“End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity.”
APR 16, 2024
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe’s largest, is seen in the background of the shallow Kakhovka Reservoir, which lost its cooling water due to the war along with many other attacks preventing the the the plant from operating safely.
LLAW’s NUCLEAR ISSUES & COMMENTS, Tuesday, (04/16/2024)
A number of headlines today refer to the attacks on the Zaporizhzhia Power Plant in Ukraine that could lead to a nuclear accident. How could these intentional armed attacks on the plant and its operations be considered to be a “nuclear ACCIDENT”? This ‘accident’ conversation has been going on for several months now, and the plant has been jeopardized of meltdown possibilities several times, and yet the media continues to refer to these attacks during a horrible war as acts leading to ACCIDENTS. (This is the trouble with the mainstream media news. They don’t do research, they don’t study a given situation, and they don’t accurately report the news, all of for which causes the public to suffer from misleading, false, and meaningless reporting. If they don’t ‘know’ what is real news and what is not accurate news, they should remain silent.
This never-ending problem with today’s media is just an example of misleading, careless, and repetitious rumors and guesses that are filled with jargon and inaccurate useless reports that create the kind of disinterest and lack of concern of the everyday citizen who ought to be on high alert each and every day, but because the repetition becomes blasé, it is not worth the paper it’s printed on, and the ‘concern’ and ‘care’ factors gradually disappear.
The months of contradictory reporting about the many skirmishes and fighting over this plant — the largest in Europe — including contradictory stories about repairs and/or lack of them to incoming power lines which are a matter of ‘life and death’ for the plant’s operations and the future of several European nations, were erroneously reported from day-to-day for weeks, so that no one really knew how close to a meltdown the nuclear power plant came to releasing lethal radiation in Ukraine and neighboring countries.
And the questionable stories continue right along — never challenged — but only occasionally adjusted for better or for worse. We are told as of yesterday that the nuclear plant is in ‘cold shutdown’, but what that means could mean all kinds of future issues, both for the shutdown as well as for any future restarting effort and the consequential future safety of the European people . . .
There is far, far, too much lackadaisical media reporting from the mainstream media over the entire nuclear issues, both in war and peace, when the entire world is in such turmoil and no one knows from day-to-day what tomorrow will bring. We deserve better. ~llaw
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TODAY’S NUCLEAR WORLD’S NEWS, Tuesday,(04/16/2024)
All Things Nuclear
NEWS
All we are and all we ever will be – The Nugget Newspaper
The Nugget Newspaper
He was interviewing Annie Jacobsen about her new book “Nuclear War: A Scenario.” I suppose I could have set it aside to walk out into the morning …
What Surging AI Demand Means for Electricity Markets – Bloomberg
Bloomberg
… nuclear power plant, a Susquehanna thing? I … So everything they did, every new wind project you brought on, every … all those types of things. But I …
Nuclear Power
NEWS
Attacks on Ukraine’s nuclear plant put world at risk, IAEA warns – Euronews.com
Euronews.com
… Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine. The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said attacks against Europe’s largest nuclear …
IAEA concerned about safety of Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station – BBC Sounds – BBC
Is Ukraine’s Zaphorizhzhia nuclear plant at risk of an ‘accident’? – Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Global powers raise alarm after latest drone attack on Russian-held nuclear facility hits reactor confinement structure.
Zaporizhzhia Power Plant in Ukraine Dangerously Close to Nuclear Accident, International …
Meetings Coverage and Press Releases – the United Nations
RAFAEL MARIANO GROSSI, Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), recalled that it has been more than two years since the war …
Nuclear Power Emergencies
NEWS
Is Europe prepared for nuclear catastrophe at Zaporizhzhia? – Euronews.com
Euronews.com
Attacks on Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine remain worrying.
Ukraine plant in danger of nuclear incident, says IAEA chief – The National
The National
… nuclear power plant, where nuclear safety is already … IAEA chief issues warning as Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant runs on emergency power.
Reactor building at Ukrainian nuclear plant hit during recent attacks – Bellona.org
Bellona.org
… Atomic Energy Agency said in Vienna, where he spoke at an emergency meeting of the agency’s 35-member Board of Governors, called by both Russia …
Nuclear War
NEWS
G7 science academies call on governments to discuss nuclear arms control at upcoming summit
Science|Business
Academic bodies say disarmament and understanding the risks of nuclear war are now top global scientific priorities, alongside issues such as …
Putin could deploy tactical nuclear weapons within next decade | Tobias Ellwood v Operator Starsky
YouTube
The treaties have lapsed, and another nuclear arms race has been developing under noses.” Arms treaties which prevented nuclear war “for seven …
Iran and Israel’s shadow war has lasted years: Key moments before the attack
Washington Post
… nuclear weapons capability. The United States has provided Israel with more military aid than any other country since World War II — now amounting …
Nuclear War Threats
NEWS
To destroy Iran’s nuclear threat, Israel should attack its missile launch sites – Daily Mail
Daily Mail
To destroy Iran’s nuclear threat, Israel should attack its missile launch sites … threats our nation faces · ROBERT HARDMAN: Two weeks in and …
G7 science academies call on governments to discuss nuclear arms control at upcoming summit
Science|Business
“New threats have been made to use tactical nuclear … nuclear war. While the threat to … The extent to which a nuclear war would also cause a nuclear …
Space Experts Debate How To De-Escalate Russian Threats Of Orbital War – Forbes
Forbes
The threat has become even more ominous since American intelligence leaders briefed Congress in February that the Kremlin is developing nuclear …