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

Lloyd A. Williams-Pendergraft

Mar 28, 2025

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Russian Presidential Envoy for International Cooperation Kirill Dmitriev has said that Russia is ready to supply a small nuclear power plant for the SpaceX mission to Mars.

Source: Reuters

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

In My Opinion:

Okay, I’ve decided to make Fridays “You’ve Got to be Kidding” day, partly because by Friday we need a short break from the concept of immanent death from troubled nuclear power plants and/or extermination from nuclear war.

The following short article from “Pravda” made me laugh as soon as I saw the headline, “Russia offers Elon Musk nuclear power plant for Mars flight” and that Russia considers Elon Musk to be a “Great Visionary”, so then I began to wonder what the details were all about . . .

So here’s the story for everyone to read — either for a few laughs or for a quick glance at “the future of humanity” that is mentioned at the end of the article. ~llaw

Russia offers Elon Musk nuclear power plant for Mars flight

Oleksii Artemchuk — Friday, 28 March 2025, 16:42

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Kirill Dmitriev. Photo: Getty Images

Russian Presidential Envoy for International Cooperation Kirill Dmitriev has said that Russia is ready to supply a small nuclear power plant for the SpaceX mission to Mars.

Source: Reuters

Quote from Dmitriev: “Russia can offer a small-sized nuclear power plant for a mission to Mars and other advanced technological capabilities.”

Details: He added that the country has a number of nuclear technologies that could be useful for Mars’ exploration.

This is the second statement by a Russian official in a month about possible cooperation with Musk. Dmitriev called the businessman a “great visionary” and stressed the importance of the partnership.

Russia’s request coincided with talks between Moscow and Washington to restore bilateral relations despite the US sanctions. Elon Musk has previously said that his Starship rocket could go to Mars as early as the end of next year, with the first human landing taking place between 2029 and 2031.

Russia also plans to build a nuclear power plant on the Moon together with China by the mid-2030s, and in 2022 announced its intention to work on a Mars mission on its own after ending cooperation with the European Space Agency.

Background: Kirill Dmitriev, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), said he was planning a meeting with Elon Musk. He stated that the main topic of the talks will be “the future of humanity”.Subscribed

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TODAY’s NUCLEAR WORLD’s NEWS DIGEST, Friday, (03/28/2025)

All Things Nuclear

NEWS

Air Force secretary nominee pledges to focus on nuclear modernization

Air Force Times

… things Air Force. SIGN UP NOW. Sections. Air Force Times Logo NewsPay … all of its core mission areas, including the nuclear upgrades. “Those …

Will the U.S. bomb Iran over a nuclear weapons program that doesn’t exist?

Reason Magazine

Iran isn’t building a nuclear weapon, the Trump administration says. But this hasn’t stopped the march toward war.

Nobel Peace Prize recipient speaks in Bloomington on preventing nuclear war | news

Indiana Public Media

Ira Helfand called current policies about nuclear … Helfand said the only way to prevent this is to disarm all nuclear weapons and emphasized that …

Nuclear Power

NEWS

Nuclear–Powered Data Centers—What U.S. Developers Need to Know

POWER Magazine

… nuclear power reactors that generate electricity at 53 plants throughout the country. These plants generate 45% of our nation’s carbon-free …

THE CAPITOL REPORT: Governor urges study of nuclear power, as the energy source …

Pierce County Journal

Evers said he remains committed to the state’s push on wind and solar power but believes a look at nuclear is needed with the coming energy demands.

As offshore wind struggles, is advanced nuclear a viable Plan B for Eastern states?

Utility Dive

The Advanced Nuclear First Mover Initiative hopes to drive next-generation reactor development in energy-hungry states, but significant challenges …

Russia offers Elon Musk nuclear power plant for Mars flight | Ukrainska Pravda

pravda.com.ua

Russian Presidential Envoy for International Cooperation Kirill Dmitriev has said that Russia is ready to supply a small nuclear power plant for …

Gov. Mike Kehoe poised to sign legislation that could raise Missouri utility bills – The Beacon

The Beacon

… nuclear power plants. Hurlbert said he understood Missourians’ concerns in the 1970s. At that time, the Missouri Public Service Commission …

Nuclear Power Emergencies

NEWS

Nuclear plant sirens to stay active for six more months | 28/22 News – PAhomepage.com

PAhomepage.com

BERWICK, COLUMBIA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Talen Energy, majority owner of the nuclear power plant near Berwick, says that the emergency alert sirens …

Nuclear plant sirens to stay active for six more months – Yahoo

Yahoo

BERWICK, COLUMBIA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Talen Energy, majority owner of the nuclear power plant near Berwick, says emergency alert sirens will …

IAEA to verify information about damage to diesel tank at Zaporizhzhia NPP – Бабель

Бабель

… nuclear power plant occupied by the Russians — the spilled fuel would be enough to power the plantʼs emergency generators for 25 days. IAEA noted …

Nuclear War Threats

NEWS

What Would a Military Strike on Iran Mean for the Middle East? – Foreign Policy

Foreign Policy

… threats but meticulously channel regional developments into new diplomatic opportunities. An External Threat to Iran Could Spark More Internal …

Iran and U.S. Threat of War: Five Things to Watch – Newsweek

Newsweek

Tensions are high between the U.S. and Iran over its nuclear program and its backing for regional groups. … Iran and U.S. Threat of War: Five Things …

Nuclear War

NEWS

Putin uses nuclear submarine visit to call for elections in Ukraine under temporary … – Sky News

Sky News

Vladimir Putin has suggested placing Ukraine under a form of temporary administration to oversee new elections, as part of a deal to end the war.

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky says US ‘constantly changing’ terms of rare earth deal

The Independent

… nuclear-powered submarine Perm, in the Arctic Circle port city of Murmansk (POOL/AFP via Getty Images). Arpan Rai28 March 2025 03:26. Newer 1 / 5 …

No One Wins When Nuclear-Armed States Believe That ‘We Can’t Loose’

Common Dreams

A nuclear war could begin with the losing side in a conventional war making use of a small local tactical nuclear weapon to destroy the supply lines …

Yellowstone Caldera

NEWS

Spectacular New Yellowstone Thermal Vent Erupting Near Norris Geyser Basin Captivates …

Travel And Tour World

Park geologists first identified this steam-emitting phenomenon last summer. Researchers from the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory—a part of the U.S. …

New steam plume rises at Yellowstone National Park. Should we be worried?

The Economic Times

Yellowstone’s reputation as a “supervolcano” has fueled speculation for years, with doomsday predictions of catastrophic eruptions making frequent …

One of America’s Most Dangerous Volcanoes Is Preparing to Blow

AOL.com

Mike Poland, of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, said “the feature itself is new. … caldera, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said in a statement.

IAEA Weekly News

28 March 2025

Read the top news and updates published on IAEA.org this week.

28 March 2025

Revolutionizing Plastic Recycling Through Irradiation

Ahead of the International Day of Zero Waste this weekend, find out how radiation technology can be applied to tackle the global crisis of plastic pollution. Read more →

27 March 2025

Update 282 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team has this week been observing operational tests of diesel generators at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) as part of ongoing efforts to help prevent a nuclear accident during the military conflict in Ukraine, where the off-site power situation remains challenging, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said. Read more →

26 March 2025

This Glass is Radioactive

This type of glass has been produced for nearly 200 years, and it contains the first ever discovered radioactive element. Read more →

25 March 2025

What is Isotope Hydrology?

Protecting water resources is an important goal for all countries, especially as we see the impacts of climate change becoming more and more pronounced. “Isotope hydrology is a really useful tool for countries to help do this because it gives us a fingerprint of the water molecule,” explains Jodie Miller, head of the Isotope Hydrology Section at the IAEA. Read more →

24 March 2025

Latest IAEA Reports Confirm Japan’s ALPS Treated Water Release Continues to Meet International Safety Standards

The discharge of treated water from Fukushima Daiichi is proceeding in line with international safety standards, the IAEA Task Force confirmed today. Read more →

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

Lloyd A. Williams-Pendergraft

Mar 27, 2025

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In My Opinion:

Is Trump so caught up in himself and dumb enough to think he can rule the world? It seems to me like he does, but it is obvious that he can’t even begin to run our own government, which is slowly dying on a near death rotting vine from his ruthless salivating demands without a second thought to virtually and illegally destroying the federal government. With the help of a know-nothing crony cabinet and a rich South African business man who wants to move to Mars, the USA is in shambles.

We all need to be shouting from the rooftops to our Republican friends and the congress that they and MAGA have ignorantly installed who are afraid to join-up with the real world and help impeach Trump (this time for real) and help sway the judicial system, including the Supreme Court, to follow their own Constitution and laws. ~llaw

Following is a “must read” article from “Bloomberg” (oddly by link only that takes you directly to the story) . . .

Sadly, from the Bloomberg article:

Then came Trump. And suddenly all prior assumptions were off. Trump has no interest in contests between democracy and autocracy. Instead, he aspires to become a strongman like Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin or Xi Jinping in Zhongnanhai.

Can Trump’s art of the deal beat a China-Russia-Iran-North Korea axis? If you’re a MAGA partisan, however, every national-security idea that might seem crazy — annexing Canada and Greenland, building Rivieras in the Gaza Strip, etc.

If you’re horrified by the foreign policy of President Donald Trump, you probably believe that he is betraying American friends (such as NATO and Ukraine), principles (democracy and sovereignty) and also interests (by sowing global chaos and anarchy)…

Please read on via the Deccan Herald link to the “Bloomberg” article just below:

Read more at: https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/can-trumps-art-of-the-deal-beat-a-china-russia-iran-north-korea-axis-3464914

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2. Nuclear Power
3. Nuclear Power Emergencies
4. Nuclear War Threats
5. 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.

TODAY’s NUCLEAR WORLD’s NEWS DIGEST, Thursday, (03/27/2025)

All Things Nuclear

NEWS

How Europeans are reacting to the Yemen war plans group chat – WJCT News

WJCT News

What’s Health Got to Do with It? Morning Edition · All Things Considered … nuclear umbrella and aerial defense weapons systems. The decades-long …

Going Nuclear + Live Q&A Announcement – Zeihan on Geopolitics

Zeihan on Geopolitics

… all considering nuclear armament in varying degrees. This strays from … And one of the things you have to consider if you haven’t had a …

Can Trump’s art of the deal beat a China-Russia-Iran-North Korea axis? – Deccan Herald

Deccan Herald

… nuclear program. For a time, the motivation for this cooperation was obvious: All four regimes oppose the same adversary in Washington and the …

Calls to restart nuclear weapons tests stir dismay and debate among scientists

Science News

“During the Cold War, when we were shooting these things off all the time, it was like war drums: ‘We have nuclear weapons and they work. Better …

Dismantling Giants: How Recycling Nuclear Vessels Maintains a Ready Force

Department of Defense

so we give it back to the fleet if they need it.” The defueled nuclear reactor compartment is all that is left. They are placed in robust shipping …

With Trump in office, will China step up as as the world’s leader? – WJCT News

WJCT News

Nuclear Power

NEWS

What’s Health Got to Do with It? Morning Edition · All Things Considered … nuclear crisis and the Fukushima earthquake and nuclear disaster. See ..

Palisades Nuclear Plant Revival Sparks Industry Interest | OilPrice.com

Oil Price

Holtec International plans to reopen the Palisades Nuclear Plant, which closed in 2022, with significant government funding and support, ..

Nuclear Energy Growth in the US: 5 Factors That Will Determine It | ICF

ICF

The U.S. needs additional sources of electricity to address rising demand, intermittent renewable energy, and state decarbonization goals. Nuclear …

Restoring U.S. Nuclear Energy Leadership – The National Interest

The National Interest

At the dawn of the nuclear age, American scientists unlocked the power of the atom, first to end World War II, then to create an arsenal and fuel the …

Nuclear Power Emergencies

NEWS

Three Mile Island nuclear accident: Here’s how it unfolded in 1979 – PennLive.com

PennLive.com

3:55 – The Emergency Core Coolant System dumps tons of water into the reactor core to reduce the intense heat that should have been diminished with …

Collaboration to develop nuclear propulsion systems for emergency response vessels

Baird Maritime

Vessel design firm Seatransport and Deployable Energy have begun collaborating on the development of nuclear power generation systems for vessels.

Russia damages Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant’s diesel reservoir, signals potential grid takeover

Euromaidan Press

The spilled fuel would have been enough to power the plant’s emergency generators for 25 days,” Tykhyi stated. According to him, this incident is …

Nuclear War Threats

NEWS

Stratcom Ready to Respond to Threats, Needs Nuclear Modernization

Department of Defense

Stratcom Ready to Respond to Threats, Needs Nuclear Modernization. March … He added that the tools of war are changing, from novel missile …

US Intelligence Chief Warns Of Russia’s Growing Nuclear Threat | World News – YouTube

YouTube

… war can inflict significant damage using nuclear weapons. … Gabbard’s statement on threats to U.S. from China, Russia, North Korea and radical …

‘Increasing Fortitude’: U.S. Intelligence Report Highlights Threats From Axis of Aggressors

FDD

… war in Ukraine is … The United States is closely watching and has threatened to act militarily to stop Tehran from developing nuclear weapons.

Nuclear War

NEWS

US Intelligence Chief Warns Of Russia’s Growing Nuclear Threat | World News – YouTube

YouTube

American intelligence fears Russia is a significant competitor to the United States and in a major war can inflict significant damage using …

Exploring physician anti-nuclear war activism | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Exploring physician anti-nuclear war activism. By. Amy Roeder. March 27, 2025. Heather Mumford touches an item in an exhibit …

US Warns World Of Growing Nuclear Arsenals Of North Korea | Trump News – YouTube

YouTube

The U.S. and its allies are “alarmed” by North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats as well as its increasing military support for Russia’s war in …

Yellowstone Caldera

NEWS

Scientists Reveal Where Yellowstone’s Next Volcanic Eruption Most Likely to Happen

The Daily Galaxy

Yellowstone’s supervolcano might be brewing trouble in a place no one expected. New underground scans reveal a surprising shift beneath the park.

Scientists Reveal Where Yellowstone’s Next Volcanic Eruption Most Likely to Happen – MSN

MSN

Yellowstone National Park has long captured the imagination of scientists and the public alike, particularly due to its supervolcano, …

What Happens If Yellowstone Erupts? – NewsBreak

NewsBreak

Yellowstone is not just a volcano; it is a supervolcano … Yellowstone caldera measures approximately 30 miles long and 45 miles wide.

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

Lloyd A. Williams-Pendergraft

Mar 26, 2025

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See “Newsweek” article below for Kim Jong Un image description and photo credit. ~llaw

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

In My Opinion:

There are a few reasons to believe that the most likely nuclear-armed nation to begin an all-out nuclear war by launching an ICBM nuclear-armed missile directed at the United States primarily because both South Korea and Japan are allied with the United States with a long history, especially, with our military protection over many decades provided to South Korea’s defense from the North. The threats seem to be more frequent and hostile as time goes by.

Also, in her recent book “Nuclear War – a Scenario”, Annie Jacobsen chose, as her scenario, North Korea’s launching of two nuclear bombs at the United States — one directed at Washington D.C., the other at California’s only remaining operating commercial nuclear power plant known, fittingly, as the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, owned by California’s Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) near San Luis Obispo between San Francisco and Los Angeles. I am quite sure that this remarkably well-researched book has not escaped the leaders and militaries of either North Korea nor the United States — or even Russia which seemingly has recently become much closer militarily as an ally with North Korea. ~llaw

Nuclear-Armed North Korea Threatens US With ‘Overwhelming’ Response

Published Mar 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM EDT

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North Korea has condemned the joint exercises held last week by the U.S., Japanese, and South Korean navies, the first trilateral drills of the second Trump administration.

State media warned that any further provocations would be met with an “overwhelming” response from Pyongyang.

Why It Matters

South Korea and Japan are both treaty allies of the United States and fall under its extended deterrence policy, which includes the so-called “nuclear umbrella.” The U.S. also maintains tens of thousands of troops in each country—military deployments that North Korea routinely denounces as provocative.

Since late 2023, the three nations have deepened their security cooperation in response to continued threats from North Korea’s nuclear-armed Kim Jong Un regime and China’s moves to assert regional dominance and threaten Beijing-claimed, self-ruled Taiwan.

Newsweek reached out to the North Korean embassy in Beijing, China, by email with a request for comment.

What To Know

The tripartite drills, held from March 17 to 20 near South Korea’s Jeju Island, focused on the Carl Vinson aircraft-carrier strike group. They aimed to enhance allied coordination, the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said in a statement released Thursday.

North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Tuesday published a commentary condemning the exercises.

“The enemy states did not take the trouble to conceal the fact that the drill was aimed to check the DPRK’s [Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s] nuclear and missile capabilities, and its sea defense capability in particular, and deprive it of its maritime sovereignty,” the KCNA statement said, using North Korea’s formal name.

Read more North Korea

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KCNA accused the “U.S. and other hostile forces” of ramping up efforts to “restrain” North Korea and “dominate the whole Asia-Pacific region” to unprecedented levels.

“The more desperately the U.S. resorts to confrontation with the DPRK, the more the DPRK will accelerate and redouble its efforts and actions to defend its national security and the regional peace,” the statement continued. “Any provocation and threat will face the overwhelming and decisive counteraction.”

KCNA also echoed remarks from North Korea’s Foreign Ministry-affiliated Institute for Disarmament and Peace, which on Monday labeled the recently concluded U.S.-South Korea Freedom Shield exercises a “war rehearsal.”

What People Are Saying

The U.S. Seventh Fleet said in a March 20 statement: “Trilateral naval exercises are conducted in a manner that is consistent with international law and with due regard to the safety of navigation and the rights and interests of other states.”

What Happens Next

U.S. President Donald Trump, who met with Kim Jong Un three times during his first term in a failed attempt to persuade the North Korean leader to take steps toward denuclearization, has indicated that he is open to reengaging with him.

On Tuesday, U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said North Korea may be ready to conduct another nuclear test “on short notice,” which would be its seventh since the start of testing in 2006.

“North Korea is probably prepared to conduct another nuclear test on short notice and continues to flight-test ICBMs [intercontinental ballistic missiles] to demonstrate their increasing capabilities as leverage in future negotiations,” Gabbard told lawmakers during a testimony on the annual threat assessment from U.S. intelligence agencies.Subscribed

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

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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 DIGEST, Wednesday, (03/26/2025)

All Things Nuclear

NEWS

As Trump offers new nuclear talks, Iran weighs the cost of losing its final leverage | CNN

CNN

We should create a verification program so that nobody worries about weaponization of your nuclear … All Rights Reserved. CNN Sans ™ & © 2016 …

What Ira Flatow has to say about science in this moment and Utah’s nuclear push | KUER

KUER

IF: There are two things that appeal to me about Utah. My wife and I have explored all the great parks in the southeast and southwest of Utah. We’ve …

Trump cuts threaten measurement lab critical for advanced chips and medical devices

Central Florida Public Media

The Trump administration is planning to close a small, obscure laboratory whose work undergirds everything from microchip manufacturing to nuclear …

Nuclear Power

NEWS

Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant to stay in Russian control, Moscow says – Reuters

Reuters

Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant was a Russian facility and transferring control of it to Ukraine or any …

TVA defends leadership amid GOP criticism of nuclear power plant plans – News Channel 9

News Channel 9

The tennessee valley authority is preparing for the possible production of nuclear power.However some republican lawmakers are pushing back on …

What’s Holding Back Nuclear in the West? | BCG

Boston Consulting Group

Why is it so hard for Western countries to build new nuclear power plants? After all, the need is great: Nuclear energy can be a key source of

Nuclear Power Emergencies

NEWS

Alert method changing for nuclear emergencies at Talen Energy plant in Salem Twp.

The Citizens’ Voice

The Luzerne County Emergency Management Agency is updating alert and notification methods for nuclear emergencies at Talen Energy’s nuclear power …

Ukraine says Russia unable to manage Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant safety – Reuters

Reuters

… nuclear power plant,” Ukrainian foreign … “The spilled fuel was enough to power the station’s emergency generators for 25 days,” he added.

Sirens to be discontinued for Berwick nuclear plant emergencies – The Shenandoah Sentinel

The Shenandoah Sentinel

These sirens, according to the 2024 Emergency Preparedness Guide for the nuclear power plant, sound to alert the community of an emergency at the …

Nuclear War Threats

NEWS

Nuclear-Armed North Korea Threatens US With ‘Overwhelming’ Response – Newsweek

Newsweek

Since late 2023, the three nations have deepened their security cooperation in response to continued threats … Israel at War Vladimir Putin Russia- …

U.S. Intelligence Report Says Russia Remains Enduring Threat – The New York Times

The New York Times

Still, it said, “both leaders for now probably still see the risks of a longer war as less than those of an unsatisfying settlement.” “For Russia …

After proxies and nuclear program threats, Iran may turn to terror abroad – Atlantic Council

Atlantic Council

But as threats mount of a possible Israeli strike on Tehran’s nuclear facilities, paired with a weakening of its numerous proxies since the Gaza war …

Nuclear War

NEWS

Ukraine-Russia war live: Putin agrees to Black Sea ceasefire but Zelensky accuses him of …

The Independent

Russia Ukraine war update as peace talks to resume in Riyadh.

Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant to stay in Russian control, Moscow says – Reuters

Reuters

Russia launched an overnight drone attack on the Ukrainian port of Mykolaiv that provides the country with access to the Black Sea and struck Kryvyi …

Could US forces in Europe face a refusal of supply and support? – Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera

Does Trump want Ukraine’s nuclear power plants? What a 30-day ceasefire means for the war · Is Trump trying to pull Putin away from China? News …

Yellowstone Caldera

NEWS

Scientists driving through Yellowstone stumble upon new hydrothermal vent. See it

Sacramento Bee

… Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles, a weekly column written by scientists at the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. “The summer of 2024 was a busy time …

We Could Witness the Birth of a New Volcano at Yellowstone Park

News Radio 1310 KLIX

A new steam vent has opened at Yellowstone National Park. It is better described as a pool. Someday it Could Go Boom. The scientists don’t look to be …

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

Lloyd A. Williams-Pendergraft

Mar 25, 2025

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In My Opinion:

Trump is trying to play both ends against the middle with his patronizing or condescending of Putin in every way he can — whether or not it actually benefits Ukraine. This is all about a “peaceful” trade agreement to remove international Russian trade sanctions as part of a peace agreement that Russia has already violated at least twice.

I will leave it to you, the reader, to continue following (live) the ongoing news developments concerning this unfinished story in progress from “Sky News”, which is always the first to follow important developments in war and other world crises.

What I have posted here is just a small, but timely part of the developing story that could well turn into the breakdown of a possible peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine . . . ~llaw

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Ukraine war latest: Russia and Ukraine appear to disagree on Black Sea ceasefire timing – as US report warns of long war risk

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A Black Sea ceasefire has been agreed by Ukraine and Russia after both sides had separate talks with US officials in Saudi Arabia over the past two days. The White House also says the US “will help restore Russia’s access to the world market” for certain products. Follow the latest here.

Analysis: Putin is the big winner in Black Sea ceasefire

“The big winner here is Vladimir Putin,” says correspondent David Blevins.

“The detail around the ceasefire is vague. But the detail around the lifting of sanctions, not so vague.”

Moscow says there’s going to be no maritime truce until sanctions against its companies exporting food and fertiliser are lifted.

“There’s a vast difference between the two statements being issued by Ukraine and by Russia.”

Zelenskyy wants to focus on the use of third countries to implement and monitor the ceasefire, says Blevins.

“That suggests he not only doesn’t trust Vladimir Putin, he doesn’t trust Donald Trump either.”

Ultimately it’s going to come down to whether or not the deal is implemented and monitored appropriately.

“It’s progress, but it’s nowhere near the breakthrough to end the war that Donald Trump promised within 24 hours of taking office.”

Tuesday 25 March 2025 19:31, UK

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TODAY’s NUCLEAR WORLD’s NEWS DIGEST, Tuesday, (03/25/2025)

All Things Nuclear

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Father of India’s Nuclear Program – Part 1 – YouTube

YouTube

… Citizenship•4.1M views · 9:33. Go to channel · This Powerful Spring Storm Is About To Cause Chaos… Ryan Hall, Y’all New 233K views · 22:03.

China tries to reboot its private sector – KCCU

KCCU

All Things Considered. Next Up: 6:01 PM National Native News. 0:00. 0:00 … nuclear crisis and the Fukushima earthquake and nuclear disaster.

China tries to reboot its private sector – KTEP

KTEP

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

Nuclear Power

NEWS

How Researchers Found a Greener Way to Make Fuel for Nuclear Fusion—By Accident

Scientific American

3D rendering of a nuclear fusion reactor with dramatic red lighting. xia yuan/Getty Images. Nuclear energy. All the nuclear power plants in …

Waking Up Three Mile Island to Give Nuclear Power a New Twist – The National Interest

The National Interest

Similar to power generators fueled by fossil fuels, nuclear plants use the heat of thermal energy to turn turbines that generate the electric power …

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Unveiled Nuclear Training Center at Ribbon-Cutting | News

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

… nuclear power plants as they prepare for a potential career in nuclear energy. Installed in February, the simulator’s components—featuring digital

Nuclear War Threats

NEWS

Iran Stunning Offer To Trump After Calling Him ‘Bully’ Over Nuclear Deal Threats – YouTube

YouTube

Iran Stunning Offer To Trump After Calling Him ‘Bully’ Over Nuclear Deal Threats: ‘We Are Open To… … Yemen WAR: Houthis ‘BOMBARD’ Second U.S. …

Iran says open to indirect nuclear talks with United States – The New Arab

The New Arab

Araghchi said on Thursday that Trump’s letter was “more of a threat” but added that it could also open up some opportunities and that Tehran would …

Will Trump’s threats against Yemen, Iran and Palestine work? | The Bottom Line – YouTube

YouTube

… threatened Iran to negotiate with Washington or else face war. But … Can Trump reach a nuclear deal with Tehran? | Inside Story. Al Jazeera …

Nuclear War

NEWS

How a Cheap Drone Punctured Chernobyl’s Steel Shield During the Ukraine War

The New York Times

The steel shell that encloses the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster was built to endure for a century. But war was a scenario its …

Faculty hosts presentation on nuclear war – Fresno State News

Fresno State News

History professor Dr. Lori Clune will host a presentation about nuclear war history and current events from noon to 1:30 p.m Friday, March 28, …

Moscow blames Ukraine after US-Russia ceasefire talks end with no public statement

Sky News

Timeline: Trump’s quest to end the war. Donald Trump ran his presidential campaign on a promise of bringing peace to the Middle East and Ukraine, …

Yellowstone Caldera

NEWS

Yellowstone geologists uncover new thermal vent – SFGATE

SFGATE

But the stand of trees is hiding a rhyolite lava flow, a thick type of lava that tends to form short, chunky flows throughout the Yellowstone Caldera.

Scientists Pinpoint Where The Next Yellowstone Volcano Eruption Will Be – TheTravel

TheTravel

Its supervolcano has long been the stuff of disaster movies and late-night existential dread, and as Yellowstone National Park is spread out …

What Do Volcanologists Learn From Ashfall Maps? – National Parks Traveler

National Parks Traveler

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

Lloyd A. Williams-Pendergraft

Mar 24, 2025

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A doll dressed with a gas mask sits on a chair among hundreds of gas masks lying on the floor of abandoned School Number 3 in the ghost town of Pripyat not far from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on Aug. 18, 2017 in Pripyat, Ukraine. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

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In My Opinion:

I particularly like and appreciate personal opinion stories that actually come from the horse’s mouth — those who’ve “been there; done that” so to speak. This impressive article from “Colorado Newsline” by Beto Millard-Chacon is something we need to post more of here on this daily blog.

But of course with a new uncontrollable, intolerant and unpredictable president here in the USA, the constant world-wide threats of nuclear war among a few of the nuclear armed nations (and potentially more on the way because of Trump), our attention, of necessity, must be diverted to a world in turmoil that could end human and other life as we know it on planet earth at any old time in just a few hours of nuclear war. Just the 1st ICBM equipped with up to a single 1 to 10 megaton (there are far more powerful ones, by the way) nuclear weapon of mass destruction would totally decimate a huge target, such as Washington D.C. or New York City and surrounds, in less than 30 minutes from where it was launched to detonation and total destruction. So it is that such fear and loathing, coupled with a deranged world of angry leaders among at least 4 of these nuclear armed countries must take priority in the media.

Even if a few nuclear endowed countries should agree to dismantle and deactivate their nuclear weapons, which will never honestly happen of course, we are faced with the just-as-destructive insidious collective growth and use of nuclear power plants. The potential proliferation of every plant makes that risk ever-more threatening to life in the same way as nuclear weapons, and we are already seeing weaponization of nuclear power plants, as an early example, in the Russia/Ukraine war.

But the fact is, as long as there is anything nuclear — weapons or energy — the entire world will remain on the brink of a never-ending “armageddon” of nuclear risk and nervous concern until the day it happens. And, given enough time, it surely will happen. ~llaw

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Nuclear power will be the radioactive cousin of the fossil fuel industry

Do not fall victim to industry propaganda

Beto Millard-Chacon

March 24, 2025 3:30 am

A doll dressed with a gas mask sits on a chair among hundreds of gas masks lying on the floor of abandoned School Number 3 in the ghost town of Pripyat not far from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on Aug. 18, 2017 in Pripyat, Ukraine. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Corporate thirst for nuclear energy is growing to dangerous levels, and Colorado will take its first steps into that fire by passing the pro-nuclear bill, House Bill 25-1040, unless Gov. Jared Polis vetoes it.

As we allow our civilization to become more dependent on electronic communication systems and press the boundaries of those systems, corporations are incentivized to produce and consume higher levels of energy every day. With the threat of human-caused climate change becoming a more widely acknowledged reality, lobbyists are persuading decision makers and the public that nuclear reactors are the solution we need to feed our needs and addictions while fending off climate disaster.

Unfortunately, nuclear power will prove to be the radioactive cousin of the fossil fuel industry and continue to fuel the oligarchical social structure that eats at our humanity and resources.

I spent eight years in the Navy operating nuclear reactors. The U.S. Navy provides a rigorous education and training program that includes many lessons about the history of nuclear energy and the Navy’s immaculate operational record. But what does it take to maintain that record? Ask yourself why we thank veterans for their service. Military service comes with some inescapable horrors, including forfeiture of most of our rights. We are held to a standard of pursued perfection that can only be asked at gunpoint or under threat of imprisonment. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Department of Labor don’t allow the private sector to make you scream. We serve with the intention that civilians will not have to live that life, including ourselves once we have completed our duty.

Can we trust civilians to operate nuclear reactors with the same dedication to perfection over their own well-being? Will power companies spend more than the minimum in order to hire enough engineers to ensure alert-attentive care of reactor systems? Most likely, at least 50% of the nuclear workforce will be former Navy operators like me. That sounds like a good idea, but these are people that have already served their time doing the hardest parts of power plant maintenance, and they are not as motivated as you might think to go back to it.

Additionally, those same operators have pride that can become complacency in a civilian position. Educational corners will be cut and staff shortages abound across an industry wielding an extremely dangerous product. There are operating plants today that allow the same alarm to flash for months — the exact behavior that led to the Chernobyl and Three Mile Island nuclear accidents.

Can we trust profit-driven corporations to hold a standard that will guarantee the safety of our communities? Oil companies cause spills that destroy entire regions. Plastics producers have lied about the recyclability of products that have infected almost all life on Earth with microplastics. Extraction industries around the world, including uranium mining, are responsible for ecological deformation and human rights abuses everywhere they exist. The Diné nation has generational scars specifically caused by the uranium industry that have driven them to ban even the transport of the substance through their territory. Even if we find relatively safe storage locations for fuel and waste, they will likely travel our highways and railroads, where accidents happen all the time. And I have yet to delve into the negative impacts on our water supplies.

Our local and national elected officials have already been bought by industry owners and their own avarice, so convincing them to give up a potential cash cow seems futile. The only hope I have left is in the education we provide for each other. Do not fall victim to propaganda, but seek the lessons of history. The wealthy elite have always been willing to sacrifice others to realize their own gains and we would be fools to believe they will take any accountability for future harm caused by their business.

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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 DIGEST, Monday, (03/24/2025)

All Things Nuclear

NEWS

China tries to reboot its private sector – WCMU Public Radio

WCMU Public Radio

All Things Considered · Destination Out · Fresh Air · Here and Now · Homespun … nuclear crisis and the Fukushima earthquake and nuclear disaster.

Trump advisor says US seeking ‘full dismantlement’ of Iran’s nuclear program – Al Arabiya

Al Arabiya

“We don’t need to solve everything militarily,” Witkoff told Fox News. “Our signal to Iran is let’s sit down and see if we can, through dialogue, …

Swiss nuclear reactor shut down after grid failure – Yahoo

Yahoo

Axpo said that the plant was in a safe condition at all times. The plant is located in Döttingen, about 7 kilometres from Germany’s south-western …

Nuclear Power

NEWS

Nuclear power will be the radioactive cousin of the fossil fuel industry – Colorado Newsline

Colorado Newsline

… nuclear power plant on Aug. 18, 2017 in Pripyat, Ukraine. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images). Corporate thirst for nuclear energy is growing to dangerous …

Monticello nuclear plant shut down Wednesday after control valve issue – FOX 9

FOX 9

A control valve issue at the Xcel Energy Monticello nuclear power plant caused the reactor to automatically shut down on Wednesday morning.

Finland’s Fortum explores long-term options for new nuclear power | Reuters

Reuters

Finnish utility Fortum said on Monday it was focusing on renewable energy and nuclear lifetime extensions to cover growing electricity demand, …

Nuclear Power Emergencies

NEWS

Swiss nuclear power plant experiences emergency shutdown – SWI swissinfo.ch

Swissinfo

The automatic emergency shutdown of Beznau 2 nuclear power plant occurred at 10:31 pm on Sunday and was due to a failed connection to the 220-kilovolt …

Countering Nuclear Misinformation and Maintaining Public Trust: Lessons from the IAEA …

International Atomic Energy Agency

… nuclear emergency planning exercise at the Tihange nuclear power plant site. (Photo: National Crisis Centre). In an emergency, timely and accurate …

Swiss nuclear reactor has automatic emergency shutdown – TradingView

TradingView

… nuclear power stations late on Sunday, the Swiss electricity company said, adding the plant was safe at all times.The automatic emergency shutdown …

Nuclear War Threats

NEWS

EU says Iran threatens global order, supports talks to stop nuclear armament

iranintl.com

Iran is a threat also supporting Russia’s war in Ukraine,” Kallas said. “Iran must never be allowed to acquire or build a nuclear weapon. And EU …

“Planned, provocative nuclear war rehearsal”: N Korea condemns US-S Korea military drills

ANI News

… nuclear war rehearsal.” Pyongyang warned that it will continue to strengthen its striking power to overwhelm any threats from its enemies, the ..

Will Iran go nuclear now that Trump is in power – or can a deal be done? | Euronews

Euronews.com

… attack on Syria’s nuclear facilities in 2007. Neither the United … war and annexation threats from U.S. President Donald Trump. Carney …

Nuclear War

NEWS

Trump’s offer of talks with Iran aims to avoid military action, US envoy says | Reuters

Reuters

Israel and Hamas at War · Japan · Middle East · Ukraine and Russia at … nuclear deal is an effort to avoid military action, U.S. special envoy …

Force de l’Europe: How Realistic is a French Nuclear Umbrella? – War on the Rocks

War on the Rocks

In fact, nuclear deterrence has been the backbone of NATO’s military strategy since the beginning of the Cold War. If Europeans no longer trust U.S. …

Ukraine war latest: Push for Black Sea ceasefire after Putin bombs Kyiv again – The Independent

The Independent

In a recent call with Mr Zelensky, Mr Trump also suggested that the US could help to run – and possibly own – Ukraine’s four nuclear power plants.

Yellowstone Caldera

NEWS

Is Yellowstone’s supervolcano about to erupt? Scientists discover a newly opened volcanic …

Daily Mail

Yellowstone has never erupted within recorded human history. But a new discovery has highlighted just how active this seemingly dormant volcano …

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

Lloyd A. Williams-Pendergraft

Mar 23, 2025

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

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

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

There are 7 categories, with the latest addition, (#7) being a Friday weekly roundup of IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) global nuclear news stories. Also included is a bonus non-nuclear category for news about the Yellowstone caldera and other volcanic and caldera activity around the world that play an important role in humanity’s lives. The feature categories provide articles and information about ‘all things nuclear’ for you to pick from, usually with up to 3 links with headlines concerning the most important media stories in each category, but sometimes fewer and occasionally even none (especially so with the Yellowstone Caldera). The Categories are listed below in their usual order:

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

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

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

TODAY’S NUCLEAR WORLD’S NEWS, Sunday, (03/23/2025)

All Things Nuclear

NEWS

Trump’s Attempts to Resolve Global Conflicts Quickly Face Diplomatic Reality

The New York Times

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Proposed nuclear power plants in Queensland could not access enough water to prevent a …

The Guardian

About 1000 times the combined capacity of Wivenhoe and Boondooma dams was required to cool Japan’s Fukushima nuclear reactors in 2011.

Ukraine’s combat drones are coming from all over the place. It’s a good and bad thing.

Yahoo

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, facing pressure from the White House for a new nuclear deal, says any action against Iran will be met with “a hard slap …

Nuclear Power

NEWS

Xcel fixing control valve problem at its Monticello nuclear power plant – Star Tribune

Star Tribune

Xcel Energy on Saturday was continuing to fix a problem with a control valve at its Monticello nuclear power plant that was discovered Wednesday …

Proposed nuclear power plants in Queensland could not access enough water to prevent a …

The Guardian

About 1000 times the combined capacity of Wivenhoe and Boondooma dams was required to cool Japan’s Fukushima nuclear reactors in 2011.

Updated report: Nuclear power would steal agricultural and drinking water and require …

Queensland Conservation Council

According to the Queensland Conservation Council, the proposed nuclear reactor in Callide would use more than double the water currently allocated to …

Nuclear Power Emergencies

NEWS

Updated report: Nuclear power would steal agricultural and drinking water and require …

Queensland Conservation Council

We’ve just hit 14 years since the Fukushima nuclear accident. This report shows that during the Fukushima emergency, the nuclear facility was flooded …

The nuclear power plant in the eye of the Ukraine war | Astro Awani

Astro Awani

Since the war began the plant has lost all external power several times, forcing it to rely on emergency diesel generators for power.

South Korea declares emergency as wildfires kill 4, displace hundreds | World News

Business Standard

North Korea shows nuclear–powered submarine under construction for 1st time.

Nuclear War Threats

NEWS

US wants to negotiate with Iran on nuclear programme: US envoy – Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera

Will Israel attack Iran’s nuclear sites? end of list. Witkoff’s … Trump’s threats reignite talk of nuclear bombs in Iran. Trump is still ..

Trump Aims for Golden Dome Missile Defense, but Cost and Nuclear Risks Loom Large – Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post

Trump Aims for Golden Dome Missile Defense, but Cost and Nuclear Risks Loom Large … nuclear attack. Advertisement. “If you implement something …

US-Iran War Any Minute Now? Iran’s Fiery Response To Trump, Top Commander Warns …

YouTube

Iran SNUBS Trump; Rejects Big Nuke Offer | ‘Stop Threats, Times Have Changed… … Trump threatens war with Iran over nuclear weapons deal.

Nuclear War

NEWS

US wants to negotiate with Iran on nuclear programme: US envoy – Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera

Will Israel attack Iran’s nuclear sites? end of list. Witkoff’s comments come after Trump said on March 7 that he sent a letter to the Iranian …

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Trump threatens Iran with military action over nuclear deal standoff – YouTube

YouTube

PPR Mundial New 91K views · 11:02. Go to channel · REPORT: Pentagon Preparing For Nuclear War with Iran. The Young Turks New 226K views · 32:46.

Trump Aims for Golden Dome Missile Defense, but Cost and Nuclear Risks Loom Large – Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post

… nuclear attack. Advertisement. “If you implement something that your nuclear-armed adversaries believe is a reliable countermeasure that just …

Yellowstone Caldera

NEWS

New Hydrothermal Feature Emerges at Yellowstone National Park | Discover Magazine

Discover Magazine

Yellowstone National Park lies within the Yellowstone Caldera and has a long volcanic history. The park is home to thousands of thermal features …

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

Lloyd A. Williams-Pendergraft

Mar 22, 2025

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

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

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

There are 7 categories, with the latest addition, (#7) being a Friday weekly roundup of IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) global nuclear news stories. Also included is a bonus non-nuclear category for news about the Yellowstone caldera and other volcanic and caldera activity around the world that play an important role in humanity’s lives. The feature categories provide articles and information about ‘all things nuclear’ for you to pick from, usually with up to 3 links with headlines concerning the most important media stories in each category, but sometimes fewer and occasionally even none (especially so with the Yellowstone Caldera). The Categories are listed below in their usual order:

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

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

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

TODAY’S NUCLEAR WORLD’S NEWS, Saturday, (03/22/2025)

All Things Nuclear

NEWS

“Deal very shortly…”, Prez Trump shares major update on mineral deal | Ukraine-Russia Peace Deal

YouTube

… things all over the world. But in particular Ukraine, we’re doing very well with regard to Ukraine and Russia. And one of the things we are doing …

Nuclear energy’s MAGA comeback in the AI era, from Three Mile Island to Enron

New York Post

Once all the rage for companies pushing an ESG-agenda, so-called “clean … The only worry is when things aren’t done correctly (see …

REPORT: Pentagon Preparing For Nuclear War with Iran – YouTube

YouTube

… all the platforms. We also have a live 24-hour news channel that … things a little differently than other places. We present the news first …

Nuclear Power

NEWS

Michigan nuclear plant shows challenges US safely restart old reactors – CNBC

CNBC

The Palisades nuclear power plant aims to reopen in October, but the steam generators need major repairs that could delay the schedule.

Restarting U.S. Nuclear Energy Plants | EC&M

EC&M

Planned re-starts of old nuclear power sites introduce new thinking into infrastructure build-out.

Trump eyes control of Ukraine’s nuclear plants as US prepares ceasefire talks with Russia

Fox News

Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet with Russian officials on Black Sea ceasefire talks. Ukraine energy infrastructure could also be …

Nuclear Power Emergencies

NEWS

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Three killed after Putin’s forces launch drone attack on Zaporizhzhia

The Independent

Mapped: Which Ukrainian nuclear power plants could Trump take as part of ceasefire deal? … emergency services scouring the rubble of damaged …

Donald Trump Uses Emergency Powers to Boost U.S. Critical Mineral (and Coal?) Production

CarbonCredits.com

Westinghouse Expands Nuclear Power to Fuel Canada’s Clean Energy Future. March 20, 2025. Ultimate Guide. Carbon Credits · Tesla’s Avoided Emissions …

Nuclear War Threats

NEWS

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Three killed after Putin’s forces launch drone attack on Zaporizhzhia

The Independent

The leaders discussed the importance of keeping up investment in military equipment to outpace any European threats.

Cold War nuclear bunker that could be used by MoD amid WW3 threat | UK – Daily Express

Daily Express

Initially constructed as a defense against Soviet threats during the Cold War … Cold War nuclear bunker sparks MoD interest amid war threat. The …

“Turning Point” In History! Amid Trump Tariff Threats, S.Korea, China, Japan Meet In A “Rare …

EurAsian Times

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… nuclear power plants would be their best protection in future … war since 1945. Such is the nuclear power station’s importance that it was …

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Mar 21, 2025

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Who ya gonna believe, Trump or Zelenskyy? From the “Independent” article below: “Mr Zelensky denied discussing with Mr Trump the possibility of US ownership of the Zaporizhzhia plant, but said they did discuss “how to find the solution from the situation and… take the station from the Russians”.Zelenskyy said.

So Trump that lie, if you believe Zelenskyy, was tossed out later for discussion at an entirely different level of communication, perhaps directed at any number of countries, including NATO as well as Russia and our own. Trump has long been known to be a pathologically perpetual liar as well as a devious manipulator. Personally, I would believe Zelenskyy’s version of their conversation . . . ~llaw

(See yesterday’s LLAW’s All Nuclear Daily Digest to read what Trump said about his long distance meeting with Zelenskyy.)

All nuclear power plants in Ukraine are state-owned and belong to Kyiv, he insisted.

Zelensky defies Trump, warning: Hands off my nuclear power stations

Ukrainian leader resists US plan to take over plants and says Putin must stop ‘unnecessary demands’ as Starmer considers use of UK troops as deterrence force

Jane Dalton

Friday 21 March 2025 05:38 GMT

Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky has insisted that “all nuclear power plants belong to the people of Ukraine” after reports that his US counterpart Donald Trump said an American takeover of the country’s nuclear power would offer the “best protection” for it.

In their first conversation since Mr Trump verbally attacked Mr Zelensky in the White House and had him thrown out, the US president reportedly suggested Washington take ownership of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.

But Kyiv says the discussions referred only to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is under Russian occupation.

All nuclear power plants in Ukraine are state-owned and belong to Kyiv, he insisted.

“The temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhia [nuclear power plant] belongs to Ukraine, everybody acknowledges it and recognises it,” he said.

Mr Zelensky denied discussing with Mr Trump the possibility of US ownership of the Zaporizhzhia plant, but said they did discuss “how to find the solution from the situation and… take the station from the Russians”.

They also talked about potential US investment in the plant, the Ukrainian leader said.

But he added: “The issue with property we definitely did not discuss with Mr Trump.”

Addressing EU leaders virtually from Norway, the Ukrainian leader said Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, should stop “unnecessary demands” while warning that nothing had changed after Russia attacked his country’s energy infrastructure on Wednesday, despite Mr Putin’s pledge to halt such strikes.

Top military officers from countries across Europe and beyond met on Thursday to flesh out plans for an international peacekeeping force for Ukraine as details of a partial ceasefire are worked out.

British prime minister Sir Keir Starmer said steps were being made in the right direction towards a ceasefire as a “coalition of the willing” led by Britain and France moved into an operational phase.

The timetable for the peacekeeping force was now coming into focus following talks between the US and Russia, Sir Keir said.

But he warned that Mr Putin would breach “any peace deal without anything behind it”.

“Last weekend and two weekends before that, we had groupings of international political leaders coming together to provide the political alignment and the collective agreement that we need to work together to ensure that any deal that is put in place is defended,” he said.

“What’s happening here is turning that political intention into reality, the concept into plans.”

Sir Keir added: “It is vitally important we do that work because we know one thing for certain, which is a deal without anything behind it is something that Putin will breach.

“We know that because it happened before. I’m absolutely clear in my mind it will happen again.”

Ukraine and Russia have agreed in principle to a limited ceasefire, although Mr Putin rebuffed Mr Trump’s push for a full 30-day ceasefire.

President Zelensky said he was committed to working with the US to stop arms being directed at Russian power production and civilian facilities.

“I raised this issue with President Trump and said that our side would identify what we consider to be civilian infrastructure,” Mr Zelensky said. “I don’t want there to be any misunderstanding about what the sides are agreeing on.”

Negotiators from Moscow and the US will meet on Monday in Saudi Arabia, Mr Putin’s foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov told Russian news agencies.

Sir Keir said Mr Putin was afraid of Britain’s nuclear weapons, and that Trident was a crucial deterrent.

Before visiting Barrow on Thursday, where he laid the keel for the next generation of Britain’s nuclear deterrent submarines, the prime minister said Trident had proven “incredibly effective” since its introduction in the 1990s.

Of Russia, the prime minister said: “I think they appreciate our capability. What is obviously important is that they appreciate that it is what it is, which is a credible capability.”

Ukraine launched a major drone assault on Thursday on a Russian airbase that is key to the relentless missile attacks against Ukrainian cities.

The strike on the Soviet-era Engels airfield, which houses a number of Russia’s nuclear-capable heavy bombers and stores of cruise missiles, sparked a huge explosion and numerous fires.

A state of emergency was declared in the area, about 450 miles from Moscow. Ukraine has repeatedly sought to hit the Engels base, across the three years of Russia’s invasion.

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TODAY’s NUCLEAR WORLD’s NEWS DIGEST, Friday, (03/21/2025)

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

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Zelensky stressed that “all nuclear power belongs to the (Ukrainian) … When asked about how the US could potentially run a Ukrainian nuclear …

What’s the future of nuclear energy in Europe? – YouTube

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Donald Trump suggests US could run Ukraine’s nuclear power plants | BBC News

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All EU leaders except Orban back statement reaffirming support for Ukraine • FRANCE 24 English … Ten Things the US Loses If It Loses Europe.

Nuclear Power

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Nuclear energy’s MAGA comeback in the AI era, from Three Mile Island to Enron – NY Post

NY Post

Nuclear power became a hot topic this week as President Trump floated a plan to make Ukraine’s energy grid great again by bringing in US …

Zelensky defies Trump, warning: Hands off my nuclear power stations – The Independent

The Independent

But Kyiv says the discussions referred only to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is under Russian occupation. Ukrainian president Volodymyr …

Trump’s demand that US could take over Ukraine’s reactors is not credible – The Guardian

The Guardian

… reactor Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. It is Europe’s biggest nuclear … Such is the nuclear power station’s importance that it was seized by …

Nuclear Power Emergencies

NEWS

Does Trump want Ukraine’s nuclear power plants, what has Kyiv said? – Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera

… plant unfit for human habitation for tens of thousands of years. If it was not for thousands of servicemen and emergency workers who prevented a …

Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant not discussed with Trump, Zelenskyy says | CBC News

CBC

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IAEA lauds Belarus’ experience in radioactive waste management – Belarusian news

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Nuclear War Threats

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Columbia professor speaks on ‘nuclear threat,’ war in Ukraine at MSU event

The State News

… Peter Clement spoke to MSU students and staff about Putin and his threats of nuclear war from 2018 to present day.

Trump’s Threats Make Nuclear Weapons Palatable for Europe – Foreign Policy

Foreign Policy

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On Thursday, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said that Tehran will consider the “opportunities” as well as the threats in a letter …

Nuclear War

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Russia defends Iran’s right to peaceful nuclear program ahead of US-Israel talks | Reuters

Reuters

A military court in St Petersburg jailed Soviet-era dissident and anti-war activist Alexander Skobov for 16 years on Friday after convicting him of ” …

Columbia professor speaks on ‘nuclear threat,’ war in Ukraine at MSU event

The State News

… Peter Clement spoke to MSU students and staff about Putin and his threats of nuclear war from 2018 to present day.

Ukraine war latest: Nuclear power plants belong to Ukrainians, Zelenskyy says, after talk of …

Sky News

Ukraine war latest: Nuclear power plants belong to Ukrainians, Zelenskyy says, after talk of US ownership following Trump call. Volodymyr Zelenskyy …

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A volcano has opened up in a national park – TheStreet

TheStreet

… Yellowstone National Park is actually a supervolcano. The geological … The Yellowstone Plateau Volcanic Field spans stretches of Wyoming …

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IAEA Weekly News

21 March 2025

Read the top news and updates published on IAEA.org this week.

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Glaciers on Borrowed Time: Capturing Data from Vanishing Ice in Bolivia

The Western Huayna Potosí Glacier in Bolivia, an important water source, may vanish in 20 years. Scientists, supported by the IAEA and Food and Agriculture Organization, are monitoring the glacier, helping farmers and policymakers manage this vital water source. Read more →

21 March 2025

IAEA Visits India to Strengthen Cooperation in Energy and Cancer Treatment

IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has been in India this week to attend the prestigious Raisina Dialogue and strengthen cooperation on nuclear energy and cancer care. Read more →

21 March 2025

Update 281 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine

Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said it was encouraging to see the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) being “considered in ongoing conversations” on the military conflict in Ukraine and he stressed that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was ready to provide its technical support for those efforts. Read more →

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From Disaster Recovery to Saving Cultural Heritage: IAEA Boosts Assistance to Countries in Non-Destructive Testing

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Focus on Safe Management of Spent Fuel and Radioactive Waste at Eighth Review Meeting of the Joint Convention

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

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

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

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

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

By Lauren Kent, CNN

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Ukraine wants role in restoration of plant

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

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

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

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

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

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

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All Things Nuclear

NEWS

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

Harvard Gazette

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

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

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

The Iran Nuclear File – FDD

FDD

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

Nuclear Power

NEWS

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

Reuters

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

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

CNN

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

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

YouTube

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

Nuclear Power Emergencies

NEWS

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

France 24

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

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

Delaware LIVE News

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

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

The Hindu

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

Nuclear War Threats

NEWS

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

The New York Times

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

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

Harvard Gazette

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

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

Yahoo

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

Nuclear War

NEWS

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

The Guardian

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

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

CNN

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

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

The New York Times

The war in Gaza has been devastating to Iran’s network of proxy forces in Gaza, Syria and Lebanon. U.S.-Israeli air defenses rendered its …

Yellowstone Caldera

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

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… Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles. If it weren’t for the steam, this new feature might look rather unsuspecting. Sitting at the foot of what was once …

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

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

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

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A new nuke wave washes over the world

• Colin Demarest

There’s an uneasy nuclear weapons future ahead.

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

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

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

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

Meanwhile, weapon whispers are heard in:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What we’re watching: How, amid this chaotic juggle, the U.S. deals with its own aging weapons and crumbling infrastructure, including sites managed by the National Nuclear Security Administration.Subscribed

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All Things Nuclear

NEWS

Updated digest covers all things NRC – ExchangeMonitor | Page 1

ExchangeMonitor

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

A new nuke wave washes over the world – Axios

Axios

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

Key weapons complex Dems slam DOGE after NNSA contractors targeted

ExchangeMonitor

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

Nuclear Power

NEWS

News Reactor | March 2025 – National Conference of State Legislatures

National Conference of State Legislatures

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

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

Ark Invest

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

North Tonawanda votes to restrict nuclear energy – YouTube

YouTube

North Tonawanda votes to restrict nuclear energy. 32 views · 6 hours ago …more. WKBW TV | Buffalo, NY. 116K. Subscribe. 2. Share. Save.

Nuclear Power Emergencies

NEWS

Nuclear accident exercises underway itenaw County and Southeast Michigan

WEMU

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

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

Business Wire

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

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

The Bakersfield Californian

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

Nuclear War Threats

NEWS

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

Al Jazeera

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

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

Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI)

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

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

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

NTI

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

Nuclear War

NEWS

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

The Independent

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

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

NTI

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

NTI

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

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

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

Euronews.com

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

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

Yellowstone Caldera

NEWS

A brand new volcanic vent opened up in Yellowstone – MSN

MSN

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