The TV mini-series “Chernobyl” has reminded the world of something that the insurance industry fully understands: even if the probability of a nuclear accident is very small, the consequences of a nuclear accident are very big.
Two current events highlight the risks of nuclear disaster:
14 sailors died in a heroic effort to avert a planetary catastrophe, in a fire accident on a Russian nuclear submarine in the Barents Sea.
Earthquakes in Southern California raise anxieties about the safety of Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Station. The Quake That Could Make Los Angeles a Radioactive Dead Zone. What are the risks at closed San Onofre during a big earthquake?
AUSTRALIA
NUCLEAR.
- Australia would be wise not to mindlessly follow USA into war against Iran.
- Is Napandee, (Jeff Baldock’s property) near Kimba the govt’s chosen site for expanded nuclear waste dump? Have the Nukunu Aboriginal people been consulted about proposed Wallerberdina nuclear waste suppository?
- New South Wales National Party formally adopts pro nuclear policy, Australian unions reject Industry Super’s backing of the nuclear industry . News Corpse comes out with a weird pro nuclear ramble.
- Why Australia should absolutely not contemplate getting nuclear weapons. Not Impressed with Professor Hugh White’s pro nuclear weapons stance.
- Former Environment Minister rejected department advice and approved uranium mine day before election called,
- Uranium contamination in groundwater in an Adelaide suburb.
CLIMATE. Australia now emitting record greenhouse gases.
RENEWABLE ENERGY Victoria rooftop solar rebate in hot demand, with July quota filled in just days. Victorian wind farm to power massive new recycling plant.
The raid on journalist’s home by armed federal police.
INTERNATIONAL
Far from stopping climate change – nuclear reactors are being stopped by climate change.
Special UN meeting to discuss Iran: Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany try to keep nuclear deal.
United Nations warns that climate crisis disasters are happening at the rate of one a week and work is urgently needed to prepare developing countries for the profound impacts. Rich countries are not immune.
Renewable energy racing ahead, close to beating nuclear power.
RUSSIA. Russia’s nuclear submarine fire: what is known so far . Local fishermen saw the Russian nuclear submarine accident. 14 Russian Sailors Killed in Fire on Nuclear Sub. Russian commentators criticise secrecy on details of nuclear submarine accident. Trip to check radiation after 1989 sinking of Russian sub. Russia’s President Putin officially halts participation in nuclear treaty .
IRAN. Iran to breach nuclear deal limits: still far from producing a nuclear weapon. Fiery Imam suggests missile attack on Israel’s Dimona nuclear power plant. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards chief says -The world knows Iran is not pursuing nuclear weapon.
USA.
- Spent Nuclear Fuel Pools During Earthquakes in California and Elsewhere? NRC’s Devil May Care Attitude. California governor declares state of emergency after earthquakes.
- Israel lobby in US pushing for war against Iran: Analyst.
- City councillors call for New York City to divest from companies involved in the production of nuclear weapons. Nuclear Weapons and the 2020 USA Presidential Candidates. Back from the Brink platform, a Green New Deal for the nuclear threat.
- The nuclear industry cries poor, wants bailouts, BUT LOOK WHAT THEY PAY THEIR EXECUTIVES! Ohio Lawmakers Miss Deadline to Save Two Nuclear Plants, Vow to Keep Trying. Investigative journalism – Dark money and the planned nuclear power bailout in Ohio.
- Oyster Creek Generating Station is now in the hands of Holtec. Holtec’s dodgy nuclear waste canisters. Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez move to declare climate crisis official emergency.
UK. Britain’s nuclear power projects not economically viable, and adding to global warming. £1.68bn pre-tax loss for Horizon Nuclear Power, builder for suspended Wylfa Newydd project. Expert opinion: small nuclear reactors a very bad deal for Scotland. Together Against Sizewell C: the battle to save UK’s Suffolk coast from nuclear development. Nuclear power – unsustainable – half Scotland’s reactors offline – but renewables supplying the load.
UKRAINE. The Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe is not over. Chernobyl radiation proves harmful to vital forest mammal . Chernobyl’s $1.7B nuclear confinement shelter finally revealed.
IRAQ. Dramatic rise in cancer rates in Basra, where depleted uranium weapons were used.
FRANCE. French government wants an independent audit of EDF’s Flamanville nuclear plant.
TURKEY. Arrests in Turkey for theft of nuclear weapons material.
JAPAN. Should Fukushima exclusion zone be widened?
SINGAPORE. Singapore plans huge 50MW floating solar project.
BELGIUM. Belgium’s green party demands review of nuclear waste storage project.
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