LLAW’s NUCLEAR WORLD TODAY, #1062 Wednesday, (10/01/2025)

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

Oct 01, 2025

A Russian servicemember stands guard at a checkpoint near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant [File: Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters]

On My Mind Today:

We all know by now what fools Trump, who declared himself physically unfit for military life, and his comic-book warrior Hegseth made of themselves, dictating absolute ridiculous B.S. to the top U.S. generals stationed all around the world, taking them away from their dangerously real, and necessary, peace-keeping jobs.

No applause, no evident agreements, lots of annoyance, and nothing positive came from this showboat act by the most ridiculous and mindless U.S. president and his “military boy” in the entire history of the United States of America, imho.

There is no need to say more beyond these laugh-out-loud statements, so I will move on to the real world of life in the more serious “nuclear world” by taking an important look at the daily advancing scare of a possible nuclear reactor/plant meltdown regarding — for the 10th time — this self-same Russia/Ukraine situation rendering Europe’s larges nuclear power plant powerless from the loss of electricity (which oddly enough it was built to generate) and is running on emergency diesel fuel until the current loss of external power from normal power generation (the grid) until their power lines are restored. Russia says there is no problem; Ukraine and the rest of Europe are worried “half-to-death”, as they should be. ~llaw

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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says situation ‘critical’ at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

Ukrainian leader says the plant has been without power for seven days, the longest stretch since Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion.

By Abby Rogers and News Agencies

Published On 30 Sep 202530 Sep 2025

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that the situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is “critical” as the facility has been without power for seven days.

“It has been seven days now. There has never been anything like this before,” Zelenskyy said in his nightly address on Tuesday.

One of the diesel generators providing emergency power to the plant is no longer working, Zelenskyy said, a week after external power lines went down.

“Russian shelling has cut the plant off from the electricity network,” the Ukrainian leader said.

“This is a threat to everyone. No terrorist in the world has ever dared to do with a nuclear power plant what Russia is doing now.”

The outage is the longest the Russian-occupied plant has gone without power since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

It is also the 10th time since the start of the war that the plant – the largest in Europe – has been disconnected from the power grid.

Russia seized control of Zaporizhzhia in the first weeks of the war, and the plant’s six reactors, which before the conflict produced about one-fifth of Ukraine’s electricity, were shut down after Moscow took over.

But the plant needs power to maintain cooling and safety systems, which prevent reactors from melting – a danger that could set off a nuclear incident.

INTERACTIVE-WHO CONTROLS WHAT IN UKRAINE-1759053592 — [Al Jazeera]

Russian officials have not commented on the latest statements on conditions at the plant.

But Moscow and Kyiv have repeatedly accused each other of risking a potentially devastating nuclear disaster by attacking the site, and have traded blame over the latest blackout.

Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the United Nations’s nuclear watchdog, earlier this week decried the cutoff of the external power lines but assigned no blame to either side.

In a statement on Tuesday, Grossi said he was engaging with officials from both countries to restore offsite power to Zaporizhzhia as soon as possible.

“I’m in constant contact with the two sides with the aim to enable the plant’s swift re-connection to the electricity grid,” the IAEA chief said.

“While the plant is currently coping thanks to its emergency diesel generators – the last line of defence – and there is no immediate danger as long as they keep working, it is clearly not a sustainable situation in terms of nuclear safety,” he added.

“Neither side would benefit from a nuclear accident.”

IAEA monitors are stationed permanently at Zaporizhzhia and at Ukraine’s three other nuclear power stations.

LLAW’s NUCLEAR WORLD TODAY, #1061 Tuesday, (09/30/2025)

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

Lloyd A. Williams-Pendergraft

Sep 30, 2025

On My Mind Today:

Just a few days ago, I posted the most read daily LLAW’s NUCLEAR WORLD TODAY story — from my dear co-author and Canadian friend Amy Ramdass — that instantly became by far the most popular narrative ever in the 1st 1,060 Posts prior to today’s. So it is that I am reposting it once again today because even in its poetic style along with a bit of more modern concerns beyond the original authors’ presentation, they tell us just about all we need to know about who and what world leaders and rulers of today have become.

One recent definition from today is “Narcissistic Monsters”, which fits so many of the Posts from this blog over the last three years or so, which clearly points out that we are allowing the wrong kinds of people to control the masses in countries around the world, and each day it becomes more obvious that if we are to survive, along with much of all other life, we need to rid ourselves of such leadership as well as “All Things nuclear”. ~llaw

Today’s Featured Story:

Take your own pick from today’s “LLAW’s All Nuclear Daily Digest” nuclear worlds’ stories listed by category . . . because I am reposting Amy’s post here for those of you who may have missed it or would like to read it again . . .

LLAW’s NUCLEAR WORLD TODAY, #1053 Monday, (09/22/2025)

End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity” ~llaw Lloyd A. Williams-Pendergraft

Lloyd A. Williams-Pendergraft

Sep 22, 2025

The flowering of a spreading evil comes from the roots of a poisonous seed . . . ~llaw

On My Mind Today:

I have long wondered if any of us would exist today had we been armed the way we are these days in a war against the kind of future Hitler had in mind for humanity back in the 1940’s WWII.

I also wonder if we are fast-tracking today on the verge of repeating that history and if the final result will be a victory for the desired existential human cause. I do hope I am dead wrong, but I suspect this time around that the goals of power-crazed so-called “leaders” will be successful — not only because of the two original nuclear bombs that played a cruel but purposeful and final role then — but also the fact that there are nine power-crazed international or “leaders” or “rulers” whose nations have more than enough nuclear weapons of mass destruction to destroy all life on Mother Earth thousands of times over.

So it is that I — and millions of others who are alive, aware, alert, and awake — worry about the impending possibility of destroying ourselves along with the rest of life on planet Earth.

As food-for-thought I have borrowed a very important Facebook Post, rather than a current nuclear news story, from my dear Canadian friend and co-author of an 1880’s Old West Wyoming cowboy tale based on the insane reality of what overzealous self-important and self-aggrandized men can do without even a life-ending flinch to anyone who may feel — in their own wrong-headed, overzealous, demented minds — that their personal belongings, territory and its boundaries have been violated.

Hitler apparently felt that way, too, and so do some, if not all, of the “leaders” and their sycophants of today’s nine nations who can easily end life on planet Earth with little more than pressing a single button . . . ~llaw

Today’s Featured Story:

So here, for what it’s worth now and on into the future, with my deeply sincere thanks to my dear friend, Amy Indira Dio Ramdass, and previous co-author, is her thoughtful food-for-thought recent Facebook Post that we should carefully consider:

“Pastor Martin Niemöller (1892-1984) is on my mind.

He is remembered for “First They Came,” a poem… to show us how heavy (his remorse) weighed on his conscience…or to awaken humanity’s empathy.

Legend says that at first, he supported the Nazis, probably he also was antisemitic…until those muthafuckas came and took control of the churches ….and only then he dared to speak out but it was far too late.…”

The rest we know in his poem…

Would speaking earlier have spared him and countless others? Perhaps. A powerful voice with a congregation could have joined many smaller voices to oppose tyranny before it grew too strong.

Let this inspire me to not make any such similar mistakes…and this post is a start …. (for me to go boldly, bravely, badass-ly ever after)….of me adding my voice to the mix. And hoping against hope that we let go of our hate for each other NOW for civil war weakens our own system, distract us…..and there is definitely a lot of hate in my fb stream, enough to keep us all in Fear: fight, flight and freeze instincts…

Yikes. ~ Amy Indira Dio Ramdass

or with Amy’s edits recognizing today’s nihilistic world . . .

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LLAW’s NUCLEAR WORLD TODAY, #1060 Monday, (09/29/2025)

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

Lloyd A. Williams-Pendergraft

Sep 29, 2025

Children play amid the ruins of a school in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

On My Mind Today:

These kinds of Russian attacks in the “United Nations” story below are not conventional war by definition, but rather war crimes, ostensibly killing innocent civilians, including children, and potentially depriving cities, towns, and communities of electricity for heating homes and other facilities that are far and away outside the scope of the war definition. Such criminal attacks have been going on in Ukraine for more than four years, yet those Russian leaders who endorse and order such war crimes — e.g. President Vladimir Putin — who has been internationally charged with war crimes but has not been prosecuted.

It seems the global leadership role around the world is little more than a childish game of “tag” that I’m sure most all of us have played at one time or another in a school yard, a city park, or your own backyard. This inhumane irresponsibility of world “leaders” or “rulers” is a threat to every human-being on planet Earth and therefore other life as well. That threat is world-wide genocidal nuclear war.

In order for humanity to survive and protect ourselves from extinction we must unite as an international cooperative world of individuals dedicated to united self-governments everywhere, and to protect other life as well, we must, en-masse, denounce and force the purge of all leaders of militarily nuclear-armed countries and their nuclear weapons. ~llaw

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Ukraine suffers renewed, massive Russian airstrikes overnight

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Children play amid the ruins of a school in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

29 September 2025 Peace and Security

In Ukraine, people across the country have been dealing with the aftermath of a massive Russian bombing raid that lasted into the early hours of Monday, reportedly killing four, including a teenage girl.

According to the Ukrainian authorities, the attack lasted around 12 hours and involved nearly 600 drones, 46 cruise missiles and five rockets.

“More lives have been lost…homes have been impacted [and] children are among the casualties,” said the UN aid coordination office, OCHA. Densely populated Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia were among the regions that came under attack that destroyed or damaged home and other public services.

The UN World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Sunday that a cardiology facility had also been hit in Kyiv, killing two.

Nuclear plant risks

In a related development, the Russia-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station continued to use emergency generators to power its six shutdown reactors and other essential nuclear safety and security functions, after suffering its tenth complete loss of offsite power supply last week.

In warning at the weekend, the UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that the plant had enough spare fuel to last at least 10 days and that it was in contact with both sides to restore outside power as soon as possible.

The nuclear watchdog also underlined the “constant dangers” to nuclear safety last week after a drone was downed and detonated approximately 800 metres from the perimeter of Ukraine’s South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant.

An IAEA team on site reported that 22 unmanned aerial vehicles had been observed late Wednesday and early Thursday, some coming as close as half a kilometre from the site.

The team said that a crater measuring four metres square at the surface and one metre deep had been left by one downed drone. There were no reported casualties.

“Once again drones are flying far too close to nuclear power plants, putting nuclear safety at risk,” said Director General Grossi. “Fortunately, last night’s incident did not result in any damage to the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant itself. Next time we may not be so lucky. I continue to urge both sides to show maximum military restraint around all important nuclear facilities,”

Winter threat grows

As winter comes, attacks on Ukraine by Russia have continued to impact energy infrastructure, cutting power to thousands of people.

In the first half of 2025, the UN and partners provided some form of assistance to 2.4 million people throughout the country, with a focus on helping front-line communities. Total needs are more than twice that number.

In addition to significant access challenges in Russian-occupied territories, the humanitarian response remains stretched by the sharp increase in attacks in recent months which has caused new displacement and created additional needs.

The 2025-2026 Winter Response Plan which launched in July seeks $280 million and is about 40 per cent funded.

In line with the reprioritized relief plan for Ukraine – the result of reduced funding for humanitarian work globally – aid workers are focusing on four deliverables:

assist vulnerable front-line residents,
support evacuations,
deliver emergency post-strike assistance and
help internally displaced people.

OCHA stressed that relief assistance continues to be provided in areas outside the priority focus, particularly in western and central Ukraine.

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LLAW’s NUCLEAR WORLD TODAY, #1059 Sunday, (09/28/2025)

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

Lloyd A. Williams-Pendergraft

Sep 28, 2025

FILE PHOTO: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov waits before a meeting of Russia's President Vladimir Putin with Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Moscow, Russia, September 25, 2025. REUTERS/Ramil Sitdikov/Pool/File Photo

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov — See “The Straits Times” article below for image description and photo credits. ~llaw

On My Mind Today:

The entire world is full of grief and hatred, threatening not just war, but nuclear war at a time when we ought to clearly know and understand that humanity and most other life cannot continue to exist if an actual nuclear war should begin in earnest without reservations or thoughtful consideration.

With every day and every nuclear threat the likelihood of some power-crazed and ill-advised “leader” or “ruler” of a nuclear armed country — who believes he is some kind of savior to somehow satisfy his deranged ego — we are facing another step toward the end of perhaps all life on planet Earth.

And, yes, it is possible that there are nations, including the United States, whose single “leader” or “ruler” can push a single button and end it all. We all ought to know better . . . ~llaw

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Russia dismisses Zelensky’s ‘bomb shelter’ threats to Kremlin officials

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov (pictured) told state television Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is trying to demonstrate to Europeans “he is such a brave soldier”.

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MOSCOW – The Kremlin on Sept 28 dismissed threats by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that Kremlin officials should know where the bomb shelters were, saying that Ukraine was losing the war and that its negotiating position was worsening.

Mr Zelensky suggested to news outlet Axios that the centres of Russian power, like the Kremlin, were potential targets, saying that Kremlin officials “have to know where the bomb shelters are”.

“Zelensky is trying to demonstrate to the Europeans, who now act as the breadwinners, that he is such a brave soldier,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told state television.

“Meanwhile, the state of affairs at the front indicates the opposite. With every passing day, the situation for Ukraine is inexorably deteriorating.

“And every day, Ukraine’s negotiating positions are inexorably deteriorating.”

Russia controls 114,918 sq km, or about 19 per cent of Ukraine, and has taken 4,729 sq km of Ukrainian territory in the past year, according to the pro-Ukrainian DeepState map project.

When asked directly by state television’s Kremlin correspondent Pavel Zarubin on how the Kremlin would perceive an attack on the centre of Russian power, Mr Peskov said that “it’s better not to even talk about it”.

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September 27, 2025

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Sep 27, 2025

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy talks during his press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy – See article for description and photo credits. ~llaw

On My Mind Today:

The constant contradictions and questionable characterizations of this off-again-on-again intentional or forced lack of safety and protection of the critical electrical feed to Ukraine’s long shut-down Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant tells us how the facts of Russia’s purposes and plans for the plant’s future are unclear— not unlike all nuclear-armed countries’ leaderships, including our own here in the U.S. — nothing more than intentional constant lies to the rest of us to keep themselves in power. Our own “president” even tried several months ago to get involved by proposing that the U.S. take over the plant’s occupation but that idea was quickly disposed of, thankfully.

This is the 10th time the largest power power plant in Europe has been — no doubt for questionable and indefinite reasons — shut down by attacks in various ways by the Russian military and the Russian operators who control the plant itself. Are these attacks scare tactics? Or are they a strategic part of the ongoing Russia/Ukraine war? Today’s nuclear power plants are also tantamount to stationary nuclear weapons of mass destruction — especially in times of war.

Whatever these attacks are, they are dangerous to all of the European continent. Ukraine has made it clear that the attacks may be a forerunner to restarting the nuclear power plant, which would be a grave and dangerous decision by Russia for all kinds of reasons because the reactors at the plant are unsafe both for cooling controls and functionality having been shut down for years and the Russian dynamiting of the dam that supplied the necessary water for cooling.

The message here is that the general population of the world — including especially or at least the United States and Russia — should find a way to remove their leaders, administrators, and sycophants from all governmental responsibilities, reasons, and purposes. But of course that will never happen, but . . .

It seems to me that if we don’t promptly take this action that we will all be following those lead “lemmings” over similar various and sundry cliffs to our our own “armageddon” — or maybe it will be just one all at once. ~llaw

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Ukraine nuclear plant enters fifth day on emergency power as Zelenskyy announces $90B arms deal

by ILLIA NOVIKOV and VOLODYMYR YURCHUK, Associated Press – 09/27/25 12:37 PM ET

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant entered its fifth day running on emergency generators Saturday, prompting mounting safety concerns.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, meanwhile, announced a $90 billion arms agreement with the United States and criticized Hungary for carrying out “dangerous” intelligence-gathering drone activities over Ukraine.

External power to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe’s largest, has been cut for more than four days in a record outage at the six-reactor facility on the front line of the war, Greenpeace Ukraine warned Saturday.

Emergency diesel generators are being used to power cooling and safety systems after the final power line was severed on Tuesday, according to the U.N. nuclear watchdog. Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, but the external power supply was not restored.

The reactor core and used nuclear fuel must be cooled to prevent them overheating and triggering dangerous meltdowns like the ones that occurred in 2011, when an earthquake and tsunami hit the Fukushima plant in Japan. The U.N. atomic watchdog has repeatedly warned of the possibility of a radiation catastrophe like the one at Chernobyl, about 480 kilometers (300 miles) to the northwest, where a reactor exploded in 1986.

Ukrainian officials confirmed the severity of the situation. Minister of Energy Svitlana Hrynchuk told The Associated Press that “the plant remains in blackout mode, which is a significant violation of the conditions for its normal operation,” marking the 10th such incident since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. The cause, she said, was another shelling by the Russians, which damaged the only power transmission line supplying the plant from the Ukrainian energy system.

The Russian-controlled Telegram channel for the plant said Saturday that “sufficient diesel fuel reserves are available on-site to ensure long-term autonomous operation of the generators.”

A radiation and nuclear energy specialist at Greenpeace Ukraine, Jan Vande Putte, said “emergency diesel generators are considered the last line of defense, used only in extreme circumstances.”

“These are undoubtedly the most serious and important events since the beginning of the occupation of the ZNPP by Russia in March 2022,” he said.

Images suggest Russia may be trying to restart one reactor

Putte said that it was Russia’s “deliberate actions” that led to the plant’s disconnection from the external power grid of Ukraine. He warned that the development advanced Russia’s state-owned nuclear energy company Rosatom’s “long-standing goal” to “connect to the illegally occupied power grid in Zaporizhia and Donetsk regions and restart the nuclear reactor.”

New satellite analysis by Greenpeace Ukraine suggests that Russia may be positioning to restart at least one reactor despite high-risk wartime conditions. The environmental group said Russian engineers are building 125 miles (201 kilometers) of power lines connecting substations in the occupied cities of Melitopol and Mariupol, with construction beginning in December 2024.

According to Greenpeace’s analysis, Russia has also completed construction of a new water supply system for the plant’s cooling pond and deliberately damaged a 750-kilovolt power line that had connected the facility to Ukraine’s electrical grid.

The Associated Press could not independently verify Greenpeace Ukraine’s analysis.

The plant has been held by Russia since Moscow’s invasion in 2022. Its six reactors remain fueled with uranium though they are in a so-called cold shutdown — meaning nuclear reactions have stopped. However, the plant relies on external electricity to keep its reactor cool and power other safety systems. That external power has been cut multiple times in the war, forcing the plant to rely on diesel generators on site.

The city of Zaporizhzhia, about 440 kilometers (275 miles) southeast of Kyiv, is held by Ukraine and attacks have occurred around the plant as the front line is close. The IAEA rotates staff through the facility to check the plant’s safety and offer its expertise.

Zelenskyy addresses arms deal and regional tensions

Zelenskyy detailed Saturday at a press briefing in Kyiv what he called a “mega deal” for weapons purchases from the United States, with technical meetings beginning in late September. The $90 billion package includes both the major arms agreement and a separate “drone deal” for Ukrainian-made drones that the U.S. will purchase directly.

“We discussed and agreed on the main points with the President (Trump). Now we are moving on to practical implementation,” Zelenskyy said, adding that Ukraine had provided detailed specifications of its military needs to the U.S., including requests for long-range weapons systems.

Zelenskyy also criticized Hungarian drone activity over Ukraine, saying Ukrainian intelligence tracked of at least one drone. “I believe they are doing very dangerous things — very dangerous things, first and foremost for themselves,” Zelenskyy said.

He said that intelligence services had documented the drone’s movement with photos and electronic tracking, though he did not elaborate on what “Hungarian intelligence is studying on the territory of Ukraine.”

Posting on Facebook on Friday, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said the Ukrainian president “lost his mind” and was “seeing things.”

Hungary, led by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, has maintained close ties with Russia and has been critical of military aid to Ukraine.

Zelenskyy also disclosed that an Israeli Patriot air defense system has been operating in Ukraine for the past month, with two additional Patriot systems expected to arrive in the fall.

“The Israeli (Patriot) system is operating in Ukraine. Already a month, it’s been working for one month,” he said, declining to provide further details about the air defense deployments. Israel’s Defense Ministry refused to comment.

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Having been born, grown, educated, worked and raised a family in Wyoming and living a good part of my life near Yellowstone National Park, it became a geographical favorite of my family and me, mostly including my father who was a life-long game warden and western artist. But we, back in those days had no clue about the potential dangers of the Yellowstone Caldera other than that it was, in my mistaken mind at least, an “extinct” volcano. Of course today I stand corrected.

But as I learned of the Yellowstone geology as time went by I realized it was similar to something akin to the nuclear world in terms of potential devastation and even extinction of most life in the United States and possibly around the world.

That knowledge and my “love” for Yellowstone is the reason I included it as a category in this daily blog and that one day it might become a world-wide source of energy for humanity, but also perhaps a dangerous generally unknown world-wide threat of mass destruction that, like nuclear weapons, could potentially destroy all life on planet Earth.

This article was so well done and inclusive of what the Yellowstone volcano is all about that once I had read it, I had to post it here. ~llaw

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The Supervolcano That Could Kill the Entire Humanity

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Location: A Hidden Giant Beneath Yellowstone

Nestled beneath the serene beauty of Yellowstone National Park lies a hidden giant: the Yellowstone Supervolcano. This colossal volcanic system spans parts of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho in the United States. Beneath the lush forests and bubbling geysers, a massive chamber of molten magma sits, waiting quietly. This location makes it a unique geological hotspot, drawing visitors from around the globe who are unaware of the sleeping giant beneath their feet. The park itself is a stunning natural wonder, but the supervolcano adds an element of mystery and potential danger that fascinates scientists and tourists alike. Understanding its location is vital to grasping the enormous scale of this potential threat.

Size: Vastness of the Yellowstone Caldera

The Yellowstone Caldera is one of the largest volcanic systems in the world, measuring approximately 30 miles (48 kilometers) in width. This vast expanse is not just a simple crater but a complex system that extends deep into the Earth’s crust. The caldera’s size is a testament to the immense power and historical eruptions that have shaped the landscape over millions of years. To put it into perspective, if you were to stand at one end of the caldera, the other end would be beyond the horizon. Its sheer size is a reminder of the potential scale of future eruptions, dwarfing typical volcanic events in both magnitude and impact.

Eruption History: A Tale of Three Explosive Events

Yellowstone’s eruption history is both fascinating and terrifying. Over the past 2.1 million years, it has experienced three massive eruptions. The first occurred around 2.1 million years ago, followed by another 1.3 million years ago, with the most recent happening approximately 630,000 years ago. Each of these eruptions was significantly larger than typical volcanic events, leaving a lasting mark on the region’s geography. The ash and lava from these eruptions reshaped the landscape, creating the Yellowstone we know today. The intervals between these eruptions are long, but the enormity of each event serves as a stark reminder of what this supervolcano is capable of.

Magnitude of Supereruptions: A Force of Nature

A supereruption at Yellowstone would be an event of unimaginable magnitude. Such an eruption could release thousands of cubic kilometers of volcanic material, including ash, gas, and lava. The last eruption was so powerful that it dramatically altered the surrounding landscape, and a future eruption could do the same on an even grander scale. The energy released in a supereruption is so vast that it dwarfs the power of all human-made explosives combined. This potential force of nature is a reminder of the Earth’s unpredictable and immense power, capable of reshaping continents and climates.

Ash Fallout: A Blanket of Destruction

If Yellowstone were to erupt again on a similar scale, the ash fallout could blanket large parts of North America. This would not just be a local disaster; the ash could disrupt agriculture and infrastructure across the continent. Crops would be smothered, roads would become impassable, and air travel could be grounded. The economic and social consequences of such an event could lead to famine and economic collapse in affected areas. The ash would serve as a deadly reminder of the supervolcano’s power, transforming fertile lands into barren wastelands and turning bustling cities into ghost towns.

Global Cooling: A Volcanic Winter

The aftermath of a supereruption could lead to a phenomenon known as a volcanic winter. Vast amounts of sulfur dioxide and other aerosols released into the atmosphere would block sunlight, leading to a dramatic drop in global temperatures. This cooling effect could last for months or even years, disrupting natural climate patterns. The impact on global temperatures would be profound, affecting ecosystems, agriculture, and human life worldwide. A volcanic winter could become a grim reality, altering the planet’s climate in ways that are difficult to predict but impossible to ignore.

Climate Disruption: A Worldwide Ripple Effect

The global cooling effect from a Yellowstone eruption could drastically shorten growing seasons, causing crop failures and leading to mass starvation. Ecosystems would be disrupted as plants and animals struggle to adapt to the sudden change in climate. The ripple effect would be felt worldwide, affecting food production, global trade, and human survival. The interconnected nature of our world means that a catastrophe in one region could have far-reaching consequences, reminding us of the delicate balance we rely on for our survival. The potential for climate disruption is a sobering thought, highlighting the vulnerability of both nature and humanity.

Human Impact: A Threat to Global Survival

While the immediate impact of an eruption would devastate the region surrounding Yellowstone, the threat to human survival would extend globally. Food production would be disrupted, global trade could grind to a halt, and climate patterns would be altered. The combination of these factors could pose a significant threat to human survival, challenging our ability to adapt and overcome. The potential for a supereruption forces us to consider the fragility of our modern civilization and the ways in which we might mitigate such a disaster. It serves as a reminder of the need for preparedness and resilience in the face of nature’s unpredictable fury.

Current Activity: Watching and Waiting

Although the Yellowstone supervolcano is still active, there is currently no indication of an imminent eruption. Scientists continuously monitor the area for signs of increased volcanic activity, such as changes in geothermal features, seismic activity, and ground deformation. This ongoing vigilance helps ensure that any potential eruption would not catch us entirely off guard. The technology and expertise involved in monitoring the supervolcano are sophisticated, reflecting our understanding and respect for the forces at play. While the risk remains low, the watchful eyes of scientists around the world keep us informed and prepared.

Frequency: Rare but Not Impossible

Supereruptions at Yellowstone are extremely rare events. The last supereruption occurred around 630,000 years ago, and scientists estimate the chance of another such event in the next 1,000 years is less than 1 in 700,000. While these odds may seem reassuring, they remind us of the unpredictable nature of the Earth’s geological processes. The rarity of these events underscores the importance of understanding and preparing for the potential consequences. While the likelihood of a supereruption remains low, the potential impact is significant enough to warrant continued study and vigilance.

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There has long been something of a conspiracy theory concerning the 10 times that Russian-controlled sabotage has caused the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe.

There have been legitimate serious scares to the plant, nearby communities, all of Ukraine and all of Europe concerning spreading airborne nuclear radiation, threatening the lives of hundreds of thousands of people should the supporting “emergency generators” — that have less than a month’s worth of diesel fuel capacity — fail to keep the plant from a meltdown if the incoming power lines that service the plant following these dangerous Russian attacks and forced shutdowns caused by Russian military firearms and other methods of sabotage.

Several of the older “scares” are documented in previous posts from LLAW’s NUCLEAR WORLD TODAY, and you may want to search for some of the “hair-raising” reports. ~llaw

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Complicity in War Crimes and Nuclear Risks at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant Revealed

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24 September 2025

Truth Hounds, with the expert support of Greenpeace Ukraine, has published a groundbreaking investigation into the role of Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom in war crimes, civilian repression, and unprecedented nuclear safety threats at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP).

The report, Seizing Power, documents how Rosatom has become an active participant in Russia’s military occupation of the ZNPP and the city of Enerhodar, coercing plant staff, undermining nuclear safety, and facilitating crimes against civilians. Greenpeace Ukraine provided key nuclear expertise and analysis that linked the evidence of Ukraine nuclear worker punishment and torture to the safety violations and increasing risks to nuclear safety at the plant. Representing the first case in the history of a commercial nuclear power plant being seized and militarized during an armed conflict, it exposes a dangerous convergence of human rights abuses, breaches of international law, acute nuclear safety and security risks, and the complicity of Russian state-owned nuclear corporation Rosatom. Covering the period from March 2022 to June 2025, the report analyses the evolution of the occupation of Enerhodar and identifies at least 7 detention sites and 226 cases of unlawful detention of Enerhodar residents and ZNPP employees, the majority of which were followed by inhuman treatment and torture.

The full version of the report is available here.

“Our research highlights how human rights violations are directly intertwined with risks to nuclear safety and security. We are witnessing an unprecedented situation, in which the personnel responsible for the safe operation of the plant have themselves become targets. The study also demonstrates the role of Rosatom in these developments, exposing the corporation’s involvement in international crimes and its role in establishing the occupation regime in Enerhodar, and highlights paths toward holding the corporation accountable.” – Roman Koval, Head or Research, Truth Hounds

Key Findings

Corporate complicity in occupation: Rosatom representatives coerced ZNPP staff into signing contracts under duress, integrated into the occupation’s governance system, and used financial structures to entrench Russian control.
Weaponization of nuclear governance: Rosatom acted simultaneously as a commercial entity and an enabler of Russia’s military policy, erasing the line between civilian energy management and armed occupation.
Nuclear safety dismantled: By intimidating and persecuting licensed staff, Rosatom violated the IAEA’s Seven Indispensable Pillars of Nuclear Safety and Five Concrete Principles. The climate of fear, loss of expertise, and severed ties with Ukrainian regulators have gravely eroded the plant’s safety culture.
Risk of reactor restart: Despite unsafe conditions, Rosatom leadership has announced plans to restart reactors. Experts warn such actions could lead to large-scale radioactive releases with continent-wide consequences.
Global double standard: While complicit in war crimes, Rosatom continues to profit from nuclear projects in 33 countries, controlling 44% of global uranium enrichment capacity.

Greenpeace Ukraine: Rosatom’s occupation of ZNPP Is a “Ticking Time Bomb”

“Rosatom has violated every principle of nuclear safety and security. Truth Hounds’ evidence links Rosatom’s senior management directly to the abduction, detention, and torture of Ukrainian nuclear workers. By terrorizing the very people responsible for safety, Rosatom has turned the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant into a ticking time bomb. The equipment is deteriorating, Russian personnel are unqualified, and the real condition of the plant is being deliberately concealed. Europe must stop doing business with Rosatom and impose devastating sanctions on it,” said Shaun Burnie, nuclear specialist with Greenpeace Ukraine.

About the Report

The report Seizing Power was produced by Truth Hounds with the support of Greenpeace Ukraine’s nuclear experts. It is based on:

39 interviews with survivors of detention and torture in Enerhodar;
Extensive open-source monitoring of local media, Telegram channels, and leaked databases;
Expert consultations, including former ZNPP staff and Greenpeace nuclear safety specialists;
Legal analysis confirming violations of international humanitarian and criminal law and identifying paths toward accountability.

This is the first comprehensive documentation of how a state nuclear corporation has become directly complicit in occupation, repression, and nuclear safety violations.

Facts about Rosatom

Operates nuclear projects in 33 countries and controls 44% of global uranium enrichment capacity.
Functions as a state corporation, combining commercial activities with political and military objectives.
Complicit in forced contract signings, occupation governance, and crimes against ZNPP staff.
Violated IAEA safety standards, heightening the risk of a catastrophic nuclear disaster.

Facts on Nuclear Risks at ZNPP

Russian forces have turned ZNPP into a militarized base, in violation of international law.
Staff have been intimidated, tortured, and coerced, eroding the safety culture required for safe reactor operation.
Plans to restart reactors under occupation risk a large-scale radioactive release across Ukraine and Europe.
A severe accident would have humanitarian, environmental, and economic impacts far beyond Ukraine’s borders.

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Since I’ve not mentioned anything about Yellowstone National Park for months and months, one of literal dozens of my former Wyoming playgrounds, I thought this short article was worthy of how the Geology personnel keeps the part free of human debris and other stuff. ~llaw

(Hats found and retrieved from Yellowstone Lake — See article for explanation! ~llaw

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The Most Common Trash Removed From Yellowstone Thermal Areas Might Surprise You

Margery Price details how Yellowstone’s Geology Program takes care of the park and cleans up after the four million tourists who visit each year.

By Hunter Reis

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Sep 15, 2025 3:42 PM EDT

Humans unfortunately tend to litter, even in beautiful and historic places like Yellowstone National Park. While you may suspect plastic water bottles or cigarette butts to be the main offender, it’s actually a peculiar clothing item that gets left behind the most.

In the most recent edition of the Yellowstone Caldera Chronicle, a weekly column written by geologists and scientists from the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, Margery Price details how Yellowstone’s Geology Program takes care of the park and cleans up after the four million tourists who visit each year.

Hat Pollution Is a Big Problem

“This immense amount of visitor traffic combines with the area’s intense winds to create a near-constant stream of trash and hats that blow into delicate hydrothermal areas,” Price wrote. The Physical Science Technician shares that in 2025 alone, 13,000 pieces of trash were collected throughout the park — including 300 hats.

The hydrothermal ponds that fill Yellowstone park are incredibly dangerous to touch. One 17-year-old visitor fell into a geyser in June and was sent to the hospital with significant burns to his foot and ankle. The extremely hot temperatures of the thermal pools makes retrieving a lost hat pretty much impossible without the right equipment.

“To reach this debris, which is often literally floating in boiling water, the Geology team uses a collection of tools,” Price details, “30-foot grabber poles, to fishing rods and extra-long slotted spoons, the team uses (or creates!) any device necessary to remove items safely.”

Park rangers estimate that around $6,000 worth of hats were lost or left behind in Yellowstone in 2025 alone, including a fake Louis Vuitton bucket hat and a ball cap that reads “I pee in the lake.”

Other Litter Is Even More Time-Consuming to Clean Up

While hats are a fun surprise for the cleanup crew, they’re not the worst of the issue when it comes to manmade pollution in the park. “Nearly all of this litter is unintentional,” says Price, “although sunflower seed shells, orange peels, and other food materials discarded by the occasional visitor accumulate as well and are particularly time-consuming for the team to remove.”

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In her recent well-researched book “Nuclear War – A Scenario”, Annie Jacobsen surmises, as examples, that North Korea is the USA enemy that attacks Washington D,C, and southern California’s Diablo Canyon with nuclear warheads sparking what might be called World War III.

No doubt she had a good reason to pick North Korea as the “devil in the details” — perhaps because because we are allies of South Korea.

If you haven’t already read her New York Times Bestseller and evaluated her several years of research in her notes, bibliography, and index, you owe it to yourself to buy the book for your personal library. ~llaw

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North Korea Warns US Over Nuclear War Games

Published Sep 15, 2025 at 7:24 AM EDT

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The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and a top military official issued separate warnings over the weekend ahead of upcoming U.S. military drills with South Korea and Japan.

The officials condemned the exercises—which include a war game simulating coordination with U.S. nuclear forces—as “reckless” and threatened unspecified countermeasures.

Newsweek contacted the North Korean Embassy in Beijing and the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command for comment via email.

Why It Matters

Trump says he has a ‘Good Relationship’ with Kim Jong Un.

Though South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has signaled a more conciliatory posture toward Pyongyang than his hard-line predecessor, Seoul continues to deepen military ties with Washington and, increasingly, Tokyo amid growing concern over the Kim regime’s ballistic missile and nuclear weapons capabilities.

Kim has pledged to expand these United Nations-sanctioned programs, citing U.S.-led “provocations” as justification. Pyongyang’s military support for Russia’s war in Ukraine has further escalated tensions.

What To Know

Kim Yo Jong, the sister of Kim Jong Un and a senior official of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea’s Central Committee, said this week’s drills marked a continuation of the “confrontational policy” of previous U.S. and South Korean administrations.

Using abbreviations for South and North Korea—officially the Republic of Korea (ROK) and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), respectively—she said in a statement carried by the state-run Korean Central News Agency: “I remind the U.S., Japan and the ROK that the reckless show of strength made by them in real action in the vicinity of the DPRK, which is the wrong place, will inevitably bring bad results to themselves.”

In a separate statement, Pak Jong Chon, the vice chair of Central Military Commission, said the “reckless” war games posed a serious threat to North Korean security and undermined regional stability.

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“The U.S. and its followers should not try the patience of the DPRK and give up dangerous moves to further aggravate the tension and security environment of the region,” he said, adding that the country would respond to further “muscle-flexing” with unspecified countermeasures.

On Monday, the U.S. launched the second annual “Freedom Edge” alongside Japan and South Korea—both U.S. defense treaty allies—in international waters southeast of South Korea’s Jeju Island, according to a news release from the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff.

This year’s edition of the drill—the first to take place under the administrations of Lee and U.S. President Donald Trump—will include Air Force and Marine air capabilities, air defense and medical evacuation training, and maritime interdiction drills, according to the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.

Concurrently, the U.S. and South Korea will hold their second “Iron Mace” exercise, a tabletop simulation focused on integrating U.S. nuclear-capable assets with South Korean conventional forces, with the goal of deterring North Korean threats, South Korean media reported.

What People Are Saying

The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Public Affairs said in statement: “The continued cooperation of all three nations tangibly demonstrates strength and an unwavering commitment to the defense of our vital interests against shared threats and strengthens deterrence in the Asia-Pacific through bolstering combat-credible forces inside the First Island Chain.”

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement: “The three countries will strengthen their operational capabilities in multiple domains such as maritime and air cyber though the ’25 Freedom Edge exercise and maintain a solid and stable cooperative relationship between the three countries by improving interoperability.”

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Four-reactor giant shaping a nation’s grid

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On My Mind Today:

The following article, from “The Pulse” titled “5,600 MW rise from the desert — Four-reactor giant now shaping a nation’s grid” is not in today’s “LLAW’s All Nuclear Daily Digest”, but it is an excellent example of how the nuclear industry subtly misleads, often with elaborate lies, to the general public around the globe. Chances are the news publishers don’t even know they are misleading their readers, or if they do, they are a part of the industry.

The article is well written and even “clouds” the phony information and data it writes at the end, but even that is also nothing more than deceptive journalism supporting a phony claim that perhaps uranium — nuclear energy’s fuel — is “clean”, and (worst of all) a “renewable” resource, when in fact both are exactly the opposite.

Uranium is mined, much like coal, but because of it’s radioactivity and rarity, the actual mining and milling of uranium is a much more sophisticated and expensive process. Nor can you honestly speculate that if uranium is eventually somehow recovered limitlessly from the oceans, it is “renewable”.

And, to tell it like it is, uranium is a far dirtier energy end-product than coal — or any other non-renewable fuel sources with their atmosphere-clogging CO2 and other climate change and global warming waste products. But as we all should know, but don’t, uranium and its nuclear energy product is extremely dirty, simply because it is highly radioactive in both its nuclear reactor production and its prolific nuclear waste.

The fact is, the best way to describe the filth of uranium and its nuclear reactor power plants is to understand what it is and plainly say, “It will be the end of us”. ~llaw

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5,600 MW rise from the desert — Four-reactor giant now shaping a nation’s grid

by Anke E.

September 12, 2025

in Energy

Credits: ENEC

Lowering the carbon footprint one giant project at a time

Just like many nations across the world, the Emirate of Abu Dhabi is seeking to decrease its carbon footprint. Its climate strategy, the Abu Dhabi Climate Change Strategy, has set a goal to achieve a 22% decrease in carbon emissions by 2027 compared to 2016 levels. This strategy aligns with the UAE’s Net Zero by 2050 climate strategy.

According to the Abu Dhabi Government, they plan to achieve their goals with large-scale renewable energy projects such as Noor Abu Dhabi, which has a solar capacity of 1,170 MW to 1,200 MW, and Al Dhafra, with a capacity of 2,000 MW. Thus, these two projects alone have pushed Abu Dhabi’s installed solar capacity to over 3,000 MW. Now, the nation has decided to invest in its next venture, and it’s not solar.

A four-reactor giant will now shape the nation’s grid

Situated in the Al Dhafra of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi on the Arabian Gulf, approximately 53 km west-southwest of Al Dhannah City, is the new plant that reportedly produces 40TWh annually. This is equivalent to almost 25% of the UAE’s power demands. According to the Emirates Nuclear Energy Company (ENEC), the Barakah Plant is the UAE’s largest source of power, with each MW produced carbon-free.

The Barakah Plant will be centered around nuclear energy and will comprise four APR1400 design nuclear reactors. The plant has the vital role of diversifying the UAE’s energy sources, as well as supplying clean, efficient power to industries, homes, businesses, and government facilities. Lastly, but just as important, it also decreases the nation’s carbon footprint.

According to Gulf Business, just like Africa’s new nuclear giant, this nuclear facility is about more than just power, as it cultivated an extremely skilled Emirati-led workforce, with more than 2,000 UAE nationals playing a role in development and operations.

Is it renewable or not? That is the question

According to ENEC, Barakah will prevent 22.4 million tonnes of emissions annually, and has prevented over 58 million tonnes since Unit 1 began operations one year ago. That’s the equivalent of removing 12 million vehicles. The plant has also contributed 75% of the UAE’s additional clean power per capita over the past five years.

“One year into full operations, Barakah Plant is delivering on its promise – clean, dependable power, around the clock. The achievement is due to a long-term vision, sustained investment, and a focus on high-quality execution at every stage. We’re incredibly proud of what Barakah represents for the UAE and for the global civil nuclear sector.” – Mohamed Al Hammadi, MD and CEO of ENEC

According to National Grid, nuclear power plants are fueled by uranium, which is a limited fuel that has to be mined. The isotope required is also relatively rare, which makes nuclear energy a non-renewable source, even though it produces clean, baseload power.

So, for those who are more inclined to technicalities, while the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant does not necessarily boost Abu Dhabi’s installed renewable energy capacity, it does lower the nation’s overall carbon footprint. As the global power consumption and demand increase, people from across the world are searching high and low for feasible solutions. Just like Abu Dhabi, Japan has been betting on nuclear power rising from the sea. Is nuclear power the future?

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