LLAW’s All Things Nuclear #608, Monday, (04/22/2024)

“End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity.”

LLOYD A. WILLIAMS-PENDERGRAFT

APR 22, 2024

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LLAW’s NUCLEAR ISSUES & COMMENTS, Monday, (04/22/2024)

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What we do here on Earth today influences what happens here on Earth tomorrow . . . We have appointed ourselves as the stewards; we need to do a much better job of it. ~llaw

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TODAY’S NUCLEAR WORLD’S NEWS, Monday, (04/22/2024)

All Things Nuclear

NEWS

North Korea fires short-range missiles into the sea in its latest weapons test – WAMC

WAMC

All Things Considered · Arts & Culture · Capital … All Things Considered … Many experts say North Korea already possesses nuclear missiles that can …

Russia-Ukraine war live: Poland is ready to host nuclear weapons, says president – The Guardian

The Guardian

I must admit that when asked about it, I declared our readiness,” Duda said. “Russia is increasingly militarising Kaliningrad. Recently it has been …

North Korea fires short-range missiles into the sea in its latest weapons test – WVTF

WVTF

All Things Considered · BBC World Service · Fresh … All Things Considered … Many experts say North Korea already possesses nuclear missiles that can …

Nuclear Power

NEWS

The resilience and potential of nuclear energy – Diplomatic Courier

Diplomatic Courier

Nuclear energy is one of the few sources that produce constant electricity with minimal greenhouse gas emissions, with water vapor being the primary …

First Westinghouse fuel at Bulgaria’s Kozloduy nuclear power plant

World Nuclear News

… nuclear power plant, as Bulgaria moves away from past reliance on Russian supplies … nuclear power plant, as Bulgaria moves away from past reliance …

Experts discuss latest developments in the nuclear law field

Nuclear Energy Agency

… Power Plant accident while experts discussed the … Nuclear Energy Decisions, Recommendations and Interpretations applicable to the Paris Convention.

Nuclear Power Emergencies

NEWS

Belarusian nuclear safety watchdog attaches importance to international cooperation

BELTA

… Nuclear and Radiation Safety Department of the Belarusian Emergencies … nuclear power plant, in other words, during the first nuclear energy program.

Ministry of Energy: Ukraine receives emergency electricity aid from Europe, three miners …

unn.ua

УНН War ✎ Three miners were injured in Donetsk region as a result of enemy shelling of a mine, while consumption restrictions are in place in …

Ukraine energy grid receives emergency power imports, operator says – ZAWYA

ZAWYA

As worsening weather conditions prompted spikes in consumer demand, Ukrenergo has continued to impose consumption limitations on industrial …

Nuclear War

NEWS

Russia says West is increasing risk of nuclear war – Yahoo

Yahoo

Russia says West is increasing risk of nuclear war. Reuters Videos. Updated Mon, April 22, 2024 at 5:33 AM CDT. STORY: Lavrov said the United States …

Russia says West is teetering on brink of conflict between nuclear powers – Reuters

Reuters

Russia-Ukraine war: What difference will US aid package make? 10 min ago. Ukrainian serviceman prepares a howitzer to fire towards Russian troops …

NATO Ally ‘Ready’ to Station Nuclear Weapons on Its Territory – Newsweek

Newsweek

More than two years of war in Ukraine has spurred NATO countries in eastern Europe—close to Russian territory—to invest heavily in their military …

Nuclear War Threats

NEWS

Iran says nuclear weapons have no place in its nuclear doctrine – Reuters

Reuters

Nuclear weapons have no place in Iran’s nuclear … Israel and Hamas at War · Japan · Middle East … nuclear policy if pressured by Israeli threats.

What Is Iskander-M? Russia’s Nuclear-Capable Launchers Head for NATO Border

Newsweek

… nuclear threat that Moscow presents to the alliance. … “If our allies decide to deploy nuclear weapons as part of nuclear … Israel at War Vladimir …

WW3 fears soar as Putin tipped to ‘use nuclear weapons’ in five-word warning

Daily Express

Vladimir Putin and his close allies have made multiple nuclear threats to NATO and Ukraine over the past months.

Yellowstone Caldera

NEWS

Santiaguito Volcano: Sporadic Emissions of Volcanic ash | VolcanoDiscovery

Volcano Discovery

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

LLAW’s All Things Nuclear #607, Sunday, (04/21/2024)

“End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity.”

LLOYD A. WILLIAMS-PENDERGRAFT

APR 22, 2024

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A crowd carrying a model of Iran’s first-ever hypersonic missile, Fattah, past a mosque during a gathering to celebrate the IRGC UAV and missile attack against Israel, in Tehran, Iran, on April 15, 2024 Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images

LLAW’s NUCLEAR ISSUES & COMMENTS, Sunday, (04/21/2024)

The feeling of a smoldering WWIII bursting into flames around the world seems immanent, and, of course, the one and only approach toward finding international peace in this insane human world of hatred can only be achieved by the concept of war. We seem to comprehend no other way, no matter what the ultimate price may be . . . ~llaw

Read either “The Intercept” article or the “Vox” article, or both — the links are posted directly below) — and you will get the idea. The Intercept leadline says this: Like countless other hostilities, the stealthy Israeli missile and drone strike on Iran doesn’t risk war. It is war.

Israel Attack on Iran Is What World War III Looks Like – The Intercept

The Intercept

Israel and Iran’s conflict enters a new, dangerous phase – Vox

Vox



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  2. Nuclear Power
  3. Nuclear Power Emergencies
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TODAY’S NUCLEAR WORLD’S NEWS, Sunday, (04/21/2024)

All Things Nuclear

NEWS

New Cold Wars review: China, Russia and Biden’s daunting task | Books | The Guardian

The Guardian

“The threat that Russia might use a nuclear weapon against its non-nuclear-armed foe surfaced and resurfaced every few months,” Sanger recalls.

For the record | UK news | The Guardian

The Guardian

That should have said nuclear propulsion technology (UK’s ever more expensive nuclear … all the things an actor shouldn’t … All 12 jurors seated …

Israel Attack on Iran Is What World War III Looks Like – The Intercept

The Intercept

… that is all around. Image: Getty Images. Israel’s attack on Iran late Thursday night was met with a dangerously premature sigh of relief from both …

Nuclear Power

NEWS

Opposition leader reveals plans to build nuclear power plants | 9 News Australia – YouTube

YouTube

Peter Dutton is one step closer to unveiling his plan for a future Australia powered, in part, by nuclear energy. But the Opposition Leader has …

Billions in Contract Awards to Build New Nuclear Power Plants – Energy Central

Energy Central

(NucNet) French nuclear fuel cycle company Framatome has signed “contracts worth multi-billion euros” with Sizewell C Ltd. The commitment by the UK …

Mike Levin: Nuclear fuel removal has come a long way, but there’s still work to do

Orange County Register

While no longer active, the plant’s roughly 3.55 million pounds of spent nuclear fuel pose potential environmental and health threats, especially …

Nuclear Power Emergencies

NEWS

Retaliatory spiral in Middle East must end, says UN chief after reported strikes on Iran

Saudi Gazette

A young boy is treated by a mobile emergency … NEW YORK — Following reports of alleged Israeli strikes inside Iran near a nuclear power …

The old Essex RAF airfield that became home to a now decommissioned nuclear power station

Essex Live

… emergency landing field to fully-fledged RAF airfield and site of a nuclear power station. RAF Bradwell Bay was first used for emergency landings …

Nuclear War

NEWS

New Cold Wars review: China, Russia and Biden’s daunting task | Books | The Guardian

The Guardian

The possibility of nuclear war is no longer purely theoretical. “In 2021 Biden, [Gen Mark] Milley, and the new White House national security team …

Israel Attack on Iran Is What World War III Looks Like – The Intercept

The Intercept

As the media and the world awaits full-scale war between Iran and Israel and even frets about nuclear escalation, a huge reality of modern warfare is …

Israel and Iran’s conflict enters a new, dangerous phase – Vox

Vox

Israel has waged cyberattacks against Iranian infrastructure, like the massive Stuxnet attack against Iran’s Natanz nuclear material enrichment …

Nuclear War Threats

NEWS

Iran and Israel move on (for now) | International – EL PAÍS English

EL PAÍS English

After days of dialectic warfare and threats of all kinds between Israel and Iran, the anecdote speaks for itself. … nuclear program, it soared by 4.5% …

Preventive War: Its Disappearance from Israel’s Security Toolbox and the Need for Its Return

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

… nuclear threat. The idea of preventive war was discussed under a new designation called “preliminary moves.” The document stated that “a …

LLAW’s All Things Nuclear #606, Saturday, (04/20/2024)

“End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity.”

LLOYD A. WILLIAMS-PENDERGRAFT

APR 21, 2024

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Demonstrators wave a huge Iranian flag in an anti-Israeli gathering in front of an anti-Israeli banner on the wall of a building at the Felestin (Palestine) Sq. in Tehran, Iran, on Monday, April 15, 2024. (AP)

Demonstrators wave a huge Iranian flag in an anti-Israeli gathering in front of an anti-Israeli banner on the wall of a building at the Felestin (Palestine) Sq. in Tehran, Iran, on Monday, April 15, 2024. (AP)

LLAW’s NUCLEAR ISSUES & COMMENTS, Saturday, (04/20/2024)

On Friday, Israel launched a limited military strike on Iran over the city of Isfahan, where several important nuclear facilities are located. The region has been anticipating a retaliatory strike from Israel after Iran’s own retaliatory assault on Israel last weekend.

There’s growing concern that intensifying conflict between Iran and Israel could develop into a regional war. Link to referenced article: Israel launches limited retaliatory military strike against Iran – WVTF

So now the The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog has another nuclear power plant involved in warfare. (See above link). This tells me that nuclear war is inevitable, and it’s just a matter of time until the simmering WWIII begins.

In that vein it also tells me that we (Americans) are out of our minds to believe that we should be re-opening old nuclear power plants and financing billions for new ones while bartering with other nuclear nations to guarantee future uranium fuel to operate nuclear reactors. It is like we are drunkenly stoking the campfire in a tinder-dry forest to stay warm and comfortable, blindly failing to realize we are about to burn down the world. ~llaw


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  2. Nuclear Power
  3. Nuclear Power Emergencies
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TODAY’S NUCLEAR WORLD’S NEWS, Saturday, (04/20/2024)

All Things Nuclear

NEWS

Israel launches limited retaliatory military strike against Iran – WVTF

WVTF

All Programs A-Z · All Things Considered · BBC World Service · Fresh Air · Full … On Friday, Israel launched a limited military strike on Iran over …

Israel strikes Iran, U.S. official says; Taylor Swift’s ‘Tortured Poets’ is here | – WBUR

WBUR

The We, The Voters series continues next week with stories about the economy on All Things Considered. Weekend picks. Jean Grey and Cyclops in the new …

The Israeli military has conducted missile strikes against Iran | New Hampshire Public Radio

NHPR

… nuclear program. And by the way, the International Atomic Energy Agency says there is no damage to Iran’s nuclear sites today. … All Things Considered.

Nuclear Power

NEWS

IAEA’s Grossi explains why blame is not being attributed for Zaporizhzhia attacks

World Nuclear News

With a third report of a drone attack in two weeks around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant area, International Atomic Energy Agency Director …

3 Crucial Steps the Biden-Harris Administration is Taking to Secure a Nuclear Fuel Supply Chain

Department of Energy

$800 million to demonstrate two advanced light-water small modular reactor systems. Explore more nuclear energy wins from the Biden-Harris …

Biden-Harris Administration Takes Action to Secure Nuclear Fuel Supply Chain, Equip …

Department of Energy

These steps include support to keep existing nuclear plants from shutting down, funding demonstrations for advanced reactor designs, streamlining the …

Nuclear Power Emergencies

NEWS

Ecuador president declares state of emergency over energy crisis | Reuters

Reuters

Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa declared a second state of emergency on Friday over an energy crisis that has already led to rationing in the …

Nuclear War

NEW

Israel missile strike near Iran nuclear facility fuels fears of escalation | BBC News – YouTube

YouTube

… nuclear sites, and a missile factory. US … Israel missile strike near Iran nuclear … Israel’s Attack on Iran Triggers Fears of Wider War | Vantage …

Experts react: Israel just conducted a limited strike in Iran. Is this the end of the tit for tat?

Atlantic Council

… war. Thomas S. Warrick: Both Iran and Israel are signaling the damage … attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities and missile launching sites. About …

Isfahan, apparent site of Israeli strike, is home to Iranian nuclear facilities – Washington Post

Washington Post

The International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, also said Friday that the attack caused no damage to Iran’s nuclear …

Nuclear War Threats

NEW

Israel strikes Iran, Israeli official says; White House declines to comment on attack – Washington Post

Washington Post

“The war in Gaza is no doubt a war … Nuclear Threat Initiative. Isfahan is also the … nuclear arsenal in its missile and drone attack last weekend.

Iran Issues Unprecedented Nuclear Threat in Duel With Israel – Yahoo News Canada

Yahoo News Canada

“The threats of the Zionist regime [Israel] against Iran’s nuclear … war erupting in the region. The Israeli … nuclear sites, the nuclear “doctrine …

Israel-Iran: One week of war and what happens next – YouTube

YouTube

Strategic, diplomatic and journalistic guests bring the latest after a week of war between Iran and Israel … Iran threatens to go nuclear in the next …

Yellowstone Caldera

NEWS

Kīlauea Collapse and Refilling – Changes Since 2018 – YouTube

YouTube

This video summarizes changes to the summit Kīlauea volcano since the 2018 caldera … Top 5 Updates of 2023 — Yellowstone Volcano Update for January …

LLAW’s All Things Nuclear #605, Friday, (04/19/2024)

“End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity.”

LLOYD A. WILLIAMS-PENDERGRAFT

APR 20, 2024

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LLAW’s NUCLEAR ISSUES & COMMENTS, Friday, (04/19/2024)

IAEA’s Grossi explains why blame is not being attributed for Zaporizhzhia attacks

The link above is to allow the IAEA’s Director-General Grossi to tell us why neither Russia nor Ukraine is responsible for the repeated dangerous attacks on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. His ‘no blame’ response makes no sense to me, and I will read the article later.

But Russia is the aggressor in this war on Ukraine, so it seems to me that Russia is to blame even if Russian employees have the operational control of the plant. Regardless, this situation is endangering the population of Ukraine as well as other European countries, so the attacks must stop. Hundreds of thousands, or more, of innocent human lives are at stake. ~llaw


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  1. All Things Nuclear
  2. Nuclear Power
  3. Nuclear Power Emergencies
  4. Nuclear War
  5. Nuclear War Threats
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TODAY’S NUCLEAR WORLD’S NEWS, Friday, (04/19/2024)

All Things Nuclear

NEWS

Israel launches limited retaliatory military strike against Iran | Here & Now – WBUR

WBUR

All Things Considered · Ways To Listen · All Radio Programs. Podcasts. The … nuclear facilities are located. The region has been anticipating a …

Israel strikes Iran, U.S. official says; Taylor Swift’s ‘Tortured Poets’ is here | WWNO

WWNO

… nuclear program. The International Atomic Agency says there’s been no damage to Iran’s nuclear sites. … about the economy on All Things Considered.

Israel launches missile strikes into Iran, U.S. military official says – WHQR

WHQR

Search Query. Donate. WHQR. All Things Considered. WHQR. All Things Considered. Next Up: 6:00 PM Marketplace. 0:00. 0:00. All Things Considered. WHQR.

Nuclear Power

NEWS

Has nuclear energy surge started uranium’s golden age? – Financial Post

Financial Post

‘Stunning reversal’: Nuclear energy has gone from pariah to saviour and Canada could reap the benefits. Canada’s top uranium producer, used to being …

IAEA’s Grossi explains why blame is not being attributed for Zaporizhzhia attacks

World Nuclear News

With a third report of a drone attack in two weeks around the Zaporozhzhia nuclear power plant area, International Atomic Energy Agency Director …

Tech companies are shopping for nuclear power to run new data centers – E&E News

E&E News

Experts warn that if deep-pocketed tech companies buy up carbon-free electricity from large nuclear baseload power plants and take that power off …

Nuclear Power Emergencies

NEWS

Propulsion chosen for Canadian polar emergency response icebreakers – Riviera Maritime Media

Riviera Maritime Media

New effort to advance rules for marine nuclear power. 25 Mar 2024. Editor’s Choice. International Chemical & Product Tanker Conference 2024 …

Nuclear War

NEWS

Live updates: Israel carries out strike in Iran, Israeli official says – Washington Post

Washington Post

There was no damage to Iran’s nuclear sites, including those in Isfahan, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Friday morning. · Iran’s attack on …

Iran fires air defense batteries at Isfahan air base and nuclear site after drones spotted

AP News

It remained unclear if the country was under attack. However, tensions remain high after Iran’s unprecedented missile-and-drone attack on Israel. One …

Iran Issues Nuclear Warning to Israel – Newsweek

Newsweek

Iran said that it may have grounds to review its “nuclear doctrine” if Israel targets its atomic facilities as fear grows of a wider war breaking …

Nuclear War Threats

NEWS

Iran Issues Unprecedented Nuclear Threat in Duel With Israel – The Daily Beast

The Daily Beast

… nuclear program ahead of an expected attack from Israel … “The threats of the Zionist regime [Israel] against Iran’s nuclear … war erupting in the …

Iran Says Israeli Threats May Spark Shift in Nuclear Policy – Yahoo

Yahoo

… threat of an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities to pressure Tehran, he said, in comments reported by the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency.

Attack on Iran next to nuclear site sends message: We could have done worse here – analysis

The Jerusalem Post

This could be done again at any time. The Israeli Air Force works to fight new and developing threats across the region (credit Enlrage image The …

Yellowstone Caldera

NEWS

People in Arizona ‘Freaked Out’ About Possible Super Volcano – K101

K101

The Yellowstone Caldera, also called the Yellowstone Supervolcano, is a colossal volcanic feature in Yellowstone National Park. Most of the park is in …

Business Upturn

Overshadowing all other dormant volcanoes in size is the massive Yellowstone caldera spanning a 30×45 mile area in northwestern Wyoming. This …

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LLAW’s All Things Nuclear #604, Thursday, (04/18/2024)

“End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity.”

LLOYD A. WILLIAMS-PENDERGRAFT

APR 19, 2024

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A photo of two cooling towers at a decommissioned nuclear plant in California, surrounded by vineyards.

The sad face of what ‘all things nuclear’ provides to humanity — a scorched earth

LLAW’s NUCLEAR ISSUES & COMMENTS, Thursday, (04/18/2024)

Following is a guest essay from the New York Times by Stephanie Cooke supporting my own belief that the nuclear energy revival is little more than typical phony propaganda promulgated by both political interests and the nuclear industry itself. The prediction that humanity can and will increase the world’s nuclear power by a third by 2050 is absurd on so many false faces. Her reasons are similar to my own, but also she expands on why politics and hot air with no delivery always plays such a common failure in these kinds of totally illogical (and impossible) solutions to our never-ending nuclear energy and war crises. ~llaw

New York Times Logo and symbol, meaning, history, PNG, brand

GUEST ESSAY

The Fantasy of Reviving Nuclear Energy

April 18, 2024

A photo of two cooling towers at a decommissioned nuclear plant in California, surrounded by vineyards.
Credit…Alec Soth/Magnum Photos
  • By Stephanie Cooke

Ms. Cooke is a former editor of Nuclear Intelligence Weekly and the author of “In Mortal Hands: A Cautionary History of the Nuclear Age.”

World leaders are not unaware of the nuclear industry’s long history of failing to deliver on its promises, or of its weakening vital signs. Yet many continue to act as if a “nuclear renaissance” could be around the corner even though nuclear energy’s share of global electricity generation has fallen by almost half from its high of roughly 17 percent in 1996.

In search of that revival, representatives from more than 30 countries gathered in Brussels in March at a nuclear summit hosted by the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Belgian government. Thirty-four nations, including the United States and China, agreed “to work to fully unlock the potential of nuclear energy,” including extending the lifetime of existing reactors, building new nuclear power plants and deploying advanced reactors.

Yet even as they did so, there was an acknowledgment of the difficulty of their undertaking. “Nuclear technology can play an important role in the clean energy transition,” Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, told summit attendees. But she added that “the reality today, in most markets, is a reality of a slow but steady decline in market share” for nuclear power.

The numbers underscore that downturn. Solar and wind power together began outperforming nuclear power globally in 2021, and that trend continues as nuclear staggers along. Solar alone added more than 400 gigawatts of capacity worldwide last year, two-thirds more than the previous year. That’s more than the roughly 375 gigawatts of combined capacity of the world’s 415 nuclear reactors, which remained relatively unchanged last year. At the same time, investment in energy storage technology is rapidly accelerating. In 2023, BloombergNEF reported that investors for the first time put more money into stationary energy storage than they did into nuclear.

Still, the drumbeat for nuclear power has become pronounced. At the United Nations climate conference in Dubai in December, the Biden administration persuaded two dozen countries to pledge to triple their nuclear energy capacity by 2050. Those countries included allies of the United States with troubled nuclear programs, most notably FranceBritainJapan and South Korea, whose nuclear bureaucracies will be propped up by the declaration as well as the domestic nuclear industries they are trying to save.

“We are not making the argument to anybody that this is absolutely going to be a sweeping alternative to every other energy source,” John Kerry, the Biden administration climate envoy at the time, said. “But we know because the science and the reality of facts and evidence tell us that you can’t get to net zero 2050 without some nuclear.”

A changing climate, a changing world

Climate change around the world: In “Postcards From a World on Fire,” 193 stories from individual countries show how climate change is reshaping reality everywhere, from dying coral reefs in Fiji to disappearing oases in Morocco and far, far beyond.

The role of our leaders: Writing at the end of 2020, Al Gore, the 45th vice president of the United States, found reasons for optimism in the Biden presidency, a feeling perhaps borne out by the passing of major climate legislation. That doesn’t mean there haven’t been criticisms. For example, Charles Harvey and Kurt House argue that subsidies for climate capture technology will ultimately be a waste.

The worst climate risks, mapped: In this feature, select a country, and we’ll break down the climate hazards it faces. In the case of America, our maps, developed with experts, show where extreme heat is causing the most deaths.

What people can do: Justin Gillis and Hal Harvey describe the types of local activism that might be needed, while Saul Griffith points to how Australia shows the way on rooftop solar. Meanwhile, small changes at the office might be one good way to cut significant emissions, writes Carlos Gamarra.

That view has gained traction with energy planners in Eastern Europe who see nuclear as a means of replacing coal, and several countries — including Canada, Sweden, Britain and France — are pushing to extend the operating lifetimes of existing nuclear plants or build new ones. Some see smaller or more “advanced” reactors as a means of providing electricity in remote areas or as a means of decarbonizing sectors such as heat, industry or transportation.

So far most of this remains in early stages, with only three nuclear reactors under construction in Western Europe, two in Britain and one in France, each more than a decade behind schedule. Of the approximately 54 other reactors under construction worldwide as of March, 23 are in China, seven are in India, and three are in Russia, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency. The total is less than a quarter of the 234 reactors under construction in the peak year of 1979, although 48 of those were later suspended or abandoned.

Even if you agree with Mr. Kerry’s argument, and many energy experts do not, pledging to triple nuclear capacity by 2050 is a little like promising to win the lottery. For the United States, it would mean adding an additional 200 gigawatts of nuclear operating capacity (almost double what the country has ever built) to the 100 gigawatts or so that now exists, generated by more than 90 commercial reactors that have been running an average of 42 years. Globally it would mean tripling the existing capacity built over the past 70 years in less than half that time in addition to replacing reactors that will shut down before 2050.

The Energy Department estimates the total cost of such an effort in the United States at roughly $700 billion. But David Schlissel, a director at the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, has calculated that the two new reactors at the Vogtle plant in Georgia — the only new reactors built in the United States in a generation — on average, cost $21.2 million per megawatt in today’s dollars — which translates to $21.2 billion per gigawatt. Using that figure as a yardstick, the cost of building 200 gigawatts of new capacity would be far higher: at least $4 trillion, or $6 trillion if you count the additional cost of replacing existing reactors as they age out.

For much less money and in less time, the world can reduce greenhouse gas emissions through the use of renewables like solar, wind, hydropower and geothermal power, and by transmitting, storing and using electricity more efficiently. A recent analysis by the German Environment Agency examined multiple global climate scenarios in which Paris Climate Agreement targets are met, and it found that renewable energy “is the crucial and primary driver.”

The logic of this approach was attested to at the climate meeting in Dubai, where more than 120 countries signed a more realistic commitment to triple renewable energy capacity by 2030.

There’s a certain inevitability about the U.S. Energy Department’s latest push for more nuclear energy. The agency’s predecessor, the Atomic Energy Commission, brought us Atoms for Peace under Dwight Eisenhower in the 1950s in a bid to develop the “peaceful” side of the atom, hoping it would gain public acceptance of an expanding arsenal of nuclear weapons while supplying electricity “too cheap to meter.”

Fast forward 70 years and you hear a variation on the same theme. Most notably, Ernest Moniz, the energy secretary under President Barack Obama, argues that a vibrant commercial nuclear sector is necessary to sustain U.S. influence in nuclear weapons nonproliferation efforts and global strategic stability. As a policy driver, this argument might explain in part why the government continues to push nuclear power as a climate solution, despite its enormous cost and lengthy delivery time.

China and Russia are conspicuously absent from the list of signatories to the Dubai pledge to triple nuclear power, although China signed the declaration in Brussels. China’s nuclear program is growing faster than that of any other country, and Russia dominates the global export market for reactors with projects in countries new to commercial nuclear energy, such as Turkey, Egypt and Bangladesh, as well as Iran.

Pledges and declarations on a global stage allow world leaders a platform to be seen to be doing something to address climate change even if, as is the case with nuclear, they lack the financing and infrastructure to succeed. But their support most likely means that substantial sums of money — much of it from taxpayers and ratepayers — will be wasted on perpetuating the fantasy that nuclear energy will make a difference in a meaningful time frame to slow global warming.

The U.S. government is already poised to spend billions of dollars building new small modular and “advanced” reactors and keeping aging large ones running. But two such small reactor projects based on conventional technologies have already failed. Which raises the question: Will future projects based on far more complex technologies be more viable? Money for such projects — provided mainly under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Inflation Reduction Act — could be redirected in ways that do more for the climate and do it faster, particularly if planned new nuclear projects fail to materialize.

There is already enough potential generation capacity in the United States seeking access to the grid to come close to achieving President Biden’s 2035 goal of a zero-carbon electricity sector, and 95 percent of it is solar, battery storage and wind. But these projects face a hugely constrained transmission system, regulatory and financial roadblocks and entrenched utility interests, enough to prevent many of them from ever providing electricity, according to a report released last year by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Even so, existing transmission capacity can be doubled by retrofitting transmission lines with advanced conductors, which would offer at least a partial way out of the gridlock for renewables, in addition to storage, localized distribution and improved management of supply and demand.

What’s missing are leaders willing to buck their own powerful nuclear bureaucracies and choose paths that are far cheaper, less dangerous and quicker to deploy. Without them we are doomed to more promises and wasteful spending by nuclear proponents who have repeatedly shown that they can talk but can’t deliver.


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TODAY’S NUCLEAR WORLD’S NEWS, Thursday,(04/18/2024)

All Things Nuclear

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Senate dismisses all impeachment charges against Alejandro Mayorkas, ending trial

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Senate dismisses all impeachment charges against Alejandro Mayorkas, ending trial | 3 Things to Know The two votes effectively end the trial …

Nuclear goes nuclear: A golden age for uranium is dawning — perhaps – Financial Post

Financial Post

“But then the Russians invaded Ukraine, and everything changed. We still hear about climate change, but energy security has dwarfed those …

Nuclear Power

NEWS

Opinion | Tripling the World’s Nuclear Energy Capacity Is a Fantasy – The New York Times

The New York Times

… nuclear energy,” including extending the lifetime of existing reactors, building new nuclear power plants and deploying advanced reactors. Yet …

Should we use nuclear energy? | Friends of the Earth

Friends of the Earth

First off, a bit of science. Nuclear power uses nuclear reactions to generate electricity. Currently, this is mostly done through nuclear fission, …

Federal regulators discuss potential restart of Palisades Nuclear Plant with residents – WNDU

WNDU

If reopened, it would …

Nuclear War

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Israeli attack on nuclear sites to prompt tit-for-tat, pursuing nukes: Iran – Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera

Iran warns Israel that retaliation for recent attack would prompt Tehran to pursue nuclear weapon and respond in kind.

The Inadmissibility of Nuclear Threats – Arms Control Association

Arms Control Association

On numerous occasions, Russian President Vladimir Putin has raised the possibility of using nuclear weapons if the United States and NATO intervene to …

Iranian commander warns Tehran could review its ‘nuclear doctrine’ amid Israeli threats

Reuters

Iran could review its “nuclear doctrine” amid Israeli threats, a senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander said on Thursday, raising concerns …

Nuclear War Threats

NEWS

Iranian commander says Tehran could review ‘nuclear doctrine’ amid Israeli threats

Reuters

Iran could review its “nuclear doctrine” following Israeli threats, a senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander said on Thursday, …

The Inadmissibility of Nuclear Threats – Arms Control Association

Arms Control Association

It follows that a threat to use nuclear weapons as part of an aggressive attack is illegal. That certainly applies to the nuclear threats made in …

The Inadmissibility of Nuclear Threats – Arms Control Association

Arms Control Association

Recent North Korean nuclear threats fail to meet the requirement of proportionality. The court also found that any threat to use nuclear weapons, …

LLAW’s All Things Nuclear #603, Wednesday, (04/17/2024)

“End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity.”

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APR 17, 2024

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LLAW’s NUCLEAR ISSUES & COMMENTS, Wednesday, (04/17/2024)

The following is an abbreviated updated article from “Army Technology” concerning the status of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, echoing concerns that a nuclear ‘accident’ might be immanent. But, whatever occurs, as I mentioned yesterday, it is impossible to justify referring to this attack as an accident. Accidents are simply not caused intentionally. ~llaw

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Russia holds Zaporizhzhia’s power plant ‘hostage’ – is a nuclear accident imminent?

The IAEA warns that recent attacks on Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the world’s third largest, pose a “major nuclear threat”.

Alex BlairApril 17, 2024

Russia and Ukraine have exchanged blame over a spate of recent attacks on the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), sparking concerns over mass radiological contamination should drones breach the reactors at Europe’s largest nuclear site.

“Reckless attacks” on Russia-occupied Zaporizhzhia in eastern Ukraine “significantly increase the risk of a major nuclear accident”, Rafael Mariano Grossi, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), told the UN Security Council on Monday (15 April).

The IAEA sounded the alarm after a series of drone strikes on the ZNPP since 7 April, the first since November 2022. There was one reported casualty.

Spread over several days, the attacks damaged the roof of ZNPP’s Reactor 6, adjacent to the main reactor buildings.

All six reactors were promptly moved into a state of cold shutdown – but there is still a risk of reactor meltdown should shells or drones breach the concrete walls encasing each.

Whodunnit?

Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of carrying out the attacks on Zaporizhzhia.

Moscow accused Kyiv of “very dangerous” attacks on ZNPP, while Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia would undertake a “terrorist attack” at the plant, which it has taken “hostage”.


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TODAY’S NUCLEAR WORLD’S NEWS, Wednesday,(04/17/2024)

All Things Nuclear

NEWS

Opinion: Should the U.S. forswear launching nukes first in combat? – The Salt Lake Tribune

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“But as we look forward into … the increasing U.S. national interest in engaging China in all things nuclear, we’re going to have to cross the Rubicon …

Feds say proposed nuclear reactor in Butte has not been approved | Montana Public Radio

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Piketon stopped enriching uranium twenty years ago. Now the nuclear industry is coming back

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“Everybody’s talking about electrifying everything, but just because you plug it in doesn’t mean it’s clean if the source of that electricity has …

Nuclear Power

NEWS

The World’s Biggest Nuclear Energy Producers – Visual Capitalist

Visual Capitalist

China has grown its nuclear capacity over the last decade, now ranking second on the list of top nuclear energy producers.

New nuclear power plant expected to kill 46 tonnes of fish a year – The Telegraph

The Telegraph

A nature reserve is to be flooded by the developer of the Hinkley Point C nuclear plant at a cost of £50m to compensate for the death of fish in …

Canadian budget aims to streamline nuclear licensing process

World Nuclear News

It notes: “Nuclear energy will play a key role in achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. Canada is a Tier-1 nuclear nation with over 70 years of …

Nuclear Power Emergencies

NEWS

Russia holds Zaporizhzhia’s power plant ‘hostage’ – is a nuclear accident imminent?

Army Technology

Director-general Rafael Mariano Grossi (right) tells the IAEA’s emergency meeting that the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant attacks have “significant …

General Assembly 2024 & Gösgen-Däniken Nuclear Power Plant tour | BCI

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Nuclear War

NEWS

What if nukes hit Salt Lake City? Expert, students weigh in on threat of nuclear war

The Daily Universe – BYU

Rebecca Dudley, a political science professor at BYU who teaches U.S. foreign policy and talks about nuclear war in her class, weighed in on the …

This City in New York Is Apparently a High Priority Target in Nuclear War

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A new report claiming the American cities most at risk of a nuclear attack put one city in the Empire State at the top of the list.

Ukraine-Russia war live: Press Putin to end war, Germany urges China’s Xi Jinping

The Independent

… war in Ukraine, adding that both leaders rejected attacks on nuclear facilities. Speaking on the final day of his trip to China, Scholz also said …

Nuclear War Threats

NEWS

Poll: Ukraine among countries with lowest nuclear threat fear – Yahoo

Yahoo

Russia has repeatedly threatened to use nuclear weapons in response to Western support for Ukraine, but the threats have so far failed to materialize.

Nuclear policies of US, Japan are real threats to world – China Military

China Military

… nuclear threats. In fact, it is the US and Japan’s adverse developments in nuclear policies and nuclear issues that truly threaten the world and …

Israel-Gaza live updates: Netanyahu, war cabinet to again meet on response – ABC News

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Israel Defense Forces spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said Israel focused too intensely on the Iranian nuclear threat at the expense of its …

LLAW’s All Things Nuclear #602, Tuesday, (04/16/2024)

“End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity.”

LLOYD A. WILLIAMS-PENDERGRAFT

APR 16, 2024

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LLAW’s NUCLEAR ISSUES & COMMENTS, Tuesday, (04/16/2024)

A number of headlines today refer to the attacks on the Zaporizhzhia Power Plant in Ukraine that could lead to a nuclear accident. How could these intentional armed attacks on the plant and its operations be considered to be a “nuclear ACCIDENT”? This ‘accident’ conversation has been going on for several months now, and the plant has been jeopardized of meltdown possibilities several times, and yet the media continues to refer to these attacks during a horrible war as acts leading to ACCIDENTS. (This is the trouble with the mainstream media news. They don’t do research, they don’t study a given situation, and they don’t accurately report the news, all of for which causes the public to suffer from misleading, false, and meaningless reporting. If they don’t ‘know’ what is real news and what is not accurate news, they should remain silent.

This never-ending problem with today’s media is just an example of misleading, careless, and repetitious rumors and guesses that are filled with jargon and inaccurate useless reports that create the kind of disinterest and lack of concern of the everyday citizen who ought to be on high alert each and every day, but because the repetition becomes blasé, it is not worth the paper it’s printed on, and the ‘concern’ and ‘care’ factors gradually disappear.

The months of contradictory reporting about the many skirmishes and fighting over this plant — the largest in Europe — including contradictory stories about repairs and/or lack of them to incoming power lines which are a matter of ‘life and death’ for the plant’s operations and the future of several European nations, were erroneously reported from day-to-day for weeks, so that no one really knew how close to a meltdown the nuclear power plant came to releasing lethal radiation in Ukraine and neighboring countries.

And the questionable stories continue right along — never challenged — but only occasionally adjusted for better or for worse. We are told as of yesterday that the nuclear plant is in ‘cold shutdown’, but what that means could mean all kinds of future issues, both for the shutdown as well as for any future restarting effort and the consequential future safety of the European people . . .

There is far, far, too much lackadaisical media reporting from the mainstream media over the entire nuclear issues, both in war and peace, when the entire world is in such turmoil and no one knows from day-to-day what tomorrow will bring. We deserve better. ~llaw


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TODAY’S NUCLEAR WORLD’S NEWS, Tuesday,(04/16/2024)

All Things Nuclear

NEWS

All we are and all we ever will be – The Nugget Newspaper

The Nugget Newspaper

He was interviewing Annie Jacobsen about her new book “Nuclear War: A Scenario.” I suppose I could have set it aside to walk out into the morning …

What Surging AI Demand Means for Electricity Markets – Bloomberg

Bloomberg

… nuclear power plant, a Susquehanna thing? I … So everything they did, every new wind project you brought on, every … all those types of things. But I …

Nuclear Power

NEWS

Attacks on Ukraine’s nuclear plant put world at risk, IAEA warns – Euronews.com

Euronews.com

… Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine. The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said attacks against Europe’s largest nuclear …

IAEA concerned about safety of Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station – BBC Sounds – BBC

Full Coverage

Is Ukraine’s Zaphorizhzhia nuclear plant at risk of an ‘accident’? – Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera

Global powers raise alarm after latest drone attack on Russian-held nuclear facility hits reactor confinement structure.

Zaporizhzhia Power Plant in Ukraine Dangerously Close to Nuclear Accident, International …

Meetings Coverage and Press Releases – the United Nations

RAFAEL MARIANO GROSSI, Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), recalled that it has been more than two years since the war …

Nuclear Power Emergencies

NEWS

Is Europe prepared for nuclear catastrophe at Zaporizhzhia? – Euronews.com

Euronews.com

Attacks on Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine remain worrying.

Ukraine plant in danger of nuclear incident, says IAEA chief – The National

The National

… nuclear power plant, where nuclear safety is already … IAEA chief issues warning as Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant runs on emergency power.

Reactor building at Ukrainian nuclear plant hit during recent attacks – Bellona.org

Bellona.org

… Atomic Energy Agency said in Vienna, where he spoke at an emergency meeting of the agency’s 35-member Board of Governors, called by both Russia …

Nuclear War

NEWS

G7 science academies call on governments to discuss nuclear arms control at upcoming summit

Science|Business

Academic bodies say disarmament and understanding the risks of nuclear war are now top global scientific priorities, alongside issues such as …

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Putin could deploy tactical nuclear weapons within next decade | Tobias Ellwood v Operator Starsky

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The treaties have lapsed, and another nuclear arms race has been developing under noses.” Arms treaties which prevented nuclear war “for seven …

Iran and Israel’s shadow war has lasted years: Key moments before the attack

Washington Post

… nuclear weapons capability. The United States has provided Israel with more military aid than any other country since World War II — now amounting …

Nuclear War Threats

NEWS

To destroy Iran’s nuclear threat, Israel should attack its missile launch sites – Daily Mail

Daily Mail

To destroy Iran’s nuclear threat, Israel should attack its missile launch sites … threats our nation faces · ROBERT HARDMAN: Two weeks in and …

G7 science academies call on governments to discuss nuclear arms control at upcoming summit

Science|Business

“New threats have been made to use tactical nuclear … nuclear war. While the threat to … The extent to which a nuclear war would also cause a nuclear …

Space Experts Debate How To De-Escalate Russian Threats Of Orbital War – Forbes

Forbes

The threat has become even more ominous since American intelligence leaders briefed Congress in February that the Kremlin is developing nuclear …

LLAW’s All Things Nuclear #601, Monday, (04/15/2024)

“End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity.”

LLOYD A. WILLIAMS-PENDERGRAFT

APR 16, 2024

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LLAW’s NUCLEAR ISSUES & COMMENTS, Monday, (04/15/2024)

We, and the general run-of-the-mill media is not learning what nuclear war means and how it is fought from the main-stream media. I suppose it is natural to think of war in the old-time military vs. military with little impact on civilians. But that’s not the way nuclear war among nations will work. In fact, concentration of military might will be to destroy both military facilities and civilian-filled cities without favoritism or discrimination.

Nuclear attacks will be similar to how the U.S. ended WWII by annihilating two Japanese cities with just two atomic bombs, killing somewhere around a quarter of a million ordinary citizens. And yet there is a huge difference in nuclear war today than there was then, and that is the bombs are far more powerful and therefore far more destructive, than those two, crudely named “Little Boy” on Hiroshima and “Fat Man” on Nagasaki in August of 1945. A single nuclear bomb today would be capable of destroying the entire city of Washington, D.C., including life. Much loss of life would be instant, and some miserably painful and lingering.

You only need to read the Prologue to Annie Jacobsen’s new book to learn at least that much, but everyone should read and understand the entire work to grasp the devastating reality of what WWIII would be like. Her book is titled “Nuclear War A Scenario”. It allows the general public to quickly and clearly understand what nuclear war is and that it takes no prisoners.

And I will add that there are also many media news outlets that fail to fully understand how nuclear war works, and offer ‘street guides’ to safer places. Nuclear war doesn’t care where you are, and your fate will not necessarily be based on whether you reside next to a military base or elsewhere. Just the fallout from a nuclear war will eventually find you and add you to the death toll. You can’t hide, you can’t run, and you simply can’t escape an all out WWIII nuclear war, and that is likely, if there is a war at all, what will come down upon us if not now, sometime in the not-too-distant future. It must be stopped before it happens.~llaw


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TODAY’S NUCLEAR WORLD’S NEWS, Monday,(04/15/2024)

All Things Nuclear

NEWS

Opinion | China’s Nuclear Ambitions Have Changed the World – The New York Times

The New York Times

“But as we look forward into … the increasing U.S. national interest in engaging China in all things nuclear, we’re going to have to cross the …

19 Burning Questions About Drake, Kendrick Lamar, and Rap’s Civil War – The Ringer

The Ringer

Is this all a lose-lose for Drake? Quite possibly! While “Push Ups” wasn’t exactly nuclear, it was still effective—and easily the best song to come …

IAEA welcomes cold shutdown of all Zaporizhzhia nuclear units – Power Technology

Power Technology

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Nuclear Power

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Work under way for first Westinghouse AP1000 in Ukraine – World Nuclear News

World Nuclear News

Energoatom and Westinghouse’s CEOs, Ukraine’s Minister of Energy and the US ambassador have gathered at an event to mark the start of the project …

IAEA Conference on Enhancing the Operational Safety of Nuclear Power Plants Starts in China

International Atomic Energy Agency

The conference is being organized by the IAEA and hosted by the China Nuclear Energy Association and China’s Atomic Energy Authority. The conference …

Russia planning to restart Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

Power Technology

Russian President Vladimir Putin intends to restart Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP), the Wall Street Journal has reported.

Nuclear Power Emergencies

NEWS

Tepco Flagship Nuclear Plant to Load First Fuel Since Fukushima – Bloomberg.com

Bloomberg.com

Tokyo Electric Power Co. will load fuel at the idled Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear plant, the world’s biggest, for the first time since curbs …

Russia planning to restart Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

Power Technology

The IAEA convened an emergency meeting in Vienna on 11 April 2024, prompted by Ukraine and Russia, following drone attacks on the ZNPP. Grossi …

NEA Specialist Workshop on Advanced Measurement Method and Instrumentation for …

Nuclear Energy Agency

… Nuclear Power Plant addressing Emergency, Stabilisation and Long-term Recovery Phases (SAMMI-2020) was held online from 7 to 9 December 2020 and …

Nuclear War

NEWS

These US cities may be targets in nuclear war, declassified document sets alarm bell ringing

The Economic Times

Which US cities may be targeted in a nuclear war? States like Montana and North Dakota with numerous nuclear weapons and launch facilities could be …

Bombs and viruses: The shadowy history of Israel’s attacks on Iranian soil – Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera

From cyberattacks and assassinations to drone strikes, Israel-linked plots have targeted Iran for years.

Retaliation Against Iranian Nuclear Sites Would Be Counterproductive | Arms Control Association

Arms Control Association

Furthermore, a large-scale attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities is more likely to push Tehran to decide that developing nuclear weapons is necessary to …

Nuclear War Threats

NEWS

Iran Nuclear Monitors Still Operating Amid Israel Retaliation Threats – Bloomberg

Bloomberg

The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog is still conducting activities in Iran amid Israeli threats of retaliation following Saturday’s unprecedented …

Iran wants to bully the world and get a nuclear bomb. We must resist – The Telegraph

The Telegraph

Iranian aggression is not limited to the Hamas attack, but the threat to Israel from Hezbollah, its destabilisation of Lebanon, its role in the …

Jesse Kline: Israel, U.S. should seize opportunity to destroy Iran’s nuclear program

National Post

Despite the fact that Saturday night’s offensive constituted a clear act of war, and that Tehran has subsequently made direct threats against …

Yellowstone Caldera

NEWS

Monument Geyser Basin: a unique vapor-dominated thermal area in Yellowstone National Park

USGS.gov

About 631,000 years ago, a massive eruption formed what today is known as Yellowstone Caldera. New deposits, discovered within the caldera, are…

LLAW’s All Things Nuclear #600, Sunday, (04/14/2024)

“End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity.”

LLOYD A. WILLIAMS-PENDERGRAFT

APR 15, 2024

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LLAW’s NUCLEAR ISSUES & COMMENTS, Sunday, (04/14/2024)

So now we can add Iran/Israel to our world-wide war scenarios. Will one or both, in desperation, turn to nuclear weapons against one another? The U.S. has stated that they will not intervene. See “Reuters” story in nuclear news media below.

And here is what “agreements” means to today’s world of dishonorable countries: Nothing. . . 4 Nations Gave-Up Their ‘Nuclear Weapons’ For Global Peace; One Was Left ‘Betrayed’ By US, UK & Russia See “EurAsian Times” story in nuclear news media below.

Perhaps the “Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists” and their Doomsday Clock has it about right? I cannot help but wonder each passing day how long humanity will live to see another day . . . ~llaw


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  2. Nuclear Power
  3. Nuclear Power Emergencies
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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,(04/14/2024)

All Things Nuclear

NEWS

IAEA chief welcomes cold shutdown of all Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant reactor units

AOL.com

Nuclear makes up about 30% of the utility’s power supply in the Upper Midwest. Xcel wants to extend the life of its two units at Prairie Island so …

Iranian commandos seize an Israeli-linked container ship near Strait of … – Nevada Public Radio

Nevada Public Radio

All Things · Culture · Food and Drink · The Guide … nuclear program. Since November, Iran had … However, Iran in the past largely has avoided directly …

Nuclear Power

NEWS

Russia Planning ‘False Flag’ Operation at Nuclear Power Plant: Kyiv – Newsweek

Newsweek

The Zaporizhzhia power plant is Europe’s largest nuclear facility and has been under Russian control since the early days of the Ukraine war.

Are we getting more serious about nuclear energy? – NWI Times

NWI Times

Nuclear power provides 20% of all electricity in the United States. It accounts for more than half the nation’s carbon-free energy. The public is …

IAEA chief welcomes cold shutdown of all Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant reactor units | Reuters

Reuters

Safety at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine remains precarious but the shift to a cold shutdown of all six reactor …

Nuclear Power Emergencies

NEWS

IAEA chief welcomes cold shutdown of all Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant reactor units

Yahoo News UK

Both countries requested an emergency meeting of the IAEA’s Board soon after Sunday’s attack. (Reporting by Elaine Monaghan in Washington; Editing by …

The occupiers announced a complete shutdown of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant

ТСН

This confirms the absence of any anomalies or emergency situations. Currently, all six units of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant are in a …

Nuclear War

NEWS

Iran and Israel’s open warfare after decades of shadow war – Reuters

Reuters

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed his country would achieve victory after the military said it shot down almost all of the more than …

Israel under attack by Iran as Mideast enters perilous new phase – The Japan Times

The Japan Times

Iran launched attack drones and missiles against Israel in apparent retaliation for a strike in Syria that killed top Iranian military officers, …

Biden officials worry that Israeli response to Iran’s attack may trigger wider war – NBC News

NBC News

Some top U.S. officials are worried that Israel may respond hastily to Iran’s unprecedented drone and missile attacks and provoke a wider regional …

Nuclear War Threats

NEWS

4 Nations Gave-Up Their ‘Nuclear Weapons’ For Global Peace; One Was Left ‘Betrayed’ By …

EurAsian Times

The dangers of a nuclear war returned with the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Since Russia launched its “special military operations” against …

Experts react: Iran just unleashed a major attack on Israel. What’s next? – Atlantic Council

Atlantic Council

Iran’s unprecedented attack may not lead to a regional war. Following the threats … attack drones as part of this attack. … nuclear installations.

Israel warns of ‘consequences’ in terrifying World War 3 threat after Iran attack

Daily Express

vladimir putin russia nuclear missile ukraine war latest. Vladimir Putin’s chilling threat to the West after ‘nuclear‘ missile test turns sky white.

LAW’s All Things Nuclear #599, Saturday, (04/13/2024)

“End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity.”

LLOYD A. WILLIAMS-PENDERGRAFT

APR 14, 2024

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LLAW’s NUCLEAR ISSUES & COMMENTS, Saturday, (04/13/2024)

Every new day I have to wonder how much longer this unnatural world of insanity and lies that we see, read, and discuss every day here and elsewhere can continue on in this same vein without some kind of change or resolution or at least something besides the never-ending of the daily duplication and doublespeak effort of the media’s rewriting the immanent “threats” of war and the virtuous “resurgence” of nuclear power.

Some days I feel like I can spend just a few minutes summarizing both subjects so that there is no need to post the “best of all” nuclear news, whether it be of threats of impending nuclear war or, on the other hand, the nuclear power industry saving the world from global warming and climate change by by reducing fossil fuel contamination to something called “Net Zero” by increasing our dependence on nuclear power, which may be the most misunderstood term in the history of the world. Not to mention that ‘net zero’ is an outright lie, intentionally offered to us as a pacifier to us concerned citizens to replace thumb-sucking.

Either way, both issues will kill us rather than save us from our ultimate fate, which is the coming 6th Extinction, the 1st one for mankind and also the only one made by mankind because, fortunately, we weren’t around for the 1st five. And it is a shame that we will take most all other living things on Mother Earth right along with us.

Tomorrow will be my 600th consecutive day of letting y’all know that ‘all is not well’ with humanity these days and that ‘All Things Nuclear’ will be the end of us if we don’t change our ways. As Albert Einstein so clearly told us, not so long ago, that we must do away with nuclear energy and the only way to do that is to unite the human world in peace. It is clear to me, given the present raging turmoil on planet Earth that is only growing like a huge inoperable cancer on this once-beautiful planet — similar to the kind that I was once personally privy to, but somehow survived — with no cure for Her or us or them anywhere in sight because the cure, called “World Peace”, does not exist. But Einstein and others knew, not so long ago, as I just said, that the only recovery from the cancerous disease of ‘all things nuclear’ was and still is, “World Peace”. Perhaps some unknown ‘force’ or ‘emancipator’ will step up and save us from ourselves . . . ? (But don’t count on it . . .)

So it is that I will continue to Post the media on ‘All Things Nuclear” news (such as it is, but will turn to more and more ‘fiction’ of my own kind rather than the fiction of the world’s powers-that-be and the mimicking media that is primarily a ‘fiction’ of their own kind beating the ‘nuclear’ war and/or energy drums in unison. Perhaps my own version of fiction wil be better and more educational than theirs. ~llaw


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

There are 6 categories, including 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, as do ‘all things nuclear’ for you to pick from, usually with up to 3 links in each category about 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 in tonight’s Post.)

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,(04/13/2024)

All Things Nuclear

NEWS

How Iran and Israel became archenemies | NPR Illinois

NPR Illinois

All Things Considered. Next Up: 6:30 PM … Iran’s nuclear program is a main target. Iran’s nuclear … nuclear facilities. Nuclear scientists were also …

How Iran and Israel became archenemies – Little Rock Public Radio

Little Rock Public Radio

All Things Considered. Next Up: 6:30 PM Marketplace. 0:00. 0:00. All Things … Iran’s nuclear program is a main target. Iran’s nuclear program — which …

Butte Nuclear Power Plant reports are unfounded, regulators say – Ravalli Republic

Ravalli Republic

… all things nuclear in the United States. People are also reading… Corvallis man facing 10 felonies after neighborhood dispute results in shots …

Nuclear Power

NEWS

Putin Told IAEA Russia Plans to Restart Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant – WSJ

The Wall Street Journal

But in recent months, the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna received technical reports, written by a small team of inspectors it has posted …

Ukraine: Briefing on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant – Security Council Report

Security Council Report

… nuclear power plant. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi is the anticipated briefer. Ukraine is …

Michigan’s bipartisan support for nuclear power – WDET 101.9 FM

WDET 101.9 FM

State Rep. Graham Filler joins “MichMash” to discuss the bipartisan support in the Legislature for reopening Michigan’s Palisades nuclear plant.

Nuclear Power Emergencies

NEWS

Putin Aims to Restart Seized Ukrainian Nuclear Plant, WSJ Says – Bloomberg.com

Bloomberg.com

… plant that provided about a fifth of Ukraine’s electricity before 2022. Read more: Ukraine NuclearPlant Attacks Prompt Emergency Watchdog Meeting.

Local agencies participate in 3-day nuclear emergency exercise | News | nbcrightnow.com

NBC Right Now

The station is the only commercial nuclear energy facility in the northwest and the third largest generator of electricity in Washington. Agencies …

Texas Warns of Possible Power Emergency Next Week – BNN Bloomberg

BNN Bloomberg

(Bloomberg) — The main Texas grid operator warned of a possible power emergency next week as rising temperatures are anticipated to boost demand, …

Nuclear War

NEW

Iran-Israel Nuclear War? Who Will Cross ‘Red Line’ 1st? Embassy Attack To Backfire … – YouTube

YouTube

Israel is preparing for a direct attack from Iran in the next 24 hours. Military strikes between Israel and Iran, including nuclear ones, …

The experts’ step-by-step guide to surviving a nuclear attack: How to stop your skin melting …

Daily Mail

You can’t outrun a nuclear bomb. As Peter Donaldson warned in his message on behalf of the BBC in the event of a nuclear attack: ‘Remember, …

Russian Expert Claims Putin Will Target European Cities with Nuclear Weapons – News18

News18

Nuclear war is now inevitable and Vladimir Putin will kill 250 million people in Europe. That is the terrifying claim a professor made to the …

Nuclear War Threats

NEWS

US intel said to indicate Iran could strike ‘Israeli soil’ in next 24 to 48 hours

The Times of Israel

Israel has been on high alert amid multiple threats and intelligence assessments that Iran would launch a strike on Israeli targets in a bid to avenge …

Defending Military Aid to Ukraine, Western Countries in Security Council Reject Russian …

Meetings Coverage and Press Releases – the United Nations

… war in Iraq. Western assistance in weapons … war aid has ended Ukrainian democracy, divided … nuclear threats, let alone any use of nuclear weapons.

Impending War with Iran: Israel’s Lawful Opportunity to Prevent Iranian Nuclear Weapons

Modern Diplomacy

threatened “retaliation” from Iran for Israel’s recent self-defense killing of a senior Iranian commander in Damascus could spark an active war …