”End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity”
JAN 19, 2024
LLAW’s THOUGHTS & COMMENTS :
So the big news tonight is that North Korea is testing underwater nuclear drones, no doubt killing a whole lot of sea creatures, designed to blow up apparent nuclear armed and powered submarines. I’ve not bothered to read the articles(s) as yet today because the more important and much larger issue is not about local isolated attacks (although serious enough for serious concern), but the more immediate and all-life threatening of ICBM nuclear warheads waiting for a world leader just crazy enough to fire the 1st one, which would immediately begin WWIII.
The larger more ominous thing that bothers me by far the most is the lack of any sign of humanitarian care for the welfare of the planet and all the life that lives on our Mother Earth for their, including our own, survival. Humans seem to be so caught up in the idea of destroying each other that we fail to even consider whether any life will actually exist after a nuclear war. It seems that every nation and every culture in those nations don’t quite understand the reality of the seriously severe nature that nuclear war would descend upon all of us without boundaries of mercy in any country.
We seem to continue to think of War as military men (soldiers) and their conventional weapons fighting against other military men and their conventional weapons — a future war that, like previous wars except one, would not involve the general public. It’s as if the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki never happened, and even if it did, we are somehow immune from such a replay ever happening again, but X-Times stronger with weapons of mass destruction dozens or even hundreds of times greater — especially such an event occurring in an imaginary life-threatening form that a huge percentage of all life (not just human) on planet Earth being eradicated by the effects and after-effects of nuclear war.
Such a war must be stopped before it happens, but at the moment we apparently have no idea whether or not that that will ever happen. I have described over and over again (dozens of times) how there is only one sure way to stop it; and that is for all common ordinary human beings on every continent in every country to come together and demand that our leaders will no longer even consider the possibility or continuing to threaten such a disaster.
At the moment there is apparently no hope unless we, as a species, are somehow prohibited from exterminating ourselves along with most other life, with the intervention of another, stronger, more benevolent life form. There are no other ways so far as I can see.
As I’ve mentioned before a few times earlier in my Posts, I am tempted to turn my future posts here into a serialized story of a novel that I have had in mind and have been drafting for some time that would include the whole idea of avoiding, (along with my “Blue Print” and the ominous story of getting there) of carrying forward the ridiculous concept of human beings turning planet Earth into our own man-made 6th Extinction. I have arrived at this stage of purposefully attempting to making a difference because I no longer believe that trying to convince governments, even in, and maybe because of, our own USA, the common attitude toward ‘deterrence’ as the sole platform to ‘possibly’ prevent a nuclear WWIII. In the case of nuclear deterrence, fear strikes out, not so much as in baseball, but as a defensive poisonous snake . . . ~llaw
ABOUT THE FOLLOWING ACCESS TO “LLAW’S ALL THINGS NUCLEAR” RELATED MEDIA:
There are 6 categories (including a bonus category at the end for news about the Yellowstone caldera and other volcanic and caldera activity that also play an important role in humanity’s lives) as do ‘all things nuclear’ for you to pick from, usually with up to 3 links to 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 appearing order:
- All Things Nuclear
- Nuclear Power
- Nuclear War
- Nuclear Power Emergencies
- Nuclear War Threats
- Yellowstone Caldera (There is one Yellowstone Caldera bonus story 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 (per above). If a category heading does not appear, it means there was no news reported from this category today. There is one Yellowstone Caldera bonus story available at the end of this Post.
(A reminder, just in case: When linked, the access to the media story will be underlined. If there is no link to a media story of interest you can still copy and paste the headline and lead line into your browser to find the article you are seeking. Hopefully this will never happen.)
TODAY’S NUCLEAR WORLD’S NEWS (01/18/2024):
All Things Nuclear
NEWS
Lawmakers, advocates raise questions about changes to Seabrook Nuclear Station emergency plan
NHPR
“All our nuclear facilities, including Seabrook Station, already include remote response roles in emergencies and any increased incorporation of …
Gavels bang, voices crack, nuclear energy condemned in barn-burner House oversight hearing
ExchangeMonitor
… things to another level, angrily shouting over subcommittee Chairman Rep. … all of this spent nuclear waste.” Stansbury also said that the waste …
Nuclear Armageddon: How Close Are We? review – TV that leaves you asking ‘Is that it?’
The Guardian
… things are bad – but exactly how bad? It’s about as useful as … all be under consideration at the meeting. Also on the agenda are the …
Nuclear Power
NEWS
Fallon: We Must Take Steps Now to Build Out America’s Nuclear Power Capacity
House Oversight Committee
It’s also an extremely clean form of energy production, producing zero carbon emissions. In fact, nuclear power is responsible for more than 70 …
Climate Change, Nuclear Energy, and Just Transitions | Perryworldhouse – Penn Global
Penn Global – University of Pennsylvania
For instance, the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi disaster in Japan, caused by a tsunami, highlighted the vulnerabilities of nuclear power plants to extreme …
Weatherwatch: UK push for civil atomic power highlights link with nuclear weapons
The Guardian
There is long running debate about whether nuclear power has a role in combatting the climate crisis. The UK government decided last week it was …
Nuclear War
NEWS
North Korea says it tested underwater nuclear attack drone | The Hill
The Hill
North Korea said Friday that it had tested an underwater nuclear attack drone in response to a naval exercise by South Korea, the United States …
North Korea says it tested underwater nuclear attack drone – CBS News
CBS News
North Korea said it tested an underwater nuclear attack drone in response to joint naval exercises by the U.S., Seoul and Tokyo.
Russia-Ukraine war: Kyiv drone attack causes huge fire after hitting oil facility – live
The Independent
Russia’s foreign minister rejects a US proposal to resume talks on nuclear arms control. Russia’s top diplomat dismissed the United States proposal to …
Nuclear Power Emergencies
NEWS
Lawmakers, advocates raise questions about changes to Seabrook Nuclear Station emergency plan
NHPR
NextEra Energy has filed a proposal with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to standardize emergency plans for four nuclear power plants – …
Nuclear power plant opens water siphons to melt Kankakee River ice jam amid Wilmington …
ABC7 Chicago
After using some of the warm water from the Dresden Energy Center cooling lake to speed up the melting of the ice on the river, local emergency …
Officials send more warm water from nuclear plant to melt ice in Kankakee River
CBS News
WILMINGTON, Ill. (CBS) — Will County emergency officials are stepping up their efforts to break up ice jams on the Kankakee River – nearly 50 …
Nuclear War Threats
NEWS
Nuclear Threats Under Control In Unstable World: Expert | Barron’s
Barron’s
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Putin has intensified threats to use destructive weapons should the country face an existential threat.
North Korea says it tested underwater nuclear attack drone – CBS News
CBS News
… war-. North Korea’s Kim hurls nuclear threats as U.S. heads into election year · South Korea Koreas Tensions. North Korea test fires missile touted as …
North Korea says it has tested another underwater nuclear drone – The Washington Post
The Washington Post
… war. The official Korean Central News Agency on Friday reported that … threat as well as maritime threats, according to the South Korean military.
Responding to North Korean 2024 War Threats – RAND Corporation – RAND Corporation
Yellowstone Caldera
NEWS
Yellowstone’s most recent lava flows more dramatic than believed – Billings Gazette
Billings Gazette
Yellowstone caldera formed approximately 631,000 years ago due to a large (>1000 km3, or 240 mi3), eruption of rhyolite magma that deposited ash over …