LLAW’s NUCLEAR WORLD TODAY, #1078, Friday, (10/17/2025)
“End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity.” ~llaw
Oct 17, 2025
Is Trump out of control? Will he accidentally — or intentionally — start a nuclear WWIII? ~llaw
Notice: Commentary and discussion relative to LLAW’s NUCLEAR WORLD TODAY is changing to “once a week” — probably every Monday — but the daily “LLAW’s All Nuclear Daily Digest” section of it will continue as always on a daily basis — but with an added link to a “featured news story of the day Post” that follows in its entirety below . . .
Today’s Feature Story from LLAW’s NUCLEAR WORLD TODAY is from . . .
Nuclear War Threats
NEWS
A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, takes off for a mission in support of Red Flag-Nellis 25-1, Feb. 6, 2025./Airman 1st Class Michael Sanders/Nellis Air Force Base
B-52s fly off coast of Venezuela in show of force by Trump – ABC News
ABC News – The Walt Disney Company
In less than a week, President Donald Trump has threatened to attack … nuclear weapons to fly in circles off its coast in what appears to be an …
There are 7 categories, including a bonus non-nuclear category for news about the Yellowstone caldera and other volcano and caldera activity around the world that also play an important role in the survival of human and other life.
The feature categories provide articles and information about ‘all things nuclear’ for you to pick from, usually with up to 3 links with headlines concerning the most important media stories in each category, but sometimes fewer and occasionally even none (especially so with the Yellowstone Caldera). If there was no news from a Category today, the Category will not appear. The Categories are listed below in their usual order:
- All Things Nuclear
- Nuclear Power
- Nuclear Power Emergencies
- Nuclear War Threats
- Nuclear War
- Yellowstone Caldera
- IAEA News (Friday’s only)
A current Digest of major nuclear media headlines with automated links is listed below by nuclear Category (in the above listed order). If a Category heading does not appear in the daily news Digest, it means there was no news reported from this Category today. Generally, the three best articles in each Category from around the nuclear world(s) are Posted. Occasionally, if a Post is important enough, it may be listed in multiple Categories.
TODAY’S NUCLEAR WORLD NEWS, Friday, (10/17/2025)
All Things Nuclear
NEWS
Amazon Unveils Plans for X-energy’s Debut Nuclear Station – Heatmap News
Heatmap News
Amazon’s nuclear plant. Heatmap Illustration/Amazon … The rising tide lifted just about all EVs — but not the struggling Tesla Cybertruck.
Constellation Energy Has What AI Needs. Here’s the CEO’s Plan. – Barron’s
Barron’s
“He’s got gas and nuclear and renewables. To understand the give and take of all of those things” is particularly valuable, he adds. “There’s a …
Nuclear expert weighs in on impacts to N.W.T. if Peace River, Alta. project goes ahead
CBC
“Every nuclear expert that I know is … “One of the things that it’s important to remember is that everybody can name three nuclear accidents.
Nuclear Power
NEWS
Amazon updates SMR progress, with new images of proposed plant – World Nuclear News
World Nuclear News
Amazon has released a series of images of how its planned X-energy small modular reactor plant – to be named the Cascade Advanced Energy Facility …
Amazon shares a ‘first look’ at new nuclear facility – The Verge
The Verge
The company wants to help develop next-generation nuclear reactors as a way of securing more carbon-free energy.ounces Fusion Science and Technology Roadmap to Accelerate …
Department of Energy
Unleash Commercial Nuclear Power in the United States; Fusion. Media Inquiries: (202) 586-4940 or DOENews@hq.doe.gov. Read more at the energy.gov …
Nuclear Power Emergencies
NEWS
Trump’s Energy Emergency Enables Urgent Infrastructure Moves – Bloomberg Law News
Bloomberg Law News
In May, the president announced four additional executive orders, focused on rebuilding the country’s nuclear energy industry. Both the press and the …
Operational event at Yangjiang Nuclear Power Station – The Standard (HK)
The Standard (HK)
The Nuclear Emergency Committee Office of the Guangdong Province notified the Security Bureau yestaday (October 16) of an operational event at …
Van Buren County Emergency officials honored for work to prepare for Palisades restart
WSJM
… Emergency Management Association for its work preparing for the restart of the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Covert Township. The Van Buren …
Nuclear War Threats
NEWS
NATO’s Nuclear Threats on Parade – CounterPunch.org
Counterpunch
NATO’s standing threat to attack Russia with nuclear weapons is put on parade every autumn. This year’s thermonuclear dry run⸺dubbed Steadfast …
B-52s fly off coast of Venezuela in show of force by Trump – ABC News
ABC News – The Walt Disney Company
In less than a week, President Donald Trump has threatened to attack … nuclear weapons to fly in circles off its coast in what appears to be an …
Proliferation News 10/16/2025 | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
… nuclear war.” Trump is reportedly considering a request by … threats from the nuclear-armed North. Seoul Metropolitan Government’s …
Nuclear War
NEWS
Risk of large-scale nuclear war: A judgmental forecasting approach
Harvard Kennedy School
Although, any nuclear use would be catastrophic, large-scale nuclear war—defined here as causing at least 10 million deaths—could have …
Signs of nuclear war is scariest thing this Halloween | Elizabethton Star
Elizabethton Star
Russian President Putin has renewed his threats of using nuclear weapons on America. Sweden and other countries are stockpiling for World War III. The …
Why Ukraine wants, and Russia fears, Tomahawk missiles – DW
DW
They come in many variants, can carry different warheads, including nuclear, and can be launched from various platforms. … war, he added.
Yellowstone Caldera
NEWS
World’s Largest Volcanic Caldera Becomes Viral Fake News – Forbes
Forbes
… Yellowstone Caldera in Wyoming. But the AI-generated image … caldera and dismissing claims that the Apolaki volcano could erupt in the coming years.
Harnessing Earth’s Power, Part 2: Chasing the Underground Connection of Geothermal Energy
Mountain Journal
The bold, dashed line outlines the Yellowstone Caldera. Credit: Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. Yellowstone, America’s first national park …
10 U.S. Volcano Hotspots Experts Say Are Riskier Than Yellowstone – MSN
MSN
Unlike Yellowstone’s sprawling caldera, Mount St. Helens’ dramatic landscape of craters and lava domes stands as a testament to its volatile past …
Weekly roundup of news from iaea.org
10/17/2025
Top stories from the International Atomic Energy Agency
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Nuclear Energy in Focus at the G20 in South Africa
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