“End nuclear insanity before nuclear insanity ends humanity”
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LLAW’s COMMENTARY: The following opinion piece is from LLAW’s “ALL THINGS NUCLEAR” #425 (10/20/2023), intended to provide background commentary to those who follow our new media outlets unrelated to our former daily Posts (more than a year of them, but only a few will be reposted for this purpose). They will be helpful for new subscribers to follow some of the issues and opinions. There are also several technical Posts that describe how uranium mining, milling, refining, and finally reactor fuel, and waste that will provide new subscribers with a high level understanding of how the nuclear power plant industry operates. Oddly enough it is not significantly different than the military process of building a nuclear bomb, except instead of a nuclear reactor, the military builds a nuclear bomb.
The commentary from October 20 begins here:
What possesses us humans, who in truth know nothing about (or don’t care about) the mayhem and weaknesses of the major nuclear industries – principally known as 1) creators of nuclear weapons of war and 2) as commercial providers of costly, dangerous, and unreliable nuclear generated electricity. We continue to lie to ourselves (or at least listen to and accept the propaganda) that anything nuclear is of sound technology, good for us, cheap, safe, clean, and will last forever, when it is none of the above?
And now we are apparently considering moving (or adding to) ‘All things Nuclear’, of introducing nuclear warheads into outer space. Does that mean when one country’s leaders decide to ‘nuke’ another all it has to do is let the earth do the flying and when the target country is directly beneath them, simply electronically open the satellite’s Bombay doors and drop their bombs with no danger of retaliation – at least from the ground. Wow, that would make the ICBM (missile) obsolete as well as military aircraft! Also, obviously, then, once one country is busy planning on doing that, the rest of the nuclear capable ones will follow instantly in an arms race, many of which we have been going through for eons. It is a ridiculous joke we have played on ourselves since the stone age!
So it is the grand effort of ‘do unto others before they do unto you’ technology that goes right along in typical human warlike stupidity. What if we could just learn to love (or at least honor) one another, shake hands, destroy and bury all of this genocidal nuclear technology, and spend our resources (money) on taking care of the entire human race and our only home instead of trying to eliminate us and our Earth.
Do these ‘pillars of political and corporate power’ know something we don’t know about our future or of planet Earth’s? llolloll! Of course not, unless they, too, are being directed and advised by a higher and more powerful life form! But I doubt such a ‘higher’ life form would deal with humanity in such a potentially violent way. All we are doing is playing a foolish and childish game of playground tag that will end up in what we are referring to in advance called, “The 6th Extinction”.
The last extinction was caused by a meteorite colliding with planet Earth (65+ million years ago) long before humans entered the picture, and after Earth regenerated Herself with living organisms (and eventually humans) She returned to a special place in the cosmos where living things could live, reproduce, and prosper, and we humans became a part of it all.
But, now, looking back just a few centuries, it is plain to see that we cared, not about our only home, but only about what we could take for ourselves, and now the process of ‘playing god’ is instilled in us to the point that we seem to believe that we are superior to Mother Nature, and that we can plunder, pillage, rape, kill, as humans, human parasites or animalistic epiphytes, leaving only a vast wasteland behind even unto the precious oceans and our priceless atmospheres. We are, as Pogo inferred, our own worst enemies. And the hell of it is, we seem to have no presence of mind to change our ways by turning away from approaching oblivion. ~llaw
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All Things Nuclear
NEWS
America’s strategic nuclear posture review is miles off the mark | The Hill
The Hill
After identifying what it calls the unique threats posed by two peer adversaries, China and Russia, the report lays out a comprehensive, all-of- … https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/4282404-americas-strategic-nuclear-posture-more-deterrence-and-more-weapons/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTAyNTgwMzc2NzE0MTQ0NDUzNzUyGmIzYzQ4NjAyMjVlOTY1ZmM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AOvVaw32aTSfyEIcgIrtPuiTHtdl
3 energy companies compete to build a new nuclear reactor in the Czech Republic | The Hill
to supply nuclear fuel for the Dukovany nuclear plant, eliminating dependence on Russia for such fuel. Tags. Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All …
October 31: Pentagon pursues new nuclear bomb. Rockets strike Israeli hospital 4 times.
NewsNation
Happy Halloween, the celebration of all things spooky and the semi-official beginning of the 2023 holiday season. The Federal Open Market …
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Nuclear Power
NEWS
3 energy companies compete to build a new nuclear reactor in the Czech Republic – WOKV
WOKV
In a separate deal, CEZ had signed a deal with U.S. energy giant Westinghouse Electric Co. to supply nuclear fuel for the Dukovany nuclear plant, … https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.wokv.com/news/3-energy-companies/5LUOSSNQYFCV5EFWDPJN23VX3Y/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTAyNTgwMzc2NzE0MTQ0NDc1NDQyGjk1OTE2ZDVkZWI3NTkyOTM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AOvVaw0ZY_3Ya2GMle8Tr8wqY5B1
Nebraska lawmakers consider ways to expand nuclear energy production
The North Platte Telegraph
As a new form of nuclear technology grows more popular, officials in Nebraska are looking for ways the state can tap into it as a source of energy … https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://nptelegraph.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/nebraska-lawmakers-consider-ways-to-expand-nuclear-energy-production/article_a3ce222e-a5bc-5e6b-908c-fe67e3670035.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTAyNTgwMzc2NzE0MTQ0NDc1NDQyGjk1OTE2ZDVkZWI3NTkyOTM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AOvVaw3G0wXp_6wIcjO5-6jqr_7j
3 energy companies compete to build a new nuclear reactor in the Czech Republic
AP News
1 of 2 |. FILE – A man fishes with the towering Dukovany nuclear power plant in the background, in Dukovany, Czech Republic, Sept. 27, 2011. https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://apnews.com/article/czech-energy-security-nuclear-dukovany-tender-bid-6b3b1c147ac3bdfbd639c05e8707fe33&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTAyNTgwMzc2NzE0MTQ0NDc1NDQyGjk1OTE2ZDVkZWI3NTkyOTM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AOvVaw0j-jaKVXSODbDKaA86BzXe
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Nuclear War
NEWS
US wants nuclear bomb 24 times more powerful than one dropped on Japan
New York Post
Amid ongoing wars in Israel and Ukraine, the United State Department of Defense is proposing the creation of a new nuclear bomb that would be more … https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.newsnationnow.com/your-morning/october-31-pentagon-pursues-new-nuclear-bomb-rockets-strike-israeli-hospital-4-times/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTAyNTgwMzc2NzE0MTQ0NDUzNzUyGmIzYzQ4NjAyMjVlOTY1ZmM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AOvVaw1mGFDme7l_HKYNqMYRsRO7
US to build new nuclear gravity bomb – New Atlas
New Atlas
… nuclear weapon inventory with 3,708 commissioned warheads. That’s a small fraction of what it was at the height of the Cold War and only a few … https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://newatlas.com/military/us-to-build-new-nuclear-gravity-bomb/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTAyNTgwMzc2NzE0MTQ0NDczMDIyGmI4Yjg2NDVhMTQ5MGZlN2Y6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AOvVaw2P2BOsjrXlRk_GwK0XXIMu
Australia must lobby US for ‘no first use’ of nuclear weapons, says ex-minister Gareth Evans
The Guardian
Evans told Guardian Australia it was “sheer dumb luck” that the world had avoided a nuclear attack in the 78 years since the bombing of Hiroshima and … https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/01/australia-must-lobby-us-for-no-first-use-of-nuclear-weapons-says-ex-minister-gareth-evans&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTAyNTgwMzc2NzE0MTQ0NDczMDIyGmI4Yjg2NDVhMTQ5MGZlN2Y6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AOvVaw3EI4B306B7zevxBqW9Xxak
Nuclear Power Emergencies
NEWS
Terms for Describing Advanced Nuclear Power Plants | IAEA
International Atomic Energy Agency
Emergency preparedness and response · Safeguards and verification · Basics … INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY, Terms for Describing Advanced Nuclear … https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.iaea.org/publications/14816/terms-for-describing-advanced-nuclear-power-plants&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTAyNTgwMzc2NzE0MTQ0NDcwNjAyGmU4OTQwYmM4MWZlY2IyZjQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AOvVaw26Z2Rf2MQuXUsiC5uJ-Fec
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Nuclear War Threats
NEWS
Pentagon pursues new nuclear bomb 24x the power of one dropped during WWII
NewsNation
… War II. Military officials argue these … nuclear weapon reflects “a changing security environment and growing threats from potential adversaries. https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/military/pentagon-pursues-nuclear-bomb-more-powerful-dropped-wwii/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTAyNTgwMzc2NzE0MTQ0NDQ4OTEyGmY2ODRlMjM4YmFjN2UzOTY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AOvVaw25szXSp7vRNYV7NxHOENhT
US wants nuclear bomb 24 times more powerful than one dropped on Japan
New York Post
“Today’s announcement is reflective of a changing security environment and growing threats from potential adversaries,” Assistant Secretary of Defense … https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://nypost.com/2023/10/30/news/us-wants-nuke-24-times-more-powerful-than-one-dropped-on-japan/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTAyNTgwMzc2NzE0MTQ0NDQ4OTEyGmY2ODRlMjM4YmFjN2UzOTY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AOvVaw12Hus47Rhi33hFP99rXB80
Health Professionals: Reducing the Risks for Nuclear War – Medscape
Medscape
… nuclear weapons, the fact that there is a land war being waged in Europe just now, in which various threats have been made coming from the Russian … https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/996959%3Fsrc%3D&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTAyNTgwMzc2NzE0MTQ0NDQ4OTEyGmY2ODRlMjM4YmFjN2UzOTY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AOvVaw2erEWZXWwD084nTRlXMYjN
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Yellowstone Caldera
NEWS
Yellowstone supervolcano could be ‘gearing up to explode’ with consequences explained
Daily Express
Yellowstone volcano’s magma chamber mapped in documentary. Modern humans have never witnessed a supervolcano eruption — if they had, there’s a good … https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1829677/yellowstone-supervolcano-eruption-volcanoes-spt&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTAyNTgwMzc2NzE0MTQ0NDU2MTcyGjg0ZGQ2ODU5ZTQxNjVjODY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AOvVaw23PGWpzq768NPlhPTDwOp5
Sky News Coverage of the Russia/Ukraine:
Analysis: Who is winning the war?
By Philip Ingram MBE, former colonel in British Military Intelligence and NATO planner
In July, the then Ukrainian defence minister Oleksii Reznikov said that he “believes that Ukraine will win the war by next summer and could be admitted to NATO in July 2024”.
The reality of what Ukraine has really achieved on the ground would suggest this was an overly optimistic assessment – but who is winning?
In early June, Ukraine launched its long-expected counteroffensive against the Russian defences having had some significant successes in late 2022 taking back huge areas of ground around Kherson in the northeast and then Kherson in the east of the country. They had tied Russia up around Bakhmut, exhausting the Wagner fighters to the point where they had to be withdrawn from the front line.
With the delivery of fresh Western-trained troops, equipped with Leopard and Challenger tanks, Bradley and Marder infantry fighting vehicles, HIMARS and 155mm artillery, the expectation was they would punch through Russian defences like a hot knife through butter and reach the coast with the Sea of Azov in a few short months.
HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System)
HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System)
However, they lacked air superiority, attack helicopters, sufficient air defence and, most significantly, enough combat engineering assets to enable the extensive Russian defences to be breached in any significant way. In reality they lacked sufficient troops, tanks, artillery, missiles, and infantry fighting vehicles as well. The went too early against the delivery timetables of Western equipment.
The Russian defences delayed and slowed the Ukrainians down. The Russian use of attack helicopters and well-planned defences showed the vulnerability of Western armour and stopped the Ukrainians making significant progress, meaning that at the start of the autumn mud season, the conditions for Reznikov’s winning remain a long way off.
An emboldened Russia even counterattacked the Ukrainians near Avdiivka in the Donetsk Oblast, but only after receiving 1,000 containers of ammunition and equipment from North Korea.
The current territorial picture in Ukraine has not changed much since June.
Today’s Image of Interest:
EXPRESS.CO.UK
Supervolcano could be ‘gearing up to explode’ with consequences explained
Scientists have long warned abo