Nuclear news- week to 20th November
Some bits of good news. Dominica Creates World’s First Sperm Whale Reserve–for the 200 That Call the Island Home . Wave-Powered Desalination System Produces 13,000 Gallons of Drinking Water a Day From Each Buoy. China’s CO2 emissions are forecast to start shrinking next year, with fossil fuel use predicted to head into an era of structural decline, along with surging investment in solar in the country.
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TOP STORIES. *‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 37: Al-Shifa Hospital No Longer Functioning as Israeli Ground Troops Surround the Hospital.
*Zelensky Headed For DISASTER, Ukraine’s FAILED Counteroffensive COVERED UP: David Sacks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaJCUDOE6UA.
*Who Would Take the Brunt of an Attack on U.S. Nuclear Missile Silos?
*US, UK to Push Pledge to Triple Nuclear Power by 2050 at COP28.
*The End of DOE’s Flagship Small Modular Nuclear Reactor (SMR) — A Cautionary Tale.
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Climate. 1.5C Limit ‘Only Option’ For Saving Earth’s Ice And Snow. Is the world warming faster than expected?.
Christina notes. The onslaught formally begins. The ruthless, morally bankrupt nuclear lobby moves to take over the COP 28 climate summit. Nuclear lobby targets young women, in the leadup to their propaganda blitz at COP 28.
AUSTRALIA. Whistleblower David McBride – his Trial Tests Australian Justice. A Duty to Obey: David McBride, Whistleblowing and Following Orders. The Militarised University: Where Secrecy Goes to Thrive.
AUKUS Submarine Revelations Compel a Rethink. $31m fines, 25 years jail for nuclear submarine safety breaches.
Barngarla traditional owners win national conservation award for successful radioactive waste campaign news on radioactive waste.
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ART and CULTURE. Art Exhibition inspired by concerns over Sizewell C nuclear plan.
CLIMATE. Frozen fallout: radioactive dust from accidents and weapons testing accumulates on glaciers.
CIVIL LIBERTIES. UK gov’t departments compiling ‘secret files’ on its critics to prevent them speaking at official events.
ECONOMICS.
EDUCATION. Over 1,200 ‘Educators for Palestine’ Sign Open Letter Demanding Ceasefire. UK nuclear lobby brainwashing young students, especially women.
EMPLOYMENT. Are staff shortages at Sellafield nuclear power plant affecting safety at the site?
ENERGY. Chernobyl, site of world’s worst nuclear disaster, could soon be home to an exciting new project: ‘Tolerable exposure levels for limited periods of time’.
ENVIRONMENT. Frozen fallout: radioactive dust from accidents and weapons testing accumulates on glaciers. Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant starts 3rd round of wastewater release, potentially impacting seafood quality in U.S.
ETHICS and RELIGION. Wars end in defeat for everyone: A reflection on Gaza. What a Catholic peace studies expert thinks is the way out of war in Gaza. Birthplace of Jesus dismantling all Christmas decorations ‘in solidarity with our people in Gaza’. ‘Burn Gaza now’ – top Israeli MP.
HEALTH. Exposure to CT Radiation and Risk of Blood Cancers in Young Patients.
HISTORY. The U.S. Army tried to build a secret military nuclear city under Greenland’s ice.
LEGAL. CND mounts legal challenge against US nuclear weapons storage at RAF Lakenheath.
MEDIA. Israelis Keep Hurting Their Own Public Relations Interests By Talking. How a hasbara group’s sham investigation put Gaza journalists in the firing line. Smearing Photojournalists as Hamas Collaborators – Gets Them Added to a Hit List.
NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY. UK small #nuclear competition: Rolls Royce in, Bill Gates snubbed. U.S. military quietly revokes planned contract for small nuclear plant at Alaska Air Force base. Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission queried on proposal for untested small nuclear reactors in Ontario. Why the Godfather of A.I. Fears What He’s Built. Finland’s OL3 nuclear reactor suffers unexpected outage.
OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . Council urged to review plans that could lead to UK hosting US nuclear bombs.
POLITICS.
POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.
PUBLIC OPINION. Poll: Majority of Americans Support a Ceasefire in Gaza.
SAFETY.
SECRETS and LIES. Deadly alliance: Why has the CIA decided to allow US media to confirm its involvement in Ukraine’s brutal assassination campaign? Don’t be fooled. Biden is fully signed up to genocide in Gaza. Biden and Israel Refuse to Provide Proof of Hamas Base at Gaza Hospital. Biden Admin Justifies Israel’s Assault on Gaza Hospitals With Recycled Israeli ‘Intelligence’. Lies Surrounding Al-Shifa Hospital Recall Those Preceding the Iraq Invasion.
WASTES. Decommissioning. Uncharted waters: Navy navigating first-ever dismantling of nuclear-powered carrier. UK Has £10 Billion Per Nuclear Reactor Decommissioning Bottomless Pit.
WAR and CONFLICT. Israel demolishes Gaza parliament (VIDEO). Netanyahu Says Israel ‘Not Successful’ in Minimizing Civilian Casualties in Gaza. Amnesty International Calls Israel’s War on Gaza a ‘Graveyard of Children’. ‘This Is Not a War, but a Mass Murder Tragedy,’ Says Charles Freeman, Former US Assistant Secretary of Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRb4QhZi2MA&t=860s Mainstream
Narrative On Ukraine-Russia War CRUMBLING, Conflict Is Unwinnable https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S8Kaq0POOs . Zelensky comments on ‘frozen conflict’ prospects.
WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. The U.S.’s Plans to Modernize Nuclear Weapons Are Dangerous and Unnecessary. The Latest Nuclear Boondoggle? The Missiles on Our Land: New Research Reveals Growing Risks of America’s Land-Based Nuclear Missiles. Behind the Scenes at a U.S. Factory Building New Nuclear Bombs.
Nuclear weapons sharing, 2023. Armed With B61-12 Nuclear Bombs, Dutch F-35A Fighters Get Close To Nuke Strike Mission. Israel’s Nuclear Weapons in the Spotlight. US Is Quietly Sending Israel More Ammunition, Missiles. EU’s Ukraine weapons goal ‘unattainable’ – Germany .
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