LLAW’s All Things Nuclear #615, Monday, (04/29/2024)

“End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity.”

LLOYD A. WILLIAMS-PENDERGRAFT

APR 29, 2024

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Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, south of Los Osos, Calif. (AP Photo/Michael A. Mariant, File)AP2008

LLAW’s NUCLEAR ISSUES & COMMENTS, Monday, (04/29/2024)

Referring to the Forbes article below (written by a contributor), how hard is it to talk out of both sides of your mouth at the same time? Well, I guess if all you care about is “money” (the author is an economist), it seems to be pretty easy; all you need to do is take a deep breath between comments in order to contradict yourself.

This is the same nuclear power plant (the last commercial plant on the Pacific coast) owned by the same company (PG&E) that I have railed against for years and Californian’s know exactly why. But for this article to say that providing a ‘reprieve’ to the scheduled shut-down in 2025 and that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is “dysfunctional” with “outdated attitudes” are beyond the pale of simple ignorance. Old age of nuclear power plants being decommissioned at their specified retirement dates is not because of ‘economics’, but because of ‘safety’. The Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant has already experienced radiation leakage from cracks in its reactors. Allowing it to operate beyond its ‘retirement’ date is inviting far more trouble than even PG&E has experienced in its hideously and terribly destructive irresponsible past. ~llaw

California’s Diablo Canyon Plant Shows Nuclear Power’s Aging Problem

James Broughel

Contributor

I am an economist focused on the economics of regulation.

Apr 29, 2024,12:15am EDT

California’s Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant has had a tumultuous history. The plant’s two reactors came online in 1985 and 1987, following more than a decade of protests and legal battles. More recently, despite consistently providing about 9% of California’s electricity, the plant was scheduled to close its two reactors in 2024 and 2025. But in 2022, California lawmakers passed legislation enabling Diablo Canyon to remain open until 2030, and state and federal regulators recently approved the extension.

Diablo Canyon’s reprieve is a rare bright spot for U.S. nuclear power, which has struggled in recent decades. The U.S. fleet is aging fast—the average reactor is about 40 years old. Several plants have closed prematurely in recent years due to economic pressures, and more are slated to shut down.

While keeping Diablo Canyon open a bit longer makes sense from a reliability and emissions perspective, the plant’s history reveals deeper challenges facing the industry. These challenges help explain why the U.S. nuclear fleet increasingly resembles a gerontocracy—rule by the old—rather than a thriving, innovative sector.

Building new nuclear plants is extraordinarily difficult and costly in the U.S., thanks in large part to a dysfunctional regulatory approach to radiation risks. Regulators rely on models that assume any radiation exposure increases cancer risks, even at very low doses. This drives extremely strict exposure limits and safety requirements.

However, evidence is mounting that low-dose radiation is less harmful than commonly assumed, and may even have some health benefits by stimulating cellular repair mechanisms. Yet outdated attitudes remain entrenched among regulators, based more on unscientific precaution than objective risk assessment.

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TODAY’S NUCLEAR WORLD’S NEWS, Monday, (04/29/2024)

All Things Nuclear

NEWS

‘Holy S–t, What if Deterrence Fails?’ – POLITICO

Politico

Jacobsen: Part of the terrifying truth about nuclear war, or if a nuclear … nuclear weapons that were the enemies of us all. … It’s not about …

A second new nuclear reactor is completed Georgia. The carbon-free power comes at a high price

Spectrum News

Things to Do · Community Calendar · Submit an … nuclear reactors built from scratch in the United States in decades. … All rights reserved. This …

Scientists Fused Two Methods to Contain Nuclear Plasma – Popular Mechanics

Popular Mechanics

She’s also an enthusiast of just about everything. Her favorite topics include nuclear energy, cosmology, math of everyday things, and the philosophy …

Nuclear Power

NEWS

New Vogtle nuclear reactor now online, completing expansion

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The second new nuclear unit at Plant Vogtle has entered commercial service, Georgia Power announced Monday, marking the end of the expansion of …

California’s Diablo Canyon Plant Shows Nuclear Power’s Aging Problem – Forbes

Forbes

The Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant’s challenges help explain why the U.S. nuclear fleet increasingly resembles a gerontocracy.

A second new nuclear reactor is completed Georgia. The carbon-free power comes at a … – Yahoo

Yahoo

FILE – Georgia Power Co.’s Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant is shown, Jan. 20, 2023, in Waynesboro, Ga. Georgia Power announced on Monday, April …

Nuclear Power Emergencies

NEWS

Belarus concerned over safety of Ignalina NPP

BelTA – News from Belarus

… Emergencies Ministry (Gosatomnadzor) Dmitry … The dismantling of the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant has delayed noticeably. … Lukashenko sees withdrawal …

The enemy attacked an energy facility in the east, Poland received emergency assistance …

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Ministry of Energy of Ukraine · zaporizhzhya-nuclear–power-plant Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant · Ukraine · Moldova · kryvyi-rih Kryvyi …

Video. State of emergency in Oklahoma as tornadoes kill at least four | Euronews

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WATCH: Protesters in Taiwan demand closure of nuclear power plants · Latest news bulletin | April 29th – Midday Now playing Next. Latest news …

Nuclear War

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‘Holy S–t, What if Deterrence Fails?’ – POLITICO

Politico

Nuclear war would be bad. Everyone knows this. Most people would probably rather not think through the specifics. But Annie Jacobsen, an author of …

France’s nuclear weapons should be part of European defence debate, Macron says

Reuters

Russia’s war in Ukraine boosts EU case for further expansion, chairman says. 13 hours ago. Ukraine’s President Zelenskiy, Moldova’s President Sandu …

Nuclear Threat Issued to US by Russian State TV – Newsweek

Newsweek

Kiselyov said Russia will respond if members of the NATO military alliance deploy their troops to Ukraine amid the ongoing war, which began when …

Nuclear War Threats

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Nuclear Threat Issued to US by Russian State TV – Newsweek

Newsweek

A Russian state TV host and Kremlin propagandist has issued the latest nuclear threat against the U.S. over the ongoing war in Ukraine, …

Dangers Of Nuclear Weapons And Urgent Need For Disarmament – OpEd – Eurasia Review

Eurasia Review

The possession of nuclear weapons poses a significant threat to global security. All nations must be prohibited from owning these highly destructive …

Why China, Russia are moving closer to Iran – The Herald

The Herald – Breaking news.

… nuclear attack. “Above all, Iran must face a credible nuclear threat,” said Netanyahu. This nuclear threat that the Israeli authorities later …

“End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity.”

LLOYD A. WILLIAMS-PENDERGRAFT

APR 28, 2024

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There are several better-than-usual good media stories in the “LLAW’S ALL THINGS NUCLEAR” RELATED MEDIA, so please take the time to review the categorized links. There are no news stories in the ‘Nuclear Power Emergencies’ category. Following is a draft of Chapter 3 of the fictional novel I am writing that will soon begin expanding into the root of the story — that nuclear power is virtually as dangerous to human and other life as nuclear war. ~llaw

El Nuclear Diablo

(Chapter 3)

(A novel by Lloyd Albert Williams-Pendergraft)

(Review of Chapter 2 (Unedited Draft)

Albert Williams is questioned about his nuclear lab and his operation at the Pathfinder ranch in Wyoming on the flight from Vancouver Island to San Francisco by the two military generals where he selects two of his best employees at his Stanford lab employees to accompany himself and the small military group to Casper, Wyoming, where they will abandon their military Boeing 737, turning it over to two newly assigned military pilots, and transfer to a Gulfstream jet owned by Albert Williams where the plane and Williams’ personal pilots will be waiting in a hangar at the secured municipal airport there.)

Chapter 3 (unedited draft)

Shortly after we are in the air heading due east, Sabrisse sits down in the seat next to me. She smiles at me, her pretty face filled with warmth and her dark eyes reflect her sparkling spirit. She wants to begin her biographical sketch of me on a more personal level than the prior information she has scraped up online about me.

“Where were you born?”, she asks. “I already know when, so you don’t need to mention the date.” Her smile widens a little, showing her even white teeth for an instant, then looks down at her pen and notebook.

“I was born in Wheatland, Wyoming, not too far from where we are going,” I respond. “But I grew up living in some 16 communities in just Wyoming, and my father was moved to Tensleep, Wyoming, before I ever knew there were towns on planet Earth. He was a game warden and game wardens were relocated every three or four years to different communities in the state so that friendships with the residents never got too close.”

“Wow,” she says. “So how did you end up becoming educated the way you were, and ending up being a nuclear scientist owning a nuclear testing lab instead of becoming a Wyoming cowboy?” She looked into my eyes with a wide smile.

“Well, it so happened that I was good in math and science when I started high school in a town called Sheridan in northern Wyoming. And Albert Einstein was my idol, and I kind of followed him and another genius named Tesla. Eventually I got a baseball scholarship to Stanford and never left the western part of the country and became seriously interested in the work of the Livermore Labs and their experiments in nuclear fusion, although I never worked for or with the man, but met him in a few of our travels here and there a few times. Instead, I went my own way, providing engineering, construction, instrumentation, and equipment for refining various grades and applications for nuclear fuel until I was able to buy up the Pathfinder Ranch as a place where I could live every part of my professional and recreational life back in Wyoming and live a wild and free life and still do my uranium thing, which was, as I just said, providing ways, means, and methods to convert uranium into nuclear fuel for nuclear reactors as well as, I’m sorry to say these days, nuclear weapons.”

Sabrisse nodded, no doubt mentally acknowledging some of what she already knew about me. “But you’ve still spent most of your life living in Wyoming. . .” she said, more of a statement than a question.

“I still spent, or did up until now, much of my time at my place near Stanford – mostly educating newcomers and experimenting with various kinds of nuclear reactors and their reactions, especially as controlling the stuff’s operational heat functions and its waste products and safety issues relative to humans and other life. I reckon that’s why I’m on this airplane right now.”

“I think I get that,” Sabrisse said, her voice soft—little more than a murmur. “If it’s okay with you, I’d like to visit for a while with the two employees you brought along. And then I’ll have a few more questions for you.”

“Sure,” I said as she got up and stepped into the aisle already on her way back to the two young employees I’d selected to join us on this mission, which was turning out to be somewhat different than I’d originally thought. Something had changed that I didn’t know about. In less than a minute, Marcus Aurilio slid into the seat Sabrisse had just vacated.

“Okay, Albert,” he said, “let me give you a few more surprises about this change of plans for you. I’m sure you are curious. But first I want to tell you what is going on at the moment. This airplane is on the way to Casper, where we will land at the closed Natrona County airport where two military pilots will turn this airplane around and depart immediately on their way back to Juneau where we originally headed because that’s where we expected to find you and where a part of the mission will continue. The present pilots and our assembled crew will remain with us. We want to keep all expectations, except for the few who know better, just the way it was originally planned. They will arrive in Juneau days ahead of the sailboats your friends are on, but they will be informed of your whereabouts as soon as they arrive in Juneau.

“One of your two Gulf Stream private jets is waiting for us in a hanger in Casper, flown by your pilots, Mariah Windis and Davey Jones, who will fly us to your personal airport at your Pathfinder Ranch. Thus it is, that no one will know of our or your own location beyond our people and those of yours already at the ranch. Those outside this last-minute organization loop will still believe you and the rest of us will work from Juneau for reasons you will learn later. By the way Sabrisse Horvat is also a pilot with astronaut training and background.

I had broken into a cold sweat as the general had passed this information along to me. Yet I was also amazed and curious with the timing and speed that this change of plans had been arranged and managed. Of course it was all a mystery to me, and I had no idea what had precipitated this alteration, and that lack of information was part of my anxiety. “Can you tell me why this sudden change of plans happened?”, I asked.

“Not specifically, Albert, but it has to do with communications that apparently only your arrays and capability can handle for all that needs to be done . . . and it needs to remain unknown beyond those of us who need to know.”

“Well, so long as the effort, whatever it is, saves us, and life in general, from extinction, you’ll have all the support and help I have to offer.”

“That’s precisely why we’re sitting next to each other on this airplane, Albert”.

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Our flight took less than two hours to land in Casper at the deserted airport. We could see that vehicle entrances were chained off with police vehicles also blocking the main entrances to the terminal. We taxied to a nearby hangar along the tarmac, deplaning near the hangar entrance. Inside were the two replacement pilots along with Mariah and Davey who rushed to the door to greet us as we entered, but there were no introductions, handshakes, hugs, or other acknowledgements except a warm smile of greeting to me from Mariah. The military pilots, without more than a nod to the others opened the hangar airplane door and promptly made their way outside to the idling 737, climbed the stairway, and disappeared into the cockpit, obviously well aware of their assignment. In seconds the Boeing jet was on the runway positioned for takeoff. Mariah led the rest of us to the awaiting Gulfstream and we all ascended the stairway into the cabin as Marah and Davey entered the cockpit. Within minutes they had exited the hangar and taxied to the runway apron, ready to take off right behind the 737. We all watched as it accelerated down the runway into a northwest breeze. We followed a minute later, circling back to the south, on our way to the Pathfinder ranch. I felt a strange kind of elation to be on my way there, but had no idea why, simply assuming that I would soon be informed and advised.

“Wow, well that went well,” Sabrisse said, smiling as she slipped into the seat next to me. “Mariah is a beautiful woman and much younger than I thought. How long have you known her, Albert?”

“Perhaps a decade,” I said, thinking about the question. “I met her in Grand Junction, Colorado, along with Kj and her friend, Rachel, both environmental lawyers who you will be meeting when we arrive at Pathfinder.  She has been my pilot and companion for at least that long, maybe longer. We’ve been all over the world together, and Davey has been with us for several years also.”

“I know you have a large team of experts in many environmental and nuclear related fields, plus your humanitarian and communications operations, both in California and Wyoming, and I’m sure I’ll get to know more about them all very soon.”

“Our metal will be more than tested now, Sabrisse, that’s for sure, but we have long expected this day would come, but had hoped it wouldn’t. The first thing we have to get done is to deal with finding a massive and effective way to stop radiation from descending upon us. The process is sometimes called radiological environmental remediation. We have some knowledge and ideas that of course we’ve never had a chance to test more than on a small scale and here we are faced with at least a huge local one here in the United States and surrounds that’s the real thing. This Diablo Canyon accident, if that’s what it was, should never have happened had we never used this stuff to try to make us warm and comfortable in the first place. But, still, there may be a way to isolate the major spread of radiation from the west coast across the country, southern Canada and northern Mexico. It has to do with air contamination prevention. But our theories have never been adequately tested, as I just said.”

“Have you really been to the moon?”, Sabrisse asked bluntly, matter of factly.

“I have,” I said, but I can’t talk about it. You will learn a lot very quickly in the next few days. All I can say is that I am thankful our government, which is, of necessity, now of absolute military rather than political control has put their faith in what I know, and how our staff may be able to help save millions upon millions of lives over the very near future. Moving this task to Pathfinder in conjunction with the effort in Juneau will give us a better chance of making it happen.”

Of course, I knew she was just doing her part-time job, and I recognized that she was very good at it.

In less than twenty minutes we would be landing at Pathfinder. Both military generals had cell phones pressed to their faces and ears, probably reporting to the Secretary of Defense in Washington, D.C., who would already be, effectively, in charge of the country, but in a civilian role. That leadership role is to save human lives to the best of our ability. It has nothing to do with war, but everything to do with immediate control, not only of people and the way we live and behave, but of the prevailing environment including atmosphere, temperature, wind, weather anomalies, and the flow and weight of radiation fallout.

End of Chapter 3 (unedited draft)

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TODAY’S NUCLEAR WORLD’S NEWS, Sunday, (04/28/2024)

All Things Nuclear

NEWS

Everything you need to know about nuclear reactor – The Universe Space Tech

The Universe Space Tech

The scariest monster in the world is a nuclear reactor. It could explode and then we’d all die. But if you figure out its design…

Poland ready to host nuclear weapons, but no decision yet: Duda | CTV News

CTV News

The United States, the United Kingdom, and France are all nuclear … about strengthening the security of Europe.” When asked whether that is any …

Iran’s Attack on Israel Has Deepened Concerns About Its Nuclear Program – WSJ

The Wall Street Journal

, a key figure in Iran’s past nuclear work, said Iran has crossed “all the thresholds of nuclear science and technology,” comments later echoed by …

Nuclear Power

NEWS

Global Times: CNNC provides nuclear energy solutions for global energy transition

MarketWatch

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, April 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — “Currently, the world economy is gradually recovering and the energy industry is …

Zelenskyy warns of Russian nuclear risks on Chernobyl anniversary – Euronews.com

Euronews.com

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned on Friday that the safety of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant Zaporizhzhia is threatened by …

Everything you need to know about nuclear reactor – The Universe Space Tech

The Universe Space Tech

Nuclear reactor is a device designed to extract energy from a nuclear decay reaction. Its action is based on the ability of the nuclei of some heavy …

Nuclear War

NEW

U.S. Starts Work On ‘Doomsday’ Plane That Can Withstand Nuclear Attack – YouTube

YouTube

The US military has begun working on its new ‘doomsday plane’. The US Air Force on April 26 awarded a $13 billion contract to Sierra Nevada Corp …

US vs China, Israel vs Iran, India vs Pakistan: Asia plays with fire as nuclear war safety net frays

South China Morning Post

From the Korean peninsula to the Middle East, a string of nuclear flashpoints has emerged with the unravelling of the global post-Cold War detente …

Macron wants to open ‘debate’ on European nuclear deterrent – POLITICO.eu

POLITICO.eu

“Massive missile attack” struck infrastructure that ensures security of deliveries to the EU, Ukrainian president says. 3 HRS ago 2 mins read. In this …

Nuclear War Threats

NEW

Putin using nukes ‘cannot be ruled out’ as West warned of ‘extremely painful’ attack | World

Daily Express

On Putin’s repeated threats to fire nuclear weapons, he said: “Nuclear warfare, even limited nuclear warfare … threaten NATO’ as Putin looks to ‘ …

Russia and Poland trade threats of wider war that could turn nuclear – YouTube – YouTube

Full Coverage

Macron wants to open ‘debate’ on European nuclear deterrent – POLITICO.eu

POLITICO.eu

France, which has about 300 nuclear warheads, is the only nuclear … Nuclear power Nuclear weapons Security War in Ukraine Weapons … Ukraine FM shows …

There is no evidence that Putin is preparing to use nuclear weapons – Sikorski

censor.net

… nuclear war, and if the United States sends troops to Ukraine, it will be seen as a significant escalation of the war. Putin · Sikorski · nuclear …

Yellowstone Caldera

NEWS

Beehive Geyser Eruption (BONUS – Sounds of Yellowstone) – YouTube

YouTube

Comments29 · The 1964 Tsunami in Valdez, Alaska · Top 5 Updates of 2023 — Yellowstone Volcano Update for January 2024 · Kīlauea Collapse and Refilling – …

“End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity.”

LLOYD A. WILLIAMS-PENDERGRAFT

APR 27, 2024

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LLAW’s NUCLEAR ISSUES & COMMENTS, Saturday, (04/27/2024)

A huge lesson could and should be learned by the rest of us from Germany’s decision to do away with nuclear energy entirely. The graph in the abbreviated story below tells it all. Of course our major problem is weaning ourselves from carbon-based fossil fuels because of corporate greed and the associated cost of doing away with long-ago amortized and paid for buildings, facilities, equipment and the related infrastructure of drilling and mining.

It has nothing to do do with our need for anything related to nuclear power, its unnecessary growth, nor its tiny affect on CO2’s global warming and climate change. America, you are being lied to by our government and the propaganda of the industry which should have long ago been dead and buried. ~llaw

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Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal—and why it won’t go back

The past year has seen record renewable power production nationwide.

TREVELYAN WING, THE CONVERSATION – 4/27/2024, 4:27 AM

Nuclear remains unpopular

National polls underscore the Teutonic aversion to nuclear. Even in 2022, at the height of the recent energy crisis, a survey found that 52 percent opposed constructing new reactors, though 78 percent supported a temporary extension of existing plants until summer 2023. The three-way Social Democratic-Green-Liberal coalition government ultimately compromised on mid-April 2023.

Today, 51.6 percent of Germans believe this was premature. However, a further deferral was deemed politically unfeasible given the trenchant anti-nuclearism of the Greens and sizeable cross sections of the population.

Despite some public protestations to the contrary (the main opposition CDU party declared in January that Germany “cannot do without the nuclear power option at present”), in private, few political leaders think the country will, or even realistically can, reverse course.

As an industry insider told me, talk of reintroducing nuclear to Germany is “delusional” because investors were “burnt … too many times” in the past and now “would rather put their money into safer investments.” Moreover, “it would take decades to build new [nuclear] power stations” and electricity is no longer the sector of concern, given the rapid buildout of renewables, with attention having shifted to heating and transport.

Clean Energy Wire, CC BY-SA

Predictions that the nuclear exit would leave Germany forced to use more coal and facing rising prices and supply problems, meanwhile, have not transpired. In March 2023—the month before the phaseout—the distribution of German electricity generation was 53 percent renewable, 25 percent coal, 17 percent gas, and 5 percent nuclear. In March 2024, it was 60 percent renewable, 24 percent coal, and 16 percent gas.

Overall, the past year has seen record renewable power production nationwide, a 60-year low in coal use, sizeable emissions cuts, and decreasing energy prices.

The country’s energy sector, it seems, has already moved on. In the words of one industry observer: “Once you switch off these nuclear power stations, they’re out.” And there’s no easy way back.

For better or worse, this technology—in its present form at least—is dead in the water here. For many Germans, it will not be missed.

Trevelyan Wing, Fellow of the Cambridge Centre for Geopolitics and Centre Researcher at the Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance (CEENRG), University of Cambridge. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.

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TODAY’S NUCLEAR WORLD’S NEWS, Saturday, (04/27/2024)

All Things Nuclear

NEWS

YouTube

… All Things New York Sports. #SNY #nfl #jets # … THINGS FIRST. First Things First New 155K views … nuclear technology comes from. David Pakman …

Final Thoughts On Kia’s EV9 – CleanTechnica

CleanTechnica

It also proved itself very capable of doing everything we wanted to be able to do in an SUV. It handled minor off-highway duty fine. It was also …

US’s power grid continues to lower emissions—everything else, not so much | Ars Technica

Ars Technica

With hydro in the rearview mirror, wind and solar are coming after coal and nuclear. US EIA. What’s happening with the power grid? Several things.

Nuclear Power

NEWS

Has Nebraska Tornado Hit Fort Calhoun Nuclear Power Plant Near Omaha? – Times Now

Times Now

The Fort Calhoun Nuclear Generating Station, a decommissioned nuclear power plant, was in the tornado’s path, but it’s unclear whether the twister …

Framatome launches expansion of Lynchburg site : Corporate – World Nuclear News

World Nuclear News

… tooling to service and maintain North America’s nuclear power plant fleet and develops solutions for advanced and small modular reactors.

Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal—and why it won’t go back | Ars Technica

Ars Technica

Nuclear remains unpopular. National polls underscore the Teutonic aversion to nuclear. Even in 2022, at the height of the recent energy crisis, a …

Nuclear Power Emergencies

NEWS

Oswego County Partnership Highlighted at National Conference

Oswego County

… nuclear power plant accident at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania. The partnership between the county’s Emergency Management Office and Health …

Nuclear War

NEWS

Russia’s Response to U.S. Aid: Shrugs, Disinformation and Warnings of Nuclear War

The Cipher Brief

For months, Russia assumed that this part of its war in Ukraine was won: the flow of billions of dollars in American military aid was ending, and …

Why the nuclear arms race is on again | Mapped Out – YouTube

YouTube

After the Cold war, the fear of nuclear annihilation seemed like a thing of the past. But hostilities between the superpowers are on the rise …

Why Iran may accelerate its nuclear program, and Israel may be tempted to attack it

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

After Israel’s attack, the Iranian regime may see the actual weaponization of its nuclear program as the only option left that can guarantee its …

Nuclear War Threats

NEWS

Risk of nuclear war may be growing | Columnists | thenewsenterprise.com

The News-Enterprise

We have lived with the existential threat of nuclear weapons for almost 80 years. To say we have become complacent would be an understatement.

Ukraine-Russia war latest: ‘Putin did not order Navalny death,’ – US report – Sky News

Sky News

… threats that such support would increase the risk of nuclear war. … threat to European security since the end of the Cold War. “As we’ve told China …

38 Years after Chernobyl: Ukraine remains vulnerable to nuclear threats – Freedom

uatv.ua

38 Years after Chernobyl: Ukraine remains vulnerable to nuclear threats … attack on Ukraine’s nuclear energy infrastructure. … For two years now, the …

Yellowstone Caldera

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Hydrothermal deposits record climate changes in Yellowstone – The Missoulian

The Missoulian

Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week’s …

“End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity.”

LLOYD A. WILLIAMS-PENDERGRAFT

APR 27, 2024

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LLAW’s NUCLEAR ISSUES & COMMENTS, Friday, (04/26/2024)

I have never watched this movie (see the Vox story below), but I see from the nuclear media news that it’s running on Amazon Prime. So, I thought I might try to find time to watch it over the weekend. How about you? It could be a break from reality, or it could add to the dank reality of dystopia lurking in our everyday lives. Either way, it should provide us with the desire to find out more about “All Things Nuclear” in our daily lives. You can learn a lot from a this nightly Post that includes 5 categories of nuclear media (see below), plus a bonus category for the ‘Yellowstone Caldera’ coverage every day of the week with occasional highlights, opinions, and comments from this Blog, posted every evening for your personal ‘all things nuclear’ education. ~llaw

Is Fallout a warning for our future? A global catastrophic risk expert weighs in. – Vox

Vox

And while Fallout is a fictional depiction of nuclear war that’s heavy on the sci-fi, nuclear warfare itself is not off the table in reality. There …

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2. Nuclear Power
3. Nuclear Power Emergencies
4. Nuclear War
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TODAY’S NUCLEAR WORLD’S NEWS, Friday, (04/25/2024)

All Things Nuclear

NEWS

Is Fallout a warning for our future? A global catastrophic risk expert weighs in. – Vox

Vox

First of all, we just don’t have that many nuclear weapons, which is a good thing. Second of all, much of the world is just not a likely target in any …

The Manchurian Candidate – POLITICO.eu

POLITICO.eu

Green Dream: For the Greens, a party founded in opposition to all things nuclear, it was an article of faith that the plants needed to be killed off, …

Senior Iranian Regime Officials Warn Of Iran’s Coming Nuclear Breakout – MEMRI

MEMRI

The Zionist enemy’s nuclear facilities are known, and we have the required information about all the targets. Our finger is on the trigger to fire …

Nuclear Power

NEWS

Financing Nuclear New Build Today – Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)

Nuclear Energy Agency

Reaching ambitious net zero carbon emission targets requires a sizeable share of nuclear energy in the electricity mix. The value of nuclear …

Exclusive: UAE planning second nuclear power plant, sources say – Reuters

Reuters

The United Arab Emirates will tender shortly for the construction of a new nuclear power plant that would double the number of the small Gulf …

Poland’s nuclear programme making good progress, says IAEA

World Nuclear News

An International Atomic Energy Agency review mission has praised steps taken to develop the necessary infrastructure for a safe and sustainable …

Nuclear Power Emergencies

NEWS

Northwest’s only nuclear plant is in WA. Are you ready for a radiation release emergency?

The Columbian

While the chances of nuclear disaster are low, the plant is legally required to prepare for such emergencies on a regular basis. Multiple agencies …

Today marks anniversary of Chornobyl disaster – Ukrinform

Ukrinform

On April 26, 1986, at 01:23, a powerful chemical explosion ripped through power unit 4 of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant, obliterating part of …

In Mykolaiv, the liquidators of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant were commemorated

НикВести

Photo: Mykolaiv City Council. On Friday, April 26, Mykolaiv commemorated the firefighters and emergency service specialists who died as a result of …

Nuclear War

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Is Fallout a warning for our future? A global catastrophic risk expert weighs in. – Vox

Vox

And while Fallout is a fictional depiction of nuclear war that’s heavy on the sci-fi, nuclear warfare itself is not off the table in reality. There …

“Apocalypse”: Lukashenko warns Russian nuclear weapons deployed in Belarus – YouTube

YouTube

Russia has transferred nuclear missiles to a foreign … war, Putin has repeatedly warned that the … nuclear conflict. For more info, please go to …

Putin Ally Warns Enemies of ‘Instant Response’ With Russian Nuclear Weapons

Newsweek

This idle talk about Putin placing them [nuclear weapons in Belarus], and Lukashenko not using them if a war starts against Belarus, is nonsense. You …

Nuclear War Threats

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Russia and Poland trade threats of wider war that could turn nuclear – iNews

iNews

Russia and Poland trade threats of wider war that could turn nuclear … “It is worth remembering this, not to increase the sense of threat in Russians …

Is Fallout a warning for our future? A global catastrophic risk expert weighs in. – Vox

Vox

… threats to civilization and develops strategies to reduce these risks. We talked about what the aftermath of a nuclear war could look like in our …

Risk of nuclear war may be growing | | hometownregister.com

HomeTown Register

… nuclear strike if Ukraine threatened to regain Crimea, according to the Times. The nuclear threat also hangs over conflicts in the Middle East …

“End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity.”

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APR 25, 2024

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LLAW’s NUCLEAR ISSUES & COMMENTS, Thursday, (04/25/2024)

The major news for today is about Russia vetoing the UN resolution to prevent use of nuclear arms in outer space. My response is, have we not already caused enough damage to our worldly environment that nuclear weapons in outer space is beyond the concept of intelligent humanity, and perhaps the meaning of the word “humanity” itself? Of course ‘all things nuclear’ should be considered ‘inhumane’.

Here are two links from today’s nuclear news:

Russia blocks UN resolution calling for prevention of nuclear weapons in space

from The National

Russia vetoes UN resolution denouncing use of nuclear weapons in space – Axios

from Axios

But, hence my Post cover image this evening, my personal favorite from today’s news is more on the satirical or light side about the creatures that might live alongside us if a few of us were to somehow survive a nuclear war . . .

Everything That Isn’t A Cockroach That Can Also Survive A Nuclear Bomb | Cracked.com

from Cracked.com

Next, anyone who cares should be advised that I am moving my bi-weekly chapter post of my in progress of drafting my new novel “El Nuclear Diablo” to Sunday evenings rather than the current schedule of Thursday. As I pointed out last night, one of the reasons is that Sundays nuclear news is generally less reading and evaluating for me, which makes Posting of this blog somewhat less time-consuming for me personally, and possibly for you, the reader who may also be in a more relaxed mood to read a bit of fiction on a Sunday rather than my story being posted in between two workdays.

So you can expect to see the next chapter of the draft version of “El Nuclear Diablo” this coming Sunday evening. The Post will remain on a bi-weekly basis. My hope is that the ‘story’ will help you understand and gain more beneficial knowledge about what ‘could happen, and how it happened’ in an actual post-nuclear world than what everyday nuclear news stories have to offer. ~llaw

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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.

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TODAY’S NUCLEAR WORLD’S NEWS, Thursday, (04/25/2024)

All Things Nuclear

NEWS

Everything That Isn’t A Cockroach That Can Also Survive A Nuclear Bomb | Cracked.com

Cracked.com

Not only that, it may not be a cockroach thing as much as an all-insects thing. Before we dive too far in, though, let’s pedant-proof this article at …

Minot AFB to receive $850 million for nuclear weapons upgrades – Air Force Times

Air Force Times

“The most impressive thing to me about the Air Force, and I’m sure it goes to all the military branches, is the diversity, the enthusiasm, the skill …

Russia blocks UN resolution calling for prevention of nuclear weapons in space

The National

Russia vetoed a UN resolution on Wednesday calling on all nations to prevent a nuclear arms race in outer space. … “And that is something every …

Nuclear Power

NEWS

Nuclear Power’s Expansion Risks Collapse on Widening Conflicts – Bloomberg Law News

Bloomberg Law News

Atomic power’s potential as a clean-energy source forestalling climate change is increasingly at risk, with new data suggesting nuclear growth …

Russia vetoes UN resolution denouncing use of nuclear weapons in space – Axios

Axios

… nuclear bombs in space with intercontinental ballistic missiles. She hypothesized that it could be a nuclear–powered anti-satellite weapon, but …

NRC Moves to Streamline Environmental Review Process for Advanced Nuclear Reactors

American Public Power Association

… efforts within Congress and the NRC to streamline the regulatory process for new and existing nuclear power plants while maintaining nuclear safety.

Nuclear Power Emergencies

NEWS

Ghana, China forge partnership for groundbreaking Nuclear Power Project – Citinewsroom

Citinewsroom

Combining both active and passive safety features, alongside enhanced emergency power capabilities, the reactor boasts comprehensive measures to …

Nuclear War

NEWS

Russia vetoes UN resolution on preventing nuclear arms race in space | PBS NewsHour

PBS

Russia dismissed the measure as politicized and said it didn’t go far enough in banning all types of weapons in space.

Russia likely to veto a UN resolution calling for prevention of nuclear arms race in space

AP News

The U.N. Security Council is set to vote on a resolution calling on all nations to prevent a dangerous nuclear arms race in outer space.

Russia Warns Attack On NATO Nuclear Sites In Poland After Warsaw’s Nod To Host Nukes | Details

YouTube

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov reportedly issued a stern warning to NATO against deploying nuclear weapons in Poland, …

Nuclear War Threats

NEWS

The nuclear threats that loom over Iran and Israel – The Washington Post

The Washington Post

The nuclear threats that loom over Iran and Israel … nuclear edge to the regional fallout from the war in Gaza. … Any attack on nuclear facilities in …

Lukashenko talks up threats to Belarus to justify ‘nuclear deterrence’ – Reuters

Reuters

Lukashenko, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has frequently talked up the dangers of an attack by NATO or Ukraine as justification for …

Russia Warns Attack On NATO Nuclear Sites In Poland After Warsaw’s Nod To Host Nukes | Details

YouTube

| Gaza War. Hindustan Times New 15K views · 9:04 · Go to channel. Threat of nuclear war in Europe | Peter Hitchens. Times Radio New 13K views · 3:10.

“End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity.”

LLOYD A. WILLIAMS-PENDERGRAFT

APR 25, 2024

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The panel session (Image: WNN)

LLAW’s NUCLEAR ISSUES & COMMENTS, Wednesday, (04/24/2024)

First, I will be moving the online creation of my in-progress novel “El Nuclear Diablo” from Thursdays to Sundays, primarily because there is less nuclear media coverage on Sundays, which allows me to spend more of the day on that project rather than reading the news and deciding what issues and commentary to feature. I will explain in more detail, and as a reminder, about the posting change, including my hope that the novel will develop more readership on a leisurely Sunday evening than on a busy Thursday facing the end of a work-week the following day. ~llaw

Second, the following post is in fairness to an understanding that at least some elements of the nuclear industry who are aware that they need to achieve what they profess to believe they can do. I can unequivocally state, though, that, in my opinion, based on my knowledge of the industry, they are hoping against hope and like the other non-renewable power and the dreaded CO2 producing industries at the fossil fuel level, they will never come close to achieving the standards and goals they have set, and in fact will never uphold those standards because they already know they are unachievable. ~llaw

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Industry needs to translate nuclear ambitions into reality, panel says

24 April 2024

The industry must seize the opportunities arising from a global change in the perception of nuclear energy, a panel session agreed during a side event at the World Energy Congress 2024. However, wide-scale collaboration is needed to ensure the industry can meet the expected growth in demand for nuclear power technology.

The sessions – Alliance for nuclear: Accelerating to reach net-zero by 2050 – was organised by EDF and World Energy Council France on the sidelines of the World Energy Congress, being held in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

“We are seeing a very important sea-change in the way nuclear energy is being perceived at a global level,” said World Nuclear Association Director General Sama Bilbao y León. “Countries that perhaps a few years ago were not considering nuclear energy, they definitely are taking a second look at it. Why? Well, firstly, because many of these countries actually got their calculators out and realised that there’s just simply no other way to meet their Paris Agreement goals in a way that is cost-effective and, very importantly, equitable. So that’s put nuclear energy back on the map and, of course, issues such as energy security and energy independence are also very important.”

She added that “in many countries, the average person has become very pragmatic” and recognises “nuclear as an opportunity to have abundant, affordable, 24/7 energy. So, we’ve seen this in many countries in Europe, in North America, Southeast Asia, Africa, that they are looking at nuclear as a real option now”.

Wei Huang, Director of the Division of Energy Planning, Information and Knowledge Management at the International Atomic Energy Agency, said there was “very good momentum” created by pledges made during COP28, which not only talked about tripling renewables and doubling energy efficiency by 2030, but also tripling nuclear capacity.

“I think that the message is very clear … there has been a sea-change in the global prospective of nuclear, so that is very good message to the world,” he said. “However, each stakeholder needs to do their part to transfer their expectation and ambition into reality.”

Bilbao y León said the nuclear industry was working with governments “to actually deliver on all these very big ambitions … we have a number of countries that are putting together energy policies that recognise the very important role of nuclear. Now the next step is to translate those energy policies into industrial policies”.

“Europe has this common problem to solve, the trilemma,” said Stefano Monti, European Nuclear Society president. “We want stable energy prices. We want to have a large amount of clean energy. We want decarbonisation. We want to have security of energy supply. But still we don’t have a common solution … there are 12 countries who signed the nuclear alliance. There are other countries that are observers. And there are others that think they can make this energy transition also relying only on renewables.”

Domenico Rossetti di Valdalbero, for the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, noted that the nuclear alliance, which comprises almost half of the EU member states, is calling for greater European support for nuclear. “This nuclear alliance is making a lot of efforts and moving the lines, the traditional lines in Brussels over, for example, the next Multiannual Financial Framework, and what the role of the European Investment Bank is in funding and financing nuclear. I’m sure that this will be a part of the results for the next election in June.”

In response to being asked what should be done in Europe to enable an expansion of nuclear energy, EDF CEO Luc Remont said: “We certainly have challenges to be back at the level of construction that we need for the future, but we can rely on very serious competences that have been built over the decades to serve the number of countries who are already operating in nuclear … where we have been likely behind over the last two decades is that we have not built new reactors at the right pace. And that’s what makes a difference, for example, between Europe and China.

“So, we need to scale this. We will be back at scale if we are going steadily into a pace where we need to serve the countries that will decide to go into new build. We will need to sustain that for many, many years and not go through cycles of heavy construction, then nothing, which is what is destroying potentially our supply chain. And I’m sure this applies to all the regions of the world.”

Monti called for more European investment in nuclear R&D. “We have to restart thinking that in order to have the right system at the right moment, we have to invest in R&D. Fast reactors mean advanced fuels need to be developed, tested, qualified and licensed. It means new innovative materials to be used in the fast reactor. You have to test and qualify the material under a fast spectrum. In all the Western countries, we don’t have a material test reactor with a fast spectrum.” That’s something that is needed “and very soon if we really want to compete with the rest of the world”.

He said another priority was the workforce. “If we have good people, we can do everything. And that for Europe … means really creating a European energy market and European cooperation in nuclear. We really need to join our efforts and our capabilities if we want to deliver and be competitive in the international market.”

Remont ended the session by saying “having dynamism and innovation and the number of start-ups in the nuclear industry is great news. Yes, nuclear has been considered for some time as a dinosaur … but having so much diversity of ideas that are touching the process, the way you build it, the scale, the business model, that’s great news for our industry. And I hope that many of these projects will find their way because I think this is the best way for us, as an industry, to be moving faster than expected.”

Researched and written by World Nuclear News

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

A current Digest of major nuclear media headlines with automated links is listed below by nuclear Category (in the above listed order). If a Category heading does not appear in the daily news Digest, it means there was no news reported from this Category today. Generally, the three best articles in each Category from around the nuclear world(s) are Posted. Occasionally, if a Post is important enough, it may be listed in multiple Categories.

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TODAY’S NUCLEAR WORLD’S NEWS, Wednesday, (04/24/2024)

All Things Nuclear

NEWS

8 Nuclear Energy Terms that Don’t Mean What You Think

Department of Energy

Nearly all commercial nuclear reactor fuel … Here are 7 things The Simpsons missed about nuclear energy. … Fission is currently used in every nuclear …

North Korean leader Kim led rocket drills that simulated a nuclear counterattack – KOSU

KOSU

All Shows & Podcasts … Weekend All Things Considered. Next Up: 5:00 PM … Many experts say North Korea already possesses nuclear missiles that can …

North Korean leader Kim led rocket drills that simulated a nuclear counterattack | WVTF

WVTF

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

Nuclear Power

NEWS

8 Nuclear Energy Terms that Don’t Mean What You Think

Department of Energy

That stable “chain reaction” is what keeps nuclear power plants generating electricity around the clock. The world’s first nuclear reactor to …

US Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy’s post – Facebook – Facebook

Industry needs to translate nuclear ambitions into reality, panel says

World Nuclear News

The industry must seize the opportunities arising from a global change in the perception of nuclear energy, a panel session agreed during a side …

Industry body discusses nuclear energy and countries leading the way – CNBC – CNBC

Solar eclipse shines light on nuclear energy’s role in meeting climate goals

Entergy Newsroom

Renewable energy and nuclear power are a balanced mix that will get us to a carbon-free future.

Nuclear Power Emergencies

NEWS

Casualty airlifted from Hinkley Point Nuclear Power Plant | Barry And District News

Barry and District News

Structures weighing 5,000-tonnes were lowered onto the seabed in 2022 to help circulate water to the two nuclear reactors. Emergency · Vale Of …

Ukraine drone attacks spark fires at western Russia oil depot – CBC

CBC

… energy grid · Kremlin accuses … plant in southeastern Ukraine, Europe’s largest nuclear power plant. … Ukraine’s energy grid has received emergency …

Russia develops new generation of radiation-resistant cameras for NPPs

Nuclear Engineering International

This is necessary to maintain the operability of the key element of the nuclear power plant and prevent emergency situations. Experimental samples …

Nuclear War

NEWS

North Korea Launches Ballistic Missiles in Nuclear Command and Control Test – USNI News

USNI News – U.S. Naval Institute

… war and taking the initiative in a war or in any sudden situation, according to KCNA. Earlier on Saturday, KCNA also reported that North Korea’s …

Polish leaders plan to talk things out on nuclear weapons – Defense News

Defense News

… nuclear war. The alliance’s Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg put cold water on the idea of Poland becoming part of the mix when asked by …

Ukraine war: Putin’s plan to fire up Zaporizhzhia power plant risks massive … – The Conversation

The Conversation

A major attack would have the potential to cause a serious nuclear accident. Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Mariano …

Nuclear War Threats

NEWS

Unstable nuclear-waste dams threaten fertile Central Asia heartland – Reuters

Reuters

Unstable nuclear-waste dams threaten fertile Central Asia heartland. By Reuters. April 23, 20242:26 PM PDTUpdated 20 hours ago.

Gravitas: India’s Nuclear Attack Submarine Program takes shape amid China threat in Indo-Pacific

YouTube

Gravitas: India’s Nuclear Attack Submarine Program takes shape amid China threat in Indo-Pacific. 4.8K views · 9 hours ago GRAVITAS …more. WION.

Media: UN Security Council to vote on resolution against space weapons amid reports of …

Euromaidan Press

Media: UN Security Council to vote on resolution against space weapons amid reports of Russia’s nuclear threat … war against Ukraine, as the country …

Yellowstone Caldera

NEWS

Hydrothermal Deposits Record Climate Changes In Yellowstone – National Parks Traveler

National Parks Traveler

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

“End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity.”

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APR 24, 2024

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LLAW’s NUCLEAR ISSUES & COMMENTS, Tuesday, (04/23/2024)

Sitting here this afternoon, reading today’s World Nuclear News (below), wondering what country would be the first to launch the 1st nuclear armed ICBM on what country, and when. Someone should start a lottery. They could rake in the $billions and never have to pay the winner, keeping all that suddenly useless cash for themselves.

What would they do with all that cash? There would be no way to pay the winner(s) and also no place to spend it. Money would immediately become worthless in an all-out nuclear WWIII. The only things of value would be a few of the items we individually already possessed and they would be only of temporary value for those of us, if any, who might survive long enough to care . . .

But, if I were a betting man, ignorant enough to buy such a lottery ticket, I would have to make up my mind among these four countries: Russia, North Korea, China, and the United States of America, doubtful that any other nuclear nations would even consider it. My choice might surprise you, but, all things considered, I would have to choose the USA. Our ICBM target would be Moscow, Russia, and it would be only a single missile, because two would be one too many to stop retaliation, not only from Russia itself, but from all other nuclear armed countries as well.

It is not that the USA is more treacherous or evil than say, Russia or North Korea, but my decision has to do with who we Americans are, how we think, and what we believe we have to lose, plus the rationality that that the first attack might be the last — especially if it comes from the USA. If any other country, like, say, Russia or North Korea, attacks the USA first, we would not hesitate to retaliate, and a 2nd ICBM would bring on all the others from every nuclear nation. ~llaw

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1. All Things Nuclear
2. Nuclear Power
3. Nuclear Power Emergencies
4. Nuclear War
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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.

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TODAY’S NUCLEAR WORLD’S NEWS, Tuesday, (04/23/2024)

All Things Nuclear

NEWS

This alarming book is a must-read for every world leader | Canada’s National Observer

National Observer

One thing that really struck me is the unbelievable speed at which nuclear war is waged. Gen. Robert Kehler, the former commander of STRATCOM, said to …

North Korean leader Kim led rocket drills that simulated a nuclear counterattack

Georgia Public Broadcasting

All Things Considered · Serendipity · John … Many experts say North Korea already possesses nuclear missiles that can reach all … All Rights Reserved …

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

Little Rock Public Radio

All Things Considered. KUAR. All Things Considered. Next Up: 6:30 … Many experts say North Korea already possesses nuclear missiles that can reach all …

Nuclear Power

NEWS

Can Aging U.S. Nuclear Power Plants Withstand More Extreme Weather? – Yale E360

Yale Environment 360

… nuclear power plant in Iowa. Up to 130 mile-per-hour winds caused a power outage and knocked over the 50-year-old plant’s wooden cooling towers …

China to revise atomic energy law to promote nuclear power development, Xinhua says

Reuters

China will revise its atomic energy law to promote the safe development of nuclear power, the official Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday.

‘The full puzzle’: Fleischmann already funded nuclear in Oak Ridge. Now, the military, too

Knoxville News Sentinel

This Tennessee congressman says nuclear power and weapons are a rare opportunity to bring Republicans and Democrats together.

Nuclear Power Emergencies

NEWS

Accidental alarm at nuclear plant set off during alarm test – AOL.com

AOL.com

According to a news release from the New Hampshire Department of Safety, nine of the 121 emergency sirens at the plant were activated by mistake …

China to revise atomic energy law to promote nuclear power development, Xinhua says

Reuters

“Exercise, exercise, exercise”, read an emergency text message which alerted people on the island of Crete of a mock earthquake measuring 7.2 off the …

U.S. House approves $8.1-B emergency aid package for Indo-Pacific allies | ANC – YouTube

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Add a comment… 14:45 · Go to channel. Solon says DOE ‘delaying’ measures meant to support nuclear energy | ANC. ANC 24/7 New 1.6K views · LIVE.

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Threat of nuclear war in Europe | Peter Hitchens – YouTube

YouTube

”Are they actually going to use nuclear weapons against the Eastern attack, knowing that that will result in a nuclear retaliation and possibly …

North Korea ‘Ready’ For Nuclear War Under Kim Jong-un; South’s Ally U.S. ‘Spooked’ | Watch

YouTube

North Korea conducted the country’s first ‘nuclear trigger’ exercise under Kim Jong-un’s guidance. Pictures release by KCTV news agency show Kim …

Russian Foreign Minister Threatens the West With Nuclear War Again | RealClearDefense

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MOSCOW, April 22 (Reuters) – Russia said on Monday that U.S., British and French military support for Ukraine has pushed the world to the brink of …

Nuclear War Threats

NEWS

North Korean leader Kim leads rocket drills that simulate a nuclear counterattack against enemies

AP News

… war and taking the initiative in a war in any time and any sudden situation.” … In response to North Korea’s evolving nuclear threats, the United …

The Inadmissibility of Nuclear Threats – Arms Control Association

Arms Control Association

Europeans, U.S. Threaten Iran With IAEA Censure. April 15, 2024. Ukraine War Colors U.S. Concerns on Russia, North Korea. April 15, 2024. U.S. to …

Iran’s nuclear activities ‘raises eyebrows’ at IAEA – DW – 04/23/2024

DW

“Attacking nuclear facilities is an absolute no-go,” he said. Grossi noted a worrying trend of the threat of nuclear attack or nuclear weapons being …

Yellowstone Caldera

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Image of the Week: A Warm February in Northern Minnesota – YouTube

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USGS · The 1964 Tsunami in Valdez, Alaska · Top 5 Updates of 2023 — Yellowstone Volcano Update for January 2024 · Volcanoes in Kansas? · Ship Wrecked in …

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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

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

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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

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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

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

Nuclear Power

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The resilience and potential of nuclear energy – Diplomatic Courier

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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

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Belarusian nuclear safety watchdog attaches importance to international cooperation

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… 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 …

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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

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

Nuclear War

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Russia says West is increasing risk of nuclear war – Yahoo

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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

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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

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Santiaguito Volcano: Sporadic Emissions of Volcanic ash | VolcanoDiscovery

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

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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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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

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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

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… 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

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

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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

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(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

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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 …

“End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity.”

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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)

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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TODAY’S NUCLEAR WORLD’S NEWS, Saturday, (04/20/2024)

All Things Nuclear

NEWS

Israel launches limited retaliatory military strike against Iran – WVTF

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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

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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 …

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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

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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 …