Midst all of the Trumpian circus, and the dire problems of the pandemic, it’s hard to find news about the underlying grave problems of the climate. I did vow to stay off that subject. But that’s hard to do, when global heating has accelerated over 2020, when it should have been a cooler year, with La Nina prevailing. Not only accelerating – climate change is here with us. The Earthbound Report lists 10 big impacts in 2020.
But – to return to the nuclear, it hasn’t been just a background problem lately, as the Washington mayhem raises anxieties about Donald Trump’s finger on the trigger of nuclear war.
A bit of good news – The good news hidden within one of America’s darkest weeks
AUSTRALIA.
Australian govt has quiet nuclear deal with China, but condemns Victoria-China medical research.
The Australian government’s shameful record in the Kimba nuclear dump fiasco. Government’s Kimba nuclear waste dump slush fund – benefit goes straight to Kimba’s mayor.
Treaty – a step on the long path towards nuclear disarmament..
End of an ERA: four decades of radioactive risk come to an end at Kakadu. Clean-up plan for Ranger uranium mine is ”woefully inadequate”.
Scott Morrison should change his mind and call Trump to end bizarre Assange saga.
INTERNATIONAL
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: The Road There and the Road Ahead. Beatrice Fihn: How to implement the nuclear weapons ban treaty.
Multinational effort could help solve U.S.-Russia nuclear issue.
Geopolitics Of Nuclear Generation Delayed Renewables By Decades To Fossil Fuel Industry Benefit, Our Detriment.
Ten compelling reasons to stay away from nuclear power .
Judge’s refusal to extradite Julian Assange is still part of cowardly process to deny freedom of information.
JAPAN. High court drops TEPCO’s appeal against order for compensation to affected Fukushima worker. Radiation levels at Fukushima plant found worse and more lethal than previously assumed. Only 30% of Fukushima residents happy with disaster recovery progress.
INDIA. Military strategy relying on nuclear weapons – a dangerous myth.
CANADA. Canada vocal about nuclear disarmament, but silent about the Treaty for Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Canada shows how nuclear reactors are not needed for production of technetium-99m. Creating jobs and community opportunities -Pickering City Council wants immediate dismantling of nuclear station.
UK.
- Assange denied bail after extradition blocked, will appeal to UK High Court.
- Massive nuclear waste storage construction at Dounreay.
- British tax-payers’ £ 132 billion cost for 120 years of nuclear decommissioning.
- Should £25 billion Hinkley C plant go ahead, with so many safety issues not solved?
- Nuclear power – a dubious and very costly addition in UK’s energy plan.
- Most Maldon District Councillors oppose Bradwell big nuclear development: small reactors would carry the same dangers.
- Hitachi pulls plug on Horizon nuclear subsidiary. UK’s Wylfa nuclear power plan – Council approval is postponed again.
- Hinkley Point C mud dredging – radioactive mud could be dumped off Somerset instead of south Wales.
- UK & Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) oppose underground coal mine – dangerously close to Sellafield’s radioactive waste.
- 18 Cold War-era nuclear bunkers dotted around Cambridgeshire.
USA.
- Donald Trump the Worst President in the History of the United States.
- Could Trump start a nuclear war?- a satchel, a biscuit and a football. Trump Still Has His Finger on the Nuclear Button. This Must Change. USA Congress Speaker Nancy Pelosi asks military to stop Donald Trump accessing nuclear codes. According to experts, the U.S. military cannot legally prevent Trump’s accessto nuclear codes. What happens to the nuclear bomb codes, if Trump avoids the inauguration of Biden?
- The risk of USA – Iran military showdown before Trump leaves office.
- Biden Plans Renewed Nuclear Talks With Russia While Punishing Kremlin.
- January 25 Takoma Park Commemorating ‘Nuclear-Free Zone’ with Virtual Film Screening,
- Grand Gulf nuclear plant in Mississippi raises concerns about nuclear power .
- Ohio lawmakers still don’t know what to do about corruptly instituted nuclear bailout law. Failure by Ohio Republican leadership to repeal nuclear bailout law.
- Holtec wants to build new nuclear reactor at site of USA’s oldest, most dangerous nuclear station. Decommissioning of Oyster Creek nuclear station – a nasty precedent for closing down of other USA reactors.
- 183 workers at Waste Isolation Pilot Plant infected with COVID-19.
ITALY. Seven regions in Italy to take legal action against plan for nuclear waste dumping. Beautiful Italian regions furious at sites recommended for nuclear trash.
IRAN. Iran will expel U.N. nuclear inspectors unless sanctions are lifted.
NORTH KOREA. Kim Jong Un signals plans to develop new nuclear weapons.
INDONESIA. Indonesia’s nuclear ambitions could prove disastrous for the Southeast Asian region.
FRANCE. France’s declining nuclear production. Nuclear in France: why bother? This technology is on the way out. France conducts enhanced thermonuclear missile test. Government control over nuclear and radiation information; firing of sociologist Christine Fassert.
ISRAEL. Restoring Iran nuclear deal is good for Israel.
LEBANON. Lebanon’s Hezbollah chief says nuclear button with “crazy fool” Trump.
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