Nuclear news – but not from the nuclear-military-industrial-media complex
Some bits of good news – Kyrgyz Republic unveils 800,000-hectare ecological corridor for biodiversity. The EU ratified the global ocean treaty Australia’s grid ‘greener than ever’.
TOP STORIES. Legacy of US nuclear weapons tests in the Marshall Islands created global radiation exposure: new study.
US protects Israel as Netanyahu vows to ‘take over’ Gaza, using hunger as as weapon.
Desperation Time in Ukraine End-Game.Putin’s demands for peace include an end to NATO enlargement, sources say – ALSO AT ……..
https://nuclear-news.net/2025/06/02/1-a-putins-demands-for-peace-include-an-end-to-nato-enlargement-sources-say/Revealed: Nato
rearmament could increase emissions by 200m tonnes a year.
Climate. Earth is heading for 2.7°C warming this century- We may avoid the worst climate scenarios – but the outlook is still dire. Almost 40% of world’s glaciers already doomed due to climate crisis – study. World faces new danger of ‘economic denial’ in climate fight, Cop30 head says.
Noel’s notes Time to give up the pretense about Ukraine winning the war. A tale of two dodgy domes.
AUSTRALIA. Marles’ misstep: welcome to the backlash. ‘Fork in the road’: How a failed nuclear plot locked in Australia’s renewable future. Liberals put nuclear power policy to the sword. Turnbull says ‘stupid’ Nationals picking ‘fight over nothing’ as Liberals weigh nuclear.
Albanese ramps up Gaza rhetoric as Zionist narrative erodes.
Nuclear Items
ATROCITIES. Israel’s aid plan for Gaza is a key part of its strategy to expel Palestinians. Extermination as negotiation: Understanding Israel’s strategy in Gaza.
Gaza’s Hospitals ARE The Target.
| ENERGY. Solar puts Australia in fast lane to 100% renewables. |
| ENVIRONMENT. David Lowry: Nuclear power has no role in “clean energy” because it isa very dirty technology! -ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/05/29/1-b1-david-lowry-nuclear-power-has-no-role-in-clean-energy-because-it-isa-very-dirty-technology/Davis-Besse Report Reveals Constant Pollution, Flawed Monitoring, and Unending Nuclear Waste. |
| ETHICS and RELIGION. Sorry If This Is Antisemitic But I Think It’s Wrong To Burn Children Alive.Poll: 82% of Israelis want to expel Palestinians from Gaza; 47% want to kill every man, woman, child. Pope Leo XIV Renews Call for Gaza Ceasefire, Laments Israeli Killing of Palestinian Children. |
EVENTS. Veterans Launch 40-Day Fast to Protest Israel’s Starvation of Gaza.
7 June – Sizewell C Outrage Rally.
12 June – Nuclear War: A Scenario – join an online discussion with international best-selling author Annie Jacobsen.
| HEALTH. Ending nuclear weapons, before they end us. |
| HISTORY. The health impact of nuclear tests in French Polynesia – archive, 1981 |
| LEGAL. Enough Is Enough- Israel Is Committing War Crimes- Former Israeli PM. New Israeli Law Allows Palestinians as Young as 12 to Be Imprisoned for Life.Czech Nuclear Power Plant Deal with KHNP Likely Postponed until after October, due to court ruling. |
OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . Protest against Chalk River nuclear waste disposal project -ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/05/30/2-b1-protest-against-chalk-river-nuclear-waste-disposal-project/
Anti-nuclear weapon campaigners picket Plymouth MP’s office ahead of Devonport demonstration.
| POLITICS. Nuclear power is back- Will it work out this time? Labour ministers under pressure as viral video shows broken promises to nuclear veterans. Lincolnshire County Councillors move to pull the plug on nuclear waste site talks. Lincolnshire County Council leader Sean Matthews defends stance on nuclear waste site amid criticism from Tories. Reform leader hits back after Tories saying he’s gone back on nuclear waste site promise. Disappointing but predictable: UK Government minister’s reply on nuke treaty. Trump’s nuclear vision collides with Trump’s actual policies.Trump’s executive orders could endanger America’s nuclear renaissance . |
| POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. How Donald Trump Discovers the Art of Political Negotiation. Trump’s role in provoking Russia’s destruction of Ukraine should not be ignored. Trump warns Netanyahu off Iran strike as nuclear talks continue. Iran rejects IAEA report alleging increased enriched uranium stockpile. Does Tehran want the bomb?Why the US Won’t Be Able to Help Build Taiwan’s Nuclear Future. |
| SAFETY. Rise in nuclear-related incidents deeply worrying. Experts warn Trump’s nuclear blitz could trigger ‘Next Three Mile Island’. ENSURING A MELTDOWN – Trump’s reckless nuclear orders. |
| SECRETS and LIES. How does the nuclear industry get away with its persistent, repetitive lies? France spent €90,000 countering research into impact of Pacific nuclear tests. Watchdog probes Springbank baron over nuclear firm meeting. |
| SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. Elon Musk promises more risky launches after sixth Starship failure. SpaceX loses contact with its Starship on 9th test flight after last 2 went down in flames. |
| TECHNOLOGY. Trump’s new ‘gold standard’ rule will destroy American science as we know it. China unveils world’s first AI nuke inspector. |
| WASTES. UK government’s Spending Review needs to allocate nuclear clean-up funds – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/05/31/1-b1-uk-governments-spending-review-needs-to-allocate-nuclear-clean-up-funds/ Dysfunctional: review reveals South Copeland GDF partnership at war. Councillors move to end nuclear waste talks. |
| WAR and CONFLICT. Here’s what they don’t tell you about ‘massive Russian strikes on Ukraine’. Ukraine drone strikes hit nuclear bombers deep inside Russia. Israeli Military Says It Will Occupy 75% of Gaza Within Two Months, ‘Concentrate’ the Civilian Population. US Has 500 Troops in Taiwan in Major Challenge to China. |
| WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. The 2026 bill for the Ukraine war is already in the mail. Ukraine ‘can’t afford’ it if US quits conflict – top Zelensky aide. Donald Trump’s Fool’s Gold. Gaza “a Gaping Wound on Humanity:” Spain Convenes Int’l Conference to call for Arms Embargo on Israel. Roads to War: The EU’s Security Action for Europe Fund. Europe’s defence without the U.S.: What does the new cost report say? Britain to buy fighter jets to carry nuclear weapons-ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/06/02/1-b1-britain-to-buy-fighter-jets-to-carry-nuclear-weapons/ |
This week’s antidotes to the corporate nuclear news
Some bits of good news – A welcoming haven for those fleeing strife and insecurity: Uganda’s unique refugee policy.One of Australia’s rarest birds returns to fire-ravaged habitat after 42 years.
TOP STORIES. Trump’s Golden Dome: Star Wars is Back – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPRroMsiJ4M
The Western Media Brought Gaza To This Point.
The nuclear divide: Why are women cautious of nuclear energy?
Japan’s Fukushima nuclear wastewater ‘pose major environmental, human rights risks’ – UN experts.
Atomic bombs destroyed their lives – now they want Russia to pay.
Climate. Is the COP30 climate summit already in crisis, with six months to go? – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/05/26/1-b1-is-the-cop30-climate-summit-already-in-crisis-with-six-months-to-go/
Sea level rise will cause ‘catastrophic inland migration’, scientists warn.
Tropical forests destroyed at fastest recorded rate last year.
Noel’s notes. A tale of two dodgy domes.
AUSTRALIA. Nuclear power blows up Coalition’s political marriage. David Littleproud cites nuclear energy disagreement as major factor in Coalition split. Nuclear power may have cost the Coalition 11 seats in the federal election.
Rudd talking the AUKUS talk in Washington, but is the US walking?
Nothing to See Here: Australia’s Hidden Arms Trade With Israel.
Why US Interference in Australia Must Stop.
NUCLEAR ITEMS.
| ATROCITIES. The Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza: Israel’s Operation Gideon’s Chariots. |
| CIVIL LIBERTIES. UK’s Geological Disposal Facility Community Partnership operates under restrictive government guidance and the management of Nuclear Waste Services- ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/05/21/2-b1-uks-geological-disposal-facility-community-partnership-operates-under-restrictive-government-guidance-and-the-management-of-nuclear-waste-services/ |
ECONOMICS. Nuclear has highest investment risk; solar shows lowest, say US researchers
| EMPLOYMENT. Top nuke officials admit staffing challenges after DOGE layoffs, hiring freeze. Nuclear weapons woes: Understaffed nuke agency hit by DOGE and safety worries. |
| ENERGY. Solar Power Set to Surpass Nuclear Generation This Summer. Two stories: Denmark’s soaring renewable success and global nuclear construction disaster. We did the math on AI’s energy footprint – Here’s the story you haven’t heard – EXCERPTS AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/05/23/2-b1-we-did-the-math-on-ais-energy-footprint-heres-the-story-you-havent-heard/ We still don’t know how much energy AI consumes -ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/05/22/1-b1-we-still-dont-know-how-much-energy-ai-consumes/ |
| ENVIRONMENT. Welcome to Britain’s biggest building site-There’s a ‘fishdisco’.ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/05/22/1-b1-welcome-to-britains-biggest-building-site-theres-a-fishdisco/ |
| ETHICS and RELIGION. The World Cannot Know True Peace Until We Have Reckoned With What We Did To Gaza. |
| EVENTS. 27 May – Book launch, both in person and online – herehttps://www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/events/radiation-whistleblowers-20th-century 29 May – UNLEASHING THE ATOM Zoom 8pm EDT Register Here. 7 June – Sizewell C Outrage Rally |
| INDIGENOUS ISSUES. First Nations warn of conflict if Ontario proceeds with Bill 5. |
| POLITICS. I wrote a speech for Trump’s Golden Dome defense – Get ready to feel something. Trump’s “wins” on nuclear power are losses for taxpayers and public safety. Donald Trump’s nine-word question to aide about executive order raises alarm bells. Trump sets out aim to quadruple US nuclear capacity. US nuclear sector intensifies lobbying in bid to prevent subsidy cuts – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/05/21/2-b1-us-nuclear-sector-intensifies-lobbying-in-bid-to-prevent-subsidy-cuts/ Civil society says nuclear deserves no place in Prime Minister Carney’s “Energy Superpower” project. Reactor closure marks Taiwan’s nuclear exit. Calls for new UK Reform-run council to confirm end to nuclear waste proposal. |
| POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. Europe self destructing in efforts to continue Ukraine’s self destruction . Trump’s man in London backs Aukus partnership with UK and Australia. Is Trump negotiating the U.S. into war with Iran? Trump’s Break with Israel: Genuine Shift or Political Theater? US should never have intervened in Ukraine – Trump. US House seeks to create another Ukraine disaster in Georgia. |
| SAFETY. Experts Warn Trump Attack on Nuclear Regulator Raises Disaster Risk. White House weighs overhaul of Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Rise in nuclear incidents at Faslane naval base, that could leak radioactivity. |
| URANIUM. Trump Admin Fast Tracks Anfield’s Velvet-Wood Uranium Project in Push for US Energy Independence. Revealed: three tonnes of uranium legally dumped in protected English estuary in nine years. |
| WASTES. Govt Eyes Reuse of Fukushima Soil at PM’s Office. |
| WAR and CONFLICT. Republican Calls for Gaza to Be “Nuked” Like Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Staging for a Strike?– US Quietly Moves Bombers as Israel Prepares to Hit Iran. ‘Dad’s Army’ to return FOR REAL as UK military plans defence against Russian invasion. |
| WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. Trump’s Golden Dome Is a Combover. Canada wants to join Golden Dome missile-defence program. Trump says. NNSA completes assembly of the first B61-13 nuclear gravity bomb ahead of schedule. |
This week’s antidotes to the corporate-nuclear-military-industrial-media-complex
Some bits of good news – The lengths to which health workers go to reach every child with vaccines. Clean energy just put China’s CO2 emissions into reverse for first time.
In the Netherlands, Anyone Can Turn a Slice of Sidewalk Into a Garden
TOP STORIES .
The real reason politicians back nuclear power instead of renewables –ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/05/18/2-a-nuclear-in-decline-edf-accumulates-excesses-the-state-takes-the-hit-and-the-french-pay-the-bill-without-flinching/
Nuclear in decline: EDF accumulates excesses, the State takes the hit and the French pay the bill without flinching– ALSO AT
https://nuclear-news.net/2025/05/18/2-a-nuclear-in-decline-edf-accumulates-excesses-the-state-takes-the-hit-and-the-french-pay-the-bill-without-flinching/
Ontario’s Costly Nuclear Folly.
Why small modular reactors do not exist – history gives the answer.
Status and Trends of the Global Nuclear Industry: A Cruel Reality Check.
The Balance of Power in the Russo-Ukraine War– Russia is in the driving seat –
ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/05/18/2-a-the-balance-of-power-in-the-russo-ukraine-war-russia-is-in-the-driving-seat/k
Climate, Want to know how the world really ends? Look to TV show Families Like Ours – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aRYRz6-shE.
Global sea levels are rising faster and faster. It spells catastrophe for coastal towns and cities. Techno-optimism alone won’t fix climate change.
Noel’s notes. Let’s give Trump credit where credit is due.
AUSTRALIA. Treaty the planet’s best chance to get rid of its worst weapons. Can Australia pay off Turkey to host COP31? The Brits did. Labor’s got a new mandate to act.- Still condones war crimes. Why? More Australian nuclear news at https://antinuclear.net/2025/05/19/australian-nuclear-news-12-19th-may/
NUCLEAR ITEMS
ECONOMICS. Critics Slam Cost of Ontario SMR Plan, Question Dependence on U.S.
Uranium. What does the Cour des Comptes Report mean for Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C?
Airlines update nuclear war insurance plans as escalation threats grow – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/05/19/1-b1-airlines-update-nuclear-war-plans-as-escalation-threats-grow/
French nuclear company Orano explores sale of Niger uranium assets.
| ENERGY. Solar and wind make up 98 pct of new US generation capacity in Trump’s first three months. |
| ETHICS and RELIGION. Never, Ever Let Anyone Forget What They Did To Gaza. Chris Hedges: The New Dark Age Pope Leo Breaks Silence on Ukraine, Gaza, and Middle East Violence | DRM News | |
| EVENTS Petition to Deny LANL’s Request to Release Radioactive Tritium into the Air. |
| HUMAN RIGHTS. Nuclear veterans hand ‘evidence dossier’ to police. |
| LEGAL. Hinkley Point C court hearing over complying with UK environmental information law begins. |
| MEDIA. US mainstream media still censoring US enabled Israeli genocide in Gaza. Multiple Western Press Outlets Have Suddenly Pivoted Hard Against Israel. |
| PODCAST. NUCLEAR HOTSEAT podcast – Nuclear Radiation Cancer Zone: Piketon Ohio’s Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant. |
| POLITICS. Can the UK’s 24GW of new nuclear by 2050 target be met? Revisiting the Nuclear Roadmap. Why SNP national council must pass this motion on nuclear weapons – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/05/19/2-b1-why-snp-national-council-must-pass-this-motion-on-nuclear-weapons/ |
POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.
Iran proposes partnership with UAE and Saudi Arabia to enrich uranium. Beyond Iran: a new nuclear doctrine for the Persian Gulf.
False promises, real costs: The nuclear gamble we can’t afford.
Trump should not threaten sanctions when he talks to Putin. Zelensky now needs to shut up and let his negotiating team get to work. The stakes are high for these important Ukraine-Russia-US talks. Zelenskyy says he is willing to meet Putin in Istanbul for peace talks. Peace For Ukraine – The disastrous derailment of early peace efforts to end the war.
Donald Trump Decouples the United States from Israel. Trump, Planes and the Arabian Gulf Tour.
| PLUTONIUM. Sellafield Plutonium treatment plant moves a step closer to completion |
| PUBLIC OPINION. Ontarians overwhelmingly say no to new nuclear. 80% of Ontarians want the province to cancel its contract for GE-Hitachi nuclear reactors. |
| SAFETY. A home guard to protect British nuclear power plants against enemy attacks -ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/05/19/1-b1-a-home-guard-to-protect-british-nuclear-power-plants-against-enemy-attacks/ Safety failures reported at Hinkley Point C days before environmental trial begins. Too Great a Risk. Hinkley Point C site served notice after crane ‘component failure’. Inspection at the Flamanville EPR: the nuclear watchdog points out serious shortcomings. European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) secures contribution from France to help restore site safety at Chornobyl. Don’t vent tritium gas |
| SECRETS and LIES. How Donald Trump’s Crypto Dealings Push the Bounds of Corruption- ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/05/19/1-b1-how-donald-trumps-crypto-dealings-push-the-bounds-of-corruption/ |
| SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. US loosens some rules for offensive counterspace ops, wargaming.China and Russia plan to build nuclear power station on moon. |
| SPINBUSTER. New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s Major Nuclear Power Push. |
| TECHNOLOGY. AWS says Britain needs more nuclear power to feed AI data center surge. |
| URANIUM. Uranium enrichment to 93% is Iran’s right under Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty , lawmakers tell UN watchdog |
| WASTES. The US buried millions of gallons of wartime nuclear waste – Doge cuts could wreck the cleanup.Andra updates French repository cost estimate |
WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES
Emmanuel Macron open to stationing French nuclear weapons in other European nations.– ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/05/16/2-b1-emmanuel-macron-open-to-stationing-french-nuclear-weapons-in-other-european-nations/
This week – not-the-corporate nuclear news
Some bits of good news: Sustainable Ocean Action: A Global Stocktake of the Our Ocean Conference
How Pakistan pulled off one of the fastest solar revolutions in the world – a “bottom up” revolution.
TOP STORIES Why Is US Congress Silent on the Manmade Nightmare It Is Enabling in Gaza? -Bernie Sanders. Expulsion and Occupation: Israel’s Proposed Gaza Plan.
Resuscitation at Zaporizhzhia?
From the archives. Conflicts of interest in the Trump group’s push to sell nuclear reactors to Saudi Arabia.
Climate. I just returned from Antarctica: climate change isn’t some far-off problem – it’s here and hitting hard.
‘Sitting ducks’: the cities most vulnerable to climate disasters -ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/05/07/2-b1-sitting-ducks-the-cities-most-vulnerable-to-climate-disasters/
How ‘out of touch’ Tony Blair became a serious threat to climate action. Two-thirds of global heating caused by richest 10%, study suggests.
5 huge climate opportunities await the next Australian parliament – and it has the numbers to deliver.
Noel’s notes The pro-nuclear drive and Zionism are intertwined.
AUSTRALIA.
- Business as usual: Labor stalls on Defence reform as AUKUS woes grow.
- If the Coalition sticks with nuclear, the fallout will be toxic. Will the Coalition ditch its nuclear power policy? Coalition bombs itself with nuclear energy policy. Australians choose batteries over nuclear after election fought on energy. Scrap nuclear: Key Liberal senator wants radioactive energy plan buried.
- Poison in the Heart-The Nuclear Wasting of South Australia.
- Who’s afraid of big, bad China?
- Front groups working with Zionist actors are promoting Islamophobia.
- The dark cloud of Murdoch has no silver lining.
NUCLEAR ITEMS.
| ECONOMICS. Ontario’s Darlington SMR project to cost nearly $21-billion, significantly higher than expected. Google agrees to fund the development of three new nuclear sites. How Miliband can make renewables cheaper – but there is really no alternative to renewables. |
| ENERGY. Rooftop solar can be torn out of capital’s hands. |
| ENVIRONMENT. Sellafield’s massive water abstraction plan for its new construction work has no environmental impact assessment and inadequate monitoring. Ohio EPA launches limited Luckey water testing after independent report shows high radiation in wells. |
| HISTORY. 80 years on US still embattled in senseless Cold War with Russia.The Anglo-Nazi Global Empire That Almost Was. |
| LEGAL. Lawsuit Compels Nationwide Public Review of Plutonium Bomb Core Production. |
| MEDIA. Israel Will Even Persecute Palestinians For Simply Talking To Journalists. |
| POLITICS. Durbin successor must not be co opted by the Israel Lobby. [SMRs] Trump wants to speed up construction of more NPP, bypass safety regulations- ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/05/12/2-b1-draft-executive-orders-aim-to-speed-construction-of-nuclear-plants/. Trump administration considers orders expediting nuclear plant construction, NYT reports. US Administration’s initial proposal sees cuts to nuclear energy budget. |
| POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. Iran calls latest nuclear talks with US ‘difficult’ but both sides agree negotiations will continue. The Stakes of Donald Trump’s Negotiations with the Islamic Republic of Iran. Trump’s trip to Saudi Arabia raises the prospect of US nuclear cooperation with the kingdom. Non Proliferation Preparatory Committee concludes; Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons states point way forward. |
SAFETY.
- The Challenge to Japan’s Nuclear Restart.
- Starmer ignored nuclear watchdog when he blamed regulations for delays. Improvement notice issued at Dounreay nuclear power plant.
- Chernobyl shelter’s drone damage includes 330 openings in outer cladding. Russian drone strike caused tens of millions worth of damage to Chornobyl.
- Zaporizhzhia: Hurdle or catalyst for a peace deal in Ukraine
- Trump tightens control of independent agency overseeing nuclear safety. Trump considers weakening nuclear safety agency in bid for more power plants- ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/05/12/1-b1-trump-considers-weakening-nuclear-agency-in-bid-for-more-power-plants/
| SECRETS and LIES. The Deep State & the Death of Democracy. ‘It’s deceitful’: Critics slam owners of TMI Unit 2 for not reporting fire at plant. |
| SPINBUSTER. Who are Britain Remade? Atomic lobby seizes on Spanish blackout .Google tries to greenwash massive AI energy consumption with another vague nuclear deal. |
| TECHNOLOGY. Westinghouse drops out of UK SMR competition. |
| URANIUM. Depleted Uranium by Lynda Williams 2025- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_BXI5wVhKU |
| WAR and CONFLICT. Too Cruel to Even Imagine—Nuclear War in Densely Populated Areas Close the US military bases in Asia! Nuclear war has never been more likely – Here’s what it would look like now. |
| WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. Nuclear threat is more real than at any time since second World War. Starmer prepares for attack by Russia. |
Nuclear news this week – not industry handouts
A bit of good news –
The global nuclear-free movement just had a thumping victory over the nuclear lobby. Australians voted in an unprecedented landslide to reject the Opposition’s pro nuclear policy, and to kick their leader right out of Parliament.
Australia is the only country in the world that is a nation-continent, a great island -continent with one federal government, and one predominant language. Already with a third of all households having solar power, and a pro-renewable energy government now thoroughly endorsed – Australia is set to be world leader in truly clean energy, and climate action.
TOP STORIES
NATO leaders as delusional as Zelensky on lost Ukraine war.
As US military prepares for war on China, Silicon Valley tech oligarchs are profiting.
Scotland does not need nuclear power and people aren’t being told the truth.
From the archives. TONY BLAIR: STILL A NUCLEAR NUTTER!.
Climate. Arctic plant study reveals an ‘early warning sign’ of climate change upheaval.
Noel’s notes. A resounding win for the world’s nuclear-free clean energy movement.AUSTRALIA
Pie in the sky? After the Coalition’s stinging loss, nuclear should be dead. Here’s why it might live on. Coalition to put nuclear plan
on the chopping block-ALSO AT https://antinuclear.net/2025/05/04/coalition-to-put-nuclear-plan-on-the-chopping-block/
Nuclear fallout: Coalition’s nuclear energy policy proved toxic to voters.
- Honest Government Ad | Our Nuclear Plan. – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBqVVBUdW84
- What Australians really think of nuclear power.
- Firefighters and nurses call on Coalition to drop nuclear energy plans.
- Australians’ support for nuclear power ban rises despite Dutton’s best efforts to sell atomic future, survey finds.
- As Dutton champions nuclear power, Indigenous artists recall the profound loss of land and life that came from it.
- Government ignores AUKUS ‘very high risk’ warning from the Admiral in charge. Malcolm Turnbull hasn’t drunk the Kool-Aid on AUKUS | ABC NEWS – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccQCTLhF1Do Why Military Neutrality is a Must for Australia.
- Confirmed: Australian weapons sold to Israel.
- More Australian nuclear news at https://antinuclear.net/2025/05/01/australian-nuclear-news-items-28-april-5-may/
NUCLEAR ITEMS
| ATROCITIES. As Israelis Blockade Food to Gaza, 9,000 Children have been Admitted for Acute Malnutrition. Israel Bombs Humanitarian Aid Flotilla on Way to Gaza. |
| ECONOMICS. EDF seeks joint financing for UK projects. |
| EDUCATION. Nuclear infiltrates: Students from three West Cumbrian schools are taking part in a challenge to build robots for the nuclear industry. |
| ENERGY. Dispatch from France | May ’25. |
| ENVIRONMENT. Tracing radiation through the Marshall Islands: Reflections from a Greenpeace nuclear specialist. Ohio EPA slams DOE’s sloppy radiation sampling plan for Piketon plant demolition. |
| ETHICS and RELIGION. Will the World Speak up Against Israel’s Likely Attack on Humanitarian Activists? Pope Francis Refused to Be Silent on Gaza – Will His Successor Follow Suit? |
| EVENTS. Sign the Petition to Deny LANL’s Request to Release Radioactive Tritium! |
| HISTORY. The World’s First Nuclear Meltdown: Chalk River | Fascinating Horror – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WcBIzRzswg Niagara County New York Radiation Disaster -discovered in 2024 |
| LEGAL. The ICJ, Israel and the Gaza Blockade. EDF sues Czech competition authority over Dukovany nuclear tender. |
| MEDIA. Nuclear power is shaping up as an election loser, and the Murdoch media is not happy. |
| OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . Updates on Palisades: Zombie reactor & “SMR” new builds. NUKE WASTE DUMP: Ojibwe Country once again targeted. |
| POLITICS. The Great British nuclear expansion is a project bound to fail. Senator Strangelove. |
| POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. No Victory in Ukraine: The Costs of Western Delusion. Fantasy and Exploitation: The US-Ukraine Minerals Deal. UK in talks to buy back nuclear sites from French firm EDF. |
| PUBLIC OPINION. Six in 10 Americans Support US Participation in a Nuclear Agreement with Iran. |
| SAFETY. NUCLEAR STATION = WAR TARGET. Situation unstable: IAEA says shots were heard at Zaporizhzhia power plant. |
| SECRETS and LIES.Australia Islamic Caliphate? Dark money and the 11th hour Election propaganda blitzkrieg.Chernobyl’s Hidden Impact: Disinformation and Nuclear Politics.Covering up Ukrainian Nazis is nothing new – the Canadians have been doing it for almost eighty years.US-Ukraine minerals deal ‘hides secret agreements’ – Ukrainian MP. |
| SPINBUSTER. Campaigner hits out at ‘PR trick’ nuclear energy poll of SNP members. |
| WASTES. May Day – How Hot is Too Hot for a Ferociously Hot Nuclear Dump Under the Irish Sea-Bed?Sellafield plan for new building to store radioactive waste. |
| WAR and CONFLICT.Need to use nuclear weapons has not arisen in Ukraine, says Putin.For second time in 3 years Zelensky sabotages Ukraine war peace deal.Why is No. 1 US bombing No. 137 Yemen?India and Pakistan: Nations on brink of ‘nuclear war’. India and Pakistan: The nuclear standoff that we really should all be worried about. How bloody conflict 4,000 miles away could spark nuclear Armageddon killing billions. Danger of an India-Pakistan war and Canada’s Reactors . |
| WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. Republicans Unveil Bill To Bring 2025 Military Budget to Over $1 Trillion. Europe is drilling for World War III.Shut down Elbit Systems everywhere! |
Not the industry handouts – nuclear news this week.
SOME BITS OF GOOD NEWS – From Drought to Hope: Advancing Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Turkana County. Ancient Himalayan Water Temples Are Meeting Modern Needs.
Women Plumbers in Jordan Are Breaking Taboos.
TOP STORIES . The Ever-Expanding War Machine.
Security fears over mini nuclear plant network with ‘1,000s more police needed’ – ALSO AT
https://nuclear-news.net/2025/04/23/3-a-security-fears-over-mini-nuclear-plant-network-with-1000s-more-police-needed/Scottish nuclear plant emptied of fuel as UK winds down ageing gas-cooled reactors – ALSO AT
https://nuclear-news.net/2025/04/26/1-a-scottish-nuclear-plant-emptied-of-fuel-as-uk-winds-down-ageing-gas-cooled-reactors/
On Neo-Nazi Influence in Ukraine.
Plutonium’s Hidden Legacy at Piketon.
On Chernobyl Disaster Anniversary, Repairing Damaged Shield Poses ‘Enormous Challenge’
Climate. Activate climate’s ‘silent majority’ to supercharge action, experts say.
‘Spiral of silence’: climate action is very popular, so why don’t people realise it?. The world’s biggest companies have caused $28 trillion in climate damage, a new study estimates.
Noel’s notes. The Australian Labor Party is No Friend of the Nuclear-Free Cause
AUSTRALIA. Australian civil society groups unite against nuclear as pre-polling begins.
New report: Coalition’s nuclear folly would cost Australian economy at least $4.3 trillion by 2050
Dark Money: Labor and Liberal join forces in attacks on Teals and Greens.
Labor, Liberal and National Parties all caught up in American militarism, and enriching American weapons companies.
Fireys pour water on Peter Dutton’s “potentially catastrophic” nuclear power plan.
Toxic threat: New Greenpeace report outlines unacceptable risk of nuclear waste in Australia.
More Australian nuclear news at https://antinuclear.net/2025/04/23/australian-nuclear-news-21-28-april/
NUCLEAR ITEMS
| ATROCITIES. Call it what it clearly is: Genocide. UN: Gaza Is Facing Worst Humanitarian Situation Yet Due to Israeli Blockade. Aid workers describe Gaza as “stuff of nightmares” as Israel’s mass forced displacements cause carnage and despair. |
| ECONOMICS.EDF’s new UK plants should be negotiated as one, French energy minister says – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/04/27/2-b1-edfs-new-uk-plants-should-be-negotiated-as-one-french-energy-minister-says/Framatome awarded backup power and remote sensing Sizewell C contract. Nuclear Free Local Authorities sign letter asking leading banks to back our planet not the bomb! DOE Releases More Funding to Reopen Palisades Nuclear Plant. Sam Altman steps down as chair of nuclear power supplier Oklo to avoid conflict of interest – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/04/24/1-b-1-sam-altman-steps-down-as-chair-of-nuclear-power-supplier-oklo-to-avoid-conflict-of-interest/ British nuclear fusion pioneer plunges after ditching reactor plans. |
| ENERGY. Nuclear Free Local Authorities call for more NGO cash and solar panels on Sellafield nuke plant. |
| ENVIRONMENT. Water. Tankers travel from Alton Water to Sizewell C every day |
| ETHICS and RELIGION. The Pope Has Died, And The Palestinian People Have Lost An Important Advocate. |
| EVENTS. You are invited to join the 7 June ‘Outrage’ Rally against Sizewell C.CND shines spotlight on nuclear cover-up of US bombs in Britain with blockade of RAF Lakenheath, 26 April |
| HEALTH. They didn’t know their backyard creek carried nuclear waste – Now, they’re dying of cancer.. |
| LEGAL. What’s Legally Allowed in War – Gaza a dress rehearsal for U.S. war on China. 7 arrested during blockade of RAF Lakenheath, 26 April 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdy-fAGyT7wVictory for Greenpeace Luxembourg against EDF in court transparency ruling. |
| MEDIA. Pope Francis’ Obituaries Omit Focus on Palestine. As Israel Openly Declares Starvation as a Weapon, Media Still Hesitate to Blame It for Famine. Have some fun with Steve Coogan’s theatrical new Dr Strangelove – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALXh9rOvzfs |
SAFETY.
- Russia’s Rosatom says will proceed with Myanmar nuclear plant despite quake.
- The core of the Flamanville EPR reactor EPR reactor will be completely rebuilt – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/04/22/3-b-1-the-core-of-the-flamanville-epr-reactor-will-be-completely-rebuilt/
- ‘I guarded Britain’s nuclear sites – our security can’t cope with new mini reactors’. INSIDER THREAT SECURITY CONSIDERATIONSFOR ADVANCED AND SMALL MODULAR REACTORS-SUMMARY AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/04/23/3-b1-insider-threat-security-considerationsfor-advanced-and-small-modular-reactors/ Terrifying report warns UK’s nuclear facilities face rising military threat . Locals call for transparency after nuclear drill.
- World’s first AI-powered nuclear power plant Diablo Canyon worries experts after Trump plan.
- Tripling nuclear brings challenges for nuclear transport.
| SECRETS and LIES. Bribery at Hinkley Point. |
| SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. As more countries enter space, the boundary between civilian and military enterprise is blurring. Dangerously.China, Russia may build nuclear plant on moon to power lunar station, official says. |
| SPINBUSTER. Awash in AI propaganda. |
| TECHNOLOGY. US nuclear giant Westinghouse pulls out of race to build Britain’s first mini-nukes. |
| WASTES. Miliband explores cut-price clean-up of Britain’s deadliest nuclear waste -ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/04/25/2-b1-miliband-explores-cut-price-clean-up-of-britains-deadliest-nuclear-wast Weatherwatch: sage advice 50-odd years ago on UK nuclear power still relevant. Before the Elephant’s Foot: True Story of Chernobyl’s Reactor Explorers | Chornobyl Uncharted Ep 22 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8WGdMzR7v4 |
| WAR AND CONFLICT. UK to scrap plans for Ukraine troop deployment – The Times.Kursk Region fully liberated from Ukrainians – Putin. |
| WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. 80 years after atomic bombs devastated Japan, Donald Trump’s actions risk nuclear proliferation.Spain terminates multimillion deal with Israeli weapons maker.US prepares $100bn arms deal with Saudi Arabia ahead of Trump visit. |
Lots of nuclear news this week – not industry handouts
Some bits of good news – The Eastern Tropical Pacific Marine Corridor is now bigger and better, thanks to international cooperation. Heartening’ reduction in Australian ocean plastic.
TOP STORIES.Murder in Broad Daylight :REPORTING FROM THE CLIMATE WAR ZONE.
The Conservative Argument Against Nuclear Power in Japan.
AI’s Energy Demands and Nuclear’s Uncertain Future.
How climate change could disrupt the construction and operations of US nuclear submarines -ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/04/19/1-a-israel-still-eyeing-a-limited-attack-on-irans-nuclear-facilities/
Climate. Eco anxiety – environment doom- ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/04/16/2-b1-eco-anxiety-environment-doom/
The climate crisis has tripled the length of ocean heatwaves. Flood warnings as Europe named as the fastest-warming continent in the world.
Noel’s notes. Is Elon Musk a halfwit ? Donald Trump flounders about on the Ukraine situation.
AUSTRALIA.
- “The System” needs to change: War crimes whistleblower David McBride.
- Dotty and Cretinous: Reviewing AUKUS.
- Dutton’s nuclear revival smells rotten to Gens Y and Z. 10 reasons why nuclear energy is a bad idea for Australia.
- Tim Wilson, secretive money and “think” tanks. Australia’s democracy is at stake.
- Forget nuclear, Australia is on fast lane to 100pc renewables. The Coalition Nuclear Policy is a Fake. More Australian nuclear news at…….. https://antinuclear.net/2025/04/17/australian-nuclear-news-14-21st-april/
NUCLEAR ITEMS
| ART and CULTURE. Elon Musk and the dangerous myth of omnigenius. |
| ATROCITIES. ‘Only Hellfire’: Israel Says Lifesaving Aid, Troop Withdrawal Off the Table for Gaza. |
| CLIMATE. Nuclear Energy Means Climate Action Delay: O’Donnell and Winfield. |
ECONOMICS. UPENN REPORT: TARIFFS LIKELY NAIL IN COFFIN OF U.S. SMALL NUCLEAR REACTORS. – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/04/18/2-b1-upenn-report-tariffs-likely-nail-in-coffin-of-u-s-small-nuclear-reactors/
Chinese firm ‘will not bid’ to run Essex nuclear plant- ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/04/17/1-b1-chinese-firm-will-not-bid-to-run-essex-nuclear-plant/
Third tender submitted in UK Small Nuclear Reactor selection process.
Framatome and Sizewell C sign contract for EPR reactor instrumentation.
CND Cymru has highlighted the continued lack of investment in communities and people, while billions are to be spent subsidising the nuclear industry.
‘Risk of insolvency’ at parent company of N.B. nuclear developer. A nuclear play in New Brunswick is facing a fragile outlook.
| EDUCATION. Westinghouse and McMaster University deepen eVinci microreactor collaboration. Ministry of Defence awards £2.6m contract for nuclear apprentice training. |
| EMPLOYMENT. Navy’s nuclear submarine hiring crisis as sailors forced to spend record 204 days underwater. |
| ENERGY. TIDES, NUKES AND BIRDS. |
ENVIRONMENT. Uranium Hot Particles Detected in Soil Samples from Site of Israel Bomb in Beirut– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Esd2e-UcFe4
Trump’s Latest Executive Order is Blatant Attack on States’ Rightful Action to Protect Communities and the Climate.
Sellafield Construction of new “Box Encapsulation Plant” Requires Dumping Nearly 1 Million Litres of Contaminated Water into the River Calder Every Day For An Unknown Length of Time.
| ETHICS and RELIGION. What Would Jesus Do?Saying It’s Antisemitic To Oppose Genocide Is Like Saying It’s Anti-Catholic To Oppose Pedophilia – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWgBxGWxqLM |
| EVENTS. Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), to blockade RAF Lakenheath after US exemption to British nuclear safety rules revealed – 26 April. Second Annual WIPP Plutonium Trail Caravan on Saturday, April 26th. |
| HEALTH. Almost 7 months underwater pushes UK nuclear submariners to the limit – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/04/21/1-b1-almost-7-months-underwater-pushes-uk-nuclear-submariners-to-the-limit/No such thing as ‘clean’ nuclear energy.Uranium’s hazardous effects on humans and recent developments in treatment.Doncaster prisoners could sue government over exposure to radon gas. |
| LEGAL. GOP states sue NRC to deregulate SMR licensing. Lawsuit on Nuclear Regulation. |
| MEDIA. Documentary – “Atomic Secrets“. A picture paints a thousand words: Shocking aerial images of Sizewell C devastation. Why Is The BBC Middle East Desk Run By A Mossad Collaborator? |
| OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . Germany’s New federal government wants nuclear fusion instead of nuclear power plants – no word on nuclear energy in the coalition agreement- ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/04/16/2-b-1-germanys-new-federal-government-wants-nuclear-fusion-instead-of-nuclear-power-plants-no-word-on-nuclear-energy-in-the-coalition-agreement/ Protester for life. Peace camp protestors hand in letter to US airbase commanders at Lakenheath. CND Cymru condemns billions for nuclear industry. |
PERSONAL STORIES. “I Want A Death That The World Will Hear” — Journalist Assassinated By Israel For Telling The Truth
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNG5dyZXpZ8
| POLITICS. Ukrainian-born US lawmaker says Ukraine should cede land to Russia, demand Zelensky’s resignation. Ukraine’s Extension Of Martial Law Exposes Zelensky’s Fear Of Losing Re-Election. DOGE’s staff firing fiasco at the nuclear weapon agency means everything but efficiency. During Canada’s leaders’ debate, Carney praised a nuclear firm he bought while at Brookfield. Canada’s Liberal energy plan: more corporate, less climate? The removal of Trident must remain a core SNP policy. |
| POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. Germany: One exit and back? The role of nuclear power in the Merz coalition. Trump playing Dr. Jekyll Mr. Hyde. Saudi Arabia, US on ‘pathway’ to civil nuclear agreement. Iranian minister says nuclear deal possible if US does not make ‘unrealistic demands’. US Energy Secretary says. Hopes for Iran nuclear talks tempered by threats and mixed messages. Trump envoy demands Iran eliminate nuclear programme in apparent U-turn. |
| SAFETY. Kyiv working to repair Chornobyl nuclear site damaged by drone attack |
| SECRETS and LIES. CIA: Undermining and Nazifying Ukraine Since 1953. |
| SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. Gender Stunts in Space: Blue Origin’s Female Celebrity Envoys. |
| TECHNOLOGY. California Nuclear Plant Integrates AI for Efficiency.Bill Gates enters race to build mini-nuclear reactors in Britain.Aerial photos show state of Sizewell C preparatory works. |
| WASTES. DOE report: Cost to finish cleaning up Hanford site could exceed $589 billion.Robot starts 2nd mission to retrieve debris at Fukushima nuclear plant. |
| WAR and CONFLICT. Israel’s escalating West Bank assault is part of a larger plan to split the territory in two.UK deeply involved in Ukraine conflict – The Times. |
| WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES.Unprecedented number of B-2 bombers amassed for Iran strike.Zelensky started the war then begged for missiles – Trump.U.S. advances microreactor program for military sites. https://dorseteye.com/why-is-the-bbc-middle-east-desk-run-by-a-mossad-collaborator/ |
WOMEN. I’ve got a rocket for these space cadets and their pantomime of feminism.
Nuclear news – not the industry handouts
Some bits of good news – ‘Friendship benches’ are coming to England.
Power to the people: the rise of community energy
How an Ancient Yemeni Tradition Is Reviving Bee Populations.
TOP STORIES.
Trump’s Iran talks can succeed if the administration embraces reality rather than myth. Trump has threatened Iran over an ultimatum that likely cannot be met.
From the archives – ‘How Many Nuclear Bombs Has The US Air Force Lost?
Climate. Arctic sea ice hit a record low as global powers eye shipping routes.
Noel’s notes. The irrational optimism of the nuclear power lobby.
AUSTRALIA.
- Community groups furious Coalition nuclear plan would go ahead even if locals oppose it.
- As the debate around renewables and nuclear continues, here is what the experts say.
- How US Dependence is Not in Our Best Interest.
- What if a Fukushima-sized nuclear accident happened near you? – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIModFC_9kI
- Nuclear would funnel up to 200 Gigalitres away from Australian farms annually.
- Going nuclear will decimate jobs in regions first, stop billions in new investment.
- Israeli Defence Force courts Australian universities amid anti-war protests.
- More Australian nuclear news at https://antinuclear.net/2025/04/10/australian-nuclear-news-7-14-april/
ATROCITIES. Israel is About to Empty Gaza . How Israel hunts and executes Palestinian medics.
| ETHICS and RELIGION. The Journey Beyond Nukes Begins with an Apology. |
| EVENTS. In Chicago: Testimonies of Korean Atomic Bomb Victims and International People’s Tribunal Promotion Events. |
| HISTORY. We thought it was the end of the world’: How the US dropped four nuclear bombs on Spain in 1966 |
| LEGAL. The top Republicans in the Arizona Legislature want the federal government to cut back regulations on the nuclear energy industry. |
| MEDIA. Media Find Ways to Minimize Israel’s Murder of Paramedics. When will progressive media acknowledge and condemn US enabled genocide in Gaza. |
| OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR .Attacked, demonized and forced into hiding. Nuclear waste returns to Germany amid protests. The 2025 Nuclear-Free Future Awards. Youth Leading the Charge for a Nuclear-Free Future. Raising Funds to Stop Lake District Coast Sub-Sea Nuclear Dump. NFLAs ‘shout up’ for National Parks to be spared from nuclear development. |
| SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. ESA’s new documentary paints worrying picture of Earth’s orbital junk problem. |
| TECHNOLOGY. The Flamanville EPR nuclear reactor will not be able to deliver its full power without major works – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/04/12/1-a-the-flamanville-epr-nuclear-reactor-will-not-be-able-to-deliver-its-full-power-without-major-works/ Radiation Monitoring – Scottish university in ‘world-first’ for nuclear technology. UK Government convenes AI Energy Council, but could be ignoring hidden climate impacts in supply chains. |
| WASTES. Nuclear waste sparks fury in Germany. |
| WAR and CONFLICT. Russia holds all the cards. |
| WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. Inside the New Mexico lab where the U.S. is moving into the most terrifying chapter of the nuclear arms race. Walt Zlotow: Trump, Hegseth off by nearly 1 trillion on national security budget. To Secure U.S. Energy Dominance, the Department of Defense Selects Eligible Companies for the Advanced Nuclear Power for Installations Program. |
Nuclear news this week – not industry handouts
Some bits of good news.
Girl Goals: What Has Changed for Girls?Adolescent girls’ rights over 30 Years
Fighting malnutrition in Burundi: Mothers of Light are rays of hope .
A study found we underestimate how kind the world really is
TOP STORIES. Once seen as a symbolic protest, the nuclear ban treaty is growing teeth. Nuclear war threat: why Africa’s pushing for a complete ban.
Nuclear Threat Beneath The Seas.
Walt Zlotow – Why do so many leaders remain stupid about Ukraine war?
SMRs most expensive of all electricity technologies per kW generation.
PLANT VOGTLE The True Cost of Nuclear Power in the United States –Extract at
https://nuclear-news.net/2025/04/04/plant-vogtle-the-true-cost-of-nuclear-power-in-the-united-states/
Climate. Global warming is ‘exposing’ new coastlines and islands as Arctic glaciers shrink . Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer. Average person will be 40% poorer if world warms by 4C, new research shows.
AUSTRALIA. Trump tariffs spark questions over US alliance. This ain’t no April fools: Nuclear support melts down in proposed nuclear communities. More Australian nuclear news at https://antinuclear.net/2025/04/01/australian-nuclear-news-april-1st-7th/
NUCLEAR ITEMS.
ATROCITIES. International pressure forces Israel to change account of Gaza medics’ killing. What really happened in Bucha? The questions Western media won’t ask.
ECONOMICS.
- Cost of EPR2 : Reporterre publishes a censored alert. Mini nuclear reactor rush has a short half-life – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/04/06/2-b1-cost-of-epr2-reporterre-publishes-a-censored-alert/
- Buyer sought for nuclear energy developer as it collapses into administration.
- Miliband pours £2.7bn into Sizewell nuclear power projectafter EDF cuts stake. https://nuclear-news.net/2025/04/06/2-b1-cost-of-epr2-reporterre-publishes-a-censored-alert/ UK Treasury confident Sizewell C nuclear power investors will soon be ‘teed up’ – crunch time for Sizewell. ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/04/03/1-b1-uk-treasury-confident-sizewell-c-nuclear-power-investors-will-soon-beteed-up-crunch-time-for-sizewell/
- UPDATE ON THE BANKRUPTCY OF USNC – Ultra Safe Nuclear.
- ‘Greedy landlords are cashing in and forcing us out of town’.
| EDUCATION. Hinkley C nuclear power station site teaches A Level students about “clean” energy !! |
| ENVIRONMENT. ‘They’re everywhere’: workers warn of rat infestation at Somerset nuclear plant. |
| EVENTS. Local Communities Say NO to Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL Expansion); Public Comments Due on Thursday, April 10th. “Getting people to do what they can from where they are”: NFLAs support Democracy Day inspiring peace activists to make Councils anti-nuke allies-14-26 April – Lakenheath Peace Camp https://nuclearactive.org/ |
| HISTORY. ‘Bringing calm and hope’: President Carter’s role at Three Mile Island |
| LEGAL. Deloitte seeks to avoid liability over US nuclear fiasco – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/04/06/2-b1-deloitte-seeks-to-avoid-liability-over-us-nuclear-fiasco/ Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) rejects intervenors’ Palisades “zombie” nuke reactor restart petition & hearing request. |
| MEDIA. Canada supplied uranium for atomic bombs in WWII — 80 years later, the cleanup continues – film Atomic Reaction. |
OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . The great trek for justice.
Resistance to nuke dump grows in South Copeland.
POLITICS.
- Germany’s Conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) mulls reactivation of nuclear power plants.
- Democracy should not be an April Fools’ Day Joke! ‘Another significant show of confidence’ in Sizewell C, – making the total of taxpayers’ money going into the project a staggering £6.4bn).
- Federal regulator approves Canada’s first small modular reactor.
POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. Iran rejects ‘meaningless’ direct talks with US. With US bombers at the ready, can Trump cut a deal with Iran and avoid a war? Trump’s bombing threat over Iran nuclear programme prompts backlash. Military confrontation ‘almost inevitable‘ if Iran nuclear talks fail: French FM. Iran rejects direct talks with the US over its nuclear programme. Trump Threatens Iran With ‘Bombing’ If Nuclear Deal Is Not Reached.
EUROPE’S DESPERATE GAMBIT. If the Europeans are serious about peace, they should invite Zelensky to fewer meetings. TRUMP’S PURSUIT OF A UKRAINIAN PEACE: Early Results and Future Prospects.
Why Ontario won’t consider the nuclear option in its fight over Trump’s tariffs.
China or America-Who is the warmonger?
The West has big plans for nuclear power: Will geopolitics play ball
SAFETY. Unsafe for Russia to restart Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, says Ukraine energy chief.
Pearl Harbor update brings nuclear risk.
Nuclear site given more time to fix safety breach.
SECRETS and LIES.
- Britain sent over 500 spy flights to Gaza.
- Biden Lied About Everything, Including Nuclear Risk, During Ukraine Operation.
- Meltdown: the toxic culture that helped destroy the Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC).
- Russian sensors suspected of attempting to spy on the UK’s nuclear submarines have been found hidden in the seas around Britain – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/04/07/1-russian-sensors-suspected-of-attempting-to-spy-on-the-uks-nuclear-submarines-have-been-found-hidden-in-the-seas-around-britain/
SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. Swarms of satellites are harming astronomy. Here’s how researchers are fighting back.
| TECHNOLOGY. Bavarian SMRs & Hydrogen Vans: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? |
| URANIUM. Uranium stocks dumped as market ‘paralysis’ intensifies. |
| WASTES Inside the bizarre race to secure Earth’s nuclear tombs. Cumbria could be only option for nuclear disposal. Millom nuclear waste plans ‘currently detrimental’ to locals-ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/04/06/2-b1-millom-nuclear-waste-plans-currently-detrimental-to-locals/ Recycling Nuclear Waste: A Win-Win or a Dangerous Gamble? Plutonium The true story of the demon core – https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9FEFGlBZBwg |
| WAR and CONFLICT. It’s Official: Ukraine Conflict is British ‘Proxy War‘. Germany deploys troops to Russia’s doorstep for first time since the Nazis. Hegseth Orders Pentagon To Focus on Preparing for War With China Over Taiwan. Hegseth Circulated Secret Pentagon Memo On Preparing For War With China. |
| WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. The future of Europe won’t be shaped by mushroom clouds – why nuclear weapons don’t provide security – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4Cx5O1yfoo Britain is aiding Israel’s nuclear force. UK nuclear deterrent: the mutual defense agreement is at risk in a Trumpian age. |
Nuclear news this week – not industry handouts
Some bits of good news – Being kind and believing others are kind – makes you happier than wealth: Happiness Report ranks 150 countries.
Conservation efforts are bringing species back from the brink, even as overall biodiversity falls.
Analysis showed climate action is a win for the global economy.
TOP STORIES. Trump threatens bombs if Iran doesn’t make nuclear deal. Netanyahu’s nuclear gamble: The risks of escalation with Iran.
The US hypocrisy about Israel’s nuclear weapons must stop.
EDF reduces stake in Sizewell C Nuclear as boss sacked.
Nuclear experts pour cold water on US idea to restore and run Ukrainian power plant.
European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Finds Ukraine Responsible for Odessa Massacre.
From the archives– Poison in the Heart – The Nuclear Wasting of South Australia,
Climate. Quakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting House.
Noel’s notes. Australia’s MUMS FOR NUCLEAR – propaganda wheels within wheels.
AUSTRALIA.
- The Australian Electoral Commission is having words with Nuclear for Australia as the group spends $100,000s on its campaign.
- Proposed Queensland nuclear power plants risk contaminating water supplies in event of disaster, research finds.
- Avalon Air Show: Arms deals, weapons of destruction and family fun.
- I’m a Liberal and I want Dutton to drop nuclear. Now’s the perfect time to do it.
- Why The US Australia Alliance Needs a Rethink.
- More Australian nuclear news at https://antinuclear.net/2025/03/25/australian-nuclear-news-march-25-31/
NUCLEAR ITEMS
| ATROCITIES. Report: Israel Planning More Aggressive Invasion of Gaza |
| CIVIL LIBERTIES. CODEPINK Responds to US Senate McCarthy-Style Attack. |
| ECONOMICS. Finland’s Fortum says building new nuclear power is too expensive, for now.France delays EPR2 reactors to 2038. UK Government investment continues squeeze on EDF’s share of Sizewell C. It’s time to stop Sizewell C to generate ‘Warm Homes’ jobs instead. Why the nuclear renaissance is far from certain. |
| ENERGY. Finland backs green hydrogen as Fortum pauses nuclear expansion. As Nuke Power Dies, Lithium Must Not Be the New Plutonium. |
| HISTORY. “Born Violent: The Origins of Nuclear Power” by Robert (Bo) Jacobs. Britain’s worst nuclear disaster: the Windscale fire of 1957. |
| INDIGENOUS ISSUES. ‘Protect our future’: Alaskan Indigenous town fights ‘destructive’ uranium mine project |
| OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . Leona Morgan – Rally and March to Abolish Nuclear Weapons in front of the UN – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XB-TQWWIi4 Redirect Sizewell C funding to the Warm Homes Plan, say campaigners. |
POLITICS. A nuclear Svengali on Capitol Hill?
U.S Dept of Energy Reissues $900M Nuclear SMR Opportunity, Scraps Community Criteria to Focus on Technical Merit.
Will Texas Become ‘the Epicenter of a National Nuclear Renaissance’?- ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/03/31/1-b1-will-texas-become-the-epicenter-of-a-national-nuclear-renaissance/
POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.
- The US has the power to switch off the UK’s nuclear subs – a big problem as Donald Trump becomes an unreliable partner. Now that Washington is potentially an unreliable ally, the UK needs to revisit its nuclear strategy.
- France’s UK energy apathy poses nuclear problem for Labour.
- Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant to stay in Russian control, Moscow says. Ukraine will have to make territorial concessions – Waltz.
- Ukraine and Israel are not US allies.
- Iran rejects direct nuclear talks with Trump, open to indirect negotiations. US seeks full dismantling of Iran’s nuclear program. Trump warns of ‘bad, bad things’ for Iran if nuclear deal not reached-Trump’s advisor says.
- I’m Oppenheimer’s grandson: I support Trump’s pursuit of nuclear diplomacy
| SAFETY. Risks posed by hole in protective shell over Chernobyl. Russ How a Cheap Drone Punctured Chernobyl’s 40,000-Ton Shield. Russia rules out transferring control over Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant to Ukraine. |
| SECRETS and LIES. More lies from British nuclear power advocate Zion Lights.Trump Killed Public War Research: Stargate Will Make It Secret—and Far More Dangerous. |
| SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. The rush to war in space only needs a Gulf of Tonkin incident, and then what happens |
| TECHNOLOGY. Behind the hype -“New wave of smaller, cheaper nuclear reactors sends US states racing to attract the industry “. |
| URANIUM. Greenland’s uranium ban likely to continue. |
| WASTES. China calls for strict, long-term international supervision over Fukushima wastewater discharge: spokesman. Second shipment of high level waste departs UK for Germany. Nuclear waste centre delayed. Dounreay more likely to build up than knock down -ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/03/31/1-dounreay-more-likely-to-build-up-than-knock-down/ Dounreay learns what its share of £4bn decommissioning cash will be. |
| WAR and CONFLICT. An Extreme Ultimatum for Iran. |
| WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. Calls to restart nuclear weapons tests stir dismay and debate among scientists. Militarize Ukraine ‘to the teeth’ – Finnish president. ‘Deeply concerning’: British General’s Israeli weapons job criticised. Is your insurance company funding Israeli war crimes? Trump’s Star Wars Revival: The Golden Dome Antimissile Fantasy. New nuclear arms race looms as US threatens to pull atomic shield. Walt Zlotow: UK to push 250,000 Brits into poverty to increase unneeded defense spending. |
Nuclear news and more – not industry handouts
Some bits of good news
UNICEF has almost single-handedly prevented the collapse of Afghanistan’s healthcare system. Armenia and Azerbaijan agree treaty terms to end almost 40 years of conflict
‘ All the birds returned’: How a Chinese project led the way in water and soil conservation.
TOP STORIES.Israel Makes Its Most Explicit Statement Of Genocidal Intent Yet.Chris Hedges: The Last Chapter of the Genocide.
What is the fate of Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant after Trump talks?Zelensky rejects Trump nuclear plan.
How bloated energy supply projections are usually wrong – a history of energy efficiency tells us why.
Climate. Climate impacts may be starting to spiral, but a sub-1.5C world is ‘still possible’. More than 150 ‘unprecedented’ climate disasters struck world in 2024, says UN.
Noel’s notes, Nuclear power is such a mess – Zaporizhzhia plant as the shining example.
AUSTRALIA.
- Complicity of Labor and Liberal in Israel’s genocide of Palestinians – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVzoFd7EwOA
- A Little More Conversation? Nuclear Power In Australia: A Little More Conversation?
- International ‘nuclear tombs’ are being built, but how do we warn future generations of what’s inside?
- Dutton’s seat a target in $2m union war against nuclear.
- Nuclear policy blocking Liberal gains. Liberal supporters launch election ad campaign against Peter Dutton’s plan to build nuclear power plants. Australia: Liberals Against Nuclear launches campaign to return party to core values. “Desperate” Liberals urge Dutton to “stop this stupid nuclear palaver”. ‘Vandals in the White House’ no longer reliable allies of Australia, former defence force chief says. Nuclear policy blocking Liberal gains. Desperate” Liberals urge Dutton to “stop this stupid nuclear palaver” Australia: Liberals Against Nuclear launches campaign to return party to core values. – More Australian nuclear news at https://antinuclear.net/2025/03/19/australian-nuclear-news-18-24-march/
| ATROCITIES. With Trump’s ‘Thumbs Up’, Netanyahu restarts Gaza genocide. |
| CLIMATE. No Virginia, NUCLEAR REACTORS DO RELEASE carbon into the atmosphere. |
| ECONOMICS. Macron ousts EDF boss accused of giving French industry ‘the middle finger’. Macron Ousts EDF CEO as Tension Rises on French Power Costs. Hinkley Point C nuclear will cost at least £75 billion – highly unlikely that Sizewell C will be any cheaper.Idle Lepreau nuclear plant threatens to post worst operational year in 4 decades. |
| EMPLOYMENT. Subsidies attract companies, but not workers, to Fukushima zones. |
| ENVIRONMENT. Nuclear Severnside…is this our future? –https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz9CaHbM-9oMillions of fish killed this winter at Bruce Power nuclear plant.27-year-old chemist discovers a process for recycling rare earths.Niobium – A Radioactive Sword of Damocles Hangs over Brazil’s Northern Amazon.Radioactive Mussels May Pose Threat to Food Chain in Pennsylvania. Red light for the greenway. |
| HEALTH. Radiation exposure victims fight for compensation as nuclear weapons funding soars.i |
| LEGAL. “We will not back down:” Court tells Greenpeace to pay billion dollar damages bill to oil and gas company. SCOTUS Ruling Could Shape the Future of Nuclear Waste Storage.Hold Southern California Edison (SCE) Accountable: From Wildfires to Nuclear Waste.Federal Court Orders Reconsideration of Nuclear Waste Facility Approval, Citing Inadequate Indigenous Consultation. |
| MEDIA. Memoirs of Mohamed ElBaradei: “The Age of Deception”. Before Our Very Eyes, Fake Wars and Big Lies: From 9/11 to Donald Trump. |
| OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . Time to take urgent action to help Stop Sizewell C. Most Scots disagree with Anas Sarwar about building new nuclear plants.Nuclear regulators hear concerns about plan to restart Three Mile Island reactor. |
| POLITICS. French government ousts head of nuclear power group EDF – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/03/24/1-b1-french-government-ousts-head-of-nuclear-power-group-edf/ EDF may get state loan for six new reactors. Labour ‘utterly wrong’ to double down on costly and immoral nuclear weapons, Scottish Greens say. UK Government ramps up nuclear threats ahead of CND Barrow protest . UK Regulators get targets to cut red tape and boost the economy.Reeves to outline plan to cut regulation costs and boost growth. BAE: Barrow MP hits out at planned nuclear protest. Canada Pours Nearly $450M into New Nuclear Subsidies. |
| POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.‘Never forget’: Pacific countries remember nuclear test legacy as weapons ban treaty debated. The Phony Ceasefire. Walt Zlotow Trump pushing Ukraine peace for simple reason: he has no cards to play either. Britain wants Ukraine’s minerals too. The fight for control of Ukraine’s nuclear reactors. Trump offers to take control of Ukraine’s nuclear plants in call with Zelensky. Trump: best protection for Ukraine’s nuclear power is US takeover. Aaron Mate on how NATO provoked Russia in Ukraine and undermined peace.Trump eyeing Crimea as ‘international resort’ – HershKatz: Israel To Begin Annexing Gaza. US wants to negotiate with Iran on nuclear programme: US envoy. |
| SAFETY. In the shadow of a nuclear bargaining chip, Ukrainians fear disaster. – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/03/20/1-a-in-the-shadow-of-a-nuclear-bargaining-chip-ukrainians-fear-disaster/House Of Commons Public Accounts Committee: Decommissioning Sellafield – Sellafield is the most dangerous place in the U.K. Leak is Sellafield’s ‘biggest environmental issue’. |
| SECRETS and LIES. German media told to conceal Nazi symbols in Ukraine – Moscow.Whistleblowers at nuclear sites may face bullying and threats, MPs warn. |
| SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. Star wars: alarm at space agency’s 130 meetings with Ministry of Defence, High radiation, low gravitation: The perils of a trip to Mars.Mars Attacks: How Elon Musk’s plans to colonize Mars threaten Earth. |
| SPINBUSTER. Nuclear plant boss Julia Pyke: ‘It’s a tough gig, developing big infrastructure projects in the UK’- ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/03/19/2-nuclear-plant-boss-julia-pyke-its-a-tough-gig-developing-biginfrastructure-projects-in-the-uk/ |
| WASTES. Ministry of Defence under fire over nuclear clean-up in Scotland. Louth and Horncastle MP welcomes council pulling out of nuclear waste site partnership. “South Copeland Community Partnership Area of Focus” on nuclear waste is unravelling . County council set to withdraw from nuclear waste facility group. Questions asked in Cumberland on two key nuke dump concerns. Engie Finalises Agreement To Extend Operation Of Two Belgium Nuclear Plants – Transfer of waste liabilities reduces company’s exposure to future costs .Decommissioning: Sellafield decommissioning to continue for at least a century – robot dogs play a part.Thin-wall canisters do not really stop radiation from nuclear wastes . |
| WAR and CONFLICT. Israel Restarts Large-Scale Bombing of Gaza, Over 400 Killed. After Ukraine, Iran?1 |
| WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. One Trident sub could ‘incinerate 40 Russian cities’: Why Putin should fear Britain’s nuclear arsenal. UK will not shy away from nuclear weapons, John Healey tells Russia. UK nuclear deterrent could do ‘untold damage’, Healey warns.Trump’s threats reignite talk of nuclear bombs in Iran. |
Nuclear and related news – not just industry handouts.
Some bits of good news –New Zealand launches largest-ever island rewilding to rescue 300+ species. Naturally Native-Water Vole Restoration. Merely Watching Scenes of Nature Can Reduce Pain, Says New StudyTOP STORIES
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Towards a Eurobomb: The Costs of Nuclear Sovereignty. Europe’s ‘nuclear umbrella’ risks catastrophic escalation.
14 years since Fukushima nuclear disaster: Greenpeace Japan statement.
Nuclear power’s global stagnation.
Poisoning the well – The toxic legacy of Cold War uranium mining in western New Mexico.
The forever wars may be over, but Trump is no peacemaker.
Climate. ‘Global weirding’: climate whiplash hitting world’s biggest cities, study reveals.
AUSTRALIA.
- Australia’s Trump cards.
- Greens leader Adam Bandt says Australia should walk away from AUKUS in wake of Trump’s tariffs.
- Coalition’s nuclear plan most expensive option for Australia, former US climate official says.
- “Nothing but broken promises”: ICAN Ambassador, Karina Lester calls out Australia’s inaction on the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
- More Australian nuclear news at https://antinuclear.net/2025/03/11/australian-nuclear-news-10-17-march/
NUCLEAR ITEMS.
| ATROCITIES. Chris Hedges: On the Precipice of Darkness – Normalizing genocide and the new world order. |
| ECONOMICS. US makes fresh push for World Bank to back nuclear power. |
| EDUCATION. The nuclear industry continues to infiltrate education. |
| ENVIRONMENT. Some Small Nuclear Reactors could bypass environmental review step under Arizona bill.EDF unveils fresh details on new fish deterrent technology to be used at Hinkley Point C. EDF’s salt marsh plans pause met with ‘great relief’ on either side of the Severn. |
| ETHICS and RELIGION. Why is an ‘ethical’ investor funding arms companies? |
| HEALTH. They had a fairytale American childhood – but was radiation slowly killing them?Families sickened by radiation exposure want Congress to revive this key compensation – program https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0icfLF6AVEQ |
| INDIGENOUS ISSUES. Uranium fever collides with industry’s dark past in Navajo country. |
| LEGAL.14 years on: Justice at Fukushima remains denied. Court upholds two legal challenges to the Chalk River Radioactive Megadump. |
| OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . Rainbow Warrior arrives in Marshall Islands to call for nuclear and climate justice on 40th anniversary of Rongelap evacuation.Councillors oppose nuclear dump site near Louth. |
| PERSONAL STORIES. Life as a “displaced person” |
| POLITICS.High stakes as Iran nuclear issue reaches crunch moment. Great British Nuclear explains how it will mitigate risks to SMR programme – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/03/15/1-b1-great-british-nuclear-explains-how-it-will-mitigate-risks-to-smr-programme/Canada Unveils $490-Million Push Towards Nuclear Energy.Anas Sarwar U-turns on Scottish Labour nuclear weapons policy.Alarmed by Trump, South Korea mulls Japan-style nuclear option. |
| POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. ‘Ukraine will not recognize any territory occupied by Russia’: Zelensky. NATO-Russia Ukrainian War Ceasefire: To Be Or Not To Be? Putin Signals He’s Open to Ceasefire as Witkoff Arrives for Talks.Dialogue only viable option to solve Iranian nuclear issue.China, Russia back Iran as Trump presses Tehran for nuclear talks.Russia, China discuss Tehran’s nuclear programme at Beijing meeting. |
SAFETY. ‘Nervous and rushed’: Massive Fukushima plant cleanup work involves high radiation and stress.
What if a Fukushima-sized nuclear accident happened in Australia? –https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrScaM8ChXk US report discusses possibility of nuclear submarine accident, if subs supplied to Australia.
State Police to Hold Major Radiological Incident Exercise with International, Federal, State and Local Partners.
Incident: Human error leads to water spill at Finnish EPR
| SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. Risk of Radiation Carcinogenesis. |
| SPINBUSTER. Let’s hear it for the ‘blockers’ – support common sense, not nonsense! Continued Propaganda About AI and Nuclear Power. |
| TECHNOLOGY. Delusional, ruinous and obsolete -the ITER nuclear fusion project.Elon Musk Announces ‘Massive Cyberattack’ Causing X Outage.Book Review: How Our Digital Infatuation Undermines Discourse.The Volunteer “Data Hoarders” Resisting Trump’s Purge. |
| URANIUM. Fukushima Remembered At URENCO’s Uranium Enrichment Plant Today in Cheshire. |
| WASTES. Governor urges contaminated soil be disposed of outside Fukushima by 2045. |
| WAR and CONFLICT. WSJ’s Chief Foreign Correspondent Declares It’s Over For Ukraine In Kursk. Chris Hedges: Trump’s Christian Fascists and the War on Palestine. |
WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES.
- Labour’s arms exports to Israel exposed Labour allowed dozens of arms exports to Israel after weapons sanctions.
- How multi-billion nuclear weapons facility aims to overcome challenge of limited supply chain.
- Royal Navy: Powerful new nuclear submarines being built costing £41bn – when will they enter the fleet?
- Qatar calls for Israel’s nuclear facilities to be under IAEA supervision.
- The nuclear testing revival: Global fallout with deadly consequences. How many nuclear weapons does the United States have in 2025? – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vsNKk9vkIE.
- We’re #1 in Selling Weapons!
- Europe going nuclear would be a catastrophic mistake. Could Poland and Germany acquire nuclear bombs?- ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/03/15/1-b1-could-poland-and-germany-acquire-nuclear-bombs/ Poland’s president urges U.S. to move nuclear warheads to Polish territory. The Script of Anxiety: Poland’s Nuclear Weapons Fascination.
- FT reports. Movements across the world call for an end to all US military exercises on the Korean peninsula.
- Chinese nuclear weapons, 2025.
- An Unreliable America Means More Countries Want the Bomb.
- Canada to review the purchase of US-made F-35 fighter jets in light of Trump’s trade war.
A lot of nuclear and related news this past week
Some bits of good news – 27 New UK Tree Cities of the World. How Stockholm Is Sprouting Healthy Trees From Concrete. Degraded Lands Transformed into Productive Farms: With Science, We Can Create Wonders. Once feared extinct, Australia’s most endangered marsupial has had a comeback
TOP STORIES .
“Difficult-to-Return” zones.
Jeffrey Sachs: Negotiating a Lasting Peace in Ukraine. Zelensky’s hostility to peace triggered White House meltdown.
British journalists are celebrating the lack of opposition to war in parliament.
Failure After Failure: Let’s Ditch Small Modular Reactors.
We’ve failed to stop climate change — this is what we need to do next ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/03/09/1-a-weve-failed-to-stop-climate-change-this-is-what-we-need-to-do-next/
Climate. Earth’s strongest ocean current could slow down by 20% by 2050 in a high emissions future. Global Ocean Treaty two years on: Australia’s chance for international cooperation.
Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from 36 fossil fuel firms, study shows. UK’s richest can boost climate action but need to cut outsized emissions – study.
First Trump threatened to nuke hurricanes. Now he’s waging war on weather forecasters.
Noel’s notes. Does the Deep State really exist? And if so, is it being dismantled?
AUSTRALIA. Surface tension: could the promised Aukus nuclear submarines simply never be handed over to Australia?
How US Military Bases in Australia Threaten Our Future & How to Remove Them., More Australian nuclear news at https://antinuclear.net/2025/03/05/australian-nuclear-news-headlines-week-to-11-march/
NUCLEAR ITEMS.
| CLIMATE. Nuclear Power Is the Cuckoo in the Climate Policy Nest.Turbine, cooling: these unforeseen events that keep the Flamanville EPR at a standstill. |
| ECONOMICS. East Lindsey District Council wants to claim costs for nuclear waste site work. |
EDUCATION. University of Suffolk co-opted by the nuclear industry.. |
| EMPLOYMENT. EDF considers plans to revive ‘fish disco’ at Hinkley Point plant ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/03/06/3-b1-edf-considers-plans-to-revive-fish-disco-at-hinkley-point-plant/ |
| ENERGY. Most Contaminated U.S. Nuclear Site Is Set to Be the Largest Solar Farm. |
| ENVIRONMENT. Air Force picks remote Pacific atoll as site for cargo rocket trials. Radioactive pollution is increasing at Britain’s nuclear bases. Fish disco plan revived to protect salmon from Hinkley Point C ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/?s=%E2%80%98Fish+disco%E2%80%99+plan+revived Has common sense finally prevailed at Hinkley Point C? |
| EVENTS. Uranium’s Poison Power in Leafy Cheshire –Remembering Fukushima. |
| INDIGENOUS ISSUES. Mi’kmaw Chiefs send stinging rebuke to Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston. |
| LEGAL. Fukushima victims angered, saddened by TEPCO acquittals. 9-year lawsuit fails to stop Ikata nuclear plant operationsSupreme Court steps into debate over where to store nuclear waste.Nuclear waste at Chalk River: opponents defeated in court – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/03/08/1-b1-nuclear-waste-at-chalk-river-opponents-defeated-in-court/ |
| OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . Campaigners attend East Lindsey District Council meeting to call on Lincolnshire County Council to withdraw from Geological Disposal Facility process. |
| PERSONAL STORIES. Nuclear fallout: why Karina Lester is calling on Australia to sign the treaty banning atomic weapons. |
POLITICS
- How the Media Walked us into Autocracy (w/ Ralph Nader) The Chris Hedges Report –https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQZuzIzY8YQ
- Doug Ford: Rip up the GE-Hitachi US nuclear contract.
- Nuclear Policy in Scotland. Nuclear energy has no role in Scotland’s green future. Changing nuclear policy would make ‘SNP as bad as Tories’, MSP warns – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/03/10/1-b1-changing-nuclear-policy-would-make-snp-as-bad-as-tories-msp-warns/
- UK Government slaps down Ian Murray over UN nuclear weapons summit. Keir Starmer’s plan for UK growth – the Ukraine war. Conservatives’ push to identify ‘suitable sites’ for nuclear reactors in Telford and Wrekin is defeated. Keir Starmer faces backbench rebellion over ‘shortsighted’ cuts to aid budget. Keir Starmer tells SNP to reverse nuclear weapons opposition.
POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.
- Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons States agree – the ban is the alternative to reckless nuclear deterrence and proliferation as Third Meeting of States Parties draws to a close.
- Trump plans to make Ukraine a US economic colony, exploiting its critical minerals.
- US Threatens Possible Military Response After Tehran Rejects Nuclear Outreach.
- The Russians aren’t coming, the Russians aren’t coming.
- Europe’s Face-Saving Theater on Ukraine.
- Macron’s Offer: France and the Delusions of Nuclear Deterrence.
- Zelensky reverses hardline position on peace talks.
- Russia agrees to help US in negotiations with Iran over nuclear program, Bloomberg reports.
- Non-Proliferation Treaty ‘struggling’ in new nuclear age, expert warns. One empty seat. UK fails again to send representation to UN nuke conference.
- UK urged to prepare for Donald Trump halting Trident partnership ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/03/09/2-b1-uk-urged-to-prepare-for-donald-trump-halting-trident-partnership/ UK Government ignoring international law on nuclear weapons – experts ALSO At https://nuclear-news.net/2025/03/09/2-b-1-uk-government-ignoring-international-law-on-nuclear-weapons-experts/
- Delays in Trident renewal put our deterrent in peril.
| SAFETY.Ripping up the rules on nuclear power heightens the risk to us all.Cybersecurity in the Nuclear Industry: US and UK Regulation and the Sellafield Case .Is giving old reactors new life the future of nuclear energy?Continued Incidents Raise Concerns Over Nuclear Security, Says UN More than 145 Reports Added to IAEA Incident and Trafficking Database in 2024. |
| SECRETS and LIES. Israeli technician accused of offering country’s nuclear secrets to Iranian regime. |
| TECHNOLOGY. The SMR Gamble: Betting on Nuclear to Fuel the Data Center Boom. |
| URANIUM. Fearing toxic waste, Greenland ended uranium mining. Now, they could be forced to restart – or pay $11bn. |
| WASTES. American companies profit from Canada’s radioactive waste.Supreme Court wrestles with nation’s frustrating search for nuclear waste storage.East Lindsey overwhelmingly backs GDF withdrawal call to Lincolnshire County Council. Bank Head Estate residents attend public meeting over nuke dump blight. ‘Vote out!’: Protestors win motion at ELDC full council to urge county council to withdraw from nuclear dump talks. |
| WAR and CONFLICT. UN summit ‘delivers strongest condemnation yet’ of nuclear deterrence. |
WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES.
- More Guns, Less Butter: Starmer’s Defence Spending Splash . Britain’s nuclear weapons fiasco is a nightmare for Rachel Reeves. Britain’s nuclear submarines bill spirals by £5bn. US support to maintain UK’s nuclear arsenal is in doubt, experts say.
- US poised to house nuclear weapons in Britain for first time in two decades.
- Potentially ‘catastrophic’ use of AI in nuclear weapons systems raised by former Royal Navy boss.
- Air Force Activates Key Unit for Nuclear Modernization at VSFB.
- Trump Pauses All Military Aid to Ukraine.
- It’s time to ditch Virginia subs for AUKUS and go to Plan B.
Another troubling week in nuclear news
Some bits of good news –
10 Ways Investing in Children’s Well-Being Changed the World
China is Rewiring the Global South With Clean Power. We’re making child marriages a thing of the past in Malaysia.
TOP STORIES.
Zelensky needs to go …been risking nuclear war far too long.
What Trump got right about nuclear weapons—and how to step back from the brink.
Global security arrangements “unravelling”, UN chief warns nuclear disarmament conference.
The Supreme Court faces the absurdly difficult problem of where to put nuclear waste.
More powerful than Hiroshima: how the largest ever nuclear weapons test built a nation of leaders in the Marshall Islands.
Climate. A Lawsuit Against Greenpeace Is Meant to Bankrupt It and Deter Public Protests, Environmental Groups Warn. Total collapse of vital Atlantic currents unlikely this century, study finds.
Noel’s notes. Ukraine to soon jump back out of the fire and into the frying-pan?
AUSTRALIA.
- AUKUS ‘impact assessment’ report ignores nuclear submarine risks in South Australia. Not everyone knows acronyms’: Australian politicians shrug off Trump blunder on AUKUS.
- If China can’t scale nuclear, Australia’s got Buckley’s. Nuclear reactors could become targets of war, defence experts warn.
- New report skewers Coalition’s contentious nuclear plan – and reignites Australia’s energy debate. Too slow, too risky, too impractical: Interim senate report pans nuclear. Chinese warships sailing the Tasman Sea expose AUKUS folly.
- Parliamentary inquiry finds nuclear is high risk, zero reward. Peter Dutton abandons global ‘Paris Agreement’ to phase out climate pollution by 2050. Trump-lite: Coalition promises purge of experts who call out nuclear bunkum.
- More Australian nuclear news at https://antinuclear.net/2025/02/26/australian-nuclear-news-week-to-4th-march/
NUCLEAR ITEMS
ECONOMICS.
- New report details nuclear power’s demise. Nuclear power struggling to maintain current level of stagnation, let alone achieve any growth.
- Stop government handouts to EDF for Hinkley Point C. Rachel Reeves eyes cuts to nuclear in spending review. Small modular reactor plans edge closer, amid claims that the technology makes no economic sense .
- EDF appears to consider reduced final stake in Sizewell C to as low as 10% Sellafield nuclear site plans cuts as chief says £2.8bn funding ‘not enough’. Nuclear site warns £2.8bn budget is ‘not enough’. UK construction and engineering firm Costain has secured a multi-millionpound contract to support the construction of the Sizewell C nuclear powerplant -ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/02/28/2-b-uk-construction-and-engineering-firm-costain-has-secured-a-multi-millionpound-contract-to-support-the-construction-of-the-sizewell-c-nuclear-powerplant/
- We can’t afford Doug Ford’s nuclear fantasy.
ENERGY. UK Energy Secretary Signals China Pivot.
ENVIRONMENT. ‘Fish disco’ row risks fresh delays to Hinkley Point nuclear plant.
ETHICS and RELIGION. Archbishop Gallagher: Nuclear weapons pose existential threat.
EVENTS. Nuclear Ban Week – the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). 1 March -Remembering All Nuclear Victims. 6 March – WEBINAR –Arming for Armageddon: How US Militarism could lead to Nuclear War
HEALTH. Nuclear reactors killing Americans at accelerating rate.
LEGAL. SCOTUS goes nuclear: Justices’ decision could seal spent fuel storage options for decades. Beyond Nuclear files two relicensing legal actions.
OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . 93% say NO: latest polls in Lincolnshire condemn nuke dump plan
PERSONAL STORIES. The island priest who fought a nuclear rockets range.
POLITICS.
- Techno-Fascism Comes to America. German election results tilt EU back toward nuclear energy.
- How the Warfare State Paved the Way for a Trumpist Autocracy.
- The Guardian view on UK PM’s gamble: exploiting crisis to remake Labour was a step too far for an ally.
POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. Donald Trump was rude to Zelensky, but he did tell him the hard truths. Zelensky: Victim of Colosseum Politics.
The National goes to the UN: The fight for nuclear disarmament– ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/02/27/1-b1-scotus-goes-nuclear-justices-decision-could-seal-spent-fuel-storage-options-for-decades/
US correct to vote against UN resolution solely condemning Russia for Ukraine war. The pro-war lobby in the West needs to come up with new ideas, rather than saying the same old things.
SAFETY. United States: White House Threatens Nuclear Regulatory Commission‘s Independence. IAEA Director General Statement on Fire Situation in Chernobyl nuclear station. Ontario’s outdated nuclear vision poses serious safety and financial risks.
A Single Trumputin Drone Can Turn the “Peaceful Atom” Into World War 3. Vladimir Putin right now has in his sights nearly The physical hazards of nuclear energy. IAEA mission arrives at nuclear plant in Ukraine through Russia.
URANIUM. As tensions rise, Canada to lean on U.S. for uranium enrichment.
WASTES. Tonnes of nuclear waste to be sent back to Europe. Hinkley Point C will be a Sellafield waste dump . Nuclear Decommissioning Authority budget raises Sellafield safety concerns. Public concern increasing about nuclear waste shipments west of Sudbury. Election candidates should face nuclear waste questions: group.
WAR and CONFLICT. Israel seen as likely to attack Iran’s nuclear sites by midyear.
WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES.
The Pentagon and Starlink Satellites.
Nuclear weapons are ‘one-way road to annihilation’ warns Guterres.
Iran on ‘high alert’ amid fears of attack on nuclear sites. Starmer drags
Britain deeper into war drive. Reawakening a Nuclear Legacy: The Potential Return of the
US Nuclear Mission to RAF Lakenheath. John Swinney: UK’s nu
clear deterrent offers ‘no tangible benefit’. As Freed Palestinians Describe Torture,
Trump OKs $3 Billion Arms Package for Israel.
Nuclear news – week to 25 February.
Some bits of good news. Nine Asian countries have halved child mortality since 2000. The Global South is deploying renewables twice as fast as the Global North. Arctic Cleanup removes 130 tons of trash and aims to improve trash cleanups worldwide
—very difficult now to stay off the subjects of Ukraine and Israel, but I have tried… (both are so on the nuclear brink)
TOP STORIES. Democrats want nothing to do with making peace in Ukraine and possibly preventing nuclear war.
President Trump Wants to Cut the Pentagon Budget in Half. How?Trump Looks to Correct a Disastrous 1990’s Mistake.
Conveniently forgotten and ignored – the 8 years war in Ukraine up to 2022 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYKetrodpoY
From the archives. Restless radioactive remains are still stirring in Chernobyl’s nuclear tomb.
Climate, World’s glaciers melting faster than ever recorded.
Noel’s notes. A dramatic development in the Ukraine situation.
NUCLEAR ITEMS
ECONOMICS
- UK’s Hinkley Point C nuclear plant yet to attract new investors, says EDF boss. UK government in “poor negotiating position” as Centrica vague about investing in the new Sizewell C nuclear power station.
- Uncertain nuclear partnership: Negotiations between ČEZ and Rolls-Royce.groups raise $1.5bn amid race to power AI boom. At Great Cost: The companies building nuclear weapons and their financiers show 260 profiteers from the nuclear weapons industry.
- X-Energy threatens to pull out of building nuclear plants in Britain. Amazon-backed nuclear power developer X-Energy threatens to move investment away from UK.
- Rolls-Royce ‘resists pressure’ to put Czech parts in mini-nuclear reactors. .
| MEDIA. Film Review- Special Operation: The Invasion of Chornobyl. |
| PERSONAL STORIES. Heartbreaking tale of American deformed by nuclear radiation who was abandoned and viewed as a ‘monster’. |
| POLITICS. French State Spars With EDF Over Multibillion-Euro Reactor Plan . UK Government Revisiting the nuclear roadmap Inquiry, UK’s first new nuclear site since the 1970s begins licensing. Starmer’s shortsighted push for more nuclear power. Louth MP welcomes council’s decision to pull out of nuclear waste dump group. Greens opposed to nuclear power plant plans. UK to Partner with Big Tech on Nuclear Powered Data Centers . Technogarchy Goes to Washington.. |
| POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. Amid ‘clear’ threat of nuclear war, Guterres tells Security Council multilateral off-ramp is essential. Trump can’t denuclearize North Korea. South Korea’s next leader should pursue risk reduction instead. Hating Trump no reason to oppose Trump Ukraine peace initiative. |
| SAFETY. Incidents. IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine. Efforts continue to eliminate fires in Chernobyl shelter’s roof. Nuclear expert issues Chernobyl update after it emerges fires are still burning. Damage to Chernobyl shelter being assessed after drone strike – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC3Wz5oX68I “Radioactive Russian Roulette” at San Onofre: Exposing Critical Safety Failures. NFLA Policy Briefing 313: Correspondence with the Nuclear Regulator over AGR Extensions .5.0-magnitude quake strikes off Japan’s Fukushima: JMA. |
| SECRETS and LIES. Burying The CIA’s Assange Secrets. |
| TECHNOLOGY. Dr. Gordon Edwards Testifies on the BWRX-300 Reactor Design Feb 9 2025. Pioneering micro nuclear reactors to be built in Britain, |
| WASTES. Debris extracted from Fukushima nuclear plant revealed to media. So Called Small Modular Reactors Would Be Nuclear Nightmares. Nuclear waste dump agency pumps money into community projects in Mablethorpe. Ancient historic sites under threat from South Copeland nuke waste dump- ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2025/02/19/1-b-ancient-historic-sites-under-threat-from-south-copeland-nuke-waste-dump/NWMO closing Teeswater office, to dispose of DGR site lands. |
| WAR and CONFLICT. US Strategic Bombers Fly Near Gaza as Israel Threatens To Open ‘Gates of Hell’ |
| WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. New Zealand’s Rocket Lab ‘ready to serve’ Pentagon. Why it would be a bad idea for the Trump administration to conduct a “rapid” nuclear test. Donald Trump wants to end nuclear weapons funding. |
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