Some bits of good news. Not much of it about. But I did find, in nuclear history, a story that can give some hope. From 2000 to 2012, 47 nations co-operated, in a clean-up, led by Kazakhstan, Russia and USA, of ”Plutonium Mountain” – showing that it is possible for countries to work together, to heal this wounded world. Small island communities – pioneers for sustainability and climate action. Renewable energy: The past decade has seen stunning change. Australia -the next 10 years will be breathtaking.
Coronavirus. In the USA case numbers are dropping. In other countries mounting numbers are breaking records
Climate change. Fixing the Climate: Hopes and Hazards.
AUSTRALIA.
The coming Khaki election: will Labor join in the belligerence against China?
Nuclear waste dumping. Channel 10’s ”The Project” had the guts to show Australia the Kimba nuclear waste dump story. ARPANSA cannot with a straight face, approve flood-prone Napandee farm as a safe location for a nuclear waste dump. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGwsbGufXc0 Flooding the planned nuclear waste dump area.
Nuclear submarine plan does not mean jobs for Australians. In fact it’s already caused 1,100 job losses. Ranger uranium mine rehabilitation costs could blow out to $2.2 billion, Energy Resources tells ASX. Nuclear medicine incidents.
Greens set climate terms for backing Labor in the case of a hung parliament
The ABC is under the biggest attack in its history .
Federal Government continues spin and inaction on environment in 2022
Morrison’s ‘Australian Way’ climate plan is criminally irresponsible
Information wars: are we getting a fair view of China’s treatment of Uyghurs?
INTERNATIONAL
UK court should slap down the US Justice Department in the Assange case.
Claims Over Broken Promises About NATO Simmer at the Heart of the Ukraine Crisis.
Can Space Tourism Co-exist with Space being turned into a War Zone?
The nuclear future and the dread factor. Time to start stopping the wars: No war in Ukraine, then no war anywhere. How giving AI bots control over nuclear weapons could spark World War III.
Electromagnetic radiation, said by telecom companies to be harmless, could be hurting wildlife..
UKRAINE. Stop the lies about Ukraine. Claims Over Broken Promises About NATO Simmer at the Heart of the Ukraine Crisis. Lake animals near Chernobyl have mutations.
FRANCE. The nuclear power dilemma: where to put the lethal waste. Cracks found in Civaux nuclear reactors, both 1 and 2. French nuclear capacity low in February, need for vigilance remains .
EUROPE.
The European Commission declares nuclear power to be green, but the devil is in the detail. Inclusion of nuclear and gas is ”attempted robbery”. European Taxonomy – more like Fakeonomy – now including coal and nuclear. Despite scientific objections, the European Commission sticks to its draft plan to include nuclear and gas in “taxonomy for sustainable finance”. Austria, Luxembourg to take green label for nuclear and gas to EU courts. ‘Nuclear is neither green nor sustainable” – Austria to sue European Commission if it approves nuclear power for financial incentives.
FINLAND. Electricity production at the new Olkiluoto 3 nuclear reactor in southwest Finland has been hit by yet further delays.
UK. Wastes A big pile of Plutonium – UK reprocessing ceases, leaving deadly waste and no plan. Community Partnership” alerted to surveillance and “intimidation” by Radioactive Waste Management . The Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) of the UK and Ireland call for truly green energy on old nuclear sites. Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) of the UK and Ireland call for clear commitment to employ LOCAL nuclear decommissioning workers. Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) demands deadly plutonium stockpile be placed ‘out of use’ BBC Inside Science Nuclear Waste Podcast Kicks Off With a Big Fat Lie – Fact Check!?
Predictions of technical problems for Hinkley nuclear design turn out to be well founded.Sizewell C nuclear project issues have been glossed over. Sizewell nuclear developers co-opting Suffolk New College. UK close to opening coal mine under Marine Conservation Zone just 5 miles from Sellafield nuclear facility!
USA.US created Ukraine mess, now it must repair Russia relationship. Even the right-wing Cato Institute wants USA to deal with Ukraine crisis by diplomacy, not weaponry.America’s military leaders reassure their staff ”We will win a nuclear war!” Raytheon and Lockheed Martin boast to investors that Ukraine-Russia crisis is a boon for their business
. Chomsky: US Approach to Ukraine and Russia Has “Left the Domain of Rational Discourse” . As Ukraine Crisis Raises Specter of Nuclear War
Veterans Call for Disarmament and Peace.
- Nuclear baloney in today’s media. US DOE announces clean-up progress at Savannah River Site.
- Terra Power chose Wyoming because it is an oligarch and dictator’s paradise.
- Nuclear weapons plutonium pits developmnt planned for Los Alamos National Laboratory, but there’s strong opposition on safety grounds.
- Nuclear power: CO2 fix or cost disaster?
- COVID-19 an obstacle for nuclear waste disposal at Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, officials say.
- Cornell University Library launches online Nuclear Freeze documents.
- Give Nuclear Exposure Victims a Break. Indigenous support for Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium. Shoshone Nation need radiation exposure compensation. In 2022, compensation funds for the nuclear-affected ”Downwinders” are due to expire.
- UK preparing for ‘exo-atmospheric nuclear attack’ as greatest threat in space war, government report warns.
- New Mexico’s Bill to stop the State becoming a ‘sacrifice zone’ for nuclear wastes. Bill To Ban Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage In New Mexico Passes House Committee. In New Mexico, two Bills to block the storage of high level nuclear waste. Decommissioning is just the beginning of the huge nuclear legacy problem. Bill to help build small nuclear reactors in Indiana passes Senate.
- Increased risk of flooding due to population increase and global heating ,
NORTH KOREA. North Korea, Perpetual Victim of the US Military-Industrial Complex. North Korea isn’t going to give up nuclear weapons, but that’s not a crisis.
RUSSIA. Russia calls for USA to remove its nuclear weapons from European countries.
JAPAN. Japan to renew subsidies for plutonium nuclear recycling . After the hibakusha: the future of Japan’s anti-nuclear movement.
Fukushima. Doubts grow on water-release schedule at Fukushima plant. Japan’s Bid to Dump Tons of Radioactive Water From Fukushima Into Sea Hits Snag. I couldn’t tell anyone for 10 years, Kishida says statement by five former prime ministers ‘inappropriate’:. Thyroid cancer caused by Fukushima nuclear accident. A Step Toward Fuel Debris Removal: Robotic Arm Arrives at TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant “debris” storage method to be reconsidered – Chairman of the Regulatory Commission, Mr. Sarada. Homesick. Russia, China concerned over Japan’s plans to dump Fukushima radioactive water.
IRAN. Iran says nuclear talks have made ‘significant’ headway. US Grants Sanctions Relief To Iran,Inches Closer To Nuclear Deal Renewal. A nuclear end game as 2 stubborn nations dig in . Movie on assassination of nuclear scientist Dariush Rezainejad premieres at FajrCulture.
SOUTH AFRICA. Fight Over Africa’s Sole Atomic Plant Entangles Energy Minister Mantashe.
ISRAEL. Israel Simulated Attack On Iran’s Nuclear Facilities In Recent Drills.
RUSSIA. Russia, China call on nuclear powers to abandon Cold War mentality.
KAZAKHSTAN. Kazakhstan calls on CANWFZ states parties to join Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
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