“End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity” ~llaw

Lloyd A. Williams-Pendergraft

Mar 20, 2025

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he Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Enerhodar, Ukraine, once supplied roughly 20% of Ukraine’s energy but is now occupied by Russian forces and shut down. (See article for photo credits.)

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In My Opinion:

Trump’s idea to take over (and own) the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant during what was evidently an impromptu offer to Zelenskyy during a telephone conversation is ridiculous and strategically insane. What on earth does Trump know about operating a nuclear power plant, let alone one under Russian siege and controlled by Russian control and supervision in a war zone? The answer is “nothing”.

In my opinion, this is one of the many serious problems with Trump, always. He shoots off his dictatorial mouth from off the top of his head without a 2nd thought about the reality or even the possibility of legitimate required expertise, understanding, or the slightest idea of what he , or even the U.S.A. can do as if we are seeking world domination. His return to the bullying of Iran is a clear example, which only creates animosity between them and us rather than treating other world leaders with respect. In other words, Trump does more damage than repair of the very same attitude that he demonstrated in his previous presidency. His very ‘holier than thou’ way of diplomacy does not create any kind of international unity in any important cooperation or peace-seeking world alliance anywhere other than Russia.

Russia and Ukraine are at war for a reason, and that reason is for Ukraine to defend and “own”, control, and operate their own country as a peaceful seeking free world democracy. So here we have Trump wedging his questionable form of government, whatever that is, as an unwanted 3rd party that favors Russia’s federal socialist or “kleptocracy” form of government over America’s own struggling democratic republic.

Tell me how Trump’s offering to let the USA run the unique type or kind of Russian nuclear reactors, that the USA has no knowledge or experience in, could provide Ukraine with the ability to keep their land and assets and succeed in their young democratic republic kind of government and join the other free world nations of NATO. Or could it be that we — as is the case with Trump’s copy-cat future of America to Putin’s dream of an expanded version of the old USSR — are on Russia’s side in their conflict with Ukraine and, if successful, invade the rest of what is now a free-world NATO Europe? ~llaw

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Nuclear experts pour cold water on US idea to restore and run Ukrainian power plant

By Lauren Kent, CNN

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Published 1:24 PM EDT, Thu March 20, 2025

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The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Enerhodar, Ukraine, once supplied roughly 20% of Ukraine’s energy but is now occupied by Russian forces and shut down.

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Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, occupied by Russian forces since the early days of the war, could be restored and protected by US ownership – at least according to the Americans.

But it’s unclear how the operation would work in practice, experts say, especially as the plant is on the front line, in territory controlled by Russia.

As part of ongoing talks to inch toward a partial ceasefire, US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky “discussed Ukraine’s electrical supply and nuclear power plants” during a Wednesday phone call, according to the US readout of the call.

“(Trump) said that the United States could be very helpful in running those plants with its electricity and utility expertise. American ownership of those plants would be the best protection for that infrastructure and support for Ukrainian energy infrastructure,” the readout said.

On Thursday, Zelensky disputed that section, saying: “In terms of ownership, we definitely did not discuss this with President Trump.” Zelensky stressed that “all nuclear power belongs to the (Ukrainian) state, including the temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhia region.”

Zelensky said the day before that Ukraine is ready to consider the possibility of American investment in the restoration and modernization of Zaporizhzhia. During a news conference after his call with Trump, Zelensky said they only discussed the occupied Zaporizhzhia plant, rather than Ukraine’s wider nuclear power network.

Related ANALYSISHow to decode a head-spinning few days of Ukraine war diplomacy

“I believe that the station will not work under occupation. I believe that the station can be restored to operation,” Zelensky said, also cautioning that the process will take an estimated two years or more.

Before Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, the Zaporizhzhia plant supplied roughly 20% of Ukraine’s energy, with six reactors, making it the largest nuclear power station in Europe. Ukrainian staff remain at the plant under Russian occupation, and at one point staff were forced to work at “gunpoint.”

But the plant is now disconnected from the grid and the electricity infrastructure required to operate the plant safely has been damaged by drone strikes and frequent shelling. Russia also destroyed the nearby Kakhovka dam, emptying the reservoir that supplied water to cool the plant.

All six reactors are shut down and there are concerns over the plant’s ongoing maintenance, as explosions continue nearby, according to a UN nuclear watchdog team on the ground.

When asked about how the US could potentially run a Ukrainian nuclear plant, Energy Secretary Chris Wright told Fox News that he didn’t believe it would require American troops on the ground.

“Certainly, we have immense technical expertise in the United States to run those plants. I don’t think that requires boots on the ground,” Wright said. “But I’ll leave the foreign policy to President Trump and Secretary (of State Marco) Rubio. I know they are working tirelessly, ‘How do we bring peace to Ukraine?’

“But, if it was helpful to achieve that end – have the US run nuclear power plants in Ukraine? No problem. We can do that,” Wright added.

But experts question how feasible the idea floated by the Trump administration would be.

Operating the plant safely would require a safe, constant power supply to avoid a reactor meltdown, as well as the restoration of sufficient water supplies for cooling the plant.

“The first word of business would be to establish definitively that there could be no attacks on either the plant directly or on the supporting infrastructure – both power and water resources – and that would have to be iron-clad,” said Edwin Lyman, director of nuclear power safety at the Union of Concerned Scientists. “So far, that kind of agreement has been elusive, as shelling occurs at a daily basis in the vicinity of the reactors.”

Kyiv has blamed Russian forces for destroying the Kakhovka dam in June 2023, emptying the reservoir that supplied water to cool the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters

“There’s no point in trying to rebuild a plant and operate it if it could be jeopardized at any moment,” Lyman said. “And the notion that US-ownership would somehow be more of a deterrent to Russia attacking the plant than now, when the Russians themselves control the plant, that doesn’t make sense either.”

The idea of US operation “raises a whole lot of logistical and technical and practical questions that are very unclear,” Lyman said, including the question of US liability for any accident at the facility. “With ownership or operator status comes responsibility.”

Nuclear experts have also highlighted that the US does not have any nuclear plants that use the same class of technology as Zaporizhzhia, which is a Soviet-designed “water water energetic reactor” (abbreviated as “VVER” in Russian).

“These are different technologies,” said Elena Sokova, director of the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, adding that there are strict licensing requirements for the plant’s operators.

“The US is an advanced country… but to be prepared to immediately take control of something that is of a different design, designed by different country, and where you have no experience of running it – I don’t think it’s a good solution or viable option.”

“Having said that, if we’re talking about a long process, I’m sure certain things could be worked out, particularly if there is an arrangement… to have the majority of the Ukrainian staff and operators running these reactors,” Sokova added.

Rescuers and police officers attend an anti-radiation drill in June 2023 in case of an emergency situation at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.

Reuters

Ukraine wants role in restoration of plant

Zelensky emphasized on Wednesday night that safe restoration of the plant is in the whole world’s interest, and Ukraine should have a role in that “because it is ours, and this is our land, this is our station.”

The Ukrainian president said any return of the plant would not be possible without control of the area where it is located – the city of Enerhodar – on the Russian-occupied side of the Zaporizhzhia region.

“If you just hand over the station, and a meter away from the station, everything is occupied or there are Russian weapons, no one will work like that,” Zelensky told reporters, raising concerns that the plant could be restored with US and Ukrainian investment, only to have Russia possibly damage or destroy it again later.

As fighting continues along the front line, the dire situation at the Zaporizhzhia plant “remains unchanged,” Andrian Prokip, energy program director at the Ukrainian Institute for the Future, wrote last month.

“It still does not receive adequate maintenance and it continues to serve as a Russian ammunition depot,” said Prokip, also a senior associate at the Wilson Center.

CNN’s Svitlana Vlasova, Christian Edwards and DJ Judd contributed to this report

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All Things Nuclear

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Can Europe defend itself against a nuclear-armed Russia? – Harvard Gazette

Harvard Gazette

Now, the overarching issue for everything is, if the U.S. disengages and withdraws its nuclear umbrella, there’s really no answer in Europe for that.

March 20, 2025: Nuclear energy future, Peña Blvd traffic, confused federal workers …

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All Things Considered · View KRCC Schedule · Need help? Donate. Search. Close … Vrain Nuclear Power Plant near Platteville, Colorado, in 1972.

The Iran Nuclear File – FDD

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DUBOWITZ: Rich, there’s two things I want you to address. First of all, you’ve laid out today that Iran is a threshold nuclear weapons power, right?

Nuclear Power

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Financial folly or pressure tactic? Trump eyes Ukraine’s occupied nuclear plant | Reuters

Reuters

Trump suggests the U.S. run Ukraine’s nuclear power plants · Zelenskiy says leaders only discussed Zaporizhzhia plant · Vast nuclear station would need …

Nuclear experts pour cold water on US idea to restore and run Ukrainian power plant – CNN

CNN

Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, occupied by Russian forces since the early days of the war, could be restored and protected by US …

Trump offers to take ownership of Ukraine’s electrical supply, nuclear power plants

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President Donald Trump said after his call with President Volodymyr Zelensky that the U.S. could assist in operating those plants by leveraging …

Nuclear Power Emergencies

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Trump offers to take control of Ukraine’s nuclear plants in call with Zelensky – France 24

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President Donald Trump proposed that the United States take control of Ukrainian nuclear power plants to protect them from Russian attacks during …

Emergency sirens: Delaware to conduct quarterly test of nuclear alert system April 1

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… emergency at either the Salem or Hope Creek nuclear plants. In the case of a real emergency, the sirens would sound continuously for three to five …

Russia-Ukraine war LIVE: Kremlin says Russia-U.S. meeting to discuss peace, Black Sea deal

The Hindu

Russia imposed a state of emergency in the Engels district after … nuclear plants. Donald Trump has told Volodymyr Zelensky that the United …

Nuclear War Threats

NEWS

Opinion | Trump Should Stop Iran’s Nuclear Threat With a Deal – The New York Times

The New York Times

The Trump administration should back away from threats and engage Iran in an effort to bring a diplomatic halt to its nuclear weapons capability

Can Europe defend itself against a nuclear-armed Russia? – Harvard Gazette

Harvard Gazette

Production ramps up at a German munitions factory last year in response to the war in Ukraine. … nuclear threats of its own? Personally, I have my …

How to survive nuclear war after a bomb is dropped: what to do, how to prepare – Yahoo

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President Vladimir Putin, for one, has repeatedly threatened nuclear force in Russia’s Ukraine invasion over the last three years. Former President …

Nuclear War

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Ukraine war briefing: Trump ‘wants Zaporizhzhia power plant for US’ – The Guardian

The Guardian

Donald Trump told Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday that the US could own and run Ukrainian nuclear power plants as part of a ceasefire. The Ukrainian …

Nuclear experts pour cold water on US idea to restore and run Ukrainian power plant – CNN

CNN

Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, occupied by Russian forces since the early days of the war, could be restored and protected by US .

Opinion | Trump Should Stop Iran’s Nuclear Threat With a Deal – The New York Times

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Yellowstone Caldera

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New Yellowstone Hydrothermal Feature Popped Up “Right In Front Of Our Eyes”

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“End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity” ~llaw

Lloyd A. Williams-Pendergraft

Mar 19, 2025

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LLAW’s NUCLEAR WORLD NEWS TODAY and the GLOBAL RISKS & CONSEQUENCES TOMORROW

In My Opinion:

I keep saying this over and over, but the news media never seems to catch on: “The number of nuclear weapons in today’s nuclear world doesn’t matter. The numbers are irrelevant. A few is all that’s needed, or in some cases just “One”. One is the trigger that will set the others off, and today’s nuclear bombs and other weapons of mass destruction are dozens of times more powerful than, say, the “Cold War” from 1945 to 1991 when the United States and Russia both increased and eventually reduced the number of nuclear weapons in their arsenal, comforting the world — at least politically and militarily — easing the everyday citizens’ anxiety for awhile. Until now.

What matters is the need for world leaders and international governments and their political and military organizations to quickly find a missing link in their power-crazed minds, and realize that for humanity to survive requires world peace. And that can only happen if we actually understand and practice the human-missing traits that the word “humanity” is supposed to define the way humans live.

There are dozens of peace-loving words to tell us that more narrowly define what “humanity” means, and world “peace” is just one of them. You can make up your own list using words like love, compassion, empathy, sympathy, understanding, care, fellowship, concern, and use them by taking them to heart, passing them along. You can let our nuclear-armed evil and corrupt leaders know about these gentle words — knowing that such an idea as universal kindness, peace, and love actually exists and can be passed along as food for thought to a whole world of others, rather than constantly listening to the hateful, angry, selfish, deceitful and separatist words and ways of life we collectively live today. ~llaw

Axios

11 hours ago –World

A new nuke wave washes over the world

• Colin Demarest

There’s an uneasy nuclear weapons future ahead.

The big picture: Decades of order now feel disordered. Proliferation is again a kitchen-table topic; your parents are probably sending you headlines right now.

• An ascendant China, a trigger-happy Russia and rollercoaster politics in the U.S., among other factors, are prompting conversations of the deadliest stakes. Nukes are no joke.

Driving the news: The Federation of American Scientists warned in its latest accounting that Beijing has “significantly expanded” its program by “fielding more types and greater numbers of nuclear weapons than ever before.”

• The effort includes continued development of missile silo fields and bases for road-mobile launchers as well as reassignment of bombers with an air-launched ballistic missile that “might have nuclear capability.”

Meanwhile, weapon whispers are heard in:

• France, where President Emmanuel Macron is mulling the reach of his nuclear umbrella.
• Germany, where Friedrich Merz, the soon-to-be chancellor, welcomed discussions about shared arsenals while also acknowledging the heft of U.S. arms.
• Poland, where President Andrzej Duda called on Washington to send some of its weapons into his country — a move that would abbreviate flight times and anger Russia.
• South Korea, where a cocktail of concerns, namely its neighbors, spur repeat conversations. (Gideon Rose, an adjunct senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, said Japan would likely follow Seoul in a piece titled “Get Ready for the Next Nuclear Age.”)

And it’s all everyone’s talking about, from large organizations like the Center for Strategic and International Studies and Chatham House to the smaller expert blogs like Strategic Simplicity.

What they’re saying: “I, personally, didn’t have Poland on my bingo card,” Jane Vaynman, an assistant professor of strategic studies at Johns Hopkins University, said at an event when asked by Axios for a global temperature check.

• “There’s a really big connection that’s been studied in the academic literature … between U.S. nuclear guarantees and the nonproliferation agenda.”

Yes, but: Nuclear aspirants need heaps of time, money and willpower — resources in demand everywhere else.

• The world’s most destructive weapons don’t accidentally materialize; they are the product of scientific expertise, coveted materials, manufacturing-and-test footprints and means of delivery.
• “The rule of thumb in the 1990s, when I started in this field, was: Any country can go nuclear. It takes, at a minimum, 10 years and $10 billion,” Jon Wolfsthal, the federation’s director of global risk, told me.
• “You could buy a lot of conventional deterrence with $10 billion.”

Reality check: The Chinese inventory, hundreds of warheads, is dwarfed by American and Russian collections, thousands each.

• Whether Beijing is a nuclear peer to Washington — or ever will be — depends on who you ask. Government assessments clash with those made by outside analysts.
• The Federation of American Scientists notebook, for example, says there is “no evidence that China’s ongoing nuclear expansion will result” in parity.

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All Things Nuclear

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Updated digest covers all things NRC – ExchangeMonitor | Page 1

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ExchangeMonitor covers nuclear weapons, waste management, nuclear cleanup, international intelligence as well as carbon capture and storage.

A new nuke wave washes over the world – Axios

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… nuclear weapons than ever before.” The effort includes continued … And it’s all everyone’s talking about, from large organizations like …

Key weapons complex Dems slam DOGE after NNSA contractors targeted

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Updated digest covers all things NRC. By ExchangeMonitor. Mar 18, 2025. Locals still have fingers crossed on major Hanford solar project. By .

Nuclear Power

NEWS

News Reactor | March 2025 – National Conference of State Legislatures

National Conference of State Legislatures

Policy Activity Federal Updates SCOTUS Examining Nuclear Waste Storage The Supreme Court of the United States is currently hearing…

Can The US Triple Its Nuclear Capacity By 2050? – Ark Invest

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Commitments to net-zero carbon emissions have spurred new and renewed interest in nuclear energy, as shown below. ARK’s research suggests that the US …

North Tonawanda votes to restrict nuclear energy – YouTube

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Nuclear Power Emergencies

NEWS

Nuclear accident exercises underway itenaw County and Southeast Michigan

WEMU

… emergency response exercise. The Cobalt Magnet 25 exercise simulates a nuclear power plant radiation release from the Fermi 2 Plant in Monroe County.

Emergency Shutdown Systems Industry Report 2025-2030: Integration of IoT and Grow…

Business Wire

The increased demand for nuclear power plants translates to increased construction activities, which require sophisticated ESD systems. MARKET DRIVERS.

Emergency Shutdown Systemsstry Report 2025-2030: Integration of IoT and Growth in …

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Emergency Shutdown Systems Industry Report 2025-2030: Integration of IoT and Growth in Nuclear Power Plant Construction are Key Trends Shaping the …

Nuclear War Threats

NEWS

Trump’s threats reignite talk of nuclear bombs in Iran – Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera

Trump letter, threats. The US president’s threat that “every shot” fired by the Houthis in Yemen will be viewed as an attack from Iran has escalated …

Rewriting the Narrative on Nuclear Weapons: A research-based guide to building a safer future

Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI)

The Nuclear Threat Initiative and Ploughshares partnered to develop the guide at a time when nuclear threats are on the rise and attention to the …

NTI and Ploughshares Release Guide to Shift the Narrative on Nuclear Weapons

NTI and Ploughshares Release Guide to Shift the Narrative on Nuclear Weapons

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At a time when nuclear threats are on the rise and attention to the issue has dwindled, the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) and Ploughshares this …

Nuclear War

NEWS

Ukraine war: Putin bombs energy plant hours after agreeing 30-day halt with Trump

The Independent

The Ukrainian city of 100000 was left without electricity after the Russian attack on a power grid.

Rewriting the Narrative on Nuclear Weapons: A research-based guide to building a safer future – NTI

NTI

NTI and Ploughshares Release Guide to Shift the Narrative on Nuclear Weapons

NTI

At a time when nuclear threats are on the rise and attention to the issue has dwindled, the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) and Ploughshares this …

Statement by the EASLG: Three Essential Steps for Reversing the Slide to Nuclear War. Reducing and eliminating any nuclear risk that could lead to …

Macron says France will order more Rafale fighter jets in nuclear deterrence drive

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… nuclear missile technology … “Our country andontinent must continue to defend, equip, and prepare itself if we want to avoid war,” he warned, …

dwindled, the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) and Ploughshares this …

Yellowstone Caldera

NEWS

A brand new volcanic vent opened up in Yellowstone – MSN

MSN

While the expansive volcano shows no hints of an eruption, magma brews beneath the surface, fueling hundreds of geysers and other heated phenomena. In …

“End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity” ~llaw

Lloyd A. Williams-Pendergraft

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LLAW’s NUCLEAR WORLD NEWS TODAY and the GLOBAL RISKS & CONSEQUENCES TOMORROW

In My Opinion:

Who the hell are these disruptive and obviously inexperienced people collectively called DOGE and how is it that Elon Musk, who is not even an official nor elected standing in the U.S. government, and his “Komputer Kiddies” have so much ridiculously unqualified power and are making a huge mess of everything they are doing? Every decision they have made has ultimately been wrong, and they have also illegally “broken” into secured governmental agencies and their offices in order to access confidential information that they are not qualified nor authorized to even see, much less control. This illegal process and the unlawful insubordination obviously allowed by Trump cannot continue to stand! If necessary, the U.S. military must step up and put a stop to this process even if it means the insubordination of themselves before the current “Commander in Chief” — who may well be a “traitor” to the United States of America — and who is not acting as the job requires, per se, “one of the most important roles for the President of the United States is that of Commander in Chief. Acting in this capacity, the President finds themselves ultimately responsible for the safety and security of the United States and its citizens.”

Weakening our nuclear security in this time of critical strain among major nuclear armed nations is just about the stupidest move imaginable given the erosion of the last bastion of nuclear war prevention called “deterrence” that Trump has already substantially weakened on an international basis, yet here we are, threatening our own and other free world nations by arbitrarily firing critically experienced and knowledgably endowed protectors of our own nuclear arsenal. This is pure and utter insanity . . . ~llaw

Today’s Story:

Elon Musk’s DOGE Cuts Hit Critical Nuclear Weapons Agency

Published Mar 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM EDT

By Jordan King

US News Reporter

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More than 130 National Nuclear Security Administration employees have been reportedly paid off after their positions were targeted in cuts recommended by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

This is according to internal agency documents seen by The New York Times, which also said an additional 27 workers were mass-fired and not rehired.

Newsweek has contacted the Energy Department, which runs the National Nuclear Security Administration, via email, for comment.

Why It Matters

The National Nuclear Security Administration manages America’s 3,748 nuclear bombs and warheads, while also working to modernize them.

These cuts, part of Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk‘s efforts to do away with what they consider government waste and corruption, come at a time with mounting global tensions and multiple threats of nuclear war.

What To Know

At least 27 engineers, 13 analysts, 12 project managers, six budget analysts, five physicists or scientists, along with attorneys, compliance officers and technologists, have left the agency, according to the NYT.

These include four people involved in the secure transportation of nuclear materials, six who build reactors for nuclear submarines and one biochemist and engineer who enforced safety standards at a Texas-based nuclear warhead assembling plant.

The Energy Department reportedly said that most of the fired employees were administrative and clerical, not critical to the agency’s operation.

Some of the people who left had a top-secret security clearance, called Q, which provides access to how nuclear weapons are designed and used, according to NYT analysis.

Read more DOGE

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Those who left were reportedly offered administration leave with pay until September before resigning.

Speaking specifically about the loss of employees who used to transport nuclear materials, The agency’s former deputy administrator for nonproliferation under President Joe Biden, Corey Hinderstein, said: “We were already understaffed there. Because how do you get people with extremely advanced security skills to be able to defend a nuclear weapon on the road and are willing to be long-haul truckers?”

What People Are Saying

The Department of Energy’s chief spokesman Ben Dietderich said: “Contrary to news reports, the Energy Department’s nuclear weapons production plants and nuclear laboratories are operated by federal contractors and have been exempt” (from cuts)

Energy Department spokesperson Andrea Woods said: “N.N.S.A is committed to continuing its critical national security mission through the development, modernization and stewardship of America’s nuclear deterrent and nonproliferation and counterterrorism efforts.”

What Happens Next

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Whenever there is an underlined link to a Category media news story, if you press or click on the link provided, you no longer have to cut and paste to your web browser, since this Post’s link will take you directly to the article in your browser.

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’s NEWS DIGEST, Tuesday, (03/18/2025)

All Things Nuclear

NEWS

How nuclear deterrence in Europe may change – WCMU Public Radio

WCMU Public Radio

If it’s nuclear arsenal that actually becomes a priority for European countries, that’s bad because nuclear winter, radioactivity, all of the adverse …

How nuclear deterrence in Europe may change – Utah Public Radio

Utah Public Radio

All Things Considered. Next Up: 4:00 PM The Music Never Stopped. 0:00. 0 … How nuclear deterrence in Europe may change. NPR. By A Martínez.

How nuclear deterrence in Europe may change | Maine Public

Maine Public

… Nuclear Planning Group that is inside of NATO. … CORMARIE: And France has made it very clear through all of its presidents that its nuclear weapons …

Nuclear Power

NEWS

Zaporizhzhia: Trump suggests Ukraine’s largest nuclear plant is on the line in talks with … – CNN

CNN

The fate of the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been a concern since Moscow’s forces stormed the facility in March 2022.

Energy Dept. approves money for restarting Palisades nuclear plant – Detroit Free Press

Detroit Free Press

The loan disbursement by President Trump’s Department of Energy signals continued support for the Biden-era initiative to restart the Palisades …

DOE Approves Loan Disbursement Tied to Restart of Michigan Nuclear Plant

American Public Power Association

U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright on March 17 announced the release of the second loan disbursement to Holtec for the Palisades …

Nuclear Power Emergencies

NEWS

Public Communications Playbook for Energy Emergencies – National Governors Association

National Governors Association

… Emergency Response); Amy Thomas, Steven Medved, Tobias Sellier, and Giacomo Wray (American Public Power Association); Christine Csizmadia (Nuclear …

Operational event at Ling Ao Nuclear Power Station – Government Information Centre

Government Information Centre

The Nuclear Emergency Committee Office of the Guangdong Province notified the Security Bureau today (March 18) of an operational event at Ling Ao …

Nuclear War Threats

NEWS

Trump warns Iran will be ‘held responsible’ for Houthi attacks from Yemen – Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera

But Parnell was quick to specify that Trump was not seeking war either, despite the US’s new threats. “This is also not an endless offensive. This …

Elon Musk’s DOGE Cuts Hit Critical Nuclear Weapons Agency – Newsweek

Newsweek

… threats of nuclear war. What To Know. At least 27 engineers, 13 analysts, 12 project managers, six budget analysts, five physicists or scientists …

US Think Tank Issues Update on China’s Nuclear Weapons Arsenal – Newsweek

Newsweek

… nuclear threats, to end nuclear monopoly, and to prevent a nuclear war. China Displays Nuclear Missiles. Military vehicles carry China’s DF-41 nuclear …

Nuclear War

NEWS

Zaporizhzhia: Trump suggests Ukraine’s largest nuclear plant is on the line in talks with … – CNN

CNN

Now, the Zaporizhzhia plant is expected to be part of negotiations to end the war in Ukraine, Trump administration officials said this week. Ad …

Ukraine war latest: Trump pushing for ceasefire announcement after call with Putin

The Independent

Comes as Russian official says Moscow will seek ‘ironclad’ guarantees in any peace deal that Nato nations will exclude Kyiv from membership

NATO Nation Confirms India Stopped Nuclear War? Big Claim On PM Modi’s Role In … – YouTube

YouTube

persuaded Russian President Vladimir Putin not to use tactical nuclear weapons in the Ukraine war … NATO Nation Confirms India Stopped Nuclear War?

Yellowstone Caldera

NEWS

New hydrothermal feature popped up in Yellowstone last year – Buckrail

Buckrail

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK — According to the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory’s (YVO) latest Caldera Chronicles, a new hydrothermal feature popped …

Is it getting closer? America looks to Yellowstone after 700,000 years – Ecoportal

Ecoportal

This supervolcano is known to have had eruptions through the past years; however, it has been 700,000 since its major eruption and people are …

Volcanic Activity Worldwide 17 Mar 2025: Santiaguito Volcano, Fuego, Semeru, Ibu, Dukono …

Volcano Discovery

… caldera volcano. It followed the magnitude 4.4 earthquake … List and interactive map of current and past earthquakes near Yellowstone volcano.

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Firefighters work at the site of an apartment building hit by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Chernihiv, Ukraine March 16, 2025. REUTERS/Maksym Kishka

LAW’s NUCLEAR WORLD NEWS of TODAY with the RISKS and CONSEQUENCES of TOMORROW

In My Opinion:

Let’s see how this telecon between Putin and Trump turns out on Tuesday, and is it not odd that Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy is not allowed to be a part of the conversation and decision-making? It’s as if Russia and the United States have no respect for Ukraine and will force the country’s future subject to the whims of the two international powers who will demand natural resources, land areas, and even whether or not Ukraine can join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

Does all of this ultimately mean that Ukraine’s desire to become a democratic republic nation as a part of the “free world” will never happen, likely forcing their country to be dominated by Putin’s dream for a larger and more powerful USSR?

What Russia wants from Ukraine and other European ‘free world’ countries is not a whole lot different than Trump’s desire to annex Canada, Greenland, and Panama for the United States, a country that suddenly seems to be on its way to becoming a Russian twin companion both massive in territory and identical in politics — as well as military might. ~llaw

Trump and Putin to discuss power plants, land in talks to end Ukraine war

By Nathan Layne and Jeff Mason

March 17, 202511:21 AM PDTUpdated 2 hours ago

• Summary

• Trump sees ‘good chance’ to end war in Ukraine
• Trump will speak with Putin on Tuesday over ceasefire proposal
• Kremlin confirms Putin to speak with Trump by phone
• Ukraine supports 30-day ceasefire proposal
• Russia demands Ukraine’s neutrality, exclusion from NATO

WASHINGTON, March 17 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said he would speak to Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Tuesday about ending the Ukraine war, with territorial concessions by Kyiv and control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant likely to feature prominently in the talks.

“We want to see if we can bring that war to an end,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One during a flight to the Washington area from Florida. “Maybe we can, maybe we can’t, but I think we have a very good chance.

“I’ll be speaking to President Putin on Tuesday. A lot of work’s been done over the weekend.”

Trump is trying to win Putin’s support for a 30-day ceasefire proposal that Ukraine accepted last week, as both sides continued trading heavy aerial strikes early on Monday and Russia moved closer to ejecting Ukrainian forces from their months-old foothold in the western Russian region of Kursk.

Asked what concessions were being considered in ceasefire negotiations, Trump said: “We’ll be talking about land. We’ll be talking about power plants … We’re already talking about that, dividing up certain assets.”

Trump gave no details but he appeared to be referring to the Russian-occupied facility in Ukraine, Europe’s largest nuclear plant. Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of risking an accident at the plant with their actions.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told a regular briefing on Monday that “there’s a power plant that is on the border of Russia and Ukraine that was up for discussion with the Ukrainians, and he (Trump) will address it in his call with Putin tomorrow.” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov confirmed on Monday that Putin would speak with Trump by phone but declined to comment on Trump’s remarks about land and power plants.

The Kremlin said on Friday that Putin had sent Trump a message about his ceasefire plan via U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff, who held talks in Moscow, expressing “cautious optimism” that a deal could be reached to end the three-year conflict.

In separate appearances on Sunday TV shows in the United States, Witkoff, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Trump’s National Security Adviser, Mike Waltz, emphasized there were still challenges to be worked out before Russia agrees to a ceasefire, much less a final peaceful resolution to the war.

Asked on ABC whether the U.S. would accept a peace deal in which Russia was allowed to keep Ukrainian territory that it has seized, Waltz replied: “We have to ask ourselves, is it in our national interest? Is it realistic? … Are we going to drive every Russian off of every inch of Ukrainian soil?”

“We can talk about what is right or wrong but also have to talk about the reality of the situation on the ground,” he said, adding that the alternative to finding compromises on land and other issues was “endless warfare” and even World War Three.

‘IRONCLAD’ GUARANTEES

Firefighters work at the site of an apartment building hit by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Chernihiv, Ukraine March 16, 2025. REUTERS/Maksym Kishka

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said he sees a good chance to end the war after Kyiv accepted the U.S. proposal for a 30-day interim ceasefire.

However, Zelenskiy has consistently said the sovereignty of his country is not negotiable and that Russia must surrender the territory it has seized. Russia seized the Crimean Peninsula in 2014 and now controls most of four eastern Ukrainian regions since it invaded the country in 2022.

Zelenskiy has not responded publicly to Waltz’s remarks.

Russia will seek “ironclad” guarantees in any peace deal that NATO nations exclude Kyiv from membership and that Ukraine will remain neutral, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko told Russian media outlet Izvestia in remarks published on Monday that made no reference to the ceasefire proposal.

“We will demand that ironclad security guarantees become part of this agreement,” Izvestia cited Grushko as saying.

Putin says his actions in Ukraine are aimed at protecting Russia’s national security against what he casts as an aggressive and hostile West, in particular NATO’s eastward expansion. Ukraine and its Western partners say Russia is waging an unprovoked war of aggression and an imperial-style land grab.

Moscow has demanded that Ukraine drop its NATO ambitions, that Russia keep control of all Ukrainian territory seized, and that the size of the Ukrainian army be limited. It also wants Western sanctions eased and a presidential election in Ukraine, which Kyiv says is premature while martial law is in force.

The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, said on Monday that the conditions demanded by Russia to agree to a ceasefire showed that Moscow does not really want peace.

Finland’s Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen said the onus should be on Russia as the invading country, not Ukraine, to make concessions “because otherwise you would be compromising international law.”

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday that “a significant number” of nations – including Britain and France – were willing to send peacekeeping troops to Ukraine in the event of a peace deal with Russia. Defence chiefs will meet this week to firm up plans.

Russia has ruled out peacekeepers until the war has ended.

“If they appear there, it means that they are deployed in the conflict zone with all the consequences for these contingents as parties to the conflict,” Russia’s Grushko said.

“We can talk about unarmed observers, a civilian mission that would monitor the implementation of individual aspects of this agreement, or guarantee mechanisms. In the meantime, it’s just hot air.”

Reporting by Nathan Layne, Jeff Mason, David Ljunggren, Julia Harte, Lidia Kelly, Additional reporting by Bart Meijer in Brussels, Writing by Michael Perry, Gareth Jones and David Brunnstrom Editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan, Angus MacSwan, Sharon Singleton and Rod Nickel

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Jeff Mason is a White House Correspondent for Reuters. He has covered the presidencies of Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Joe Biden and the presidential campaigns of Biden, Trump, Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain. He served as president of the White House Correspondents’ Association in 2016-2017, leading the press corps in advocating for press freedom in the early days of the Trump administration. His and the WHCA’s work was recognized with Deutsche Welle’s “Freedom of Speech Award.” Jeff has asked pointed questions of domestic and foreign leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un. He is a winner of the WHCA’s “Excellence in Presidential News Coverage Under Deadline Pressure” award and co-winner of the Association for Business Journalists’ “Breaking News” award. Jeff began his career in Frankfurt, Germany as a business reporter before being posted to Brussels, Belgium, where he covered the European Union. Jeff appears regularly on television and radio and teaches political journalism at Georgetown University. He is a graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and a former Fulbright scholar.Subscribed

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There are 7 categories, with the latest addition, (#7) being a Friday weekly roundup of IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) global nuclear news stories. Also included is a bonus non-nuclear category for news about the Yellowstone caldera and other volcanic and caldera activity around the world that play an important role in humanity’s lives. 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). The Categories are listed below in their usual order:

1. All Things Nuclear
2. Nuclear Power
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Whenever there is an underlined link to a Category media news story, if you press or click on the link provided, you no longer have to cut and paste to your web browser, since this Post’s link will take you directly to the article in your browser.

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’s NEWS, Monday, (03/17/2025)

All Things Nuclear

NEWS

How China Could Beat The U.S. To Nuclear Fusion, As AI Power Needs Surge – YouTube

YouTube

… About CNBC: From ‘Wall Street’ to ‘Main Street’ to award winning original documentaries and Reality TV series, CNBC has you covered. Experience …

How nuclear deterrence in Europe may change – WXXI News

WXXI News

All Things Considered. Next Up: 6:00 PM This American Life. 0:00. 0:00. All … How nuclear deterrence in Europe may change. NPR. By A Martínez.

How nuclear deterrence in Europe may change – KUNR

KUNR

All Things Considered · Arts on the Airwaves · BBC World Service · Fresh Air … How nuclear deterrence in Europe may change. NPR. By A Martínez.

Nuclear Power

NEWS

Top US CEO to Europe: We can unite on nuclear power – Politico.eu

Politico.eu

PARIS — Donald Trump is temporary; nuclear energy is forever … or at least for 30 years. That’s why Patrick Fragman, CEO of Westinghouse, the major …

Top US CEO to Europe: We can unite on nuclear power, despite Trump – E&E News

E&E News

PARIS — Donald Trump is temporary; nuclear energy is forever … or at least for 30 years. That’s why Patrick Fragman, CEO of Westinghouse, …

North Korea vows to ‘strengthen’ nuclear capabilities, rejecting G7 call for denuclearization

ABC News – The Walt Disney Company

North Korea is building a nuclear–power submarine, state media said earlier this month. Related Topics. North Korea. ABC News. Popular Reads. Trump …

Nuclear Power Emergencies

NEWS

More than 70 agencies participating in training drill simulating nuclear power plant accident

MSN

Field teams in protective gear, low-flying aircraft and other signs of emergency agency activity might be noticed in various locations in Michigan …

Top US CEO to Europe: We can unite on nuclear power – Politico.eu

Politico.eu

Europe may see atomic power as a path to energy independence, but the Westinghouse chief tells POLITICO it can help the continent.

U.S. declares energy emergency amid 200-fold AI power demand surge – CHOSUNBIZ

Chosunbiz

Typically, the capacity of one nuclear power plant is 1 GW, meaning that 100 new nuclear plants would be needed. For this reason, major U.S. IT …

Nuclear War Threats

NEWS

Europe doesn’t know if it can rely on America’s nuclear weapons for protection. Some …

ABC News

… threat of a nuclear attack without America’s assistance. Countries are turning to France and the United Kingdom, the only two European nations …

Iran rejects Trump’s ‘bullying’ on nuclear talks, as threats ratchet up – The Washington Post

The Washington Post

Iran rejects Trump’s ‘bullying’ on nuclear talks, as threats ratchet up … war in Gaza. “Under the strong leadership of President Trump. … I …

Trump launches large-scale strikes on Yemen’s Houthis, at least 31 killed | Reuters

Reuters

He said if Iran threatened the United States, “America will hold you fully accountable and, we won’t be nice about it!” The Reuters Daily Briefing …

Nuclear War

NEWS

Europe doesn’t know if it can rely on America’s nuclear weapons for protection. Some …

ABC News

No ally wants to confront the possibility of nuclear war, or the US turning its back on them. But as fears grow that Trump is increasingly …

North Korea vows to ‘strengthen’ nuclear capabilities, rejecting G7 call for denuclearization

ABC News – The Walt Disney Company

North Korea’s nuclear development program “prevents a war in the Korean peninsula and Northeast Asia and guarantees a strategic stability of the …

Trump says he and Putin will discuss power plants, land in talks to end Ukraine war

Reuters

… war, with territorial concessions by Kyiv and control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant likely to feature prominently in the talks.

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In order to keep abreast of the weekend nuclear news, I will post Saturday and Sunday’s news, but without editorial comment. If a weekend story warrants a critical review, it will show up on Monday’s posts . . .

If you are not familiar with the weekday daily blog post, this is how the nuclear news post works . . . llaw

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There are 7 categories, with the latest addition, (#7) being a Friday weekly roundup of IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) global nuclear news stories. Also included is a bonus non-nuclear category for news about the Yellowstone caldera and other volcanic and caldera activity around the world that play an important role in humanity’s lives. 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). The Categories are listed below in their usual order:

1. All Things Nuclear
2. Nuclear Power
3. Nuclear Power Emergencies
4. Nuclear War
5. Nuclear War Threats
6. Yellowstone Caldera (Note: There are no Yellowstone Caldera bonus stories available on this weekend’s Sunday Post.)
7. IAEA Weekly News (Friday’s only)

Whenever there is an underlined link to a Category media news story, if you press or click on the link provided, you no longer have to cut and paste to your web browser, since this Post’s link will take you directly to the article in your browser.

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’S NEWS, Sunday, (03/16/2025)

All Things Nuclear

NEWS

Trump wants to restart nuclear negotiations with Iran. How likely is he to succeed? – WESA

WESA

All Things Considered. Next Up: 6:30 PM Marketplace. 0:00. 0:00. All Things … Iranian officials immediately rebuffed the gesture and, on Friday, met …

Trump wants to restart nuclear negotiations with Iran. How likely is he to succeed?

WJCT News

What’s Health Got to Do with It? Morning Edition · All Things Considered … nuclear program. We’re joined now by Ali Vaez, director of the …

Trump wants to restart nuclear negotiations with Iran. How likely is he to succeed? – WKMS

WKMS

Trump wants to restart nuclear negotiations with Iran. How likely is he to succeed? · Learn All About WKMS Vehicle Donation! · Looking for Something to …

Nuclear Power

NEWS

How China Could Beat The U.S. To Nuclear Fusion, As AI Power Needs Surge – YouTube

YouTube

Despite decades of U.S. leadership in nuclear fusion, China is now spending twice as much and building projects faster to beat the U.S. to …

How the U.S. is losing ground to China in nuclear fusion, as AI power needs surge – CNBC

CNBC

For decades, the U.S. has led the race to clean, limitless nuclear fusion energy. Now China is catching up, spending twice as much and building …

Fusion energy: Unlocking the power of the stars – CBS News

CBS News

… energy than fission (which splits atoms apart). Fission is used by today’s nuclear power plants and creates hazardous nuclear waste; fusion does not.

Nuclear Power Emergencies

NEWS

More than 70 agencies participating in training drill simulating nuclear power plant accident

CBS News

The activity began Friday and is an exercise called Cobalt Magnet 2025, according to the Michigan State Police, Emergency Management and Homeland …

Nuclear War Threats

NEWS

Trump orders strikes on Yemen’s Houthi rebels, issues fresh threats to backer Iran – CBC

CBC

Trump maintains end-the-Ukraine-war talk, but Putin doesn’t confirm the details · Confused by Trump’s many tariff threats? Here’s what’s going on ..

Unfazed by regional war, Trump challenges Iran as Houthis threaten Israel with retali

Ynetnews

… nuclear program. Iran has so far refused to negotiate with Trump under his policy of sanctions and military threats. The strikes also aim to …

IRGC chief: Iran will not start a war but will respond decisively to threats – Press TV

Press TV

IRGC chief: Iran will not start a war but will respond decisively to threats … nuclear deal or be handled militarily. On Wednesday, Araghchi …

Nuclear War

NEWS

To many in Europe, Trump has punched holes in NATO’s nuclear umbrella – CNN

CNN

But for decades during the Cold War, France also sought to bring European allies under its nuclear protection, Yannick Pincé a historian at France’s …

Ukraine war latest: Zelensky warns Putin is planning fresh ground invasion – The Independent

The Independent

“We are also observing directions along our eastern border of Ukraine, where the Russian army is building up forces,” Mr Zelensky wrote on X. “This …

Why a French nuclear attack submarine is in Halifax | CBC.ca

CBC

SSN Tourville arrived in Halifax harbour this week after its first sail across the Atlantic. Hannah Veinot has the story.

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Lloyd A. Williams-Pendergraft

Mar 15, 2025

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In order to keep abreast of the weekend nuclear news, I will post Saturday and Sunday’s news, but without editorial comment. If a weekend story warrants a critical review, it will show up on Monday’s posts . . .

If you are not familiar with the weekday daily blog post, this is how the nuclear news post works . . . llaw

ABOUT THE FOLLOWING ACCESS TO “LLAW’S ALL THINGS NUCLEAR” RELATED MEDIA”:

There are 7 categories, with the latest addition, (#7) being a Friday weekly roundup of IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) global nuclear news stories. Also included is a bonus non-nuclear category for news about the Yellowstone caldera and other volcanic and caldera activity around the world that play an important role in humanity’s lives. 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). The Categories are listed below in their usual order:

1. All Things Nuclear
2. Nuclear Power
3. Nuclear Power Emergencies
4. Nuclear War
5. Nuclear War Threats
6. Yellowstone Caldera (Note: There is one Yellowstone Caldera bonus story available on this weekend’s Saturday Post.)
7. IAEA Weekly News (Friday’s only)

Whenever there is an underlined link to a Category media news story, if you press or click on the link provided, you no longer have to cut and paste to your web browser, since this Post’s link will take you directly to the article in your browser.

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’S NEWS, Saturday,(03/15/2025)

All Things Nuclear

NEWS

Trump wants to restart nuclear negotiations with Iran. How likely is he to succeed?

WCMU Public Radio

He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. His books have chronicled …

Trump wants to restart nuclear negotiations with Iran. How likely is he to succeed? – WLRN

WLRN

All Things Considered. Next Up: 6:00 PM Marketplace. 0:00. 0:00. All Things … Trump wants to restart nuclear negotiations with Iran. How likely …

Trump wants to restart nuclear negotiations with Iran. How likely is he to succeed? | TPR

Texas Public Radio

All Things Considered · Book Public · Fronteras · Golden Pennies · The Lonely … Iranian officials immediately rebuffed the gesture and, on Friday, met …

Nuclear Power

NEWS

French nuclear–powered attack sub surfaces off Canada near US border – YouTube

YouTube

A French nuclear–powered attack submarine left locals bewildered after it surfaced in an eastern Canadian province, just 300 miles from the US …

US Electricity Demand to Surge — Nuclear Energy Key, but Supply Challenges Remain

Investing News Network

The US is facing an electricity demand surge driven by AI, manufacturing and electrification. Nuclear power is crucial, but uranium supply …

Why is it still so hard to make nuclear weapons? | Live Science

Live Science

Related: How many nuclear bombs have been used? The enormous release of energy is called a nuclear fission reaction. When this reaction occurs, a …

Nuclear War Threats

NEWS

China, Russia stand by Iran as Tehran rejects US call for nuclear talks – YouTube

YouTube

After China’s “Ready for War” Threat, US Says “Prepared For Worst … Threats‘ Against Nuclear Program. CRUX New 16K views · 14:55 · Go to channel …

China, Russia, Iran urge end to ‘illegal unilateral sanctions, threats of force’ over Tehran …

Anadolu Ajansı

‘It’s still a long way to go,’ says Trump on ending Russia-Ukraine war … threats of force’ over Tehran nuclear issue …

Iran, China and Russia: Sanctions, threats not a solution to Tehran nuclear issue

Tehran Times

Iran, China and Russia: Sanctions, threats not a solution to Tehran nuclear issue … ‘Portraying a war with Iran as low-cost is Israeli deception:’ …

Nuclear War

NEWS

Rearmament and the ‘nuclear umbrella’ – the words of Pope Francis – Vatican News

Vatican News

‘How can we propose peace if we constantly invoke the threat of nuclear war as a legitimate recourse for the resolution of conflicts?’

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Starmer warns Putin ‘not to play games’ – The Independent

The Independent

In a statement, DTEK said “damages are significant” and that some consumers in both regions were left without power. A worker repairs equipment at …

US designated South Korea a ‘sensitive’ country amid nuclear concerns | Reuters

Reuters

The U.S. Department of Energy has designated ally South Korea a “sensitive” country, a spokesperson said on Friday, after the South Korean …

Yellowstone Caldera

NEWS

Rumblings of Campi Flegrei: Europe on alert for supervolcano – MSN

MSN

On the night of March 12th to 13th, a strong 4.4-magnitude tremor occurred in the Campi Flegrei supervolcano caldera. … Yellowstone supervolcano: …

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LLAW’s NUCLEAR WORLD NEWS of TODAY with the RISKS and CONSEQUENCES of TOMORROW

In My Opinion:

And the huge mistake(s) Trump has made in his frivolous thoughtless call for nuclear weapons policy and control are destroying the world’s trust in not only Trump, which was predictable, but the United States as a free world nation. He is also the laughing stock of Russia.

The following paragraph is the opening paragraph from the “Foreign Policy” article just below. It is pointedly accurate in my estimation and, just one more reason among many that Trump is incapable and perhaps unwilling to believe in or follow the doctrine(s) and policies, including foreign policies, of the United States of America’s democratic republic . . . ~llaw

U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent foreign-policy moves have alienated the country’s traditional allies in Europe while stirring glee in Moscow. While it’s a catastrophic development for Ukrainian security and democracy, this paradigmatic shift portends much larger risks for global security. The most pressing is the threat of rampant nuclear proliferation that the Trump administration’s actions will elicit. ~ Debak Das and Rachel A. Epstein

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An Unreliable America Means More Countries Want the Bomb

Without credible U.S. security guarantees, nuclear proliferation is likely to increase rapidly across Europe and Asia.

By Debak Das, an assistant professor at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver, and Rachel A. Epstein, a professor of international relations at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver.

An undated picture released from North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency on Sept. 16, 2017 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un inspecting a launch of the medium-and-long range strategic ballistic rocket Hwasong-12 at an undisclosed location. KCNA VIA KNS / AFP

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U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent foreign-policy moves have alienated the country’s traditional allies in Europe while stirring glee in Moscow. While it’s a catastrophic development for Ukrainian security and democracy, this paradigmatic shift portends much larger risks for global security. The most pressing is the threat of rampant nuclear proliferation that the Trump administration’s actions will elicit.

While on the surface it might seem as though a warmer relationship between two of the world’s largest nuclear powers could reduce the risk of nuclear war, the opposite is true. We are on the precipice of a global turn toward nuclear instability, in which many countries will be newly incentivized to build their own arsenals, increasing the risk of nuclear use, terrorist subversion, and accidental launch. Countries like South Korea, Japan, Iran, and Saudi Arabia are all so-called nuclear latent states that could potentially build nuclear weapons quickly—as are Germany, Belgium, Italy, Spain, and the Netherlands.

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For the last eight decades, the United States has served as a security guarantor to many countries in both Europe and Asia. Trump insists that Washington has received the short end of the stick from these arrangements, since it was the U.S. nuclear arsenal that served as the ultimate deterrent in defense of the United States’ allies. The massive upside of U.S. security guarantees, however, including for Americans, has been the astonishing containment of nuclear proliferation elsewhere.

Only nine countries around the world have nuclear weapons today: the United States, Russia, United Kingdom, France, China, Israel, India, Pakistan, and North Korea. (South Africa gave up its nuclear weapons and then signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1991.) Today, 190 countries are parties to the treaty, which went into effect in 1970. The only non-signatory states are India, Israel, Pakistan, and South Sudan. (North Korea withdrew from the treaty in 2003 to pursue its nuclear weapons program.)

Many countries signed the NPT because of U.S. assurances about their security—what is commonly known as the nuclear umbrella. These countries include NATO members in Europe (such as Germany, Italy, and Belgium), along with other U.S. allies like Japan and South Korea. When Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Belarus inherited a large number of nuclear weapons and delivery systems in the early 1990s after the Soviet Union collapsed, U.S. security assurances helped convince them to give up their nuclear weapons.

The confinement of this deadly technology to relatively few countries has been a massive boon to global security and allowed for much greater prosperity. Without U.S. security assurances, the world might have been far more insecure, with several additional nuclear weapons states across Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Nuclear safety and inadvertent escalation concerns about the possession of nuclear weapons mean that we might even have seen potential nuclear use—deliberate or accidental—which would have had catastrophic consequences.

U.S. security guarantees, long perceived as highly credible, have been a pillar of the global nonproliferation regime that has reduced the likelihood of nuclear war and nuclear accidents, and allowed countries to devote resources to other purposes—including economic prosperity.

The credibility of the U.S. nuclear umbrella has now been shattered by Trump. Why would NATO allies in Europe—recent targets of intense criticism by the Trump administration—believe that the United States would stand by them in the case of a nuclear threat from Russia?

Among U.S. allies threatened by China or North Korea’s nuclear weapons, Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea are undoubtedly asking themselves this same question. The broader concern here is that even if just one of these European or East Asian allies decides to secure themselves by building their own nuclear weapons, there might be a domino effect leading to several more nuclear states. This would sound the death knell of the nuclear nonproliferation regime.

There may be higher risks of nuclear proliferation in Asia than in Europe because both France and the U.K. have nuclear arsenals that could provide extended deterrence to NATO. Even in Europe, however, political conditions are concerning. The parties garnering the second-most popular support today in France, Germany, and Poland are all right-wing nationalists. Marine Le Pen, who could potentially become the next French president, recently said that France should not share the country’s nuclear weapons, “let alone delegate” their use to other European countries.

There have also been calls for Germany to recommit to civilian nuclear research, with the aim of developing its ability to build nuclear weapons. Poland is also considering its nuclear options. The stability of the erstwhile European security architecture that used to be upheld by the promise of U.S. nuclear assurances is now rapidly fraying and giving way to a path of nuclear proliferation on the continent.Subscribed

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All Things Nuclear

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Iranian officials talk nuclear program with Chinese and Russian counterparts – KLCC

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All Things Considered. Next Up: 6:00 PM The World. 0:00. 0:00. All Things … nuclear crisis and the Fukushima earthquake and nuclear disaster.

Iranian officials talk nuclear program with Chinese and Russian counterparts – NPR

NPR

All Things Considered · Fresh Air · Up First. Featured. Embedded · The NPR … nuclear energy,” and promote “the nuclear non-proliferation regi

Iranian officals meet Chinese and Russian counterparts in Beijing – WSIU

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All Things Considered · Morning Edition · Law Enforcement · Politics … nuclear crisis and the Fukushima earthquake and nuclear disaster. See …

Nuclear Power

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The U.S. Is Running Out of Uranium. This Potent New Fuel Is the ‘Only Way’ to … – Popular Mechanics

Popular Mechanics

… nuclear energy at the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy. Small modular reactors are an attractive replacement, as they have lower …

CERAWeek Event: Tripling Nuclear Energy Capacity by 2050

World Nuclear Association

From tech to petrochemicals, aviation and beyond, there is an opportunity to expand nuclear’s clean, reliable and economical energy to power these …

China, Russia and Iran hold talks in Beijing as Trump pushes for new nuclear deal with Tehran | CNN

CNN

China is hosting diplomats from Iran and Russia for talks on Tehran’s nuclear program Friday as Beijing aims to position itself as a power broker …

Nuclear Power Emergencies

NEWS

U.S. Nuclear Agency Runs Disaster Drills Across Multiple States

Gizmodo

If you live in the Midwest and and see a bunch of emergency personnel who look like they’re responding to a nuclear power plant explosion over the …

State Police Emergency Management to Help Coordinate International Nuclear Reactor Simulation

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“Michigan is home to two active nuclear power plants, with a third … emergency management and homeland security. “Given our location near …

Nuclear War Threats

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China hits out at ‘threats of force’ on Iran as Trump pushes for new nuclear deal | CNN

CNN

China hits out at ‘threats of force’ on Iran as Trump pushes for new nuclear deal … war in Ukraine. China remains a key economic and diplomatic …

China Backs Iran in Nuclear Talks, Slams ‘Threat of Force’ From the West

The New York Times

The United States is now pursuing maximum political pressure with a threat of military action. But China and Russia are pursuing a more cooperative …

Russia, China call on US to drop Iran sanctions, restart nuclear talks – Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera

Iran insists its nuclear programme is peaceful. While Iran has maintained it would not negotiate under threat, its economy has been savaged by the US …

Nuclear War

NEWS

Andrzej Duda: US nuclear weapons in Poland would be ‘deterrent’ for Russia – BBC

BBC

War in Ukraine · US & Canada · UK · UK Politics · England · N. Ireland · N. Ireland … Duda: US nuclear weapons in Poland would be ‘deterrent’ for …

An Unreliable America Means More Countries Want the Bomb – Foreign Policy

Foreign Policy

… nuclear powers could reduce the risk of nuclear war, the opposite is true. We are on the precipice of a global turn toward nuclear instability, in …

Iranian officials talk nuclear program with Chinese and Russian counterparts – NPR

NPR

… nuclear programs that the JCPOA promises. Wu says no parties want a war over the Iran nuclear issue, so “supporting negotiations and the spirit …

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IAEA Director General Visits Niger to Strengthen Cooperation in Mining, Water Management and Cancer Care

IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has been to Niger this week for high-level meetings with Prime Minister Ali Lamine Zeine and other senior officials to enhance support for the country through the peaceful uses of nuclear technology for mining, water management and cancer care. Read more →

13 March 2025

IAEA Director General Visits Niger Uranium Mines

Uranium is the primary fuel for nuclear reactors and its production cycle must be managed carefully, in a safe and secure manner. Read more →

12 March 2025

Tritium Level Far Below Japan’s Operational Limit in 11th Batch of ALPS Treated Water, IAEA Confirms

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts have confirmed that the tritium concentration in the 11th batch of diluted ALPS treated water, which the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) began discharging on 12 March, is far below Japan’s operational limit. Read more →

11 March 2025

What are Molten Salt Reactors?

International interest is increasing in molten salt reactors, because they have the potential to provide large amounts of efficient and cost-effective electricity and produce high-temperature process heat usable for various industrial applications. Read more →

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Rwanda Advances Cancer Control with Focus on Cervical Cancer and Health Workforce Development

Rwanda has taken important steps to tackle preventable cancers nation-wide, a recent international assessment has found. Read more →

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LLAW’s NUCLEAR WORLD NEWS of TODAY with the RISKS and CONSEQUENCES of TOMORROW

In My Opinion:

We often hear the phrase, “Accidents happen”, and this one — South Korea military accidentally bombing its own village a few miles south of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between South and North Korea is proof that accidents could start a war. Perhaps even a nuclear one considering the friction between the two countries, one of them allied with the USA, the other one with Russia.

In the Korean case the small mistake might be brushed off with little potential hard feelings since no one was killed, but the incident reminds me of an old poem back in Benjamin Franklin’s day that should be seriously considered when there is so much animosity between world nations around the globe right along with unreasonable corporate commercial money-crazed nuclear power proliferation, both of which have the potential to, in just a few hours, eliminate all human and most animal life on the planet.

The old poetic proverb goes like this:

“For want of a nail, the shoe was lost.

For want of a shoe, the horse was lost.

For want of a horse, the rider was lost.

For want of a rider, the battle was lost.

For want of a battle, the kingdom was lost,

And all for the want of a nail.”

The need for a replacement horseshoe nail, perhaps misplaced or lost by a blacksmith or his helper illustrates how important a small insignificant mistake or accident can be in the more grand scheme of things.

We all know we have had many extremely serious accidents with nuclear energy power plants, and also not-so-well-known, but telling, nuclear military accidents over the years, and anyone who believes that nuclear accidents will not continue, and more often, now that we have become an “all things nuclear world” that has been insanely endorsed and is rapidly growing, along with nuclear weapons of mass destruction, prolifically in several directions, both commercially and militarily, like a spider’s web that we will not or cannot escape from.

I say “insanely” because we are sentient humans with human intelligence, yet as a species we seem to have no common sense, but rather a thoughtlessly blind desire to destroy ourselves. ~llaw

North Korea Puts Out ‘First Nuclear War’ Warning

Published Mar 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM EDT Updated Mar 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM EDT

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North Korea has issued a warning against sparking “the world’s first nuclear war” in the wake of last week’s accidental bombing of a South Korean border village.

Newsweek reached out to the Pentagon and the South Korean Embassy in the U.S. by email for comment.

Why It Matters

Tensions on the Korean Peninsula are at their highest in decades following North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his regime’s continued ballistic missile tests, the collapse of a 2018 North-South military pact last year, and North Korea’s deployment of troops to support Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Pyongyang has frequently cited U.S. joint military activities with its South Korean ally, including a major ongoing annual exercise, as justification for expanding its United Nations-sanctioned nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs.

What To Know

On Thursday, a pair of South Korean KF-16 fighter jets accidentally dropped eight bombs about 5 miles before reaching their target—onto a South Korean village, injuring 31 people and damaging more than 150 houses.

Officials blamed human error, saying one pilot had input the wrong strike coordinates before taking off. The second pilot’s reason for dropping his payload too early is under investigation.

The incident occurred only about 15 miles south of the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas.

The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), a North Korean state media outlet, on Wednesday hit out over the incident, noting how close it had come to sparking an even more dangerous situation.

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“There is no need to explain how the situation would have developed if a bomb had been dropped toward the north a little further to cross the border of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,” the statement read, using North Korea’s official name.

“It is not unreasonable to imagine that an accidental spark might plunge the Korean peninsula and the region and the rest of the world into a new armed conflict.”

The outlet linked the explosions to the U.S.-South Korean Freedom Edge military exercise, which American and South Korean military forces are carrying out with an eye toward the North Korean threat.

Such drills are “dangerous” and threaten to plunge the region into “the world’s first nuclear war,” KCNA said.

What People Are Saying

The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff, in a March 6 statement: “The Republic of Korea [South Korea] and the United States have identified realistic threats such as the North Korean military’s strategy, tactics, and changes in power derived from Russia-North Korean military cooperation and analysis of various armed conflicts. This will be reflected in the [Freedom Shield] scenario to enhance the combined defense posture and response capability of the ROK-U.S. alliance.

What Happens Next

South Korean authorities have apologized for the shelling and pledged to compensate those affected.

Freedom Edge 25 will continue to run until March 20 as scheduled. However, live-fire drills have been suspended in light of the accident.Subscribed

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ABOUT THE FOLLOWING ACCESS TO LLAW’s ALL THINGS NUCLEAR” RELATED MEDIA

There are 7 categories, with the latest addition, (#7) being a Friday weekly roundup of IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) global nuclear news stories. Also included is a bonus non-nuclear category for news about the Yellowstone caldera and other volcanic and caldera activity around the world that play an important role in humanity’s lives. 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). The Categories are listed below in their usual order:

1. All Things Nuclear
2. Nuclear Power
3. Nuclear Power Emergencies
4. Nuclear War Threats
5. Nuclear War
6. Yellowstone Caldera & Other Volcanoes (Note: There are three Yellowstone Caldera bonus stories available in today’s Post.)
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Whenever there is an underlined link to a Category media news story, if you press or click on the link provided, you no longer have to cut and paste to your web browser, since this Post’s link will take you directly to the article in your browser.

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’s NEWS, Thursday, (03/13/2025)

All Things Nuclear

NEWS

Iran’s leader rebuffs U.S. over starting nuclear program talks | Delaware First Media

Delaware Public Media

Michel Martin is the weekend host of All Things Considered, where she draws on her deep reporting and interviewing experience to dig in to the week’s …

Google, Meta, and Amazon join forces to boost nuclear energy by 2050 – YouTube

YouTube

… nuclear output by 2050 to meet energy needs … Peter Doocy: Things are changing very quickly. Fox News New 531K views.

Iran’s leader rebuffs U.S. over starting nuclear program talks – NPR

NPR

MARTIN: That is NPR’s Aya Batrawy in Dubai. Aya, thank you. BATRAWY: Thanks,

Nuclear Power

NEWS

Idaho National Laboratory testing salt-fueled nuclear reactor – YouTube

YouTube

INL scientists have formulated a recipe to fuel a first-of-its-kind critical fast-spectrum molten salt reactor following five years of testing …

Amazon, Google, Meta join pledge to help triple global nuclear capacity | ESG Dive

ESG Dive

Nuclear power plant structures stand along a shoreline. The Salem and Hope Creek nuclear power plants in Southern New Jersey. The image by Peretz …

Poland’s President Duda calls for U.S. to deploy nuclear weapons in his nation – CBS News

CBS News

France is the only nuclear power in the European Union. Macron met with President Trump in the White House late last month, a session Mr. Trump …

Nuclear Power Emergencies

NEWS

Potassium Iodide pills available for pick up, nuclear simulation training to take place

CTV News

… Nuclear Power Plant. This comes as Windsor and Amherstburg prepares to hold a week-long emergency preparedness training drill.

Dumfries and Galloway town’s resilience put to the test with mock emergency car crash

Daily Record

Find more about Plans revealed for green hydrogen project near former Scots nuclear power plant … The exercise ended with the fire brigade …

Nuclear War Threats

NEWS

North Korea Puts Out ‘First Nuclear War‘ Warning – Newsweek

Newsweek

… threat. Such drills are “dangerous” and threaten to plunge the region into “the world’s first nuclear war,” KCNA said. What People Are Saying. The …

Poland’s President Duda calls for U.S. to deploy nuclear weapons in his nation – CBS News

CBS News

… nuclear weapons to his nation as a deterrent to any possible attack by Russia … nuclear deterrent to protect the continent from Russian threats.

‘This threat is unwise’: Iran’s Khamenei cautions Trump against potential military action

France 24

Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday called US threats “unwise” after President Donald Trump sent him a letter urging talks …

Nuclear War

NEWS

Poland’s president urges U.S. to move nuclear warheads to Polish territory, FT reports | Reuters

Reuters

President Andrzej Duda also told the newspaper he had discussed the proposal recently with U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine and …

Trump’s WW3 Warning As Russia-Ukraine Peace Nears | ‘Hate To Mention NUCLEAR Weapons’

YouTube

U.S. president Donald Trump expressed hope that his Russian counterpart will sign the peace deal that his team is taking with it to Moscow.

Iran’s Khamenei says nuclear talks with US won’t lift sanctions – Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera

Supreme leader criticises the US for abandoning the nuclear deal and imposing sanctions, questions the value of talks … Russia-Ukraine War · Donald …

Yellowstone Caldera

NEWS

Slow As A Sloth Or Swift As A Sprinter? Clocking The Speed Of Yellowstone’s Magma

National Parks Traveler

Editor’s note: Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory.

Top 10 Most Dangerous Volcanoes That Could Erupt Anytime – MSN

MSN

… Erupt Anytime. Story by Jacqeline Nomora, M.Sc. Biology. • 4m. 1 / 11. Mount Vesuvius (Italy). Yellowstone Caldera (USA). Mount Merapi (Indonesia).

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The Yellowstone Caldera blows, or an electromagnetic pulse weapon detonates in the atmosphere, or a new ice age begins. But the movie and many …

“End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity” ~llaw

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Mar 12, 2025

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LLAW’s NUCLEAR WORLD NEWS of TODAY with the RISKS and CONSEQUENCES of TOMORROW

In My Opinion:

Saving face?

Trump has been backing down daily on his ridiculous “”tariffs” demands, especially from Canada, and now he may actually be serious about “hoping” Putin and his Kremlin agree to a one-month Russia/Ukraine ceasefire and then an end to the war. (Russia has already broken the cease fire agreement, by the way, according to Zelenskyy).

But, for the sake of the Ukraine people and their future, I sincerely hope that this war will end promptly, not only for Ukraine’s sake, but also to provide some relaxation by all nations directly or indirectly involved in the recent Trump-caused nuclear proliferation discussions. The flurry of non-nuclear nations considering building their own nuclear weapons arsenal began because they don’t trust Trump to continue honoring America’s free-world ability and obligation to help defend NATO and other non-nuclear armed countries with nuclear deterrence, which is presently the only way to avoid the possibility of global nuclear war.

My fingers are crossed, and I hope yours are too. ~llaw

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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump says US officials going to Russia ‘right now’ and he hopes Putin agrees ceasefire

The US President said a peace deal was now ‘up to Russia’, but Moscow sources said the agreement was ‘difficult to accept’

Sam Kiley

in Ukraine

,Alex Croft,Rachel Clun,Barney Davis

Wednesday 12 March 2025 20:30 GMT

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (2nd L) and US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz (L) after meeting a Ukrainian delegation in Jeddah on March 11, 2025 (POOL/AFP/Getty)

US President Donald Trump said a peace deal is “up to Russia now”, but Moscow sources say Russian president Vladimir Putin finds the 30-day ceasefire agreement between Washington and Kyiv and “difficult to accept”.

Officials from Ukraine and the US yesterday agreed on the ceasefire, alongside a restoration of US military aid and intelligence sharing to Ukraine, during talks in Saudi Arabia.

Moscow would need to hash out the terms of the ceasefire and obtain some form of security guarantees, a senior source told Reuters. “It is difficult for Putin to agree to this in its current form,” the source said, adding that “Putin has a strong position because Russia is advancing.”

Speaking in a press conference in Kyiv on Wednesday, Mr Zelensky said he has “no trust” in Russia. “I have emphasised this many times, none of us trust the Russians,” he said.

Kyiv supports the Trump administration’s push for peace as soon as possible, Mr Zelensky added, and sees the resumption of US military aid and intelligence sharing as very positive.

It comes after US secretary of state Marco Rubio – who was part of the delegation in Saudi Arabia – told reporters in Ireland that US and Russia will discuss the agreement today.

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30 minutes ago

‘It’s a strong check’ Zelensky’s camp upbeat on ceasefire deal

A source close to the Ukrainian government said the mood in the Zelensky camp after the talks was upbeat and that there was a feeling Russia had been caught off guard by the ceasefire proposal.

“It’s a strong check on the chess board,” the source said.

A former senior Ukrainian security official who requested anonymity said things had so far developed predictably in terms of a phased peace process.

“However, it is likely that Russia will derail the agreement, and we will have to watch the American reaction. The Russians may offend Trump with their outbursts. And then we will have a chance for strong arms assistance.”

Barney Davis12 March 2025 20:30Subscribed

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There are 7 categories, with the latest addition, (#7) being a Friday weekly roundup of IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) global nuclear news stories. Also included is a bonus non-nuclear category for news about the Yellowstone caldera and other volcanic and caldera activity around the world that play an important role in humanity’s lives. 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). The Categories are listed below in their usual order:

1. All Things Nuclear
2. Nuclear Power
3. Nuclear Power Emergencies
4. Nuclear War Threats
5. Nuclear War
6. Yellowstone Caldera & Other Volcanoes (Note: There is one Yellowstone Caldera bonus story available in today’s Post.)
7. IAEA Weekly News (Friday’s only)

Whenever there is an underlined link to a Category media news story, if you press or click on the link provided, you no longer have to cut and paste to your web browser, since this Post’s link will take you directly to the article in your browser.

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.

Oddly, only 3 categories have media stories today, but that does not mean things are getting better . . .

TODAY’s NUCLEAR WORLD’s NEWS, Wednesday, (03/12/2025)

All Things Nuclear

NEWS

Western nations failed to hold Iran regime ‘accountable’ for nuclear violations – YouTube

YouTube

… on shutting down the entire nuclear operation of the Iran regime because that program is all about nuclear weapons, it’s not about energy.”

Big Tech pledges to triple nuclear capacity by 2050 – YouTube

YouTube

… 207K views · 13:49 · Go to channel · 7 Cybersecurity Tips NOBODY Tells You (but are EASY to do). All Things Secured•1.4M views · 27:12 · Go to channel …

Everything we know about North Korea’s nuclear-powered submarine – AOL.com

AOL.com

Photos released by Pyongyang suggest new naval vessel could carry about 10 nuclear-capable missiles.

Nuclear Power

NEWS

Major Global Companies Pledge Historic Support to Triple Nuclear Energy

World Nuclear Association

… nuclear power to meet increasing global energy demand. They also urge other energy users to support the goal to triple nuclear energy. The …

Amazon, Google, Meta and Dow back goal to triple nuclear capacity

World Nuclear News

Tech giants and other major energy users Amazon, Google, Meta, Dow, Occidental, Allseas and OSGE have signed a pledge supporting the goal of at …

Amazon, Google and Meta support tripling nuclear power by 2050 – CNBC

CNBC

The pledge is nonbinding, but highlights the growing support for expanding nuclear power among leading industries, finance and governments.

Nuclear Power Emergencies

NEWS

Advancing Emergency Radiation Monitoring Skills at IAEA Workshop in Fukushima

International Atomic Energy Agency

The crucial role of radiation monitoring in determining and limiting the spread of radionuclides during nuclear emergencies was the focus of a …

Belt tightening: America goes into emergency mode – EADaily

EADaily

But with the advent of new nuclear power plants, there are big problems — two power units in Georgia somehow launched after 12 years of long-term …

Amherstburg to host nuclear emergency preparedness training exercise – AM800

AM800

Detroit Edison, the owner of the Fermi 2 Power Plant, is considering building a new nuclear plant to meet the state’s electricity needsAP Photo/The …

Nuclear War Threats

NEWS

City leaders speak out against nuclear weapons – Northwestern Now

Northwestern Now – Northwestern University

… nuclear threats and eliminate nuclear weapons. There are several … dangers of nuclear war and the moral issues surrounding nuclear weapons.

Iran’s Pezeshkian rejects Trump’s offer of nuke talks: ‘Do whatever the hell you want’

The Times of Israel

Yemen’s Houthis renew threats to Mideast waterways. Another regional proxy of Iran, Yemen’s Houthi rebels, have meanwhile threatened to resume their …

Ukraine-Russia war latest: US to speak with Russia about Trump’s ceasefire deal today, Rubio says

The Independent

… war,” he said. Mr Rubio also said building “deterrence” against … Source: Institute for the Study of War and AEI’s Critical Threats Project.

Nuclear War

NEWS

Opinion | Trump Is Reshaping the Nuclear Landscape – The New York Times

The New York Times

The nations don’t need nuclear weapons to deter adversaries from a nuclear attack … During the Cold War, the United States deployed nuclear weapons in …

China, Russia, Iran to hold nuclear talks in Beijing on Friday | Reuters

Reuters

Ties between Iran and Russia have deepened since the start of the Ukraine war in 2022, with a strategic cooperation treaty signed in January. Both …

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin finds ceasefire deal ‘difficult to accept’ and Zelensky has …

The Independent

Moscow and Washington are set to discuss the ceasefire agreement today, US secretary of state Marco Rubio said.

Yellowstone Caldera

NEWS

Volcanic Activity Worldwide 11 Mar 2025: Santiaguito Volcano, Fuego, Semeru, Ibu, Dukono …

Volcano Discovery

Yellowstone quakes · Latest earthquakes under Yellowstone volcano. List and interactive map of current and past earthquakes near Yellowstone volcano.

“End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity” ~llaw

Lloyd A. Williams-Pendergraft

Mar 11, 2025

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LLAW’s NUCLEAR WORLD NEWS of TODAY with the RISKS and CONSEQUENCES of TOMORROW

In My Opinion:

This is my 3rd consecutive daily post regarding Trump’s huge mistake of frightening other free world NATO and other countries. Until Trump arrived for the second time around, these countries relied on the United States to help keep them safe from nuclear war, but his proposed nuclear arms policies have boomeranged into a typical Trump miscalculation that could spread never before considered proliferation of nuclear weapons of mass destruction. These proliferation, and nuclear arms along potential nuclear war articles, including potential conflicts with Iran, North Korea, and other countries are creating an international mistrust of Trump — and therefore, by association, the United States of America, also meaning you and me.

There are other stories that I have skipped over due to time and space on this and earlier blog posts, and there is one in particular from “Forbes” in TODAY’s NUCLEAR WORLD’s NEWS listings below that is in a video format that I chose not to use, but because it is from Steve Forbes himself, expressing his own major concern about Trump’s actions causing unwanted nuclear proliferation I am posting the link just below to make it easy for you to watch and listen to what Forbes has to say:

The World Is Unraveling—Can The U.S. Stop Possible Nuclear Warfare? – Forbes

Trump is also out of control on all domestic fronts, as we are all quickly learning, evidently in the process into turning the United States of America into what amounts to a 3rd-world country occupied by the new USSR. ~llaw

A 2017 ballistic missile test by the South Korean military. South Korea may be the non-nuclear U.S. ally that is closest to building its own nuclear weapons. South Korea Defense Ministry via NUR

Threats

Experts fear cascade of nuclear proliferation as Trump shakes alliances

U.S. allies contemplate the once-unthinkable: building their own nuclear arsenals.

Patrick Tucker

March 10, 2025 07:44 PM ET

U.S. allies around the world are warming to the idea of developing their own nuclear weapons, the result of a growing sense that U.S. President Donald Trump may abandon key international security commitments and alliances, former senior defense and White House officials told Defense One.

Decades of nonproliferation efforts to persuade countries to forgo nuclear weapons, work led by the United States through security guarantees, are on the verge of collapse, the officials said. Should one or two nations launch nuclear projects, others will quickly follow. That could provoke a military response from Russia or China, which might touch off yet more nuclear development in a self-reinforcing, destabilizing cycle.

What’s changed in the last two weeks?

“The Trump administration’s approach to Ukraine and Russia has significantly undercut allied confidence in the United States, including on extended [nuclear] deterrence,” Eric Brewer, a former director for counterproliferation at the National Security Council. “Not only is [Trump] pivoting away from allies but he’s seemingly pivoting toward Russia.”

The shift has shaken U.S. allies. France—the only NATO member with a nuclear arsenal that doesn’t depend on U.S. technology—hastened to shore up European deterrence by proposing to extend its nuclear “umbrella” to other countries.

“I have decided to open the strategic debate on the protection of our European continental allies through our deterrence,” French President Emmanuel Macron said last week.

Leaders from Berlin to the Baltics quickly praised the idea.

German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz on Sunday said, “We should talk with both countries [France and Britain], always also from the perspective of supplementing the American nuclear shield, which we of course want to see maintained.”

But the French proposal leaves many questions unanswered. If France is to convince other nations to huddle under its nuclear umbrella, said one former senior White House senior official who worked on nuclear issues, Paris will need to launch a diplomatic campaign and be willing to share a great deal more information, including classified information, about nuclear decision-making and capabilities—much as the United States did in the 1960s.

In the past, similar proposals have led NATO allies to begin talks, but they collapsed over issues such as who would control the weapons, a former senior defense official said.

“There’s just a lot of questions here about what the French are offering, whether they may really be willing to provide a dual key with Germany for weapons if they put them on German territory for instance. I suspect not,” they said.

Indeed, soon after his initial announcement, Macron clarified that France would not share its warheads with other countries.

Uncertainty

France’s nuclear arsenal of about 290 warheads is larger than Britain’s (under 225) but far smaller than Russia’s (nearly 6,000). Neither has Russia’s diversity of warhead sizes and delivery systems. The U.K.’s small and expensive nuclear submarine fleet is undergoing modernization. France has air-launched cruise missiles. Russia has land-based mobile launchers, siloed ICBMs, bombers, and submarines.

There’s a reason Europe made no attempt to keep up with Russia’s weapons development. Western Europe has always relied on the vast U.S. arsenal to deter Russia.

But, the former senior defense official explained, France had a different deterrence strategy: hold just one or two major targets, like Moscow or St. Petersburg, in jeopardy.

The U.S. idea “was that we were going to develop counter-force capability”—that is, weapons to disable or destroy an enemy’s nuclear capability—“try and take out Soviet weapon systems, command and control, leadership; and try and not go after cities if we could avoid it. The French have never had that kind of compunction. The basis of their strategy was ‘tear an arm off the bear.’ They never thought they could really take on the entire Soviet nuclear force.”

In other words, Paris and London can’t destroy Russia’s ability to wage nuclear war—even enough of it to prevent the obliteration of both countries and more of Europe as well. That isn’t particularly reassuring to European leaders who believe that their countries would be a secondary priority for France should Russia attack.

That may be why Poland’s Prime Minister ​​Donald Tusk said Friday that his country must “reach for opportunities related to nuclear weapons”—perhaps hinting at launching its own development effort.

Proliferation triggers

But the real trigger for a new arms race may sit outside of Europe, the officials warned.

All of the former officials we spoke to said that South Korea is the U.S. ally that is furthest along in pursuing a new nuclear weapons program. The country feels “the most pressure right now,” said the former senior White House official. That’s true across South Korea’s political elites, including “the opposition party that may win the next election.”

Should Seoul start hunting for the fuel to build such a device, Tokyo would likely launch a program of its own, they said, since Japan and South Korea are not treaty allies but do have hundreds of years of conflict history.

“I find it hard to believe you’d see a Japan-and-South Korea joint nuclear weapons development project,” said the former senior defense official.

All the officials we spoke to agreed that if one nation starts a nuclear-weapon program, others will likely do so as well.

“Proliferation will beget more proliferation,” said the former senior White House official.

Trump’s recent talk of abandoning treaty allies is not the only change that may push other nations toward nuclearization. He has also hinted that he might withdraw U.S. troops from certain countries, such as Japan or European nations. This would remove a “tripwire” that helps deter foreign attack, the former senior defense official said, and would cause a host government to consider new ways to deter attack on its own.

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TODAY’s NUCLEAR WORLD’s NEWS, Tuesday, (03/11/2025)

All Things Nuclear

NEWS

What could small nuclear reactors mean for Eagle Mountain’s future? Residents & experts weigh in

YouTube

… about all things nuclear power. FULL STORY: https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/northern-utah/what-could-small-nuclear-reactors-mean-for …

More North Korean missiles, US-ROK drills and a nuke submarine inspection – YouTube

YouTube

… all things DPRK — from news to extended interviews with leading experts … North Korea unveils its first tactical nuclear attack submarine | DW News.

Trump administration aims to cancel oil reserve sales, support small nuclear power – Yahoo

Yahoo

We asked an expert all about lorazepam, the addictive anti-anxiety medication that’s been popping up on season 3 of ‘The White Lotus.’ Cosmopolitan.

Nuclear Power

NEWS

Alphabet aims to slash cost of new nuclear with small reactor deployments, CIO says

CNBC

More nuclear power has to be part of the U.S. energy mix, Alphabet Chief Investment Officer Ruth Porat said. But the U.S. needs to move as soon as …

Friedrich Merz’s Germany Is Rethinking Nuclear Weapons and Energy – Foreign Policy

Foreign Policy

… nuclear power plant on August 4, 2022 in Essenbach, Germany. Lennart Preiss/Getty Images. My FP: Follow topics and authors to get straight to what …

Small Nuclear Power Struggles at Cusp of US Electricity Demand Boom – USNews.com

USNews.com

By Timothy Gardner. HOUSTON (Reuters) – Everyone from the U.S. energy secretary to Big Tech touts small modular nuclear reactors as a potential ..

Nuclear Power Emergencies

NEWS

US Considers Emergency Powers to Restart Closed Coal Plants – Financial Post

Financial Post

Trump, in his first term, attempted efforts to throw a life-line to cash-strapped coal and nuclear power plants, including a plan to invoke emergency …

An accident at a nuclear power plant occurred in Finland – EADaily

EADaily

A container is a device that ensures radiation safety in case of emergency situations at a nuclear power plant. Prevents the release of radioactive …

US orders non-emergency staff to leave South Sudan as tensions rise | News.az

News.az

The 2018 power-sharing agreement between the two stopped the … North Korea announces development of nuclear …

Nuclear War Threats

NEWS

Experts fear cascade of nuclear proliferation as Trump shakes alliances – Defense One

Defense One

Air Force braces for new nuclear–war scenarios … Pentagon’s annual China-power report notes nuclear, influence threats—but also corruption.

Nuclear Proliferation Will Haunt ‘America First’ – War on the Rocks

War on the Rocks

… War II grand strategy, tossing aside hard-built alliances, norms on global trade, and much else. Coercive tariff threats, territorial expansionist …

Experts fear cascade of nuclear proliferation as Trump shakes alliances – Defense One

Defense One

That may be why Poland’s Prime Minister ​​Donald Tusk said Friday that his country must “reach for opportunities related to nuclear weapons”—perhaps …

Nuclear War

NEWS

The World Is Unraveling—Can The U.S. Stop Possible Nuclear Warfare? – Forbes

Forbes

Steve Forbes warns that multiple nations’ interest in acquiring their own nuclear arsenals, coupled with a volatile global economy, is pushing the …

‘Beyond anything…’: Trump warns of ‘big monster’ nuclear weapons that pose ‘greatest’ threat to US

The Economic Times

The US president Donald Trump said he thinks nuclear weapons are more dangerous threat than the climate crisis. Trump spoke of the dangers of …

Defying U.N., North Korea vows to strengthen nuclear capability | Reuters

Reuters

North Korea vowed on Friday to further strengthen its nuclear weapons capability, in spite of U.N. condemnation and sanctions, and said it would …

Yellowstone Caldera

NEWS

Worse than Yellowstone: 3 supervolcanoes that could cause a global catastrophe

Ecoportal

NBC News claims that about 6,000 miles away, in the Long Valley Caldera, a volcano in eastern California that is next to Mammoth Mountain, geologists …

Fuego Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA EMS CONT to 13000 ft (4000 m)

Volcano Discovery

Its vast caldera has an amazing moonscape and several … List and interactive map of current and past earthquakes near Yellowstone volcano.