to 9th January – nuclear news this week
A bit of good news. Quitea shortage of good news this week. I’m reduced to falling back on stories of individual goodness. Well, why not? Individuals in their millions are doing kind things every day – that just doesn’t get into the news media. The Top 10 Acts of Kindness in 2022 Warmed Our Hearts and Restored Our Faith in Strangers and Neighbors.
Coronavirus. Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19
Climate. Climate change could cause ‘disaster’ in the world’s oceans.
Nuclear. Not much happening, except hype for small nuclear reactors. Australia’s nuclear submarines project is beginning to sound less like a goer, and more like something of a 171$billion ego-trip by former PM Scott Morrison, in a bid to look important on the world stage
Christina’s notes: They’re at it again! The nuclear industry dazzles journalists with its newest hogwash – “inflection point”. Corporate media focusses on ‘new’ nuclear solutions. Are they stupid? Or is it just what they’re paid to write?
AUSTRALIA.
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CIVIL LIBERTIES. Guilty of Journalism. Key US Allies Collaborate On Espionage Laws Considered Harmful To Whistleblowers And Journalists.
CLIMATE. Coal 2 Nuclear: From the fossil fuel frying pan into the fission fire. Under present conditions, a huge loss of the planet’s glaciers will happen in the next 30 years. Writers protest against UK’s imprisonment of climate activists.
ECONOMICS
ENERGY. Analysis Shows U.S. Wind and Solar Could Outpace Coal and Nuclear Power in 2023. European Energy Crisis: France Close to Electricity Rationing Over Problems with Local Nuclear Plants. The Future Remains Uncertain For Nuclear Energy. Nuclear is not the answer to the UK’s energy requirements, and honesty about Sizewell is needed. Solar power innovation by two British local councils. Great Britain produced a record amount of wind-powered electricity in 2022.
ENVIRONMENT. Namibia orders Russian uranium exploration to stop due to environmental concerns.
HEALTH. Electromagnetic radiation – cellphones as a health hazard. Ionising radiation. Return to studying baby teeth for radioactivity from nuclear weapons and nuclear facilities.
HISTORY. It’s all about the bomb: why civilian nuclear power is merely a cover for producing more nuclear weapons. Why Did Portland General Electric Want to Build Trojan Nuclear Plant in the First Place?
LEGAL. John LaForge Set to Be First US Activist Jailed in Germany for Anti-Nuke Protests. Take Japan to court for nuclear water dumping.
MEDIA. Under Musk, Twitter Continues to Promote US Propaganda Networks. Zelensky Expands Crackdown on Ukrainian Media. Media Silent as Latest Twitter Files Expose Flagrant Misconduct in Govt. & Journalism.
NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY.
PERSONAL STORIES.. Beatrice Fihn – a decade fighting to ban nuclear weapons. This man saved the world from nuclear war. His story is a heart-pumper.
POLITICS. German minister reignites coalition row with call to review nuclear exit.
POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. US and South Korea hold talks on “nuclear sharing”. South Korea asks US for greater role in managing nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons and the resistance to reality. U.S. President Biden contradicts South Korea’s President‘s claim that the two countries are planning joint nuclear exercises.
Pakistan supplies India with a list of its nuclear facilities. US Says ‘All Options’ On Table As Iran Nuclear Talks Remain Deadlocked.
SAFETY.
SECRETS and LIES.
SPINBUSTER. Countering nuclear industry propaganda by telling the facts – Joshua Frank’s book “Atomic Days”. Workington under siege from new nuclear plans.
WASTES.
WAR and CONFLICT. Before the Bombs Come the Platitudes. Cold War estimates of deaths in nuclear conflict. A Secret War in the Making: Americans Should Not Die to Defend Taiwan.
Number of civilians killed in Donbass revealed. Ukraine – The Big Push To End The War. CODEPINK calls on Zelensky, Biden and Congress to seize this chance for peace in Ukraine. Donetsk shelled in first minute of Christmas truce . Los Alamos National Laboratory’s record $4.6B budget will still mostly fund nuclear weapons.
WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. Pentagon pressures NATO allies to boost arms flow to Ukraine. Defensive and offensive operations: “tank-killers” part of new U.S. $45b arms package to Ukraine
North Korea to have “exponential increase” in its nuclear arsenal. Raytheon sells long-range missiles to Romania for war in Black Sea
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