti-Russia battleground. |
| SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. With launches slated to grow a hundredfold, Space Force seeks more sites, money, people, and AI. |
| SPINBUSTER. Sweden generates 99% of electricity from clean sources –So why is windpower under attack? The UK Descends Into Confected Antisemitism Hysteria . Dissecting An “Antisemitism” Psyop . The West’s bubble of illusion about Israel – and about itself – is finally being burst. “The myths of ‘Russian aggression.’ Nuclear in New Mexico conference in Bernalillo continued the myth that nuclear power is clean and safe. |
| TECHNOLOGY. The World’s Biggest Fusion Reactor Just Hit a Milestone. |
WASTES.
- A small northern Ontario town refused radioactive waste-It’s gone to Sarnia instead.
- Will the Trump administration’s ‘nuclear campus’ plan break the US nuclear waste gridlock?
- Britain is creating a mountain of nuclear waste it doesn’t know what to do with– ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2026/05/07/1-a-britain-is-creating-a-mountain-of-nuclear-waste-it-doesnt-know-what-to-do-with/
- “We are waiting for Nuclear Waste Services to Come Up with Recommendations on Siting….”
| WAR and CONFLICT. ‘The odds are not in our favour’: who sets the Doomsday Clock – and what can they tell us about the future of humanity? DAYS 53-65: World on the Brink in the Hands of a Madman. Ukraine drone attacks hit nuclear power plant, Baltic port. Russia’s Threat Of A Massive Retaliatory Strike On Kiev Likely Isn’t A Bluff. Not so quiet death – the US orders to kill the Iranian Navy’s Dena and its crew. NewsReal: Energy Wars on the High Seas – Trump Admits “US Navy Like Pirates!”. |
| WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. Israel targets southern Lebanon with internationally banned phosphorus shells. War Dividends: Potential U.S. Arms Sales to the Middle East Surge in Q1 2026. Pentagon strikes deals with top AI companies . Central Asia celebrates 20 years as a nuclear-weapon-free zone |
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, |
Much non-corporate nuclear-related news this week
Some bits of good news – When Flotillas Fight for Life, Not Empire. The Verdant Refuge of India’s India’s Sacred Groves. Near Philadelphia’s New Green Spaces, a Dramatic Reduction in Crime.
TOP STORIES. Regulating the regulators: How the nuclear power industry steers the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Big Tech Is Rushing Into Nuclear Energy, and Bypassing Safety Oversight.
Ceasefire Announced-Destruction Continues- The Illusion of Peace in Lebanon.
A Case for War?- Iran’s Non-Existent Nuclear Weapons Program.
Nuclear costs of the Iran War.
40 years from Chernobyl disaster – What happened to the heroes – and villains – of Chernobyl.
Climate. Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought. Sea-level rise is a health crisis and we must hold polluters accountable.
AUSTRALIA The Apocalypse Salesman: How Richard Marles Sold Australia’s Future to the Permanent War Economy.
More Australian news at https://antinuclear.net/2026/04/18/australian-nuclear-news-headlines-this-week/
NUCLEAR-RELATED ITEMS
| ART and CULTURE. The Normalisation of Contradiction. When “exterminate the world” isn’t a headline. Trump’s Will Be Done. |
| ATROCITIES. Not a Ceasefire—A Reset: The Quiet Expansion of Palestinian Incarceration. |
| CLIMATE. New Nuclear Is Too Late and Too Costly for the Climate Crisis. |
| ECONOMICS. New metric shows renewables are 53% cheaper than nuclear power. Hormuz Dateline Bulgarian minister wants fixed price for Kozloduy 7 and 8 nuclear reactors. |
| ENERGY. How efficiency measures could almost halve industrial energy demand globally. |
| ETHICS and RELIGION Trump’s Extreme Use of Military Is Stirring a Crisis of Conscience Among Troops. Popes have spoken out on politics before. But with Trump and Pope Leo it’s different. Trump is trying to distract us from Pope Leo’s calls for peace- Don’t take the bait. Papal authority, now featuring Donald J. Trump. Nobody’s “Obsessed” With Israel — It’s Just A Uniquely Horrible Country. I Hope The US Loses And The Empire Collapses, And Other Notes. |
| EVENTS. 25 April – ‘No War on Iran’ – demonstration at Fairford base. Petition to oppose the rapid increase of space-military industry threatening Jeju Island and the region. [Petition by April 19th (KST)] Stop the joint military-Hanwha Systems-Jeju Provincial Government Sea Launch! |
LEGAL. The collapse of multilateral law and the confusion of the battlefields.
MEDIA.
- Chernobyl’s 40-year legacy: haunting photographs from the radiation zone.
- New York Time’s Investigation of How Trump’s War on Iran Started Leaves Out the Paper’s Own Silence.
- Israel Destroys a Synagogue; US Media Yawn.
- Israeli Journalist With Deep Ties to IDF Admits West Bank Violence ‘Looks Like… Ethnic Cleansing’ .
- US’s Erosion of the Right to Cartoon Is No Laughing Matter.
OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR Greenham Women’s Peace Camp: The forgotten protest against nuclear weapons that lasted 19 years.
CND opposes new contract to build nuclear reactors on Anglesey- ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2026/04/17/1-b1-cnd-opposes-new-contract-to-build-nuclear-reactors-on-anglesey/
POLITICS.
- First new planned US nuclear reactors likely to get government loans, energy chief says.
- Congress A-OK with Trump murdering thousands in Iran and crashing the world economy.
- Swedish taxpayers to take on the burden of financing nuclear power.
- Trump/Newsom Attack Renewables and Push Nuclear.
- “‘This war is the result of a coup.’”
- Israel is losing its grip on U.S. politics.
- Not clear there is public appetite for nuclear energy in Ireland despite fuel crisis, junior minister says.
- Proposed Scottish nuclear study unlikely to be published before election.
POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.
- Iran rejects Trump claim on deal to surrender nuclear material stockpiles.
- Trump says Iran agrees to hand over ‘nuclear dust’ -ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2026/04/18/2-b1-trump-says-iran-agrees-to-hand-over-nuclear-dust/
- Trump prefers collapsing world economy to admitting defeat in his criminal Iran war.
- It seems Washington needs to be reminded of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
- Amid the Iran chaos, war over Taiwan just became less likely.
- Netanyahu Doctrine: How one man’s war addiction is consuming Israel, Lebanon, and the World.
- US Aims at Heavy Staff & Budgetary Cuts for United Nations, Seeks to Launch Cost-Saving Artificial Intelligence at UN meetings.
- They Always Tell You Why The Empire Uses Violence, But Never Why Its Enemies Do.
| SAFETY. Targeting Nuclear Power. There’s a Glaring Safety Problem With Nuclear Energy Startups. Chernobyl at risk of ‘catastrophic’ collapse as haunting new images of nuclear site emerge. Chernobyl could face ‘catastrophic’ collapse as repairs stall following Russian drone strike. Zaporizhzhia NPP loses external power for the second time in a week, IAEA investigates. |
| SECRETS and LIES. What secret report reveals about British nuclear weapons tests – veterans claimed they were harmed by the fallout. |
| SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. Nuclear-Powered Rockets — NASA Plans First Launch in 2028. Fresh off Artemis, America is now turning its attention to creating nuclear power in space |
| SPINBUSTER. . Goiânia Survivors Challenge Netflix: ‘A Crime Against the Truth’. |
| TECHNOLOGY. Reprocessing isn’t the solution. |
| WASTES. Finland Is About to Open the World’s First Permanent Nuclear Waste Site. |
WAR and CONFLICT.
- TRUMP SAYS “ENOUGH”—BUT ISRAEL PUSHES ON IN LEBANON WAR LATEST.
- Mass Destruction in Southern Lebanon as Israeli Forces Use ‘Gaza Tactics,’ Level Villages.
- THIS IS NOT SELF-DEFENSE’: UN EXPERTS BLAST ISRAEL’S ASSAULT ON LEBANON AS WAR CRIME.
- Israel May Be Preparing to Permanently Reoccupy Southern Lebanon.
- Will Trump nuke Iran?
- Ceasefire Exemptions and Quarries of Death: Israel’s War on Lebanon.
- Normalizing zionist terrorism against Palestine, Lebanon, Sudan, Syria, Yemen, Iraq, Iran.
- THE WAR THEY STARTED—AND LOST: HOW THE U.S. AND ISRAEL TRIGGERED A CRISIS THEY CAN’T CONTROL
- A conflict of attrition: Iran’s bet on asymmetric warfare.
- The Art of the Deal Is War.
WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. America’s pro-Israel J Street says Israel should pay out-of-pocket if it wants US weapons.
Horror as Russia ‘plans nuclear weapon in space’ that could cause global chaos.
Lots of non-corporate nuclear news this week
Some bits of good news – in Romania’s Tarcu Mountains, European bison are proving that rewilding can change an ecosystem, not just save a species. China just launched a nationwide healthcare insurance system for people with disabilities, with a three-year target to cover its entire population. Marine life rebounds off Vancouver Island after decades of loss.
TOP STORIES.
From Risk to Target: The New Reality for Journalists in War Zones-https://www.youtube.com/watchv=0YhrSX6QRZs
The Empire Backs Down, For Now.
Norwegian Nuclear Committee says no to nuclear power in Norway.
Trump accelerates new nuclear warhead production, nearly doubles funding for plutonium “pit” bomb core production.
Trump and Netanyahu: Two Madmen Playing God. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Statement Condemning Trump.
The unforeseen consequences of Iranian resistance.
Can Prospects for Nuclear War Get Any Worse?- Sure, We Can Put AI in Charge.
US War Machine Is Built on Decades of Lies – The Assault on Iran Is No Exception.
Climate. ‘Non-survivable’: heatwaves are already breaching human limits, with worse to come, study finds.
AUSTRALIA.
- At last, a hint of backbone in Australia’s foreign policy.
- Ignoring genocide-The bill for Australia’s silence has arrived. “Genocide Grants.” Government awards millions to F-35 suppliers. The Capture of Australia: How a Dying Ideology is Taking Over Our Country. Name it, blame it, shame it– Israel and Trump must be stopped.
NUCLEAR-RELATED ITEMS
| ART and CULTURE. Trump’s Genocidal Threats on Iran Are Enabled by a Vast Apparatus of Destruction. Trump, Hegseth and the Language of War Crimes. |
| CLIMATE. John Gibbons: I’ve changed my mind on nuclear power — we don’t need it any more |
| ECONOMICS. All Wars Are Bankers’ Wars: Iran and the Bankers’ Endgame. Anas Sarwar’s ‘nuclear plot would hammer Scottish bill payers’ Could a New Nuclear Reactor Double or Triple Electricity Rates in New Brunswick? Audit cites DOE oversight failures on NuScle nuclear project. Cenovus pulled the plug on its much-ballyhooed ‘multi-year’ study of ‘small modular reactors’ in 2024 after a year. Trillions Hidden, Humanity Starving: The Super-Rich vs. the Rest of Us. The Myth that Won’t Die: “War is Good for the Economy”. |
ENERGY. Faced with new energy shock, Europe asks if reviving nuclear is the answer
ETHICS and RELIGION
- Prominent New York synagogue hosts presentation on why U.S. Jews should support the ethnic cleansing of Gaza.
- How the neoconservative influence over U.S. war-making paved the way for Trump’s war crimes in Iran.
- The bomb and the ayatollah: Islamic just war and the nuclear question in post-Khamenei Iran.
- The Eve Of A Radical Evil.
- US Troops Need To Start Disobeying Orders In Iran.
- Pope Leo’s first Easter ‘Urbi et Orbi’ message: ‘Let those who have weapons lay them down’
- “Heretic”: After Trump spiritual adviser Paula White-Cain likens Trump to Jesus during Easter, right-wing media figures lash out.
- Warhawks licking your lips’: Details on Iran’s nuclear program leaked.
- Flotilla coalition prepares renewed mission to break Gaza siege.
| LEGAL International law or foreign military bases: a choice must be made.NuScale Power Corporation Class Action Reminder – Robbins LLP Encourages SMR Stockholders to Contact the Firm for Information About Their Rights .“Locked and Loaded”: Hegseth Says Trump’s War‑Crime Warnings Were Dead Serious. |
| MEDIA. U.S. Media finally acknowledging Israel’s central role in Trump’s criminal war on Iran .A good documentary on Chernobyl on SBS available On Demand for the next 4 weeks.100 Strikes in 10 Minutes: Lebanon Bombed as Gaza Burns and Journalists Are Killed.Tony Blair’s latest deceit-riddled column vilifies the UK left to justify genocide.The Mass Media Are Evil But They’re Also Really Dumb.The Iranian people achieved decisive victory against America’s criminal war on them. |
| OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . Anti-nuclear group to continue fight against Sellafield plan.Making London councils allies in the campaign to oppose Britain’s nuclear expansion.Arrests at Lakenheath nuclear base blockade. |
POLITICS.
- Trump threatened a civilisation – We must respond to nuclear threats.
- They Reject American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)—But Not the War Machine. Former presidents must call for end to Trump’ criminal Iran war destabilizing the world…but won’t.
- An Open Letter to Washington: The World Cannot Afford Silence.
- UK Government reviewing fallout report after nuclear test concerns.
- Labour and SNP clash over nuclear power for Scotland amid Holyroodcampaign – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2026/04/11/3-b1-labour-and-snp-clash-over-nuclear-power-for-scotland-amid-holyrood-campaign/
- Norway should not work towards nuclear power generation now, commission finds.
POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.
- War has given Iran new leverage for nuclear programme, say US former envoys.
- America Is Losing the World—and It Doesn’t Know How to Stop – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmXwmacMgi4
- The World Can Have Peace Or Israel, But Not Both.
- Ceasefire with Iran: Don’t hold your breath – Israel and US lie all the time.
- Ceasefire on the Brink — The Day Genocide Became a Negotiating Tactic.
- Trump says Tuesday deadline for Iran to accept ceasefire ‘final, won’t change’; Israel takes out experienced IRGC intel chief.
- Xi–Zheng Meeting Sends Clear Signal: Peaceful Reunification Framed as Strategic Imperative for China’s Future.
| PLUTONIUM. Blocking Iran’s Other Option: A Plutonium Bomb. |
| SAFETY. WHO warns of catastrophic risks after strike on Bushehr nuclear plant.TEPCO halts cooling of spent fuel pool at Fukushima Daini plant.Incident. 60 Years Nuclear Accident of Palomares – Lost hydrogen bombs and their consequences. Defra plots faster planning process for Sizewell C nuclear plant. |
| SECRETS and LIES. THE “SPIES” WHO CRIED GENOCIDE.US Satellite Firm Blacks Out Iran War Images Per US Government Request.The Ambassador of Duplicity: How Israel’s UN Representative Blames Others for the Crimes His State Commits. |
| SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. As Rocket Launches Increase, They May Be Polluting the Skies. Creating military bases on the Moon.Mysterious Flashes in 1950s Skies Linked to Nuclear Tests and UAP Sightings: Study. |
| TECHNOLOGY. Nuclear fusion – triumph of hope over expectation – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2026/04/09/1-b1-nuclear-fusion-triumph-of-hope-over-expectation/ |
| URANIUM. Secrets and Shortcuts: The US Uranium Enrichment Rush.Canada’s government faces calls to begin enriching uranium-Should it? Protecting Our Wells: The Rural Costs of Uranium Exploration in Rural Nova Scotia . |
| WASTES. Finland’s plan to bury spent nuclear waste carries risk to future generations. |
WAR and CONFLICT.
- Trump’s vaunted 14 day ceasefire barely lasted 14 hours.
- Israel Carpet Bombs Lebanon After Announcement of Iran Ceasefire.
- US, Israel Insist Iran Ceasefire Doesn’t Apply In Lebanon, Which Suffers Huge Airstrikes.
- “Because They’re Animals”: Donald Trump, the War on Iran, and the Rules Nobody’s Enforcing.
- Trump pivots from “destroying Iranian civilization” to complete surrender in one day.
- Why an attack on Bushehr nuclear plant would be catastrophic for the Gulf.
- No sane soldier would follow Hegseth into illegal, failed war. https://nuclear-news.net/2026/04/08/2-b1-no-sane-soldier-would-follow-hegseth-into-illegal-
- Area around Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant has been attacked for the fourth time
- The Unwarranted Iran War: US-China Stakes, Regional Costs, Global Losses
| WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. Inside Iran’s ‘underground fortress’: How Iran’s missile bases survive most powerful US and Israeli bombs, |
Not the Corporate Nuclear News – week to 5 April
Some bits of good news –
UNESCO’s new Global Education Monitoring Report reveals a dramatic expansion in global education since 2000. Lead in archived hair documents a decline in lead exposure to humans since the establishment of the US Environmental Protection Agency with regulation of leaded petrol and other major sources. Australia’s tiny marsupial ampurta is making a big comeback
TOP STORIES. Chernobyl at 40: The World’s Worst Nuclear Power Accident and Where It Stands Now.
A ‘small’ nuclear war would still be global catastrophe.
From ISIS to Iran: Joe Kent Says Washington Keeps Repeating the Same Catastrophic Playbook – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teapZxaBgDI
Golden Dome as a Leaky Golden Shower: Trump’s $4 Trillion Missile Defense System Ridiculed in DC. – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8zcu-ZM0jQ&t=1s
Christian Nationalists in US Government Push Attacks on Iran as Holy War.
It’s all about the nukes.Israeli nuclear city emerges as focal point in escalating Iran–Israel confrontation.
Climate. Data centers are creating ‘heat islands’ on land around them – warming them by up to 16 degrees, researchers warn. Funding gap threatens next round of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) climate science reports. Climate change will push venomous snakes towards highly populated coastlines, study finds. US scientists are escaping to Norway because of Trump’s anti-climate agenda, minister says.
AUSTRALIA For Australia the Price is Always Right.
The war they sold us, the price we pay. US war on Iran exposes Australia’s frail defence, AUKUS even more. UniSuper members ‘divest from death’ on Palestine Land Day . Zomi Frankcom killing– Press Club takes on Israel’s ambassador. The Platform of Shame: How Australia Normalised a Genocidal Regime. 15 April – Zoom –Nuclear Power is Not the Solution
21 April Webinar: No Nuclear Weapons in Australia.
ATROCITIES.
‘The rope is for Arabs only’: Israel’s new death penalty law for Palestinians recycles a colonial playbook. ‘This Arrogant Enemy’: Israel’s Colonial Reversion to the Noose.
- Trump’s $1.5 Trillion Pentagon Budget Will Make US Weaker.
- So much winning.
- New Brunswick power bills will continue to rise, panel warns.
- Who Else, Besides Pete Hegseth, is Trying to Use the War in Iran to Get Rich?
- Ukrainian Economy ‘Collapsing’.
ENERGY. Will the New Brunswick Power Review finally shake up New Brunswick Power? DONALD TRUMP: THE GREAT ILLUMINATOR. How Iran war energy crisis strengthens case for renewables.
| ETHICS and RELIGION. Trump’s Divine War: How Christian Nationalists Are Running U.S. Policy in Iran and at Home.The Empire Is Losing Its Ability To Hide Its Ugly Nature.On Good Friday, Pope Leo speaks with presidents of Israel and Ukraine, calling for an end to war.Kucinich Statement on President Trump’s Address on Iran. |
| EVENTS 7 April – WEBINAR – Australia and the Doomsday Clock – Preventing nuclear war through NoFirstUse and other policies.14 April – Zoom –Nuclear Power is Not the Solution21 April – No Nuclear Weapons in Australia – Civil Society Declaration. |
| HISTORY. Trump’s “New” Mideast: False Promises of Peace Through War. |
| INDIGENOUS ISSUES. Progress, push back and Indigenous rights. |
| LEGAL. NuScale’s ENTRA1 “Veterans” Had Zero Nuclear Projects — Investors Lost 70%.Legal challenge against nuclear site plan rejected. |
| MEDIA They attack, we defend: how the media toe the line on Iran. Washington Post Promotes Nuclear Agenda Tied to Bezos’ Investments.Inspiring the Authentic Journalist: The Pentagon’s Renewed attack on Press Credentials.No To Nuclear- Why Nuclear Power Destroys Lives, Derails Climate Progress and Provokes War. |
| OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . Back to Pentagon on Good Friday.Protestors target RAF Lakenheath amid evidence of US nuclear weapons and role in illegal war on Iran. |
| PERSONAL STORIES. US negotiator in 2015 Iran nuclear deal says Donald Trump ‘delusional’ on nuclear and regime change. |
POLITICS. New US war team needed to end Iran war on Iran’s sensible terms. Scotland won’t pursue ‘unproven’ SMRs and ‘experimental’ fusion as focus remains renewables.
POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.
- Trump and Greenland: Key war fighting base for Arctic control
- Ukraine actively involved in US-Israeli aggression against Iran: Envoy to UN.
- Dimona’s shadow: How Israel’s nuclear monopoly warps Middle East security.
- Why is Iran being singled out while others escape scrutiny? : Erase nuclear apartheid.
- How the Iran War undermines the nuclear nonproliferation regime.
- Trump’s Non-Address: The Strait of Trump and the Vandalism of Global Order.
| PUBLIC OPINION. War front updates: America opposes war on Iran |
| RADIATION. The Impact Of Radiation On Health | March 25, 2026. |
| SAFETY. UN nuclear agency chief ‘deeply concerned’ by reports of latest attack on Iran power plantUS-Israel war on Iran heightening nuclear accident risk – CND.EBRD donors back plan to repair Chornobyl’s protective shield. |
| SECRETS and LIES. Massacre of UK aid workers: two years of obfuscation from Britain.UK submarine captain steps down after link to Chinese spy case. |
| SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. The US has declared ‘space superiority’ over Iran – What does that mean?. |
| SPINBUSTER. The “Nuclear Energy Paradox”– Investigating nuclear imaginaries in energy projections.No Three Mile Island in Suffolk!Sanctity Lost: Even Neocon Pantheon Declares US a ‘Rogue Superpower’. |
| TECHNOLOGY. Bypass the Strait of Hormuz with nuclear explosives?- The US studied that in Panama and Colombia in the 1960sFusion power unlikely to become competitive.Atlanta robot security dogs now giving commands to Americans. |
| URANIUM. Does the Trump administration understand how ‘enriched’ uranium is made into weapons? |
| WASTES. France plans inquiry as cost of nuclear waste project hits €33bn.Scenario Analysis for Partitioning and Transmutation(P&T) in a Phase-out Scenario.Decommissioning. Manchester Professor appointed expert reviewer for Government nuclear decommissioning review |
WAR and CONFLICT.
- Ambassador Chas Freeman: Trump PUSHES ESCALATION — Israel’s Strategy COLLAPSES Overnight. Escalating To Catastrophe.
- Experts Warned For Years That A War With Iran Would Happen This Way.
- After murdering thousands in criminal Iran war, Trump to surrender during address to nation tonight.
- Implications of a Possible US Ground Invasion of Iran.
- Two Faces of Peace: How Trump’s “Peacemaker” Presidency Waged War Across the Globe.
- Trump Willing to End War on Iran without opening Hormuz Strait?
- Netanyahu woke up on Iran war day 31 with a 3-front war he cannot win.
- Israel is making sure Trump can’t find an off-ramp in Iran.
- Trump weighs highly-complex military plan to fly special ops forces into Iran’s nuclear facility and seize enriched uranium.
- Thousands of Iranians Who Live on Kharg Island Face Possibility of US Invasion
- What Happens When a Nuclear Site Is Hit?
WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. Did Trump bomb Iranian schoolgirls with UK-made weaponry?
What to Know About the ‘Massive’ Military Bunker Beneath Trump’s Ballroom.
It Takes Years To Refuel A Nuclear Submarine – Here’s Why.
Non-corporate, and even some corporate, nuclear news this week
Some bits of good news –
Chile made waves with its conservation plans. Teen leaders take on child marriage in Bangladesh.
Virunga National Park Sees Hundreds of Elephants Return and Rare Gorilla Twins Born During Hopeful Year.
TOP STORIES. Israel launches strikes on nuclear sites as Iran warns of retaliation.
Doomsday Double Standard: U.S. Silent on Israel, Loud on Rivals.
Trump’s $200 billion Iran spending request reveals scale of US war plans.
US/Israel War against International Law.
Nuclear Power Equals Trump ProfitsThe Nightmare of Fukushima 15 Years Later.
Renewables are taking the wind out of new nuclear’s sails – ALSO AT
From the archives – Iran’s president vows to never build a nuclear bomb in his United Nations General Assembly speech.
Climate. Oceans take in a lot of heat as Earth’s energy imbalance hits record – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=574S9kGALng What a recent court win reveals about the Trump administration’s unlawful attacks on climate science.
Noel’s notes. Titanic misconceptions that things will be OK
AUSTRALIA. The high costs of Albo’s rubber-stamp war in the Middle-East. How climate and renewables “disinformation networks” are fuelling a major national security threat. Western Australia submarine’s base the only reason for AUKUS. The war against Iran:Lessons still unlearned. The weakest link: Australia’s submarine hopes depend on the UK, but Britannia no longer rules the waves. The Iran war is Australia’s margin call.
Trump is the most dangerous man in the world
NUCLEAR-RELATED ITEMS
| ART and CULTURE War Becomes Spectacle in Trump’s Horrific Propaganda Promoting War in Iran. The Inheritance of Fear: From the Cold War to Trump’s World. |
| CLIMATE. Fears huge nuclear dump buried under concrete dome could be unleashed into the sea. Coastal erosion raises questions over protection for £40bn Sizewell C nuclear plant. |
| CIVIL LIBERTIES. Conscientious objector and human rights defender Yurii Sheliazhenko detained. |
| ECONOMICS. ‘Worst case scenario’: Wall St craters, oil surges as nuclear sites hit. Does SMR Stand for Spending Money Recklessly? Ontario’s nuclear push risks another costly policy failure. A Great British Nuke-Off in Wales? |
| EDUCATION. Taxpayers to cough up £65.6 million for nuclear “industry-informed” education in British universities. Deader than a doornail –UK’s new nuclear. |
| ENERGY. Energy fallout from Iran war signals a global wake-up call for renewable energy. |
| ENVIRONMENT. Nuclear Power: The Real Effects 14m (Gordon Edwards 2026). |
| ETHICS and RELIGION. Sure, killing kids is fine, just don’t put American boots on the ground! ‘We Won’t Die for Israel’: Military Members Seek a Way Out as U.S. War Expands.Pentagon Whistleblower Criticizes “Bloodthirst” of Iran War, Says Hegseth Is Enabling War Crimes – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQOYVX8fWiw Secretive tech mogul Peter Thiel brings his Antichrist lectures to the Vatican’s doorstep | DW News |
| EVENTS. Tell the Ukrainian Government to Drop Prosecution of Peace Activist Yurii Sheliazhenko |
| HEALTH. ‘Robust and consistent’ signal: Cancer mortality rates higher near nuclear power plants. |
| LEGAL. Iranian man freed pending further inquiries after UK nuclear submarine base arrest. |
MEDIA. NEW FILM – ORWELL: 2+2=5. Orwell, Trump and the persistence of fascism: ‘He was giving us a warning’ – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tKAaEqoJq0
Fox News’ united front in support of Trump’s Iran war may be breaking down.
Israel’s primary role in Iran war scrubbed from mainstream media.
Pete Hegseth’s War on Journalists (and Iran Too).
Russia summons Israeli envoy over missile strike on journalists in Lebanon- Zakharova: “Cannot be called accidental”.
New Film: Earth’s Greatest Enemy
PERSONAL STORIES. The Warmongers Will Never Admit They Were Wrong And Will Never Learn From Their Mistakes.
| POLITICS. Sizewell C Inquiry. The Deafening Abdication of Four Ex-Presidents on Trump. Republican Lawmakers Led By Nancy Mace Begin To Break With Trump On Iran War: ‘We Were Misled’. US Congress near totally complicit in Trump’s criminal Iran war. |
| POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. Macron slams ‘unacceptable’ Israeli attacks on Lebanon. Iran’s Retaliation Reignites Discontent With US Military Bases in Middle East. |
| SAFETY. Nuclear Deregulation – DOGE Goes Nuclear: How Trump Invited Silicon Valley Into America’s Nuclear Power Regulator. IAEA Database: About 55% of Nuclear and Other Radioactive Material Thefts Since 1993 Occurred During Transport Nuclear plant told to improve after ‘near misses |
| SECRETS and LIES.Trump White House plagiarized Iran war manifesto from Israel-aligned think tank.Israel’s Mossad promised it could ignite regime change in Iran, says report.Tremors in MAGA: Joe Kent, the Iran War and the Antisemitism Smear.A MAN and woman have been arrested after attempting to enter Faslane naval base. |
| SPINBUSTER. On lost Iran war Trump mimicking Hitler’s delusion at end of WWII. |
| TECHNOLOGY. Inside the Dirty, Dystopian World of AI Data Centers. Next-gen nuclear has a chicken-and-egg problem. UK bets big on homegrown fusion and quantum — can it lead the world? The Depletion of Judgment Capital. |
WASTES.
Decommissioning. ‘Significant milestone for nuclear sector’ as Hunterston B relicensed for decommissioning. Nuclear decommissioning in the UK.
A Sunken Nuclear Submarine Is Leaking Radiation Into the Ocean. How Worried Should We Be?
Fife Council approve Babcock plan for nuclear waste storage building.
This Infamous Radioactive ‘Tomb’ Is Leaking, And Experts Are Worried.
Drone video from inside a Fukushima reactor shows a hole in pressure vessel, likely fuel debris.
Third and final shipment of vitrified waste from the UK to Germany.
WAR and CONFLICT .
- Operation Epic Flurry. Iran says it never requested US energy strike pause: Escalation proceeding on all fronts.
- Donald Trump’s ‘new’ 15‑point plan is the biggest sign yet that Washington fears it is losing this war.
- Greenpeace warns Trump’s threat to bomb Iran’s power grid risks humanitarian and nuclear disaster .
- Operation Epic Fury and US Unreadiness for War. Trump’s battle plan for Iran.
- A War Built on Lies, Sold by Lobbyists, with Innocent Children as its Price.
- Why US likely losing war on Iran.
- Trump ready to put boots on the ground in Iran.
- No Good Exit
- Russian hospitals hit, strikes on kindergartens: Does Ukraine think everyone’s distracted by Iran?
- ‘Iran Posed No Imminent Threat’: Trump’s Counterterrorism Director Resigns in Protest.
- Iran Is Forcing The World To Care About US-Israeli Warmongering.
WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. Israel wants to destroy Iran’s nuclear program- But should it have nuclear weapons itself?
Switzerland Just Exposed Project Ranger’s Weakness. Switzerland Blocks Arms Sales to U.S. Over Iran War.
UK’s Astute nuclear submarine timeline is very unlikely to be met.
A Remotely-Piloted Weapon That Targets Civilians in War Zones.
Fortnight to 21 March in nuclear-related (non-corporate) news
Some bits of good news – Nigeria unlocks $552 million for basic education. The Iran war is turning energy security into an electrification story Canada’s Supreme Court has opened Quebec’s daycare system to refugee claimants. Big cities breathed a little easier.
TOP STORIES. Principled: Trump-appointed counterterrorism director Joe Kent resignsin protest over US war with Iran.
Trump hints U.S. will turn to Cuba after Iran: ‘Just a question of time’ – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lKxS-NmJVY
Israel planned this war on Iran for 40 years- everything else is a smoke screen.
In US/Israeli war on Iran, all roads point to rise in global nuclear weapons. .
Small modular reactors – smaller regulation?
Oxfam responds to mass forced displacement in Lebanon and ready to respond to wider regional crisis.
While Hinkley Nuclear Was Being Built, The UK Grid Decarbonized.
Climate. Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds.
Noel’s notes. Why should Trump get all the blame?
AUSTRALIA.
- The Software Upgrade Australia Didn’t Need.
- The Architecture of Silence: Palantir, AUKUS, and the Business of Genocide.
- Shhh! Don’t Mention the War! – Scam of the Week- Pointless sending of UK nuclear submarine HMS Anson to Australia?
- The Perfect Storm: How the Far-Right Surge and Labor’s Silence are Reshaping Australia.
- Penny Wong’s Iran war lies exposed – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjcjyK6oglw .
- Millions in tax-deductible donations to IDF, illegal settlements
- The Toxic Legacy of Britain’s Nuclear Testing in Australia.
- “Grow your own and buy local”: Networks seek change and flexibility to manage a 100 pct renewable grid.
- More Australian news at https://antinuclear.net/2026/03/08/5-australian-nuclear-news-week-to-14-march-2026/
NUCLEAR_RELATED TOPICS
| ARTS and CULTURE. Is a Mass Revolt Against Technocracy Starting to Happen? |
| ECONOMICS. For Denmark, Large uncertainties on the expected costs of SMRs in the 2040s and 2050s Re/insurers must plan for nuclear-powered ships, says Axa XL. |
| EDUCATION. UK universities getting more enmeshed in the nuclear lobby. |
| EMPLOYMENT. UK’s nuclear research body consults on plans to cut about 200 jobs – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2026/03/21/1-b1-uks-nuclear-research-body-consults-on-plans-to-cut-about-200-jobs/ Trident workers to strike in row over nuclear job cuts. |
ENERGY.
- As the oil and gas crisis drives the world economy towards another financial crash, green energy is the only viable future.
- The Strait Is Closed: How Trump’s Strike on Iran Triggered a Global Energy Crisis.
- ‘Punching them while they’re down’: US & Israel bomb Iran’s schools & hospitals, with ‘no stupid rules of engagement’.
- Bill Gates’ TerraPower Finally Has a Permit for a Nuclear Reactor, but No Reliable Way to Fuel It.
| ETHICS and RELIGION. Cardinals McElroy and Cupich denounce Iran war: ‘War now has become a spectator sport.’ |
| MEDIA. A chilling reminder of the deceit & violence of Iraq war. |
| OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . Coalition Grows Against Hochul’s Nuclear Plan. The Welsh dragon is getting ready to roar. |
POLITICS.
- Scottish National Party face an uphill battle in home of UK’s nuclear subs.
- Macron accosted.
- “AIPAC Is Toxic”: Illinois Races Expose a Shifting Democratic Landscape.
- Senator Joins Police to Eject Antiwar Marine From Hearing, Breaking His Arm – https://youtu.be/HIo4uY1N0Tg? t=27
- Marco spills the beans…’Bibi made us do it’
- As proposals for nuclear stations proliferate across Canada, ‘fleet-based’ reactor deployment remains elusive – ALSO AT …..
- Canada will soon release new electricity and nuclear strategy, minister says .
POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. Israel’s Manipulation of Trump on Iran.
Washington’s Public Swagger Meets Private Panic Over Iran. Alone at the Apex.
Trump’s NATO Warning Sounds More Like a Threat.
| SAFETY.Safety meltdown: Trump’s weakening of nuclear reactor regulations sparks opposition. |
| SECRETS and LIES. Scottish Labour donation linked to ‘astroturf’ nuclear campaign.‘We deserve to know the truth’: 11 questions about US bases in Britain.Pro-nuclear group faces questions over ‘links’ to major London PR firm. A Japanese ‘conman’ tried to sell an undercover DEA agent nuclear materials – but how did he get them? Hungary detains Ukrainians transporting tens of millions in cash and gold. |
| SPINBUSTER. Debunking Nuclear ‘Hopium’ – Dr. GordonEdwards. |
| URANIUM. Iran’s nuclear materials and equipment remain a danger in an active war zone. |
| WASTES NRC ends work on three proposed rules for securing spent fuel |
| WAR and CONFLICT. UN preparing for nuclear catastrophe ‘worst case scenario’ including use of nukes in Middle East. Iran’s Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant ‘hit in strike’ as radiation update issued. As Trump Talks of Taking Cuba, Havana Promises “Impregnable Resistance”. Trump, Netanyahu down to last card in criminal Iran war.Iran signals a ‘fight to the end‘ with choice of new ayatollah .Back on its heels, will Israel nuke Iran? Starmer’s Self-Defence Fudge: The UK’s Growing Involvement in the Iran War. |
| WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. Macron names next $11.5 billion nuclear-powered aircraft carrier ‘France Libre’ as a symbol of independence. |
What a week in non-corporate nuclear news!
Some bits of goodnews –
Chile eliminates leprosy Kazakhstan is rebuilding habitat for the return of wild tigers more than 70 years after the species vanished from Central Asia. Croatia Declared Landmine-free After More Than 2 Decades of Demining Efforts
Green energy gave the UK’s flat economy a boost
TOP STORIES. Preemptive War, Permanent Emergency: The Real Cost of Trump’s Iran Strike.
Negotiation to Detonation.Trump’s 3 day ‘quickie’ war turning into a 3 year catastrophe.This Illegal US-Israeli Attack on Iran Is Also an Assault on the United Nations.
Trump’s War of Choice: Oman Reveals Iran Agreement Was Imminent. – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg5sXQDR8NY
‘Bombs Will Be Dropping Everywhere’: Trump Launches Illegal Regime Change War Against Iran.
Climate. Global sea levels have been underestimated due to poor modelling, research suggests
AUSTRALIA. The Mushroom Treatment: A Government That Treats You With Contempt Cannot Be Trusted. Australia and the “Epstein Coalition”- Invasion of Iran a disaster. The Ghost in the Kill-Chain:The Invisible Cost of “Surgical” War. More Australian nuclear news at https://antinuclear.net/2026/03/07/this-weeks-australian-nuclear-news-2/
NUCLEAR-RELATED ITEMS
| ECONOMICS. U.S. and Japan Ponder Nuclear Energy Project in Massive $550 Billion Deal. |
| ENERGY. Nuclear power falls below half its historic peak share of global electricity generation. Study: Energy Efficiency Can Address Surging Electricity Needs at Half the Cost of Gas Plants. |
| ENVIRONMENT. Conservationists challenge effectiveness of £700 million fish safety system. Water. Could a huge data centre revitalise Ayrshire – or ruin it? |
| ETHICS and RELIGION. A Catholic guide to understanding the war with Iran.Good grief…Jesus freaks taking over military indoctrination. The US War Machine Is Run By Deranged Armageddon Cultists. Iran Is Morally Superior To The United States. U.S. Military Leaders Tell Troops Trump Is Waging Iran War To Bring Forth Second Coming Of Jesus. |
| EVENTS. 14 March – Protesters to rally at Faslane base in anti-nuclear demonstration. Advocating for a nuclear free beach – https://www.samuellawrencefoundation.org/ |
| HEALTH. Two pieces of news re Radiation and Health. |
OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . Welsh Anti-Nuclear Alliance relaunched amid concerns over new projects planned for Wales.
POLITICS.
- Kucinich: “Iran Could Be the Graveyard of the American Empire”
- As Trump Bombs Iran, We Need to Reckon With the American War Machine.
- Tulsi Gabbard’s Own Testimony Resurfaces as Iran War Narrative Escalates
- Labour panned as nuclear project ‘to cost more than Scotland’s block grant’. Residents invited to have say on Hunterston nuclear forum.
POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.
- In Iran, Israel’s morbid military cult now has the US fully in its grip.
- IAEA says no evidence Iran is building a nuclear bomb.
- Trump Threatens Full Trade Embargo Over Spain’s Refusal to Be Complicit in Iran Attacks.
- Stop Trump’s New Mass-Murder Spree.
- Iran Demands Emergency United Nations Action Amid ‘Criminal Aggression’ by US, Israel.
- Trump Says He Must Have a Say in Picking Iran’s New Leader.
- “America First” in the Middle East: A Strategy of Domination, Not Conflict Resolution.
- US Attacks in Venezuela and Greenland Lay Groundwork for Billionaire Fiefdoms.
- UN nuclear watchdog says it’s unable to verify whether Iran has suspended all uranium enrichment.
| SAFETY.NRC buckles to White House and licenses dangerous TerraPower reactor. Natural Resources Defense Council supports restart of NextEra’s Duane Arnold nuclear station, a known danger. Coastal erosion risks to planned Sizewell C nuclear power station. Sellafield recruitment opens for Authorised Firearms Officers. Incident – New Addition to List of Nuclear Near Catastrophes. Capenhust-based nuclear facility faces prosecution after uranium leak. |
| SECRETS and LIES. When will US, Israel stop censoring massive damage to US facilities and Israel? Debunking the lies of the Iran War. Mendacious Rationales: The Lies Behind Operation Lion’s Roar. |
| SPINBUSTER. According to Pete Hegseth – “They are toast”. Golden pipedreams – UK Advanced Nuclear plan. |
| TEPCO planning to send probe into Fukushima nuke reactor. Japan Eyes Pacific Island for Nuclear Waste Disposal Site.TEPCO removing empty tanks to advance Fukushima plant decommissioning work. |
WAR and CONFLICT.
- Who Bombed Girls’ School in Iran? Reporter Nilo Tabrizy on What We Know About Massacre of 175 People – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4zE2pAqJck
- America’s Thelma & Louise Moment: Rubio Shows How Israel and Trump Drove Off the Cliff Together.
- A War for Oil: Economist Michael Hudson on U.S. Quest to Control the World’s Oil Trade.
- President Trump Says He May Have ‘Forced Israel’s Hand’ Into Iran War.
- NewsReal: Historic Miscalculation? US & Israel ‘Decapitate Iranian Regime’, Yet Iran is Striking Back HARD.
- Iran says Natanz nuclear site hit in US-Israeli strikes
- Beyond Nuclear condemns attack on Iran.
- US-Israeli War on Iran is NOT About Nuclear Weapons– It’s About Imperialism.
- Trump’s unprovoked attack on Iran risks terror, turmoil and the spread of nuclear weapons – the consequences will be dire.
- Exiled Iranian Denounces War: ‘The People Will Suffer, Not Gain!’
- International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) condemns strikes against Iran, calls for return to negotiations.
- Trump Says ‘Heavy and Pinpoint Bombing’ of Iran Will Continue “As Long As Necessary”.
- US and Israeli attack on Iran: At least 51 girls reported killed in strike on school.
- Trump calls for regime change in Iran as US and Israel launch‘massive’ strikes.
- A War With Iran Would Not Be a One-Off Event But a Disastrous Ongoing Rupture.
WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES
‘Not One Damn Penny’: Pentagon Expected to Ask Congress for Billions to Fund Iran War.
Macron plans to deploy nuclear weapons to Britain. France to increase its number of nuclear warheads, Macron says – as it happened. France officially enters Nuclear Arms Race. Golden Dome to Rio Rancho: Public Infrastructure, Private Weapons, Public Consequences. Nuclear flashpoints to fallout.
The non-corporate nuclear news this week
Some bits of good news – This City Turned Its Rooftops into a Climate Shield. Wales passed a ‘life-changing’ homelessness bill. a form of blindness.
TOP STORIES.
Trump Advisers Want Israel To ‘Attack Iran First’ For Better Optics: Politico.
National analysis of cancer mortality and proximity to nuclear power plants in the United States.
Year 4: The Timeline That Tells the Tale
“Selling a dream”: the French nuclear start-up that ran aground.
AUSTRALIA.
AUKUS & potential terrorism threats.
- Is Australia-US Alliance Hurting Australia?
- Jewish groups call on Tony Burke to cancel Israeli journalist visa.
- Good enough for Gina Rinehart should be good enough for Palantir.
- Australia invests $310m to fast-track parts for first AUKUS nuclear submarines.
NUCLEAR-RELATED ITEMS.
ATROCITIES. ‘Flagrant War Crime’: Investigation Recreates 2025 Israeli Massacre, Cover-Up of 15 Gaza Aid Workers. Israeli troops fired900+ rounds at Gaza medics – report
EVENTS
Webinar “Debunking Nuclear Hopium – Small Modular Nuclear Reactors, Advanced Nuclear Reactors, and Fusion” at https://www.grassrootsinfo.org/forums
| HEALTH. Middle-aged women ‘most at risk of cancer’ from nuclear power plants. |
| INDIGENOUS ISSUES. The hidden health crisis tied to America’s nuclear arsenal: How Native American families suffer the grisly side-effects from uranium mines. |
| LEGAL. Appeal court refuses TASC’s appeal against the High Court’s Sizewell C JR application decision. |
| MEDIA.New Book: The Dangers of Ionising Radiation Israel Responsible for Two-Thirds of Journalist Deaths in 2025: Press Freedom Group |
| OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . No to uranium mining in Greenland. Britain must rethink its disastrous nuclear expansion – public protest can make it happen! |
| POLITICS Schumer, Jeffries blink…Senate, House to vote on War Powers Resolution next week to stop Trump’s criminal war on Iran . Democratic congressional leaders are working to stop War Powers Resolution opposing Trump’s criminal Iran war. |
| POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. “The Surgery of the World”: Netanyahu Arrives in Washington to Deliver the Final Blow to Diplomacy and Ignite a Major War. DOOMSDAY: The Suicide Pact Nobody Voted For. US-UK tech talks restart with a focus on nuclear projects– ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2026/02/28/3-b1-us-uk-tech-talks-restart-with-a-focus-on-nuclear-projects/ |
| SAFETY . ‘Making America Unsafe Again’: Alarm Over Environmental Review Exemption for Nuclear Reactors. UK regulators to begin formal assessment of TerraPower’s 345MWe sodium-cooled fast reactor. Nuclear power station workers ‘failed to ensure safety‘ after incident. Babcock CEO responds to Rosyth nuclear handling concerns. |
| SECRETS and LIES. National Endowment for Democracy leader cut off in Congress after boasting of ‘deploying’ 200 Starlinks to Iran amid violence. |
| SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. SpaceX and Blue Origin abruptly shift priorities amid US Golden Dome push |
| SPINBUSTER. The Innate and Inseparable Ties Between Nuclear Weapons and Energy |
| WASTES. Decommissioning. The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) group Strategy Effective from March 2026 |
| WAR and CONFLICT. Could Hungary’s fight over oil change course of Ukraine War? |
| WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. Hegseth Demands Anthropic Let Military Use AI However It Wants—Even for Autonomous Killer Drones and Spying On Americans– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CFkZOmAUFE The Bombs Which Polish the Skulls of the Dead. Nuclear waste leaks show the need for focus on renewables. Zelenskyy says he’d accept nuclear weapons from UK, France ‘with pleasure’ |
This week’s NOT the corporate nuclear-related news
Some bits of good news – Planting Billions of Trees Turned Barren Desert into a Carbon Sink That Lowers CO2.
Town Enthusiastically Switches to Restorative Justice and Reoffending Almost Vanishes.
Dramatic recovery of various fish species after California’s ban on trawling
TOP STORIES
Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate.
What if Nuclear Deterrence was an Obsolete Concept?
Why can’t western leaders accept that they have failed in Ukraine?
Murica: US throws pennies at massive UN debt.
Climate. The Apocalyptic President. Donald Trump has revoked the official doctrine that carbon dioxide is a danger to human health. Brace for Trump’s brave new world of 1.7°C global warming.
The challenges in projecting future global sea levels. Excruciating tropical disease can now be transmitted in most of Europe, study finds.
AUSTRALIA.
- British submarine arrives for ‘extraordinary’ AUKUS visit.
- Submarine boasts, yet nuclear waste dumps submersed in secrecy.
- Radiation Protection -worker and public health protection standards at risk.
- China’s Retaliation: when will it happen
- Australia-based Bannerman Energy join China’s CNNC for debt-free construction of its Namibian uranium project.
- Australia’s culture of complicity.
NUCLEAR RELATED ITEMS
| ECONOMICS. A $33 billion nuclear bailout is coming to your electric bill. Cost of Hinkley Point C nuclear plant jumps again to nearly £50bn. – EDF has further pushed back the start-up of the UK’s flagship HinkleyPoint C nuclear plant. British taxpayers bankroll French nuclear giant while Hinkley Point C quietly receives 500-tonne reactor heart. Investigation: France’s future nuclear reactors could cost three times more than expected. Scotiabank subsidiary fully divests from Israeli arms firm. Nuclear power: EDF assesses the cost of reactor modulation for the first time (but its calculation is incomplete). |
| ENERGY. Why can’t people grasp that there’s much more to renewables than wind? |
| ENVIRONMENT. Major leak at Highland nuclear site triggers hunt for mystery bunkers. New Mexico Environment Department Holds LANL Accountable for Hexavalent Chromium Plume. |
| ETHICS and RELIGION. Pope Leo rejects Trump invitation to join Gaza ‘Board of Peace’ |
| HEALTH. DNA Mutations Discovered in The Children of Chernobyl Workers. Harrowing six final words of nuclear worker as his skin fell off during 83 days of agony. |
| LEGAL RAF Lakenheath protesters to face no further action. Further charges on health and safety offences at a nuclear construction site. |
| MEDIA. Fukushima review – a devastating account of disaster and denial in 2011 nuclear catastrophe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8HuMGIsiTo Ch4 doc shows Starmer’s ban on Palestine Action was done to protect the arms industry. DoJ Released Much More on Epstein’s Israel Ties—But Media Still Aren’t Much Interested. |
POLITICS. Democrats Aren’t Resisting Trump’s Iran War Because They Secretly Support It. A Dangerous Equation: Trump’s Iran Plans and the Democrats Who Expect to Benefit.
The Unelected Overlord: How Kushner Turned the White House into Israel’s Backroom Deal Den. Trump Team Didn’t Just Collude with Israel, Kushner was Acting as Foreign Agent for Tel Aviv.
POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.
- Iran will not bow down to US pressure in nuclear talks, Pezeshkian says. Iran war described as‘biggest opportunity’ at US oil lobby’s DC summit. No US War on Iran: An Open Letter to the UN Security Council. Very traumatic for whom Mr. Trump?
- The Veto May be the Weapon of Elimination in the Election of Next UN Chief.
- Rubio Declared a Return to Brutal Western Colonialism – and Europe applauded. Rubio at Munich: No More Guilt for Colonialism.
- More Shockingly Honest Confessions From The Empire Managers.
- No Netanyahu pushing to turn US into ‘slave state for Israel’s expansionist dreams’: Analyst
- Trump officials plan to build 5,000-person military base in Gaza, files show .
- 66 years of US sanctions and embargo degrading Cuba have become depraved under Trump.
| SAFETY. Ministry of Defence’s nuclear clean-up project brings new risks – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2026/02/22/3-b1-ministry-of-defences-nuclear-clean-up-project-brings-new-risks/ Massive military convoy carrying ‘nuclear weapons’ passes through Glasgow.. |
| SECRETS and LIES. The global elite in the shadow of Jeffrey Epstein. The Israeli Government Installed and Maintained Security System at Epstein Apartment. Why Epstein’s Links to the CIA Are So Important. Epstein, Yermak and Zelensky. Uranium Neo-colonialism in Mongolia: Crime but No Punishment. Beijing moves to contain Mossad’s expanding reach in Iran. |
| SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. Space-based missiles, killer robots key to U.S. effort to gain orbital dominance. |
| SPINBUSTER. Lies Of Omission As Fresh American War Crimes Loom. |
| TECHNOLOGY. Algorithms and AI have turned Gaza into a laboratory of death.Small modular nuclear reactors for developing countries: Expectations and evidence Open Access. Deep Fission Wins Fresh Investor Backing for Nuclear Reactor Burial |
| WASTES. “Dumping Radioactive Wastewater into the Hudson River” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxf4e1j5Zr4 |
WAR and CONFLICT.
Israel and American Hawks are pushing US to Iran War with Catastrophic Consequences. Munich Security Conference Evangelizes European War. The Ticking Time Bomb Looming Over Gaza, And Other Notes.
WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES.
- Proposed Saudi-U.S. deal could allow uranium enrichment, arms control experts warn.
- Trump buildup for war with Iran mimics George W. Bush’s buildup for 2003 Iraq war.
- German Chancellor urging France to beef up ‘Europe’s nuclear deterrent”.
- Air Force urged to build 200 B-21 bombers.
- What a naval ‘hellscape’ in the Pacific could actually entail: New Navy drone warship and undersea robot weapons.
The non-corporate nuclear-related news this week
Some bits of good news
France launches its largest ever rewilding project in the Dauphiné Alps.
Chile’s dark skies look set to stay that way.
Colombia Cedes Vast Amazon Land to Indigenous Peoples as Deforestation Surges
TOP STORIES.
As Landmark Treaty Expires, No Binding Limits on US-Russia Nuclear Arsenals.
The right to have nukes.
The Future of Los Alamos Lab: More Nuclear Weapons or Cleanup?
If You Think Our Rulers Do Bad Things In Secret, Wait Til You See What They Do Out In The Open.
Left to Bleed: How Israeli Forces Treat the Killing of Palestinian Children as Routine.
WANTED: Volunteers to host nuclear waste, forever.
Climate. These US states want polluters to pay for the rising insurance costs of climate disasters.
Noel’s notes. The complex, long-form writers – but is anybody listening?
AUSTRALIA. Aussie Flotilla Team to Gaza Announced. . In Australia The Police Beat You Up For Opposing Genocide. Selective context: Why Isaac Herzog’s visit deepens Australia’s moral failure. Albanese v Albanese.
For more see Australian nuclear-related news this week
NUCLEAR-RELATED ITEMS
| ATROCITIES. Israel Destroyed Gaza’s Hospitals – Now It’s Banning Doctors Without Borders. |
| ECONOMICS. Electricity: A confidential EDF report anticipates an explosion in costs and risks. |
| EMPLOYMENT. Nuclear weapons workers vote for strike action. Dounreay workers among 200 allowed to leave Nuclear Restoration Services’ UK in early exit scheme |
| ENERGY. Nuclear Power –A White Elephant in the Energy Debate. |
| ENVIRONMENT ‘Green laws hold up nuclear plans —but we can’t say where’– ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2026/02/14/4-b1-green-laws-hold-up-nuclear-plans-but-we-cant-say-where/ A Business Necessity: Align With Nature or Risk Collapse, IPBES Report Warns. Trump nixes nukes from environmental reviews. £700m plan with ‘fish disco’ could save 90% of marine life, says Hinkley Point C study. New Mexico Environment Department Takes Necessary Action on Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Hexavalent Chromium Plume. |
| ETHICS and RELIGION. Rot at the Top: The Elite’s Darkest Secrets Spill Out. |
| EVENTS. 19 February – VIRTUAL EVENT-Decision Time: AI and Our Nuclear Arsenal |
| HEALTH. Residential proximity to nuclear power plants and cancer incidence in Massachusetts, USA (2000–2018). |
| INDIGENOUS ISSUES. Submissions to the Federal Court of Appeal about UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) .Sizewell C opponents to appeal High Court decision. Palestine Action protesters found not guilty of Elbit burglary. |
| MEDIA. Leading PapersCall for Destroying Iran to Save It. Whitehaven’s Polluted Harbour is “Riviera of the North” NuSpeak Lives. |
| OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . An environmental coalition defends Environmental Justice (EJ) against the Canadian Nuclear Waste Management Organization’s (NWMO) latest Deep Geological Repository (DGR) scheme. |
- Is the UK keeping up with the nuclear revival? – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2026/02/14/4-b1-is-the-uk-keeping-up-with-the-nuclear-revival/ REVEALED: Labour said Scottish nuclear study could be seen as ‘waste of money’.
- France slashes renewable energy targets, expands nuclear power with new law.
- Japan Restarts Nuclear Power at Kashiwazaki Kariwa After 14 Years. Japan to restart world’s biggest nuclear plant on Monday.
- The West Bank- Israel’s atrocities in clear sight, but out of mind.
- Sixth Trump meeting with his de facto boss…good day to fire him.
- Our Leaders Couldn’t Fix Our Problems If They Wanted To (And They Don’t Want To). US Military Helping Trump to Build Massive Network of ‘Concentration Camps,’ Navy Contract Reveals.
POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.
- Russia says it will stick to limits of expired nuclear treaty if US does the same.
- Without an economic reset with Russia, a peace deal for Ukraine may render Britain and Europe weakened relics of a unipolar past.
- Collapsing Empire:US Bows To African Revolutionaries.
- Bad Beginnings:The End of New START. Last arms control treaty expires.
- Iran’s Comprehensive Peace Proposal to the United States. Trump warns Iran of ‘very traumatic’ outcome if no nuclear deal. Trump is not threatening war on Iran over its nuclear program, but because it challenges U.S. dominance. Has Trump been trumped by large, powerful, resolute Iran? Why Iran–US negotiations must move beyond a single-issue approach to the nuclear problem. Iran offers to dilute enriched uranium in exchange for full sanctions relief. Iran suggests it could dilute highly enriched uranium for sanctions relief.
| RADIATION. Shrimp with a side of cancer? – Radioactive contamination is real. |
| SAFETY. Russian nuclear agency insists it can run seized Ukrainian atomic power plant. France must start to plan nuclear closures – safety chief. |
| SECRETS and LIES. UK ignores corruption scandals when awarding major military contracts. |
| SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. Hegseth calls for U.S. space dominance. |
| SPINBUSTER. Ontario – Lecce’s nuclear spin –and the $3.3 billion he forgot to mention EDF makes distorted claims about Hinkley C fish deterrent. |
| TECHNOLOGY. US campaign puts case for disposal, not reprocessing, of used nuclear fuel. |
| WASTES. Hanford begins removing waste from 24th single-shell tank. |
WAR and CONFLICT.
- 66 years after France’s firstnuclear test in Algeria, justice is still denied.
- Eight Decades Later, It Remains One World or None. On the road to nuclear war. The risk of nuclear war is rising again- We need a new movement for global peace.
- Over 2,000 Britons served for Israel amid Gaza genocide.
- The Calculus of Conflict: How Russia’s Military Doctrine is Reshaping Modern Warfare .
- Department of War Partners With Department of Energy in Historic Nuclear Energy Initiative.
- Uncharted Nuclear Territory. People Are Not Upset Enough About the End of New START
- The 24-site US military network in Britain worth £11 billion.
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Cuba Is Not a Failed State – It Is a Besieged State
PETITION: “Global Appeal to Endorse Palestinian Right of Return of Refugees”
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